Sunday Civil Bill Reported With Defense and Canal Provisions
Washington reports the House appropriations committee revived disputes over the Secret Service limitations and Hepburn Act account examination. The sundry civil bill totals 137,022,007 dollars, includes Panama canal continuation funding, and earmarks funds for river harbor and public building construction with a projected year-end deficiency.
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Washington
Congress
House Committee On Appropriations
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Republic of Cuba
Maine
Havana Harbor
Panama Canal
Weekly Review of Trade Notes Slower Revival in Major Industries
The R G Dun weekly review reports clearer business structure yet slow revival, with iron copper and coal showing disappointment. Raw material firmness suggests no price revisions in cotton goods and the leather market remains dull.
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New York
R. G. Dun &Co
Trade Today
Oil men protest Missouri partnership with Standard
A Missouri oilmen committee from the National Independent Oil association urged Governor Hadley to block Missouri from entering a partnership with Standard Oil. Representatives from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania and other states presented resolutions calling for state action.
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Missouri
Standard
Jefferson City
National Independent Oil Association
Kansas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Hadley
Petroleum association committee leads oil partnership talk
Co D Chamberlain of the National Petroleum association in Cleveland heads the committee guiding discussions on forming a partnership with the Standard Oil company.
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Standard Oil Company. Co
D. Chamberlain
National Petroleum Association
Cleveland, O
Mann Proposes Amendment to Pure Food Law
Congressman Mann of Illinois introduces a bill in the House to require all interstate shipments of foods drugs medicines and liquors to be plainly marked with the net quantity in weight measure or numerical count. The amendment to the pure food law and drugs act aims to standardize labeling for clarity and consumer protection.
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Mann
Washington
Ilinois
Cooper TO GO ON STAND in Carmack Murder Trial
In Nashville on February 20 the Carmack murder trial recess ended as lawyers prepared to resume. The defense likely plans to place Colonel Duncan B. Cooper on the stand among its first witnesses as the trial moves forward.
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Carmack
Nashville
Tenn
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin J. Cooper
John D. Sharp
Er. W. Carmack
Colonel Cooper
Iron Mountain Train Collision Kills Woman in Arkansas Yard
A passenger train on the Iron Mountain railroad ran into an open switch in the Argenta yards near Little Rock Arkansas and collided with a freight train. Mrs George Eaton of McCalmont Arkansas was mortally injured and several others were badly hurt in the crash.
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Iron Mountain
Little Rock
Ark
Argenta
George Eaton
McCalmont
Driscoll Beats Attell In Featherweight Bout At New York
Jem Driscoll defeated Abe Attell in a ten round featherweight bout in New York. Attell said the no decision nature of the match did not affect him though spectators felt the Briton looked faster and more powerful. Referee Charley White officiated as the fighters weighed 124 pounds.
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New York
Abe Attell
Jem Driscoll
Driscoll
Charley White
Attell
Jem
Big Auto Meet Begins Today at New Orleans
For three days starting today Mardi Gras crowds will witness major auto races at the New Orleans fair grounds. Promoters call the speed carnival the greatest in US history with drivers Strang Robertson De Palma Mangini Burman and Schoeneck among entrants. Women’s speed contest features Joan Newton Cuneo and Alice Porter. Fred J. Wagner will start and referee, previously starter at Vanderbilt Cup and Savannah Grand Prize races.
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New Orleans
United States
Fair
Strang, Robertson, de Palma
Mangini
Burman
Schoeneck
Joan Newton Cuneo
Alice Porter
America
Fred J. Wagner
Savannah
Bogus money in New York circulates widely
New York city is flooded with counterfeit quarters and dimes. Transportation companies warned cashiers and ticket sellers as the secret service seized many coins but has not traced the supply source.
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New York
New York City
Secret Service
Man's body found in pond after Wisconsin storm
The body of George Elholm, a prominent Racine attorney and businessman, was found in a quarry pile ice fifty feet below a ledge three miles north of Racine. He had been missing since February 15 and is believed to have perished in the storm after losing his bearings and falling into the pond.
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Racine
Wis
George Elholm
Elheim
Dynamiting Snow Slides Near Telluride Mines
Snow slides above the Pandora lease were dynamited to avert danger to miners in Telluride Colorado. The blast moved thousands of tons of snow and rock and plans were announced to blast additional slides in the district.
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Telluride
Colo
Pandora Lease
Bragg Is Eighty Two Today in Fond du Lac
General Edward S Bragg commander of the Iron Brigade and Brigade association president will celebrate his eighty second birthday today Wisconsin Civil War survivors will travel to Fond du Lac to pay respects following the customary practice.
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Wisconsin
Iron Brigade
Fond du Lac
Wis
Edward S. Bragg
Brigade Association
Bragg
Cat thwarted robbery at Interurban station
In Toledo on February 20 two armed men entered an Interurban station. One held an employee at bay while the other grabbed the cash register but toppled when knocked over by the office cat. The thieves recovered and escaped with some contents spilled on the floor.
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Toledo
Cuba Bars Foreign Ownership Bill Introduced in House
Havana February 20. A bill prohibiting foreigners from holding any property in Cuba was introduced in the house. The measure would affect property owned by Americans Englishmen Spaniards Germans and French valued at about two billion dollars.
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Havana
Cuba
Swift Justice For Roanoke Murderer of 14 Year Old
Aurelius Christian, a Black teen, was sentenced to die in the electric chair on March 22 for the murder of Mary Dobbs, fourteen, of Botetourt County. The trial, held at a special session before Circuit Judge Anderson, included a confession and testimony from three witnesses.
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Roanoke
Aurelius Christian
Mary Dobbs
Botetourt
Christian
Anderson
Supreme Court Validates Stand Against Kellogg Switchboard Takeover
Springfield Feb 20 The Illinois Supreme Court invalidated the sale of Kellogg Switchboard company stock to American Telephone and Telegraph, a ruling seen as crucial for independent telcos. Minority holder F W Dunbar led the suit arguing foreign control would monopolize Illinois communications.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Kellogg Switchboard Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
F. W. Dunbar
Illinois
Heney Accuses Attorney in Assassination Plot
San Francisco February 20 Francis J. Heney accuses Henry Act attorney for Abraham Ruef of knowing Morris Haas planned to shoot the prosecutor recalling the November attempt and charging complicity in the plot.
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Heney
Attorney Act
San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Henry Act
Abraham Ruef
Morris Haas
Berg Loses to O'Connell in handicap match
Portland wrestling report says John Berg known as Young Hackenschmidt lost to Eddie O'Connell when Berg failed to win five falls in the handicap match on February 20.
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Berg
O'Connell
Portland
Ore
John Berg
Young Hackenschmidt
Eddie O'Connell
No Power to Close Saloons on Sunday
Springfield, Feb 20 The Supreme Court ruled it had no jurisdiction to compel Mayor Busse of Chicago to enforce Sunday closing of saloons. The Sun day Closing league had filed in the Superior Court two years earlier asking for a writ of mandamus to force Edward F. Dunne, then mayor, to enforce the law against Alderman Michael Kenna’s saloons.
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Springfield
Ill
Busse
Chicago
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Edward F. Dunne
Michael Kenna
Hogs and cattle markets steady in Chicago trading
Chicago markets report estimated hog receipts at 14000 with yesterday’s 14671 left over and prices ranging 6 00 to 6 45 for various hog grades. Cattle and sheep are steady with mixed packers and heavy shipments noted.
Waterways Bill Presented for 9.37 Million Fund
Washington action outlines an emergency and maintenance waterways bill with a 9 371 625 national appropriation. It limits any single channel to 50 000 and directs the secretary of war to regulate navigation on Mississippi South Passes. It repeals Mount Carmel water rights and orders eminent domain actions along St Mary's river with cancellations of permits for several power firms effective January 1 1911.
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Washington
Burton
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
National Waterways Commission
House
Secretary of War
Mississippi River
Mount Carmel
St. Mary’s River
Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Company
Edison Sault Light and Power Company
Edison Sault Electric Company
St. Mary’s
Tons of Waste From Government Printing
Washington reports the Printing Investigation Commission finds public printing costs rose from 200 thousand dollars in 1840 to over seven million in 1905. It notes 279,598,837 pages were eliminated from surplus printing including the Congressional Record and other major publications. The stockpiled waste weighed over 9,500 tons, enough to fill a three mile long railroad train.
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Washington
Printing Investigation Commission
Congressional Record
Geological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Pulliam Arrives in St Louis Dodging Fallout
President Harry C Pulliam of the National League arrived in St. Louis with little luggage saying he is here for his health and not resigning. He announced he is tired nervous and through talking. Stanley Robison accompanied him and Jack Ryan, a local hotel man, met them at the train.
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St. Louis
Harry C. Palliam
National League
Stanley Robison
Pulliam
Jack Ryan
Ryan
League
Kansas Enacts Far Reaching Prohibition Law
Topeka reports a bill passed by the house and senate nearly bans all sale and manufacture of intoxicants in Kansas. The act removes drug store liquor permits and makes prescribing whisky a crime, with a single exception for wine used in communion. Governor Stubbs would sign to enact an airtight prohibition.
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Topeka
Kan
Stubbs
House
Senate
Kansas
Mrs Lemp objects to shared custody arrangement
Mrs Lillian Handlan Lemp seeks a rehearing of her divorce decree from William J. Lemp Jr. She argues the order grants the husband excessive control over their seven year old son. The decree awards her $6000 annual alimony and custody, with the father to have the child two days every second week.
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St. Louis
Lillian Handlan-Lemp
William J. Lemp
Lemp
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Crescent City
Strang
Robertson
de Palma
Negro
Hits Phone Corporation
Illinois Supreme Court
Beach- Wickham Grain Company
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John A. Babcock
North American Live Stock Commission Company
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