Ex-Army Officer Carter Remanded for Three Years More
The ruling assigns Oberlin M. Carter to Leavenworth Prison for the remaining term after a federal court upheld most charges while reducing twelve specifications. Carter, a former U S Army captain, will serve about three more years with credit for good behavior. He was sentenced for misappropriation of government funds while heading Savannah harbor works. The decision, by Judge Hook and Circuit Judge Thayer, confirms the 5 year term and $5000 fine, and dismisses his army discharge. Captain Carter entered prison in April.
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St. Louis
Hook
Federal District Court of Kansas
United States
Amos Thayer
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Army
Savannah
Robert W. McClaughey
Federal
Leavenworth
Carter
McKinley
Thayer
Transport Hancock Brings 1500 War Dead to Port
The Hancock arrived from Manila via Nagasaki carrying about 1500 bodies of soldiers and sailors who died in battle or of disease in the Philippines China Guam and Honolulu. This marks the largest number of war dead aboard a single transport in the era.
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San Francisco
Hancock
Manila
Nagasaki
Philippines
China
Guam
Honolulu
Death toll mounts as Hancock returns from Manila voyage
The Hancock arrives in quarantine after a Manila run with 11 deaths on board and 152 total passengers and crew. Bodies will be housed at the Presidio before interment or shipment to relatives, as the ship rests a few days in quarantine.
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Hancock
Presidio
Manila
Nagasaki
Philippines
Laxative Bromo Quinine Promises One Day Cure
Advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee from all druggists. KK. W. Grover’s signature appears on each box and Zoe endorses the product.
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KK. W. Grover
Zoe
Lipton Fears Herreshoff in Cup Defender Race
Sir Thomas Lipton dismisses Lawson’s plan to build a cup defender and names Nathaniel Herreshoff as the rival he fears most. He says New York club will choose the defender. Boston may defend and Shamrock II progresses under Watson. He doubts any Glasgow mystery yacht will beat Shamrock II.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
London
Thomas Lipton
Thomas Lawson
Herreshoff
Boston
New York Yacht Club
New York Club
Columbia
Glasgow
Supreme Court to rule on Blaine extradition treaty case
The cases of Fred Rice Frank Rutledge and Thomas Jones arrested in Chicago last June on Canadian fugitive charges will be brought to the U S Supreme Court. The issue centers on the 1889 Blaine extradition treaty and its constitutionality. Attorneys for the prisoners and the British consul will argue Washington next Monday with potential immediate hearing if bail is denied.
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Chicago
Great Britain
United States
United States Supreme Court
Fred Lee Rice
Frank Rutledge
Thomas Jones
Toronto
McKinley
Kohisaat
United States District Court
Supreme Court
Washington and
Hall
Queen's
Ball
Fred Rice
Futurity for 1903 Richest Turf Prize at Sheepshead Bay
New York reports the Futurity of 1903 at Sheepshead Bay with an estimated value of $75,000. The race has long attracted top American thoroughbreds, with past winners including Proctor Knott Chaos Potomac His Highness Morello Domine Butterflies Requital Ogden L Allouette Martimas Chacornac Rallyhon Bey and others, reflecting its prestige and high cash stakes.
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New York
Sheenshead Bay
Coney Island
Proctor Knott
Potomac
His Highness
Morello
Domine
Butterflies
Requital
Ogden
L'Allouette
Martimas
Chacornac
Rallyhon Bey
Health forces Long Island bishop to relinquish duties
In New York on December 10, Bishop F. N. Littlejohn of Long Island is barred from appointments due to illness. Bishop Worthington of Nebraska will cover Advent duties, and Bishop Adams of Boston will cover Lent. A diocesan convention may consider electing a coordinating bishop if Littlejohn does not improve.
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New York
FE. N. Littlejohn
Long Island
George Worthington
Nebraska
Littlejohn
William F Adams
Faston
Conservative MPs Re-elected Without Opposition in England
Sir Ackland Hood retains the Wellington division seat of Somerset, St. John Broderick is re-elected in Guilford, Surrey, and Captain F E G Prettyman is re-elected for Woodbridge, Suffolk, all without opposition in parliamentary returns.
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London
Ackland Hood
House of Commons
West
Wellington
Somerset
St. John Broderick
Guilford
Surrey
F E. G. Prettyman
Woodbridge
Suffolk
Constitutional clash over Cuba and extradition in supreme court
The supreme court heard the Neely extradition case and debated the U S authority to retain a military government in Cuba after the Spanish American War. John D Lindsay argued Cuba was then a recognized republic and that war powers and constitutional limits barred occupation without Congress. The proceedings paused as Mr Beck had not yet spoken.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Cuba
Neely
Cuoa
Portonico
Philippines
John D. Lindsay
New York
Weely
Paris
Congress
Cuban Republic
Milligan
Lindsay
Beck
Indians Lose Suit Over Wichita Reservation Proceeds
The U S Supreme Court reverses a Court of Claims ruling in the Wichita Choctaw and Chickasaw case. It holds that the 1861 treaty ceded the lands outright, including the Wichita reservation. The decision remands to dismiss the Choctaws and Chickasaws and to determine compensation for the Wichita under law. The reserve area spans the Red River to the Canadian River between longitudes 100 and 101 west.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Wichita
Harlan
United States
Court of Claims
W-Day
Red River
Canadian River
Cadets May Be Tried Over Booze Death
William H. Khooge, father of Oscar L Booze, says a statement for Congress and the War Department will detail hazing at West Point. The document, to be given to Congressman Wagner, seeks a thorough investigation of alleged cruel treatment and will include Booze's delirious utterances and letters.
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New York
William H. Khooge
Oscar L. Booze
West Point Military Academy
Congress
War Department
Bristol
Wagner
Booze
Governor Thomas Refuses Extradition Papers for Oxman
Denver authorities report Governor Thomas refused to honor the Indiana governor’s requisition papers for Clinton Oxman, returning them for correction. He denies any link between the Mount refusal and the extradition of W. S. Taylor over Goebel murder charges. Oxman is accused of swindling Valparaiso financier J. Mayer Greene out of $10,000.
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Denver
Colo
Dec. C
Thomas
Mount
Indiana
Clinton Oxman
Kentucky
W. 5
Taylor
Goebel
Oxman
J. Mayer Greene
Valparaiso
Ind
Murderer Beherded in Sweden After Prinz Carl M case
Phillip Norlund, aboard the steamer Prinz Carl, allegedly killed seven men and wounded five others, including a woman and a boy, near Quicksand on May 17. He fled in a boat to Koping, was captured, tried, and sentenced.
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Westeraas
Sweden
Phillip Norlund
Quicksand
Koping
Condemned man chants psalm before beheading
A condemned man sang a psalm as he lay his head on the block. The incident occurred in June and details emerge about the execution.
Canadians Leave London After Warm Farewell
The Royal Canadian regiment Companies A B and L I left London for Liverpool for a return voyage from South Africa. The Scots Guards band joined the march to the station as Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal and other officials bid them farewell. Crowds of Londoners cheered and waved hats as the detachment departed. They will sail aboard the Lake Champlain the next day. Colonel Otter praised the warm reception in London.
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London
Royal Canadian Regiment
England
South Africa
Liverpool
Scots Guards
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Canada
Lake Champlain
Otter
Settlement Nears After Chicago Woodworkers Strike
A peace settlement to end the woodworkers strike in Chicago is expected after conciliatory terms from one firm. The board of business agents will meet today with firm representatives to ratify the pact, aiming to extend it to other firms. The strike, ongoing since September 16, involved over 1400 union members amid violence and demand for an eight hour day.
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Chicago
Harry Harris
Wits
Fatal Guan Play in Tacoma Quarrel Over Wages
In Tacoma a man named G L Christianson shot Billy Gartman in the stomach during a wage dispute incident. Gartman was taken to the hospital and is not expected to survive. Christianson says the argument began Saturday night and escalated today when Gartman and others attacked him near the ship, prompting him to fire in self defense.
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Tacoma
Beamen
G. L. Christianson
Billy Gartman
Christianson
Gartman
New Baseball League Organized Across Midwest
Detroit December 10 A new baseball league has been organized with Ban Johnson president of the American League as president of the league. The circuit includes Detroit Grand Rapids Toledo Louisville Minneapolis St Paul Kansas City and either Indianapolis or Buffalo.
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Detroit
Mich
Dee
Ban Johnson
Grand Rapids
Toledo
Louisville
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Sioux City Dispatch: Captain Chittenden Departs
A Sioux City report notes Captain H. M. Chittenden of the engineers corps U.S. Army departed last as part of a national park project. The Chicago Chronicle carries the special dispatch detailing his movements and purpose.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Sioux City
Iowa
H. M. Chittenden
Corps of Engineers
Yellowstone park road and bridge funding plea before congress
Captain Chittenden presented to the congressional committee on appropriations to seek a 150000 grant to continue road and bridge work in Yellowstone park. He documented progress with photographs maps and drawings, noting this is the largest single request for Yellowstone to date.
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Washington
Congressional Committee On Appropriations
Yellowstone Park
Chittenden
Congress
Yellowstone
Railroad Consolidation Complete as BR and O Southwestern Elect Directors
The annual stockholders meeting in Cincinnati chose Edwin R. Bacon as president and Samuel M. Greene as vice president. Directors include Bacon, Greene, Solomon, Cowen, Otto M. Kahn, James McCrea, Frank W. Tracey, J. G. Schmidhapp, and H. Clay Pierce. The lease to operate BR and O Southwestern merges, making Greene third vice president of B&O and head of BB&O Southwestern. consolidation aims to retain offices in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
BR & O
Southwestern Railway Today
Edwin R. Bacon
Samuel M. Greene
Cinccinnati
William Solomon
New York
John Cowen
Baltimore
Otto M. Kahn
James McCrea
Pittsburg
Frank W. Tracey
Springfield
J. G. Schmidhapp
H. Clay Pierce
St. Louis
I. & ©. Southwestern
Engineer May Is Released By Guatemalan Officials
Washington reports the detention of engineer George May has been closed. Minister Hunter in Guatemala City informed the president, who ordered the detention revoked, and May was telegraphed his liberation.
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Washington
George May
Hunter
Guatemala City
Penfeld
State Department
May
Stampede reports gold strike on Fourth of July creek
A Nelson Washington telegraph reports sheet gold found along Fourth of July creek a Kettle River branch with $20 per cubic yard. Old miner George Arnett has secretly worked the diggings for years and is estimated to have earned about $10,000. The strike crosses the British American boundary.
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Spokane
Wash
Chronicle
Nelson
Fourth of July Creek
Kettle River
George Arnett
Counterfeiter Held in Spokane Lead of Gang
Edmund Hansen alias H. Larkee, a Great Northern bridge watchman, believed leader of Spokane counterfeiters, captured. His shack yielded counterfeiter molds and bullion orders. Nearby, many stolen items were found as Hansen pleads innocence.
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Spokane
Wash
Edmund Hansen
H. Larkee
Hansen
Great Northern
Shock to Divorces in California Estate Case
San Francisco December 10 Judge Trout of the superior court issued a decision in the Abbie Rosewood case as claimant in the estate of Joseph M Wood deceased The ruling centers on marriages licensed at Reno or other California border cities and those occurring before the license expiration
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San Francisco
Trout
Superior Court
Abbie Rosewood
Joseph M. Wood
Reno
Calfornia
California Divorce Laws Challenge Reaches Border Routes
A California court ruling declares certain post divorce arrangements invalid after proceedings, noting many couples crossed into Nevada to evade California law. The decision impacts those who sought Nevada divorces to sidestep California requirements.
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California
Nevada
Duke of Marlborough loses appeal over Duchess jointure
London December 10 The appeal court dismisses the Marlborough appeal and upholds Judge Bryne's ruling in the high court granting Lillian Duchess of Marlborough a jointure of 1500 pounds yearly. She sues the present Duke of Marlborough, husband of Consuelo Vanderbilt, to recover the jointure granted to her former husband the eighth Duke.
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London
Duke of Marlborough
Bryne
High Court of Justice
Lillian
Duchess of Marlborough
Louis Haimmersly
New York
William Beresford
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Albert Frances Ann Hamilton
Jointure case decides for second wife of divorced man
In a Marlborough family suit to settle jointure rights, Judge Byrne rules Lady William Beresford is entitled to her jointure after the eighth Duke of Marlborough’s death, following the divorce from his first wife in 1883.
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Duke of Abercrom
Duke of Marlborough
Byrne
William Beresford
Indian found dead buried near Spokane tepee
The body of an Indian man was found buried under a tepee in Spokane suburbs. Authorities believe he was killed in a drunken Saturday night fight and the sheriff is pursuing a second Indian suspected as the killer.
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Spokane
Wash
Dee
Burlington rules ban tobacco liquor during service in South Dakota
Reforming Railroad Employes Deadwood Dec 10 reports Burlington railroad officials in South Dakota require all workers to abstain from tobacco and liquor while on duty and mandate vaccination.
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Deadwood
8. D
Burlington Railroad
South Dakota
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