Pooling Act Aims at Railroads in ICC Inquiry
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans prosecutions against packing houses in the West for receiving favorable rates. A pooling bill to let railroads pool under ICC regulation is urged by commission and rail executives. J P Morgan James J Hill and F H Hartman summoned. fines possible for rebates in 1901. In Wisconsin, Washburn Bayfield & Iron River railroad official Clark is jailed with crew for tearing up a main line under order of Receiver Frost. court orders and sheriff prevent further action.
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Chicago
West
Commission
Congress
Commerce Commission
Community of Interests Idea
J.P. Morgan
James J. Hill
F. H. Hartman
Washburn
Wis
Clark
Washburn, Bayfield & Iron River Railroad
Iron River
Lien
Frost
United States Court
Parish
Minnesota on Northern Securities Case in Supreme Court
The second document filed in the United States Supreme Court by Attorney General Douglas of Minnesota outlines the state's position on the legality of railroad consolidations, with emphasis on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern merger and the state's right to sue the consolidation in this court.
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Northern Securities
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Douglas
Minnesota
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Cracksmen Blow a Safe at National Stockyards Bank
Six hundred men entered the National Stockyards bank near East St. Louis last night kidnapping the night watchmen and a fireman then blew the vaults with dynamite. They secured about $5,000 in coin and currency and fled by horse after nine hours of work. East St. Louis police and St. Louis officers guard exits but no suspects have been found.
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St. Louis
National Stockyards Bank
East St. Louis
Wiswell Dies. Milwaukee Mutual Leader Was 50
George N Wiswel president of Milwaukee Mutual Life Insurance died after a three weeks illness at age 50. He served as sergeant at arms at the national Republican convention in Philadelphia two years ago and as assistant sergeant at arms at Chicago Minneapolis and St Louis conventions. He was United States marshal of the Eastern District of Wisconsin under President Harrison.
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Milwaukee
George N. Wiswel
Milwaukee Mutual Life Insurance Company
Wiswell
Philadelphia
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Harrison
Wilkinsons Grand Rapids musical director dies in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Jan 7 A W Wilkinson of Grand Rapids Mich musical director of a burlesque company playing at a local theater died today of apoplexy at a hospital in this city.
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Philadelphia
A. W. Wilkinson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Receiver for the Expo in Buffalo as creditors split
Buffalo January 7 application filed for a receiver after failure to unite Pan American exposition creditors. Of 2.5 million dollars in first mortgage bonds, 150 thousand remains unpaid. The valuable wrecking privilege is blocked by claims and judgments.
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Buffalo
Salute to Liberty Bell Draws Roanoke crowds
Salute the Liberty Bell as it travels to Charleston for the exposition. In Roanoke on January 7 thousands of school children cheered and sang patriotic songs along the route.
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Roanoke
Charleston Exposition
Brigands hold Miss Stone in Turkish territory
Constantinople Jan 7 brigands holding Miss Stone are in trouble with local inhabitants. American legation members say rumors of release are unfounded and no news has been received. Dragoman Gariginel left for interior last month to meet captors. no word since November 12.
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Constantinople
Miss Stone
Legation
Gariginel
Interior
Murder charge in twin baby death case in Indiana
Mary and Ruth Putnam two unmarried sisters living with their farmer mother Ethel Putnam in Illinois were arrested in Vincennes Ind for the murder of twin babies born December 21. The bodies were found buried in a pasteboard box in an orchard.
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Vincennes
Ind
Mary
Ruth Putnam
Ethel Putnam
Indiana Line
Ilinois
Mary Putnam
Labor Unions in China Show Fragmented Craft Roles
The article describes dense division of labor among Chinese unions with separate groups for silk weave and cabinet makers by wood design, and even landscape versus flora art on fans. It notes holidays for national and union origins, gatherings after work, and clustered streets where similar trades concentrate, naming streets by commodity rather than formal titles.
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Silk Weavers
China
Wisconsin Ice Tax Case Heads to Supreme Court
Henry Rose Miller of Burlington, superintendent of Knickerbocker Ice Co. Chicago, found guilty of violating the ice tax law by shipping a carload of ice to Chicago. The case proceeds to the Wisconsin supreme court.
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Wisconsin
Racine
Wis
Henry Rose‘miller
Burlington
Knickerbocker Ice Company
Chicago
Supreme Court
Receiver named for Silver Flake Cereal Co in Chicago
George W. Dix has been appointed receiver for the Silver Flake Cereal Company. The firm operates plants in Cragin, Illinois and St. Louis. Nash-Wright Company filed the petition. A creditor holds claims of $29,600.
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Cereal Company
Chicago
George W. Dixon
Silver Flake Cereal Company
Cragin
Ill
St. Louis
Nash-Wright Company
Baseball War Coming Declares National League Chief
New York Jan 7 President Spalding of the National League publicly released a letter to the league magnates denouncing the alleged effort to form a baseball trust. He says a baseball revolution is in progress and warns timid ones to move to the rear.
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National League
New York
Spalding
Ottumwa Gun Club Sets Dates for State Sportsmen Meet
Ottumwa Iowa January 7 at a meeting of the Ottumwa Gun club the dates for the State Sportsmen s association meeting were announced as May 20 22 in Ottumwa.
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Iowa Sportsmen’s
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Gun Club
State Sportsmen's Association
Yanger Bernstein Match Off In St Louis
The dispute over a referee led to the cancellation of the Yanger Bernstein bout set for January 14 in St. Louis. No replacement date was announced.
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Yanger-Bernstein
St. Louis
Yanger
Bernstein
One Round Fight In Flint Ends Early
Flint Michigan January 7 Frank Stack of Detroit defeated Thomas Hesson of Ann Arbor in the first round tonight in a boxing match.
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Flint
Mich
Frank Stackhouse
Detroit
Thomas Hesson
Ann Arbor
Cleveland Knife Death Angers Family Quarrel
In Cleveland on January 7 John Pavel and his uncle John Pilat fought. Pilat reportedly offered a reconciliation embrace then fatally stabbed the boy in the arm. Pilat is in custody.
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Cleveland, O
John Pavel
John Pilat
Pilat
Horse shipments head to Illinois farms from Cymric trip
On the White Star liner Cymric arriving in New York are 47 Percheron stallions 10 French draught horses and 15 English shire horses to stock Wenona and Galesburg Illinois farms. The report notes drought near San Antonio with feed prices high causing cattle and horses to be killed to prevent starvation.
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New York
Wenona
Galesburg
Ill
San Antonio
Chicago Great Western Railway
Galveston News
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Australia
American Missionary Association
Congregational
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Edward Beck
St. Stephen’s Church
Boston
Philippine Islands
Episcopal Church
de Beers Consolidated Diamond Mines, Limited
Kimberley
South Africa
H. M. Smith
Mound City
Pulaski County
Smith
Illinois
Flies blamed for typhus deaths in South Africa letter
A British army surgeon writes from Harrowsmith to a London medical journal arguing that flies are a chief carrier of typhoid germs in South Africa. He notes more deaths where flies abound and suggests chemical treatments reduced fly activity during sieges, implicating flies in spreading disease.
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South Africa
Harrowsmith
South
Ladysmith
Reverend Rickey Escapes Jail Using Hidden Floor Hole
The Rev. Albert Rickey, former Scottsburg Sunday school superintendent, disappeared from a jail after ten days’ detention. He allegedly escaped by using an old file to cut away floor stone in his cell while inmates pretended to pray in the corridor.
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Indianapolis
Jah
Albert Rickey
Scottsburg
Rickey
Rude Shock At Lexington Dolly Varden German
Lexington society is abuzz after a rude incident at a Dolly Varden german where a planned surprise involved a low screen, dancers displaying ankles and feet, and men kneeling to chosen partners. Several men reacted by grabbing the exposed ankles, upsetting matrons and stirring social scandal in Blue Grass society.
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Lexington
Blue Grass
Statistics of Courtship From a Foreign Statistician
A foreign statistician compiled data from hundreds of novels on courtship. Among 100 accepted proposals 81 men vowed they could not live without the beloved, 72 held hands, 60 kissed on the lips, 18 were speechless with excitement, and 27 percent of women anticipated proposals. Among 100 rejections 40 rushed out, 21 viewed life as worthless, 14 grew tongue tied, and 4 fainted, while women showed varied reactions including 70 embracing lovers and four sitting passively.
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America
Trouble in the Ranks of Democratic Senators and Canal Talks
Washington dispatch reports a Democratic minority caucus fight over policy and loyalty tensions between Tamany and Texas factions. Senate disarray includes Culberson and West attacks, while canal deals heat up as Panama offer price drops to 40 million. Mason urges dual-route approach and cautions on reciprocity but promises a full speech.
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Washington
Congress
Committee On
Tammany
Texas
McClellan
Edward M. Shepard
Mr. Richardson
Senate
Culberson
Philippines
Jones
Cockrell
Missouri
Daniel
Virginia
West
Canel
Panama Canal Company
United States
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Morgan
Mason
Canal Committee
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Colombia
Masohh Ott
Committee On Foreign Relations
Blaine
Tin Can plant in Columbus shutters as move to Chicago
The American Tin Can company关闭 its Columbus Ohio plant with stock and machinery being transferred to the Illinois Can company in Chicago. The abandonment signals a company policy to consolidate operations at fewer, larger locations.
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American Tin Can Company
Columbus
Ilinois Can Company
Chicago
Thet Company
Butler Elected Columbia President Amid Transition
Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler, acting president since Seth Low’s resignation, was voted president by Columbia University’s board of trustees yesterday. He is not quite 40, a Columbia graduate, and studied in Europe.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Seth Low
Butler
Columbia
Europe
France and Italy share wine output but differ in value
New York Sun notes France and Italy produce similar annual wine quantities except champagne, with France exporting US imports worth 5.147 million dollars versus Italy 347 thousand. It cites Italy as a major exporter overall, while praising French vine culture for terroir driven quality that California growers increasingly adopt to preserve distinct vineyard value.
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New York Sun
France
Italy
United States
Austria
Pacific Coast
California
United States Steel President Foresees Unlimited Power
A Paris cable reports President Schwab proclaims U S industry will overwhelm foreign markets with American products. He predicts the United States will grow stronger and outpace the old world within a quarter century, while noting fears about French industrial schools shaping returning graduates.
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Schwab
Paris
United States Steel Corporation
United States
France
America
Steel works project to cost millions at Donora
Pittsburg Pa Jan 7 Within a few days contracts will be awarded by the Union Steel company for the construction of two blast furnaces a group of open hearth furnaces and an immense amount of steel structural work at Donora on the Monongahela river 20 miles from the city The capital invested is over 14 000 000 Thousands will be given employment.
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Pittsburg
Union Steel Company
Donora
Monongahela River
Co operative Telephone Plant Formed in Detroit
Detroit Jan 7 The recent rate increase by the Michigan Telephone company prompted the Merchants and Manufacturers exchange to establish a cooperative plant.
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Co-operative Telephone Plant
Detroit, Mich
Michigan Telephone Company
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Exchange
Appointment to Central Hospital Board
Governor Yates names William L. Fay of Jacksonville to succeed the late John B. Joy on the Central hospital for the insane at Jacksonville board of trustees. The appointment is effective immediately as announced in Springfield Illinois.
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Illinois Hospital
Springfield
Ill
Yates
William L. Fay
Jacksonville
The
Central Hospital For the Insane
John B. Joy
Chapin
Montague Lessler Wins Seventh District Race
New York voters chose Montague Lessler over Perry Belmont by 394 votes in the Seventh district congressional election. Belmont conceded after the tally, with Lessler securing the seat.
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Perry Belmont
New York
Montague Lessler
Illinois Fair Premiums Proposed for Next State Fair
Springfield Jan. 7 The state board of agriculture decided to grant 42000 dollars in premiums for the next fair and formed a committee to invite President Roosevelt on governor’s day.
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Springfield
Ill
State Board of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Venezuela in Decay Warns Against American Policy
George Morris argues Venezuela’s collapse from revolution and poverty threatens regional stability. He urges a U S protectorate and a Monroe Doctrine approach to curb external creditors and prevent war between Venezuela and Colombia while criticizing local social norms and carnival era excesses that mask deeper welfare failures.
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Germany
Great Britain
Egypt
Venezuela
la Guayra
Caracas
Lfe
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