War Revenue Tax Repeal Passes Unanimously in House
Washington February 18 the house approved the bill to repeal the war revenue taxes with no debate after a party line move to limit amendments. Richard son of Tennessee pushed for passage as debate ended, and all 278 votes were in favor. The session also saw the senate approve a permanent census office and other measures.
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Washington
House
Hichardson
Tennessee
Ways and Means
Hay
Virginia
Babcock
Wisconsin
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Richardson
Senate
Internal Revenue
Danish West Indies
Taft outlines plan for Philippine self government
Governor Taft told the senate committee on the Philippines that Congress should grant a qualified suffrage with gradual growth in government, create a two chamber local legislature, and allow limited representation in Washington. He urged a US declaration to hold the islands indefinitely and warned against immediate independence, citing Educated Filipinos’ potential for governance.
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Washington
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Taft
Philippine Commission
Congress
United States
Rawlins
Fire damages Alber's Furnishings store in Wisconsin
A blaze at Charles Alber's furnishing goods and fur store in Wisconsin caused about $10,000 in damages. Fire officials reported the incident on February 18. The fire ban was not specified in the readable text.
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Ban
Wis
Charles Alber
Women elect officers at national suffrage convention
Washington feb 18. Suffragists re elected the same officers from last year with Carrie Chapman Catt continuing as president. Dr Eva Smith Eaton declined re election as second auditor. The action keeps the leadership intact after a satisfied show of support.
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Washington
Eva Smith Eaton
Carrie Chapman Catt
Wealthy Sioux City Builder Eri Richardson Dies at 75
Sioux City Iowa February 18 Eri Richardson longtime resident and prominent figure died yesterday at age 75. He built his fortune in railway construction and was among the citys wealthiest men.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Eri Richardson
Carnegie Offers 20000 for Chippewa Public Library
Yesterday a letter from Andrew Carnegie arrived offering to donate 20000 for a new public library building if Chippewa Falls guarantees 10 percent of that amount for maintenance.
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Carnegie
Chippewa, Wis
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Andrew Carnegie
Market Quotation Summary from Chicago and East Buffalo
Chicago markets show mixed grain and produce quotes with wheat futures near 78 cents, corn around 61–62 cents, oats about 48 cents, and pork and hogs trading in higher to mid ranges. East Buffalo and St Louis reports list cattle, hogs, and lambs with steady to higher tones, while Milwaukee notes irregular wheat and higher oats.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Ueen Aetown
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Wheta
lLower
Ark
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Senate Finance Gridlock Foreshadows Revenue Repeal Fight
Washington February 18. Reform battles loom as the senate finance committee may sharply modify the war revenue repeal bill. Opposition to repeal of the tea duty and taxes on stock and bond trades fuels calls for a balanced cut. The oleomargarine bill faces probable defeat in the senate amid a lukewarm majority and organized minority opposition. Senator Penrose leads extensive hearings on Chinese exclusion with fierce debate expected before any bill passes. Arruvur W. Dunn.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House
Penrose
Pacific Coast
United States
Pennsylvania
Immigration Committee
Arruvur W. Dunn
Choir Boys Strike At St Clement’s Church Brooklyn
Forty choir boys led by the rector's son at St Clement's Church Brooklyn refused to sing after fines from the choirmaster cut almost all their wages. They pelted the church with stones in protest.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Clement's Church
Augusta farmer John Murphy dies by self-inflicted shooting
Quincy, February 18. John Murphy a prominent Augusta farmer Hancock County committed suicide by shotgun. He was 52 years old and a bachelor. Despondency reportedly preceded the act.
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Quincy, Hls
John Murphy
Augusta
Hancock County
Pacification Takes Hold in Philippine Provinces Says Captain Allen
Captain Henry T. Allen reports from Manila that the Philippine constabulary of 2,500 men can control nine provinces without troops. He argues the force is efficient, costs far less than regular troops, and that 15,000 U S soldiers plus natives could garrison the archipelago within a year. He cites sedition laws and recent engagements, and urges doubling the constabulary to 5,000 with a yearly budget of 1 25 million.
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War Department
Henry T. Allen
Sixth Cavalry
Manila
Philippines Constabulary
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Abra
Bonton
Union
Lepanto
Banguet
Neuva Viscaya
Batsan
Prinelipe
Infanta
United States
Philippine Archipelago
Batangas
Laguna
Miss Jessie Strang engaged to Rev George Mitchell
Waukegan Illinois reports invitations issued for the wedding of Miss Jessie Strang to Rev George A Mitchell pastor of Milbourn Congregational church. Alfred Spafford once courted Miss Strang, hurried from Denver to Chicago after learning of the engagement, but invitations already went out for the nuptials.
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Waukegan
Jessie Strang
Denver
George A. Mitchell
Milbourn
Alfred Spafford
Strang
Miss Strang
Spafford
Chicago
South Omaha Packers Bid for Army Meats in Philippines
South Omaha packing houses for the first time win permission to bid for supplying meats to the army in the Philippines. Last week local bidders submitted the initial offers with one firm among the lowest bids for 50,000 cans of corned beef and 80,000 pounds of dry salt hams.
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Omaha
Neb
South Omaha
Philippines
League schedules 126 games for Hinois Lowe Indiana league
President Sexton announces the schedule for the Hinois Lowe Indiana league. The 126 game season is longer than last year with double headers on holidays. The spring meeting will be held in Rock Island on February 28.
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Rockford
His
Sexton
Rock Island
Daring robbery hits Clinton gambling den
In Clinton Iowa two masked men armed with revolvers held up Planagan's gambling house in early Monday hours. They robbed twelve inmates of money and valuables totaling about 2000 dollars. No casualties reported.
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Clinton
Planagan
University of Nebraska selects Booker T. Washington speaker
Lincoln Neb February 18 At a meeting of the senior class the selection of Booker T Washington as commencement day orator was ratified by a majority vote University authorities declare the incident closed
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Lincoln, Neb
University of Nebraska
Booker T. Washington
Woman Lectures Arrested in Columbus Obscene Literature Case
Margaret JL Sheppard was arrested Sunday afternoon at the Odd Felons temple as she prepared to lecture on two warrants for disorderly conduct and selling obscene literature. Crowds gathered, officers reported no interference, and Sheppard posted bond for police court. Claimed former nun, she planned to stay and fight the charges.
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Columbus
Ohio
Margaret JL. Sheppard
Sheppard
Fremont rector resigns after kissing scandal
The Rev Henry B Jefferson rector of St James Episcopal church Fremont resigns effective month end after multiple female congregants report he kissed and embraced them. A school teacher first complained and others echoed, Jefferson says his acts were spiritual fatherly kisses. He is 60 and has a family, having come from Indiana a year ago.
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Jefferson
Fremont
Indiana
Postal Clerks Seek Shorter Work Day Action
The Chicago Federation of Labor adopted a resolution presented by four Chicago post office clerks' delegates urging Congress to pass legislation for a shorter work day for postal service employees. Copies of the resolution will go to Senators and Congressmen, marking a first move since President Roosevelt's order.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Chicago Post Office Clerks’ Union
Congress
Postal Service
Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Ed O'Meara Dies After Pneumonia Illness
Fort Wayne Indiana February 18 Ed O'Meara former baseball player died Sunday from pneumonia Born in Chicago he first played ball in 1808 in Chattanooga He attracted Frank Robison who signed him for Cleveland and later loaned him to the old Fort Wayne interstate team He captained and managed Fort Wayne in 1808 and 1800 and later ran a saloon
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Ed O'Meara
Chicago
Chattanooga
Frank Robison
Cleveland
Pace to change in Middlesboro church project
Next week the American Association Limited, based in Middlesboro Kentucky, will begin erecting a large church on the site of the former Quarter House.
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Middlesboro
American Association Limited
Leg Found Near Farm, Crime Probe Opens
In Bloomington Indiana, Sheriff Johnson and Coroner Carson led a crowd to a Livingston farm east of town after boys found a leg later amputated above the knee. Authorities continued search for more remains, while reviewing a prior case where an amputated leg was sent for medical examination for a possible suit.
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Bloomington
Livingston Farm
Johnson
Carson
Leroy
Bryan to Speak at Croswell on Feb 19
Adrian Michigan February 18 In Adrian college senior mass plans an address by Hon W J Bryan at Croswell opera house the evening of February 19. Bryan has never spoken in an Adrian hall. Ex cursions will run from neighboring towns and half the proceeds benefit the college general furnishing fund.
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Adrian, Mich
Adrian College
W. J. Bryan
Croswell Opera House
Bryan
Adrian Hall
College General Furnishing Fund
Daughters of the American Revolution Elect State Regent
In Washington on February 18 the annual election of a state regent for the Timois delegation chose Mrs. Charles H. Deere of Moline Illinois over Mrs. Robert Hall Wiles of Chicago by 25 to 14 on the first ballot. Several delegates voted against their instructions.
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Washington
Daughters of — the
Charles H. Deere
Moline
Tis
Robert Hall Wiles
Chicago
Death of Edward McFarland on wedding trip to New York
Edward McFarland a leading Hawaii resident and Royal Hawaiian hotel owner died early Saturday at the Auditorium hotel from acute pneumonia. He had married Florence Ballinger of San Francisco two weeks prior and the couple was en route to New York for a wedding tour.
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Chicago
Edward McFarland
Hawaii
Tlonelum
Auditorium Hotel
McFarland
Florence Ballinger
San Francisco
New York
Illinois Firemen Name Brue Island for Summer Tournament
Lebanon Illinois February 18 The executive committee of the Illinois State Firemen's association chose Brue Island as the site for the annual tournament this summer. At Edwardsville convention last month Pana was the sole bidder and the decision was deferred to the committee.
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Lebanon
Ills
Illinois State Firemen’s Association
Brue Island
Edwardsville
Pana
Michigan student Klein commits suicide amid university crisis
Albert Q. Klein of Chicago, a University of Michigan student, died by prussic acid Sunday. A note said his life was a failure. This follows another student suicide at the university in the past two weeks with no stated reason.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Albert Q. Klein
Chicago
University of Michigan
Klein
Des Moines Bowler Sets State Record Five Times
W. B. Bowen a Des Moines printer broke the Iowa state bowling record yesterday with five achievements ranking 1.088 pins and an average of 207.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. B. Bowen
Trial of Commander Kritvinger Begins Amid War Rumors
Paris and London dispatches report Boer delegates Wessels and Wolmarans traveling to the United States to solicit money from pro-Boer supporters. A separate rumor cites an Irish American plan to fund dynamite attacks in a reign of terror. The South Africa press censor confirms Crimean trial began February 15 for Commandant Kritvinger.
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England
Kritvinger
Paris
Dr. Leyds
United States
Wessels
Wolmarans
Makitur
Great Britain
London
Paria
The
Daily Chronicle
South Africa
Ike
Kritzinger
French
Brodrick
House of Commons
Lord Kitchener
Unique Volunteers of America Wedding in Dimond M. EF
In Jackson Michigan on February 18 a distinctive wedding occurred at the Dimond M. EF church under Volunteers of America auspices. About seventy five attendees saw Robert BE Macombe marry Miss Jennie A. Mulligan with Rev. George Dimond officiating. The ceremony began with a ten piece concert then the knot was tied. The couple carried bouquets and the party walked to the pastor's study. A quartet performed and Rev. Dimond gave a sermon followed by a song and Capt. Dila field of the volunteers delivering a stirring appeal to sinners.
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Jackson
Mich
Volunteers of America
Dimond M. EF
Robert BE
Macombe
Jennie A. Mulligan
Volunteers
George Dimond
Dimond
Dilafield
Methodist Churches Raise 30000 for State Hospital
Indianapolis February 18 The Methodist churches in the city raised thirty thousand dollars by subscriptions for a state hospital to be built here. Prominent church members pledged the building and leading Methodist ministers from across the country preached in city pulpits Sunday.
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Indianpolis
Turner Adjudged Insane In Owosso Case
Owosso Michigan February 18 Geo Turner 18 has been adjudged insane and sent to Pontiac. He broke under hard study to stay at the head of his class and in his ravings believes his grandfather Hon Jerome Turner attorney is kind and that bogieen are after him and the king.
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Francis A. Richardson
Historical Society of the District
Washington
Richardson
Baltimore Sun
Andrew Johnson
Credit Mobilier
Reed
Owosso
Mich
Geo. Turner
Vpontiac
Jerome Turner
North Dakota Warned Not To Release Insane Patient To Minnesota
W A Gates state agent vows shotgun protection if North Dakota officials again release insane patients across the boundary. Ole Helseth, once of Eau Claire Wisconsin, now with a Fargo sister, was deemed insane by Fargo probate court and moved into Minnesota. Fargo officials say the move was too costly and Gates returned him to North Dakota warning Minnesota will not accept non resident insane persons.
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Et. Paul
W. A. Gates
Board of Control
North Dakota
Minnesota
Boundary
Ole Helseth
Eau Claire
Wis
Fargo
Hau Claire
Gates
Helseth
Beckwith Will Probably Hang Now
Frank M Beckwith jailed in Bellefonte for the murder of his wife after she failed to return from a Sandy Ridge visit. He tracked eight miles over the mountain and killed her when she did not come home by midnight.
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Beckwith
Bellefonte
Frank M. Beckwith
Edward S. Isham Dies. Lincoln Joins Isham Firm in New York
Chicago reports the death in New York City Sunday night of Edward S. Isham senior partner of Isham Linecoln Beale and a leading Chicago lawyer. Robert T. Lincoln former minister to England and a member of the firm departed for New York Sunday night to join Isham.
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New York City
Edward S. Isham
Isham, Linecoln & Beale
Robert T. Lincoln
England
New York
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