Negro Troops Case Ties Fort Sturgis 1885 Rampage
Records probe a discharged Twenty fifth Infantry company in 1885 at Fort Sturgis South Dakota. Reports say soldiers “shot up” a town, killed a citizen, and a lynching followed the arrest of the gunman. War Department planned congressional inquiry into racial unit conduct and Civil War era records.
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War Department
Congress
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Roosevelt
Fort Sturgis
Brownsville
Texas
Plague Germ Inoculation Tragedy Hits Philippine Prison
Ten inmates at the Bili bid prison in the Philippines died after an inoculation. A laboratory mix up reportedly caused bubonic plague germs to be combined with a supposed cholera serum. Dr. Richard P. Strong oversaw the process, and twenty four prisoners were injected. Two died within two days, eight more in the following five days.
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Philippine
Bilibid
Philippines
Biological Laboratory Bureau
Richard P. Strong
Farmer Hangs Self in Garret Home After Daughter's Death
Harrison Bell a 65 year old retired farmer from Moore township near Easton Pa committed suicide by hanging in the garret of his son in law Samaritan Dech’s residence He chose the same spot where his daughter in law Mrs Deck hanged herself on Christmas two years earlier His family kept a constant watch but he acted alone Mrs Bell died six years ago leaving Bell despondent and melancholic also a part of the report A separate item notes express robbers at large after raiding a Cotton Belt train near Redwater Texas taking over 10000 from a safe Griswette messenger injured with a fractured skull Roosevelt seeks repayment of 148000 contributed by major life insurance companies in the 1904 campaign but Republican leaders refuse the demand
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Harrison Bell
Moore Township
Easton
Samaritan Dech
Bell
Deck
Christamas
Redwater
Texas
W. A. Griswxette
Grissette
Rich Merchants Arrested In Kansas City Case
Representatives of three large dry goods and millinery firms in Kansas City were arrested on a deputy game warden complaint alleging violation of the state game law by selling or offering for sale plumage of birds native to Missouri. The case seeks enforcement actions under the recent Legislature.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Seminary Hall Burns at St Catherine's Academy Jefferson Falls
Fire destroyed one of the main halls at St Catherine's Young Women's Academy in Jefferson Falls with 100 pupils escaping unharmed. Total loss not to exceed 25,000 dollars.
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Seminary
St. Catherine's Young Women's Academy
Jefferson Falls
Supposed Robber Arrested in Butte Montana Heist
Arthur H Buck was arrested by Butte police for allegedly stealing several thousand dollars in cash and jewelry belonging to Abel & Co New York. A mob of 20 masked men seized a police station telephone office and water works at Knesto Ky and burned two large typhen Pictories Gov Beck Sam may offer militia to protect their facilities.
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Arthur H. Buck
Butte
Mont
Abel &O
New York
I'Knesto. Ky
Beck- Sam
Magnate Killed in Wreck on His Own Road
Samuel Spencer head of Southern Railway died in a Virginia wreck ten miles south of Lynchburg while his guests on a hunting trip perished in the same private car. Eleven others injured. Notable victims included Charles D. Fisher Francis T. Redwood Gen Philip Schuyler and Spencer. The collision involved trains No 28 Jacksonville express and No 87 Washington and Southwestern vestibule limited as Spencer slept.
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Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Virginia
Southern Railroad Company
Lynchburg
Spencer
Mr. Spencer
E. A. Merrill
Charles D. Fisher
Baltimore
Gill & Fisher
Francis T. Redwood
Lownes & Redwood
Philip Schuyler
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Southern Railway Company
Mr. Fisher
Redwood
North Carolina
South
Jacksonville
Washington and Southwestern Vestibule Limited
Davis
Fisher
Desertion Rates Rise Across US Army and Civil Ethics Debate
The annual report shows 6 258 desertions in the year ending June 30, seven point four per cent, higher than 1900 and averaging four point five since 1895. Rates top in field artillery and cavalry while white soldiers desert less than Black soldiers. President Hadley of Yale lectures on trade ethics arguing competition outweighed harms with some speculation needed and condemning sweatshop abuses. A St Louis laundry union vote lifts prices nearly forty per cent and punishes rate cutters. Short News Notes report a wreck near Edenburg Ohio killing Fireman P J Kearns and a Cape May Point fire destroying property including homes and the public school.
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United States Army
Hadley
Yale
New York School of Philanthropy
Pittsburg and Lake Erie
Edenburg
Ohio
P. J. Kearns
Packham
Cape May Point
N. J
Cape House
Congress at Work Faces Roster of Major Issues
Washington correspondents expect a three month sprint of vital measures in the Fifty-ninth Congress. Inheritance tax, corporate regulation, currency reform, eight hour work day, anti injunction laws, ships subsidies, Cuban independence and Panama canal messages loom. A river and harbor bill around 60 million dollars is likely, with battles over tariffs and debt to follow.
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Washington
Fifty-ninth Congress
Senate
Congress
House
Dingley
Rates
A Or Phlippine
Sion
Gulf
Santo Domingo
Isle of Pines
American Federation of Labor
House Committee On Labor
Cannon
Roosevelt
Judiciary Committee
Navy Department
Panama Canal
Southern Railroad Company
New Orlean
SEA'S HEAVY DEATH TOLL ON ST LAWRENCE WATERS
In a deadly navigational season on the St Lawrence and gulf routes, more than fifty lives were lost from roughly sixty mariners, with the November toll the highest in twelve years. Key wrecks included the Russian ship Sovinto from Dalhousie to Melbourne and the Norwegian bark Adeona near Richibucto, while several schooner losses and other vessels added to the disaster.
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St. Lawrence
Gulf
Sovinto
Helsingfors
Priests Pond
Dalhousie
N. B
Melbourne
Australia
Adeona
Aren 1
Richibucto
Johansen
Sexton
Preston
England
Magda
Riviere du Loup
Quebec
Buenos Ayres
Red Island
Seattle Surges as San Francisco Evacuees Flock In
After the San Francisco disaster the influx of Californians has transformed Seattle into a booming boom town. Railroads and shipping firms have moved HQs here, signaling a bright future, while housing costs soar and natives struggle to find homes. The unexpected migration reshapes the Pacific coast city into a regional hub.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
California
Homes for Millions Farming opportunities open in the Southwest
The article notes vast unused farmland in Texas with 172 million acres total and 14 million cultivated, Indian Territory has 20 million available acres with 0? cultivated, Kansas shows 34.5 million acres total with 5 million cultivated, and Missouri still has uncultivated land in its southwestern region purchasable at moderate prices.
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Southwest
Texas
Indian Territory
Kansas
Missouri
Waters-Pierce executive indicted for false stock ownership affidavit
The grand jury in District Court Austin Texas indicted H. Clay Pierce president of Waters-Pierce Oil Company for swearing falsely in 1900 that Waters-Pierce stock was not owned or controlled by Standard Oil. An extradition effort from Mis- is expected to proceed.
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Austin
Texas
H. Clay Pierce
St. Louis
New York
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Waters-Pierce
Standard Oil Company
Wilson's Body Disinterred in Historic Edenton Rite
The body of James Wilson signer of the Declaration and constitutional framer, after 108 years in Edenton cemetery, was moved to lie opposite his wife in Christchurch. Roosevelt sent a wreath. speakers included Andrew Carnegie, Dr. S Weir Mitchell, Alton B Parker, and Attorney General Moody.
President's Message Calls For Campaign Finance Reform
President's Message urges banning corporate campaign contributions and strengthening law enforcement against mob violence. Advocates labor organization, graduated taxes, and greater government control of railroads while opposing wholesale nationalization. Calls for national marriage and divorce authority, currency reform, and regulated interstate commerce.
Gained 34 pounds after Dr Williams Pink Pills cure anemia
An Maine woman Mrs Nathaniel Field recounts severe anemia with vomiting, neck pain, headaches, and weight loss until taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. She reports rapid improvement, regaining color, sleep, and weight from 120 to 164 pounds. Pills advertised with prices and mail order details.
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Williams
Nathaniel Field
St. Albans
Somerset County
Maine
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
New Year Calls Emphasize Postum Over Apple Jack
A New Year ritual shift is urged as older New Year visits and egg nog give way to Postum. A Staten Island doctor and his daughter promote Postum as wholesome, recommending it to guests and patients, and offer a demonstration during Christmas and New Year calls. There’s a reason, read The Road to Wellville.
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Staten Island
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Chicago
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Valley Park
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Maple Leaf Rubber Company
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Laundrymen’s Association
Interstate ‘Commerce Commission
National Congress
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Webster's Dictionary
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United States Commissioner of Education
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Springfield
Mass
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