News Briefs From The Troy Weekly Call
A medical authority cites sleep and concussion risks amid a report of an arg. An engineer says 50,000 workers now operate with machinery that once required 16,000,000. Russia’s rail length is 37 67144 miles as of January 14. In 1904, 679 miles opened to traffic. Two stags duel in Bois de Boulogne lasting over two hours with no serious injuries. King Edward VII’s gun sights found incorrect. Portsmouth trip planned for correction. Liebig’s Liebig lab helped Germany’s chemical study for industry. Simplon tunnel progress: borers from both ends met, 12 miles long, cost $160 000 900, promises Italian Swiss benefits.
Forest forester profession draws young men to field work
As the value of professional forest tract management grows, a rising demand will develop for young men trained in this new field. The job blends scientific study with commercial aims and offers an active outdoor lifestyle.
Carnegie Institute Vies for Snake Venom Antidote Research Funds
The Carnegie Institute, funded by a $10,000,000 donation from a renowned ironmaster, has been urged to allocate a sizable grant for venom antidote research. The request is likely to be approved, as the quest for a cure spans thousands of years without success.
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Carnegie Institute
Osler Voices Bold Claims On Medicine's Age Limits
Dr. William Osler of Johns Hopkins university provokes debate in a scientific lecture by asserting that little is accomplished after age forty, recommending retirement or chloroform for sixty, criticizing American medical colleges for hybrid systems, and claiming Europe leads the United States in medical education.
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William Osler
Johns Hopkins University
Europe
United States
Enormous sunspot noted amid changing solar surface
The report describes several sunspots recently discovered on the sun. One spot is remarkable for its enormous size of 70,000 miles. The globe could fit the spot with room to spare. Two additional spots, each about 40,000 miles in diameter, lie on opposite sides of the largest spot. The entire solar surface is said to be continually changing and breaking up.
Forty Begins Real Life and Work at Age Forty
The text argues that forty marks the start of true life and study. It contends knowledge is the only worthwhile pursuit and urges men to begin real thinking and work at forty, with any prior progress a bonus, not a limit. It warns against viewing forty as the end of productivity.
Peabody fund allocation to Nashville school noted
Trustees allocate $1,000,000 from the Peabody educational fund to the George Peabody School of Teachers at Nashville. The gift was later increased to $3,000,000 and entrusted to a board using fund interest for the education of white and colored children in the South. Peabody is hailed as a great early philanthropist.
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Peabody Educational Fund
George Peabody School of Teachers At
Nashville
George Peabody
South
Peabody
Wallace backs sea level canal as better option
Chief engineer John F. Wallace argues a sea level canal is superior to a lock canal. Earlier canal commission estimates show varied costs and timelines for sea level heights from 30 to 90 feet, suggesting figures are approximate guesses amid ongoing debate.
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John F. Wallace
Canal Commission
Battle of Mukden Russian Defeat Shocks Rhetoric From Tokio
A March 9 dispatch from Tokio reports the Battle of Mukden as a Russian defeat with Oku credited for a heavy Russian death toll and estimates of Japanese losses reaching 50,000. Kuropatkin must now defend and retreat toward Tie Pass while Oyama’s offensive advances threaten both flanks.
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St. Petersburg
Mukden
Oyama
Napoleon
Kuropatkin
Gambling ring taunts Gov Folk in Missouri race debate
The Missouri senate reported the racetrack gambling ring claims control of the state. They delivered a 60 day racing bill and demanded the governor meet them halfway or the anti bribery and other bills favored by the administration would not pass. Gov Folk rejected any compromise and warned the legislature he would not yield on the race track issue, insisting the people expect duty and no alliance with the gamblers.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Folk
Senate
Missouri
Primary Bill Passes Illinois House After Deneen Drive
Special correspondence from Springfield reports Gov. Deneen pressed party discipline to push through the primary election bill. The Senate may strike provisions limiting residence to a county, prompting possible changes before the bill returns. House caucus backed the measure, with Democrats split on some contests like Bowles-Wilson and McCaskrin seating.
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Will Colvin
Springfield
Shurtleff
House
Illinois
Deneen
Snag
Senate
Stead
Sherman
William Bowles
Wilson
Will County
Cooke-McCaskrin
McCaskrin
Benraged
The-Action-A
Plans to Educate Farmers on Good Roads in NH
The house committee on good roads will educate NH farmers about hard road building with meetings across the state focusing on protest areas. Planned sessions include Bloomington Ottawa Carbondale Rock Island and Champaign areas, with a subcommittee touring Indiana and Ohio to study practical outcomes of the good roads law.
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NH Nois
Bloomington
Ottawa
Carbondale
Rock Island
Champaign
Indiana
Ohio
Meeting House Wrecked by Gas Explosion near Granger
An illuminating gas explosion in the Granger Mormon meeting house cellar, 14 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, killed one young woman and seriously injured 26 others during a Granger Mutual Improvement association meeting. A boy with a lamp entered the cellar as the light failed, triggering the blast.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mormon
Granger
Granger Mutual Improvement Association
Sine Die Adjournment Date Set for March 21
Jefferson City Missouri March 9 At a caucus of Republican House members it was decided to fix the sine die adjournment date for Tuesday March 21. Democrats had sought March 16 but the resolution was tabled by Republicans. The move is expected to break the senatoral deadlock.
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Jefferson City
House
Hard Roads Bill Requires Convict Labor For Rock Hauls
The committee’s hard roads bill would employ farmers to haul stone from railroads to work sites. Railroads offer a nominal freight rate to support the campaign. Convicts in penal institutions are estimated to provide 400 carloads of crushed rock daily, with rollers crushers and other machinery to be made and supplied by the state where needed.
Time Limit Extended for Bill Introductions
The house extends the period for presenting new bills to March 15. Representative Gillespie authors a bill proposing state care for inebriates and morphine eaters through special wards in charitable institutions. Cured individuals may be paroled on governor’s pledge.
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House
Gillespie
House Committees Move Quickly on Illinois Central Inquiry
Newly selected house committees, returning members, tackle work with vigor. The judiciary committee considers Manny's resolution to probe Illinois Central railroad tax payments and whether railroads operate coal mines and run a broad advertising business in violation of state charters and laws.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Manny
Bill Bars Teachers Pastime in Public Schools
Representative Canady of Grundy county introduces a bill to prohibit corporal punishment in public schools. Fines from 100 to 1000 dollars and up to five years in penitentiary await violators, bill referred to the education committee.
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Canady
Grundy County
Man confesses four murders in Arkansas family killings
Danville Arkansas March 9 James Ince, after confessing four murders, was taken back to jail. He visited the crime scene near Whitley fifteen miles southwest of town, where he faced the dead bodies of his wife and three children aged from four months to four years and broke down. He said he killed them because he could not provide for his family.
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Danville
Ark
James Ince
Whitley
Here
Standard Oil Resolution Stalled in Senate
The Standard Oil resolution passed the house and went to the senate but has since been silent in committee. Critics claim a senate-backed champion is delaying action while a related bill by Stubblefield to regulate pipelines stalls discussion. The bill reportedly lacks substance since Illinois wells are absent, and pipelines are interstate.
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Standard Oil
House
Senate
Standard Oil Trust
Stubblefield
Illinois
President delays Texas trip for Santo Domingo treaty
Washington reports the president has postponed his departure for the south and west from March 26 to April 3 to avoid senate delay on the Santo Domingo treaty. The Rough Riders reunion in San Antonio is rescheduled for April 7.
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Washington
Senate
Rough Riders
San Antonio
Tex
Bartley Pushes Tax Probe Of Terminal Railroad
Senator Bartley introduced a resolution to reconvene the state board of equalization to tax the Terminal railroad of St. Louis for all unreported or underestimated property over the past ten years. The measure would also authorize taxation of any other concerns with incorrect returns or schedules and extend to all escaped assessments in the state.
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Bartley
Terminal Railroad of
St. Louis
State Board of Equalization
Terminal Railroad
Fire destroys Williamson Hansell Frazer warehouse
Chickasha Oklahoma March 9 The wholesale grocery house of Williamson Hansell Frazer company was destroyed by fire Wednesday with a loss of about 100000 dollars.
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Chickasha
I. T
Williamson, Hansell,I'razer Company
Bitter Feeling Over Contests Divides House Actions
Party tension rises as the house contest committee nears completion. Republicans accuse Democrats of bad faith, warning that the Whole committee decision could change. Contests hinge on integrity and political leverage amid growing partisan strain.
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House Committee
Heavy fines assessed against railroads for safety violations
Federal court levied heavy fines on Illinois Central Wabash and Southern railroads for infringing the interstate commerce act on safety appliances on freight cars. Each count carried a fine of 100 dollars and costs, with several counts in indictments. Cases had waited a year and a half, and costs are described as extremely heavy.
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Illinois Central, Wabash and Southern
Accuser Has Inning In Grand Jury Probe
Frank B. Comerford of Chicago, former Forty fourth general assembly member, appears before Sangamon county grand jury as witnesses are questioned. The inquiry into legislative corruption may take two to three weeks or longer before a final report to the court. Judge Thomson emphasizes secrecy of deliberations and stresses the case's significance.
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Frank B. Comerford
Chicago
Forty-fourth General Assembly
Sangamon’ County Grand Jury
Comerford
House Committee
Grand Jury
Thomson
Commission Misunderstood in Illinois Freight Case
The Illinois railroad and Warehouse commission was mis understood about reopening the freight rate case for further argument by former Attorney General H. J. Hamlin. Officials had announced the argument would be heard Tuesday, but the commission has not ruled on the motion. Two years ago the commission publicized a 250 percent rate reduction that never took effect.
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Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Commission
H. J. Hamlin
Hamlin
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