Frown Upon Commission More Pay for Army
Washington Feb 14 The house banking committee tabled all proposals to appoint a currency commission and agreed to take up the Fowler bill Monday. Military affairs committee backs a roughly 27 percent pay increase for enlisted men in the army and Marine corps. Senator Clay of Georgia condemned the Aldrich bill as wrong and useless for the south and west and warned against expanding national bank powers. The minority plan to issue 500 million in treasury notes was praised by him. Washington D C Feb 14 The senate approved 404 203 to pay the Manila archbishop as representative of the Roman Catholic church in the Philippines in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for church property damaged during military occupation.
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House Committee On Banking and Currency
Fowler
House Committee On Military Affairs Today
Army and
Marine Corps
Clay
Georgia
Aldrich
Senate
Congress
Treasury
Washington, D. C
Manila
Philippines
United States
Marshal Perry Told to Do Duty in Fairbanks
In Fairbanks Alaska on February 14 the department of justice directed Marshal Perry to use all necessary energy to protect law abiding citizens and arrest leaders of any intimidation. Those molesting Russians must be arrested with force as needed to preserve order. The scene remained quiet thereafter.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Marshal Perry
Department of Justice
Department
Bonaparte
Tobacco suit against American Tobacco adjourned for defense
New York Feb 14 The government's suit against the American Tobacco company for alleged Sherman act violations was completed today and adjourned to Feb 25 to allow the defendant to decide whether to enter a defense.
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New York
American Tobacco Company
Tornadoes Rage Across Texas and Mississippi
Reports from Dallas and Mossville describe violent tornadoes early today killing several people, injuring others, and causing extensive damage. Wires down hinder communication with Mobile and Hatley, Mississippi, as authorities assess casualties and property loss.
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Dallas
Texas
Tyler
Mobile
Ala
Mossville
Miss
Hattiesburg
For His Very Own Frames Up an Arrangement to Give Federal Employes Power to Choose
Springfield, Feb 14 Argus Special- a scheme to control the selection of national delegates in the Twenty-first district is challenged as illegal under the national committee call. The plan would have Cannon loyalists pick delegates who would vote for his favorite son and be tradable, by forming a convention at Litchfield March 18 chosen by three men per county. The scheme rests on county committee chairs and federal job holders, centering Cannon influence over 27 Sangamon, 12 Macoupin, 10 Christian, and 3 from Montgomery counties, provoking swift political uproar. The state committee weighs a different plan to hold primaries later, while others push county committees to nominate state and district delegates.
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Springfield
Twenty-first District
National Republican Committee
Republican Congressional Committee
Litchfield
Canhon
Chicago
Cannon
Cannon Forces
Joe
Republican State Committee
Denise
Sangamon County
Macoupin County
Christian
Montgomery County
Man on limb falls after sawing branch in Kewanee yard
August Tenpound of Kewanee, Illinois, was trimming a tree when he cut the branch beneath him. He plunged about 25 feet to frozen ground suffering internal injuries that may be fatal. He is in a local hospital today.
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Tenpound
Kewanee
Ill
West Virginia Senate Defeats Liquor Amendment
State Senate defeats proposed constitutional amendment to bar manufacture and sale of alcohol in West Virginia with exceptions for scientific and medical use as it passes the House earlier. Charleston reports the move halted.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
Tyranny in Politics Spars Roosevelt Day Denunciation
A forged denunciation piece notes Henry S. Snow former treasurer of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company evading a warrant after grand larceny charges. A. C. Tisdelle banker surrendered over deposits after bank solvency questions. Frank S. Black attacks administration at a Boston Market Club event, cautioning against political tyranny and executive overreach.
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New York
Henry S. Snow
New York & New Jersey Telephone Company
Brooklyn
Snow
Tisdelle
Chicago
A. C. Tisdelle
Boston
Frank S
New
York
Henry T.mouth
Ohio
Black
Sident Roosevelt
Muehy
William J. Bryan
Receiver named for another road short line between Chicago Cincinnati
Indianapolis on representation of George A Fernald & Co bankers of Boston the Chicago Cincinnati & Louisville railroad was placed in the hands of a receiver yesterday afternoon The bankers hold 250600 of bonds and 380000 more as collateral for loans The floating debt reaches 1750000 and mortgaged fines total 7900000 Many smaller claims overdue and suits threaten to tie up property The road awaits court action Will Ask for a Receiver New York Feb 14 State Attorney General Jackson will seek appointment of a receiver for Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co
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Indianapolis
Ind
George A. Fernald & Co
Bankers of
Boston
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Jackson
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Nicaragua Ratifies Peace Congress Treaties and Court
Nicara guan President Zelaya reported by cable that the Central American peace congress treaties were ratified and a Central American court of justice established. Zelaya appointed Nic araguan members to the court as directed by the congress findings.
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Peace Congress
Washington, D. C
Nicaragauan
Corea
Zelaya
Congress of Nicaragua
Central American Peace Congress
Washington
Central American Court of Justice
More Suffragists in Jail
London police arrest Mrs Parkhurst, leader of the suffragists, and other delegates as they attempted a demonstration in the house of commons. They are jailed for six weeks rather than post sureties for good behavior.
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London
Parkhurst
Saloonkeepers Asked to Reply to Minister From His Pulpit
Freeport temperance clash deepens as Rev. F W Emerson invites the Freeport Liquor Dealers association to sermonize from his pulpit The invitation includes a chance for a reply the next Sunday from the same pulpit The local anti saloon war heats up with saloon keepers expected to attend in body.
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Freeport
F. W. Emerson
First Christian Church of
Freeport Liquor Dealers’ Association
Emerson
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Duquoin
Snell trial labels defendant a paranoiac with exaggerated ego
In Clinton Illinois on February 14, Dr Archibald Church of Chicago testified in the Snell trial that he considered Snell a paranoiac with an exaggerated ego after examining unsigned letters attributed to Mrs Hamilton. The testimony referenced Snell's alleged dislike for his son Richard and a lavish gift to his grandniece. Mrs Laura Hamilton, linked to the case, was reported boarding a train to Florida, with her whereabouts known to close friends who declined to speak.
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Clinton
Ill
Snell
Archibald Church
Chicago
Hamilton
Church
Richard Snell
Mabelle Snell McNamara
Kansas City
Florida
Champaign
Laura Hamilton
Snell Case
Alpha Chi Omega
Bryan Endorsed: Democratic Convention Favors Bryan
Milwaukee dispatch reports at the Wisconsin Democratic state convention the resolutions committee urged allegiance to Jeffersonian democracy and condemned the Republican administration. The panel endorsed William Jennings Bryan for president and instructed delegates to Denver to vote for him. Delegates at large named: Yeisse, Manson, Aylward, and Hoyt, with contest for the second two spots resolved by vote.
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Jeffersonian Democracy
Republican National Administration
Republican Party
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
United States
National Democracy
Denver
Grand Old Man of Department Dies in Canal Street Fire
New York February 14Deputy Chief Charles W Kruger longtime “Grand old man of the fire department” died today while leading firefighters in a Canal Street blaze He plunged through a trap door into a water filled sub basement after moving through smoke and gas He was 57 and had served 36 years with the department Over a score of firefighters risked their lives to try to save him.
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New York
Chie
Charles W. Kruger
Fire Department
Canal Street
Kruger
The
Department
Justices Holmes and Moody Named in Burial Fear Claim
Washington February 14 It is believed the Supreme Court justices referred to by Dr John Dixwell of Harvard as asking tests to prevent burial alive are Justices Holmes and Moody Both Harvard graduates they know Dixwell well
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Supreme Justices
Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
John Dixwell
Harvard University
Holmes and
Mody
Harvard
Dg Dixwell
Avenger of Lincoln Dead Led Booth Capture Band
Colonel ele Wendell, a member of the band that captured J Wilkes Booth after Lincoln's assassination, died in Chicago. The report notes his role in the Booth capture and records the Utica stop of the New York to Paris auto tour with the three leading cars arriving at 12 45.
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Utica
N. Y
Czar Said to Promise Pardons for Anti Semite Leaders
Berlin reports allege the czar promised pardon to leaders of anti Jewish mobs amid mass killings in Russia. An audience with Count Konownitz yielded that sentences would not be carried out. The czar’s policy, aligned with his speech, pardons many convicted attackers.
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Berlin
Russia
German Jewish Relief League
Konownitzyns
Odessa
Orscha
May wheat hits record low price in 1907 season
Minneapolis reports May wheat at $1 on the local market, the lowest price of the 1907 crop. Argentine shipments reach 7,500,000 bushels, the largest export movement from that country, helping drive the decline.
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Minneapolis
Blaze hits Heath and Milligan plant in Chicago fire
A five story Randolph Street building housing Heath and Milligan paint stock and offices caught fire with an explosion on the first floor. Damages are estimated under 20,000 while the firm, recently placed in receivership with liabilities around 1.5 million, faces further trouble amid the blaze. In Buffalo, the Courier Company general print shop suffered about a quarter million in damage from an early morning fire.
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H & Milligan
Chicago
Heath & Milligan
Randolph Street
Buffalo
Buffalo, N. Y
Buffalo Courier Company
Congress Briefs Yesterday in Washington
Yesterday in Congress the Senate debated national bank reserves and a criminal code bill aimed at stopping intoxicating liquor shipments to dry areas, with adjournment at 4:20 p.m. The House closed the legislative appropriation debate after speeches on tariff issues, led by Champ Clark, adjourning at 5:02 p.m.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Rayner
Clayton
HOUSE
Champ Clark
Missouri
Rainey
Illinois
Tirrell
Massachusetts
Gillett
Hammond
Indiana
Raisuli to Appear in London Stage Show
Stage career for Raisuli the Moroccan bandit to appear at the Hippodrome in an equestrian powder play. Foreign office consent secured. Also notes Mississippi Valley Veterinary Medical Association annual meeting in Monmouth with Dr. J. M. Wright of Chicago and Dr. L. C. Tiffany on the program.
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London
Raisuli
Sen .Perdicaris
Caid
Harry McLean
Hippodrome
Foreign Office
Monmouth
Mississippi Valley Veterinary Medical Association
J. M. Wright
Chicago
L. C. Tiffany
Springfield
Breakup of Macedonian Concert Shocks Europe
London reports a practical break up of the Macedonian question as Germany assents to France managing Moroccan affairs and Mediterranean status quo talks continue. A bombshell comes with Germany abstaining from joint demands on Turkey, while Russia Austria Hungary railroad disputes loom. Officials fear the rupture will reopen the Near East issue and spark a scramble for concessions that could delay reforms.
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London
Continent
England
Germany
France
Mediterranean
North Sea
Turkey
Perjury charges hit Bankers' Life officers Voorhees Combes
Indictments filed in New York charge M Voorhees former New Jersey governor and Frank G Combes with perjury tied to a 1904 Bankers' Life Insurance report. They allegedly swore that $20,000 in dividends were not due certain stockholders, prompting a false state Department report. The company is now defunct, restructured in 1904 after irregularities were found.
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New York
Foster
M. Voorhees
New Jersey
Frank G. Combes
Dowling
Supreme Court
Voorhees
Combes
Bankers’ Life Insurace Company
War on Unions in New Orleans Indicted by Grand Jury
New Orleans reports a federal grand jury indicted representatives of nearly all local labor unions for violating the Sherman anti trust law. The action widens nationwide scrutiny of union activities amid growing labor tension in February.
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New Orleans
Federal Grand Jury
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Joe” Cannon
Roosevelt
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E. A. Evans
Baraboo
Committee On Resolutions
H. H. Manson
Charles H. Weisse
Charles H. Yeisse
Sixth Congressional
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Waugan
John A. Aylward
Madison
Melvin A. Hoyt
Lincoln
Czar
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Blaze
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Constantinople
Maron Marshal von Bierberstein
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Macedonia
Foster M. Voorhees
Bankeach Life Officer
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