Senate approves Hepburn bill without amendment
A roundup of notable events shows the senate commerce committee favors reporting the Hepburn railroad rate bill with no changes after a partisan 8 to 5 vote. The house meanwhile passes the Tillman Gillespie resolution directing ongoing ICC inquiries into railroad discrimination and monopolies.
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Tillman-Gillespie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mussel Shoals
Tennessee River
Alabama
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Peaceful settlement urged as UMW calls national convention
President Roosevelt acts as peace maker between coal miners and operators. A national convention of United Mine Workers will be held to seek an agreement with soft coal operators and avert a threatened April 1 strike in the bituminous fields. John Mitchell announced the move after a New York conference with Francis L. Robbins and other operators. Mitchell indicated a strike in the bituminous field was likely if no deal is reached.
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National House of Representatives
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Henderson
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Senate
Tillman
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Lewis
United Mine Workers
F. L. Robbins
New York
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
United Miners
Mitchell
Francis L. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Co
W. C. Perry
Southwestern Coal Association
B. F. Bush
Gould Railroads
Indianapolis
Missionaries Massacred Near Nanchang Killing Details Lacking
The British legation reports four English missionaries, their wife and two children, were massacred at Nanchang Kiangsi. No further details arrive. The gunboat Elcano sails to Kingkaing to protect Americans. naval officers hold a complete list of missionaries in the danger zone and will offer protection.
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Peking
Mai
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Washington
Elcanor
Kingkiang
Longworths Visit Santiago on Special Train Tour
Mr and Mrs Nicholai Longworth departed Havana on a special train to Santiago de Cuba. They stopped at the Fronton where Mrs Longworth tossed a rose to famed pelota player Makala after the second game. Crowds thronged Prado Street as a confetti shower followed. A dinner by Secretary of State O Farrill capped the evening with Minister Morgan present. The couple will tour battlefields before returning to Havana and then the United States Thursday.
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Nicholas Longworth
Santiago
Fronton
Longworth
Macala
Prado
O’farrill
Morgan
United States
The Moroccan Squabble Ramp Up in Algeciras Talks
Berlin signals new concessions to French views on Morocco with Germany ready to yield if France does the same. Details to be announced at Algeciras as Emperor William and Chancellor von Buelow push to avert a drift into crisis.
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Berlin
France
Germany
Algeciras
William
von Buelow
The Senator Smoot Case Becomes Brief Hearing Plan
Washington report says Chairman Burrows of the Senate privileges and elections committee agreed with Senator Smoot and his counsel to hear rebuttal evidence in the Utah senator case on Monday March 26.
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Washington
Burrows
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Smoot
Utah
Seton Confesses Norfolk & Western Forgery Case
New York report says Charles Seton confessed to a Norfolk and Western forgery scheme and implicated several men who allegedly promised him protection. Two of the accused have been arrested as investigators pursue the case.
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New York
Charles Seton
Norfolk & Western
Seton
Favorable Report on Immigration Bureau Bill
Washington report states the house committee on immigration and naturalization submitted a favorable report on a bill to create a bureau of immigration and naturalization under the department of commerce and labor.
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House Committee On Immigration and Naturalialization
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Department of Commerce and Larbor
House Committee On Temperance
Carnival opens in Mobile with parade and fleet review
The Mobile carnival opens with the arrival of King Felix ILT followed by a civic parade in which marines or naval vessels in port participate. At right the M. BM. hold their annual parade.
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Mobile
Ala
Felix
M. BM
Tide wave disaster hits Colombia coast after quake
Buena Ventura Colombia reports a tidal wave triggered by an earthquake swept the coast. More than 2,000 people were killed, many drowned or crushed beneath debris as rescue efforts begin and authorities assess the devastation.
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Ventura
Colombia
Gotch Wins Two Straight Falls in Kansas City
Frank Gotch defeated Jim Parr of England in Convention Hall Kansas City in two straight falls taking 16 and 13 minutes. The wrestling match was uninteresting and the crowd watched as Gotch secured the victories.
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Kansas
Frank Gotch
Convention Hall
Jim Parr
Efngland
Promise To Enact a Salary Law Forges Ahead
Columbus reports from Feb 21 to 24 show the Ohio General Assembly pressing a county officials salary bill with both parties pledging enactment. The measure aims to replace county solicitors with a unified prosecutor advisory role and to standardize salaries statewide. A Jamestown exposition appropriation was cut to 50,000, and a local option bill would empower temperance-led petitions.
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Senate proposes $25,000 for Cincinnati probe
Columbus attorney Senator Schmidt said the senate committee investigating Cincinnati and Hamilton county would seek a $25,000 appropriation charged to the senate contingent fund. Chairman Baldwin of the house financial committee reportedly favored the request as the panel faces only about $3,000 remaining in the fund.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Baldwin
House Financial Committee
Governor Pattison Signs Ohio Bills After Illness
Governor Pattison reported feeling better in Columbus Ohio and signed several bills from the general assembly. The measures set general assembly salaries at 600 dollars per year, extended insolvency court judge terms in Cincinnati and Cleveland, authorized appropriations for assembly pay, removed levy power from city boards of review over education levies, transferred authority to education boards, and let cemetery trustees transfer property via a local bill.
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Pneumonia Claims Two Fortnight Residents in Wellston
In Wellston Ohio on February 26 a fortnights illness struck Harrison Scurlock and his wife, pioneer residents. The husband died first, followed by his wife two days later. Their caregiver Benjamin Callahan and friend David Jones, both lifelong neighbors, also contracted pneumonia. All four were aged between 60 and 70.
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Wellston
Harrison Scurlock
Fire risks rise in Ohio insurance report 1905
Columbus Ohio February 24 advance sheets of the state insurance commissioner's report show total risks written in Ohio in 1905 at 1 045 336 100 versus 960 922 897 in 1904. Premiums reached 12 254 786.96 and losses incurred 4 338 633.64, letting the companies take out nearly six million dollars. The loss percent on premium receipts was 35 percent, down from 51 percent in 1904.
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Columbus
Ohio
Anti Treeting Bill Advances in Columbus Temperance Bill
The house temperance committee in Columbus reported favorably the Spangler anti treating bill. It bars buying drinks for others in saloons or any liquor selling venue and prohibits bartenders from giving away drinks. Penalties range from a fine of 1 to 5 dollars for first offenses up to 5 to 100 dollars for third offenses.
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House Committee On Temperance
Attorneys Locate Woman for Estate Heir in Mountains
Lisbon Feb 24 Attorney Charles Speaker and a Beaver Pa attorney located an 80 year old woman in Pennsylvania mountains who will inherit the estate of the late Gen Riley of Wellesville Ohio valued at 160000.
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Lisbon, O
Chas. Speaker
Beaver
Pennsylvania
Riley
Wellesville
Death of Chas H Kilgour in Cincinnati
Charles H Kilgour died at his residence after an illness of a little over a week. His passing removes a longtime prominent figure from Cincinnati’s business circles, where he had been a fixture for nearly fifty years.
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Accused By a Widower in Columbus Extortion Case
Columbus detective Ed ward Dolby arrested George F. Strait after F. M. Jackson a widower of 1030 Hildreth avenue alleged Strait sought to extort money via a woman hired as housekeeper. The case centers on alleged coercion and financial demands linked to the housekeeper.
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George F. Strait
Edward Dolby
F. M. Jackson
Hildreth Avenue
Freight line tragedy claims Fostoria man Fry
Findlay Ohio February 26 Earl Snyder and Jay Fry glassworkers from Fostoria were struck by a limited on the Toledo line while boarding a Fostoria car. Fry was instantly killed early Sunday morning.
Saloon Vote Keeps Beal Law in Ashtabula
In Ashtabula Ohio on February 24 voters upheld the Beal law by 1,786 wet to 1,596 dry, keeping saloons in the largest city in the state under the wartime alcohol policy. Ottawa reports Putnam County grand jury finished its investigation into the 5th Ridge company, returning 15 additional indictments for a total of 27.
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Ottawa, O
Putnam County Grand Jury
5Sridge Company
Babies Barred From Sidewalks In Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio on February 26 a policeman arrested a teamster for driving on the sidewalk. The driver protests that the sidewalk ban, including baby buggies, should be strictly enforced and enforced.
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Youngstown
She Routed a Burglar in Cleveland Home
Mrs Roeland Snider woke to a match striking wall smoke spotting a burglar with a lit match. She charged the intruder as he fled downstairs leaping through a window and escaping into the night in Cleveland on February 26.
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Roeland Snider
Died at 90 Nathan Hyams of Walnut Hills
Nathan Hyams died at his home 1304 Locust street Walnut Hills at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon of paralysis of the brain He was in his 90th year Hyams ran a pawnshop establishment for about twenty years
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Nathan Hyams
Locust Street
Walnut Hills
Hyams
Remains of Baseball Player Peterson Unclaimed in Springfield
Springfield Ohio February 26 The remains of Willis R Peterson a baseball player killed by a traction car lie at the morgue unclaimed He left a mother three brothers and a sister in the city none have inquired about him.
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Springfield
Willis R. Peterson
Republican convention names Albert Douglas for Congress
Lancaster Feb 22 Albert Douglas of Ross county wins the Republican Eleventh district nomination on the first ballot with 78 votes while Gen Grosvenor receives 20.
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Albert Douglas
Ross County
Congress
Gen
Grosvenor
Prominent Island Official Killed by Street Car
Henry C. Kelley, 48, a leading figure on Kelley’s Island and assistant general manager of Kelley’s Island Lime and Transport Co., was struck and killed by a street car on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland on February 26.
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Henry C. Kelley
Kelley’s Island, O
Kelley’s Island
Roy Mendenhall Death After Shooting Mrs Kenney
Dayton Ohio February 26 Roy Mendenhall who three weeks earlier shot and killed Mrs Eva Kenney for refusing marriage and then shot himself twice died Sunday night in hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Roy Mendenhall
Dayton
Eva Kenney
Are Under Bond for Train Wreck Attempt in Tiffin
Tiffin Ohio February 24 Mrs Dora Carpenter and Grover Baughman charged with attempting to wreck a Pennsylvania passenger train are under one thousand dollar bond to appear before the grand jury which they are unable to furnish.
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Dora Carpenter
Grover Baughman
Pennsylvania
Pleaded Not Guilty by Former Wooster Banker in Bank Case
Cleveland on February 24 saw J. R. Zinemerman arraigned in federal court and enter a not guilty plea to 11 counts in a new indictment alleging violations of federal banking laws. The former Wooster banker faces multiple charges across the national banking statute.
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J. R. Zinemerman
Wooster
United States Court
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