Former Utah Senator Shot in Washington at Hotel
Former Senator Arthur Brown of Utah was shot and seriously wounded at the Raleigh hotel in Washington. Police say Mrs. Anna Bradley, who registered as A B Brown, fired after seeking marriage and alleging Brown urged divorce. she was arrested and claims the act was justified as Brown refused to marry her.
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Washington
Arthur Brown
Utah
Anna M. Bradley
Senator Brown
Raleigh
Bradley
A. B. Brown
Shooting sparks rally for Mrs Bradley in Salt Lake City
Friends in Salt Lake City rally to support Mrs Anna M Bradley after a shooting in Washington that left a former senator injured. Report continues on page six.
Steamer Peruvia Ashore at Long Beach New Jersey
The German steamer Peruvia bound for Philadelphia lies easy ashore at Long Beach New Jersey on December 10 with a crew of twenty eight and a cargo of 5000 bags of sugar. The crew declined life saving offers to be taken ashore and are reported not in immediate danger.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Long Beach
Philadelphia
Black pneumonia scourge spreads in Goldfield district
In Goldfield Nevada on December 10 the terrible black pneumonia outbreak continues with no sign of abating as doctors from across the state are summoned. The crisis draws blame toward local authorities for concealing the situation, with cases reported in several mining camps in the district.
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Goldfield, Nev
Goldfield
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to President Roosevelt
The Norwegian parliament conferred the Nobel Peace Prize on President Roosevelt for his role in ending the Russo Japanese war. Sponsors include Prof. H. P. Judson, Yale’s Baldwin, Harberger of Munich, and Georgetown University faculty. The prize, funded by Alfred Nobel, honors peace efforts and other scientific and literary prizes.
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Christiania
Norway
Roosevelt
H. P. Judson
Chicago University
Baldwin
Yale
Harberger
University of Munich
Georgetown University
Washington
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Stockholm
Five Die in Chicago Steel Plant Accident Tragedy
Five Polish and Hungarian laborers died at the Illinois Steel Co plant in south Chicago within 24 hours. One man burned by hot steel, one killed by a switch engine, another asphyxiated by coal gas, and two crushed by falling steel.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Co
South Chicago
Charges Filed Against Minnesota Board of Warehouse and Railways
James Manahan representing the Minnesota Shippers and Receivers Association filed malfeasance in office inefficiency and misconduct charges against Ira B. Mills C F Staples and William B Young the state board of warehouse and railway commissioners. The complaint accuses the board of showing favor to J J Hill and stems from a refusal to allow cross examination at a recent hearing before the board. Governor Johnson is now poised to act on the charges.
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Johnson
James Manahan
Minnesota Shippers’ and Receivers’ Association
Ira B. Mills
C. F. Staples
Wm. B. Young
State Board of Warehouse and Railway Commissioners
Manahan
C. F. Hubbard
Shippers’ Association
J. J. Hill
Religious Warfare Fears Sweep Paris as Prosecutions Begin
Paris reports warn of a religious war after the pope’s stance prompts government action. The 1881 law requires preliminary declaration before services, and prosecutions may start in 36,000 communes with police ordered to dissolve churches and expel parish priests.
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Paris
Sudden Death of Bohemian Girl Ties to Belek
Chicago police seek relatives of a Bohemian girl who died of suspected poisoning linked to Herman Belek. Belek, jailed over Uzral family deaths, allegedly engaged to the woman who died before a doctor could be called. Investigators sent to Cleveland to review Belek's past work with poisons.
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Chicago
Herman Belek
Uzral
Belek
Cleveland
Grace Deaf Mute Guild Holds Banquet in Baltimore
The Grace Deaf Mute Guild gathered for its annual banquet in Baltimore on December 10 with Rev. Oliver P. Widden presiding. Professors from Gallaudet College for Deaf Mutes in Washington delivered addresses. attendance was limited to deaf mutes.
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Baltimore
Grace Deaf Mute Guild
Oliver P. Widden
Gallaudet College
Washington
Wreck on B&O No 10 Linked to Revenge in Connellsville
In Connellsville Pennsylvania December 10 detectives report the wreck of Baltimore and Ohio train No 10 on the Pittsburg division was caused by a revenge motive. Patrick Eagan allegedly plotted to kill engineer Carr after riding in the cab at McKeesport and Caldwell. An extra man Carr replaced died in the derailment. Washington also releasing the annual report from Commissioner James Garfield citing widespread railroad discrimination favoring Standard Oil Company and noting improved equality in transportation after secret rates were canceled. The report covers oil tobacco steel sugar and coal industry investigations with further findings forthcoming.
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Connellsville
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
Patrick Eagan
Eagan
McKeesport
Michael Barr
Carr
Coulter
West Newton
C. Sheppard
Washington
James R. Grirfield
Standard Oi Co
Standard Oil Co
Standard
Rescue of Wellington Crew Off Coast in 35N 66W
Captain Fredericksen and his wife along with 15 crew members were rescued Dec 3 in exhausted condition by the Sokoto after the Wellington ran waterlogged and deserted off Gulfport. The Sokoto will transport them to Havana.
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Nassau
Fredericksen
Wellington
Elder-Dempster
Sokoto
Gulfport
Miss
Rosario
Argentine
Havana
President nominates Ridgeley for Comptroller of Currency
The president sent to the Senate the nomination of William B. Ridgeley of Illinois as comptroller of currency.
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Washington
Senate
William B. Ridgeley
Illinois
Kansas to Present Silver Service to Battleship Kansas
Governor Hoch notified Secretary Bonaparte that Kansas will present a silver service to the battleship Kansas and urged orders allowing the ship to go to Galveston Texas to receive it.
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Topeka
Kas
Hoch
Bonaparte
Navy Department
State of Kansas
Kansas
Galveston
Tex
Moody's Confirmation by Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington December 10 The senate committee on judiciary authorized a favorable report on the nomination of William H Moody present attorney general to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
William H. Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Winter Wheat and Rye Conditions Reported in December
Washington dispatch notes the department of agriculture monthly crop report. Winter wheat condition on December 1 is 94.1 percent, matching last year's level and above the nine year average of 92.9. Winter rye stands at 96.2 percent, above the nine year average of 95.8 percent.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Monarch Steamer Runs Aground Near Isle Royale
The passenger steamer Monarch ran aground near Isle Royale yesterday and sank. Crew and passengers were rescued by a tug and sheltered on a nearby island.
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Port Huron
Mich
Monarch
Isle Royale
Sugar dealers plead guilty to accepting rebates
Goodloe Edgar and Edwin Earl of William E. Edgar & Sons Detroit sugar dealers pleaded guilty in U S court to receiving rebates on sugar shipments. They were fined 6009 dollars each. Edgar and Earl tied to a New York Central case. the railroad was fined 1 038 000 dollars and the sugar refining company 18 000 after a jury conviction.
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New York
C. Goodloe
Edgar
Edwin Earl
William E. Edgar & Sons
Detroit
Mich
United States
Earl
New York Central
Hudson River Co
American Sugar Refining Co
Sugar Company
Two men charged with murder in Washington Mo case
William Robert Shaw and Tony Bohlen of St Louis were arrested on a complicity charge in a double murder at Washington Missouri. They deny being in the city during the weekend, saying Charles Simon and John Tink invited them but they refused and Simon and Tink acted alone in the killing over a love affair dispute.
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St. Louis
William Robertshaw
Tony Bohlen
Washington, Mo
Washington
Charles Simon
John Tink
Warner
Simon
Tink
Ohio official commits suicide amid duties burden
Richmond Indiana December 10 1900 W E Clayton county commissioner elect Preble Ohio hanged himself at his home fifteen miles east of Richmond Officials say worry over official responsibilities led to the act.
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Richmond
Ind
Clayton
Preble County
Ohio
Gale in Frisco Claims One Life and Injures Several
A southeast gale reaching forty eight miles per hour battered the San Francisco coast today. The storm caused shipping damage and collapse of walls across the burned district, resulting in one death and multiple injuries.
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San Francisco
Gillette Sentenced for Grace Brown Murder Electrocution Scheduled
Chester Gillette was sentenced in Herkimer New York to electrocution during the week of January 26 for the murder of Grace Brown. In Pittsburg Kansas a Missouri Pacific passenger train collision with a Frisco stock special left two dead and injuries to others.
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Grace Brown
Herkimer
N. Y
Chester Gillette
Pittsburg
Kas
Missouri Pacific
Thomas F. Freeman
Nevada
Albert J. Page
Anna Steel
Erie
Col
Storer Reiterates Charges in Roosevelt Letter Clash
Bellamy Storer former ambassador to Austria Hungary replies to Roosevelt letter. He likens himself to an Ananias club member and says he defends his wife’s name from insinuations. Storer asserts four letters support his view on Archbishop Ireland promotion and claims Ireland said Roosevelt took credit in conversations.
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Cincinnati
Bellamy Storer
Austria- Hungary
Roosevelt
Root
Storer
Ananias Club
Chandler
Tillman
Bailey
Irish potatoes seed crop falls short in Virginia
Richmond Virginia December 10 The fall crop of Irish potatoes used for spring seed is nearly a total failure in this state. Prices range from eight to twenty five dollars per barrel. The crop failure will mean four great losses to potato growers in Virginia.
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Richmond
Packers' Cases Postponed to January 10
Chicago December 10 The trial of the packing house corporations indicted for conspiracy in restraint of trade was continued until January 10 because both sides’ attorneys are engaged in other trials in the United States district court.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Castro Taken to the Seacoast in Bad Shape
Reliable reports from Venezuela say President Castro was moved by train and bed to Macuto near La Guaira for treatment after a severe illness. Posters in Caracas claim the government may transfer power to a vice president, while ex-revolutionary General Paredes gathers 15,000 rifles for an uprising.
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Fort de France
Martinique
Venezuela
Castro
Seacoast
Macuto
la Guayra
Caracas
Paredes
Banquet honors Perry Belmont at Healy’s restaurant
In New York on December 10 Publicity Law members hosted Hon. Perry Belmont at a banquet. The event honored Belmont for aiding the passage of a bill to publish contributions and expenses of campaign committees, which had its first test at the recent election. Judge John F. Dillon presided with many prominent lawyers politicians and sportsmen in attendance.
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New York
Healy
Publicity Law Organization
Perry Belmont
Belmont
John F. Dillon
German Emperor to Visit King Edward Early March
Reports from official circles say the German emperor will visit King Edward in the Isle of Wight in early March during a Mediterranean cruise. Also noted is the expected early 1907 succession of Count Metternich as German ambassador to London by the hereditary prince of Hohenlohe-Laungenberg, formerly an attache at Carleton House terrace in 1892. the prince is married to Princess Alexandra of Saxe Coburg, a niece of King Edward.
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London
Edward
Isle of Wight
Count Metternich
Court of St. James
Prince of
Hohenlohe
Six Day Bicycle Race Accident Injures Boston Rider
The first serious crash in the Madison Square Garden six day bike race injuries Hugh McLean of Boston, partner of Bobby Walthour. McLean may not ride again after a spill on the turn near Fourth Avenue and Twenty seventh Street where Johnny Nelson was killed years ago.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Hugh MecLean
Boston
Bobby Walthour
McLean
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Little Johnny Nelson
New Brig Erica Schepp Returns with 750000 Cocoanuts
New York reports the brig Erica Schepp in harbor with a cargo of 750000 San Blas coconuts. Jamaica, San Blas, Baracoa, Trinidad, and Porto Rico crops exceed average, signaling potential market overstock in U S for the year.
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New York
Trederica Schepp
San Blas
Jamaica
Baraca
Trinidad
Porto Rico
United States
Demented Miners Rampage Ends in Death
Elmer McNeal, a mentally disturbed coal miner, opened fire on a crowded trolley from Jackson to Wellston killing Harry White and mortally wounding J E Kinchison before being shot by townspeople. McNeal, twice a patient at the Athens insane asylum, died after being hurled from a car window.
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Jackson, O
Elmer McNeal
Wellston
Harry White
J. E. Kinchison
McNeal
Athens Insane Asylum
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France
Deaf Mute Banquet
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Standard Oil Company
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Ridgeley
Moody
Senate Committee
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Cen
Tral
Gale IN ‘Frisco
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Teddy
Virginia
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Hugh M’lean
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