Cannon Re-elected Speaker as House Opens Extra Session
Washington notes show Joseph G. Cannon win re election as speaker and house rules amended at the opening of the extra session. Democrats pledge to oppose any tariff on coffee while a bust of President McKinley sits in the senate reserve. Henry of Texas seeks permission to introduce a joint resolution to move inauguration from March 4 to April 30. Espinoza of Nicaragua visits Secretary Knox with country affairs updates. Treasury reports McKinley assassination costs to 42517 for surgeons and related expenses.
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Joseph G. Cannon
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Henry
Carnon
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Espinoza
Nicaragua
Knox
Treasury Department
McKinley
Election News Roundup From National Political Scene
W OD Stephenson elected Los Angeles mayor to serve until March 26. Judge Dallas resigns from federal court in Philadelphia. Edward Weston begins continental walk from New York toward San Francisco, aiming for July 8 finish. Roosevelt served with subpoena in Fada and Fancies case. P J Kieran indicted in Pittsburgh for embezzlement and larceny. Robert Q Bailey named private secretary to Treasury Secretary Mac Veagh. Bailey from Leena NL has 12 years in Washington journalism. Harper, LA mayor, resigns amid recall controversy. Taft joins Optimist Club of America. William Childs cured in Milwaukee after wandering the country previously mind blank, sparked by a camera click.
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W. OD. Stephenson
Los Angeles
Cal
Harpers
George M. Dallas
Federal Court
Philadelphia
Taft
Edward Payson Weston
New York
San Francisco
Roosevelt
P. J. Kieran
Fidelity Fund Company of New York
Pittsborg
Ballee
Robert QO. Bailey
Washington
Franklin MacVeagh
the Treasury
Bailey
Leena
National Capital
Arthur C. Harper
Optimist Club of America
William Childs
Milwaukee
Miners Conferencing Ends Without Agreement In Philadelphia
A Philadelphia miners and operators conference adjourned without accord, with expectations of a strike looming. The note includes other brief items: Wallace defeats Lazelle in a 20 year card game in Michigan, Mrs. Davers and husband welcome five children, Japanese naval training squadron sails for Honolulu visiting San Francisco and Seattle, Austria-Servia tension rises toward possible war, Nicaragua ambassador Espinoza seeks peace, Paris telegraphers strike, Ethel Barrymore and Russell Colt wed in Hyde Park, railroad men to raise passenger rate, ex state treasurer James Christiansen arrested for $70,000 shortfall, and federal division vote on a local matter.
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John W. Wallace
D. W. Lazelle
Mancelona
Mich
Wallace
John Davers
Aso
Soya
Hag
Honolulu
Cant
Isoji
Japan Navy
San Francisco
Seattle
Austria
Servia
Germany
Senor Espinoza
Nicaragua
Knox
Paris
Ethel Barrymore
Russell Griswold Colt
Hyde Park
R. I
Chicago
Tfo
James Christiansen
Utah
United
Fedérac
Wide World Aims and Alarms From Distant Headlines
Reports from across the globe and nation describe native hardships in the Mackenzie river district and grip deaths, interstate commerce discrimination claims, a Flora Indiana man ending his life after driving his three children, Persian soldiers slaying peasants, McCarthy’s prison sentence and evangelist plans, and theater finances in London. Additional items note icehouse boiler explosions in Maine, a Dominican invitation to a natural resources congress, fall operations for a Newcastle tin plant, a Walter Shultz murder mystery near Alexandria, a Vincennes meat poisoning incident, and union reactions to Washington judges. The list includes scientific, political, legal, and social developments with active dates and prominent names.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Grip
Interstate Commerce Commission
Raiironda
Indianapolis
Chicago
Robert Strawser
Flora
Inl
St. Petersburg Bay
Joseph McCarthy
Danville
Ill
Marie Dreisler
Aldwych Theater
London
American Ice Company
Farmingdale
Fenton R. McCreery
Santo Domingo
United States
International Congress
Hague
Ross
Greer Tin Plant
Newcastle
Washington
Walter F. Shultz
Alexandria
Vincennes
Ind
Boston
Judge Wright
John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
American Railway Engineering & Maintenance of Way Association
Palermo
Sicily
Lieut. Petrosino
New York
Cornell
Cornell University
Krasnoyarsk
Yeniseisk
Siberia
Turukhansk
Urry Jones
Muscatine
Col. Davidson
Edward
Great Britain
Liberia
Republic
West Africa
Salvador
Nicaragua
William F. Maines
Rhode Island Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
John D. Rockefeller
Zelaya
Fourth National
Fitz- Berald
John Porter
Army
Philippines
Philippine
Georges M. Dunn
Omaha
Frank Galt
Galt
Illinois
Sterling
C. A. Culver
Beloit College
Fairmount
Ming
Iowa News items mix politics, crime and local business
The 1908 Logan School directors were re-elected without opposition, while Winterset saw new control of First National Bank with Cunningham Shriver and Orvis taking the majority. Other notes cover hospital investigations, a St Louis search for a Clinton boy, a Climbing Hill farmer’s suicide, and reorganizations in Clinton and Marshalltown communities.
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Logan
W. L. Stern
W. H. Wood
G. H. Harvey
O. A Bolter
Winterset
P. J. Cunningham
A. B. Shriver
KE. B. Orvis
First National Bank
Tipton
J. HI
Bartly
O. Wilson
Thomas Willey
Climbing Hill
Woodbury County
Almont Finke
Clinton
St. Louis
Davenport
Finke
Brandeis
Pottawattamie
H. EB. Swoop
Marathon
Webb
Bowman
Iowa
Lyons High School
B. J. Hefling
Clinton Business College
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Marshalltown
J. J, Fitzpatrick
Dubuque
St. Mary’s
Ames Agricultural College
Nelson
Ames
Agricultural School
Frank Johnson
Nett
C. Tolley
Johnson
Justice
Bennett
Tariff cuts hit Fort Dodge gypsum mines in Iowa
Washington Tariff reduction in the new bill lowers gypsum import duties from 60 to 40 cents per ton and ground or calcined gypsum from 2.22 to 1.75 per ton. Bituminous coal and coke see cuts to free coal for countries with US free coal terms. No change to button duties affecting Mississippi river pearl button industries.
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Tarif
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Automobiles Tested as War Transport in Britain
London reports an experiment by the War Office demonstrating automobiles as rapid military transport. A convoy of 1,000 soldiers with full kit and firearms moved to Hastings from barracks using 600 loaned cars. Cars traveled about twenty miles per hour on frozen roads toward Hastings. Lighter cars led with troops. heavier vehicles followed with equipment and stores.
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War Office
Hastings
Automobile Clubs
Crystal Palace
Jury Split in Carmack Case Near Mistrial
Nashville jury remains deadlocked in the Cooper Co D B and Robin Cooper and John Sharp murder trial of former Senator BE Carmack. Judge Hart, pausing for a night at his country home, had signaled continued jury deliberations for a week or two to reach a verdict.
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Hart
Morse Is Acquitted in Mexico Self Defense Case
William G. Morse son of the inventor of the telegraph was jailed eighty four days in Ensenada Mexico after shooting and killing an Indian laborer at Trinidad. Mexican court acquits Morse and discharges him after determining the killing occurred in self defense.
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San Diego
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Ensenada
Lower California
Mexico
Bayb
William G. Morse
Trinidad
Morse
Creston Man Thomas Veiteh Dies After Illness
Creston Iowa. Thomas Veiteh a well known citizen collapsed while awaiting a cab home during a storm and died of a fatal lung hemorrhage before reaching his residence. He was 47, survived by an aged mother a daughter and a brother.
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Creston
Creston, la
Thomas Veiteh
Sensational shooting at St Marys Hospital unfolds in Chillicothe
A dramatic incident at St Marys Hospital in Chillicothe Missouri ended with Dr J C Minor firing twice at Dr M Grace. Both shots missed. Grace had Minor arrested on an assault with intent charge. Both physicians are prominent locals and declined to comment. The conflict reportedly stemmed from a business disagreement.
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Eddy May
Oskaloosa
Patterson
Inabriate
Knoxville
Jall
Seo” French
Onawa
Johnson County Savings Bank
John Hansen
Mason City
Erickson
Roland
Isadore Halverson
Halverson
F. W. Thiemig
Dubuque
Thiemig
St. Louis
Gilman Elevator Company
M. D.e
Chillicothe
Mo.a
Sti Mary’s Hospital
J. C. Minor
Grace
Minor
Promoter Ryan Freed in Virginia Held on Bond
Promoter Ryan Freeman, detained in Hot Springs, Virginia, was released on a $10,000 bond after arrest on charges tied to the alleged mail swindle connected to the Dye Maybray gang of Little Rock. U S Commissioner Leslie authorized the release from custody under federal custody rules.
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Hot’ Springs
Geo
Moder
Dye Maybray
Little Rock
Ofs Fidera
United States
Leslie
Short Message Sets New Record In Tariff Talk
President Roosevelt convened Congress in extra session to seek urgent revision of the Dingley tariff act. He notes 12 years of changed conditions demand readjustment and warns current revenue may be insufficient. The aim is swift yet thorough passage aligned with the party’s Chicago pledge.
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