Cuban Treaty Faces Senate Resistance And Delays
Washington January 29 The Cuban reciprocity treaty is losing ground in the senate as Perkins Bard oppose ratification after heavy constituent pressure. Cullom doubts ability to secure approval amid growing obstacles. Democrats unite against the treaty and plan to push a protocol to extend its life until ratification. McCormick adopts a court uniform in St Petersburg drawing inquiry from the state department. Panama Canal will cut ocean distances dramatically altering rail competition and freight plans with New York to San Francisco shrinking to about five thousand miles. White House expense request jumps to 110264 for next year due to costly fittings and increased staff and services at the executive mansion.
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Glorious death claimed by a football advocate
Philadelphia January 29 A clergyman endorses football even if players are killed. Rev McPherson headmaster of Lawrenceville NJ school says education of the future must develop body, mind, and spirit and supports football despite injuries.
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McPherson
Lawrenceville
N. J
Presbyterian Social Union
Dr. McPherson
German company to pack horse meat in Chicago
Max Walden burger from Frankfort says Americans can be educated to accept horse meat as a regular diet. He acknowledges public prejudice but believes time will overcome it and that his German company will start packing in Chicago.
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Chicago
New York
Max Waldenburger
Frankfort
Germany
Herr Waldenburger
Wisconsin Man Elopes With Three Women In Two Days
A sensational elopement in Wisconsin features George King of Brooklyn taking his brother’s 16 year old wife with $260, fleeing through Madison Sun Prairie and Deforest, then dropping the first wife in Columbus and taking a third companion before vanishing. Sheriff Watkins heads to Columbus to pursue.
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Paddy Divver Near Death in Pneumonia at Home
New York January 29 Paddy Divver the noted Tammany leader lies very ill with pleuro pneumonia at his home. A steady stream of callers sought news as the family physician grimly cautioned that only small hopes remained for a favorable outcome. Divver long shaped Tammany Hall politics as a police justice and spoilman devoted to Croker and internal feuds, with a career marked by reform era shifts and steadfast party loyalty.
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Clothes Were Too Loud Love of Finery Drives Rose to Grief
Henry Rose, 20, of Escanaba Mich, says infatuation for a woman and fashion led him to resign home and embezzle. He fled after filling out American Express orders, beginning a chase that ran 8600 miles. Detected by a conspicuous suit bought in Denison Tex, he was arrested in Chicago and jailed at Hyde Park station.
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Addicks to Be Beaten Selection of New Men to Be Voted on
Dover Del Jan 29 Democrats of Delaware in the legislature have opened a path for regular Republicans to join with them and elect two United States senators to defeat Addicks Four men were nominated and two for support on Thursday Friday and Saturday of the week Dr Black's nomination has broad approval from five of six regular Republicans, leaving one vote short for the coalition A rumor says Representative Eastman may back the plan if Louis Deisler is nominated
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Delaware
United States
Addicks
Richard R. Kenney
Millard Saulsbury
Dr. Black
Eastman
Louis Deisler
Legislators Resent Jackrabbit Comparison in Utah
Utah House of Representatives adopted resolutions denouncing a Salt Lake newspaper for an article suggesting San Pete county members could be replaced by jackrabbits. Debated language said the barb cast reflection on the intelligence and fitness of lawmakers amid ongoing push and opposition to compulsory smallpox vaccination.
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San Pete County
Tax on Bachelors and Spinsters Proposed in Kansas
Topeka Kansas January 29 Representative Campbell introduces a bill taxing able bodied bachelors ages 40 to 165 fifty dollars annually and spinsters ages 35 to 50 without families twenty five dollars a year the taxes go to the school fund a clause forfeit unmarried state officers salaries and targets Governor Bailey and Lieutenant Governor Hanna as bachelors amid yellowed reform chatter.
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Mrs Fair Uses Imitations of Jewels in Paris Escape
New York reports from Paris claim Mrs Fair left replicas of her valuable jewels in America to avoid theft and customs trouble on her return. She carried the imitations abroad, and even her maid was unaware of the ruse.
Roosevelts fears over sensational war talk denied
Washington dispatch denies sensational stock market stories about Roosevelt, Root, and Moody plotting for war, stating no truth in reports and that the administration fears inflaming opinion against Germany. Also notes Mrs. Harrison portrait incident and various political debates on trusts and the Panama canal treaty.
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France
United States
Harrison
Daughters of the American Revolution
Benjamin Martisen
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Corcoran Art Gallery
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Patriotic Organization
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Brownlow
Tennessee
Attie
Were Cutthroat Leases by McCarthy Highlighted in Miners Case
Philadelphia coal strike hearings opened with independent operators presenting their side. Attorney D J McCarthy testified that evicted miners brought notices to him and claimed they did not authorize confession of judgment in ejectment. He described the leases as forged or obtained under deception, and said the men did not receive copies of the leases.
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Duffy Disappears After Robbery Claims In Iowa
Thomas Duffy, a former Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul agent at Portland Iowa, has disappeared after reporting two robberies recently. He was last seen Wednesday night in a Mason City gambling house with about 160 dollars, having earlier lost around 200 dollars in robberies.
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Thomas Duffy
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Morgan Has Doubts Resolution Questioning Herran Credentials
In Washington on January 28 Morgan introduced in the Senate a resolution challenging the credentials of Thomas Herran, chargé d affaires of Colombia who recently signed the Isthmian canal treaty. Platt of New York sought consideration of a printing committee report but Quay objected. Hale urged action while Quay resisted. Credentials of Alger were presented and the oath of office administered. The Senate met in executive session to weigh a committee report on the Elkins anti trust bill with amendments under refinement by the sub committee.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas Herran
Platt
New York
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Quay
Hale
Alger
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
House to Probe Indianola Postoffice Resignation
Washington Jan 28 The house adopted a post office committee resolution directing the postmaster general to send to the house all correspondence and documents in his possession about the recent resignation of the postmaster at Indianola Mississippi, if not against public interests.
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Cracker Packers Strike At Kennedy Biscuit Plant
Chicago January twenty eight. Twelve hundred Kennedy Biscuit Company workers quit in a mass walkout. The strike followed a union ultimatum over forced union membership for three nonmember female employees.
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Chicago
Cracker Packers’ Union
Schwab Denies Health Reports. Plans Sailing Change
New York reports Oliver Wren cables from Palermo saying Schwab’s health is better and the unfounded rumor of worse health is denied. Earlier dispatches note Schwab’s plans to sail home on January 26 aboard the yacht Margarita, with later word that he may stay abroad several weeks longer.
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Palermo
Italy
Charles M. Schwab
Hay Extends Time for Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Ratification
Secretary in Washington signed a convention with the Cuban minister extending the window for ratifications of the reciprocity treaty beyond the original expiry next Saturday. The move acts as a precaution to safeguard the treaty if the Senate fails to act within the week.
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Ohio Lawyer Will Be Justice of Supreme Court
Canton Jan 28 Judge W R Day has accepted a tender from the president for appointment as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
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United States Supreme Court
Shoots Up The Town Tries To Kill The Town Marshal
Cedar Rapids Iowa January 28 Jack Ma Barber attempted to kill the town marshal on Main Street last night while intoxicated. Six shots were fired and several citizens had narrow escapes, but none of the shots struck the marshal.
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General Miles Sees Wealth of Siberia on Long Asiatic Journey
Paris dispatch reports General Miles returning from the Philippines and Russia via Siberia after sixteen days aboard railway cars. He praises Siberia's potential, notes railroads as civilizers, and says natives are hardy. Miles recalls audience with the czar, court ball, and plans to depart for the United States through London with Mrs Miles and companions.
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Boers Welcome Chamberlain on South African Trek
London dispatch reports Colonial Secretary Chamberlain began a wagon trek from Potchefstroom to Mafeking with Mrs Chamberlain Major General Baden Powell and others. Boers met the party at Ventersdorp where General Delarey addressed them in Dutch praising Chamberlain and expressing hope he can help set things right in South Africa.
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Coal Vein Found by Prospectors in Montana
Prospectors in Helena Montana report a four foot vein of anthracite coal considered superior. The find is drawing rapid staking as it rivals some gold mines in value. The discovery occurred late January with prospectors and claims expanding quickly.
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Braun claims method to project unlimited electric energy by waves
Berlin January 28 Professor Ferdinand Braun of Strasburg University announced to the Strasburg Scientific society a method to generate electric energy of unlimited volume and project it into space as waves to any desired distance. The advance is linked to Marconi s transatlantic telegraphy through Leyden jar applications for propagating wireless waves.
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MacArthur Faces European Influence On U S Prosperity
Chicago January 24 General Arthur MacArthur warns at the Western Society banquet that Europe seeks to disrupt the western hemisphere. He cites a South American crisis and says the United States must withstand pressure from prosperous self governing nations amid growing global tensions.
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Gene Eral MacArthur
United States
Hewitt Tribute Draws Grover Cleveland At City Club
New York January 28 former president Grover Cleveland led a memorial for Abram S Hewitt at the City Club with Edward M Shepard City Chamberlain BE Gould and Richard Watson Gilder reading a poem The Great Citizen Roosevelt sent a letter of condolence noting Hewitts civic service and inspiring public duty Cleveland voiced sorrow over social political and industrial unrest and urged Americans to uphold government by the people and protect the public welfare.
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Abram S. Hewitt
Grover Cleveland
City Club
Edward M. Shepard
City Chamberlain
R.L. Gould
Richard Watson Gilder
Mr. Hewitt
Wheeler H. Peckham
Roosevelt
Mr. Peckham
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Hewitt
Theodore Roosevelt
Cleveland
Fire in Coal Mine Kills One as Four Die or Injured
Terre Haute Indiana January 28 A mine fire at the Harts Lankford mine three miles west of town caused one death and four likely fatalities. Twenty workers below were hoisted to the surface by ropes as smoke and gas rendered conditions deadly.
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Court bars Detroit coal exchange from fixing coal price
Detroit circuit court issues a preliminary injunction against the Detroit coal exchange, a group of about thirty local dealers, prohibiting the organization from acting to fix a minimum price at which coal shall be sold. The order was handed down today in Detroit with the action aimed at preventing price controls by the exchange.
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Detroit Coal Exchange
Markets Report Sioux City Livestock Prices
Sioux City stock markets report hogs and cattle across Sioux City Chicago South Omaha and Kansas City. Hogs range six to seven dollars with mixed lots and heavy sale strength noted. Cattle values vary by class with steady to strong trends. sheep market steady with lambs and ewes moving. Local and regional receipts recorded, prices and ranges provided.
Grain and Provisions Market Quotes Chicago and Duluth Jan 27
Chicago quotations show quiet but firm flour and mixed grain prices with No 2 spring at 86c No 3 spring 72 80c No 2 red 77 78c corn 45 46c oats 34 36c 34 14c rye 60 0 0 0 barley good feeding 46 48c fair to choice 49 56c timothy seed 4 00 pork 47 00 471 50 lard 10 80 10 40 rib sides 9 25 9 30 dry salted shoulders 8 25 8 50 short clear sides 9 60 9 75 whisky high wines 1 30 butter 17 2 1 2c creamery 17 24c eggs 22c cheese 13 14c. Duluth wheat No 1 hard Sac No 1 northern 77 34c No 2 northern ec No 3 spring 72c to arrive No 1 northern 78 C May 84 67c C July 29c
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