Foraker Charges Illegal Use of Public Funds in Brownsville Probe
Senator Foraker accused President and former Secretary Taft of diverting $15,000 from war funds to finance private detectives in the Brownsville investigation. He called the detective effort atrocious and revolting to fairness. He criticized the president’s reply and war secretary’s report as an attempt to bolster the case against soldiers.
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Ohio Statesman
Taft
Washington
William H. Taft
Brownsville
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Senate
Foraker
Pennsylvania Railroad Misrepresents Child Rates, Says Knapp
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission disputes the carrier’s claim that the commission required the abolition of reduced child fares. The railroad cites an ICC advisory as basis for discontinuing tickets between interstate points, effective February 10. The ICC says withdrawal was voluntary to avoid ongoing discrimination rather than demanded by the commission.
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Knapp
Pennsylvania Road
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cuban Congress Meets in Havana For Permanent Organization
Havana January 13 Cuban congress convened under Governor Magoon decree to establish a permanent body and approve member elections. A joint session on January 20 will elect and proclaim the president and vice president, with a recess until January 28 when Magoon transfers government to President Gomez and his administration.
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Havana
Magoon
Gomez
May Buy Famous Resort in Saratoga Clubhouse
A Saratoga committee may purchase Richard Canfield's famed clubhouse for about 800000 to use as a public hall. The property has been closed two years due to village gambling laws, with Canfield reportedly asking 200000 and a condition that it serve public purposes.
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Saratoga
Canfield
N. Y
Richard Canfield
Fire in Cannon's Room Blisters Secretary’s Hands in Flames
A match dropped among newspapers in Speaker Cannon's room started a brief blaze. Secretary Busbey fought the fire, damaging a glass screen, carpet, and suffering blistered palms.
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Speaker
Washington
Speaker Cannon
Busbey
Tillman and Bonaparte clash over public lands policy
Attorney General Bonaparte responds to Senator Tillman’s critique of granting public domain lands to corporations. He notes Tillman never claimed personal involvement in any purchase plan and recounts a resolution Tillman offered. Bonaparte says government cannot force sales to specific buyers. Tillman plans a speech criticizing Roosevelt’s methods before the president leaves office.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Tillman
Roosevelt
Santa Fe Fined Five Thousand for Rate Discrimination
The Santa Fe railroad was fined $5,000 for illegal discrimination in rates. The Southern Pacific was found guilty but not fined. In New York, confectioners sugar price cuts were announced with Eb cents per hundred pounds reduction on refined sugar.
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Santa Fe
San Francisco
Santa Fe Railroad
Southern Pacific
New York
Four St Louis Hunters Killed by Train Collision
Four St Louis hunters were struck by a Burlington passenger train near the city. Henry Stumpf was thrown fifty feet and killed. The other three hunters were injured in the incident reported January 13.
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St. Louis
Jan
Burlington
Henry Stumpf
Labor Party Progress Urges Workers to Form Their Own Political Organization
New York Jan. 13 J Keir Hardie M P told the Civic Forum that in England labor gains prove workers must form their own party to influence politics. He predicted more than 100 labor candidates in Britain and argued labor must unite or face continued penury under capitalist rule.
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New York
J. Keir Hardie M. P
Civic Forum
England
British Isles
Ireland
House of Commons
United States
Leav es Seven Widos Ancestor of 300 Children Drowns
Ogden Utah Jan 13 Lorin Farr one of the first Mormon converts and Ogden's first mayor with seven wives and many descendants drowned while bathing at Utah Hot Springs. He may have been overcome by heat or fainted, after his daily bath.
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Ogden
Utah
Lorin Farr
Utah Hot Springs
Hearst Editors Guilty of Libel in Rockefeller Case
New York Jan 13 Magistrate Moss finds S S Carvalho Bradford Merrill and Edward R Clark guilty of criminal libel for publishing names as heads of Star Publishing company involed with William R Hearst New York American naming John D Rockefeller Jr as a liable party. They are sent to Tombs prison but paroled pending writ settlement. The American accuses Rockefeller of aiding peonage via a breakfast food firm in Illinois.
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New York
Star Publishing Company
William R. Hearst
Rockefeller
Illinois
Japan Current Moves 1500 Miles From Coast Says Scientist
Tacoma scientist Dr. Willis Eugene Everett asserts the Pacific coast may face seismic disturbances between the January and August full moons. He links unusually cold northwest weather to the Japan current being thrown 1500 miles out to sea and forecasts continued cold conditions until it rights itself.
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Tacoma
Wash
Willis Eugene Everett
Pacific
Alaska
Northwest
Japan
Liberty Bell Loan Requests Reach Pacific Coast
Pacific cities flood Philadelphia with requests to borrow the Liberty Bell for public display. No replies issued yet as officials note the bell is too cracked for use. One letter says the West does not know the bell is unusable.
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Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
John Evers Marries Helen Fitagibbons in Troy
John J. Evers, second baseman for the Chicago National League team, wed Miss Helen Fitagibbons in Troy New York on January 13.
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John Evers
Troy
N. Y
John J. Evers
Chicago
Helen Fitagibbons
Child in Den of Snakes Sparks Fearful Lesson
In Los Angeles on January 13, Hildegarde Leuenberg a ten year old girl was placed in a den of venomous snakes during a show by C. E. Bell and fell into hysteria. The child allegedly was placed in the pit with Mrs. Leroy a professional snake charmer to learn handling the reptiles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
C. E. Bell
Hildegarde Leuenberg
Leroy
Famous House Burns at the 101 Ranch in Oklahoma
The 101 ranch headquarters known as the White House burned in a heavy prairie gale at Bliss Oklahoma. It hosted notable visitors including McKinley Roosevelt Bryan and other prominent figures. Cincinnati report notes potential co partnership receivership for the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line involving Colston Harmon Fuprrick.
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Bliss
Okla
Southwest
White House
Miller Brothers
McAkinley
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Herrick and Colston
Cincinnati
Edward Colston
Judson Harmon
Myron T. Fuprrick
Cleveland
Hamilton
Dayton
Conan Doyle Progressing Favorably After Operation
London January 13 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is progressing favorably after surgery at his residence for an intestinal ailment.
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Conan Doyle
London
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Milliken Ordered to Pay Printing Bill in Patrick Case
In St Louis a court of appeals rules John T Milliken must pay a printing bill totaling 854 79 contracted by his brother in law Albert T Patrick who is incarcerated for life at Sing Sing for the murder of millionaire Rice The decision ties Milliken to the Patrick legal matter and sets a financial obligation despite Patrick’s imprisonment.
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Patrick
St. Louis
Chicago Market Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago market report shows estimated receipts for hogs 32 000 to 33 000 with prices ranging from 5 35 to 6 30 for various hog categories and cattle and sheep receipts around 18 000 and 16 000 with mixed notes of steady to strong demand, heavy packing and western ranges. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co. Postal Telegraph Bldg. Chicago.
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Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
John A Babcock with North American Commission Company
John A Babcock associated with the North American Commission Company in Chicago Illinois offers steady service and prompt replies for inquiries and orders.
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The
North American Commission Company
Mine Adds 100 to Death List in West Virginia Mine
Bluefield WV January 13 A new explosion in the Lick Branch colliery kills at least 100. Rescue attempts are thwarted by afterdamp and fumes. Foreman Bowers and others escape injuries. a rescue party is driven back. The mine had been deemed safe after inspections.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Lick Branch
Foreman
Bowers
Robert Smith
Holliday
Surratt
Speedwell
Tug River
South West Virginia Improvement Company
The
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company
Traction magnate guilty in Tube City bribery case
Pittsburg January 13 Charles S Cameron president of Tube City Railroad Co was found guilty of conspiracy in an attempt to bribe former City Councilman William A Martin tied to granting a franchise to the Tube City railroad Former Councilman Martin already serving a bribe sentence and broker C R Richardson testified Indicted in Ashtabula also city councilman George Aunger faces bribery counts over a gas company franchise extension
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Pittsburg
Charles S. Cameron
Tube City Railroad Company
William A. Martin
Tube City Railroad
Martin
C. R. Richardson
Ashtabula, O
George Aunger
Ashtabula Gas Company
Diamond Queen Mamie Decris Sentenced In Baltimore Theft Case
Mamie Decris known as the Diamond Queen is in custody in Baltimore on a theft charge following her release from a Georgia penal farm where a guard was punished for whipping her. The current accusation involves the theft of a $650 diamond from a hotel.
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Baltimore
Mamie Decris
Georgia
Milledgeville
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