Taft Delivers Annual War Department Report
Secretary of War Taft releases the annual report praising the San Francisco earthquake relief by Gen Funston and Gen Greely. It details regular army strength at 3709 officers and 64659 enlisted, a net decline of 1446, hospital corps not included, plus Porto Rico regiment and Philippine scouts figures. Enlistments reached 24083. native-born 89 percent of original enlistments, desertion rate 7.4 percent.
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Hospital Corps
Porto Rico Regiment
Philippine Ecouts
Philippine Scouts
Regular Army
Taft
Congress
Army
Philipping Islands
Porto Rico
Peace Plan from Cardinal Richard Eases Church Conflict
Paris reports a Vatican backed note from Cardinal Richard allowing lay declarations to worship to proceed without disobeying papal orders if aimed at avoiding disturbances. The church refuses to submit to the state while Parisians hosted large masses and priests faced minor legal notices. Catholic laymen led declarations to hold services in designated churches, signaling a government friendly path if widespread.
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Paris
Richard
Vatican
Paria
Interior
Wisconsin committee reports against state life insurance
A Madison report states the committee chosen by the last Wisconsin Senate to study a state life insurance department has completed its two year investigation and filed its report with Governor Davidson. It recommends not moving forward with state life insurance as infeasible at this time.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Wisconsin
Davidson
Mullus BD. Roehr
James A. Frear
Jacob Hommel
Dis
New Swiss President Elected to Lead Confederation
Berne Edouard Muller was narrowly elected president of the Swiss Confederation, succeeding M Ta Ferrer who completes his term. Muller serves as vice president of the federal council and will preside over the new year’s duties.
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Berne
Edouard Muller
Federal Council
Phardday
M. Ta Ferrer
Mount Ayr Banker Is Freed by Jury in Fraud Case
In Osceola a jury found Day Dunning not guilty on fraudulent banking charges after an all‑night deliberation. Four other indictments against Dunning at Mount Ayr likely will be dismissed as the same evidence ties to this case. A prior conviction was overturned by the Iowa Supreme Court on a technicality.
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Mount Ayr
Osceola
Dunning
Supreme Court
Evans
Indicted Lyons County Official Dies by Suicide in Barn
Rock Rapids report says Lyons county supervisor Matthew Preister killed himself in his barn on the 11th after learning of 33 indictments for forgery embezzlement and larceny of road funds. He allegedly forged vouchers to hide embezzled money and could not post bonds before his death.
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Rock Rapids
Matthew Preister
Lyons County
Hinself
Preister
Allison Townslip
Thornton Bankers Indicted by Mason City Grand Jury
Mason City grand jury returns three indictments against officials of the defunct Bank of Thornton. J. D. Barlow, president, faces two counts of embezzlement and fraudulent banking, cashier Fred Ehlers Jr. charged with fraudulent banking. Suspicion centered on land and cattle speculation behind the bank’s suspension. arraignment set for January 2. Ehlers, son of Cerro Gordo County banker Ehlers, is about 26. Barlow is reportedly in New Mexico but expected to return to face charges.
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Mason City
Bank of Thornton
J. D. Barlow
Fred Ehlers, Jr
Ehlers
Cerro Gordo County
Bank of Plymouth
Barlow
New Mexico
Two Men Still Absent From Miller Brewing Inquiry
Adolph Goldstein reported in Old Mexico as missing Miller Brewing agent with $4,200 debt to the company and an estimated $7,000 total indebtedness. No criminal charge filed. Cook of Acme Harvester also fled, with his wife resuming nursing work, and no further word on his whereabouts.
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Adolph Goldstein
Old Mexico
Council Bivifs
Miller Brewing Company
Mexico
Goldstein
Cook
Acme Harvester Company
Hamburg youth dies in hunting accident near Glover Wave ranch
Ben Howard, 20, of Hamburg, was accidentally shot while muskrat hunting two miles north of town on the Glover Wave ranch. His single barrel shotgun discharged when the hammer snagged on roots, striking under the chin and entering the brain. He died instantly. he was single and about 30 years old.
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Ben Howard
Bidney
Ben. Howard
Hamburg
Glover Wave Ranch
Pullig
Oats Specials Planned by Towa Grain Dealers
Des Moines reports prominent grain men guided by the Towa Grain Dealers association plan to issue special warrants next spring after the corn seed corn specials. ProCompetent Professor Holden spoke on the past two years about seed corn. claim: proper oats selection could benefit the crop as much as corn in the state.
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Towa Grain Dealers’ Association
Des Moines
Aya
Holden
Freed of a murder charge in Dubuque case
The State versus Jos. Woodhouse charged with assault with attempt to murder went to the jury and resulted in acquittal. Woodhouse, of Bras Station on the Great Western, in an altercation with Graf postmaster pulled a revolver and fired a bullet grazing the head. The jury found the shooting accidental and not intended to injure.
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Dubuque
Jos
Woodhouse
Bras Station
Great Western
Graf
Wood
Leare
Sixteen Railroad Workers Fired in Coal Theft Shakeup
Sixteen Illinois Central employees including several yard leaders were discharged after detective investigations found coal thefts spanning several months. The mass firing targets ongoing theft concerns across the railroad's facilities.
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Yort Dodge
Il Inoia Central
Misread Words Hint at a Proverb and Prompts Riddle
A garbled line hints at the saying what a man hoards up he loses and what he spends he should give away. The text appears as a jumbled phrase about wealth and possession, likely from a puzzle or damaged OCR of a historical column.
Sloan acquitted in embezzlement case against banker trustee
Hugh Sloan of Van Buren County, son of a regional judge, has been freed from an indictment for embezzling several thousand dollars while acting as trustee for Bates Manning. The case was moved to Henry County on change of venue and hinges on whether the indictment statute covers trustees. A civil suit in Van Buren County court, now on appeal in the supreme court, involves the same facts. The matter has drawn attention across southeastern Iowa.
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van Buren
Salt
Mount Pleasant
Smythe
Cewt
Tuwa
Hugh Sloan
van Buren County
Sloan
Bates Manning
Henry County
Supreme Court
Second Judicial District
Iowa
Beating and Robbery of Widow on Clay Street
Dubuque resident Mia asues Merritt, a pretty young widow, was assaulted, gagged, and robbed near Eighteenth Street on Clay Street at 8 p m. Two men sprang from shadows, threw her down, and stole a pocketbook with several dollars. They tried to remove her gloves to reach a ring but fled at an approaching pedestrian. She was kicked and a swollen mouth marked the attack. No arrests have been made.
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Dubuque
Asues Merritt
Eighteenth Street
Clay Street
Ringe
He Sues Parents In Law In Council Bluffs
Dr B E Sweet sues his in laws in federal court at Council Bluffs seeking 50000 dollars for alienation of his wife's affections against S B Kibler and wife and their son Lou Kibler. Sweet married to Kibler daughter. Kiblers noted as wealthy in Harrison county. Case details allege objections to travel and wife staying at her parental home. divorce action believed pending.
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Woodbine
BE. L. Sweet
B. Kibler
Lou Kibler
Sweet
Kiblers
Harrison County
Prehistoric Relic Unearthed Near Sioux City
Dr Grant Ross of the Sioux City Academy of Science and Letters reports a major find at Climbing Hill near Sioux City three mummified bodies well preserved. The discovery is hailed as the most important in recent years.
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Sioux City
Climbing Hill
Grant Ross
Fire Claims Man at Hardware Store Basement
Spencer William Hatfield died in a basement fire at Playman and Fasternon's hardware store when a lantern exploded igniting oils. Witnesses say Hatfield, intoxicated, was found dead after others escaped. A coroner's inquest ruled death by smothering. Hatfield left a wife and several children.
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Spencer
William Hatfield
Peterson
Playman & Fasternon
Hatfeld
Hatfield
Matorg
Teuch Yemacei
Roosevelt Drops Spelling Reform In Public Printing
President Roosevelt will withdraw the simplified spelling order after talks with Mr Landis. The House passed a resolution urging adherence to standard orthography in all government publications. Congress considers a pay raise for members, cabinet, and officials but delays for congressmen. Senate debate on Reed Smoot continues with a critical charge from Senator Dubois. New cabinet appointments are confirmed: Moody Bonaparte Metcalf Straus. The lumber price probe is authorized to test for trusts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Landis
Joint Committee On Spelling
House of Representatives
Congress
Government Printing Office
House
Littauer
Underwood
Senate
Reed Smoot
Utah
Dubois
Idaho
Miller
Kansas
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Willam H. Moody
Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles J. Bonaparte
Maryland
Victor H. Metcalf
California
Navy
Oscar 3. Straus
New York
Commerce
Messrs. Moody
Bonaparte
Priday
House of Compress
Heavy Snow Blocks Trains
Heavy snow shuts down rail service in western regions as Great Northern lines report trains snowed in and stuck. North Dakota routes face severe delays with drifts up to twenty feet and traffic halted.
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St. Paul
Minn
North Dakota
Great Northern
Trafic
Rebel Leader Kills Himself in Cuenca Encounter
Government troops entered Cuenca Friday as rebels were captured at Ayancay. Three mobs tried to rescue prisoners but failed. Col Vega, the captured rebel leader, then killed himself.
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Guayaquil
Housdor
Cuenca
Ayancay
Col. Vega
Wisconsin Capitalist Prop Dead
Fred Ring of La Crosse aged retired railway official and grand treasurer of the May Grand Lodge of Wig nein passed away at his home. He was a well known capitalist and long stood in local business circles.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Fred Ring
May Grand Lodge
Wignein
Bandit Given 20 Years for Double Train Robberies
Chicago youth Jess Rumsey pleaded guilty to two Missouri train robbery charges for the Alton Burlington and Rock Island Limited holdups near Glasgow. He received the minimum sentence of 10 years on each count, totaling 20 years, and was sent to the penitentiary after capture. The max penalty is death. Rumsey had offered to plead guilty to the Alton Burlington charge for the minimum, but refused the Rock Island count. Authorities recovered money and jewelry from the Alton Burlington robbery.
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Marshall
Jesss
Clyde Rumsey
Chicago
Alton-Burlington
Rock Island
Lmited
Glasgow
Rumsey
Alton- Burlington
Missouri
Heywood
Burnham Jr Convicted Of Larceny In Insurance Cash
George Burnham Jr., vice president and general counsel of Mutual Reserve Life, was found guilty of larceny totaling 7500 dollars from the company. The case stems from a state insurance inquiry led by a legislative committee a year earlier. Also named were Frederick A. Burnham and George D. Oldridge, indicted in the same probe. The charge alleges Burnham Jr. used company funds to pay J Douglass Wells for a loan to Frederick A. Burnham and hid the payment with false entries.
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George Burnham, Jr
J. Douglass Wella
Frederick A. Burnham
Treat Dent
Insurance Company
Kaiser Dissolves Reichstag After Defeat In Africa Vote
Berlin reports Emperor William dissolved the Reichstag and ordered new elections after the government's defeat by 178 to 168 votes on a bill to authorize an adequate troop force to end the insurrection in German Southwest Africa. Clericals socialists Poles and one radical wing opposed. conservatives national Mbergia and moderates supported the government.
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Berlin
William
Africa
Gen Nogi injured in fall near palace in Tokio
Japanese commander General Nogi who captured Port Arthur was thrown from his horse on returning home from the palace in Tokio. He fell on his head and was unconscious but may recover from the accident according to dispatches.
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Nogi
Tokio
Port Ar
Army Officers to Be Tried by Court Martial
Washington secretary of war orders court-martial for Maj. Charles W. Penrose and Capt. Edgar A. Macklin of the Twenty-fifth Infantry for failing to suppress a Browns: furlid incident.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Charles W. Penrose
Edgar A. Macklin
Appeal to Rail Presidents Urges Immediate Action
The Interstate Commerce Commission telegrams Western and Northwestern railways urging immediate effort to relieve car shortages hindering coal and other life's necessities. It cites widespread complaints of delays and households freezing due to insufficient coal transport, urging railroads to meet the crisis promptly.
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Washington
Interstate ‘Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rends
Jeremiah Curtin Dies A noted Linguist And Translator
Jeremiah Curtin, renowned linguist and philologist, died in Bristol, Wisconsin, at 66 from Brights disease. A Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to the U S legation in Russia and later acting consul there. He worked with the Smithsonian, studied language and folklore worldwide, and translated Polish works of Henry Slankiewicz.
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Bristol
Jeremiah Curtin
Bright
Curtin
Harvard
United States Legation
Russia
Smithsonian Institution
Henry Slankiewicz
Mr. Curtin
Washington, D. C
Startling tale from Hawaii in Honolulu report
A Honolulu report claimed two regiments of Japanese troops in the city disguised as laborers. Washington officials denied any such report noting Acting Secretary Bacon and Secretary Taft heard nothing about it, and the Japanese legation also denied the story.
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Honolulu
United States
Washington
Bacon
Taft
King Oscar Rested Well After Christmas Rest
King Oscar rested well Friday and showed improvement in temperature and heart action. A Christmas tree was brought to his room with gifts, and he said he did not want to miss his last Christmas pleasure.
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Oscar
Stockholm
Mick
Powder Blast Injures Eleven At West Virginia Mine Site
Eleven people were injured Friday in a blast at a mine powder house in West Virginia when 10,000 pounds of corn transported powder exploded. Nine men and two women sustained injuries in the incident.
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Hoekman
W. Va
Standard Oil Advances Wages in New York
The Standard Oil Company announced on Friday that it would advance the quarterly wage for employees earning less than a set monthly amount by ten percent, effective from January 1.
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Standard Qi
New York
Standard Oi
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Jesse C. Rumsey
Marshall, MO
New York Insurance Company
Kaiser
Reichstag
Commerce Commission Acta
Martin A. Knapp
Siinman
Slenkiewicz
Hawaii
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