France Demands Venezuelan Frontier Action Over Taigny Case
Paris reports that M. Taigny the retiring charge d affaires at Caracas was prevented from returning to shore after boarding a French steamer for instructions amid Venezuela’s cable office seizure. France says diplomatic immunity covered his act and warns Venezuela, citing potential reprisal as Caracas confirms expulsions of many French managers.
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Paris
M. Taigny
Caracas
Martinique
la Guaira
Venezuela
Jurien de la Graviere
da Guaira
France
M. Mambourguet
French Government Accused in Venezuela Cable Row
Caracas dispatch quotes the Constitutional accusing France of disloyalty to Venezuela and aiding Matos revolution by pressuring cable managers to aid the revolt. It cites a US note from Secretary Russell and a decree expelling French cable managers from Caracas and La Guaira for law violations.
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France
Caracas
la Guaira
Venezuela
New York
Matos
United States
Russell
Ybarra
M. Taigny
Root
Jaeccoux
Bourget
Republic
Woman’s honor valued at 1000 in Grand Rapids suit
Mrs Sidde Zibble sues Louis Price alleging an anonymous letter accused her of improper relations with a man and he sent similar accusations to his wife. Price is jailed on a capias.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Sidde Zibble
Louis Price
Union Appeals to the Methodists Over Book Concern
Typographical Union No. 6 appeals to Methodist clergy in New York to overrule the Book Concern management which has decided to use electrotyping and stereotyping for printing shops employing non union workers.
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New York
Typographical Union No. 6
Methodist Ater
Methodist Book Concern
Philippines Names First American Ambassador to Japan
Governor General of the Philippines names Luke Wright as the first American ambassador to Japan. The appointment marks a key diplomatic step as U S relations reach a new phase in East Asia.
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Philippines
Washington, D. C
The
Evening Journal
Luke E. Wright
Elevated Train Crash Kills Several in Brooklyn
An elevated train on the Kings County division of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company derailed at Fulton and Chestnut streets Brooklyn sending a car into the street. Several persons are reported killed and others injured as rescue efforts unfold. In Washington the president appoints Luke E Wright as first American ambassador to Japan.
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New York
the Evening Journal
King’s County
Brooklyn Rapids Transit Company
Fulton and
Chestnut Streets
Brooklyn
Imperial Chinese education mission visits Lincoln Nebraska
The imperial Chinese commission led by Chief Commissioner Tuan Pang arrived in Lincoln on a leg of a San Francisco to Chicago tour. Professor Jenks of Cornell, the president's special representative, met the party. They toured the university agricultural station, the state penitentiary, and the Lincoln hotel luncheon hosted by D. E. Thompson.
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Lincoln, Neb
Imperial Chinese Commission
Lincoln
Jenks
Cornell University
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Chicago
Tuan Pang
K. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Mickey
Andrews
FF. W. Brown
J. E B. Miller
Lincoln Commercial Club
State Penitentiary
Lincoln Hotel
D. E. Thompson
Brazil
Mexico
John Burns Reelected Leader in Campbell Bannerman Cabinet
John Burns, head of the local government board in the Campbell Bannerman ministry, becomes the first labor leader to reach this political distinction. Once imprisoned in 1886 for alleged seditious conspiracy, he led 130,000 dock workers in London strikes and now earns $10,000 a year in office while living on $750 annually and avoiding tobacco and alcohol.
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John Burns
Campbell Bannerman
Burns
London
Old Issue is Revived Bigelow Says He Will Not
Poultney Bigelow refused to name engineers who declined government work on the isthmian canal, claiming confidences would be broken. He warned the administration would punish him, and the committee prepared to act. He cited being covered with administration mud and refused further exposure. The senate and house continued with other business including pure food and merchant marine bills and a Constitution tribute.
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Washington
Poultney Bigelow
Independent
Taft
Senate Committee
Bigelow
Morgan
Tracey Robinson
Robinson
Colon
Senate
Tillman
Minor Morris
White House
Daniel
Indian Territory
Marshall Field Remains Returned for Private Funeral
The body of Marshall Field arrived in Chicago from New York and was taken to the family home. Services were held at the house and at First Presbyterian Church for family and friends, then burial at Graceland in strict privacy. A memorial service at the Auditorium was planned with card-only admission as stores paused in sympathy.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
New York
First Presbyterian Church
Graceland
Auditorium Theater
State Street
Northwestern Railway Company
Attorney General seeks ouster of Ohio bridge firms
Wade H. Ellis files in the circuit court a petition to oust all bridge companies operating in Ohio from their charters for alleged unlawful restraint of trade. The action targets firms doing business across the state as part of a broad anti trust inquiry.
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Bellefontaine
Wade H. Ellis
Circuit Court
Ohio
Ten Dollar Refund on Mileage Ticket Explained
J R R Wood of the Pennsylvania Railroad defends the ten dollar refund on mileage tickets. He says the old tickets were abused and rented at junctions to travelers not using regular passes. The refund is a safeguard against scalping and is a return of ten dollars if personal use terms are followed, not a large profit for railroads.
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Philadelphia
J. RR. Wood
Penn. Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Wood
Manila Merchants Protest Troop Barracks Plan
Five chambers of commerce in Manila unite to urge President Roosevelt to station U S troops in Manila outskirts rather than Pampanga. They warn barracks in the interior would double costs and rely on the Dagupan railroad for supplies while claiming troop presence would aid Manila merchants.
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Manila
Chambers of Commerce
Roosevelt
United States
Ble
Pampanga
Dagupan
Chamber of Commerce
Vardaman Faces Legislative Probe He Urged
Jackson Mississippi January 19 Governor Vardaman in a message to the legislature urged a thorough state investigation and now faces a committee inquiry he had once proposed to investigate others.
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Gov. Vardaman
Jackson, Miss
Vardaman
Governor faces inquiry over prisoner thrashing report
A conviet at the executive funnelon was reportedly whipped by the governor after an interview. The governor said he kicked the convict and used a broom for a sound thrashing. A legislative committee will investigate the affair, which has caused a public sensation.
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Vardanite
Wihiood
Legislative Committee
Stock Yards Rascality Exposed In Kansas City Case
News from Kansas City reports an organized scheme at the stock yards to defraud shippers through overweights and underweights. Miller, a trader, faces perjury charges as part of eleven weighmasters and others under indictment after a Traders' Exchange inquiry. Judy, finance chair of the exchange, admitted knowledge and participation in the thefts and stated Carl Wrightsire invited him to join. Denver snowstorm hits rail line with twelve injured after a snowslide derailed a Leadville to Denver train near Envea Lake, with four coaches buried and passengers rescued at Como.
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Kansas City
Janu
Jaya
Miller
Eaxchoanne
A. d A. dJudy
Trader’ Exchange
Judy
Carl Wrightsire
Denver
South Park
Colorado and Southwestern
Leadville
Eneeva Lake
I'risco
Como
Chicago Markets Live Notes 1906 January 19
Chicago markets show steady cattle and sheep receipts with mixed hogs and rough shipping grades. Estimated receipts today about 24000 with yesterday’s 25160 official receipts and 6465 shipments, markets mixed from steady to slow with hogs weak to 5 lower and cattle and sheep steady to slow.
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Chicago
First Constitutional Democrats Convention Opens in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg a historic first national convention of the Constitutional Democrats opens with 250 delegates from 60 provincial groups. Milakov, Hessen, and Hakolfski lead talks on whether to participate in the Duma elections, with Millakoff urging participation only if the Duma supports CD principles. Delegates report progress but accuse local authorities of propaganda interference. Count de Witte receives complaints with little remedy.
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St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democrats
Karelet
Petrunkevitch
Tver
Millakoff
Tter
Hensen
Douma
Count de Witte
New Workmen's Council Challenges Red Sunday After Arrests
In St Petersburg a new Workmen's Council forms and its president threatens death for disobedience ahead of Jan 22 Red Sunday. Employers favor stoppage, troops brace with machine guns, while Father Gapon's group funds relief efforts and editors face penalties for union proclamations.
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St. Petersburg
Father Gapon
M. Notovich
The
Novosti
Union of Post Office
National Assembly
Svoboda
Liberty
Russ
Nasha Shisa
Workmen’s Council
Grade Crossing Tragedy in Vineland
Dr J S Beck a prominent Vineland physician was instantly killed and his driver Arthur Smith fatally injured when a Central Railroad of New Jersey train struck their carriage at Norma near Vineland. The two men could not see the train due to an embankment.
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Vineland
N. J
J. S. Beck
Arthur Smith
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Norma
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