Albert Cummins Re-elected U S Senator in Iowa
Des Moines Jan 21 Albert Cummins was chosen United States senator for six years and six weeks by the Iowa Republican majority in the general assembly. Votes were taken in separate houses with Cummins securing a majority in both chambers. The joint session will declare the result tomorrow noon.
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Albert
United States
General Assembly
Cummins
Jamieson and Wilson
Senate
House
Dolliver
Gummips
Jneady
Ile
Et Cummins
Senate and House Vote on United States Senate Candidate
The senate and house meet to elect a United States senator for the full term beginning in March to succeed Senator Kittridge. Governor Crawford’s name is backed by Senator Tobin, while Hitchock named ex Governor Andrew E. Lee. In the house Crawford is supported by Morris and Lee by Ziebach. Each candidate wins the party vote. Crawford expected to gain 134 Republican votes in joint session, with a Democratic minority of 15. The Crawford bid marks the largest contest for the state’s senate seat.
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Senate
House
Nning
Kittridge
Tobin
Bea Ile
Crawford
Hitchcock
Davison
Andrew E. Lee
Morris
Minnehaha
Lee
Frank Ziebach
Buflo
Ation Crawford
Ofce
Gore Again Chosen by Oklahoma Legislature
Guthrie Okla Jan 21 The house and senate voted separately for United States senator Both houses were overwhelmingly democratic Thomas P Gore Democrat received the straight party vote He will be formally re elected tomorrow by joint session.
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Gore
Guthrie
Okla
House
Senate
United States
Thomas P. Gore
Root Anounced as Republican Choice for U S Senator
Albany report records Elihu Root as the Republican nominee for United States senator to succeed Thomas C. Platt. Democrats nominate former Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. Joint session will declare Root elected at noon tomorrow.
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N. Y
Elihus Root
United States
Thomas GC. Platt
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanier
Senate
Assembly
Root
Penrose Elected U S Senator for Third Time
Harrisburg January 21 Boies Penrose was chosen United States senator by the Pennsylvania legislature for the third time this afternoon.
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Penrose
Harrisburg
Boies Penrosé
United States
Pennsylvania
Hughes Wins Colorado Senate Seat In Democratic Push
Denver January 21 Charles J Hughes Jr a Democrat was elected United States senator by the Colorado delegation to succeed Henry M Jr in a swift party backed selection with Hughes slated to take office soon.
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Denver
Colo
Charles J.hughes, Jr
United States
Colorado
Henry M. Jr
Brandagee Re-elected Senator by General Assembly
Hartford Connecticut January 21 United States Senator Brandagee was elected by the general assembly to succeed himself in Washington the vote confirming another term for Brandagee solidifies party control in the state capital.
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Brandagee
Hartford
Conn
United States
General Assembly
Gallingers Re elected in New Hampshire Senate Vote
Concord New Hampshire January twenty first Jacob H Gallinger a Republican today was re elected a United States senator by a strict party vote.
Overman Elected U S Senator in North Carolina
Raleigh Jan 21 The North Carolina General Assembly elected Lee G Overman United States senator delivering a political milestone at the session as the chamber announced the result and began post vote coverage for the capital.
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Overman
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
General Assembly
Lee GC. Overman
United States
Johnson Wins Republican Support for U. S. Senate Seat
Bramarck North Dakota January 21 Johnson receives votes of Republicans in both chambers to secure the United States Senate seat succeeding Hansbrough. Democrats back John Cashel in the vote.
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North Dakota
Johnson Bramarck
N. D
M. N
Johnson
United States
H. ©. Hansbrough
John Cashel
Missouri Senate Vote Falls Along Party Lines
Jefferson City January 21 vote in the United States Senate shows Stone with 23 ballots and McKinley with 12, a strict party line result reflected in the tally.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
United States
Senate
Stone
McKinley
Clarke Re‑elected to United States Senate Seat
James P. Clarke was today elected by the legislature to succeed himself as United States senator, continuing his tenure in Arkansas. The vote reinforces Clarke’s continued leadership in Washington and his position as the state’s senior representative.
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Clarke
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
James P. Clarke
United States
Chamberlain Wins Senate Seat in Balem Ore
Balem Oregon voters elect Democrat George Bl Chamberlain as United States senator on January 21. Chamberlain's victory fills the seat with a party change and marks a notable political outcome for the state.
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Chamberlain
Balem
Ore
George
United States
Chinese method ends as Spain relief plan stalls
A muddled report notes shifting European relief strategies and a broader sale of patent medicines. Sedatives are discussed in terms of their effects and perceived value, while the text hints at debate over their use and efficacy.
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Spain
School girl swallows nearly pins in self harm bid
Florence Smith aged 16 from Patchogue Long Island swallowed about a hundred pins three weeks ago to avoid returning to school. She remains in intense pain but doctors expect possible recovery as the body forms protective walls around the pins.
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New York
Florence Smith
Patchogue
L. I
W. Charles Willis
New Ground for Seeking Divorce
A 21 year old New York woman, married four years with a 16 month old daughter, has filed for annulment on grounds of involuntary servitude. Mrs. W. Edward Strong of 646 West 126th Street says life has been unfair as the marriage and family rely on an income that only supports two, though she says she and her husband are good friends. She descends from a southern and Van der Hoek Dutch family.
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New York
W. Edward Strong
West One Hundred
van der Hoeks
Hughes Commission Reports Public Service Findings
Albany Jan 20 The second annual report of Governor Hughes public service commission shows 854 subjects under supervision including 193 steam railroads 141 street railways 7 express companies 1 sleeping car line 313 gas concerns. The board increased staff to 88 with five commissioners appointed by the governor and others by civil service. Fourteen hundred complaints were received 1100 closed satisfactorily 96 public hearings held and 287 railroad accidents investigated. The report highlights railroad safety boiler inspections service improvements and rate changes.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Public Service Commission
New York City
Short hours cost Gotham payroll $20 million a year
New York city faces an annual $20 million waste in payroll due to short hours and easy bosses. The plan, prepared by Henry Bruere and Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland, urges departments to adopt a 9 am to 5 pm workday, following Comptroller Metz and a few other officials.
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New York
New York City
Board of Estimate
Henry Bruere
Frederick A. Cleveland
Metz
F. Edwards
Cromwell
Iowa Groom's Cake Breaks the Record
One of the largest wedding cakes ever made for actual use will be finished today at the Grand Pacific hotel kitchen and shipped to Hamilton Ontario. The six foot high five foot diameter cake weighs about a quarter ton and will be served at the wedding of Charles P. McColm of Muscatine Indiana to Miss Aileen Davis of Hamilton with 600 guests attending.
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Chicago
Grand Pacific Hotel
Express
Hamilton
Ontario
Charles P. McColm
Muscatine
Aileen Davis
William R. Davis
Guggenheims in Court to Air Family Affairs
Grace B. Guggenheim sues William Guggenheim before Justice Gerard in New York Supreme Court. The case, linked to the country’s smelting empire controlled by seven Guggenheim brothers, promises remarkable disclosures. Reported involvement of John Jacob Astor and other prominent figures.
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New York
Gerard
Supreme Court
Grace B. Guggenheim
William Guggenheim
Guggenheim Brothers
Guggenheim
John Jacob Astor
Presidential Nominations
Washington January 20 nominations include John E. Adams as Receiver of public money at Aberdeen South Dakota and Edward D. Winslow of Illinois named consul at Gothenburg Sweden.
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Washington
Jan
Aberdeen
S. D
John E. Adams
Edward D. Winslow
Illinois
Gothenburg
Sweden
American sailors repel Ville Franche street attack
Three sailors from battleships in Ville Franche harbor were accosted by local ruffians this morning. reinforcements from their party arrived and by the time police reached the scene four of the five assailants were in custody of the bluejackets.
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Ville Franche
Tuberculosis Affects 3 Percent of U S Cattle
The federal bureau of animal industry reports that three percent of United States cattle are afflicted with tuberculosis. This figure underscores ongoing concerns about livestock health and public safety.
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Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Hains Declares He Would Do It All Over Again
New York reports Thornton Jenkins Hains, acquitted in the William E Annis killing, vows to publish his views on unwritten law and justifies his brother Captain Peter C. Hains as justified in the shooting. He plans a book and says he will carry a revolver, comparing the trial to a poker draw.
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Hains
New York
Thornton Jenkins Hains
William E Annis
Peter C. Hains
Annis
T. Jenkins Hains
Queens County
Darrin
Connie
Claudig
Jardine
Deer Breeder J. W. Grigg to Lecture on Hybrid Deer
Mason City Iowa January 20 Secretary of Agriculture James F Wilson has praised J W Grigg of Goodell as a leading deer breeder and government lecturer candidate at Columbia Montana. Grigg owns 50 60 acres fenced for deer and herds 75 animals noted for quality travelers visit the farm north east of Goodell. He has long studied wild animals and previously introduced carp to local lakes and fought drainage efforts successfully.
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Mason City
James F. Wilson
J. W. Grigg
Goodell
Columbia, Mont
Grigg
France reports rise in births after deaths tally
Paris reports in the official journal that deaths from own action in France have been checked. Statistics show the population increasing with births exceeding deaths by 11 000 in the first half of 1908, reversing a deficit of 53 000 in the same period a year earlier.
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France
Official
Journal
Today
Rich Mine Owner Killed In Railroad Yard Accident
Salt Lake City Utah January 20 B J Wood a Salt Lake City millionaire mine owner and large sheep owner was instantly killed by an engine in the Oregon Short Line railroad yards last evening The cause of the accident is not known
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Salt Lake City
Utah
B. J. Wood
Women Claim Their Own at Berlin University
Berlin reports the University of Berlin opened to women last September and already enrolls 400 women students signaling growing access to higher education for women.
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Berlin
University of Berlin
Pinchot Reports Forest Service Finances and Work for 1908
Gifford Pinchot presents a retrospective of the United States forest service for fiscal year 1908. The government spent 2,526,098.02 on administration and protection across 182 national forests in 17 states and Alaska, with 592,169.19 on permanent improvements including trails, roads, lines, cabins, fences, bridges and fire lines.
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Gifford Pinchot
United States Forest Service
Alaska
United States
Forest Service
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
California
National Forests
Kentucky
Mississippi
New Hampshire
Illinois
Ship Carries Houses To Earthquake Survivors
New York January 20 The steamer Eva loaded with lumber and materials to build 500 houses for Messina survivors sails from Brooklyn Navy Yard. Inspector J A Mudd chartered the Eva within hours of Washington's order to ship building supplies for disaster relief. Houses will be 15 by 20 feet with every second house split into two rooms. The plan calls for 3,000 houses under federal appropriation.
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New York
Messina
Eva
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Italy
Washington
Roosevelt
J. A. Mudd
Navy
Ouster Decision Fully Sustained in Water-Pierce Case
The U S Supreme Court today affirmed Texas court rulings fining Waters-Pierce Oil 1 623 000 and ousting it for violating the Texas anti trust law Alton Railway seeks rehearing amid a related dispute as the court recently affirmed a 60 000 fine on Alton Railway and officials in a split decision
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Supreme Court of the United States
State Courts of
Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Alton
Alton Railway Company
United States
Supreme Court
Wedding Drunks Burned in Homes in Somerset County Fire
Seven foreigners, alleged to have been intoxicated at a wedding celebration, perished in a house fire that destroyed three homes in Goodtown, Somerset County, today.
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Johnstown
Goodtown
Somerset County
Roosevelt declines bid to tariff convention
The president refused an invitation to attend the National Tariff Commission convention in Indianapolis on February 16, saying he did not wish to interfere in a question to be settled by his successor. He reiterated support for a general tariff commission. The report notes 60,000 motor cars and axles in Britain at present.
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Washington
National Tariff Commission
Indianapolis
General Tariff Commission
Great Britain
Roosevelt Vetoes Demand for Rich Water Rights
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to build a James River dam in Missouri saying it would grant a monopolistic privilege and risk public water power, warning 13 large firms already control over a third of national water power and could press for further consolidation. He urged conditions to prevent monopoly and protected public interests.
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Roosevelt
House
James River
Stone Country
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House of Representatives
William H. Standish
Stone County
United States
Bureau of Census
Geological Survey
Bureau of Corporations
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Bureau
Ople
Washington
Forest Service
Friends of the House
Executive Departments
Congress
Secretary of War
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Smith
Herbert Knox Smith
Westinghouse Company
Commissioner Smith
Drunken man burned in home in Gettysburg South Dakota
Gettysburg South Dakota January 19 R C Mc Cloud a former Northwestern railroad worker was burned in his house when it caught fire Thursday night He was reportedly brought home intoxicated and investigators think he started the blaze His head and arms were burned off hindering identification
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Gettysburg
S. D
R. C. McCloud
Northwestern
McCloud
Seventy-Eight Arrested in Earthquake Looting Trial
Messinia reports eighty-two persons arrested for stealing during the earthquake disaster will be tried by a court of martial law.
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Messinia
Senate leaders block statehood bill for New Mexico and Arizona
Delegations from New Mexico and Arizona arrived in Washington to press statehood claims but Senate leaders say the bill will not pass at the present session. The decision was announced after an informal conference of Senate leaders.
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New Mexico
Arizona
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