Week's News Record Highlights From The Nation
The House raised salaries for the Vice President Speaker and cabinet 50 percent and defeated a similar raise for Congress. A Mexican Central railroad sale deal was closed in Mexico City after talks between Limantour and financiers. Mrs. Anna M. Bradley was held to the grand jury for the slaying of ex Senator Arthur G. Grown in Washington. Rev George Clarke Cox was acquitted of heresy in Ohio. Ethel Smith a 9 year old who shot a man during a break in in Johnston Rhode Island was exonerated but facing manslaughter charges. Reginald Flasbrook a Trenton boy escaped two police cells by wriggling through doors. A Odessa correspondent reports police brutality including a man made an idiot by a phonograph in his cell. Sheffield Ingalls was elected by lot in Kansas after a tie vote following the November 4 election.
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House
Congress
Senate
Limantour
Pablo Martinez del Rio
Walter E. Rosen
New York
London
Mexico
Anna M. Bradley
Arthur G. Grown
Utah
Washington
Mary Bradley
Raleigh
George Clarke Cox
Calvary Episcopal Church
Cincinnnati
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
Metor
Vincent
Cox
Crapsey
Ethel Smith
Elmer O. Briggs
Smith
Johnston
R. I
Reginald Flasbrook
Trenton
Odessa
Russia
Sheffield Ingalls
Atchison
United States
John J. Invalls
Kansas
State Board of Canvassers
Ingalls
A. D. Wilcox
Board of Canvassers
Antonio Brasils
Footsdale
Jje
Chester E. Gillette
Grace Brown
Herkimer
Mount Lebanon
Knoxville
Mount Washington
Pittsburg
Monarch
Isle Royale
Lake Superior
Philadelphia
Tatrick
Cecilia Cook
Bridget Carey
Hocking Valley Company
Lulu B. Grover
New York Magazine
Roosevelt
Industrial Workers of the World
General Eiedtric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
W. K. Vanderbilt
Lake Success
Long Island
Goessling
Troy
Annie Adams
Maude Adams
Senator Brown
Anna Bradley
Adams
Nancy Boyd
Allegheny
Burns
Andrew Carnegie
National Civic Federation
Melville E. Ingalls
Joseph Hutcheson
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Warren
R. L
Series of violent and petty crime briefs across cities
Robbers wrecked the Inter State Bank safe in Drexel Missouri and escaped with nearly $5,000. In Middletown New York shoe dealer Frank Munfort drew a sixty day sentence for kissing a 14 year old girl. Edouard Mulier was elected Swiss confederation president succeeding Ferrer. A grocer George Mohojevich in New Orleans was convicted for attacking a one year old in a death penalty case. Angie Birdsong found guilty of manslaughter in Hazlehurst Mississippi with mercy recommendation. A battle in a Macedonia mountain pass left 35 dead, 2000 Abu banian tribesmen involved. Martin Vice and Annie Nouseman, ages 15 and 14, licensed to marry in Owingsville Kentucky with parental consent. General Nogi in Tokyo injured after a fall from his horse. John K Leitzel of Hummelstown Pennsylvania wounded his housekeeper and attacked his niece. condition critical. Simon Zubek of Butler Pennsylvania sent to Dixmont insane asylum after fire loss. Julius Smith shot his employer and then killed himself in North Elizabeth New Jersey. Mrs Enz gravely injured. Three men robbed Joseph Sonnenberg’s Omaha pawnshop and escaped with $8,000 in jewels. one robber “Sir Elliott of Denver” captured.
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M. Edouard Mulier
Federal Council
S. M. Lt. Ferrer
George Mohojevich
New Orleans
Hilda Borchers
Angie Birdsong
Hazlehurst
Miss
Thomas Butler
Giakovica
Macedonia
Nogi
Port Arthur
Tokio
John K. Leitzel
Hummelstown
Simon Zubek
Butler
State Hospital
Dixmont
Russia
Julius Smith
Barbara Enz
Smith
Enz
North Elizabeth
N. J
Joseph Sonnenberg
Omaha
Mike Morrisey
Frank Swan
Sir Elliott
Denver
Dayton
Ohio
Fernand Henrotin
Chicago
LaSalle Avenue
Welty
Lima
Grand Jury
San Francisco
Das BF. Baum
Peoria
Hiram Rhodes
Lakeview
Wadsworth
Lake Bluff
Ill
Dora Gilman
Water Board of
City of
Neb
W. S. Clayton
Preble County
Albert Edwin Smith
Ohio Northern University
Ada
William C. Anderson
First National Bank of
Kansas City
Mexico
Marshall
Jesse Clyde Rumsey
Rock Island Limited
Alton-Burlington
Glasgow
EF. S. Uowell
Omaha Coal Exchange
Seventy-Nime
A. L. Sanborn
United States District Court
Madison, Wis
Allis Chalmers Company
Iron Molders’ Union
Eastern wage demands and liquor vote dominate New York news
In New York seventeen thousand Carpenters seek a daily wage rise from four eighty to one dollar. A Boston liquor question vote passes 43 280 to 18 450 in favor of license. The 12 o'clock closing law carries 39 417 to 21 203 amid other items: drownings, arson, trials, strikes, and rail incidents mark a troubled period.
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United Brotherhood of Carpenters
New York
Boston
William Lauster
Matthew Moss
George Brayton
Fludson River
Albany
Margaret Eckerson
United States Express Company
Brooklyn
New Jersey
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
America
Chicago theater death shocks audience by umbrella attack
A man in the Majestic theater Chicago killed A'boy with an umbrella after being angered by applause. Meanwhile Daniel G C Baum of Peoria Sr forger confessed to wasting his wife’s $80,000 fortune on Board of Trade speculation. A Kansas coal famine and cold wave drive church gatherings to conserve corn fuel. Colling Gilman, brother of Dona Gil-
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Majestic Theater
Chicago
Daniel GC. Baum
Peoria
Board of Trade
Kansas
Colling Gilman
Dona Gil
Washington News Roundup From Government Actions
Secretary Shaw moves to inject 10 million dollars into banks and buys 10 million in 4 percent bonds maturing in 1907. Roosevelt abandons simplified spelling efforts due to House opposition and will rescind the printer’s order. Culberson attacks Bonaparte over a Chicago speech and cabinet confirmations stall. France’s church outlawed amid the separation law. papal nuncio official expelled. Kansas to present a silver service for the battleship Kansas at Galveston. Taft reports recruiting decline. 7.4 percent ran from service last year vs 6.8 percent prior. Army strength 62,489, now 4,000 short.
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Roosevelt
House
Culberson
Charles J. Bonaparte
Chicago
France
Paris
Hoch
Bonaparte
Kansas
Galveston
Texas
Taft
Congress
Labor union charter issued by New York AFL agents
New York agents of the American Federation of Labor report issuing a charter to the Switchmen's Union of North America after their application. John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers denounces government injunctions in a National Civic Federation address. Leyte reporting shows Dec 5 fighting favors the government. four Pulajanes killed, one chief at large, bandits 43 dead. Wellington crew rescued by Sokoto en route from Gulfport to Rosario. ship water-logged and deserted.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Switchmen’s Union of North America
British Columbia
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
National Civic Federation
Leyte
P. L
Fredericksen
Wellington
Sokoto
Gulfport
Miss
Rosario
Argentina
Havana
Congress debated a day of fiscal and policy bills
The Senate and House advanced numerous measures including pension bills, child labor for DC, and the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. Spelling reform and the Smoot controversy drew attention, while votes set salaries for top officials and continued readings of appropriation text.
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Senate
Brownsville
Texas
District of Columbia
House
Clark
Missouri
Gillett
Massachusetts
Livingston
Georgia
Macon
Arkansas
Sheppard
National Capital Notes
The Senate ratified a patent treaty with Guatemala. Representative Patterson resigns from Congress as Tennessee governor elect. Representative Lacey proposes a Civil War veteran pension of 12 dollars monthly. Durand and Root discuss Congo atrocities signaling possible British action. Albert Patrick's appeal after death sentence in Rice murder is dismissed. Navy plans warships built to private-yard standards in government yards per Rear Admiral Capps' annual report.
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National
Senate
Guatemala
Patterson
Tennessee
Congress
Lacey
Town
Henry Mortimer Durand
Root
Congo
Great Britain
Albert T. Patrick
William March Rice
New York
Supreme Court
W. N. Capps
Construction Bureau of the Navy
Child's awful skin humor cured by Cuticura remedies
A Brooklyn mother recounts twelve years of her son’s eczema misery. After doctors failed, she tried Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. within weeks the skin improved and finally cleared. The boy, now twelve, has smooth skin, the family says, in an April 16 1905 testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Michael Steinman
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Business Judgment in a Chicago Drug Store
A young man with a sample case questions the druggist about clerks and suitability for handling a new preparation claimed to make thin people plump. The druggist admits no other clerks are available and declines the potential deal. The exchange highlights caution in business dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Sleeping Car Porter Cited For Napping On Duty
F A Miller, CMStP Railway official, recounted an incident on The Pioneer Limited where a sleeping car porter, a black employee, was found asleep on duty. He claimed prior rough lines prevented sleep, and the inspector noted the wit allowed him to keep his job despite rule violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Hollenden Hotel
St. Paul
Pioneer Limited
Lesson from the Past on Spelling Reform
Noah Webster races to bring his spelling reform to market before rivals Kar naggy and Matthews begin monkeying with language. He begins removing the U from favour and honour and other orthographic forms, aiming for a cleaner, broad scope of amended spellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Webster
Andy Karnaggy
Brandy Matthews
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure. Endorsers include J Cheney & Co of Toledo and Walding Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists. Claims it treats internally and via blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered, price 75 cents. Nota pya2 is noted along with a pill recommendation for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
His Great and Good Friend
A hoodlum hurls a stone at a Japanese boy. The boy warns that he will tell Mr Reocyfel if the abuse continues, reflecting a tense moment in a neighborhood incident.
Sunset Painted Over by Boy Brings Clever Sale Plan
A neighborly boy defaces a famed canvas by painting it black. The artist laments the ruin but the boy offers a wry twist: the sun has gone down, so the work can be sold as a sunset scene. The tale, recounted by the Minneapolis Tribune, blends humor with a clever quick fix.
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Scott
Minneapolis Tribune
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