Trust Busting Clash Rages Over Roosevelt Plan
Special Despatch from Washington reports President Roosevelt sending his trust measure to Congress stirring anger among Littlefield Hoar and Cullom who feel ignored. Senators warn the bill faces stiff opposition in the Senate where delays and debate are expected before any passage.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
Little Trust
Congress
Knox
Littlefield
Attorney General
Judiciary Committee
Hoar
Cullom
Senate
House
Aldrich
Proclamation Urges McKinley Day School Observances
Governor Nash issues a special proclamation urging January 29 as the sixtieth anniversary of William McKinley's birth to be observed with appropriate exercises in Ohio schools and colleges. He notes public affection and aims to deepen youth knowledge of his character and patriotic work.
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Ernor Nash
Willliam McKinley
William McKinley
The
United
Univers
Ohio
Miss Madeline Wolcott Aims Play From Seaside School Scandals
Special Despatch reports sixteen year old Miss Madeline Wolcott cousin of ex Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts has written The Seminary Girls inspired by her Sharon Connecticut escapades with Tommy Graddon noted Harvard full back Also negotiating with Fred C Whitney for a lead in When Johnny Comes Marching Home The Boston story recounts her school expulsion and elopement attempt at Miss Ely's Riverside School and subsequent rustication with wild mischiefs tied to her father’s promised fortune and the collapsing school rule saga.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Madeline Wolcott
Wolcott
Massachusetts
John W. Wolcott
Seminary Girls
Sharon, Conn
Tommy” Graydon
Cincinnati
Harvard
Fred C
Sharon
Graydon
Wes
Divorce Rules and Letters Stir Chicago Court Case
In Chicago on January 9 a divorce case emerges amid claims of a dictated “Rules of Conduct” to sustain a troubled marriage. Dr Albert Schneider allegedly authored letters to Mrs Banta professing professional ties and proposing a “more friendly relationship” while she seeks a divorce. The letters, unsigned but bearing intimate nicknames, are described as part of the professor's conduct andprivate communications.
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Albert Schneider
Seacy
Annes
Gretchen
Ophelia
Juliet
Tennyson
Keats
Architect chosen for McKinley Memorial in Columbus
H A MacNeil of New York is selected as the architect for the McKinley Memorial to cost 50000 with state and citizen funding. The plan features an ornamental entrance to the State Horse Grounds from High Street, surmounted by a bronze statue of McKinley, with design details left to the architect.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
H. A. MacNeil
New York
MacNeil
Buffalo Exposition
Wiliam G. Deshler
State Horse Grounds
High Street
McKinley
Fire at McClary Manufacturing Delivers Heavy Loss
A boy dropped a burning match into a vat of oil at the McClary Manufacturing Company in London Ontario, starting a blaze that caused about 300000 dollars in damages. Employees fled as flames shot high and smoke filled the factory, but no serious injuries were reported. The company is noted as Canada’s largest tinware maker.
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Boy
London
Ont
McClary Manufacturing Company
Ellevator
McClary
Canada
Bloodshed Predicted Over Negro Rule in South
New Orleans January 9 The New Orleans States the Democratic party organ warns President Roosevelt that appointing negroes to Federal offices in the South will provoke bloodshed and that Southern whites will not submit to negro rule. The paper recalls Reconstruction dragooning and says negroes cannot hold office there again.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Democratic Party
Louisiana
Roosevelt
South
United States
Fine
White House
Colonial House Burned in Newburyport Fire
The Colonial House in Newburyport Massachusetts burned today along with the Carson estate barn and mill ruins. The site was famed for its antiquity drawing art students from across the country seeking inspiration from the historic buildings.
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Newburyport
Mass
Carson
Hoosier Manufacturers On The Verge Of A Famine
The Indiana towns face fuel shortages with beans used as fuel and coal prices doubling. Poor residents scavenge for scraps while industrial plants struggle to obtain slack coal as soft coal futures rise. Rail traffic congestion blamed for coal failures amid winter risks.
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Hoosier
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Indiana
South Bend
Senate committee seeks Baer testimony on coal prices
Washington January 9 The Senate committee investigating the coal situation will send a letter to President Baer of the Reading and request his testimony. The panel notes independent operators import coal to Washington at high prices while the trust offers none at four prices. Critics say the investigation should cover local effects as the poor in Washington pay high rates for coal.
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Hill, Cassatt
Vanderbilts
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Company
American Sugar Trust
Sugar Trust
Cane Sugar Trust
Beef Trust
Senate
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Baer
Congress
Inventor Claims Secret Mix Could Replace Coal
Wabash Indiana January reports Charles Carpenter of Preble Wells County claims to have invented a coal substitute resembling Indiana blocks coal that burns without smoke. He says the secret formula is cheap to produce and aims to market it via a corporation with capital. Tests so far are favorable.
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Commercial Tribune
Wabash
Ind
Charles’ Carpenter
Preble
Wells County
Indiana
Carpenter
Hamlin Seeks Evidence of Coal Conspiracy in Chicago
Springfield Jan 9 A special grand jury will meet in Chicago to probe an alleged conspiracy among coal operators railroads and dealers to fix coal prices Attorney General Hamlin leading the inquiry and armed with new evidence he says will prove such an agreement exists He notes no railroads are implicated and that mineowners and wholesale dealers are the focus of the probe
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Raud
Chicago
Springfield
Charles S. Deneen
Hamlin
Subpoenas Issued to Twenty Deputies in Coal Conspiracy Probe
Chicago January 9 State's Attorney Barrett dispatched twenty deputy sheriffs to summon prospective jurors and witnesses in a probe into a possible coal price fixing conspiracy. Names of witnesses are mineowners and coal wholesalers. Dewees used names provided by the Illinois Manufacturers Association.
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Chicago
Juney
Willard M
Paley
Barrett
Deweeh
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Swift & Co to Sell Coal to the Poor in Six Cities
Swift and Company announced a new coal program to aid the needy amid scarcity. They will sell surplus coal at cost in Chicago St Louis Kansas City St Joseph Omaha and St Paul with strict limits of one bushel per person and prices 20 cents per bushel 10 cents per half bushel and 5 cents per peck.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
St. Paul
City Council Urges Coal Yard Start Amid Red Tape
Detroit officials criticized by aldermen for delays as the Common Council adopts a resolution to appoint a commission to run a proposed municipal coal yard and seeks a legislative act to permit borrowing 50000 to finance coal operations. The council had already set aside 50000 for coal purchases at cost.
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Detroit
Common Council
Blades
Maybury
Families burn trees as coal shortage bites region
Marshall Missouri dispatch reports many households burn fruit and shade trees due to coal and wood scarcity. Wood now sells at eight dollars a cord, as winter strains heating supply.
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Marshall, Mo
Duty Removal Sought on Anthracite Coal
Ottawa January 9 D Galiery M P of Montreal conferred with Premier Laurier on removing the duty on anthracite coal Sir Wilfrid promised to take the matter under consideration.
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Ottawa
Ont
M. P
Montreal
Laurier
Wilfrid
Coshocton Strike Ends With Concession Raising Coal Car Rates
Coshocton opertors ended the coal miners strike by granting six cents a car demanded. Retail prices have risen to ten cents a bushel, the highest since the Civil War.
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Coshocton
Coshocton, O
Reading Coal Run Output Seen At 270000 Tons For Week
The daily coal run on the Reading Company's main line this week averaged between 1500 and 1400 carts. It is expected that the output of the company's mines for the week will aggregate 270000 tons.
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Reading
Reading Company
Ambassador Arrives in St Petersburg
McCormick arrived today in St Petersburg. The report notes his arrival and mentions a sailor style greeting for the ambassador as he lands.
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ST. Petersburg
Jan
Rober
German Ambassador Von Holleben Takes Leave of Absence
Berlin January 9 Ambassador Von Holleben was granted a long leave of absence after learning his government was not wholly satisfied with his work. Baron Speck von Sternburg will serve as charge d affaires in Washington before a later appointment as Ambassador. Holleben retains his Consul General post in Calcutta and is not recalled. The Venezuelan arbitration issue is noted as a factor in the move.
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Berlin
von Holleben
Washington
Baron Speck von: Sternbure
Germany
Calcutta
Baron von Sternburg
Foreign Office
Saxony
Dr. von Holfeben
Roosevelt
Hague Arbitration Court
Baron Von Sternburg to Visit Washington as Minister
The State Department says Baron Von Sternburg will come to Washington on a special mission, while Dr. Von Holleben is not expected to return. He left without farewell due to illness. Baron Sternburg may attend the first meeting of commissioners to settle the Venezuelan dispute once Bowen arrives.
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Washington
State Department
Baron von Sternburg
von Holleben
Hay
Baron Sternbutssti
Bowen
Venezuela
la Guayra
Baron Sternburg
Plague Strikes Mazatlan Family. City Faces Mass Disinfection
Mazatlan Mexico January 9 Thirty seven people are in lazarettos and six deaths recorded including an entire family. Fear prompts residents to stay home while authorities seal and burn infected houses and destroy clothing. Americans flee as disinfecting measures target homes and lazarettos.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Charity Commission
el Castillo
Lazarettos
Department of Observamh
German Minister Von Heyking Granted Extended Leave
Berlin officials report Baron Von Heyking the German minister to Mexico has been given an extended leave of absence and may not return to his post, signaling a potential change in diplomatic representation. The tone indicates uncertainty about his return.
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Berlin
Baron von Heyking
Mexico
Ex-Gov Hastings of Pennsylvania Dies at 79
Former Pennsylvania governor Daniel Hardman Hastings died in Bellefonte at age 79 from pleuro-pneumonia after a four day illness. Hastings served as governor from 1895 to 1899 and led state relief after the Johnstown flood. He also backed John Sherman’s 1888 Republican nomination. He was born February 26, 1849 and built wealth in mining and banking.
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Bellefonte
Daniel Hardman Hastings
General Hastings
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
John Sherman
Farmer Dies After Eating Fifty Five Apples
Rockport Ky January report says Jasper Cunningham a wealthy farmer three miles west of Rockport died after eating apples in three meals. He consumed twenty five at noon, eighteen at night and twelve at midnight. His wife found him dead in the morning.
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Commercial Tribune
Rockport
Jasper Cunningham
Here
Cunningham
Nation's Champion Fined for Contempt in Topeka Court
In Topeka Kansas on January 9 Dr J T Mc Farland pastor of the First M B Church was fined $100 by a Police Magistrate for contempt of court. He openly scored the judge after a fine was imposed on Mrs Nation.
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Topeka
Kan
J.T. McFarland
McFarland
Negotiations on Manchurian Customs End Without Deal
Peking reports indicate talks between Russia and China over Manchurian customs concluded without an agreement. Russia proposed a customs house at Port Dalny and would allow China to name a Customs Commissioner to cooperate with the Russian official.
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Peking
China
Russia
Port Dalny
North China
Barnga Oldfield Obscure Rider’s Automobile Confession
Toledo reporting of Barngy Oldfield a local bicycle rider who allegedly confessed at the St Exposition to involvement with an automobile incident. The fragmentary dispatch notes a possibly sensational connection between the rider and an unidentified crime item.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Ordered to Produce Cuban Child Monday
Mrs. Tingley's attorney told Judge Conklin that the Cuban child Calixto Acosta Diaz is ill and cannot be produced from Pt Lama. A physician unaffiliated with the Raja Yoga School would examine the boy, so the hearing did not occur Monday.
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San Diego
Cal
Katherine Tingley
Calixto Acosta Diaz
Raja Yoga School
Roosevelt asks Smoot to withdraw from Utah Senate race
President Roosevelt issues a public statement via Senator Thomas Kearns urging Apostle Reed Smoot to withdraw from the Utah United States Senate race. He warns the election of an apostle would harm Utah and cause bitter contention, expressing confidence in the Utah Legislature but advising against Smoot's election. Smoot has pledges from most lawmakers, and church backing could still push him to victory.
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Commercial Tribune
Salt Lake City
Roosevelt
Reed Smoot
Thomas Kearns
Utah
Kearns
United States Senate
Senate
United States
Smoot
Mormon Church
Contest Hearings Begin as Walcott Battle Persists
Denver legislators completed organization and set hearings for election contests to determine the US Senate pick. Republicans allied with Democrats pledge fair trials, while Walcott vows to stay in though opponents expect Teller’s reelection after the January 2 balloting.
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Denver
Col
House Committee On Elections and Privileges
United States
Edward O. Walcott
House
Walcott
Henry M. Teller
Suspect Clarence Reip Arrested in Telegraph Swindle Case
Clarence Reip of New Orleans was arrested in San Francisco on a $20 000 savings swindle against Western Union Telegraph Company. Investigators say he and Andrew Houser used Fruit Despatch Company money orders to skim cash while delivering transfers. Reip, part of a Southern family, admits guilt and says he is glad the chase is over.
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San Francisco
Clarence Reip
New Orleans
Western Union Telegraph Company
Andrew Houser
Rein
Telegraph Company
Fruit Despatch Company
Quail On Toast Sparks Statewide Outcry
In Wheeling a New Year’s Eve banquet of more than 100 West Virginia lawyers featured quail on toast despite the quail season having closed December 20. Mor gantown sportsman leader Bennett White called on State Game Warden Fitch to investigate the violation. The sight of lawyers facing potential charges is noted with irony by observers.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia Bar Association
Bennett White
Morgantown
League of American Sportsmen
E. F.itch
Wilcox Taken To Scene Of New Murder Trial
Jas E Wilcox, convicted in the Nellie Cropsey murder, was taken to Hertford for a second trial. Cropsey disappeared after a meeting with Wilcox. her body later surfaced in a river. The move comes after the Page Supreme Court granted a new trial.
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Wilcox
Elizabeth City
N. J
Jas. E. Wilcox
Nellie Cropsey
Hertford
Carnegie Gift Accepted for Philadelphia Library Buildings
Andrew Carnegie’s offer of 31.5 million dollars for thirty branch free library buildings in Philadelphia was accepted today by the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Free Library. The gift funds construction and endows the institutions in the city.
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Philadelphia
Andrew Carnegie
Philadelphia Free Library
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