Meyendorf Replies to Warren on Civil War Claim
Portland December 3 Special Agent Meyendorf returns from Salt Lake City to respond to Senator Warren of Wyoming. He refutes being described as an old soldier of the Civil War and notes Lincoln freed him in 1866, not during the war. He denies soliciting any agent post and clarifies letters read to him were official and not private. He rejects a Denver death attempt story and offers to provide evidence if needed on the coal land fraud matter.
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Portland
Ore
Michael A. Meyendorf
Salt Lake City
United States
Francia BD. Warren
Wyoming
Meyendorf
Interstate Commerce Commission
Warren
State Department
Abraham Lincoln
Siberia
Senator Warren
Richards
General Land Office
Denver
Guilty of manslaughter in Olsen murder case
In Minneapolis on December 3 the jury found Emil Olsen guilty of manslaughter in the first degree after over thirty hours of deliberation. Judge Simpson ordered the sentence to mercy. Olsen stabbed Albert Doree during a July altercation. Doree later died from complications.
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Minneapolis
Emil Olsen
Simpson
Olsen
John Ferm
Harry Huxton
Albert Doree
Washington Avenue
Doree
Dowie Insane Says He Is A Famous Soldier
Chicago reports John Alexander Dowie has gone raving mad and sees himself as a renowned general. In Shiloh House his followers witnessed a sermon by a madman who claimed victory in a battle, spoke of bringing the general’s body to his tent, and of foreign powers negotiating with him, before nurses removed him.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Shiloh
Dowie
Blain
Court of Sessons
Scotland
Lord Stonefield
Braxfield
Pope May Leave Vatican As Carriage Reconstructed
Rome December 3 The state railroad department has orders to reconstruct the pope's railroad carriage unused since 1870. The special carriage features gilded angels at four corners a portable altar inside and white velvet upholstery. Public interest grows with talk the pope may depart the Vatican. Seven negroes wounded.
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Pontiff
Rome
State Railroad Department
Vatican
Shooting Affray Leaves Three Dead in Florida VII
In Florida VII a mass shooting after a local feud near Marietta, seven miles from Jacksonville, left three men dead Lester Brunson Alex Prime and James Hadley and four others wounded. Seven Black men were arrested as the confrontation escalated from a dispute over food leading to a fence picket strike and shattered jawbone.
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Jacksonville
Ta. Dee
Marietta
Lester Brunson
Alex Prime
James Hadley
Roosevelt Decree Vacates Cuban Congress Seats
Havana reports Governor Magoon announced a decree under President Roosevelt to void the 1905 Cuban congress seats and fill vacancies by provisional election. The plan, tied to peace commission terms, would keep 1904 appointees in place until 1907 if confidence returns, with salaries paid to Oct 12. Moderate leaders voiced strong dissatisfaction yet conceded protest would be futile.
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Havana
Roosevelt
Magoon
House of Representatives
Peace Commission
Cuba
Palma
Washington
Treasury
Fonts Y Stering
Dolz
Hidden in Providence Portrait of Roosevelt Believed Stolen
Providence police say the portrait of President Roosevelt painted by W D Murphy is believed hidden in the city after disappearing with others borrowed for charity. The McKinley and Hanna portraits were later found in Philadelphia and the Hay portrait in a pawnshop.
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President Roosevelt
Providence
Frank A. Matthews
W. D. Murphy
New York
Roosevelt
McKinley
John Hay
Mark Hanna
Hanna
Philadelphia
Secretary Hay
Train strike near Merrill Park kills one, injures two
Milwaukee road passenger No. 65 struck three men near Merrill Park. Henry Becher died, Joseph Heck and Anton Pett were seriously injured. Berkeley police report I. H. Avarel, first cousin to E. H. Harriman, has been missing since Saturday while traveling to Oakland to send money for his son's Panama trip.
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Milwaukee Road
Merrill Park
Henry Becher
Joseph Heck
Anton Pett
Harriman
Berkeley
Cal
I. H. Avarel
H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Avarel
Oakland
Panama
Chicago Real Estate Man Slain in Mississippi
A Chicago real estate man A. F Middah of Windsor Park was shot dead in Valley Park Mississippi by Wes Young a Negro. Grubbs who was with Middah was the target and Young fled as a mob pursues him.
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Chicago
Valley Park
Miss
A. F Middah
Windsor Park
Wes Young
Young
W. G. Grubbs
Middah
Severe Earthquake at Milazzo Seaborn Coast
Dec 3 report from Seicily cites a severe quake on the Milazzo north coast with no deaths yet reported. No further details on damage or casualties available.
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Tondon
Milazzo
Seicily
Municipal ownership theory vs practice shown by utility case
The Newbern Weekly Journal argues municipal ownership of utilities looks good in theory but fails in practice. It warns that without vigilant taxpayer oversight, publicly run water, sewerage, and transport become prone to mismanagement, neglect, and costly bond issues.
Lead pencil nostalgia in school yard tale
A reflective piece from T Bailey in Journal of Education laments wasted public property and the neglect of a full lead pencil with rubber end found in a schoolyard. The narrator recalls childhood obsessions with lead pencils, trading and guarding them, contrasting past scarcity with present apathy.
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Helen
Twenry ‘T. Bailey
Journal of Education
A Day of Reckoning on Municipal Plant Failures
A warning that condemned municipal gag and electric plants face rising losses and failing service. The piece argues for long term expert reviews before accepting any plant as a success and notes past underreporting and looming capital needs. It also touches on astronomy and nature with a closing thought on matter’s eternal essence.
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Ugut
Langer
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