Hughes Appoints Stevens and Leary to State Posts
Albany dispatch reports Gov Hughes reshapes his administration by naming Frederick C Stevens state superintendent of public works and Willam Leary state superintendent of the metropolitan elections district. The moves displace Wadsworth allies, signaling a power shift as Stevens oversees major barge canal work and Leary gains influence despite Woodruff’s opposition. The Speaker Wad ew orth trip to Washington is framed as separate from policy, with officials denying outside orders. A separate sale notice announces a public auction at 1 7 Taham Street NW featuring mahogany furniture and a Becker piano.
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Wadsworth, Jr
Congress
Leary
Woodruff
Wankington
Albany
Hughes
Senate
Frederick C Stevens
Attica
Wyoming County
Metropolitan
Willam Leary
New York City
Louila Bwazey
Brooklyn
Yhose
Executive Chamber
N. V. V Franchoi
Wadsworths
Assembly
Stevens
James W Wadsworth
Stevans
William Leary
Herbert Parsons
Machin
Saratoga
Mr Hughes
Bwazey
Guy Hughes
Republican State Committee
Wadeworth
Washington
Rick
Becker & Sons
National Auction Co
13Th St. Nw
Hughes Declines Comment On Speaker's Support Pledge
President confirms no comment on Cooper Union anti gambling move and pledges. He notes prior assurances from the legislature as he avoids criticizing. A separate New York commuter tale reports a dapple gray horse invading the Brooklyn ferry women’s cabin during a morning trip causing panic and a candy lure to coax the animal out.
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Gov. Hughes
Wadsworth
Cooper Union
Jerome
Washington Post
New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Ike Kerner
Dobbin
Unsua
Cabin
Flower extradition decision delayed in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania Gov. Pennypacker refused to act on New York Governor Hughes's request to extradite Dr. R. C. Flower arrested in Philadelphia on swindling charges. After two hearings protesting the requisition the governor sent the case to successor Edwin S. Stewart for a hearing next week as his term nears expiration.
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Harrisburg
Pennypacker
Gov
Hughes
New York
R. C . Flower
Philadelphia
Edwin S Stewart
Penny Packer
Steamer Onondaga Stranded Off Orleans Beach
In Chatham Massachusetts on January 4 a revenue cutter Gresham failed to move the Clyde Mne steamer Onondaga from Orleans Beach. No cargo removal orders were issued yet. work is expected to begin tomorrow. Onboard are boots and shoes potatoes miscellaneous freight and three racing automobiles for upcoming events at Ormond Beach Florida.
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Chatham
Mass
Gresham
Onondaga
Orleans Beach
Ormond Beach
Fla
Rivers Rise Again Threaten Western Pennsylvania Floods
Heavy rain pushes Ohio Morongahela Allegheny and Youghiogheny rivers higher above Pittsburgh. Saw Mill Run cribbing washed away delaying rail service. Elizabeth Pennsylvania residents move to second floors as high water floods lowlands. Monongahela mines flooded idling over 3000 workers. Typhoid cases rise despite health warnings. Oriental rug sale at Sloan's with East Asian weaves on view and auction tomorrow.
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Ohio
Morongahela
Allegheny
Youghiogheny
Pennsylvania
Allegheny River
Monongahela
United States Weather Bureau
Saw Mill Run
West Side Belt Railroad
Elizabeth
Monongahety
Bureau of Health
James F Edwards
Foraker Denounces White House Move on Brownsville Dispute
Senate debate over the Brownsville affair dominates the day as Foraker assails the presidents exparte evidence and calls for full investigation. Mallory and Clay defend the administration while Spooner leads a lengthy legal discussion. Roosevelt shows souvenirs from Brownsville as proof in a partisan clash over troop discharge.
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Senate
Cullom
Spooner
Wisconsin
Messrs
Harlan
McKenna
Day
Supreme Court of the United States
Mallory
Clay
Tillman
South Carolina
Purdy
Brownaville
Foraker
Ohio
Tlllmois
White House
Roosevelt
Peonage Prosecutions Target Rankin County Case
The Attorney General denounces a brutal peonage case in Rankin County Mississippi where Dan January was beaten and threatened with sale of his family to force debt repayment. White farmers Carter Patrick and accomplices face charges as federal action presses for punishment. Bonaparte vows full Justice Department effort and reports others held in Florida and across the South.
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Department of Justice
Bonaparte
Rankin County
United States
Dan January
Levi D Carter
Carter
January
Patrick
Willame
King
Mississippi
Russell
Florida
Exclusion Act Sparks Debate at Stanford Fight for Pacific Mastery
David Starr Jordan warns no Congress or President would pass a Japanese exclusion act, calls it hoodlum. He criticizes anti-Japan rhetoric and urges cooperation to limit unskilled labor immigration while stressing urgency to put surplus funds to work in Union Trust Co banking dept.
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San Francisco
Congress
Sig One
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Japan
Pacific
Banking Dept. of
Union ‘Trust Co
Surprised at cock fight in Marianao arrest hits Liberal leaders
A rural guard disrupted a cock fight in Marianao yesterday. The stampede ensued and several Liberal party leaders including Inge Miguel Gomez, a presidential candidate, were arrested. Other Liberal figures and Gomez allies were reportedly among those detained.
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Jose Miguel Gomez
Washington Post
Havana
Marianao
Liberal Party
Inge Miguel Gomez
Gomez
Two Eelled Is Odd Accident
William Smith and John Jones English coal miners were torn to pieces by a shotgun blast near Parlett station in Steubenville Ohio. Night watchman Mike Belinsky reportedly dropped a loaded shotgun from a speeder on the crossing, the discharged contents striking a crowd of about 100. Smith and Jones were fatally injured while several others were wounded but not seriously. Belinsky escaped by jumping from the speeder.
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Steubensville
Ohio
Wiliam Smith
John Jones
Wabash Coal Company
Mike Belinsky
Parlett Station
Smith
Belinsky
Bribery in the Navy Officials Accused of Bribes
New York January 14 George W Lederle and John Weet officers in the Brooklyns storekeeper department at the Navy Yard were arrested on charges of taking bribes for inspecting materials under contract to the U S government They were arraigned held on 250 bail Lederle allegedly accepted 100 for passing four Gotham Can Company coffee cans to Mitla Flour Company shipments The Gotham Company allegedly paid Weet 60 cents per 100 coffee cans he approved for the Navy Department
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New York
George W Lederle
John Weet
Brookly Navy Yard
United States
Lederle
North William Street
Gotham Can Company
United Mitla Flour Company
Navy Yard
West
Navy Department
Gotham Company
Changes His Creed Episcopal Minister Becomes Catholic Missionary
Uniontown Penn January 14 Announcement by Dr F E B Lloyd rector of St Peters Episcopal Church that he has abandoned the ministry doctrine discipline and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church and will soon become a missionary to non Catholics under the authority of the Catholic Church with headquarters in Chicago Augusta Charleston Summerville Berandam area along the Atlantic Coast Line Florida Information Bureau 601 Penn Ave
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Uniontown
F. EB. J. Lloyd
St Peter's Episcopal Church
Chicago
Augusta
Charleston
Summerville
Berandam
Enerorled
Fevicenm
Aanantic Coast Line
Florida
Information Bureau
Penn. Ave
Lawrence charges Guggenheim with corrupting Colorado politics
Frederick Lawrence, Colorado journalist, accuses Simon Guggenheim of using money to influence state legislators and secure his U S Senate seat. He alleges admitted payments to campaign crews, names sitting senators, and urges the U S Senate to block Guggenheim’s credentials rather than face continued corruption.
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Frederick Lawrence
Smelter Trust
Patterson
Colorado
Simon Guggenheim
United States Senate
Charles W. Fairbanks
Guggenheim
Thomas W. Patterson
Lawrence
Senate of the United States
American Smelting and Refining Company
Emester
United States
Joe
Simon Guggeenheim
Senate
Thomas M Petterson
Simon Guggw
Thelin
Victory for Guggenhelm in State Senate Vote
Denver January 14 by a 4 to 11 party split the State Senate defeated and expunged a resolution for investigating the so called shelter trust. The preamble accuses Shmon Guggenheim of violating U S rebate laws with testimony offered to any court. Guggenheim has Republican backing for the U S Senate seat election tomorrow.
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Denver
State Senate
Ita
Srelter Trust
Shmon Guggenheim
United States
Guggenheim
United States Senate
Richardson for Senate Nominee in Delaware Caucus
Dover Jan 14 Henry Richardson of this county was declared the Republican nominee for United States senator on the ninth ballot of the Delaware lower house caucus. The tally was Richardson twenty. Allee ten. Burton one. Marshall one. Addicks one. Layton two. Pennewill one. Addicks defections left Richardson with strong likelihood of victory in tomorrow's joint callout.
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Dover
Del
Henry Richardson
United States
Delaware
Richardson
Atlee
Burton
Marshall
Addicks
Layton
Pennewill
Frank Allee
McAndrews & Forbes and Young Company Sidestep Sherman Case
New York Jan 14 The McAndrews and Forbes Company and the J B Young Company were convicted last Thursday of combination and monopoly in violation of the Sherman anti trust law. Judge Hough deferred sentencing to consider defense claims that the evidence was insufficient on two counts of conviction.
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Bpecia
Washington
FIGHT OVER BAILEY ESTATE IN WHITE PLAINS
In White Plains New York on January 1 Surrogate Millard heard a dispute over the $2 000 000 estate of James A Bailey The will leaves the estate to Ruth Louise Bailey widow and sole executrix while nieces May Gordon and Annie Robinson of Detroit contest the will alleging Dr Bailey lacked capacity and that undue influence misrepresentation and fraud influenced the disposition of property
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White Plains
N. Y
James A Hailey
Crews
Millard
APIA FEELS GREAT QUAKE IN WESTERN PACIFIC
A powerful earthquake was felt at Apia on December 31. German seismographs recorded three hours of explosive seismic activity, the strongest ever logged. The center of disturbance was about 900 miles south of Apia and originated underwater.
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San Francisco
Apia
South Pacific
Denies Right to Title of Count of Bari in Paris Courts
A Paris court case reveals a dispute over the title Count of Bari. The King of Naples’ family seeks to bar Henri-Gabriel Richard from using the title, claiming he is not legitimate. Richard, born 1865 to a dancer, was once legitimized by a Count of Bari but later denied as the father date contradicts. Courts have alternately reversed and confirmed rulings on recognition and exequatur.
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Paris
Naples
Henri-Gabriel Richard
Bari
Richard
Psuedo
Miles de Narcannay
Francis II
Caserta
Tribunal of the Seine
France orders four more battleships for naval expansion
Paris January 4 contracts for four additional 13 250 ton battleships in the 196 program were placed. Ships Le Denton Mirabeau Voltaire Diderot Condorset and Vergniaud will have turbine engines 2500 horsepower radii of action 8130 miles at ten knots and a crew of 21 officers 620 men. A vast mobilizing station near St Cyr on the Paris belt railroad enables rapid concentration of troops and supplies eight full trains can be loaded simultaneously to Brittany Loire valley Havre Cherbourg and other ports.
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Paris
Tas
France
le Denton
Mirabeau
Voltaire
Diderot
Condorset
Vergniaud
Algeciras
Jwan Uttle
Germany
St Cyr
Brittany
Loire
Havre
Cherbourg
Railroad Boost Urges Five Billion Track Build Plan
National rail congestion warned as US industry faces standstill risk. Five to five and a half billion dollars urged for immediate track building and canal proposals. Great Northern's J J Hill cites 18 percent freight growth since 1895 vs 2 percent track expansion, urging investor confidence against political confiscation fears.
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St Paul, Minn
J J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Guv Johnson
United States
St. Louis
Ito
New Orleans
Hill
Ttme
Tien
Interstate Commerce Commission
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