Debate on railway rate bill sparks partisan attack in Washington
In Washington on February 7 the debate over the railway rate bill heated as Kentucky's Stanley praised the measure while attacking railroad defenders from Maine, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. He cited private car abuses and rebates, asserted officials should be punished, and claimed Armour took millions via rebates.
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Stanley
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MecCall
Sibles
Littlefeld
Connecticut
Italian Labor Exchange Promoted by New York Subsidy
The Italian government approves a $20 000 subsidy for a New York labor exchange to aid Italian immigrants. The agency will be incorporated under New York law and begin operations next summer to connect with Western and Southern employers, ensure fair wages, and encourage immigrants to farm independently while charging 26 fees for employment services.
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Inwa
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Liberty evades jail in Onimai February escape tale
The report details Mrs. Cowles Whitfen a 40 year old from Onimai Illinois who escaped twice including a heated jail door break with a poker after wounding Sheriff Buck during a warrant reading. She was captured later at Theckery after a desperate struggle and reportedly vowed to escape again despite freezing conditions. The piece also covers Senate House debates plans Bepluen railway bill and various regional business notes from Marinette to Des Moines.
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Georgia
Bryan Damockracy Idolized in Democratic Rhetoric
Denver speech denounces Republicans as graft and private car scheme backers while praising Bryan as the people’s idol and defender of the poor. The speaker argues that Roosevelt’s bill is favored for political reasons, warning of insincerity and fear in the opposition amid frigid Western Pennsylvania weather reports.
Riis leaves lecture circuit as illness forces halt
New York Feb 7 Taco A Rugte reported from his Richmond Hill L. I. home with a heart ailment. Though not serious, the condition is severe enough to cancel his lecture engagements for three months. Riis resigned from Washington Friday and the next day his illness became apparent.
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Democrat Elected at Duluth City Election
Duluth Minnesota reelected Mayor B Cullum Democrat by about 1000 votes. City council will include nine Democrats and Republicans with a mix of party representation. Michael Donnelly and others connected to local labor groups figure in the volatile race as labor tensions and family ties loom over the disputed nomination landscape.
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Resignation Demand Shakes Pittsburg UMW Convention
Delegates of the local district of the United Mine Workers vote 69 to 6 to demand the resignations of President Patrick Dolan and Vice President Belingham after Dolan sticks to his post. Dodds says he will resign April 2. Dolan defends his record and cites miners who elected him. An amendment to transfer fate to local unions is rejected.
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Lawson and Cummins Confer on Company Control Plans
Boston financier Thomas W. Lawson invites Governor Albert B. Cummins and four reformers to form a committee to manage proxies for New York Life and Mutual Life. Lawson seeks to elect sound directors and gain control with a trusted panel. Cummins will consider the plan after talks with Governor Johnson of Minnesota.
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New York Tire and Mutual Life
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Cumming
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Minnesota
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Wisconsin
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Florida
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Negro on Trial for Rape in Chattanooga Tenn
Ed Johnson, a Negro arrested ten days ago on a charge of assaulting a young white woman, was moved to Chattanooga from Nashville for arraignment. A mob attempted to seize him but was deterred by a police guard. The court reopened under tight security with only those connected to the trial admitted.
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Ed Tohnson
Jait
Chattanooga
Nassvile
Triai
Nominations Confirmed in Senate Executive Session
The senate continued an executive session in February confirming nominees including James Smith of California as Revelper-general of the Thutnaries and George G. Covell as district attorney for the western district of Avehicus.
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Calfornia
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Physical curiosity dead in Crawfordsville weighs 18 pounds
Local report notes Burke known as Little Dick stood thirty eight inches tall with a large head and 44 inch waist. Once a popular carnival sideshow attraction, he faced exploitation in Texas before being sent home by the governor and later lived in obscurity until his death at age 52.
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Ind
Richard
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Elteua World
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Texas
Four Bead Ten Injured In Oregon Rail Collision
Four persons killed and ten injured when the Pacific express from Chicago collided with the Spokane Portland special near Bridal Veil Oregon on the Oregon Railroad and Navigation line. Names include BT Sinnot A E Edwards both of Portland and an unknown man among the dead. Seriously hurt are Mrs W Riley of Walla Walla and Jun J Mussel of East Gatland California.
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Chicago
Had Brighter Been Honest For 26000 Prize Embezzled
Lincoln Nebraska February 7 The winner of 25000 for correctly naming attendance at the St Louis exposition in 1904 was a convict in the Nebraska State penitentiary who admitted embezzling about one year of imprisonment. His name is Frank Campbell from Webster County The winner will receive only 12800 of the prize as he agreed to pay half if he could secure it while imprisoned.
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Webster County
Carnegie donation backs Columbus church organ project
A Carnegie letter from Columbus Indiana dated February 7 reports a $1 40 donation toward buying an organ costing $3 500 for the Methodist Episcopal church with the congregation covering the rest. The note notes opposition from Sunday visitors group.
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Funeral of King Christian Set for February Eighteenth
By order of King Frederic the funeral of the late King Christian will be held February 18. The president will be sent to the news to the nomination of Glot Olson as receiver of public moneys at Valentine. Ned and Mary Hamilton, with an income of $1,000,000 a year, will become the brides of the marants of Graham Independent mine owners to the Yarke. Iron ore for higher prices is being held by the region. The thirty third funeral rites of the National Association of Mexican War Veterans will be held at Washington. February 28. Bodies recovered from the Valencia wreck. nine negroes burned in a Curtis Bay fire. John Metarthy, released from the county jail at Fort Benton, wandered to the Mississippi River bank and froze to death.
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Elections in Russia Martial Law To Continue
Feb in St. Petersburg reports April 7 elections fixed for the national assembly with opening session April 28 amid continued martial law. Authorities plan early local primaries, palace work advances, and campaigns by Constitutional Democrats and Monarchists on business lines. unrest lingers in Baltic regions and Caucasus.
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Bogus Drafts Tied to Manhattan Diamond Case
New York reports allege William Leary of this city issued about thirty bogus drafts with a face value of 1000 each connected to a larceny case involving diamonds in Manhattan. The drafts were paid and later returned as worthless. Leary, once a Wall Street broker, faces related investigations from Hanover Bank records and other business complaints.
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Suspect Walter from Pelham Arrested for Train Robberies
A young man who claimed to be Walter, son of a former Pelham mayor, was arrested in Louisville on suspected felony charges after confessing to stealing about $2,000 in goods from Sea Board Air Line trains. Local detectives noted his admission and linked him to multiple baggage thefts.
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Professor Frankenberger Dead at Wisconsin University
David H. Frankenberger a professor of rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin Madison died of paralysis. He was 60 years old and among the best known figures in college circles across the nation.
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Revival services praised at Robins and statewide legal notes
Revival services at Robins drew praise as a grand success while a Fort Madison case ended with a hung jury. Reports cover a fatal tramway accident near Calena, proposed Muscatine improvements, race plans for Webster City, and a variety of local notices on marriages, paroled wills, and public projects.
The Strenuous Life and a Stomach Cure Claim
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