Battle in Ohio Legislature Sets Two Year Stakes
Columbus leads a clash over presiding officers and senatorial fights as Republicans hold majorities in both houses while Foraker and Hanna forces vie for control of the next two years. Key figures include John B. Malley for Hanna and Charles L. Kurtz for Foraker with caucus battles looming next Saturday night. In Tennessee, turfman David C. Shafter is found dead at Gallatin likely from morphine overdose.
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Columbus
Ohio
Foraker
General Assembly
Senator Foraker
Senator Hanna
Cincinnati
Washington
John B. Malley
State Committee
Gov. Nash
Hanna
Charles L. Kurtz
Fac
Hanna and Foraker
Nashville, Tenn
David C. Shafter
Terminus
Gallatin
Robbers strike Martin's Ferry butcher. two captured
Masked bandits forced Thomas Yingling to surrender 600 dollars at his home in Martin's Ferry Pecos 30. Police recovered after a brief gun battle two of the robbers. four men escaped in the ensuing chase.
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Martin’s Ferry
Thomas Yingling
Fragmented Local News Item Ends Abruptly
Readable fragments describe a Manila related event with an 80 time change noted but no clear outcome or full details available.
Ratios on Mexican dollars spark widespread discontent
The rate of seven and ten tenths Mexican dollars per American gold dollar, announced December 26, stirs dissatisfaction. In Guthrie Oklahoma Territory on December 28 a Christmas Day fire in Chickasha Indian Territory caused $75,000 in losses, with Armour Packing Company losing 60,000 pounds of meat and two banks sustaining heavy damage.
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Guthrie
O. T
Chickasha
I. T
Armour Packing Company
Alleged discrepancy in state health accounts
Austin report notes a discrepancy in the state health department accounts spanning nearly two years and possibly reaching thousands of dollars. State Health Officer Tabor returns from inspecting quarantine stations saying affairs at the stations are not right. State Revenue Agent Jameson declines to say how much the accounts are short.
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Austin
State Health Department
Tabor
State Revenue
Jameson
English plan to study American commerce in U S A
Alfred Mosely of English fortune proposes sending Englishmen to America to study business methods. A London school board meeting chaired by Lord Reay endorsed the plan. The first eight to ten pupils, including MPs and business leaders, will begin a four month stay in August to study American education and commerce.
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New York
Alfred Mosely
America
Lord Reay
London School Board
United States
Mosely
Commission
Sympathy With America War Clash Spurs British Sympathy
London commentary cites the Times from Washington forecasting possible war between the United States and Germany over European debts. The St James Gazette says British sympathy would favor America if war occurs, but urges the United States not to rely on Monroe doctrine to escape European obligations regarding Venezuela.
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London Times
Washington
United States
Germany
St. James Gazette
Venezuela
America
St. James
Europe
Arrest of Uriah Porter in Wm Fincher murder case
Uriah Porter has been arrested for the alleged murder of Wm Fincher. He defied the community prompting Gov Jelks to order a militia company to assist in his capture. Porter is now jailed in Opelika.
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Uriah Porter
Wm. Fincher
Porter
Jelks
Opelika
Freight wreck near Long Run leaves three missing
Parkersburg West Virginia December 30 two men are missing and one injured after a westbound Baltimore and Ohio freight crashes into a rock mass at tunnel no 3 Long Run. Engine and four cars derail and 100 feet of track are torn up. Fireman A R Hite and Brakeman B Putnam of Crafton are believed buried beneath wreckage. Engineer Hop Goudy of Crafton is gravely hurt and unlikely to recover. Heavy rain loosened the rock.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Long Run
A. R. Hite
Brakemar
B. Putnam
Crafton
Hop Goudy
Hatfield Killed in Troy Mining Camp Shootout
In the Pinal mountains Troy mining camp Robert H Hatfield, a Kentucky clan member, was shot and killed. Deputy Sheriff Devine, armed with an arrest warrant for wife beating, fired two warning shots and then fatally shot Hatfield after he warned officers he would kill anyone who tried to seize him.
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Globe
A. T
Robert H. Hatfield
Kentucky
Troy
Pinal Mountains
Devine
Hatfield
Northern Pacific Restraining Order Granted
Minneapolis December 2. Judge Elliott of Hennepin County District Court grants a temporary order restraining Northern Pacific Railway officers from retiring preferred stock. The action appears to favor Harriman interests to keep control for another year or until Northern Securities Company standings are settled.
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Northern
Minneapolis
Elliott
District Court of
Hennepin County
Northern Pacific Railro.1
Harriman
Northern Securities Company
Urish Porter Under Arrest Seale Ala
Urish Porter was arrested in Seale Alabama as of December 30. Local authorities reported the arrest in connection with an ongoing investigation. Further details were not disclosed.
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Urish Porter
State asylum to add beds for colored and white patients
The governor announced on December 30 that the state insane asylum will have room for 150 additional colored patients and 80 additional white patients beginning January 15.
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Austin
State Insane Asylum
Ultimatum Expected in Venezuela Crisis
Berlin dispatch reports certainty that an ultimatum will be issued within three days and that an attack on Venezuela will follow immediately. London notes the move appears imminent with Berlin sources backing the likelihood of a coordinated forceful response.
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London
Central News
Berlin
Venezuela
Dwarf Lige Smalley Dies in Marshall Saloon
Marshall Texas residents mourn Lige Smalley a 53 year old man famed for being 48 inches tall. the well known local figure collapsed and died in a saloon on Saturday evening in Marshall. He was a recognizable personality across east Texas.
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Marshall
Tex
Lige Smalley
Texas
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Offered in Bryan TX Ad
The advertisement promotes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach and heartburn with a money back guarantee if not cured. Sold by M H James leading druggist in Bryan Texas at 50 cents per package.
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M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
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