Senate Moves Toward Direct Election of Senators
The Judiciary Committee favors direct senatorial elections. Davis Elkins sworn in to West Virginia seat. The antitrust and sugar fraud cases proceed. Taft Knox and Ambassador Bryce begin talks on a general arbitration treaty with Britain. The Lorimer seat dispute advances. Cannon ruling upheld 222 to 53.
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Washington
United States’Supreme Court
Lorimer
Beveridge
Gore
Illinois
Cannon
United States Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
Davis Elkins
West Virginia
Stephen B. Elkins
American Sugar Refining Company
New York
House
Hawley
Oregon
Stephen B
Emir of Bokhara Dies as Bubonic Plague Victim
Sayid Abdul Ahad the emir of Bokhara died on January 5, a Russian vassal state in Central Asia. Born in 1859 he ruled since 1885. His heir is his son Sayid Mir Alim Khan, aged 31. Sylvia Pankhurst begins a ten week lecture tour in the United States. Brig Gen Peter C Hains argues the United States has a moral duty not to fortify the Panama Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bokhara
Sayid Abdul Ahad
Central Asia
Sayid Mir Alim Khan
Sylvia Pankhurst
United States
Peter C Hains
Panama Canal
Varied 1911 New York and national news items
Fines paid under anti-rebate law by Standard Oil totalling 23766 dollars. New York City real estate values rose nearly one billion due to mayoral equalization orders. Dr Louise Robinovitch, sister of indicted banker Joseph Robin, indicted for perjury and jailed. Governor Dix probes legislative costs averaging 1800 dollars per bill. U S appeals court rules engines do not infringe Selden patent. no royalties paid. Mrs Caroline B Martin pleads non vult to manslaughter in East Orange case. committed to asylum. Self-harmers urged to join a support club in Trenton. Carnegie trust measures curb embryo runs on three institutions. no major runs reported. Jersey City Democratic boss Robert Davis dies. Judson Harmon inaugurated Ohio governor with no inaugural address. Wellesley male students to attend Memorial Chapel services Sundays. Gov Shafroth urges Colorado to enact earlier platform pledges. Fairbanks Alaska Washington-Alaska bank with 1 million in deposits fails.
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Standard Oil Company
Buffalo
New York City
Gaynor
Louise Robinovitch
Joseph G. Robin
Wras
New York
Albany
Dix
General Assembly
United States Court of Appeals
G. B. Selden
Carnegie Trust Company
Robert Davis
Jersey City
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Columbus
Wellesley
Memorial Chapel
John F. Shafroth
Colorado
Washington-Alaska Bank
Fairbanks
Alaska
Notable 1911 Legal and Political Tidbits Across Nations
Edwin L. Wayman jailed in Pittsburg on bond for Detroit testimony March 6 1911. J G C McKown sold cyanide to Twigg tied to Blosser poison death. Rev Dubois H Loux resigns over socialism. Taft cites Foraker Panama canal fortification. Two masked robbers wound mail clerk on Northern Pacific. Kentucky Ohio Indiana hatpins etc. All Saints Dorchester receives 865000 from Peabody will. Illinois Manufacturers seek freight-rate probe. Foss inaugurated Massachusetts governor. Plaisted oath as Idaho governor. Senate repeals Sturgis liquor law. Whitney NY chief justice dies. Pomerené Ohio elects US senator. 23 murder indictments in LA Times bombing. Blosser-Cumberland poisoning ruled double murder. Mount Hermon dorm burns for 100000 loss. Rovmanek bank in Pittsburg to be liquidated. Robert P Bass sworn NH governor. Dix to open Jan 17 agricultural convention in Albany.
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Edwin L. Wayman
Arrott Building
Pittsburg
United States
Robert H. McBurney
Detroit
J. GC. McKown
Paw Paw
W. Va
C. B. Twigg
Blosser
Dubois H. Loux
Central Congregational Church
Meridien
Conn
Taft
Foraker
Panama Canal
Northern Pacific
King Street
Seattle
Harry O. Clark
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Lexington
All Saints’ Protestant Episcopal C Church
Dorchester
Mass
Mary Uothrop Peabody
Milton
Oliver Peabody
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Illinois Manufactures’ Association
Eugene M. Foss
Massachusetts
Frederick W. Plaisted
Idaine
Senate
Edward Baldwin Whitney
Supreme Court
New York
Charles W. Dayton
Cornwall
Crossley Hall
Mount Hermon
Dwight L. Moody
East Northfield
F. W. Rovmanek & Co
Robert P. Bass
New Hampshire
Albany
Dix
Floods in China Kill Thousands and Cause Severe Hardship
Vast floods in Anhwei China drown thousands and trigger plunder by bands as a million farmers rely on charity until spring crops. In London an inquest into Sidney Street deaths identifies one man, while fears grow over anarchists and Houndsditch aftermath. avalanches threaten Alpine villages and a railway block. A Chilean electric plant burns destroying the central station and ten cars, with losses around 2 million dollars.
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China
Anhwei
Nganhwei
London
Sidney Street
Houndsditch
Venezuela
Victoria
B. C
Panama Canal
New York
Atlantic
Alps
Cuneo
Limone
Vernante
Liverpool
England
Santiago
Chile
Madero's Wealth and Family Ties Highlight Mexican Revolt Leader
The article portrays Francisco I. Madero as a wealthy Mexican aristocrat rather than a poor reformer. It details the Madero family background, Don Evaristo Madero's political clashes with the Diaz regime, and the family’s Monterey and Mexico City connections including Francisco's education in Paris and service as Mexican Minister to Russia.
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Senor
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico
Madero
Don Evaristo Madero
Coahuila
Diaz
Eer
Monterey
Mexico City
Francisco Madero
Paris
Russia
Harlan Long on the Bench after Thirty-Three Years
John Marshall Harlan marked the close of thirty-three years on the Supreme Court bench. Born in 1833 in Boyle County Kentucky he served in the Union army and led Kentucky as attorney general. He taught constitutional law and outlined six opinions this term while remaining active at age 77.
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John Marshall Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Boyle County
Kentucky
Transylvania College
Frankfort
Louisville
John Marshall
Stephen J. Field
Joseph Story
Marshall
Field
Asquith Advocates Salaries for Members of Parliament
Premier Asquith proposes a measure to pay salaries to MPs, a historic change that could professionalize politics in England. The plan contrasts with the traditional unpaid service, though labor unions often fund working class candidates. Suffragists also disrupted Asquith’s Downing Street residence with a 2:30 AM assault.
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Asquith
England
London
Downing Street
New Illinois Central appoints Charles H. Markham president
Charles H. Markham, president of Gulf Refining and Gulf Pipe Line, has been elected president of the Illinois Central Railroad succeeding J. T. Harahan. Harahan retires after twenty years, aged 70, and due to pension rules relinquishes active duties.
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Charles H. Markham
Gulf Refining Company
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Pittsburg
Illinois Central Railroad
J. T. Harahan
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Deming
N. M
Fresno
Cal
Oregon Lines
Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco
Houston and
Texas Central
Markham
Guffey Petroleum Company
Beaumont
Texas
Harahan
Colony House For Poultry Fowles Active and Disease Decline
A poultry expert outlines vented, storm resistant houses with open ends and cheap shelters. For flock space two to four square feet per bird, low roosts, and matched lumber perches. The colony system, movable small houses, yields active birds, fewer disease outbreaks, and less feeding, with insects reduced on stubble fields.
Flock of Pure Blood Birds Praised as Superior
A writer extols pure-blooded, well bred birds as more beautiful and interesting than mixed breeds, arguing greater interest leads to more care and attention for the fowls.
Well Bred Best Chickens Boost Egg Prices in Season
Well bred chickens command higher prices and eggs remain in strong demand during incubation season, often fetching nearly double the ordinary table price. The text argues breeding quality raises market value and profits for poultry keepers.
Asa's Reign in Judah and Reform Under Hezekiah Era
The lesson recalls Asa's rise to kingship in Judah around 963 BC, his removal of idolatry, and his early reforms after facing Ethiopian invasion at Mareshah. It notes the influence of godly guidance and temple worship, the covenant to seek the Lord, and parallels to modern civic righteousness and religious faith guiding national progress. It cites Garfield and Carlyle on religion's role in history.
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Asa
Jeroboam
Kingdom of
Judah
Jerusalem
Ephraim
Mareshah
Rehoboam
Maachah
David
Egypt
Eat
Cromwell
Jesus Christ
Father
Aga
Lfe
Garfield
Carlyle
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Harlan Long
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