Government bills and trials in the 1904 session
The congressional notes cover appropriation debates for the president travel fund and sundry civil bill. Panama canal provisions, pure food debates, and forest land acquisitions are noted, along with treaty ratifications with Japan.ctions surrounding oil prosecutions, court sentences, and various public notices fill the rest of the page.
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House of Representatives
House
Panama
Senate
District of Columbia
Appalachian Range
White Mountains
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Foraker
Committee On Interstates and Foreign Commerce
Mann
Illinois
Trial with Poles over assault On plot to fund assassination attempt
In Portland Oregon six Poles faced municipal court for assault and battery on Walter Sealaszkiwicz as he testified a month earlier a plot formed to raise funds to send an anarchist to Washington to kill President Roosevelt.
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Walter Sealaszkiwicz
Portland
Ore
Sealaszkiwicz
Washington
Roosevelt
Grace
Edith Nettum
Mississippi River
Red Wing
Minn
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of the
United States
Boston
Joseph E. Dyas
Paris
Ill
William C. Swain
Milwaukee
Nathan Kingsley
Austin
Bernard G. Witt
Henderson
John M. Porter
Baltimore
Christopher G. Fox
Buffalo
George T. Carson
Fred W. Craig
Des Moines
Edward R. Saabach
Potomac River
Saabach
War Department
Rudolph Kollita
Ill health and disasters linked in scattered briefs
A rapid roundup notes Mrs Yerkes Mizner gravely ill in Chicago after doctors consult. A windstorm wrecks fifty houses between Lawton Oklahoma and Quanah Texas. Other items report the duke of Almodovar dead in Madrid, railroad policy changes in Philadelphia, and a San Francisco venture ruined by an earthquake.
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Okla
Quanah
Tex
Duke of Almodovar
Algeciras
Madrid
Spain
John B. Thayer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
van R. Wilcox
San Francisco
Golden Gate City
William Cramp & Sons
Ship & Engine Building Co
Michigan
South Carolina
Navy Department
Gov. Beckham
Kentucky
United States
Jas. B. McCreary
Frankie
J. M. Burch
Petersburg
Ind
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Taft
Mylius Erichsens
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Denmark
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New Orleans
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Canal Zone
International Steel and Copper Plate Printers’ Union
Chicago
William Foley
Boston
E. C. Robertshaw
T. L. Mahan
Washington
T. J. Keegan
New York
American Federation of Labor
E. L. Jordan
William
Nick Longworth
Kiel
Germany
Hamburg
St. Petersburg
Bialystok
Reform Party
Jiminez
San Domingo
Iowa
Cummins
Hardie Davis
W. J. Kessiey
Frank Dargell
Paducah
Cairo
Davis
Pasadena
Cal
J. J. Cordori
John Henderson
Ella May Morris
Pueblo, Col
Resignation of Baron von Holstein Shakes German Foreign Policy
The article notes Baron von Holstein, long head of the German foreign office intelligence, has resigned. His influence spanned Bismarck to later secretaries, shaping policy with loyalty and discretion. Imperial dissatisfaction over Morocco and other crises is cited as a cause, with blame also tied to Germany in China, Venezuela, and Manila Bay.
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Baron von Holstein
Europe
Bismarck
German Empire
Morocco
Germany
China
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Spain
Novelty in Bad Habits Among Two Lunches
Two young women discuss beauty parlors in a New York World report. One jokes about daily facials, while the other warns beauty routines can become habits like drugs or alcohol and lead to emotional dependency. she advocates a weekly facial only if skin is normal.
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New York World
Girl In Blue
Blue
Massieu Decorated for Solo Travels Through Siberia and Thibet
The London Chronicle notes Mme Massieu, now awarded the Legion of Honor cross, as a distinguished solo traveler who has journeyed in woman's dress through remote regions like Thibet and Siberia without hostility, joining a list of notable women explorers alongside Mme Dieulafoy and Mme Delarue-Mardus.
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England
France
Mary Kingsley
Mme. Dieulafoy
Mme. Delarue-Mardus
Mme. Massieu
Legion of Honor
Thibet
Siberia
London Chronicle
President's Traveling Expenses Debate
The Cleveland Plain Dealer argues the president must incur his own travel costs or have them paid from public funds due to constant travel demands. It notes accepting rail company hospitality is impractical and emphasizes the need for accountability and dignity in presidential expenses.
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United States
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Distinction Without Difference
A witty quip from the Philadelphia Record on social labels, noting the only difference between a bachelor girl and an old maid is whether people discuss her behind her back or speak to her to her face.
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Tommy
Philadelphia Record
Runaway Horses Ferry Nitro Wagon Through Knightstown
In Knightstown Indiana on June 25 a wagon loaded with 20 quarts of nitro glycerine ran away driven by Charles Bess. The team avoided detonating the volatile load as they sped seven miles through a populated area until Wallace Apple stopped them. Bess then resumed driving as if nothing had occurred.
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Knightstown
Ind
Charles Bess
Bess
Wallace Apple
Baby in Fowler Undergoes Appendectomy at Deaconess
John Hughes Jr. ten month old of Fowler Indiana was operated on for appendicitis at Deaconess hospital by Dr H O Pantzer. He was brought in in a dying condition as a last resort and thirty minutes after arrival was on the operating table under anaesthetic. The operation lasted thirty minutes and the baby recovered, laughing and cooing in his cot.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Hughes, Jr
John Hughes
Fowler
Deaconess Hospital
H. O. Pantzer
State Board of Health Probes Kingan Packing Plant
Dr J N Hurty secretary of the Indiana State Board of Health visited the Kingan packing house in Indianapolis without prior notice and inspected all departments. He refused to discuss plant conditions, promising a more thorough inquiry. The probe stems from city meat scandals that are slated for court action.
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Indianapolis
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Kingan & Co
Packing House
Harty
Crimial Court
Scouring Country for Suspect in Fatal Stabbing
Noblesville Indiana June 25 officers scour the country east of town for Walter Castor 24 wanted for fatally stabbing his nephew John Sylvester 26 Castor’s buggy hit a fencepost and was wrecked He stopped at the home of his sister Mrs Marion Sylvester to borrow her buggy she refused a quarrel followed Mrs Sylvester’s son was stabbed three times by his uncle Sylvester did not recover
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Noblesville
Ind
Here
Walter Castor
John Sylvester
Castor
Marion Sylvester
Union Effort Ends In Tense Breakup At Petersburg Church
A June 26 meeting at the Cumberland Presbyterian church aimed to unify the Presbyterian and Cumberland Presbyterian churches. After heated speeches the gathering ended in a row with bad feeling, many Cumberland Presbyterians rejecting the Decatur Alabama general assembly decision.
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Petersburg, Inc
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
Cumberland Presbyterian
Cumberland Presbyterians
General Assembly
Decatur
Boy Killed by Lightning near Princeton Home
During a thunder storm in Princeton Indiana on June 26 lightning struck a tree by the home of John McDowell. Arville McDowell twelve year old son was killed instantly in an upstairs room when the bolt smashed through a window while the father was fatally injured downstairs. The tree split in two.
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Princeton
Ind
John McDowell
Arville
Quaker Endowment Secured for Whittier College
Richmond Indiana reports Rev Allen Jay of Richmond helped secure a one hundred thousand dollar endowment for Whittier College in California, a leading Quaker institution in the far west. Indianapolis police have little information from suspects Wm Mullex and George Brown who were overheard discussing the murder of Sarah Schaeffer at Bedford.
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Richmond
Ind
Allen Jay
United States
Whittier College
California
Far West
Indianapolis
Wm. Mullex
George Brown
Sarah Schaeffer
Bedford
County board faulted for bank assessment in Indianapolis
The state board of tax commissioners reprimanded the county board of review for assessing Indianapolis banks and trust companies at 70 cents on the dollar.
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Indianapolis
Ind
County Board of Review
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Jealousy Tragedy Ends in Double Suicide in Indiana
In Boonville Indiana W N Harding a civil war veteran age about 60 shot and killed his wife then killed himself after barricading doors at his home near Tennyson. Their 13 year old son slept through the first shot and the mother Mrs James Bristow aged 39 was struck by lightning nearby injuring her and her 16 year old daughter who was shocked. Harding had threatened self harm before.
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Boonville
Ind
W. N. Harding
Tennyson
Harding
James Bristow
Lillian
Bristow
End of Williams murder cases in Indiana court
In Evansville circuit court Judge Rasch found Jonah Williams guilty of complicity in the January 1206 Boonville murder of James Leigh. Jonah and wife Minerva Williams were sentenced to life. Sons Wesley and Andrew received life and six months. younger members sent to Indiana boys' school.
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Evansville
Ind
Williams
Rasch
Jonah Williams
James Leigh
Boonville
Wesley Williams
Leigh
Minerva Williams
Wesley
Andrew
Indiana Boys’ School
Robbers Force Merchant to Swim Across River in Osceola
Three masked assailants held up Francis Long in Osceola force him to swim the river under threat of death. They then robbed Crull Bros. store near the post office, took stamps cash and more, prompting a village alarm. Six residents fired twenty shots, wounding one, as a thirty-man posse pursues the thieves through marshes south of town.
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Osceola
Ind
Francis Long
Long
Crull Bros
Here
Oil Flowing From Harris Well In Peersburg
Oil seeping to surface in Harris home well in Peersburg Indiana with a 50 foot depth. Oil first appeared days ago and now coats the water surface several inches deep.
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Peersburg
Ind
O. D. Harris
New Indiana Postmasters Appointed and Offices Cut
New fourth class postmasters for Indiana appointed Bartha Martin at La Otto Albert Rosenberger at Vigo County Coal Bluff and Kilroy Posey county Plummer Greene county offices discontinued as rural delivery supersedes them.
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Washington
Indiana
Coal Bliff
Vigo County
Bartha Martin
la Otto
Noble County
Albert Rosenberger
Kilroy
Posey County
Plummer
Greene County
Quiet assault attempt lands Kirklin man in jail
In Frankfort Indiana on June 26 Jesse Hendricks of Kirklin was jailed on a charge of attempted assault against 15 year old Miss Osa Stowers. Miss Stowers says he entered her house while she was alone and assaulted her.
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Frankfort
Ind
Jesse Hendricks
Kirklin
Osa Stowers
Veteran horse thief arrested again in Evansville
Leon Chalmers, 79, admits a 40 year career as a professional horse thief and was arrested in Evansville, Indiana, for stealing a horse. He previously faced horse stealing charges 32 years ago and has served three state prison terms.
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Evansville
Ind
Leon Chalmers
Kitty league weighs Marion and Anderson entry
Vincennes Indiana June 23 President Gosnell of the Kitty league wired members to vote by telegraph on admitting Marion and Anderson to the Kitty Both teams seek admission to the league.
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Vincennes, Ind
Gosnell
Kitty League
Marion
Anderson
Epworth League Convention Adapts Indiana Meet
Epworth Leaguers of Indiana will meet at Logansport from June 28 to July 1. About 2,500 delegates from 827 societies are expected to attend across the state. In Rushville a delay in printing bond blanks for $55,000 in school bonds follows a fire and a class scrap halted issuance.
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Richmond
Ind
Epworth Leaguers
Indiana
Logansport
Rushville
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