Exoneration Report Approved in Wisconsin Senator Case
Washington reports eight to five vote by the senate privileges and elections committee approving the subcommittee findings exonerating Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin from corruption charges linked to his election. Minority members dispute the $107,060 primary expenditure as presumptive wrongdoing.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections Today
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Clapp
Jones
Kenyon
Kern
Lea
Senate
Stephenson
Dillington
Gamble
Weyburn
Sutherland
Johnston
Fletcher
Iradiey
Pomerene
Oliver
Paynter
Lorimen
Allen
Lorimer
Flbridge Hanecy
Senator Lorimer
Mrecy
Ponce Ave
Whittey
Meneey
Fifteen Travelers Quarantined in Blair Hotel
Fifteen traveling salesmen are quarantined in Blair City Hotel after smallpox was found in a local house. Attending doctors say the group will stay under quarantine for at least another week.
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Blair
Wis
City
Denmark King Frederick Struggles After Sudden Illness
King Frederick of Denmark, aged sixty eight, has ruled since King Christian's death in 1906. He has been struck by an sudden illness, raising concerns about Denmark's leadership and future governance.
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Frederick
Denmark
Christian
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Davenport Moline and Vicinity
Generally cloudy tonight and Sunday with rising temperatures. Tonight’s low around 15 degrees above zero. 7 am reading zero. Highest yesterday 10, lowest last night -2. Wind 7 am at 5 mph. None precipitation. Humidity 75 at 7 pm and 90 at 7 am. J M Sherier, Local Forecaster. Astronomical events note Jupiter’s four large satellites near the planet eastward. changes expected in 24 hours with Nos 3 and 4 on east and Nos 1 and 2 transferred west.
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Tili
Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Rose Announces Order of Filing for State Offices
Springfield dated Feb 19 reports Secretary of State Rose releasing candidate names for governor congressman at large lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor public accounts treasurer and other offices, listing Republican and Democratic contenders across multiple counties. The notice blends statewide and local figures with varied places and party designations.
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Rose
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Cantoneer
Galena
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Pittsfield
Tringer
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Oglenby
Elkport
O Hara
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Golconda
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Sultan
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Hicago
Russell
Jacksonville
Emmerson
Mount Vernon
Denoneah
Montiemellan
Danville
Stead
Ottawa
Reid
Aurora
Lucey
Streator
Isley
Newton
Ill
Richard Yates
Car Robbers Held in Owa
John Pruett, in custody with George Pabst and Elmer Custin, confesses to a long list of car robberies. The arrest aftermath includes a remark by Pruett's wife and details linking the crew to ongoing crimes in Council Bluffs Iowa with officers reporting significant losses to the gang.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
George Pabst
Elmer Custin
Kimmel Killed in 1898 Mystery Unfolds in Oregon Forest
John R. Swinney a New Mexico ranchman testified in the Kimmel mystery case that he killed the man who shot George A Kimmel in a forest in Oregon on August 14 1898 two weeks after Kimmel disappeared Swinney an admitted convict who has served for murder and train robbery was bound for Kansas City where four men allegedly sought buried treasure and left for Oregon on the night of Kimmels disappearance A $4000 bond was set in the case
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John R.swinney
New Mexico
Kimmel
George A. Kimmel
Oregon
Swinney
Robert M. Snyder
Kansas City
Johnson
Mexican Troops Stop On Line War Update
A battalion of the Eighteenth Infantry ordered from Whipple Barracks Arizona to El Paso Texas. Juarez Mexico situation reported unsatisfactory as Mexican firing and trench activity continue along the border. Withdrawal of consent to move is explained as temporary.
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el Paso
Washington
Eighteenth Infantry
Whipple Barracks
Arizona
Texas
Juarez
Mexico
Pacific fleets prepare for practice cruise near Hawaii
Honolulu notices the cruiser West Virginia coaling in readiness for a reported departure. Rear Admiral Thomas states orders to hold the fleet in readiness. A planned maneuver cruise is scheduled for Monday as the Pacific fleet trains near Honolulu. Washington reports the navy department denies plans to go to China and confirms a practice cruise near Hawaii.
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West Virginia
China
Thomas
Washington
Navy Department
Hawa
Mail pouch theft and buried treasure mystery report
A depot platform theft of a mail pouch is linked to a buried treasure hunt in Coosbay Oregon where $40,000 in gold was supposedly hidden and $4,000 found. A shooting occurs during a dispute with Kimmel Swinney and Johnson killed, bodies buried, and a post mortem attempt to send items home. The piece also notes the U S state department delaying Mexican troop crossings into Texas and Juarez until a clear troop number is agreed.
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Pruett
Coosbay
Ore
Johnson
Kimmel
Swinney
Mexico
Juarez
Farm Home Fire Kills Three Children
Maxwell Iowa Feb 10 three children of Isaac Smith a farmer burned to death when their home burned last night cause lamp explosion Smith probably fatally injured. Robertsdale Ind Feb 10 Miss Marie Seligman 27 and Miss Margaret Mills 23 found dead from asphyxiation due to leaking gas pipe at the Seligman home.
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Maxwell
Iowa
Isaac Smith
Smith
Robertsdale
Ind
Marie Seligman
Margaret Mills
Seligman
Bavarian Prince Weds Austrian Duchess in Vienna
Vienna Feb 10 Prince George II of Bavaria wed Archduchess Isabella Marie of Austria daughter of Archduke Frederick The ceremony united two historic houses and tied Bavarian and Austrian royal lines.
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Vienna
George I I of Bavaria
Regent of
Bavaria
Francis Joseph of Austria
Isabella Marie of Austria
Frederick
Spahn Declines Reichstag Leadership Role in Resignation
Berlin February 10 Dr Peter Spahn leader of the clerical centrist party informs he will resign as Reichstag president on Monday He declines any association with the vice presidency The first Vice President chosen yesterday is Philip Scheidemann a socialist
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Spahn
Reichstag
Berlin
Peter Spahn
Philip Scheidemann
Deaths in a Day in Brazil and Ohio
Rio de Janeiro reports the death of Minister of Foreign Affairs Brancho, a noted Brazilian statesman. In Delaware, Ohio, Professor T C Oklane, aged 72, author of hymns such as The Home Over There Waiting at the Door and On Jordan’s Stormy Banks, has died.
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Brancho
Brazil
Delaware
Ohio
T. C. Oklane
Jorlan
Morrison Takes Same Position as Gompers in Court
Washington February 10 The Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor testifies in contempt proceedings. His defense aligns with Gompers and Mitchell contending the court injunction violated rights of free speech and free press.
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Washington
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Morrision
Gompers
Mitchell
Boyle and Plaster Buy Danville Three Eye Club
Danville Illinois February 16 Ioma W Boyle and J W Plaster today purchased the Danville Three Eye base ball club Boyle will manage the team Unfilled steel orders New York February 10 The steel corporation announced unfilled orders on Jan 31 totalled 5879721 tons up from 5084761 tons on Dec 31
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Boyle and Plaster
Danville
Ill
Ioma W. Boyle
J. W. Plaster
Three-Eye
Boyle
New York
the Steel Corporation
Folk Withdraws From Missouri Fund Endorses Delegation Split
St Louis February 10 Former Governor Folk retires from active presidential endorsement in Missouri. He agrees to a delegation split proposed by Champ Clark and releases friends from their support commitments, ending his direct backing.
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St. Louis
Folk
Missouri
Champ Clark
Clark
Saginaw Sees 32 Below Zero as Coldest Spell
In Michigan, Saginaw registers 32 below, with unofficial reports of 25 below at Flint and 11 below in Detroit. In Des Moines, Iowa, attorney W. T. Maxey is barred from practicing law in all Iowa courts by a five-judge order of the Polo County district court after evidence of alleged unprofessional conduct.
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Saginaw
Mich
Detroit
Flint
Iowa
Des Moines
W. T. Maxey
Plok County
Ray Spared for Political Work in Army Paymaster Case
Washington feb 10 brigadier general Whipple retiring paymaster general accuses president taft of shielding major beecher b ray from court martial over political services in 1908 ray acted as walking delegate for the republican party in 1896 and 1908 he claims ray escaped trial despite warrants and that taft dictated a letter to keep an affair involving a pay department employee’s wife from records labor knocks nacle new scotus appointment etc
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Whipple
Army
War Department
Taft
Beecher B. Ray
Ray
Oman
Beverly
Sears factory fire destroys J B Josephs house radish setup
Fire at J B Joseph's horse radish factory on Sears Twelfth street road destroyed a wooden structure discovered at 9 this morning. Estimated loss nears $1000 with no insurance. A stove or chimney caused the blaze as neighbors formed a bucket brigade. no firefighting equipment existed locally. Machinery and ready products were lost.
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J. B. Joseph
Twelfth Street
Sears
Joseph
White slaver caught in Moline arrest and deportation
George Treantafillos was arrested in Moline this morning by a government immigration official and local police in a Greek residence. He faces charges of white slaving for bringing two Greek women to the United States. He confessed and will be deported. One woman was already caught in Milwaukee. Five men killed when an aerial tramway cable failed at the government dam in Casper, Wyoming. Sugar refined sugar rose 19 cents per hundred pounds in New York.
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George Treantafillos
Moline
L. Whitfield
West End
Milwaukee
Casper, Wyo
Government Dam
New York
Butter Egg Dealers Targeted in Price Conspiracy Probe
New York four hundred butter and egg dealers from the mercantile exchange face arrest as prosecutors seek to prove a price control conspiracy. The attorney general alleges members manipulate buying and selling, storing goods to push prices higher.
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New York
The
Mercantile Exchange
Exchange
Bryan as Evil Genius of His Party Cheered by Members
Washington, Feb. 10. Representative Dies of Texas branded William Jennings Bryan an evil genius hovering on the flanks of democracy as he responded to Bryan’s latest attack on party members. The speech drew storms of applause as Dies urged leaders Wilson, Clark, and Underwood toward democratic victory, while deriding Bryan’s three defeats and windmill battles.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
House
Dies
Texas
Clark
Underwood
Wilson
Bryan
Don Quixote
Nebraska
Fifty Entombed Miners Rescued From Shaft
Fifty miners entombed in the Fairmount mine after a cage accident near Danville Illinois were rescued this morning after rescuers labored through the night. The event marks a successful rescue of workers believed to be in danger. Authorities noted no further hazards were reported at press time.
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Danville, Ill
Fairmount
Printer Found Frozen to Death in Chicago
Gustave A. Mester, a printer, was found frozen to death on a sidewalk in Chicago as temperatures lingered around zero for 24 hours. The grim discovery underscores the brutal cold gripping the city this morning.
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Chicago
Gustave A. Mester
Andrew Carnegie Confined by Severe Cold at Home
A severe cold confines Andrew Carnegie to his New York home though his illness is not considered serious. Kansas City’s Robert W. Bonynge urged keeping reserve funds in reach of banks to prevent panics like 1907 in an address to the Commercial Club as part of the national monetary commission subcommittee.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
Kansas City
United States
Robert W. Boynge
Commercial Club
Bonynge
National Monetary Commission
Mayer Named Federal Judge Despite Protests
Julius M. Mayer, former New York attorney general, was selected by President Taft for a federal judgeship in the southern district. The appointment followed protests by women who cited an opinion from his AG tenure they said favored manufacturers employing child labor.
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Julius M. Mayer
New York
Taft
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