Last Hours of ex Speaker Reed Died in Washington Hotel
Thomas Brackett Reed former Speaker of the House died at the Arlington hotel at 12 10 Sunday morning December 7 of uraemia His wife Catherine and Drs Goodnow MacDonald Gardner and Bishop were at his bedside Earlier he grew faint and never revived He had Brights disease and kidney trouble during his final illness Roosevelt and many officials attended the body lay in state before removal to Portland Maine.
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Thomas Brackett Reed
House of Representatives
Arlington Hotel
Congress
F. A. Gardner
Reed
Portland
Ariington Hotel
Read
Roosevelt
Senate
Congressional Notes President’s Message and new Senate members sworn
Congress spent little time on business as the President’s message was read in both chambers. In the Senate Russell Alger was sworn in to replace the late McMillan, and Milburn’s chaplaincy restoration was simply read. House members took oath for Gordon Russell and Edward Swann to fill vacancies. Nelson of Minnesota reported a bill to admit Oklahoma with Indian Territory, dropping New Mexico and Arizona. The House advanced a $60,000 appropriation for the anthracite strike commission, and discussion touched immigration limits and international affairs.
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Congress
Senate
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Senator McMillan
W. H. Milburn
San
Tegard
Gordon Russell
R. &. de Graffeurcn
Texas
Edward Swann
Amos J. Cummings
New York
Nelson
Minnesota
House
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Indian Territory
Penrose
Pennsylvania
de. Qraffenred
Shepherd
Senate Confirms Holmes to Supreme Court and West as DC Commissioner
The Senate on Thursday in executive session confirmed Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes to succeed the late Chief Judge Grey as a United States Supreme Court justice and Henry J. West as commissioner of the District of Columbia. Routine business in the House Thursday centered on members pursuing district-specific bills.
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Senate
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dushes Grey
United Sates Supreme Put
Henry J. West
Tstrict
Columbia
Pension Bill Passed by House for 1904 Funding
The House approved the Pension appropriation for the year ending June 30 1904 totaling 189 000 000. Mr Payne of New York offered a resolution for a holiday adjournment from December 2 to January 5. Representative Acheson proposed extending free delivery mail to towns with 5000 population.
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House
Payne
New York
Acheson
Postmaster General Opposes Women Rural Carriers
Postmaster General Payne objects to women serving as rural free delivery carriers. About 25 women hold such posts and an inquiry by Superintendent Machen will review their performance. Appointments were made without regard to sex, and Payne reportedly opposes further female appointments to the service.
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Payne
Machen
Mgr
Prince Henry of Pless as German ambassador candidate
At the national capital Prince Henry of Pless becomes a candidate for the German ambassadorship in Washington. Other items note opponents of the omnibus statehood bill appealing to the President, Navy orders on swamp digging, and various diplomatic and military appointments and actions.
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Prince Henry of
Pless
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Morchly
Admiral Higginson
Charles Henry Butler
New York City
Supreme Court
United States
Moody
John C. Sullivan
Lieutenant de Faramoné
Loubet
France
Senate
New York
Spain
Henry C.hasbrouck
Art
Fort Adams
R. C
Francis
State Department
Greece
Roosevelt
Obin
Bramwell
Prnpines
Oltears
John Barrett
Oregon
Japan
Burglar George Dickinson Gets 15 Year Penitentiary Sentence
George Dickinson alias Wescott, a Philadelphia burglar arrested about ten days ago, was tried and convicted for multiple robberies. Police tied him to nearly 60 robberies but secured evidence in about 25 cases. About $10,000 in loot was recovered.
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George Dickinson
Wescott
Philadelphia
Dickinson
Vaccination Clash Hits Cas City Schools
The vaccination agitation climaxed at Cas City Indiana as over 500 children were excluded for missing vaccination certificates. About half had been vaccinated but failed to obtain proof. anti vaccinationists threaten to seek admission and legal action if denied entry.
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Cas City
Ind
Will Get More Money for Telegraph Operators on RR
Telegraph operators on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg line win new scale talks. Increases of 3 to 20 percent start December 1 to align salaries with other railroads. Supreme Court Justice Wesley C. Howard issued an injunction against Painters Union No. 62 in Schenectady, barring treatment of William Potter as nonmember. Potter was expelled for military service during the Hudson Valley strike.
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Buffalo, Rochester & Pintsbury
Supreme Court
Wesley C. Howard
Oat Schenectady
Painters’ Union No. 62
William Potter
Poitier
Soen
Mudson Valley
Fourteen Die as Fire Traps Lincoln Hotel Chicago
A blaze at 6 am in the Lincoln hotel 176 Madison St Chicago killed fourteen men by suffocation. Thirteen died in bed while one perished en route to hospital. many more injured. Night clerk Weber sounded alarms but dense smoke hampered evacuation. guests fled via stair, windows, and improvised fire escapes as firefighters carried people down ladders. The coroner scheduled a December 12 inquest.
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Lincoln Hotel
Madison Street
Chicago
I. G. Yocum
Davenport
Samuel Yocum
A. FE
Coonil Sawyer
Marengo
Janesvile
Wis
GC. P. Cowan
St. Louis
George FR. Graves
J. S. Alison
Richland Center
Edward Davenport
W. G. Thomas
Cedar Rapids
William M. Snyder
Loom City
June Shepperd
Robert ¢. Hamilton
Lebanon
Ind
Cliff Ward
Battle Creek
Mich
Frederick G. Baker
Nashville
Irwin Westerland
Olof Oldort
Weber
I. A. Smith
Musham
Fire Department
Proclamation Bans Cattle and Sheep Imports
Governor Yates of Illinois issues a proclamation prohibiting cattle and sheep imports into the state from Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as from neighboring New York New Hampshire New Jersey and Pennsylvania amid concerns over foot and mouth disease in the earlier states.
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Yates
Ilinois
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Train's Fearful Plunge at Big Run Wreck
A freight wreck on the West Virginia Central at Big Run near Thomas Va results in engineer John Jankey dead and brakeman A Walt seriously hurt. The locomotive and 24 loaded cars left the track and plunged down the mountain side while rounding a curve. The remaining crew escaped serious injury.
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West Virginia Central Railroad
Big Run
Blackwater
Thomas
W. Va
John Jankey
A. Walt
No Coal Crisis Strains Omaha As Cold Wave Rages
In Omaha Nebraska the cold wave causes widespread hardship among the poor and wealthy alike due to coal shortages. Orders overwhelm coal firms, no anthracite available, schools closed across Omaha and many state schools, and wooden sidewalks and fences deteriorate rapidly.
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Omaha
Lha
Neh
Lead Merger Completed Reshapes U S Lead Industry
The United States lead industry merger nears completion. The National Lead Company with a 30 million capital will become the holding company and boost capital to 360 million, gaining absolute control of all domestic lead manufacturers.
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United States
National Lead Company
Ail
Cmpany
Blizzards, robberies and political shifts dominate notes
A nationwide blizzard hit December 4 and 5. A Bridger Montana bank was robbed of 2000 dollars by three masked men. Buck died duck hunting in Japan. Twelve missing after a San Francisco tank steamer explosion. Howell elected mayor of Atlanta without opposition. Public and industrial news include child insurance crusade, stove price rise, rail real estate buys, wigging wages, and various deaths and legal actions across states.
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Bridger
Mont
United States
Buck
Japan
San Francisco
Evan P. Howell
Atlanta
Durham
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Michigan
Texas
Boston Ocean Terminal
Pickering Manufacturing Company
Lowell
Mass
Germany
Great Britain
Venezuela
Grand Jury
New York
Daniel C. Moynahan
Caribbean
United States Navy
James Sullivan
de Kibbs
Cornucopia
Baker City
Ore
Thomas Nast
United States Consur
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Frank C. Andrews
Detroit
Jackson
Williams Knitting Mills
North Carolina
Shelby
Liang Chen
Mile
China
France
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Ind
James Rochelle Tyler
President Tyler
Confederate Soldiers
Richmond
Hix
Flinn
Cape May
H. V. Hilprecht
University of Pennsylvania
Lucy Wharton
Shamokin
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Horace E. Kiliig
Germantown
Minnesota Supreme Court
Russell Sage
George C. Glover
Sage
Swift County
George W. Streeter
Lake Front
Chicago
Pacific Coast Limited
Rio Grande
Western Railroad
Grand Junction
Col
Co. v. Beedle
John Cummings
Benson
Indiana Company
Capital
New Jersey
Indiana
General Deschamps
San Juan de Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Internal Revenue Office
Eighth District
Danville
Frankfort
Caleb Jowers
Goebel
Lfe
Richard Cole
Ada Gilbert Dennis
Washington
United States District Court
W. W. Bristol
Surety Guarantee and Trust Company
Morocco
Tazza
Gold in Indianapolis Sparks Citywide Gold Rush
In Indianapolis on Friday about 100 men panned gold from gravel and sand dumped by street excavations. Western prospector Royce, visiting relatives, claimed the dirt yields flour-like gold and that Indiana could become a leading placer mining state. He asserted dust from city ditches could run 15 to 50 cents per cubic yard and hailed the dirt as 90 to 95 percent pure.
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Indianapolis
Ind
R. D L. Royce
Royce
Indiana
Cleveland Wins In Battle Over Eight Hour Law
The Supreme Court at Columbus Ohio declares the eight hour labor law unconstitutional in the case city of Cleveland versus Clement Bros. The city had reduced contracts and threatened penalties of ten dollars per violation, seeking three hundred dollars in fines. Clement Bros. sued and won in the lower court, with the city losing again in the high court. The decision follows a prior ruling.
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Supreme Court
Columbus
Cleveland
Clement Bros
Virginia legislator proposes kiss ban law in Richmond
Dr. W. B. Ware a Richmond physician introduces a bill making promiscuous kissing a misdemeanor. The act would punish violations with a fine of one to five dollars per offense, requiring proof of good health from a family physician.
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House of Delegates
Richmond
W. B. Ware
Muncie Glass Plant Closes Indefinitely
The American Window Glass Company shut down its Muncie Indiana plant indefinitely and plans to transfer 400 workers to company owned facilities in other cities. Local officers offered no statement beyond the impracticability of operating the Muncie factory for the present.
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American Window Glass Company
Muncie
Ind
Las
Court Declares Kansas City Beer Combine a Trust
The Kansas City court of appeals ruled that a local brewer alliance constitutes a trust forbidden by Missouri law. It held that debt owed to a member of the combine need not be paid, and that the brewer cannot sue to collect the debt in court.
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Court of Appeals
Kansas City
City
Missouri
Mail Lost or Stolen From Post Office Route
A mail sack containing 14000 in drafts and checks from the internal revenue office and 94000 in bank checks and drafts, plus registered letters, was stolen or lost between the Danyule post office and the depot or on the Cincinnati mail train.
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Internal Revenue Office
Danyule
By. Post Office
Cincinnati
Maryland Tax Law Upheld by Supreme Court
Justice White of the United States Supreme Court affirmed Maryland’s right to tax the gross receipts of the Northern Central Railway Company, which claimed exemption under old charters.
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Justice White
United States Supreme Court
Maryland
Northern Central Railway Company
Gusher in Canada Near Chatham Boosts Oil Output
A new oil gusher in Rough township ten miles from Chatham, Canada, has completed its pouring and released 40 hay relean units of yield, marking a major addition to North American oil production.
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Canada
America
Rough Township
Chatham
American Screw Co. Aims to Absorb New England Screws
Developments at Providence TR report the American Screw Company seeking to absorb all independent screw manufacturers in New England. Martha Washington Stamps: Post Office Department has begun issuing stamps bearing the Martha Washington portrait.
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Providence
American Screw Company
New England
Martha Washington
Post Office Department
Freight rate increases to be probed by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission sets December 16 for a hearing in Washington to examine planned freight rate hikes on Mississippi river routes to the east and south. Officials from Michigan Central, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Erie, Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania, and others must attend. Proposals include higher rates on grain, dressed meats, provisions, and wheat and flour from Missouri river points, plus adjustments from Ohio river points to southern markets.
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Mississippi River
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Commission
Washington, D. C
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Lake Shora & Michigan Southern Railway Company
Erie Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
the Pennsylvania Company
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company
Wabash Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Company
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad’ Company
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railrroad Company
Southern Railway Company
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Michigan Central
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad
Chicago
New York
Kaneag City
St. Joseph
Atchison
Leavenworth
Missouri River
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Louisville
Evansville
New Albany
Cairo
Charleston
Atlanta
Brimshick
South Atlantic Coast
German Reichstag Debates Tariff Bill Before Christmas
The Reichstag narrowly allows a vote on the tariff bill as a whole, with Socialists abstaining. Across Europe reports include a fatal bakery fire in Bochum killing ten, and Britain’s Good Hope reaching Port Said with Chamberlain aboard bound for South Africa. The International Rubber Company proposed in Philadelphia aims for 25 million dollars in capital. The French chamber ratifies a monetary accord with Italy Belgium and Switzerland. Silverton to lay cable to Honolulu with expected Washington Christmas link. Gold price declines in London signaling softer global demand. Austria-Hungary reports milk and vegetable shortages due to heavy snows. Danube reported frozen near Bucharest. Premier Sprigg faces hostile reception in East London East Africa. Emperor William condemns socialism in Breslau.
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Reichstag
Germany
Bochum
Prussia
Good Hope
Chamberlain
South Africa
Port Said
Egypt
Dodge
United States
Berlin
Foreign Office
Philadelpha
International Rubber Company
Chamber of Deputies of
France
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
Honolulu
Philippines
San Francisco
Silverton
Washington
Baron von Kardorft
Paul Alexandevitch
Hizperor William
Vandenburg
Pistelkon
London
England
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Bucharest
Danube
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Portland, Mo
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National Capitol
Wekyll and Hyde
Gas City
Penny Stoge
Illinois
Supreme Court of Ohio
Virginia
GLASS
Gusher
Interstate Commerce Commission
WIIL
Sprigg
East London
East Africa
William
Breslau
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