Teller Warns Income Tax May Be Permanent In Senate Debate
In Washington on January 14 Senator Teller argued the income tax should remain beyond its five year limit, citing large deficits and gold dwindling to 77 million. He opposed proposed currency legislation calling it an elastic, shaky plan and urged Congress to avoid frantic treasury scares.
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Washington
Senate
Gorman
Cockrell
Harris
Hill
Mr. Hill
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Teller
Rep
Treasury
Teller
Congress
Original Package Law Debate on Oleo Extension
About 20 members gathered near the speaker's rostrum seeking unanimous consent to advance local bills. Representative Hatch, chair of agriculture, introduced a bill to extend the Wilson original package law to oleomargarine in its original package.
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Washington
House
Hatch
Committee On Agriculture
One Way of Escape Senator Points Provisions of Income Tax
Senator Gordon of Georgia argues that the income tax applies to all incomes over 3500 even if an appropriation fails. He warns that failure to fund tax collection does not stop the law or penalties and that opponents would only delay payment by urging repeal. Those who evade may face 50 percent higher taxes later.
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Gordon
Wasnut Ington
Georgia
Revenue Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Many Seek Redfield National Bank Receivership
The comptroller of the currency has received around a score of applications for the bank’s receiver role, led by James A. Ward of Pierre. It is not yet decided if winding up the Redfield National Bank will be necessary.
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Redfield National Bank
James A. Ward
Pierre
College Presidents Adopt Strict Intercollegiate Athletics Rules
The conference of college presidents approved ten rules covering supervision of sports, eligibility and academic status, amateurism, conduct of contests, and governance. Key provisions require official athletics committees, student eligibility, no payments to players, maximum use of enrolled students, prohibition of professional players, and mandatory pre contest player lists.
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CuicaGo
His Final Exit
In Waupaca Wisconsin Joseph Shotgoe from Rose Waushara county after a long drinking spree returned home and tried to kill his wife with hot water. A 14 year old daughter intervened and was badly scalded. The man then attempted suicide but was saved by neighbors. Later he hanged himself in the barn before going to town for more liquor.
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Waupaca
Wis
Joseph Shotgoe
Rose
Waushara County
Plainfield
Honduras Revises Constitution on Foreign Claims
Washington dispatch reports that Honduras new constitution limits diplomatic intervention to denial of justice. Foreign claimants must pursue claims amicably or risk removal from the country if their actions harm Honduras.
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Washington
Jan
Honduras
United States
Burchard
Cowboy Race From Minneapolis to Chicago Set for February
Final plans for a cowboy race with broncho ponies from Minneapolis to Chicago are in place. Riders include Bud Ford of Yakima Jim Seeger English Jim Begle Henderson Bill Anderson and Hen Benson. Winner earns 500 dollars and second 200 while all riders follow the same route with a referee stakeholder in a separate rig to ensure a fair square race. The start is set for February 7.
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Minneapolis
Chicago
Bud’’ Ford
Yakima, Wash
West
Jim’’ Seeger
Jim
Montana
Begle
Henderson
North Platte, Neb
Bill” Anderson
Little Missouri Ranch
North Dakota
Hen
Benson
Box
They Died Together in Tragedy at Home
In Minneapolis on January 12 Mr. and Mrs. Orson W. Rollings were found dead in their bed. An empty eight ounce bottle of carbolic acid behind the stove led Detective Howard to suspect suicide. coroner’s inquest will determine the cause. No motive or factors are yet known.
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Minneapolis
Orson W. Rollings
Howard
Fire Routs Tuttle Hotel and Opera Hall in Glenwood
In Glenwood Wisconsin on January 12 a blaze leveled Tuttle's hotel and Tuttle's Opera hall. The total loss is about 6000 dollars with 2700 dollars covered by insurance.
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Glenwoop
Wis
Tuttle
Cable to Hawaii Sparks Republican Opposition in House
Representative Hitt leads Republican opposition to a British controlled Hawaii cable. He argues the United States should control any cable serving U S interests and warns of war risks, cipher use limits, and treaty constraints. He cites Bermuda Nova Scotia cable as fragile proof while urging a U S survey and potential US company setup.
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Washington
Cleveland
United States
Hawaii
Great Britain
House
Representative Hitt
Illinois
House On Foreign Affairs
Hawaiian Islands
Mr. Hitt
San Francisco
Hitt
Bermuda
Nova Scotia
Herbert
Radical Change Urged in North Dakota Railroad Oversight
The North Dakota railroad commission reports to the governor urging major reforms. It argues several last legislature acts are impracticable due to lack of enforcement power, notes county authorities cannot back costly litigation against railroads, and cites unconstitutional coal rate and ineffective daily train and Y law provisions. It calls for a more permanent state commission via constitutional change.
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Bismireck
N. D
Railroad Commission
Thirteen Club to Celebrate 13th Birthday in Knickerbocker Cottage
The Thirteen Club of New York will hold its thirteenth annual meeting and dinner at Jacquin's in Sixth Avenue in the room where the club began 13 years ago. Surviving original members will attend and festivities will continue until 13 minutes past midnight with a toast to the club's 13th birthday.
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Thirteen Club
New York
Knickerbocker Cottage
Jacquin’s
Sixth Avenue
Husbands Accused of Severe Ill-Treated Wives Stir Local Scandal
Harvey North Dakota January 12 report claims two businessmen recently used a horse whip on their wives. One woman, mortified by the beating, took aconite and survived only after aggressive medical treatment.
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Harvey
N. D
Commons
Diplomatic Dinner At Elysee Hosts Noted Figures
A Paris Elysee Palace dinner for President Casimir Perier drew 95 guests. Among them Lady Dufferin, British ambassador’s wife, sat to the president’s right, and Mrs. Eustis, American ambassador’s wife, sat to his left.
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London
Daily News
Paris
Palace of the Elysee
Casimir Perier
Dufferin
Eustis
Great Northern appoints John F Stevens chief engineer
St. Paul Jan 12 The Great Northern held its annual meetings and re elected all directors whose terms expired in 1894 The board made an important change appointing John F Stevens as chief engineer replacing N D Miller who resigned
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St. Pau
Great Northern
The
John F. Stevens
N. D. Miller
Northwest Board of Trade convention set in Minneapolis
Northwest board of trade expected to succeed with a January convention in the Lumber Exchange rooms. Delegates will attend from Duluth Yankton Fort Benton Mon Miles City Faribault Pipestone Chatfield Madison New Ulm Webster South Dakota Spring Valley Fairmont Devils Lake and Brainerd.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Lumber Exchange
Duluth
Yankton
Fort Benton
Mon
Miles City
Faribault
Pipestone
Chatfield
Madison
Minn
New Ulm
Webster
Spring Valley
Fairmont
Devils Lake
Brainerd
Chandler Nominated to Succeed Himself as Senator
In Concord New Hampshire on January 12 Hon. W. E. Chandler was nominated by a Republican caucus of the legislature to succeed himself as United States senator for a six year term.
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Chandler
Concord
N.hs
W. E. Chandler
United States
Ship Their Own Grain Northwestern Antimonopoly Meeting
Grand Forks N D January 12 at the annual meeting of the Northwestern Farmers Mutual Aid and Anti monopoly Protective association the secretary reported a membership of 2300. Members ship grain directly to a salaried Duluth agent for sale or shipment to Europe with a half cent per bushel deduction for expenses. An auxiliary convention was formed to build a large Duluth storage elevator to avoid the mixing process. Officers elected: President Colonel A Knudson Grand Forks vice president L C Loisven Grafton secretary Thomas Ulven Grand Forks treasurer C W Peterson Duluth.
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Northwestern Antimonopoly Protective Association
Grand Forks
N. D
Northwestern Farmers Mutual Aid and Antimonopoly Protective Association
Duluth
Europe
A. Knudson
L. C. Loisven
Grafton
Thomas Ulven
C. W. Peterson
Miss Eugenia Giddings and John Marcom Wedding Postponed
In Glenwood Minnesota Eugenia Giddings daughter of Sawyer stock farm superintendent was to wed John Marcom from California. Marcom disappeared the morning planned for the ceremony, leaving guests invited and no cause known for the delay.
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Glenwood
Minn
Eugenia Giddings
Giddings
Sawyer Stock Farm
John Marcom
California
Marcomi
Inter state Fair Association to Liquidate Debts
Sioux City Iowa January 12 The Interstate Fair association says it will not attempt further debt payments and will allow creditors to seize and sell its property under liens. A receiver may be named but secured creditors will receive all assets.
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Sioux City
Interstate Fair Association
Mantle Named Montana's New Senator from Republican Caucus
Hel ena January 12 Lee Mantle chosen by the Republican caucus to fill the U S Senate vacancy for Montana Born in England in 1854 he arrived in 19 years ago and worked on farms and railroads He later ran an insurance office founded The Inter Mountain daily paper and built wealth in real estate and mines He served in the state legislature and was a delegate to the national convention He was briefly appointed senator by the governor two years ago but failed to take seat He is unmarried.
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Helena
Lee Mantle
United States Senate
Montana
England
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Railroad
Idaho
Butte
Inter-Mountain
Banquet Invitees Listed for Merchants and Manufacturers Dinner
Baltimore January 12 Comptroller Eckels and a host of senators and representatives have accepted invitations to attend the Merchants and Manufacturers association annual banquet on January 24. Senator Hill told Secretary John Blank he is not fond of dinners but has made a few exceptions recently.
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Baltimore
Eckels
Gibson and
Dubois
Tucker
Allen
Bynum
Graw
Springer
Boutelle
Bankhead
Dolliver
Quigg
Milliken
Coffin
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Hill
John Blank
Sympathy With a Reservation
The Chronicle expresses deep sympathy with the starving Newfoundland fishermen but warns that relief requires a full and impartial inquiry into the colony's accounts before confidence can return.
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London
the Chronicle
Little Snow on the Ranges
CHAMBERLAIN South Dakota January 12 stock men report cattle in good condition after feeding on prairie with little snow on the ranges from the bad lands section of the ceded Sioux lands keeping herds healthy for the season
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Chamberlain
Bad Lands
Ceded
Sioux Lands
Gas suffocation in Grand Street room collapse
Two men and a boy died of gas suffocation in a third floor room at 43 Grand Street. The gas stove was overturned and its pipe broken, causing the leak that ended their lives.
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New York
Grand Street
Eastern man leases Superior Driving Park for kite track
An Eastern man has leased the Superior Driving park in West Superior Wisconsin and will convert it into a kite shaped race track on the Milwaukee Minneapolis and St Paul circuit.
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Superior
West Superior
Wis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Indicted Judge Kellam Linked To Brule Bank Failure
The Brule County State Bank once insolvent faced an indictment of Supreme Court Judge Kellam for taking deposits after insolvency. Cashier Sharky of the Stockyards Bank Sioux City was named in the same matter with a $10 000 debt without security. Kellam offset debts with property, received a release, and was renominated.
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Pierrey
Taylor
Kellam
Supreme Court
Brule County
Supreme Judge of
Sharky
Stockyards Bank of
Sioux City
Rpublican Judicial Convention
State Attorney Sees Taylor Bondsmen Blamed in Shortage
E W Miller U S district attorney says Taylor's funds are largely gone and that many bondmen are not worth a cent. He accuses state officers of approving weak bonds and notes that several sureties cannot recover any money, while some may be forced to settle at great personal cost.
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Taylor
Sioux City
E. W. Miller
United States
District of South Dakota
Early start noted as Taylor accused defaulter from term start
Sioux Falls 8. D. Jan 14 ex Mayor Peck president Minnehaha National Bank says Taylor’s shortage began four years ago during his bid for state treasurer. Peck cites Bailey spending 14000 and claims Taylor spent more. Peck blames public examiner Myers for delaying an accounting and allege theft of state funds.
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Taylor
Sioux Fallus
Peck
Minnehaha National Bank
J. M. Bailey, Jr
Myers
Gold Exports Drain Treasury Reserve Sharply
Advices from the New York sub treasury report a withdrawal of 2,300,000 dollars in gold for export. The remaining gold reserve stands at 77,474,409 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury Department
New York
Mrs Hansbrough Ill Again In Washington
Mrs Hansbrough wife of Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota is seriously ill with pneumonia at the Cochran hotel in Washington on January 14.
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Washington
Jan
Detectives Track Ex-Treasurer W. W. Taylor Near Chicago
Five Chicago detectives and Redfield, South Dakota officials pursue W. W. Taylor, ex treasurer of South Dakota who fled with 350000 dollars. Redfield papers reveal a coded note hinting at default in New York and January 1 coupons. Dispatches describe a suspected conspiracy fueling the hunt.
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Chicago
Taylor
CuHicaco
W. W. Taylor
South Dakota
Redfield
S. D
Toronto Fire Devastates Osgoodbys Block Wilton Street Area
A January blaze in Toronto destroyed Osgoodbys publishing house and spread south to Wellington street, wiping out Dunnett & Co furriers Corticelli silk warehouse Brere ton & Co and Boisseau & Co. Hart & Riddles printing suffered severe damage Wylde Grassett & Co. narrowly escaped. Rain halted spread. losses estimated at 375000 with three serious injuries from jumps.
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Toronto
Osgoodby’s
Wellington Street
Dunnett & Co
Brereton & Co
Boisseau & Co
R. Darling
Wellington
Hart & Riddle
Wylde, Grassett & Co
Bi metallic unity urged by conference leaders
General A J Warner says bi metallic leaders from across the country met in Washington and resolved to form a bi metallic party advocating the money issue. They believe neither the Republican nor Democratic parties can restore the standard, and that Populists or Omaha platform supporters cannot unite on money reform.
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Washington
A. J. Warner
American Bi-metallic League
Friends of
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Omaha
National Bonspiel Promises Smooth Curling Play
Arrangements for the national bonspiel in Milwaukee are completed. Eighty sheets of good ice are ready and in fine shape with no chance of deterioration before it starts Monday.
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Milwaukee
A Brute's Victim Dying in West Superior
In West Superior Wisconsin a seven year old girl Gertie Preston said she was assaulted by Samuel Orr. A week later her condition worsened and she is reported dying. Orr has not been apprehended.
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West Superior
Wis
Gertie Preston
Samuel Orr
Orr
Missing State Treasurer’s Letter Ties Up 8000 Dollar CDs
Deputy Treasurer Burrington received from New York a letter by the missing state treasurer Taylor enclosing certificates of deposit in different banks totaling eight thousand dollars. No explanation accompanied the documents.
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Pierre
Burrington
New York
Taylor
Carter in the Lead in Montana Senate Balloting
Helena January 12. The Republican senatorial caucus held five ballots during the day and adjourned with Carter leading at twenty votes to Power nineteen and Saunders nineteen, Weed two, Story two.
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Carter
Helena
Power
Saunders
Weed
Story
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