Lawmakers Debate Reconstruction Era Laws and Panama Bond Bids
In Washington on January 13 the Senate postponed detailed financial debate while Senator Tillman pressed a Treasury bid issue and a man was found guilty of possessing counterfeit coin moulds tied to a minister. Kaye sentenced to two years in prison and awaiting appeal in Chester penitentiary. The moulds were discovered in a Lincoln basement by a pastor who had occupied the house. The minister claimed the tools were for Sunday school medals.
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Washington
Hepburn
Vardaman
Mississippi
Senate
Williams
Tillman
Treasury Department
Panama
Committee On Finance
United States
Humphreys
Kaye
Chester
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sangamon
Lincoln
San Francisco Bail Refusal for Former Mayor Schmitz
Superior Judge Frank H. Dunne refused to admit former Mayor Eugene Schmitz to bail after his extortion conviction was reversed by the appellate court. Graft prosecution then published the first definite figures from Abe Ruef’s confession on the San Francisco fight trust funding. Ruef received 18000 dollars from Graney, with portions shared among Graney Coffroth Britt and Morris Levy. A Gallaher scheme paid 475 to 17 supervisors, and Ruef later returned 5000 to Britt under threat.
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San Francisco
Frank H. Dunne
Eugene Schmitz
Graney
Coffroth
Britt
Morris Levy
Ruef
Gallagher
Schmitz
Fight Trust
Ruet
Kansan Club Women Demand Equal Suffrage in Governor's Message
A delegation of 50 prominent Kansas club women urged Governor Hoch to include in his upcoming message to the legislature a recommendation for equal suffrage for women in all Kansas elections. Hoch said he has four bills in mind for the special session and the message was drafted accordingly for printing tonight.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Club
Hoch
Kansas
Minister Sentenced in Springfield Counterfeit Case
Rev. James A. Kaye of Oak Park Illinois was indicted in Springfield for possessing a counterfeiters outfit and related charges. The man was found guilty of the main count and awaits sentencing in January.
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Springfield
Springfeld
James A. Kaye
Oak Park, Il
Tuberculosis Congress Prompts State and City Efforts
Washington reports a nationwide push for the international tuberculosis congress to be held in September in Washington under the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Illinois and Wisconsin committees mobilize funding and outreach, with prominent surgeons from foreign nations scheduled to speak. In Kansas City, Union Station Annex burns, causing nearly a quarter million dollars in losses to express offices a post office branch and several railroad affiliated facilities.
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Washington
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Minoix Committee
Minois
Chicago
Charles S. Deneen
W. Webster
A. Wilson
Jane Addams
Isaac Abt
R. H. Babrock
W. L. Baum
Arthur D. Bevan
E. P. Bicknell
Frank Billings
Clara P. Bo
Julian Mack
John B. Murphy
Theodore B. Sachs
George Shambaugh
Graham Taylor
Wisconsin
K. W. Philip
Edinburgh
Theodore Williams
London
Arthur Newsholme
Brighton
England
King Edward's Sanitarium
Turban
Davos-Platz
Switzerland
Gottholdt Pannwitz
Berlin
Leville
Paris
S. Kitasato
Tokio
Japan
Kansas City
Union Station
Union Avenue
Union Railway
Adams, Wells-Fargo
Pacific Express
Fred Harvey Eating House Company
Pullman Palace Car Company
Black Hands Letter and Pacific Fleet Arrival in Rio
San Francisco reports a Black Hand extortion plot led to the arrest of John Bona after a trap at Washington Square. Rio de Janeiro hosts Rear Admiral Evans and 16 US battleships with Brazilian and German escorts, amid cheers, salutes, and delays from trade winds and coalings.
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San Francisco
Cal
Black Hand
Washington Square
Antonia Brewen
Gianduza
Rio Janeiro
Pacific
Robley D. Evans
Cape Frio
Alexandre de Alencar
Bremen
World of the Capital
Trinidad
South America
Equator
Three Muskegon Residents Hit Their Century Milestone
Three Muskegon County residents turn 100 this month. Daniel McPhail G Ruggles and Patrick P Bogie reach the century mark. Bogie can read without glasses and keeps his teeth intact while enjoying meals as hearty as those of his grandchildren.
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Muskegon
Mich
South Bend
Ind
Muskegon County
Daniel McPhail
G. Ruggles
Patrick P. Bogie
National Guard Association to Meet in Boston
The 10th annual meeting of the National Guard Association will be held at Faneuil Hall in Boston for the next three days. Officers and men from a national volunteer force of over 100,000 will attend, seeking closer ties between amateur and professional soldiers. War department representatives will also be there.
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Union of Military
Boston
National Guard Association
Fanneil Ball
War Department
Venezuela Ends National Match Monopoly in Decree
An executive decree issued in Caracas annuls the existing match monopoly and cancels the concession of the National Match company. The firm is capitalized at 1,000,000 dollars with shares largely held in England.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Port of Spain
Trinidad
National Match Company
England
Nebraska plans 10 deposits guarantee without new law
Governor Sheldon proposes the state banking board create a self sustaining fund to guarantee bank deposits in Nebraskas banks without new legislation. By assessing banks with consent, initial $50,000 could be used to cover losses from failures and earn interest to grow the fund. He hopes bankers agree and Nebraska leads in preventing bank runs.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
Sheldon
A. P. Tukey
State Banking Board
Carnegie Reply to Crane Defends Technical Education
In a letter Carnegie counters Richard T. Crane’s charge that Carnegie’s technical schools waste money. He argues technical education speaks for itself and favors training young men in schools over the apprentice system, citing a relative’s progress in steel and urging Crane to consider school instruction as a substitute.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Richard T. Crane
Chicago
Carnegie
Carnegie Technical
Mr. Crane
Troy
Boston
Thaw Trial Testimony Details From James Clinch Smith
New York January 13 details emerge as Assistant District Attorney Garvan opens to the Thaw jury describing the killing of Stanford White as premeditated murder. James Clinch Smith testifies about Thaw party including Evelyn Thaw and Truxton Beale and discusses past conversations and travel plans.
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New York
Garvan
Stanford White
Thaw
Smith
Evelyn Thaw
Thomas McCaleb
Truxton Beale
Walleget
France Confines Warfare to Coast in Morocco
Paris reports that France will limit actions in Morocco to securing the Algerian frontier and keeping ports orderly under the Algeciras framework. No loan will be made to Mohammed Sidi-el Mokhri. security efforts move forward as developments unfold. Royal Navy display aboard ships included King Neptune ceremonies and honorary certificates to US leaders. Torpedo boats depart for Rio, and a sailor from the Lawrence is buried after an accidental drowning.
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Paris
Morocco
Algeciras
Mohammed Sidi-el- Mokhri
Abi-El-Aziz
Philbert
General de Armade
Neptune
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Panama
Royal Domain
Rio
Pernambuco
Rio de Janeiro
Edward Gray
University Freshman Dies After Ice Boat Accident
Frank Purdy, a University of Wisconsin freshman, was struck by an ice boat on Lake Mendota and died at 9 o'clock Saturday night. He was the son of M. Purdy, a South American representative for Dun & Co. in Buenos Aires.
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Ing
Lake Mendota
Frank Purdy
University of Wisconsin
Purdy
M. Purdy
R. G. Dun & Co
Buenos Ayres
Taft Pledges Full Cuban Withdrawal in 1909
Secretary Taft transmits Governor Magoon’s yearly report and comments, stating the government will withdraw from Cuba at the start of spring 1909. He notes census delays push local elections to June and the presidential vote to December, aligning with the promise from temporary control. The Magoon report reviews American intervention history in Cuba.
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Washington
Taft
Cuba
Magoon
Congress
Withdraw Troops Report Publicly Blames Mineowners in Goldfield
President Roosevelt orders withdrawal of federal troops from Goldfield Nevada after a special investigating committee report. It accuses mine operators of planning wage cuts and union blacklist, questions Nevada governor's statements, and finds troop deployment unjustified.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Goldfield
Nev
White House
Western Federation
Nevada
Western Federation of Miners
Kentucky populists elect 29 delegates to national convention
Joliet Illinois January 18 James H Ferriss announces Kentucky has chosen 29 delegates for the populist convention in St Louis on April 2. Iowa populists set a February 20 meeting Missouri populists meet in early April.
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Kentucky
Joliet
James H. Ferriss
St. Louis
Iowa
Missouri
Fewer Women Workers in Missouri Decline Revealed
Missouri statistics from State Labor Commissioner Hiller show a yearly drop in women employed in state industries. In 1906 the number of women in labor organizations fell to 2,117 from 2,481 in 1905, a decline of 364 members.
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Missouri Labor Bureau
St. Louis
Hiller
Pullman Company to be scrutinized
The Interstate Commerce Commission will be asked to launch a full investigation into the sleeping car business of the Pullman Company of Chicago. George S. Loftus, who filed a complaint last summer against berths charges to and from St Paul, Minn, seeks to amend to cover the entire company operations. The action follows the recent St Paul hearing where the company claimed nationwide business influenced its charges.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Company
Chicago
George S. Loftus
St. Paul
Minn
John H. Marble
Commission
Burlington retrenching lays off many Omaha workers
General Manager Holdrege announced large layoffs across Burlington lines west of the river due to a 15 to 20 percent drop in business since last year. The reductions will begin in all departments, with track, machinist, and train and engine crews among the first affected.
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Omaha
Neb
Holdrege
Burlington
Taft Backs Wider Panama Canal Locks
Secretary Taft recommends widening the Panama canal locks from 100 to 110 feet. The change would cost about 5 million dollars but aligns with naval expectations of larger future battleships.
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Taft
Panama
Washington
Panama Canal
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Frisco
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Illinois
John Bona
New York Navy
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National Watch Company
R. T. Crane
James Clinch Smith
John T. Deemar
White
Littleton
France
Interior
King Neptune
Madison
Wis
Union
Blue Grass Populists
Imperial Bank of Germany
Commerce Commission
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