World News Snapshots From Morristown to Philadelphia
Night chase ends in capture of Frank Boetsa a Hungarian miner charged with killing Minne Roor at Hibernia New Jersey. Fires devastate Hubbard Shovel Works Pittsburg destroying real estate and injuring the company with losses up to 250000. Corruption looms in St Louis poor house as graft rings are exposed and lists of ineligible inmates are exposed. Minnesota Supreme Court rules against sugar bounty obligations in a long legal fight. Smuggling cases unfold in Boston with arrests of Charles V Battler and Simon Byrinh as assets are probed. A rash of killings suicides and robberies populate the region as towns report murders accidental deaths and criminal schemes amid ongoing economic strain.
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Morristown
N. J
Frank Boetsa
kiWing Minne Roor
Hibernia
Pittsburg
Hubbard Shovel Works
J W Hubbard
St Louis
Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota
United States
Boston
Charles V. Battler
Simon Byrinh
Santer Swan
Harrison Powd
Toa
Liw
Barbourside
Dennis Walther
Bpade
Padsworth
Farnves & Coat Bread Street
Genesty Ayesiie Philatelphyr
New York Stark Exchange
Phas
Fed
Sankoraneetos
Hull
Anne
Weiler Company
Union Bink
Newark Obie
Emory Owen Wheell
Stur
Stur Eon Bay
Chicago
Austria
Macedonia
Vete
Serene Wall
Crermany
Creorge Wood
Colfax
Towa
Henry Killings Brown
United States Supreme Court
Delaware Thompson
Westchester
Addie Nacker
Lititz
George A. Lewis
Camden
Thompson
Jesse Holdom
Franklin UC Mon
Bristow outlines postal reform amid fraud probe findings
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow reports a long standing pilferage by contractors and officials across free delivery supplies. He calls for reform including inspector lookouts, bond requirements, and a reformed contract system to ensure honest competition. The FY1904 free delivery budget is about 47.6 million with 19,896 rural routes, and 3,260 more possible. Expenditure for 1904-1905 is projected at 13.5 million.
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Bristow
James N Tyner
Fast Office Department
Grant
A. W Machen
Free Delivery System
Toledo
Ohio
Eorge W Beavers
New York Postoffice
Tuhe
Slice Bern
James T Metcalf
Daniel W Miller
Post Office Department
Louis Kempner
Registry System
New York Post Office
Charlies Hetcen
City Free Delivery Service
Free Delta Service
MNDR
James W Erwin
Free Delivery Service
Bey
Scott Towers
Washington
I. C
Otto F Wels
Charlies B Terry
Illinois fugitive Fred Strube captured in Missouri confession
Fred Strube of Topeka Illinois was arrested in Macon Missouri by Chief James Woods and a prosecutor after allegedly murdering Miss Alice Henninger on the night of November 14. He confessed after arrest, detailing jealousy and the events leading to the crime and disposal of the body. He traveled through Missouri and Iowa before jail in Springfield.
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Illinois
Missouri
Fred Strube
Topeka
Ill
Alice Henninger
Macon
James Woods
Havana
Strube
Pohieoeman Woods
Nat Mo Juncey Tlesand
Jen- Dinger
Mason City
Mixx
Henninger
Miss Henninger
Jim
Beardatown
Quincey
Tie
Kirksville
Macon County
Straubenae
Cure The News 2 . A Curated Medley Of Snippets
A compact roundup notes various topics from meat prices to meat market trends and inflation. It mocks political figures and national concerns with satirical asides about senators and public funds. The column lampoons Panama's alliances and New York theater losses while commenting on stock woes and interest in science cures.
Postal fraud inquiry links Heath to million-dollar scheme
The Bristow report on postal fraud, with Roosevelt memo, reveals frauds dating to 1893. It details stock transfers to Perry Heath tied to large orders, cites total government losses and indictments, and notes Roosevelt’s call for strict punishment and extended statutes of limitations.
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Perry
Heath
Roosevelt
J. L. Bristow
Bristow
Arnold
Perry Heath
McKinley
Doremus
Pany
Treasury
Doremos
Truesdell
Dudley & Michenen
Green
Simmons
Oremus
Notable Resignations and Obituaries Across U S Cities
Henry Sanger Snow resigns presidency of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute while Rev Dr Luther F Beecher dies in Boston. J W Lamar, Lincoln's last schoolmate, dies in Buffaloville aged 85. Gen C A Whittier returns from Manila via Trans Siberian. Dr Carlos J Findlay named president of the American Public Health Association. Hemp exports emerge as a Philippine prominence.
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Henry Sanger Snow
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Luther F. Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Boston
J. Wilson Swan
Astors
New York
Edward Everett Hale
J. W. Lamar
Abraham Lincoln
Buffaloville
Ind
Gov
Senate in session with tariff debate and Cuban policy
The Senate held an open session Tuesday with bills and petitions on private pensions and expulsion of Smoot. A Cuban reciprocity bill was not addressed. The House debated tariffs with leaders urging time for discussion. New members were sworn in and a Martyrs Day bill proposed for Abraham Lincoln’s death.
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Senate
Smoot
Rep
Utah
Cullom
House
Payne
Williams
New York
Mississippi
DeArmond
Dem
Miss
Gaines
Tenn
Hepburn
Iowa
Grosvenor
Ohio
Hemenway
Ind
Robinson
Indiana
Hunter
Nevin
Wachter
Mauryland
Abraham Lincoln
Livernash
California
United States
Pannoma
Colombia
Republic of Panama
Panama
Burgers of Texan
Secretary of Agriculture
Texas
Louisiana
Mitchell
Morgan
Ruswell
Thermond
Martin
Olmstead
Iowan
Russell
Jearmond
New York Weekly Review Signals Moderation in Shopping
The weekly review reports a temperate season with shopping up from earlier dullness. Weather and resuming mill work aid a slight recovery, but overall business remains cautious with idle capacity in textiles and iron. Prices stabilize, confidence returns gradually, and retail demand rises for seasonable wares amid good grain and farm prospects.
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New York
Wet
Iith
Workzett
United States
Canada
Odds and Ends from the Midwest and beyond
Smallpox forces school closings and bans on public meetings in Goodland Kansas. Holton Kansas votes against a 66000 bond for water works and sewers. George J. Siegle of Port Huron dies in Flint Michigan sanitarium. Paris Temps criticizes Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving proclamation as too pious for an official document. The Asiatic station battleship and cruiser squadron is ordered to cruise to Honolulu, 8500 miles away, instead of the usual winter maneuvers near the Philippines. An agent for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition has begun seeking exhibition representatives. Two people were seriously injured by a nitro glycerin explosion at Keystone works near Pittston, Pa. The fragmentary text also references killed men John Morse and Cruise Sr. in a State context.
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Goodland
Kan
Holton
George J. Siegle
Port Huron
The
Maccabees of the World
Flint
Mich
Paris
Roosevelt
United States
Asiatic Station
Honolulu
Philippines
Etalon
Keystone
John
Morse
Crui
Market quotes for livestock grains and produce across U S cities
A garbled list of commodity prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and New Orleans, detailing cattle hogs sheep and various grain prices. Includes No 2 wheat and corn prices, oats and rye ranges, hay and butter figures, and egg and potato prices across multiple markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Eye Nord
Eee
Detroit
Conteas
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S. W Nichols
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W. T. Swingle
James Putnam Stewart
Louisville
Israel Putnam
Putnam
A. B. Seizer
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Gen. C. A. Whittier
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Oklahoma Bar Association
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American Public Health Association
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