Graft slang ends in Boston and other notes worldwide
Boston authorities announce that graft has ceased to be slang. The report surveys varied woes and reform efforts across cities, noting fines for toy pistol sales, factory inspections, naval demographics, beet sugar production growth, naturalization fraud concerns, and debates over congressional speech. It highlights public notices, mislabeling, and corruption issues from Chicago to New York, St. Louis, and Columbus, with calls for stronger laws and cleaner governance.
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Boston
Senate and House Debate Cuban Bill and Post Office Probes
Senate discussions centered on post office investigation procedures and a Cuban reciprocity bill amid partisan noise. House actions included requests for post office papers, a motion on Isla Pines cession, and preparations for New Orleans centennial ceremonies with a Louisiana purchase delegation.
Nominations and trials across politics and crime
President Roosevelt sent to the senate on the 11th the nomination of Cornelius N. Van Hosen for registrar of the land office at Springfield Missouri. Senator Hoar introduced a bill for a Longfellow monument site in Washington. A Monte Carlo dispatch reports Baron de Rothschild’s death. Mrs Everett Mallory Culver, daughter of Senator Clark, obtained a divorce in New York. The Flora cruiser was floated after lightening. it leaked heavily. Hal T. Lewis, former Georgia supreme court justice, died at Greensboro aged 56. Elizabeth Gillespie, shot by a guardsman, died at Rising Sun Indiana. Senator Teller proposed probate coffins in Indian territory. Bishop Dennis M. Bradley reported critically ill. Roosevelt pardoned John Barbeglia for false naturalization certificates. Miscellaneous notes include Edward Larkin’s murder verdict, a Cedar Rapids millinery stock fire, a Cedar Rapids fire, and burglaries at Altheimer post office and a Mich. legal case ending with Ned McKnight’s sentence.
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Lee
Appointment list places ministers across Mississippi Conference
The Mississippi Conference met in Meriding with Bishop presiding and announced the coming year's preacher assignments. Meridian District leads with W M Sullivan and additional pastors named for Meridian, Brookhaven, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Natchez, Vicksburg and Seashore districts among many others, including supply appointments and supernumeraries. The long roster lists presiding elders and ministers for each district and church community across the state, reflecting a comprehensive redistribution for the new conference year.
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Bishop
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W. M. Sullivan
Central
W. HB. Lew
M. M. Black
West End
D. Scarborough
South Side
F. B. Oxmond
Seventh Avenue
W. A. Hayed
Bioneville
J. C. Bills
Chonkey
W. J. Blackwell
DeKalb
E. W. Lowin
Dateville
J. H. Forman
Easter- Crisp
Stonewall
R. F. Witt
Lawderdale
J. D. Ellie
Leakevile
J. L. Red
Matherville
H. D. Vandenburg
Middleton
B. M. Martin
North Kemper
Shiloh
J. S. Parker
Scottland
J. R. Hayes
Trenton
B. C. Guice
Taylorville
T. H. King
Vossburg
Heidelberg
P. D. Harlin
Walnut Grove
M. L. White
Tallahala
D. B. Vickers
Natchez
T. W. Adama
Presiding Elder
Percy Creek
D. Cecil
Washington
John W. Ward
Woodville
C. A. Powell
Wilkinson
W. F. Baggett
J. W. McLaurin
Hunting Tales From a Thanksgiving Deer Chase
Judge Henry D. Loughlin invited friends to a deer hunt at his St. Louis area preserve on Thanksgiving. About 80 deer were killed in a few hours, described as tame. Minnesota Attorney General Douglas joined a northern hunt and recovered four deer shipped to Duluth, only to find all four had been stolen and the party returned empty handed.
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Henry D. Loughlin
St. Louis
Douglas
Minnesota
Big Companions
Duluth
Sam” Robertson
Louisiana
Mississippi Ed Budget Shows Education At 3/4 Of Spending
State figures reveal that about seventy five percent of Mississippi revenues over four years went to education. Audited data show total state receipts of 8.426 million with 4.622 million spent on schools and colleges, plus 1.25 million from poll taxes kept in county funds. Including deaf and blind institutes and other items, education tops seven million, while normal executive costs fall under five hundred thousand.
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Mississippi
Cole
Deaf and Dumb Institute
The
Blind Institute
State Revenue Agent
Adama
Mississippi Agriculture Needs Diversified Crops Say Insiders
The 1902 Farmers' Institute Bulletin highlights Dr. Stockbridge's Mississippi visit and argues for crop diversification beyond cotton. It notes Mississippi's varied soils and crops, urges shifting from cotton dominance, and discusses sugar cane potential and adoption barriers. Also reports railroad terminal and name change petition, and Mississippi politics with Governor-elect Vardaman's upcoming inauguration amid delta support.
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TH. E. Stockbridge
Florida Senta
Mississi
Mississippi
Blue Ridge
Sheriff Held Up By Two Bandits At Baxter Springs
Two bandits robbed Sheriff Charles L. Raines of Cherokee county at Baxter Springs Kansas after forcing him to board a departing train They then searched the station and the depot taking money a revolver and valuables The pair fled in a livery rig toward the countryside promising to return for cattle from a chauffeured team They did not come back and the sheriff pursued the suspect Cunningham was among the six escapees from a Columbus jail break with an unidentified accomplice.
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Galena
Kas
Danikts
Charles L. Ratnes
Cherokee County
Baxter Springs
Tts
Staines
Columbus
Here
Clarence Cunningham
Amon
Buxter Springs
Cunningto
Ralios
Raines
Cunningham
Owen
Tor Tn Banks
Ev O Stock
Chicago Freezes Record Low as Snowbound Fire Destroys Store
Chicago on Sunday recorded the deepest cold since 1876 with 13 below zero in the morning and near zero at night. The snowbound streets hampered a Rodsinski & Co three story store blaze on West Twenty second Street, which burned completely before engines could reach it, causing an $85,000 loss. A switchman, William Duffy, was found frozen to death in the Chicago and Northwestern yards.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Rodsinski & Co
West Twenty-second Street
Tmt
William Duffy
Chicago & Northwestern
Bryan in Rome Receives Private Audience With Pope
William Jennings Bryan and his son met the pope in private audience in Rome. Mgr Kennedy acted as interpreter. The pope spoke with interest about Catholics in the United States.
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Rome
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Mgr. Kennedy
American College
United States
Postal Clerks Sentenced for Fraud in Washington
Baltimore reports two former Washington post office clerks Columus Fllsworth Upton and Charles W. McGregor were jailed for two years and fined 1000 dollars after being found guilty of postal fraud. Judge Morrie ordered the penitentiary term and the hefty fine.
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Baltimore
Columbus Fllsworth Upton
Charles W. McGregor
Post Office
Washington
Morrie
Maryland State Penitentiary
Jersey Cattle at the Fair Represent World Breed Milk Test
The Louisiana committee brought forty Jersey cows to the exhibition barns near the Horticulture building to demonstrate milk producing quality. Cattle hail from across the United States under T Graves and helpers. Two famed bulls head the herd, including Mary Maiden's Third and Flying Fox's Foxbull, with cows bearing pedigrees of ten generations and tested for milk and butterfat, to compete with Holstein-Friesian Ayrshire and Brown Swiss.
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Bt Louly
Louisiana
Fair Grouanda
Jorsey
Horttenlure
T. Graves
Maitland
Scorps
Inchiling
Rolla Oliver
American Jersey Club
United States
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Ore
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Ladd
Conan the VII
Hood
C. S. Hood
Lowell
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Hi. P. Probart
Jackson
Mich
Eastlake
R. A. Sibley
Rochester
N.Y
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H. C. Taylor
Orfordville
Wis
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Brown Bessie
Flying Fox
Thomas W. Lawson
Isle of Jersey
First Minister to Panama Named United States Minister
Washington assigns W J Buchanan of New York as the first U S minister to Panama. Buchanan brings Latin American experience from long service as minister to Argentina and has roots in Ohio. He directed Pan American and St Louis fair interests and was involved in Chicago 1893 exposition efforts.
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Max Stevens
Washington
Ind
Stevens
W. J. Buchanan
New York
United States
Panama
Buchanan
State Department
Ohio
Chicago
Uchanan
Wreck on the B and O line kills five near Piedmont WV
Five men died and several were injured when two engines and two loaded freight cars toppled from a Baltimore and Ohio train on the 17 mile grade near Piedmont West Virginia. The wreck occurred while descending the 11 mile grade, sending the engines and cars into a deep ravine. Tracks were torn up for about a hundred yards, with traffic expected to resume late Sunday night.
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W. V
Baltimore & Ohio
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