Senator Davis Attacks Trusts and Critiques Presidency
Washington dispatch reports Senator Jefferson Davis of Arkansas delivering a fiery speech on trusts in the Senate chamber. He denounced Standard Oil, mocked federal expenses, and claimed he had “skinned a city block” with eight children compared to the president’s five. The note ends with news of a Bulgarian shot dead at his doorway.
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Arkansas
Washington
Jefferson Davis
Capitol
Davis
Beveridge
Indiana
Methuselah
White House
Roosevelt
Senator McLaurin
Mississippi
Jeff Davis
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Congress
Bulgarian revolutionary leader shot in Macedonia
Boris Sarafoff, famed Bulgarian band leader and commander of Macedonian revolutionary forces, was killed at his doorway by a Macedonian assailant who also killed fellow chief Garvanoff. The Turkish government had placed a $20,000 price on Sarafoff, renowned for organizing raids and driving Macedonian uprisings against the Turks.
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Sofia
Boris Sarafoff
Macedonia
Garvanoff
Sarafoff
Boras Sarafoff
Balkans
Ellen M. Stone
Saloniki
Macedonian Revolutionary Committee
Turkey
Melnik
Constantinople
President nominates Rufus Foster as U S attorney
Washington reports the president has sent to the senate the nomination of Rufus Foster of Louisiana to be United States attorney for the Eastern district of Louisiana.
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Washington
Senate
Rufus Foster
Louisiana
United States
State Grange backs liquor traffic ban in constitutional call
Saginaw Michigan December 12 State Grange at its annual meeting adopted a resolution urging the constitutional convention in Lansing to insert a clause prohibiting all traffic in liquors in the new constitution.
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Saginaw, Mich
State Grange
Constitutional Convention
Lansing
Garbutt Takes Charge of Citizens' State Bank Assets
San Francisco reports Judge Garbutt has assumed control of Citizens' State bank assets for the state bank commissioners. The bank, on Filmore street, owes about $90,000 to depositors and holds $5,000 cash in its vaults. R. E. England is president and principal stockholder. The bank suspended payments about three weeks ago.
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Judge Garbutt
Citizens’ State Bank
State Bank
R. E. England
Filmore Street
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