Carnegie as a Tariff Witness at House hearings
Andrew Carnegie testified before the House Ways and Means Committee defending steel tariff restraint and praising Schwab. He argued no foreign steel enters the U S and discussed his early ventures including iron bridges and his retirement from the steel business with humor and candor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
House
Ways and Means
Skibo Castle
Charles M. Schwab
Carnegie
Congress
Schwab
Gary
Hill
England
New York
Alfred O. Crozier
Mr. Carnegie
Crozier
Telegraph company discharges 20 operators in Ritzville arrest
Western Union audit aided by private detectives traced unreported messages from the Pacific coast to Minneapolis. The Ritzville agent was arrested after confession. Twenty telegraph operators at various stations were discharged as auditors assess potential losses. Superintendent Reed cautioned that up to 45 percent of messages in the affected territory were not reported to the checking department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Western Union Telegraph Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Pacific Coast
Minneapoli
Ritzville
Reed
Provident Elects Rittenhouse President
New York Dec 22 K E K Rittenhouse the Colorado insurance commissioner has been elected president of the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of New York succeeding Arthur G Langham.
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Provident
Rittenhouse
New York
K. EK
Colorado
The
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of
Arthur G. Langham
Eva Fay Husband Fatally Shoots Self in Oakland
Oakland California December 22 John T Fay partner in Eva Fays vaudeville mind reading acts died by his own hand shooting himselfAuthorities report he assisted his wife in performances and then killed himself in a suicide amid the act episode reflecting the couple's stage life and fatal ending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Fay
Oakland
Cal
John T. Fay
The Greatest Geologist de royar and Lyell praise
A fragmentary tribute compares Lyell to Copernicus and Darwin for shaping geology. It credits Lyell with shifting from catastrophe theory to a principled, modern geology based on his Principles of Geology published in Paris, marking a birth of real geology.
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de Royar
Charles Right
Lyell
Copernicus
Che
Darwin
Highegg
Pau
Funeral for Major Orlando Jay Smith Held in New York
Orlando Jay Smith president and general manager of the American Press Association, died Sunday at his Hudson River home. A special train from Grand Central carried representatives of the APA and national leaders to Dobbs Ferry. Services were at his home with interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Floral tributes came from friends and Loyal Legion and other organizations linked to him.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Orlando Jay Smith
American Press Association
the Hudson
Grand Central Station
Dobbs Ferry
Major Smith
Sleepy Hollow
The
Loyal Legion
Eleven Americans Killed in Philippine Poisoning Incident
Manila reports Governor Smith ordering a special commission to investigate eleven American soldiers who died after drinking a corrosive poison served as a native beverage called beno. The dead included ten men from the Eighteenth Infantry's Companies L and M, with allegations of hostility from local vendors over unpaid purchases.
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Philippines
Manila
Smith
John Duffy
Edward C. Clark
Thomas W. Bing
Chesley Delaney
Company L
Eighteenth Infantry
Otto Kuppe
John J. Phelan
Frank L. Smith
James EB. Curtis
Sam A. Bramel
John O. Corbeil
William Nicholas
New York urged to start tramp farm colonies
Albany December text reports Governor Hughes urged by New York City Charities Commissioner to recommend in the legislature a plan for state farm colonies for tramps. The aim is to detain, reform and instruct vagrants and habitual offenders by agronomy based training and a rewards system, drawing on international and English experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Hughes
R. W. Hebberd
New York City
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Switzerland
Hollesly Bay
England
Police Captain Blamed for Hidden Pistol in Shoe
San Francisco reports police commissioners blame Captain Duke for negligence after Morris Haas killed himself following an attempt on Francis Heney. They believe Haas concealed a pistol in his shoe. Duke faces sentence on December 30. Duke, once regarded as best captain, was found guilty of neglect of duty.
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Honey
San Francisco
Morris Haas
Branch County
Francis J. Heney
Haas
Captain Duke
Heney
Duke
Chief Biggy Dies in Accident at Lay Crossing
San Irrancisco coroner's jury finds Chief of Police Biggy accidental drown ing after vanishing from the police launch Patrol while crossing the Lay. verdict declares death due to accidental drowning.
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Biggy
San Irrancisco
Heroic Sacrifice by Girls at Delta Delta Delta
Madison Wisconsin December twenty second. Eight members of Delta Delta Delta at the university submitted to operations in skin grafting for Nina Johnson a sorority sister injured in a chemistry experiment. One hundred sixty square inches were necessary. Dr C A Herper performed the operations saying it was the greatest exhibition of nerve he had ever seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
University
Nina Johnson
C. A. Herper
Mrs Erb Murder Trial Postponed to Dec 29
Media Pa Dec 22 The trial of Mrs Florence Erb and her sister Mrs Catherine Beisel for the murder of Captain J Clayton Erb at Village Green Delaware county has been postponed until Dec 29.
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Erb
Media
Florence Erb
Catherine Beisel
J. Clayton Erb
Village Green
Delaware County
Weather forecast for Hainois and Midwest states
Partly cloudy conditions are expected across Hainois Indiana and Iowa Michigan Wisconsin with a mix of sun and cloud. No precipitation is forecast and temperatures will be mild for the region.
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Hainois
Indiana
Iowa—Fair
Michigan
Wisconsin
Markets and prices from Chicago and Elgin reports
Chicago markets show winter and spring wheat prices by sample with small variations. Live stock data include hogs, cattle, and sheep with receipts and price ranges. East Buffalo figures from Dunning Stevens note strong markets. Elgin Butter Market lists creamery butter prices. A home craft note describes making an inexpensive desk pad from cardboard and cretonne with blotting paper and ribbons.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Elgin
Steck
Cupid Incog Caper in Brooklyn Life Verse
A playful verse from Brooklyn Life portrays Cupid as a shy intruder in silk and lace who enters unbidden, jaws of a guarded heart loosened, only to be pierced by a mocked arrow. The poet jokes on love’s intrusion and the whims of a master Cupid during four seasons.
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Cupid
Plea to Save Fish Warns of Sturgeon Obliteration
Washington reports on migratory fish protection as George M. Bowers, U.S. fish commissioner, warns state inadequacy may obliterate sturgeon fisheries. He notes sturgeon vanishing from most east coast rivers due to greed and indifference. In California, 200,090 salmon eggs were shipped from Mill Creek to Argentina.
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Washington
George M. Bowers
United States Fish Commissioner
Redding
Cal
United States
Mill Creek
Argentine Republic
Railroad Man Victim of Paralysis and Doings of the Day
Thomas Q. Connelly general agent for the Gould lines dies from a stroke in Los Angeles. The clipping also recounts a Cleveland school anecdote about Johnny Smith, a head waiter’s long daily round in New York, a stern Baltimore father, a shoemaker’s comments to a girl about her feet, and ends with a note on the largest bell near Canton, China.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Q. Connelly
Gould Lines
Cleveland
Johnny Smith
Johnny
Philadelphia
New York
New York World
Dramatic testimony in Hatns murder trial at yacht dock
Mrs Stevene E. Annis testified about a tense dock scene as Captain Peter C. Hatns aimed a pistol. She recalled Thornton Hains beckoning his brother and leading toward the runway while her husband William F. Annis appeared in danger. She cried out a celebratory cheer just before the fatal moment.
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New York
Stevene E. Annis
Thornton J. Hatns
William F. Annis
Peter C. Hatns
Thornton Hains
Mrs. Annis
Annis
Thornton Mains
McIntyre
Mains
Whaler’s riddle echoes in old sea verse
A sea poem of a tar on a spar muses if fish weep in the deep. He reflects on blind sailors and blubbering whales, the nautical tongue revealing a playful, lilting query from a veteran mariner.
Foley's Kidney Remedy Buoyed By Growing Use
More people are taking Foley's Kidney Remedy each year. It is touted as the most effective remedy for kidney and bladder troubles medical science can devise. It corrects irregularities, rebuilds worn tissues, and restores vitality. Endorsed by H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Moogk
Wm. .F. Jungkunz
Best Methods For Cleaning White Furs At Home
The article outlines home cleaning steps for white furs including sunning, pounding with a rattan stick, heating a sand and sawdust cleanser, rubbing in the mixture, repeating as needed, then using cornstarch or plaster of Paris. It notes some furs should be sent to a furrier, and describes variations for heavy long furs and sable with a furrier’s comb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Reverend Riddle and Mrs Pipp Sleepwalking Dispute
A St. Louis Times item reports Rev. Riddle saying he was grieved by his husband walking out of church yesterday while Mrs. Pipp replies that he always walks in his sleep indicating a sleepwalking dispute referenced in the local society note.
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Riddle
D. D
Pipp
St. Louis
Counterfeiting defendants tied to bogus cough remedy claim
H. J. Moogk and Wm Jungkuna found guilty of counterfeiting in a case likened to substituting a worthless remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar. The report notes the illegal act involved passing counterfeit money and compares it to substituting a fake cough medicine for a well known remedy.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkuna
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Laird
Skibo
Cochran
Carnege
Mr.Cochran
Western Union
Orlando J. ShiiTi
Tramp Farm
Cash Grain Market
Brooklyn Life
Baltimore
Harry
Mia
Slarper’s Monthly
Vin
Canton
China
Hains
Yacht Club Dock
Grand Opera House
Hugh Flannery, JR
Bioscope Moving Pictures
Ayer
SSO
S.S. S
California
Florida
Malaga
Catawaba
Limburg
Japan
Burrell Brothers
Stephenson St
Pickard
Emerick, Barrett & C
Freeport
Linois
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