Favors Eighty Cent Gas as Albany Debate Varies
Albany February 7 The Agnew eighty cent gas bill is redrafted to mirror the Page measure and will be reported favorably by the committee on electricity gas and water. A fierce Senate battle is expected as gas companies mobilize to block the bill with claims of illegality and confiscation while opponents argue the rates are confiscatory.
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Tribune
Albany
Senate
State Gas Commission
Guy
Meclellan
W. A. Deford
Independence League
Gas Commission
Standard Oil
Consolidated Gas
Deford
Consolidated Gas Company
Carter
Stevens
Massachusetts
England
Bemis
Carr
Brooklyn
Consolidated
Brooklyn Union
Standard Oil Company
Mathewson
Somme
Keown
Lake Shore Limited Sleeping Cars to St Louis and Cincinnati
Advertisement notes sleeping cars on the Lake Shore Limited to St Louis and Cincinnati with a New York Central train schedule departing New York at 5 p.m. via New York Central lines.
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Shere
St. Louis
Cincin- Ber
Eins Ae Iraves
New York
Runaway horse injures woman at Van Cortlandt Park crossing
Mrs Beatrice Hodges of Park Hill Yonkers was thrown from a buggy after a horse bolted at the Putnam division crossing in Van Cortlandt Park. The animal ran into a polo field, striking a tree and fracturing her right elbow. E K White of West 18th Street aided by mounted officer Finnegan stopped the horse. Dr O Neil treated Hodges and she returned home.
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Beatrice Hodges
Park Hill
Yonkers
E. K. White
West 18Th St
Putnam Division
New York Central Railroad
van Cortlandt Park
Columbia Receives 150000 Gift After Abolishing Football
A New York donor Mrs Maria H Williamson gave 150000 to Columbia University to endow a chair on the origin and development of civilization. The gift reportedly follows Columbia's abolition of football and is hailed by President Butler aides as a major civilizational step.
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Columbia University
Maria H. Williamson
New York City
Butler
Columbia
Rioting in Oruro Bolvia Kills Fifty Strikers
A telegram from Antofagasta, Chile reports that rail road laborers at Oruro Bolivia are on strike and fifty men were killed in rioting there. Cruisers and troops have been ordered to Antofagasta. Oruro lies high above sea level near valuable mines with a population about sixteen thousand.
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Valparaiso
Antofagasta
Bay of Morena
Chile
Oruro
Bolivia
Department
Sucre
Pittsburg Ranks Sixth City After Allegheny Annexation
Pittsburg is named the sixth largest U S city after a legislature annexation of Allegheny. Governor signs the bill and Mayor Hays orders city bells to ring while Allegheny refuses to join and plans trouble. Allegheny will be renamed the North Side with a deputy mayor to be elected this month and the office later abolished.
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Pittsburg
United States
Allegheny
Hays
Alegheny
North Side
Ayor
Dixie’s Flag in Wheeler Grave
Confederate veterans and a funeral at Wheeler Cemetery stir debate after a woman places a Confederate flag on General Wheeler’s coffin. A letter to the War Department sought to keep the flag, but officials said it could not be left. A note about the Seaboard Florida Limited train schedule follows.
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the Tribune
Atlanta
Wheeler
War Department
A. J. West
Unionist Party to Hear Balfour Chamberlain Clash
London wires report A J Balfour finally agrees to a Unionist general meeting planned for February 15. Chamberlain issues a manifesto insisting tariff reform remains central while signaling a party split and possible new factions.
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London
A. J. Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Mr. Balfour
Chronicle
Miners in Deadlock at Pittsburg Convention
Vice-President Lewis reported he had received instructions from President Mitchell to resolve the District No. 5 controversy but would not disclose them until the convention. He warned against unlawful bolt attempts to oust Dolan and Bellingham as delegates wrangled and the hall adjourned amid disorder.
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Pittsburg
Lewis
Mitchell
Pittsburg District No. 5
Associated Press
Dolan
Bellingham
Pennsylvania
Miners Strike Closes All Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Mines
Dubois Pa Feb 7 All mines along the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg line operated by the Clearfield and Jefferson Coal and Iron Company were shut today amid a regional mining strike. A Punxsutawney convention failed to resolve the dispute and mass meetings were planned for Punxatawney and Reynoldsville. Over ten thousand miners are affected and rail shipments of coal and coke were ordered halted, impacting about two thousand railroad workers and five hundred shop personnel.
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Dubois
Penn
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
Clearfield and Jefferson Coal and Iron Company
Yatesboro
Helvetia
Sykesville
Punxatawney
Reynoldsville
Resolution to Probe Coal Carrier Roads
Representative Creasy of Columbia County proposed that the Attorney General be empowered to sue the Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia and Reading and Delaware and Lackawanna to prevent outside business by common carriers amid a threatened coal strike. The measure sparked a long wrangle and was laid on the table for one day.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Creasy
Columbia County
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Reading
Delaware and Lackawanna
London Plans Daring Voyage With Jack London Party
Boston February 7 James Mitchell Chandler sails to California to join Jack London and Mrs London the writer London’s uncle and a Japanese servant to undertake a round the world voyage in a 55 foot auxiliary yawl the plan reported by Telegraph to The Tribune.
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the Tribune
Boston
James Mitchell Chandler
California
Jack London
Mrs. London
London
Dewey Sauterne and Moselle Shine Over Fulton Street Ads
Sauterne and Moselle emerge as superior takes versus Dewey Sons Fulton Street ads. The copy stresses wiser, sharper options in a crowded market with a focus on quality and value over brand names.
Clothier Injured In Horse Accident Delays Engagement
William J. Clothier, famed lawn tennis player, suffered a pelvic fracture and possible internal injuries after a horse fall near Llanerch. He remains at his parents in Wynnewood under care of doctors McLeod and Williard. The injury postpones his February 21 wedding to Anita Porter.
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Philadelphia
William J. Clothier
Llanerch
Clothier
Wynnewood
George S. McLeod
Ardmore
DeForrest Williard
Mr. Clothier
Isaac H. Clothier
Jeffery Powers
Anita Porter
William W. Porter
Walnut St
Second Presbyterian Church
Walnut Sts
Union League
Radnor Hunt
Merion Cricket Club
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
Wrenn Bros. & Co., Bankers and Brokers
Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
England
Dwight F. Davis
Delays Hit Hudson Line As Century Train Breaks Down
Commuters on the Hudson River division faced a two and a half hour hold up yesterday morning after the engine failure on the Twentieth Century Limited. The train arrived at Grand Central more than three hours late as passengers criticized the New York Central’s management and learned the true cause was a locomotive breakdown.
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Hudson River Division
New-York Central Railroad
Croton
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
Yonkers
Putnam
Grand Central Station
Tribune
Grand Central
Ume
Field Day in Congress Fight Over Caucus Rule
In the Senate Mr Bailey tried to discipline Mr Patterson for revolting against Democratic caucus dictation. The debate was dramatic but no action was taken. In the House the Hepburn Railroad Rate bill debate closed with all amendments defeated and a final vote expected today. Secretary Shaw reiterated support for a more elastic currency in a letter to Jacob H Schiff responding to Chamber of Commerce criticism.
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Senate
Bailey
Patterson
House
Shaw
Jacob H. Schiff
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Edward Everett Hale
Senate Caucus Clash Tests Democratic Discipline
The Senate faced a dramatic party discipline clash as Senator Patterson challenged a Democratic caucus action on the Domingan treaty. Senator Bailey led the minority attack to bind colleagues to party lines, reading the record to cast Patterson as disloyal. The tense scene highlighted intraparty tensions and fears of caucus dictates ahead of the treaty vote.
Senate warfare over caucus control sparks heated debate
Washington February 7. In a charged Senate session ahead of Mr Patterson’s resolution against caucus dictates in treaty policy, a large gallery crowd anticipated sharp replies from Democratic leaders. Patterson urged independence, denouncing caucus coercion as dishonesty and urging Senators to vote their conscience despite party pressure.
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Iowa
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New-York
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Mississippi
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Broadway
Future OF Unionists
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Labor Party
Lord Ridley
Home Secretary
Balfour
Clearfield
Dewey
H. T- Dewey & Sons
Fulton St
Lawn Tenny Player
W.J. Clothier
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Congress
Tribune Bureau
Senate Chamber
Batley
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