Speculators Tried to Get Late Panama Bond Issue
Washington reports detail the Senate requested treasury statements on the Panama bonds and 3 percent certificates. Secretary Cortelyou defends the issue, noting bids of 2.22 billion and that many were speculative. Awards favored national banks and smaller bids under 10,000 were scrutinized amid Democratic dinner discussions.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of the’ Treasury
Orelyun
Panama
Treasury
Votal
Tate
Coldest Weather Reaches 36 Below Zero in Minnedosa
St Paul Jan 29 Weather Observer Williams reports the coldest temperature today was at Minnedosa at 36 degrees below zero. In Winnipeg Moorehead and Bismarck it stood at 32 below. Indications point to warmer weather ahead.
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St. Paul
Williams
Minnedosa
Winnipeg
Man
Moorehead
Minn
Bismarck
N. D
Ryan Meets Other Half of the Senate at Dinner
William Jennings Bryan again served as chief guest at a dinner honoring him for the Senate Democrats. The event, hosted by Newlands, gathered key figures in Washington on January 29.
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Newlands
Nevada
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Iiryan
Senate
Ryan
Washington
William Jenkinges Bryan
Inquest Opens Into Theater Horror Graft Hints
Boyertown Pennsylvania January 29 opening inquest session yielded graft and neglect hints after the January 1% opera house disaster that killed 169. Exits were too narrow the main exit blocked by box office and the stereopticon operator had only two days training. Owner Dr Thomas A Rhoades said the building had been inspected and passed by a state factory inspector who directed him to a Reading contractor for fire escapes.
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Boyertown
Rhoades Opera House
Thomas A. Rhoades
Suffragists Threaten Quiet Westminster Opening
London January 29 a sunny day favored the royal procession to Westminster where King Edward opened Parliament with long standing ceremonies. The menace of suffragists caused unusual interest as they threatened disruption if the throne speech lacked suffrage mention.
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London
Westminster
Edward
House of Parliament
Miners Adopt Resolutions On Qualification Bill
Miners at Indianapolis yesterday created a committee to redraft injunction resolutions and a second committee to push Illinois legislators to pass the pending miners qualification bill. The group endorsed the employers liability act and urged AFL delegates to back a universal union label, memorialized Congress to form a mine and mining bureau, and sent officers to Washington to address the required committee.
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Iinois
Indianapolis
Ind
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Washington
Receiver named for Montana Grand Lodge of Ancient Order
Helena Jan 29 Robert How er was appointed receiver for the Montana grand lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen. The grand lodge carries death claims of 1000 and a beneficiary fund of 1400 plus treasuries of subordinate lodges. The Montana lodge has 17 years of operation with total paid claims around 1659 thousand. Corn Growers Plan Big Show in Illinois. Champaign Jan 29 the Illinois Corn Growers association plans the state’s largest corn show for 1909. Officers elected: President C A Rowe Jacksonville secretary Leigh F Moxey Curran treasurer H A Winter Famine in Northern Lapland. Stockholm Jan 29 famine prevails in the iron district of northern Lapland. Dispatch from Kiruna to Dagens Nyheter says Velmelmina parish residents have slaughtered animals for food.
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Montana Workmen
Helena
Mont
Robert Hower
Montana Grand Lodge of Wew Ancient Order of United Workmen
Grand Lodge
Montana Eranch Lodge
Champaign
Ill
Illinois Corn Growers’ Association
C. A. Rowe
Jacksonville
Leigh F. Moxey
Curran
H. A. Winter
Lapland
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Kiruna
Velmelmina
John A Cooke Taken to Joliet Penitentiary
John A Cooke former Cook County Circuit Clerk and political boss was jailed in Joliet after a year and a half long fight to avoid prison. He was convicted of defrauding the county of about $50 000 through conspiracy to steal fees and bogus payrolls.
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John A. Cooke
Cook County
Joliet
Chicago
Charles W. Peters
Cooke
Samuel C. Stough
Morris
Circuit Court of
Willard M. McEwen
World’s Prohibition League projected in London
London conference convened at the urging of Edward Page Gaston of Chicago to press for a world prohibition confederation. Leaders of British temperance joined. plans include London headquarters and foreign committees for wider reach. American officers welcomed in Buenos Ayres as Congress closes without the foreseen political storm.
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London
Edward Page Gaston
Chicago
Buenos Ayres
Alcorte
Fraga
Bethader
Zeballos
Congress
Alice M Butler Divorced in Davenport Remarries Heavier Creditor
Des Moines January 29 Mrs Alice M Butler prominent railroad promoter divorced from C F Butler of Des Moines after leaving her husband in 1903. She married S F Moore of Coshocton Ohio her heaviest creditor in a secret St Louis ceremony. Moore owed nearly seven thousand dollars for services. Her assets totaled 150 dollars and creditors forced bankruptcy. Moore promises to pay creditors in full while she continues rail project promotion across Iowa Missouri and nearby states.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Davenport
C. F. Butler
Alice M. Butler
America
St. Louis
S. F. Moore
Coshocton
Ohio
Moore
Colfax-Des Moines
St. Joseph, Stanberry and Northern
Missouri
Davenport and Maquoketa
West Virginia
Aldermen Move To Stop Subway Draft Near 168th St
New York aldermen urge the public service commission to fix nuisance winds blowing from the subway at 168th Street and 181st Street that disrupt women fans on game days. The resolution notes gowns are disarranged and embarrassing as they climb the stairs to street level.
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New York
Subway
McDonald
Public Service Commission
Massive Chicago blaze devastates downtown block
A major fire swept a four-block downtown Chicago area bounded by Wabash, Madison, Monroe, and Michigan Avenues, destroying Alfred Peats & Co John A Colby & Son and Edson Keith & Co properties. Loss nears 1.25 million with heavy insurance, fuelled by northwest gale and freezing night. Tens of thousands watched as 60 engines battled the flames.
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Chicago
Wabash and
Michigan Avenues
Madison and
Monroe Streets
Alfred Peats & Co
John A. Colby & Son
Edson Keith & Co
Ashland Avenue
Wood
Loop
Cottage Grove
Indiana
Colby
Furniture
Morris
Remington
John A. Colby & Sons
Edison, Keith & Co
Gage Bros
Amended Oglesby bill passed by lower house
Springfield reports the house approved the amended Oglesby primary election bill by 588 to 33. The act, tied to direct primaries, sets the 1908 date for the second Saturday in August and moves to the governor for signature. The tuberculosis bill passed by one vote to empower cities to create sanitariums with a 4 mill tax, subject to referendum, effective July 1.
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Oglesby
Springfield
Ill
Argus
House
Senate
Joint Conference Committee
Glackin Senate
Robbers Hit Adams Express Office at Union Station
Mansfield Ohio January 29 two masked men entered the Adams Express office at the union station knocked agent William Depew unconscious and escaped with 3000 while about 50 passengers waited for trains a bag holding 40000 in gold was missed John McCue and Joseph Stevens were captured at New London this morning they had taken 3400 from the sack
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Mansfield
Ohio
Adams Express Company
Union
William Depew
John McCue
Joseph Stevens
New London
Fifth attempt to convict fails in saloon Sunday case
The Law and Order league again failed to convince a jury that saloons should be closed on Sundays. In the John Doerhoefer case at 2537 Cottage Grove Avenue, jurors were kept for 24 hours with seven for acquittal and five for conviction.
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Law and Order League
John Doerhoefer
Cottage Grove Avenue
Contractor Oliver bigamist
Atlanta woman sues William J. Oliver of Knoxville for divorce and alimony claiming he married her before a recent wedding. The case seeks $160,000 and stems from her account of their relationship amid Oliver's canal contract bid.
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Atlanta
Oliver
Knoxville
William J. Oliver
Voters Sign Petitions to Submit Local Option in Kewanee
Kewanee Illinois January 29 twelve hundred residents have signed petitions urging the submission of the local option question in Kewanee township at the April election. The city collects about 21000 yearly from saloon licenses and there are eighteen saloons restricted to one block by city ordinance.
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Kewanee
Ill
Kewanee Township
Negroes lynch two men in Commerce tied to father murder
In Commerce Mississippi on Monday two African Americans accused of killing their father for robbery were captured by a mob of Black residents and lynched. The incident follows a deadly robbery motive and highlights racial violence in the region.
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Commerce
Miss
Yesterday in Congress A brisk House session and Senate debate
Washington reports on congressional actions with the Senate finishing a batch of minor bills and resuming the criminal code debate led by Senator Heyburn. In the House, discussions on national politics international marriages and expenditures stretched to the longest sitting this session as the urgent deficiency bill remained pending at adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
United States
Heyburn
HOUSE
William J. Bryan
Wallace
Arkansas
McGavin
Illinois
United States Steel reports record 1907 earnings and high unfilled orders
The United States Steel corporation released its quarter ending December 31 1907 showing net earnings of 52553995 and full year earnings of 160984477 the largest in company history. Unfilled orders stand at 4624553 tons and undivided surplus is 113173274. Directors declare quarterly dividends of 0.5 percent on common and 1 percent on preferred stock, unchanged from prior quarter.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Lisbon Rioting Breaks Out. Police Restore Quiet
A fresh outbreak of political rioting occurred in Lisbon this afternoon with shots fired and several mortally wounded. The disorders were brief. police acted promptly and the city is now quiet.
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Lisbon
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