District Central Committee Coup Denies Seat to George
In Des Moines a Republican central committee meeting voted to seat McCoy proxy holder Cal George of Clinton despite a rule requiring the congressional district committee to fill vacancies. The move, framed as a progressive coup, left the second district unrepresented and exposed long-standing proxy practices.
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Muscatine
State Republican Central Committee
Des Moines
Waterloo
Shaw
Byers
Ora Williams
Cummins
Cal. George
Clinton
McCoy
Sioux City
State Central Committee
Central Committee
Converse
Woods
Congressional District Committee
Iowa
George
Progressive Six
YMCA Juror Objection Delays Court Sessions
The YMCA report notes the juror count rising faster than expected while challenges are eased. Evening court sessions are halted after the jury is seated and the trial progresses, with the judge announcing the night meetings will be discontinued.
Taft addresses labor topic and injunction views
Secretary Taft sails to New York for an address at the Cooper Institute on Capital and Labor. In Martin's Ferry Ohio he explains his stance on injunctions to Llewellyn Lewis, supporting rights of labor while endorsing possible statutes to define actions and limit ex parte injunctions.
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Washington, D.C
Taft
Washington
New York
Cooper Institute
Martin’s Ferry
Llewellyn Lewis
Ohio Federation of Labor
Tait
Manhood suffrage debate stirs Prussia Landtag crowds
Berlin and districts erupt as socialists rally for manhood suffrage. A thousand demonstrators march on the Landtag with police surrounding the building. Rejection follows amid uproar, with later clashes on city streets and arrests.
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Berlin
Landtag
von Buelow
Horwaertz
Kurfuersten Bridge
Peters
Saloonkeepers Guilty In Dehaven Case In Chicago
Municipal court jury convicts William Tobin and David McHale, saloonkeepers, of depriving five year old Rapheal Dehaven of support by selling intoxicants to his father. They face a joint fine of 600 dollars in a suit brought by Mrs. Jennie Dehaven for her son.
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Chicago
Til
William Tobin
David McHale
Rapheal Dehaven
Jennie Dehaven
Cologne Gazette Defends Against Libel Charge
The Cologne Gazette labels claims of misconduct by a European correspondent in Africa as untrue, disputing a published statement and defending its reporting standards.
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Cologne Gazette
Africa
Thaw Trial Jury Panel Completes Marked By Challenges
In New York the Thaw trial nears a complete jury. A publisher Horace S Meese was the last chosen amid extensive challenges. The process included jurors from a panel of salesmen and applicants like Frank J Howell and Houston M Sadler. If completed, Justice Dowling will adjourn to permit the prosecution to present its case.
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New York
N. Y
Horace S. Meese
Harry K. Thaw
Edna Goodrich
Miss Goodrich
Justice Dowling
William Burck
Bowery
M. Co. A
Henry Duschnes
Sondheim
Duschnes
McHugh Howell
Burek
C. Dowling
Henry Cohen
Ten Killed in Wreck Near Vinegar Bend Alabama
Ten people died in a rear end collision on the Alabama Mississippi railroad near Vinegar Bend. A west bound passenger train struck an east bound freight on a bridge, sending engines and cars plunging twenty feet to a ravine. Seven were killed on the day of the crash and many injured.
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Vinegar Bend
Ala
Alabama , Mississippi
Pardon Effort Under Way for Jim Howard
A committee of four lawyers departed Lexington for Fort Worth to seek a pardon for Jim Howard who is believed to have fired the shot that killed Goebel. They carry evidence from the Powers trial indicating Howard was not in the building when the fatal shot rang out.
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Lexington
Frankfort
Jim Howard
Goebel
Commonwealth
Powers
Howard
Swindlers Caught in Cedar Rapids Robbery spree
Cedar Rapids reports C. E. Braggs and Oscar Crow, alleged check forgers, in custody after a spree across several cities. They purportedly robbed Cedar Rapids saloons of $84 using disguises and distraction. Adair Bank later robbed by safe blowers, few thousand dollars seized. no suspects. Warsaw post car station bombed by terrorists, guards killed, soldiers wounded, robbers flee with money.
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Cedar Rapids
C. E. Braggs
Oscar Crow
Ottumwa
Adair
Macomb
Ill
Bank of
Warsaw
Jan
Sokolow
Vistula
Eight Melrose buildings burned. Record editor’s life spared
Eight Melrose frame businesses including the Melrose Record office were leveled by fire. Loss pegged at 20000, and editor Mrs. C A Heaton was saved after a dog’s bark woke her. In Detroit, five firemen were injured at the Forrester and Cheney Knitting Mills blaze causing about 100000 in damages. An Albion Illinois fire destroyed multiple banks and stores with a 3200000 loss.
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Ottumwa
Melrose
Melrose Record
C. A. Heaton
The
Record
Detroit
Forrester and
Cheney
Porter and
Third Streets
Albion
Edwards County Bank
New National Bank
Telephone Exchange
Mrs Boies Death Shocks Ex Governor's Family
A telegram from Waterloo Iowa reports the death from brain fever of Mrs Herbert Boies wife of ex Governor Boies son. Governor Boies remains ill in El Paso with pneumonia and has not been told of the daughter in law's death. Doctors say his condition is improving slowly and is satisfactory though weak.
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el Paso
Texas
Waterloo
Herbert Boies
Boies
Hoyt
Militia Ordered Home as Strike Halts City Transit
Muncie Indiana January 1 Major General McKee in command of ten National Guard companies remaining here due to the street railway employes strike ordered four more companies to leave for their homes this evening. No disturbance has occurred and no further trouble is feared.
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Muncie
Ind
McKee
National Guard
Firm Tries Lockout In Ontario Plant Closure
The Collingwood shipbuilding company closed its plant, laying off 45 workers after a lockout attempt. Workers demanded a 15 percent wage increase, triggering the stoppage in Collingwood Ontario on January 10.
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Collingwood
Ont
Collingwood Shipbuilding Company Bes
Walsh Stands Test in Cross Examination
Chicago report notes two hours of cross examination of bank president John R Walsh by Assistant District Attorney Dobyns failed to alter material points of his testimony. The questioning focused on dealings of Equitable Trust with Bedford Quarries, Bedford Belt railroad, and Central and Chester railroads. cross exam expected to finish the next day.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Dobyns
Equitable Trust Company
Chicago National Bank
Bedford Quarries Company
Bedford Belt Railroad
Central and Chester Railroad
Justice Gould Overrules AFL Motion in Buck Stove Case
Justice Gould of the District of Columbia Supreme Court today overruled the American Federation of Labor motion to amend the court order in the Buck Stove and Range Co. case. The court had temporarily enjoined the federation from listing the company on boycotts and unfair lists in its publications.
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Washington
Gould
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Lemieux Declares Japan Mission A Complete Success
Ottawa January 10 Hon Rudolf Lemieux told the Associated Press he is perfectly satisfied with his mission to Japan on behalf of the Canadian government and considers it an entire success.
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Ottawa
Ont
Rudolph Lemieux
Associates Press
Japan
Rumor of Pacific Railway Takeover Denied
In Montreal inquiry at President Shaughnessy office denies any plan by the Pacific railway to buy or take over the Chicago Great Western. Winnipeg reports claim Canadian Pacific plans to enter Chicago via the Pere Marquette and run west to St Paul then to the coast via the Soo line. A. B. Stickney is noted as an early western manager of Canadian Pacific.
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Montreal
Shaughnesy
Pacific Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Chicago Great Western
A. B. Stickney
Chicago
Great Western
St. Paul
Flotilla Arrives in Pernambuco on Pacific Coast Journey
A navy dispatch reports the torpedo boat destroyer Flotilla has reached Pernambuco Brazil and remains en route toward the Pacific coast, signaling continued deployment and movement of naval forces.
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Washington, Dpd
Navy Department
Pernambuco
Brazil
Pacific
Maine Central official George D. Evans dies
Portland Maine January 14 George D Evans vice president and general manager of the Maine Central railroad died today at his home in Portland. He led the railroad during major expansions and served as its top executive for decades.
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Portland
George D. Evans
The
Maine Central Railroad
Weather Update for Iowa and Illinois
Weather report notes rain or snow tonight with colder conditions in the south and west of Iowa. Saturday brings colder weather in the east and south. Illinois expected rain or snow tonight and likely Saturday with a colder day ahead. Sunrise 7 18, sunset 4 40.
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Iowa
Illinois
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