Postal commission drafts sweeping second class reform
Washington Jan 28 report of the joint postal commission outlines changes to second class mail rules. It favors limiting ads in periodicals to 50 percent of page area and standardizes sections and supplements. allows samples at 10 percent of copies to subscribers. proposes new appeals and rating procedures for publishers seeking second class status.
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Swettenham Steps Out as Kingston Grants Fifteen Months Tax Relief
Kingston Jamaica January 28 reports Gov Swettenham offered his resignation after the earthquake crisis. The government will relieve Kingston residents from all rates and taxes for 15 months starting January 1, to aid rebuilding. Archbishop Enos Nuttall urged abolition of the council and a single empowered commissioner for reconstruction.
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Lord Elgin
Admiral Davis
Tait
Enos Nuttall
West Indies
United States
Canada
Santiago de Cuba
Eleventh Infantry
Morro Barracks
Oterl
Battle
Man Confesses Killing His Father in Virginia Logging Camp
Mont Bunyan, 40, arrested on suspicion, confessed to Chief Mathews that he shot and killed his father during a quarrel over drinking at a logging camp in Williamson Virginia two weeks earlier. He wept as he admitted the murder.
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Mont Bunyon
Bunday
Mathews
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Steamer's cargo on fire reaches Colombo
The North German Lloyd steamer Seyriuts bound from Japan and China arrived at Point de Galle with cargo ablaze and fore peak burnt out. Passengers and mails were rescued by the British cruiser Diadem and brought to Colombo.
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Seyciuts
Devers
Japan
China
Point de Galle
Ceylon
Diadem
Explosion In Servian Palace After Big Fire
A blast damaged a Servian palace causing a major fire with extensive damage to the structure. Officials stated the explosion date and cause are under investigation as crews battle the flames.
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Multiple Criminals, Divorces, and Disasters Darken News
Edward Clifford found guilty of murdering his father in Peoria Illinois. Dorothy, daughter of Lilian Russell, wins a divorce from Abbott Louis Einstein of New York. Rep A D Dulaney of Little Rock Arkansas indicted for bribery of 200 dollars. Rev Dr Henry Martin Field dies at 85 after a long editorship in New York. Twelve miners killed by fire damp in Lorentz West Virginia, nine killed by dynamite near Pearisburg Virginia. Dr Charles Wilmot Townsend shot in Staten Island and dies after refusing to name assailant. William L Sherman, 19, son of W L Sherman of St Louis, arrested in Chicago for forgery and embezzlement. Harry Alt alias John Ryan, Kansas prisoner, confesses to killing Edward Attcon at Tuscan Illinois on Sept 20 1902. Alt to be returned for murder trial.
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Peoria
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Isaac Clifford
Lilian Russell
Dorothy
Abbott Louis Einstein
New York
A. D. Dulaney
Little Rock County
Arkansas
Henry Martin Field
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Cyrus W
David D
Stephen J. Meld
Lorentz
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Pearisburg
Charles Wilmot Townsend
Staten Island
William L. Sherman
W L. Sherman
Sherman- Brown Shoe Company
St. Louis
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Harry Alt
John Ryan
Kansas Penitentiary
Edward Attcon
Tuscan
Alt
Finois
Oliver Lands Panama Canal Contract Bidder
After a White House conference the Panama canal contract was awarded to William J Oliver and Anson M Bangs as the lowest bidders. Oliver must within ten days associate with two independent contractors whose skill and experience strengthen the project. Oliver’s reps assert he can meet the requirements and 20 top contractors are ready to join at the bid figure, awaiting government acceptance. In a separate report, a shooting at a roadhouse near Fort Washington leaves Private William Wirebarger dead and Private Frederick Gouney wounded.
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Panama Canal
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Anson M. Bangs
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Canal Commission
United States
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Fort Washington
William & Wirebarger
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Combenir Coast Artillery
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House Wills Consider River and Harbor Bill Debates
The senate postpones much business due to Senator Algér’s death. Beveridge resumes child labor remarks, Carter and Heyburn planned talks on public land policy, with western senators and opponents debating forest withdrawal. Friday features German eulogies as May debates Congo question and related matters continue.
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Heyburn
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Congo
Double Tragedy On Tracks In Camden
In Camden New Jersey a young man and a young woman, arms linked, waited on the Pennsylvania Electric tracks over Newton creek and were struck by a train. The woman, about 25, was recovered at the morgue with faint clues on a gold watch bearing the initials W C TM. The man’s body was not recovered.
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Camden
Pennsylvania Electric Railroad
Newton Creek
Missing Fifteenth Cavalry trooper McCullough feared foul play
McCullough of the Fifteenth cavalry was reported missing Sunday with fears he may have been robbed or harmed due to a large sum of money in his possession. Authorities pursue leads and search efforts continue.
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McCullough
Fifteenth Cavalry
John F Magner dies suddenly in St Louis
John F Magner associate editor of the Star Chronicle and leading St Louis newspaper man died at his home Sunday from stomach hemorrhage. He was born October 18 1866 in St Louis.
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Cuban Bandit Captured by Cuban Secret Police
Havana on Saturday night the bandit Enrique Mesa, terrorizing eastern Cuba for over two years and wanted for several alleged murders, was captured by the secret police in the province of Santiago de Cuba.
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Voliva to Abandon Zion City for Pacific Coast
Wilbur Glenn Voliva plans to desert Zion City with all supporters. A new Zion is to be founded likely on the Pacific coast, leaving Dr Dowle and his creditors to contest supremacy in Chicago.
Senator R A Alger Laid In State At Detroit City Hall
Nearly 30 000 people passed the open casket in a solemn Detroit ceremony as Senator Alger lay in state at city hall guarded by the Seventh United States Infantry. Mourners included Mrs Alger and family, Senators Burrows Scott Warren, and Michigan officials. The funeral procession moved from Washington with a large escort and veterans groups. The ceremonies continue at 2 30 this Monday afternoon.
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Washington
Michigan Central Railroad
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Warren
Michigan
Darragh
Young
Hamilton
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Thaw Jurors Find Quiet Day After Drive in Central Park
Seven jurors guarded at the Broadway Central hotel spent a calm Sunday. They did not attend chapel, shared meals in a private room, and were driven through Central Park. They were not allowed phones or Sunday papers, separating them from Thaw trial headlines.
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Harry K. Tha
Stentor White
Broadway Central Hotel
Epen
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Elvic
Branded by Stepmom in Harlem Court Action
In Harlem court Sunday Nellie seven and Jennie two were traumatized as their stepmother Kate Gravius admitted burning them with a red hot stove lifter. She claimed a temporary insanity caused by an unaccountable mania before fainting twice during testimony. The children bear scars that may last a lifetime. In Hudson Columbia county courthouse, a separate report notes the building burned Sunday, a marble three story structure from 1900, with losses around 200000 dollars.
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New York
Nellie
Jennie
Maretetrate Honage
Harlem
Kate Gravius
Hudson
N. Y
Columbia County
Heroism of Mother Falls
Chicago report of Mrs Patrick Rice who rescued her 12 year old son from a burning home Sunday night and was fatally burned in a vain attempt to save another son aked elabt.
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Patrick Rice
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Shawneetown Levee Breach Sparks Flood Scare
At Shawneetown a break in the levee near the Wabash confluence triggered alarms as the Ohio river fell to 457 feet and workers, warned by church bells, rushed to shore up the embankment. The levee was stabilized though concerns linger about rising Wabash flow threatening the structure.
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Shawneetown
Noted Cleric and Legal Figures Mourned in Jan 28 Dispatch
Rev John Marshall Masters a Cambridge resident, once active in state politics and secretary to the Whig party in 1853, dies at 80. James Wade of Cleveland, longtime law partner to Henry B Payne, dies aged elderly. A Detroit saloon brawl leaves 83 year old Alice Cute fatally shot after a quarrel with William Connolly.
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John Marshall Masters
Daniel Webster
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James Wade
Cleveland
James W
Henry B. Payne
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William F. Connolly
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