Swelled Head Buried in Town Plot Joke From New England Tale
In a New England tale retold by John Ford a man with an inflated view of his importance seeks burial in the town plot. After three refusals the town meeting jokes him into silence by approving a motion that he be buried there only if it happens next week.
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New
New York Press
John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Navy Yard
Pennsylvania
Hoopes & Townsend Company
Fraga
Huesca
Spain
Gavel Used by Justice Brush Featured at Greenwich Hall Dedication
The historic gavel used by Justice Brush at the dedication of the new Greenwich town hall is on display. The artifact, linked to years of service, symbolically marks the town’s civic milestone.
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Justice Brush
New Town
Greenwich Coan
Tortures at Warsaw Prison Spark Jewish Rights Debate
Professor Courtenay details brutal torture of political prisoners in Warsaw by Chief of Police Greun including starvation and repeated beatings. The piece notes Jewish deputation talks with Emperor and Premier Witte pressing for civil rights and possible immediate settlement of the Jewish question.
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St. Petersburg
Courtenay
Academy of Science
Warsaw
Greun
League of the Russian People
Rudiger
Reacionists
Witte
Interor
Durnovo
Count Witte
National Assembly
Equality for Jews Acknowledged by Russian Leaders
A draft bill to grant Jews equality in civil life but exclude military and Official posts is reported. Baron Gunsburg and other leading Jews oppose sending the issue to the national assembly, arguing the October manifesto already guarantees equality before the law and that government must protect full rights now.
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National Assembly
Baron Gunsburg
Mount Dajo Attack Report Details Civilian Rescue
Investigations show many women and children were saved during the Moro outlaws attack on Mount Dajo. Those killed died at long range and by shell fire as Governor Scott delayed surrender efforts for six months. Moros aided the troops while armed observers reported efforts to save noncombatants. Afterward General Wood ordered supplies for survivors in the crater.
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Manila
Mount Dajo
Scott
Battoes
Wood
Fauquier County
William Harry Ball
P. D. Gwaltney
American Peanut Corporation
Norfolk
Roper
P. D. Bain
Democratic Congressional Committee
Fourth District
Chesterfield Hotel
Petersburg
Congress
R. S. Southall
Amelia County
Francis Rives Lassiter
Col
Wiliam Henry Mann
Leonard Yarrell
Greeneville County
Suffolk Council
Henry Wood Campbell
Lake Savage
Portsmouth, Berkley and Suffolk Water Company
Nansemond
Suffolk
Vance Wilson
Abingdon
Hastings Court
Bristol
Wilson
KE. C. Watts
Chesapeake and Ohio
Coleman Falls
Dove
Caroline C
Ministers Resign Enforce New Chilean Cabinet Tangle
Santiago Chile By Cable The ministry resigned organized August 1 1905 with all ministers noted as personal adherents of President Riesco. After two months of attempts a ministerial combination failed to form a stable lineup.
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Santiago, Chili
Riesco
Death of Mrs Parker, rector’s wife, in Columbia
Mrs Parker wife of Trinity Church rector in Columbia dies. She is connected to Daniel Webster as a cousin of Bishop Parker of New Hampshire and daughter of Dr E H Parker of Poughkeepsie New York.
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Columbia
Nive c. Nres
Trinity Church
Stiga
Daniel Webster
Bighop
Tragic Pueblo Train Wreck Leaves Twenty Burned Dead
A head on collision near Adobe Colorado on the Denver and Rio Grande line left about twenty killed by fire and over twenty injured. Fire and wreckage hampered rescue as victims, including homeseekers and a deputy sheriff, were evacuated to Pueblo and Florence.
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Denver and
Rio Grande
Pueblo
Col
Adobe
Eden
Northwest
J. H. Smith
Walter Coslett
Smith
Portland
Florence
Taylor Hewitt
Lebo
A. Hewitt
Hewitt
Edward Baird
Denver
Archibald Whitney
Baird
Canon City
Whitney
Global Christian Endeavor Societies Count 67 512
The World's Christian Endeavor Union reports 67 512 societies worldwide. Of these 42 250 are in the United States, 19 772 in Great Britain and Ireland, 613 in India, with smaller numbers in Canada and other nations.
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Boston
Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Union
United States
Great Britain and Ireland
Canada
India
Union
Retiring Directors Renominated for Re election in Pennsylvania
The four retiring directors of the Pennsylvania have been renominated for re election. The Philadelphia Company's gross earnings rose by 226203 in January and February. Missouri Pacific fell two points as Gould Jokers moved and bought. News rumors claim 400000 shares involved in steel gossip.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Missouri Pacific
Gould&Jokers
Ship Founders with 28 Souls
Boston special reports the British steamship British King foundered near Sable Island in a three day gale. Captain J C O Hagan and 27 others died. 18 survivors were brought to Boston by the Bostonian and 11 by the Mannheim. Rescue attempts were hampered by mountainous seas and darkness as lifeboats were swept away.
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Boston
J. C. O'Hagan
Sable Island
Bostonian
Mannheim
New York
Antwerp
Leyland
O'Hagan
Bostoniar
Secretaries Report Alleges Midshipmen Trade to Lower Grades
Washington special Secretary Bonaparte told the House Naval Affairs Committee that Annapolis midshipmen conspired to hold all students to a dead level of scholarship. He cited a senior class graduation order and warned amendments to antihazing statutes would harm discipline, urging graduated punishment without changes.
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Washington, D. C
Annapolis
Bonaparte
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Senate
Federal court settles case over Harvey Logan escape
Knoxville special report says a compromise was reached in the federal case of the government versus J. W. Fox and Knox County sheriff bondsmen. The government sought damages for the escape of Harvey Logan the Montana train robber who fled the local jail in June 1904 while awaiting transfer to Columbus prison.
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Knoxville,Tenn
J. W. Fox
Knox County
Fox
Harvey Logan
Montana
Columbus (O
Eae Pee
Monument to Stebbins planned at Stanley Page County
A movement seeks to erect a memory monument for Benjamin P. Stebbins at Stanley Page County, noting his August 1878 cave discovery near Luray and his New York birth. Also recalled are the controversial 1900s farm shooting by Orville Flemming and various local incidents and notices from Virginia counties.
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Benjamin P. Stebbins
Stanley Page County
Luray Caverns
Stebbins
Tompkins County
New York
Messrs
W. B
A. J. Campbell
Luray
Orville L. Flemming
Princess Anne County
Clarence Snyder
Norfolk
Flemming
Hampton
Corporation Court of
Newport News
J. W. Mooney
W. H. L. Kent
Regina Mooney
Adams Bros. & Co
J. L. Luter
Southampton County
Virginia
Hurricane Branch
East Nottoway Station
Eden Morgan
Trafic
Lafayette and Princeton end football relation
Lafayette College and Princeton have severed their football relationship. The page also notes the Maryland Jockey Club spring meeting at Pimlico from April 16 to 28 and mentions various sports figures and administrative comments.
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Lafayette College
Princeton
Maryland Jockey Club
Pimlico Track
Eugene Hildebrand
Hot Springs
Harvard
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Griffith
New York
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North St
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East River
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Hicks
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Ware River
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Auburon
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Severn River
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A. M
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Atlantic Hore
M. B. Crowell
Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Chesapeake Line
Augusta
Atlanta
Old Point Comfort
Baltimore
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Arrian W. Ronbon
Light Street
Kavnes Foeren
E. J. Criss
T. H. McCaxwen
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M. S. Foster
Sibley Bros
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A. M. Marchant
Mathews Co. H
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sorney-at-Law
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Middlesex
Ester
Theo. Miller
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Assembly
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K Son
Purina
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Hamilton
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United Mine Workers
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International Typographical
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St. Thomas’ Church
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