West reso lution on coal duty debated in senate
Washington January 9 Senate again discussed Wests resolution to urge the finance committee to report a bill removing the duty on anthracite coal. Aldrich argued the move would fail and infringe revenue-bill authority. West claimed votes and political maneuvering shaped the 40 cent duty compromise. He pressed relief for freezing people over partisanship and noted delays until Monday.
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West
house
Cleveland
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Odd Verdict of Coroner's Jury
A coroner's jury found that Leonard F. Roos death was accelerated by conduct of Ellen Long Louis J Summer ville and Michael Timpano. The widow testified she was kept out of the house during his last illness. Timpano was arrested after the verdict. Coroner will analyze Roos organs to determine if poison or alcohol caused death and whether charges of murder or manslaughter should follow. Hastings Holding His Own. Beliefante Pa Jan 9 Dr Hartill said ex Governor Hastings was holding his own and improving. His chances for recovery depend on vitality through the crisis. Arrested For Robbing Mail Bags. New York Jan 9 Arthur Brown, mail wagon driver, arrested with checks totaling 1031 stolen from mail bags. Checks found on him in store purchases. largest check for 234 to J Quimny & Co.
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Ellen Long
Louis J. Summerville
Michael Timpano
Timpano
Jackson
Roose
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Beliefante
Arthur Brown
Chicago
wf J. Qumniy & Co
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Venezuela
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Caracas
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Germany
Italy
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Hague
International court
Miners Union Tilt with Judge Gray at Coal Strike Hearing
Philadelphia January 9 the coal strike commission heard non union members recount alleged persecutions during the strike. The session featured a dispute over a remark by Chairman Gray about lifting the union from mire to sunlight. Lawyers for the miners pressed Baer and Markle to prove they told President Roosevelt that 21 murders occurred during the strike.
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Gray
Commissioner Parker
Anthony Ferguson
North Mahanoy
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Tron Company
Parker
Terrence Winley
Ginley
order
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America
John Marxle
Four Men Struck By Train Near Conemaugh Yard
Four men walking in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards at Conemaugh Pennsylvania were struck by an oncoming train in a blinding snowstorm. Two Slavs were killed and two badly injured as they stepped from a work area into the yard.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Conemaugh
here
Venezuela Accepts Conditions for Arbitration Rift
Caracas reports after two cabinet meetings Venezuela accepts all powers demands in Castro dispute while deeming them unjust yet obliged to yield to force. Bowen to depart for Washington to present case to British German Italian alliance commission, with warship escort.
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Caracas
United States legation
United States
Bowen
Venezuela
Washington
La Guaira
foreign office
Washington's Niece Dead At Waukegan
Mrs Catherine Thompson an aged woman of Waukegan Illinois claimed to be a niece of George Washington and was found dead at her home. She lived alone and appeared to have died about a week earlier. Poor and recently aided by the county she refused to go to the poor house saying a niece of the first president should never be sent there.
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Chicago
Catherine Thompson
George Washington
United States
Reception to Diplomats in the White House
Washington January 9 President Roosevelt hosted a grand first annual evening reception for the diplomatic corps at the White House. The scene featured Mrs Roosevelt cabinet members and their families, Miss Alice Roosevelt with Secretary Moody, the Marine Band, and lavish decor. Count Cassini led the corps, German ambassador absent, as officers and society guests filled the rooms.
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Alice Roosevelt
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Marine Band
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navy
Count Cassini
Von Holleben
Germany
Beet Sugar Men Withdraw Opposition to Cuban Pact
The American Beet Sugar Association met in Washington and adopted resolutions withdrawing opposition to ratification of the Cuban reciprocity treaty while urging precise wording to protect US beet sugar interests. A separate resolution protested tariff cuts aiding Philippine sugar and tobacco, noting low Philippine labor costs. The vote on the latter was 8 to 2, though proxies suggested a 12 to 2 result.
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American Beet Sugar Association
United States
Cuba
association
Philippine Islands
t the association
Henry T. Oxnard
Banquet in Berlin Demonstrates Horse Meat Nourishment
In Berlin last night a banquet of six hundred served almost exclusively horse meat in various forms to argue its nourishing, palatable qualities and to expand market demand for horses. The event, organized by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, aimed to spare work-horse stock by presenting horses as well fed and profitable.
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Reading Road Bought Over 1,200,000 Shares in Trust Plan
Baltimore and Ohio president Loree confirms Reading railroad stock sale to Pennsylvania railroad and Vanderbilt interests. The deal transfers control via Kuhn, Loeb & Co, with about 1.2 to 1.4 million shares largely in first and second preferred stock. It expands Baltimore and Ohio influence and doubles mileage to 8,805 miles.
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Pennsylvania railroad
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Readig
Reading Company
Despondent Woman Ended Life After Husband’s Disappearance
Mrs. Mary Benedict, 34, shot herself at her brother-in-law Dr. Frank Martin’s Baltimore home after the disappearance of her husband John Benedict from Athens, Georgia, three years earlier. Her mind had been affected, with prior treatments in Philadelphia and Watkins Glen. Benedict, a well-known Athens businessman, vanished en route to a northward trip and is presumed murdered. he was last seen at a Greenville hotel porch.
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Philadelphia
fred
Sir John Benedict
Athens
Benedict
Georgia
South Carolina
Greenville
D. C
MeLain Wins 9500 Damages From Ar t Mus Company
Philadelphia jury awards Oliver W Meilan 9500 damages after he lost four fingers on his left hand to a stamping machine while working for Henry Artemus Company. Plaintiff alleged machine defect. defendant denied fault and blamed carelessness. Trial home two days with a sealed verdict.
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Oliver W. Melain
Henry Artemus Company
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MccLain
McLain
Cigarette Paner Causes Murder in Gamesvill
A garbled report from Gamesvill on January 2 describes a murder tied to a dispute over a paper. The text is severely damaged, but mentions a brother and an incident leading to a fatal outcome.
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Tia
Jie
Tink Grove
yeong
Pater
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