Service Pension Bill Sets Monthly Rates for Veterans
The House passed the McCumber service pension bill along with the omnibus lighthouse and revenue cutter measures. Veterans aged 62 would receive 12 dollars monthly, at 70 years 16 dollars, and at 75 years 20 dollars. The lighthouse bill allocates 1,568,500 dollars plus 195,090 for extra keepers. Also approved was a 1,000,000 dollar Jamestown exposition loan secured by lien on gross receipts. A resolution seeks a Commerce Department inquiry into cotton price fluctuations and futures contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Burleson
Texas
New York
New Orleans
Thaw Insanity Plea Tied to Providence Claim
Harry K Thaw faces trial in the Madison Square Garden shooting of Stanford White. The defense argues hereditary insanity, claiming Thaw believed he acted as an agent of Providence and that wrongs by White spurred the impulse to kill.
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Providence
White
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Thaw
Stanford White
The Big Salary Melon Hits Washington Nebraska
The house postal committee plans a $175000 raise package for postal workers in Washington Nebraska. About 200 first and second class clerks will gain roughly $100 each, totaling $25000. Similar increases for 200 letter carriers amount to about $20000. 200 railway postal clerks will gain $100 each, about $20000 more. Rural free delivery clerks numbering 925 will receive $120 annually, totaling $110000.
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Washington
Nebraska
House Postal Committee
Lincoln two cent fare bill to be introduced in legislature
Lincoln Nebraska's joint railroad committee will introduce a two cent fare bill. The bill, drafted by a four member sub committee, was reviewed by the full committee and approved for introduction.
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Lincoln
Neb
Joint Railroad Committee
Joint Committee
Two Cent Fare Bill Passed In Missouri Legislature
Jefferson City Missouri The House approved by 92 to 1 a bill cutting passenger rates to two cents per mile on all main railroad lines and to three cents per mile on independent lines under forty miles in length, aiming to lower travel costs across the state.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Public lands grazing meeting set for Feb 14
The Public Lands and Forest Reserves Committee of the American National Live Stock Association meets February 14 at the Willard Hotel in Washington. Stockmen across the West expect full discussion on grazing on public lands and how to coordinate with federal authorities for management in the best interest of all parties.
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Denver
American National Live Stock Association
Willard Hotel
Washington
West
Regulation of Rates Sets Tariff Filing Rules
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued two tariff circulars effective March 1 outlining construction and filing rules for freight and passenger tariffs. They require separate carrier tariffs for terminal charges, through and joint rates when possible, and specify amendments, through routes, hearings on refusals, and provisions for stopovers baggage and routing in passenger tariffs.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
LAW TO PROTECT UNIFORMS FOR SOLDIERS
President Roosevelt backs a proposed law to ban discrimination against military uniforms in public places. Pending state cases include a Plattsburg New York rink refusal to admit soldiers in uniform, upheld by Judge Everest, fueling the drive to recognize uniforms nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Army
Saiting Rink
Plattsburg
N. Y
Everest
Teller Pleads Guilty In Embezzlement Case
Charles H Everly, former teller at St Louis Union Trust, pleaded guilty to embezzling 5009 dollars from the trust company and was sentenced to five years in prison. Judge Muench commented the sentence seemed out of proportion to sentences in similar cases after trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles H. Everly
St. Louis Union Trust Company
Muench
Mail Pouch Had Money Robbery Sparks Ark Post Office Case
St Louis inspectors arrested Joseph Endsley age 25 living near Cotter Arkansas on charges of robbing the Cotter post office of a mail pouch containing over 3000 dollars in cash and jewelry. Endsley was captured at Hot Springs Arkansas after mail pouch disappearance on January 14.
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St. Louis
Joseph Endsley
Cotter
Ark
Endsley
Hot Springs
Omnibus fish hatchery bill eyed with Nebraska funding
The omnibus bill will include 20000 for a Nebraska hatchery to be chosen by the commissioner of fisheries. Senator Burkett earlier proposed hatcheries at Neligh and Wilbur but delayed action, expecting an omnibus measure. Both Wilbur and Neligh faces consideration when the omnibus passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nebraska
Commissioner of Fisheries
Burkett
Neligh
Wilbur
Any Stamps Will Do Bill Passes House Post Office Panel
A House committee on post offices and post cards reported a bill allowing 10 cents worth of postage stamps of any denomination to be used instead of a special delivery stamp if the letters bear the words special delivery. The measure seeks to ease the cost and usage of expedited mail.
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Washington
House Committee On Post Offices and Post Cards
Head Off Diseased Immigrants in Mexico Talks
Commissioner Frank T. Sargent said on Thursday that the U S plans to apply the same regulations to Mexican admissions as to Canadian entries. The aim is to block undesirable immigrants who land at Vera Cruz and other Mexican ports and cross the Texas border.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Canada
Frank T. Sargent
Vera Cru
Mexican
Texas Boundary Line
Origin of rumor of war government denies naval buildup
Washington says no intention to increase naval forces on either side of the Pacific. Secretary Root rejects public statements about Japan relations to the conference at the White House. He denies attributed interviews and any ultimatum from Baron Hayashi. Navy department notes no plan to strengthen naval power. San Francisco school board to travel east to discuss the Japanese question with federal officials. Mayor Schmitz to join.
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Washington
Root
White House
California
Baron Hayashi
San Francisco
Navy Department
Department
Pacific
Schmitz
Board of Education
Roncavieri
Williams
Alaska Railroad Hearing Continues Before Senate Panel
Senator elect Guggenheim faced questioning as hearings on a bill to grant a government charter to the Alaska Railroad company moved forward. Andrea Burleigh of New York warned opponents aim to corner Alaska copper fields, asserting plans would be disrupted if the railroad reaches the copper belt near Engle Alaska.
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Guggenheim
Washington
Alaska Railroad Company
Cordova Bay
Yukon River
Engle
Alaska
Senate Committee On Territories
Andre Burleigh
New York
Epidemic Scarlet Fever Cases Drop in Chicago
Chicago health officials report 208 scarlet fever cases on Friday versus 281 on Thursday, signaling possible control of the epidemic. Diphtheria rises by nine cases. Cumulative totals reach 5,852 fever cases and 2,656 diphtheria cases to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Health Department
Fruit Cars for Harriman in California Shipment War
Los Angeles six hundred refrigerated cars arrived as the first batch of 6,000 ordered by the Pacific Fruit Express company to handle Southern California fruit shipments. The cars will arrive at 1,200 monthly. PFE, an auxiliary of the Harriman railroads, seeks to contest Armour’s long held fruit transport monopoly.
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Harriman
Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Fruit Express Company
Southern California
Armour Company
Armour
Shaw Likely to Move to Omaha After Retirement
Secretary Shaw leans toward Omaha as a post government career. He may head a trust company with about 1 million dollars capital and take a large stock stake. Backers in Omaha signal strong subscription, drawn by his business talent and favorable political climate for a Senate run in Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Washington
Omaha
Shaw
Cavil
Seattle
New York
Burkett
Explosion at Stuart mine claims eighty lives in West Virginia
A catastrophic explosion in the Stuart mine near Fayetteville, West Virginia, kills eighty or more miners 500 feet underground. Debris and dust plume describe a scene of instant death and rescue work is delayed for days. Most victims are American workers with families.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Stuart
Fayetteville
Livingston Seeks Salted Cotton Market Inquiry
Representative Livingston of Georgia testified before the House committees on interstate and foreign relations urging favorable action on a resolution for a Commerce and Labor Department investigation into cotton market fluctuations. He aims to determine if speculation arose from contract types alleged sales and deliveries on the New York Cotton Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Washington
Georgia
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign
House
Department of Commerce and Labor
New York Cotton Exchange
Post Office Clerks Seek Extra Funding in Year
Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock asked Congress for 150000 dollars to cover salaries for 690 additional clerks until July 1. Appeals for aid come from many regions, especially the Pacific coast, as the department faces nationwide requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitchcock
Congress
Department
Pacific Coast
Seventy-Two Bodies in Reden Mine Yet Unrecovered
Frankfort dispatch reports seventy two miners remain buried underground in the Reden mine near Saarbrueck. Of those brought out only twenty four are identified, others burned beyond recognition. One woman went mad when she found her husband believed dead. Swiss and French correspondents filed reports from Saarbrueck.
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Zeitung
Saarbrueck
Reden
Japan Takes a Firm Stand on San Francisco School Rift
Tokyo surveys public sentiment on the San Francisco school controversy and rejects a solution based on mutual treaty excluding laborers. Officials and AP correspondent see war as unlikely and favor a settlement respecting Japan's treaty rights. Mayor Schmitz and San Francisco educators travel to Washington to discuss excluding Japanese students.
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Tokio
San Francisco
Washington
Japan
Associated Press
United States
San Franciseco
Eugene Schmitz
Moses P Sydenham Dead Pioneer Nebraskan Writer
Moses P. Sydenham a longtime Nebraska resident and writer of Indian history died suddenly in Kearney on Sunday morning at 11 30 while en route to the Methodist church. Born in London in 1836 5 he came to America at 19 after a youth in England He had been in poor health recently but had shown some improvement. He requested rest after a brief walk and collapsed from heart failure.
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Kearney
Neb
Moses P. Sydenham
Nebraska
Methodist Church
Goodall
London
England
Conservatives Lead as Socialists Win Eleven Seats
Election results show conservatives with twenty five seats and liberals eleven, socialists eleven, with five constituencies still undeclared. Victoria and Vancouver voted solid for conservatives with large margins, and Commissioner McInness narrowly lost in Victoria by about one thousand votes.
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Victoria
B. G
Vancouver
Pex
McInness
Famine in China Reports Massive Death Toll and Smallpox
Advices from central China received via the steamship Tar tar describe smallpox breaking out in famine camps as officials disperse crowds. Telegrams from Jiji Shimpo warn upwards of half a million may die from starvation and disease amid the crisis in famine districts.
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Victoria
B. C
China
Tartar
Jiji Shimpo
Mrs Longworth Stricken With Grip Illness
Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth wife of Representative Longworth of Ohio and daughter of the president is ill at home with a slight grip. The president and Mrs Roosevelt were told by her physician that her temperature had risen to 102 degrees after a severe cold contracted at a White House reception.
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Longworth
Washington
Alice Roosevelt- Longworth
Representative Longworth
Ohio
Roosevelt
White House
Three freeze to death in Grand Rapids tenement tragedy
A woman and two children were found frozen to death Sunday afternoon in an upstairs tenement in Grand Rapids Michigan. A third child in an adjoining room was badly frozen but alive, signaling a deadly cold incident in the home.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Trenton Porcelain Works Fire Believed Fully Insured
A Sunday blaze swept through the Imperial Porcelain works in Trenton New Jersey causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. The damage is reported to be fully insured and no injuries are mentioned. Fire investigators begin assessing the scene.
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Trenton
N. J
Imperial Porcelain Works
Coal Car Shortage Paralyzes Southeast Tennessee Industry
Car famine cripples coal mines across East Tennessee and Southeast Kentucky as Southern and Louisville & Nashville railroads fail to supply cars. Only one day had any cars provided, forcing shutdowns of hundreds of small industries relying on coal in the region.
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Knoxville
Tenn
East Tennessee
Kentucky
Southern
Louisville & Nashville
Iowa News Briefs Include Armory, Fires, Wrecks
A wide Iowa nine item brief reports Atlantic armory plans for spring, Perry fire losses of 23000 believed incendiary, Mondamin Christian Endeavor convention February 1 2 and 3, and a year jail for a bank note fraud in Fort Madison. Other items cover a Boone hotel fire, Monona County fair dates, Marengo Midland Railroad incorporation, a priesthood study trip to Rome, and various local incidents including accidents, deaths, and farm development.
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Atlantic
Cleghorn
Mr. Winslow
Fostoria
Butler
Boone
James Richards
Pottawattamie
Otto Closz
Plymouth
A. C G. Bell
Monona County Fair Association
Monona County
Dnawa
Marengo
Marengo Midland Railroad Company
Millersburg
James Nolan
Palo Alto County
Rome
Frank Rosenbaum
Macksburg
John Weltman
State University
Agricultural College
State Normal
State Fair
Board of Control
John Dockstader
Winterset
Boise City
Idaho
Roy Falwell
Patteson
Nellie Stiles
Falwell
Co-Operative Creamery
Alden
Commercial Club
William R. Smith
Rockwell City
Spirit Lake
W. H. Crabtree
Montgomery, Jr
O. R. Larazine
Patrick Wood
Canada
Crabtree
Wood
Larazine
Iowa
Rolla Steele
Fourth Street National Bank
Philadelphia
Gus Mitchell
Wabash
Council Bluffs
Express
St. Louis
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Ture
The
Teller
C. H. Everly
Fish Hatcheries
Hayashi
British Columbia
Cass County
Blencoe
Iowa Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Mason City
Geo. F. Barrett
Logan
Poe
Willow
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