Patterson Protest Sparks Senate Over Dictating Treaty Votes
Colorado Senator Patterson introduces a resolution asserting senators must vote their conscience on treaties and condemning Democratic caucus coercion. The measure draws attention as Lodge’s similar proposal is shelved, Tillman objects to immediate consideration, and Patterson signals further discussion.
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Washington
Patterson
Colo
Senate
Lodge
Colorado
Tillman
Mr. Patterson
Opposes Rate Regulation in House Debate
Washington February 6. Representative Littlefield of Maine opposes the railroad rate bill calling for too much power in a political tribunal. He cites no clear definition of a reasonable rate and says remedies exist in courts. Representatives Stevens of Minnesota and Grosvenor of Ohio express contrasting views.
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Washington
Littlefield
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Mr. Stevens
Minn
Grosvenor
Wallace on the Stand Before Canal Committee
John F. Wallace testified before the senate inter oceanic canal committee about severing ties with the canal commission. He described a violent attack by Secretary Taft and Mr. Cromwell as based on a disagreement over his authority to resign for the enterprise’s welfare. He sought to read the engineers’ reports before commenting on canal type.
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Washington
John F. Wallace
Senate Interoceanic Canal Committee
Canal Commission
Taft
Cromwell
Senate to vote on shipping bill on Feb 14
Washington reports the Senate will vote on the shipping bill at 5 p m Wednesday February 14 after taking up the measure at 2 15 p m Teller argued irrigation funds are a loan and benefaction with no interest, not a bounty to the West.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Coal price rise amid potential miners strike in Chicago
Chicago on February 6 reports wholesalers have raised soft coal prices due to the looming miners strike. The move reflects tense labor talks and concerns over fuel supply for heating and industry. Local merchants anticipate mixed effects on customers and distribution.
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Chicago
Moody Observes Packers Immunity Pleas Trial
Attorney General William H. Moody attends the immunity plea trial for the Packers in Chicago. He whispers with District Attorney Morrison as M D MacFarlane testifies about books and requisitions shown to government agents led by Commissioner Garfield. Moody notes no information was given to the department of justice by Garfield or other officials.
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Chicago
William H. Moody
Morrison
Do. M. MacFarlane
Fairbanks Canning Company
Garfield
Moody
Department of Justice
Department of Corporations
Taft urges Philippine tariff bill before Senate panel
Secretary of War Taft pleads with the Senate Philippine committee urging action to aid uplift of Filipinos. He argues U S duties to the islands serve American business and questions the justice of guardianship without improving productive conditions. He denounces fears of sugar and tobacco injuries as exaggerated.
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Washington
Taft
Senate Committee On
Philippines
United States
Congress
Copper country forger captured in Racine Wis
Eugene Elkins, charged with wholesale forgeries across the copper country, was arrested in Racine Wisconsin on Houghton authorities’ information. A hotel clerk exposed the forged check after Elkins mailed letters to himself and then cashed the checks. Authorities believe he stole thousands of dollars over a year and a half.
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Houghton, Mich
Eugene Elkins
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Marinette
Wis
Menominee
Iron Mountain
Mich
Racine
Houghton
Bitter clash at Pittsburg UMWA convention over Dolan
The seventeenth annual Pittsburg district meeting of the United Mine Workers opened with President Patrick Dolan presiding. A delegate demanded a new president amid growing anger over Dolan’s Indianapolis wage stance, provoking strong applause and widespread sentiment against Dolan. Dolan promised an explanation when delegates are ready.
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Pittsburg
United Mine Workers of America
Patrick Dolan
Dolan
Indianapolis
Paris Liberal Deputies Ask Halt on Church Inventories
A Paris deputation urged Premier Rouvier to suspend church inventories until final regulations on church and state separation are published. Rouvier replied that the law would proceed normally and that full regulations publication was unnecessary. Inventories of several Paris churches were conducted without incident.
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Paris
Liberal Deputies of
Premier Rouvier
M. Rouvier
Paris Countess Gould Seeks Divorce After Reconciliation Fails
Countess Bont de Castellane formerly Anna Gould enters a plea for divorce in Paris with judge mediation attempts reported as unsuccessful. Rumors tie the count’s conduct to a prominent Paris society leader, while the couple’s parties keep quiet on progress as the husband is said to be in the southeast of France.
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Paris
Bont de Castellane
Anna Gould
Castellane
France
Wisconsin Faces Record Cold Across the State
Milwaukee reports subzero readings as the coldest weather of the season. Green Bay La Crosse and Madison mark 8 to 10 below, while Superior records 25 to 26 below at 7 am as trains run late due to icy conditions and steam difficulties.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Green Bay
la Crosse
Madison
Superior
Wis
Germany pessimistic on tariff talks with United States
Berlin officials express pessimism over reaching a provisional tariff arrangement with the United States. Germany would concede to avoid a tariff war and pause with a temporary pact until a new treaty, but officials find US proposals unsatisfactory as March 1 tariff goes into effect. A decision after March 1 is awaited, with talks expected to clarify the situation in a few days.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
United States
Germany
Bundesrath
Cold Wave Heads Toward Gulf After Frigid Influx
Reports to the weather bureau indicate the cold wave advancing toward the Gulf region. The coldest reading in the area is Springfield Missouri at 2 degrees below zero.
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Kansas City
Gulf
Springfield
Cold Wave Deepens in Iowa with 12 Below Zero
Des Moines reports the cold wave peaking in Charles City at 12 degrees below zero. A high wind worsened conditions causing considerable suffering to livestock and stock across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles City
Coldest Winter Day In St Paul At 7 AM
In St Paul on February 6 the city recorded the coldest winter day so far with a 7 am temperature of 16 degrees below zero and clear sky with no wind.
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St. Paul
French envoy Taillandier joins Moroccan conference talks
Algeciras Feb 6 French delegation strengthens talks at the Moroccan conference with Count Taillandier arriving from Fez aboard La Londe to meet M. Revoil. Private discussions continue as ambassadors say prospects are hopeful though no exact accord basis yet. German delegates deny opposing moderation, while French critics urge clearer German stance.
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Algeciras
Spain
St. Rene Taillandier
Fez
Count Taillandier
la Londe
Tangier
M. Revoil
Ambassador White
Deed of jealous lover ends in murder suicide in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio on February 6 Eva Kennedy is dead from a single gunshot to the heart after she postponed her wedding to Roy Mendenhall. Mendenhall is severely wounded with two gunshot injuries and likely to die. The couple had been engaged but quarreled often. He killed her and wounded himself in a fatal act of jealousy.
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Dayton
Eva Kennedy
Roy Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Grain Steamers Hit Antwerp Before Duty Hike
Antwerp on February 6 reports crowded port as American grain steamers arrive in record numbers to unload cargoes and dispatch them to Germany ahead of higher grain duties.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Germany
Fire ruins Asbury Park hotels in $50,000 blaze
At Asbury Park New Jersey on February 6 the Hotel Astoria suffered a partial blaze with several beachside buildings utterly destroyed. The Doll building started the fire while the West End and Ocean hotels were saved by bucket brigades as guests narrowly escaped.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Hotel Astoria
Astoria
West End
Ocean Hotel
Bull Fight Delights Envoys at Moroccan Conference
Delegates from many countries attend a Sunday bull fight in Algeciras drawing crowds from Andalusia to the large stone arena. A colorfully decorated box housed ambassadors and officials while wives and daughters accompanied many envoys. The American and British delegates did not attend.
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Algeciras
Spain
Andalusia
Banker Roderick Mackenzie Found Dead on Tracks
Kingston Ontario February 6 Roderick Mackenzie a noted Canadian banker was found dead on the Grand Trunk tracks near Kingston The bottle of the drug he took was found in his pocket He served with the Bank of Montreal since 1867 at Cornwall Halifax Newcastle St John and Kingston where he was manager
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Kingston
Ont
Roderick Mackenzie
Grand Trunk
Here
Mackenzie
Bank of Montreal
Cornwall
Halifax
Newcastle
St. John
Troops Ordered to Prepare for China Expedition
Army officers from the Philippines report plans to hold the Thirteenth Infantry and two Eighth Cavalry squadrons in readiness for field service. Destination is secret, but they may be sent to Peking on twenty four hours notice if China unrest escalates.
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San Francisco
Philippines
Logan
China
Manila
Thirteenth Infantry
Eighth Cavalry
Washington
Peking
Mayer Sues For One Million Over Shipbuilding Stocks
Charles W. Mayer sues for 1 005 000 against the Commonwealth Trust pany Mercantile Trust company and other trustees. He names George J. Gould Stuyvesant Fish Perry Belmont James H. Hyde and James W. Alexander among the defendants. Mayer says he deposited United States Shipbuilding company stocks and bonds with the Commonwealth Trust, which delivered the securities to unknown parties and has not returned them.
Cable break slows Jamaica West Indies messages
New York dispatch reports ongoing interruption in communications with the West Indies south of Kingston Jamaica. Officials could not say when messages would resume as no news had come through since a break between Kingston and Puerto Rico. Western Union expects the line to be repaired soon.
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New York
West Indies
Kingston
Jamaica
Porto Rico
Western Union
Train wreck injures many near Durand Wisconsin
Durand New Mexico February 6 two fatally hurt as the eastbound Chicago Rock Island and Pacific passenger train derailed four miles from Durand. Mr and Mrs Guy Westley of Sparta Wisconsin and thirteen other persons were injured seven cars ditched rolling down a river bank.
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Durand, N. M
Guy Westley
Sparta
Wis
Rock Island and Pacific
Durand
Newsdealer Rescues Six From Fire at St. Nicholas Inn
In New York six people were saved from a blaze that destroyed St. Nicholas Inn. Antonio Rafael, a newsstand operator on One Hundred Tenth Street, led three women and three men to safety via a ladder after the stairway burned away. He leaped from a second story window when trapped, injuring his ankles but continuing rescues.
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New York
St. Nicholas Inn
Antonio Rafael
One Hundred and Tenth Street
Bomb Explosion Kills Many in Kattowitz Area
A private house in Silce near the Russian frontier was destroyed by a bomb. Twelve bodies were recovered from the ruins and many more are feared dead, according to a dispatch printed by the Lokal Anzeiger.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Kattowitz
Prussian Silesia
Silce
Brother and Sister Killed by Train at Crossing
Anne Sorenson aged forty and Christ Sorenson aged twenty eight were killed when a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train struck their buggy at a crossing near Oregon Wisconsin. The train was an hour late and on a sharp curve the buggy was caught and the occupants mutilated beyond recognition.
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Oregon
Wis
Anne
Christ Sorenson
Chicago and Northwestern
Sorensons
General Madaroff Travels in Sledge to Probe Disorders
General Madaroff, provost marshal of the Manchurian army, arrived in Vladivostok from Harbin to investigate recent disorders. He was compelled to travel by sledge after railroad workers refused to forward his train.
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Vladivostok
Madaroff
Harbin
Military Patrol Fires on Mob in Warsaw
A military patrol escorting arrested workers to jail was attacked by sympathizers with the prisoners. Soldiers fired a volley killing one man and wounding a woman in Warsaw on February 6.
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Warsaw
Half Million Forged Bonds in Canton Waterworks
Canton Ohio February 6 authorities say forgeries tied to the late L W Prior of Cleveland reach five hundred thousand dollars in Canton waterworks extension bonds, rather than the three hundred thousand previously reported.
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Canton, O
L. W. Prior
Cleveland
Canton Waterworks
Lady Grey Dies After Trap Accident in Northumberland
Lady Grey, widow of Sir Edward Grey, foreign secretary, died in London after sustaining a brain concussion when she was thrown from her trap at Ellingham, Northumberland, last Thursday and never regained consciousness.
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London
Grey
Edward Grey
Ellingham
Northumberland
King Charles of Roumania Seriously Ill
Vienna reports King Charles of Roumania is seriously ill with heart artery calcification and has been ordered to rest, with no immediate danger expected according to officials.
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Vienna
Charles of
Roumania
Cale's Sudbilder Promises to Cure Rheumatism
The text claims rheumatism cannot be cured by external remedies and promotes Cale's Sudbilder as a cure- all by building new pure blood. It asserts the product is guaranteed by all druggists.
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Cale
Washington stopover option on New York tickets
Purchasers of first class tickets to New York via the Pennsylvania Lines may route through Washington for ten days stopover in the National Capital and Baltimore without extra fare. Through sleeping cars to Washington depart Chicago at 9:00 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. For details contact G. L. Thomson, Passenger Agent, Pennsylvania Lines, 134 East Sixth Street, St. Louis.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Washington
National Capital
Baltimore
Chicago
G. L. Thomson Aive
Pennsyl Lines
Sixth Street
Perkina
New Cough Syrup Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar
The remedy acts as a mild cathartic and eases cold symptoms. It expels phlegm from the throat and strengthens bronchial membranes while relieving croup and whooping cough. Children love it. Sold by Holland Wheeler.
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Kennedy
Holland Wheeler
Great Northern Railways Offers Special for Stock Growers Meet
The American Stock Growers Association and allied groups announce a Denver gathering from January 29 to February 3. Great Northern Railway provides a first class fare plus $2 round trip, with sale dates January 27 to 29 and final return by February 15 1906. Check with local agent for details.
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American Stock Growers’ Association
National Live Stock Growers’ Association
National Wool Growers’ Association
Denver
Colorado
Great Northern Railway
Theatrical agents rob two women in Chicago
Grace Mikels of Bloomington Illinois alleges two men posing as theater agents bound gagged and robbed her after luring her to a Chicago office. Annie McNamara of Kenosha Wisconsin also reports being swindled and paying ten dollars for a supposed position.
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Chicago
Grace Mikels
Bloomington
Annie McNamara
Kenoshe
Wis F
North Side
Edward Roberts
Frank Richmond
Frank Richmond. By Means of Advertisements In Newspapers, Miss Mikels
Miss McNamara
Jealousy Triggers Double Shooting in White Bear
Mitchell Augee a White Bear blacksmith shot his wife and William Benning a carpenter at the Augee home. Both were wounded seriously but not fatally and taken to St. Paul hospital. Augee was captured in North St. Paul while en route to a lawyer.
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St. Paul
Mitchel Augee
White Bear
William Benning
Augee
North St. Paul
Bonning
Saloon Brawl Ends in Death in Minneapolis
Monte Seger strom, 26, died at city hospital from injuries suffered in a brawl at O. H. Austins saloon on Saturday night. Alfred Jorgenson admits trouble with strom and is jailed at Central Station likely to be charged with the crime.
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Minneapolis
Monte Segerstrom
City Hospital
O. H. Austin
Alfred Jorgenson
Strom
Market quotations Minneapolis Wheat update
Minneapolis prices February 5 show Wheat at 83 1 2 cents for March and 5 cents for July. Hard No 2 and Northern grades quoted around 80 to 82 1 2 cents.
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Minneapolis
Market Prices for Livestock and Hogs
Feeder cattle steer and heifer quotes laborious list shows values from $3.50 to $33.00 in ranges. Hog prices quoted at $5.50 to $5.65. Sheep and lambs listed with wether prices from $5.25 to $6.75 and choice lambs between $4.00 and $6.65.
Wheat and flax price notes from Duluth market
Wheat quotations show Toarty at 84 percent in Duluth with flax futures moving toward May at 1.18 dollars and July around 1.18, October 1.16, and December not specified. Rept. figures listed at 1.18 percent reflect nearby market data.
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Duluth
Toarty
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