Fight Over Speakership Roils New York Politics
In a heated New York scene December 22, ex governor Odell attacked President Roosevelt and Governor Higgins for attempting to wreck the party for personal ends. Odell said Higgins favored Merritt for speaker after endorsing Wadsworth, accusing coercion and duplicity amid the race for the Assembly speaker. ParsonS won the county Republican chairmanship at 2:35 AM, with anti-Odell forces prevailing.
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Republican Party
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Roosevelt did not know of speakership move says governor
Albany December 22 Governor declares a Washington statement saying President Roosevelt knew nothing in advance of Janes W. Wadsworth Jr. for speaker. He asserts no contact with the president on the issue and says a direct talk could have avoided party strife and conflict.
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Janes W. Wadsworth, Jr
State Assembly
Raids Ordered on Clubs Evading Sunday Liquor Law
Folklore item reports Governor Polk instructing Steuart and St Louis police to raid clubs organized to evade the Sunday liquor law and dram shop licenses, both Sundays and weekdays, if liquor is sold to the public. Also notes Congress adjourns for holidays and other brief U.S. news items from Dec 22.
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Emperor-King rejects resignations of cabinet in Hungary
Budapest, Hungary. Dec 22. The emperor king has decided that due to ongoing political tensions he cannot accept the resignations of the veterinary cabinet.
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Hungary
New York Insurance Chief Grilled by Legislature
Francis Hendricks, New York state insurance superintendent, told legislators that the department tests solvency only and does not probe management, salaries, agent commissions, or kinship hires. He warned that thorough audits would require many staff and time, insisting officials must trust company directors and hold them responsible.
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New York State
Legislative Committee On Insurance
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Isaac Vanderpoel
Insurance Department
Trendricks
Questioning of Insurance Legal Expenses and Department Oversight
The testimony reveals surprise at large legal costs paid by New York Life Equitable and Mutual Life. Officials admit no state requirement for detailed disbursement statements, and examiners say they never questioned large salaries or supply expenses. The dialogue highlights gaps in official scrutiny of lawyer fees and year end loans linked to Kuhn Loeb & Co.
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Prussia
State Insurance Department
New York
New York State Department
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Chicago Market Quotes From Grain and Live Stock Report
Chicago Dec 21 market report shows wheat futures closing near 3.88 to 3.94 a bushel with mixed Dec, May, and July positions. Live stock receipts estimated at 37,000 hogs and 14,000 sheep. price ranges for hogs 4.05 to 5.10, cattle 5.40 to 6.85, veal calves 4.00 to 6.00, and lambs 6.10 to 7.00, reflecting typical year end trading activity.
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Oat Battals
Colombian Revolt Rumor Tertiary Impact Reaches Washington
State Department reports via cable an alleged plot to topple President Reyes in Bogota. Involved were cabinet members and five opposition leaders to be tried by court martial. Colombian officials express surprise, Mendosa reports a government communique not confirming the dispute. he withheld public release.
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State Department
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Iti
Une
Four Lions Loose After Train Crash Near Roane France
Report recalls a menagerie accident at Roane near a town of about 80 000 where four lions escaped their cages. A lion was killed by a hunter and two others were trapped and returned to their cages. It also notes restorations in Shanghai and New England society events in New York and a wintry spell in Wisconsin with heavy snow and delays.
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Minnesota
Fee dispute tests Illinois bond registration charges
Springfield Dec 22 A test suit in Sangamon county court at Governor Deneens request challenges the state auditor of public accounts right to collect a long standing registration fee on township bonds. The action targets collectors and bond officials for thirty years, potentially yielding hundreds of thousands of dollars in refunds. No criminal charges are brought. the case is technical.
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Imoyd K. Whlttemore
Colling
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Springfield
Henry L. Wertz
Sam
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Value of Illinois property shows total taxable value
The state board of equalization reports the total value of all taxable property in Illinois as 1,007,206,177 for 1905. Major components include personal property, real estate, railroads, and corporate stock and bonds. Increases noted in personal property and real estate. a large reduction in stock and bonds of non railroad corporations keeps totals in check.
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Suffrage Decision and Global Dispatches From Dec 22
A St Petersburg dispatch reports Russia will grant universal suffrage. Other items note Herbert Pitree named first American minister to Norway in Washington. Martial law proclaimed in ten Russian Poland governorates. Chicago plans a national appeal to Congress for reciprocity to ease Canada US trade. Senate exodus to holidays begins in Washington. The Weymann tobacco factory moves from Pittsburgh to Chicago, with many jobs lost. New York exchanges close for holiday, gifts distributed to staff.
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Canada
Nipsie Frigate to Become Prison Ship at Puget Sound Yards
The old American warship Nipsie, famed for escaping the Samoa typhoon wreck in 1839, will be commissioned at Puget Sound Navy Yards tomorrow and converted into a prison ship. It previously served as a receiving ship for years.
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Marines Return Home for Christmas From Isthmus Service
The Navy reports the twin-screw cruiser Columbia has arrived from Colon with many marines completing two years on the isthmus and granted home leave for Christmas. Other marines bound for the isthmus sailed two weeks earlier. In Louisville, Mr. T. P. Litthepage of the commerce and labor bureau halted the tobacco trust inquiry until after the holidays, amid tobacco growers forming the Dark Tobacco Protective association for protection of their interests.
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Navy Department
Columbia
Colon
Louisville
T. P. Litthepage
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Tobacco Trust
Dark Tobacco Protective Association
Safesward- Jeu
Decisive Issue Joined in Russia Affects Moscow Strikes
London report notes Tsar declines universal suffrage while St. Petersburg endures mass troop deployments and arrests of workmen leaders. Rail stations seized, secret papers spread inflammatory appeals, and workmen councils shift as strikes threaten armed action amid limited dissident forces.
Strike Opens Tamely Then Massive Train Station Showdown
Reports say a quiet strike morning gave way to a heavy railroad clash at Warsan station. Troops and bayonets guarded a train to Berlin as workers walked out, while authorities staged searches and wrecking equipment was readied. President Roosevelt signed an $11 000 000 Panama Canal appropriation bill in Washington.
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