White House visits reveal friction and triumph in Washington
Despatch from Washington notes Senator Hanna's unexcited White House visit with President Roosevelt and Congressman Cannon's tense, noisy moment over a $60,000 building loan. General Alger, once ousted from cabinet, returns to public praise as a triumph. Chief Justice Fuller travels to Virginia for a crucial case on disfranchisement and Chaplain Couden may succeed Milburn in the House.
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Washington
Russell A. Alger
United States
Michigan
War Department
McKinley
McMillan
United States Senate
Alger
Senate
White House
United Tes
Fuller
Virginia
Aaron Burr
Marshall
Jefferson Davis
Mark Twain Birthday Celebrated by Friends at Grand Dinner
Noted humorist Samuel L Clemens known as Mark Twain turned 67 on Sunday. In New York on Friday night fifty plus friends gathered at a Harper firm event where Twain spoke for thirty five minutes and paid tribute to his wife. He joked about colleagues and recalled shared memories with John Hay and others. He thanked friends and looked forward to another year of life and companionship.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Samuel F. Clemens
Mark Twain
Metropoli
George Harvey
Harper Firm
Mark Twain Gathe
Reed
John” Hay
Roos
Ellen
Long
Gaudite
Palm Reader's Revenge Sparks Fatal Double Shot
Louisville dispatch reports Ben Poll was shot by Mrs. John Thiring who says Poll betrayed her daughter Florence Thiring. The assailant fired five times, hitting Poll twice. his condition was listed as serious and potentially fatal. Florence claimed her mother read Blanche's palm and named Poll as the betrayer before the shooting near Jackson and Jefferson streets.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Ben Poll
John Thiring
Poll
Een Eee
Thiring
Thiring House, At: 1Em East Gray Street
Florence Thiring
Blanche
S.palm
Woman plants flag atop 165 foot Indianapolis chimney
Special Despatch from Indianapolis reports a woman climbed to the 165 foot top of the Merchants Heat and Light chimney, planted an American flag, and survived the dare. Her husband, one of the builders, received the stake after her successful ascent.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Merchants’ Heat and Light Company
New Jersey
Pearl Streets
George
Miller
Harvey Logan Receives 130 Year Aggregate Sentence
Harvey Logan known as the Montana train robber was sentenced to ten terms totaling 130 years. Eight sentences of fifteen years each run concurrently, and two five year sentences run concurrently, reducing his total by two years. Judie Clar selected in Columbus Ohio to serve in the prison system. The case may appeal to the Court of Appeals at Cincinnati.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Harvey Logan
Montana
Judie Clar
Columbus
Pen &S
Deer
Sa of Appeals
Cine Tf
Nightmarish Weight Gain Ends in Tragic Death
Special Despatch from Dublin Indiana reports Navy Centent aged 19 died after a mysterious illness caused him to gain weight to 500 pounds over about a year. He could not move from bed or chair and required four men to lift his body. Before illness he weighed ~125 pounds and doctors could not relieve his condition.
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Dublin
Ind
Hartt
Burch
Two Big Guns Explode On Warship Texas
Hampton Va November report says two large turret guns on the battleship Texas exploded during gun practice near the Capes after overhaul. The blast occurred in a crew compartment with glycerin, but the ship and most lives were saved. officers report it as a magnificent error of gunners.
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Texas
Hampton
Capes
Abe
Plot Suspect Excluded From Home In Art Connoisseur Death
Miss Ellen Long faced exclusion from her home amid charges of unduly influencing the decedent. Authorities connected a suspected plot to the death of a wealthy art patron, naming Ellen Long in the probe.
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Beath
Ellen
Long
Inquest Ordered For Roos Death After Wife Excluded
Wealthy art connoisseur Leonhard J Roos dies after embalmed remains rule out poison. Coroner orders inquest as wife, Miss Ellen Long, and Roos guard clash over access. Glascoe confesses to assault on Miss Maloney amid Ironton mob scenes and jail escape attempt.
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Jackson
Miss
Ellen
Het
Miss Ellen
Gilmore
Vistta
Els
Mme. Valda
Lamberti
Roos
Miss Long
Requisition For Aiding Return Of Former Speaker
A fragment notes a requisition in Pennsylvania to aid the return to St Louis of F. Kelly former Speaker of the House of Seene who is in custody or travel. The item hints at political handling and interstate cooperation.
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Requisition . Pa
Jon’ Eiedihee
St. Louis
Ae F. Kelly
House of Seene
Infuriated Mob, Arrests After Ironton Assault Case
Sheriff Taylor of Lawrence County arrives in Gallipolis with William Glascoe, a colored man, charged with assaulting Miss Mary Maloney of Ironton. Glascoe was transported by buggy through a disputed route to Sheriff McDaniel. The incident heightens tension in Ironton as authorities pursue the case.
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Auey
Glascoe
Anda Ae Matlin
Commercial Tribune
Gallipolis
Taylor
Lawrence County
William Glascoe
Mary Maloney
Ironton
McDaniel
Gallia County
Kanawha
J. J. Re Maloney
Belfont
Kinnati
S Conservatory
Safe Blowers Loot Bank in Stanford Raid
Safe blowers raided the State Bank at Stanford Illinois last night taking 2000 dollars. The thieves escaped after the cash grab in a village ten miles southwest of Bloomington, Illinois.
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Bloomington
State Bank
Stanford
Here
Accused of old murder nabbed in Dunlap Tennessee
William H. Murray alias Howard was arrested by an Illinois officer in Dunlap on a warrant charging the murder of a man known as Spratty years ago at Williamsburg. The case links to the Williamsburg incident from long past.
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Dunlap
Tenn
William H. Murray
Howard
Illinois
Williamsburg
Spratty
Deadly Swift & Co Boiler Blast Kills Thirteen
A boiler house explosion at Swift & Co in Chicago after 10 am kills thirteen and injures scores. Fire and rescue crews battle flames as crowds watch. investigation points to possible employee carelessness. Names of the dead and injured listed as police and hospital crews respond.
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Swift & Co
Ohioans in New York celebrate centennial of Ohio Constitution
The Ohio Society of New York held its annual meeting at the Hotel Manhattan on November 29 with a banquet for 140 members. President Colgate Hoyt and officers were elected amid remarks by Governor Nash and ex-Governor Campbell, highlighting the new municipal code and the 1802 constitution.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Ohio Society of New York
Manhattan
Colgate Hoyt
Thomas Ewing, Jr
John J. McCook
Davis Homer Bates
Louis D. Clark
Lowell M
Palmer
Francis M. Applegate
Haries
W. Mortis
Andrew Ernest Foye
Ed Morrison
Warner Elie
Geo. K. Nash
James E. Campbell
Milton S. Southard
John ¢.Hoyt
Nash
United States
Feeds for the needy eyed in district effort
The text notes a congressional district member and the effort to feed the needy. It mentions a plan to gather birds, estimating that at least one in five hundred birds will be needed. The fragmentary note reflects a wartime or relief context and a local political figure’s involvement.
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Deepatoh
Commercial Tribune
Aioe -O
Wallace Ill But Improving After Severe Cold
Crawfordsville Ind November 29 Reports from this city say General Lew Wallace is seriously ill and alarm spread, but he is greatly improved today. His physician Dr W H Ristine notes the condition is not serious and he hopes to be out of bed in a day or two after a bad cold and an ulcerated tooth.
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Commercial Tribune
Ashington
Hunma
White House
Ohio
Hanya
Roosevelt
Hanna
Crawfordsville
Ind
Lew Wallace
F Wallace
Ristine
Wallace
Bannockburn Steamer and Crew Reported Lost
Sault Ste Marie Mich Nov 29 The steamer Bannockburn with a twenty man crew is given up as lost by marine men. Belief of disaster grows as reports note mounting evidence of the steamer sinking and crew lost at sea.
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Sault, Ste.;marie
Mich
Bannockburn
Récke
Bann
Centennial Observance Planned in Chillicothe May 1903
Ohio history event prepared with a national scope will mark Ohio's admission to statehood. The celebration May 21 and 22 will invite the President and state governors. a memorial tablet at the old statehouse site will be unveiled and a public Memorial Hall gathering will feature remarks by William T. McClintock and Daniel J. Ryan.
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Chillicothe
Yaple
Ross County
Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe, CO
State Centennial Commission
State Historical Society
Ohio
United States
Union
State House
State Board
Memorial Hall
Ladies' Euterpean Club
William T. McClintock
Mr. McClintock
Edward Tiffin
Thomas Worthington
George K. Nash
Samuel Huntington
Jonathan Meigs
Ethan Allen Brown
Governor Tiffin
McClintock
Daniel J. Ryan
St. Clair
Ryan
Douglas
John. A. T. Hull
Des Moines
Iowa
Hull
Old State House
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New White House
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Joséph’ G.'Cannon
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Arthur Semmons
Até
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Ker
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Milburn
Cobden
Couden
Logan
Leonard Roos
Handsome of
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J.roos
Hast Forty-seventh Street
Michael
Timpano
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Knéedier
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Mias
Qlascoe
Scan
Jalil
Captain Thompson
Tronton
Msgs
Maloney
Uie
Glasese
Gla
Thompson
Company I
South Sixth Street
Fourth
Center Streets
Lascoe
Miss. Maloney
Old’state House
W. D. Yaple
Wallace D. Yaple
Swift
Chicago
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H. Arnold
Mercy’ Hospital
James Owens
A. Racing
Simeon Tate
Ireman
O. O'Connor
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Charles Webb
John Henry
Albert M.bushnell
Cubat
Millwright
Mercy Hospital
Schultz
Young
Wiis
Gov. Nash
Aha, Pbr
Lew. Wallace
INGF
Robert W. Manly
Sons of the American Revolution
Daughters of the Revolution
Wallace ¥Aple
Mr. Manly
Effie Scott
William Allen
Duncan McArthur
Warren Keifer
Springfield
Dean C. Mathews
Cleveland
C. J. Blickman
Painesville
William ‘King
California
Worthington
C.E. Kirker
Manchester
Thomas’ Kirker
Ironton ‘Kelley
Ashland
Bid Pt
Kirker
Isaac Foster
Ohio Wists
Athens
Rush R. Sloan
Sandusky
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