Tillman Warns of Race Clash Over Brownsville Row
Senate speech by Benjamin Tillman in Washington condemns federal handling of the Brownsville affair and warns of looming racial conflict. He attacks President Roosevelt for social reforms and asserts white supremacy while urging action to defend southern white control.
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Universal Brotherhood of Man
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Ponce Vessel Towed to Bermuda After Hull Damage
The Ponce, sailing from Ponce Porto Rico with sugar and oranges, was crippled when its shaft broke December 30. A gale and heavy seas kept her adrift for a week before German steamer Elizabeth Rickmers rescued and towed her to Hamilton Bermuda. Passengers remained cheerful as officers worked to keep the ship afloat.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Ponce
Elizabeth Rickmers
Porto Rico
William R. Griffith
McKelihan
William A Harvey
Little Maer
Harvey
Gibraltar
Gulf Stream
Rickmers
Far East
Philadelphia
Wolson
Tow successful after difficult voyage to Hamilton
The tow begun with difficulty but proved successful. The Ponces passengers are now at a Hamilton hotel and highly praise Captain Harvey and the ship's crew for their conduct and effort.
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Hamilton
Harvey
Pope encyclical ends hopes of moderates in France
Paris January 12 The encyclical issued by Pope Pius X ends moderates hopes that the church would adapt to French financial conditions. Bishops will likely obey Rome, rejecting an intermediate settlement. A clash with the cabinet seems imminent as the Vatican drives Catholics toward political action, while Jaures laments ruin for the hierarchy.
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Pius
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France
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Clemenceau
M. Jaures
Attila
Pius X
King Alfonso opens Protestant chapel for Queen Victoria’s guest
Madrid reports King Alfonso defied court opposition to authorize a Protestant chapel at the palace for Princess Henry of Battenberg mother of Queen Victoria who remains as guest until the queen’s confinement. The item also notes ManZan Pile Remedy offering collapsible tubes with nozzle to treat piles with guaranteed satisfaction or refund, sold by Rhoads' drug store.
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Alfonso
Henry of Battenberg
Victoria
Rhoads’ Drug Store
Numbers and Numbers: Police Stumble on Five Recruiters
A St. Petersburg police report details a small party of five individuals accused of recruiting for a cult affiliated with the Kingdom Come movement. Officers encountered the group during a neighborhood outreach event and noted unusual financial and ideological activities. No injuries reported.
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St. Petersburg
Desperate battle in Okhta district ends with deaths
In St Petersburg police clashed with workmen during a domiciliary search in Okhta. Five fighters fired upon officers as lights were out, killing two district inspectors and two policemen and wounding three. The five leaders of the revolutionary group escaped amid a running gun battle. Over a hundred arrests followed in the Pavloff assassination probe, including soldiers revealing an insurgent branch in the engineer corps.
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St. Petersburg
Okhta
Revolutionary Fighting Organization
Pavloff
Engineer Corps
Hoosier youths stranded by flood rescue tale
Petersburg Indiana January 12 William Sorgins a farmer found two small boys Frank Sullivan and Ira White stranded on a flood knoll after forty eight hours without shelter or food. He ferried them to safety as White river began to fall. No serious losses beyond corn and possible wheat damage were reported.
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Petersburg
Ind
William Sorgins
Frank Sullivan
Ira White
White River
Father Who Murdered His Little Ones Is Dead
Thomas Jesse McClue, 45, life prisoner at the state prison, died of tuberculosis. He murdered his two young children in Tipton county after abducting them during a separation, taking them in a buggy and shooting them by a highway. He had been imprisoned since November 1903 after the killings.
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Michigan City
Ind
Thomas Jesse McClue
Tipton County
McClue
Marion
Judge Gilbert Treads Head Hunters of Northern Luzon
Judge N. W. Gilbert former congressman now a Philippine court judge writes from northern Luzon among head hunting non Christian peoples. He notes limited local election news and Cuba troubles, hopes America stays in Cuba, and that conditions here need no self government yet before leaving for Baguio to hold court.
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Court of First Instance
Philippines
Luzon
Sol A. Wood
Fort Wayne
Gilbert
O. N. Guldlin
Gilliams
Congress
Cuba
America
Baguio
Islands
Assails Hanly Plan For Regulating Insurance
President Samuel M. Foster of Lincoln National Life Insurance Company in Indianapolis opposes Governor Hanly’s life insurance regulation plan. He warns the legislature could boost eastern firms and cripple Indiana companies, endorsing the preliminary term method as modern and beneficial for policyholders and competition. Foster condemns claims of graft and argues the burden remains with policyholders under any system.
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Samuel M. Foster
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Hanly
Indianapolis Star
Foster
New York Life
Indiana
Central West
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Remedy Ad
Druggists offer a money back guarantee if the ticker cures fail. The ad touts laxative bromidequinine tanlets with Be. W. Grove signature on box. Also notes J. P. Merillat called to Ohio due to his mother's serious illness.
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BE. W. Grove
J. P. Merillat
Ohio
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