Brilliant Floral Scene Welcomes Senate and House Opening
Washington December 2 The opening day of the Fifty-seventh Congress featured elaborate floral displays in both chambers. The Senate adjourned briefly in memory of late Senator James McMillan while the House, marked by ceremony, took no business beyond routine prayers roll call and resolutions. The session anticipates the president's message agenda.
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Washington
Senate
James McMillan
Henderson
House
Russell
Connecticut
Brandegee
Plant Demolition Follows Explosion Amid Knox Review
Several proposed measures were shown to Attorney General Knox who neither approved nor disapproved them. An explosion caused the plant's demolition, highlighting ongoing scrutiny and risk.
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Knox
President Smith Defends Reed Smoot Polity and Polygamy Policy
President Joseph Smith of the Mormon church discusses the church stance on polygamy and clarifies Apostle Reed Smoot’s position. He says the church does not sanction plural marriages and distinguishes Smoot’s political role from ecclesiastical matters, praising Smoot as capable and not barred from public service.
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Smith
Apostle Reed Smoot
Salt Lake
Associated Press
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Reed Smoot
United States Senate
Ministerial Alliance
Owens blamed for disaster at Swift & Co boiler plant
Chicago officials and private experts began a detailed probe into the Swift & Co explosion that killed thirteen workers. The investigation cites Water Tender Owens as responsible for the catastrophe due to carelessness and low boiler water before the blast.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Owens
Freight rates on grain from Chicago rise to six categories
The Interstate Commerce Commission records an increase of 21.4 cents per hundred pounds on grain freight from Chicago to New York. The new domestic rate is 20 cents per hundredweight with higher export rates from 15 to 17.5 cents and vessel export from 13.5 to 16 cents. The change takes effect December 8 as navigation closes on the Great Lakes.
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Chicago
Washington
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Ohio
Great Lakes
Henderson Denies Fraud in St Clair County Bond Case
John B. Henderson of Washington represents bond owners in a U S district court hearing over 1870 St Clair county bonds valued at 344000 issued to build the Lebo and Neosho railroad. The county alleged fraud but Henderson secured judgment for the full amount with interest now exceeding a million dollars and moved to renew before it lapses. The court struck out disputed portions of official answers per Henderson’s objection.
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Henderson
St. Clair
Kansas City
John B. Henderson
Washington
St. Clair County
Lebo and
Neosho
United States District Court
One Killed and Three Injured in Wabash Work Train Wreck
In Council Bluffs on December 2, a wreck five miles east of the city on the Wabash line killed engineer Clay Hudell and badly injured conductor J. C. Neiman brakemen R. M. Freeman and D. Myers when the caboose struck a cow while backing toward Minneola. Hudell leaped clear but the ditcher fell on him, delaying extraction of his body.
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Council Bluffs
Wabash Road
Here
Clay Hudell
J. C. Neiman
R. M. Freeman
D. Myers
Minneola
Hudell
Arctic Explorer By Accident Near North Pole Drift
Wilson R Mizner recalls six years at sea after an icebound drift from Seattle toward Nome. The Portland and Genie were trapped in a moving ice field, carrying them north of Herald Island and within 100 miles of the pole as the sun never set. They burned coal to ward off freezing and escaped after a fierce gale.
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Nansen
St. Louis
Wilson R. Mizner
W. R. Mizner
Episcopal Mission
Arctic
North Pole
Mr. Mizner
Seattle
Cape Nome
Portland
Herald Island
Cape Lisborne
Aleutian Islands
Pole
Packers Deny Any Combine in Missouri Anti Trust Case
Kansas City December 1 The case against the packing houses for alleged anti trust violations moves to a second hearing as the defense seeks to prove no combine exists and that high prices stem from supply and demand, scarcity of feed and cattle, with testimony continuing. Springfield Illinois December 2 President Ramsey of the Wabash reiterates the company can only pay the new scale effective October 1, in response to striking shopmen demands.
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Kansas City
C. Crow
J. A. Kinley
Ramsey
Springfield
The
Wabash
Youthful Hunters Shot Deaths Among Kansas Teens
Three fourteen year old boys died while hunting on Kansas prairies. Harold Merrick of Kansas City killed himself accidentally near Walcott. James Gist of Oxford died after being shot by his brother during a hunt. A fourth teen, son of H N Boyd of Louisville, was killed when his gun discharged while pulling it through a fence.
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Kansas Prairies
Kansas City
Harold H. Merrick
Walcott
Kan
James Gist
Oxford
H. N. Boyd
Louisville
Venezuela Leader Delays Joint Ultimatum Talks
President Castro of Venezuela delivered a written acceptance of part of Germany's claims to the German minister in Caracas. The move postpones a joint ultimatum by Germany and Great Britain and suggests Britain's demands will be satisfied.
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Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
Caracas
Germany
Great Britain
Many Want Gold Dollars for Exposition Coins
Subscriptions for gold dollar souvenir coins pour into the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company. The largest order so far is for 1,000 coins. Only 50,000 of the 250,000 dollars coined have been sold at 3 dollars each. it now seems likely the remaining supply will fetch a higher price.
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St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
Telegraph workers strike ends in Des Moines scale accord
In Des Moines the Western Union messenger girls and boys walked out at 10 am demanding a scale equal to Postal Telegraph. By 10:30 am the demand was met with a $20 monthly guaranty, and the strikers returned to work.
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Des Moines
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Merger Formed Between Sharon and Union Steel Firms
Pittsburg December 2 says the Sharon Steel company and Union Steel company merged and became Union Steel company. The new concern starts with 40 million dollars capital and will base sales purchases traffic and part of the auditing departments here.
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Pittsburg
Sharon Steel Company
Union Steel Company
Pioneer Limited Cars Set New Luxury Standard
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway known as The St Paul Road pioneered electric lighting for trains in 1888 and helped create the famed Pioneer Limited, a symbol of unmatched comfort and beauty in rail travel.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
The
St. Paul Road
Pioneer
One Minute Cough Cure Ad and Harness Sale
A cold wave warning urges home care for coughs and throat troubles with One Minute Cough Cure praised by E H Wise of Madison Ga. The ad claims rapid relief and lung strengthening. Central Pharmacy promotes the remedy along with a 20 percent discount on harness and saddles at Dillon Implement Co to move stock into a new building.
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E. H. Wise
Madison, Ga
Dillon
Official Directory Congressional State and County Listings
Official directory listing government roles: Senator W A Clark Paris Gibson. Representative Caldwell Edwards. Governor J K Toole. Lieutenant Governor Frank G Higgins. Secretary of State George M Hays. Treasurer A H Barrett. Auditor J H Calderhead. Attorney General James Donovan. Superintendent of Schools W W Welsh. Chief Justice T F Brantley. Associate Justices George R Milburn W T Pigott. Clerk Henry G Rickets. District Judge M H Parker. Stenographer T J A Monaghan. City Mayor B F White. City Attorney Edwin Norris. City Treasurer A S Johnson. Police Magistrate Lorin T Jones. Chief of Police Fred L Stone.
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J. K. Toole
Frank G. Higgins
George M.hays
A. H. Barrett
J. H.calderhead
James Donovan
Schoola
W. W. Welsh
Supreme Court
T. F Brantley
George R. Milburn
W. T. Pigott
Henry G. Rickets
James P. Murray
Emerson Hill
David E. Metlen
Charles H. Padley
George Edinger
William L. Staudahee
George W. French
C. W. Conger
J. B. Poindexter
George B. Metlen
W. M. Oliver
Dillon
Wm. M. Montgomery
Wisdom
D. D. McKnight
Dell
Dillon Township
Chas
Hirschman
Wood
Eph Stollen
Nick Standaher
B. F. White
Edwin Norris
A. 8. Johnson
Lorin T. Jones
Fred L. Stone
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