Congressional Roundup From A Turbulent Week
A compact summary notes Senator Mitchell of Oregon attacking accusers on the Senate floor while campaigns funding draws attention in both houses. The House passes twelve impeachment articles against Judge Swayne of Florida and sets a seven member panel to present the case. Far East war updates report heavier Japanese artillery near Mukden and prize court actions involving a Japanese capture. General news records train wrecks, boiler explosions, earthquakes, and various arrests and legal actions across the United States and abroad.
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Congress
John H. Mitchell
Oregon
United States Senate
House
United States
Swayne
Florida
Senate
Fry
Messrs. Foraker and
Gorman
Stone
Missouri
Degetau
Porto Rico
Far East
Mukden
Port Arthur
Bosely
Tokiwa
Sea of Japan
Vladivostok
Sasebo
Downfall of Langton Reveals Library Funds Misuse
Public Librarian Frederick Crunden and library board president Lehmann confronted J. F. Langton after he confessed to diverting 4429 of library funds. Langton, 40, supporting a large family with a wife six children and an invalid relative, used dual bank books to conceal shortages. He sought to repay but could not.
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Libratian Crunden
Langton
Crunien
Thrilling Escape as Brighton School Burns
Forty students narrowly escape a fatal blaze at the Dodge & Clark school for stammerers in Brighton Illinois. Fire discovered at 2 am gut the three-story brick building. students climbed lightning rods or leaped to tree branches to survive. One pupil severely burned. no deaths reported.
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St. Louis
Dodge & Clark School
Brighton
United States Senators elected by legislatures in joint session
Chicago dispatch lists the recent senate elections by state. Chauncey Depew Indiana Beveridge James Hemenway Philander Knox Elmer Burkett Julius Caesar Burrows Moses Clapp Nelson Aldrich Henry Cabot Lodge W. Murray Crane Eugene Hale O P J McCumber George Sutherland are all re elected or appointed to fill terms across New York Indiana Pennsylvania Nebraska Michigan Minnesota Rhode Island Massachusetts Maine North Dakota Utah in joint sessions.
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Gancagas
Ter
Annie Fitzhugh
Lewis Brown, Jr
Seventh
United States Cavalry
Washington
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Chicago
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M. A. Call
Toledo
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Kewanee
Sonora
Mexico
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New Ulm
Minn
Gebhardt
Sager
St. Louis
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Dolan
Boston & Maine
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N. H. Frazier McDonald
Stella Davis
St Louis
George Turner
John W. Fleming
Henry Lundberg
United States
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Yamashita
Naval Academy
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Mississippi River
Peoria
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Hay
Grip
Sweden
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Senate
Spain
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Board of Regents
Jerome
New York City
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New York
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Viljoen
Mabel Belfort
Booker T. Washhington
Kansas
Bor Wright
Colorado
Uberuinery
Keshena
Wis
Bors
Chauncey M. Depew
Indiana
Albert J. Beveridge
Republian
James A. Hemenway
Charles W. Fairbanks
Pennsylvania
Philander C. Knox
Quay
Knox
Gov. Pennypacker
Nebraska
Elmer J. Burkett
Charles H. Dietrich
Michigan
Julius Caesar Burrows
Minnesota
Moses EB. Clapp
Rhode Island
Nelson W. Aldrich
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
W. Murray Crane
George F. Hoar
Maine
Eugene Hale
North Dakota
O. P. J. McCumber
Utah
George Sutherland
Lost control of engine in Powellton wreck
In Charleston West Virginia January 20 two men died and another injured in a Powellton and Ptas railroad wreck. Engineer James Keeley and fireman Harry Jones were crushed beneath the engine. An unknown 14 year old boy suffered fatal injuries. The engine ran uncontrolled for three miles before leaving the track and plunging down a twenty foot embankment while dropping coal cars downhill eight miles from Powellton to Mount Carbon.
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Charleston
W. Va
Powellton & P Tas
James Keeley
Harry Jones
Powellton
Mount Carbon
Keesey
Bedford arrests in Shafer murder case
Bedford Indiana January 19 Frank Hyans and William Elmer Browning arrested on warrants by attorney John H Underwood for the murder of Miss Sarah D Shafer on January 21 1904. Wife of Browning Mrs Cox claims Brownings confession and Evans planned the assault. Browning struck Shafer with a slung shot then Evans struck her with a rock in a cab shed death resulted.
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Bedford
Ind
Frank Hyans
William Elmer Browning
John H. Underwood
Sarah D. Shafer
Cox
Browning
Evans
Mise Shafer
Miss Shafer
Freight Trains Crash Kills Four Trainmen in Kentucky
A head on collision between two freight trains near Shawnee Tennessee and Middlesboro Kentucky results in four men dead and several injured. The known dead are James White George Mackey Will Harris Breman Laughley. Seriously hurt include Fory Oakley Lon Sprinkler and Brakeman Stotxer. Fireman Klutz engineer Mooney and others trapped under wreckage. The collision occurred on a slight curve near Wheeler and Shawnee, with 25 cars on the northbound train. In Maryland a Baltimore Ohio freight engine boiler explosion at Mountain Lake Park kills Brakeman F F Johnson and Fireman J L Simpson, injures Engineer A W Stranhagen. All men from Cumberland, Maryland.
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United States
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Chadwick
Cleveland
Cardinal Satolli
Rome
Elsie
Horace Porter
France
Mr. Meade
Charles Tuxhorn
McPherson
Kas
Carrie
Frank Croker
Richard Croker
New York
Ormond
Fla
Oregon Railway & Navigation Co
Geo. W. Hitler
Columbia River
Goble
Ore
Chineee
Russia
Chita
George Sutherland
Utah
Thomas Kearns
George Turner
St. Louis
Marsarine
Middlesboro
Loutaville
Neahviim
Bhawnee
Tenn
James White
Middleaboro
George Mackey
Corbin
Will Harris
Corbitt
Breman
Brakewan Laughley
Norton
Will
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Corbiny
L. P. Larue
Fory Oakley
Lon Sprinkler
Stotxer
Pennington Gap
Wheeler
Klutz
Hogineer Mooney
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Laughley
John Eaton
Mountain Lake Park
Baltimore , Ohio
F. F. Johnson
J. L. Simpson
A. W. Stranhagen
Cumberland, Md
Special Commission to Probe St Peters Bursting Fire Incident
St Petersburg January 21 a special commission led by Lieut Gen Khitoro will investigate the Thursday firing origin under inspector general artilery and Grand Duke Sergius. The reported suicide of Capt Davidoff is unfounded. The preliminary report by Grand Duke Sergius Nichaelovitch finds no conspiracy or army disaffection. The caisson carried grape charges for emergencies and a shotted charge was in a gun before the saluting one.
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Khitoro
the Guards
Artillery
Grand Duke
Sergius
United States
Davidoff
Sergius Nichaelovitch
Scuffle for a revolver leaves man dead in Farmington
A farm scene near Elvins ends when Jim Harris of Harris Dooley fame and Dan Sparks engage over a revolver. Sparks is killed after Harris wounds him with gunfire. Harris is jailed in Farmington. he previously featured in the Harris Dooley feud, with several participants wounded in the 1900 Doe Run battle.
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Jim, Harrie
Harris-Dooley
Dan Sparks
Elvins
Sparks
Harris
Doe Run
W. E. S. Harris
Mr. Dooley
Rapid City
Cain Brothers
Tamrack Mine
Barely Escaped Lynching in Kansas Farm Row
In Kansas a mob formed after a man attempted to kill prominent woman Mrs. James J. Harper and assaulted her as she lay with her two children. A stranger negro was arrested and led to the county jail at gunpoint. The crowd, numbering about a thousand, dispersed after the prisoner’s removal, the suspect said to match Harper children’s description.
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James J. Harper
Harper
Kansas
Fine Laces And Ivories In Chadwick House
United States Customs Collector Leach found valuable ivories and laces belonging to Mrs. Cassie L Chadwick in the Chadwick home on Euclid avenue Cleveland Jan 23 The goods imported are examined for unpaid duty valued at at least 10000 If duties are unpaid they will be sold to recover the duty and surplus proceeds go to Chadwick creditors fund
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Cleveland, O
United States Customs
Leach
Cassie L. Chadwick
Chadwick
Euclid Avenue
Nathan Loeser
Hundred Mules Burned in Fire at East St. Louis Market
A fire at Sparks Bros barns in the National horse and mule market near East St. Louis destroyed about 100 mules along with three frame barns and eight carloads of baled hay. The Sunday morning blaze caused an estimated loss of 35000 dollars, reportedly covered by a blanket fire insurance policy.
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St. Louis
Sparks Bros
National Horse and Mule Market
East St. Louis
Steamer Geo W Elder Sinks in Columbia River Near Goble
The Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. steamer Geo. W. Elder struck a rock in the Columbia River near Goble at midnight and sank after leaving Portland for San Francisco with many passengers and freight. All passengers and crew escaped. Other brief items report civil service considerations for customs clerks, a deadly fire in Cetina near Saragossa, and several obituaries and notices from January.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Railway & Navigation Co
Geo. W. Elder
San Francisco
Columbia River
Goble
Grip and Peruna: Letters Claim Cure for La Grippe
Public testimonials claim Peruna cures la grippe and its after effects. Names include Judge Horatio J. Goss of Hartwell Georgia and Jean Cowgill of Troy New York, plus N R Guill of Omaha Nebraska, detailing grip episodes and recovery after Peruna use.
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Epares
Horatio J. Goss
Hartwell
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