Carmack Murder Trial Debate Sparks Federal Overreach Claims
Senator Willett denounces federal libel prosecutions as usurpation of congressional rights. He argues the government lacks jurisdiction to prosecute libel against the United States, calling the DC inquiry an extraordinary proceeding under the Capitol’s shadow and urging the House resist precedents that threaten republic safeguards.
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Federal Govern‘ment
District of Columbia
Willett
States of the Union
England
Charles II
Star Chamber Court
Peculiar Court Ruling Barred Readers From Jury
Nashville Feb 13 The jury in the Cooper Sharp murder case was sworn after five venues, 3019 jurors. the ruling bans jurors who read verbatim newspaper testimony, forcing selection from largely illiterate or barely literate citizens. Courts admonished that newspapers were witnesses, disqualifying readers as jurors.
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Nashville, Tenn
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin J. Cooper
John D. Sharp
Senator Carmack
Supreme Court
Lincoln centennial observances abroad and at home
Springfield hosts a grand Lincoln centennial amid banquets and speeches by Ambassador Bryce and Jusserand, with Bryan and Dolliver among orators. Takahira leads Peoria gathering. New York holds mass services with over a million participants across schools, churches, and public halls.
Protocol Signed With Venezuelans
Special Commissioner Buchanan telegraphed from Washington that he has signed a Protocol with the Venezuelan government to settle the dispute with the United States. He will leave Caracas for home Tuesday.
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Washington
Buchanan
State Department
United States
Caracas
Tributes to Lincoln From Presidents and Statesmen
Collects quotations praising Abraham Lincoln from Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Booker Washington Jusserand Dolliver and W J Bryan. The speakers stress Lincoln as a unifying leader and an exemplar of public spirit beyond factional interests.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Booker Washington
Demosthenes
Cicero
W. J. Bryan
Girl in Blue Alleges Browne Plot at Springfield
Marie Marshall alias Florence Miller says Browne urged her to claim the statehouse scene was a Chicago political plot to ruin him. She alleges Browne funded her trip to St Louis after promising to right his wrongs, and that his stories damaged her housing. She claims the threat at the statehouse followed his refusal to meet her.
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Browne
Springfield
St. Louis
Marie Marshall
Florence Miller
Christie
Girl In
Blue
Lee O'Niel Browne
Ilinois House of Representatives
Statehouse
Chicago
Miss Marshall
House report may open way to let Knox in
Washington February 13 by a 5 to 3 vote the house committee on election of president vice president and representatives in congress reported favorably on the Gamnes bill to cut the secretary of state salary thus making Senator Knox eligible for that position a minority report will be presented to the house
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Washington
House Committee On
Congress
Knox
House
Penguin Sinks Off Coast of New Zealand Wreck Claims 67
The Union Steamship company steamer Penguin was wrecked off Cape Terawhiti near Wellington on February 13. Some passengers and crew were saved, but 67 members of the ship's company are missing, presumed dead.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Union Steamship Company of Wellington
Cape Terawhiti
Loss of the Penguin and steamer disaster report
The Penguin is a total loss after a maritime disaster. The steamer involved is an iron vessel of 824 tons, built at Glasgow in 181? The article notes that perished parties are expected and confirms the Penguin's demise.
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Glasgow
Congressional Summary of Feb 13 House Activities
Yesterday in Congress the Senate was not in session. In the House a review of corruption charges in the Panama canal purchase linked Rep Rainey to named figures including Cromwell and Taft, with Lovering briefly defending them before Rainey left for an engagement. The Indian appropriation bill was under debate as various topics were discussed and about 500 pension bills passed. Lincoln birthday observances preceded the adjournment at 9 20 p m.
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Takahira
Lincoln
Hay
Theodore Roosevelt
Pacific
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Congress
Senate
HOUSE
Representative Rainey
Lovering
Massachusetts
William Nelson Cromwell
William H Taft
Charles P. Taft
Rainey
Baltimore
Boutell
Ilinois
Nye
Minnesota
Federal Courts Have No Jurisdiction in Libel Cases
Washington February 12. Representative Willett of New York defends the newspapers tied to the Panama libel probe, asserting the courts of the United States have no jurisdiction in libel against the government. He calls the investigations a flagrant and dangerous usurpation of power.
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Federal
Washington
Panama
Willett
New York
Roosevelt
United States
Lock or Sea Level Canal Now the Burning Question
Special correspondence in Washington reports fierce debate among lawmakers over canal choices. Kittredge Teller and Foraker back sea level. Goethals faces pressure amid cost fears rising from 145 million to possibly 500 million. Sea level advocates cite 247 million estimate. critics warn about Gatun dam flaws and lock vulnerabilities. Rainey and Obaldia align with sea level. administrative silence feeds tension.
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TAV
The
Argus
Washington
National
Kittredge
Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Teller
Foraker
Taft
Republican Party
Gatun
Goethals
Pacific
Atlantic
Rainey
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Obaldia
Republic of Panama
Chagres
Turkey's Ruler Foils Plot to Dethrone Sultan
Berlin reports a Turkish government reshuffle tied to a thwarted conspiracy to depose the sultan. The plan aimed to crown Prince Yussef Izzedin during a royal procession, with Grand Vizier Enver Pasha alerted to the danger and seeking Nazim Pasha as war minister.
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Berlin
Constantinople
Frankfurter Zeitung
Selamlik
Yussef Izzedin
Elami] Pasha
Nazim Pagha
Masked Pair Rob Train in Good Old Way
Denver February 13 A Denver & Rio Grande passenger train traveling at about 50 miles an hour was held up at 3 15 this morning between Fort Logan and Denver by two masked bandits who emerged from the coal tender and forced the engineer and fireman to stop. Secret service men and troops at Fort Logan scour the area and may be asked to assist. The robbers took only registered mail according to clerks though the amount stolen is uncertain.
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Denver
Denver & Rio Grande
Fort Logan
Secret Service
Five Firemen Die In Milwaukee Warehouse Fire
Five firemen killed, others missing and ten injured in a noon blaze at the Johns Manville warehouse and Nelson plant at 225 Olbourne Street. The fire, burning until two o clock, destroyed the warehouse and piano organ plant, causing about 200000 dollars in losses as the roof collapsed beneath the firefighters on the Nelson building.
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Milwaukee
Johns, Manville Manufacturing Company
Olbourne Street
Nelson Manufacturing Company
Nelson
Woman to become Oregon governor as executive heads to Senate
Salem reports that when Governor Chamberlain leaves to take oath as U S senator the acting governor will be a woman Mrs Q O B Shelton currently the governor's stenographer is expected to succeed as secretary and act in the governor's absence W N Gatens secretary poised for a judgeship creating a brief period of female governorship followed by continuity in state administration
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
George E. Chamberlain
Washington
United States
W. N. Gatens
QO. B. Shelton
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John Milton
John Erskine
Thomas Paine
Johnson
Goodwin
Mr. Willett
Bryce, Jusserand
Takahari
Sangamon
Abe
Oak Ridge
Abraham
State Arsenal
Bryce
Great Britain
Jusserand
France
William Jennings Bryan
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Iowa
Lincoln Centennial Association
Daughters of the American Revolution
Nife
Jusser
Peoria
Japan
Kagura Takahira
Theodore Rooseveltt
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
Ambassador Jusserand
Senator Dolliver
Canal Commission
Turkey
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