Taft Plans Spring Travel schedule to Travel
President Taft prepares a spring schedule with engagements across the nation. He will begin in February visiting Springfield Illinois for Lincoln memorial events then Columbus and Central Maine before a March trip to Atlanta Cincinnati Nashville and Chattanooga with stops in Cleveland and possible New York visits. He plans to move to Beverly Tyre then Kansas for the state fair in Hutchinson adding about 3000 miles.
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Washington
House
Taft
Springfield
Columbus
Maine
William B. McKinley
White House
Atlanta
Southern Commercial Congress
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Nashville
Chattanooga
Cleveland
New York
Tyre
Beverly
East
Middle West
Hutchinson
Mr. Taft
Rebstock Hangs Self After Sentence Devolution
In Granite City Hl Jan 30 William Rebstock hanged himself in a coal shed after his wife and daughter were sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary for the murder of the newborn daughter. Chief Hawkins considered commuting the sentences. Their son Fred found the body and fainted.
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Granite City
William Rebstock
R. L. Hawkins
Fred Rebstock
Cleveland Eyes 1916 Olympic Games Plan
A bill by Rep Paul Howland proposes 250000 in federal prizes plus 259000 local funds to host the 1916 Olympic Games in Cleveland. A joint Cleveland federal commission would disburse funds if approved. The Budapest meeting on May 20 will choose the next site for the Olympiad.
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Cleveland
Washington
United States
Paul Howland
Facing Divorce Suit Mrs Schenk Released from Jail
In a developing case, Mrs Schenk was released from jail as her husband files for divorce. Court records indicate ongoing legal action with a pending hearing date and custody considerations. Local sources note tensions and property discussions associated with the divorce proceedings.
Mrs Schenk Freed After Poison Trial in Wheeling
Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk was released on her own recognizance after a jury failed to reach a verdict in her trial for poisoning husband John O Schenk. Divorce papers were served in court and a counter suit is in preparation. Costs of the trial, about $100000, are charged to John O Schenk for debts contracted by his wife.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Ron
John O. Schenk
Husband and Wife Shot in Logansport
Mrs John Alfrey lay dying in a Logansport hospital after her husband shot her twice at their home then killed himself. Physicians reported the first bullet entered at the jaw and exited the mouth while the second went to the brain. the husband remained alive with a bullet in his brain and faced an arrest on a charge of shooting with attempt to murder.
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Logansport
Ind
John Alfrey
Prison for Peorage Five lumbermen jailed for peonage in federal case
Five southern lumbermen from Lockhart Alabama were sentenced in Atlanta to prison for peonage. W Harlan and R Gallagher receive eighteen months and $5000 fines, while C C Hilton E S Huggins W E Grace each get thirteen months and $1000 fines. Prosecution urged by Justice Department. cases twice sent to President Taft for pardons.
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Atlanta
Harlan
Robert Gallagher
W. E. Grace
C. C. Hilton
E.S. Huggins
Lockhart
Ala
Gallagher
Department of Justice
Taft
Carter Harrison Jr Platform for Chicago Mayor Bid
Carter H Harris on announces platform for Chicago mayoral campaign including initiative referendum recall subway and municipal ownership. He also says he may run as an independent if he loses in the primaries.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Settlement of Gillett Mortgage Controversy Reached
The federal circuit court in Chicago settles the dispute between Citizens Bank Evansville and creditors of the late Capt S P Gillett over a 40000 mortgage to indemnify the bank. The mortgaged estate will be distributed to creditors as held by Referee in Bankruptcy Darby after appeals to Judge Anderson in Indianapolis and the circuit court were dismissed for timeliness.
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Evansville
Ind
Federal Circuit Court
Chicago
Citizens’ Bank
Capt. S. P. Gillett
Capt. Gillett
Darby
Anderson
Indianapolis
Stallion Attacks Man in Frenzied Box Stall Save
Kent Barney, local horseman in Fort Plain New York, was severely injured as a stallion bit and kicked him in a brutal attack. A novel rescue used sneezing powder to force the horse to sneeze, allowing bystanders to pull Kent free from the stall. Gifford Wood supplied the powder and aided the effort.
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Fort Plain
N. Y
Barney Kent
Leirg
Nobdy Devet
Gifford
Kent
Troops of Diaz in Last Stand
El Paso reports three day battle at Galanea between remnants of Col Ratago's federal command and Castillas insurrectos. No casualty figures released. Federals hold adobe strongholds with loop holes as Castillas advances with 400 men and 800 men other forces. Authorities at Cuidad Juarez arrest six railway workers and seize four cages of life ammunition near the Mexican Central rail line.
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el Paso
Tex
Ratago
Insurrectos
Castillas
Galanea
Gallago Station
Chihuahua
Rabazo
Otter Fnsurrestos
Casas Grande
Cludad Juarez
Cuidad Juarez
Cer
Mexican Central Railway
Bics
Dog saves children on icy pond in Bogota New Jersey
Rex a St Bernard puppy owned by farmer David Wilson pulled 12 year old Marty Wilson and 9 year old Grace from a pond behind the Wilson barn after they fell through the ice. The dog brought the father to aid once the children were ashore. Both children had swallowed water and were temporarily helpless.
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New York
Rex
David Wilson
Bogota
N. J
Wilsen
Marty Wilson
Grace
Wilson Barn
U S Consular Agent Attacked in Mutiny Case
The American embassy in Constantinople protested to the Turkish government over an assault on John T. Peristiany US consular agent at Alexandretta during a mutiny on the coasting steamer New Jersey. The State Department was informed by Charge des Affaires Philip at Constantinople.
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Washington
Constantinople
John T. Peristiany
United States
Alexandretta
New Jersey
State Department
Philip
Burke Found Guilty in Tent House Dynamite Case
Santa Rosa California January 30 Dr Willard P Burke proprietor of Burke sanatorium was found guilty of dynamiting a tent house where Luetta Smith and her child slept The prosecution argued motive was to remove the woman and her child and Burke was said to be the father of the child
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Willard P. Burke
Burke Sanatorium
Luetta Smith
Burke
Chicagoan Dies in Paris Leaving Titian to Town Gallery
Dr. John Evans Marquis d Oyley dies in Paris after short illness. If no will is found the Chicago museum may receive a Titian once owned by Evans and from the Palais Royal collection. The Louvre desires the painting but a price of 00,000 francs has deterred purchase.
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Paris
John Evans
Marquis d’Oyley
Chicago Museum
Titian
Evans
Palais Royal
London
Louvre
Frances
Fire drives guests from two Chicago hotels
A blaze in the Majestic building on Quincy and Dearborn forced hundreds of guests from the Great Northern and Majestic hotels. Damages were estimated at $50,000 after fire started in St. Hubert's grill on the eighteenth floor, discovered by a scrub woman. Guests evacuated with minimal clothing as operators notified residents.
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Chicago
Great Northern
Majestic
St. Hubert's Grill
Quincy and
Dearborn
Majestic Hotel
Kennedy
Beautiful Daughter of Rich New York Man Who Is Missing
A wealthy New York man's daughter becomes central as authorities search for her missing father and trace his last known movements. Police investigate possible links to his disappearance and how the family is affected.
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New York
Dorothy Arnold Likely to Return Home Soon
Miss Dorothy Arnold, daughter of importer Francis A. Arnold, has been missing for seven weeks but is believed to return home within a few days. She has reportedly been seen in New York within the last two weeks, and police are convinced there is no reason for action at this time.
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New York
Dorothy Arnold
Francis A. Arnold
Miss Arnold
Mrs. Cameron Dies After Ice Fall in Niles
Mrs. Henry N. Cameron aged 75 died from injuries after a Monday fall on ice in Niles Michigan. Her hip fracture led to death and her brother had died six weeks earlier in Bunker Hill Indiana from the same cause.
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Niles, Mich
Henry N. Cameron
Cameron
Bunker Hill
Ind
Brandeis to Fight Oil Trust in Libel Suits
Louis D. Brandeis will defend Benjamin B Hampton and Cleveland Moffett in $350,000 libel suits filed against the publisher of Hampton's Magazine and staff writer by Standard Oil Company.
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New York
Louis D. Brandeis
Benjamin B. Hampton
Cleveland Moffett
Hampton's Magazine
Standard Oil Company
Markets Report from Chicago and Washington City 1911
Market notes show large hog and cattle receipts with mixed to steady demand. Hogs and cattle volumes face higher and steadier pricing while wheat and corn futures are referenced alongside Washington City price quotes for staples and supplies.
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Chicago
Texas
Grain price summary from U S Yards Chicago
U S Yards Chicago reports grain market prices with May July and September Wheat Corn and Oats quotes. Beach Wickham Grain Company furnished the market data and the entry lists rooms on the main floor of the Exchange building.
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U. S. Yards
Chicago
Exch’ge
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Illinois
Trouble Brewing in House Over Committee Appointments
Washington dispatch reports Champ Clark opposes a Democratic czar plan to assign committee seats, urging reform and keeping speaker power. The piece notes feuds and promised chairs in the Ways and Means and Appropriations committees as factions vie for control in the new Congress.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Missouri
House of Representatives
Democratic Party
Clark
Committee On Committees
and Means Committee
A Means Committee
Pou
North Carolina
Johnson
Kentucky
Rothermen
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Pitzgerald
Burleson
Committee On Appropriations
Bombs blast terrific attempt to slay Italian grocer
A powerful explosion wrecked the 832 Austin avenue store of Guiseppe Matalone, a wealthy Italian grocer, as part of the Black Hand campaign. Windows were demolished, iron plates tossed fifty feet, and residents fled in panic while police linked the attack to threats received.
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Chicago
Guisseppe Matalone
Austin Avenue
Matalone
Milling Plant in Ruins After Cincinnati Fire
A blaze destroyed the Carr Antiline company's milling plant at Manhattan, Ohio, locking in $740,000 in losses. The fire also wiped out 3,500 barrels stored in the warehouse but was fully insured.
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Cincinnati
Ortein
Carr Anlline Camnate
Manuiton
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Chicagoan
Dr. Evans
Brandeis
Will
Hampton and Moffett
Standard
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Washington City
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