Beef Case Sensation Bribery Probe Ties Judge Brown to Payoff
Washington reports detail an alleged bribery plot by beef packers attorneys aimed at shaping public opinion. U S District Attorney Morrison outlines that Judge George W Brown allegedly gave a reporter a Christmas gift and directed him to pass part to another reporter, Elwell, who declined then accepted under guard.
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Washington
Jiy
Roosevelt
White House
Chicago
Moody
United States
Morrison
George W. Brown
Hasler Interview Reveals Secret Money Ties in Beef Trust Case
Morrison reports Hasler admitted paying a reporter and questioned Porter about Root Moody and the president. Hasler criticized officials, claimed Justice Department corruption, and hinted he would publish details later. Judge Brown allegedly funded Elwell for favorable Chicago press coverage.
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Morrison
Captain Porter
United States Secret Service
Hasler
White House
Inter- Ocean
Inter-Ocean
Porter
Mr. Root
Moody
Root
Morton
Santa Fe Railway Company
Department of Justice
Judge Brown
Elwell
Chicago Press
Russians Elect Officers and Convict Ship Captain
A dispatch reports unrest in Gome with half the town in flames. Troops and revolutionists clash as peasantry enforces new rulers, deposing old authorities. The Slocum horror is recalled with the captain sentenced to ten years in prison.
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ST. Petersburg
Evening Journal
Gome
Von Schaack found guilty of criminal negligence in Slocum fire
Captain Von Schaack was convicted of criminal negligence for failing to have tire drills on the steamer Slocum which burned, killing over 1,000. He received a ten year prison sentence. The president notes publicizing correspondence as punishment for Judge Brown and Hasler.
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New York
Evening Journal
von Schaack
Slocum
Eugene Hale Named Republican Senate Leader After Aldrich
Eugene Hale succeeds Nelson W. Aldrich as Republican leader in the Senate. A veteran statesman, Hale has three years in Maine legislature and ten in the U.S. House, then filled Hannibal Hamlin’s Senate seat in 1869 and has served a quarter century. He twice refused cabinet posts and is in his seventieth year.
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Nelson Wo Aldrich
Senate
Maine
National House of Representatives
Hannibal Hawlin
United States Senate
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Weather Wins Trade News Cites Outdoor Work Gains
R G Dun reports no major change in business, outdoor work aided by weather, winter stock reductions in most regions. Northwest sees improvement, lumber slowed by snow lack, footwear shipments set records as spring goods advance. Failures total 334 in US, 4 in Canada, rubber mills cut to five days.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Northwest
Boston
Rayti Firing Foreigners in Haiti Arrests
Monteur Official publishes a decree of arrest and expulsion against five foreigners and three henchmen in Port-au-Prince. A German and an Austrian are named among those convicted of conspiring to disturb public order.
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Rayti
Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Monteur
City of Topeka Rescues Valencia Survivors Near Cape Beale
Seattle dispatch reports the steamship City of Topeka arrived with 23 Valencia survivors after Valencia wrecked on a reef near Cape Beale. Most saved men left with only clothing and a few pocket items. the Topeka pursued along the Vancouver shore to reach the scene.
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Seattle
Wash
City of Topeka
Valencia
Ao Reef
Cape Beale
Topeka
Straits
Vancouver
Wreck sighting by tug Orion reports broken debris at shore
A tug approached what was believed to be the wreck but identified the vessel as the Orion. The Orions crew said the wreck was broken up with only a mast stump visible on shore and no bodies found among the debris.
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Orion
Victoria
France Ready to Act Against Venezuela Revealed
Paris reports President Loubet chaired a ministerial council at the Elysee where a decision on France's future action against Venezuela was reached. Premier Rouvier explained the situation and Washington approves France's intended course, though timing and details remain unstated.
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Paris
T Loubet
Council of Ministers
Elysee Palace
France
Venezuela
Rouvier
United States
Washington
Riobamba Troops Fire on Peace Delegation in Ecuador
Forces under ex-president General Garcia at Riobamba opened fire on peace commissioners from Guayaquil bound for Quito, killing one, wounding two, before the party continued toward the capital.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Riobamba
Garcia
Quito
Chicago market reports 1906 hogs cattle and sheep prices
Chicago market notes for January 2 and January 27 1906 show mixed hog pricing from light to heavy shipping grades with receipts varying from 30 to 1000 and stocks for cattle sheep and hogs largely unchanged or weak. Entries reference Beach Wickham Co and McCall Bros as agents.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
New York Supreme Court Upholds Transfer Tax Despite Dissent
The New York Supreme Court upholds the transfer tax on stock sales with one dissenter. Justice Laughlin states the legislature had power and that the tax does not violate equal protection or federal or state constitutional limits. Justice Ingraham dissents, warning the tax creates inequality when stock face value differs from market value.
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Laughlin
United States
Justice Laughlin
Fed
Ingraham
Appellate Division Lets Mortgage Tax Section Stand
New York appellate division upholds most of the mortgage tax law but questions Section 100’s constitutional reach in a test case by Michael Kimson against the New York County register. The ruling states the provision concerns contract who pays the tax rather than the tax imposition and leaves broader validity unresolved. Beloit Man Goes to Columbia. Beloit Wisconsin. Professor Guy L. Tawney named to head Beloit’s logic department at Columbia for spring semester during Fullerton’s absence. Quits Preaching for Politics. Teoria Illinois. Rev Dr George H Simmons resigns from church leadership to manage ex Governor Yates senatorial campaign in Peoria.
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Supreme Court
Michael Kimson
Register of
New York County
Beloit
Columbia
Beloit, Wis
Guy. L. Tawney
Beloit College
Columbia University
New York City
Semster
Fullerton
Tawney
Teoria
George H. Simmons
Interstate and the People’s Savings Banks
First Baptist Church
Yates
Peoria Cour
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