Increased use of Center Street viaduct steps prompts replacement
Before the Short Line built a viaduct over Center street tracks a tally counted by a Pacific yama machine showed over 9000 daily crossings. Since the Lander street crossing closed, traffic rose, wearing the east approach steps to a thin edge and causing Street Overseer Hargraves to replace them with new timbers. Many prefer the south wing steps in winter when the wooden stairs are slippery.
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Center Street
Pacific
Yama
Lander Street
Hargraves
Woolen Schedule Turmoil Ends in Tariff Hearings
House Ways and Means Committee closes wool schedule hearings on Schedule K in a tariff storm. Democrats push revised wool tariff aligned with Taft era bills, with talks of schedule by schedule changes. Voicing disputes, Johnston Robertson urged twelve cents per pound for mohair while Underwood notes raw material shifts to essential status.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Taft
Mobair
Johnston Robertson
Texas
Underwood
Longworth
Ohio
Frank P. Bennett
Boston
Bennett
Early Session Plans as Wilson Inaugural Stance Emerges
Washington observers predict that Congress will outline early actions for President-elect Wilson. The tariff bills are to be studied while currency reform and Philippine independence loom. Democrats expect limited legislation beyond tariffs, with possible extensions of the emergency currency law to hedge financial risk.
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Washington
Wilson
Money Trust
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
Philippines
Vreeland
Taft
Suffragettes Begin Militant Campaign in London and Dublin
In Dublin suffragettes attack Dublin Castle windows, three are arrested. In London, "General" Mrs Drummond delivers an ultimatum to Chancellor Lloyd George after he declines a deputation. A Trafalgar Square meeting leads to fourteen day sentences for three militants resisting police.
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Dublin
Dublin Castle
House of Commons
Despard
Ana
An & Ores
Trafalgar
John French
Canethioens
Three suffragettes jailed for Dublin Castle pane damage
Dublin on January 28 saw three suffragettes arrested for breaking fifteen panes in Dublin Castle. They were sentenced by the police magistrate to a month of hard labor each.
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Dublin
Dublin Castle
Moros Attack American Troops Near Jolo In Manila
Americans suffer one killed and six wounded after a Moros assault near Jolo. A large Bolo force pressed two troops of U S cavalry and a Philippine constabulary detachment, with Moros reportedly beaten off after heavy fighting and uncertain Moro casualties.
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Manila
Jolo
United States
Philippine Constabulary
Soldier of Fortune dies after snowbound trek to Everett
The body of Frank Esersky aged 85 a former brigadier general in the Russian army and Civil War unionist was brought to Everett Washington from Silverton in the Cascades. Snow slides blocked the train and four men carried the casket twenty miles to the station. He apparently had no known family ties.
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Everett
Wash
Frank Esersky
Silverton
Cascades
Warren Defeats Kendrick in Wyoming Senate Race
In Cheyenne on January 98 Senator Franklin E Warren received 45 votes while John B Kendrick garnered 39 in the Wyoming legislature. E H Manson abstained from casting a ballot.
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Cheyenne
Francis E. Warren
John B. Kendrick
United States
Wyoming
Warren
Senate
E. H. Manson
Republicans Press for Confirmation as Week Begins
The party line stays firm with no concessions to Democrats and demands for full confirmation of all Senate appointments. The House will focus on appropriation bills and aims to present major supply measures to the Senate by week’s end.
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Senate
House
Jim Thorpe Loses Out In Olympic Controversy
New York officials announce Thorpe must forfeit his Olympic points and trophies after admitting professionalism. Martin Sheridan regains title as champion all around American. J Brodemus of Princeton awarded first on Labor Day finisher. Olympic trophies will be sent to Sweden as investigations commence.
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New York
America
James Thorpe
Olympic Committee
Sweden
Amateur Athletic Union
Martin Sheridan
Thorpe
J. Brodemus
Princeton
Uncle Sam Sells Aeroplane After Duty Default
The mono plane operated by George Mestach in the fatal collision involving Howard Gill at the Chicago aviation meet was sold at auction by the U S collector of customs for failure to pay duty. It is said to be the first time a flying machine has been sold by the government.
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Chicago, Ill
George Mestach
Howard Gill
United States Collector of Customs
Montreal Civil Engineers Open 27th Annual Convention
More than 500 members of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers gathered in Montreal for the twenty seventh annual convention. The three day sessions include technical discussions and social functions. Phelps Johnson was installed as president succeeding Tye at the opening session.
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Montreal
Canadian Society of Civil Engineers
Phelps Johnson
Tye
National Baptist Meeting Opens in Tuskegee
Tuskegee Alabama January 28 members of the executive board of the National Baptist convention gather for their annual session to select the date and place for the forthcoming annual convention.
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Tuskegee, Ala
The
National Baptist Convention
Inaugural Seat Sought For Barbershop Visit
Rep Neely of Kansas asks the inaugural committee to reserve a seat with a view of the oath. He seeks it for E F Boxwell of Hoisington who vowed in 1896 to skip a barber until a Democrat took office. Boxwell’s letter requests a standby seat and a barber.
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Washington
Representative Neely
Kansas
Wilson
Neeley
E. F. Boxwell
Hoisington
Boxwell
Liberal religious congress opens in Rochester
The National Federation of Religious Liberals and the Free Religious Association of America launched a joint congress in Rochester New York with sessions in Unitarian and liberal churches this week. Speakers include Rudolf Eucken Rabindranath Tagore Charles Fleischer Anna Garlin Spencer Henry W Wilbur and Daniel Evans. Topics cover religious liberty social justice industrial ethics church unity and morality in public schools.
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Rochester
N. Y
National Federation of Religious Liberals
Free Religious Association of America
Rudolf Eucken
University of Jena
Rabindranath Tagore
Calcutta
Charles Fleischer
Boston
Anna Garlin Spencer
New York
Henry W. Wilbur
Philadelphia
Daniel Evans
Andover Seminary
Churches of America
Hughes Elected U.S. Senator by New Jersey Legislature
In Trenton on January 28, the New Jersey General Assembly and Senate elected former Congressman William Hughes Democrat to succeed Frank O Briggs Republican as U.S. senator. Hughes had won the Democratic primary last fall.
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Trenton
William Hughes
United States
Frank
Briggs
Hughes
Compulsory Mediation At National Civic Federation Meet
Representatives of Capital and Labor gather to discuss mediation in industrial disputes at the National Civic Federation's thirteenth annual meeting in New York. The conference seeks amendments to Erdman act, a model arbitration law for states, and uniform laws on workmen compensation and public utilities.
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New York
Hotel Astor
National Civic Federation
Conciliation
Federation
Legisla
Oppose Plan of Aldrich By Farmers Leaders Before Committee
W T Creasy of the Pennsylvania Grange told the House Currency Reform Committee that farmers oppose the Aldrich plan and fear big financiers seek currency control. C S Barrett of the National Farmers Union and delegates argued the current system spurs speculation and urged long term farm loans via postal savings deposits and a system of land banks separate from commercial banks.
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Washington
National Monetary Commission
W. T. Creasy
Pennsylvania
House
National Farmers’ Union
J. D. Brown
Arlington
Oregon
A. F. Swift
Baker
Postal Savings Bank
Messenger Webb Halts in Transit with Electoral Return
Washington dispatch reports H. T. Webb the missing Arizona messenger sent to deliver electoral returns telegraphed Senator Ashhurst from New York that he is en route to Washington despite the delay.
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Washington
H. T. Webb
Arizona
Eletoral
Ashhurst
New York
Arizona Messenger Webb Reported Safe in Chicago Hotel
Wilfred T. Webb official Arizona electoral vote messenger, reported missing from Washington, is said to be a hotel guest in Chicago where he plans to stay several days for private business. All other states sent votes to Washington yesterday. concern remains for Webb while the Senate adjourned without acting on his mileage bill of 600 dollars, which he may pay himself.
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Chicago
Wilfred T. Webb
Arizona
Washington
Senate
Webb
Wisconsin dairy leaders begin broad courses at State College
Madison January 28. Wisconsin aims to keep its premier dairy status with expansive courses at the State College of Agriculture. Factory managers and operators from across the state attend instruction covering the four dairy department divisions: creamery cheese factory dairy machine shop and model laboratory for testing milk cream and butter.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State College of Agriculture
State College
Bread Shortage Shuts Lima as Bakers Strike
Jan 28 The Peruvian capital Lima faces a bread shortage as bakers and other factory workers in the city join a general strike that began earlier this month.
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Jéma
Wheat Market Chicago May Wheat Closes at 92 1/2
May wheat closed at 92 1/2 cents a bushel in Chicago trading on January 28. The market moved with small gains amid a light buying interest and steady export demand.
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Chicago
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