Senate discipline clashes and sweeping railroad vote
The senate faced a rare party discipline bid aimed at Mr Patterson with Mr Bailey guiding the effort as the chamber adjourned near seven. The House completed steps on the Hepburn railroad rate bill with 346 supporting and seven Republicans opposed. The pension bill passed, and other measures followed as executive session closed the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Patterson
Bailey
Gorman
House
Tillman
Senate Committee On
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Flood claims in Transvaal mine plus global and regional news
Fifty five natives drowned in the South Rose deep gold mine disaster in the Transvaal. Weekly US failures total 229, Canada 29. Calumet Michigan reports three earthquake shocks. Illinois Supreme Court denies Hoch rehearing for a wife murder. Dothan Alabama seeks killers of J M Christmas and family. Shamokin Pennsylvania suffers two four story brick fires with 180000 loss. English mill owners grant 2 percent wage rise for 150000 operatives. Chicago carpenters gain over 1 million annually via three year pact. Brooklyn grand jury indicts six in sewer swindle case. Pat Crowe trial for Cudahy kidnapping proceeds with Edward Cudahy Jr. testifying. J J Brooks says Ohio two cent fare law not contested. Kansas courts allow segregated schools in second class cities. Chicago auto show ends with horns blaring. seven day spending tops 7 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
N. Y
Webb & Lidbeck
Poughkeepsie City and Wappingers Falls Electric Railway Co
Poughkeepsie
Bunk Richardson
Sarah Smith
Gadsden
Ala
Teresa Hart
Erie
Italy
Roosevelt
Detroit
John Witt
August Whiting
Whiting
George Carter
Whitset
Fayette County
Carter
Northern Central Railroad
Seitzland
York
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago and Florida Limited
Chapmansboro
Nashville
Tenn
Cherry
McGee
United States
Lincoln
Epworth League
Blue Jackets
Epes Randall
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Mexico
Sarah Jones
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Philadelphia
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dayton
Mr. Dunbar
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Ashland Avenue
West
Harrison Street
Chicago
Dahlan
Riga
Russia
Rickmer’s
Bremerhaven
Ethel Johnson
Battle Creek
Mich
Wisconsin Central Limited
Milwaukee
Buffington
United States Circuit Court
Pittsburg
Union Bridge
Allegheny River
Stewart Colliers Co
Oak Hill
W. Va
Portsmouth
England
Kenneth Leith
University of Wisconsin
Benjamin E. Valentine
Brooklyn
Mineola
L. I
Cedarhurst
California
South Rose
Transvaal
Canada
Lake Copper District
Calumet
Supreme Court of Illinois
Johann Hoch
Dothan
J. M. Christmas
Cottonwood
Florida
Shamokin
Union Carpenters of
Carpenters and Builders’ Association
Pat Crowe
Edward Cudahy
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Edward A. Cudahy Jr
J.J. Brooks
Pennsylvania Lines
Ohio
Supreme Court of Kansas
Boards of Education
Couseum
Coal Trust Strangles Competition by Independent Concerns
Washington reports Representative Gillespie failed twice to add to the house record a letter from the Bituminous Coal Trades League of Pennsylvania denouncing coal railroads. The letter alleges hard and soft coal trusts control markets, set prices, and limit independent operators, with railroads said to own or favor major firms including Fairmont Gas Coal Mining Co. and groups tied to the Vanderbilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gillespie
Texas
House
Bituminous Coal Trades League of Pennsylvania
United States
Payne
N. Y
Frank C. Drane
Drane
League
Congress
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Soft Coal Trust
Hard Coal Trust
Fairmont Gas Coal Mining Co
Baltimore & Ohio
Soft Coal Trust of Pennsylvania
Beech Creek Coal and Coke Co
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Co
Letter
Vanderbilts
Beavers Is Sentenced for Post Office Fraud
George W. Beavers former chief of salaries and allowances in the post office department pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the government by selling time recording clocks to the post office. He received a two year penitentiary term at Moundsville West Virginia joining August W. Machen Dr. George E Lorenz and the Groff brothers who already serve prison sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George W. Beavers
Post Office Department
Moundsville
W. Va
August W. Machen
George E. Lorenz
Groff Brothers
Humpbacked Salmon Hatchery Progress At Aquarium
The New York aquarium reports its 1905-06 season hatchery is active with 2000 humpbacked salmon eggs hatched, the species’ first at the facility. The fish average five pounds when mature, grow up to Alaska and the Arctic, and are now being stocked as larger varieties decline. The 2000 fry hatched came from eggs sent by the Craig Brook US fish hatchery in Maine. the youngsters are about an inch long and thriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Northwest
United States
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Pacific
Asiatic
Idaho
Columbia
Snake
United States Fisheries Bureau
Ben
Maine
New York Aquarium
Aquarium
United States Fish Hatchery
Craig Brook
Population Shift Cited in Massachusetts Men Departure Joke
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes 80,000 more women than men in Massachusetts. It humorously asks what happened to the men and claims they moved out early to dodge the next leap year rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Goatee Sparks Friendly Banter Between Misses
Miss Jellers teases about Flossie's young man and his chin beard while Miss Tartan explains there is no other place to wear it. The exchange reflects lighthearted village chatter in Chicago.
Grim courtroom quip on aging and speech
A judge quips about an elderly grandmother who has lost her teeth and now speaks with a biting tongue, prompting a brief exchange on how she is faring after the loss.
Cardon Takes Possession Of Heinze Miners For Amalgamated
Arthur C. Cardon acting for Thomas F. Cole of Duluth took possession of all mines and mining property of Augustus Heinze and United Copper Co in Silver Bow county. This ends the dispute among Copper interests in Butte as Amalgamated Copper Co announces the sale via telegram from John D. Ryan in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Arthur C. Cardon
Thomas F. Cole
Duluth
Augustus Heinze
United Copper Co
Silver Bow County
Amalgamated Copper Co
Heinze
John D. Ryan
Amalgamated
New York
Market summary of grain and livestock prices in multiple cities
The report shows mixed prices across markets with flour steady and grains firm. Wheat No 2 red around 89 cents in Minneapolis and cash around 87-88 cents in Toledo. corn 43-46 cents. oats 32-36 cents. butter and eggs steady to firm. cattle and sheep varying by market, with prime steers around 5 to 6 dollars and lambs from about 5 to 8 dollars per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Toledo
Senator La Follette declines Lawson proxy committee invitation
Washington February 14 Senator La Follette has declined the invitation extended by Thomas W Lawson to join a committee to vote the proxies of holders of two New York life insurance company policies at their meetings this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
la Follette
Thomas W. Lawson
Life Insurance Companies of
New York
Terrific Snow Storm Hits Muskegon Area
Muskegon Michigan February 14 Western Michigan endured the worst snow storm of the winter. Interurban traffic between Iosegon and Grand Rapids was halted by deep snow and blizzard conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Mich
Michigan
Iisegon
Grand Rapids
Dean's Kidney Pills Help Woman Overcome Bright's Disease
Mrs E T Gould of Chicago says Dean's Kidney Pills saved her from death by Brights Disease after years of eye trouble backache and dizziness. She claims the pills cured kidney secretions and related pains in 1903 and she has been well since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Gould
W. Lake St
Chicago
Ill
Dean
Bright
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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Congressional
John W. Thomas
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Railroad
Veronica
Stavanger
Norway
Lossiemouth
Scotland
Thomas Nolan
Jane McCarthy
Daniel Leads
Lewis
St. Albans
Victor Demogeot
Ormond
Fla
Havana
Morrison Street
Wilamette River
Portland
Ore
Navesink River
New Jersey
Charles Hendrickson
Fair Haven
The
International Railway Co
Niagara Falls
Minor Meriwether, Jr
Louisiana
Parral
Old Servia
James Martin
Luzern County
Naval Academy
Annapolis
New Armory
Bonaparte
Epes Randolph
Colorado
Durango
Cal
London Co
Cape Henry
People’s Natural Gas Co
West Virginia State Line
Greene County
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Standard Oil Co
St. James’ African
John Eaton
Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Memphis Post
Tennessee
New York Life Insurance Co
Andrew Hamilton
John A. McCall
New York Life
John Brady
St. Louis
Charles Caipas
Egan
Caipas
Coal Trust
Beavers
Biter
East Buffalo
Lane
Salzer
John A. Salter Seed Co
Lock Drawer K
la Crosse
Wis
Puck
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
E.W. Grove
Japanese Medical Co
Rochester
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