Great Man Dr Grenfell to Speak in Lawrence University
Dr Wilhelm Grenfell of Labrador arrives Wednesday in Lawrence and will lecture at Robinson Gymnasium. The campaign supports his work among North Atlantic fishermen, with five free hospitals, an orphanage, and a hospital ship. Admission is free, but sponsors hope for donations to sustain the mission.
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Wilfred T. Greb
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Far North
Ciast
Insurgents to Seek Rules Change Limiting Speaker Power
Washington February 8 insurgents planning a radical rules overhaul to deny the speaker a seat on any standing or conference committee. The resolution will be signed and jointly introduced by critics of the current rules with more supporters likely to join.
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Washington
House
Arkansas Prison Chief Fined for Contempt
James Pitcock superintendent of the Arkansas penitentiary was fined 500 dollars by Chancellor Martineau for contempt of court. He allegedly concealed himself to阻 hinder service of injunction papers after being ordered to remove convicts from the yards of the Arkansas Brick and Manufacturing Company. The court ruled the superintendent knew of the injunction and that service was unnecessary.
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Arkansas
Supreme Court
Little Rock
Ark
James Pitcock
Arkansas Penitentiary
Martineau
Pitcock
Penitentiary Board
Arkansas Brick and Manufacturing Company
Protest at Salome Stirs Philadelphia Clergy Over Dance
Philadelphia ministers unite against the upcoming Salome production at Oscar Hammerstein's house with Miss Mary Garden in the title role. Several church bodies adopt protest resolutions at weekly meetings. Also noting local education on practical cooking and shirt waist making courses starting February 13 at the High School and Manual Training building.
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Philadelphia
Salome
Oscar Hammerstein
Philadelphia Opera House
School textbook sparks protest over Booker Washington essay
In New Orleans on February 8 a Louisiana school board resists a textbook containing a prompt asking students to write about Booker T. Washington. The Confederate bodies of Louisiana oppose its use in schools, saying the book should not be adopted.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Booker Washington
Try the Coffee Tee Cream at Wiedemann's
Toasty cafe ad feature highlights Wiedemann's offering whipped cream coffee cream and general cleaning estimates with a playful text tone.
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Wiedemann ’S
Chinese Kicking Legislature Reconvenes Over Anti Japanese Bills
The California lower house reopens the anti Japanese bill fight after Speaker Stanton’s delay appeal. Chinese respond with a statement accusing the president of bias toward Japanese. White House discussions on the Japanese issue follow with officials noting no reference to Japan or California. The Senate in Sacramento also postpones debate on executive communications related to anti Japanese legislation until Thursday.
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Cal
California
Walter Stanton
Washington
Flint
Kahn
White House
Bacon
Newberry
Wright
Japan
Congress
Army
Navy
Sacramento
Senate
Committee
Denied Injunction in New York Central Case
The federal court denied the injunction restraining the interstate commerce commission from enforcing rate regulations on the New York Central & Had die railroad. Willi Wermsen and Thomas Clark face trials this week. details on arraignment and schedules appear in the Missouri court notes.
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New York
New York Central & Haddie
Willie Wermsen
Judge Clark
Thomas Clark
Lawrence convention success draws 3000 attendees
The Journal reports a large Lawrence convention with over 3000 men present at Robinson Gymnasium to hear Fred Smith speak on Sins That Kill. The gathering boosted local civic spirit and featured 126 conversions and a closing pledge by Christian men linking hands and singing Bless Be the Tie That Binds.
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Imeuucoih
Robinson
Sium
Fred B. Smith
Siu
Lawrence
Smith
Baker
H. B. Peaks
K. A. Shumaker
Association
Asqu‘elation
Fred Smith
Illinois Central Flyer Crash Near Coldwater Killing Two
Memphis February report says the Illinois Central Chicago Flyer crashed into an open switch at Coldwater Mississippi. Two killed including Martin Stanton of Memphis and an unidentified Italian. Several missing or injured with bodies and survivors trapped under debris. Injured listed include George B. Matthews and others.
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Coldwater
Miss
Memphis
Tenn
Chicago Flyer
Ilinois Central
Martin Stanton
George B. Matthews
George Barnett
Mississippi
Illinois Central
E. D. Cameron
Bryan in Auto Accident On Tarpon Springs Bridge
W J Bryan survived a tire blowout on a bridge near Tarpon Springs as an auto plunged into trestlework. He was bruised, not seriously injured, and may cancel dates in St Louis and Springfield Ohio on Lincoln's birthday. A separate report from Palmyra New Jersey says Georgia A Sampson is indicted for murder of her husband Harry Sampson, a nephew of Admiral Sampson, with a coroner's jury having previously charged her.
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Tampa
Fla
Southerland — College
Prince of Peace
Tarpon Springs
St. Louis
Springfield
Ohio
Lincoln
Sampson
Palmyra
Iit
Georgia A. Sampson
Wayne County
Grand Jury
Harry Sampson
Admiral Sampson
Rochester
Allyn Farm
Watterson to Retire After Tragic Losses
Tampa February 8 veteran Louisville editor Henry Watterson declines public appearances after the deaths of his daughter and son. He letters President Brown of the state fair canceling speaking dates and says he will not appear again before any audience. Watterson, who turns 69 on February 16, is at his Naples Florida winter home.
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Fla
William Jennings Bryan
Hendry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Watterson
President Brown
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Afr
Naples
Gulf
Fort Meyer
Cold Wave to Spread Across Northern States This Week
Weather bureau predicts a storm will move east from the extreme West tomorrow and a cold wave will blanket the northern half of the country by midweek. Temperatures are expected to plunge to zero to ten degrees from northern Minnesota to southeastern Montana, with much lower readings in southern districts.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Montana
Cromwell Testifies Before Federal Grand Jury in Panama Case
William Nel son Cromwell testified today as the Panama canal case proceeds before a federal grand jury. The proceedings involve the New York World and others over alleged libelous publications about the Panama canal purchase. The district attorney declined to reveal steps or timing in the probe, saying no speed gun test will be used without direction from the attorney general.
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Federal Grand Jury
New York
William Nelson Cromwell
Panama Canal Company
France
New York World
Ian
Amil
Storms disrupt California railways and telegraphs
February reports from Washington describe Pacific coast storms causing rain and washouts on Southern California rail lines and telegraph poles toppled by high winds. Snow blankets mountain regions and experts warn rivers may rise with warm spells anticipated. In Paris, poet Catulle Mendès is found dead in a Saint Germain railway tunnel. authorities deem the death accidental.
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Washington, D.C
Pacific
California
Weather Bureau
Paris
Catulle-Abraham Mendes
Saint Germain
Alendes
One vote defeat on commission form in Bartlesville
Special election in Bartlesville Oklahoma produced a light turnout with the commission form of government defeated by a single vote. Local ads note various for sale and lost items including a gold breast-pin and household goods.
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Bartlesville
Journal Office
Grain and Livestock Prices and Receipts in Kansas City and Chicago
Market notes show wheat futures and cash bids in Kansas City with May at 112 and July at 82 1 4 cents, corn May 60 4 6d, oats and rye values listed, hay prices around 9.76 and 8.25, cattle receipts near 15,000 with steer bids 6 50 to 6 60, cows and heifers 1 55, stockers 3 activists. hogs receipts 45,000 with top 6 55 and bulk 6 25 to 6 45. Chicago prices for wheat, corn, oats, pork, and lard with notable May and July points.
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Kansas City
Timothy
University hosts State Legislature visit in Lawrence
Plans finalize for next Saturday as legislators and officers are greeted with an Indian band welcome. The day includes campus tours, a ginoneed gymnasium program, a 7 pm library reception for visiting women, and a university lunch served by 100 K. A. girls with full transport and hosting duties arranged.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Manhattan
Speciai
Taft Reception in New Orleans Requires Silk Hats
Taft reception organizers decree all attendees must wear convention silk hats and frock coats, sparking displeasure among delegates. Stores lack sufficient hats as the February event nears and several hundred committee members scramble to obtain proper attire.
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New Orleans
Mr. Taft
Pullman Fares Cut Bid Fails in Kansas House
Topeka Feb 8 The Kansas house opened with Cranston Labette proposing to exempt workers wages from garnishment but the measure was defeated 37 to 41. Watson Allen introduced a bill to cut Pullman fares in Kansas as McCulloch's Drug store displays a panoramic city view including City Hall and Fraternal Aid Building.
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Kansas House
Topeka
Cranston
Labette County
Watson
Allen
Kansas
McCulloch’s
Fraternal Aid
Perkins Replies on Naval Policy Amid Jeep Japanese Criticism
Washington February 5. Perkins defends his naval record after President Roosevelt’s attack over Japanese agitation in California. He says he has supported every naval appropriation except the recent four battleships proposal, deeming it unwise to rush such construction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Perkins
California
Senate
Aval
Senator Long to Speak at Lincoln Birthplace Ceremony
Kansas Senator Long will deliver a brief address at the Lincoln centennial celebration on the Lincoln birthplace farm at Hudgenville Kentucky. The event Friday noon February 12 will also feature the laying of the cornerstone for the Lincoln memorial with the president and many members of Congress in attendance.
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Kansas
Lincoln
Washington
Long
Lincoln Birthplace
Hudgenville
Congress
Excitement at Pittsburg as Trial Delayed
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania a black man James Dickinson arrested for insulting a white woman faces a postponed trial after the assaulted woman's inability to appear today. A large crowd gathered near the East End police station amid fears of renewed lynching and heightened tensions.
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Pittsburg
East End
James Dickinson
Little Rock man spent large inheritance quickly
Frank Hiller of Little Rock faced arrest after a hotel manager alleged he passed a bad check for a few dollars. A bank book showed a $0 balance. authorities say he claimed a large inheritance and had spent about $15,000 in three months. He cited funds from his father.
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Little Rock
New York
Frank K. Hiller
Ark
Oval
Young Ehller
Natinal Baouk of Commerce
Dallas
Texas
Hillar
Yuen
Prominent Ottumwa Negro Held for Murder
Joe Limpkins a negro government meat inspector at Murrell Packing Company plant, was arrested in Ottumwa for murder in the first degree in the Clara Rosen case. The city also faces tuberculosis control plans and other national notes including George Gould’s retirement rumors and a Lemp divorce hearing in St. Louis.
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Joe Limpkins
Murrell Packing Company
Clara Rosen
Timber fraud probe widens to Choctaw lands case
In Muskogee Oklahoma on February 8 the federal grand jury reconvened and is probing timber stands operated by Mansfield Lumber near Tahibina. An employee there is said to be implicated by heartedgy reports. When resolved, authorities will pursue alleged fraudulent land grabs in the Choctaw and Chickasha nations.
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Okla
Federal Grand
Mansfield Lumber Company
Tahibina
Tdgy
Gould Not To Quit Coquelin Dies In New York
Ernest Alexandre Coquelin known as Coquelin Cadet dies in New York after denying retirement plans. He was brother of Benoit Constant Coquelin. In Manchester three workers suffocated in a factory fire causing multiple hospitalizations and later deaths.
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New York
Paris
Ernest Alexandre
Dunore Coquelin
Benoit-Constant Coquelin
George J. Gould
Manchester
Hames
Amuke
Laming 15 Back the Bonds Issued to Belgian Investors
Whitsed Laming returns from New York with two Belgian bankers and other backers seeking to fund and plan the Kansas City and Kansas Southwestern Electric road. Four thousand of 120000 bonds issued. rest soon. Council delays franchise action until Laming's return and street plan changes are finalized.
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New York
Kansas City & Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas City
Sia
Luming
Blanch Walsh in Serious Illness Hits Society
Bleak news from the social column notes Blanche Walsh is very ill. The Quivera club held a matinee dance at the IOOF hall while the Buch club hosted a Saturday evening informal dance there. Several gatherings reflect a busy social scene amid concerns for Walsh’s health.
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Quivera Club
Buch
Former Chilocco Superintendent Arrested for Embezzlement
Samuel M. McCowan of Degraff Kansas was arrested in Guthrie Oklahoma on federal grand jury charges of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds while superintendent of the Indian School at Chilocco from 1904 to 1908. He was released on bond. A new Harry Kemp poem titled A Kansan's Choice is on sale at Boughton's 1025 Mussel Street.
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Guthrie
Oklo
Samuel M. McCowan
Degraff
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ibond
Harry Kemp
Boughton’s
Muss. Street
University Glee Club Opens Spring Tour Across State
The University Glee Club begins its annual spring trip to mid and southeast Kansas. This first tour of the year visits McPherson February 8 El Dorado February 9 Winfield February 10 Strong City February 11 Emporia February 12 and Olsthe February 13.
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McPheron
el Dorado
Winfield
Strong City
Emporiz
Olsthe
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