Philippine bills seek temporary government and land reforms
Washington January 6 Senator Lodge will introduce a bill for a temporary Philippine government confirming the President's commission actions and authorizing interisland regulation of commerce land grants and sale of public lands to occupants. A new Chinese exclusion measure tightens admission and labor controls with penalties and port restrictions.
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Philippines
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Interisland
Government of the Philippines
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Philippine Commission
Supreme Court of the Islands
Supreme Court of the United States
Manila
Lawschusetts
Wisconsin Rep Cooper to Introduce Philippines Civil Gov Bill
Representative Cooper of Wisconsin will, likely tomorrow, introduce a bill to establish a civil government for the Philippines. Result of extended War Department and congressional talks, aligning with Philippine commission recommendations. Provisions regulate corporate franchises mining timber and land operations and set initial steps for local self government.
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Washington
Cooper
Wisconsin
House
Insular Committee
Philippines
War Department
Philippine Commission
Pacific coast to present sweeping Chinese exclusion bill
Washington January 6 The Pacific coast senators and representatives have perfected a far reaching measure to exclude Chinese and will introduce it in both houses within days. The forty one page bill forbids admission except for citizens or those already secure in coming and residing under existing China arrangements and would be perpetual unless repealed.
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Secretary of the Treasury
San Francisco
Port Townsend
Wash
Portland
Ore
Boston
New York
New Orleans
Honolulu
San Juan
Manila
Commissioner of Immigration
Hawaii
Porto
Philippine Islands
Washington
Pacific Coast
China
Peking Ordered Guards Kept Off Streets For Royal Parade
Peking officials urged foreign ministers to confine legation guards to quarters to avoid clashes as the court returns. Ministers comply while diplomats’ families view the parade from government buildings. Foreigners split on formality versus closer relations with the court amid mixed reactions. Rail traffic to Pao-Ting-Fu congested. two special trains carry court baggage. Belgian railroad chief thanks the Emperor and Dowager Empress for their inaugural rail journey from Cheng-Ting-Fu to Pao-Ting-Fu.
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Legation
Pao‘Ting-Fu
Pao-Ting-Fu
Brussels
China
Cheng-Ting-Fu
Pao- Ting-Fu
Becoming Americanized in Tutuila Samoa
The government paid 4.20 in gun compensation to natives for last year. A district meeting urged raising native taxes in line with local prosperity under American rule. Chiefs in Pago Pago push baywide road construction, facing white land objections. An influenza epidemic sweeps the islands, causing many deaths.
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Samoa
San Francisco
Leiato
Pago-Pago
German Samoa Governor Solf Returns on Ventura
Dr. H. W. Solf, governor of the German Samoa, arrived in San Francisco on the Ventura and will visit his old home in Germany on leave. The latest reports say affairs on the islands are peaceful, with contentment and prosperity among the people.
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H. W. Solf
Samoan Islands
Ventura
Germany
Man shoots lover while seeking divorce evidence
Adrian Michigan January 6 James Hooker died after Bert Farrington of Milan shot him three times in his home while Farrington, seeking proof of his wife's infidelity for a divorce, confronted Hooker and his wife with sheriffs and police present. Farrington fired five shots, the officers overpowering him. The woman remained unharmed. Farrington was arrested.
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Adrian, Mich
James Hooker
Bert Farrington
Milan
Farrington
Hooker
Sherif
Shepperd
Hoo
Cuba Fraud Trials Open as Reeves Testimony Probed
In Havana the post office fraud trials continue with W H Reeves on the witness stand for three hours. Cuban stamp clerks Moya and Mascara testified they received surcharged stamps from Charles F W Neely and handed over proceeds. Reeves contradicted earlier statements as the fiscal questioned forged warrants and payments totaling about eight thousand dollars. Neely warned Reeves he risked trouble and urged him to deny guilt.
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Havana
Senores Lanuza
Desvernino
Estes G. Rathbone
Rathbone
Moya and Mascara
Charles F. W. Neely
Neely
Moya
W. H. Reeves
Reeves
Post Office Department
Cuba
Court of First Instance
Oon
Decree Fixes Gas Price and Lighting Fees in Havana
General Wood issues a decree fixing gas at 2.5 Spanish gold per 100 cubic feet and a monthly charge for public electric lighting at a set rate. The previous gas price was about 3.75 per 1000 cubic feet, and the decree covers the use of sixteen candles or wet electric lights in public places.
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Havana
General Wood
Killed His Sweetheart In West Union Tragedy
Homer M. Neff county surveyor and former county clerk shot and killed Miss Rose Falls and wounded Emmet Sullivan before killing himself. Sullivan had visited the woman when Neff appeared and fired five shots in rapid succession four taking effect. Two bullets hit the girl in the head and one in the breast while Sullivan was struck in the face by a glancing bullet.
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West Union
Homer M. Neff
Rose Falls
Emmet Sullivan
Sullivan
Neff
Local man dies in suicide after park visit
Neff, about 45, a longtime resident with an excellent reputation, moved in with his brother to operate the local electric light plant. He walked to his room in a park area, locked the door, and shot himself in the temple, death instantaneous.
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Neff
Von
Body of Carrie Larson found in river weighted for disposal
Chicago police report a 22 year old Carrie Larson identified body recovered from the river. Steamer Peerless cooks Louis Thoms and Oscar Ressick were arrested as witnesses allege Thoms hired Larson New Year’s Day and killed her with a weight attached to her neck. Ressick claims Thoms forced him to help throw the body overboard and to assist with disposal through a hole in the ice. Thoms denies the accusation.
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Chicago
Carrie Larson
Louis Thoms
Peerless
Oscar Ressick
Thoms
Ressick
Merger Case Decided Involving Wagner and Pullman Cars
Judge Tuley of the Chronult Court denied an injunction sought by Truman A. Taylor to block the Wagner Sleeping Car Company from being bought by the Pullman Palace Car Company. The merger would expand stock to 74 million dollars and change the corporate name. The decision found the transaction similar to a standard business purchase and rejected anti trust claims.
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Chicago
Tuley
Chronult Court
Pullman Palace Car Company
Truman A. Taylor
Wagner Sleeping Car Company
Pullman
Taylor
Wagner Company
New York
Six to Hang Same Day and One for Assassination
RALEIGH N C January 6 Governor Aycock today set Wednesday February 33 for the execution of six white men all after appeals to the Supreme Court Four men will hang at Asheville for burglary at Emma North Carolina One man will hang at Wilson for assassination the first since the war and one at Eaton for burglary
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Raleigh
N. C
Aycock
Supreme Court
Asheville
Emma
Wilson
Ae Ton
Receivers Appointed In Control Of Toledo and Detroit Line
The Toledo and Detroit Railroad property of the Everett-Moore syndicate is placed under receivers Ohio Savings Bank and Trust Company and David B. Cunningham with Judge Barber issuing an injunction to restrain the Detroit and Toledo Shore Line from disposing of bonds. A lien for 258987.10 by William B. Strang against the Erie Construction Company covers labor and materials for the period May 1 191 to Dec 31 191. The lien is the largest in Wayne county deeds office. Clarence A. Black claims the Detroit and Toledo Shore Line was bought from the Everett-Moore syndicate by Detroit United Railway directors despite Cleveland’s denials.
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Everett-Moore Syndicate
Toledo & Detroit Railroad
Judge Barber
Common Pleas Court
Ohio Savings Bank and Trust Company
David B. Cunningham
Detroit
Jud Barber
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Company
George 8. Stewart
Cunningham
Strong Contracting Company, Limited
Mich
William B. Strang
New York
Office of the Register of Deeds
Erie Construction Company
New Jersey
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Road
Cleveland
Summit Street
Wyandotte & Trenton
Trenton
Wayne County Register of Deeds
Clarence A. Black
Detroit & Toledo
Monroe &Toledo
Detroit United Railway
Newcomb outlines Cleveland Electric plans and trailing changes
Cleveland Electric Railway Company progress update from chairman Newcomb notes property remains valuable and capitalization will not rise by 1 million. Teams study Akron Bedford and Cleveland Short Line lines, creditors approached, New York talks possible, Detroit telephone plant eyed by capitalists for low figures.
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Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Bankers’ Committee
Everett-Moore Syndicate
Newcomb
Cleveland Eectric Railway Company
Akron, Bedford & Cleveland
Painesville
New York
Everett
Infinit
Detroit
System extension eyed by creditors in syndicate holdings
The system as designed will cost $190,000 and $400,000 has already been put into it but we believe that an extension of Ume will be granted by the creditors in this part of the syndicate's holdings. This extension will help this and other concerns to work out their salvation.
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Ume
Bandit attempt halts Baltimore & Ohio express near Swanton
A report from Cumberland Maryland describes five men entering the Swanton office of operator M J Sarsfield and striking him unconscious with a club before derailing a Chicago bound B and O express. An armed posse pursued the bandits as shots were exchanged and authorities denied knowledge of the incident in Baltimore.
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Chicago
Swanton
Here
M. J. Sarsfield
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago Express
Colorado bank suspends in Grand Junction
The Colorado State Bank, a long established Grand Junction institution, closed after Hanover National Bank of New York demanded loan repayment. The bank had about $190,000 in deposits and may reopen within weeks. T. M. Jones serves as president.
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Col
Colorado State Bank
Hanover National Bank
New York
Colorado Sugar Company
T. M. Jones
Sadlier Shot by Ex-Employee at Springfield Foundry
John G. Sadlier, 50, superintendent of the Springfield Foundry Company and Indianapolis Frog and Switch, was killed in a hall by John W. Kenney, a discharged molder who had threatened him earlier. Kenney fled but was captured by police. The post mortem showed five bullets. one struck the heart, others caused varying injuries. Sadlier, active in labor circles and a former National Molders’ Association officer, left fourteen children and supported St Joseph’s Church.
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John G. Sadlier
Springfield Foundry Company
Indianapolis Frog and Switch Company
John W. Kenney
Mulder
Sadlier
John Cox
Molder
Kenney
National Molders’ Association
Ite
Lieely
St. Joseph's Church
Bennett
McKinley
Butler elected Columbia University president at 39
Professor Nicholas Murray Butler, acting president since Seth Low's resignation, was elected president by Columbia's board. A Columbia alumnus and former National Educational Association president, Butler studied in Europe and edits several educational journals. Herbert A. Giles named to lecture series on the Dean Lung Chinese chair endowed by Gen. Horace Carpenter. Giles is a renowned China scholar from Cambridge.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Seth Low
Butler
Columbia
Europe
National Educational Association
Herbert A. Giles
Dean Lung
Horace W. Carpenter
Giles
University of Cambridge
England
China
Former Prince Weds in Hawaii and San Jose Pair
Prince David Kawanonokoa of Hawaii married Miss Abigail Campbell of San Jose at the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco. Archbishop Riordan presided. Relatives attended as Col. Samuel Parker and his wife join the couple on a forthcoming trip to Washington, D. C.
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San Francisco
Prince David Kawanonokoa
Hawaii
Abigail Campbell
San Jose
Archbishop Riordan
Occidental Hotel
Col
Samuel Parker
Washington, D. C
Campbell
Colonel Parker
Put Them to Sleep: Louisiana Father Held for Murder
In Forest Hill Louisiana on January 1 two of G B Keener's children, aged eighteen months and an infant, were found dead in bed with crushed skulls. Keener sent his wife to fetch water then stated he had put the children to sleep. He was jailed after a coroner's jury indicted him for murder.
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Forest Hill
G. B. Keener
Keener
Rushing the Fight Northwestern States Move to Supreme Court
Northwestern states press the anti merger case swiftly as counsel head to Washington aiming for a Supreme Court ruling. Legal teams act quickly to challenge the plan, seeking an early decision that could shape the merger landscape.
Supreme Court decisions back state power on railroad rates
The Supreme Court today handed down two key rulings reinforcing states' authority to fix transportation rates. Kentucky cases are noted. a forthcoming federal bill seeks to remove penalties and empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to set and adjust rates after hearings. Shippers face fines for misrepresentation. the plan aims to publish rate schedules and curb discriminatory practices while maintaining two-year validity for commission findings.
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Roosevelt
Interstate Law Convention
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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United States
Senator Elkins
Interstate Commerce Committee
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