Escape by Biddles aided by warden's wife shocks Pittsburgh
Two murderers Edward and John Biddle, condemned for killing grocer Thomas D. Rahney, escaped from Allegheny County Jail with help from Warden Soffel's wife Mrs Soffel. They cut bars with provided laws, donned guard clothing, and fled at dawn after sourcing revolvers. The warden suspects his wife, who has disappeared with her clothing and overcoat, while authorities search by rail and across towns.
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Pittsburg
Jan
James McGeary
McGeary
John Biddle
Edward Biddle
Reynolds
Mwaivers
Ross Street
Hos
Peter K. Soffel
Biddles
Fourth Avenue
Panhandle
Warden Soffel
Mr. Soffel
John
Edward
Ix Betr
Soffel
Marshal
James Francis Burke
J. D. Watson
Burke
Pittsburg & Western
Etna
Pine Creek
Sharpsburg
Caucus to Study Reapportionment Bills in House
Washington January Representative Crumpacker of Indiana to speak in favor of reducing Southern representation. The Republican House caucus will meet next Monday to discuss all phases of the reapportionment measure from a party viewpoint. Payne's cabinet arrival fuels belief of action on northern southern representation.
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Mr. Crumpacker
Indiana
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Jan
Crumpacker
House
Payne
Philadelphia
McKinley
Frankfort Jury Sentences Jim Howard to Life Prison
In Frankfort Kentucky at 11 3 o clock the jury found Jim Howard guilty and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment after a two plus hour deliberation. The jury initially split over death but by final vote all twelve favored life. an appeal was promised. This was his second trial following a prior death sentence and a Court of Appeals grant of a new trial.
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Frankfort
Jim Howard
Howard
Court of Appeals
Alleged Mutiny On British Ship Ems In Puerto Rico
The British sloop Buzzard arrived from Barbadoes with the consul W. P. Churchward to settle a mutiny aboard the Ems led by Captain Clough. The Ems crew, diverse in nationality, refused to operate the vessel after it grounded near El Negro and reached Mayaguez for examination. A new crew was brought from New York, the old crew stayed aboard, and an inquiry will be held in Mayaguez.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Buzzard
Barbadoes
D. W
Mayaguez
W. P. Churchward
Ems
Clough
Demarara
New York
el Negro
Rival for Panama Canal Tehuantepec Railway planned with English aid
New York January report says Sir Weetman Pearson, MP and prominent British contractor, arrives aboard the Oceanic to meet Diaz in Mexico. He will supervise Tehuantepec Railway construction and enter a fifty year joint venture with the Mexican government to control and manage the line. The project aims to compete with the Seercanes road for Mississippi valley trade.
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New York
Weetman Pearson
Oceanic
Mexico
Diaz
Seercanes Bese
Joint Conference Opens Between Operators and Miners in Tomlinson Hall
In Tomlinson Hall Indiana operators and United Mine Workers convened at 11 yesterday, shaping credential and rules committees for a joint conference. Frances L Robbins of Pittsburg caused a stir as the session began with cordial exchanges and plans to submit the wage scale amid mutual aims for harmony. The Central Labor Union hosted a grand banquet for over 1500 delegates, with music, speeches, and a mayoral welcome, highlighting newfound cooperation between capital and labor.
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Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Tomlinson Hall
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Walter
Bogle
Mitchell
J. C. Kelsem
Phil H. Penna
James A. Hooper
Robert Salmond
Black
Illinois
J. A. Agee
A. J. Mooreshead
I. N. Spainhower
William Tophan
H. L. Chapman
J. H. Winder
George W. Savage
William Green
O. A. Blackburn
George Magoon
William Dodds
Abraham Davis
Mr. Blackburn
Mr. Dodds
J. Smith Talley
A. M. Ogle
Samuel Lynch
W. H. Taylor
BE. L. Bent
F. S. Peabody
George Bagwell
M. A. Langergan
S. A. McManigal
H. B. Nye
William Morgan
Thomas Cairns
George W. Schluedeberg
W. J. Phillips
William Littl
Samuel Gaskill
Talley
Bagwell
Indianapolis
Central Labor Union
Conference
Miners’ Convention
Charles Thorne
Fellman
Mother Jones
Garment Makers’ Union
Louis J. Meier & Co
Feltman
Bookwalter
Wilson
Labor brinkmanship over wage scale in mining dispute
Miners demand a 19 percent wage rise and elimination of midine and pick-mining differentials while operators push toward a run-of-mine basis. The scale negotiations are expected to be referred to a joint committee and then the convention for ratification as both sides brace for a lengthy conference. Eastern operators insist on maintaining current terms, while miners vow to accept nothing less.
Whittaker Elected Secretary of Republican State Committee
William H. Whittaker was unanimously chosen as secretary at a Republican State committee meeting held yesterday. The convention dates were set for April 23 and 24 with representation fixed by 200 votes plus fractions of 10 for Hugh H. Hanna electors. Many district reps were absent or represented by substitutes due to illness or other duties.
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Republican State Committee
William H. Whittaker
George W. Self
George A. Cunningham
Evansville
Louis O. Rasch
George Lilly
O. A. Marsh
Ward
Thomas McCoy
Warren Bigler
Adam Beck
Beck
R. B. Hanna
Fort Wayne
Elmer Leonard
Walter Brown
T. H. Johnson
O. M. Tichenor
Whittaker
Indianapolis
Harley
Delphi
Carroll County
Hugh H. Hanna
Millikan to Assist Chairman Goodrich in New Role
A. Millikan of New Castle will be retained by Chairman Hernly as private secretary to work with Chairman Goodrich, who will spend much of his time here. The arrangement signals continuity in leadership and administrative support.
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Ing
Goodrich
A. ©. Millikan
New Castle
Hernly
Ballot layout plan proposed by Mariof county GOP chairman Elliott
Chairman Elliott of the Mariof county Republican committee recommends to the board of primary election commissioners that ballot names be arranged horizontally rather than vertically. The plan would place each candidate number in a square to the left of the name, enabling candidates to alert supporters of their number and position on the ballot.
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Elliott
Mariof County
Republican Committee
Board of Primary Election Commissioners
United States Leads All in Banquet Toasts in Baltimore
The Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Baltimore held its annual banquet at the Hotel Renner with Mexican ambassador Don Manuel de Aspiroz as chief guest. Lloyd L. Jackson lauded U.S. prosperity and urged a larger merchant marine. Secretary Lyman J. Gage cited a postwar cash balance, noting U.S. lead in global credits and expressing confidence in the next Treasury head.
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Baltimore
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Renner
Don Manuel de Aspiroz
Lloyd L. Jackson
Lyman J. Gage
Treasury
Spain
United States
Rathbone defense argues privilege mirrored army housing
In Havana a Cuban postal fraud hearing heard minor witnesses while Director Fcenes testified post stamp receipts rose from 21.0 to 26,000 monthly. Ken ton described a 1899 system of accounts. Rathbone’s expenses were questioned as lacking official authority, contrasted with army officers whose insular funds furnished homes. Senate committee reports listing officer expenses were entered as evidence.
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Havana
Fcenes
Kenton
Estes G. Rathbone
Naval clash looms as Colombia reshapes Isthmus force
Jan 20 Panama reports Colombia’s government fleet including Boyaca Chuculto and General Campo sailing to reach General Castro on Azro peninsula southwest of Panama to meet Liberal gunboats Padilla Darien and Gattan near Yeguala. Castro reportedly not defeated. Gen Lucio Valazco named Panama district commander succeeding Gen Carlos Alban. Government plans to amass about five thousand troops within a month.
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Panama
Colombia
Boyaca
Chuculto
General Campo
Castro
General Castro
Azro Peninsula
Padilla
Darien
Gattan
Yeguala
Lucio Valazco
Senor Marroquin
Valazco
Carlos Alban
Ice Trapped Passengers Stranded Off Chicago
A flotilla of Goodrich steamers including the Lakeside and Atlanta with nearly two hundred people aboard are held by ice off Lakeview crib near Chicago since Wednesday night. Crews report limited provisions for ten days or two weeks per vessel and expect relief only if a west wind shifts by tomorrow night. An effort to gather news was blocked as the Dickinson was also trapped in the ice floe.
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Chicago
Atlanta
Goodrich Transportation Company
Hrive Fain
Lakeview Crib
Bits Dickinson
Fate of the Condor and Mattewan collision theory
Seattle reports rising interest in a possible ship collision between the Condor and Mattewan after Cap tain Hausdorff claimed the two steamers passed Ladysmith and Victoria on December 3 within half an hour of each other. Both ships followed nearly identical courses toward San Francisco and Honolulu for at least twenty miles after Cape Flattery.
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Seattle
Wash
Condor
Hausdorff
Cape Flattery
Ladysmith
Victoria
B. C
Mattewan
San Francisnn
Honoluka
Flattery
What Cubans Want
Havana January dispatch reports General Wood wrote to Washington senators about Cuba sugar. He says under current prices and Berens duties it is impossible to land sugar in the United States profitably. With a 3 percent duty reduction Cuban planters would net 48 cents per 20 pound bag.
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Havana
Jan. W
General Wood
Washington
Cuba
Berens
Unitedies
War Tax Repeal Plan Drives Bill Through Congress
The Ways and Means Committee unanimously instructs Chairman Payne to draft a repeal bill for all war revenue taxes except the mixed flour tax. The plan lowers tea duties immediately for stock clearance, with July 1 repeal for other taxes and a January 1 tea repeal to aid retailers. The measure targets taxes on banks brokers grain dealers pawnbrokers customs brokers and various trade duties, aiming for a balanced year end surplus.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Payne
Richardson
Tennessee
Robertson
Louisiana
Newlands
Nevada
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Chinese exclusion debate continues before House committee
Washington officials report the House foreign affairs committee hearing on Chinese exclusion. Witnesses including H R Fuller of the Brotherhood of Railroad Employes urge strict exclusion, arguing Chinese competition harms American labor. Andrew Forsyth of the Seamen's Union cites Pacific coast labor impacts in cannery, cigar making, tailoring and more. Maxwell Evarts of New York criticizes the pending bill’s features.
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Washington
Jan
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
H. R. Fuller
Brotherhood of Railroad
Andrew Forsyth
Seamen's Union
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Eulmeon
Wuth
Maning
Philippines
E Maxwell Evarts
New York
Wyer
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Robbings
Frances L. Robbins
Oliver M. Tichenor
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Madison
Lawrence
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Marion
Benton
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Martin Boone
Ory Brown
Roe Carroll
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Clay Noble
Clinton
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Parke
Decatur
de Kalb
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Jefferson
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