Ship Subsidy Bill Debate Continues in Senate
In Washington on December 6 the Senate opened with credentials received for Louisiana's Samuel D. McEnery and Murphy J. Foster and Rhode Island's George P. Wetmore. Mr. Frye urged a subsidy cap of 8 million dollars per year. The postal fraud inquiry on Cuba was sent to the Relations with Cuba Committee. The House passed a Washington government seat celebration bill and adjourned after brief executive session.
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Washington
Senate
Samuel D. McEnery
Murphy J. Foster
Louisiana
George P. Wetmore
Rhode Island
Blc McCalla
W. C. Wise
United States Navy
Germany
Pettigrew
Cuba
Culst
Lodge
House
Frye
Maine
Platt
Connecticut
Doings in the House Deliberates on Army Reorganization Bill
Washington December 6 The house debated the army reorganization bill under a two hour limit. Gen Miles and officers attended as spectators. Republicans Hull and Walker supported the bill with Democrats Cochrane Kleberg McClellan Shafreth Cummings Cox opposing. New bills were introduced to ban firearms opium and intoxicants for Pacific island aboriginals, establish a territorial supreme court for Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma, and bring Boers to the United States to use homestead laws.
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Washington
Loase
Miles
Army
Hull
Mr. Walker
New Jersey
Military Committee
Messrs. Cochrane
Missouri
Kleberg
Texas
McClelan
New York
Shafreth
Colorado
Cummings
Cox
Tennessee
Littlefield
Maine
Pacific Islands
Wilson
Arizona
Supreme Court
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
United States
War Revenue Bill Aims Deep Tax Reductions Across Sectors
Chairman Payne unveils a war revenue act reduction plan totaling about 40.0 million dollars. Details show cuts in beer and cigars, brokers, circuses, theaters, exhibitions, and broad schedule items from drafts to conveyances and insurance. The goal is committee approval before Christmas and swift floor action.
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Washington
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Summary of Protests and Large Financial Sums
A fragment notes requests involving an attorney and protests totaling 100000 dollars, plus 250000 dollars in warehouse receipts and a total schedule A of 22242000 dollars, with a 25000 dollars item also referenced. The readable text indicates substantial monetary figures and procedural terms without full context.
Stamp tax revisions cut exemptions and trim beer barrel tax
Schedule B totals 4 548 283 dollars less wines 600 000 dollars leaves 3 048 253 legacies charitable etc 500 000 grand total The bill shifts to a 60 cent per barrel beer tax down from 74 percent reduction cigars tax set to 3 00 per 1 000 1 weighing more than three pounds Schedule A keeps stock bonds and other stamp taxes but most are struck out Chairman Payne outlines omitted taxes Schedule B amended to exempt wines except sparkling or other wines require stamps
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Boards of Trade
Payne
Taxation Act Amended War Revenue Provisions Narrowed
The war revenue act amends sections on legacies and administration, exempts bequests for religious charitable literary or educational uses, redefines mixed flour and its sales, and authorizes redemption of unused revenue stamps. The act takes effect 20 days after passage. Chairman Payne schedules Ways and Means to report the bill before holidays.
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Payne
Ways and Means Committee
House
Two Hours Fight In Santo Domingo Woods
A dispatch from Gen Funston reports a two hours clash near Santo Domingo between an American force and 300 rebels under Sandico. The 30 native scouts led by Lieut Jernigan drove the rebels off with 16 rebels killed including leader Aguilar and an American Negro. No American casualties.
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Manila
Funston
Santo Domingo
Sandico
Jernigan
Aguilar
Magan
24Th Infantry
Ill Lieut Hobson Remains Very Sick in New York
Wednesday night Lieut Hobson showed no change in condition and remains very ill. He has received hundreds of letters and telegrams but none are allowed in his room. Many callers come, but none may see him.
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New York
Hobson
Prison Term for Pie Theft Stuns Newport News
Newport News report notes James Johnson was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for stealing two pies from Monroe Lewis. Lewis has a death sentence for murder.
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Newport News
Elizabeth City
James Johnson
Monroe Lewis
Public whipping for four boys in Evansville theft
Four youths aged 9 to 14 were publicly whipped in Evansville Indiana after breaking into a freight car and stealing a barrel of apples. Judge Winfrey approved the punishment in police court and the fathers carried it out in the lockup corridors, witnessed by about a dozen bystanders.
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Evansville
Ind
Walter Synder
Ollie G. Geiger
Roy Allison
Gerhold Yost
Winfrey
Mob Justice Trial Ends In Not Guilty For Osbourne
In Anderson Indiana a man tarred and feathered after alleged insults to women was tried on Wednesday and found not guilty. Osborne plans damage suits against mob leaders, claiming wrongful action.
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Anderson
Ind
Frank Osborne
Summitville
Osborne
Boy Vanished in Gypsy Stolen Child Case Near Elwood
Anderson Indiana December 6 Victor Warner ten year old son of Mr and Mrs J S Warner of Elwood was stolen by a band of gypsies Monday night. Telegrams sent nationwide to locate the missing boy and determine the gypsies direction of travel.
Fire destroys Mesker Foundry in Evansville
In an early Wednesday blaze in Evansville Indiana the Mesker Agricultural Foundry Co a major local employer with about 100 workers was destroyed. One fireman Gottlieb Surbeck was killed and three others injured while several nearby firms suffered damage. Greensburg and Versailles reports note discussions about a new electric or steam railway from Versailles to this city to improve rail service.
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Evansville
Ind
Mesker Agricultural Foundry Co
Gottlieb Surbeck
Greensburg
Versailles
Osgood
Indianapolis
Ripley County
Man found guilty in manslaughter case at Madison Court
James Matthews, a porter at Woerlein & Houston saloon in Alexandria, Ind., was convicted of manslaughter for ejecting Alexander Dick from the saloon leading to a fatal fall down stairs.
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Alexandria
Ind
James Matthews
Madison County
Matthews
Porter
Woerlein & Houston
Alexander Dick
Fire destroys Cooper and Biller store at Staunton
A large general merchandise store owned by Cooper & Biller at Staunton, two miles west of Brazil Indiana, was completely destroyed by fire with losses exceeding $6,000. The cause of the blaze remains unknown.
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Brazil
Ind
Cooper & Biller
Staunton
Here
Rural free delivery to begin at Elizabethtown Indiana
On December 15 rural free delivery will start in Elizabethtown Bartholomew county Indiana with one carrier Arlie Hacker assigned. The route will cover 25 miles serving about 500 residents.
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Washington
Elizabethtown
Bartholomew County
Ind
Arlie Hacker
Engineer Burned in Oil Cup Explosion near Bedford
Lawrence Mathies, an engineer, was badly burned on the face when an oil cup exploded while filling it on an engine at Rockledge west of Bedford Indiana. Doctors fear he may lose sight in one eye.
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Bedford
Ind
Rockledge
Lawrence Mathies
Interurban Railway Survey to Begin in Hartford City
Hartford City Indiana December 6 work on the survey of the right of way of the interurban railway connecting Hartford City with Muncie Eaton Dunkirk and other towns will begin Monday under Civil Engineer Haley of this city
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Hartford City
Ind
Muncie
Eaton
Dunkirk
Haley
Jury Awards $1000 to Frank Smallwood vs Bedford Quarry
In Bedford Indiana on December 4 the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff Frank Smallwood against Bedford Quarry Co for injuries suffered while employed, awarding $1000.
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Bedford, Ind
Frank Smallwood
Bedford Quarry Co
Post Office Opened at Opal Indiana with Davis as Postmaster
Washington reports a new post office established at Opal Randolph county Indiana with William T. Davis appointed postmaster. The action formalizes postal service in Opal as of December 6.
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Washington
Opal
Randolph County
Ind
Wiliam T. Davis
Wabash Railroad Tests Electric Illumination
The Wabash Railroad Co. in Wabash Indiana conducts experiments to illuminate passenger coaches with electricity, replacing its current Pintsch gas system.
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Wabash, Id
The
Wabash Railroad Co
Stormwreck Toll From New England Gale Hits Vessels and Towns
A southern storm sweeping New England caused five Gloucester fishermen to drown, six coasting schooners to wreck, nine vessels sunk, eight schooners to run aground, and 11 others damaged. Land damage included blown buildings and prostrated telegraph lines as ships faced heavy seas along the coast. The Mary A Brown wreck near Hampton beach and the St John Advance near the Maine coast marked fatal losses, with more wrecks expected as new ships arrive.
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Gloucester
New England
South Shore
Cape Cod
Salem Harbor
Maine
Mary A. Brown
Hampton Beach
St. John
Wind Storm Causes Severe Damage at Coney Island
A northeast wind storm on Wednesday flooded meadows at Coney Island and left the ocean side battered. Tides rose high, access to homes shifted to boats, the shell road was four feet under water, a horse and wagon nearly drowned, and several small pavilions plus the old iron pier suffered damage.
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New York
Coney Island
Shell
Brighton Beach
West Brighton
Quarrel Over Cartoon Ends in Double Tragedy
In Williamson West Virginia on December 6 a Presbyterian minister Rev John Wohl and attorney S D Stokes argued over a cartoon mocking the minister s dance in a sermon. Wohl drew a pistol and shot Stokes seriously wounding him. Stokes fired back, mortally wounding Wohl. Stokes surrendered.
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John Wohl
S. D. Stokes
Williamson, W. Va
Arrival of Lord Roberts in Durban Triggers Roaring Welcome
Durban reports say Lord Roberts arrived to a tumultuous reception with the Irish association dragging his carriage to the town hall. The streets were decorated and crowds swelled as numerous addresses were presented to the field marshal.
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Durban
Lord Roberts
thi@ Irish association
Robbery in Shenandoah Nets $260 and a Watch
Joseph Loskosky of Cleveland Ohio was assaulted on a main street in Shenandoah and robbed of $260 in cash and a gold watch while seeking his brother's home. He was unhurt and reported the incident. The article also notes a London report that no more infantry drafts will go to South Africa and only armed troops will be sent to the front.
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Shenandoah
Joseph Loskosky
Cleveland
South Africa
London
The
Daily Express
Explosion at Mexican mine kills and injures many
An explosion at San Andres de la Sierra mine in Mexico City area injures and kills miners. Reported late December 6 indicates 25 bodies recovered and about 15 injured, with some expected to die. Nine dynamite cases detonated at the powder house, wrecking buildings as wives and children arrive to view the disaster.
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Mexico City
San Anadres de la Sierra
Towne Accepts Senate Appointment in Minnesota
Duluth Minnesota reports that Charles A Towne confirmed Gov Lind has offered the United States Senate seat to succeed the late C K Davis and Towne will depart for Washington Thursday morning. The decision pleases residents who view Towne as a leading figure in the governor’s party and worthy of the honor.
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Duluth
Minn
Charles A. Towne
Lind
United States
C. K. Davis
Towne
Gov. Lind
Senate
Envoys Hold Talks on Punishment for Chinese Atrocities
At the foreign envoys meeting in Peking the powers agreed to modify past demands on punishing Chinese responsible for outrages against foreigners. They also urged that officials in districts with disturbances be barred from office if proven to have failed to prevent attacks.
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Peking
Miss Ione Woodward Visits Mother After Boxer Siege
Appleton Wisconsin December 6 Miss Ione Woodward Evanston Ill guest of Minister Conger in Peking during the Boxer siege is visiting her mother and denies rumors of engagement to Lieut Frederick Bismarck grandson of Prince Bismarck.
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Appleton, Wis
Ione Woodward
Evanston, Ill
Conger
Peking
Frederick Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Meyer Nomination to Italy Delayed in Senate
Washington on December 6 it was broadly expected that George Von L Meyer of Massachusetts would be nominated as ambassador to Italy and sent to the Senate on Wednesday but the action did not occur though the nomination is still anticipated soon.
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Washington
George von L. Meyer
Massachusetts
Italy
Senate
German claims yielded in Tangier dispute with sultan
A Tangier dispatch reports Baron von Mentzingen demands payment of three principal claims of injured Germans and punishment of offenders. The sultan has yielded to these demands, according to Berlin.
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Berlin
Tangier
Baron von Mentzingen
Morocco
Football season toll rises with 11 deaths and many injuries
A table from New York shows the past football season brought 11 deaths 62 serious injuries and 150 minor injuries in the country surpassing last year.
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New York
Treasury balances show cash and gold in general fund
Washington reports December balances with available cash of 137,690,450 dollars and gold of 95,287,436 dollars excluding the 150,000,000 dollar gold reserve in the redemption division. In Puerto Rico, merchants urge Congress to repeal section 32 of the Porto Rican act affecting municipal creation.
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Washington
Treasury
General Fund
San Juan
Porto Rico
Ponce
Executive Council
United States ‘Congress
Gale Sweeps Channel. Torpedo Boat Crew Missing
The gale continues to sweep the channel as a torpedo boat destroyer crewmen boat from Dover harbor vanishes with several blue jackets feared drowned after possible capsizing.
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London
Channel
Dover
Representative Kitchen moves to repeal Fifteenth Amendment
Washington dispatch reports Representative Kitchen of North Carolina introduced a resolution in the House seeking a constitutional amendment to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment. In a separate note from Livadia the czar’s physicians say his majesty is completely convalescent after a period of illness.
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Washington
Kitchen
North Carolina
Livadia
Lyons Denies Gifts in Sells Divorce Case
Co respondent Harry Lyons testified he gave Florence a perfume bottle with a silver case, not Mrs. Sells, and admitted infatuation with Mrs. Sells while abroad. He said he wrote letters during her Australia trip, began from a feverish love, and later saw Mrs. Sells as a sister, with further details about meetings in Logan and engagements with a Pittsburgh girl named Sue.
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Columbus, C
Harry Lyons
Sells
Huling
Australia
Mrs. Sells
Love
Lyons
San Francisco
Peters
Oakland Mole
Harry
Logan
Florence
Pittsburgh
Sue
Snow blankets Maine New Hampshire and Vermont
Six inches of snow covers ground across Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with travel affected and winter conditions spreading from Boston area.
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Boston
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Grain and Livestock Markets Across Cities
The report lists prices for flour and grain in Cincinnati with various grades, Chicago wheat futures, and mixed corn quotes. It also details Cincinnati Indianapolis and Buffalo hogs cattle sheep lambs veal prices for Dec. 5, alongside regional livestock values and feeder stock ranges.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Ind
Buffalo
N._Y
The Last Years of King Theodore of Corsica
The narrative chronicles Theodore of Corsica born 1696 at Metz who became Corsican king in 1736. After courting foreign aid he traveled to England, faced debt and imprisonment, and endured repeated detentions including the King's Bench, with aid from Jewish and foreign subscribers helping settle debts before his final decline.
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Kruger
Acre
St. Anne
Soho
London
Theodore of
Corsica
Metz
England
Mediterranean
Theodore
Amsterdam
King’s Bench
Theodore of Corsica’s Pauper Death Marked in Parish Tablet
A fragmentary notice recounts King Theodore of Corsica dying in penury after surrendering his kingdom for creditors. Horace Walpole funded his burial and epitaph, with a mural tablet depicting his life and fate. The piece notes Hazlitt’s memorial nearby in the same churchyard.
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Theodore
Horace Walpole
Smollett
Ferdinand Count Fathom
Corsica
King’s Bench
Unclear snippet from Paris man blind from birth seeks sight
Fragmentary text mentions a Paris resident born blind attempting to see and reporting severe tests or results. The readable parts are incoherent and provide no clear events, dates, or names.
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Paris
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Indianapolis & Sullivan Coal Mining Co
Teo
New Hoosier
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Cushman K. Davis
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