Million Dowry Tale Delays Busch Elopement
St Louis report details a sensational elopement attempt by Miss Wilhelmina Busch to Lieutenant Edward Scharrer. Rumors center on a demanded one million dollar dowry, prompting Adolphus Busch to restrict affairs and send his daughter away. Scharrer and the Busch family remain reticent as conflicting stories circulate.
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St Louis
Wilhelmina Busch
Adolphus Busch
Edward Scharrer
Brutteart
Germany
Busch Mansion
Scharrer
Busch
Buseh
Belleville
Busch Home
Need for Reciprocity in Brazilian Tariff Fight
Cable advices report Brazil has issued a new tariff that severely limits imports of American flour and other key commodities. The U S state department remains unable to persuade Brazil to roll back duties on American products.
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Washington
Jani
Kerigus
Dion
Haseen
Amercan
Brazil
Cable
Postmaster Foils Plot To Entice Everett Girls
Everett Wash January 4 Postmaster Vernon exposed a scheme by Seattle men to lure girls and married women from their homes by letters to fictitious addressees. The letters were delivered to unsuspecting mothers or fathers, then forwarded to daughters or wives. An incident involved a family where a girl’s parents found her suitcase packed for departure, prompting frantic reactions.
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Washington Town
Eiverett
Wash
Mernon
Seattle
Saga On
Everett
Max
Peners
Fragmentary crime note with weapon sighting
A garbled report describes a stabbing incident with a stiletto or dagger and a woman involved, mentioning police contact and a weapon partially described. The text is incomplete, but indicates a violent event and police response.
Beckham Urges Reform In Kentucky Rail and Insurance
Governor Breckinridge calls legislature to curb railroad extortionate rates and to tighten insurance oversight. He urges state law requiring rapid accounting of surplus to policyholders and mandatory investment of a portion of earnings in Kentucky.
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Frankfort
Brekhan
Kentucky
CHIO ASSEMBLY BEGINS Democrats Organize Senate for First Time
Columbus January 4 The seventy seventh Ohio General Assembly convened with the House under Republican control 62 to 59 Democrats in the Senate with 19 votes and one independent Senator Lamb aligned with them Lieutenant Governor Harding presided and Andrew L Harris will succeed him as Senate president Carmar A Thompson of Lawrence County was elected speaker of the House Attempts to bolt failed as party caucuses were confirmed.
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Senate
Columbus
General Assembly of
Ohio
House
Lamb
Lucas County
Harding
Andrew L. Harris
Carmar A. Thompson
Lawrence County
Trust Heads in a Plot Against Roosevelt, Pittsburgh Claim
Castle charges millionaires from Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York and other cities formed a bloc to capture political power block Roosevelt reforms and unhorse him. He links Pennsylvania banking irregularities to a national corporate alliance targeting major states and cites New Yorks and Ohios growing influence as proof.
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Castle
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Ohio
Homer L. Castle
T. Lee Clark
Enterprise National Bank
Milionaires
New York Millonaires
Spokane hunter kills grizzly with pocket knife at zoo visit
W H Wright of Spokane Washington, famed for bear killings, killed a grizzly using a pocket knife in a remote Clearwater country hunt after his gun was left at camp. His two dogs and he sustained injuries, while the animal was the sole death of the incident noted during a New York Zoological Park visit.
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Washington
Zoo Park
New York
W. H. Wright
Spokane
Wash
New York Zoological Park
Clearwater
Mr. Wright
William T. Hormaday
Designs Own Headstone in Will of Mass Woman
Clara D. Davis of Framingham Massachusetts dies at seventy two. Her Denver will names executor Henry T. Rogers and provides 500 to Harriet Clement for support if needed. Niece Clara Pumphrey receives 500 and each of Davis’s three children 300. The will is described as voluminous and includes a plan for a self designed tombstone.
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Massachusetts
Denver
Colo
Clara D. Davis
Framingham
Mass
Harriet “ Clement
Charles G. Clement
Count Andrassy Targeted in Vienna Automobile Attack
Count Geza Andrassy and his chauffeur were shot at by five men hiding in a valley between Budapest and Kauschin while traveling in an automobile. The attackers fired revolvers. some shots struck the car, but both occupants escaped unharmed.
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Austria
Vienna
Budapest
Kauschin
Geza Andrassy
Andragsy
Jealous lover shoots family in Caledonia double murder suicide
Matt Styer a University of Minnesota dental student killed Pearl Wheaton and wounded Ruth and Mrs Wheaton at the Wheaton home near Caledonia Minnesota after Pearl refused him marriage. He then shot himself as a child escaped through a window. Wheaton was away from home.
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Auieutenant Scharrer
Miss Busch
Belleville
Busch
Caledonia
Minn
Pearl Wheaton
S. N. Wheaton
Minnesota
Matt Styer
University of Minnesota
Wheaton
Here
Pearl
Ruth
Styer
Ruth Wheaton
Mrs. Wheaton
Feudists Shake Hands in Jackson to End Dispute
Breathitt County politics move toward peace as Judge Taulbee and former Judge James Hargis, joined by attorneys and followers, meet in Jackson and pledge goodwill. They call off their contested election dispute and vow cooperation to restore law and order.
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Jackson
Breathitt County
Taulbee
James Hargis
Hale Is Senate Leader
Washington January 4 Dugene Hale senior senator from Maine has become the recognized leader of the senate. Aldrich loses caste and influence as rumors say he shows less interest in senate affairs. Hale chairs the committee on committees and is trusted by democrats who revere the senate. His word is accepted without question in senate matters.
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Washington
Dugene Hale
Maine
Senate
Aldrich
Rockefeller
Rhode Island
Finance
House Committee of Ways and Means
House
Committee On Committees
Congress
Senator Hale
Hale
Allison
Mark Hanna
Tragic New Year’s Eve Shooting Suicide
In Chicago, Agnes Jenesen shot herself in the heart during a New Year’s Eve party in the home of Garl Jenesen. Her husband and guests tried to intervene as he wrestled with the revolver. The couple had been married a year and were in good spirits moments before the tragedy.
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Chicago
Garl Jenesen
Agnes Jenesen
Pope laments France split as he bids American bishop farewell
In Rome on January 2 the pope voiced worry and sadness over the rupture between the church and France. During the farewell to an American bishop he proclaimed that the oldest republic is lost and expressed his affection and hope are now placed toward the youngest.
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Rome
France
Marriage Secret Five Years Rumored in Kent
Probate Judge D I Rockwell and Miss Katherine Arighi announced they married five years ago. The couple, prominent socially in Kent Ohio, reportedly wed during a Buffalo ceremony. Rockwell served on Governor-elect Patton’s campaign and on the Democratic state executive and state committees.
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Rockwell
Arighi
Kent
D. I. Rockwell
Katherine Arighi
Buffalo
Rockweil
Patstison
McCall Resigns as NY Life President
John A. McCall resigns from the presidency of New York Life Insurance Company. Trustees reluctantly accept the step after months of controversy and misquotation about his actions. An official announcement is planned next Tuesday with McCall possibly leaving town afterward.
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New York
the Times
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
McCall
New York Life
John Claflin
The
Clafin
Europe
Independencia Threatens Puerto Plata as Surrender Demanded
The Dominican gunboat Independencia anchored off Puerto Plata and demanded surrender within 24 hours to President Morales. troops landed. U.S. ships Nashville and Scorpion in harbor may shield stability as negotiations push fighting away from town. Censorship reported amid unsettled, tense conditions on the island.
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Puerto Plata
San Domingo
Independencia
Morales
Washington
United States
Nashville
Scorpion
Washington, D. C
State
Navy
Turks’ Island
Bahamas
West Indies
Monte Cristi
Perez
Deschamps
Demetrio and
Rodriguez
General Barba
Altimora
Murderers Confess All In Denver Businessman's Slaying
Prominent Denver businessman Frank L. Scott was shot December 20 after two youths Leslie Francisco and Charles Essick confessed to the killing. They told Chief of Police Adams of their plan to rob a passerby at the station and fired when Scott halted carrying two valises. Scott died days later. deputies guard the jail amid lynching threats.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Colo
Leslie Francisco
Charles Essick
Adams
Frank L. Scott
Sherifé Grimes
Essick
Scott
Hsick
Guide Sewall Seeks Aroostook Customs Post
Island Falls Maine January 3 William Wingate Sewall a village resident is nominated for collector of customs in the district of Aroostook He guided President Roosevelt on Maine hunts twenty years ago also managed the Roosevelt ranch in the South Dakota Bad Lands He has prior posts in the district and led a wide canvass of the county for the job.
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Island Falls
William Wingate Sewall
Aroostook
President Roosevelt
Maine Woods
Sewall
Roosevelt
South Dakota
Thomas H. Phair
Presque Isle
Ransford W. Shaw
Houston
Millionaire Miner Frank Phis cator Takes Life
San Francisco Jan 1 Frank Phis cator a millionaire Alaskan miner suicided yesterday at a hotel by cutting his throat with a razor He built the first house in Dawson He originated from Michigan
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San Francisco
Frank Phiscator
Dawson
Michigan
Cars Kill Prominent Man
Waterloo Iowa January 1 Hamuel Husted aged 50 brother of Judge J L Husted of Dubuque was run over and killed by an Illinois Central train today in Waterloo
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Waterloo
Hamuel Husted
J. L. Husted
Dubuque
Illinois Central
Russian Prisons Overflow as Strikes Sweep St Petersburg
Reports from St Petersburg describe a sweeping crackdown on revolutionary activity with mass prison crowding and roundups. Gov Doubassoff explains tactics, while rival factions debate leadership and policy as Baltic and Siberian disturbances grow.
Ex ball player Frank Bonner dies at 41
Kansas City reports the death of former baseball star Frank Bonner from blood poisoning at age 41. He was noted as a famous ball player of his era.
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Kansas City
Frank Bonner
Government Officials Arrest Men on Reservations in Nebraska and South Dakota
Officials report multiple arrests across Nebraska and Pine Ridge involving alleged land fraud and conspiracy. Deputy U S Marshals detained men near Rushville and Valentine, with indictments tied to homestead filings, fraud schemes, and perjury. Arraignments set before U S commissioners and bonds posted for upcoming grand jury term in Omaha.
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Omaha
Nebland
Charles Man Ville
United States
Moore
Rushvile
Urilin
Pine Ridge
Willian Pinkbird
Valentine
Allan
Thas
Rushville
Modisett
Stockmen’s Bank of
A. M. Modisett
A. R. Modisett
Modisetts
Sheridan County
William GC. Smoot
Pine Ridge Indian Agency
Dale
Chadron
Federal Grand Jury
Ghost in Fort Scott Haunts Musgrave School House
In Fort Scott Kansas a day and night ghost frightens residents at Musgrave school. Police pursue sightings through corridors and garret but capture proves elusive as ladders vanish and no one is found in the empty building. Witnesses report eerie sounds and a floating threat despite a strong crowd and officers in pursuit.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Musgrave
Lyman
Anderson
Garret
Goard
Faust
Pastor Approves Wine Campaig n Sparks Local Debate
The Rev Alexis W Stein rector of Christ Episcopal church at Tritchburg Mass published a letter in a local paper endorsing wine and beer use as a solution to their misuse. He says the proper use will prevent harm and urges a no vote in the upcoming election.
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Tritchburg
Mass
Alexis W. Stein
Christ Ppiscopal Church
Hhim
Aise
Five swept overboard on schooner Henry O. S Barrett
A great wave off Vineyard Sound on Saturday night capsized the schooner Henry O. S Barrett. Captain Joshua Norton of Richland Maine and mate James Conley of St Johns New Brunswick were swept overboard and perished. The wave also carried away the deck house and caused further damage.
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Wood's Hole
Mass
Vineyard Sound
Henry O. Sbarrett
Joshua Norton
Richland
James Conley
St. Johns
N. B
Boy Dies After Gun Accident While Hunting
In Burlington Iowa on Sunday 11 year old Karl Breisch was fatally shot when his gun exploded as he fell. The charge lodged in his body and he died.
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Burlington
Karl Breisch
Flea Infestation Raised Pneumonia Germ Claim in Reno
Reno doctors report ongoing flea infestation and Dr. J R Mason of Chicago claims fleas plant pneumonia germs in victims after a series of experiments.
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Y Reno
Nev
J. R. Mason
Chicago
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