Indiana Legislature Advances Crackdown on Passes and Codes
In Indianapolis the legislature moves through a flurry of actions including adoption of the new criminal code with life imprisonment for certain crimes, passage of the parks anti-cigarette bill, and debates over subsidies for railroads. Senate committees back education contract limits on school books, while advocates and opponents clash over railroad passes and regulatory powers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
House
Stansbury
Senate
Newhouse
Southeastern
Tndjiana
Gough
Senate Railroad Committee
Davis
House Committee On Public Morals
Condo
Grant County
McCloskey
Mouitz
Park
McDonald
Parks
Moore
Greencastle
Powell
Logansport
Garber
Milburn
State Board of Education
Tyndall
School book reform and consent age measure move forward
The House advanced a bill on school book contracts amid long deliberation over reform. An unfavorable report on Senator Newhouse’s compulsory vaccination bill was adopted. A Will increasing the age of consent from fourteen to sixteen was also advanced.
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Batman
House
Newhouse
Grand jury links police bribe scheme in Chinese quarter
Substantial evidence of police corruption emerged as the grand jury reported a $1350 gold bribe given to Judge Lawler. Police Sergeant Ellis is accused of taking the funds from Chan Ching to shield Chinese gamblers, with regular monthly payments to the sergeant and his squad.
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San Francisco
Lawler
Superior Court
Grand Jury
Ellis
Chan Ching
DA Launches Crusade Against Pool Rooms in New York
District Attorney Jerome says he has begun a citywide drive to close pool rooms. He reports key operators have fled the state and one man tied to a large betting ring has traveled to Europe to dodge a grand jury subpoena. He plans to summon bettors to build evidence.
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New York
Jerome
Europe
Newfoundland Favourable to Bond-Hay Treaty Ratification
St Johns Newfoundland reports general satisfaction at the prospect of the United States ratifying the Bond-Hay treaty. It is understood the senate amendments meet the colonial ministry with concessions including free entry of fresh fish lumber wood pulp into American markets and likewise for American lumber wood pulp machinery rubber boots and shoes and farming implements.
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St. Johns
N. F
United States
Senate
New Foundland
Canadian steamer Kestrel to patrol Hecate Straits
The Canadian fishery steamer Kestrel has orders from Ottawa to patrol Hecate straits and stop American fishing vessels from encroaching on British Columbia grounds. The dispute over territorial jurisdiction in Hecate straits has prompted diplomatic correspondence and remains unsettled.
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Victoria
B. C
Ottawa
Hecate Straits
British Columbia
Mining youth killed by live wire in Telluride snow slide
Tyrie Sneed Collard, son of Rev. J. H. Collard of El Paso and nephew of the late Texas Chief Justice, was killed in Telluride Colorado during a snow slide by contact with a live wire. He had been mining there and hailed from a prominent Texas family formerly based in Austin and Houston.
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Telluride
Colo
Tyrie Sneed Collard
J. H. Collard
Elpaso
Justice Collard
Texas
Austin
Houston
Tex
Preacher Hangs Himself in East St. Louis Home
The lifeless body of Rev. Martin McFarland aged sixty eight was found hanged in the basement of his East St. Louis residence. Family members say he had been ill and attribute the act to his poor health.
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St. Louis
Martin McFarland
East St. Louis
Train Derailment Injures Twenty Three in Mexico Picnic Run
A train returning from the railway conductors Picnic at Popocatapet park derailed and went over a six foot embankment in Mexico City. Three hundred passengers were aboard with twenty three injured and some with severe injuries.
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Mexico City
Popocatapet Park
Death of Thomas Adams Inventor of Chewing Gum
Thomas Adams, inventor and manufacturer of chewing gum, dies at his Brooklyn home from pneumonia and old age. The senate adopts an amendment to the statehood bill annexing to Utah the Arizona region north of the Colorado River. Father Gopon, leader of St. Petersburg workers in the January 22 affair, is now in Switzerland.
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Thomas Adams
Brooklyn
Senate
Utah
Arizona
Colorado River
Gopon
St. Petersburg
Switzerland
Senate approves Oklahoma and New Mexico statehood plan
After a nine hour session the Senate passed the joint statehood bill admitting Oklahoma with Indian Territory and New Mexico as states under present boundaries, Arizona eliminated. Debates covered polygamy concerns, separate votes for Arizona and New Mexico, and a Bard amendment leading to the final Oklahoma and New Mexico provisions. The bill originated in the House and moves to conference.
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Washington
Fel
Senate
Aga
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Arizona
Committee On Territories
Gallinger
Foraker
Bard
Patterson
Beveridge
Bailey
Utah
Burrows
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Dubois
McComas
Platt
Connecticut
House
Fatal Hunting Mishap in Vancouver Claims Ottawa Lumber Heir
Vancouver, B C Feb 8 John C McLaren a member of a prominent Ottawa lumber family is dead at his home. Death attributed to exposure after a hunting mishap.
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Vancouver
B. C
John C. McLaren
Ottawa
Madame Kuge Expelled From Russia After Fame Claim
St. Petersburg February 8 Madame Kuge opera singer who praised a military officer on Russia’s first victory has been expelled from the country. The remark referenced events of January 22 and prompted the action.
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St. Petersburg
Madame Kuge
Russia
Machen and Groffs Sent to Moundsville Penitentiary
August W. Machen former head of the postal free delivery system and Diller B. Groff and Samuel A. Groff were sent from Washington with eleven other inmates to serve two years. They rode in a special car handcuffed with guards aboard as the train departed after 6 PM.
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Washington
W. Machen
Post Office Department
Diller B. Groff
Samuel A. Groff
Moundsville
W. Va
West
Machen
Groff Brothers
Peace talk gains slow ground in St Petersburg reports
In St Petersburg Feb 8 officials dismiss peace prospects despite renewed talks in Washington. Diplomatic circles note Cassini and Takahira visits hint at Chinese neutrality rather than a peace settlement. Russian press, while criticizing Manchuria operations, hints at a possible peace move under favorable terms for Russia and Japan. Adm Abaza travels to report on potential compromises.
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St. Petersburg
Cassini
Takahira
State Department
Washington
Durand
Spring-Rice
Roosevelt
Nicholas
Ambassador Cassini
Mortimer Durand
White House
Roosevelt’s
Count Cassini
Hay
Japan
Russia
France
United States
Russ
Novoe Vremya
Manchuria
Brave Father Fatally Burned In Michigan Home Fire
Tracy Brusso is probably fatally burned and his three year old son Thomas died when a fire destroyed their home three miles south of Wolverine. Brusso reentered the burning house four times to try to save his wife and other children. Mrs Brusso and the two surviving children are in serious condition from burns and exposure.
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Wolverine
Mich
Tracy Brusso
Thomas
Here
Brusso
Stolen Government Bond Case Leads to Arrests
Secret service agents arrested Louis O. Wilcox a Chicago mining promoter James A. Smith and J. A. Taylor of White Plains on possessing a $10,000 government bond stolen from the Manhattan Savings Institution years ago. They are held under $10,000 bond each.
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New York
Secret Service
Louis O. Wilcox
Chicago
James A. Smith
J. A. Taylor
White Plains
N. Y
Manhattan Savings Institution
Tolstoi Heir Returns from Manchuria to Yasnaya Poliana
St. Petersburg reports Prince Andrei Tolstoi has come home from Manchuria after receiving a head wound and earning the cross of St. George. He visits his father Count Leo Tolstoi at Yasnaya Poliana and plans to take a commission exam before returning to the Far East.
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St. Petersburg
Andre Tolstoi
Manchuria
Leo Tolstoi
Yasnaya Poliana
Far East
Ryan Charged With Embezzlement in St Louis Trial
St Louis February 8 John J Ryan known for ties to an alleged get rich quick turf investment firm faces a circuit court trial on an indictment accusing him of embezzling 900000 dollars through that company.
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Ryan
St. Louis
John J. Ryan
Governor Grants Hoch Requisition for Extradition
Albany dispatch reports Governor Higgins has granted Illinois authority to extradite Johann Hoch the alleged bigamist now jailed in New York City. Hoch faces extradition to Illinois following a requisition from the Illinois governor.
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Hoch
Albany
N. Y
Higgins
Illinois
Johann Hoch
New York City
Trepoff Seen As Likely Interior Minister Or Police Head
In St. Petersburg on February 8 Governor General Trepoff is believed poised to become minister of the interior or to take the newly created post of minister of police.
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Trepoff
St. Petersburg
Interior
Police
They Died From Lemon Extract Poisoning in Cherokee Nation
Vinita Oklahoma February 8 Thomas Daugherty and S Closter well known Cherokee Nation members died after drinking lemon extract believed to contain wood alcohol. In Denver Colorado February 4 a burst water tank on the Dry Goods store roof flooded stock valued over sixty thousand dollars.
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Vinita
I. T
Thomas Daugherty
S. Closter
Cherokee Nation
Denver, Col
Denver
Conference to Revise Conscript and Press Laws
St Petersburg February 8 a ministerial committee decided to form a special conference to revise the conscript and press laws. The emperor will appoint the president, with officials scholars writers and department representatives as members. The president may invite others and present the draft to the council of state.
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St. Petersburg
Committee of Ministers
Imperial Academy of Science
Council of State
Assassination of Procurator General Soininen Hailed as Regret
In Helsingfors on February 8 Finns deplore the killing of Procurator General Soininen and fear imperial repression while hoping the emperor will consider the diet’s plea for a return to liberal rule amid recent Helsingfors disturbances.
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Finland
Helsingfors
Soininen
Diet
Damara Runs Aground Off Nova Scotia With Losses Feared
The Furness line steamer Damara ran on rocks at Musquodobolt thirty miles east of Halifax and is believed to have foundered. The first officer and eighteen crew survived in a lifeboat and landed at Pleasant Point after a violent sea. Captain Gorst four passengers and remaining crew left in another boat and are missing.
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Halifax
N. S
Damara
Furness Line
Musquodobolt
Pleasant Point
Gorst
Feltner Deposition Reveals Bribery in Breathitt Murder Case
The deposition of Moses Feltner, a key witness in the Marcum vs Hargis case, alleges attorney B. F. French offered $1,000 to flee Winchester and avoid testifying. Feltner says he accepted, sent the money to his brother, and later was urged to stay away until a requisition could be arranged, amid claims of promises from Governor Beckham.
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Winchester
Breathitt County
Moses Feltner
Kentucky
Abrelia Marcum
James Hargis
James B. Marcum
Feltner
B. F. French
Jesse Fields
Cincinnati
Felix Feltner
Mose Feltner
French
Ohio River
Beckham
Ohio
Indianapolis
Strike Agitation Deepens Across Europe and Caucasus
From St. Petersburg the strike situation in Australia shifts focus as unrest spreads in Poland and the Caucasus. Poland sees higher deaths with troops sent to Warsaw and Kunow to quell uprisings, while the trans-Caucasian railway faces disruption. A St. Petersburg factory walkout over pay was resolved at a conference.
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St. Petersburg
Helsingfors
Aussia
Poland
Caucasus
Warsaw
Kuno
Protocol Not Yet Effective Involving Dillingham In San Domingo
Commander Dillingham who aided Minister Dawson in negotiating the new protocol between the United States and San Domingo has departed the island for Washington. The protocol was not signed before his departure and was left with Minister Dawson for completion.
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Washington
Dillingham
Dawson
United States
San Domingo
Rate Question Dominates House Debate on Freight Bill
In Washington the house debate on the freight rate bill centers on Mr. McCall of Massachusetts who opposes the legislation arguing the supreme court should not block government policy. Speakers vary but most urge relief while McCall and Mr. Sibley oppose. Bryan and Roosevelt are cited as influences with Democrats saying the president echoed Bryan and party platforms.
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Washington
House
McCall
Mass
Supreme Court
Sibley
Pennn
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Congress
Bryan
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