Surrender of Japanese Citizens at Shanghai Sparks Senate Debate
The Senate debated a Lodge resolution demanding president's information on the Shanghai surrender of two Japanese citizens to Chinese authorities. Lodge cited their execution after torture as a grave humanitarian discredit. Other items included Peffer’s bills, Illinois Chicago troop presence, and postal savings plans affecting Ohio Texas Florida routes. Wheat feeding totals reach 75,303,000 bushels with winter severity forecasting final figures.
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Washington
United States Senate
Shanghai
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Lodge
United States
Morrill
Vermont
Finance Committee
Peffer
Chicago
Judiciary Committee
Statistical Division
Department of Agriculture
Department
Kidnapping Case Ends With Release Of Knox Daughters
In Datzias Texas on December 6 Charles Knox and his two young daughters were released by Chief of Police Arnold after earlier detention following Knox kidnapping the girls from Ursuline Convent without his wife’s knowledge. A telegram from New Orleans urged restraint and later legal opinion held the father could legally take his children, leading to their liberty and travel toward California with Mrs. Clark and Miss Powell.
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Robert
Arnold
Wesencraft
Knox
Man Misappropriates Funds Then Takes Morphine
In Lixcoxy Illinois on December 6 Jere Matthews a defeated candidate for county clerk was found unconscious from morphine poisoning. He was revived and revealed a last official report showing a deficit of 1924 dollars. On the back he wrote a suicide confession pleading for burial in Burson cemetery to spare his parents disgrace.
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Jere Matthews
Burson Cemetery
Cincinnati Business Men Seek Better Florida Mail Service
Nine Cincinnati businessmen representing local commercial bodies met in Washington on December 6 to urge improved postal service to Florida. They pressed officials for quicker deliveries and more reliable routes to southern markets.
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Cincinnati
Florida
Wasasington
Treasury eyes possible gold exports this week
Washington report notes foreign exchange has risen in recent days, prompting treasury officials to anticipate potential gold exports within the current week. The development signals heightened demand and policy watch as markets shift.
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Washington
Treasury
District Attorney Fellows Trial Continues in New York
A New York District Attorney Fellows trial on neglect of duty proceeds with Henry Schloss testimony detailing Louis defalcations of over 100000 dollars and failed efforts to bring Louis to trial. Also reports murders and crimes across Jacksonville Perry and Chattanooga with confessions and bomb incidents and a collision near Eaton's Neck where four men died.
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New York
John R. Fellows
Henry Schloss
Broadway
Joseph H. Louis
Louis
Schloss
King Humbert Adds 4000 Pounds for Italian Earthquake Relief
Rome reports King Humbert has donated 4000 pounds to aid victims of the Italian earthquake, in addition to his previous 1300 pound gift. The sum supports relief efforts for the disaster-stricken regions.
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Rome
Italy
Humbert
Bank bookkeeper accused of embezzlement at Last Side Bank
In New York on December 6 the Last Side Bank of 135 Grand Street reported its bookkeeper Samuel Pollenz embezzled 403 dollars by Seeley like methods. The stolen sum was refunded and Pollenz, with a confederate who drew the cash, was discharged. The theft was uncovered two months earlier through the rotation system and described as an overdrawing of his account by officials.
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New York
Last Side Bank
Grand Street
Seeley
Samuel Pollenz
Pollenz
Baker
Sugar price cuts push refined rate to new low
New York reports a further 1 8 of a cent per pound drop in refined sugar prices with granulated sugar at 47 5/8 cents. Refineries operate at reduced or partial capacity across major plants including Franklin McCahan Havemeyer Spreckles and Brooklyn idle. Bos ton Madison Werchers near full or half force amid rising output.
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New York
Franklin
McCahan
Spreckles
Office of the Trust
Boston
Madison and Werchers
Havemeyer and Elder
Brooklyn
Coit Court of Inquiry Persists in Unchanged Testimony
The Coit court of inquiry continued with witnesses from Washington Court House. Testimony claimed the crowd was not disorderly, that a smaller force could have dispersed it without fatality if used properly, and that soldiers and officers possibly drank in town taverns that afternoon prior to the shooting.
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Columbvus
Coit
Washington Court House
Gold Deposits Found Light In Philadelphia Bond Cash
Philadelphia December 6. Gold deposited with the Assistant United States treasurer by members of the Stewart syndicate for the new bond issue has been found several thousand light weight half eagles. Some coins are worn by use while others show signs of sweating. Not all coin tested yet, and only conditional receipts were issued, requiring depositors to make up the weight deficiency.
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Philadelphia
United States
Stewart Syndicate
Bingler
Walters Will Leaves Entire Art Collection to Two Children
The late William T. Walters left his entire art collection to his two children, a son and a daughter, with a request that the collection remain intact. The will was filed at Towson, Baltimore County. Daughter Mrs Delano resides in Orange New Jersey. Son Harry Walters is president of the Atlantic Coast Line with main headquarters in Wilmington North Carolina, though he spends much time in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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Balimore
William T. Walters
Towson
Baltimore County
Delano
Orange
N. J
Harry Walters
Atlantic Coast Line
Three Fires Raise $150,000 Loss in Utica Block
A six story brick block at Genesee and Catherine streets in Utica owned by Henry Martin and housing Comstock and Crouse wholesale druggists the National Express Company and numerous offices burned. Loss estimated at $150,000 with unknown insurance.
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Utica
Genesee and
Catherine Streets
Henry Martin
Comstock & Crouse
National Express Company
South Carolina judiciary reorganized as reform era shifts power
The South Carolina general assembly completed a major judiciary reorganization begun four years ago. General Joseph H. Earle was elected to the eighth circuit over Judge Norton, and O. W. Buchanan defeated incumbent Judge Frazer to lead the third circuit. An Australian ballot system bill was introduced in both houses, seen as likely to pass amid fraud concerns.
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Costumbia
8. C
General Assembly of
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Joseph H. Earle
Frazer
Germany's Ugly Spirit Riles Over Beet Sugar Tariff
The German tariff policy sparks anger in Washington as Berlin moves to curb American imports. Germany previously blocked U S live cattle over Texas fever doubts, clamped down on canned goods, sought to replace cotton with German products, and now plans a 250 percent duty rise on cottonseed oil under a new tariff proposal.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Department of State
Bremen
Alabama Law Bans Oath Office Claim Passing House
A bill passed in Montgomery risks penalizing those who assume or aid others in taking oaths for undeclared offices. Penalties include fines from 500 to 10,000 dollars and up to 25 years in prison. The measure, 50 to 30, faces the upper chamber, likely becoming law by Saturday, with Kolb’s actions unaffected until then. In Washington, the Senate finance committee moved to shut down the so-called pop gun bills, awaiting Secretary Carlisle's full report before action.
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Montgomery
Ala
House of the State Assembly
Kolb
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Jones
Nevada
White
California
Carlisle
Vest
Finance Committee
West
Senate
Columbus Family Poisoned in a Mysterious Manner
A Columbus Georgia household fell ill after breakfast as Mrs Keene prepared coffee for the family including J F Keene his wife and daughter Nellie and James A Keene. Doctors found arsenic traces in the coffee and labeling it a poisoning case. The family is recovering with the mystery unsolved and no obvious motive or source yet identified.
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Columbus
ColumbBus
J. F. Keene
Nellie
James A. Keene
Southern Freight War Sparks ICC Report to Congress
The eighth annual Interstate Commerce Commission report outlines the southern freight war across the Potomac region. It cites ill considered rates intended to punish rivals, causing widespread injury to towns and dealers, with no lasting lessons or guaranteed future observance.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Potomac River
Cotton Market Sees Decline Then Steady Close
The Sun reports New York cotton fell 3 points but recovered to end very steady with 154,3000 bales sold. Liverpool futures fell, New Orleans receipts estimated at 11,000 to 13,000 against last week, and interior shipments and receipts comparisons noted. In Atlanta, Joe Dean, the man who killed A. R. Leigh, sought food near Temple Ga after the crime, showing fatigue and evasiveness while pursued.
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New York
the Sun
Liverpool
New Orleans
Atlanta
Joe Dean
A. R. Leigh
Campbell County
Temple
Alabama
Walsh sworn in as senator to fill Colquit vacancy
Atlanta reports Hon Patrick Walsh elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Alfred H Col quit. Walsh was sworn in yesterday afternoon by the vice president. The term runs until March 4.
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Atlanta
Patrick Walsh
United States Senate
Alfred H. Colquit
Senator David B Hill Arrives in Jacksonville from India r River
Senator David B Hill of New York arrived in Jacksonville from the Indian River country after a two week stay and left for Washington this morning signaling the end of his visit.
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Jacksonville
Fla
David B. Hill
New York
Indian River Country
Washington
Alleged Bismarck Interview Denied by Count Herbert
Count Herbert Bismarck in Berlin on December 6 denied to Neusts Nachrichten that he had spoken to the London Pall Mall Gazette on November 20. He said the quoted remarks about his father’s condition and the relations with Prince von Hohenlohe were pure invention. He identified the interviewer as a man previously fired from an American journal for faking an interview with M de Giers in Wiesbaden.
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Berlin
Herbert Bismarck
Neusts Nachrichen
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Prince von Hohenlohe Schillingfurst
Herbert
Wiesbaden
M. de Giers
Trolley Car in Flames on Court Street Line
Trolley car No 524 on the Court street line in Brooklyn suffered an electrical fire when a wire burned and sparked under the seats at Johnson and Fulton. Two women were seated on the left as blue flames burst up, soon engulfing the cushions. The motorman and conductor, after cutting power, removed burning cushions and fought the fire with sand and water. Damage was slight but passengers were alarmed.
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Brooklyn
Court Street
Johnson and
Fulton Streets
Killed by a single blow in a Kansas City quarrel
Frank Howland aged 20 killed John Sellman 17 with a clenched fist over a ring from Howland's sister. After the blow Sellman fled toward his harness shop at Sixteenth street and Grand avenue where he collapsed from dizziness and died at 12 20 a m.
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Kansas City
Frank Howland
John Sellman
Sellman
Howland
Sixteenth Street
Grand Avenue
Flint glass workers plan cooperative tableware plants
Pirrsprre, Pa on December 6 reports striking Flint glass workers allied with Southside merchants aim to build or buy tableware glass plants to challenge the United States Glass Co. A capital stock of 200000 to 250000 dollars is being subscribed, including 50000 from the American Flint Glass Workers Union treasury. Plans include running the factories on a cooperative basis and negotiating to purchase the McKee plant on the south side plus other sites.
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Pirrsprre
Flint Glass
Southside
United States Glass Company
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
McKee
Prominent Lawyer About to Marry Ends His Life
Montgomery dispatch notes Hon. N. M. Judge, leading West Alabama lawyer, died by self inflected gunshot at his Eutaw home Tuesday night. He was to be married today. servant found him with pistol in hand and shot to temple.
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Montgomery
Ala
Governor Oates urges reform and anti lynching measures
Montgomery December 6 Governor Oates sent a lengthy message to the assembly urging a half mill tax rate increase and better assessment laws He calls for removing convicts from mines to aid self sufficiency expanding judicial circuits to curb lynchings making concealed weapons a felony and repealing state federal election separations He favors a state contest law and a state banking law tied to solvent bonds The contest proposal drew the sharpest debate citing past opposition and fears of chaos
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Montgomery
Ala
Oates
Assembly
Congress
Jones
Virginia
Lawyer on Trial in Postmaster Conspiracy Case
Columbia December 6 Charles Barrett a Spartan burg attorney central figure in a vast postmaster conspiracy to defraud the United States and merchants is on trial after yesterday’s forgery conviction The plan aimed at broad reach and political influence with postmasters placed where no offices existed to swell fraudulent collections and stamp sales using mail to defraud New York and other merchants nationwide
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Columbia
Charles Larrett
Spartanburg
United States
Barrett
Washington
New York
Country
Tennessee election results show Van's gain and Turney edge
Tennessee counties certify official gubernatorial vote with Van for governor at 106157 and Turney at 104325. Evans trails by 841. Turney previously won in 1892 by a 26356 plurality as state officials delayed returns until all counties reported. In New York, Whitney and daughter depart for Europe aboard the Majestic with Quinby accompanying.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Vans
Turney
Evans
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Dee
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W. H Dent
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