Charges of cruelty and a water cure in reconcentration era
In Panama’s islands a series of official inquiries investigate alleged abuses by American soldiers during reconcentration. Reports detail water cure use on Father Augustin and a case against Maj. Edward F. Glenn for killing seven prisoners of war, with trials set for January.
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Shane Boersmera
Miles
Hunter
Kora
Manila
Howze
Gen
Bell
Father Augustin
Wington
Augustin
Banate
Panay Teland
Boston
Maj
Edward F. Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Glenn
Ausustin
New Courthouse Plans Accepted by County Board
The county commissioners accepted architect C. E. Bell for the new courthouse project with a $70,000 bond issue. Bell’s stone and brick design features fireproof floors and a copper roof, including a sheriff’s residence in an 83 by 12 feet jail building. Other competitors were Link of Billings, Black & Longstaff of Great Falls, Don of Spokane, and Haire of Helena.
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Board of County Commissioners
C. E. Bell
Hell
Link
Billings
Black & Longstaff
Great Falls
Don
Spokane
Haire
Helena
Northern Wyoming storm easing range fears says expert
An expert claims South Dakota reports of great stock losses are exaggerated. He notes northern Wyoming benefits as sheepmen move herds away from checks and rely on snow for water, arguing the range loss from cattle and sheep will be small based on real knowledge of the range country.
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Dakota
Wyoming
Smuggling Case Involving Navy Officers At San Juan
Witnesses testified at a hearing before Waits Commissioner Anderson in a smuggling case against Lieut. Com. George Mentz and James Brennan. The case centers on liquor shipments from St Thomas to Capt. Andrew Dunlap and naval station personnel, with boxes moved from Mentz’s stateroom to an army wagon. Several named officials and contractors were mentioned, including Lowndes and Charles W. Parks, amid claims of routine orders sent to St Thomas for government ships.
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San Juan
P. R
Wait
Anderson
George Wientz
United States Navy
James Brennan
St Thomas
St. Thomas
Uneas
Capt
Dunlap
Livut
Mentz
Charles W. Parks
Robert Giles
Hanager
Automobile Transportaton Company
Mr. Lowndes
Lowndes
Charles T. Lowndes
Naval Station
Edward B. Lowndes
Marine Corps
St.Thomas
Klages Fooled Her Badly in Seattle Marriage Scam
Dora Gregory, daughter of carpenter John M. Gregory, long employed as a domestic in Los Angeles homes, vanished to Seattle last September with plans to marry by December. A late November letter from Seattle reached her sister before a dispatch reported she is insane and committed to a asylum. Relatives accuse Harry Kinges of coercive manipulation over eight years, citing pretexts to avoid marriage and repeated borrowing of money from Dora.
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Los Angeles
Dora Gregory
Seattle
John M. Gregory
Harry Kinges
W. H. Hare Flett
Dora
Klay
Lower court referred in case. Gratz Stricter to supervise expo builds
Gratz B. Stricter, named by Treasury supervising architect James Knox Taylor, tabbed to oversee United States government buildings at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Weather may allow site work within 15 days. Plans include a large main exhibit palace and two fish pavilions with contracts already closed. Also, A L Howard of Rosebud County touring the valley west of Billings to inspect sheep and cattle feeding methods, with a stop at Hesper farm where about 50,000 head are fed.
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St. Loui
Gratz B
James Knox Taylor
Treasury Department
United States
Ity
Taylor
Besf
Billings
A. L. Howard
Rosebud County
A. D. Howard & Co
Hesper Farn
Potter Reinstated by Painters Union After Hudson Railroad Strike
Schenectady Dec 4 William Potter a member of company T second regiment who had been expelled from the incal painters union for serving in the Hudson railroad strike was reinstated today by the union and immediately applied to his former employers for work His request was granted and he returned to employment with them.
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Schenectady
William Potter
Company T
Incal Painters’ Union
Hudson
Veteran editor Foster dies from gun wound in California
Emory Foster, a Union veteran of the Civil War and longtime public official, died in Oakland California from a gun wound. A prominent St. Louis citizen, he was 86 and had served as editor of the St Louis Journal Times and other papers for nine years.
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Bt. Louis
Emory
Fortune interview on negro labor solution in Pacific colonies
Special labor commissioner T Thomas Fortune says importation of true negroes could solve labor needs in tropical territories. Hawaiian planters push for Chinese labor under restrictions, while local unions oppose. A deep ocean trench survey near Guam and Manila is noted, and Oahu military post site negotiations proceed with remittance of land parcels chosen.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
T. Thomas Fortune
Scretary Shaw
Philippines
Hawaii
Star Herald
United States
Carolinas
Washer
Com
Fortune
Merchants’ Association
Builder and Traders’ Exchange
Congress
Senate Commission
Havwati
Manila
Pany
Guam
United States Survey
Hip
Nero
Dickenson
Oahu
Washington
Honoluli
Billion Dollar Gas Trust in Chicago Venture
A proposed giant gas trust links Chicago and New York capital to form a London based holding entity. John D. Rockefeller is named as primary stockholder with others including Anthony Brady Milly and A. T. Flower tied to the effort. The scheme aims to ally with People’s Gas and Coast capital, with a Paris mission noted for de la Corse correspondence. Local society pages report lodge openings and community moves, plus numerous hometown Christmas plans and travel for residents.
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Chicago
Dee. Day
London
New York
John D. Rockfer
Anthony
Prady D
Milly
A. T. Flower
The
People's Gas Company
Snowstorm collision disrupts Pere Mennette trains No 7 and 82
A heavy morning snowstorm caused train No 7 on the Pere Mennette line to crash into the rear of Sigmaw train No 82 at McCords fog station, fifteen miles east. The collision hurled passengers and crew. reported injured include Mrs. Killey of Grand Rapids, J. B. Cook, James Scovelle, a Clarksville clerk, Messenger Griffith, and E. A. Wood among others.
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Pere Mennette
Sigmaw
McCords
Here
3. Killey
Grand Rapids
J. B Cook
James Scovelle
Clarksville Mall
Express
Messengerriffith
E. A. Wood
Marconi Wireless Telegrams Prove Transatlantic Accuracy
Halifax reports Italian language wireless messages sent by Marconi to Italian royal aides and officials, showing accuracy of transmissions from Cornwall to London. A note cites a Christmas greeting to company directors and their families as the first transatlantic wireless telegram. The Glace Bay station closes for Christmas holidays.
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Halifax
Marconi
Bruzaldi
Italy
Lars
Poldhu
Cornwall
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
London
trans-Atlantic Wireless Telegram
Glace Bay
OL PROMOTER IS ARRESTED
Chicago dispatch reports William Baer Ewing secretary of Standard Oil Promotion and Investment Company arrested by post office inspectors under indictment. He is charged with mailing fraud schemes claiming subscribed capital and San Francisco bank deposits. Indictment names others who lost money through Ewing’s misrepresentations. Hearing before U S Commissioner Buell continued to Friday.
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Chicago
William Baer Ewing
Standard Ol Promotion and Investment Company
Post Office
Tim
San Francisco
Turge
Piamento
Broderick
Call
Ewing
United States
Buell
Hennessy to Spend Holidays in Jail
Pat Hennessy, who admitted taking $30 from a Ward’s purse, appeared before Judge Leslie after a prior guilty plea was set aside. He pleaded guilty to petty larceny, received a sentence of six months in jail, and was to return the money to the county. He claimed he intended to repay it and was arrested before having a chance.
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Pat Hennessy Nan
Leslie
H Tesey
Prienda
Hennessy
Ward
Postponement Granted in Stickney Case
Jal Dispatch reports a postponement in the Stickney case as defense counsel W G Downing appeared, delaying proceedings to Saturday amid disappointment. Fire scene at Yegen’s storage plant sent firefighters, authorities recovering thousands in fruit as a blaze was extinguished twice. Army dinner in Toledo features speakers Corbett Jones and Rev Kelsey addressing the poor. Sullivan and Corbett volunteering as waste treasurers.
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Standard
MS Fame
W. G. Downing
Yegen
In Pacific
Truil
Toledo
Ohio
Toto-norrow
J. Corbett
John L. Ivan
Jones
FD. Kelsey
Sullivan
Corbett
Army
Kelsey
Deaths in the mines and legal notes from Helena
The biennial report of State Mine Inspector John Byrne to Governor Toole shows Silver Bow county mines had 47 fatalities in 1902 and 3 in 1901 with many deaths from falls and shaft accidents. It cites a drop in explosions, lists causes, and argues for stricter mine regulations. Separate dispatches report police in New York dismissing charges in a funeral affair and a Great Falls land case decision approving Lorock’s amendment to his entry for desert land claims.
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Standard
Helena
John Burne
New York
Police Commis
Partridge
Adam Cross
John D. Herlihy
Charles Albertson
Rabbi Josephs
Stanuarareat Falls
Milo E. Lorock
Hugo HI. Loos
Great Falls
Lorock
Rock
Crookston Man Shoots Woman Then Himself in Tragic Tryst
In Crookston Minnesota on December 2, laborer George Rundahh, 38, shot and killed Caroline Noon, 1, and then fatally wounded himself with two shots to the head. He is not expected to survive. Authorities suspect a love quarrel sparked the tragedy.
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Crookston, Minn
George Rundahh
Caroline
Exiles in Jamaica Prepare to Return to Hayti Under Amnesty
In Kingston Jamaica on December 24 a large number of Haytian exiles plan to return home under an anticipated amnesty decree. Leaders who opposed Firmin expect peace after Genord’s election. Advices from Maytt.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Hayti
Firmin
1Ord
Maytt
Great Falls Narrow Gauge Converted to Broad Gauge Line
After a long construction period the Little Muddy line near Great Falls was converted from narrow to broad gauge to connect with the Canadian Pacific. Trains will not operate on standard gauge until January 4. Engineer Hamilton had predicted completion by Christmas, a forecast that proved accurate.
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Great Falls
Canadian Pacific
Hamilton
Tetona
Outrage claims in grave desecration suit against undertakers
Eleanor and Homer Langford seek $10,000 damages alleging defendants unlawfully removed the body of John Allen from a grave in 1898, embalmed it, and displayed it in Des Moines and across the state as a desecrated exhibit, as sole heirs present their outraged feelings. The case ties to St. John's and involves funeral home defendants and relatives.
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Towa
Deo A
Mexay
W. F. Pettusch
Iguit
Eleanor
Homer Langford
John Allen
Des Moines
John Alten
Humbert Case Ties Paris Madrid Safeguards and Arrests
French capi wan to save remnants with four civil guards and four police inspectors escorting prisoners to Paris amid a widespread public debate. Extradition proceedings outline swindling and irregular bankruptcy charges. Creditors seek asset recovery and plan a meeting for equitable division. Mme Calazza’s arrest in Buenos Aires linked to the fugitive case. Mme Dalazza released. Waldorf Astor donates 250000 dollars for a pediatric hospital wing in memory of his daughter Gwendolyn at Great Ormond Street.
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Madrid
Paris
Humbert
Mme. Calazza
Romain d’Aurignac
Buenos Ayrea
Afair
Buenos Ayres
Romain d'Autignac
Mme
Dalazan
Mme. Dalazza
Magrid
London
Waldorf Astor
Great Ormond Street
Gwendolyn
Execution date extended in St Louis for Gurley case
Another Month of Life reports that Gov Dockery extended the execution date for Gurley in St Louis from May 43K8. The notice notes the stay or extension of the capital punishment date, reflecting ongoing legal proceedings and governmental action within Missouri.
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Gox. Dockery
Fs Gurley
St. Louie
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