No Amendments To Hepburn Bill Reported
Senator Tillman to report Hepburn bill favored as the Interstate Commerce Committee votes 3 to 3 on amendments. Dolliver and Clapp back the measure. Tillman chosen as spokesman to report the bill without changes. Aldrich and the Big Five maneuver to place Tillman in control as railroad reform moves forward.
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Iowan
Mr. Cullom
Messrs
Delliver
Clapp
Tilman
Aldrichs
Timan
Dolliver
Altried
Er Kean
Tuwili
Ullam
Wns
I P
Slowine
Vorar
Sadef
Coairman
Atkins
Aldrich
Thor
Paraker
Kean
Crane
Deter
Caliom
Elkins
Bilkins
Elxing
West Virginia
Doliver
Phat
Interstate Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Memo
Bere
Committee
Senate
Yeas
Messis
Guiilam
Diliver
Titman
McLauin
Carmack
Foster
Newlands
Nasys
Ellans
Foraker
Tillman
Ma Aldrich
South Carolina
Mr. Aldrich
Tllman
Bliins
Messrs. Colliver
Mr. Aléricn
Benjamin Riley Tilman
Fillmran
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver
Mr. Aldmon
Foraker, Bean
Clapp and Elkins
Tillman and Foster
Repubean
Garfield A Target Declares He Kept Faith in Department
Chicago February 23 Commissioner of Corporations Garfield faced a sharp cross examination in the beef packers case. He testified he turned over some information to the Department of Justice from sources nationwide but insisted it did not come from the packers nor affect present proceedings. He said most materials were reports and verbal briefings, with only minimal data drawn from the defendants’ records.
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Department of Justice
Chicago
Garfield
Hynes
Morrison
Edistory
Miller
Oliver E. Pagin
Durand
Mrr
Moody
Mr. Hynes
Explosion at Dillonvale mine may have killed workers
A black damp explosion at the Western and Lake Erie Coal Mining Co No 2 mine in Dillonvale Steubenville area early today left about 30 workers idle as the mine floods. Officials fear several men who normally start after midnight may be dead.
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Disthwamp
Steubenville
Ohio
Western and Lake Erie Coal Mining Company
Dillonvale
Alexander Gains Ground in President’s Condition
New York reports that H W Alexander, son of James W Alexander, former Equitable Life president, says his father’s condition is more encouraging and physicians are hopeful of recovery after a second operation for an organic trouble. A visitor confirms a bright outlook and possible return to convalescence. Fussell's Ice Cream for Sumely Delivery also advertised with phone number.
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Equitable
New York
H. W. Alexander
James W. Alexander
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Keyes
Alexander
Raptt
Hopeful mood grows at Algeciras conference
Delegates, including French and German representatives, show a friendlier tone during Moroccan bank debates as mood lifts after Germany rejected French proposals. In Paris, deputies prepare for a potential boisterous session on the Moroccan situation, with Premier Rouvier urging delay to avoid harming national interests.
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Algeciras
Spain
Germany
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Rouvier
M. Rouvier
M. Jaures
Hard to Secure Jurymen in Haugh Murder Trial
Dayton reports juror selection dragging as many residents express firm opinions on Dr. Haugh’s guilt in the murder of his father mother and brother. Four venires have gathered 108 summonses with eighty four exhausted and only six jurors impaneled. Haugh appears indifferent to the proceedings.
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Dayton
Ohio
Haugh
Nine Year Old Acquitted Over Poker Fatality
Pittsburg February 22 A coroner s jury today acquitted Harry Haas nine of the death of his brother Howard thirteen who he stabbed with a poker after a bed cover dispute The lad testified I didn t mean to kill my brother Howard but he pulled the bed covers off from me and wouldn t let me sleep He said he hit him with the poker and Howard cried for Mam Physicians found the weapon penetrated the abdomen to the spine The jury urged Juvenile Court to investigate the case
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Pittsburg
Harry Haas
Howard
Accused Miners Await Funds in Steunenberg Case
The Idaho Steunenberg murder case prompted a habeas corpus writ by the Supreme Court for Moyer Heywood and Pettibone of the Western Federation of Miners with a March 1 return date. In Montana, the Moll and Smelter Men’s Union allocated funds to defend Moyer Haywood Pettibone and Orchard, aiding the suspected murder defendants.
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Boise
Idaho
Supreme Court
Moyer
Heywood
Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Frank Steunen
Berg
Butte
Mont
HOSA
Moll and Smelter Men's Union
Tassitu
Charles
Haywood
Orchard
Breunenberg
Must Vacate Tenements Ordered by Rail Line
New York February 23 The real estate department of the Long Island Railroad ordered the eviction of over 4 000 tenants from a two block area on Thirty second Street west of Eighth Avenue to make room for the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal.
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New York
Long Island Railroad
Thirty-Second Street
Eighth Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Printers Strike Averted in Baltimore Under Wage Pact
Baltimore February 23 The printers strike in many cities was likely averted by a joint meeting of employer committees and the Typographical Union. The union demanded an eight hour day and higher wages. Mutually concessions were made with overtime pay and a 10 percent wage increase after current agreement expires.
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Baltimore
Mad
Typographical Union
FORMER SPEAKER HENDERSON CRITICAL AFTER DUBUQUE TURN
Dubuque Iowa February 22 former Speaker David B Henderson's condition grew critical this afternoon after a sudden turn in his health A separate note reports H Yale Dolan winning a Bird Shoot trophy at Palm Beach Florida on February 2 with 22 birds killed at 33 yards Emerson and Procter Smith placed second and third with lower scores in the same contest Also an advertisement notes two percent interest on all accounts at the Trust Co banking department
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Dubuque
Iowa
David B. Henderson
Palm Beach
Fla
H. Yale Dolan
Isaac E. Emerson
A. D. Procter Smith
Makes Trouble for Banks in Chicago Scare
A masked individual used teleplate to send warnings to customers of at least four large Chicago banks, urging withdrawals after the Bank of America collapse. The tactic prompted a rush of inquiries and some account transfers, causing alarm and anger among bank officials.
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Chicago
Bank of America
Slashed three with knife in Topeka attack
Cyrus Haygood of Kansas City, believed insane, surrendered to police after slashing three white residents, two likely fatally. Earlier he attacked the boardinghouse of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Coons, slashing them and injuring David Brewer, a news carrier, whose throat was badly wounded. Coons and Brewer may die.
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Topeka
Kans
Cyrus Haygood
Kansas City
Haygood
E. £. Coons
Real estate man murdered near Pittsburg Kansas
Frank Marsh a Pittsburg real estate dealer was murdered while traveling to town in a buggy with Tony Valencia held for inquiry. Valencia says attackers shot Marsh dragged his body from the buggy and beat him. Marsh was under Missouri forgery sentence and allegedly connected Italian miners to real estate deals.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Frank Marsh
Tony Valencia
Valencia
Marsh
Missouri
Kept From Church by Law in West Virginia
Judge Goss issued an injunction barring BH Wilson and Mary Wilson from church access. They allegedly disturbed Pleasant Home Baptist Church services and claimed the church sat on their property threatening to destroy the edifice. Trustees sought court action to stop further disruption.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Goss
BH. Wilson
Mary Wilson
Pleasant Home Baptist Church
Wilsons
House of God
God
Pleasant House
Doctors clear Tucker case of poisoning suspicions
In Moultrie Georgia physicians Harris and Daniel reported no poison found in the stomach of Mrs. E. W. Tucker. She had been alleged poisoned by her husband for life insurance. Tucker had been jailed ten days and was released today by order of the solicitor general. Doctors attribute death to a brain condition.
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Moultrie
Harris
Daniel
E. W. Tucker
Tucker
Nantucket South Shoals Lightship Adrift Off New England
The Nantucket South Shoals Lightship reported adrift to the torpedo station by wireless today. Early message said wind northeast at forty five miles per hour and a second message noted still drifting. No danger is feared, and the vessel is expected to regain her anchor when weather moderates.
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Newport, R. L
Nantucket South Shoals
Explosion kills four in Bluefield project disaster
Bluefield West Virginia February 23 four men including Joe Beade foreman of a Tidewater Railway gang and three Italian coworkers were killed near Rock today when a giant powder can exploded while they prepared a blast. The force ripped them to pieces.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Joe Beade
Tidewater
Rock
Hoch Man Hanged After Prolonged Legal Fight in Chicago
Johann Hoch, convicted of uxorcide and bigamy, was hanged at the county jail in Chicago after frenzied attorney efforts to delay his execution. Judges denied habeas corpus, Hoch proclaimed innocence, and asked time for Supreme Court review. He faced the scaffold with a prayer and forewarned resistance to being moved before 1:20 PM.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Uxorcide
Matre Welcker Hoch
Hoch
Hethalf
Himslf
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court
United States
Maher & Comarford
Whitman
Peters
Ecourt
K M. Landis
Landis
New York
Supreme Court
Maher
Dan Ward
Shann
Dan
H.R. Davis
Sletchie
Davis
Heeh
State Supreme Court
Thrilling Aeroplane Ride Ends With Narrow Escape
At Idora Park Oakland February 23 Prof Montgomery's aeroplane failed to respond at 1800 feet. The craft dipped and swerved, forcing aeronaut David Wilkie to cling to the frame as it collapsed. He escaped with a nose gash and bruises, the machine wrecked.
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Oakland
Cal
Wikkle
Earth
Wilkie
Murder for wealth mystery ends with arrest promise
San Francisco detectives link 1898 Stone Lake pauper burial to wealthy miner John Stinson. A Boston niece hires investigators who uncover bonds and bonds worth about 73,900 and 75,000 in assets. A suspected old associate is watched as a possible murderer faces arrest soon.
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Lake
San Francisco
John Stinson
Stone Lake
Stinson
Focal Trust Company
Conneunion
Boston
Sarah Connor
Portland
Uear
Anne
Son
Sawyer
Conner
California
Calfornia
Scharrer Wins Miss Busch Marriage License in Pasadena
Los Angeles reports Lieutenant Edward Scharrer and Miss Wilhelmina Busch obtained a marriage license yesterday despite county offices closing for Washington's Birthday. Scharrer, 28, and Busch, 22, plan to wed at the Busch home in Pasadena next Thursday March 4. Busch family resides at their winter home in Pasadena.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fed
Edward Scharrer
Wilhelmina Busch
Adolphus Busch
St. Louie
Washington
Pasadena
Bush Home
Bard murder story denied by Brussels police
Police in Brussels reject Detec tive Sergeant Fogartz claim that Albert Bard, an American who vanished in Brussels last October, was murdered. The death theory of self harm is generally accepted here. Baltimore and Return rail fare listed. Auction notice for new furniture starts at 10:30 a.m. at Wilson & Mayers, 1124 G St.
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Stoan’s
Sloan’s
G Street
Knabe Upright Piano
Caple
Int Washingzion Post
Brussels
John J. Fogartz
New York
Belgium
Albert Bard
Wilson & Mayers
Cashier Testifies on Public Funds Deposits and Gratuities
Cincinnati hearings reveal County Treasurer Hyneckna and cashier Schott handled public funds deposited in multiple banks. Testimony states gratuities were paid to individuals connected with the state treasurer’s office, with banks used for accommodations and checks held to suit citizens, while the treasurer claims no personal gratuities and notes routine deposits and collections.
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State Senate
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Hyneckna
Cincinnaty Oato
Higneckna
Catumisson
Ard Schimiut
Vecarnes Puin Reetinger
Tosme
Drake
Lang
Hsnecka
Sehatt
Theater for Bernhardt plans stir in Texas
Sparial to The Washington Post reports advance agent Lightfoot and Texa s attorney general official Gorman discuss Mme Bernhards tour of Texas at the Oriental Hotel. If she performs in a tent in Texas the state anti trust law could be used against the theatrical trust governing Texas circuit. Gorman to consult superiors before any decision. Bernhardt’s Dallas date is March 26.
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Sparial
Washington Post
Dallas
Tex
Saran Beenhard
Texa
Tae Oriental Hotel
Mme Bernharrdt
Lightfoot
Gorman
Bernhardt
Texas
Department of Texas T9
Teas
Bercvhar
Mme. Bernhardt
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