House Debate Over Whipping Post for Wife Beaters
Washington, Feb. 12. The house debated a bill proposing a whipping post for wife beaters with strong speeches from Hepburn and Adams. Critics mocked the measure as class legislation while Adams argued against public punishment though others urged public exposure. Several members mocked the proposal with levity as they commented on Roosevelt and officials.
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Bill
Washington
Hepburn
Adem
Adams
Roosevelt
Delaware
Stephens
Texas
James
Sims
Washington Monument
Stanley
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Utah
Cruelty of the Keystone Man Provokes House Debate
A congressional floor discussion mocks harsh punishments for noncompliance and spousal abuse. Speakers lampooned severe penalties from rack and pillory to burning at the stake while joking about hell cats and scalding coffee incidents in Wallace Fairbanks’s tragedy.
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Stanley
Pennsylvania
Gaines
Tennessee
Bartholdt
Missouri
Mahon
Potomac River
Lbers
Boconate
House of Representaassen
Ilwan Hepburn
Wallace Fairbanks
Inter
Beavers Pleads Guilty in Postal Supplies Conspiracy
In Chicago on February 13 George W. Beavers pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the government by supplying postal materials and to bribery. He received a two year sentence in the penitentiary.
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Chicago
The
Evening Journal
George W. Beavers
Obsequies of King Christian in Copenhagen
Royal family and court attended the final services for King Christian at the Gartemhaal in Amatenborg. The scene was moving as the king's body was moved to Christiansberg church for two days of lying in state.
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Cristian
Copenhagen
Christian
Gartem Haal
Amatenborg
Christiansberg
Fatal Gas Main Break Near Greene County
A break in the large gas main of the People's Natural Gas company near the West Virginia state line in Greene county killed one man and seriously injured another. The incident caused a gas shortage in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
People's Natural ¢Ias Company
West Virginia State Line
Greene County
Foreman Found Dead in Trunk Factory
Milwaukee police report the body of 50 year old Frank Dostat found in a trunk factory where he worked as foreman. He died by suicide with a throat cut after distress over recent fatherhood of triplets. No further details released.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank Dostat
Dostat
Taggart Sells His Sentinel Stock In Indianapolis
New York financier C L P Buckley acquires Whareas Taggart's holdings in the Indianapolis Sentinel and becomes secretary of the company Aquilla Jones succeeds Taggart as president keeping the paper Democratic with ongoing party alignment
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Taggart
Sentinel
Indianapolis
C.L .P. Buckley
New York
Whareas Taggart
Indianapolis Sentinel
Aquilla Jones
Trans-Andine Railway Inaugurated Reaching Andes Foot
The first section of the Trans Andine railway was inaugurated at Santiago. The line reaches the foot of the Andes where the tunnel begins and will shorten travel to Buenos Aires by six hours. The president and civil and military authorities attended the ceremony.
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Santiago
Andes
Buenos Ayres
Twenty-Two Dead in Fayette County Parral Mine Disaster
Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from the Parral mine in Fayette county West Virginia and only one body remains to be recovered confirming a total of twenty-two fatalities in the incident reported in Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Parral
Fayette County
Post Office Receipts Rise Nationwide in January 1906
The Post Office Department reports the gross receipts of the fifty largest U S post offices in January 1906 amounted to 7,118,689 dollars, up from 6,260,000 dollars in January 1905, a nearly 14 percent increase. Peoria shows the sole decline at 1 percent.
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Peoria
Washingon
Post Office Department
United States
Standard Oil Inquiry Postponed By Lincoln Day
Examination of witnesses in the Standard Oil inquiry by Attorney General Hadley of Missouri was postponed from Saturday to today because Lincoln day yesterday had been overlooked.
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Standard Oil
New York
Hadley
Missouri
Man slays attacking wolf with a stone in Byron
In Byron Illinois on February 18 John Cooper fought off a wolf in the woods. He killed the animal by striking it behind the left ear with a stone.
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Byron
John Cooper
East Room at White House Featured in Historic Marriages
The East Room, the largest chamber of the White House, hosted notable weddings including Alice Roosevelt to Nicholas Longworth and Nellie Grant to Algernon Sartoris. It is also linked to Abigail Adams and many state functions.
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White House
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Executive Mansion
Nellie Grant
Algernon Sartoris
Abigail Adams
Mitchell and Dolan Clash Over Mines Ahead of Talks
New York February 15 President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers arrived to prepare for a Thursday conference with anthracite mine operators. He brought a trunk of industry data, declined to discuss the coal situation publicly, and warned against Dolan while signaling solidified miner unity. District Presidents Nicholls Dettrey and Faby work with him to finalize demand outlines.
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New York
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Ashland House
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Patrick Dolan
Pittsburg
Dolan
T. D. Nicholls
William H. Dettrey
John Faby
Lincoln Day Observed Across the Nation
Lincoln Day observances were held nationwide with banks and exchanges closed and the national flag raised on public and many private buildings. Events included the Gramul Army memorial, Lincoln club banquet with ex Governor Yates, Lutheran Young Men's society celebration, and speeches on Lincoln's character.
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Chicago
Lincoln
United States
Gramul Army
Lincoln Club
Yates
Lutheran Young Men's Society
New York
Columbus
State Republican League
Frankfort
Grand Lapis
Mich
Cortelyou
Springfield, Ill
Senator Lbois
Idaho
Four Die In Early Morning Fire In Portland District
A morning blaze near the east end of Morrison Street steel bridge wiped out a small business district in Portland. Four persons are dead and eleven seriously injured, with property losses estimated at $50,000. Names of victims include Edwin Daily, a nine year old boy. more details follow as investigators search for causes and additional casualties.
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Portland
Ore
Morrison Street
Eewin
Nathanee
Lodging house fire leaves multiple injured and missing
Pro үзprietor Don Cooper and two unknown residents are missing after a lodging house blaze. Several others suffer burns and injuries including Batwcock, Sherlock, and M. Bailey with facial and wrist injuries. Mae Maclevin and Walter Brown also hurt, some severely, as responders search for victims.
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P Young
Don Cooper
Rot
Batwcock
Sherlock
Mich
Pred Seineger
Mire M. Bailey
Lloyd Dattey
Mee Nettie Trews
Walter Brown
Severn! Rite
Mae Maclevin
Missing Terre Haute Boy Fund Aide Event Noted
An old titdlers contest in Clinton raised money for the search fund for High Moyers the Seelyville boy kidnapped in May. Local lodge members and volunteers sought donations and entertainments to aid the Moyers family as reports spread through Tennessee Kentucky and nearby states. An article by Editor Wolfe described the disappearance in detail.
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Terre Haute
Clinton
Moyers
Seelyville
Wabash Valley
Turkey
Lodgeaere
Wolfe
New Harmony
Tennessee
Apkhode
Kentucky
States
Chicago Markets Report February 15 1906 Live Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago markets show receipts 25000 today with total cattle 5000 and sheep 15000. Prices mostly steady to higher on hogs and cattle with heavy packing demand and mixed grades. western cattle and lambs quoted withprice ranges across multiple categories.
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Chicago
Avry Light
McCall Bros Agents in Chicago Auction Listing
Chicago February fifteenth eighteen hundred six Beach Wickham Company issue lists McCall Bros as agents for a local sale. The fragment notes Chicago as the hub with Beach Wickham Co. and McCall Bros involved in handling the listing.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
Balfour Defends Tariff Reform at City Conference
Arthur Balfour spoke at a Conservative gathering in London praising tariff reform as a policy to ease British industry burdens and protect markets. He argued for neutral markets plus imperial equality, warned of dangerous reliance on negotiation without power, and urged opposition to critique government while aiming for future policy.
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Lomlon
London
Edward Clarke
Alban Gibb
Gibbs
Sir Edward Clarke
Helfour
Joseph Chambe
Niente
Balfour
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Tarif
Smallpox Strikes Whaling Ship Sullivan on Atlantic Drift
Mrs Haggerty wife of the Sullivan captain testifies from Rio de Janeiro about a month at sea as the New London whaler became a floating smallpox hospital. After two crew died and seven fell ill the ship sailed from Fayal Azores with nine sick sailors and fear turning the crew into virtual drift.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Sullivan
New London
Conn
H. J. Haggerty
Rio de Janeiro
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Indiana
Mere
Madse
Cavfard
Jacol Miller
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Otsego Lake
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