Week's News Record: Political Ups, Trials, and Elections
The House approved a 50 percent pay raise for Vice President Speaker and cabinet and defeated a similar bill for Congress. A Mexican deal on the gate of the Mexican Central road was closed in Mexico City. Mrs. Mary Bradley was linked to the slaying of former Senator Arthur G. Brown amid a coroner's inquest in Washington. The Rev George Clarke Cox was acquitted of heresy in Ohio. Ethel Smith, 15, was exonerated by a Johnston coroner, with manslaughter trial pending. A Trenton boy Reginald Hasbrook escaped custody by undressing through door openings. A Russian correspondent reports a six month political prison term ending in a harsh, repressive scene. Sheffield Ingalls, son of Senator John Ingalls, won a tied election result in Kansas by lot after straw votes.
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Limantour
Pablo Martinez de Rio
Walter E. Rosen
New York
London
Mexico
Apna M. Bradley
Arthur G. Brown
Utah
Washington
Mary Bradley
Raleigh
George Clarke Cox
Calvary Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
Shop Vincent
Cox
Crap Bey
Ethel Smith
Elmer © Brizes
Sa H
Johnston
R. I
Robbers Wreck Safe in Missouri Bank and Escape with Cash
A group looted the Inter State Bank in Pyrerxe Missouri striking the safe and fleeing with close to $5,000 in currency. Separate items report a Middletown New York shoe dealer sentenced to sixty days for kissing a 14 year old girl, plus a flood of scattered international and local crime notes and oddities.
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Interstate
Pyrerxe
Curren
Middletown
Frank Mun
Japan would seize Hawaii in early war scenario
The piece argues Japan could quickly occupy Hawaii, using its 50,000 trained troops and coastal fortifications to gain a decisive edge before U.S. forces could respond, making defense of the Pacific an uphill battle. It also notes friendly overall U.S.–Japan relations but warns Hawaii as a strategic weak point.
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Japan
Hawaii
Pacific
Honolulu
United States
Hawaiian
Philippines
Moralization of the Rich Address at Ithaca by President Schurman
President Schurman of Cornell urged moralizing Wall Street and enacting nationwide price regulations to curb discrimination. He warned against serialism shifting duties to government and urged captains of industry to share profits with wage earners.
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Ithaca
Presidet Schurman
Carnnell
Wall Street
Carnegie Gift to Baltimore Spurs Pratt Library Growth
Andrew Carnegie offers Baltimore 500000 to establish twenty branches under Pratt Library trust. Carnegie and Pratt were longtime friends. the idea arose from Pratt Library’s opening and Carnegie’s subsequent philanthropy, using his funds to support libraries and maintenance through a dedicated trust.
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Carnegie
Baltimore
Andrew Carnegie
City of
Pratt
Pratt Library
Committee studies normal standard of living and costs
The New York State conference of charities and corrections formed a special committee to define the essentials of a normal standard of living and its cost for a social unit in principal cities and towns. Lee K. Frankel of New York was named chairman.
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New York State Conference of Charities and Corrections
Lee K. Frankel
New York
Fire damages boarding house injures five in Gadsden
Five people were injured when a blaze destroyed a boarding house in Gadsden Alabama. A four year old, Robert Grint, of Lima Ohio, was killed playing with his father's shotgun. Government and business groups in Hawaii organized a pan Pacific congress. Cuba's House sent condolences to the family of General Shaftey on his death.
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Gadsden
Ala
Robert Grint
Lima
Ohio
Hawaii
Cuba
House of Representatives
Shaftey
France in Turmoil over Confiscation of Church Property
France faces deep crisis as a new law confiscates church property valued at about 200 million dollars and prompts arrests of ultramontane clerics. Soldiers guard major Paris churches, mass is halted, and bishops vow defiance while calls go out to loyal Catholics to protect priests.
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Paris
St.Pierre du Gros Caillou
St. Augustine
St. Roch
la Crol
Pius
Vatican
Tares
National Church of
Multiple Youth and Local Crime Notes in Brief
Harry S Bell killed William Roach and a second bartender in Steubenville Ohio as the crowd mourns. Genevieve Benedict 15 dies by self inflicted shooting in Bath New York after loss of mother. A Santo Domingo government force killed twelve insurgents at Porto Plata and captured the rest. L Barrington found dead in Newark office with revolver nearby. despondent over business. Canadian Pacific Railway to acquire 150000 acres on Vancouver Island grant Esquimah and Noen aimo with Vancouver Island Development Co New deal costs around 15000000.
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Harry S Bell
Wiliam Roach
Steubenville
National Editorial Association
St. Louis
Annaval
Barkentipe Bonny Doon
Chatham
Mass
Democrats of
Maine
Portland
Genevieve Benedict
Bath
N. Y
Santo Domingo
Porto Plata
M L Barington
Century
Newark
N. J
Barrington
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver Island Development Company
Hunting season fatalities and injuries by state totals
Seventy four deaths and seventy injuries are recorded from hunting accidents. Most deaths stem from shotgun discharges during weapon cleaning, many victims being children. Boys hunting were often mistaken for deer. Wisconsin leads with fifteen deaths and thirteen injuries, Illinois eight deaths, three Chicagoans. Following is a state-by-state tally of killed and injured.
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Wisconsin
Hilinois
Wheat Acreage Increase Report Revisions for 1905
Government figures revise last December estimates of winter wheat and rye areas for 1905. Winter wheat area corrected from 31,341,000 to 31,312,000 acres, rye from 1,120,000 to 2,100,000. New sowing area up 1.1 percent to 31,605,000 acres. Wheat condition on Dec 1 at 94.1, compared with 91.3 in 1905 and 92.9 nine-year average. A state by state table follows.
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Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Missouri
Nebraska
Tate
Ohio
California
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Texas
Sophia
Michigan
Behnont Fire Wipes Out Much of Town in Ohio
A massive blaze devastates Behnont Ohio causing losses exceeding 100000 with most of the town destroyed. Fire officials report extensive property damage and civilian evacuation as investigators seek the fire’s cause.
Senate and House Debate Charts Early 1900s Proceedings
The article recounts Senate and House actions including discussions on Reed Smoot seating Utah, Roosevelt Porto Rico message, labor and pension bills, Nobel prize praise for Roosevelt, and fiscal appropriations. It notes votes on salaries for Senators and cabinet, and treaties and fishing vessel regulations in a Congress-wide session progression.
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Reed Schoot
United States
Utah
Burrows
Senate
Smoot
Apostolic Body of the Church
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
House
Boutell
Ilinois
Daines
Tennessee
Congress
Keifer
Ohio
Board of Pension Appeals
Underwood
Alabama
Good Roads
Murdock
Kansas
Richardson
Perkins
New York
Dearmond
Missouri
Dubois
Idaho
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Secretary of the Interior
National Capital Notes Senate ratifies patent treaty with Guatemala
Report notes the Senate approved a patent treaty with Guatemala while scattered items mention Tennessee Governor-elect Patterson's resignation and a proposed bill to set veterans' minimum pay, with other fragmented references to legal cases and political figures.
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National
Senate
Guatemala
Patterson
Tennessee
Lacey
Iowa
Sater
Albert
Patricks
Wonderful Heora Ointment Trial Report
A reader testimonial from Michael Steinman of Brooklyn dated April 16 1905 praises Heora Ointment and Cathira Soap with Re Solvent. He reports his twelve year old son’s skin improved from misery to smoothness after using the products, noting great gains in skin condition and a successful result.
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Aida
Michael Steinman
Sumer Avenue
Brooklyn
Proposer Dismissed for Skinny Vendor in Chicago Trade
A young man questions the druggist about clerks and ends a sale. The druggist admits no workers beyond the assistant, prompting the visitor to decline business. He claims to offer a slimming cure guaranteed to plump thin people but exits.
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Chicago Tribune
Sunny South prospect for Northern farmers
The Sunny South promises year round farming opportunities, with monthly crops, no blizzards, and profitable cattle and fruit ventures. It touts reliable water, abundant work, cheap productive lands, and strong revenue from strawberries and cantaloupes. For information contact G A Park of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Louisville, Kentucky.
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General Immigration and
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Louisville, Ky
Spelling reform sparks linguistic feud in Nash Webster tale
Nash Webster aims to publish his spelling reform book before rivals Andy Kernaggy and Brandy Matthews start mocking language. He scratches the a from favour and honour in a feverish effort, aiming for a clean slate on the 800 amended spellings.
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Nash Webster
Andy Kernaggy
Brandy Matthews
The Evils of Constipation and Brandreth’s Pills
An old promotional piece warns constipation causes many illnesses and notes most cathartics lose effectiveness with daily use. It extols Brandreth’s Pills as a reliable laxative tonic with a century plus record, claiming they maintain effect at the same dose for decades.
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Brandreth
Jandreth
Sunset Lost in Black Paint Dream
A neighbor’s boy covers a famous canvas with black paint. The artist laments the ruined work titled The Sunset. The boy replies with a bright idea to claim the sun has gone down, suggesting a sales angle.
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Aiis
Scott
Minneapolis Tribune
Incomplete note on Portuguese attempt to establish base
Fragmentary text discusses a Portuguese effort to establish a base and import goods, with garbled phrases about patents and losses. No clear names, dates, or locations are readable to anchor details.
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