Reform Must Change Banking System Not for Special Interests
Senator Rayner spoke against Aldrich currency bill in Washington on February 12 saying the measure is an emergency fix. He urged root reform of the banking system to favor the American people over special interests and criticized the reserve system as unfair. The Indian appropriation bill was passed by the House with about $8 million in funding.
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Washington, D. C
Rayner
Senate
House
End of romance for aged politician and Miss Ashford
Washington Feb 12 Miss Maud Ashford ends engagement to Henry Gassaway Davis ex senator and father in law of Senator Elkins The couple had planned marriage but the match is broken due to family opposition and settlement reportedly reached Davis remains silent Ashford says the decision was hers with no further details
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Washington, D. C
Mr. Davis
Elkins
Lee
Davis
Senator Davis
Miss Ashford
Railroads face nine hour dispatch shifts March deadline
Washington February 12 It is 21 days until the law takes effect requiring interstate rail roads to place train dispatchers on a nine hour schedule. An Interstate Commerce Commission ruling yesterday eliminates hopes to delay the change as railroads must arrange telegraphy shifts so no man works more than nine hours in 24 hour offices operated day and night.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
Warden Jones Ousted From Fort Madison Prison
In Fort Madison Iowa on February 12 1908 the state board announced that Warden N N Jones of the Fort Madison state penitentiary will retire on April 1 1908 after fourteen years of service. Prof J C Sanders of West Union is named his successor. No charges against Jones and the change appears political in origin.
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Fort Madison
N. N. Jones
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
J. C. Sanders
West Union
Treaty Protects Norway From All Powers
Paris February 12 The treaty signed by France Great Britain Germany Russia and Norway guarantees Norway's independence and territorial integrity. Norway shall cede no part of its territory and the signatories will recognize and support its integrity if menaced by any power.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Norway
Bryan's Busy Day as Peerless Leader Delivers Talks
Buffalo February 12 William J Bryan arrived from his Canadian tour and spoke at Niagara Falls under the democratic committee. This afternoon he will deliver five addresses on separate topics: to women clergy general public patriotic private club and a fraternal organization member.
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Buffalo
William J. Bryan
Niagara Falls
Democratic Committee
Bryan
Bank Robbers Wreck Farm Bank In Rich Hill Heist
Five heavily armed bandits dynamited the Farmers and Manufacturers Bank in Rich Hill Missouri securing about 23000 dollars. The blast woke residents who rushed to the scene exchanging gunfire with a sheriff's posse as the robbers fled into the countryside. No one was hurt and the bandits reportedly took all available cash.
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Rich Hill
Farmers and Manufacturers Bank
Here
Jamison
Receivers Appointed for P. P. Mast and Co
Cincinnati today's action in the United States circuit court places agricultural implement maker P. P. Mast and Co of Springfield Ohio under receivership. Receivers are to continue operations while winding up the business, with assets listed at 1 000 000 dollars and liabilities at 400 000 dollars. Financial stringency cited. company attorney says debts could be paid when money is easier.
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Cincinnati
P. P. Mast and Co
Springfield
Ohio
United States Circuit Court
Mrs Dora McDonald Freed by Jury in Murder Trial
Mrs Dora McDonald widow of gambler Michael Cassius McDonald was acquitted last night of Webster S Guerin's murder. A five hour ballot process produced a verdict of acquittal. McDonald thanked the jurors and was driven to the Sherman house.
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Dora M’donald
Chicago
Ill
Dora McDonald
Michael Cassius McDonald
Webster S. Guerin
Edward S. Day
German-born Veltheim sentenced in London for blackmail
Carl Ludwig Von Veltheim a German born naturalized American posing as a baron was sentenced to 20 years penal servitude in London for attempting to blackmail a wealthy financier out of 80000. Police recount a life of bigamy theft and fraud including seven marriages and a mock Paris wedding with a priest friend. He is alleged to have obtained large sums from the women and deserted from the German navy.
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von Veltheim
London
Yankton
S. C
New York
Europe
Paris
Wilton Man hangs self Langman dies at Wilton farm
Otto Langman a well regarded Wilton resident aged about 40 hanged himself in a barn on his farm north of town. Found noon by a relative after he had been brooding over an unknown calamity. Coroner notified but no inquest unless doubts arise. He leaves a wife and one daughter.
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Wilton
Otto Langman
Langman
Sunbury
Here
John Claussen
W. S. Norton
Muscatine
Missouri Republicans pick Taft delegates in Fifteenth District
In Joplin on February 12 the Fifteenth Missouri district Republicans elected delegates to the Chicago national convention and instructed them to back Taft for President. Attorney General Hadley was endorsed for Missouri governor.
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Taft
Joplin
Missouri
Chicago
Hadley
Lincoln Farm Memorial planned for 1909 dedication
Hodgenville Kentucky plans for a Lincoln Farm Memorial to honor Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1909. The Lincoln Memorial Farm association, led by Joseph W Folk and Robert Collier, has raised about 100 000 of a 400 000 dollar fund. The project includes a 50 foot marble column marker and a restored log cabin temple housing relics and donor names with a dedication by President Theodore Roosevelt. Mark Twain praised the project as a moral national model.
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Hodgenville
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Republic
Lincoln Farm
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Robert Collier
Collier's Weekly
Horace Porter
Lyman J. Gage
Joseph J. Choate
Charles A. Towne
Henry Watterson
William H. Taft
Samuel L. Clemens
Cardinal Gibbons
Oscar S. Strauss
Lincoln Farm Association
John Russell Pope
New York City
Lincoln Memorial Farm Fund
Roosevelt
Mark Twain
Taft Wins Easily in Ohio Primary Fight
Taft forces secured a statewide victory in Ohio primaries with the state convention expected to be unanimous for Taft. Delegates elected in thirteen districts favored Taft, with the rest hewing to him by default. Knox County faced an independent bid aligned with Foraker, but Taft still led about four to one.
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Columbus
Taft
Chicago
Knox County
Foraker
Hardin
Cuyahoga County
Explosion at National Tube Co furnace maims workers in McKeesport
In Pittsburg area, a massive blast at the National Tube Co blast furnace in McKeesport injured about a dozen men, with three fatalities reported. Molten steel splashed over workers as a 100 foot high furnace exploded, sending fifty tons of liquid metal across the floor and causing multiple blasts.
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Tube Company
Pittsburg
National Tube Co
McKeesport
Attempt to Wreck Train in Ohio on B and O
In Girard Ohio February 12 an effort to wreck the New York and Chicago express on the Baltimore and Ohio line was thwarted when a tie and pile of stone were found on the track by the section boss. Suspects Steve Vargo and John Metro were arrested near the scene.
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Girard, O
New York and Chicago Express
Baltimore and Ohio
Steve Vargo
John Metro
Professor Leona Call Resigns After 23 Years at University
Miss Leona Call, Greek professor at the university in Iowa, resigns after 23 years on the faculty. She will move to Webster City to care for her ailing mother in critical condition. The resignation is announced from Iowa City on February 12.
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Iowa City
Leona Call
Webster City
Miss Call
Greaser Plot 10 Murder Fail American at Mines
A planned murder by a group described as greasers failed when the target, an American man at a mining site, survived. Local authorities investigated the incident as investigators pursued leads and questioned associates.
Fifteen Blown from Boarding House in Mexican Mine Plot
In Sonora near Santa Rosa mine a dynamite set under the boarding house aimed to kill American miners. Fifteen men were hurled through the roof with injuries but none died. Foreman's house exploded, superintendent escaped unhurt. Rurales secured the scene. eighteen Mexicans were detained amid speculation of revolutionary sympathizers.
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Tucson
Ariz
Santa Rosa
Sonora
Douglas
Los Angeles
Nine Hundred Hired at Republic Iron Works
In East St Louis Illinois the Republic Iron and Steel plant put nine hundred men to work yesterday and today. The National Enameling and Stamping company announced four hundred extra men will be employed in Granite City tin mills starting Monday. Other industries across the river are increasing staff as the downturn recedes.
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St. Louise
Republic Iron and Steel Company
East St. Louis
Ill
National Enameling and Stamping Company
Granite City
Steamer Eagle Point Arrives Safe After Storm
The steamer Eagle Point, from London since January 11, reached Philadelphia on February 12 after breaking a shaft in a violent storm. The 48 crew members and eight cattlemen aboard were put on short rations as fresh meat ran out. Captain Lloyd called the weather the worst in 25 years at sea, but the ship was never in danger.
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Philadelphia
Eagle Point
London
Lloyd
Prouty to sue Iowa papers for libel
Des Moines February 12 Judge S F Prouty announced he would sue every Iowa paper that carried the charge he used tis sue ballots in the 1904 contest against Hull. He cites a letter from President Hall of the Iowa Printing company exonerating him from the charge.
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Des Moines
S. F. Prouty
Congress
Hull
Hall
Iowa Printing Company
Suffragists Arrested in London Raid on Commons
London February 12 Nearly fifty women suffragists who yesterday raided the house of commons were today sentenced to pay a fine or serve a month in prison. All but two chose jail over the fine.
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London
House of Commons
Colorado Republicans Endorse Taft Administration
Denver February 12 resolutions endorsing the national administration and supporting Taft for the presidency were unanimously adopted by Colorado's Republican state central committee.
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Denver
Colo
Taft
Republican State Central Committee of
Colorado
Weather Outlook Iowa Illinois Rain Turns to Snow and Cold
Iowa sees rain tonight turning to snow with colder air and snow flurries possible in the east on Thursday partly cloudy and colder. Illinois faces rain and colder conditions tonight with rain or snow and cooler Thursday. Sunrise is 6 52 a.m. and sunset 6 18 p.m. Moonset at 3 48 a.m.
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Iowa
Illinois
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