Senate Organized and House to Elect Speaker
Washington December 4 The Senate is organized as a continuous body and will begin with a short session. President pro tempore and party leaders prepare for early committee appointments and an emergency Panama Canal appropriation possible but unlikely this week. House to elect speaker Monday. committees and rules to follow paces of the new session. Mexico City reports on Catholic bank assets and deposits. New York coffee broker Louis commits suicide. Geneva notes Russian bomb incident.
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Senate
Brandagee
Connecticut
Warner
Missouri
Frazier
Tennessee
la Follette
Wisconsin
Platt
Congress
Joseph G. Cannon
Walt
Thor Miesas
Panama
House
Cannon
Mexico City
Land Frauds Common in Oregon Warn Bankers Swindled
Oregon land agent Oswald West declares eastern bankers have been swindled by forged school land certificates. He notes entrymen and land operators prepared fake certificates and used forgeries and the state seal to sell land repeatedly, potentially proving many frauds beyond the genuine certificates.
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Salon
Ancy
Gee
Ae i. Chambering
Oswald West
Oregon
Lwwo Luo
Depew Denies Resignation After Report Emerges
A report that Chauncey M. Depew resigned from the U S Senate circulates, but Depew refuses to deny or confirm. Newspaper wires cite officials and Gov. Platt noting no resignation. The report is dismissed as absurd and unfounded, with no confirmation from committee or Depew.
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New York
Chauncey M. Preusstad
United States Senate
Depew
Tegard
Meyer
Leami
Desson
Alning
Noy
Cramers
United States
Stio Oan
Hisgins
Pepew
Ham
Tate
Platt
Tring
Senate
Pepo
Woman with gun clears coach of its passengers
Mrs Ina Berry of Spokane, Wash seizes a passenger car on a railroad train near Gurard Kansas, firing at a man and wounding another. She defies arrest, claims others cannot enter, and is kept in possession as officers converge.
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St. Leas
San Pra
Far- Vince Staten
Lamang
Gurard
Kan
Berry
Ina Berry
Spokane
Washwo
Woman Dead, Man Gone in East Forty third Street Hotel
A New York telephone superintendent Roy TL Miller aroused occupants by shouting a shooting in his East Forty third street apartment. A woman, believed Miller's wife, lay dead while Miller disappeared after pleading for her to admit she shot herself. An all hour search failed to locate him.
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New York
Roy TL. Miller
East Forty-third Street
Horace Hedden
Miller
Hedden
Allfay
Eighteen Minors Die In Diamondville Mine Blast
Diamondville Wyoming December 4 Eighteen miners perished in a powerful explosion at the Diamondville Coal and Coke company mine. The blast 1100 feet underground shattered shaft entrances prompting large rescue efforts with afterdamp sapping air. A prior October 26 disaster in the same mine killed 22, and officials warned of fire danger as rescuers worked through debris amid a cheering crowd.
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Diamondville
Wyo
Diamondville Coal and Coke Company
Diamoundville
Sneden
Cour Aller
Reseulers
Sec
Kamperer
Rehearse Rogers Hanging in Windsor Four Days Away
Windsor WI December fourth report states Mary Malet Rogers faces execution by hanging with four days remaining. Deputies prepare gallows and noose while Sheriff’s absence avoids reporters. Lovell to adjust the knot and McAuley to pull the lever as preparations proceed without press access.
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Windsor
Mary Malet Rogers
Ohm Callanan
Miss Katheryn
Hoosick Falls
Bens Withame
Phere
Rogers
Sherif Peek
Sherif Lovell
McAuley
Jury frees Dr McLeod in Geary case verdict not guilty
Boston reports a not guilty verdict in theDr Percy D McLeod case for accessory after the fact in Geary death and concealment. Co-defendants Hunt and Crawford pleaded guilty and received six to seven year terms. Also notes the mysterious death of Andrew Hennig and a large fire destroying Jeannette vinegar works and related properties.
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Boston
Superior Court
Percy D. Mc Leod
Susanna A. Geary
William E. Hunt
Louis M. Crawford
Stevens
Preacher Ezriah Shadrack Found Dead in Bed
The Rev Ezriah Shadrack aged 74 was found dead in bed in Altoona Pennsylvania death caused by apoplexy He was a retired Baptist minister who served churches in Blair Cambria Indiana and Clearfield counties His father Rev William Shadrack built the first Baptist church here
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Altoona
Ezriah Shadrack
Apo
Blair
Cambria
Indiana
Clearfield
Wiliam Shadrack
First Baptist Church
Ex Mayor of Mansfield Dies in Ohio
Thomas Frederick Black a prominent Democratic politician and Mansfield mayor from 1898 to 1906 is dead in Mansfield Ohio. He led city affairs for eight years and his death marks the end of a notable era in local governance.
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Mansfield
Mansfield, O
Thomas Frederick Black
Sombreuils Escape After Blood Drinking Promise
A dramatic incident from the French Reign of Terror recounts Mlle. de Sombreuil and her father facing the guillotine during the September massacres. When a mob demanded she drink blood for mercy, she drank instantly, only to realize later it was red wine. They escaped to England, and she forever shuddered at the sight of red wine.
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Male
de Sombreauil
M. de Sombreuil
Mlle. de Sombreuil
England
Sexnae
Ag Jmve
Dar
Kutehin
Jie
Has Ei
Hasalag
Eye
Ear
Lang
Katelana Bias
Givne
United States
Unclear Early Engine Tale Tied to Mongols and Prester John
Fragmentary account cites 13th century references claiming steam-like devices as evidence against modern invention. Mentions Curphi in travels and a seoplle or stegain engine muscle in form of a woman using flammable liquid, alleged to power battles between Mongols and Prester John’s forces.
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Curphii
Aoman
Prester John
Seasickness tale from congressmen on travel mishaps
Harper's Weekly recalls a voyage gag where one congressman, after trying every remedy, laments seasickness. A fellow traveler keeps repeating he is so sick while the other finally offers his hands as support. The exchange humorously highlights travel discomfort and stubborn seasickness.
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Conby
Tom
Harper's Weekly
Texas appeal for home seekers and growers
A Cotton Belt Route notice promotes Texas as a buy versus rent option with mild winters and opportunities for fruit and truck growers. It invites readers to write for Homeseekers literature and rates in September and October and November issues, signed by L. O. Schaefer, TE. P. A., Cincinnati.
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Texas
North
L. O. Schaefer
TE. P. A
Cincinnati
Ohio
Northern Arkansas Lands Offer Ideal Farming and Range
Timbered rolling land with good drainage and water, suited for corn cotton small grains ecow peas and potential clover alfalfa. Porous clay soil and clay subsoil mark the cheapest lands in the southwest with splendid stock country ten months range. Send for Southern Arkansas booklet and Homeseekers rates for Sept 19 Oct 17 Nov 7 and 21. L O Schaefer T P A Cotton Belt Route Cincinnati Ohio.
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Arkansas
L O. Schaefer
Cincinnati
Ohio
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