House Proceedings Highlight Prohibition Debate and Currency Move
The special house committee wrapped up its inquiry into Electric Boat amid admissions by FL Whitney revealing anonymous letters. Missouri's Richard Barthldt pressed prohibition in the District of Columbia committee. Republican talks led to a new currency bill in Congress as the president's message was read in both chambers. The pension and Columbia appropriation bill advanced in the Senate.
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House
Electric Boat Company
FL B. Whitney
Tornado Boat Company
Richard Barthcldt
Missouri
House Committee On
District of Columbia
Vreeland
Congress
I Senaie
Pension and Peatriet of Columbia
Notable Early 20th Century Figures in Turbulent Times
The report recalls Keines Wilhelmus of Sweden and King Gustave's son as they wed Grand Duchess Marie Pavilovna in St. Petersburg. Other items mention Harry Thaw seeking release via habeas corpus from Matteawan Hospital, Jirey Ford of San Francisco RR acquittal on bribery, and political shifts with George Gray declining a Democratic bid. It notes claims about ex President Cleveland’s health and various speculative matters, plus a bribery case and embezzlement probe involving F Boul of Minnesota.
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Keines Wilhelmus
Sweden
Gustave
America
Ib Shet O
St. Petersburg
Marie Pavilovna
Russia
Paul Alejandrovitch
Harry Thaw
Matteawan Hospital
Jirey L. Ford
Coounsel
San Francisco
New York
Clevel
Maury McMurray
Ipia
Lima
Lee Pitt
Clt
Frankham
Tris
Wesecern
Boul
Mass fire in New Aveluce hotel kills many in Fort Warne
Disorder and tragedy spread across several cities as fires, battleships, and political shifts appear in a sweeping general report. In Fort Warne Indiana a hotel fire claimed 28 or more lives with others injured. Brooklyn and South Columbus also report deaths. A fierce harbor gale endangers ships near Monterey and various political and criminal events are noted nationwide.
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Tire
Aveluce
Fort Warne
Ind
Brooklyn
South Columbus
Monterey
Alabama
J. T. Crumbaush
Broominden
Santa Barbara
St. Louis
Yellow Pine
Standard Oil Company
Cleveland
New Jersey
Bryan
Colorado
Arkansas
Taft
Leonora Pierce
Greyta Fulmer
Denver
Mulal Hafid
South
Morocco
Welch
Darr
Wiham
Shem Syed
United States Coal and Coke
Thousands Face Turbulent News Across U S Fronts
A chaotic roundup reports court actions touching Indiana express rates and Detroit lawyers, a Jealous killer acquitted by insanity, naval squadrons in Monterey, town arson in Verden Okla, robberies in Torreon and Pittsburgh, fires in Baraboo and Nashville, escapes in Atlanta, and violent clashes from Panama to Persia with massacres, bombings, and political strife across the nation.
Taft Attacks Bryan Over Philippine Policy and Silver
The debate pits Judge Taft against William Jennings Bryan as they clash over the Philippine policy and free coinage. Taft argues Bryan supports colonial governance and could revive free silver, while Bryan is portrayed as unfit for high office due to past and present stances on silver and government ownership of railroads.
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Taft
Mr. Bryan
Philippine Islands
Bryan
United States
Spain
Bean
Heveridge Tariff Commission Plan Endorsed
The Kansas City Star reports Senator Heveridge urges a permanent expert tariff commission. The body would be nonpolitical, continuously study duties, aid fair consumer prices, and support foreign trade. It would provide practical reports to Congress for steady tariff revision without political agitation.
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Tariff Commission
Heveridge
Tarif Commission
Congress
Kansas City Star
Abandoning the United States for Canadian Lands
A Winnipeg report cites a spring tide of western emigrants crossing into Canada, with about 300,000 moving since the century’s start. The shift stems from aspirations for better opportunities, as homesteaders and small landowners sell high in the U S and buy inexpensive Canadian land, then prosper there.
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Winnipeg
Canada
United States
New York Sun
Wasteful disposal of national assets alarms citizens
Citizens call for ending profligacy in selling coal and oil lands and water power and demand an end to reckless forest destruction. The note urges prudent stewardship and prohibits wastefulness across natural resources.
Haiti in Chaos Not Worth US Intervention Says Tribune
The Chicago Tribune argues Haiti cannot stabilize under emperors or presidents and urges the United States to stay out of Haitian affairs while warning that political color tensions and racial issues complicate any potential intervention. It notes potential US redress if citizens are harmed and predicts eventual US dominance of West Indian islands but opposes meddling now.
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Haiti
Christophe
Dessalines
United States
Chicago
West India Islands
Roosevelt Tour Sparks Global Interest and Possible World Travel
The article notes expectations around President Roosevelt plans to spend a year abroad after leaving office. It highlights international interest in his leadership and personality, comparing him to Grant and Lincoln. It suggests a possible world tour, with a route perhaps via the Atlantic or Pacific and potential visits to the Philippines and Japan.
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Grant
Roosevelt
United States
Lincoln
Europe
Atlantic
Philippines
Japan
Democrats open bid for Johnson nomination
The Minnesota Democratic committee launches a campaign to nominate Gov. Johnson, arguing Bryan’s repeated defeats make him unlikely to win. The piece warns against repeating past defeats and urges selecting a leader with better odds in 1908.
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Bryan
Minnesota Democratic Committee
Gov. Johnson
Bryapa
Water Power Privilege Veto Signals Time Limits
President Roosevelt warned Congress against bills granting water power privileges without a time limit or authority to set and collect fair charges. He vetoed the first defective bill, a small Rainy River dam project in Minnesota, and other noncompliant measures await fate pending this decision.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Rainy River
Minnesota
Unknown man robs pawnbroker of revolver belt threat
Evansville Indiana Fisher & Raphael pawnbrokers faced a bold outlaw who examined revolvers and a pistol belt, then strapped weapons, pulled a gun and menaced proprietor Leo Fisher before exiting the shop threatening violence. Local authorities seek the suspect.
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Evansville
Ind
Fisher & Raphael
Leo Fisher
Fisher
Lamphere Held on Murder Charge in Gunness Case
Ray Lamphere of Laporte Indiana was arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze that destroyed Mrs. Della Gunness home and killed Mrs. Gunness and three children. He is in custody on a first degree murder charge and gives conflicting accounts of his whereabouts during the fire. He says he walked from Laporte to a six miles north job site between 3 and 4 am and saw the Gunness house on fire but did not raise the alarm to avoid suspicion.
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Wil Ham A. Stetson
Boston
United States
Miss Georgia & Bible
North Carolina
Chicago
Herbert Loeb
Philadelphia
Fred Auterburn
Atlantic
Pittsburg
Mirror Lake
Baraboo
Wis
Martinighe
7. D. Garrison
Joet Whe
Flatreek
Ala
Nashville
Tenn
Phoenix Club
Cincinnati
Ray Lausphere
Laporte
Ind
Della Gunness
Ambassador Heid
Jean
John Hubert Ward
Earl of Dudley
Elsass
Kiel
Persia
Tre
Baltimore
John A. Bunn Chain Company
St. Paul
Minn
Malone & Son
Cayuga, Ind
State Bank
Maryland
Taft
Maine
Leon County
Tobacco
Florida
Dagana
West Africa
New York City
Darton, O
Foraker
West Virginia
Repubicans
Pennsylvania
Knox
Vermont
Connecticut
San Francisco
Harris
Korea
Ray Lamphere
Reconciliation Breaks Through Long Estrangement
Everett Robling, once living apart from his Logan township wife, returns from Kansas City to spend his remaining years with her after a daughter informs him of his mother in law’s death. The couple reconciles following the quiet estrangement sparked by a quarrel after their marriage.
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Petersburg
Ind
Everett Robling
Logan Township
Kansas City
Robling
Death threat from a catfish horn in Indiana
Noblesville farmer L Cheesman lies near death at his home after a catfish horn punctured his left little finger while removing the hook from Cicero creek. The injury developed blood infection and threatens his life.
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Noblesville
Ind
Rush Countly Fruit Damaged by Cold Weather in Rushville
Farmers in Rush County Indiana report frost and hail reduced fruit yields this season with cherries hardest hit and overall crop about one quarter of previous years.
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Rushville
Ind
Fire Devastates Walkerton Business District
A blaze in Walkerton Indiana destroyed seven business buildings in the district about 74 miles south of South Bend. The fire caused an estimated loss of 160000 dollars and threatened the entire business area.
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South Bend
Ind
Walkerton
Here
Local raid seizes liquor at Evansville restaurant
Evansville police raided the Edna Guard restaurant at Fifth and Cherry streets and confiscated a tub of beer and four quarts of whisky under the blind tiger law. In Lehbanor A N Carine, 60, hanged himself with a blanket in the county jail hospital, leaving a wife and daughter at Thorntown.
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Lianor
Evansville
Ind
Edna Guard
Fifth
Cherry
Lehbanor
A. N. Carine
Carine
Thorntown
Receiver Appointed for Terre Haute & Merom Traction Co
Terre Haute Indiana Charles Harlan was named receiver for the Terre Haute and Merom Traction Company Two miles of rails are laid at about sixty nine thousand dollars the company issued script to cover the cost
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Terre Haute
Ind
Charles Harlan
Terre Haute & Merom Traction Co
Fruit Outlook Stays Bright for Elkhart Growers
Elkhart Indiana reports no frost, with a recent low of 38 degrees. Growers say fruit prospects have not changed in the past two weeks despite mild weather conditions.
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Elkhart
Ind
Bond of Lubbe Indicted in Federal Banking Case
Lawrenceburg Indiana sheriff received word from U S Marshal in Indianapolis that Fred Lubbe former cashier of the First National Bank of Dillsboro has been indicted by a federal grand jury for violation of banking laws and will stand trial. Lubbe is to testify in the Bank versus United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company suit filed by the bank claiming the bond was still in effect. The bonding company says Lubbe resigned from the bond two years ago and the bank must prove the bond validity.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Richard White
United States
Harry Petit
Indianapolis
Fred Lubbe
First National Bank of Dillsboro
Federal Grand Jury
Lubbe
United States Fidelity and Guarantee Co
Stech
Bonding
Te Bank
Recruiting officer fined jailed after theater arrest
Sgt S A Chambers in charge of Andersen United States Army recruiting station faced a 2H fine and 10 days in jail for immorality after being spotted by an actor during a theater outing. Hazel Stanley, arrested with him, was remanded to jail. Chambers had no funds, extending his sentence to 30 days in jail and leaving the recruiting office closed.
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Chambers
Woman Guilty of Manslaughter in Columbus Case
Mrs Frances Cooper aged 18 wife of Stephen Cooper currently serving time for larceny was found guilty in Bartholomew circuit court of manslaughter in the death of her 10 month old daughter whose body was located in a creek near Columbus on December 7. The defense raised insanity and the jury deliberated about 20 minutes. She was sentenced to from two to fourteen years in the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville.
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Columbus
Ind
Frances Cooper
Stephen Cooper
Indiana
Michigan City
Bartholomew
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Here
Prisoners Escape as Johnson Drew Eye and Fled
In Michigan City Indiana Marshal Metsker and Deputy Ward with Vance Johnson and James Hurley pursued prisoners destined for the state prison. Johnson feigned rheumatic lameness then dashed tobacco into the officer’s eyes and escaped after Farb fired five shots. The incident followed a saloon pursuit and capture attempt.
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Michigan City
Ind
T. F. Metsker
Sam Ward
Broad Ripple
Indianapolis
Vance Johnson
James Hurley
Johnson
Jaounsen
Farb
Bonds Offered for Sale in Brookville Bridge Project
Brookville Indiana Franklin county offered for sale twenty two thousand dollars of bridge bonds at 3 1 4 percent non tax exempt maturing in one to eleven years. No outside bid or bank bid. bonds sold at par to local residents in small amounts. Dam project near Noblesville to span White River two miles north of town. Detroit School of Hydraulic measured for dam construction. work to begin by June.
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Brookville
Ind
Franklin County
Noblesville
H von School
Detroit
Mich
White River
Town Marshal Seeks 10000 Damages From Rail Line
Town Marshal E Cummifiat of New Albany Indiana files suit against the Southern Railway of Indiana seeking ten thousand dollars for injuries suffered when he was shot. The case is dated 1907 with details indicating a long-standing legal action and injury claims tied to railway conduct.
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New Albany
Ind
IV. E
Southern Railway of
Indiana
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