Copper Mine Strikers Keep Up War in Michigan
Passing, Mich on January 29 the Michigan State Federation of Labor denied plans to raise funds to move striking copper miners to the west and keep industrial conflict alive. Charles Tanner of the Western Federation of Miners urged continued war as he blamed the Citizens' Alliance for Calumet Christmas disaster. Washington hearings on Michigan Colorado strikes to begin next week with two subcommittees sent west, chaired by Foster and Taylor to probe the events and labor actions.
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Mich
Michigan State Federation of Labor
Aumet
Pres Went Walker
Illinois Federation
Tanner
Western Federation of Miners
Charles Tanner
Citizens' Alliance
Calumet
Congressional
Washington, D. C
House Mines Committee
West
Chhairman Foster
Colorado
Representative Taylor
Michigan
Fort Wayne
Ind
RP. Mason
Corunna
Dekalb County
New York Bank Run Sparks Panic in State
A bank run in New York state prompted by concerns over savings deposits and profits, with President Trumble noting losses as he reported surplus and profits near nine million despite deposits totaling ninety million. In Jamestown, a shooting left Beardsley victim Edward Beards XY, the Summerdale outlaw, in critical condition.
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New York
Bank For Savings
Trumble
Alto
Beardsley
Jamestown
N.Y
Poormaser
Edward Beards
Fast Train Hits Caboose Three Dead
Pennsyk e Passenger train No. 19 collided with a caboose in dense fog near Cone Plezht, Pennsylvania. The impact derailed the mail car and caboose, killing three crew members and injuring others. The high speed crash occurred on a curved section, tossing passengers and crew.
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Pennsyke
Pittsboro
Cone Plezht
Burroughs Recalls Century Ago Capitol Life
Washington Jan 29 John Burroughs the famed naturalist visits Washington and recalls his Treasury clerk days fifty years ago. He says a one acre farm stood where the senate office building now rises and a cow grazed on the Capitol grounds. He notes he lived near Lincoln’s time and spent days near Rock Creek watching birds. He remains vigorous at nearly seventy seven.
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Washington
John Burroughs
Mr. Burroughs
Treasury Department
Senate
Capitol
Lincoln
Rock Creek
Japanese Hope for Calif. Alien Land Question Deal
Tokio officials express hope for a mutual understanding between Japan and the United States on the alien land issue. The focus is on future American legislation, with any new measures seen as a potential threat to the long standing friendship between the two nations.
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Tokio
Japan
California
United States
America
Guggenheim alimony proposal in Chicago court
In Chicago Illinois on January 29 the case of Grace Guggenheim Wahl against William Guggenheim was heard. Attorneys stated a settlement offer of 73000 dollars in alimony or 500 8 a month dating from March 1901, the date of their divorce. Mrs Wahl has long sought to annul the divorce alleging collusion by interested parties.
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Chicago
Grace Guggenheim-Wahl
William Guggenheim
Jude McGoorty
Gregory
Guggenheim
Wabl
Eva Booth Better to Be Out This Week
New York reports Eva Booth head of the Salvation Army in the United States shows improvement after a week in bed and should be discharged within a week. In Chicago a railroad yard watchman Gilson Hooley was shot dead with no clues. Savannah attorney W H Osborne criticized Judge Emery Speer at a congressional inquiry. Amiens socialist congress rejects a union with radicals, voting bloc rules apply where socialist victory is unlikely.
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New York
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Army Barracks
Chicago
Iusan
Savannah
W. W. Osborne
Emery Speer
Amiens
France
National Socialist Congress
Hava Booth
Elmira
Funeral for Shelby M. Cullom Set in Illinois State House
Washington dispatch reports Cullom’s body shipped from Washington to Springfield for Sunday funeral services in the state house Representatives Hall. Memorial addresses will be given by Senator Sherman Governor Dunne and Clinton Conkling. Public and court memorial observances follow.
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Springfield
Shelby M. Cullom
Representatives’ Hall
State House
Donald MacLeod
Washington
First Presbyterian Church
United States
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Edward F. Dunne
Clinton L. Conkling
Charles Ridgely
Capitol
George B. Stadden
Frank S. Dickson
National Guard
Bar Association of
Sangamor County
Circuit Court
Cuclom
Illinois
Dunne
House of Plutocrats
Tino
Chinese Worship Law Passed by Council in Peking
Peking reports a bill ordering worship of heaven and Confucius by the Chinese republic president, passed by the administrative council replacing dissolved parliament. The president aims to provide moral influence through religion. Also notes Liuan Chow looting by bandits and a Kansas Republicans banquet with a woman speaker.
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Peking
China
Administrative Council
Yuan Shi Kai
Shanghai
Liuan Chow
Ngan Hwei
Cly
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Day Republican Club
Bride of Ralph Isham: Marion Gaynor Weds in Brooklyn
Miss Marion Gaynor, 1-year-old daughter of the late Mayor William J. Gaynor, married Ralph Heywood Isham in Trinity church Brooklyn. The ceremony was small, officiated by Rev. W. T. Manning, with family and city officials present. The bride's mother secured the license, and the couple planned to go to Santa Barbara where Isham manages his father’s interests.
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New York
Marion Gaynor
William J. Gaynor
Ralph Heywood Isham
Santa Barbara
Cal
Gaynor
Brooklyn
Trinity Church
W. T. Manning
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Miss Gaynor
Mr. Isham
Isham
Yale
Jonathan Trumbull
Connecticut
Belmont Park
Madison Square Garden
Fire destroys Manchester exchange building in 500000 loss
Manchester New Hampshire January 29 The Manchester Exchange Building a ten story brick business block was destroyed by fire today The loss is 500000 The blaze forced the shutdown of the city's electric grid and power plant causing temporary business and industrial paralysis.
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Manchester
N. H
Manchester Exchange
Mississippi College
Jackson
Miss
Millsaps College
Fair tonight and Friday: colder with a cold wave
The forecast calls for a cold wave with a low near zero and brisk northwest winds that ease. At 7 am the temperature is 29 after a high of 37 yesterday and a low of 29 last night, with wind at 20 mph and 0.44 inches of precipitation. Relative humidity is 80 percent at 7 pm and 100 percent at 7 am. Water stage stands at 1.6, down 0.4 in the last 24 hours. Astronomical events list Mars and Saturn as evening stars and Venus and Jupiter as morning stars with Vollux near Castor at 11:06 pm.
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J. M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Castor
Carnations For Late President McKinley Remembered
Washington officials including President Wilson, Supreme Court justices, and lawmakers wore carnations in memory of the late President McKinley. Justice Day provided the flowers. In Columbus Ohio thousands wore carnations and held services marking the 71st anniversary of McKinley’s birth with a main Canton observance.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Supreme Court
McKinley
Justice Day
Columbus
Ohio
MqKinley
Canton
Mabray Syndicate Cases Closed in Council Bluffs
The last prosecution step in the Mabray swindle cases was taken when Judge Smith McPherson ordered remaining cases stricken. Of 54 indicted, 41 were convicted or sentenced, four discharged, four became state witnesses, seven died, six undetermined, and one jury disagreement left eight untried.
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Council Bluffs
Suffrage Groups Seek Democratic Support in U S and UK
Lucy Burns denies planned attack on the Democratic Party and urges use of party power for women’s enfranchisement. In London a militant suffragist group pressurizes the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace over forcible feeding, demanding nonviolent methods and the archbishop’s influence to end the policy.
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Washington, D. C
Lucy Burns
Congress Signal Union For
Wilson
Democratic Party
Medill McCormick
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Miss Burns
London
Eng
Bills for rural credit offered in both houses
Washington parliamentary action introduces long term farm loan bills creating a federal chartered bureau of farm land banks under a commissioner. State based cooperative banks could issue bonds and raise funds with federal supervision restricting loans to 50 percent of land value and up to 35 years. Detroit sewer blast injures none seriously but causes widespread damage and near misses across the west side.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Fletcher
Florida
Moss
Indiana
Commission
Treasury Department
Bureau of Farm Land Banks
Millionaire Clark Missing. Ransom Letter Signals Mystery
Spokane magnate Francis Lewis Clark, missing since January 17 after seeing his wife off at a Santa Barbara train station, is reportedly the target of a ransom demand of 75,000 dollars. A Los Angeles letter to the chief of police claims he is held, with a note that authorities should publish the demand.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Francis Lewis Ciara
Clark
Santa Barbara
Paso Robles
Sebastian
Revolt agitator gets 18 months
New York based report states Catherine Breshkovsky, the Russian revolutionary known as Grandmother of the Russian revolution, is sentenced to 18 months solitary confinement for a recent escape attempt. She is 70 and has spent over a quarter century in prison or exile, with ties to the United States.
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New York
Mme
Catherine Breshkovsky
Siberia
Mme. Breshkovsky
Chengoff
United States
Goethals Named for Canal Ruler Nomination Sent
Dent Wilson sent the nomination of Colonel George W. Goethals to the Senate to govern the canal zone after April 1. The terms of Goethals acceptance were not disclosed.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
George W. Goethals
Canal Zone
Senate
Goethal
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Foreign Relations Committee
Cullom
New Republic
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United States Secret Service
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Mabray Syndicate
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