Week in Congress Focuses on Appropriations Bills
Upcoming week centered on appropriation measures in both chambers. Senate to finish the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, with potential action on the Brownsville riot probe. House to complete fortifications and DC diplomacy funding, plus a day for DC bills.
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Rome
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Foraker
Brownsville
Benator Cullom
Purdy
Spooners Carmack
Stone
Rewaning
Biicot
Senator Bate
Tennessee
Fulton
Illinois Sues Illinois Central in Supreme Court
Illinois Attorney General W H Stead filed a bill in the state supreme court seeking an accounting from the Illinois Central Railroad and millions in back taxes. The suit claims falsified semiannual statements since 1877 and seeks division of freight and passenger earnings between charter and noncharter lines on a mileage basis.
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Springfield
W H Stead
Supreme Court
Hwinois Central Railroad
Illinois
Chicago
Castro
Poncharter
Charter Lnes
Circuit Court
Stead
Court of Last Resort
Winds Central
Big Land Slip Closes Wabash Main Line at Bridge
A massive slide of earth on the Wabash railroad on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River near Mingo Junction covers 700 feet of track and 60 feet wide, forcing the line out of service for days. A westbound freight led by Engineer Charles McCabe felt the collapse as it began to slide into Cross Creek, washing a field with floodwaters. Trains are rerouted via alternate lines until repair crews restore service.
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Wheeling
Wa‘pash
West Virginia
Ohio River
Mingo Junction
Cross Creek
Sip
Charles McCabe
McCabe
Suit Hints Sugar Trust Damages for Alleged Fraud and Conspiracy
The receiver for the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company seeks damages totaling 20 million dollars and accuses the American Sugar Refining Company leadership of fraud and conspiracy. The case targets H O Havemeyer and John E Parsons over actions that allegedly ruined a Philadelphia competitor, drove its president to death, and left a Shackamaxon refinery idle.
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New York
Sugar Trust
Philadelphia
Frank K Hipple
H O Havemeyer
John E. Parsons
American Sugar Refining Company
George H Earle Jr
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Earle
Attorney General's Department
Washington
Shackamaxon Street
Delaware River
Adolph Segal
British Ship Pengwern Sinks Off Cuxhaven After Grounding
The British ship Pengwern, captained by Williams, grounded off Scharporn ten miles northwest of Cuxhaven while sailing from Taltal Chile to Falmouth with saltpeter. Twenty four crew members drowned as the vessel disappeared after the Vulkan tug attempted rescue amid heavy seas.
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Cuxhaven
Germany
Pengwern
Willams
Taltal
Chile
Falmouth
Scharporn
Vulkan
Unable to Reenlist Soldier Dies In Reno Incident
El Paso Texas January 14 James Duncan of Company D Twenty Ott infantry died in captivity without honor at HI Reno. He applied the same yet was rejected by the proponent.
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el] Paso
Tex
James Duncan
Twenty-Otth Infantry
Diadarmen
HI Reno
Adlets Advertising Offer From The Journal Adlet Column
Reading the Adlets is a profitable proposition for readers. You can rent a room buy a home trade goods or sell items through the Journal Adlet column. It promises value with a simple ten cent single insertion and discounts for three insertions.
Bids Opened for Panama Canal Construction
The canal commission opened bids for the Panama Canal project with offers from William J. Oliver and Anson McKangs at 6.75 percent of the estimated cost and other bids up to 2.5 percent. Officials expect about 7 percent as fair remuneration. the $140,000,000 estimate anchors the project cost discussed at the time. Washington reports note great bid disparity and ongoing debate. James W Wadsworth Jr, New York state assembly speaker, arrives in Washington as a White House guest.
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Washington
Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Commission
William J. Oliver
Knoxville
Anson McKangs
New York
Aes Ue
Hhe
White House
James W Wadsworth Jr
New York State Assembly
Balloon display tests Wellman North Pole project
Paris January 14 Walter Wellman displayed his enlarged balloon in the Galerie machines to prominent French aeronauts including Santos-Dumont M Deutsch and Count de La Vaulx. The envelope is inflated for impermeability tests and Wellman declares the craft in perfect condition ready for the next phase of his pole expedition plans.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Santos-Dumont
M Deutsch
Count de la Vauix
Wellman
Fire destroys St John's academy in Grand Forks
A Grand Forks dispatch reports a major fire at St John’s Academy in St Paul. The fire endangered over 30 children, with 32 students in the building. all were rescued. The structure was valued at $20,000, with a $15,000 loss and $7,000 insured.
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St. Paul
Minn
Grand Forks
Ploneer Press
Anacore
St John's Academy
Joss
F Ap SR
Severe Cold Wave Deepens Suffering Across Plains
A fierce cold wave following a heavy snowstorm hits eastern Montana and western North Dakota with subzero readings in Minnesota and near 22 below in Havre Montana. Cities such as Helena Miles City Williston Devils Lake report frigid temps. forecasters warn the cold will linger a day or two, worsening fuel shortages.
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St. Paul
Minn
Montana
North
Staiway
Minnesota
Battleforg
Swift Current
United States
Havre
Mont
Helena
Miles City
Hismarck
N D
Williston
Devils Lake
Officer Leads Mob in Michigan Slot Machine Raid
State Treasurer Glazier of Michigan led 200 workers from his stove works in Chelsea in a raid on slot machines across the town. Within hours all gambling devices were gathered and burned as owners faced taxpayer anger over participation by a young vice president named Harold who had joined the machines.
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Chelsea
Michgan
Glazier
Michigan
Hinon Harold
Osmor
Asmal
Endowment gift, politics, and labor clashes across 1909
Joe Hill donates 50000 to Macalester College while Rockefeller reportedly funds Louisville University. Trial testimony in the Teamsters case in Chicago. packers seek Lund with Swift. St Petersburg police clash leaves four dead and three injured. Philadelphia appeals to Roosevelt and Edward over Congo outrages. Coroner reports Adam Keffer’s death by own hand in Ohio. Sinclair and Brooks critique wealth and socialism. Wall Street, unions, and race for control headline a tumultuous scene.
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Joe Hill
Macalester College
Minneapolis
John D Rockefeller
University of Louisville
Shea
Teamsters Union
Chicago
Louis F Swift
Pennsylvania Road
Santa Fe
Harriman
St Petersburg
Old Naval Officer Burdette C. Gowing Dead at 68
Burdette C. Gowing former chief engineer of the Kearsarge who served at its 1894 wreck died yesterday in Tully New York his birthplace at age sixty eight He had been on the retired list since 1898.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Root
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Mra. Root
Ottawa
Canada
Earl Grey
New York
Louise de Massey
Gustav Simon
Simon
Berlin
France
Chateau de la Muette
Paris
New York State Bar Association
Albany
United States
J. M Dickinson
Chicago
Dickinen
Bar Association
Congress
Ten Eyck
Syracuse
Burdette C Gowing
Kearsarge
Tully
N. Y
Chicago Civic Federation meeting aims to organize western branch
Labor leaders and capitalists gather at Mrs. Potter Palmer’s Lake Shore Drive home for a National Civic Federation conference. Attended by 600, the event seeks to form a Chicago Central West branch to reduce strikes and improve employer worker relations. Prominent speakers include Belmont and Low, with unionists asserting final say in conditions.
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Chicago
Potter Palmer
Lake Shore Drive
National Civic Federation
Civic Federation
Central West
National Federation
Central
Middle Western
Eastern
New England
Belmont
Low Speak
August Belmont
Federation
Seth Low
New York
Conciliation Department
Gertrude Beeks
Organized Labor
William D
Billy
Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street Railroad
Central Baseball League to Elect President January 21
President Carson has called the annual meeting of the Central Baseball League for January 21 in Toledo. The agenda includes the election of a president and the league schedule. Fort Wayne Youngstown and Akron plan to bid for a franchise.
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South Bend
Ind
Carson
Central Baseball League
Toledo
Fort Wayne Ind
Youngstown
Akron O
Crown Prince Injured in Horse Ride Incident
Lisbon January 14 Crown Prince Luiz Philippe was thrown from a horse during a Saturday ride, suffering severe contusions. The horse cleared a fence and fell onto the prince, who remained conscious then recovered briefly but was later reported to be in a daze.
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Lisbon
Luiz Philippe
Iowa College Favored by Carnegie Endowment Gift
Indianola Iowa January 14 The Carnegie missions committee plans to provide a 90000 endowment to a local college under grant terms that emphasize support from the Des Moines conference and related endowment programs. The arrangement was announced by church leaders and confirming officials.
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Iowa College
Indianola
Iowa
Carnegie Missions Simpeca Et Lege
Moines
Ralee' Aa
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Smith
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Corporation
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Ohio River Ridge
Pennsylvania
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Nashville
Tleveland
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Congo
White Star Steamship Line
Liverpool
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Atlantic
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Adam Keffer
Upton Sinclair
E H Harriman
Andrew Carnegie
Wall Street
John Graham Brooks
HAA Aid Journal
Acieti
Mrs. Palmer
Baseball League
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