Hints of National Debate Mark Week in Congress
Consolidated digest shows Roosevelt's second Brownsville message and civil employment relief. dam funding for Colorado River and Imperial Valley. mail pay cut by 10 percent. Keep commission cost-keeping report. army and militia funding debated. Indian school funding eyed for removal. Batley Mabon clash avoided. 16 hour train work rule. Reed Smoot seat defense debate.
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Roosevelt
Brownsville
Senate
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
California
House
Keep Commission
House of Representatives
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Lsle
J. W. Batley
Texas
Gaines
Tennessee
Mabon
Pennsylvania
Hopkins
Illinois
Reedmoot
Civil suits and indictments rock nationwide headlines
State of Illinois sues the Illinois Central for several million in back gross earnings. A Findlay Ohio grand jury returns 939 indictments against Standard Oil and associates for conspiracy. Nebraska and Colorado legislatures clash with senatorial candidates. A Kansas blizzard, ship groundings, shipwrecks, and multiple deaths reported.
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Illinois
Illinois Central Railroad
State Supreme Court
Springfield
Stead
Findlay O
Standard Oil Company
Rockefellers
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Gov. Jonson
Pengwern
Taltal
Chile
Falmouth
Scharporn
Larsen
Gulfport
Mobile
Sekoude
Gold Coast
Iowa News Roundup of Accidents and Crime Across Counties
A string of Iowa incidents includes Andrew Power killed by a Great Western train near Neola, a baby hip injury in Manchester, a hand car crash injuring seven on the Northwestern, and Barnyard and farm incidents. Also reported are arrests in Creston after a street fight, mob violence debates in Charles City, arson attempts against Burlington Civic Federation leaders, a gas poisoning near Clear Lake, a Rock Island bridge death in Eldon, a fatality in Eldon, a Wapello divorce case, a Denison murder verdict, and a lynching scare near Algona.
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Ashtabula, CO
Plumbers’ Association
James Daily
John Peterson
Red Wing
Minn
August Bloom
Malik Mansour Mirza
Shah of
Persia
Henry Richardson
United States Senate
Tower
Delaware
New York
Thomas & Co
Exporters. Co
W. Thomas
Toledo
John Olinger
Monon
112Th Street
Chicago
Peter
Oliver Dyer
Boston
Henry Squires
America
Burlington
Iowa
Meyer Rubin
Rose
Rosa
Phillip
Brooklyn
Edward W. Hoch
Topeka
Kan
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Clinton
Ind
William Oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
Anson M. Bangs
Panama Canal
Big Ditch
American College
Rome
France
Jerome
Percy-Gray
Mission Board
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
King Edward
Congo
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Harriman
Sugar Trust
Bill
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Stead
Supreme Court
Springfield
Sirs
Potter Palmer
Ara
National Civic Federation
Margaret Maillard
Clara Boose
Rock Island
Barney
N. M
Raymond Robins
Woman's Trade Union League
Hull House
William Alden Smith
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
R. A. Alger
Interstate Commerce Communation
Bonaparte
George W. Burnham
Connecticut
Willimantic
Union Hotel
Janesville
Wis
Great Western
Neola
Andrew Power
Bert Habblin
Manchester
Hamblin
Marshalltown
Hall Electric Company
Northwestern
Ben H. Tuoraman
Cedar Rapids
Tou
Margaret Sullivan
Dubuque
Milwaukee
Lars Larson
Sciola
Villisca
George Ricabaugh
Larson
Ed Owens
Creston
Chadron
Neb
W. S. Smock
Cromwell
Owens
Exline
Business Men's Club
Board of Supervisors
German Methodist Church
Charles City
James Cullen
Nathaniel Pye
Methodist Church
Wilson Denny
Congregational Church
F. E. Hirsch
Charles City College
Hirsch
Cullen
J. N. Patterson
Burlington Civic Federation
E. Jones
Civile Federation
Price
Albia
Mulet
Patterson
Warren Heath
Clear Lake Gas Company
Bradford Heath
Fred Nawfa
Denison
Joseph
Solomon Passan
Pasan Brothers
Kossuth County
Algona
Joe McCain
McCain
Michael Hubbard
Hicks
Burley
Rainsbarger
Hardin County
Eldora
Iowa State College
Dan L. Pascal
DeWitt
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Bennett Bros
Ames
Harry Hilton
Malvern
Red Oak Institute
Hose Company No. 2
Sixth Avenue
Walnut Street
Des Moines
Walnut
Jack
Fauvmis Des Moines
Carlson
J. L. Clark
Edwards
J. EB. Riggs
Petersburg
Willian Althof
John Wessel
Louis
Andy Koelker
Charles Snyder
Incline Avenue
Snyder
Kingston Earthquake Devastates Jamaica City
New York reports Kingston Jamaica was struck by a violent earthquake Monday afternoon causing widespread destruction in the capital. Fatalities are under 100 with hundreds injured as hospitals fill. the Myrtle Bank hotel and a great military hospital are reported burned.
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New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Therica
England
Sir Alfred Jones
Hall Caine
Viscount Montmorres
H. O. Arnold-Foster
M. P
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Shann
Earl and Countess of Dudley
Jones
San Francisco
Valparise
James
Myrtle Bank
Great Military Hospital
James Fergusson
London
West Indies
Boston
Kingston Harbor
Halifax
D. Budge
Halifax & Bermuda Cade Company
Williaan Sullivan
Bermuda Cable Company
Holland Bay
Typhoon Kills One Hundred In Philippine Islands
The islands of Leyte and Samar were struck by a typhoon on January 10. One hundred lives were lost on Leyte, barracks and official quarters on Samar were destroyed, and communication with Leyte and Samar has been cut off for six days. No property damage estimate or shipping impact yet reported. storm is the worst in ten years.
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Manila
P. I
Leyte
Samar
Cortelyou to be Confirmed by Senate Committee
Washington January 16 Senate finance committee agreed to report favorably the nominations of Postmaster General Cortelyou for secretary of the treasury and James R Garfield for secretary of the interior.
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Cortelyou
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
the Treasury
James R. Garfield
Interior
Guggenheim Elected U S Senator by Colorado Legislature
Simon Guggenheim a Republican was elected United States senator to replace Democrat Thomas M Patterson by the Colorado legislature at noon yesterday. The selection follows Patterson’s term and reflects party control in the state capital.
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Guggenheim
Denver
Colo
Simon Guggenheim
United States
Thomas M. Patterson
Colorado
Twin Dublin Men Die Together in Canal Tragedy
A London physician notes eyes in equal health only one case in fifteen. Blue-eyed people rarely go color blind. Wm Connolly and Patrick Cantwell of Dublin shared birth and baptism dates, drowned together in the Grand Canal at Tullamore while both on the same float, and were buried side by side.
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London
Wm, Connolly
Patrick Cantwell
Dublin
Grand Canal
Tullamore
Ireland
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Bauses
Mutual Life Insurance
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Glazier
Michigan
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Ponce
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B. D. Cox
Kentucky
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Illinois Central
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Walter S. Bogle, Jr
Crescent Coal Company
S. R. Moss & Co
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Senator Benson
Woodman’s Hall
Wilmington
Elbert W. Gibson
Riverdale
Harry Valance
North German Fire Insurance Company
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Sagua la Grande
Brander Matthews
Columbia University
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Germany
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Constitutional Convention
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