Wadsworth Defends Meat Inspection Bill in House
Washington January 31 Representative Wadsworth of New York, chair of the Agriculture Committee, spoke vindicating the committee and meat inspection bill. He cited the 1906 law, Senate approval, and testimony from Dr. Melvin. Supporters cheered as the agricultural appropriation bill proceeded.
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Washington
Wadsworth
New York
Setamitties
Ee Committee
House of Representatives
Mob Attacks Negro Man on Fifth Avenue in Riot
A mob on Fifth Avenue assaults Jackson and other Black men near Liberty Avenue. He is beaten, clothes torn, and chased by hundreds shouting to lynch them. Police and firemen intervene as night sticks suppress the riot and Jackson is placed under guard.
Freight Blockade Stalls 2000 Cars in Minneapolis
Two thousand Great Northern freight cars are stalled in Minneapolis and at the Minnesota transfer, awaiting cleared lines and locomotive movement. Weighed down with merchandise and Christmas goods en route to the Northwest, the stalled cars include perishable items and other consignments. Reports note similar delays on the Northern Pacific and other lines, caused by a policy of operating only full capacity loads and weather-induced engine shortage.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Great Northern Railroad
Minnesota
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Canal contract bids up in air as government may direct work
Secretary Loeb issued a White House statement saying no bid is final and Oliver’s bid is defective. The canal project may be awarded to Gillespie-McArthur or rejected with the work done under direct government supervision, using contractors as agents. The aim is top specialists across trades, not a few individuals. Construction advances with ongoing Culebra cut removal.
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Ri. Wadsworth
Secretary of Agriculture
Committee
Agriculture
Wamdiry Army Ta
Sap Og
Towa
Indiana
Howard
la Rey
Washington
White House
Loeb
Oliver
Gillespie-McArthur
Culebra
California Delegation Seeks Pacific Coast Japanese Accord
After a White House conference on the Pacific coast Japanese issue the California delegation says a satisfactory solution is possible. They telegraph San Francisco school leaders to come to Washington for a conference with the president and secretary of state and plan to defer legislative action on Japanese school matters.
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Washington
White House
Pacific Coast
California
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
San Francisco
Walsh and
Roncovier
Roosevelt
Fifth Attempt To Wreck Train Near Osceola Missouri
A section foreman found illegitimate railroad spikes between rails one mile south of Osceola during a fifth attempt to wreck trains on the Kansas City Canton Springfield railway near Springfield Missouri on Tuesday night.
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Springfield
Kansas City, Canton & Springfield
Osceona
Cadets Te Jamestown Washington Taft Authorized
Fragmentary OCR reads as Cadets te Jamestown Washington dan x31 Secretary Taft Wednesday authorized the superintendent of the West Point Mill. The incomplete text references a formal action or approval by Secretary Taft related to cadets and a mill.
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Jamestown
Washington
Dan
Taft
Weat Point
Peace offerings shrink amid Vatican report and unrest
Reports from the Vatican say Peters peace offerings this year are smaller than usual. Martial law hits Valencia Spain after food tax riots and a workers strike. Five killed and 11 injured in a Johnson City coal mine explosion. Chase aged 91 ex chaplain of US army dies in Philadelphia. Pullman car company faces grand jury in Pittsburgh for impure milk sales.
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Vatican
Valencia
Spain
Johnson City
Big Muddy
Didley Chase
United States Army
Philadelphia
Philander Chase
Atnots
Grand
Allegheny County
Pullman Palace Car Company
Austin Cushman
Fillmore
Boston
Charles
Marcus Beresford
England
America
North Dakota
Nancy White
Pennsylvania
New Haven
Omaha ice plant official killed in accident
Charles C. Hungate secretary and general superintendent of the Omaha Ice and Cold Storage company was instantly killed at Cut Off Lake while supervising the ice harvest. He was 34 and left a family.
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Co. C. Hungate
Omaha
Neb
Charles C. Hungate
Omaha Ice and Cold Storage Company
Cut Off Lake
Hungate
Brazilian Warships to Join Jamestown Exposition Review
Rear Admiral Harrington announced from Washington that Brazil will participate in the Hampton Roads naval review during the Jamestown exposition. Two or three Brazilian warships are expected, with names to be announced later.
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Norfolk
Harrington
Washington
Hampton Roads
Million Acre Tract Opened for Settlers in Nebraska
Indian Inspector James McLaughlin of Washington announces an agreement with the Rosebud Sioux to open nearly a million acres in Tripp County South Dakota for settlement by federal government action. Details to follow as arrangements are completed.
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Norfolk
Neb
James McLaughlin
Washington
Tripp County
Briand Threatens to Resign After Public Meetings Bill Vote
Paris reports the chamber of deputies adopted the public meetings bill by 550 to 6 amid ongoing debate. During the session Minister of Education Briand left the chamber and threatened to resign.
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Briand
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Monks Fight In Sacred Grotto
Rome report describes a dispute involving monks in a sacred grotto with unclear details from the Jerusalem correspondent of the Cortiere D Italia. The fragment referencesBethidheh and an account dated January 31.
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Rome
Jerusalem
Cortiere D'Italia
Bethidheh
Riverside lynch attempt halted by police during Fifth Avenue mob
In Pittsburgh on January 31 a mob of several hundred attacked Jack A. Jackson after a dispute with a newsboy. He was beaten and choked as the crowd shouted lynch. Police and firemen finally ended the melee and took Jackson to the central station while bystanders, including defenseless women, suffered nervous shocks.
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Fifth Street
Jackson
Pittsburg
Central
Fifth Avenue
Wood
Market Streets
Adlets Advertising Promises Space and Trade Resources
An advertisement extols the Adlets column as profitable and broad in scope. It invites readers to rent rooms or homes, trade items, sell goods, or rent property, offering pricing of ten cents for once or twenty five cents for three insertions.
Charles L Stevens Dies On Street In Detroit
Charles J Stevens grand master of the Michigan Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons collapsed and died of heart disease Wednesday night on High Street West while walking home to 457 Second Avenue Detroit He was 66 and survived by a widow and daughter Mrs McHarg of Portland Oregon where his husband serves as secretary of the pensions committee of the U S Senate The funeral likely next Sunday will be conducted by the Michigan grand lodge.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles J., Stevens
Michigan Grand Lodge
Free and Accepted Masons
High Street
Second Avenue
Mra McHarg
Portland Ore
United States Senate
Chicago Markets Plunge Through Mixed Grain Prices
The Chicago market notes varied activity with spring wheat at 470 in futures, hard patent at 3.00 per export bag, May wheat near 78 and 46 1 2 cents, corn and oats showing firm to mixed action, butter and eggs steady, and live poultry prices stable. Regional prices in Duluth and Twin Cities reflect no uniform trend across grains and feed items.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
New York
Duluth
Livestock Market Roundup from Chicago and Omaha
CATTLE sales ranged from common to good steers and cows with varied prices. hogs showing mixed heavy and light loads. Omaha reports show native steers and western stockers. prices for calves bulls and sheep noted across the two markets. Market strength and ranges reflect regional trading in early January.
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Chicago
Jan
Omaha Ne
Texas
Lamba
Winchester Bank Put Under Receiver by Chancery Court
On January 8 stockholders petitioned the Chancery court to appoint a receiver for the Bank of Winchester. Judge Judd McConnell appointed the receiver as the bank faced deposits around 300000 and loans about 250000 amid a 75000 capitalization.
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Winchester
Tenn
Jyudxzp
McConnell
Chancery Court
Bank of Winchester
Sixty Dead in Stuart Mine Disaster
Late advices from the Stuart company mine at Stuart Fayette county place the death toll around 60, down from earlier estimates of 75 or 80. Among the confirmed entombed are 38 white miners and 10 colored miners, with other foreign workers unlisted. Chief Mine Inspector Paul and assistants visited the scene, and hopes for rescuing anyone alive are very low.
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Charleston
Stuart Companys
Stuart
Fayette County
Paul
Saerbruecken
Rhenish
Prussia
Reden
Prince Frederick Leopold
Kaukauna Ruffians Kidnap Student After Acid Attack
In Appleton report, Kaukauna assailants attacked a hotel where 130 Lawrence University students met after sulphuric acid was thrown into a darkened banquet hall. Police intervened as the mob attempted to tar Leland Nye amid the disturbance Tuesday night.
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Appleton, Wis
Lawrence University
Kaukauna
Found Helpless In Corn Shock Near Litchfield
Joseph McManus aged 64 of Cleveland Ohio was found Wednesday by a farmer after two days in a corn shock without food or water and unable to walk because of frozen legs. He is in a critical condition.
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Litchfield
Joseph McManus
Cleveland
Fatal Fall Tests Fire Escape At Sorority House
Miss May Douglas of Winona Minnesota fell from the third story while testing a new fire escape at the Gamma Phi Beta sorority house in Madison Wisconsin on Wednesday and was probably fatally injured.
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Madison
Wis
Gamma Phi Beta
May Douglas
Winona
Minn
Bill to Establish a Paul Jones Day Proposed in Senate
Washington on January 31 Senator Burnham introduced a bill to set September 23 as Paul Jones day and require all United States vessels in port to dress ship. The measure reportedly has the support of Admiral Portér and General Horadé Portér with other noted signers.
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Washington
Burnham
United States
Horadé Portér
Baird
Thaw Case Opens as Jury Readies Deliberations
Jerome prepares to open the state case against William Kissane Thaw with defense likely to seek temporary insanity as a plea. Jurors added and the second panel exhausted while the 12th juror is drawn from a new pool. Thaw hints his mother and sister should stay away as court proceeds.
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New York
Jerome
Roof Garden
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw
Jerome Thiureday
Harry C. Brearley
Henry Kleinberger
Mra
William Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
Inquiry Ends On Sanford Powder Explosion Probe
The Indiana state railroad commission completed its inquiry into the Sanford disaster of January 19 in which a car of powder exploded injuring many and destroying Big Four train No. 8. A ruling on the cause will come later.
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Sandford
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana State Railroad Commission
Sues Glass Workers Association In Conspiracy Case
Hartford City Indiana January 31 officers and members of the Amalgamated Window Workers Association of America are accused of conspiracy. The complaint alleges operation of warfare in the city and targets members of the union.
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Sues Glass Workers
Association
Hartford City
Ind
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St. Petersburg
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