Railroad Panic and Track Shortage Push for New Lines
St Paul Minn Jan 15 President Y J Hill of Great Northern RailRoad warns Gov McKin to n that U S railroad growth has outpaced track and terminals creating a freight blockade. He urges immediate five percent annual trackage expansion over five years and cites 1905 figures on locomotives passenger miles and freight ton miles to justify the need for new tracks and larger terminals nationwide.
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St. Paul, Minn
Y. J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad Bmronday
Gov Mcknton
United States
John A. Johnson
Esota
Inter State Commerce Commission
Cav
United
Tates
Ighove
Secukary
Illinois Sues Illinois Central Over State Earnings
The state of Illinois sues the Illinois Central railroad in the state supreme court for several million dollars said to be withheld from state grog earnings. Attorney General Stead leads the filing with J H Lord served as local agent. The court reconvenes February 5 when railroad attorneys may seek removal to federal court.
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Ilinois Central Railroad
State Supreme Court
Stead
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Illinois Central
Harahan
Supreme Court
State
Supreme Cour
Deneen
Cfroudt
Notable Obituaries and International Notes
The notice details Henry Squires a renowned American tenor who died in Burlington Iowa at 82. Venezuela rejects Jamestown exposition entry per government decision. Boston elder Oliver Dyer who popularized stenography in US senate dies at 83. Cuban minister Senor Torriente resigns citing national shame. A Chicago archdiocese event to deliver Peter's peace funds totalling 25000 dollars to the pope within three weeks. Brooklyn fire kills Meyer Rubin and family. Rudolph Korach Swiss consul in Philadelphia dies at 82, oldest consul by years of service. Toledo/Toledo collision injures John Olinger and five others after a rear end crash in Chicago.
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Henry Squires
America
Burlington
Iowa
Venezuela
Oliver Dyer
United States Senate
Boston
Senor Torriente
Spain
Peter
Archdiocese of
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Rome
Quigley
Meyer Rubin
Rose
Rosa
Philp
Brooklyn
Rudolph Korach
Philadelphia
Mr Korach
W Thomas Toledo
John Olinger
Toledo
Monon
112Th Street
Arkansas Lawmakers Open 36th Session Amid Deadlock
Little Rock January 15 reports a speaker deadlock in the house while the senate unanimously chose John Ike Moore of Phillips county as president. Reuben R Adams faced expulsion pressure after testimony about Fenstis C Butt bribery conviction, resigning his senate caucus and signaling plans to resign his seat.
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Little Rock
Ark
House of Representatives
Senate
John Ike Moore
Phillips County
Reuben R. Adams
Fenstis C Butt
Hoch Inaugurated for Second Term as Governor
Topeka Kansas January 16 Edward W Hoch and other new Republican state officers were inaugurated at noon in a simple representative ball. This marks Governor Hoch's second term in office.
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Hoch
Topeka
Kas Jan
Edward W Hoch
Governor Hoch
Three Trainmen Die in Waldron Wreck
Kansas City dispatch reports Rock Island passenger No 26 collided with a freight at Waldron Missouri Monday night killing three trainmen and wounding several crew and passengers. Andrew Carnegie may become New York’s heaviest taxpayer per Monday’s assessment figures. personal property valued at 96 600 000 and that of J D Carnegie listed similarly.
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Kansas City
Rock Island
St Joseph
Waldron
Carnegie
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Trainmen Overwork to Earn Extra Pay for Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission testimony shows train crews on the Baltimore & Ohio work excessive hours with little rest. Engineers often work 36 hours straight. safety and hours reforms are urged to speed federal action. Managers warn rest is voluntary, while emphasis on waterfally safer signals and accident prevention remains. Stephen B Elkins wins Republican caucus nomination for a third term, with election set for January 22.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Congress
Fitzgerald
Kelly
William M Durrow
Silver Springs
Charleston
Ww Va
Stephen B Elkins
Repubican Caucus
Elkins
Bishop Kostowski Dies After Schism Controversy
Bishop Anthony Kostowski founder of the Independent Polish Catholic church died at St. Anthony's hospital after his renunciation of papal authority and subsequent excommunication from the Roman church.
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Kostowski
Chicago
Anthony Kostowski
St. Anthony's Hospital
Brownsville Affray Inquiry After Appropriation Bill Debate
Washington on January 15. Senate quickly approves the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill of about 31 million dollars and then spends time on the Brownsville incident. President Roosevelt presents witnesses and a box of bullets, calling the involved colored troops in the Twenty fifth infantry “midnight assassins” and asserting some members knew of the deed.
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Washington
Senate
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Twenty Fifth Infantry
Adleis Reading Adleis Propos its Profit in Ads
An old ad offers readers a profitable proposition to find desired goods and services. It promotes renting rooms buying homes trading items and selling property through the Journal Adlet column with pricing for single or multiple notices.
Markets Report from Chicago and Midwest Livestock Centers
Grain and futures trade mixed with wheat steady to firm and corn softening. Livestock prices show cattle and hogs mostly steady to lower with calves and sheep weaker at Denver and Omaha markets. notable shifts in cows, steers, and feeder listings across regions.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Wisie Dais Saas
Turkevar
Dimita
Neb
Texas Bteers S
Legislators Debating Brown and Guggenheim Probes Halted
Lincoln Nebraska lawmakers tabled a resolution to investigate Republican senatorial candidate Nortia Brown amid charges of graft while in joint session preparations continue for a Wednesday naming. In Denver a solo party vote defeated and expunged a resolution probing Simon Guggenheim amid claims of rebate law violations. Hancock County grand jury returns 939 indictments against Standard Oil entities and Rockefellers, with potential fines totaling $58 million.
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Lincoln Neb Jam i
Tower House
Nortia Brown
United States
Brown
Grain Trust
Sults
Ramroads
Denver Cole Jaw
State Senate
Simon Guggenheim
Guggenheim
Republican Caucus
Senate
Hancock County
David
John D Rockefeller
M G Vilas
J M. Robertson
H P Mcintosh
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Taft Hearing On Calumet River Reversal Permit
Chicago seeks permission to reverse Calumet river flow to supply Chicago sewers but faces opposition from American Civic Association and Lake Carriers' Association. They argue permit authority lies with Congress and question federal power over water for domestic use.
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Washington
Chicagos
Calumet
Secreta
Taft
American Civic Association
Lake Carriers’ Association
Lake Michigan
Gulf of St Lawrence
Congress
Missouri Legislature Orders Stock Yards Inquiry
Jefferson City January 15 The Missouri House adopted a resolution to appoint a committee to investigate the stock yards at Kansas City and St Joseph amid charges of excessive unloading and care tariffs A senate bill proposes a fine of 100 to 1000 dollars for printing horse race entries or results in state newspapers and caps insurance company presidents salaries at 50000 under charter revocation penalties
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Jefferson City
House of Representatives
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Senate
Mitsour
Legislature orders probe of Duluth board of trade and Minneasmus chamber
The Minnesota House directs a five member committee to investigate the Minneasmus chamber of commerce and the Duluth board of trade. A senate bill would raise iron ore bounty from estate lands to six cents per ton with a four cent annual increment after 1907. In Kenosha a church fire panic at St Alphonse church injures several and burns the building leaving a 25000 dollar loss.
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St Paul Minn
Minneasmus Chamber of Commerce
Duluth Board of Trade
Kenosha Wis
St. Alphonse Catholic Church
New Munster
Kenosha County
Father Schiefen
Porto Rico House Convened in Annual Session
San Juan Porto Rico January 15 The house of delegates opened its annual session Speaker Winthrop Will read his message Monday afternoon The text notes the convening and a reading by the speaker in a concise public notice style.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
House of Delegates
Acuha
Winthrop
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