Insurgents Grow Hopeful Opposition to Statehood Bill
insurgent factions appear hopeful about weakening support for the proposed joint statehood bill as political opposition within the ranks grows amid mounting criticism and strategic maneuvering.
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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
2
Babcock Denies Charge in Statehood Fight
Washington January 16 opposition in the house to joint statehood gains ground insurgents grow bolder in denouncing the proposed administration measure Representative Babcock of Wisconsin leader of the insurgents and his lieutenants say their movement has gained strength since Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Babcock
Wisconsin
Babcock Denies Personal Privilege Claim On Bias Charge
Washington wires report Mr. Babcock of Wisconsin denying a local newspaper charge that he sought the chairmanship of the appropriations committee by rebelling against party lines. He says the story misrepresented him and that he opposes New Mexico statehood joining Arizona. He reiterates his tariff views inclining toward revision and notes Wisconsin delegation support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Babcock
Wis
En- Hai
Arizona
New
Payne
Mr. Babcock
Cannon
House
Appropriations Committee
New Mexico
Senate Debates Resolution on European Controversies
Senator Bacon introduced a resolution declaring interference in European government disputes a violation of long standing U S policy. He cited a Washington Post article about Secretary Root and the Algeciras conference and challenged colleagues to seek a disavowal from Root.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bacon
Washington Post
Root
United States
Algeciras
Lodge
Aldrich
Secretary approves dismissal for hazing at academy
Approved by Bonaparte, the secretary confirms the sentence of dismissal imposed by a court martial for hazing, ordering the cadet's removal from the academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonaparte
Washington
Academy
Nomination of Captain Cowles as Chief of Bureau
Washington reports the president sent to the senate the nomination of Captain William W. Cowles U S N to be chief of the bureau of equipment in the navy department. The action dates to January 16 with Cowles in line for the senior post in naval supply and outfitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William &. Cowles
Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
Railroads Wield Club Against Texas Commercials Visit
Dallas announced that the Texas Commercial clubs trip to Northern and Eastern cities was canceled due to high railroad rates. Secretary John G Hunter said Eastern railroads use this as a club against rate legislation advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
John G. Hunter
Dallas Commercial Club
Texas Commercial Clubs
Texas
Washington
Stockholders offered more Lake Superior Steel shares
Ishpeming Michigan January 16 Lake Superior officials of United States Steel Corp were advised that officers and employees will have another chance to buy up to 25000 shares of preferred stock at par value 100 dollars per share under earlier disbursement conditions. The stock now trades above par in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishpeming
Mich
Lake Superior
United States Steel Corporation
Richard Trimble
Forgery total reaches one million in Prior case
Cleveland January 16 reports say bond forgeries uncovered by the bankers' committee lift the total spurious securities tied to the late L W Prior to one million dollars. Books are still being examined and a full report is not yet issued. Prior's private safe was opened revealing life insurance policies worth 100000 and miscellaneous stock items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Bankers’ Committee
L. W. Prior
Prior
St Paul broker suspends after heavy market losses
James Doran a stock broker at the National German American Bank building has closed his doors and suspended business. He has been a persistent bear in a rising market and exhausted his property trying to protect patrons. Liabilities probably exceed $200,000. No widespread harm expected to patrons or others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
James Doran
National
Doran
Conference Set Between Coal Operators and Miners
New York officials say coal operators including railroad owners will meet miners' representatives in about two weeks, likely in February after the United Mine Workers national convention. George F Baer of the Reading and John Mitchell of the UMW will lead. individual operators will be represented by Joseph L Cake and Frank Parlee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Mine Workers
George F. Baer
Reading
John Mitchell
Joseph L. Cake
Clear Spring Coal Company
West Pittston
Frank Parlee
Pardee Goal Company
Tazelton
Mr. Baer
Clerical Laborites Admit Two Clergymen At NY Union Meeting
After a stormy session the Central Federated union voted to admit Rev. M. S. Littlefield and Rev. John B. Devins as fraternal delegates from the New York presbytery. Socialists opposed but Littlefield’s late speech swung the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Federated Union
Littlefield
John B. Devins
Tufts Convicted of Perjury in Divorce Case
Edward R. Tufts a Montana mining magnate was found guilty of perjury and faces an indeterminate prison term of one to fourteen years unless granted a new trial. His wife had accused him of desertion after he divorced her while posing as a cow puncher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward R. Tufts
Montana
New York
Tufts
Committed Deed Alone
Chicago report on Richard G. Ivins confessing to the murder of Mrs. Frank Lin Hollister. Police seek accomplices but Ivins insists he acted alone. Ivins’s elderly father weeps in court as the son confirms sole responsibility and police plan rapid prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivins
Hollister
Chicago
Richard G. Ivins
Franklin C. Hollister
Trial resumes in Ware conspiracy case at Omaha
In Omaha on January 16 Rev George G Ware president of the U B N Cattle Company faces a conspiracy to defraud the government of public lands. Frank Lambert testified as a government witness that he induced soldiers from the soldiers home to file on lands and grant ninety nine year leases to the U B I company receiving 150 dollars per man and Ware 50 dollars per lease. Lambert shared his fee with Harry Welch who has pleaded guilty and may testify for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
George G. Ware
U. B. N. Cattle Company
Public Lands
Frank Lambert
Ware
J. C. Blue
Soldiers
Blue
U. B. 1. Company
Lambert
Mr. Ware
Harry Welch
Welch
Indian relief plea from Leech Lake chief
Chief Flatmouth of the Leech Lake reservation warns that many elders face starvation due to rice shortages and reduced fish supply. He cites withheld timber proceeds and land appropriations by the forestry bureau and plans to visit Washington to seek immediate aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Leech Lake Reservation
Flatmouth
Forestry Bureau
Bureau
Washington
Firm Forced to Suspend
Cleveland stock and grain brokers P. R. Fahey & Co. announce liquidation and retirement due to an employee’s peculations and the senior member P. R. Fahey’s ill health. Manager John L. Doyle says most liquidation has occurred over two months with about thirty accounts remaining totaling under $150,000. The full extent of the shortage remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
P. R. Fahey & Co
P. R. Fahey
John L. Doyle
Cherokee Wreck Rescue Near Brigantine Shoals
Atlantic City N J Jan 16 after forty eight hours of anxiety sixty aboard the Clyde line steamer Cherokee were rescued and landed at the inlet Captain Archibald and two mates stayed aboard The rescue was by Captain Mark Caste and crew in the sloop Alberta Captain Smith from the South Brigantine lifesaving station came ashore for the first time since Friday night Believed the steamer will be a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Cherokee
Harvard Backs Football Ban Until Reform
Official statement from Harvard's board of overseers declares intercollegiate football prohibited until the athletic sports regulation committee reports proposed changes and overseers approve the actions, with the decision made at a secret meeting last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Harvard
Board of Overseers
Marshall Field's Condition Deepens at Holland House
In New York at the Holland House Marshall Field, the Chicago merchant, lies ill with pneumonia. Doctors refrain from predicting recovery as of January 16. Standley Field, Field's nephew, says his uncle's condition is hopeless and death may come within hours, though Field remains conscious with relatives at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Holland House
Marshall Field
Chicago
Field
Standley Field
Steamer George Spencer Abandoned After Allied Recovery Efforts
Duluth reports the steamer George Spencer, ashore near Thomasville on Lake Superior during the Nov gale, has been abandoned by Whitney Bros after removing its coal cargo. The hull is badly stove and not worth saving. Captain James Reid and wreckers work on the Manila at Encampment Island, hindered by high seas and needed jacking along the hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
George Spencer
Thomasville
Lake Superior
Whitney Bros
James Reid
Manila
Encampment Island
Burbank's Sentence Stands in Desertion Case
Reports from Fort Leavenworth say President Roosevelt will not intervene in the court martial of Lieutenant Sidney Burbank Sixth Infantry who was sentenced in the Philippines to fifteen months imprisonment and dismissal from the army for deserting his Filipino wife who had previously obtained a divorce and alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Washington State
Roosevelt
Sidney 8
Burbank
Sixth Infantry
Philippines
Reverend W N Cleveland near death in Columbus
Rev W N Cleveland brother of former President Grover Cleveland lies unconscious at his son's home in Columbus Ohio after paralysis. Doctors say death is imminent. he was a retired Presbyterian minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
W. N. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Presbyterian Church
American Consul on Board in Buenos Ayres Bark Octavia Wreck
The bark Octavia was wrecked on the Buenos Aires coast between Puerto Medanos and Punta Morques. American vice consul Daniel Meyer aboard with unknown details, likely all hands lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Octavia
Puerto Medanos
Punta Morques
Bahia Blanca
Daniel Meyer
Tragic Farm Blaze Cremates Three Children in Manitoba
Fire struck the Brazill residence in the Portage La Prairie district at midnight. Three children died in the blaze, the oldest fifteen and another aged a month, while the parents escaped with difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
H. A. Brazill
Portage la Pra“ie
German View Likely at Moroccan Conference Surfaces
London January 16 The Associated Press reports Ambassador White representing the United States at the Algeciras Moroccan conference will back the German position on the open door in Morocco and on an international commission to police the country This stance could sway the conference as Russia shows indifference to France and Vatican influence is hostile to France
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
White
United States
Algeciras
Morocco
International Commission ‘6
Russia
France
Vatican
France and Venezuela relations near break amid naval threats
Paris reports indicate France has not formally severed relations with Venezuela yet, though rupture seems imminent. M. Taigny remains in Caracas as orders to cut ties may have been sent. Washington coordinates communications, with Mr. Russell expected to handle French interests if formal notification occurs. The Temps notes possible naval demonstration if conciliatory efforts fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Foreign Office
France
Venezuela
M. Taigny
Caracas
Washington
Russell
Temps
Balfour Beaten in Manchester Than Later Seats Debate
London reports Arthur J. Balfour loses in the Eastern division of Manchester to T. G. Horridge by 1 980 votes. Winston Churchill wins North West Manchester seat over W. Johnson Hicks by 1 241. Unopposed returns include Campbell Bannerman Healy and Devlin. Overall tally: Liberals 45 Unionists 16 Irish Nationalists 12 Laborites 7. Independent Labor Party gains more seats than prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Manchester
Arthur J. Balfour
T. G. Horridge
Horridge
Winston Churchill
W. Johnson-Hicks
Balfour
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
Stirling
Timothy M. Healy
North Louth
Joseph Devlin
North
Kilkenny
Independent Labor Party
House of Commons
Massive forgery charged over White Earth forest petition
Washington reports affidavits from Chief Pendegugeshig of the White Earth Chippewa and others claim a signed petition backing a national forest reserve is fraudulent. The Rev. Charles Wright affirms names on the petition were taken from an earlier tract seeking land allotment changes on the White Earth reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pendegugeshig
White Earth
Congress
Charles Wright
Secretary of the Interior
Governor Pardee Frees Innocent Man in California
Governor Pardee commuted the life sentence of George Barker, jailed since 1898 in Folsom for a San Francisco highway robbery. The freed man was linked to a Nevada execution last month by T. F. Gorman who confessed to the crime Barker was convicted of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Pardee
George Barker
San Francisco
Folsom
T. F. Gorman
Nevada
Barker
Ulcer of the Stomach Treatment Promised
A historical note warns that stomach ulcers may persist for years with subtle symptoms. It urges early treatment using a supposedly scientific remedy claimed to cure stomach troubles, suggesting universal success and potential refusals if not effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. H
Mrs Taggart Goes Abroad to Evade Jurisdiction
Cincinnati reports Grace Taggart widow of Captain E F Taggart US Army has boarded the steamship Cedric with her two sons, traveling under the name Mrs Grace Thompson. She aims for Paris, aided secretly by friends to stay out of the Wooster court during divorce proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
The
Times-Star
Grace Taggart
the Wooster Court
E. F. Taggart
Cedric
Europe
Grace Thompson
Saloon Lids Down In Omaha After Federation Drive
Omaha police report a citywide liquor lid as 245 saloons stay closed after a civic federation campaign. Twenty two saloon operators were arrested for violations of a prior Sunday closure pledge, and cases are pending. The federation cites firm resolve and widespread compliance by saloonkeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Civic Federation
Minnesotans Wed in China in 1904-05
Miss Mabel J. Little long a Grand Rapids teacher reports she married Walter Crawford in Hankow China on November 5. Crawford is a Hamline graduate and connected with a boys school in the Flowery Kingdom. Miss Little left Grand Rapids for China in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Minn
Mabel J. Little
Hankow
China
Walter Crawford
Hamline
National Rivers and Harbors Congress Opens in Washington
Over 600 delegates attend the opening of the rivers and harbors congress in Washington. Col R G Lowe of the Galveston News dies at 70 after a short illness. James Brown Scott named solicitor of the state department succeeding Penfield. Commodore William P McMann dies in New Rochelle at 75, Civil War Gulf squadron veteran. Chaffee resigns as chief of staff. Bates to succeed. Chicago and Chicago City Railway reach a lock on renewed street railway franchises on the South Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
R. G. Lowe
Galveston
Tex
Lowe
James Brown Scott
California
Columbia University
State Department
Penfield
William P. McMann
New Rochelle
N. Y
Kentucky
Chaffee
General Bates
City of Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
Market Quotations Minneapolis Wheat Prices
Minneapolis wheat quotes show January at 86 3 4 cents, July at 87 3 4 cents. Hard varieties quoted 84 1 2 cents, No 1 Northern 81 2 3 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Jan
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Mittee
Captain Cowles
Railroads Wield Club
Broker
New York Federated Union
Tence
Rev. Ware
Game
Mar
Manitoba
Germany
Kaiser
Interna
England
Mrs. Taggart Gooc3
Abroad
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