Fight in Senate Sparks Secret Session Contempt Charge
Washington birthday clash between South Carolina senators Tillman and McLaurin ended in a visceral fight on the Senate floor. Bloodied noses, desk shoves, and assistants in the fray led to both men being held in contempt after a two hour closed session. Senators Fairbanks and Foraker condemned the incident as unprecedented and demanded action.
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Spooner
McLaurin
Mr. McLaurin
Mr. Tillman
Layton
Warren
Wyoming
Scott
West Virginia
Senate
South Carolina
Tillman
Capitol
Senator McLaurin
Senator Fairbanks
Foraker
Fairbanks
Ihs
McLawie
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Tillman Attacks Philippines Tariff and Cuban Policy
Senator Tillman continued his Philippines speech criticizing the tariff bill as a scheme to exploit the islands for American capital. He claimed the administration seeks to protect Cuban plantations and aid sugar and tobacco trusts, while offering free trade akin to Porto Rico. He urged honesty while deriding the drive to acquire Philippine properties. ED ON PAGE 6, COL. 2
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Tillman
Philippines
Philippine
Cuba
Oriental
Porto Rico
Banquet recalls Washington as a statesman in Peoria
At the Creve Coeur Club banquet in Peoria 600 guests heard Meade Detweiler reflect on George Washington and a wider view of U S postwar leadership. Judge Grosscup recalled McKinley’s Western trip illness and the Buffalo address he prepared but never delivered, tying fate to small actions.
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Peoria
Ill
Washington
Creve Coeur Club
Coliseum
Uinois
Meade C. Detweiler
Pennsylvania
the Elk
Porto Rico
Detweiler
Eee
United States
Hanna
Peter S. Grosscup
Chicago
William McKinley
White House
McKinney
San Francisco
California
Buffalo
McKinley
Secret conference noted between UMWA officials and coal operators
New York reports two secret meetings between United Mine Workers officials led by John Fahey and coal mine operators about a new labor contract. Fahey refused to confirm details while stating the union aims to avoid strikes and settle wage issues amicably, with the current contract viewed as tentative.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
John Fahey
Fahey
Sister Agnes Mary Named Provincial of Notre Dame Sisters
Cincinnati telegram reports Sister Agnes Mary named provincial of the Notre Dame sisters by the Belgian superior general, succeeding the late Mother Julia of Cincinnati. Agnes Mary has long led in West Rittenhouse Square, likely to remain there, while Cincinnati remains headquarters for the order.
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Agnes Mary
Julia
The
Notre Dame Sisters
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Notre Dame
Namu
Belgium
Sisters of Notre Dame
West Rittenhouse Square
Agnes
Couple suffocated in Detroit rooming house blaze
In Detroit on February 2 James McGlassan a 35 year old foreman at the Michigan Telephone Company was found dead with an unidentified woman in a Park Place rooming house. Gas from the stove caused both to suffocate the gas also entered the adjoining room where a man slept he was awakened and resuscitated. The woman is expected to recover.
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Detroit
Mich
James Mce Glassan
Michigan Telephone Company
Park Place
Aear
Accident at Westing display injures two men
Investigators found the machine suffered no failure but operators blamed lack of control in a cramped space. The wood and metal debris caused chaos as bystanders fled and physicians treated the injured Elston of 12 West New York Street and Stout of West Michigan Street. Stout’s condition was serious but not fatal as of hospital report. The incline run was about nineteen and a half feet from the floor. Stout flew about thirty five feet. Management expressed regret over the accident after a week without trouble.
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Westing
Elston
West New York Street
Stout
Wss
West Michigan Street
Lei
International Motor Car Company
Waverley
Conrad Mueller
Exhibition a Success Be an Annual Event
Frank Staley president of the automobile and bicycle show said officers were gratified by the week's exhibition. He stated the show would be repeated each year before spring trade and that results were satisfactory to exhibitors. Stockholders met and unanimously decided these shows would be an annual feature of the automobile and bicycle industry.
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Frank Staley
MERRY WAR IN SULLIVAN DEMS FACING PRIMARY CRISIS
In Sullivan county Indiana a Democratic split looms as the February 11 primary nears. W L Hunt loses recorder race by two votes amid ballot tampering claims and a Cass township flap. Meanwhile Floyd Floyd county selects Zenor for Congress and other county races. In Douglas and Casper, local contests and a murder verdict top notes.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
Sullivan County
Ringsters
Union
Republican
Recorder
W. L. Hunt
G. Wellman Lackey
Hunt
Robert L. Taylor
Times
Lackey
Cass Township
J. R. Riggs
Taylor
Charles D. Hunt
Riggs
John A. Curry
Sullivan Times
Rose
A. V. Munich
David Crawley
Crawley
County Central Committee
New Albany
Floyd County
Congress
W. T. Zenor
Zach Scifres
Smith Askren
G. W. Denbo
Thomas Hanlon
Amos Atkins
Raymond Morris
C. B. Scott
Lewis A. Stoy
G. W. Gwartney
Corydon
Zenor
John M. Baylor
Baylor
Eighteen Victims in New York Disaster and Fire
Details emerge of a major blast and fire at Park Avenue Hotel where nearly 500 guests were in residence for Prince Henry festivities. Many injured as the building suffers extensive damage. the nearby Seventieth Seventh Regiment Armory also reports destruction and collapse.
Tragic Park Avenue Hotel Fire Claims Eighteen Lives
A major fire starting in the Seventy first Regiment armory at Thirty third street spread to the Park Avenue Hotel on New York’s Park Avenue. Eighteen guests died and many were injured as smoke and darkness trapped residents who jumped from windows or fled burning corridors. The incident follows two other New Year’s era disasters and left a revised list of eighteen dead and a longer injured roster.
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New Year's Day Park Avenue
New York Central Tunnel
Fifty-sixth Street
Seventyfirst Regiment
Thirty-third Street
Park Avenue Hotel
Acton
Norman
Bellevue
Morgue
Colorado Springs
Burdetth
Charles L
Hartford
Conn
Fred
Lyons
West Thirtieth Street
Hames
J. R
Thomas Horne
Denver
Cot
H. B. Claflin Company
Mson
John
Col
Liggert
Minnie E
Daniells & Fisher Co
M'Manus
J. O'Connell
Charles Underwood
New York Hospital
Supreme Court
Robbins
Gaston A
Savannah
Schlessinger
Esther
Chicago
Jacob
Rochester
Walker
John G
Columbia
Tenn
Piper
Alexander
Foster
Salame
Tombs Angel
William 8. Boardman
William J. Bernhardt
Lee G. Conrad
Woodbury
Lester L
Portland
Everhard
Frank
Candy Company
Heist
Stebbins
William, JR
Burns
West Indies
Boardman
William 5
Livingston
Perry W
Campville
N. Y
Bennett
Charlotte
Ffty
Sophia
Meyer
Emma
Mary G
Catherine M
Hall
Samuel H
Newark
N. J
Miss Anna
Shock
Dley
W_ B
Braduse
Maas
Spreiied
Kronprinz Wilhelm Sighted With Prince Henry Off Nantucket
Belated by storm Prince Henry did not reach New York yesterday. The Kronprinz Wilhelm was sighted at 1 AM off Nantucket lightship and is expected to reach Sandy Hook by 10 AM, delaying reception plans due to a severe Atlantic gale.
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Prince Henry
New York
Atlantic
Prince Henry of
Germany
Nantucket
Sandy Hook
News on Kronprinz Wilhelm Delayed by Atlantic Storm
News from New York reports Prince Henry's arrival delayed as adverse gales and a snow storm thwart the Kronprinz Wilhelm and the accompanying German ships. Navy vessels, crowds, and official ceremonies await word, while communications disruptions keep portside watchers in suspense.
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New York
Germany
America
Prince Henry
Nantucket
Fire Island
Sandy Hook
Lloyd Line
Admiral Evans
Illinois
Olympia
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Tompkinsville
Lower Bay
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Kronpring
Wilhelm
Staten Island
Sensational Fist Fight and Scream of News From The Union
The page highlights a sensational fist fight in the United States Senate, a fire disaster in New York, and the steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm sighting. It reports two injured in an automobile crash, telegraphic updates from Indiana, and varied items from sports to real estate and society life. The narrative mentions a storm with dangerous sea conditions, press boats seeking protection, and Marconi efforts to relay news from the Kronprinz Wilhelm to New York.
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Washington
United States Senate
Senate
New York
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Indiana
Harmony
Weyler
Sporting News
Sullivan
McGovern
Ireland
W—Grose
Greenfield Rapid Transit Company
Plunge of Auto Sparks Excitement at Cyclorama Show
Sidney Elston and Everson Stout were injured when an automobile plunged headlong through the railing at the Cyclorama building during a daring incline maneuver. Stout suffered severe injuries including a broken wrist and elbow, a dislocated hip, and a gash above the eye. Elston escaped with a dislocated shoulder. The accident followed a week of warnings against such maneuvers despite management’s efforts to prevent risk.
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Automobile and Bicycle Show
Sidney Elston
Everson Stout
Stout
G. H. Westing
Elston
Hodges
City Hospital
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Rhames
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Weinley
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Rooming
Uncle Sam
Sam
Staley
Floyd Coun
Ty Democrats Indorse Zenor For
Floyd County Indorses Zenor
Tuscola
Douglas County
George Calloway
Dr. Calloway
Carl S. Burgett
Newman
Journal-Republican
Casper
Wyo
Charles Woodward
Ricker
Woodward
Seventy-First Regiment
Windsor
Kronpring Wilhelm
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London
Shortridge High School
Suburban Society
Senator Beveridge
Chicago Union League Club
Were Wolf
George Ade
Maxim Gorki
W. T. Hornaday
Winifred Graham
Grant
Deutscher Verein
Cunard Line
Etruria
Pape
Marconi
Liverpool
Hohenzollern
Lucania
Nanucket
St Sidney Liston
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