Will Bolt a Caucus on Ship Subsidy Split in House
The House merchant marine committee failed to reach agreement on a ship subsidy bill as four Republican members opposed reporting. A caucus was planned to decide the stance, with Grosvenor’s Gallinger bill restricting aid to Oriental and South American shipping. Representative Wilson insisted he would not be bound by caucus action. Nine members favor subsidies to Asia and the Americas, nine oppose, and one Democrat, McDermott, favors aid.
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Washington
Tec
House Committee On Werchant Marine
Grosvenor
Watson
Indiana
Foraney
Michigan
Wilson
Wwlinois
Birdsall
Iowa
Hinshaw
Nebraska
Roosevelt withdraws simplified spelling order
Washington reports that President Roosevelt will revoke his simplified spelling order and return executive documents to the old orthography. Representative Landis had discussed the matter with the president who said he would revoke if Congress opposed the system. The house acted to end the debate.
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Washington
Hove
Congress
Roosevelt
Landis
Mittee
House of Representatives
House
Salary Grab in Prospect as House Debates Pay Rise
Washington reports the House leaning toward raising salaries for members including the vice president, speaker, senators, and cabinet officers. An agreement signals a probable vote, with debate centering on amendments and a broader reading of the bill.
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Washington
Queston
Littauer
Underwood Oiec
Adda Penang
Nation of Littauer
Republic
European farmers brought to work Louisiana farms and railroads
White agriculturalists from Europe are joined by thirty five Russians for labor on Louisiana plantations. Ten Russians go to truck farming while the rest are assigned to railroad construction camps.
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Europe
Louisiana
Calumet to Form $10 Million Copper Consolidation
In Calumet Michigan on December 144 a $10 million MALO corporation is being organized to acquire the Caldwell and LaSalle copper properties and merge them with lands of the Calumet and Heela Mining company and the Sheldon Douglass estate. The Calumet company will control the new entity.
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Calumet, Mich
Malo Corporation
Caldwell and LaSalle
Calumet and Heela Mining Company
Sheldon Douglass
Calumet Company
Ecompany
Grave Charge Against a Minister
Decatur Illinois December 14 Rev EL L James former assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church is jailed in St Joseph awaiting Decatur officials to return him for a charge of attempted rape of Edgar L Kimberlins 16 year old daughter in October.
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Decatur
EL L. James
First Biaptist Church
St. Joseph
Decaturothers
Hii
Edgar L. Kimberlin
First Oil Found in County Near McLeansboro
The first oil well in the county was discovered on General James R. Campbell’s land a few miles north of McLeansboro Illinois. A gusher was struck at a depth of 1248 feet.
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McLeansboro
James R. Campbell
Winter Weather Forecast For Midwest Regions
The forecast for Illinois and Indiana calls for rain or snow and much colder air. Lower Michigan will see rain or snow with a sharp drop in temperature. Wisconsin and Iowa may experience rain or snow with decidedly colder conditions and brisk northeasterly winds.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets Brief Chicago Grain and Livestock Prices
Chicago quotes show wheat at 73 to 78 cents futures and soy products none. Corn and oats move within narrow ranges while pork, lard, and short ribs post mixed values for January through May. Cash grain prices list No 2 red and white varieties with scattered premiums and reductions. East Buffalo live stock market reports cattle and hog totals steady to mixed with lambs at 7.90, yearlings 6.50 to 6.65, calves near 9.00.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Bath KO
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Best
Bust of Captain John Smith to Honor Jamestown Founder
At the Jamestown exposition near Norfolk Virginia opening next April Major General Baden-Powell of Britain will unveil a bust of Captain John Smith. Baden-Powell, a skilled modeler and sculptor, is descended from the Smith family and honors the colonial hero whose leadership saved the Jamestown settlement.
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Jamestown
Norfolk
John Smith
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Captain Smith
Jamestown Island
Captain John Smith
Baden Powell
France and Rome in conflict over religion cries
The piece reports Cardinal Gibbons decrying French leaders as anti Christian and linking the Jacobin legacy to anti religious aims. It cites Jaures and Viviani statements about God, religion, and irreligion as evidence of ongoing attack on Christianity from France.
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France
Jacobin Party
God
Christ
French Cardinal Denounces State Atheism Policy
A French cardinal cites Briand and other leaders to claim France aims to purge Christian influence from public life. He hig hlights confiscations after the revolution, Concordat erosion, 1901 associations law, and the 1905 separation of church and state, alleging the Concordat was an annulled contract.
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France
M. Briand
Jesus Christ
Constitutional Assembly
Rome
Leo XIII
Cardinal attacks government over church property rights
The cardinal denounces both the French and American governments for handling church property in the Philippines. He argues that if governments seize church lands without compensation or promise compensation and later refuse it, faith and treaty pledges are betrayed.
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Philippines
French Law on Worship Endangers Church State Separation
The text argues that the new separation law in France ignores constitutional church state separation and would compel worship to be organized without church officers. The Holy Father objects to associations of worship that could foster schism and let the state council decide church matters, risking gradual church extinction.
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Holy Father
Council of State
New York Daily News in Receivership and Suspension
The New York Daily News company assigned for the benefit of creditors to Thomas G. Quinn, its president. The paper suspended publication citing competition from other city papers with superior news and distribution.
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New York
Quinn
New York Daily News Company
Thomas G. Quinn
Berlin proxy marriage tied to Cleveland carpenter
A Berlin dispatch reports Stephen Kotz a prosperous young carpenter from Cleveland wed a farmer's daughter at Marburg by proxy Kotz, who emigrated years ago, could not attend and had a former comrade offer undertakings at the altar.
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New York
Berlin
Stephen Kotz
Cleveland
Marburg
Kotz
Chicago Market Report December 14 1906 Hogs Cattle Sheep Mix
Chicago market report shows steady to higher tendencies in hogs and mixed packers trading 85 95 to 86 20 for light hogs and shipping grades. Cattle 35000 head including 10000 westerns slow and weak. sheep and lambs weak with natives 83 20 to 85 80 and lambs 4 75 to 7 85.
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Chicago
Choice Prairie
Texas
Earl
John A Babcock Seeks Square Deal
John A Babcock offers a direct note promising a square deal with a simple request for timely action. The message emphasizes reliability and straightforward dealings.
Minnesota Attorney General.blocks Great Northern stock rise
Minnesota Attorney General rules under state law a proposed 60 million dollar stock increase by the Great Northern Railway is invalid without notice to the state railway and warehouse commission for review and a public hearing. The 25 million dollar increase from last spring also requires explanation before any new issue can proceed.
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St. Maul
Geneal Young
Minnesota
Great Northern Railway
New York
State Railway and Warehouse Commission
Great Northern
Young
Creat Northern Railroad
Regulators weigh rail line capitalization and rebates
In Minneapolis on December 14, arguments on demurrers by railways and grain firms charged with rebates were heard. The case centers on stock expansion claims and whether the Hepburn bill repeals Elkins act provisions, potentially barring indictments for rates and rebates.
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Young
Great Northern
Minneapolis
William Lochren
Page Morris
United States Circuit Court
Omaha and
Great Northern Railways
Ames-Brooks and
McCaull-Dinsmore Elevator Companies
Tu Inth Milling Company
Governor and council reject probe into Shiloh colony abuses
In Augusta December 14 the governor and council announced they have no jurisdiction to investigate conditions at the Holy Ghost and Us colony at Shiloh. The decision follows a petition to halt alleged abuses presented to Governor Cobb weeks earlier.
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Augusta
Holy Ghost and Us” Society
Shiloh
Cobb
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John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
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