Government Prosecution Clashes Over Open Statement in Case
Jan. 24 government opening in the case drew sharp exchanges as District Attorney Morrison faulted defense claims and asserted the defendants seek to influence jurors. Judge Humphrey allowed wide latitude for evidence while the DA insisted immunity pleas are improper and non sworn statements still bind under law.
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Cer
Stric
Morrison
Wiliam J. Hynes
Packers
Mr. Hynes
John S. Miller
Mr. Miller
May Raise Saloon Licenses in Chicago Council Talk
Chicago council discusses crime prevention by boosting saloon license fees from 500 to 1000 dollars. The proposal goes to the license committee, signaling a shift in city governance since 1900 when such ideas were dismissed.
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Chicago
Alaska seeks new governor to succeed Brady
A group of Alaskans in Seattle has sent a petition to President Roosevelt asking for Judge James Wickersham of the United States district court of Alaska to be appointed governor of Alaska to succeed Governor Brady.
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Seattle
Wash
Roosevelt
James Wickershal
United States District Court of Alaska
Alaska
Brady
Independent Kansas oil refiners seek justice against Standard Oil ties
Chanute Kansas January 24 independent oil refiners led by Garfield request an appeal for justice over a alleged conspiracy with railroads to confine their refined oil to Kansas. Eight operating refineries and two under construction worth over 1 million dollars claim high interstate freight rates.
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Chanute
Kan
Kansas
Jamies R. Garfield
Department of Commerce
Justice
Con Pesy
Falioads
Ansoi
Clifford Var
A. F. Rob F.S. Bennett
C. D. Webster
Cameron
H. Kaessmann
D.O- McGee
C. E. Martin
Mob Lynchings in Kentucky Jail Incident Shocks Cadiz
In Hopkinsville on January 24 a mob of about 300 men removed Ernest Baker from Trigg County jail and killed him in Cadiz after an alleged assault on an eighteen year old girl. The event follows a criminal incident reported earlier.
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Hopkinsville
Ernest Baker
Trigg County
Cadiz
Baker
Marriott Sets New Mile World Record in Dewar Trophy Heat
In Ormond on January 24, Marriott smashed the world mile record with 32 1 5 seconds in the first preliminary heat for the Dewar trophy. The previous mile mark stood at 34 3 5 seconds, marking a dramatic improvement in a freak racer.
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Ormond
Filia
Marriott
Seven Women Stabbed by Jack the Cutter in St Louis
Seven women, aged up to fifty seven, were stabbed on crowded streets by a mysterious assailant called Jack the Cutter. Victims mostly injured in the legs, one in the shoulder, all non life threatening. Police suspect a young man seeking random violence against women, with no identification yet.
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Jack the Cutter
St. Louis
Alexander Barry Sees Grim Russian Industrial Political Outlook
Alexander Barry of Moscow, a prominent American manufacturer with thousands of workers, believes Russia is not ready for a full constitutional regime. He argues the imperial reform manifesto sparked demoralization among already agitated masses, worsening conditions.
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Moscow
Alexander Barry
Naturalize
Barry
France Free to Act After Venezuela Demonstration Clarity
Paris January 24 President Loubet presided as Premier Rouvier said Ambassador Jusserand's dispatch shows the United States does not condemn a French naval demonstration against Venezuela The cabinet will defer decisive steps until M Taigny’s report arrives The foreign office confirms diplomats at Caracas sought explanations from the Venezuelan government regarding the Taigny incidents
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Paris
Loubet
Elysee Palace
Rouvier
Jusserand
United States
Venezuela
France
M. Taigny
Caracas
Foreign Office
Taigny
French Cruisers Desain and Jurien de la Gravier Sail From Port of Spain
Port of Spain reports the French cruisers Desaix and Jurien de la Gravier departed the island today likely heading for La Guayra Venezuela.
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Port of Spain
Island of Trinidad
Desaix
Jurien de la Gravier
la Guayra
Venezuela
Loss of Aquidaban crew prompts national funeral in Rio
Rio Janeiro reports 212 of 310 crew members perished in the Aquidaban explosion. The 4950 ton cruiser built in England in 1885 carried 350 aboard. 98 saved. The Barroso arrived with the injured. theaters closed as mourning spreads. Bodies to be flown to Rio for national funeral.
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Rio
Janeiro
England
Rio Janeiro
Barroso
Port Jacarapagua
Rejected Lover's Deed Shocks Boise Residents
In Boise Idaho on January 24 Henry Numembaumer a returning Alaskan miner shot and mortally wounded Ollie Powell his sweetheart who rejected him. He also injured Lafayette Gray his rival and two Grays before killing himself in front of the Gray residence. Powell and Henry Numembaumer had planned to wed last November but she allegedly ran away with Gray the night before.
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Boise
Ida
Henry Nuembaumer
Ollie Powell
Lafayette Gray
Robert Gray
Lafayette
Lillian Gray
Gray
French and Chinese Clash in Tonquin Invasion Battle
The Chinese mail from Marseilles reports Chinese regulars invading Tonquin, French Indo China, meeting a French force of 400, including 150 Europeans. A three hour battle ended in Chinese defeat with 300 killed and 300 wounded, while French losses were 16 locals and 20 Annamites.
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Marseilles
France
Tonquin
Colored Students Strike at Talladega College
Over 100 colored students left Talladega College in Alabama after L O Parks a Southern white man was hired as superintendent of the college farm. President Nice refused to discharge him and Dr Baird of the American Missionary Society upheld Nice causing the students to depart quietly.
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Talladega
Ala
Talladega College
L. O. Parks
B. M. Nice
8. H. Baird
American Missionary Society of New York
Baird
Nice
Parks
Canton Tax Plan Sparks Threats and Warlike Move
Canton on January 24 reports merchants guilds prepared to strike in protest against viceroyalty taxation for the Canton Hankow railway. Viceroys threaten leaders with decapitation as three Chinese gunboats are dispatched from Shanghai to the scene.
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Canton
Canton-Hankow
Shanghai
Servian Cattle Trade Closes Frontier Entry
Vienna reports the Austro-Hungarian frontier will halt Servian cattle imports as part of a hard line against Serbia. The action signals opposition to a proposed neutral customs union among Balkan states. Ninety percent of Servian cattle are marketed in Austria-Hungary.
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Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Balkan States
Deitz Fires at Murphy Family in Bronx Tragedy
In the Bronx a youth of eighteen fired at Lillian Murphy seventeen, her brother George sixteen, and their mother Delia Murphy after being ordered to stop pursuing the girl. All three were wounded. Delia attempted suicide and was arrested.
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New York
Lillian Murphy
Paul Deitz
George
Delia Murphy
Bronx
Delia
Irish party to fund campaigns in general election
National officers of the United Irish League of America cable an order for 10000 dollars to John Redmond M P in Dublin to aid the Irish party in contesting remaining elections this week.
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Boston
John Redmond
M. P
Dublin
United Irish League of America
Amendments to Hepburn bill aim for unanimous report
Republican members of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce caucused to accept amendments to the Hepburn railroad fate bill. The change replaces the word maximum with a phrase defining a just reasonable and fairly remunerative rate as the maximum.
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Washington
Jan
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Receiver Sought for National Life Insurance of Chicago
A bill for a receiver of the National Life Insurance company of Chicago has been filed in Des Moines Iowa district court. Dr A L Watson a policyholder seeks to stop transfers of funds claiming unfulfilled promises to pay gold bonds. National Life officials call the suit an attempt to hold up the company.
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Chicago
National Life Insurance Company of Chicago
Des Moines
A. L. Watson
Five Italians Die In Massive Sunny Side Mine Snowslide
Five Italian miners working at the Sunny Side mine were killed in a huge snowslide at Silverton Colorado. Snow and slides have blocked rail lines from Durango and Denver causing no trains to reach the town since last Wednesday.
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Silverton
Colo
Sunny Side
Durango
Denver
Wheeler is Seriously Ill in Brooklyn Home
Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler retired U S A lies seriously ill at his sister Mrs Sterling Smith home in Brooklyn after three days of bronchial affection and confinement to bed.
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New York
Joseph Wheeler
Sterling Smith
Brooklyn
Walsh Depositors Paid in Walsh Bank Liquidation
Chicago January 24 deposits in the Walsh banks have been paid in full. The liquidation has realized a considerable bank balance from bills receivable totaling several hundred thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Walsh Banks
Inaugural Governor Hegerman and Notable Deaths
Herbert J. Hegerman has been inaugurated governor of New Mexico. Brigadier General Charles A. Gilchrist, U S A retired, is dead in New York. George Jacob Holyoke author and secularism advocate dies at Brighton born 1817. George W. Cushing longtime railroad figure dies in Chicago. B C Stephenson dramatist dies in London with Clemint Scott co authorships. Baroness Burdett Coutts ill. Judge John H Potter pioneer Duluth attorney dies born 1835 in Whitefield Maine.
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Herbert J. Hegerman
New Mexico
Charles A. Gilchrist
New York City
George Jacob Holyoke
Brighton
Eng
George W. Cushing
Chicago
Northwestern
B. C. Stephenson
London
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Queen Victoria
John H. Potter
Duluth
Judge Potter
Whitefield
Maine
Market Quotations Wheat Prices and Grades
Minneapolis market report lists Wheat May at 4 cents, July at 8.54 cents. On track No. 1 hard and No. 1 Northern 81 4 ¾ cents, No. 2 Northern 79 4 ¾ cents.
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Minneapolis
Livestock Prices Reported for St Paul Sale Day
St Paul markets show cattle prices with good to choice steers at 4.50 to 5.50, cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.25, yearlings 2.00 to 6.25, hogs 5.25 to 5.45, sheep yearlings 5.00 to 5.25, and good to choice lambs 6.50 to 7.00.
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St. Paul
Wheat futures and grain prices listed for Duluth market
Duluth report shows No. 1 Northern wheat at 81 3 4 cents for arrival and on track, No. 2 Northern at 79 1 4 cents. May 84 1 4 cents, July 85 1 4 cents. Prices for PMax, May 1.16 4, July 1.20 3, Sept 1.20, Oct 1.18 1 2.
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Duluth
Northern
Chicago Livestock Prices Board Feeders Hogs and Lambs Listed
Chicago January 23 cattle price ranges for cattle beves cows and heifers stockers and feeders Texans with rate cards. Hogs show mixed and butchers good heavy rough heavy light and pigs priced from five to six dollars. Sheep and lambs listed with upper values near six dollars and above.
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Chicago
Grain and livestock market summary from Chicago report
Chicago market figures list Wheat May and July bids at 6%4 and 84% 8434c respectively. Corn May 45c July 45%c. Oats May 3 14% 71c July 30c. Pork futures Jan May July at 13.77 14.12 14.20. Flax cash and May values at 1.17 1.19, dairies 1.10. Butter creameries 18 27c dairies 19 24c. Eggs 16 18c. Poultry turkeys 14c, chickens 11 44c, springs 10 4c.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
Service Demoralized Chicago Isolated From East Wire
Chicago faces near total blackout of telegraph and telephone lines as outages disrupt East Coast communication links. Officials warn delays and confusion across industries as dispatches, rail, and financial markets feel the impact.
Severe Storm Strains City Communications and Railways
The storm disrupts traffic on steam roads and cripples private wires between Chicago and points west. Brokers reroute orders via San Francisco and Montreal while East Coast conditions worsen. Streetcar service nears normal, but railroads remain demoralized with widespread delays for arrivals from the East. Western links gradually improve.
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Chicago
New York
San Francisco
St. Paul
Montreal
Omaha
Kansas City
Memphis
Explosion Kills Six at Wisconsin Saw Mill
An explosion of a boiler at a Holcombe area saw mill owned by John Lagermaier killed six men and injured three more. The blast demolished the mill and left several workers with severe or minor injuries as authorities investigated the cause. Names of the dead include Eugene Ellenson Cadett Bert Lamb A Scott Eddie Vetch A Foley and Harry Hicks.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Holcombe
John Lagermaier
Eugene Ellenson
Cadett
Bert Lamb
Estella
A. Scott
Eddie Vetch
A. Foley
Flambeau
Harry Hicks
Crew of Vessel Saved After Steamer Trojan Sinks
In Vineyard sound last Sunday the Trojan of the Boston and Philadelphia line sank after a fog collision with the Nacoochee of the Savannah line. The Nacoochee rescued Captain Thatcher and seventeen crewmen from the Trojan as the steamer went down in about three quarters of an hour.
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Boston
Trojan
Philadelphia
Savannah
Vineyard Sound
Thatcher
Snowslides Claim Two More Miners in Mountain Area
Snow avalanches in Utah add two more fatalities to a three day span. Peter Christensen, a coal miner, died near Sunny Side after a snowslide. Charles B Counts, a surveyor for the Oregon Short Line, perished under a slide in Rigby Idaho. Counts lived in Jacksons Hole Wyoming.
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Salt Lake
Alta
American Fork Canyon
Peter Christensen
Sunnyside
Utah
Coal Worker Buried By Dust Fall in Duluth
Daniel Bolder, a coke oven worker, fell from a ladder into coal dust while loosening coal in a bin. He was buried alive and died within fifteen minutes. His companion also fell but was not buried.
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Duluth
Daniel Bolder
Bolder
Mrs Chadwick Assigned to Overalls Making at Prison
Columbus Ohio January 24 Mrs Cassie L Chadwick has been permanently assigned at the penitentiary to tie work of making overalls She is receiving a large quantity of mail from all quarters of the globe Prison officials are surprised at the vast amount of correspondence of the woman.
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Columbus, O
Cassie L. Chadwick
Globe
Packers Indictment Letter Aimed at Immunity Claim
A letter dated June 12 1905 written by President Roosevelt is cited as evidence. The document, read by Attorney Hynes, suggests the DOJ and Commerce and Labor Department sought legal proof of willful injunction violations by individuals tied to the packing industry. The letter accompanies a Chicago beef inquiry as grand jurors sit in session.
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Department Bar
Department of Justice
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Hynes
Roosevelt
Department of Commerce and Labor
Grand
Statehood Bill Reported for Oklahoma and Arizona
Representative Hamilton of Michigan, chair of the territories committee, submits a favorable report on a joint statehood bill. It provides admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as Oklahoma and joint statehood for New Mexico and Arizona under the name Arizona.
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Washington
Hamilton
Mich
House Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Arizona
Trading stamps boost Sunday school attendance in St Louis
In St Louis January 2, the First Methodist Episcopal Church South sees success using trading stamps to draw children to Sunday school and engage adults. Children receive 2 cent stamps for attendance, 5 cent for bringing a new pupil, and 1 cent for each penny donated to the collection plate, with a $2 stamp value needed to choose a gift from the pastor’s stock.
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St. Louis
First Methodist Episcopal Church
A & Cent
Armour Loses as Reading Stock Squeezes Wall Street
Chicago report states Adolph Lichstein and J Ogden Armour were short 60000 Reading shares pressured by a bull pool for over 3 million dollars. Shares rose to 163 then closed around 161 1 2 as several Wall Street operators failed amid the sharp price surge.
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Chicago
Wall Street
Adolph Lichstein
J. Ogden Armour
Reading
Armour and
Wallltreet
Cay
Stock S Gkers Fail as Local Firm Assigns to Receiver
Ditteburg January 24. E D Gartner Co members of the local Stock Exchange voluntary assign to Samuel A Steele. Liabilities about 100000. The firm had recently been involved in attempting to float securities of a new proposing company. E D Gariner was the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange member of the firm.
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Ditteburg
E. D. Gartner & Co
Stock Exchange
Samuel A. Steele
E. D. Gariner
Pittsburg Stock Exchange
Montana County Attorney Sues Packers Over Oleomargarine Fees
Butte dated Jan 24 reports County Attorney James Healy suing Swift Armour and the Hammond packing interests for $65,000 alleged due as license money for selling oleomargarine butterine and imitation cheese in the past year.
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Butte
Mont
James Healy
Montana
Swift, Armour
Hammond Packing
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