Skittad Detintara in the Senate Debate
The debate among senators Chandler of New Hampshire and Spooner of Wisconsin is described as highly vigorous. Chandler is noted as the keener and more caustic, with a genius for finding weak points, while Spooner shines in surprises. Both are praised for good temper and relentless but good-natured style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skittad Detintara
Senate
Chandler
New Hampshire
Spooner
Wisconsin
Chandler Io
Woman sues over $20 fare change denial in Toledo
Ida Balk paid a five cent fare with a $20 bill on a Toledo streetcar. The conductor refused the bill for lack of change and ejected her. She sued the company for damages and lost. Judge Pugsley ruled it unreasonable to expect the conductor to have that much change.
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Ida Balk
Toledo
Pugsley
Peach tree shipment to South Africa bound for Cape Colony and Natal
A shipment of 190000 young peach trees from Georgia nurseries will be sent next week to Cape Colony and Natal in South Africa. Most trees head to Natal, with many consigned to Ladysmith. Cape Colony growers receive less than half of the total shipment.
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Afelen
Georgia Nurseries
Cape Colony
Natal
South Africa
Ladysmith
Mr Ayers Revival Praised by Kidney Pills Testimony
A. H. E. Ayers of Minneapolis credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving his life after doctors predicted death from Bright's Disease and Diabetes. Now residing at Bath New York Soldiers and Sailors Home he urges others to use the remedy and shares his long testimonial of healing and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Sne¢lal J
A. HE. Ayers
Bright
Bath
N. Y
Mr. Ayers
Soldiers and Sailors
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Yu
Sirs
Dodd
Sam
Death of Lincoln box attendant Dr Charles Taft at 65
Dr Charles Taft who stood on Lincoln’s deathbed and aided the martyred president’s head died at 39 South Seventh avenue Mt Vernon after a year of illness from throat cancer. He leaves three survivors among those who were at Lincoln’s deathbed.
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Lincoln
Charles Sabin ‘Tait
Ford
Abraham Lincoln
South Seventh Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Taft
Merriam Presses for Interior Post as Hitchcock Leaves
Director of the Census Merriam seeks secretary of the interior after Hitchcock withdraws. He and allies lobby at the White House, especially since Senator Cushman K. Davis died. Merriam argues his census management warrants high office or a long appointment beyond the next census in 1901.
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Merriam
Hitchcock Hand
White House
Cushman K. Davis
Davis
Interior
Senate
Ife
Census Bureau
Congress
Roosevelt Removes Col Gardiner as New York District Attorney
Governor Roosevelt ousts Col Asa Bird Gardiner the New York county district attorney and names Eugene A Philbin to replace him. This marks the fourth removal by the governor citing charges against Republican officials and noting Gardiner as the first Democrat ousted. The memorandum cites Gardiner’s conduct around election time and the indictment of Chief of Police Devery over a spurious order.
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Roosevelt
Gardiner
New York
Asa Bird Gardiner
New York County
Eugene A. Philbin
New York City
State Board of Charities
Hulst
Chautauqua County
Hulet
Washington County
Peter M. Wise
State Commission
Jegacy
Col
Devery
Great Reform Leader Dr Felix Adler Heads Ethical Culture
Dr Felix Adler of New York, a famed reformer in education and philanthropy, leads the movement with Bishop Potter and Rev Dr Adler. He gained wide reputation for studying evils from misrule and vice in cities and was head of the Society for Ethical Culture when founded in 1876 while a Cornell professor.
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Felix Adler
New York
Bishop Potter
DR. Adler
Society For Ethical Culture
Adler
Cornell University
Indemnity Hurdles for China In Boxer Crisis
Sir Robert Hart warns in a letter to a Paris Temps correspondent that China's indemnity demands may reach 250 million dollars, highlighting its crippled state and the difficulty of collecting from governments, societies, and individuals. Also noted is the quiet London marriage of Forbes Robertson and Miss Gertrude Tilcott at All Souls Church.
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Robert Hart
Pekin
Paris
China
Mes. Forbes Robertson
Maxine Balcott
London
All Souls’ Church
Madeline Reilly
Normian Forbes
Jury Unanimity Required in Colorado Civil Cases
The Colorado Supreme Court voided a 12 member jury law allowing verdicts by nine, ruling unanimity essential and the constitution imposes no limit on juror count. The Missouri River Commission's abolition sparks protests from Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri over lost river improvements and funding.
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Colorado
Colorado Supreme Court
Missouri River Commission
Congressional Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Congress
Ninety Seven and at Work
Sidney Cooper, renowned cattle painter, is 97 this year and at work on a five foot canvas of sheep for next year’s academy. The studies date from 1345 and he paints daily from 9 to 12:30, claiming to feel better than in four years.
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Sidney Cooper
R. A
Academy
Cooper
Sayings and Doings Cures by Power and a Ministerial Change
Mrs. Weldon of Texas travels across the country claiming to heal via laying on of hands, with thousands seeking relief for ailments and reporting success. She says her power began after her child died, and she healed many at the Paris Exposition. In other news, J A G Leishman is named minister to Turkey, succeeding Strauss who declined to return.
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Mrs. Weldon
Texas
Paris
Heavenly Times Author Recovers From Mountain Accident
Miss Bertrice Harraden, author of Heavenly Times, injured in a mountain accident in Norway last autumn, has returned home to Hampstead England. She slipped from her pony, injuring her ankle and foot, and noted a translator’s omission in her Norwegian edition of Ships that Pass in the Night.
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Heavenly Times
Bertrice Harraden
Norway
Hampstead
England
Worthy
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Charles S.taft
Japan
Iora Hoshi
Nere
Yamagata
Asa
Forbes Robertson
Gertrude Tilcott
Turkey
J. A. G. Leishman
Mr. Strauss
J. A. G. Leistiman
Ohio
Joseph Smith
Western Reserve
Soeiery
Frank A. Gregory
St. Paul's
Madagascar
Legion of Honor
Mr. Gregory
Pittsburg
Gol. A. L. Hawkins
Pennsylvania
Philippines
Mme
Jean Powmerol
Africa
Sahara
Ory
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