Tillmans Sympathy Foraker Then Hints At Treason
In Washington on February 7 the senate debated the Philippine tariff bill for four hours. The Philippine commission sedition laws were read and attacked by opponents. Foraker argued the laws echoed colonial statutes, Tillman declared sympathy with Filipinos, and Hoar cited Corwin’s Mexican War remark. Hoar closed with calls for differing honest views and sanitary enforcement methods.
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Washington
Senate
Philippine Committee
Sevral
Rawlins
Utah
Philippine Commission
Hoar
Massachusetts
Foraker
Ohio
United States
Congress
Tillman
South Carolina
Philippines
Industrial Commission's Report on Railways and Beet Sugar
The Industrial Commission submits its final report to Congress. It urges revival and strengthening of government supervision of railroads and expansion of the Interstate Commerce Commission's powers to protect shippers. The document credits the Department of Agriculture for major gains to agriculture and calls for expanded authority for the secretary of agriculture.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
Congress
Senate Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Golden Medical Discovery Aimed at Woman’s Weakness and Pain
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for nervous and rheumatic ailments caused by household overstrain. It claims to strengthen digestion, purify blood, nourish nerves, and build healthy flesh with no alcohol or narcotics, featuring a testimonial from Mrs. Helen Hardgrove. It also offers Common Sense Medical Adviser by mail.
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Dr. Pierce
Dr.erce
U S Denmark Treaty Cedes Danish West Indies for 5 Million
Washington delivers full text of the treaty transferring St Thomas St John and Ste Croix to the United States for 5 million in gold. The pact includes no plebiscite or public vote by island residents on the transfer. A provision for such a vote had been reported but is not included.
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Washington
United States
Denmark
N. O. Murphy
Arizona
Murphy
Philippines
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Cuba
President Roosevelt Hosts Dinner with Governor Waft
At the White House last night President Roosevelt invited a group of notable men to meet Governor William H. Taft of the Philippines, highlighting U.S. leadership and foreign affairs in the region.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
William H. Waft
Philippines
Virginia Rep Introduces Bill for Mercer Monument
Representative Jones of Virginia introduced a bill to appropriation fifty thousand dollars for an monument in Fredericksburg Virginia to General Hugh Mercer. The monument was authorized by a Congress act passed on April 8 1777.
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Washington
Jones
Virginia
Atredericksburg, Va
Hugh Mercer
Congress
Representative Chrfitth Proposes Coupon Currency Plan
Washington February 7 Representative Chrfitth of Indiana introduces a bill to issue coupon currency for small sums in cents to be mailed conveniently. The proposal aims to revive shinplasters and ease small financial transactions via the postal system.
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Washington
Chritfitth
Indiana
Gas Leak and a Light Cause Fatal Eleven Deaths in Chicago
A blast at a butcher shop and residence on Twenty second street and Archer avenue killed eleven people and injured many. The fire followed from a frozen gas pipe thawed with a lighted candle. The victims include Otto Trostel and family members, plus Mary Rosenthal and Otto Gierman.
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Chicago
Twenty-second Street
Archer Avenue
Otto Trostel
Otto Trostel, Jr
Anna Trostel
Mamie Trostel
Berhard Trostel
Lena ‘Trostel
Fritz Trostel
Trostel
Sophia Kneipp
Bride of Cabinet Weds Payne Whitney and Helen Hay
At the Church of the Covenant in Washington the wedding of Payne Whitney and Helen Hay occurred before an audience of top officials and diplomats including the president and his wife. The ceremony was at noon with extensive pageantry followed by a grand wedding breakfast at the Hay residence. The couple left for a short wedding tour after the celebration.
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Washington
Church of the Covenant
Payne Whitney
New York
William C. Whitney
Helen
John Hay
Hay
Whitney
Escaped patient evades guards from Illinois asylum
Rev Walter Evans aged 35 patient at Northern Illinois hospital Elgin tied bed sheets into a rope escaped through a second story window on Tuesday night. He boarded a streetcar to Aurora then headed toward Plainfield. Three miles from home he collapsed at the Hayward residence and was taken by police to be returned to the asylum.
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Aurora
Ills
Walter Evans
Northern Illinois
Elgin
Plainfield
Hayward
Ile
Blind man and wife wed to claim grandfather's will
In Bristol Tennessee a blind groom F. D. Horton and his partner Miss Mary Guineldi aged 31 tied their vows after sailing from Richmond to Knoxville. Horton argues his grandfather's will of $20 000 required a wife with sound eyesight, and he plans to seek the fortune through the courts.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Journal and Tribune
Bristol
A. H. Burroughs
Richmond
F. D. Horton
Mary Guineldi
Horton
Surprise Bloomington Marriage Shocks Town Beauty Bride Weds
In Bloomington Illinois Miss Bonnie Simons, aged 16, secretly married Arthur Pick, a Chicago traveling salesman. The union, kept from friends, startled many as the bride is a noted local beauty and only child. license in Lincoln listed her as 19.
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Bloomington
Ill
Bonnie Simons
Arthur Pick
Chicago
Lincoln
Beveridge Cummins Plan Washington Birthday Exercises
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana will speak at the Union League club Washington birthday observance on February 22. Governor Cummins of Iowa, Baron d Estournelles de Constant, and Dr Frank W Gunsaulus are listed among guests with morning and afternoon meetings in the Auditorium and a banquet in the evening.
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Chicago
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Union League Club
Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Baron d’Estournelles de Constant
Frank W. Gunsaulus
Miners and operators fail to reach wage dispute accord
Indianapolis February 7. No agreement was reached in the joint committee on wage and run of mine terms between United Mine Workers and operators of four states. Miners demand a 10 percent wage rise and the run of mine with a differential while operators refuse any increase. Illinois miners push for run of mine in Pennsylvania Indiana and Ohio fields. Officials say the present agreement will not hold and many strikes may follow.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Winers
Francis L. Robbins
Oue
Illinois
Slilneis
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Ilinois
They Did Not Elope Recent Report Does Injustice
Chicago report refutes claims that Miss Prentice eloped with her father’s coachman. Mrs Prentice, of Waukegan, says the couple’s wedding occurred in Milwaukee before the original date. The Chicago Beach Hotel honeymoon trip was public, not secret.
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Chicago
L. C. Johnson
Chicago Beach
Johnson
Miss Prentice
L. H. Prentice
Waukegan
Milwaukee
Germany says Britain urged stronger Western action on Cuba
A German official in Berlin claims Britain pressed for a second collective note against US intervention in Cuba during the Spanish American War. He cites notes from Washington April 14 and says Germany refused to join any declaration, seeing no prospect of success.
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Berlin
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Cuba
Rome
Iienna
Madrid
Germany
Death for Municipal Ownership in Des Moines Legislature
Des Moines Iowa February 7 The house committee on municipal corporations referred the bill for municipal or franchised corporations to a sub committee with a majority opposed to municipal ownership. Author Sweeley warns he will bring it to the house floor if not reported favorably.
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Des Moines
House Committee On Municipal Corporations
Sweeley
McDonough Forms Dunkard Colony for Snyder Colo
Omaha Feb 7 George L McDonough union Pacific colonization agent completes plans for a Dunkard colony of fifty families to settle on irrigated farms near the Nebraska Colorado border at Snyder Colorado The colony originates from near Lena Illinois and western Indiana.
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Omaha, Neb
George L. McDonough
Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska-Colorado
Snyder
Colo
Lena
Ils
Indiana
Hemlock Lumber Prices Advance at Northwestern Meeting
Hemlock Lumber Advanced Milwaukee Feb 7 At the annual meeting of the Northwestern Hemlock Manufacturers association an advance of from 50 cents to 1 a 1000 feet in the price of hemlock lumber according to quality was made.
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Hemlock Lumber Advanced
Milwaukee
Wis
Northwestern Hemlock Manufacturers’ Association
Fire destroys Sixteenth District School in Dayton
Fire at the Sixteenth district school in Dayton yesterday destroyed the building. All the pupils escaped miraculously as flames raced from the furnace through the hot air flues.
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Dayton, O
Relic of the Lost Warship Washes Ashore in Victoria
In Victoria British Columbia on February 7 naval officers identified a lid from a provision box of the missing sloop of war Condor washed ashore along with the rim of a sailor’s bluejacket. The items suggest the ship’s fate remains unresolved.
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Victoria
B. C
Cameron Gives Testimony in Grand Rapids Waterworks Case
Witness Cameron testified at length in the Henry A. Taylor bribery conspiracy trial related to the waterworks deal in Grand Rapids Michigan. He described a Morton House meeting where officials including Mayor Perry were said to assure contract award. The court overruled a motion to strike the testimony.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
R. A. Cameron
Henry A. Taylor
Perry
Salsbury
Cameron
Morton House
Saisbury
Verry
Jackson
McGarry
Garman
MeKnicht
Rio Grande Trainmen Win Small Wage Increase
In Salt Lake City on February 7 a conference between Rio Grande officials and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen representatives led to concessions on wages. The increase, likely only a fraction of a cent per mile, satisfies the union's demand. Trainmen plan to seek a similar rise from Oregon Short Line, with no anticipated conflict.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Herbert
Welby
Welch
Rio Grande
Brotherhood of Railway
Oregon Short Line
Consolidation Move Keeps Old Board in Control
At the Amer ican Strawboard company annual meeting in Chicago yesterday the old dominant party led by President Newcomb secured enough proxies to re-elect the full old board. Newcomb outlined strawboard manufacturers' drive to form a combine that would control about 1,250 tons of output, near the nation's total 1,600 tons.
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Chicago
American Strawboard Company
Newcomb
Lynching of Tom Brown in Holasville Kentucky
In Holasville Kentucky on February 7 1902 a mob lynched Tom Brown a Black man accused of assaulting Emma Powell a 16 year old girl. He was pursued to the girl's home identified by officers and strangled as the crowd cheered including female onlookers.
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Kentucky
Holasville
Tom Brown
Emma Powell
District bill to bar child labor in cotton factories dies
The district house of representatives defeats the bill prohibiting children from working in cotton factories by a 54 to 52 vote with five pairs. Supporters say full attendance would have passed it by one vote. The senate approved the measure last year.
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Columbia
D. C
House of Representatives
Senate
Chicago Markets Briefs on Wheat Corn and Hogs
Chicago and St Louis market notes report Wheat mixed to higher with May and July quotes, Corn steady to higher, Oats firmer, Pork and cattle trading ranges in Chicago and East Buffalo notes. Dunning Stevens league on live stock echoes price ranges for hogs cattle and sheep. St Louis quotes No 2 red cash and futures with modest gains.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
MOS Co
Gavaskars
MOS
Guy Ivccass
East Buffalo
N. Y
G. Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Public building bills move fast in senate clash
Senate committee approves hundreds of town building bills for post offices as delays are avoided. Patterson of Colorado promotes uniting Oklahoma and Indian Territory into one state while labor presses for ships and wage reforms. Roosevelt Lodge ties and Arizona statehood debates round out a broad session snapshot.
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Patterson
Colorado
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Younger Brothers Denied Full Pardon by State Board
The state board of pardons denied the petitions of Coleman and James Younger for full pardon after a lengthy executive session in St. Paul Minnesota.
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Youngers
St. Paul, Minn
State Board of Pardons
Coleman
James Younger
Polish Woman’s Home Fire Claims Two Children In Traverse City
In Traverseity Michigan on February 7 a belmau county Polish woman named Woplinski left her two young children alone. She returned to find the house on fire and the blaze destroyed the bath area before she could extinguish it.
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Traverseity
Mich
Belmau County
Woplinski
Bath
Mahmud Pasha Faces Death Sentence in Exile Case
Constantinople reports Nobel brother in law Damad Mahmud Pasha sentenced to death by default after fleeing to Rome and then Paris. He denies bribery charges and plans to publish critiques of Sultan Abdul Hamid while seeking asylum in London. His property was confiscated and his family branded renegades.
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Constantinople
Damad Mahmud Pasha
Mahmud
Young Turk
Greece
Rome
Italy
Aris
Sabaggedu
Luthfalla
Marseilles
London
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Senitha Sultana
Marshall Will Not Talk About Charges At Reformatory
Dr J A Marshall physician at the Pontiac state reformatory declined to discuss charges alleged by former and current inmates. The Chicago Inter Ocean published accusations causing local sensation with supporters blaming political enemies. He refused further comment, saying it would be unbecoming to discuss the accusations.
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Pontiac
Ill
J. A. Marshall
State Reformatory
Chicago Inter Ocean
Marshall
Reformatory
Ime
Inter Ocean
Clark and
Montgomery
Nebraska University of Chicago club banquet plans announced
Plans for the third annual banquet of the Nebraska University of Chicago club are set for February 15 at the Lincoln hotel Lincoln Nebraska. Professor J J Laurence Laughlin head of economics and Chancellor Benjamin Andrews of Nebraska will attend and speak. Henry C Payne was sworn in yesterday as postmaster general in Washington.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska University of Chicago Club
Lincoln Hotel
Lincoln
JJ. Laurence Laughlin
Department of Economics
Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Henry C. Payne
Washington
Exposition Day Observed as Governor Yates Plans Visit
Chicago reports Abineis day on March 11 with Governor Yates and staff to visit Charleston. Representatives from Chicago clubs will join. The date shifted from March 4 because Prince Henry's arrival on March 3 required a change.
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Charleston Exposition
Yates
Prince Henry
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