Seven Republicans oppose Hepburn rate bill in tense session
The House narrowly approved the Hepburn railroad rate bill 346 to 7 after a morning rush to reach seats. The pension bill of 139 million for pensions and 1.245 million for administration passed, plus other near final actions. The act defines railroad and transportation to bring all carrier tools under the commission, sets a 30 day period before effect, and allows court review for constitutionality.
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Washington
House
Sach
Hepburn
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce
Ex President Cleveland Declines Buffalo Banquet Invitation
Former President Grover Cleveland writes to the Erie County Bar Association and the Lawyers' Club of Buffalo, declining to speak at their annual banquet due to health concerns and a forthcoming southern trip. He notes the trip will extend beyond the current month and regrets missing the invitation.
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Buffalo
Grover Cleveland
Erie County Bar Association
Lawyers' Club of
Grain Men Enjoined in Nebraska Trust Case
The Nebraska Supreme Court upholds the state in the grain dealers trust case. It overrules the grain handlers demurrer and makes permanent the temporary restraining order against combining. Judge Letton writes the opinion sustaining anti trust laws including the Junkin act. The decision treats the acts as a system with one supplementing the other.
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Supreme Court
Lincoln
Brown
Letton
Legal Department
Beavers Trial Postponed Amid Smoot Investigation
The trial of George W. Beavers and co defendants, including former State Senator George E. Green of Binghamton, NY, and W D. Doremus on indictments tied to postal contract fraud has been postponed one week. Attorney Worthington cannot complete work before the Senator Smoot investigation concludes next week.
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Beavers
Washington
George W. Beavers
George E. Green
Binghamton
N. Y
W. D. Doremus
S. Worthington
Smoot
Taro Mecuanto
Chinese Outlook Amid Rising Anti American Sentiment
U S officials report growing anti American feeling in China as local edicts target foreigners. Ambassador Rockhill works to ease tensions while Washington monitors possible escalation and foreign reaction. A Pekin dispatch notes Russian moves in Mongolia, but Europe prefers restraint while blaming American policies.
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Washington
Department of State
China
Rockhill
Pekin
America
Russia
Mongolia
Balloon crosses English Channel to a French landing
The Aero Club balloon Vivien I left London on Saturday afternoon, crossed the English Channel in a strong NW gale, and landed safely at Bermouville France, twenty miles inland. Passengers were Messrs Yollock and Dale of the Aero Club of the United Kingdom. The flight time was four hours ten minutes, with the channel crossing lasting an hour forty-five.
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London
The
Aero Club
France
Eastbourne Pier
English Channel
Bermouville
Messrs. Yollock and Dale
Aero Club of
United Kingdom
Vivien i
Question of Dividend Waits for Union Pacific
NEW YORK Action on the Union Pacific semi annual dividend has been postponed until next Wednesday. Meetings of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific executive committees were held but no announcement followed.
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New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Emperor of Korea Denies Signing Treaty With Japan
Douglas Story reports from London that the Korean emperor produced a document with the imperial seal denying any signing or approval of a treaty with Japan. The emperor invites the great powers to jointly protect Korea for up to five years over foreign affairs, as proved to the British consul at Che Foo.
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Korea
Japan
London
Douglas Story
The
Tribune
Che Foo
Harriman Interests After Illinois Central
The Herald reports indications that the Illinois Central railway has been acquired by interests linked to the Harriman party. It notes holdings valued at about 16 million dollars, with as many as 160000 shares held by the Harriman faction, and statements from people examining transfer books support the merger story.
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New York
the Herald
Illinois Central Railway
Harriman
Illinois Central
Ilinois Central
Ard
Merver
Wilt Adjourn Over Wedding Day in Washington
The House of Representatives will adjourn on Friday February 16 and reconvene the following Monday without officially recognizing the wedding of Miss Roosevelt and Representative Laneworth. The session will end without avowing the purpose of the adjournment.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Laneworth
Presidential Nominations Sent to Senate
The president forwarded nominations to the Senate including the position of customs collector for the district of Arizona. Myron Te McCord is named for the Arizona district.
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Washington
Senate
Customs
Myron Te McCord
Arizona
Bryan speech cited in Chinese boycott escalation
Spokane mill manager Samuel Glasgow received Hong Kong papers citing William J. Bryan’s dinner remarks to Chinese merchants. They claim Bryan said the United States would not repeal the exclusion laws, prompting Chinese leaders to tighten boycott plans after doubting American support for proposed changes.
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Spokane
Wash
Samuel Glasgow
Seattle
Hong Kong
William Burtt
William J. Bryan
Shanghai
Canton
Hongkong
Congress
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Labor Party
United States
Duke of Abruzzi Plans April Africa Expedition
The Duke of Abruzzi will depart in April for an African expedition landing at Mombaza then crossing Lake Victoria Nyanza and climbing the Elgon mountains in Uganda.
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Rome
Duke of Abruzzi
Africa
Mombaza
British East Africa
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Elgon Mountains
Uganda
Iowa Boy Sets Class Record Amid Graduation Standings
Annapolis official graduation figures list Allen J. Chantrey of Malvern Iowa leading with 617.25 aggregate while Whitford Drake of Waltham Massachusetts and John Paul Miller of Lancaster Kentucky follow. Among top seven with star rank and 85 percent overall is William C. Parker Jr. of Salt Lake City Utah.
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Annapolis
Allen J. Chantrey, S Jr
Malvern
Whitford Drake
Waltham
Mass
John Paul ‘Miller
Lancaster
William C. Parker, Jr
Salt Lake City
Utah
Norway to Fortify Border at Christiania Front
Norway moves to strengthen inner border defenses on the Swedish frontier under a wartime agreement. Old fortifications were to be razed but proved unsatisfactory to military experts, and the army now plans a cost conscious fortification program. Sweden expected to follow Norway's lead amid earlier objections to double fortifications.
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Christiania
Norway
Sweden
Evangelical Mission Convention Opens in Nashville
The fifth international convention of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions opens in Nashville on February 28 for a five day session. About 3,000 delegates from colleges churches and missions across the United States and many nations will attend under the watchword The evangelization of the world in this generation.
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Nashville
Student Volunteer Movement For Foreign Missions
General Eaton Dead, Noted Educator and Civil War Veteran
General John Eaton former editor of the Memphis Post and U S commissioner of education from 1870 for sixteen years died in Washington at age seventy seven. He later led Marietta College Ohio and Sheldon Jackson College Salt Lake City and helped establish Puerto Rico’s educational system under U S military occupancy.
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Washington
John Eaton
Memphis Post
United States Commissioner of Education
Marietta College
Ohio
Sheldon Jackson College
Salt Lake City
Porto Rico
United States
Invitations To Miss Roosevelt Wedding Limited At White House
President Roosevelt announced from the White House that invitations to Miss Roosevelt and Mr. Longworth’s wedding are restricted. Only close kin, personal friends of the couple, and certain official Washington classes will be invited, due to White House capacity limits.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Longworth
Cornhusking Champion Arrested for Mail Tampering in Iowa
Charles Rennack of Shenandoah, who billed himself as Iowa’s champion cornhusker, was arrested in Council Bluffs on a charge of tampering with U S mails while employed as a mail carrier. He waived exam and was bound over to the federal grand jury on $500 bail after a result alleging he intercepted packages for William Hughes and Ed Mitchell, Shenandoah barbers.
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Council Bluffs
Charles Rennack
Shenandoah
Iowa
United States
Federal Grand Jury
Rennack
William Hughes
Ed Mitchell
Lumber Trust Disbanded Ends Coast Wide Lumber Domination
In San Francisco the sale of San Francisco Lumber Co stock to Bellingham Bay Lumber Co for 250000 follows the Pacific Pine lumber company passing out of existence on January 1. The giant combination that dominated the western coast for eighteen years is dead though the industry impact may be small as the trust had been a trust in name only.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Lumber Company
Bellingham Bay Lumber Company
Pacific Pine Lumber Company
America
Brother Fears Valencia Fireman Died in Shipwreck
George B Harper of Hopkinton fears his brother W H Harper, a Valencia fireman, went down with the steamer Valencia off Vancouver. Relatives’ telegrams to the company in San Francisco yielded no confirmation as of now.
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Manchester
George B. Harper
Hopkinton
W. H. Harper
Valencia
Vancouver
Harper
West
San Francisco
Chinese Illegally Landed Arrest Planned
San Francisco reports the revenue cutter McCullough sailed under secret orders for a near San Diego port to arrest about thirty Chinese said to have landed illegally.
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San Francisco
San Diego
United States Revenue
McCullough
Pension Day in the House Passes 429 Veteran Bills
Washington reports the House on Friday approved 429 private pension bills in about 72 minutes to aid veterans barred from general statutes. About 75 percent of beneficiaries are blind or bedridden. The session also advanced minor measures and two amendments to the 1905 Philippine tariff act, equalizing American cotton goods with European production costs.
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Washington
Austrian Ambassador Advises No Official Gifts for Roosevelts Daughter
Mr Hengenmüller, acting dean of the diplomatic corps, told Washington officials the president and Mrs Roosevelt wish no official presents for their daughter Alice on her upcoming marriage to Mr Longworth. Any gifts will be personal expressions from the sovereign, not from governments.
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Washington
Hengenmuller
Diplomatic Corps
Roosevelt
Longworth
Teenager Dies by Own Action at Garfield Park Sanitarium
Mary Blunk, seventeen, of Grand Island Nebraska, reportedly wealthy parents, killed herself at Garfield Park sanitarium by swallowing carbolic acid.
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Chicago
Mary Blunk
Grand Island, Neb
Garfield Park
Lives of Postal Clerks in Railroad Duty
In Washington Mr Tillman presented and the Senate adopted a resolution calling on the postmaster general for information on how many postal clerks were killed in railroad accidents in the past five years.
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Washington
Tillman
Senate
Hepburn Rate Bill Faces Senate Committee Clashes
Senate committee on interstate commerce opened debate on the Hepburn rate bill as Iowa's Aldrich and Dolliver clash with Clapp over amendments. Dolliver accuses levity in proceedings. Aldrich defends seriousness while Clapp says he will vote on February 16. The bill, likely to pass with minor changes, faces a tight time frame.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
House
Clapp
Dolliver
Aldrich
Iowa
Delegates Skip Bull Fight at Algeciras Conference Event
Algeciras Spain crowds exceed 6000 as a bull fight accompanied by a decorated box hosts ambassadors and officials from many nations. Most conference delegates attend though American and British reps do not join.
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Algeciras
Spain
Andalusia
Biggest Sailing Ship In the World Launched at Bremerhaven
At Richmer's shipyard in Bremerhaven the largest sailing vessel yet built was launched. The ship measures 438 feet in length and 54 feet in breadth, with a burden of 8,000 tons.
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Bremerhaven
Richmer’s
Suffrage Association Treasurer Reports Large Balance
Baltimore Md. The Woman's National Suffrage Association holding its annual convention heard an abstract of the treasurer's report read by Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton. Receipts including last year's balances totaled 28333.92 with disbursements 16664.87 leaving a balance of 11769.05. The top five states by membership are New York Massachusetts California Nebraska and Iowa.
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Baltimore
Woman’s National Suffrage Association
Harriet Taylor Upton
New York
Massachusetts
California
Nebraska
Iowa
Ware Granted Two-Week Extension for New Trial Motion
George G. Ware, president of U B I Land and Cattle and church rector in Deadwood and Lead, received two extra weeks to file a motion for a new trial after his conviction last month on a conspiracy to defraud the government through false homestead entries in Hooker county Nebraska. He won in Omaha Thursday and used the delay to push back the filing.
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Omaha
George G. Ware
Hooker County
Nebraska
U.B. I. Land and Cattle Company
Deadwood
Lead
Ware
Iowa Regents Craze Wins Monument Credits
Washington Secretary of War Taft informs Senator Dolliver and Representatives Hull and Lacey of Iowa he will order Shiloh battlefield monuments for the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa regiments. Inscriptions will note the arrival time as stated by the regiments, a dispute settled against War Department records.
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Iowa
Washington
Taft
Dolliver
Hull and Lacey
Shiloh
War Department
Lawmaker Moves to Ban Federal Officials Free Passes
Senator La Follette introduces a bill to ban federal officials from accepting passes or franks from railroads and others. It prohibits gifts to political committees or candidates and imposes imprisonment up to seven years or fines. It shields witnesses from testifying about prohibited acts. A “pre pass” is defined as a gift ticket or mileage aiding travel.
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Washington
la Follette
United States
Epworth University seeks endowments from Carnegie and Rockefeller
Dr Ernest Bynum of Oklahoma University will join Epworth University in Oklahoma City and he with Chancellor Bradford and Mr Shaw plan to visit Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller to solicit endowments for Epworth.
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Oklahoma City
O. T
Ernest Bynum
The
Oklahoma University
Epworth University
Bradford
Bynum
East
Shaw
Buffalo pasture bill passes house for Stanley County land lease
Representative Burke won passage in the house for a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to lease and withdraw up to 3,500 acres in Stanley County South Dakota for a ten year buffalo pasture. The land would host James Philip’s herd of about 100 native buffalo.
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Washington
Burke
Secretary of the Interior
Stanley County
South Dakota
James Philip
More Pay for Carpenters in Chicago Three Year Pact
Chicago union carpenters win a wage rise totaling over 1 million dollars annually through a three year contract with the Carpenters' and Builders' Association. The first year raises 60 to 55 cents an hour, then 63 to 64 cents for the final two years. About 10 000 members benefit.
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Chicago
Union
Carpenters of Chicago
Carpenters’ and Builders’ Association
Committee hears Reynolds on New Mexico territory secretary nomination
The committee on territories held a hearing on J. W. Reynolds regarding charges tied to his bid to succeed himself as territorial secretary of New Mexico. After the session, the committee voted unanimously to report the nomination favorably.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Territories
J. W. Reynolds
New Mexico
Russian elections to national assembly in St Petersburg
Elections to the national assembly are fixed for April 7 with the opening session set for April 28. April 7 coincides with the Annunciation feast. The interval before convocation is the shortest for Liberia and remote localities to arrive. Local authorities may begin primaries to choose delegates once districts are ready.
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ST. Petersburg
National Assembly
Liberia
France Urged to Stand Firm in Morocco Policy
Paris reports a Temps editorial says public opinion in France backs policing Morocco and safeguarding French rights. It asserts the government will take a firm stand at the conference, backed by national support on a delicate point.
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France
Paris
Morocco
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