World Events in a Few Lines from Across the Globe
Taft to retire Pauline Wayne to Senator Stephenson on his farm. A Georgia bill labels the Civil War as the war between the states. The new check-based public money system is in effect. Four hundred women press for voting rights in Congress. Senate rejects direct primary and abolishing electoral college. Taft hosts final White House dinner with Speaker Clark. Oregon notes direct senate vote amendment approval. ten states total. No postal service increase despite parcel post. Mexico warned over border peace. Suffrage parade could be largest inauguration event. Lincoln Memorial plan passes House for $2,000,000 on Potomac banks. Taft signs the bill.
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House of Representatives
Custom
Banks of the Potomac
Washington
Taft
Fire Destroys Savannah Docks and Warehouses
A major blaze leveled the Merchants and Miners Transportation docks and warehouses in Savannah Georgia, destroying large freight and five blocks of small houses. Loss near 1 million dollars. Frank M. Ryan, leader of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, was released from Fort Leavenworth on a 70 000 dollar bond furnished by Chicagoans. Ralph Hoover, 18, is indicted for first degree murder in the death of his 16 year old wife at Van Wert.
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Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Savannah Ga
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Tron Workers
Fort Leavenworth
Chicago
Ralph Hoover
van Wert
Wisconsin iron ore prospect heralds new mining district
A report claims the opening up of the Wisconsin iron ore range was foreshadowed as contracts to purchase two thousand acres across Grant Crawford Vermilion counties became final. The text notes vast potential in a region once deemed valueless and ties this to broader industrial activity.
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Crawford
Vermilion
Wisconsin
Miss Helen Stalle Marries Prince Michel Murat in Paris
Personal Miss Helen Stalle of Cincinnati wed Prince Michel Murat in Paris. Richard Lorenz of St Paul, a member of the German consulate, received a golden cross from Emperor William for his elevation to the Knights of the Order of the Prussian Crown in recognition of long service.
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Helen Stalle
Cincinnati
Prince Michel Murat
Paris
Richard Lorenz
St. Paul
William
Knights of the Order of the
Income tax amendment ratified by Wyoming Delaware New Mexico
Wyoming on Monday completed ratification of the sixteenth amendment making three states in a row Delaware and New Mexico also approving. Congress will enact a law to levy an income tax likely effective during Wilsons expected March special session and raise about 100 million dollars annually.
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Ohio
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Balkan War Resumes Amid Turmoil in Constantinople
Feb 5 reports from Constantinople describe heavy cannon fire signaling renewed hostilities between Turks and the allies. Riots flare across the city as authorities struggle to maintain order while reports say allies attack Tchatalja since Monday night. Bulgarian minister M Staneloff in Paris says war must resume to end Turkish misrule and enforce indemnity.
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Tchatalja
Paris
M. Staneloff
Turkey
Supreme Court Defeats Government in Antitrust Case
The Supreme Court ruled that officials of the United Sloe Machinery Company did not violate the Sherman antitrust law by organizing the firm. The decision followed the Massachusetts federal court’s annulment of one of two indictments against the Shea Machinery Company officials.
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Supreme Court
Washington
United Sloe Machinery Company
Massachusetts
Federal Court
Shea Machinery Company
Specialist for Czar's Son in St Petersburg
Berlin reports Prof Waderlein a famed Wurzburg specialist left for St Petersburg after a czar summons to confer on the condition of the young czaravitch. He departed Monday to join the consultation as requested by the imperial court.
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Berlin
Waderlein
Wurzburg
St. Petersburg
Elephant audience and a caper with a backcountry man
An elderly man who had never seen an elephant feeds a row of elephants for two hours. Jumbo, the largest elephant, takes his hat and lifts it toward a lion’s cage. The man breaks into a complaint calling the elephant a nuisance and asking which end is the head for a slap.
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