Lodge and Teller clash in open Senate dispute over Wheaton remarks
The Senate erupted as Teller accused Republicans of hiding the truth about General Wheaton's criticisms. Lodge denounced Teller, a debate that touched censorship of Manila despatches and alleged Cuban camps. Madden's postal reform plan faced Cabinet scrutiny amid doubts it would survive.
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Senator Lodge
Mr. Teller
Colorado
Mr. Lodge
Teller
Manila
Mr. Foraker
Taft
Philippine
Local blow aimed at local board discussed
Attorneys Wilby and Ward, representing Daniel Kiefer of Avondale, seek a quo warranto to oust the Board of Public Service on constitutional grounds. Governor Nash declines to intervene. Attorney General Sheets also refuses, awaiting further investigation. The case could move to the Supreme Court with a potential curative act by the General Assembly if warranted.
Coffin an Altar Where at Wedding Vows Were Said
Special Despatch from Springfield Ohio reports Mrs. Jessie Carpenter and John Longsmith wed in an undertaker’s shop at night with Rev. W A Gross officiating. The ceremony occurred among caskets and cases as the couple, in haste, tied the knot amid grim surroundings. Mrs Carpenter is widow of William Carpenter, killed by a Big Four train west of the city.
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Springfield
Jessie Carpenter
John Longsmith
W.A. Gross
West Main Street
Mr. Gross
Man shoots after failed match in Covington
J P York a Tipton County farmer arrived in Covington to wed Mary Pimms after a brief courtship. She did not appear and York, with six children present, opened fire wounding Mrs Pimms and her nephews Ed and Herbert Weeks. Pimms disfigured for life. York arrested. he has eight former marriages with six divorced and the others dead.
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Commercial Tribune
Memphis
Tenn
J. P. York
Tipton County
Covington
Mary Pimms
York
Pimms
Dyersburg
Weeks
Positive chloroform touted in Rice murder trial
In New York note on January 23 the court hear Captain James A. Baker of Houston about how William Marsh Rice hired Albert T. Patrick as his lawyer and events after Rice's death. Dr Hamilton Williams persists that Rice lung condition stemmed from ether irritant exposure. Baker's examination resumes tomorrow.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
James A. Baker
Houston
Tex
Rice
Patrick
Hamilton Williams
Mr. Rice
Captain Baker
Bishops Trial Over Faith Healing Case Sparks Jury Selection
In Hamilton Ohio the Bishops Leota and Sylva Bishop face a manslaughter charge after their twelve year old daughter died from burns suffered last July. Judges and attorneys frame the case as jurors with faith healing ties weigh whether medical aid was delayed. Two doctors testified the child might have survived with prompt treatment. The courtroom fills with faith jurists citing scriptures during jury selection.
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Ohio Humane Society
Neilan
Charles M. Anderson
Greenville
Allen Andrews
H. L. Morey
Daniel Sallee
John Harlow
W. E. Clark
Thomas G. Smith
Henry Tabler
Wesley Morris
Christian Alexander
John W. Medley
Charles B. Sayers
Bribery Inquiry Says City Officials Involved
Circuit Attorney Falk reports to the press that grand jury evidence on street railway bribery reveals a corrupt combine in the Municipal Assembly. He says bribes influenced bills, with specific sums paid to secure favorable action, and vows to eradicate bribery in city government.
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ST. Louis
Falk
Gratia
Grocers Endorse Pure Food Law at National Meeting
Milwaukee January 23 The National Retail Grocers Association adopted resolutions endorsing passage of a National pure food law and expressing unqualified disapproval of the proposed parcels post legislation.
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Milwaukee
Wis
National Retail Grocers’ Association
Marines Eat Dogs to Survive in Samar Campaign
Dispatches detail a harsh Samar expedition where starving Marines ate raw dog flesh after days without food. Captain Porter and several others suffered delirium while Williams led a relief march through torrential rains, with ten men still missing from the 36 in Porter’s interior party.
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Samar
Porter
Williams
General Chaffee
David D. Porter
Marine Corps
Lot
Anderson
Sixth Cavalry
Lipa
Batangas
Nickerson
William K. Larnes
Attorney General Sheets Declines Ruling On Cincinnati Suit
Columbus Ohio January 28 Attorney General Sheets told a Commercial Tribune representative he will not bring the quo warranto suit to oust Cincinnati's Board of Public Service. He cites Ohio Supreme Court rulings on city class divisions and asserts the law creating the Cincinnati board aligns with those decisions and would likely endure in court. He says he knows of no man Kiefer named in Wilby Ward letter and has no wish to support litigation that could face judicial doubt.
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Sheets
Wilby & Ward
Harry M. Hoffheimer
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Wilby & Wald
Supreme Court
Board of Public Service
General Assembly
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Robert Allison
W. C. Johnson
M. A. McGuire
Samuel Weil, Jr
William Magly
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Messrs
Wilby & Waldis
Commercial Tribune
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Supreme Court of Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Kiefer
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Board of Public Service In
Consul Carroll Arrested in Mexican Prison Transfer
Special Despatch from Monterey Mexico reports United States Vice Consul Dr Philip Carroll was arrested on a charge of assault filed by Mexican citizen Antonio Gonzales. Carroll was confined in the penitentiary awaiting trial and denies the charge claiming he was not in Mexico on the alleged date. He had recently returned from Ohio.
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Batangas
Alangulang
Leyte
Antonio Gonzales
Car
Roll
Benitto Leala
Carroll
Ohio
Mexico
Gonzales
Turkey blocks captives' release in missionary case
The United States reports Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mme Tsilka remain captive in Turkey. Negotiations stalled as brigands distrust Turkish authorities and ransom remains unpaid. State Department continues efforts, but prospects are not hopeful.
County Prosecutor Alleges Illegal Fees by Commissioners
Steubenville Ohio January 28 A. C. Lewis prosecuting attorney pressed for a shake up after filing a supplemental report on the county commissioners annual ledger. He claims several fees and expenditures were illegal including duplicative charges for daily services and board of equalization trips plus livery hire and mileage on the same days.
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Commercial Tribune
Steubenville
A. C. Lewis
Board of Equalization
Santos-Dumont Airship Sails Like A Bird In Trials
Santos-Dumont completed two trial ascents in his airship at Monte Carlo. The craft responded well to the helm in a light breeze, performing swift evolutions during 45 minutes of flight over the harbor and open sea before returning to its shed amid cheering crowds.
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Monte Carlo
Santos-Dumont
Russia Gains New Concessions in Manchuria
Peking dispatch reports government work to be suspended for Chinese New Year. Russia may sign the Manchurian treaty after the holiday, with Moscow reportedly conceding most Chinese objections except artillery restrictions. A secret Russo-Chinese Bank pact could grant exclusive mining privileges, aiding Russia’s financial compensation. The Dowager Empress is set to chair a Diplomatic Corps audience with the Emperor tomorrow.
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Russia
Paul Lessar
China
Manchuria
M. Lessar
Rusia
Prince Chang
Land Sold Multiple Times in Clay County Timber Case
In 1900 Samuel Baughman sold to Edwin Feike then to James Rouke the same timber tract. Feike then sold to Rouke who found the tract branded by a Quebec syndicate after Baughman and Feike allegedly sold the same interests to J McNeill. Rouke appeals to recover 20000 dollars for land he never received.
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Clay County
Samuel Baughman
Edwin Feike
Baughman
James Rouke
Feike
Rouke
Ughman
J. McNeill
Quebec
Canada
McNeill
Queen Alexandra Falls Ill Delays King Edward’s London Return
Windsor report states Queen Alexandra is slightly indisposed with a cold causing a postponement of King Edward's return to London as of January 28. The monarch's health affects royal travel plans and schedule.
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Windsor
England
Alexandra
Edward
London
Soldiers Frozen to Death in Northern Japan
Tokyo correspondent reports over 200 soldiers have died from freezing in northern Japan, according to a Daily Press cable.
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Tokyo
The
Daily Press
Japan
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