Global Civilized World News Digest
Floods ease in Cologne Germany as Main River at Frankfurt surges. Dresden reports danger passed. Harbin residents fear Russia’s recent municipal push and tax crackdown. Teheran dispatch notes Persian reactionaries seek diplomatic aid for intervention against Anglo Russian reform plans. U S official backs reforms.
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Germany
Rhine
Cologne
Frankfort
Dresden
Harbin
China
Russia
Novoe Vremya
Teheran
Persia
United States
Austria
Veteran actor Denman Thompson critically ill at home
News from New York theater circles reports Denman Thompson, seventy six, dangerously ill at his West Swanton home near Keene New Hampshire. Relatives have been summoned as his condition is described as critical.
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New York
Denman Thompson
West Swan
Keene
N. H
John D. Rockefeller
Beech Island Farmers
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Eckert
Legation
Santiago
United Mine-Workers
Nansen
St. Petersburg
W J Dowsett Seeks Arrest In Trade Restraint Probe
W J Dowsett Alderman and secretary of Jackson Miss mas ter plumbers union has a warrant issued on a conspiracy in restraint of trade charge. The item notes other political and legal happenings including Capt Alexis Keeler's death in Columbus Ohio and a broad sweep of cases and incidents.
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W. J. Dowsett
Jackson
Miss
Alexis Keeler
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
Ft. Wayne
Indiana Union ‘Traction Iides
Muncie
Bluffton
Wayne County
Lyons
N. Y
Georgia A. Sampson
Harry
Admiral Sampson
W. J. Jones
Union
D. C
Wiliam H. Hopkinson
Bridgeport
Conn
Robert Unwin
M. W. Coffey
United Railroads
John E. Madden
Lexington
Louise Madden-Bell
Masa
Washington debates retirement bill and new appointees
The War Department urges Congress to pass a civil employee retirement bill for Philippine officials with costs chargeable to Filipinos. President nominates Chariton Reid Beattie U S attorney Eastern District of Louisiana and Stuart K Lup ton consul at Catania Italy. Lt Col Samuel R Jones retires after age limit. he served as quartermaster in the Gulf with HQ at Atlanta. Barnette retired as naval observatory head from New York. House committees act on marshals deputies allowances, wireless telegraphy bill stalls, Brussels 1910 expo funding, and federal appropriations estimates including deficits and postal service loans. Alaska and far sea islands repair needs noted.
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War Department
Congress
Chariton Reid Beattie
United States
Louisiana
Stuart K. Lupton
Tennessee
Catania
Italy
Samuel R. Jones
Army
Jones
Department of the Gulf
Atlanta
Representative Needham
California
William J. Barnette
Naval Observatory
Washington
Barnette
New York
White House
Executive Mansion
House Committee On the Judiciary
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Brussels
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Eee
Department” of “Commerce and Labor
Far Sea
St. George
St. Paul
Alaska
State House Bills Target Tax Dodgers and Seed Adulteration
A bill to force publication of tax lists for all property over 500 dollars aims to curb tax dodging by requiring detailed notices in newspapers. The measure, H. R. No. 304, would schedule printed items from notes to diamonds and autos. Also discussed is a seed adulteration bill modeled after Iowa law to curb sweet clover in alfalfa seed.
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Bowman
Nucholls
House
Buck
Otoe
Myers
Rock
Committee of Agriculture
Iowa
Committee On Agriculture
Gammill
Frontier
Howell
Douglas
Reciprocal Demurrage Bill Moves On With Amendments
S F No 71 on general file with railroad committee amendments. The bill, favored by the joint railroad committee and likely to pass, offers concessions to railroads and aims to please shippers. It allows a 20 percent advance deposit up to $10 per car, extends loading time to sixty hours for 60 000 pound cars, exempts written arrival notices, and caps per car delay at $1 day. Rail carriers remain prepared to fight its enforcement and resist reciprocal demurrage despite concessions.
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Banning
Railroad Committee
Joint Railroad Committee
Wide Leeway for Executive in State Architect Selection
The Holmes bill to create a state architect would place the selection entirely with the governor and leave compensation to the governor as well. Payment could be made by a state treasurer warrant rather than auditor issuance, a change likely to be amended. The governor may name different architects for each building, not a single constant.
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Holmes Bil
Not an Emergency Seattle Exposition Appropriation Fails
Not an emergency measure. Lehdighs appropriation bill to set aside 15000 dollars for the Seattle exposition failed to secure passage with the emergency clause. On roll call the votes were 64 in favor 32 against. The bill was reported from the Senate finance committee for indefinite postponement, not due to hostility but because appropriation bills must originate in the House.
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Lehdigh
Senate
Finance Committee
Non-Partisan Superintendents bill advances in House
H. R. No. 292 sponsored by Pickens aims to remove county superintendent from partisan politics. Election fixed on the first Tuesday in April with school district polls. Nominations by petitions to the county clerk at least twenty days before. clerk provides printed ballots listing all names. No party designations permitted across all districts.
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Pickens
Fellow Treasurer's Plan for University Funding
The bill by Case proposes the state treasurer credit 95 percent of the one mill levy to the university, creating a definite drawn amount for the regents. An amendment placates objectors Taylor of Custer and Nettleton of Clay, clearing committee of the whole, while removing fears of binding future legislatures. the text now reads for the coinning biennium.
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Case
Taylor
Custer
Nettleton
Clay
Valentine Nebraska citizens push for Valentine sub fish hatchery bill
Citizens from Valentine seek a $5,000 appropriation to create a sub fish hatchery in Valentine Lincoln lawmakers consider the measure. They argue northern streams and lakes suit trout and black bass, and a hatchery would replace the fish car shipments, benefiting stock delivery and operations with support from the fish commissioner.
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Valentine
Nebraska
Lincoln
To Connect Telephones Bill Before Nebraska House
Lehdigh of Otoe county introduced a bill to make telephone firms common carriers and grant the railway commission power to fix rates and order physical connection. When firms disagree the commission may set terms. The bill prohibits temporary injunctions against orders, allows appeals to district court, and imposes fines from fifty to one thousand dollars with charter forfeiture on a second violation.
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Lehdigh
Otoe County
Railway Commission
Boelts Proposes Convict Labor on Public Highways
Merrick county introducer Boelts sponsors a bill allowing counties or municipalities to contract with the penitentiary warden for convict labor on public highways. Counties supply tools and pay guard costs. skilled labor is excluded. All able bodied prisoners except those condemned to death may be employed.
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Boelts
Merrick
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Lincoln Monument Bill Passes to Senate Action
The bill H. R. No. 36 proposing $15 000 for a Lincoln monument on capitol grounds was raised to 25 000 by the senate contingent on the monument association providing 10 000 more. The measure, once concurred by the house, awaits the governor's signature and grants the governor and Lincoln Monumental Association power to select a sculptor and fund construction.
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House
Senate
Abraham Lincoln
Monument Association
Board
Lincoln Monumental Association
Would Amend Game Laws Mentioned By Smith
Fragmentary report shows Smith proposing amendments to game laws to relax strict prohibitions on selling and fishing. The text is garbled but indicates debate over current restrictions and potential changes to what may be illegal activities.
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Smith
Case
Remedy for rheumatism with whiskey and syrups
An old recipe claims a half pint of whiskey mixed with one ounce sargaparite syrup and one ounce Toria compound, obtainable from a druggist, cures rheumatism. Take in teaspoonful doses before each meal and before retiring.
Detective Outwits Financier by Disguised Persona
A private detective shadowing a renowned financier used a disguise as a manicurist to coax the financier into revealing his hand. The ruse aimed to provoke admissions or actions from the subject through an unexpected encounter.
Murine Eye Remedy Promises Comfort for Weary Eyes
Advertises Murine eye drops compounded by experienced physicians and compliant with the Pure Food and Drugs Law. Claims to soothe eye pain and relieve redness and watering.
Alki Point Hosts First South Alki Congregational Church
At Alki Point the site where Seattle’s first settlers landed a church was built the South Alki Congregational Church.
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Seattle
Alki Point
South Alki
Remedy Claims Pain and Inflammation Reduction
An advertisement asserts a product fights rheumatism neuralgia and general pain with claims of quick relief and anti inflammatory effects, touting strong results.
What a friendly old world this would be if we all loved our neighbors
A reflective line on neighborly love suggesting harmony if everyone treated others as they treat themselves. The quotation conveys a timeless ideal of community and mutual respect.
Cured in Sixteen Days Offer, Money Back Guarantee
A dubious claim promises a cure within six to fourteen days for a condition described cryptically. The ad guarantees money back if not cured in fourteen days and contains odd phrases suggesting personal doubt and a mocked reference to a mirror.
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