Ship Subsidy Bill Seen Dead as House Opposed
Washington dispatch reports the shipping subsidy bill facing strong House opposition with Cannon and Stevens among vocal critics. Senate leaders plan to sidetrack the statehood bill while Quay vows to resist shelving as Barrett is named Minister to Japan in a Rooseveltian surprise.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
House
Representative Cannon
Hanna
Representative Stevens
Senate
Oklahoma
Quay
Tie
Dr Henry S Cutler Dies In Swampscott Mass
Swampscott Mass December 5 Dr Henry S Cutler composer and conductor died here today. He formerly served as organist and choirmaster of Trinity Church New York City. He inspired vested male choirs in the United States after a 1864 visit by the Prince of Wales later King Edward VII. He set the hymn The Son of Goarth to War? to his best known Cord positions.
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Cutler
Queen Wilhelmina to Visit the United States
The Dutch queen and Prince Consort Henry will visit America in spring incognito. They sail from Genoa in March aboard a Dutch man of war, travel through the United States including Yosemite Yellowstone Niagara and then reach New York with an informal stop in Washington to meet President Roosevelt.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Wilhelmina of Holland
Henry
America
Genoa
Dutch East Indies
San Francisco
Yosemite
Yellowstone Park
Niagara Falls
Washington
Roosevelt
Kaiser Attacks The Socialists In Address To Workers
Emperor William denounces the Socialist party in Breslau accusing it of terrorizing workers and exploiting them for power. He urges workers to elect a simple workshop comrade to Parliament to represent German labor and to unite classes in common welfare.
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Breslau
Prussia
Emperor William
Actiens
William
Hssen
Herr Krupp
Publicity for Trusts Favored by Subcommittee
A House Judiciary subcommittee reported favorably on Littlefield's publicity bill requiring interstate and foreign commerce corporations to file annual returns with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The measure imposes a 1 percent tax on unpaid capital stock and targets disclosures of ownership, capitalization, assets, earnings, expenses, and debts. The bill excludes concerns with capital stock under $500,000 and includes enforcement provisions by the Attorney General.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Littlefield
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
District Court
Millions of Bacteria in Cherries and Currants
Washington reports Dr Ehrlich’s tests show twelve million bacteria on each half pound of cherries and eleven million on currants, with grapes eight million. The findings, sent to the State Department by a US consul, urge cleaning or peeling fruit before eating to reduce infection risk.
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Washington
Ehrlich
State’Department
United States
Murphy
Frankfort
Bill seeks to bar reporting death by own action in papers
Washington lawmakers introduced a bill to ban newspapers from printing stories about personal crises or details beyond a simple notice of death by own action. The measure, proposed by Representative Jenkins, carries penalties for violators.
Sage wins land case against Glover in Swift County
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled for Russell Sage in the suit by George Glover over a quarter section of Swift County land. Sage held the land as assignee of Hastings and Dakota, with the decision upholding his possession.
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ST. Paul
Min
Supreme Court
Russell Sage
George €. Glover
Swift County
New York
Mr. Sage
Hastings & Dakoit
Mnesota
Afteen
Importers' claims on steel blooms to be adjudicated in court
Washington December 5 The House passed a bill to adjudicate in the Court of Claims the claims of importers of steel blooms from 1879 to 1882 who paid duties at 45 percent ad valorem though the correct rate is claimed to be 30 percent. About 830000 dollars involved. A separate measure to give architects Smithmeyer and Pelz 30000 dollars extra was defeated. A bill approved allows certain officials to accept presents and decorations from foreign governments.
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Washington
House
Court of Claims
Smithmeyer & Pelz
Oe Congressional Library
B. H. McCaull
U.8. N
Eugene Wasdin
H. B. Geddings
Henry EB. Alford
W.A. Taylor
H. ‘Wiley
M.A. Carleton
John J. Eichoeine
Department of ‘Agriculture
John A. Okernmn
The
Mississippi River Commission
Casper
Crow United? States Commercial
Mayor Johnson Taken For Tramp In Louisville Visit
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland and party reach Louisville in the Red Devil amid snow and rain. Hotel clerks refuse accommodations until a staffer learns their identity. the Capital Hotel grants a suite after the manager discovers Johnson's status. Johnson quips about being mistaken for tramps.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Capital Hotel
Fleming
Hazelrigg
Weitzel
Williamstown
Loftin
Red Devil
Cross Roads
County
FE. B. Clark
Georgetown
Lexington
Danville J
Kentucky
Johnson
Morgan
Washington City
Ohio
Died of Starvation in Springfield Saloon
Henry Wilder of near Kingston died this afternoon in Flanigan’s saloon where police report sleeping rooms were crowded and filthy. Investigators note Wilder was hungry and starving, with the coroner to conduct a thorough inquiry into the death and the saloon’s alleged gambling and boarding-house conditions.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Henry Wilder
Kingston
Pat Knee
Wilder
Navy Lieutenant Loring Dies. Lincoln Assassin Witness
Oswego New York reports the death of First Lieutenant B W Loring United States Navy who retired and died today He witnessed the Lincoln assassination and was among the first to reach the stricken president and help carry him to the house where he died.
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Oswego
N. Y
B. W. Loring
United States Navy
Lincoln
New York Struck by Heavy Storm Across City and River
A fierce nor’easter hit New York on December 5 bringing rain wind and late snow. Rail and ferry services halted and even the stock exchange opened with low attendance. Telegraph systems faced disruption and barges towed upriver broke adrift. one sank with three brothers aboard. Teutonic completed a seven day thirteen hour voyage amid near continuous gales and blizzards.
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New, York
New York
Third Avenue
Ninth Avenue
Fstock Exchange
Western “Union
Postal
New England
Hudson Valley
River
Yonkers
White Star
Teutonic
Storm with high winds kills and cripples transport in Philadelphia
A December snow and wind storm battered eastern Pennsylvania halting telegraph links to Pittsburgh and crippling suburban transit. In West Philadelphia Geo Chiverton died in a wagon collision with a trolley and two others were injured. In the coal region snow reached eight inches with minimal extraction disruption. the schooner Virginia Rulon sank near Asateague Virginia.
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Ohie
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Géo. Chiverton
Maritime Exchange
Virginia
Rulon
Asateague
Delaware
Bitter cold weather grips United Kingdom and shipping disrupted
Bitter cold weather continues across the United Kingdom with gales and heavy seas hampering channel traffic. Snowfall is general including the channel islands, producing many minor shipping casualties and skating expected on Sunday. Similar conditions affect the continent.
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London
United Kingdom
Channel Islands
Russian Town Banquets the Convicted Prince
St Petersburg reports Prince Doigereukoff, chairman of the Soudjp district, deposed and placed under five years police surveillance for revolutionary resolutions. He is forbidden to engage in public activity. The town of Soudja awarded him its freedom and held a banquet in his honor.
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Petersburg
Doigereukoff
Soudjp
Soudja
Reed's Condition Still Critical in Washington
Former Speaker Thomas B. Reed remains in critical but improving condition according to a morning physicians bulletin. The latest update says his temperature is normalizing, respiration and pulse steady, and nourishment and mind are clear though recovery will be slow. Oxygen and saline supplies standby but unused, with Dr. Gardner and Dr. Bishop monitoring progress through the night.
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Thomas B._ Reed
Physicians’ Bulletin
Reed
Ann Carne
F. M’donald
Bishop
Gardner
Tobin Trial Turmoil Over Sanity Inquiry
In New York a murder trial for Thomas Tobin halted as he shouted he was hounded to death. He caused a disturbance, was quieted, then broke out again. A court commission was appointed to examine his sanity and report, with the case adjourned until Monday.
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New York
Thomas Tobin
James Craft
Tobin
Strawberries in Full Bloom in Michigan
Special Despatch reports unseasonably warm weather in late November has caused many Michigan strawberry acres to bloom out of season. Growers split on whether buds will fruit in spring with a light crop possible or mature normally and yield a typical season.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Joseph
Mich
Pope congratulates Cuban archbishop and Porto Rico work
The Pope today reserved a farewell audience and expressed satisfaction with the Archbishop's work in Cuba and Porto Rico.
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Rome
Cuba
Porto Rico
Rioting in Rostoff Kills Twenty Workmen in Russia
A Rostoff riot report states troops fired on workers, killing twenty, during disturbances. Despatch from St. Petersburg via Daily Express cites the casualties amid unrest in Russia.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Express
Rostoff
Ohio River Improvement Bill Seeks 200000 Transit Survey
Ohio Valley Improvement Association leaders press for an immediate 200000 appropriation to survey and deepen the Ohio River from Big Miami to Ohio River mouths. Representative Bramwell proposes the sum while opposition notes uneven funding, yet activists remain undeterred. General Dick called home due to his son’s illness Lucius.
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Lucius
Bramwell
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Big Miami
Ohio
Twins Born in Same House Prompt Remarkable Coincidence
Springfield Ohio December birth news reports Mrs Margaret Gates of 501 West Main Street and her daughter Mrs Mary Myers each gave birth to twins on the same day nearly at the same moment. The event draws attention as mother and daughter twin births occurring simultaneously in one residence.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Margaret Gates
West Main Street
Mary _Myers
Lima Man Missing After Desk Is Rifled
Lima Ohio December 5 L I Allen chief draftsman of the C H D system under General Superintendent C H Cory is missing since Wednesday noon His desk is said to have been rifled He is a prominent lodge member and captain of the Sons of Veteran camp his wife and two children left for Washington D C today seeking transport officials fear violence or mental distress may be involved
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Commercial Tribune
Lima
L. I. Allen
Motive Power
C. H. Cory
Allen
Sons of Veteran
Dayton
Ray
Washington D. H
Women Conducted Revolutionary War Heroine's Burial
In Chicago at Rose Hill the funeral of Mrs. Eliza Jane Oliver Monahan was led by women friends of the Daughters of the Revolution. A woman gave the prayer and another spoke the eulogy as the solitary male mourner, her son, stood apart. Dust to dust was spoken at the open grave.
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Chicago
Rose Hill
Eliza Jane Oliver Monahan
Joseph Oliver
Continental Army
Daughters of the Revolution
Business Man Burglar Sent Up For 15 Years
Philadelphia police arrested George Dickinson alias Wescott after a late December capture following a police chase. Detected as a nighttime robber and daytime businessman, he was tried and convicted to fifteen years in the penitentiary. Police linked him to nearly sixty robberies, with evidence secured in about twenty five cases and about ten thousand dollars worth recovered.
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Philadelphia
George Dickinson
Wescott
Dickinson
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