Congress Convenes in Sorrow at Start of Session
The Sixty-first Congress opened in Washington with no business, both chambers meeting to appoint a memorial joint committee. Members honored dead colleagues and awaited the president's message as power shifts and budget fights loom for 1912 politics and future policy.
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Washington
Sixty-first Congress
Congress
Senate
House
Burke
South Dakota
Committee On
Tariff Board
Panays ‘Canal
Rich Man Who Loves Show Girl Plain Fool
George Mulligan Jr reveals he has left show girl Bessie Van Ness Mulligan after marrying her in 1909. He claims she loved him for money and that he is disowned by his father, now working as a taxi chauffeur at 17.60 weekly. A prior confrontation involved Bessie and a Spanish fencing master.
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New York
George Mulligan, Jr
Mulligan
Bessie van Ness Mulligan
George H. Mulligan
McCurdy
Morris Plains
N. J
Patten and Associates Face Second Cotton Pool Indictment
The federal grand jury opened the August sealed indictment charging James A. Patten Eugene Seales and William P Brown with conspiring to monopolize interstate cotton trade in the last four months of the 1910 crop year. Patten once known as the Wheat King of Chicago. Seales from Texas Brown from New Orleans appeared before Justice Hough and pleaded not guilty.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Seal
James A. Patten
Eugene Seales
William Pp. Brown
Justice Hough
United States Circuit Court
Patten
Wheat King
Chicago
Scales
Texas
Brown
New Orleans
Insurgent Democrats Lose In Louisiana
Baton Rouge La Dec 5 The Louisiana general assembly defeated a resolution to submit the election of a United States senator to a popular vote The insurgent forces backing the resolution lost 45 to 60 in the house and 27 to 5 in the senate
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana General Assembly
United States
McKinry
House
Senate
Secretary Meyer urges abolishing some navy yards
Secretary George von L. Meyer reports an investigation into navy yards and stations. He advises closing New London, Port Novo, Arcola, Culebra and CuVite stations and reallocating work to prevent waste and reduce costs.
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Meyer
Washington
Dec
George von L. Meyer
Arcoli
San Juan
Port Noval
New London
Backett's Harbor
Culebra
Cu- Vite
Boy Broker Leaves Many Holding Sack
New York dispatch reports Robert R. Davie Boston financier, nicknamed the Boy Broker, attended the Arrowhead cup at the New York horse show under a false entry “The Ayreshire farms.” A Boston outfit owner loaned the coach and four for a fee, unpaid. Davie faces larceny charges amid alleged losses of up to half a million dollars. One specific case cites $10,000 in stock certificates taken from Hannah L. Greenwood of Somerville. Police seek Davie, who allegedly left Boston with substantial funds and may have fled toward Mexico.
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New York
Robert R. Davie
Boston
Davie
Mexico
Strikers Indignant and Peace Plan Postponed
Chicago December 5. The funeral of a striker shot by a private detective stirred strong feeling among garment workers. Labor leaders refused to submit the council committee peace plan to a general vote. The plan, approved by the Chicago Federation of Labor, was to be voted on in twelve meetings.
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Chicago
Council Committee
Chicago Federation of Labor
Carey couple return from Philadelphia wedding
Mr and Mrs Robert D Carey returned from Philadelphia where they attended the marriage of Charles Dn Carey to Miss Ellis Miller on November 26 Mr and Mrs Charles Carey plan to return to Cheyenne shortly after January 1 and will live at Twenty fourth Street and Warren avenue corner.
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Robert D. Carey
Philadelphia
Charles Dn. Carey
Ellis Miller
Charles Carey
Cheyenne
Twenty-fourth Street
Warren Avenue
Federal troops near San Andres as insurgents mass
A Chihuahua dispatch reports federal soldiers within 15 miles of San Andres while about 600 rebels gather in the area. The message predicts a battle between the forces expected to occur tomorrow.
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Mexico City
Chihuhuhua
San Andres
Menage
Wife Piptern Eats an Age Granted Divorce
Mrs Inex Shintaffer a 65 year old wife was granted a divorce from Garry Shintaffer in Jasper county district court at News ton. The marriage began July 1 1908 when she was 14 and she says her husband deserted her on the wedding day.
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Marshalltown
Inex Shintaffer
Garry Shintaffer
Jasper County
Newston
Seats for New Senators in Place
Washington December 6. Colonel Randalls, sergeant at arms of the United States Senate, placed orders for four new desks to be occupied by the Arizona and New Mexico senators. The desks will be on the democratic side of the chamber regardless of the political makeup of the new state delegations.
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Washington
Lla
Ranasdell
Serdountat Arma
United States
Senate
Arizona
New Mexico
Moore Defense Expert Seeks Insanity Finding at Trial
In Vincennes Indiana on December 5 the defense for Menlo Moore presented Dr W H Davenport as an expert witness arguing Moore was insane when he killed Gideon Gibson. The psychiatrist linked the act to Moore's wife’s confession of intimacy with Gideon and cited a 12000 word hypothetical question containing the confession as context.
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Moore
Vincennes
Ind
Menlo Moore
Charles Bi. Gibson
W. H. Davenport
Gideon
Gibeon
Colonel Sliney Seeks Adjutant General Post in Wyoming
Thermopolis Republican Colonel George M. Sliney has applied to Governor elect Joseph M. Carey for appointment as adjutant general to replace General P. A. Gatchell. A Sheridan candidate is also reported, with residents from other areas weighing in, while Sliney has backed Carey in the campaign.
Immigration Curtailment Recommended by Commission
Washington reports the final immigration commission proposal urges restricting unskilled labor immigration. Emigration from Whiope is not an economic necessity and movement should be treated as an economic problem. The plan calls for literacy tests, excluding unmarried unskilled workers, limiting arrivals by race and by port, and restricting money in possession.
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Washington
Immigration Commission
Congress
Liberals Again in Saddle in Britain
London reports from December 6 indicate the Unionists have no path to replace the Liberal government after today’s polling. The Liberal majority is likely to endure with the House of Commons position practically unchanged, with only the size of the Liberal lead possibly increasing or decreasing.
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London
House of Commons
Bartlett Richards Goes to Hastings for Jail Term
Bartlett Richards, the fourth of four Nebraskan cattlemen convicted in land fraud, surrendered to U S Marshal Warner and agreed to begin serving his sentence. Warner departed for Hastings with Richards where Richards would join Comatook Jameson and Triplett, who were also convicted and moved to Adams County for imprisonment.
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Omaha World-Herald
Bartlett Richards
Nebraska
United States
Warner
Aftnoon
Hastings
Richards
Comatook
Jameson
Triplett
Nenday
Adams County
Wyoming
Champ Clark Talks on Democratic Duty and Conduct
The interview cites Champ Clark arguing that Democrats must adhere to their promises and moral conduct to retain power. He warns against labels like conservative or progressive shaping party identity and stresses consistency over opportunism.
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Washington
Dee
Champ Clark
Prospect
Mitsunaga Defense Claims Crippled Man Involved
Genkyo Mitsunaga testified in his murder trial that he helped a white, crippled man hide the body of Mrs. Catherine Wilwon in a box, aiming to shift blame from himself. An expert questioned the white man’s story as part of Mitsunaga's defense effort.
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Denver
Dee
Genkyo Mitsunnaga
Catherine Wilwon
Mitsunaga
Earl of Yarmouth Financed by Troubled Times
The Earl of Yarmouth, former husband of Mrs. Copley Thaw, lies seriously ill in a private hospital and faces an operation after a dental extraction. Doctors report a convulsive episode during which he bit the dentist. He reportedly remains in financial distress, having lost $20,000 on The Pigeon House and facing a larger debt upon his father the Marquis of Hertford's death.
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London
Yarmouth
Copley Thaw
Galway
Marquis of Hertford
Kansas Baby Crops Falling Off Rapidly
Topeka reports that Kansas baby crops are shrinking by about 2,000 per year as promotional claims from tax, agriculture and labor groups clash with a quieter health update. The state health official notes declines that counter other upbeat metrics from the state’s boards and agencies.
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Topeka
Kat
Kangag Tax Board
Kansas
F. D. Coburn
Labor Bureau
LeBrambine
Board of Health Total
Cheyenne Pioneer Dies in Lincoln Nebr
A telegram reports the death of A. W. Bristol in a Lincoln hospital ganitarium. Albert Bristol, Colorado & Southern conductor, leaves Cheyenne to arrange burial and return with his father’s remains. Bristol was a pioneer ranchman in Cheyenne.
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Albert Bristol
Colorado & Southern
A. W. Bristol
Lincoln
Nebr
Mr. Bristol
Cheyenne
Wag & Pioneer Ranchman
Peace Movement Urges Churches to Speak on World Peace
A Cleveland Peace group launched a nationwide effort to unite churches in promoting world peace. The plan calls for every U S minister to address the topic on December 15 as a coordinated step against war.
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Cleveland
United States
Grandfather's Story Uneven Echoes From Maryland Old News
Fragmentary local item from Cumberland Maryland recounts a family history. A man named John Disheng from Aviston Garrett County is described as a great grandfather at 48 with a complicated marriage and child history. The text is garbled and hard to interpret.
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Cumberland, Md
Dee
John Disheng
Aviston
Garrett County
Woman Charged With Child's Chloroform Slaying in Cab
Johnstown Pa December arrest follows cab ride incident at Pennsylvania Station. Fannie Robinson, 34, mother of the infant, allegedly chloroformed her baby and placed the body in a telescope travelling bag. Husband Samuel Rabineen and Dr KE M Duren named as witnesses.
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Johnatown
Mire
Adeline Robinson
Holidaysburg
Blair County
Samuel Rabineen
KE. M. Duren
Alee
Holidayshore
Frank Hughes
Fake story on boy's air crash deceives papers
A 17 year old Walter Archer air crash tale from Salida and Golo Derby is exposed as a hoax. The faker telegraphed sensational reports to Denver and other papers claiming a homemade plane reached 100 feet and crashed on rocks. Subsequent follow ups lacked credibility as editors debunked the yarn.
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Salida, Golo
Der. 5
Walter Archer
Denver
Oxpertsa
Death of Mrs Eddy Ends Christian Science Leader’s Life
Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science dies at Chesnut Hill after a nine day illness. Authorities cite natural causes likely pneumonia with Dr West confirming the death. Funeral planned at Eddy’s home in Brookline as church leaders and press note the unanswered questions about church supremacy.
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Boston
Mary Baker Glover Eddy
Christian Science
Chesnut Hill
George L. West
Eddy
Chesnut Hi Im
Brookline
Christian Science Church
America
Judge Chiford Sr. Smith
General Merritt Remembered as Pioneer of Western History
Major General Wesley P. F. Merritt United States Army retired who died last Saturday in Natural Bridge Virginia. He commanded at Rawlins during the Ute uprising and later led early detachments in the Philippines and Manila campaign. Born 1836 in York, he attended West Point, served with the Army of the Potomac, and earned fame at Winchester. He was tall stern but beloved by his troops and his actions shaped western and Philippine campaigns.
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United States Army
Natural Ridge
Virginia
Fort
D. A. Tueeel
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Rawline
Merritt
United States
Philippine Islands
Manila
York
Young Merritt
Wet Point
Ecood
Army of the Potomac
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Whdeldan
Winchester
Jubal
West
Colorado
Rawlins
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