Carnegie Testifies on Steel Trust and Banking Crisis
Andrew Carnegie testified before the House committee investigating the United States Steel Corporation. He described early struggles to attract capital, disputed current capitalization, and called the banking system a disgrace to civilization while arguing panics stem from that system. He urged a measured Sherman act enforcement and noted no need for revolutionary change or haste by courts, Congress, producers, or consumers.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
House
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Steel Trust
Steel Corporation
Congress
National Committee Passes Hearst League Membership Plan
Washington January 10 the Democratic National Committee voted to defer for four years recognition of the Progressive League clubs, an offshoot of the Independence League Movement led by W E Hearst. The body adopted a resolution allowing states with laws on the subject to appoint delegates to the national convention by direct vote. Also listed are past Democratic Convention dates and ticket pairings from 1832 to 1860. In New York Guy E Tripp was elected chairman of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company board, succeeding the late Robert Mather.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Progressive League
Independence League
W. Eh. Hearst
Baltimore
Jackson
van Bu
Tripp
Westinghouse
New York
Guy E. Tripp
Boston
The
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Robert Mather
Explosion conspiracy probe widens across states
Indianapolis reports reveal federal grand jury witnesses in New York City Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan and Iowa as Ortle McMantgal adds new disclosures about a dynamite plot. The probe expands with scores of persons believed to possess knowledge of the conspiracy and explosions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
New York City
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Milinee
Iowa
Federal Grand Jury
Ortle McMantgal
Reunited couple dies in Chicago home reconciliation
In Chicago, January 10, Alonzo H Echols 70 and Annie Jerrel Echols 64 died after a final reunion attempt at their West Madison Street home. He collapsed across her as she could only smile. her forgiveness never spoke aloud. The couple, long separated by drink and strain, had planned to reconcile after a neighbor noted her admission of weakness and a letter promised a visit.
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Chicago
Alonzo H. Echols
Annie Jerrel Echols
West
Madison Street
Echols
Robert E. Lee
Weather forecast for Rock Island area with snow expected
Unsettled weather with light snow tonight or Thursday and continued cold. Low temperatures near zero. 7 am readings show minus one, high yesterday seven, wind five mph, precipitation .01 inch, humidity around 92 percent at 7 am. Astronomical notes near end reference Venus Jupiter and moon phases. A narrative murder scene follows describing a man and wife dying in a bed.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Meningitis Epidemic Sweeps Texas
Austin reports fifty families, mainly women and children, seek refuge from a meningitis outbreak in northern Texas. A large number pass through en route to San Antonio where the disease has not appeared. Over three hundred cases with a high death rate have been officially reported from several Texas cities. Two killed in Avalanche near Java, Kalispell.
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Austin
Texas
San Antonio
Three Children Born in Three Consecutive Days in Cheyenne
In Cheyenne Wisconsin on January 10 Mrs Herman Carlson welcomed triplet births for three consecutive days. The first two days yielded healthy boys and the final day produced a healthy girl. All three newborns are reported to be in good condition.
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Cheyenne, Wic
Herman Carlson
No Defense for Accused Woman in Sparling Case
Bad Axe Michigan January 10 An accused mother Mrs John Wesley Sparling faces a preliminary exam with no defense testimony planned as prosecutors prepare to present evidence akin to the prior MacGregor case Arsenic traces in Seyriel Sparling and Albert Sparling link four family deaths to poisoning or a mysterious illness Rail snowblocks delayed key witnesses in the inquiry
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Mich
John Wesley Sparling
Scyriel
Robert A. MacGregor
Seyriel Sparling
Albert
Peter
Bryan backs Wilson as progressive choice in 1912 race
Philadelphia January 10 an evening paper quotes William J Bryan saying he has not chosen a presidential candidate yet seeks a strong active progressive leader and that Wilson appears the most progressive. He rules out a third party.
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Philadelphia
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Delcasse Named France Foreign Minister in Cabinet Shakeup
Paris reports Theophile Delcasse, formerly minister of marine, accepted the post of foreign affairs minister after De Selves resigned. Rumors of additional cabinet changes circulate as Paris notes the shift in leadership.
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Delcasse
France
Paris
Theophile Delecasse
Marine
de Selves
Four Children and Servant Die in Quebec House Fire
At Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur Quebec on January 10 four children and a man servant were killed when Joseph Derocher's home burned. Mrs Derocher was badly burned and might die.
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Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur
Quebec
Joseph Derocher
Lorimer for Deneen to be U S Senator
Senator Lorimer testified he was urged by a Chicago Tribune representative to back Calhoun, but refused. He recounted discussions with Governor Deneen urging his candidacy, saying Deneen believed Hopkins should not be reelected and that Lorimer could win the Senate seat.
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Lorimer
Deneen
U.S
Washington
Illinois
Chicago Tribune
William J. Calhoun
Centes
Elbridge Haneey
Congress
F. M. Blount
Hopkins
State Committee
Busse
Dan Campbell
Chicago
Paris clash injures many in soldier labor dispute
Police and troops clashed near the palace of justice as trade unionists faced trial for distributing revolutionary circulars to soldiers. Many were injured on both sides and numerous arrests were reported.
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Paris
Palace of Justice
Webster's Plea to Save His Life in Illinois Case
Oregon, Jan. 10. Doctor Webster refused to discuss a plea deal and will plead guilty Friday to the murder of Bessie Kent Webster. Chicago reports he seeks mercy, hoping for a life sentence. Illinois prosecutors say no bargain exists and the judge will decide.
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Oregon
Webster
Bessie Kent Webster
Chicago
Harry Elgin Webster
R. S. Farrand
Ill
Sterling
Illinois
W. J. Emerson
Ogle County
Ogle
Dixon
Zoe Varney Webster
U S Troops Ready to Leave Manila for China
United States soldiers ordered to China are preparing to start immediately. The unit includes a battalion of infantry, hospital corps, machine gun platoon and a field service wagon train. Hong Kong reports an Indian troop detachment with field and machine guns dispatched to Canton to reinforce British forces. Russia denies plans to occupy Mongolia or make demands on China.
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U. S
Manila
China
United States
Hong Kong
Canton
St. Petersburg
Russia
Mongolia
Fatal attack by man with mental illness in Scottsville
In Rochester New York on January 10 a Black man with mental illness fatally injured his father in Scottsville. During the attempted arrest Deputy Sheriff Birmingham was fatally wounded and two deputies were wounded. A posse of national guardsmen and police has moved to the scene.
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Rochester
N. Y
William Pwiman
Scottsville
Birmingham
Amendments Move on Arbitration Treaties Civilized by Senate Control
Washington January 19 The foreign relations committee debated an amendment to the ratification resolution for arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France aimed at keeping Senate control over questions of justiciability. Action was deferred and likely to resume next week in committee.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Equitable building fire destroys Harriman records and lives
New York fire at the Equitable Fire Assurance Society building kills six, including Battalion Chief William Walsh, with two watchmen missing. Harriman railroad stockholder records, a Harriman biography, priceless libraries, and vast insurance and law volumes are lost. Fireproof construction limited spread amid a sixty mile gale.
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New York
Equitable Fire Assurance Society
William Walsh
Harriman
Mercantile Trust Company
Law and Insurance
Equitable Society
New York City
Equitable
Broadway
Cedar, Pine
Nassau Streets
Johnson
Fire threatens three Chicago hotels at North Clark and Kinzie
A blaze in the Greamery Package Manufacturing building rear of three Chicago hotels forced hundreds of guests to flee. Loss pegged at 30 000 dollars though none of the hotels were burned. actor Ole Olson narrowly escaped after leaping from a second story window, then saved by a passerby. In Annapolis, Goldsborough is inaugurated as Maryland’s first Republican governor in 16 years. In New York refined sugar drops ten cents per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Greamery Package Manufacturing Company
North Clark and
Kinzie
Ole Olson
Packers Gain in a Court Ruling
Chicago January 10 Judge Carpenter granted a defense motion striking from the record papers and letters purported to be in the handwriting of J Ogden Armour. Other papers with similar notations by other defendants stayed on the record while Pratt's handwriting identification testimony was excluded.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Packers
J. Ogden Armour
Pratt
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Alonzo H. Behols
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Jupiter
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Java
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Brailport
B. W. Sparling
Bad Axe
Bryan
Calhoun
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