Springer Currency Bill Faces Amendment Blockade in House
Washington reports from WasuiIndon that Congressman Springer led a committee vote to report Secretary Carlisle's currency bill to the House, despite many amendments planned to aid small banks and curb passage. The GOP plans a strong opposition as the gold reserve weakens the bill's prospects.
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WasuiIndon
Springer
Committee On Banking and Currency
House
Carlisle
Baltimore
Secretary of the Treasury
Wasu Hixdon
Metropolitan Street Railway Co
Washington
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Lockless
Jerry
Indiana
Matthews
Washineton
United States
Cleveland
Jewett
O'Reilly
Robly D. Evans
Charles Jefferson
South Carolina
Boston
Barrows
United Friends of Armenia
Gresham
Brave Engineer Rescues Forty-Six Men From Burning Mine
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania at Stevens colliery West Pittson engineer Thomas Lloyd spotted a fire in the engine room. He alerted the mine, signaled the cage hoist, and guided 46 men to safety despite flames and collapsing timber. He fainted from exhaustion and was burned but saved. property damage estimated at $3000.
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Wilkesbarre
Stevens
West Pittson
Jenkins
Thomas Lloyd
Lloyd
Ohio ship canal gains political steam from engineer Paul
Federal survey chief Paul asserts Ohio canal plan remains feasible and water supply adequate if state funds keep feeders clear. He cites Portage summit history and criticizes apathy while Pittsburgh route gains favor.
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Columpaus
Paul
Ohio Canal
Portage
Muskingum
Pittsburgh
Bank Clerk Shoots Two Investigators Then Ends His Life
In Coune Iowa on December 17, John Huntington remittance clerk at Citizens' State bank shot F. N. Hayden of Chicago and A. Cromwell of Minneapolis, then killed himself in the bank private office. A $500 bank shortage dated from July triggered the incident. Four $500 checks from July 19 circulated, of which only three were accounted for, Huntington previously held them. The investigation had been ongoing as insurance men and bank officers questioned him. He suddenly shot the two men and then himself.
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Coune
Buurrs
John Huntington
Citizens’ State Bank
F. N. Hayden
Chicago
A. Cromwell
Minneapolis
Fidelity and Casuality Co
New York City
Fifth Avenue 2Nd Main Street
Citizens’ Bank
Huntington
Man Moves House Across State Lines To Avoid Ownership
Anson Maxwell, living on land in Ceres Pennsylvania, kept his house after a neighbor, Charles Smith, proved the land belonged to him. Smith moved to reclaim possession, but the house had been moved ten feet into Allegheny county New York, placing Maxwell in legal peril for possessing stolen property and potentially facing arrest if he returns to Pennsylvania or remains in New York.
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RouLertre
Anson Maxwell
Ceres
Charles Smith
Maxwell
Smith
Potter County
Allegheny County
N. Y
Pennsylvania
New York State
Burst Will Testify In Hayward Case In Minneapolis
Dec 17 Minneapolis report says C A Buxt admits murder of Catherine Ging and will plead guilty before Judge Hicks, then testify for the state against Harry Hayward for a life sentence. Hayward remains in St Paul jail denying guilt and promising sensational disclosures.
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Burst
Harry Hayward
Minnearouis
C. A. Buxt
Catherine Ging
Hicks
District Court
J. M. Shaw
W. J. Hahn
Blixt
St. Paul
Japs Victory Amid Stubborn Chinese Engagement
Telegram from Antong reports 1 400 Japanese garrison under Oyatsu attacked 4 000 Chinese, delivering heavy losses to the Chinese with 250 killed and wounded and 30 prisoners. Japanese suffer three officers killed and 70 privates wounded while four field guns are captured. Gen Tachimi moves south to pursuing Kerin fugitives as news of broader campaigns trickles in.
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London
Central News
Antong
Nodzu
Fong-Huang
Oyatsu
Yin- Min-Shan
Timatsh
Tachimi
Shanghai
Chang Yiu Kung
Board of Revenue
Newpapers
Japan
Peking
Tien-Tsin
New Chwang
Forty Indian prisoners in Detroit house of correction
Condensed telegraph items report forty Indian territory inmates lodged in Detroit house of correction. Also noted are the sultan’s withdrawal of invitation for Armenian inquiry, a Jumping Branch Virginia post office robbery, Denver Times linotype flood, a fatality at Mill edgeville Georgia, missing steamers Montserrat and Keweenaw, and other diverse cases across the country.
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U. S
Detroit
Nelson
Montserrat
Keweenaw
Nanimo
Richard Rush
Port Townsend
Cleveland (C
Mason
Julius P. Fitchow
Wm. S. Booze
Harry Wells Rusk
Maryland
Joab Batty
S. C
Steven Welbes
McCook County
Welbes
Peter Anderson
Ft. Worth
Tex
Phil Kearney Post
Richmond
John Adkin
Wm. McIntyre
Deskin
Mexico
Col
D. H. McIntyre
Missouri
T. A. McIntyre
Markets Show Steady Wheat Corn and Livestock Prices
Cincinnati reports mixed grain values with flour and corn varying by grade. Wheat ranges from 58% to 62% futures, oats and rye trade with modest demand. livestock prices hold firm with veal calves and sheep showing strength while hogs and cattle slip slightly in some markets.
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Bupifalo
N. Y
Moose Hunter Survives Unarmed Duel With Wounded Bull
Tom Lancey of Pittsfield Maine, returning from a ten day moose hunt on Moosehead Lake, escapes a fatal meeting with a raging bull moose. Perched on a dead tree with a blood stained knife, he uses a sapling rebound to reclaim his rifle and deliver a final shot that ends the beast after a perilous chase. Ben Seward and F C Pooler accompanied him with three deer each. The party camped near Spencer Bay and traveled home aboard a Moosehead steamer seeking good fortune in the hunt.
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T. G. Lancey
Pittsfield
Mass
Ben Seward
F. C. Pooler
Skow-~ Hegan
Moosehead
Banbr
Tom
Spencer Bay
Maine
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