Dolan Refuses to Quit as Miners Convention Demands Resignations
Delegates at the United Mine Workers Fifth District meeting in Merstburg demand the resignations of President Patrick Dolan Uriah Bellingham and Secretary Treasurer Dodds for voting with operators on wage scales. Dolan defies the motion saying he answers only to district miners and may appeal via referendum. Dodds intends to resign April 1.
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Mersburg
United Mine Workers
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Uriah Bellingham
Indianapolis
Gellingham
Dubds
Dodds
Pittsburg
Indianapols
Lawson and Cummins Confer on Proxies for Life Company Control
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston says he can turn over proxies from New York Life and Mutual Life to a committee of reformers including Governor Cummins Governor Johnson Senator La Follette Governor Broward and ex Attorney General Monnett to attend annual meetings and elect sound directors. He claims the proxies are so worded he cannot vote them himself and will entrust them to the committee.
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Minnesota
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Wisconsin
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Florida
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Ohio
New York Life and Mutual Life
Man narrowly escapes jump from hotel window in Jackson
John Licht of Warren at the State Dairymen convention in Jackson tried to leap from a fifth story window at the Hotel Ruhl after shouting fire. His companion E A Croman of Traverse Lake pulled him back, Licht fainted and was not immediately revived.
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Jackson
Mich
John Licht
Warren
Ruhl
E. A. Croman
Trass Lake
Licht
Baby Smothered to Death Near Arcola
A four month old infant of D. K. Lynn and wife died after being carried home in a comforter. The parents had spent the day in town and were driving four miles to their country home when the child died in the vehicle.
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Lil
D. KE. Lynn
Italian Labor Exchange Planned in New York
The Italian government grants a 2000 subsidy to create an Italian labor exchange in New York to combat the padrone system. It will be incorporated in New York, operate by next summer, link west and south labor markets, and ensure fair wages and good conditions. No fees will be charged to immigrants for employment or cooperation.
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New York
United States
New York State
Erm
the Battery
Exchange
Liberty inmate escapes after repeated imprisonments
Louise Whiffen, 40, twice jailed on larceny and escape charges, fled from two jails after wounding Sheriff Buck during a 1910 warrant reading. Captured later at Thackery after a snowbound pursuit, she claimed another escape would follow. Meanwhile in Washington the Senate debated prerogatives on treaties and the Dominican treaty, as the House set Hepburn railway bill votes.
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Louise Whiffen
Liberty
Thackery
Washington
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
House
Henry Yates Satterlee to Officiate Alice Roosevelt Wedding
Henry Yates Satterlee Protestant Episcopal bishop of Washington will officiate the marriage of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Congressman Nicholas Longworth. Satterlee is sixty three and has led the diocese for ten years, previously serving as a New York rector and noted author.
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Diocese of
Washington
Seluctal
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
New York City
Hoe le
Kentucky Orator Attacks Rail Rate Bill in Congress
Kentucky Democrat Stanley denounces railroad abuses and private car charges while praising the rate bill. He cites three eastern lawmakers and accuses railroads of rebates and thefts, warning that enforcement will hit both rails and private car interests. He likens opposition to Pontius Pilate in dramatic rhetoric.
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Stanley
Kentucky
McCall
Sibley
Littlefield
Swift
Pontius Pilate
Marinette Iron Works enters receivership in Wisconsin
Marinette Wisconsin February 7 The Marinette Iron Works Manufacturing company of Chicago Heights Illinois has gone into the hands of a receiver this week. Insufficient capital is given as the cause with debts around 100000 dollars though assets are said to exceed that amount. The firm moved from Marinette to Chicago Heights eighteen months ago and it is reported it will be reorganized and moved to Menominee Michigan.
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Marinette, Wis
Marinette Iron Works Manufacturing Company
Chicago Hights
Marinette
Chicago Heights
Menominee, Mich
Meat Producers in Council at Des Moines
The Corn Belt Meat Producers Association of Iowa and Nebraska met in Des Moines for a two day session to coordinate a stand against higher commission charges on stock handling. Murde Macken zie of the National American Live Stock Association attended, with Nelson Morris of Chicago expected. John McCarthy, recently released from Fort Benton jail, wandered to the Mississippi riverbank and froze to death.
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Meat Producers In Council
Kees Moines
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association of
Iowa
Nebraska
Murde Mackenzie
National American Live Stock Association
Nelson Morris
Chicago
John McCarthy
Fort Benton
Mont
Mississippi River
Democratic cheers and fear in a Roosevelt era speech
A historic political riff depicts Democratic pride in Bryan and disdain for Wall Street influence. The speaker labels Roosevelt as fair and honest yet fears the bill he backs, noting Republican backlash and insurrectionary sentiment among party leaders.
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Democrttic Party
William Jennings Bryan
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Wall Street
Daniel
Achilles
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Ealking
Roosevelt
Local Editor Slams Pageant Ads in Hoppertown
The Cinzette paper denounces excess charity advertising and poetry ads in Hoppertown Michigan. It distances itself from two free ad columns and four columns of poetry tied to an oyster supper, noting it rides the line between charity and business interest.
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Mich
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the Cinzette
Four Dead Ten Injured In Oregon Train Collision
A collision on the Oregon Railroad and Navigation line near Bridal Veil Oregon killed four people and injured ten. Victims include K I Sinnott and A B Edwards both of Portland and an unidentified man. Seriously hurt are Mrs W Riley of Walla Walla and Das J Russell of Mast Oakland California. The Pacific express from Chicago struck the Spokane Portland special standing on the main track with a disabled engine.
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Ore
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Bridal Veil
Sinnot
Portland
Henry
A. B. Edwards
Chicago
Chicago Markets Report Focused on Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago markets show cattle and hog prices steady to strong with mixed packers and heavy shipping grades leading. Receipts total about 41,634 yesterday, with estimated arrivals around 40,000 today and 33,000 tomorrow. sheep and lambs trade slow while western stockers and feeders hold value.
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Russian elections near as martial law remains in force
In St. Petersburg reports say elections to the nation assembly are set for April 7 with April 2 as a preliminary opening. The cabinet, while noting security, keeps martial law in place amid unrest in the Baltic provinces and Caucasus and agrarian disturbances including a looting at Saratoff. Campaigns adopt US and UK styles as leaders push lectures and meetings.
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Nations Assembly
National Assembly
Siberia
Tocal
Ehoe
Baltic
Caucasus
Saratoff
M. Akyinoff
Diamonds and bogus drafts linked to Boston bank case
New York reports a $30,000 scheme involving bogus drafts on the Hanover Bank of Boston tied to a New York diamond larceny. William Leary confessed to issuing about thirty $1,000 fraudulent drafts after a $975 diamonds theft from a Manhattan dealer. Louisville arrest notes a suspect, Walter Bow en, admitting he stole about $2,000 in goods from Sea Board Air Line trains while employed as a baggage master.
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Hanover Bank of
Boston
William Leary
Leary
Manhattan
Wall Street
Louisville
Walter BE
Bowen
Pelham
Sea Board Air Line
Professor David B. Frankenberger Dies at 60
Madison Wisconsin February 7 Professor David B Frankenberger a rhetoric professor at the University of Wisconsin for a quarter century is dead of paralysia He was 60 years old and widely known in college circles nationwide.
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Frankenberger
Madison
Wis
David B. Frankenberger
University of Wisconsin
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