Contests For Seats Stirs Senate Election Plan
Washington notices detail a Republican Democrat conference on expanding election contest committees. A nine member per panel plan faces Democratic resistance over minority representation and potential unseating. Senator Stewart attacks the gold combine while linking silver depreciation to Asian labor and Japanese underselling. House proceedings feature Oklahoma delegate Flynn challenging interior delays and Senator Bois proposing Indian game laws. Secretary Carlisle reports a 42.8 million dollar deficit and urges silver coin use and small denomination notes retirement. Major Payne dies in Washington.
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Reed
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Daniels
Henderson
Ormon
Payne
Dalzell
Ovisp
McMillan and Bailey
McGaun
Chicago
Belknap
Messrs. Crisp
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Bailey
Stewart
Senate
Asia
Japan
Mateu
Legation
Bowler
Caffery
Treasury Department
Wilson
Poffer
Gallinger
Curlie
Congress
Treasury
United States
Pacific Cable Bill Aims Hawaii Japan Link
Senator Carter introduces a bill to authorize Pacific Cable Co to lay a submarine line from the Pacific coast to Hawaii and Japan. United States bears no construction liability but pays $25 per nautical mile annually for up to 7,250 miles for 20 years and guarantees free US messages with transmission preference. The line must be ready within two years of bill approval, and the US may seize the line in wartime.
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Pacific
Washington
Carter
Mon
Pacific Cable Company
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
United States
International wedding in St Louis unites Busch daughter and German noble
Miss Clara Hazel Busch daughter of Adolphus Busch marries Herr von Gontard at the Church of the Messiah. The ceremony awaited as a premier social event with lavish arrangements. The couple will tour Movida briefly, then spend holidays at the Busch mansion before returning to Germany. Estimated wedding costs reach 100000 with gifts around 50000 and a 100000 German estate gifted to the bride.
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Clare Hazel Busch
Herr von Gontard
St. Louis
Clara Hazel Busch
Adolphus Busch
Germany
Movida
Busch Minusion
Busch
Stock Drover Killed In Del and Lackawanna Wreck
W. J. Caldwell of Iowa, a stock drover, died when the Buffalo freight and an extra Port Morris train collided in Dover New Jersey. Four cattle cars and a caboose were wrecked. Travel halted for hours. About twenty cattle perished in the wreck.
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Jowa
Dover
N. J
W. J. Caldwell
Iowa
Port Morris
Delaware and Lackawanna and Western
Kansas Ex Postmistress Arrested in Fort Riley Robbery
Muud Crowther, former postmistress at Fort Riley Kansas, was arrested in Kansas City on suspicion of stealing about 1300 dollars from the United States government. She claims the Fort Riley post office was robbed in her absence.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Muud Crowther
Fort Riley
Kan
United States
Uncle Sam
Deadly plot to bomb Pullman and Armour exposed
Chicago December 17 a conspiracy to assassinate George M Pullman and Philip D Armour has surfaced. Two infernal devices mailed to Armour and Pullman could have exploded when opened. Suspects include Albert Reaser and A Owens as postal officers investigate. Authorities traced packages placed on mail boxes at Wabash avenue and Fourteenth and Twenty first streets. Police say the bombs were poorly addressed and weighed about 24 ounces. Reaser denies involvement. Owens is detained on suspicion. Other items note a Supreme Court ruling on insanity burden and Eskiminzin death, plus currency and tariff news.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Philp D. Armour
William H. Hanlon
P. J. Armour
Post Office
Stuart
Philip Kirkwood
Station I
Wabash Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Twenty-first Street
Kirkwood
Armour
Reaser
A. Owens
Messrs
Armour and Pullman
Box Car Tragedy Sparks Sioux City Murder Mystery
A box car body found in Sioux City yards prompts a murder mystery. The identified victim is George Bletzer, a Holstein butcher, who carried $1,100. Police shadow alleged killers as details about the death unfold. A second note follows about a South Omaha cooper building a river voyage in a giant cask with air valves and a rudder.
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Sioux City
Sioux Orry
Firat
Grant Allen
George Bletzer
Holstein
Sletzer
South Omaha
Souis Omaha
Neb
Richard Merron
Swift’s
Kansas City
Merron
Swift
Baroness Rothschild Praises Prima Donna After Dinner
The Baroness Rothschild invited a young lady to dine and then asked her to test the tone of her piano. The keys remained silent, the baroness remarking that she had unstrung the instrument to show that her sole pleasure was the lady's company.
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Baroness Rothschild
Laily
Mademoiselle
Tyondon
Two Lifelong Lovers and the Simple Truth of Marriage
A late night street encounter between an elderly man and his wife reveals a single, weighty remark about their bond. The husband says, I like to think God sent you to me, a moment that embodies enduring love and the idea that they lived happily ever after.
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Sixteenth Artest
Loyer
New York Herald
LawfaL Crimsonheak Pennies and Gimbling Debate
Yonkers Statesman reports a tongue in cheek exchange about punning on legal terms and attractions at a New York dry goods store. The piece notes two cologne fountains and questions about pennies and sieves as entertainment.
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Lawfal Crimsonheak
New York
Cologne
Yonkers Statesman
Freight wreck kills Casey man Thomas Earl
A Rock Island extra fast freight struck the caboose and five cars near Casey at about 6 PM, killing Thomas Earl of the city. The engineer and fireman escaped with minor injuries while the burning caboose was uncoupled to prevent further fire. Earl, formerly of Atlantic, had stock interests in town.
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Casey
Rock Island Road
Thomas Earl
Karl
Whitehead
Earl
Atlantic
Questioning Government Baking Powder Endorsements
A reader questions official positions on a Government Chemist and notes no government or Canadian guidance favors any baking powder brand. The letter alleges many health certificates in newspapers are sponsored by high priced baking powder firms and signed by the employers of druggists selling Dr Miles Nerve Plastora.
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United States
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