Witnesses Clash Over Submarine Purchase Inquiry
Washington and Alexandria reports describe the House Naval Affairs Committee finishing testimony on Lessler's charges of a bribe to influence a vote on submarine torpedo boats. Lessler denied the accusations while Rep Roberts said a misimpression existed and recounted a Statutory Hall meeting.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Lessers
Lessier
Doblin
Roberts
Comittee
Lessler
Satuary Hall
Mr. Lessler
Publication Reluctance Hid Bribe Statement Details
Roberts testified that Lessler denied injuring the Holland people and agreed to sign a statement only if publication would not harm their interests. Lessler refused to sign for publication, claiming the statement would implicate the Holland company. Roberts then handed the prepared statement to Lessler, who said the matter had been fixed.
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Holland Submarine Boat Company
Lesaster
Roberts
Wheeler
Lesster
Lesser
Leasser
Lowlensinger
Leasler
Lessler
Lessier
iLoberts
Roberta
Holland Company
Frost
Prominent Kidney Health Touts Dr Pierce Remedy
A testimonial from a Texas doctor praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for kidney and bladder disease. It claims a young man improved after four bottles and notes earlier doctors called the case incurable. The letter urges readers to trust the medicine and mentions Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a liver stimulant.
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Pierce
Frank Startz
M. D
Flatonia, Fayette Co
Texas
Dore Iliage
Resson
Will Pull Down His House In Bid To Move It
J M Longyear of Marquette Michigan threatened to tear down his Lake Superior sandstone mansion and move it to Brookline Massachusetts after protracted legal fights over a railroad encroachment. An order has been issued to begin the move, with the stone panels and interior finishings to be reused in the Brookline building. The relocation is expected to cost about 30000 dollars.
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Marquette, Mich
J. M. Longyear
Longyear
Brookline
Mass
Lake Superior
Awful Railway Wreck Near Grace land New Jersey
A Royal Blue line express rear ended a local train at Grace land near Westville New Jersey on January 28. The crash left between twelve and thirty dead and many more injured. Three wrecked cars caught fire hindering rescue and some victims were believed burned.
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New York
Graceland
Central Railway
New Jersey
Westwiell
N. J
Royal Tlue Line
Bank Thugs Known in Union Bank Robbery Case
A report from Union, Missouri says Frank Rudolph confessed his son William Rudolph and Fred Lewis robbed the Union bank and brought the money home after killing Detective Schumacher. The 4800 dollars in gold was later recovered near the Rudolph residence.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Union
Frank Rudolph
William Rudolph
Fred Lewis
Schumacher
Bank of Union
Rudolph
Lewis
Stanton, Mo
Rank Rudolph
Carriage Maker Kills Wife Then Himself in Domestic Tragedy
O T Said Jan 28 George H. Price a carriage maker formerly of St. Louis shot and killed his wife and then shot himself. The couple were not living together and Price believed she would sue for divorce. He visited her home, kissed his children goodbye and carried out the act.
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O.T
George H. Price
St. Louis
Price
Kokomo
Tod
John Newdick
Farm couple jailed in Kansas for death of 4 year old
Albert Jordon and his wife of Crystal Plains are jailed in Smith Center Kansas after a coroner jury charges them with whipping to death four year old Harry Vipers. An older brother and sister were also in the Jordons' care, entrusted by their guardian a year ago.
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Smith Center
Kan
Albert Jordon
Crystal
Indiana corn growers convene at Purdue for first state meeting
Lafayette Indiana January 28 corn growers meet at Purdue University agricultural building to hold the first state convention which closed yesterday.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana Corn Growers
Purdue University
Roosevelt Attends Canton Banquet Eulogizes McKinley
President Roosevelt delivered a heartfelt tribute at a Canton banquet marking McKinley’s birthday. The event drew 457 dignitaries including Root, Wood, Wright, and Taylor with Judge Day acting as toastmaster. Day praised Roosevelt’s address calling it “a classic added to the literature of eulogy.”
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Canton
Roosevelt
McKinley
Canton Republican League
William F. Day
Root
Cortelyou
B. Young
Leonard Wood
Luke EB. Wright
Philippines
Rixey
W. Cowles
Robbers Flee After Shootout. Bank Bill Roll Found
The suspects fled into darkness after a gunfight near a barn a mile and a half north of Waterloo. A posse led by Detective Franklin traced the trail to a barn where a plank roll of bank bills was discovered, and the pursuit continued.
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Tincoln
Franklin
Waterloo
Hownde
Causes and outcomes of a railroad traction strike and related notices
Reports from Jan 28 detail a traction strike triggered by a union among Tidiana Hallway workers leading to the dismissal of ten union officers. Passengers showed sympathy by leaving cars as talks occurred. Other items note a Farmers Co operative Shipping association meeting to unite Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma farmers, a British steamer Graffo sunk near Ramone lelin with fatalities and missing, and Charles TL Light convicted of manslaughter in Pocahontas Iowa after a four hour jury deliberation.
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Fikhart
Tod
Tidiana
Topeka
Kan
Farmers’ Co-Operative Shipping Association
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt visit to Canton follows quiet ceremonial tone
President Roosevelt and party arrived in Canton at 2 p.m. with a quiet reception befitting his wishes. The group greeted by Judge Day and Gen Young toured McKinley tomb, Westlawn cemetery, and were hosted at Day’s residence before a public 6:45 p.m. reception at the Hotel McKinley.
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Roosevelt
Canton
William R. Day
B. M. Young
Melkinley
Westlawn
McKinley
Judge Day
Hotel
Four Men Rob Bank at Waterloo Nebraska
Four men robbed the Citizens' Bank of Waterloo, Nebr., early yesterday and escaped with 8500 dollars after the bank safe exploded. Two robbers inside the bank while two guarded outside. A dozen citizens arrived after the explosion and fired on the robbers. the robbers returned fire.
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Waterloo
Neb
Citizens’ Bank
Market quotations on live stock and grains across several cities
Chicago reports receipts and price ranges for pigs cattle and sheep with cattle quotes from common to excellent grades. East Buffalo lists dullness in cattle and sheep markets with mixed prices. St Louis and Milwaukee show softer wheat corn and rye futures with nearby and May contracts. Danville Indianapolis Lapeer Davenport note forgeries arrests mine workers adjournment vice concerns and a building company failure with large liabilities.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. C
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Society Leaders in Sensational Covington Divorce
Crawfordsville based socialite Mary Hicks formerly of Indianapolis and niece of BK Nebeker filed for divorce from Hannibal Yount of Covington after four months of marriage. She accuses cruel treatment and breach of vows in a case likely tied to Yount’s roles at Covington Water Light and local banking connections. Yount does not deny the allegations.
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Crawfordaville
Dan
Covington Water Out Light Company
Man Demands Audience With Governor Yates at Springfield
William Alexander visited the state capitol Monday morning and asked to see Governor Yates shouting Dick to Colonel Oglesby. officers arrested him after he declined to calm down. Police report he was intoxicated.
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Springfield
William Alexander
Crasy
Yates
Colonel Oglesby
Governs
Oglesby
Legislation censures Salt Lake paper over jack rabbits remark
Salt Lake lower house passes resolutions denouncing a Salt Lake City newspaper for an article claiming San Pete county members could "change places with jack rabbits." The debate centers on remarks the paper says reflected poorly on legislators intelligence.
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Salt Lake City
Leggislature
San Pete
No Relief in Coal, VA Vice President Predicts High Prices
Vice President Thomas Lewis of the United Mine Workers states there will be no coal price relief this winter and prices will stay high for at least a year. He cites a lack of relief from grand jury probes and government investigations and blames a mix of factors for the coal shortage.
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Trdianapolla
Bneiet
Thomas Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis Waid
Erand
Prices of coal and rail freight rise amid shortages
In Glenwood Wisconsin a coal expert cites rail capacity limits and rising production to explain high coal prices. He warns relief may come in six to eight months and coal costs will stay high over the next two years. A boy is killed in Wisconsin by a stray bullet during a shooting drill. The Wisconsin legislature confirms John Spooner as United States senator with 73 assembly votes and 40 senate votes.
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John Mitchell
Madison
Wis
Dan
Assembly
Senate
United States
John C. Spooner
Neall Brown
Wausan
Spooner
Brown
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