Army bill passes with mixed party votes in House
Washington December 7 The House passed the army bill 166 to 182 with three Democrats Hall Underhill and Clayton voting for and Mr McCall with the Democrats against it. Amendments adopted include a 50 volunteer surgeons and 160 assistant surgeons for the Philippines and a veterinary corps. A canteen prohibition amendment carried 159 to 51. Large crowds from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union observed.
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Mesars. Hall
McCall
Mann
Illinois
Hepburn
Quartermaster’s Department
Littlefield
Maine
Messrs
Grosvenor and
Ohio
Hay
Virginia
Slayden
Texas
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Pearce
Missouri
Parker
New Jersey
Bartholdi
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Bartholdt
Shafter
Fitz Hugh Lee
James H. Wilson
Philippines
Signal Corps
Seattle Ax Killer Seaton Slays Family In South Park
William Seaton, 22, formerly of Decatur Illinois, went on a murderous spree at South Park nine miles from Seattle. He smashed four heads with an ax killing his uncle Daniel Richards, breastfed two children aged about 10, and shot several others before Deputy Kelley felled him. Seaton claimed he wanted a clean sweep after being disgusted with his sister’s actions, and he denied insanity.
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Seattle
Wash
William Seaton
Decatur
Ills
South Park
Seaton
Kelley
Daniel Richards
Roy Clark
Myrtle
Hazel Hapgood
Kennedy
Kelly
Hungarian murderer Aug Geonzi beheaded in Berlin prison
Berlin report states Aug Geonzi, the Hungarian who killed a wealthy widow Schulze and her daughter in 1897, was beheaded at Ploetseensee prison. The crime occurred in central Berlin. He was traced to Brazil via a pet dog and arrested in Rio Janeiro a year ago. Capital punishment here drew notable attention.
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Berlin
Geonzi
Schulze
Ploetseensee
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
New York Youth Convicted of Manslaughter Gets Four Months
Owen Squire aged 18 was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree for the killing of Lizzis Hierge Sill. Judge Moore sentences him to four months in the county jail after pleas for clemency from Richmond Hill women who urged the shooting was accidental.
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New York
Owen Squire
Lizzis
Hierge Sill
Moore
Richmond Hill
William Boulton Dies After Desertion Scandal
Vancouver reports William Boulton collapsed and died after being confronted by his wife whom he had deserted for another woman. A coroner's inquest ruled death due to fright, following a autopsy and verdict.
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Vancouver
England
William Boulton
Cape Town Sets Maxim Guns Over Boer Prisoners
Cape Town authorities raise defenses at Green Point camp as nyapatholiers try to contact Boer prisoners. Maxim guns mounted on surrounding heights ready to respond to any disturbance.
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Cape Town
Green Point
Optician Opens Bryan Office for Custom Glasses
A Dallas optician, now at Dr. J. J. Fountain's office in Bryan, offers custom ground lenses for vision defects. He lists valid symptoms, vows no stock lenses, guarantees refunds twice over if misrepresented, and emphasizes study at top institutions. Solid gold spectacles priced up to seven dollars with other frames proportionally priced.
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Dallas
J. J. Fountain
Bryan
Friley
David
Anderson
Mexia
Tam
J. L. Fountain
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