Tillman Again To Make Reply On Congress Rights
Senate heatedly debated Congress access to information from the president and departments as Attorney General Bonaparte replies to Tillman on a land grant suit. Hale Bacon Teller discuss cabinet independence and the president’s role in directives. Investig Legion on public buildings to probe old Pennsylvania depot demolition.
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Sofons
Washington
Tillman
Bonaparte
Southern Oregon Company
Roseburg
Coos Bay
Senate
Congress
Hale
House
Bacon
Maine
Teller
Senator Tillman
Pennsylvania Depot
Uncle Sam to Mind Children at Play
Washington debate over District of Columbia spending included supervision of children at play. Opponents argued outdoor games suffice while proponents urged some oversight possibly by secret service personnel. The amendment passed 65 to 62. The provision paying dependents of workhouse inmates 50 cents per day for days of hard labor was removed to avoid rewarding vagrancy.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Gaines
Tenn
Bede
Minn
Secret Service
Receiver for Johnson Bank: Liquidity Contract Questioned
Affidavits were read in Cleveland on January 14 at a hearing for Anthony Kremm a Depositors' Savings and Trust stockholder seeking a receiver and to set aside a liquidation contract with Cleveland Trust and the First National Bank. The suit claims attacks on Mayor Tom L Johnson's finances prompted liquidation through other banks.
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Cleveland
Anthony Kremm
Depositors’ Savings and Trust Company
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland Trust Company
First National Bank
Johnson
Tennessee to Be Dry Passed Lower House Vote
The Tennessee bill to prohibit sale after July 1, 1909 of all intoxicating liquor passed the lower house 62 to 36. It moves to Governor Patterson who is expected to veto it. State supporters predict veto override by similar margins in both houses.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
General Assembly
Senate
Patterson
Georgia Anti-Saloon League moves to ban whisky ads
The Georgia Anti-Saloon League says it will prosecute newspapers in Atlanta for printing whisky advertisements. It charges papers act as hired agents and solicitors for whisky houses.
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Anti-Saloon League
Atlanta
Georgia Anti-Saloon League
League
Miners’ Bodies Maimed in Lick Branch Mine Disaster
In Bluefield West Virginia on January 14 thirty five bodies were removed from the Lick Branch mine. Three rescue crews of forty men each led by State Mine Inspectors Grady Nicholson and Warner work to identify victims amid severe burns. Authorities note two explosions occurred in quick succession marking a record event. A drastic temperature drop of nineteen degrees is cited as a contributing factor.
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W. Va
Lick Branch
Grady
Nicholson
Warner
Poison wine murder shocks Marydel play
State's Attorney Elmer Deen declares undertaker Charles Lesley Pippin was murdered after drinking poisoned wine at a Methodist church play. Arsenic detected in bottles used at the event signals a planned scheme to kill others, describing a notably strange criminal plot.
House to settle method of opening western phosphate lands
Washington January 14 over 2 000 000 acres of public lands are involved in proposed legislation about issuing patents to phosphate lands in Wyoming Utah and Montana. The house seeks to determine whether to lease these lands or grant patents under mining laws and whether under the lode or placer acts.
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Washington
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Dynamite Kills Woman in Mitchell Cottage Fire
A dynamite explosion at a prospector’s cottage in Mitchell Colorado kills Mrs. Richard Lauterbach and injures Miss Esther Schuster. The death follows disputes over mining claims with Lauterbach absent during the blast.
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Mitchell
Colo
Richard Lauterbach
Esther Schuster
Lauterbach
Roosevelt Endurance Ride Tests President's Fitness
President Roosevelt rode seventy miles in a day through sleet in Virginia to prove officers should endure long rides. He reached the White House after dark, changed into evening dress, and prepared for dinner within an hour. He was joined by Dr. Rixey, Dr. Grayson, and Captain Butt as aides.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Virginia
Warrenton
Althcus
Army
Navy
Rixey
Carey Grayson
Archibald Butt
Aqueduct Bridge
Potomac
Roswell
Georgia
Corporation With a Soul: Sheboygan Street Car Serves Children
Sheboygan, January 14. The Sheboygan Light Power and Railway company will let children who cannot afford fares ride city cars free of charge. A student’s card or slip from a principal will authorize travel, aiding those walking long distances in cold weather.
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Sheboygan
Wis
E. G. Gonzenbach
Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway Company
H. F. Leverenz
Leper Escapes From Hospital Cell In Los Angeles
John Moro of Hermosillo Mexico, a leper confined at the county hospital, escaped his cell with a ladder aid after several months of confinement in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John Moro
Hermosillo
Mex
Wisconsin Congressmen Seek Aid for Indians
Wisconsin lawmakers will push legislation to help the homeless Potawatomi Indians of Wisconsin. They propose allowing the tribe to sue in the court of claims to recover potential payments, with estimates of about 480000 dollars. The goal is to conserve the funds for a permanent home and industrial education for the tribe.
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Congress
Neenah
Wis
Court of Claims
Rothe Repeats Trick Walk to Madison for Legislature
Assemblyman Herman Rothe from Fennimore walked to Madison to attend the legislature session. He faced below zero weather this year as he completed the journey, arriving reportedly none the worse for the effort.
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Madison
Wis
Herman Rothe
Fennimore
Wisconsin Horticultural Society Holds Annual Meeting
Two hundred fruit growers, nurserymen, and landscape gardeners from Wisconsin and neighboring states attend the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society annual meeting at Grace Episcopal church in Madison. President R J Coe of Port Atkinson presides amid a large display of Wisconsin grown fruits.
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Wisconsin Horticultural Society
Madison, Wis
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society
Guild Hall
Grace Episcopal Church
R. J. Coe
Port Atkinson
Wisconsin
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Pistol Length Law
The Alabama Supreme Court rules the 24 inch minimum pistol length law valid. The decision confirms that no one may own or carry a pistol shorter than twenty four inches and restricts sale of pistol supplies for smaller guns.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Alfonso of Spain to learn flying from Wilbur Wright
Paris January 14 Alfonso King of Spain will study aviation with Wilbur Wright as his instructor. The monarch has acquired a Wright model aeroplane and is set to become a student of flight under Wright's tutelage.
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Monarch
Paris
Alfonso King
Spain
Postoffice funding set at 234 million for 1910
Washington January 14 the house committee on postoffices and postroads says it will require 234000000 dollars to run the postal service during the fiscal year 1910. The figure represents the service's annual operating needs as determined by the committee.
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Washington
House Committee On
Duty on Leeds Pearls Upheld by Board of Appraisers
The board of general appraisers sustained a 10 percent duty on Leeds pearls valued at $220,000, determining the tariff applies to the import. The decision was announced in Washington on January 14.
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Washington
Jan
Board of General Appraisers
Pension for Admiral Coghlan's Widow
Washington Jan 14 A pension of fifty dollars a month for Mrs Julia B Coghlan widow of the late Bear Coghlan has been allowed.
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Admiral Coghlan
Washington
Julia B. Coghlan
Bear Coghlan
Chicago and Alton declares 2 percent semiannual dividend
Unicago and Alton directors announce a semiannual dividend of 2 percent for the Chicago and Alton company. The declaration comes from Chicago and Alton officials in Chicago dated January 14.
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Unicago and Alton Diviaena
Chicago
The
Chicago and Alton
New Army Health Chief Named as Torney Takes Office
Brigadier General Robert M. O'Reilly retires as Surgeon General of the United States Army. Colonel George H. Torney assumes duty to oversee soldiers' health. Torney, born in Maryland on June 1 1850, previously became an assistant surgeon in 1876.
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Torney
O'Reilly
Washington
Robert M. O'Reilly
United States Army
George H. Torney
Uncle Sam
Coloney Torney
Maryland
Simple feud settles itself among western China villagers
European travelers record a self administered settlement after a village feud. A dead man and two others were killed three months earlier in a feud with a neighboring village. The locals say they settled the matter themselves by killing eight from the opposing side, without reporting to authorities.
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China
Tachade
Laowo
The Apple of Discord and the Judgment of Paris
In the union of Thetis and Peleus the goddesses quarrel over a golden apple for beauty. Juno Minerva and Venus claim it and Paris awards it to Venus. Juno and Minerva seek vengeance, implicating their role in Troy's fall.
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Peleus
Juno
Minerva
Venus
Paris
Troy
Public tastes shift from worthy to daring books
A back-and-forth exchange captures a copyright clash where an author praises a work and a publisher fears poor reception. The publisher quips that the public desires a book that nobody ought to read, highlighting tensions between literary merit and market appetite.
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Washington Star
Virtue and Self Sacrifice Quote by George Sand
A quotation attributed to George Sand proclaims there is one virtue the eternal sacrifice of self. The line emphasizes selflessness as the supreme moral good.
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George Sand
Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Summary January 14 1909
Chicago markets show steady to slightly weaker bids across hogs and cattle with large receipts. Light hogs mixed packers and heavy shipper grades range from 5 45 to 6 40 while cattle and sheep totals reach around 10 000 and 15 000 respectively with bulk prices near 5 90 to 6 25 for hogs and 4 00 to 7 25 for cattle. grain firm at Beach Wickham.
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Texas
North American Commission Company Ad in Chicago
An old classified style notice from Chicago Illinois advertises services of the North American Commission Company. The message promises prompt responses and a fair square deal for customers seeking business arrangements.
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North American Commission Company
Beatrice Mills to Become Countess of Granard in New York Ceremony
Miss Beatrice Mills of New York will wed the Earl of Granard this afternoon at the home of her parents on Fifth Avenue. The ceremony, officiated by Auxiliary Bishop Cusack, is private with only relatives and intimate friends present. Bridesmaids include Ellin Mackay Edith Taylor Alice Astor and Grace Vanderbilt.
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Great Britain
Beatrice Mills
Countess of Granard
Earl of Granard
Edward
Ogden Mills
Sixty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Miss Mills
Fort of Granard
Thomas Francis Cusack
Archdiocese of New York
Ellin Mackay
Clarence H. Mackay
Edith Taylor
Moses Taylor
Alice Astor
John Jacob Astor
Grace Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vnderbilt
Donald Forbes
Gladys
Henry Carnegie Phipps
Cavendish Bentinck
England
D. O. Mills
United States
Three Towns Without Fuel After Gas Main Break
A ruptured gas main between Inola and Claremont, Oklahoma cuts natural gas and lighting for about thirty thousand residents in Muskogee Wagoner and Inola. The outage affects heating cooking and illumination in the three towns until repairs are completed.
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Muskogee
Okla
Wagoner
Inola
Claremont
Gas Shortage Freezes Two in Pittsburg
Gas shortage causes two deaths in Pittsburg as a large West Virginia gas main rupture leaves many residents without fuel. Authorities report cold conditions and hazards as crews work to restore supply.
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Pittsburg
West Virginia
Woman Objects at Churchill Banquet in Birmingham
A suffragette in formal attire argued with Winston Churchill at a banquet honoring him in Birmingham on January 14. Officials forced her to leave after she refused, while she shouted campaign cries for votes for women.
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Birmingham
England
Winston Spencer Churchill
Typhoid Suspected in Yale Oarsman's Death
Yale coach Julian W. Curtiss writes that Dwight T. Griswold died from typhoid fever, separate from his collapse during last year's Harvard race, clarifying the illness as the cause rather than a direct result of the team member's breakdown.
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New Haven
Conn
Julian W. Curtiss
Yale
Dwight T. Griswold
Harvard
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