Oklahoma Indictment Stirs Muskogee Leaders
Muskogee business leaders met to condemn the seven federal indictments against Governor Haskell and associates over Muskogee town sites. Indictments allege a conspiracy to obtain multiple town lots at half appraised value via dummy signatures, with 47, 13, and 92 overt acts listed across the three counts.
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Muskogee
Federal Grand Jury
Martin
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Friends of
Haskell
Federal
Mob seeks man who placed a child on stove
Staunton DL Feb 4 Julius Green wald a coal miner narrowly escaped a mob after placing a 4 year old child on a red hot stove to punish the child for annoying him. He was arrested and taken to Carlinville. The child is in serious condition.
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Staunton, DL
Julius Greenwald
Greenwald
Car Iinville
Big Falling Off in Lake Traffic
Washington reports domestic shipments from Great Lake ports fell 25 percent in 1908 versus the prior season and about 20 percent from 1906. The drop stems mainly from iron ore, while other principal goods decline except hard coal and salt. Grain shipments declined 22.8 percent.
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Washington
Great Lake
Congress Yesterday Highlights Farm Bill Debates and Nominations
Washington February 4 The House debated agricultural appropriation bills with critics and defenders of the department of agriculture. Points against the referee board of consulting chemists and tariff on agricultural implements were raised. The Senate focused on executive-branch information rights with Teller supporting Bacon’s resolution. The day closed in executive session over Dr W D Crum’s nomination as Charleston collector of customs.
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Washington
Congress
HOUSE
Department of Agriculture
Lever
South Carolina
Heflin
Alabama
Sturgis
West Virginia
Forest Service
Humphrey
Mondell
Wyoming
Bureau of Forestry
Russia
Bartholdt
Missouri
Crandler
Missisippi
Scott
Agricultural Committee
Senate
Teller
Colorado
Bacon
W. D. Crum
Charleston, & CC
House Prepares 10 Go to Mat With President Over Census
Washington reports show House members rally to pass the census bill before a presidential veto. The move is nonpartisan as Cummins presses a tariff reform agenda with a specific duty proposal. John Norris accuses International Paper of misrepresenting wages before the Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
House
Cummins
Iowa
Secretary of the Treasury
Committee On Finance
Senate
Lightson
Congress
John* Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Ways and Means Committee
International Paper Company
East St. Louis Mine Combine Nears Consolidation
St. Louis, Feb. 4. Mercantile circles report a near completion of a sweeping consolidation of Illinois coal mines within 50 miles of St. Louis. The proposed deal, expected to close soon, involves about 50 million dollars.
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East ST. Louis
St. Louis
Dispute Thrown Out Of UMW Convention
Indianapolis Feb 4 The United Mine Workers ballot for vice president and secretary treasurer produced no result another ballot ordered The clash between President Lewis and John H Walker of Illinois district was expelled from the convention President White of the Town district moved to bar further discussion and to throw them out of the window and clamp down the lid on the convention The motion passed with applause
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
John H. Walker
Ilinois
White
Taft Urges Canal Workers to Ignore Lying Reports
Panama February 4 William H Taft spoke to a large gathering of canal employees and Isthmian Red Cross members praising progress and urging them to disregard lies and criticisms from some writers in the United States He predicted congressional funding would finish the canal by 1915 possibly earlier and noted the daily amount of work accomplished John Clarkson a famed former pitcher died in Waltham Massachusetts from pneumonia at a hospital today
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Panama
William H. Taft
Isthmian Red Cross Society
Lica
United States
Bulla
Taft
Congress
John Clarkson
Waltham
Mass
Speary Receives Sympathy. Gibraltar Prisoner in Court Martial
Feb 4 report on Captain Edward F. Qualtrough of the battleship Georgia facing a court martial for alleged intoxication at a Tangier reception. Decision pending admiral approval. Qualtrough cites fatigue and illness. defense cites long service and glowing letters. Evidence presented on Louisiana with multiple witnesses, while messages of sympathy from the United States poured in.
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Gibraltar
Edward FL Qualtrough
Georgia
Tangier
Sperry
Qualtrough
America
Edward F. Qualtrough
Wainwright
Samuel R. Gummere
Louisiana
Crandall
The
Quarantine Violations Roil Major Rail Lines
Government files suits against Mobile and Ohio Frisco Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central railroads for violating quarantine laws by shipping cattle exposed to Texas fever to Chicago stockyards.
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Danville
Ill
Mobile & Ohio
Frisco, Louisville & Nashville
Illinois Central
Chicago
Judge excuses juror Whitworth in Carmack murder trial
In Nashville Tennessee on February 4 Judge Hart excused Juror Whitworth from serving in the Carmack murder trial as the defense achieved a court concession.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hart
Whitworth
Separate Japanese Schools in California Trial Jury Fight
Expressions attributed to Whitworth sparked a jury dismissal battle before the trial. The defense pressed for removal as the prosecution resisted excusing him. Two additional jurors remain to be chosen.
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California
Whitworth
Anti alien ownership bill fails in California assembly
In Sacramento on February 4 the assembly rejected Drew's anti alien measure by 28 to 48, defeating a plan to bar foreigners from owning land in California. The debate featured claims that the bill would drive out foreign capital while supporters warned of fruit growers needing Japanese workers.
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Sacramento
Johnson
Roosevelt
Cal
Assembly
Drew
California
Senate
Japan
Melrose
San Francisco
Nathan G. Cole
Union Labor Party
Illinois Senate resumes work as House committees unnamed
The 27th joint ballot for U S senator in Illinois yielded Hopkins 71, Stringer 73, Foss 18, Shurtleff 16, Mason 3, McKinley 1, Lowden 1, Calhoun 1, Sherman 2 with no choice. Balloting resumes next Tuesday as Senate moves ahead amid House committee delays. The anti cigarette bill is referred to manufacturing committee after initial push. Stephenson remains four votes short in Madison as sixth ballot shows 62 of 130, with three absentees.
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Springfield
United States
Hopkins
Foss
Stringer
Shurtleff
Mason
McKinley
Lowden
Calhoun
Sherman
Ill
Senate
Humphrey
Ettelson
Oglesby
Committee On
Cruikshank
House
Frank P. Schmitt
Lockport
Utica
Boy's Testimony Discredits Father in Mrs Holmes Murder
Chicago February 4 A jury found Charles E Holmes not guilty of murdering his wife after the testimony of his 12 year old son, who described waking to see his father choking Mrs Holmes. Holmes testified the death was due to apoplexy.
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Charlies E. Holmes
Chicago
Ill
Charles E. Holmes
Walsh Appeal Hearing Set For May 11
Chicago February 4 The appeal of John R Walsh convicted of misapplying funds of the Chicago National Bank failed years ago was set for May 11 by the United States circuit court of appeals after a dispute among counsel over briefs Carrie Nation clashed with police in London today fined 7 70 for thrusting her umbrella through a window of a railway car bearing a cigarette advertisement
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Carrie
London
Carrie Nation
A Job for Loeb Collector and High Adviser
Congressional leaders told President Roosevelt that statehood for New Mexico and Arizona is unlikely this session due to Senate opposition. Friends say William Loeb Jr. will become collector of the port of New York at the start of the next administration and will assist Roosevelt on New York affairs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New Mexico
Arizona
Senate
Friends
William Loeb, Jr
New York
Loeb
Seone
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A. Z. English
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W. R. Eaton
W. T. Hutchings
J. W. Hill
Los Angeles
Bond
Campbell
Nashville Tonn
Ohio
Clarence W. Turner
Walter R. Eaton
William T. Hutchings
Albert Z. English
Frederick B. Severs
Jesse Hill
Creek Nation
Town Site Commission
MOB
International
Iwalsh
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