Labor voices and Schley bills move in Washington
Organized railway labor appeals to President Roosevelt over the Northern Securities merger, with Knox and Wilson present, amid fears of wage suppression and wider railroad consolidation. Schley case advances as ten naval measures are referred to a House subcommittee, with Foss guiding the panel on naval affairs.
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Washington
Northern Securities
Roosevelt
Knox
Wilson
J. J. Hill
Hill
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Schley
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Foss
Watson
Indiana
Dayton
West Virginia
Cousins
Iowa
Taylor
Ohio
Cummings
New York
Meyer
Louisiana
Wheeler
Kentucky
Civil Service Reform Progresses in Census Bill Debate
Washington January 11 The Hopkins bill to create a permanent census bureau is endorsed in principle but stalled over maturation and civil service protections for current bureau employees. Recommitted with instructions to draft a detailed organizational plan and include civil service protections for present staff. The move follows Burkett of Nebraska leading the recommitment. The same session vows to bring government laborers into civil service by presidential order with department by department implementation and veteran preference. A subpoena was issued for M Lampre of Panama Canal Co at Senate interoceanic canals hearing.
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Washington
House
Hopkins
Census Bureau
Burkett
Nebraska
Appropriations Committee
Civil Service
Navy Department
War Department
Morgan
Jan
Senate Committee On
Congress Votes Free Mail Privilege For Mrs McKinley
The House approved the free mailing privilege for Mrs. McKinley for life and recommitted the census bill to add a civil service reform clause while adjourning to Monday. Ex presidents to receive 25000 yearly salary proposed in a new bill. The Minnesota tax report and tax code are filed, noting income and ore tonnage taxes needing constitutional changes. Ex president Cleveland plans a hunting trip from Princeton to an island off Georgetown later in January.
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Frank
McKinley
Washington
House
St. Paul, Minn
State Tax Commission
New York
Grover Cleveland
South
Princeton
N. J
Georgetown
D. C
New Year Trade Review Notes Mixed Signals Across Sectors
Dun & Bradstreet Weekly Review of Trade reports holiday activity ending, transport normalizing, and wages rising. Iron and steel plants cut inventories, dry weather boosts winter wheat, cotton mills steady, woolens up modestly, leather strong in Boston, flour demand up, 573 U S failures vs 324 last year, 27 Canada vs 87.
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New York
K. G. Dun & Vo
Weekly Review of Trade Today
East
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
United States
Canada
Swindle by Strangers Defrauds Indiana Farmer
Two men pressed an offer for a single battery promising cheap electricity to farmer Hume in Ripley County. After signing a contract for $5 they allegedly swapped it for a $1,000 piping contract in a self addressed envelope. They later settled for $5.
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Dillsboro
Ind
Ripley
Hume
Revenge of a Woman Ends Track Obstruction Case
Mrs. Nellie McGinness of Burlington Wisconsin sued over a spur track crossing her land used to reach Knickerbocker ice houses. Men tore up the spur preventing shipments from Brown's lake. The Milwaukee road would not build a track to ice houses on her land. A lawsuit reached the supreme court and ruled for Mrs. McGinness.
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Racine, Wis
Nellie McGinness
Burlington
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Knickerbocker
Brown's Lake
Ice Company
Uher
McGinness
Supreme Court
New Telephone System Lets Cars Talk While in Motion
C F Bidwell of Toledo demonstrated a new telephone system in Muskegon Michigan that lets a moving car call and talk to persons in other cars or at stations along the same line. The setup uses a second wire and trolley pole with the telephone line attached to the poles, enabling rapid communication on steam or electric roads.
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Muskegon
Mich
C. F. Bidwell
Toledo
Terrible Fire and Family Tragedy Mix in Two Wisconsin Ohio Records
In Chippewa Falls Mrs. Peter Everson was saved from death after a lamp caused a fire while ironing. Neighbors rolled her in snow as her baby’s clothes were burned before a rug was used and she escaped with severe burns. In Macedonia a 73 year old farmer William Tompkin killed himself after shooting his granddaughter Nora Miller 18. Four shots were fired with two injuring her before Tompkin died by suicide.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Peter Everson
William Tompkin
Macedonia
Nora Miller
Tompkin
Reichstag row over Chamberlain remarks shocks Berlin
Berlin readers saw a heated reichstag debate as Sonnenberg, a Radical anti-Semite, launched a violent attack on Chamberlain and the British army. Von Buelow rebuked the remarks, urged calm, and praised Britain Germany seeks closer ties. Sonnenberg later said he provoked the confrontation to reveal public temper.
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Berlin
Chamberlain
Edinburg
Great Britain
Herr Sonnenberg
von Buelow
England
Prince von Wolff-Metternich
Britain
Hamburg
Forged Roosevelt Name Put On Pardon Petition
A plot to win L. C. Livingston’s pardon from Silver Bow county prison in 1900 by forging signatures of prominent New York figures failed. Names forged included Theodore Roosevelt August Belmont Hugh J Grant Thomas A Edison Jerome W Astor and E D Morgan. Governor Toole alerted by a Roosevelt letter and verified signatures with Belmont Grant Parkhurst and others who all denied signing.
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E. D. Morgan
New York
Toole
Roosevelt
Livingston
Dr. Parkhurst
August Belmont
Hugh Grant
SURRENDERS IN BATANGAS CAMPAIGN PROMPT
Colonial officers and a renegade priest who looted a church image surrender unconditionally to General Bell in Batangas. They controlled Tonei district including Panan and Gue Noa with plans to surrender all guns. an estimated 160 arms expected.
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Manila
Collnel Marisagan
Cabrera
Castillo
Bell
Batangas
Providence
Tonei
Panan
Guenoa
Civil Service Upholded Promotes Clean Administration
The article reports President Roosevelt’s insistence on enforcing civil service laws, removing political appointees, and warning party leaders that rewards for office will not be tolerated. It also discusses Senate ranking on finance and appropriations, Dolliver and Shaw’s friendship and Shaw’s cabinet appointment, and mentions ex Senator John L. Wilson’s possible political return and Commission Snow’s observations on dairy enforcement in Michigan.
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Wasuiteron
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Finance
Appropriations
Allison
Daniel
Virginia
Teller
Colorado
Gorman
West
Cockrell
Dolliver
Shaw
Iowa
McKinley
John L. Wilson
Washington
Wilson
House
Arthur W. Dunn
Crookedness Rumor Ties Food Dept to Bribe Case
Kalamazoo date Jan 11 a prominent officeholder is said to have sparked a row in Food Commissioner Snow s department leading to the arrest of Charles H Thompson claim agent for Hammond Packing Co Hammond Ind in the city while offering Snow a bribe to halt prosecutions Suspicion of crookedness in the department persists.
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Nrst
Snow
Chicago
Dierent
Michigan Produce Company
Detroit
Hammond Areo
Hammond
Ind
Joris
Dairy and Pure Fool Department
Thompson
Kalamazoo, Mich
Charles H. Thompson
Hammond Packing Company
BA Date ‘Company
Escapade of Miss Eades Planned for Her Baltimore Trip
Springfield Arkansas reports Miss Caltha Eades arranged her masquerade trip with care. She ordered a suit, had hair cut and styled to resemble a man, with Nathaniel Henderson arranging the suit purchase. The disguise was fitted in a local store in September and later worn. Washington notes the senate commerce subcommittee spent hours reviewing the ship subsidy bill with Frye seeking full committee action next Thursday.
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Springfield
Ars
Caltha Eades
Baltimore
Nathaniel G. Henderson
Washington
Jan
Senate Committee On Commerce
Frye
Markets Report Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices Across Regions
Chicago markets show hog receipts about 2000 with lots selling mostly at 6.05 to 6.25 for packers. Cattle supplies around 3000 with steers priced from 3.90 to 7.60 and cows and calves mixed. Buffalo region reports mixed hogs and cattle prices. sheep and lambs vary with western and native stock quoted. St Louis and Milwaukee grain also noted with No 2 corn around 66 to 67 cents and wheat futures easing.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Board of Trade Today
Cape Cod
Postoffice name change at Metropolis City
Metropolis Illinois post office changes its name from Metropolis City to Metropolis to resolve confusion with the city name. Other brief items note hog breeder John Stover losing hogs to cholera near Crawfordsville Indiana, aFoot loss accident for Lord Frances Hope, a Uruguayan revolution with casualties, and the death of J M French the longtime American showman in Detroit.
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Metropolis, Ills
W. H. Kraper
Metropolis
Crawfordsville
Ind
John Stover
Chicago
Stover
Lord Frances Hope
Uruguay
Chamber of Deputies
J. M. French
United States
Detroit
Value of the Roads Defense of the Great Merger
President James J. Hill of the Great Northern rails speaks at the Tri State Association meeting in Fargo about markets for surplus products. He argues cooperation between producers and carriers, notes rate reductions without competition, and explains Burlington and Northern Pacific merger aims to secure outlets to top markets and keep rates low for grain, stock, and lumber from the Northwest.
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Fargo
N. D
James J. Tin
Great Northern Railway
Tri-State Association of Grain and Cattle Growers
Seaview
Pirta
Minnesota
Dakotas
Duluth
Twin Cities
Ile
Horthwest
Toberg
Northwest
Burlington
Pacifc
Raihway
Earnings and Tonnage Trends in U S Railroads
Discussion notes that earnings rose less than tonnage over eleven years amid 18 percent railroad mileage growth. Destructive competition toppled four trunk lines, leaving stronger rivals in control. The Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania lines were consolidated, with rate cuts and capital improvements aiding shippers.
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Hill
Great Lakes
Northwestern
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio River
Chicago
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Als
Joseph Newman
Elgin
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Laporte, Ind
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C. M. Krex
Frank R. Sacn
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Johnson's Bakery
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