$500000 Voted to Fight the Trusts in Congress
The Sherman anti trust law enforcement provision moves forward as $500000 is appropriated to the Attorney General for special counsel and agents to prosecute violations. The amendment to fund enforcement was debated but quickly agreed, with $139,847,000 for pensions and $1,140,400 for urgent deficiency items including stamping out foot and mouth disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
John Sherman
Ohio
Treasury
Attorney-General
Department of Justice
United States
Washington
Bartlett
Hepburn
Iowa
Secretary of Agricultu
New England
Bacon
Georgia
Giant Beef Trust Fears Publicity in Court
In Chicago on December 17 the beef trust prepared to fight open airing of testimony in the government case. Packers seek dismissal on technicalities and may let the government win by default rather than reveal alleged conspiracies. John S. Miller argued the demurrers before Judge Grosscup, contending the bill is multifarious and insufficient to require disclosure of books and accounts.
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Chicago
Ill
The
Beef Trust
John S. Miller
Grosscup
Rare Brain Bullet Wound Saved Three Year Old
Drs Guild and Hall at Frost Hospital operated on Polka Polaski aged three to remove a 22 caliber bullet from the skull after it was accidentally fired by an older brother. The bullet pierced the nose and brain then lodged at the back of the skull. The child revived after initial collapse and regained consciousness. Brain matter oozed from the wound while septic poisoning remained the sole danger.
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Drs
Badly Wanted in Detroit Arrest in South End Lodging House
Boston officers seized Harry Rodgers alias H W Barry alias H W Jackson and Della Cameron alias Bessie Gordon alias Emma Gold alias Mrs H W Jackson in a South End lodging house. They are wanted in Detroit for stealing Jewelry and clothing valued at 1000 dollars from an apartment hotel in November. Rodgers and Cameron had been living at the same hotel and disappeared after the robbery.
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Boston
South End
Harry Rodgers
H. W. Barry
H. W. Jackson
Della Cameron
Bessie Gordon
Emma Gold
Detroit
City
Anna Wilson
Paris
Rodgers
Cameron
Father John's Medicine Claims Sixteen Pound Gain
James B. Rice of Fairmount West Virginia reports gaining sixteen pounds in six weeks after taking Father John's Medicine. The ad asserts cures for colds prevents pneumonia and grip.
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John
James B. Rice
Fairmount
W. Va
Park Sq Station About to Be Sold in Boston
Negotiations by a Chicago syndicate aim to buy the New Haven railroad land housing Park Square station. Plans include a mammoth department store and a large theatre seating 2200, with management offered to John B. Schoeffel for occupancy by January 1, 1904. The sale would add another Boston playhouse to the market.
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Chicago
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Park Square
John B. Schoeffel
Boston
Dance and Pig Chase Ends With Popular Vote Twist
At Colonial Hall a crowd packed the venue for a 1 am event titled a dance and pig chase. Captain Wescott of Division 5 may receive the pig as a prize after police barred bringing the animal inside. The crowd urged officers to award the pig to the most popular man, either Wescott or Sergeant Manning.
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Wescott
Division 5
Express
Dover Street
Colonial Hall
al Twitchell
Twitchell
Manning
Cheever Cravats Ad Preserves Holiday Style
Advertises Cheever brand cravats for holiday wear promising better value. Claims higher quality hair and skin appeal. Mentions discount availability at haberdashers and notes Cravat labeled.
Ghostly prank lands man in hospital after frightful tableau
Frank Smith, 34, visited the Salvation Army barracks on Harrison Avenue and staged a ghost act among sleeping hoboes. He shouted and leaped about, then fell three floors, later found on the sidewalk with scalp wounds and signs of alcoholism. Smith has a wife and family in Lowell.
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Frank Smith
Salvation Army
Harrison Avenue
Smith
City Hospital
Santa Claus
Ghost
Mechanics
Charles Street
Lowell
Venezuela Agrees to Arbitration in Caribbean Crisis
Caracas reports yield to allied demands after leaders press for United States Minister Bowen to arbitrate. Citizens sign note urging full powers to Bowen to end the conflict, amid blockade tensions and a prepared defense led by President Castro.
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United States
Bowen
Castro
Caracas
Venezuela
United States of Venezuela
Germany
Great Britain
United States of North America
la Guaira
Puerto Cabello
Republic
Ministry
Associated Press
Remarkable Result of Drunk Decision
New York December 17 198 inmates were discharged from Blackwell's Island workhouse following an appellate division ruling. The court found a section of the Greater New York charter unconstitutional for first intoxication offenses, ordering discharge within five days, and for second offenses after two years, discharge within 20 days.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Blackwell's Island
Pension Fraud Trial Sees Soldier Impersonation Case
Assistant District Attorney Frank W. Swan in Portland Maine reports government evidence against Daniel H. Pooler of Palmyra for impersonating a dead soldier and fraudulently drawing a pension. Pooler allegedly claimed 1889 pension as a Pennsylvania veteran and later used the name Daniel R. Hodgdon to obtain payments for ten years starting 1892.
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Portland
Frank W. Swan
United States District Court
Daniel H. Pooler
Palmyra
Pooler
Pennsylvania
Pension Department
Daniel R. Hodgdon
Fifth Infantry
Fire at Scott carpenter shop on Edinboro street
An alarm from Box 54 at 9 PM reported a fire in the carpenter shop of J G Scott at 30 Edinboro street. The blaze caused a loss of 150 dollars.
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J. G. Scott
Edinboro Street
Brighton wine clerk fights rat bite after cellar encounter
M J Falvey a wine clerk of 53 Shannon Street Brighton was treated at Emergency Hospital for a severe rat bite to his toe after confronting a rat gnawing at a keg of brandy in the cellar. The rat leapt up stayed defiant before being killed as Falvey rushed it.
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M. J. Falvey
Shannon Street
Brighton
Falvey
Fahey
Fair Weather Ahead for Boston and New England
Forecasts show fair conditions for Boston and vicinity with diminishing strength of winds Thursday. New England expects fair weather Thursday and Friday with fresh west winds and calmer conditions as the period progresses.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Holland to Remain Neutral in Venezuela Crisis
A Daily Telegraph dispatch from The Hague reports that Holland is not taking action against Venezuela and will stay strictly neutral on the matter, countering circulating rumors of Dutch involvement.
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London
Daily Telegraph
The
Hague
Holland
Venezuela
Italy orders warships to Venezuela from Rome
The Italian cruiser Agordat has been sent to Venezuela in response to Venezuela's rejection of the Italian ultimatum. The move follows expectations of further diplomatic strains and was announced in Rome.
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Rome
Agordat
Venezuela
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Giant Beef Trust
Marvel
Doctors
Harvard
Pippins
H. Trailer & Co., Makers
Mass
Union Cigar Factory
Uncle Sam
Knowlton
New Bedford
Mr. Knowlton
Marion Cottage
Prescott
J. E. Linares
H. I. Boulton
Carlos Santana
Nicomedes Zuloaga
Carlos Zuloaga
RF. DE Sales
Perez E. Montauban
M. Chapellin
Juan Herrera
Juan A. A. Traverso
T Tatii
Italy
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