Wells Fargo Express Robbery Sparks Internal Probe
Secret service detectives of Wells Fargo in Chicago investigate a mysterious robbery on a through express train from New York to Chicago. The cars carried no passengers and were sealed in New York, but one car was broken into and several packages stolen though officials say no money was taken. Authorities say the company used its own investigators first and notified police only after clues were reviewed.
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Chicago
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Erie
New York
Express Company
Money Order Department
Railrond
H. B. Calkina
French Ministry Resigns After Confidence Vote
Paris Premier Briand and cabinet members tendered resignations to President Fallieres after a narrow confidence vote. Briand called himself sick of it as conservatives warn radical forces gain ground amid the clericalism controversy and railway strike crisis.
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Paris
Briand
Fallieres
Chamber of Deputies
Laula Maloy
Paul Meunier
M. Briand
May Cancel 5000 Charters In Michigan Action Threatened
Springfield Michigan reports plan to cancel more than 5000 Viinola corporations for failing to file annual reports with the secretary of state between February 1 and March 1. Entities must disclose principal office, business type, and officer details. Banks and insurers are excluded.
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Springfield
Brate Rose
Illinois
Cholera Claims Four More in Honolulu Quarantine
Four additional deaths from cholera occurred Monday among the Yiawakans isolated in the quarantine station. This raises the total deaths to six since the disease appeared in Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Hobson's Spy Bill Clears Senate
The Hobson bill to prevent disclosure of national defense secrets, already approved by the house, passed the senate on Monday without discussion.
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Hobson
Washington
House
Senate
House votes to fund Panama canal fortifications
In Washington the House advanced a $3,000,000 first appropriation to begin land batteries guarding the canal, part of a $12,000,000 protection plan. The debate focused on the Tawney amendment linking funds to treaty negotiations. the amendment failed 130 to 63. The bill, part of a record $140,000,000 sundry civil package, passed with swift, party-influenced votes and minimal rule constraints.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Panama Canal
Senate
House
Tawney
Minnesota
Committee On Appropriations
United States
Keller
Ohio
Sherley
Sheliey
National House of Representaives
Nine Slain in Nevada Battle Between Indians and Police
Reno reports a three hour gunfight at Kelly creek Humboldt county 25 miles from Golconda. A band of 12 Indians fought state police killing Ed Hoyle and eight others. four Indians surrendered. Police pursued killers of four stockmen found ten days earlier in a canyon of the Sierra Nevada.
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Sierra Nevada Mountains
Ponlea
Tuccarora
New
Australia to Bar Trusts in Open Policy Move
Melbourne reports that Australia will not harbor foreign trusts. Sir R W Best, minister of trade and customs, said the government will take immediate drastic action to discourage or prohibit operations by the American meat trust and related monopolies in Australia, directly or indirectly.
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Melbourne
Australia
R. W. Best
Extra Session Date Fixed for Canadian Reciprocity
Washington reports an extra session of Congress may be needed to act on the Canadian reciprocity agreement. President Taft has set April 4 as the soonest possible date, following consultations with Speaker-designate Champ Clark and Ways and Means Chairman Underwood of Alabama.
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Washington
Taft
Champ Clark
Hove
Underwood
Alabama
Ways and Means
Killed Leading Ohio Posse at Bellefontaine
One man dies and three injured after a pitched battle in Bellefontaine involving Carmere of the county. Burr Kerns, thirty eight and wealthy, was shot to death. Gibson Sewers and his father John Beers face charges as principal and accessory to the killing. Daniel Kernste held on crosta war. farmers missing corn organized a committee and Watch was set on Kern. An accusation against John Beers followed. during a Beers home reading a pomse Burr Kerns was killed.
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Bellefontaine. O
Joll
Carmere
Burr Kerns
Gibson Sewers
John Beers
Daniel Kernste
Port au Prince in Peril Warship Sought for British Interests
Advices received Sunday report the British consul in Port au Prince Haiti telegraphed for a warship to protect British interests as a general rising in the city is imminent.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Port-au- Prince
Haiti
Carnegie Cash Held Tainted, Crookaville Protests Library Gift
Union potters in Crookaville denounce Andrew Carnegie's $20,000 gift for a public library as tainted, demanding the city reject the funding and seek alternative means to build the facility.
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Carnegie
Crookaville
Andrew Carnegie
Union Potters
Tragedy Aboard Derelict Vessel in Caspian Sea
A derelict ship found off Astrakhan reveals a crew of thirty frozen to death in the Caspian Sea. The icebound hull shows the vessel blanketed in frost as authorities investigate how all hands perished.
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Odessa
Caspian Sea
Astrakhan
Five of Gerotaky family lose hives in Hazelton blaze
A lamp explosion is blamed for a fire in Hazleton Virginia that destroyed two houses in Oneida on Monday. Five members of Gabriel Gerotaky’s family lost hives in the blaze.
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Hazleton
Gabriel Gerotaky
Oneida
Ratify Japan Treaty Keeps Coolie Barrier in Place
The senate ratified the Japan United States treaty amid assurances Japan will maintain its three year limit on emigration of laborers. California and Pacific states objected that safeguards were insufficient, while Ambassador Uchida affirmed Japan’s continued control. The president pressed the view on the California legislature.
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Washington
Senate
Japan
United States
California
Pacific
Haron Uchida
Ling
State Department
Hilles to Succeed Norton as White House Secretary
Hilles of Ohio will become secretary to the president succeeding Charles Norton of Chicago after March 4. Norton will move to New York to become vice president of the First National Bank there. Hills brings force and tact. he previously served as assistant secretary to the treasury and is 43 years old. Robert O. Bailey will replace Hilles in the treasury.
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Washington
Charles [. Hilles
Ohio
Charles N. Norton
Chicago
Norton
New York
First National Bank
Hikes
Treasury
Treasury Department
Robert O. Bailey
Hilles
$130000 In Gems Stolen From New York Widow
Jewelry valued at $239000 taken from Mrs. Maldwit Drummond widow of Marshall Fie Jr of Chicago. Between 4:36 p m Saturday and 5 a m Sunday intruders entered her stateroom and removed gems from a writing table drawer. Much was purchased in New York and likely hard to sell overseas.
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New York
Hamburg-Amoerican
Mnet Amerika
Bobokan Polies
Maldwit Dremspon
Marshall Fie. I Jr
Chicago
Mre. Drummond
Founder of AFL Hugh McGregor Dies at Maryland Farm
Washington reports the death of Hugh McGregor on a Prince George's county farm ending a career as a founder and long time secretary of the American Federation of Labor. Born in London his career spanned forty nine years in trade union work and he was a prolific writer on labor topics. The cause is attributed to wounds from an old battle in Italy.
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Washington
Hugh McGregor
Fife Farm
Prince George’s
Maryland
Averican Federation of Labor
McGregor
London
Ireland
VcCjregor
Italy
Henry White Selected as Coronation Envoy to King George V
Washington reports Henry White former ambassador to France and Italy named to represent the president at King George V coronation. An offer to John Kays Hammond arose but was not accepted.
Taft Nominates Alderman Washington Bailey for Treasury Post
President Taft nominates Robert Bailey, long time private secretary to Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh, to be acting secretary of the treasury as he remains in cabinet service.
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Treasury
Ald
Washington
Robert ©. Bailey
Ex Governor John Lee Carroll Dies in Washington
Former Maryland governor John Lee Carroll died at his Washington home after a long illness. Born in 1820, he led Maryland from 1876 to 1880 and remained a prominent public figure.
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John Lee Carroll
Washington
State of
Maryland
Aled
Senate Pushes Initiative Law Amid House Passage Split
The initiative and referendum bill neared final action as the House approved its version with no dissent. The Senate bill remains with Judiciary as lawmakers debate form, while the House and Senate diverge on petition thresholds and constitutional amendment rules.
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House of Representatives
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Wening
Hatiheld
Direct Legislation League
Skilee
Settlement of Stock Yards Fight Fails in Senate
The stock yards settlement fight in the senate failed to occur on Friday and the bill, long debated, was postponed until this week. The bill now awaits passage but opponents advocate substantial changes before approval. The Albert amendment passed on Thursday removes penalties for violation, effectively nullifying the measure.
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Senate
Ollie
Kemp
Albert
Levy for Bridge Building in Cronin's Will
The house recommended a one fifth mill levy to support county bridge programs. County boards may apply to the state Irrigation Board for aid to build bridges over streams longer than 175 feet.
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Pireage Cronin
State Board of Irrigation
Measure Postponed By House Judiciary Committee
Robert Smith the clerk of the district court in Douglas county appeared before the house committee on judiciary and secured a postponement indefinitely. The discussion centered on changing the fee system for court clerks.
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Robert Smith
Douglas County
House Committee On Judiciary
Sil
Finance Committee Reviews Premont Sale Proposal
The house finance committee returned from Premont where it examined the proposal by the Fre mont normal proprietors to sell the property to the state. A 120000 appropriation for this purpose has been introduced and the committee has not yet issued a decision.
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House Finance, Ways and Means
Premont
Fremont Normal
AOM
Lincoln City Chief, 8 F 000, City Government Change
The Lincoln city chief report indicates a formal decision with no dissenting vote. Folleckh and Latowater are cited in the account of the city government change in Lincoln.
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Loncoln
Folleckh
Latowater
Wistend & Third Thone
Linteoln
Joint committee meeting at Lincoln Hotel discussed pending bills
The joint committee on good rods hell w m brie weniot met informally at the Lincoln Hotel to discuss the most important points of bills pending in both houses.
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Weniot
Tdncoln
Gartos' Bucket Shop Bill Debated in Senate
The bill to regulate bucket shops faces debate in the senate led by Senator Benatoy of Saline. The amendment would tighten the current statute by prohibiting offices and rooms used for dealing in stocks, grain or provisions without actual delivery planned.
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Gartos
Board of Trade
Ilege
Mriday Bey Benatoy Tarto
Stock Yards Bill Sparks Senate Discussion All Day
The senate debated Ollis’s stock yards bill all Tuesday with Ollis Hoagland Bartos Mirehead opposing and supporting sides arguing regulation by state railway commission. Proponents call yards a public service. opponents warn of losses to South Omaha yards and lobby concerns.
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Ollie Stock Yards
Senate
Ollis
Hoagland
Tartos and
Mirehead
State Railway Commission
South Omaha
Senato Bartos
Jansen
Gage
Tillself
Kemp
Scheele Victory Telegram From Aden Businessmen
Representatives from Aden send telegrams of congratulations to Lenny Scheele on his victory, praising him as the most capable to represent Seward County and acknowledging the broad local support.
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Scheele
Bill to consolidate telephone firms under state railway control
A bill will be introduced to the legislature to consolidate telephone companies under the supervision of the state railway commission. Both Bell and independent interests are understood to have agreed to the measure.
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State Railway Commission
Bell
Students Votes Under Ban Bill Passed by Senate
A bill to disfranchise students living in Lincoln and other university towns advanced from a hard-fought senate battle after strong opposition. The measure aims to restrict student voting rights and faced fierce debate before recommendation for passage.
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Lincoln
Senate
Armory Memorial Funding Faces Indefinite Postponement
The appropriation bill for a $20,000 memorial armory in Otoe County, introduced by Representative Annoess and backed by the committee, moved to general file after a prolonged fight by the bill’s author and was sent for indefinite postponement.
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Otoe County
Annoess
Tia
House Adopts Amendment to Initiative Bill on Constitutional Change
Lawmakers spent Washington’s birthday on the bill and adopted one amendment. The measure notes a difference between amending the constitution and enacting statutory law. Speaker Kuhl introduced the amendment, approved 49 to 41, setting a 2 percent threshold for constitutional amendments.
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Washington
Kuhl
County Option Reported Advances Without Debate
The house heard the report of the committee on miscellaneous subjects and its recommendation to pin the county option bill to third reading without debate. The committee of the whole’s report was accepted without discussion.
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House
Wertman Case Denied as Scheele Seated in House
Scheele was seated as a member of the house of representatives by a 64 to 43 vote and the contest of Republican challenger Charles Wertman was denied.
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Scheele
House of Representatives
Charles Wertman
House Extends Working Day To Accelerate Spring Plowing
The house decided to lengthen daily hours by an hour and a half to speed passage before spring plowing time, adopting a policy aimed at finishing work faster.
News of a Week in Condensed Form
Recap of national events with Taft linked appointments and Bourne critique. Hobson bill on defense secrets passes Senate without debate while the Panama fortification bill advances with a $2 million appropriation. Sutherland amendment for direct Senate elections approved 60 to 87, with final vote set for February 28. McCall bill status unchanged, Canada reciprocity report advances without recommendation. U.S.–Japan trade treaty ratified after executive session, with caveat against Japanese cocile labor.
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Lten
United States
Senate
Sage
Finance Committee
United States Senate
Japan
Prominent Figures in Courtroom and National Headlines
Reported court case drama with Anna Bertha Grunepan in New York. Rail robbery on Erie No. 18 investigated by Wells Fargo secret service. Stratton fortune dispute in Texas. Taft displays new red neckwear. Charlie Clark era corporate charter threats for missed annual reports. Dr Saphir performs numerous operations at People's Hospital New York. Iowa politician R W Hollenbeak killed by a train near Caseyla. Border clashes kill Indian fighters. Fronteras seized by insurrectos. Interstate Commerce official Prouty warns railroads may face government takeover if laws are ignored.
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Nevada
Redskins
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Bald
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Peril
Marshall Field, Jr
Atlantic Steamship
A.F.L
General File
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Tle
Congress
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Bourne
Anna Bertha Grunepan
William English Walling
Winfield Beatt
Stratton
Colorado
Texas
Joseph F. Saphir
the People's Hospital
R. W. Hollenbeak
Iowa
Adair County
Caseyla
Insurrectos
Fronteras
Douglas
Aziz
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Commission
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