Missouri Rate Case Arguments Set for Jan 20 in KC
Final arguments in the Missouri freight and passenger rate cases are scheduled to begin in federal court in Kansas City on January 20. Judge Smith McPherson postponed the original Wednesday date by one week. Governor Hadley will lead the state's plea. In Chicago, Illinois, the direct primary law was upheld by Judge Ball, who ruled Loesch’s appointment as special state's attorney to prosecute election fraud cases legal.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Hadley
Chicago
Superior Court
Ball
Frank L. Loesch
Child Prodigy In Music Shocks Leipsic Circles
In Leipsic Pilar Osoroo a 34 year old girl is hailed as the world’s greatest child music prodigy after a piano recital last night. She performed classical selections perfectly before a crowd of critics.
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Leipsic
Jan
Pilar Osoroo
Parolees' Demand Triggers Jail Return in Springfield
Tom Scott, bound by a parole forbidding alcohol, asked to be jailed again and was placed in the county jail. The move came in Springfield Missouri on January 14 as a means to end his parole restrictions.
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Springfield
Tom Scott
Rescue Effort Aims To Save 200 Miners At Lick Branch
Switchback West Virginia January 14 rescue teams number thirty pressing to free 200 miners reportedly trapped by a mine explosion at Lick Branch. Eleven bodies had been recovered by nine this morning as dust from the mountain dimmed the sun and rescuers continued through the night.
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Lick Branch
W. Va
Pocahontas
Cortelyou Offered Presidency at Consolidated Gas Co
Gas Place reports that Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou has been invited to become president of the Consolidated Gas Co. He has reportedly taken the offer seriously and declined similar bids to lead several New York financial institutions.
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Cortelyou
New York
Fifty Thousand Verdict in Love Pirate Case
Mrs. Ana Goslin wife of Alfred R Goslin now in France was awarded 50000 by a New York supreme court jury. The suit against Anna Irene Magher Goslins secretary labeled the case a love pirate and Magher now also in France was named in the suit.
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New York
Ana Goslin
Alfred R. Goslin
France
Supreme Court
Goslin
Anna Irene Magher
Miss Magher
Beaten by Masked Men Ransack Pittsburg House
Solomon Loughner aged 80 and his two sisters aged 70 to 80 were bound gagged and beaten by six masked robbers who raided their Pittsburg home Tuesday night taking about 1500 dollars in cash then ate their supper and fled.
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Pittsburg
Solomon Loughner
Harvard chooses A Lawrence Lowell as Eliot successor
Boston January 14 A Lawrence Lowell was chosen by Harvard University board of overseers to succeed President Charles W Eliot. The selection is effectively an election though formal action remains for next week.
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Boston
A. Lawrence Lowell
Charles W. Eliot
Illinois Senate Ends Deadlock and Sets Inauguration
Illinois lawmakers end the stalemate over canvassing state officers votes. The Senate witnesses the tally in the House. Adlai Stevenson files a contest against Governor Deneen. Inauguration is set for Monday January 18 with a five member committee.
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Gov. Deneen
Lee O'M Brown
Ottawa
Dmocratic
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sherman
Senate
Hall of Representatives
House
Member of Legislature Dies in Chicago
Paul Zaabel a member of the legislature died at his Chicago home on Wednesday He had recently been carried into the capitol so he could vote for Speaker Shurtleff confirming his ongoing commitment to legislative duties.
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Chicago
Paul Zaabel
Shurtleff
Stubbs Urges Public Utilities Law for Kansas Legislature
Gov. Walter R. Stubbs, delivering his first message to the Kansas legislature, urged enacting a public utilities law. He proposed using the railroad law as a base and incorporating the best features of New York and Wisconsin utilities acts, which have faced practical tests.
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Bubbs
Topeka
Kas
Walter R. Stubbs
Kansas
New York
Wisconsin
British Embassy Ball Honors Miss Ethel Roosevelt
In Washington on Tuesday night the British ambassador and Mrs Bryce hosted a ball for Miss Ethel Roosevelt with hundreds of young Washington society members in attendance. The event was led by Miss Roosevelt and Ovey, third secretary of the embassy, along with William Phillips and Mrs Kennard wife of the second secretary.
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Washington
Bryce
Ethel Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Ovey
William Phillips
Kennard
Tramps Burn Dallas Bridge On Trinity River
The Missouri Kansas and Texas railway bridge over the Trinity near Dallas burned Tuesday. Officials say tramps set the fire. All trains into and out of Dallas are being detoured via the H T C route through Ennis.
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Dallas
Tex
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Trinity River
Ennis
Hie
Wreck of Katy Flyer Injures Six Near Hamburg
Six people four passengers and two Pullman porters were injured when the Kansas City Texas line derailed near Hamburg fifteen miles southwest of St. Charles. Ten cars left the rails during a blizzard delay. passengers reached St. Louis late as relief trains worked to clear the wreck and recover victims.
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St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Flyer
Galvestom
Hamburg
St. Charles
A. R. Doughner
Kirtley
Katy
President Roosevelt Tries Guns During Virginia Trip
President Roosevelt spends January day in Virginia with Admiral Rixey, testing guns for his African voyage. Congress mutters and probes secret service while Tillman and Foraker push clerks to assemble material to challenge the executive, yet the president seeks to cast off official cares. Early dawn ride with Rixey leads to the Rixey farm.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Virginia
Admiral Rixey
Congress
Secret Service
Foraker
Tillman
Glass House
Rixey
Congressional Notes on Expenditures and Canal Bond Plan
Congress examines fraud investigations funding as Thomas J. Akins testifies on reimbursement for a $61,500 shortage. A fire in Speaker Cannon’s room prompts quick action by Secretary Busbey. The Panama Canal cost is projected near $300 million with bonds planned in spring to reimburse the treasury. Senator Hopkins introduces a bill for $550 million in bonds.
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Olmstead
Cannon
Tawney
Thomas J. Akins
United States
St Louis
House Committee On Claims
Speaker Cannon
Busbey
Panama Canal
Hopkins
Ilinole
Fire Destroys Sardoea Restaurant Spreads to Adjacent Buildings
A Wednesday morning blaze in Muskogee Oklahoma at the Sardoea restaurant on Third street spread to the Carolina and German buildings. Fire officials reported narrow escapes but believed no fatalities occurred as flames threatened the block bounded by Third and Fourth streets in the business district.
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Muskogee
Okla
Third Street
Third
Hains Near Breakdown in Hanna Trial
In Flushing New York on January 14 Thornton Jenkins Hanna’s defense closed its address as John F. McIntyre resumed remarks after Tuesday. McIntyre presented evidence to cast doubt on guilt while Hains showed signs of strain, his sleepless nights and moments of illness noted by observers and lawyers.
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Flushing
L. L
Thornton Jenkins Hanna
John F. McIntyre
McIntyre
Thornton Hains
Hains Wednesday Faces Tough Time in Court
Four months in jail have not eased his high color or tense, haggard face. His mood shifted from a cheerful attendee with counsel to a withdrawn figure, seated stiffly and gloomily listening to the testimony.
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Hia
Recount Ordered for Missouri Lieutenant Governor Vote
Jefferson City Mo Jan 14 The joint committee agreed to recount the vote for lieutenant governor in St Louis and several Missouri precincts with counting errors in November The recount will start by next Saturday after unanimous caucus support by both parties The move follows a mutually agreed report on the miscounts.
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Jefferson City
Leutenant
St. Louis
Missouri
Teacher Drops Dead in School in Seattle
Anna M Allen assistant supervisor of music died of apoplexy in front of her pupils at a Seattle school on Monday. She came to Seattle from Peoria Illinois last summer and had walked to the school in snowy conditions.
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Seattle
Wash
Anna M Allen
Peoria
No Opposition to Gallinger in New Hampshire Caucus
Concord New Hampshire January 14 Senator Jacob H Gallinger faced little opposition at a Republican legislators caucus for a fourth term. Of 266 votes cast Gallinger won 256 with Jeremiah W Sanborn ton of Gilmanton receiving 10.
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Gallinger
Concord
N. H
Jacob H. Gallinger
Jeremiah W. Sanbornton
Gilmanton
Roosevelts Naval Order Faces Political Backlash
President Roosevelts order withdrawing marines from ships and sending them to shore duty provokes defiance in political circles. Three battleship captains testified the move would ruin discipline and morale aboard their ships.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Sheriff Is Prisoner After Fatal Self Defense
Lawrence county Sheriff Thomas W. Box is jailed at police headquarters awaiting investigation results after killing a man in what he says was necessary to save his own life in Indianapolis on January 14.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas W. Box
Lawrence County
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