Senate acts on land absentee policy and polls on polygamy
Wannington reports Senate passage of a bill granting feaven of absence to homesteaders on irrigation lands during dry periods. A joint resolution orders a committee to investigate recent mining. Hopkins proposes a constitutional amendment to ban polygamy. Navy to test submarine adjuncts. Wetmore sworn in as Rhode Island senator. Forestry data show receipts of 1,407,000 and expenditures of 1,530,000 with a 123,000 shortfall. Pinchot data trigger staff and cost increases at patent office. Pension committee cites 140 million for 1909, about 7 million above 1908.
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United States
Rhode Island
Mr. Wetmore
Donné
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Bureau
House Committee On Patents
Kelfer
Ohio
House
Notable Names From The Week In Public Life
Leopold of Lippe is referenced amidst honors and society chatter. Eugene Meyer and Leopold Wallack are noted with titles and death mentioned. John Dove Wilson and Prof Parker are named with roles at Aberdeen and Yale. An inventor Befdinger dies after patent gains and a New York banker receives honors. Army officers fear a shift in the horseman test order, potentially mandating longer rides and stunts in training.
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Prince of
Wilson
Scotland
Parker
Yale
Lord Grey
Ottawa
Charier D. Dayol
Harvard
Fall River
Masa
Mililass Alre
Ao Night Messenger
Rockland
Yopeka
Kan
Charles G. Befdinger
Troy
N.Y
Superior Court of Cincinnati
Accidents Span Hospitals Fires and Disasters in Brief
A baby at Christ hospital in Cincinnati suffered a scalding death under peculiar circumstances when a nine year old turned on hot water. An explosion rocked a box car loaded with dynamite at Hocking near Albia Iowa injuring several and causing extensive property loss. The Central hotel at Pontiac was burned during a wet spell, with one woman severely bruised escaping in her night clothes. A party of twelve Marines went on a pleasure cruise that ended in a shipwreck off Martocate San Juan with drowning and multiple injuries. A Bergen tunnel incident near New Orleans injured one and killed others in a canoe collision. A North bound passenger train experience related mishaps in a distant unnamed location.
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Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Protestant Episcopal Church
Hocking
Albia
Iowa
Central
Pontiac
Martocate
San Juan
F. B Wb
Whiés
Pilaagesnessin
Agnanils
Bergen Hiene
Orleania
Fire destroys Diamond window glass factory at Gas City Ind
Fire sweeps Diamond window glass factory Gas City Indiana total loss estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. Several other incidents cited include Milliken and Co Portland Me cleansing depot destroyed by fire and a fatal railway incident in Muskegon Michigan. Census notes Chile population 3 250 000 with 1902 count at 2 205 992.
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Gas City
Ind
Milliken, Cousens & Co
Portland
Gil Blas
Mme
Anna Gontintenda
Parla
America
Republic of
Chile
Constantinople
Germany
France
Casablanca
United States
Washington
Fan Haeu
Lapland
Vetheyan
Heb
Fife
Norway
Victoria
Alexaniy
Darglirs
Lontion Lo
Legislature Backs Primary Election Change Across States
The Kansas legislature passed a primary election bill while the Michigan constitutional convention rejected woman suffrage 47 to 34. The Mississippi legislature paused a strict anti bucket sop bill 102 to 5 with penalties. International affairs include Roosevelt named honorary president of the American Students congress in Montevideo and Hoston chosen for the Bricklayers union biennial. Road damage follows heavy winds in Porto Rico with impact on roads and railroads. tobacco crops suffer. California orange harvest expected to reach 30 000 car loads and about 1 300 000 000 oranges. Pacific Coast travel association formed in Pittsburgh to boost travel and migration.
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Mline
House of Representatives
Michigan
International Congress of Amercan
Montevideo
Dragway
Roosevelt
Bricklayers and Masona
International Union of America
Hoston
Mississippi
Froyiden Penitentiary
Na Basin
Railroad Commission
Union Pacific Road
Porto Mican
Caguns
Pacific Coast Travel Association
Pittsburgh
California
Control Law-defying Wealth Threatens Nation
President Roosevelt urges Congress to empower the government to curb predatory wealth. He denounces powerful corporations and stock jobbing, calls for stricter interstate regulation, and argues for protecting labor, while warning that unchecked wealth endangers democracy and the public good. The message emphasizes accountability for wrongdoers and stronger tools for the commerce commission.
CZARINA ALEXANDRA ENTAILS EYE OPERATION FEARS
Bt. Petersburg February 2 After a period of slight gains Empress Alexandra’s condition worsens The nervous debility weakens specialists and an eye ailment grows severe enough to require an operation to relieve pain and restore sight if possible
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Bt. Petersburg
Alexsanra
Violent Mississippi Tornado Kills Ten and Wrecks Farmlands
A Mississippi tornado near Wesson yesterday killed ten people and injured many as it ripped through a farming belt. Homes were leveled, livestock perished, and several communities including Georgetown Hazelhurst and Center Point reported extensive damage. The storm struck about 4 PM from the southwest, leaving a wide, debris strewn path and causing structural collapses and shattered property as darkness fell.
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Georgetown
Hazelhurst
Center Point
Massachusetts Speaker Indicted Over Reduced Fare Request
Salem Feb 2 Speaker John N Cole of the Massachusetts house of representatives is indicted by the Essex county grand jury on 123 counts for allegedly soliciting reduced fare on the Boston and Maine railroad for many people. The statute bans public officers from seeking free passes or reduced fares for themselves or others and carries fines from 100 to 1000 dollars per count.
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Salem
Mass
John N. Cole
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Andover
Eighth Essex
Essex County Grand Jury
Boston & Maine Railroad
Fire destroys Christie building on Pulaski street
A disastrous fire in Bluefield West Virginia on February 2 damaged the Christie building and neighboring structures. Delayed alarm response allowed the blaze to spread before the fire department arrived. total damage is expected to exceed 150000 dollars.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Christie
Pulaski Street
Plan Pioneer Movement to Erect Old Settlers Monument
The Old Setlers' Association of Winona County plans a movement to erect a monument in Riverside Park honoring the old settlers of the county and vicinity. They aim to raise 10060 dollars, with assurances already securing a large portion of the total.
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Winona
Ming
Old Setlers' Association
Winona County
Riverside Park
Fifteen Sailors Drowned in St Cuthbert Fire Rescue
Halifax reports the burning steamer St Cuthbert off the Nova Scotia coast. Fifteen crew members drowned when a small boat swamped while trying to abandon ship. Thirty seven, including the captain, were rescued by the Cymric before the vessel sank in heavy seas and snow squalls.
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Halifax
N.S
Snall
Cynic
St. “Cuthbert
Cant, Pinel
St. Cuthbert
Nova Scotian
Cymrie
Screw
St. Catherpert
New York
Experts Examine Harry Thaw at Maheawan Hospital
Preliminary observation of Harry K Thaw’s mental condition was conducted at Matteawan Hospital for the criminal insane by Dr Allan W Gernis president of the New York lunacy commission and Dr Laghy superintendent of the institution law, and other alienists. Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and counsel visited, Thaw’s case seen as too early for opinion, with habeas corpus possible if discharged.
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Lunacy Commission
Poughkeepsie
Harry K.thaw
Maheawan Hospital
Allan W. Gernis
New York Italy
Laghy
Thaw
Fearis
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Daniel O'Reilly
New York
Evans and
Jeliffe
Supreme Court
Clapp Seeks Loans From Land Funds for Drainage
Senator Clapp introduced a bill to set aside funds from government land sales in states outside irrigation areas for drainage. The secretary of the interior would loan the money to states counties and corporations for reclaiming swamp lands with repayment in ten annual installments. Senators Flint and Latimer also introduced the bill.
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Clapp
Washington
Senator Clapp
Secretary of the Interior
Flint and
Latimer
Harvard Freshman Wounded Head In Suspected Self Injury
Cambridge Mass Feb 5 Robert Sedgwick Minot Jr of Dover Massachusetts freshman at Harvard was taken to Stillman infirmary late yesterday with a bullet wound in his head. It is thought to be self inflicted and he had been worrying much over his studies. Recovery regarded doubtful.
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Himsel
Cambridge
Mass
Robert Sedgwick Minot, Jr
Dover
Harvard University
Stillman Infirmary
Evans Officers Dined Aboard Chilean Cruiser Chatabuco
On February 5 in Punta Arenas the Chatabuco hosted a banquet for admirals captains and other high officers of the American fleet. The Chilean cruiser was the venue for this official dining aboard ship.
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Evans
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
Coal Gas Fatal to Couple in Wahpeton Home
Wahpeton North Dakota February tragedy claims the life of Mr and Mrs Peter Withman an elderly pair found dead in their residence by their son Sylvester Diete they were killed by coal gas poisoning investigators believe it was an accidental gas leak at the dwelling and the couple did not survive the incident
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Wahpeton
N. D
Peter Withman
Tibor Organisation
Hoptoken
Leatters
Judierdoffre
Nicinel
Loewe
Supreme Court reverses boycott ruling in Loewe case
The U S Supreme Court unanimously reversed a lower court ruling in Loewe & Co V Wil, holding section 7 of the antitrust law allows treble damages for boycotts in restraint of interstate trade. The case involved Loewe & Co claiming $80,000 in damages from a hatters union boycott. The decision involved the Hatters Union, the American Federation of Labor, and the Hosiery workers’ actions aimed at forcing factory unionization.
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Washington
Supreme Edict of the
United States
Omé & Co. Wil Manufacturers of Vey. Conn
Martin Lawlep
Ole
Unite Huttens’ Union of Shatelfy
Phe Dpe al
Sherman Wet
Hatters’ Union
Ie Apferican Federation of Labor
French Lose Eight In Battle Near Kasbah Ber Rab
Paris reports eight French soldiers killed and fifty wounded in a Morocco clash south of Kasbah Ber Rab as Col Boutégourd’s column was ambushed by Arab tribes near Wiebilis. Gen Amade confirms a two hour engagement with heavy enemy losses.
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Wiebilis
Dynamite Found In Coal Cargo At Port of Spain
The battleship Ohio reports that while taking coal from the collier Fortuna at Port of Spain Trinidad a five inch dynamite stick was discovered. The Fortuna carried New River coal from Derwind White Coal Mining Newport News. The explosive was likely a mining stick that escaped detection during loading.
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Port of Spain
Washington
Ohio
Fortuna
Trinidad
Derwind-White Coal Mining Company
Newport News
Leap year marriage at Missouri poor farm twelfth hour wedding
Miss Joanna Thieme of Howell county proposed to William Mitchell at the West Plains poor farm during a leap year moment. They wed twenty five minutes after meeting, tying a unique bond born in hardship. Mitchell had sought charity aid at Aurora county institution when the encounter led to a marriage that day.
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Aurora
Joanna Thieme
Howell County
West Plains
William Mitchell
Nearly Buried Alive A Mother Sees Eyelid Twitch
A mother recalls her son John Classic in sec eighteen nearly buried alive when a coffin lid was fastened. She watched eyelids twitch as help arrived. Physicians revived him and hope for full recovery follows. Aspen, Cole, Fels are credited in the damaged segment.
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Aspen
Cole
John
Mayor Vetoes Public Smoking Ban Targeting Women
New York February reports Mayor McClellan vetoed an ordinance by the board of aldermen that would bar women from smoking in public places stating the aldermen lacked authority to enact such a law. In Monaco Pennsylvania February five a Welch brick plant blast killed three foreigners and seriously injured six others. damage is put at 37 000 dollars with suspected frozen water pipes involved.
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Stan
McClellan
New York
Board of Aldermen
Monaco
Vollerkinto Welch
Boy Killed in Farm Wagon Accident near Gilman
In Marshalltown on February 5 Willis Robbing ten year old son of Mason Robbing a wealthy farmer was instantly killed when a wagon loaded with corn toppled over him near Gilman.
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Marshalltown
Town
Willis Robbing
Mason
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