Taft Sees Trouble in China and Senate Deficit Bill
Senate committee on interstate commerce begins Hepburn rate bill consideration with amendments discussed. Taft warns China tension may require troops near Manila while appropriations panel debates eight hour work rules for canal labor. pension bills pass in a busy House session with tariff adjustments and pensions for veterans.
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Taft
China
Senate Committee
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Committee On the
Philippines
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William Grinnell Dies After Illness at Law Firm
William Grinnell of Morton and Bliss, lawyers at 40 Wall Street, died in New York on Friday after a week long illness of pneumonia. He was a member of the firm and valued in the legal community.
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York
William Norton- ‘Grinnell
Morton. & Bliss
Wall Street
William
Grinnell
Clive
Prosecution Rests In Smoot Hearings Mormon Church Ties Exposed
Washington February 10 testimony in the Reed Smoot hearings reveals businessman Worthington seeking to call 100 to 200 witnesses to counter alleged polygamy links with Utah officials. C A Smurthwaite testifies disputes are settled by ward teachers and bishops, while Salt brand rivals face sharp price cuts amid church tithing revenue estimates of 1.5 to 2 million dollars annually.
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Reed Smoot
Utah
senate _committee on privileges
Worthington
Burrows
Smoot
C. A. Smurthwaite
Ogden
Smost
Smith
Knox
Smurthwaite
Factional pistol fight leaves Savannah official dead
In Savannah Georgia on February 10 a clash between rival political factions near the city exchange left Babe Dyer dead and Frank Nagle critical after being shot through the eye. Policeman Pat McKenna was wounded in the neck and C H Dyer twice in the legs with Snatcher Dyer and Thomas Hewitt arrested. The shootout involved about 40 shots as the Dyers and McKenna clashed following a courthouse quarrel.
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Babe” Dyer
Frank Nagle
Pat McKenna
C. H. Dyer
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Thomas Hewitt
Dyers
McKenna
Billy
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Jug traffic floods eastern shore steamers with whisky
Steamers along the eastern shore carry hundreds of whisky jugs and demijohns to local option districts. Officials note a surge in barrel and large package trade, with many passengers arriving at Light Street to fill containers, as juleps and spirits flow through a bustling, informal network.
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Maryland
Indian Boy Who Faced Mockery Wins Pardon Aid
James Seketer endured taunts at Carr Lane school and later helped Otto Willig after a fatal romance. Seketer urged a judge to grant Willig a pardon, sending the petition to Gov Folk, who ordered the mother to take her son home for Christmas with the boy spared.
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Carr. Lane
Redskin
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Seketer
Willig
Jefferson City
First Christmas Gift From Chinese Laundryman
The New York Sun reports Mr Findleton received two small square tea packets after paying ninety cents for laundry. The Chinese washman placed the gift beside the bundle and called it klismus, prompting a knowing smile as the man adapts to local customs.
Debates Over Paupers Dinner Policy Stirring England Meeting
A recent meeting of guardians and clerical officials discussed whether paupers in public institutions should dine at Christmas. The discussions grew bitter with strong opinions from members on whether the policy should be continued or altered, amid overall concern for welfare and propriety.
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England
Guardian
Governor presses impeachment debate before April convention
The governor plans to convene the legislature ahead of the Republican state convention to push impeachment of Storms. He argues for a state bill funding rail fare and interest on funds in state and county hands, while noting not all lawmakers share his views.
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Regular pastor hired by Fast Main Street Friends church
Richmond Ind February 12 Employment of a regular pastor by the Fast Main Street Friends church marks an epoch for conservative orthodox Quakers. It is the first regularly employed pastor in the church history and signals the adoption of modern religious methods.
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Fast
Main Street Friends Church
América
Kankakee Flood Waters Diverted to Tippecanoe
River system plan shifts flood flow from the Kankakee to the Tippecanoe to hasten discharge and protect crops. The eight mile channel would let the Kankakee river runoff join the Wabash instead of the Illinois.
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Kankakee River
Kankakee
Tippecanoe
Kakee
Illinois
Fires in Washington cause $6500 in damage
Two fires in Washington Indiana on February 12 damaged multiple businesses. Murphy block sustained $1000 in building loss, Ler E Whettell's shoe store $4000, J E Bowman's restaurant $700, Padgett Padgett's law office $100, and William Prater's feed store was totally destroyed at $700 loss.
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Ind
Murphy
E. Whettell
J. E. Bowman
Padgett& Padgett
William Prater
Father seeks missing son after two-year search
Terre Haute Indiana February 12 Dr S Byers received 1274 from Evansville to aid in locating his son Rich believed kidnapped two years ago. He just returned from Tennessee and Arkansas where crews failed and he heads to Kentucky for another search.
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Ind
S. Byers
Evansville
Rich
Tennesse
Arkansas
Kentucky
Socialist Leader Fined Over School Law Refusal
Evansville Indiana February 12 William Rudolph a known local socialist leader was fined in court for failure to send his son to public school He argued the law violates his beliefs claiming public schools teach history that harms socialism
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Ind
Willian Rudolph
Rudolph
Man Loses Foot in Railroad Switch Accident
A Wabash Indiana jury awarded Clark Dinius 7,258 dollars after he sued for 15,000 for losing a foot while switching at City, Ohio on the Clover Leaf and Bridge roads joint track. He was employed by the firm and handling outbound cars when injured.
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Ind
Wwabash
Clover Leaf
Clark Dinius
Dinius
Gie City
Drie
Changes Hands in Indianapolis Sentinel Ownership
O. S. Buckley of New York has acquired Thomas Taggart's holdings and becomes secretary of the company. Aquilla Jones, an Indianapolis lawyer, succeeds Taggart as president. The paper will remain Democratic.
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Ind
O. Os Buckley
New York
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis Sentinel
Aquilla Jones
Taggart
Merger Formed Between Deering and Consolidated Indiana Coal
Terre Haute Ind Feb 12 The Deering Coal Company merging with Consolidated Indiana Coal Company creates a combined operation owning 26 mines in Indiana and Illinois. The merged properties are valued at about two million dollars.
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Ind
Deering Coal Company
Indiana
Illinois
Consolidated Indiana Coal Company
Fakir’s Medicine Fatal in Fort Wayne Case
Mrs William Barrons of Monroeville bought medicine from a traveling fakir. Her four year old daughter Caroline swallowed two pills and shortly after fell into convulsions and died. Coroner Stults is investigating.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
William Barrons
Monroeville
Caroline
Stults
Miners Hurt In Gas Explosion Near Boonville Indiana
February 12 report from Boonville Indiana details an explosion at Polk mines caused by accumulated gas. Workers were injured including Joseph Harrian Robinson and Commodore. Authorities investigate causes and assess rescue operations.
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Boonville
Ind
Polk
Josepharian” Robinson
Commodore
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