Foraker Attacks Roosevelt on Brownsville Action
Senator Foraker assails the Presidents dismissal of the Twenty fifth Infantry at Brownsville arguing the action was unconstitutional and not supported by the evidence. He urges a full senate military committee inquiry into the discharge and related testimony as Representative Longworth backs him and Beott calls for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Foraker
Onlo
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Yea
Foraker
Ohio
Senate
Longworth
Forker
Lodis
Beott
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Device Lets Trains Talk From Moving Cars
A Louisville inventor Dr. Alva P F Jones demonstrates a device tested on a train allowing dispatchers to talk directly with crews on moving cars. The system reportedly works at speeds from 25 to 25 miles per hour and connects with cities including Louisville Cincinnati and Madison Indiana. He reportedly declined a $100,000 offer from Chicago men claiming it is the greatest railroad safeguard since the airbrake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Cincinnati
Madison
Ind
Alva FP. Jones
Ouisville
Chicago
Patrick life saved as Higgins commutes Patrick death sentence
Governor Higgins of New York commuted Albert T. Patrick’s death sentence to life imprisonment after a Court of Appeals ruling affirmed his 1902 murder conviction of William Marsh Rice. The governor expressed doubt about Patrick’s sanity later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higgins
Albert T. Patrick
New York
Breats
Tve
William Marsh Rice
Court of Appeals
Patrick
Puatviek
Robbery at Felicity Bank Leaves Loot Largely Intact
The Citizens bank at Felicity, C. was blown open early in the morning and $300 in cash taken from the outer portion of the big safe. Burglars were frightened away before opening the inner safe that held cash and securities totaling $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Bank
Felicity
Southern Woolen Mills Combine Formed In South
A merger of leading southern woolen mills with a capital of 1 250 000 has created the American Textile Woolens Company. Headquarters will be in Chattanooga and W W Nixon of Atlanta is expected to serve as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Woolen Mills
Jeading Woolen
South
American Textile Woolens Company
Congem
Chattanooga
Itme
W. W. Nixon
At-lanta
Longshoreman Convicted for Mourning Emblem Theft
William Cleary a Longshoreman of Thompson Street New York was convicted in special sessions court for stealing crepe from a doorknob at a house of mourning. He received a 60 day sentence to the Tombs. The crepe valued at 1.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cleary
Thompson Street
New York
King Alfonso Rescues Horse Beaten by Cruel Man
King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Queen Victoria witnessed a man abusing a horse on a country lane. The monarch intervened, righted the exhausted animal, and administered a beating to the cruel rider to stop the abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Sainais
Queen Victoria
Queef
Alfonso
Wholesale Trade Activity Remains Brisk Despite Weather
The Weekly Review of Trade reports holiday demand for staple articles remains strong while distribution disruptions and freight delays pose risks at western points. Building permits show declines, but most industries keep high output with numerous contracts for next year. Footwear and farm goods hold steady, while iron prices stay firm as furnaces take new orders and western factories maintain several months of activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dan & Co
Russia
Wealthy men convicted in land fraud case at Omaha
Bartlett Richards Will G. Comstock C C Jameson and Aquilla Triplett were convicted on 36 counts for conspiring to defraud the government of public lands and suborning perjury in a federal trial at Omaha Nebraska. The Spade ranch case spanned Cherry Sheridan and Box Butte counties with home stead fraud. Maximum penalty two years imprisonment and 1600 dollars per count.
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Federal District Court
Omaha
Neb
Bartlett Richards
Will G. Comstock
C. C. Jameson
Nebraska Land and Feeding Company
Spade
Aquilla Triplett
Cherry
Sheridan
Box Butte
Nebraska
Richards
Comstock
Omaha Club
United States
Roosevelt
Irving L. Baxter
Death of Bishop Charles C. McCabe
Bishop Charles C. McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal Church died in New York Hospital on December 1 from apoplexy after days of illness while en route to Philadelphia. Born October 11 1836 at Athens Ohio, he joined the Oslo conference in 1860 and served as chaplain of the 122nd Ohio Infantry. He was captured at Winchester and imprisoned four months, later famed as Chaplain McCabe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. McCabe
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York Hospital
Philadelphia
McCaba
Athens
Oslo
Methodist Church
One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Infantry
Winchester
Libby
McCabe
The
Portsmouth
Board of Church Extension
Miss Schenley Weds a Peer in London Note
Hermione Schenley daughter of the late Mrs Mary Schenley married Lord Elenborough in London on December 19. Elenborough is a retired commodore of the Royal Navy.
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Hermione
Mary &. Schenley
London
Lord Elenborough
Royal Navy
Pacific Fruit Express Formed By Harriman Lines
The Pacific Fruit Express, a corporation with capital stock of 12,000,000 dollars, is to be formed by the Harriman lines to manage their refrigerator car business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Fruit Express
Harriman Lines
Credit Currency Bill Advances In House Banking Panel
House banking and currency committee reports a credit currency bill favoring national banks in business one year. It raises the tax to 2.5 percent on notes equal to 23 percent of capital and sets conditions for guaranteed credit notes and redemption limits. If enacted, banks meeting criteria could issue emergency currency up to 37,500 dollars per 100,000 dollars of capital, with an estimated total currency of about 200 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Banking and Currency
American Bankers' Association
National Bank
United States
House Committee
Resolutions on States' Rights Presented in Senate
Senators Whyte and Rayner of Maryland introduced resolutions on states' rights in the Japanese controversy. Whyte demands no federal power increase by strained constitutional construction. Rayner limits executive functions to constitutional duties and forbids interference with legislative or judicial branches. Both reserve rights and were laid on the table for future action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Whyte and
Rayner
Maryland
Mr. Whyte
Two Years for Burnham Former Insurance Man Convicted of Larceny
George Burnham Jr general counsel for Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company was convicted of larceny and sentenced to two years in state prison by Justice Greenbaum in New Yorks supreme court. A stay of execution was granted to permit an appeal. The charge stems from paying 7 50 to counsel for James I Wells in a loan settlement involving 5576 allegedly loaned by Wells to Mutuals president Frederick A Burnham who is awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Ofarceny
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court of New York
Burnham
James I. Wells
Wells
Frederick A. Burnham
the Mutual
Bulgaria Ready for War As Powers Face Urgent Mediation
The report warns of imminent conflict between Bulgaria and Turkey if great powers fail to intervene. Austria has delivered a large order of field guns to Bulgaria while Prince Ferdinand expands reserves of small arms and ammunition. Meanwhile Constantinople’s arsenals are outsourcing more ammunition than in 26 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Turkey
Prince Ferdinand
Constantinople
Diamond State Steel sale seals plant purchase
The Diamond State Steel Company extension works in Wilmington Delaware were sold at a receiver’s sale under a US Circuit Court decree. John B Newkirk and Co of Philadelphia bought the plant for 575000. The buyers represent a syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond State Steel Company
Wilmington
Del
United States Circuit Court
John B. Newkirk & Co
Philadelphia
Receiver for Wire Company in Receivership Case
National Wire Corporation placed in receivership over a train debt exceeding two million dollars. Proceedings focus on asset control and repayment under court supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wire Company
National Wire Corporation
Collision Costs Twelve Lives in English Channel
In dense fog the British steamer Arlington collided with the Belgian Cap Juby off Dungeness and sank the Belgian vessel. TwelveCap Juby sailors drowned, while the captain and five crew members were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Antwerp
Dungeness
Cap Juby
Cochran Dies Former Missouri Congressman Charles Cochran
Congressman Cochran died in St. Joseph Missouri. Charles Fremont Cochran represented Missouri fourth district in Congress from 1896 to 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochran
Charles Fremont Cochran
Missouri
St. Joseph
President Roosevelt Defends Dismissal of Negro Troops
President Roosevelt, backed by Senate inquiries, defends the dismissal without honor of three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry colored. He labels some soldiers traitors and murderers, argues mutineers deserve death, and says dismissal was necessary to cleanse the army. Secretary Taft concurs with the findings and sees no new evidence changing the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Senate
Penrose
Foraker
War Department
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Taft
Moscow Police Uncover Bomb Cache at Language Institute
In Basmanoff quarter Moscow seven bombs were found along with books from Dasareff Institute of Oriental Languages. Police later searched the library and uncovered more bombs and explosive materials. Up to fifty Revolutionary Fighting Organization members have been arrested. Two men who attacked Admiral Dubasoff, former Moscow governor, on December 15 were executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Language Institute
Basmanoff
Dasareff Institute of Oriental Languages
Revolutionary Fighting Organization
Dubasoff
Four Die In Buffalo Apartment Fire
Four persons were killed and one fatally burned in a small blaze at the Zenobia apartment house on Prospect avenue near West Huron street in Buffalo New York. The dead include F M Lambrecht and his wife Mrs Lambrecht Ruth Cromlish age 3 and Mrs J J Fischer. The fire was small but trapped residents in narrow winding hallways causing fatalities before firefighters contained it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenobia
Prospect Avenue
Anna Gould Wins Again Former Wife Cleared of Debts
Mme Gould formerly countess de Castellane wins most suits in Paris creditors and money lenders seeking joint responsibility. Court dismisses thirteen of fifteen cases with costs against plaintiffs. Only two art dealer cases upheld against her as objects mostly remained in her possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gount
Mme. Gould
Countess de Castellane
Paris
Poland Subdued by Parliamentary Campaign
Reports from Russian Poland indicate government firmness subdued the last revolutionary sparks at a great cost to Poles. Thousands dead and trades bankrupt as martial rule persists, yet Poles organize for the next parliamentary elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian Poland
Harvard Scientists Leave for Andean Indian Study
Harvard scientist Dr. W. C. Farabee leads a research expedition sailing from New York on December 17 aboard the Panama bound for Colon to study Andean Indian tribes in the Amazon and Panama River region.
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Harvard
W. C. Farabee
South America
Amazon
Panama
New York
Colon
Peonage Claim Involving Family Across Jackson Mississippi
In federal court at Jackson a Black man Dan January accuses James Patrick and L. D. Carter of involuntary servitude for about two years, selling January and his wife and six children to Patrick for 1000 dollars. meanwhile Mrs Ela V Kober reports a 6000 dollar pickpocket robbery in Philadelphia’s holiday crowds.
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Jackson
Miss
Dan January
James Patrick
January
L. D. Carter
Carter
Patrick
Ela V. Kober
Philadelphia
Explosion sinks steamboat W. T. Scovel near Vicksburg
Disaster on December 19 at Gold Dust Landing leaves 10 to 16 dead with both white and negro victims. Captain Quackenboss and Wade Quackenboss among the dead, Lavell Verger recovered. The W. T. Scovel, carrying cottonseed and cotton, listed and sank after a massive explosion, piloted by Dougherty who survived with injuries.
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Mississippi River
W. T. Scovel
Vicksburg
Davis Bend
Newgroes
Nike
John Quackenboss
Wade Quackenboss
Lavell Verger
Joseph Smith
Senator Cordell
Gold Dust Landing
Scovel
Stem
Quackenboss
Dougherty
Pig Iron Shortage Drags American Makers Abroad
American manufacturers, facing heavy pig iron shortages, plan to import 12 000 tons from Russia. The Nicopal and Mariupol Iron and Steel Co will ship the iron, mainly on six chartered steamers intended for transporting U S agricultural machinery to the Black Sea. A New York insider notes 300 000 tons of English and Scotch pig iron were recently bought on American account, with warrants used and some sales on the British market, now nearly parity with U S prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Nicopal and Mariupol Iron and Steel Company
Black Sea
New York
Indicted for Rebating Largest Federal Indictment To Date
The Toledo federal court issued the largest list of indictments in its history as the U S grand jury reported to Judge Taylor. The Ann Arbor railway and Toledo Ice & Coal Company face 165 counts each for giving and taking rebates on ice shipments with a potential $3.1 million in fines if all counts fail. Six indictments were also returned against the Great Lakes Dock & Dredging Company for eight hour law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
United States Grand Jury
Taylor
Ann Arbor Railway
Toledo Ice & Coal Company
Coal Company
Great Lakes Dock & Dredging Company
Boiled to Death in Bath Tub in Chicago
Robert Cherry, a Chicago street car conductor, died after turning on scalding water and being unable to escape. He suffered heart trouble and was found dead in a bathtub. Representative Hardwick of Georgia proposed a bill to require railways to install the block system and license railway telegraphers.
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Robert Cherry
Chicago
Hardwick
Qsorgia
Memorial for Sir Henry Irving to Be Erected in London
At a meeting of theatrical professionals led by John Hare a plan to erect a statue of Sir Henry Irving in a central London location was approved. Subscriptions will be confined to members of the theatrical profession. Also noted, the Indian appropriation bill passed the House largely as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Irving
London
John Hare
Sir Henry Irving
House
Committee On Indian Affairs
Special messages on Panama canal land frauds and promotions
President Roosevelt sent three messages to Congress detailing plans for the Panama Canal. Proposals include a single canal commissioner, expert consulting engineers, Dr Gorgas on the canal board, test with Chinese laborers, faster officer promotions, and amendments to land laws to curb frauds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deale
Panama
Roosevelt
Congress
Gorgas
Navy
Elopers Flee 5000 Miles for Elopement in New York
An international elopement ends with Samuel Fleisher, 22, and Rosie Small, 20, marrying December 19 in Joe Levy's Essex Street office in New York. The couple, longtime acquaintances from Lowy Austria, fled 5000 miles to escape parental wrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Fleisher
Rosie Small
New York
Joe Levy
Duke of
Essex Street
Samuel
Rosie
Chilhood
Lowy
Austria
Papa Small
Washington notes on Senate actions and proposals
The Senate passed the urgent deficiency appropriation bill and a loan of 1 million dollars to the Jamestown Exposition Company, first lien on gross receipts. It authorized a study of women and child workers and prepared a river and harbor bill funding lock No. 5 at 667000. Gallinger pushes a $7500 salary increase for Congress members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Depew
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
United States
Monongahela
Missouri university to establish journalism chair
Telegraphic briefs report the Missouri university board of curators votes to create a journalism chair to be filled next September. Notices in Lowell mills announce a wage increase starting December 17 affecting about 17 000 operatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri University
Lowell
Mass
United States
P. H. Mason
Perry A. Larmond
United States Steel Corporation
Joliet Mills
Easton
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Transportation Department
Senate probe urged into International Harvester trust
Senate approves a Hansborough resolution directing the Department of Commerce and Labor to investigate the International Harvester Co. for possible restraint of trade in the production and sale of farm machinery. The inquiry seeks to determine whether a combination exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
International Harvester Co
Hansborough
Department of Commerce and Labor
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King Alfonso
Man
Miss Schenley
Gredit
Diamond Steel Plant
Boms Arsenal
Anna Gould
Poland
Washington News Notes
Gallinger
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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