Lawmakers and Judges in Shifted Power
A weekly condensed report notes Representative De Armond of Missouri proposing a bill to empower the president to retire federal judges and fill vacancies with Senate advice. It also covers congress raising salaries to 7500 annually and Roosevelt seeking ICC expansion to address car shortages. Senator Blackburn's amendment to Foraker's Brownsville resolution faces likely defeat as Senator Grane rallies Republican opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
de Armond
Missori
House
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Blackburn
Foraker
Brownsville
Grane
Wearly
The Jamaica Disaster and Aftermath
An earthquake followed by fire devastates Kingston Jamaica killing many including Sir James Fergusson and 40 soldiers. Thousands may be dead as the harbor bed sinks and lighthouses disappear. Rescue focuses on burying dead aiding survivors and evacuations while American marines land.
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Jamaica
Kingston
James Fergusson
House of Representatives
Evans
Raimed
Miscellaneous notes from the era on treasury site choice and weather
The secretary of the treasury selected the corner property at Fifteenth and Penn for the new Pittsburgh post office. A severe flood in the Ohio River valley was described as the worst in 20 years, leaving towns without light and transport. Reports covered embezzlement acquittal in St Louis, Chicago bank indictments, a Russian rural chief killed by a schoolboy, a Cuban police raid dueling challenge, and local railroad accident injuries in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Pittsburg
Fifteenth and
Penn Avenue
Ohio River Valley
Shawneetown
David P. Dyer, Jr
United States
St. Louis
Sub-Treasury
United States District Court
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
John 2. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Smolensk
Russia
Senor Coronado
Havana
Marianao
Cuba
L. H.grubb
Macon
P. B. ‘Robinson
Cameron
Burlington Railway
Eola
Grubb
Idaho “House
Ste Lage
Wiscon State Assembly
Oskaloosa
Ohio
Little ‘Kanawha
Iilver
Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Reuben R. Adama
Arkansas Senate
William Lambert
Adame
Festua’ C. Butt
Roosevelt
Cannon
Association For the Extension of Foreign Commerce
Davidson
Texas House
Bailey
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Deneen
Imola
van L. Hampton
Macomb Journal
Joliet
James M. Phelps
Freeport
Laclede Gas Light Company
Hitchcock
Siskiyou
Modoc
California
Seaboard Air Line
Florida
Raleigh
N.C
Philadelphia, & Reading
Norristown
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Indiana
James Wpperson
Laurence J. Kavanagh
S. J
St. Joseph's College
Philadelphia
Count Henri de la Vaulx
France
C. B. Gould
Minnesota Board of Control
Minneapolis
South Shore Stone Company
Monroe
Mich
Robert Adams
Nicholas Tolstoi
Moscow
Multiple front-page items mix wrecks and politics
A jumble of brief items reports a wreck near Hutchinson Kansas with an engineer killed and passengers injured, boxing results in Los Angeles, and labor and political developments including Roosevelt's stance on Brownsville troops, the Southern Cotton association's convention actions, and various crimes and corporate cases.
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Santa
Chicago “Limited
Hutchinson
Kan
Honolulu
Yokosuka
Abe Attell
Harry,aker
San Francisco
Pacific Athletic Club
Los Angeles
Grand Council
National Industrial Assocation of America
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Finley
N. C
Dave
Great Northern Railway
Chicago
Bank of
Midville
C. W. Powers
Barstow
Cal
Alec Ballanec
Pearl
Barton
O. Harvie Jordan
Southern Cottons Association
Southern Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Company
Savannah
Philippines
Standard CW Company
Ofl
Philippine Islands
MacAndrews & Forbes Company
New York
J. $. Young Company
Baltimore
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Great Northern
St. Paul
Minn
Cincinnati
Southern Pacific
Santa Cruz County
Arizona
Finais Board of Charities
Industrial School For Girls
Peoria
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Orient
China
John Winans
Janesville
Wis
William Fowler Thompson
Standard Glass Company
Pottsville
Philadelphia
McClellan
Jackson
Hearst
Convention of
United Mine Workers
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of Labor
Oscar Straus
Turkey
McCormick
France
Imperial Order of Nichan-I-Chéfakat
Safford
Ariz
William Williams
United Mine Workers of Amerex
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Findlay
U S Admiral ordered to leave Kingston amid clash with governor
Kingston Jamaica January 21 Rear Admiral Davis mission of mercy to aid Kingston faced abrupt end after Governor Swettenham objected to American sailors clearing streets guarding property and aiding wounded The admiral left with Missouri Indiana and Yankton expected to sail Admiral Davis expressed shock at the governor's demand Washington officials dispute the dispute saying no trouble exists and ships have not sailed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Marinca
Island
Kingston
Jamaica
Davis
Atricken
Swettenham
Davin
United States
Missouri
Indiana
Yankton
Associated Press
Daive
Washington
D. C
Bacon
Swettenhall
Fifty Thousand Homeless from Ohio Floods Saddened City
Cincinnati reports colder weather and a gale worsened flood victims' misery. Buildings on Walnut Street housing wholesalers collapsed, more areas flooded, and river levels rose to possibly 67 feet within 36 hours. Ohio and surrounding states face widespread evacuations and infrastructure damage.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Walnut Street
Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Parkersburg
Portsmouth
West End
Madison
Ind
Huntington
W Va
Cinceinnati
Widow Virtues and Legacy Across Cultures
A survey of customs shows widows in China receiving a tablet at age fifty recording their virtues, displayed over the door. In Moscow a legend places St Jonah within the Cathedral of the Assumption, said to have saved it from Tartars. An 1812 tale claims Napoleon opened a coffin to swear upon it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Iowa News Roundup of Nefarious Crimes and Disasters
A wide sweep of Iowa incidents: clerks must wear badges. Mrs. Hicks sues Newton & Northwestern for 18000 after her husband’s death in service. Mrs Blythe badly scalded. a newborn found in an outhouse at Fort Dodge and resuscitated, mother Shaw under guard. Mike Wagner loses an eye in a stove powder mix up. Harold Ruff repays overcharge from grand jury. Hiram Martin dying in Griswold from uraemic poisoning. Pat Burns strikes daughter Polly Burns in Prairieburg, skull fractures, ongoing watch by authorities. Margaret Sullivan dies of starvation in Dubuane. John B Hollendor indicted for forgery and cheating. Dixon in Oskaloosa exposes a counterfeit stock cashing scheme. several indictments for defrauding the railroad on payrolls. accidents near Reinbeck, a man struck by a train, and more early-1900s Iowa crime and tragedy notes.
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Lottie Hicks
Boone
Robert H. Hicks
The
Newton & Northwestern Railway
Blythe
Mike Wagner
Dubuque
Wagner
Harold Ruff
Ruff
Hiram Martin
Griswold
Martin
Shenandoah
Prairieburg
Pat Burns
Polly Burns
Miss Burns
Burns
Anamosa
Margaret Sullivan
Dubuane
Milwaukee
John B. Hollendors
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Black Hawk County
Grand Jury
Hollendors
Waterloo
Great Western
Holenhors
Grand
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Charles Dixon
Dixon
W. V. Sibert
Chicago Great West
Cedar Falls
J.B. Hollendors
Claude Johnson
Reinbeck
Sibert
Guy
G. B
Ibert
Ain of
W. Vs
Claude
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sigsbee
John B. Furay
Nebraska
West
Omaha
Lackawanna Railroad
Scranton
A. T. Clinton
la Crosse
Rock Bridge Creek
Flat Rock
W. P. Frye
Maine
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Simon Guggenheim
Colorado
Norris Brown
W. B H. Borah
Idaho
Robert L. Taylor
Tennessee
J. M. Dixon
Montana
H. ©. Burnham
New Hampshire
H. A. Richardson
Delaware
Capitol
L. T. Moore
Benton Harbor
James Daily
Peterson
Red Wing
At ‘Bloom, & Barber
New Rochelle
N. Y
Colchester
England
Iowa News
A. T. Dotson
Wescott Cerro Gordo
Aniis
Halvor
Fred
Man Passan
William Kiberan
Trowblé
el ‘ath-Rosenblatt
Movnes
Nesses
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