Amended Oglesby Bill Passes Senate in Illinois Session
The Illinois Senate approved the amended Oglesby bill by a 41 to 0 vote, setting the second Saturday in August for the primary date, while the House debated related primary bills and adjourned. The session also saw passage of a $3,500 alderman pay raise bill and a tuberculosis sanitarium measure awaiting House action.
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Springfield
Senate
Jones
House
Howe
Oglesby
Joint Conference Committee
Shanahan-Berry
Pattison
Lindley
Chicago
Japanese Cabinet Escapes Censure
Tokyo reports the lower house defeated a motion to censure the government by 117 to 168. Debate centered on the budget with no discussion of emigration policy. The outcome keeps the cabinet in power and likely ensures passage of the budget.
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Tokio
Francis Receives Order of the North Star Honor
Former Governor D. R. Francis, president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, was awarded Sweden’s Order of the North Star at his St Louis home. C A Eckstromer, Swedish vice consul, presented the honor.
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St. Louis
Sweden
D. R. Francis
C. A. Eckstromer
American Warships Sail From Rio to Punta Arenas
Thousands crowd Rio de Janeiro to bid farewell as the American fleet departs for Punta Arenas on the Magellan Strait. The voyage covers about 14 000 miles to San Francisco with no incidents, while Brazilian President Penna visits the ships aboard the cruiser Benjamin Constant to extend respects.
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Rio Janeiro
Punta Arenas
Massellan Strait
San Francisco
Rio
Esiient
Penna
Petropolis
Silva
Benjamin Constant
Japs Were Merely Visitors Freed After Fort Stevens Visit
Port Stevens Ore Jan 28 Two Japanese men detained at Fort Stevens were found to be visiting players or workers. After examination they were removed from the reservation. The men were sawmill hands and had no hostile intent.
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Fort Stevens
Port Stevens
Ore
West Battery
Revenue Decline in Internal Collections for Six Months
Washington reports December 1907 internal revenue receipts fell by 2,418,277 dollars from December 1906. Over six months, the fiscal year shows a total decrease of 4,200,510 dollars compared with the same period in 1906.
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Washington
Honor for G. A. R. founder statue site chosen in Washington
The Grand Army of the Republic memorial to founder Benjamin F. Stephenson will be erected in Washington at the junction of Pennsylvania Avenue Seventh Street Louisiana Avenue and C Street Northwest near General Hancock’s statue. Secretary Taft chairs the statuary commission which approved the plan. Separately Paris and London report discount rate cuts by the Bank of France and Bank of England.
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Washington
Stephenies
First Banquet For Hughes Leauge In New York
More than 100 Republicans from across New York attended the Hughes State League banquet at the Manhattan Hotel in Albany to back Governor Hughes for president. Ex-Senator Brackett presided and criticized federal influence on party unity, warning officeholders not to stifle true Republican sentiment.
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New York
Hughes State League
Albany
Hughes
Manhattan
Edgar T. Brackett
League
George W. Aldridge
Edward Lauterbach
Nathaniel A. Eisberg
Saxe
John A. Sleicher
Abraham Gruber
Samuel Strasbourger
Secretary Cortelyou Orders Gradual Cash Call From Banks
Treasury Secretary Cortelyou announced a gradual withdrawal of public money deposits from national banks due to improved financial conditions. The initial call targets New York banks for about $10 million, adding to $10 million already returned since December 26. A general moderate call is planned for other cities soon.
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Cortelyou
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Debs Backs Haywood for Socialist Nomination
Eugene V. Debs announced he would decline the socialist presidential nomination this year and support William D. Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners. Debs projected that Haywood could win 1,500,000 votes nationwide and capture about a dozen congress seats.
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New York
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Debs
Congress
Milwaukee Health Officer Orders City Wells Sealed
Milwaukee Health Commissioner G A Bading orders all city wells filled to stop water supply. Chief Inspector Curtis reports about 5000 wells exist with 1000 in use for households. Also notes a death in Galesburg Illinois after taking headache medicine involving Mrs Alfred Sunburg wife of Wataga postmaster.
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Milwaukee
Wis
G. A. Bading
Curtis
Galesburg
Alfred Sunburg
Wataga
Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Chicago Street Railway Case
Washington Jan 23 The supreme court denied the petition for an appeal in the Chicago traction reorganization case disposing of the last obstacle to the approved plan. In Chicago Jan 23 the denial ends objections to the reorganization, allowing the street car companies to complete the process. Attorneys for the appeal in Thomasson and others against Chicago street railways filed a disavowal of personal reflection on Judge Grosscup and asked to strike from the files comments made yesterday by Barry for 75 percent of bondholders and stockholders.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Chicago Street Railroad
Chicago
Chicago Traction
Grosscup
Thomasson
Street Railways of
Barry
Unemployed Clash Forms in Chicago Downtown
In Chicago on January 23 a fight broke out between police and a crowd described as unemployed at State and Madison. Police prepared for further clashes, massed in downtown stations after a circular urged unemployed men to march on the city hall for work, aided by the coldest day of the winter helping crowd control.
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Chicago
State and
Madison Streets
Lake Front
Shippy
No news of missing boat from Amsterdam voyage
Twenty eight persons from Amsterdam remain adrift off Hook of Holland after a collision with the Axminster. No later word has reached shore. The craft is believed carried south by currents and may land along the coast. Of the 28 aboard, 21 are passengers and the boat is well provisioned.
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Amsterdam
Hook of Holland
Axminster
Engagement rumor confirmed for Henry Gassaway Davis
Miss Maud Ashford publicly confirms her engagement to former Senator Henry Gassaway Davis. Reports say Davis will give the bride 1 million dollars, in exchange for waiving dowry rights. Davis, a Parker ticket vice presidential candidate, is described as very wealthy.
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Henry Gassaway Davis
Washington
Maud Ashford
Davis
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Arthur Lee
Thaw Trial Details Focus on Insanity and Witness Testimony
Doctor Bailey testifies Thaw rattled on about Shasta and resisted morphine during a 1906 railway trip. Alienist Dr. Wagner discusses Thaw’s statements and his appeal efforts, while Justice Dowling limits expert witnesses to three per side. Mrs. Mary Coplay Thaw describes family insanity and Harry Thaw’s early frail health and nervous temperament.
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New York
Charles L. Bailey
Albany
N. Y
Bailey
New York Central
Hudson
Pennsylvania
Thaw
Charles C. Wagner
Binghampton
Jerome
Littleton
Wagner
Evans
Justice Dowling
Dr. Wagner
Stanford White
Anthony Comstock
White
Madison Square Tower
Miss Nesbit
Mary. Copley Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Harry
Thaw Trial Highlights Family Insanity Claims and Expert Testimony
The Thaw case features testimonies about inherited insanity from Mrs. Thaw and relatives, with no cross examination by the district attorney. Jerome plans a concise expert session, awaiting a full defense presentation this week.
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Henry Copley
Thaw
Josiah Thaw
Hirsch
Toway
Belle Moorehouse Lawrence
California
President to Submit List of Federal Appointments
President Roosevelt asks cabinet members to prepare a complete list of appointments requiring Senate confirmation from the current session. The move withhold will serve as a response to Senate criticism of federal appointees. The same day a House committee invited Cortelyou Treat Ridgely and bankers to discuss currency elasticity and national deposit guarantees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House Committee On Banking and Currency Today
Cortelyou
Treat
Con. Goller Ridgely
Currency Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Model License League Resolutions Attack Anti-Saloon Group
In Louisville on January 23 the Model License league adopted resolutions declaring the Anti-Saloon League political and dangerous. The league urges law obedience and cancellation of saloon licenses for willful violators while favoring one license per 500 population. It argues prohibition would ruin property value and employment and that such laws are unenforceable.
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Louisville
Model License League
Haps Anti-Saloon League
Anti-Saloon League
North Dakota Taft Committee Endorses Nomination at May Convention
The Republican State Committee of North Dakota on January 23 selected Minot as the site and May 14 as the date for the state convention to elect delegates to the Republican National Convention. The committee endorsed Secretary Taft for the presidential nomination.
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Fargo
N. D
Republican State Committee of
North Dakota
Minot
Taft
Minneapolis School Board to Burn 750 Textbooks
Minneapolis authorities at a special meeting decided to burn at least 750 text books in use at Kenwood and Douglas schools to prevent scarlet fever. The action reflects urgent health measures amid a bacterial outbreak.
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Minneapolis
Board of Education
Kenwood
Douglas
Philadelphia Traction Cuts Cars Amid Business Slump
Philadelphia Rapid Transit withdraws 100 street cars from service due to reduced travel and expects 25 to 40 more to be removed in coming days. Manufacturing centers in the city suffer most from the downturn.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Census bureau reports drop in 1907 cotton ginning
The Census Bureau released figures showing total U S cotton ginned from 1907 growth to January 16 at 10,528,000 bales, down from 12,176,000 bales in the same period last year.
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Census Bureau
Washington
Census Bureau Today
United States
Congress Briefs from Yesterday in Washington
The Senate discussed delaying an Interntional Warvester inquiry and debated a resolution on trusteeship as well as a criminal code bill. the House advanced a penal laws revision with an Ollie James amendment criminalizing falsifying crop statistics and reducing the bill to over 50 pages before adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Hausbreagh
North Dakota
Department of Commerce and Labor
Interntional Warvester Company
Hansbroe
Harvester Trust
HOUSE
House of Representatives
United States
Ollie James
Kentucky
Kimball
Tme
Trial of Dora McDonald Adds Jurors in Murder Case
Four more jurors were seated in Chicago for the trial of Mrs. Dora McDonald over the murder of Webster Guerin. The state stated it will not seek the death penalty. Also reported is a strong Calabrian earthquake with no deaths announced yet.
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Dora McDonald
Chicago
Webster Guerin
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