Beveridge Calls For Permanent Tariff Commission
Washington Feb 5 Senator Beveridge urged a bill creating a permanent tariff commission to gather and classify facts for tariff legislation. The commission would not set duties, only collect data and provide expert analysis to Congress to expand foreign trade and apply a maximum and minimum tariff with no special favors.
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Beveridge
Indiana
Senate
Congress
Commission
Germany
Japan
Supervisors Hear Drainage Ditch Case in Goshen Township
The board of county supervisors meets at the court house to hear arguments on Drainage Ditch No. 5 in Goshen township. Local residents from the area attend the session to present their views before the board.
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Court House
Goshen Township
Cousins Withdraws From Fifth Iowa District Race
Cedar Rapids and Washington reports reveal Congressman Robert G. Cousins will retire at the end of his term, ending 16 years in Congress. James W. Good enters the race with possible backing for John M. Grimm, as Cousins cites personal opportunity and party considerations.
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Cousins
Iowa
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Congress
Cummins
Washington, D. C
Robt. G. Cousins
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
United States
Republican and Evening Times
Robert G. Cousins
Fruit steamer Baker wrecked off Cuban coast
The United Fruit Company steamer Baker was wrecked on a coral reef near the Cuban coast. Crew were rescued and taken to Havana. It is unclear if any passengers were aboard.
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New York
N. Y
United Fruit Company
Baker
Cuban
Havana
Navy Schame Dawsons Rule Union In Address
Representative Dawson spoke to the Army and Navy union in Washington praising the U S Navy as equal to or superior to any nation. He dismissed critics as marine muck rakers and defended armor belt arrangements on battleships as sufficient above water.
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Washington, D. C
Army and Navy Union
Dawson
House Naval Affairs Committee
United States Navy
Cqual
Night Riders Torch Kentucky Tobacco Facility
Salem Ky Feb 5 Two hundred masked night riders visited Dyersburg and set fire to Bennett s tobacco warehouse and distillery destroying both worth about 40000. Foreman William Groves was whipped and driven from his home. Henry Bennett was abducted tied to a tree and severely whipped. Bennett Brothers run an independent factory amid alleged non association tobacco sales.
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Salem
Dyersburg
Bennett
William Groves
Henry Bennett
Bennett Bros
Bennett Brothers
President Roosevelt suspends Public Printer Stillings
Washington February 5 Roosevelt suspends Public Printer Charles A Stillings and names William S Rossiter to fill duties temporarily to aid Congress led investigation of the Government Printing Office Rossiter is chief clerk at the Census Office
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Roosevelt
Charles A. Stillings
Williams. Rossiter
Government Printing Office
Congress
Rossiter
Census
Fire breaks out at Peoria Journal offices
Fire originating in the telegraph office of the Peoria Journal in the opera house building caused damage to the newsroom. The paper will publish its regular edition today from Peoria Illinois with crews assessing the loss.
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Peoria Journal
Peoria, Ill
Opera House
Railroad Cuts Salaries Across Louisville and Nashville
The Louisville and Nashville railroad today reduced salaries of all employees earning more than $250 per month. Workers earning $400 or more face a 10 percent cut while those between $250 and $400 see an 8 percent reduction.
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Lorigville
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Lisbon Gazette Declares General Amnesty Decree
A Lisbon dispatch reports a decree declaring a general amnesty and abolishing prior dictatorial enactments was gazetted today in Lisbon.
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London
Lisbon
Sleet Delays Wire Communications Across Midwest
A severe sleet storm grounding telegraph links between Chicago and multiple western cities. snow and ice cripple sidewalks causing many minor injuries. Blizzard conditions sweep western Michigan and Wisconsin while New England and northern states endure record cold with temperatures near 40 below zero.
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Ill
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Snell's Des Moines Roots Tied to Family Estrangement
Dick Snell, lately in the news over his attempt to break his millionaire father’s will, is identified as a former Des Moines resident. While in Des Moines he wed a pretty waitress at the Sabin house, a fashionable boarding place, and later faced his father’s objections to the marriage to a "poor girl" named Lydia.
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Des Moines
Dick Snell
Clinton, Ill
Sabin
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Lydia
Demand Death for Gen Stoessel in Court Martial
The St. Petersburg court martial nearing its end hears General Gur sky seek the death penalty for Stoessel Fock and Reiss over the Port Arthur surrender. Smirnoff would get four years forced labor. Stoessel shows unease as Gur sky accuses him and Reiss.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Fock
Reiss
Port Arthur
Gursky
Smirnoff
Judge Advocate
Fuck Alone
Fleet 13 Royally Entertained
Six American torpedo boats and destroyers joined the battleship fleet at Punta Arenas Chile to coal and sail through the Straits into the Pacific. The visit sparked grand festivities and a reception by American consul Mortiz Braun as officers and men were feted in the southernmost city. The ships are set to depart early Friday morning.
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Punta Arenas
Chile
Pacific
Mortiz Braun
Bryan attacks gamblers in Carnegie Hall speech
In a Carnegie Hall address titled Thou Shalt Not Steal, William Jennings Bryan denounces gambling in stocks and farm products as a destructive vice. He likens Wall Street to Monte Carlo and Fagin's school, blasting market manipulation and inside bets that he says corrupt politics and commerce.
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Carnegie Hall
W. J. Bryan
New York Stock Exchange
Monte Carlo
Fagin
Aged Couple Marks 72 Years Together at Sharon Prairie
Morning Sun Iowa February 5 Friday January 31st marked the seventy second wedding anniversary of Robert and Jane Burns of Sharon Prairie near Morning Sun. Owing to feebleness they welcomed a few neighbors rather than a large gathering and baskets to share their milestone. Mr Burns, ninety three, Mrs Burns eighty nine, came from Ohio to Iowa in 1857 and have resided in Morning Sun or Sharon since.
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Iowa
Robert
Jane Burns
Sharon Prairie
Burns
Ohio
Sharon
Recall of French Ambassador Sparks Rapid Departure
In St. Petersburg on February 5, the French ambassador M. Bombard, recalled by Paris, left for Paris in haste. He will return solely to deliver his recall letters, a step Russia had effectively demanded.
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St. Petersburg
M. Bombard
Paris
Russia
Case stops when woman collapses in Chicago courtroom
In Chicago on February 5 Mrs Dora McDonald fainted during a trial involving Webster Guerin death. County Physician Dr Harris demonstrated wound diagrams then treated Mrs McDonald for about 15 minutes before she was revived. Court adjourned as lawyers feared the trial might end, but she recovered enough to walk outside.
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Chicago, Ill
Dora McDonald
Harris
Webster Guerin
Criminal Court
Frisco Declares End Of Bubonic Plague
San Francisco officials announce the city is free from bubonic plague after the last patient at the detention hospital is discharged. The statement came from city authorities on February 5.
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San Francisco
Cal
Aoki Named Privy Councillor After Washington Posting
Tokio reports Viscount Sinzo Aoki, former Ambassador to Washington, will be officially announced as a privy councillor tomorrow. The appointment follows his service in the embassy role and broad diplomatic experience.
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Tokio
Sinzo Aoki
Washington
War Clouds Over Persia Iran Turkey Clash Possible
St Petersburg reports that a boundary dispute between Turkey and Persia could spark Russo Turkish hostilities. Five thousand Russian troops move toward the Turkish frontier amid internal Russian troubles and fraught borders. A Tiflis dispatch says the Caucasus army foresees war by April.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Turkey
Persia
Novoe Vremya
Tiflis
Caucausus
Prohibition Amendment Passed by West Virginia House
Charleston West Virginia February 5 A joint resolution passed in the house provides for a prohibition amendment to the state constitution that if approved by the senate would empower voters to decide whether liquor or liquor manufacturers will be prohibited in the state forever.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
Payne Praises Roosevelt Rival in Indian Bill Debate
In Washington on February 5, Senator Payne of New York, the majority leader, opened a debate on the Indian appropriation bill. He singled out William Jennings Bryan, calling him the “Peerless leader” and accusing him of roaming the country to attack Roosevelt for allegedly purloining ideas. He noted Bryan authored the last three Democratic platforms except Parker’s telegram amendment.
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House
Senator Payne
New York
Bryan
Roosevelt
Parker
New Jekyll and Hyde Skips Nine to Five Life
Louis Way a Brooklyn manufacturer by day and pickpocket by night confessed to Assistant District Attorney Elder revealing a criminal career in Kings County. He claimed earnings of 7000 dollars yearly from ear theft during evening rush hours and said a business card helped him evade arrest.
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New York
Louis Way
Brooklyn
Elder
Kings County
Wolf
Successor Is Appointed Paris Feb 5
Paris dispatch reports Vice Admiral C T Touchard named French ambassador to St Petersburg succeeding Bombard who has been recalled.
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Paris
C. T. Touchard
St. Petersburg
Bombard
Weather report for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa forecast calls for fair skies tonight with colder east. Illinois warning of much colder conditions with snow in the north. Thursday outlook and sunrise and sunset times noted.
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