Canton Memorial Memorializes McKinley at Canton Grave
Cleveland December 14 Judge William R Day secretary of state and president of the Memorial association issued a public statement adopted by trustees. The aim is to erect a memorial at McKinley’s grave in Canton to honor his character and devotion to duty. Subscriptions are to be collected nationwide with postmasters and express companies aiding.
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Cleveland
William R. Day
Menimiey Waiunat Mie Morial Association
Tutu
Washington
McKinney
United States
Wis Ile
Canton
American Bankers Association
Myron ‘S T. Herrich
Association
Lue Nadional Wemoriadl
Shimley
Capitol
White House
William Meinniey
William McKinley McMenai Arch Association
Congress
Nis
Arch Association
Mrs McKinley Ill. Akron Reports Her Deepening Grief
Akron observers say Ida McKinley is gravely ill and withdrawn at home in decline. She refuses visitors at Christus and spends days alone as melancholy deepens. Charles G. Dawes and his wife try to lift her spirits while others will replace them to divert her from brooding over her sorrow during the holidays.
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Akron
Ida McKinley
President McKinley
Mrs. Dawes
Mrs. McKinley
Alabama Financiers Arrested In Embezzlement Case
Birmingham December 14 two top executives of the Continental Security Redemption company were arrested on warrants charging embezzlement. George Morgan president and George Blinn Jr treasurer face theft totals of 58600 and 25000 respectively. Bonds have been given.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Morgan
George Blinn
Continental Security Redemption Company
Morgan
Blinn
Bonda
Police chief shot at residence in Niles Ohio
Chief of Police Neil Hamer of Niles Ohio was wounded at his home when an unknown assailant fired a shot through the arm. The bullet caused a minor wound and the shooter escaped. A posse with bloodhounds pursued the fleeing gunman.
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Niles
Neil Hamer
Hamer
Considered Carnegie's Gift at Cabinet Meeting
Washington December 14 The cabinet discussed informally the acceptance of Andrew Carnegie's gift of 10 million dollars for educational purposes but reached no definite conclusion and probably will not for several days Other matters were considered.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
War Stir in Argent ine
A Chilean dispatch notes officials deem Argentina's alarm unwarranted while reports from Buenos Aires confirm calls to mobilize reserves and a bill for defense funds. Mediation offers from the United States and Brazil are reported as Chilean and Argentine officials debate potential boundary conf lict and the viability of a wider war. Public opinion remains divided though war is considered unlikely.
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Paris
Santiago de Chili
Buenos Ayres
Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Chili
Brazil
Santiago
Spalding Elected President After Ballot Fight
A. G. Spalding won the presidency on the twenty sixth ballot as the Brush Freedman faction left the meeting. He refused to withdraw and demanded Freedman be expelled from baseball. The scene foreshadowed a possible reorganization of the National League with New York potentially dropping from the circuit.
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New York
A. G. Spalding
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
Spalding
Albert G. Spalding
Andrew Freedman
Mr. Freedman
Strong antimilitia talk at AFL convention in Scranton
At the American Federation of Labor meeting in Scranton on December 14, delegates defeated a proposal to raise the number of vice presidents from six to eight amid charges of executive council backing. A long debate over militia involvement failed to resolve, while supporting action passed to raise per capita taxes for unions to fund a defense fund and other resolutions were approved.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Committee On Law
Executive Council
Reading Railway Introduces 50 Year Pension Plan
Reading Pa Dec 14 The Reading Railway company starts a pension system for long serving workers. All employees with 50 years of service may retire on half pay, at least $20 monthly if half pay falls short. Seymour Tr Garrigues, a machinist for 58 years, becomes the first on the list.
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Reading
Reading Railway Company
Seymour Tr. Garrigues
Statement of Faith and Turkey Baking Advice
The Presbyterian creed revision committee completed a sixteen article statement of faith for church members and moves to craft a declaratory second instruction on disputed points such as election and universal salvation. A New Orleans kitchen advisory argues baking a turkey breast down yields juicier meat and richer flavor, countering common practice and praising a method praised in the Times-Democrat.
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Washington
Presbyterian Committee On Creed Revision
New Orleans
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Convict James Jones Escapes Western Penitentiary
Pittsburg reports James Jones a 25 year old convict escaped from the Western penitentiary. He climbed a rope from the bake shop using a hooked rope, traversed the prison wall, and fled to the river side. He was serving an eight year burgalary sentence, and had only been out about three weeks.
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Pittsburg
James Jones
Western Penitentiary
Jones
Bison
Sterling Street
Decided for the Goulds in De Castellane trustees case
The appellate division of the supreme court denied Samuel J. Untermyer's motion to advance the Dittmar case on the December calendar. The court refused to advance the appeal, so it must follow its regular course and cannot join the new court of appeals calendar.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Dittmar
de Castellane
Samuel J. Untermyer
Court of Appeal
Gould
Charles A. Gardner
Court of Appeals
First Artist Sells Masterpiece to Banker Parvenn
A first artist congratulates the seller after a sale of a notable work to banker Parvenn for five thousand dollars. The second artist responds with sharp satisfaction, calling the buyer a miserly skinflint and praising the deal.
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Ola
Parrot exchange sparks humor in Boston Tran script
The dialogue notes a parrot that does not speak yet is deemed intelligent by its owner while a doctor clarifies the joke. A separate line references a twofold birth, first physical life then awakening personality and the soul in Ladies' Home Journal.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
One-Legged Man Pleads Guilty to Larceny Charge
James Ferguson a one legged stranger pled guilty before Mayor Wise Saturday to larceny. He was sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse. F H Birt a plumber claimed Ferguson stole a gold watch from his pocket while he slept at the Bridge House Friday. The watch was recovered. The article also describes a Florida man’s ship bottom cleaning device a long canvas tube with a bag at the end lowered by ropes and a diver looking through a glass plate to remove barnacles and seaweed.
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James Ferguson
Wise
F. H. Birt
Ferguson
McKinley Memorial Service Invites Hay as Orator
Washington December 14 The joint committee of both houses met to arrange a memorial service for the late President McKinley and decided to invite Secretary of State Hay to deliver the address at the proposed service.
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Hay
M’kinley
Washington
Houses of
Congress
McKinley
News in Brief: Train fatalities y incidents across towns
A man, Frank McCadden, was killed when he was thrown from a train after a collision Wednesday night. his body recovered from the Allegheny river. A boy and girl placed an obstruction on rail tracks near Kinsman, a northbound engine and caboose cleared it, the tie moved several car lengths. The kids admitted to wanting to see a wreck. Governor Stone sought a warrant for 102000 dollars in partial payment of Spanish American War claims. government denial of portions of claims cited. Thieves raided post offices and mills in Footville Ohio Massillon and Warwick and Justus flour mills in Massillon Ohio and Pennsylvania depot. West Virginia Governor White named Samuel L. Cooper assistant state mine inspector to fill the Pocahontas Baby Mine workmen deaths gap.
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Frank McCadden
Allegheny River
Jamestown and Franklin
Lake Shore Railroad
Kinsman
Stone
War Department
Footville
Massillon Paper Company
Warwick
Justus
Massillon
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Boston Transcript
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Wells
Ee Roy
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Karl
Wace Bera
Warr Neal
Branch Cor
Kid Logue
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Amas Gilits
Duncan
Edison Phonograph
Dungan, Ii East Main St
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