Deneen balked in effort to control legislature
Springfield January 6 opening session of the 46th general assembly began with Edward J. King Lee O Neil Browne Edward D Shur leff B F P Kleeman and William H Troyer named for speaker On first ballot King 35 Browne 62 Shurtleff 24 Troyer 6 Kleeman 3 Shurtleff named temporary speaker on third ballot Shurtleff 84 King 55 Troyer 6 Kleeman 1 Browne 3 later details show a plan to elect Shurtleff with Democratic votes and a Democratic pledge regarding the governor race stirring a party rift Browne defeated Tippitt for minority leader 29 to 25.
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Springfield
46Th General Assembly
Rose
Edward J. King
Lee O'Neil Browne
Edward D. Shurlef
B. F P. Kleeman
William H. Troyer
Browne
Lend
King
Shurtleff
Troyer
Kleeman
Vians
Edward D. Shurtleffff
St. Nicholas Hotel
Leff
Deneen
Adlai E. Stevenson
Tippitt
House
Ottawa
Thomas Tippitt
Olney
Earthquakes Strain Human Mind in Messina Rescue
In Messina on March 6 rescuers toil day and night to free survivors from San Francisco church ruins. An elderly woman, released after days entombed, misperceived her death and thought she was in the hereafter. A family of father, mother, and five children stood helpless in rain, unable to reach boats despite dire pleas for aid.
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Messina
Jam
Church of San Francisco
Prosecution Debate Over Steel Combine Absorption
President Roosevelt declines to allow the Attorney General to explain why action was not brought against the United States Steel Corporation over the absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron. The issue arose from Culberson’s resolution as Fulton bills to curb rail rate increases face shipper opposition. The Perkins committee debates drastic remedies in response to the president’s secret service criticism, with members Tawney Smith Sherley and Fitzgerald preparing defenses against references to them.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Bonaparte
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Culberson
Washington, D. C
Perkins
House
Smith
Tawney
Sherley
Fitzgerald
Congress
Big Rise in Returns From National Forests in 1908
Washington reports a surge in forest service disbursements to settlers in western national forests. In the year ending June 30, 1908 more than 30 000 free use permits yielded about 264 000 cords of firewood posts and sawilage valued at 169 320 dollars. States received 25 percent of income for school and road funds totaling 447 064 dollars. Direct state payments for unpatented lands reached 616 384 dollars in cash and free timber.
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Washington
United States Forest Service
Fairport Iowa Likely Land Government Clam Hatchery
Fairport near Muscatine appears best site for the 25000 hatchery appropriation as discussions with Commissioner George M. Bowers indicate Fairport offers favorable river advantages. Construction could start this summer with Bowers possibly visiting Fairport soon and Rep Dawson’s district favored for the location.
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Fairport
Iowa
TAV
Washington
Muscatine
Congress
George M. Bowers
Bureau of Fisheries
Argus
Dawson
Mississippi
Bowers
Dawson Lode
Rivers and Harbors
Cannon
Taft
T Hat Springs
Chicagoan W J Onahan Reported Lost Near Messina
Anxiety grows for former Chicago banker W J Onahan after a cablegram reported from the vicinity of Messina. The message details remain sparse, with authorities monitoring efforts to locate him as news desks await further confirmation.
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W. J. Onahan
Messina
Chicago
Figures Tell Little of Story of Great Earthquakes
A Washington dispatch describes the emotional chaos in Italy after major quakes and contrasts it with San Francisco's 1906 fire scene. The piece recalls refugees in municipal squares, churches looted by panic, and crowds facing ruin, then shifts to a wild looting and orgy on San Francisco’s tenderloin steps as flames engulf the city.
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Washington
Italy
Reggio
Palermo
Messina
San Francisco
United States
Fifth Street
Mint
Mason
Bilis
Red Light District
Greatstone
Underworld
Mission Street
First General cold wave brings 36 degrees below
Onahan was last heard from at Tarmima Sicily an hour’s ride from Mesina. Since then there is no trace of him.
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Onahan
Tarmima
Sicily
Messina
Warships and Troops Reach Earthquake Zone In Desperate Hours
Twenty four warships twenty thousand troops and two thousand Red Cross workers arrived in the quake belt. Survivors are described as in desperate condition with no one found alive. Carbonic acid is used to curb disease while temporary barracks will rise at Reggio. Battleships Connecticut Kansas Minnesota and Vermont set sail for Naples. Red Cross relief fund nears five hundred thousand dollars, with state-by-state contributions tabulated.
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Palmero
Red Cross
Reggio
Port Said
Connecticut
Kansas
Minnesota
Vermont
Naples
Washington, D. C
Red Cross Society
Mabel Boardman
American Red Cross
New York
California
Illinois
Missouri
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
District of Ste
Maryland
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Washington
Ohio
Nebraska
New Jersey
Indiana
Virginia
Montana
Colorado
Texas
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Utah
West Virginia
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Cold Wave Grips North and Central U S With Snow Delays
A sweeping cold wave from the northwest holds the north and central United States in frigid grip. Temperatures dip to 20 to 36 below in Minnesota and North Dakota, Chicago records eight below, trains run three to five hours late, and wires are down as snow falls in the Rocky Mountain region.
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Willis F. Moore
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
Atlantic
Gulf
West
Virginia
Florida
Parallel
Plains States
Chicago
Kansas
Minnesota
North Dakota
North Central States
Western
Northwestern States
Mercury
Congressional Summary of Senate and House Actions
In Washington yesterday the Senate spent under an hour with many nominations confirmed and a debate over printing Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation briefly noted before sending the matter to the Printing Committee. The House, lacking a quorum, passed several minor bills while a contentious Indiana delegation dispute over district judicial divisions failed. A measure granting paid leaves for Panama Canal workers injured in line of duty was approved.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Gore
Lincoln
Bailey
Texas
Committee On
HOUSE
Indiana
District of
Panama Canal
Antitoxin Seen as Cure for White Plague
Philadelphia report cites Dr. Randle C. Rosenberger claiming to locate tuberculosis germs in blood before lung invasion and to have used a simple treatment and fresh air to destroy them. He reports testing on 150 cases with no failures and predicts a future antitoxin could stamp out the disease.
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Randle C. Rosenberger
Jefferson Medical College
Rosenberger
Young People Pledge Two Weeks Like Jesus
In Cleveland on January 6 1800 delegates from three church societies representing 11000 members pledged to imitate Jesus for two weeks. Rev W B Wallace led the event at E H Worth Memorial church and outlined simple rules to live more Christ like.
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Jesus
Cleveland
UN Day
Jesus Christ
W. B Wallace
Mast End
E. H. Worth Memorial Church
Signy
Christ
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