Troops to Stay in Nevada as Legislature Plans Police Force
President Roosevelt authorizes Governor Sparks to keep Nevada troops longer to allow the legislature to organize a state police force. Sparks quotes a unanimous legislative resolution promising progress on a constabulary law and asks for delays in removing regular troops. The House Labor Committee will seek full data from the President on the Goldfield labor troubles and consider retaining troops until unrest is defused.
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Sparks
Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Nevada
House Committee On Labor
Goldfield
Special Commission of Investigation
Impeachment Bid Fails at B C Legislature Opening
Victoria Jan 18 The Socialist member from Nanaimo Hawthorthwaite moved to impeach Lieutenant Governor Dunsmuir for disallowing anti Japanese immigration laws. The speaker ruled the motion not urgent enough for opening day. The resolution cites testimony that Dunsmuir privately contracted with Canadian Nippon Co to bring 500 Japanese workers while publicly opposing the ban.
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Dunsmuir
Canadian-Nippon Company of
Vancouver
Taft Delegates Dominate Ohio GOP Vote Early
Columbus Ohio January 18 With half the counties tallied Taft leads in the Republican canvass for the presidential nomination claiming over 500 delegates in the state convention. Most resolutions endorse Taft and the state call is followed. Only Lake County shows open opposition.
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Columbus
William H. Taft
Taft
Lake County
Endorsement Fight Delays NY Republican Meeting
New York January 18. The effort to force debate on the tabled resolution backing Governor Hughes for the Republican presidential nomination failed amid a stormy session marked by a fist fight and sharp exchanges. After hours of heated debate the meeting adjourned for a month with only routine business completed.
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New York
Hughes
Republican County Coftee
Burlington Doctor's Body Found Near Burlington
The死 body of Dr. George W. Jones of Keokuk was found in brush two miles north of Burlington after disappearing Christmas night. A bullet hole was found in his ears, and investigators closed in on the case as a possible homicide.
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Burlington, Ia
George W. Jones
Keokuk
Burlington
Goethals Outlines Safe Gatun Locks For World’s Largest Vessels
Colonel Goethals, head of the Isthmian Canal Commission, testifies before the Senate canal committee. He praises Gatun dam and lock structures as safe for the largest ships, notes possible 24 hour operation on some sections, and says cement work will begin in January with machinery kept in operation. Hearings resume next Wednesday.
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Washington
Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Senate Canal Committee
Gatun
Opera- Lycee Goethals
Enraged man kills three in Golconda illness
Enraged at his sweetheart's refusal to marry him John Echster shot and killed the girl's father her uncle and a friend of the engine to be at the
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Golconda, Ill
John Echster
Brother shoots at youth during scene. youth captured
A family disturbance ends with a well aimed shot from the brother’s revolver. Ecister collapses and is taken into custody by police who arrive to prevent further harm and save the youth from the brother’s violence.
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Ecister
Heiress to English Estate| Sioux City Tale
Miss Nellie Ingham, a 22 year resident of Sioux City, is named heiress to the estate of John Ingham of Fullwood, Lancaster, England. An action in Woodbury county court to establish her identity is underway, with Judge A Van Wagenen presiding. She plans to travel to England to pursue the claim in court.
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Sioux City
Nellie Ingham
England
John Ingham
Fullwood
County of Lancaster
Eng
Woodbury
A. van Wagenen
Ingham
German cruiser Bremen at Rio de Janeiro to Jan 21
Berlin reports orders to the German cruiser Bremen now in Rio de Janeiro to stay until January 21 when the American battleship fleet sails for Punta Arenas. The move appears aimed at extending the period before contact or engagement.
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Berlin
Bremen
Rio de Janeiro
Punta Ar
Demand for Longer Sessions in House Sparks Debate
A Georgia congressman’s resolution urges shifting to longer sessions to tackle crisis relief as the House has “accomplished nothing” after over thirty days. The measure proposes 9 am to 6 pm sessions with a lunch hour and adjournment before hot weather.
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Washington
House
Edwards
Georgia
House of Representatives
Women Suffragists Converge Near Premier’s Residence
London protesters demonstrate near Downing Street as ministers arrive at the prime ministerial residence. Marchers chant for voting rights and press demands amid political tension.
Florence Livingstone Held by Police in Chinese Quarter Raid
Florence Livingstone, sixteen, says she was captured in a raid on a house run by Lee Ping in Pittsburg’s Chinese quarter. She claims her parents were killed in Cincinnati when she was nine and that she has since remained in captivity.
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Pittsburg
Jan
Florence Livingstone
Lee Ping
Cincinnati
Wealthy Boston Woman Ends Life at St Regis Hotel
Mrs Herbert M Sears a member of a wealthy Boston family and guest at the St Regis in New York committed suicide by leaping from a thirteenth story window. She had been a frequent visitor with a maid, her actions described as erratic, and her death followed a period of melancholia.
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New York
Herbert M. Sears
Boston
Hotel
St Regis
St. Regis
Match Monopoly Annulled in Caracas
An executive decree in Caracas annuls the existing match monopoly and ends the regulatory regime governing sports betting in Venezuela. The move reshapes the sector as authorities outline a new licensing framework and enforcement approach.
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Caracas
Venezuela
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