Daring Robbery of Mail Car on the Southern Pacific
The Oregon Express train northbound through California was robbed early today of all eastern registered mail. Two masked men bound and gagged three clerks and escaped after dropping off at Redding. The robbers posed as clerks at way stations while looting every registered mail sack. A vigorous search is under way for the bandits.
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Redding
Cal
Oregon Express
Southern Pacific
Red Bluff
Charles J. Ryan
Ryan
Robert B. Warner
George Westlake
Westlake
Last Sad Rites Over Naval Hero
President Taft and cabinet members attended the funeral of Rear Admiral Robley S. Evans in Washington. Military honors marked the observances at All Souls' Unitarian Church, with Rev. U. G. B. Pierce officiating. Eight petty officers from the U S Dolphin carried the flower laden casket to a gun caisson for burial at Arlington.
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Washington
Robley S. Evans
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Taft
U. G. B. Pierce
Dolphin
Arlington Cemetery
Planning Canal Terminals in New York
Albany reports the New York State Barge Canal Terminal conference met at Hotel Ten Eyck to plan implementing the Canal Terminal act. The act authorizes a $19,800,000 bond issue to establish freight terminals along the waterway. Lawmakers are expected to proceed with construction after voter approval.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Hotel Ten Eyck
No Convention Rates Abolished by Western Passenger Association
Chicago Jan. 5 The Western Passenger Association imitates the Central by ending cheap convention rates and adopts a flat two cent rate in each direction for such events. Homeseeker rates remain as last year and no decision on tourist rates has been made.
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Chicago
Western Passenger Association
Central Passenger Association
Western Association
Missionary salaries unsettled prompt women to charity
Nashville January 5. Facing a possible recall of foreign missionaries because salaries are unpaid the women of the Southern Presbyterian church send jewels and valuables to the board to cover a debt of one hundred dollars.
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Nashville
Southern Presbyterian Church
Oregon Governor Prepares Mass Reprieve in Salem
Salem Oregon January 5 Governor West will reprieve all condemned murderers in Oregon until December 13 1912 when voters decide on capital punishment at a referendum The announcement followed the reprieve of Mike Morgan who was sentenced to hang
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Salem
Ore
West
Oregon
Mike Morgan
Meat Trust Paid Out Fifteen Million
Arthur Colby testified as the fourth government witness in the packers trial. He described his roles at National Packing and listed subsidiary firms. government attorney Wilkerson presented minutes from March 18, 1903 in Jersey City and outlined by laws and a plan to buy thirteen independent packing firms for fifteen million dollars.
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Chicago
Arthur Colby
National Packing Company
Wilkerson
National Company
Jersey City
Harmon to Stamp West
Ohio Governor Harmon plans a western presidential trip before month end to San Francisco and Sanessco to choose a site for the Ohio building at the exposition. The tour aims to test Harmon sentiment, bolster his campaign, and draw large audiences with favorable press coverage.
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Harmon
Columbus
la Follette
Wisconsin
Ohio
San Nessco
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Presidential Field
Virginia Republicans Rally Behind Taft in South
Roanoke Virginia January 5 Republicans state committee members arrive for a meeting to issue a call for the state convention and select delegates to the national convention. Chairman Grossman Slempt says Virginia is solidly for President Taft and tomorrow's gathering marks the campaign’s formal southern opening.
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Virginia
Taft
Roanoke
Republican State Committee of
Grossman Slempt
South
Oregon Governor Halts Hanging After Clemency
Mike Morgan sentenced to death in Salem Oregon for murdering his partner John York at a Grant's Pass logging camp but Governor West grants clemency and pledges no executions during his term. Morgan of Mt Carmel Illinois convicted of the logging camp murder.
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Salem
Ore
Mike Morgan
West
Oregon
Morgan
Mt. Carmel
John York
Grant
Pasa
New Medical Committee Formed to Aid Public Health
The American Academy of Medicine announces a new committee whose expenses will be paid by Mrs. E. H. Tarriman. The group will provide public authorities with expert opinions on public health matters and includes many leading New York City physicians.
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New York
American Academy of Medicine
E. H. Tarriman
New York City
Unemployed Actors Seek Work in Chicago
Chicago January 5. Fifteen hundred actors and actresses seek employment in Chicago according to an estimate by booking agencies.
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Chicago
Brown and Burns Will Split Reward in McNamara Case
Los Angeles reports the federal grand jury in the dynamiting probe to close today with Judge Wellborn to discharge it. The county grand jury continues the bribery attempt inquiry in the McNamara case as Bert H Franklin is arraigned. Samuel L Browne and W J Burns reach agreement to divide rewards and Browne drops the suit.
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Los Angeles
Federal
Wellborn
McNamara
Bert H. Franklin
Samuel L. Browne
W. J. Burns
Browne
McManigal Heads East on Rock Island Route
Delhart Texas January 5 report Ortie bo Manigal was observed traveling east along the Rock Island road at 4 20 this afternoon with details forthcoming on his route and destination through the rail line corridors.
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McManigal
Delhart
Tex
Ortie Bo Manigal
Rock Island Road
Fredericks Leaves for Washington on Dyna mite Probe
John D. Fredericks prosecuting attorney of Los Angeles county departed for Washington to report on the proceedings in the dynamite investigation to the department of justice.
Taft Rally in South Dakota Rallies Taft Loyalists
In Huron South Dakota Republican leaders gathered for a Taft league meeting with all day sessions and speeches from party representatives. Taft backers see strong state support and aim to secure a Chicago delegation before the national convention while Roosevelt’s potential impact remains uncertain.
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Taft
South Dakota
Huron
Taft League
Opera House
Publican
la Follette
North Dakota
Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Col
Tragic Collapse In Seville Kills Pupils And Teachers
A private school building in Seville Spain collapsed killing a large number of students and four teachers. The total deaths were not yet known as recovery continued today with many remains still unrecovered.
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Seville
Spain
More Than 30 000 Republican Troops Move Toward Peking
In Nanking on January 5 the Republican forces began ferrying railway rolling stock to Pukow in preparation for an advance when the armistice ends tomorrow. Winter gear arrives by the carload as troops are equipped for the march on Peking. Canton sent 4000 reinforcements bringing the total to over 30 000 rifles. Imperial forces are not as numerous.
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Nanking
China
Pukow
Peking
Canton
Roosevelt ballot push by Passaic Republicans
Former Postmaster William H. Mackey delivers a petition signed by 1004 Republicans urging consent to place Theodore Roosevelt on the New Jersey primary ballot. Everett Colby of the Progressive League says Roosevelt’s name will likely appear without direct request.
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Passaic
N. J
William H. Mackey
Roosevelt
Everett Colby
Progressive League
Bryan appears on Democratic primary ballot petition
Lincoln Nebraska January 5 Bryan's name will be listed in an advanced position on the Democratic primary ballot after a petition filed today signed by 26 voters.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Bryan
Bantam Scrapper Holds Off Giant Logger in Portland Bust
Four and a half foot, ninety pound C F Wilson fought a heavyweight logger and struck a police officer in the eye during arrest. He squeezed through cell bars and lurched through the corridor when officers found him this morning.
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Portland
C. F. Wilson
La Follette Campaign Moves Through Illinois
In Bloomington La Follette urged reform of public domain resources and forests. He criticized exchange land grants to corporations and said coal lands were sold below value. He argued continued leasing could have funded national government expenses.
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Chicago
La Follette Near Collapse After Campaign Tour
Decatur Jan 5 La Follette is on the verge of collapse due to strenuous campaigning through Michigan and Illinois and a ptomaine poisoning attack. He travels Illinois today and rests between stations. exhaustion from a Bloomington speech leaves him unable to address here.
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Decatur
la Follette
Michigan
Illinois
Bloomington
Harmon to Be Entertained in New York at Lotus Club
Governor Harmon of Ohio, seen as a strong Democratic presidential candidate, will attend a Lotus club reception in New York. The nonpartisan club has hosted presidents and other leaders in its 50 year history. He may then travel to Washington for the Jackson Day banquet, signaling Harmon's eastern support.
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Scorpion
Lloyd
Trieste
Scormpion
Stamboul
Harmon
New York
Ohio
Lotus Club
Washington
Cardinal Farley Sails Home Amid Farewell in Naples
Cardinal Farley and his suite boarded the North German Lloyd liner Berlin in Naples for voyage home. The ship is expected to reach New York on January 15.
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Cardinal Farley
Naples
Cardinal Farle
Berlin
Arive
New York
Senate resumes trust hearings after holidays
Washington DC January 5 after a holiday recess the senate interstate commerce committee resumes public hearings on trust problems.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Stallion Eligibility Discussion Moves to Legislature
Representatives from Kentucky met to discuss proposing a bill that would set eligibility rules for stallions. The meeting highlighted concerns about breeding practices and regulatory oversight.
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Kentucky
Carnegie to Testify on Steel Trust Testimony
Andrew Carnegie has been asked by the House committee investigating the steel trust to testify January 10. Carnegie agreed to appear.
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Carnegie
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
House
Steel Trust
La Follette Movement in South Dakota Faces Collapse
Report predicts the La Follette movement inSouth Dakota will collapse as organizational support wanes and public backing declines, signaling a rapid end to its influence in the state.
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South Dakota
German wrestler to clash with Chicagoan at St Louis meet
Karl Sampson Germany’s champion will wrestle Charles Tuttle of Chicago before the Coen Athletic Club on Thursday night in St Louis. The pairing headlines a card expected to draw local fans.
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St. Louis
Karl Sampson
Germany
Charles Tuttle
Chicago
Coen Athletic Club
Chicago Toll of Frigid Front Stuns Midwest Towns
Bitter cold grips the region with 42 below in Canadian Northwest and 28 below in Eau Claire while La Crosse reports 25 below and Chicago records 8 below as Duluth is cited as the coldest town in the United States today.
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Canadian Northwest
Eau Claire
LaCrosse
Chicago
Duluth
United States
Record Cold Across Midwest and Canada
A cold wave extending from the Rockies to Indianapolis and into Canada shattered yearly lows. Uplands like Eau Claire 42 below, La Crosse 28, Milwaukee and Madison 18, Chicago 8 below. Northwest winds blow as additional temperature drops are forecast tonight.
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Rockies
Indianapolis
Canada
Canadian Northwest
Eau Claire
Wis
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Madison
Chicago
Coldest Chicago day in two years with widespread suffering
Chicago records a six below zero temperature early morning with a driving northwest wind. Lodging houses housed 750 people, 300 above normal, and 100 more sought shelter at police stations. Two men were found frozen and taken to hospitals as the city faced severe cold and hardship.
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Chicago
Record Low Temperatures Hit Midwest On January 5
A northwest cold wave chilled the Middle West with readings from 4 below at City to 24 below at Huron marking the season's coldest spell so far. The Mississippi valley area faced the deepest freezes as temperatures plummeted across several towns.
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Middle West
Kansas City
Mississippi Valley
City
Huron
Duluth Records Extreme Cold This Morning
Duluth reported street thermometers indicating thirty three to thirty five below zero on January 5. The city is among the coldest towns in the United States as bitter conditions persist.
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Duluth
United States
Missouri Shivers at Exposed Temperatures
In St Louis Missouri and nearby eastern Missouri and southern Illinois temperatures dipped between two and sixteen below zero, marking a frigid winter day across the region.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Illinois
Organization of a South Carolina drainage association
Charleston. 8 C Jan 5. A well attended conference moved to form a permanent state drainage association to reclaim and develop 3,000,000 acres of swamp and low lands along the South Carolina coast. Delegates were chosen for the National Drainage congress in New Orleans in February and preliminary plans discussed for hosting the national body in Charleston next year.
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Charleston
8. C
South Carolina
National Drainage Congress
New Orleans
Denver Postal Clerk Fined for Stamps Substitution Graft
R F Backus a Canyon City postal clerk was fined twenty five dollars in federal court for replacing good stamps with cancelled ones. He admitted a youthful stamp collecting hobby led to the theft and substitution of old stamps for new as a source of gain.
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Denver
R. F. Backus
Canyon City
Gibbs Machinery blaze threatens wholesale district
A large fire destroyed the Gibbs Machinery company main building and six other structures in Columbia on January 5. Damage reached $300,000 and much of the wholesale district faced urgent danger as flames spread.
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Columbia
8. C
Gibbs Machinery Company
Taft to appoint Dr Rupert Blue as surgeon general
President Taft will nominate Dr Rupert Blue of South Carolina to head the public health and marine hospital service succeeding the late Dr Wy man. Blue is credited with driving bubonic plague from San Francisco.
Quinine Poisoning Case Remarked as First In Newark
Newark January 5 Martha Mass aged 19 died from self inflicted quinine poisoning after a distressing decline following a delayed recovery from an appendicitis operation. The coroner recorded the death as death by own action.
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Newark
Martha Mass
Reenay
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the Herald
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Burns
Pekin
Teddy
Bantam Scrapper
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