Republicans in a breach in Congress
In Washington today Republican insurgents split with Leader Mann over Phillips Campbell of Kauess to succeed the late Madison. Norris of Nebraska bolted to back an insurgent candidate Murdock, rejected 197 to 167 with Democratic support. Delegation for Kansas Clark plan, Harmon sees party reforms.
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Washington
House
Norris
Nebraska
Mann
Phillip Campbell
Kauess
EH. Madison
Murdock
Clark
Kansas
George Nelly
B. H. Madison
Congrest
Harmon
Chicago
Ohio
Iroquois Club
Judge rules Detective Burns not kidnapper in McNamara case
Indianapolis report says Federal Judge Anderson ruled Detective Burns not an instigator of kidnapping for taking John J. McNamara to California last April. He noted the plea of guilty by McNamara undermined any alleged faults and praised Burns, calling an indictment and penitentiary threat against him improper.
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Indianapolis
Burns
John J. McNamara
California
Anderson
McNamara
Hir
Examination of Mrs Morrow Delayed in Murder Case
Chicago January 1 1 The examination of Mrs Rena B Morrow charged with the murder of her husband Charles B Morrow was continued yesterday to this afternoon at Inspector Clancy s request The adjournment was sought before Municipal Judge Puke at the Hyde Park court due to illness of Assistant State s Attorney Northup No evidence was taken
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Chicago
Rena B. Morrow
Charles B. Morrow
Clancy
Puke
Myde Park
Northup
Severe Cold Grips Pembina and Minnesota Camps
Reported January 11 shows Pembina North Dakota at 54 below zero with Chicago states near record lows influenced by the Great Lakes. La Crosse Wisconsin and northern Minnesota camps record 40 below to 50 below with ongoing suffering among lumber workers as temperatures stay extreme.
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Chicago
Xero
Pembins
N. D
Great Lakes
la Crosse
Wis
Pere
Dombafinn
Minnesota
Chicagoan Kills Woman and Self in Rural School Tragedy
A Chicago man, Sylvester B. Adams, 41, killed Miss Edith Smith, 32, a teacher at a Warrenville area school, then shot himself after a quarrel witnessed by pupils. Children alerted neighbors. Adams’s motive unclear. Adams’s widow spoke of shock and disbelief.
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Chicago
Sylvester B. Adams
Winchester Avenue
Lebetaias
Edith Smith
Corporation School
Warrenville
Adams
Willie Kroning
Otto Seeshaver
Seehaver
Miss Smith
United States Express Company
Alice Adams
Mann
Weather forecast for Rock Island area turns bitterly cold
The forecast through 7 pm tomorrow for Rock Island Davenport Moline and nearby expects generally fair skies but continued cold conditions. Tonight and Friday will be very cold with lows about 15 degrees below zero. 7 am temperature minus 19. Wind 8 mph. No precipitation. Humidity 70 percent at 7 pm and 90 percent at 7 am. Astronomical notes report sun sets 4 53, rises 7 23, moon rises 1 20 am with Venus Jupiter and Mercury seen in dawn sky.
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J. M. Sherier
Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
Cost expert witness at Armour packers trial
Chicago Jan 11 Henry Meyer expert accountant in charge of figuring the test cost of slaughtered animals resumed the witness stand today. His examination aimed to show how the test cost of cattle is calculated in the packers trial.
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Chicago
Henry Meyer
Dolly Dimple's Calf Sold For Six Thousand Dollars
North Easton Massachusetts January 11 W H Pitchener of Oconomowoc Wisconsin was the successful bidder for the calf born four weeks ago to Dolly Dimple the most valuable cow in the world property of F Loth rop Ames of this town The calf fetched six thousand dollars It will be shipped west when six months old.
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Dolly Dimple
North Easton
Mass
W. H. Pitchener
Oconomowoc
Wis
F. Loth
Rop Ames
Russ Ship Foundered With 172 Passengers
The Russian steamer Russ foundered in a gale on the Black sea with all 172 aboard, including passengers and crew. Also reported: Dr John Grier Hibben Stuart elected president of Princeton University by the board of trustees. U S scout cruiser Birmingham arrived at Hamilton Bermuda with destroyer McCall nearby. Alfred T Dickens’ body to be buried in New York. Troops to China to embark on the transport Logan this afternoon, voyage about 10 days. Gibson City public school burned, loss about 40000 dollars. AmbassadorsGuild presented to Empress Alexandra at the Jt Petersburg palace.
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Roumania
Russ
Black Sea
New Princeton
Princeton
N. J
John Grier Hibben Stuart
Princeton University
Board of Trustees
China
Manila
Logan
26 Moros Fall in Jolo Attack
Manila January 11 Twenty six Moros were killed while attempting to ambush American troops on Jolo Island. Lieutenant Mc Gee of the 2nd cavalry and a private were wounded. Brigadier General Pershing said the fight may mark the end of armed Moro resistance to American rule in Jolo especially against the disarmament order. He declared the Moros in ambush were the last remaining malcontents.
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Manila
Jolo
McGee
2Nd Cavalry
Pershing
Department of Mindanao
Miners to Submit to New Wage Scale Conference Called
President White of the United Mine Workers issued a call for a joint conference of miners and operators in the bituminous coal states Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Indiana and Illinois in Indianapolis on January 25 to agree upon a wage scale Beale.
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Indianapolis
White
United Mine Workers of America Today
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Catholic college for boys planned in Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa January 11 a Catholic college for boys and young men is assured to be run by the third order of St Francis branch of the Franciscans. Construction will start soon and the first building should be ready by next fall to open the college.
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Catholic University
Sioux City
Iowa
Third Order of St. Francis
Franciscans
Noblemens Trial Over $2500 Gem Theft In Minneapolis
Wilfred Stuart Sheldon Dickason claims noble English lineage and faces trial next Monday for stealing diamonds valued at 2500 dollars from Mrs. Olga Von W. Haskell a Minneapolis society woman.
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Minneapolis
Wilfred Stuart Sheldon Dickason
Olga von W. Haskell
Epidemic Quiets Texas Meetings Amid Fearful Public
Dallas and northern and eastern Texas report meningitis fears drive public gatherings down. Even church services halted as health board notes improved epidemic conditions.
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Dallas
Texas
State Board of Health
Lorimer Story Highlights Chicago Papers on Election
Senator Lorimer testified on the Illinois legislature events before his election. He said he never received direct White House aid, knew Penrose and Aldrich casually, and noted Gov Boutell's opposition linked to Busse influence. He spoke of affection for Deneen and denied opinion on Hines or a political mission.
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Washington
Lorimer
Illinois
Chicago
White House
Penrose
Aldrich
Boutell
Busse
Deneen
Tetellé
Mr. Hines
Bacon to retire as U S minister to France and join Harvard
Robert Bacon Harvard 80 United States ambassador to France has been nominated to fill a vacancy at Harvard Corp caused by Judge Francis Cabot Lowell death. Acceptance would require resigning the French post after two years, as Bacon plans to devote his life to Harvard College where he is a graduate.
Recall assured in an Ohio by election
Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow of Cincinnati won on the 11th ballot to lead Ohio constitutional convention. His victory is seen as securing adoption of the initiative referendum and recall along with direct primaries and other progressive policies in the new constitution.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herbert S. Bigelow
Cincinnati
Ohio Constitutional Convention
Bigelow
Unwritten law fails to help blackmailer in Kansas City
David Lewis received one year in jail and a $50 fine after pleading unwritten law as his defense in an attempted blackmail against W. H. Webb, vice president of the Missouri Savings Bank. Lewis’ wife testified to aid her husband.
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Kansas City
David Lewis
Webb
Missouri Savings Bank
Lewis
Pretty Fire Near Cost Child Life
Des Moines reports three year old Harry Hatton nearly died after playing with matches. His mother put out the blaze and the child suffered facial and arm burns with recovery expected by physicians. A separate item notes Arthur Van Ston hanged himself in Rockford fearing business reverses would prevent his marriage. New York reports refined sugar prices cut five cents per hundred pounds.
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Des Moines
Harry Hatton
Self
Rockford
Arthur van Ston
Fire claims seven in Bronx fire. Austin hotel burned
New York reports seven believed dead in a three story Bronxdale avenue blaze amid fears more perished. Five escaped. names of boarders unknown. Separately Chicago's Oakdale hotel in Austin suburb also burned with $50,000 loss and all guests escaping.
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New York
Bronxdale Avenue
Thomas MacDonough
Austin
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Society
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Bankers’ Trust Company
Mercantile Trust
Equitable
Harriman
Thomas F. Ryan
Gould
George Gould
Fire Department
Cedar Street
Vienna
Austria
Archduke Frederick
Working Girls Need Vote Declares Rabbi in Kansas City
Rabbi Stephen S Wise told a Westport High School audience that reforms needed by working women require women to vote. He urged opponents to focus on action, not reasons, as voting would drive change for American workers. A brief Chicago fire damaged the Board of Trade building with minor losses.
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Kansas City
Stephen S. Wise
Westport High School
America
Board of Trade
Chicago
How Carnegie Secured Big Rail Orders Behind Personal Influence
Andrew Carnegie testified before the House steel trust committee, saying he built his fortune over 40 years in the steel business and that personal influence and networks secured contracts. He contrasted partnership management with corporations, recalled aiding Union Pacific with a $600,000 loan, and noted rail price regulation by government as necessary to prevent unbridled competition.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
House Steel Trust Committee
Iowa
Caesar
Carnegie
Union Pacific
George M. Pullman
Sidney Dillon
Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Interstate Commerceommission
State to Build Roads by Legislative Plan
Springfield Illinois jan 11 the good roads committee of the 47th general assembly meets here chairman Homer J Tice Petersburg. committee expected to ask the next legislature that local highway commissions be abolished and the work placed under a state commission.
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Springfield
Good Roads Committee
47Th General Assembly
Homer J. Tice
Petersburg
New York Bars Out J Johnson From Local Boxing Contest
Frank ONeil of the state athletic commission announced that Jack Johnson will not be allowed to enter any match within New York state. He cited public policy and expediency to bar Johnson from boxing here, despite talks of a short bout as a preliminary to a proposed Nevada match with Jim Flynn.
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Frank O'Neil
State Athletic Commission
Jack Johnson
New York State
Johnson
Jim Flynn
Nevada
O'Neill
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