Bonds Go Abroad and Seigniorage Debates Split Ranks
Washington reports the cabinet discussed a 500 million gold bond issue to retire legal tenders and notes with London bankers seeking early consignment. Silver factions clash over seigniorage while Reed files a rival bill and Republicans push practical measures amid a broad House debate. Encampment No. 6 of the Union Veteran league endorses cooperation with Confederate veterans and seeks a national park at Appomattox.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Carlisle
London
Jones
Arkansas
Treasury
Hail
Missouri
Reed
Patterson
Tennessee
Union Veteran League
R. E. Lee
Confederate Veterans
Richmond
Congress
Appomattox
Fragmentary political remark on revenue and measures
A partial quotation argues that harsher policies would have avoided trouble if the ruling party had supplied adequate revenue. It implies fiscal steps and political accountability without detailing names or events.
Reed proposes revenue balance and banking split in crisis
A Senate debate reveals plans to separate banking from government business, balance revenues with expenditures, and avoid gold bond complications. Reed offers a plan to restore fiscal trust amid crisis while the session opens with a sharp exchange between Mitchell and Harris.
Discharge of Four Defendants in A R U Trial
In Curiaco on February 6 Judge Grosscup discharged Dennis Larkin Frank Dreyer James McDonald and Frank Burke for lack of evidence. The defense called Western Indiana president Benjamin Thomas Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul president Roswell Miller and manager A J Hurley to argue that general managers conspired against labor, with testimony on wage scales and a Pullman agreement sought from George M. Pullman.
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Curiaco
Dennis Larkin
Frank Dreyer
James McDonald
Frank Burke
Thomas
General Managers’ Association
Chicago General Managers
Pullman
Pullman Company
el Alatreau
Defense
George M. Pullman
Bills Considered in Legislature on Prison, Quail, Telephones
In LAysine on February 6 bills were introduced. One would appropriate 9572 dollars for Marquette prison improvements. Another bans shooting quail and shipping them out of the state. A third cuts telephone rents to 83 dollars monthly for one line and 2.50 for each additional line. A joint resolution fixes legislative pay at 750 dollars yearly with no mileage. extra sessions at 5 dollars per day up to twenty days. A further joint resolution adjusts staggered terms for 18% of members in odd districts to two years and even districts to four, with half of new members elected every two years.
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House
Marquette
Family feud ends in schoolroom murder near Latonia
Richard Perry a 17 year old pupil killed his cousin William Perry with a baseball bat during a quarrel at school over a long standing feud between their fathers, brothers. William died. Richard was jailed in Covington. Both families are wealthy on neighboring farms.
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Latonia
Richard Perry
William Perry
Richard
William
Covington
No Smallpox Found at Madison Race Track Report
Dr Julius Kohl of Belleville reports to the state health board that Madison race track has no smallpox and no cases within a mile for months despite earlier reports. In Chicago on the board of trade, traders clash over privileges and put and call trading. President Baker may resign. John Hill Jr has resigned.
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Ills
Julius Kohl
Belleville
State Board of Health
Madison Race Track
Chicago Board
Curiaco
Board of Trade
W. T. Baker
John Hill, Jr
Inquest Hears Kennedy Blamed in Street Car Crash
Milwaukee February reports the inquest into the Kinnickinnie street car wreck where three people died. Witnesses, including Robert Scott of the fire department, testified Kennedy the motorman was at fault as he watched under the car before the plunge. Kennedy perished in the crash.
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Kinnickinnie
Kennedy
Robert Scott
Fire Department
Leipsic Fire Destroys Blocks Including Towns End Opera House
The Leipsic village business section burned down starting at Maase & Cripe's grocery. Two adjoining blocks and the Towns end Opera House suffered heavy losses estimated at 25 000 for the building and 60 000 otherwise, with only one third covered by insurance. In Chicago Edmund Jordan Annie Mahaney and John Jersey faced murder charges for the janitor Alfred Barnes found in a World’s Fair packing box. they pleaded not guilty as jury selection began.
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Toepo
Leipsic
Putnam County
Maase & Cripe’s
Chcago
Edmund Jordan
Annie Mahaney
John Jersey
Alfred Barnes
Fishermen Harvest Big Catch on Frozen Des Moines River
At Bonaparte Iowa on February 6 the Des Moines River yielded about 10,000 pounds of fish daily as anglers work through the ice. BoNaparte island remains the focal point for the winter haul.
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Kxeokuk
Des Moines
Bonaparte
Tragic Kansas Tale Links Nutt Payton Feud Violence
Atchison report details Jim Nutt mortally wounding Mrs Payton after a drunken rage and Leona Coleman dying later from injuries while a hired man survives a gunshot. The two principals are near death, Coleman's condition serious, and a sensational family feud links to former Pennsylvania politician cases and a notorious 19th century murder.
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Atchison, Kas
Jim Nutt
W. W. Duke
Uniontown
Nutt
John Payton
Leona Coleman
Nutts and Dukes
Pennsylvania
Colesman
New York
Young Nutt
Miss Nutt
Duke
Kansas
Paytons
Payton
A. E. Bradbury
Coleman
Max
Mrs. Payton
Atchison
The Story of Claus Blixt and the Ging Murder
Claus Blixt testifies in Minneapolis describing Harry Hayward's fatal plans against Catherine Ging. Blixt recounts Hayward's threats and schemes, including a knife incident and a buggy ride to commit murder, noting Hayward's menacing behavior and pressure on Blixt.
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Harry Hayward
Minneapolis
Claus Blixt
Catherine Ging
Levin
Paken
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Blixt
Hayward
Harry
Green Goods
Train Holdup Near Sylvia Rocks Santa Fe Route
Four bandits stopped Santa Fe train No 1 near Sylvia Kansas about thirty miles west of Hutchinson. They forced the engineer to halt and broke into the express car. the messenger opened the sack under threat while passengers were relieved of valuables. Total loss not yet estimated though the robbers netted about ten dollars from the train crew.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Santa Fe
Sylvia
Here
Dainty Trifles Illuminate Jewelry Trends
A Jewelers' Circular summary notes back combs as the standout accessory with new charms like a golf themed bag and a conservatory trowel in silver or ivory. French morocco trays carry clock and thermometer. leather lined stickpin cases with chamois interiors appear. Opals dominate, with varied shapes, while side combs stay popular and colored stones stay rare.
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Morocco
Decorating a Narrow Hall With Clever Space Saving
The author describes treating a long narrow hall in a small apartment as an artistic challenge. A pole with adjustable curtains can screen the adjacent room, and a chest of drawers placed near the main door makes the space usable and visually cohesive with a well planned scheme.
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Chest of Drawers
General Manson Dies After Paralyzing Train Incident
General M. D. Manson, veteran of two wars and longtime public servant, died during the night after a paralysis attack on a Monon train between Monticello and Frankfort. He had recently been moved to the Coulton House in Frankfort as his family arrived. Born in 1840 in Ohio, Manson served in the Mexican War, fought in the Civil War rising to brigadier general, and held multiple state offices including lieutenant governor, auditor of state, and internal revenue collector for the Terre Haute district.
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M. D. Manson
Monticello
Coulton House
Crawfordsville
Manson
Joseph E. McDonald
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Godlove S. Orth
Senate Passes Soldiers' Home Bill and Militia Reorganization
In Indianapolis on February 6 the Senate approved a Lafayette soldiers' home bill with a $100,000 appropriation, while the House favored passage at $375,000. The House debated labor measures, endorsing O Briens arbitration board bill and rebuffing Merritts plan. Militia reorganization would fund 51 companies, about 8,000 members, with $75,000 yearly, under a governor-led command.
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Lafayette
House
Committee On Labor
O’brien
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State Board of Charities
Merritt
Committee On Rights and Privileges
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Engine boiler explosion kills six huskers near Losantville
Five men were killed and another badly bruised when an old threshing engine boiler exploded at Jacob Clapper's residence five miles south of Losantville. The trapped men were Nathan Taylor Harvey Taylor John Welker Jacob Clapper and Wilson Drake. Harvey Williams escaped with injuries. Authorities say the boiler was neglected and careless work caused the disaster.
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Losantville
Jacob Clapper
Nathan Taylor
Harvey Taylor
John Welker
Wilson Drake
Harvey Williams
Holman Rumored to Have Vanished from Kokomo
Kokomo attorney John E. Holman, missing since last Friday, remains unfound. Authorities believe he may have taken at most $1,800, including $873 for Dickerson & Co. of Richmond and $400 from the State Building and Loan Association of Indianapolis where he acted as agent. Holman’s debts reportedly total $3,000, with personal friends likely to suffer from his indorsements.
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Kokomo
John E. Holman
Dickerson & Co
Richmond
State Building and Loan Association
Indianapolis
Holman
Olaf Olson Will Disposes of 220000 In Pencil Draft
The will of Olaf R. Olson filed for probate was written with a lead pencil on torn account paper. It leaves about 220000 largely in life insurance to blood relatives, with daughters’ portions kept in their names and not to a husband if they marry, and conditions that voids if the widow remarries, with the remainder going to children.
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Indianapolis
Olaf R. Olson
Olson
Olaf KR. Olson
Attempted church bombing stirs fear in Pleasantdale
In Hartrorp City on February 6 an alleged attempt to blow up the Baptist church at Pleasantdale caused terror among worshipers. Rev. John Seelig, a United Brethren minister, had been conducting revival meetings there and had faced scoffers.
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Hartrorp City
Baptist
Pleasantdale
John Seelig
United Brethren
Scoffers
Motion for new trial filed in Winfred E. Smith murder case
A new trial motion was filed in Indianapolis in the Winfred E. Smith murder case. The motion alleges 21 errors including improper evidence and faulty or refused instructions, and asserts two jurors were incompetent. Affidavits support the motion.
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Indianapolis
Winfred E. Smith
Weston B. Thomas
Elopement Report Ties Chicago Spiritualist to Minnesota Bride
In Anderson on February 6 Mrs. E L Hays and daughter Lillian of St Paul Minnesota joined Oscar A Elgerley from Chicago for a marriage with Mrs Lillian. Elgerley is known nationally as a spiritualist lecturer while the bride is daughter of Assistant General Superintendent Hays of the Chicago and Great Northern railway. The event is described as a likely elopement.
Intellectual centers of association in brain physiology
Flechsig identifies four connected intellectual centers in the cerebrum fore frontal region temporal lobe hind parietal lobe and lobule that develop after sense centers. These association centers convert sensory impressions into thoughts and language, forming the basis of experience and knowledge.
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Flechsig
Cerebrum
Frontal Cerebrum
Assoia
Antitoxine Returns in Paris Show Mortality Drop
In Paris the antitoxine treatment for diphtheria has been introduced in 2,700 cases before January 1, yielding 433 deaths, or 16 percent. The mortality reduction is about one half.
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Paris
Market Summary Shows Mixed Rail and Bond Activity
New Years period quotes show nominal rail money around Ug percent and strong sterling with bankers bills at 45554, six months near 45744.4, US bonds active. Chicago grain quotes list wheat, corn, oats with February and May bids. Live stock at Union Stock Yards reports varied hog, cattle prices and wide ranges in receipts and packing lot valuations.
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Unicano
Board of Trade
Jay
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Broken Co
Vinel Clifornia
Cxucano
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