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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
7
Gantt May Be Governor Hope In Editorial From Jefferson City
Editorial from Jefferson City in Sundays Kansas City Star discusses Supreme Judge James B. Gantt as a probable 194 gubernatorial candidate. It reviews a life from Georgia youth to Missouri rise, detailing wartime wounds, college work, and a path to influence, while noting political currents and party maneuvers around Stone and a Stone-Knox bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Funeral of Mrs. Julia Dent Gant Held in Washington
The funeral of Mrs. Julia Dent Gant wife of the late General Ulysses Grant was held in Washington City on Saturday The body was sent to New York to be laid beside her husband at Grant tomb Riverside The piece also notes a political proposal on statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory opposing admission for New Mexico and Arizona, labeling it pure politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Dent Gant
U.S. Grant
Washington City
New York
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Arizona
Thirteen St Louis boodlere convicted by juries
Thirteen St Louis boodlere and torjurers have been convicted by juries. The sentences imposed aggravate fifty years imprisonment. They will be able to do substantial meditating in a whole fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Judge Reaffirms Law Versus Technicalities echoed in Sedalia note
A Sedalia Democrat fragment recalls a Texas court appeal stressing that ninety nine guilty men escaping harms justice less than punishing one innocent man. The judge warns jurors to value law and facts and notes many guilty still evade through legal technicalities. Also reports cholera outbreak in Manila with thirty daily cases, heavy deaths in Iloilo and unchecked spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Democrat
Texas
Missouri
San Francisco
Thomas
Manila
Iloilo
Nebraska orders carols ban clash in district school
Lincoln December 21 The Nebraska public school controversy over Bible reading and sacred songs continues. John Chriss Princeton has asked the county attorney in Lindlu to prohibit Christmas carols during school hours. Beatrice lawyer O K Kretsinger seeks a rehearing to challenge the court mandate. He claims 6465 schools statewide ignore the ruling as debate intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Lindlu
John Chrisa
Princeton
Chriss
O .K. Kretsinger
Beatrice
Wille
Kretsinger
Santa Claus Banished by Ministers in Hamilton Churches
A ministerial union in Hamilton bans Santa Claus during Christmas services calling him an imposture. The piece argues Santa’s spirit and the joy of giving uplift millions, contrasting religious self-interest with the broad charitable impact of Christmas cheer and brotherly love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Santa Chris
Santa Claus
Christ
Dugas
Santa Chius
Blockade Declared on Venezuelan Coast by British Navy
Notice from London and Washington reports that the United States of Venezuela failed to meet demands, prompting a British naval blockade of ports including La Guayra and the Orinoco mouth. The move is to take effect December 20 with grace days for underway vessels. The U S desires arbitration by The Hague Tribunal, while Britain seeks Roosevelt mediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Venezuela
Hague Tribunal
London
United States of Venezuela
la Guayra
Carencia
Cuante
Comana
Orinoco
Maniling
Norfolk Coal Supply Feeds Dewey Fleet Amid Blockade Talks
In Norfolk on December 20, reports say Dewey's fleet is being coalfed from the port. A regular collier service runs to Culebra with twiceweekly departures, reducing perceived need for government coal seizure during transit amid blockade tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Dewey
Culebra
To Unite Methodists in Historic Joint Meeting
Nashville prepares for a first post civil war joint session of Methodist Episcopal commissions from the North and South. Eleven members from each side will meet in Nashville next month to prepare a new hymnal and discuss adopting a single book for both branches. A compromise is expected to harmonize the denominations’ hymnals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Dev
Methodist Episcopal Church
Church
Church of the South
Canteen Debate and a Teenager’s Quick Marriages
Secretary of War Root supports reestablishing the post canteen despite two years of evidence it promotes temperance. Congress will rehear the issue this winter to decide if the canteen, a post bar selling beer and wine, will return. Stella Tilley, 17, of Joplin, has two marriages, marrying Ferguson and then Skinner on the same day with her mother present, while still under her majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
United States
Congress
Stella Tilley
Joplin
Tatil
Albert Perguson
Ferguson
County Recorder’s Office
Merry Homer Skinner
Skinner
Anti saloon league speaker fires on doctor in Lockwood
A. G. Robinson, anti saloon league superintendent, spoke in Lockwood on Sunday with whisky samples on display. A dispute with Dr. E. White led to an assault and later Robinson fired three shots at the doctor, hitting only the third finger and grazing his hat. Robinson is under arrest for assault with intent to kill as tensions rise over temperance lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockwood
A. G. Robinson
Anti Saloon League
E. White
Robinson
Judge Neville Released From Nodaway Jail
Maryville Missouri judge Neville longtime presiding judge of St Clair county was freed from Nodaway county jail after a telegram from Judge Philip of the United States Court of Kansas City. He was ordered to report to Judge Philip in Kansas City and reportedly released on his word not to hold court if allowed to return home. He left for home this evening via Kansas City. Neville had been in contempt of court for refusing to sign St Clair county railroad bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryville
Neville
St Clair County
Nodaway County
Philip
United States Court of Kansas City
Kansas City
St. Clair County
Long Sustained Speed Record on Pennsylvania Lines
In Fort Wayne Indiana on December 22 the New York Chicago special set a record on the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg. The run from Crestline to Fort Wayne covered 131 miles in 125 minutes, including four full stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Crestline
Crown Princess of Saxony Disappears in Europe
Police across Europe hunt for the Crown Princess of Saxony who vanished December 11 from Saltarburg near Salzburg while a hunting accident involving her husband is reported. Dresden officials cancel the winter court events including the New Year’s reception as the case remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Dresden
Francis Joseph
Salzberg
Saxony
Dresdener Journal
Saltarburg
Snowbound Passeng ers on Burlington Train
Fifty passengers on Burlington Train No 802 from Denver to Deadwood were buried under ten feet of snow for twenty hours near Mercer Nebraska. A relief force of fifty from Sidney Nebraska rescued them after ten hours of effort. Mercer, a tiny cluster of about ten houses, sheltered the snowbound travelers during the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
Denver
Deadwood
Sidney
Mercer
Zeb Wilson Killed in Brunsville Dispute
Ashville reports Zeb Wilson state senator from Yancey county was killed today at Brunsville in a quarrel with his brother Hiram Wilson over a horse sale. Police or officials have not provided further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashville
N.C
Zeb Wilson
Yancey County
Brunsville
Hiram Wilson
Postmaster General Payne Suffers Indigestion in Washington
Washington December 18 Postmaster General Payne while en route to the White House for a noon meeting suffered an acute indigestion attack. He was taken to his hotel where two physicians attended him. He improved this afternoon and hopes to be at his office tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Payne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bitler
Allen, Earver
D. Allens & Co
Judge Gantt
Stone
U.S
Frank Roberts
Roberts
Kangas City
England
Rich Hill
Park Avenue
McKibben’s Grocery Store
Ewell
Mets
Mona
T48
Melton
Vici
Rth
Frank W. Denny
DE Pierce
Crown Princess OF
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