Congress girds for salary raise vote amid heated debate
Littauer moves to amend the legislative appropriation bill to boost salaries from the current level for vice president speaker and cabinet to 12000 and to 8750 for senators representatives territorial delegates and Porto Rico commissioner. The amendment passes in the house 123 to 92 with most members present. senate confirmation pending and no further house action unless the senate amends.
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Washington
Littaner
New York
Senate
House
Congress
Territories
Porto Rico
Noes
Macon
Arkansas
Will Bolt A Caucus In Senate Over Blackburn Amendment
Senator Teverage informs Republican leaders he will not vote against Blackburn's amendment to Voraker's Brownsville resolution. He denies any pledge to deny the president power to discharge troops over the Brownsville riot. Beveridge and Warner align with the Indiana senator as talks continue among Republicans. Unanimous action is sought, but rifts appear in the ranks.
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Washington
Teverage
Senate
Blackburn
Voraker
Brownsville
White House
Beveridge
Warner
Missouri
Indiana
Senate Chamber
Senate Moves On Brownsville Case and Jamaica Relief
The senate deferred the Brownsville matter to Monday while passing a relief bill for Jamaica after an executive session. It voted to investigate the lumber trust and approved a bill to increase the army artillery corps. The house amended the legislative budget raising pay for the vice president speaker and cabinet to 12000 annually.
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Washington
Senate
Brownsville
Jamaica
Lumber Trust
Army
House
Territories
Two Trains Collide in Indiana Head-On Killing Dozens
A head on collision between passenger train No. 38 and freight train No. 05 near Fowler Indiana left twenty five dead and many more injured. The wreck occurred at 2 30 this morning with fires consuming victims.
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Fowler
Indiana
Col
Chicago
Lil
The
Evening Journal
Big Four
Ind
Lafayette
T’wenty
Legislative actions set 1907 pay, bills passed
Vorto Rico to $7,500 per year, increases to take effect March 4, 1907. An urgent deficiency bill was passed carrying $244,650, and fifty private bills were approved.
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Vorto Rico
Fatal Emery Wheel Blast Kills Man at Sharon
Traverse City Michigan January 19 Frank Faren aged 46 was killed when an emery wheel burst at Sharon authorities reported the accident occurred at a local shop or yard the victim died of injuries sustained in the blast which shattered the wheel and caused fatal wounds
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Emery Whee
Traverse City
Mich
Frank Faren
Sharon
Duffin heads abroad to locate his three children
J C Duffin general superintendent of the Illinois Iowa and Minnesota railroad left Rockford for Kingston Jamaica to determine the whereabouts of his three children who were visiting their grandmother when the earthquake struck. Efforts to reach them by every resource have failed. The Duffin children were near Victoria avenue five blocks from the statue, which was reported to have been turned on its base.
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Rockford
J. ¢. Duffin
Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Railroad
Kingston
Jamaica
Duffin
Victoria Avenue
Victoria
Wabash River Threatens Carmi Residents
The Wabash River continues rising at Carmi Illinois with widespread flooding. In the low lands livestock was swept away as residents rush to higher ground and abandon homes. Over half of East Carmi is submerged.
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Carmi
Wabash
East Carmi
Pan Slavic Leader to Present Roosevelt Trophy
General Arthur Teherep Spiridovich, president of the Pan-Slavic League, has left St. Petersburg for Washington to present to President Roosevelt a cap for his role in pushing the Portsmouth conference and the League says Russia has resumed its mission as defender of Pan-Slavism.
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Roosevelt
St. Petersburg
Arthur Teherep Spiridovich
Washington
League
Portsmouth
Russia
Fasiness men seek coal in Findley Outline
Fasiness men at Findley North Carolina sending up an appeal for coal. The outline mentions a wide range of separate items including fogbound Pittsburg six and a half hours.
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Findley
N. C
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Bristow
Cal
James Ward
Richmond
Carrie Meekins
Tinois
Do not Tamper with Pimples Apply Night and Morning
A dated home remedy prescribes applying a facial treatment made from carbolic acid borax glycerin tannin alcohol rose water and other ingredients. The instruction says to mix dissolve and use both night and morning on the skin.
Victor Murdoch the Father of Denatured Alcohol
Victor Murdock of Kansas a young congressman known as the father of denatured alcohol introduced the first DA to remove the tax on industrial alcohol. He reported that lax mail weighing causes the U S to overpay railroads about 5 000 900 yearly in transportation costs. He is near thirty six, elected to congress three times in under four years, and has a Wichita Kansas newspaper background.
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Victor Murdock
Kansas
United States
Murdock
Congress
Wichita
Kan
Quake Devastates Kingston Jamaica Wrecks City
Delayed Kingston dispatch reports a 4 30 pm quake lasting 36 seconds. Fire, looting attempts, and dust engulfed the harbor front as mains broke and up to a dozen churches, banks, hotels, and government buildings were destroyed. Jamaica feared cost may reach 5 million dollars or more as survivors sought shelter.
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London
Kingston
Jamaica
Supreme Court
Colonial Bank
Nova Scotia Bank
Merchants’ Exchange
Port Royal
Up Park
Kings House
Trafalgar Park
General Marshall
Loss toll rises as 400 corpses recovered from ruins
Rescue crews continued work on the wrecked site through Tuesday and Wednesday recovering fully 400 corpses, with many more victims cremated. The disaster left notable buildings destroyed and the death toll mounting as efforts persisted.
Ten Men Seize Oil Derrick in Sapulpa Land Dispute
Tulsa January 19 ten men said to be employes of the American Oil company armed with rifles drove twenty seven employes of Litchfield and Sawyer from the Zeke Morris farm near Sapulpa and took possession of an oil derrick. A contractor was wounded as shots were fired during the confrontation over lease precedence now in court. Zeke Morris owner of the land is in the Kansas penitentiary for fraudulent leases.
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Tulsa
I. T
American Oil Company
Litchfield & Sawyer
Zeke Morris
Sapulpa
Litchfield & Sawyer Company
Kansas
Repressions in Russia Cost Life and Liberty
St. Petersburg reports a year of repression with substantial loss of life and freedom. Officials and residents describe chilling effects as authorities widen curbs on dissent. The piece notes casualty figures and the reach of punitive measures across regions.
Political Repressions Report for the Year 1006
The article lists 1 252 executed for political crimes, 2 020 sent to mines, 186 exiled to Siberia for life, 5 145 imprisoned for various offenses, 563 newspapers suspended and 782 editors prosecuted. It notes many administrative arrests and cites daytime raids with force and bullet proof armor as a new prefectural order.
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Siberia
Babes Engaged to Marry in The Red Mel Show
New York, Jan 10. Miss Christie Joss eight and Harold Zeigler ten announce engagement as members of The Dutel Kiddies in The Red Mel. Miss Joss undecided on wedding date at her Sixty fifth street home. Harold says to wait for Miss Joss to release dates.
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New York
Montgomery and Stone
Knofekerbocker Theater
Christie Joss
Harold Zeigler
Misa Joss
Sixty-fifth Street
Young Harold
Master Harold
West Twenty-first Street
Miss Joss
Swan
Texas House votes to probe Senator Bailey ties
Austin Jan 19 by a vote of 104 to 55 the Texas House adopted a resolution calling for an investigation of Senator Bailey and his connection with the Waters-Pierce Oil Company.
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Austin, Tex
Texas
Bailey
Waters-Pierce OW Company
Land Office Commissioner Nominee Named
The president sent to the senate the nomination of Richard A. Ballenger of Seattle Washington for the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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Land Office
Washington
Senate
General Land Office
Richard A. Ballenger
Seattle
Wash
Market Report Chicago Hogs Cattle and Sheep Jan 19 1907
Chicago market report shows hog receipts around 10000 with varied prices from 85 25 to 86 52 for light to shipping grades. Mixed packers and rough meat trades range 86 30 to 86 52. Cattle and sheep receipts around 300 and 1500 with prices near unchanged to steady. late close notes show slow market with lights and mixed packers near 86 25 to 96 47 and cattle and sheep steady.
John A. Babcock Delivers Assurance of Fair Handling
A terse note promises a square deal to the reader, asserting reliable service and consistent treatment. The source emphasizes straightforward trust without embellishment or extra assurances.
Consolidation Plans for Vanderbilt Fast Freight Lines
The Vanderbilt system plans a sweeping consolidation of all fast freight and dispatch lines into a single Merchants Dispatch company. Major absorbed lines include Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Red line, West Shore, Jersey Central, Big Four, Michigan Central, Grand Trunk, and more with thousands of miles of track. Officials argue a unified system will improve efficiency and cut costs.
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Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin Sage
Vanderbilt
General
Vanderbilt Aystem
Oes
The
Merchants’ Pispertel Company
Muneipal Dispatch
Merchants’ Dispatch Company
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Red Line
West Shore Line
Jersey Central
Lake Shore Dispatch
White Line
White Lines
Michigan Central Road
Biue
North Shore Dispatch
Rutland
Michigan Central Maes
Grand Trunk
Michigan
New York Central
Hnudson River
Michigan Central
Ble
Gould
Carnegie Couldn’t Buy This Lease on Life
Colonel A K McClure recalls a Clover Club talk with Andrew Carnegie about life and death. Carnegie allegedly offered 200 million dollars for a lease on life, insisting he would pay for ten years only. He supposedly clung to life but mocked the notion of guaranteed immortality.
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Philadelphia
A. K. McClure
Clover Club
Andrew Carnegie
McClure
Carnegie
Alec
Andy
Wage readjustment at Cambria Steel in Johnstown
In Johnstown Pa nearly 17000 hourly workers at the Cambria Steel company receive a wage readjustment aimed at equalization. Increases vary from five percent to twenty three percent, with an average rise of six to ten percent.
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Pittsburg
Cambria Steel Company
Johnstown
Two Men Struck by Train Near Aurora Illinois
C H Grubb of Macon Missouri and P B Robinson of Cameron Missouri linemen for Burlington railway were struck by westbound Daylight Special No 13 near Eola thirty miles west of Chicago. Grubb cannot recover while Robinson likely will recover. both were taken to St Charles hospital.
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Aurora
Ill
C. H. Grubb
Macon
P. B. Robinson
Cameron
Burlington Railway
Eola
Chicago
St. Charles’ Hospital
Grubb
Robinson
Negotiations of War Reopens in German Southwest Africa
Port Nolloth dispatch reports peace talks between Germany and revolted natives in southern German Southwest Africa broken off. Serious fighting underway near Keetmanshoop with rebels presenting stubborn resistance.
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Cape Town
Cape Times
Port Nolloth
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Littauer
Crumpacker
Massachusetts
Winette
Veridge
Lision
Island
Harbor Street
Babes
Frances
Grain Market
D’y
John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
Vanderbilts
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