Rate Bill Passes Senate with Interstate Commission Powers
The Senate approved the railroad rate bill by 71 to 3 after 70 days of debate. It grants the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to fix just and reasonable maximum rates, apportion joint fares, establish through routes, and regulate practices affecting charges. The act expands court reach, penalties, and enforcement, including mandating car service, prohibiting passes, and enhancing access to carrier accounts.
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Washington
Senate
Foraker
Ohio
Morgan and Pettus
Alabama
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Supreme Court
Archbishop Ireland in Paris on fortnight visit
Archbishop Ireland and Bishop James McGolrick arrived in Paris on Saturday. The archbishop plans a week in Paris before sailing for the United States, while Bishop McGolrick will tour Ireland.
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Ireland
Paris
Archbishop Ireland
Bisop James McGolrick
United States
McGolrick
Mormon Church to Exit Business in Salt Lake City
The Mormon church plans to withdraw from business holdings in Salt Lake City. The Utah Light and Railway company will be acquired by a $25 million consortium of English and American investors, signaling a broader sale of church assets including banks, sugar factories, and the Zion cooperative department store. The Salt Lake & Los Angeles railroad, a church property, also sold for $500,000 to a local syndicate. President Joseph F. Smith states the move ends church involvement in commerce as converts now stand on their own.
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Salt Lake City
Mormon Church
Utah Light and Railway Company
Great Zion Cooperative Mercantile Institution
Salt Lake
Czar and Douma Clash Over Deputation Approach
In St. Petersburg a bomb threat and a royal denial sparked a parliamentary crisis. President Mouromtseff learned the address must go through the court ministry, provoking a constitutionalist caucus to consider a counter declaration of war before cooling and seeking restraint.
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St. Petersburg
Mouromiseff
Peterhof
Nicholas
Constitutional Democratic
Mouromtself
Baron Fredericks
Imperial House
Constitutional Democrats
Noo
Tobacco Company Loses in Massachusetts Supreme Court
The Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld the state law protecting traders, ruling against the Continental Tobacco Company. The statute bans contracts that amount to unfair competition against weak dealers. The challenge arose after an agent was found guilty of selling goods to some dealers on better terms if they agreed to deal exclusively with Continental.
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Boston
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Continental Tobacco Company
Tobacco
Continental Company
Slays His Tormentor In Marietta Shooting
John West, 30, is hospitalised with a bullet near the heart after John Buck, now at large, shot him during a clash that followed Buck being pelted at his home by West and companions on Saturday night. Buck fled barefoot into the woods as a posse hunts him with bloodhounds. Buck left a note saying he planned to kill himself.
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Marietta
John West
John Buck
Buck
West
Five Miners Die in Shenandoah Dynamite Blast
Five miners were torn to pieces and 12 badly burned in a dynamite explosion at Shenandoah City colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company Tuesday. A dynamite box dropped by a worker ignited mine gas. all victims were mutilated beyond recognition.
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Shenandoah
Shenandoah City
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Fire at Ohio mine destroys tipple power house
Fire swept the Purslove coal mines tipple power house and generator three miles north of St Clairsville Ohio Sunday night causing about 30000 dollars in damage. New machinery had been installed recently.
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St. Clairsville
Tipple
Purslove Coal
Thousands of Forest Fires Wreck North to Wisconsin
A Sunday tour of the Escanaba district shows about 400 square miles burned from Sands in Marquette to Talbott in Menominee with Waucedah Wisconsin as the west edge. The Quinnesec fire joined the Escanaba flames, destroying towns and timberlands while residents battled the blaze heroically. Refugees vow to return. some escaped with only the clothes they wore. In Cleveland, Ohio, mine operators foresee reopening Jefferson county mines without strife over unions.
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Escanaba
Mich
Sands
Marquette County
Talbott
Menominee County
Whitefish
Waucedah
Wis
Woodlawn
Kingsley
Escanaba & Lake Superior
Perkins
Lake Superior
Northland
Ohio Mines
Cleveland
Jefferson County
Steubenville
Prison for Former Legislator in Utah Case
Richard B. Shepard proprietor of a Salt Lake bookstore and former Kansas and Utah legislator was sentenced to thirteen months in prison for sending catalogs of immoral books through mail.
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Salt Lake
Richard B. Shepard
Kansas
Utah
Fire Devastates Stanley Wisconsin Six Blocks
A Northwestern mill sparked a blaze in Stanley Wisconsin destroying 100 residences and a dozen businesses. Total loss around 200000 includes a 40000 hit to the Northwestern Lumber department store. Other losses cited: Olson furniture 4000 Long and Ness meat market 4000 Christian and Konsella farm implements 3000 Norwegian church and reading room 6000.
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J. N. Olson
Long & Ness
Christian & Konsella
Norwegian Church and Young Peoples
Franklin Street
Growth of the Telephone in 1902 Census Report
Washington reports a census office special on telephones and telegraphs for 1901. It shows that in 1902 telephone systems ran over three fourths of wire mileage, employed seven tenths of wage earners, and paid over two thirds of wages and expenses. Commercial lines totaled 4 779 571 miles with 2 225 981 telephones. mutual systems 70 915 miles and 89 316 telephones. independent lines 49 965 miles and 55 747 telephones.
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Washington
Census Office
Mutual
Presbyterian leaders injured in assembly photo stand collapse
Five Presbyterian general assembly commissioners were hurt when a temporary stand collapsed during a group photograph. Injured were Dr. C. Lukins Roswell New Mexico. Rev. W. O. David Monongah West Virginia. George Wills Mendota Illinois. Rev. J. M. Mc Gaughey Chariton Iowa. Rev. W. C. Buell Taos New Mexico.
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Des Moines
Presbyterian General Assembly
Dr. C. Lukins
Roswell
N. M
W. O. David
Monough
W. Va
George Wills
Mendota
Ill
J. M. McGaughey
Chariton, Ia
W. C. Buell
Taos
Mad Operator in Atlanta Kills and Wounds Victims
James H. Clark a telegraph operator at Chamblee enraged by drink and a broken love affair goes on a killing spree. Within 24 hours he kills one man wounds three others seriously and lightly wounds another, clubs a sixth with a shotgun, starts a house fire and after being cornered turns his revolver on himself fatally.
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Atlanta
James H. Clark
Chamblee
Palma Inaugurated Cuba President at Noon
President Palma was inaugurated president of Cuba at the palace at noon Sunday in the presence of the supreme court justices congress diplomats the apostolic delegate and various officials.
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Palma
Havana
Cuba
Supreme Court
Congress
Diplomatic Corps
Apostolic Delegate
Renowned Navigator's Attempted Suicide in Racine
Captain Archibald H. Clarke, a veteran navigator on the chain of lakes, tried to kill himself with blows against fences and buildings and then attempted to strike the driver but was restrained. The incident occurred in Racine Wisconsin as emergency crews intervened to stop the act.
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Racine
Wis
Archibald H. Clarke
Chain of Lakes
Northern Indiana Assessors Seek Hidden Property Values Increase
Northern Indiana assessors pursue secreted property to boost tax lists. They expect at least 1 million dollars of taxable property unreported, with about half in St Joseph county. An Elkhart county assessor is noted for aggressive investigations, including a bank visit at Wakarusa revealing 75 000 dollars in unassessed assets.
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Indiana
South Bend—County
St. Joseph County
Elkhart County
Jerry Bechtel
Wakarusa
BEGINS SUIT AGAINST ROADS INDIANAPOLIS FIGHTS RAIL RATES
Indiana attorney general prepares a suit against Chicago & Eastern Illinois and Monon under a statute penalizing charging higher short haul rates. This is the first use under the state railroad commission law, sought by the commission. The law bars higher short haul rates unless the commission finds the discrimination just.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Chicago & Eastern Minoijis
Monon
State Railroad Commission
Commission
Dentist Banker Dr Azariah Lanning Dies of Tuberculosis
Salem native born 1837 in Ohio served in Civil War with Ninety Third Indiana Infantry. Captured at Andersonville and escaped, lost left leg at Nashville, returned to Salem to practice dentistry and served as bank cashier. Member of I O O F and M E church. Survived by wife and two children.
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Salem
Azariah Lanning
Ohio
Ninety-third
Indiana Infantry
Andersonville
Nashville
Tenn
Slayer's Confession Reveals Bates Feud in Bourbon
Fred Rettinger, age 26, in Marshall county jail for the murder of William Bates at Bourbon. He says he killed Bates over a dog poisoning dispute and planned to kill Ezra Aetinger Albert Plummer and Bates’s son Frank. The confession exposes a feud between the Rettinger and Bates families.
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Bates
Laporte
Fred Bettinger
Marshall County
William Bates
Bourbon
Ezra Aetinger
Albert Plummer
Frank Bates
Rettinger
Fred Rettinger
Wife Aided in Locke's Escape in Richmond
Mrs Jessie Locke, wife of jail escapee John Locke, was bound over to the circuit court on aiding a prisoner to escape. Evidence showed she had tools forged at a local blacksmith and smuggled them to her husband. Locke has not been heard from since his sensational escape.
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Locke
Richmond
John Locke
Wayne County
Jessie Locke
Prominent Lawyer Judge William P. Andrew Found Dead
Judge William P. Andrew once a notable Indiana lawyer and early physician minister died in bed from heart disease. Born October 23, 1809 in Hamilton County Ohio, he studied under Bellamy Storer, graduated from Transylvania University, and practiced in Cincinnati. His latest aim was to live to age one hundred.
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Laporte
William P. Andrew
Indiana
Hamilton County
Ohio
Bellamy Storer
Transylvania University
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Boston Man Aims to Shoot Nose of Wife
Frank Aldrich of Boston shot his divorced wife through the jaw after she refused to return to him. He then went to a hotel, slept, and sent messages to nearby cities before being located and arraigned. He claimed he only intended to shoot off the tip of her nose to make her remember him.
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South Bend
Frank Aldrich
Boston
Ex Postmaster Browand Hangs Self in Stable
Kendallville. Christopher Browand former postmaster hanged himself in a stable at his home. He had been recently removed from office and was despondent.
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Kendallville
Christopher Browand
Missing Cashier Defaulter in Richmond Bank Scheme
Charles A. Duhadway, longtime attache of the First National Bank of Richmond, is reported a defaulter in the sum of 18500 dollars. The defalcation occurred over several months.
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Richmond
Charles A. Duhadway
First National Bank
Dollar a Day for a Farm Peculiar Contract Revealed
Columbus report details a 20 year contract between Elizabeth Jones and Joseph I. Irwin in which Irwin paid Mrs. Jones one dollar daily for life as price for a farm sold later to James M. Perry. Mrs. Jones died at 75, ending the unusual agreement after $365 had been paid.
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Columbus
Elizabeth Jones
Mrs. Jones
Joseph I. Irwin
Mr. Irwin
Tried to Revise the Bible Leads to Poorhouse Admission
William Hedrick once Madison county’s largest landowner and a pioneer citizen is now in the local poorhouse. He devoted years to revising the Bible, neglecting business and letting his property slip away. His sons offered aid, but he declined, saying it would not burden the county.
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Indianapolis
William Hedrick
Madison County
Flinn Will Sustained in Oyster Bay Case
In Oyster Bay, the circuit court upheld the will of Peter G. Flinn after plaintiffs presented their testimony. The 1894 testament bequeathed most of his estate to charity, including a hotel on the Oyster Bay site with profits benefiting charitable causes and $15,000 for the Emily Home for Old Women and Destitute Widows.
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Emily Home
Students Govern Themselves At Notre Dame
Notre Dame introduces self government for Catholic boarding students. Graduating class members ran their days from seven a.m. to seven p.m. without permissions from prefects. The pilot, under President Cavanaugh, signals a broader liberal policy shift and extension of the experiment.
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Notre Dame
America
Cavanaugh
South Bend Pastors Leave for New Fields
In one week three city ministers resign to take jobs elsewhere. Rev. J. Rice of the First Christian church will move to Minneapolis. Dr. C. H. Cooper of the First Baptist church is bound for Detroit. B. H. Beal of the Lowell M. E. church will engage in evangelistic work.
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South Bend
Rev
J. Rice
First Christian Church
C. H. Cooper
First Baptist Church
B. H. Beal
Lowell M. E
Rice
Minneapolis
Dr. Cooper
Detroit
Beal
Hoefner Sues Railroad Over Burned Camping Car Funds
John Hoefner a Pan Handle railway employee sues for 2000 dollars claiming 1750 in paper money stored in his bunk burned when a camping car burned at Kounts on December 24 1905.
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Logansport
John Hoefner
Pan Handle Railway
Kounts
Indianapolis Editor Fred L. Purdy Released on Bond
Fred L. Purdy editor of the Indianapolis Sun has been released from jail on bond while awaiting a habeas corpus hearing. Purdy was jailed for printing a criticism of Judge Fremont Alford of the Marion county criminal court.
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Indianapolis
Fred L. Purdy
Indianapolis Sun
Purdy
Fremont Alford
Marion County Criminal Court
Death Due to Date Seed Found in Patient's Appendix
Lawrenceburg. Charles C. Howard died after acute appendicitis following an operation last week. A date seed found in his appendix had sprouted and caused the fatal trouble.
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Lawrenceburg
Charles C. Howard
Courthouse Fire Destroys Courtroom in Morgan County
A fire swept the Morgan County courthouse circuit courtroom causing considerable damage to the floor and surrounding areas. Firefighters responded promptly to contain the blaze and assess damage as officials investigate the cause.
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Martinsville
Morgen “County
Stick to your last says old proverb on painting and farming
An essay argues that people should stay in their own trades. It contends that paint makers rightly prepare ready mixed paints with proper equipment, while painters or farmers attempting others’ work leads to costly failures. The piece praises professional standards in painting.
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Octava Thanet
Painters’ Union
P. G
Notable Americans and foreigners in print in brief notes
John L. Snyder a Seneca Indian wins permission to take the New York state bar exam. Paul J. Rainey installs a wireless telegraphy system on his yacht Anona. District Attorney Jerome pleads guilty to three petty faults. Rev Francis Doherty edits a soldier paper The Haversack. George Griffith plans to settle and write on the Isle of Man. Thomas Lewis a Liberian student aims to translate the Bible and be a medical missionary. J P Webster once mayor of Waucoma Ia now nearing a quarter century in office at age 82.
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John L. Snyder
New York
Paul J. Rainey
New Yorker
Jerome
Francis Doherty
Seventeenth United States Infantry
Fort McPherson
George Griffith
Globe Trotter
Isle of Man
Hall Caine
Thomas Lewis
Syracuse University
Liberia
J. P. Webster
Wau-~ Coma
Froth of Fun Dialogue Exchange from a Social Scene
A fragmented dialogue piece features banter about Mrs Newcombe's sweetness and character, lines about reading between the lines, teaching ambitions, and light talk on marrying a widower with children. The excerpt mentions Emily and a masked time event.
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Douma
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