National Grain Inspection Law Endorsed by Lawmakers
Letters and petitions in Washington back Sen McCumber's national grain inspection bill. He says federal inspection of grain shipped interstate or for export will benefit American producers and exporters. He plans to press the measure before the Senate Agriculture Committee and expects a favorable report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCumber
Washington
North Dakota
Senator McCumber
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Senate
Ex-Minot Bank Chief Confesses Regret in Prison Letter
J A Erickson once led the Minot National Bank and now serves a five year term at Sioux Falls Federal Penitentiary for false entries in currency reports. He writes he has realized his mistake and plans to live upright after release, with many expecting parole after three years. He works in the prison dining hall serving meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Murphy
Minot
J. A. Erickson
Minot National Bank
Sioux Falls
Judge John W Bennett Dies in Washington
Judge John W Bennett died of heart failure and apoplexy in Washington D C last week after lunch. Born in New York state he lived many years in Dakota Territory publishing a Bottineau newspaper. A Democrat he helped early Dakota Territory history and received a federal post from President Cleveland and later moved under civil service rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bennett
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Judge Bennett
New York State
Territory of
Dakota
Bottineau
Territory
Cleveland
Civil Service
Jamestown Man Robbed on Train. Suspect Detained
Frank McFarland reports being robbed of 103 dollars on a train to Minneapolis. He identified a fellow passenger as the thief while asleep. In a saloon the alleged thief woke and protested. McFarland surrendered the money to a policeman. both men were taken to the station. McFarland recovered 90 dollars. the suspect named Berry was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McFarland
Jamestown
Minneapolis
Harvey Bank Embezzlement Case Leads to Civil Suit
Henry Kurtz arrested in California and brought back to Harvey to answer embezzlement charges by the First National Bank of Harvey sues the bank and its officers for 50000 dollars. The district court dismissed the embezzlement charge for lack of jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kurtz
California
Harvey
First National Bank of
Fargo Sheriff Heads to Minneapolis in Embezzlement Case
Sheriff Hunt of Fargo went to Minneapolis after J. R. Moore a former agent of the Dowagiac company charged with embezzling $500. Requisition papers were secured from Governor Sarles but Moore could not be located and Hunt returned to Fargo alone.
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Sheriff Hunt
Fargo
Minneapolis
J. R. Moore
Dowagiac Company
Moore
Sarles
North Dakota Plans Book Showcasing Agricultural Resources
The North Dakota department of agriculture will issue a book highlighting the state's agricultural resources. Commissioner W. C. Gilbreath is compiling the volume, intended for distribution abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota Department of Agriculture
W. C. Gilbreath
Blizzard Grips State With Heavy Winds and Snow
A severe blizzard hit the state last week bringing heavy northwest winds and deep snow drifts. Freight service halted and passenger trains were indefinitely interrupted as the storm marked the worst in seven years.
Great Northern station at Granville destroyed by fire
The Great Northern passenger and freight station at Granville was totally burned along with all contents and records. The two year old station was among the largest frame buildings on the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Granville
Altercation Ends in Liveryman Patterson’s Death
In an incident at Hoople liveryman H G Patterson was injured in a fight with hotel proprietor BD 8 Bennett and died a few hours later. Bennett is under arrest.
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H. G. Patterson
Bennett
Hoople
Patterson
Bennett Fs
Blodgett Former NH Chief Justice Dies
News notes the death of Isaac N. Blodgett, once chief justice of the New Hampshire supreme court, with no further detail.
Adel business district Damaged by Fire near Des Moines
Fire destroyed or damaged Adel Iowa business district causing about 50000 dollars in losses. Census Bureau figures show approximately 106 of every 1000 Americans over ten cannot write. Judge McMahon in New York sentenced a woman and three men to combined thirty two years for trafficking in girls. Madrid garrison officers confined to barracks to prevent a Barcelona sympathy demonstration. Edwin Hurlbut Wisconsin Free Press editor dies at Oconomowoc age eighty eight from old age.
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Adel
Des Moines
Census Bureau
United States
McMahon
New York City
Madrid
Barcelona
Edwin Hurlbut
Wisconsin Free Press
Oconomowoc
Wis
Merit Orders for Oyama and Togo Reported
King Edward plans to confer the Order of Merit on Field Marshal Oyama and Admiral Togo. The Standard Oil warehouse in Armourdale Kansas burned on Thursday, with damages estimated at 175000 dollars. A fifteen round boxing match in Cincinnati between Gus Bezenah and Tommy Feltz ended in a draw. Fred W. Morse, VP of Miller Morse Hardware Winnipeg, died suddenly of heart failure at breakfast. Ensign McChesney, Syracuse University dean and professor of music painting and languages, died suddenly. German casualties in Southwest Africa listed as 151 officers 307 NCOs and 1394 privates.
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King Edward
England
Oyama
Togo
Standard Oil Company
Armourdale
Kan
Gus Bezenah
Cincinnati
Tommy Feltz
Brooklyn
Fred W. Morse
Miller-Morse Hardware Company
Winnipeg
Ensign McChesney
College of Fine Arts of
Syracuse
N. Y
Africa
Yellow fever cases rise in Havana with two deaths
Havana reports two new yellow fever cases and two fatalities. Elsewhere, Gustavus Charles Reichholm, once reputed as the nation’s strongest chess player, dies suddenly in Philadelphia. Eliza Williams, aged 101, dies in Kokomo Indiana, alleged to be America’s oldest spinster. London hosts a meeting to promote better Britain Germany ties as Queen Alexandra marks sixty one. Anna Merrill widow of Bishop Stephen M Merrill dies in Chicago of heart paralysis after a New Jersey death.
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Havana
Gustavus Charles Reichholm
Philadelphia
Eliza Williams
America
Kokomo
Ind
London
Great Britain
Germany
Queen Alexandra
British Empire
Anna Merrill
Stephen M. Merrill
New Jersey
Chicago
Electric link opens Milwaukee Chicago rail connection
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad spends over 10 million dollars this year on equipment. Mrs. Sarah M. Perkins, a noted Ohio suffragist, was killed by a coal wagon in Cleveland. Chicago now links to Milwaukee by electric roads with a traffic opening ceremony at Kenosha. Lord Curzon and Lady Curzon arrived in Marseilles aboard the Mongolia from India and proceeded to London. Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins of Morgan banking died in London after a month of illness.
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Sarah M. Perkins
Ohio
Cleveland
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
India
Curzon
Marseilles
France
Mongolia
London
Clinton Edward Dawkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Sir Clinton
Notable deaths and a large revenue report headline
Colonel Samuel Adams Drake dies at Kennbenkport Missouri while Professor Dr. von Leuthold, surgeon general of the German army, also dies. Mark Pitman, headmaster of Choate School, dies at seventy five. The Internal Revenue Bureau reports receipts of 224 million for year ending June 30 1905, with an excess over 1904. Cuba begins paying revolutionary soldiers. 19 million dollars released with remaining 10 million in 6 percent bonds.
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Samuel Adams Drake
Kennbenkport
von Leuthold
Mark Pitman
Choate School
Wallingford
Conn
Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
Cuba
Panic grips St Petersburg as telegraph fails and mutinies spread
Reports from St Petersburg on December 4 describe intense alarm as telegraph communication to the outside world ceases after Finnish and Russian operators join. Rumors of guard disaffection, mutinies in Baltic troops, and palace threats worsen fear of a wider revolution and potential financial collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Tsarskoe Selo
Boris
London
Associated Press
Baltic
Reval
Mutiny of Pontoon Troops In Berlin Violent clash
A mutinous unit of about 2000 men demonstrated in Berlin aided by 70 dead and 300 wounded as they clashed with troops near Azoff barracks. General Drake ordered restraint while Governor Suchomliinoff called for force if needed. 200 mutineers surrendered.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Kieff
Podwoloczyska
Drake
Treport May Be Recalled Amid Russian Strike
Paris reports a general strike of post and telegraph workers in Russia with the government unmoved. The dispatch warns the situation could drag on for days and notes rumors of Treport ready to return to restore order through arrests and fusillades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
St. Petersburg
Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Treport
Nineteen on Board in Storm Lost Off Lake Superior
The steel steamer Ira H. Owen with nineteen crew members vanished in a fierce Lake Superior storm. Wreckage sighted near Michigan island and Outer Island confirms likely loss of all aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ira H. Owen
Owen
Outer Island
Lake Superior
Apostle Group
H. B. Nye
Ashland
Wis
M. K. Chamberlain
William Siemens
Chamberlain
Michigan Island
Crawford Hanged for Murder in Elk River Minn
C D Crawford executed for the murder of Heine Lundeen. He was hanged at 1 48 am after Sheriff Ward collapsed and Sheriff Bernick pulled the trap. About thirty people witnessed, with no representation for Crawford. The crime occurred November 20 1904 in a boxcar between Elk River and Big Lake.
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Elk River
Minn
D. Crawford
Heine Lundeen
Ward
Bernick
St. Cloud
Crawford
Big Lake
Nine Roasted Alive In Middle River Boat Fire
A Mobile boat on the Middle river burned all day killing nine men. Sidney Wheat survived as the lone wakeful crewman while the craft collapsed. Stewart and Butt owners say the vessel had no steam for days. Wheat recalls the men being dumped into the furnace as they slept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Middle River
Sidney Wheat
Wheat
Stewart & Butt
Dr. Percy D. McLeod Acquitted in Boston Trial
In Boston on December 2 a superior court jury found Dr. Percy D. McLeod not guilty in a serious case tied to a local connection. The verdict ends a high profile medical defense challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Percy D. McLeod
City Officials Indicted in Police Hospital Conspiracy
Philadelphia December 2 former Director of Public Safety A L English former City Architect Philip H Johnson James D Finley former city employee and John W Henderson and H Eaton contracting firm members indicted by the grand jury on conspiracy to defraud the city linked to the construction of a small police hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Public Safety
A. L. English
Philip H. Johnson
James D. Finley
John W. Henderson
H. Eaton
Eight Weeks to Secure Jury in Gilhooley Trial
In Chicago on December 2 a jury was finally seated after eight weeks and nearly 6,000 veniremen to try Charles Gilhooley charged with causing a nonunion worker’s death during a strike. Gilhooley, described as the hired slugger of the Carriage Workers' union, allegedly beat several nonunion men. Jurors faced strong objections as many veniremen refused service or claimed prejudice against labor unions, threatening a fair trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Gilhooley
Gilhooley
Carriage Workers’ Union
Burton Sentenced to Six Months in Iron County Jail
United States Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kansas was sentenced in Iron County Missouri to six months in Iron County jail and a 2500 dollar fine for acting as a paid attorney for Rialto Grain and Securities before the post office department to block a fraud order. He was released on 5000 dollar bond with R C Kerens as surety pending appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
United States
Joseph Ralph Burton
Kansas
Iron County
Ironton
Rialto Grain and Securities Company of
Post Office Department
R. C. Kerens
Supreme Court
Eighteen Die in Wyoming Mine No. 1 Disaster
An explosion at Diamondville coal mine No 1 Wyoming killed eighteen miners all in the mine at the time nearly all English born workers. The blast occurred deep underground and was caused by a so called blow shot. The mine’s stock and output are reported undamaged with operations resuming in four to five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Diamondville
Wyo
Wyoming
England
Forces of International Fleet Land on Lemnos Island
Vienna says the international fleet occupies Lemnos in European Turkey. The Austrian foreign office expects the Porte to immediately acquiesce to the powers' demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Fleet
European
Turkey
London
Vienna
The
Daily Telegraph
Lemnos
Large Washington crowd greets opening of Fifty-ninth Congress
Washington reports a lively first session opening with crowds at the Capitol. Joseph G Cannon of Illinois was re elected speaker as the House organized taking oaths and drawing for seats while senators observed from the floor after adjournment.
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Washington
Fifty-ninth Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
American Lieutenant Faces Murder Charge in Cebu
Lieutenant Charles Pendleton of the US Constabulary shot a native policeman after being told to light the vehicle lamps in Cebu on December 4. Pendleton drove on then returned, claimed he found the man dead, and turned over the body to police. Witness soldiers later recanted. Pendleton had been drinking and is held for murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cebu
P. I
Charles Pendleton
United States Constabulary
Pendleton
Atlanta
Seventy-first Regiment of
New York
Brigham Young’s Test of Faith in England Missionaries
A one legged man converted by Mormon missionaries in England sought a miraculous restoration. Brigham Young urged contemplation of life as a temporary tearful vase and eternity. The man chose to live with one leg now, accepting his fate rather than a miracle.
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Brigham Young
Utah
England
Salt Lake City
Mormon Church
Bliss in Death. A cryptic verse note on desire and fate
An unclear fragment hints at death and ecstasy in a poetic line. The text streams with oblique imagery of indulgence and the afterlife, suggesting a reflective or sensational tone. The source offers no concrete names or events to anchor a fuller summary.
St Louis Banker Indicted in Mail Fraud and Conspiracy
E G Lewis president of the People's United States bank and publisher of the Woman's Magazine faces two federal indictments in St Louis. One charges a scheme to defraud by mail to induce stock subscriptions and deposit funds. The other accuses conspiracy to defraud the government over postage on two Lewis Publishing company publications. Bond set and pleas entered. trial scheduled for March 4, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
E. G. Lewis
People’s United States Bank
Woman's Magazine
Woman's Farm Journal
Lewis Publishing Company
Lewis, Miller and Cabot
Lewis
Oil Trust to Be Probed by Federal Investigation
Information from Washington shows a movement backed by the president to launch a federal inquiry into the Standard Oil company and its allied interests. Confirmation comes from several prominent New York financiers and inquiries by interested businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Standard Oil Company
Balfour Resigns as Britain Faces Political Crisis
London reports Arthur J. Balfour formally resigns as premier after submitting resignations of his cabinet to King Edward. The King invites Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman to form a new government, with a brief official notice confirming the cabinet's resignation and Campbell Bannerman's mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
Arthur J. Balfour
Edward
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry
Henry
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Lane to Succeed Fifer on Interstate Commission
Senators Perkins and Flint of California met with the president to discuss appointing a successor to former Illinois Governor Fifer on the Interstate Commerce Commission. The president announced Franklin Lane of San Francisco will fill the vacancy, effective January 1.
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Washington
Perkins and Flint
California
Fifer
Illinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Franklin Lane
San Francisco
Perkins to retire from New York Life leadership
The Evening Post reports George W. Perkins of J. P. Morgan & Co will retire from the vice presidency of New York Life Insurance and from its finance committee chairmanship at the next April election. A friend says the move follows Mr. Morgan's suggestion and a formal announcement is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Evening Post
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York Life Insurance Company
Perkins
Morgan
Wheat price report from Minneapolis market
Minneapolis Wheat market report for December 4 shows December futures at 81?2 cents, May at 86 1/2 cents. On track No 1 hard 84 1/2 cents, No 1 Northern 84 1/2 cents, No 2 Northern 82 1/4 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Duluth
Grain and live stock prices from Duluth St Paul and Chicago
Wheat prices for arrives on track and future months at Duluth and St Paul. Cattle hogs and sheep prices listed for St Paul and Chicago with ranges for steers cows heifers yearlings lambs stockers and feeders and various hog classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Chicago
Chicago Grain and Livestock Prices Report
Chicago market brief lists Wheat Dec 36 1 2 c May 88 1 2 c Corn Dec 44 1 2 c old 45 c May 44 c Oats Dec 29 1 2 c May 32 1 2 c Pork Jan 13 70 May 13 57 c Flax Cash Northwestern 1 01 Southwestern 94 c Butter Creameries 17 23 c dairies 17 20 c Eyes 18 24 c Poultry Turkeys 13 6 thickens 10 c springs 11 c
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
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National Grain Inspection Law
Walter
State Book On Agriculture
Isaac N. Blodgett
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Charles I. Tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
Indiana Supreme Court
William
Foundation of
Trepoff
J. Ogden Armour
Michigan Avenue
Windy
Mr. Armour
Beef Combine
Great Lakes
Susanna A. Geary
William FE Kunt
Louis W. Crawford
Stevens
Mcl Cod
Mcleod
Heine
Lundeen
DR. M'Leod
Burton
Dia
Mondville, Wyo
Island
OIL Trust
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
Balfour
Lane
Man
Will
New York Life
Chicago Union Stock Yards
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