Interstate Commerce Bill Creates New Commission and Court
Representative Hepburn introduced a bill to overhaul the interstate commerce system. It would abolish the current commission, form a new seven member body at ten thousand dollars a year, and establish a five judge court of commerce to review orders. The act sets procedures for just and reasonable rates, bonds, and penalties for noncompliance, with appeals to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Hepburn
Interstate. Commerce Commission
Court of Commerce
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carriera
Court of Commercce
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Circuit
Circassians Revolt Amid Caucasus Crisis Report
Dispatch from Victoria, B C, details 1500 Circassians revolting and killing about 200 Russians at Slavini, with refugees, mainly Jews, fleeing to Turkish territory. Sir Nicholas O Connor and Minister Leigshmann form a relief committee for refugees. Proclamation by Armenian Hunchidist Society urges Armenians to assist the revolutionaries as Tiflis braces for siege.
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Victoria
B. C
Orlan Cullet
Imperial Marine Association of
Tokio
Constantinople
Slavini
Cauasus
Caucasus
Tiffia
Tiflis
Cullen
Nicholas O'Connor
Leigshmann
Europe Sees New Chapter From St. Petersburg Turmoil
London editors react to Russian events in St. Petersburg with headlines calling it a new act in history. They denounce the czar as murderer of his people and warn autocracy may be doomed, while noting mass agitation across Russia and possible large casualties among workers at Kolpino and Moscow Arch.
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Jampaned
Czar
Piace
Crieis
London
St. Petersburg
Russia
Europe
Asia
Mirabsau
Angela
Daily Mail
Kolpino
Moscow Arch
Sviatapali-Miresky
Gopons Narrow Escape as Russian Troops Fire on Procession
At the Narva gate in St. Petersburg Father Gopon led a procession of eight thousand workers. Troops halted them. volleys were fired, many wounded or dead, yet Gopon appeared spared. A clergyman was wounded but hid and escaped. workers at Rotflof works shielded themselves as soldiers fired.
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St. Petersburg
Narva
Father Gopon
Rotfloff
La Follette Named For U S Senate In Wisconsin
Madison Jan 24 Governor Robert M La Follette was nominated to succeed J V Quarles as United States senator. Republicans lack a majority in both houses so he is expected to be elected today. The caucus vote stood La Follette 65 Quarles 26 Webb 10 Each 4 Connor 2. A varied digest follows with unrelated items on war and a clerical anecdote.
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J. V. Quarles
Madison
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
United States
la Follette
Quarles
Webb
Connor
ALL QUIET IN TURBID RUSSIAN STRIKES EASED
In Petersburg January 27 reports say strikes in Revel Libau Kiel Odessa extend but Moscow shows near normal. Some workmen resist, Father Gapon’s fate unclear, authorities say strike backbone broken and many factories may resume by Monday. Interior Minister Mirsky to investigate arrest at fortress.
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Petersburg
Revel
Libau
Kiel
Odessa
Moncow
Father Gopon
Moscow
Milla
Sviatopolk. Mirsky
St. Peter and St. Paul
Quiet Moscow Streets After Strike Report
Moscow reports a day of quiet with strikers indoors and major avenues like Tverakala returning to normal. Some mills offered wage increases while factories south of the river mostly idle except one guarded plant. no bloodshed, minor skirmishes on city outskirts, authorities and factory owners remaining calm and avoiding provocation.
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Moscow
Tverakala
Associated Press
Outakirta
Finns Welcome Exiles as Banished Return Home
Helsingfors Jan 27 Thousands gathered at the railway station to greet seven exiles granted permission to reenter Finland after banishment. Two others, Counts Creutz, were arrested en route. One wounded workman from Wednesday night clash with Cossacks died yesterday.
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Arce
Helsingfors
Finland
Decres
Creutz
Heavy fighting in the east as Japanese advance on Russians
Reports from London and St. Petersburg describe continued artillery and infantry clashes on the eastern front with a Russian crossing the Hun River on the Japanese left. Kuropatkin reportedly hampered by troop reluctance to advance, while European observers question the war’s continuation after Park Arthur’s surrender. Alfred Vanderbilt injures ankle in horseback drill at his home.
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Kuroki
Hun
Brent
Miaichenko
London
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Park Arthur
Strikers Scattered as Government Proposes Labor Law Reforms
In Moscow and Helsinki, Cossacks and police dispersed crowds of thousands amid strikes over hours of labor. About 30 injured in Helsinki with some scalps cut and a stomach wound. authorities issue proclamations to temper unrest and promise reforms such as shorter hours and state insurance. Edison undergoing successful mastoid abscess operation. expects rapid recovery.
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Moscow
Moskva
Tverskaia
Finland
St. Petersburg
Repoff
Fouence Kokoveseff
Russia
Baltic
Hega
Helsingfors
Canada
Poksisla
Senate impeachment trials and army bill notes across weeks
Washington dispatches detail Senate debates on statehood and the Fortifications bill, with impeachment managers named against Judge Charles Swayne. House focuses on Indian and District of Columbia appropriations and railroad rate debates as the era shielded by political rhetoric unfolds across Jan 20 to Jan 27.
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Washington
Senate
Fulton
McCreary
Bate
House
Hull
John Jingalla
Kansas
Charles Swayne
United States District
Florida
John J. Ingalls
Beveridge
District of Columbia
United States
Infieratate Commoerca Commission
General Miles
Massachusetts
Lodge
Miles
Tne
Bistrict of
Coombra
Miliary Academy
Barker
New York
Republican Party
Renate
Milla
Williams
Misissippi
Democratic Party
Iy Hip
Congress
J. W. Eilenfelter
Dawn
Waterloo
Farmara
Fenral
Philadelphia Ledger
Chas
French
Boston
Mass
Boylston Strant
A Tale of the South Sea in Tropical Folly
A fragment of a tropical tale depicts cannibal youths and a maid in a playful yet perilous scene. The youth dodges a club as she boasts she might cook him, then flees across the plain and never returns, while a vow echoes of not cooking a dutiful mate.
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South Sea
Train Service for the Dead in German Municipalities
Certain German towns have introduced trains fitted to carry the dead with services held in motion. Mexico has long operated streetcar funerals. For the poor, plain cars, for the rich, elaborate wagons with white and gold decorations, plumes, curtains, images, and crucifixes.
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Mexico
Honey Nine Thousand Year Old Log Found Near Pochuck
Alonzo Murphy, a farmer near Pochuck New York, unearthed a hollow tree trunk containing honey preserved as well as the log. Professor KE Ferguson estimates the deposit’s depth places the honey at about 9,006 years old.
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Alonzo Murphy
Pochuck
N. Y
Murphy
KE. J. Ferguson
Moros farmer completes annual dairy account
I F Page of Moros finished his annual dairy account showing a total income of 112.52 from MelIndoos Creamery and milk sales 96.48 and 16.04 respectively for two cows kept for a year. He also consumed one quart of milk daily for his family while feeding the cows on bay and grass.
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Cowa
I. F. Page
Moros
D. H
MelIndoos Creamery
Mr. Page
Maine Singing Schools Flourish Across Old Penobscot
A Maine item notes that singing schools still thrive in old Penobscot and surrounding counties. Boys and girls attend weekly meetings just as they did in years past, when a tallow dip atop desks used fat to seal kerosene lamps, a note of local schooling life.
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Maine
Old Penobscot
Longevity Blessing Marks Jones Family Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Fletcher Jones of Johnson VI celebrated sixty years of marriage on December 5. An extraordinary record is noted as death has not entered their home in six decades. Their five children, all their grandchildren, and a great grandson are noted as dying in the period.
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Fletcher Jones
Johnson
Baby Won t Sleep in House in Middletown
Mr and Mrs Isaac G Newell of Middletown Connecticut report a healthy baby boy under a year who refuses sleep indoors. The mother once swept snow from the veranda and placed the infant in a carriage outside, a behavior the family notes as unusual but not ill.
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Isaac G. Newell
Middletown
Conn
Centenarian Nashua Resident Celebrates 103rd Birthday
Joseph Bournier, Nashua New Hampshire's oldest resident, born December 24 1801, marks his 103rd birthday. A native of Little Masquer Quebec he spent much of his life in Vermont. He eats well smokes and runs errands.
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Joseph Bournier
Nashua
N. H
Little Masquer
P. Q
Vermont
Wall Built Bridge Washed Away Found Intact Far Downstream
A sixty foot section of an Atchison bridge in Indian Territory washed away by the recent flood was located intact about two hundred miles downstream, highlighting the flood's reach and the bridge's rugged construction.
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Taunton Fair Grounds
Atchison
Indian Territory
Atream
Wanted Dog to Bag King in Oxford Street
A fragment describes a woman with a tiny Pomeranian above her head on Oxford Street London seeking to bag King Carlos. The odd scene mentions ragnarok and a keen-eyed dog sighting in a chaotic moment.
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Dog
King
King Carlos
Oxford Street
London
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