Baer Defends Railroads Against Constitutional Challenge
George F. Baer, president of the Reading Company, rejects the idea that Pennsylvania lawmakers can strip preexisting railroad charters of rights under the 1873 constitution. He argues vested rights remain valid and notes Supreme Court rulings uphold preconstitutional franchises. Baer disputes claims of coal price hikes and miner wage threats, presenting figures on production costs, royalties, and Reading’s traffic mix to show profits come from diverse transport services rather than anthracite mining alone.
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Philadelvuna
George F. Baer
Reading Company
Acviv
Lae House Af Representatives
Ames Unis Fast Proidas
Ewletien
Colong
Emiirraymoni
Willam
Cridey
Colum
State Senate
Zetia
Pennoylvania
Robowa Ten
Pewistunia Aienrow
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania
Baer
Coal and Iron Company
Reading
Itn
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Lynched by Alabama Mob at Gadsden
Bunk Richardson, a Black man charged with Mrs Sarah Smith's murder, was taken from Etowah County jail by twenty four masked men and hanged or killed by a fatal head wound near the Louisville and Nashville bridge. Sheriff and jailer overpowered. four co defendants previously executed or sentenced. Governor Jelks vowed action on return from New York.
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Gadsden
Ale
Bunk Richardson
Sarah Smith
Louisville and Nashville
Cooza River
Montgomery
Ala
New York
Jelks
Chandler
Etowah County
Evans Named as Governor Candidate by Washington County Republicans
The Republican executive committee of Washington County Tennessee, meeting at Congressman W P Brownlow's home in Janeshoro, passes a resolution urging H Clay Evans for governor. They condemn boss rule, pledge support, and call on Republicans statewide to aid his candidacy as standard bearer.
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Washington County
Tenn
Washigton Post
Knoxville
Tenni
Repubican Executive Committee
W. P. Brownlow
Janeshoro
M. Chiy Evans
Riot at St James A M Church Sparks Battle Over Collection
In St Paul Minnesota a church faction clashed after a dispute over the collection. Reverend Seymour struck trustee R C Miner and was knocked down by another trustee as fighting spread among congregants. Police arrived but no arrests were made.
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St. Paul, Minn
St. James’ A. M
Seymour
Miner
Robert Lowe
Lowe
No Cheer From Algeciras Reflects Conference Unease
London dispatches and Paris notes from February report renewed anxiety over the Algeciras Conference on Moroccan reform. A semi official Paris dispatch suggests possible failure without rupture, while Algeciras reports warn of a critical moment yet urge patience. Germany presses for policing Morocco under a zone system or trust to neutral powers, drawing significant attention.
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London
Algeciras
Paris
France
Germany
Cap
Morocco
Aged Black man starts fire at Benfield school
Edward Harris, colored, about eighty, accidentally started a blaze in the public school at Benfield Maryland ten miles from Annapolis. He was badly burned while escaping and narrowly escaped lynching before deputy sheriffs arrived. Harris was taken to Annapolis for surgical care and jailed. The school, a new and commodious structure, was destroyed.
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Sperial
Washington Post
Annapolis
Edward Harris
Benfield
Flo
Mrs Hannah Washburn Dead In Greenfield Mass
Mrs Hannah A Washburn widow of former Gov William B Washburn died at her Greenfield home from heart disease at eighty two. She lived in Washington when her husband served as Massachusetts Representative and later Senator succeeding Charles Sumner.
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Greenfield
Mass
Hannah A. Washburn
William B. Washburn
Tillman urged to testify before State dispensary committee
Special to The Washington Post Columbia Feb 11 Senator B R Tillman is asked to appear before the legislative committee probing the State dispensary. The panel has set next Friday for his presence in Columbia. Tillman has long charged corruption in dispensary management and now may be able to substantiate those claims. Former Attorney General G Duncan Bellinger requested that the "father of the dispensary" testify on recent charges in public prints. The committee, with wider powers, can compel testimony only within South Carolina, and attendance is voluntary.
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Washington Post
Columbia
D. C
B. R. Tillman
Tillman
G. Duncan Bellinger
Messrs. Boykin
Towill
Dispensary Board of
General Assembly
Four Killed in Greensboro Switch Engine Collision
Special to The Washington Post Greensboro, Feb 1. Early this morning about 2 o clock Southern Express train No 34 struck an open switch in the yards at Greensboro and collided with a shifting engine. Four men died and a telegraph operator and another fireman were badly hurt. Victims were engineer Owen Norvell and yard engineer William Sellers along with foreman Charles Johnson and yard conductor Simpson Newman. Two switchmen Turner Welfare and Lawrence Malcolm fled. warrants issued.
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Washington Pont
Greensboro
N. C
Southern
Owen Norvell
William Sellers
Charles Johnson
Freman
Simpson Newman
Newman
Norvell
William Bailey
W. M. Sparger
Sparger
Mount Airy
Monroe
Turner Welfare
Lawrence Malcolm
John A. McCall Improves But Receives No Visitors
John A. McCall, seriously ill at Laurel House, is much better today. He sat on the hotel porch wrapped in shawls for part of yesterday and again briefly today. No visitors are allowed besides his family, as wife Mrs. McCall guards him from business matters and Fowler committee reports remain withheld.
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New York
Reuben R. Brooks
Ruby Brooks
Brooks
Stamford
Conn
Arthur Piget
Prince of Wales
Leopold de Rothschild
Virginia Fair
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
The
Washington Post
Lakewood
N. J
John A. McCayl
Laurel House
Simple healthful living and the problem solved
A Western woman narrates years of chronic gastritis and failed remedies, revealing how Grape-Nuts and Postum transformed her health. After five years of trial, she gained weight, regained digestion, and saw kidney and nerve improvements, with her husband also quitting coffee. The couple credits Postum and Grape-Nuts with solving their health issues and reducing meat bills.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Bedouin Revolt Crushed in Yemen by Turkish Forces
Turkish reports state Marshal Ahmed Fezi Pasha has returned to Sanaa with a few prisoners after declaring victory over Yemen Bedouin rebels. The siege at Shakara failed, four guns left behind, and leaders Yussuf Pasha and Risa Pasha were wounded and killed respectively. Rebellion began in 1904 with 20,000 Bedouins. Ottoman forces suffered defeats before renewed assaults finally ended the revolt. Emir Mahmud Hays led the Arabs who claimed Mohammed’s descendants and resisted Turkish rule.
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Constantinople
Almed Fezi Pasha
Yemen
Sanaa
Shakara
Yussuf Pasha
Risa Pasha
Ahmed Feat Pasha
Arabia
Riza Pasha
Hiza Pasha
Ahmed Fezi Pasha
Suttan
Assur
Red Sea
Hidiaz
Mahmud Hays
Mohammed
Harvard Dinner in Tokyo Highlights Komura Speech
Special cable dispatch from Tokyo reports Baron Komura Harvard '77 delivering his first public speech since retirement as minister of foreign affairs. He praised Roosevelt's peace initiative and credited unbiased intervention with saving the peace conference. Attendees included Kaneko Harvard graduates Eliot and other officials.
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Washington
Tokyo
Harvard
Baron Komura Harvard
Japan
Roosevelt
Russia
Privy
Baron Kaneko
Eliot
Harvard ,University
Baron Komura
Portsmouth
Peking
M. Iurino
St. Petersburg
London capitalist dies by own action in slump driven distress
An inquest in London found Ernest Schwarzsacher chairman of several South African companies died by his own hand while temporarily insane. He had been despondent over months due to kaffir share losses and feared sacrificing his art collection. He had consulted a solicitor about paying thousands to stock brokers, and his death worsened market mood on the exchange.
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London
Ernest Schwarzsacher
Kaffir
Schwarzsacher
Stock Exchange
Persian Frontier Dispute with Constantinople Update
The Turco Persian frontier dispute remains unsettled. The Persian Ambassador demanded evacuation of Jahidian by Turkish troops and compensation for Turkish cavalry. A Turkish commission in the disputed area is expected to recommend withdrawal of Turkish troops.
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Constantinople
Porte
Jahidian
Duty of Colored Race at Ninth Annual Meeting
Special to The Washington Post. New York leaders gathered at the White Rose Working Girls Home on East Eighty sixth Street for its ninth annual meeting. Dr. Booker T. Washington praised the crowded event as proof the settlement serves rising numbers of Southern colored girls who come to the city seeking work and refuge. He urged industrious, capable examples to uplift both Northern and Southern African Americans while noting the growing need for labor-saving devices and adaptation to modern times to avoid being left behind.
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Washington Post
New York
White Rose Working Girls’ Home
East Eighty-sixth Street
Booker T. Washington
South
Washington
Wealthy Lockport man found dead after carbolic acid act
William Klein a 45 year old real estate owner living with his elderly mother at 18 South Niagara Street was found dead in his bed after swallowing nearly all of a bottle of carbolic acid. Coroner Dr Killinger said Klein appeared mentally unbalanced by religious revivals and the money in the house was found in several packages sewn into a chair upholstery.
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Washington Post
Lockport
N. Y
Willian Klein
South Niagara Street
Efismoher
KiLltinger
Klein
Mania for whipping post and Congress action
Editorial condemns the push to restore the whipping post for wife beaters in the District of Columbia. criticizes sensational public debate and congressional consideration as an insult to the community and calls for honest discussion about who would be subjected to such punishment. The piece decries the radical, indiscriminate advocacy and questions the intent and targets of the proposed measure.
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Congress
Tll
District of Columbia
House of Representatives
Washington
Engishman
Washington’s Race and Crime Debates on Lived Truths
A Crosscut column rails against racial bias in policing and domestic violence. It links high crime rates among Black residents to societal neglect, calling for moral suasion, police aid, and missionary work to address wife beating and criminal environments in Washington.
Baltimore suffrage convention opens with sacred concert
Delegates of the Woman's National Suffrage Association attended divine services in Lyric Hall after a sacred concert by Edwin M. Shonert and Earl J. Prouta. Rev. Anna Shaw presided, hymns were led by Rev. Jeannette Ferrie and Rev. Olympia Brown, with prayer by Rev. Antoinett Blackwell. A. H. Madox of Baltimore sang, Maud Babington Booth spoke, and funds were raised for the Door of Hope. The convention continues for two days and will move to Washington for the final meeting next Wednesday.
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Baltimore
Fed. U
Edwin M. Shonert
Planist
Earl J. Prouta
Woman's National Suffrage Association
Divine Frervices
Lyric Hall
Anna Hi, Shaw
Jeannette O. Ferrie
Olympia Brown
Antoinett Brown Blackwell
Etta H. Madox
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St Aloysius’ Church
Patrick J. Hal
Poow
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Reed
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Saran Buttton Jenkins
Catharine Chapman Jenkes
Monlay
Pensylvania
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J. Pronk Johnson
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Mrr
Ell
Sedna Spice
Tomunson
Thureday
Maria Johnson
James Johnson
Susie Green
St. Augustine's Nite
Charles
Maury
Tia
Tisnga
Maer
Church of the Ascension
Miala-Jehn W. Mead
Thomas N.S
Seventh Street
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Hier Winess
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Morin
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Ta. J. Braanteroenk
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Udony
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Undertakers
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Fmt
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Telephone North Ao
John R. Wright Co
Pumersi
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Tenth St
Ané Nigni
J. William Lee
Pennsslvania Ave
George P. Zurhorst
East Cap
Tol St
Priser
Alabama
H. Clay Evans
To-Kalou
To-Kalon Wine Co
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NEW Publications
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R. C. Miner
Europe
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Umbria
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Southern Railway
W. M. Bailey
John A. McCall
Shah
Booker Washington
Cyclopedia
Frank A. Munsey
Fifth Avenue, New York
OLD Colony CO
Raporters
FL St NW
Inquirer
Maud Ballington Booth
People’s Savings Bank
14Th St. N. W
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