Week of congressional action and world events
The Forty Eighth Congress began its last session with bills on presidential election funding and campaign contributions. Key items include a budget bill of 28 million, moves to curb southern representation, resignations sought from cabinet members, and a push to extend interstate commerce powers. Domestic tragedies, fires, robberies, and notable deaths populate a busy week of politics and incidents.
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House
Congress
Senate
Merchant Marine Commission
Knox
Pennsylvania
Crane
Massachusetts
Quay and Wear
Platt
N. Y
Crum
Charleston
S. C
Siege at Port Arthur Intensifies in Russo Japanese War
Telegraph reports from London claim all Russian ships and gunboats were sunk or destroyed with only torpedo boat destroyers remaining. The Port Arthur assault began November 26 with furious fighting, bayonet repulses, and heavy Japanese losses amid ambushes and fort attacks. Russia disputes port reports while the czar orders a third squadron toward the Far East within two months.
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London Daily Telegraph
Port Arthur
Giliak
Fusadneck
Rennenkampff
Ehrling
Keekwan
Russia
Far East
Chadwick Affair: Chadwick Arrested in New York on Embezzlement
Mrs. Cassie L Chadwick was arrested by federal officers in New York charged with aiding Oberlin bank officials to embezzle 12500 from Citizens National of Oberlin Ohio She was jailed at the Tombs after failing to post 15000 bond A sealed package claimed to hold 5000000 in Chadwick securities was opened in Cleveland and found worthless Beckwith and Spear signed 500000 notes bearing Andrew Carnegie name Carnegie denies involvement Beckwith and Spear plead not guilty and await Grand Jury bonds set at 10000 each
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Cassie L. Chadwick
New York
Citizens’ National Bank
Oberlin, O
Ir the
Tombs
United States
Shields
Iri Reynoulds
Cleveland
Beckwith
Oberlin
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Spear
Miscellaneous 1905 summary of deaths trials and inquiries
In Cleveland a sailor John Delaney died after leaping from a hospital window. Peter Van Schaack, a Chicago wholesale druggist, died of pneumonia. A tablet honors Maj. Guy Howard of the Philippines conflict. The Interstate Commerce Commission opened a shipper led inquiry into a proposed uniform bill of lading. Secretary Shaw gave Congress fiscal year 1906 appropriations totaling 619 060 852 dollars. A coal mine explosion in Burnett Washington killed 14 miners. Horace Porterfield was convicted of murder in Evansville and sentenced to life in Michigan City. Nan Patterson began a second trial in New York for Caesar Young’s murder. Attorney General Moody seeks a law expanding federal court power to arrest defendants nationwide.
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Madison
Wash
Arthur Rains
Elias Johnson
Crearville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Baron von Busche
Warmbad
Africa
St. Joseph
Mich
Harrison
Westchester County
N. Y
Rhode Island State Returning Board
Roosevelt
Hay
Isaac N. Perry
Chicago Car and Locomotive Works
Hegewisch
Ind
Edward Clark
Herbert Boyer
Chicago
Plehve
Russia
Far East
Port Arthur
Tokio
Nogi
New York
Howard Gould
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Welcome Davidson
Foster
Neb
James McCord
la Crosse
Northwest
Japan
The
Hague
Farmers’ State Bank
Schambert
Okla
Bertha Krupp
Krupp
Trenton
8. C
B. B. Hughes
Syveton
Andre
Paris
Pas
J. L. Boyd
Charles H. Slack & Co
Point Pleasant
W. Va
W. H. Thompson
St. Louis
Lake Michigan
Mississippi
Thomas B. Ayers
Meadow Grove
el Paso
Tex
Colorado
Clyde Lester
Peoria
John Lucas
Holdredge
San Francisco
Orient
James N. ‘Tyner
Indiana
President Grant
Post Office Department
Washington
Department
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Caleb Powers
Louisville
William Goebel
Powers
Herbert Putnam
Librarian of
Cleveland
C. A. Patterson
Ralph Adams
Frank Bayless
Burdett Bleet
Lake of the Woods
Decatur
Interior
Hitchcock
Tobacco “Trust
Hugh McLaughlin
King’s
Shaw
Richard A. Canfield
David W. Bucklin
Esperanza
Mexico
Benjamin Franklin
People’s National Bank
Ohio
Newark
Vermont House Judiciary Committee
Mary M. Rogers
Bennington
Willis Hampton
Lake Charles
von Plehve
John Allen
Luther
Martha Rutherford
A. D. Gash
Frank Jerzewski
Manitowoc
Wis
Commissioner of Education
Oliver Picket
Hutchinson
Kan.) Reformatory
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kan
Maj
William Warner
Kansas City
United States
Western District of
Missouri
Portland
Ore
Marie L. Ware
Rev
C. P. Dorse
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Carter
John Delaney
Marine Hospital
Peter van Schaack
Burlington
Guy Howard
Philippines
O. O. Howard
Burnett
Horace Porterfield
Richard Swanson
Evansville
Carnegie Signature Promises Wertless Chadwick Securities
Cleveland officials disclosed a package of securities claimed to be Andrew Carnegie backed with a Carnegie signature worth 15.246 million as part of Mrs. Chadwick's alleged inheritance scheme. A note for 5 million and other obligations bring the total to 16.496 million. Wade Park Bank's secretary said he believed Chadwick’s statements she was Carnegie’s daughter.
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Cleveland, O
Chadwick
A. A. Sterns
Cleveland
Herbert D. Newton
Boston
Ivi Reynolds
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Frederick R. Mason
Emily
Daniel Pine
Iai Reynolds
Wade Park Bank
Bank Robbery in Peoria Nets $1880 in Cash
In Peoria Illinois two men robbed the Peoria National Bank on Saturday afternoon beating teller Fred Bracken into unconsciousness. They escaped in a buggy with the currency but were later captured in Toulon Illinois with the full amount recovered from their pockets.
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Peoria
Ill
Toulon
Malone
Poisoned Cabbage Believed To Be Fatal Meal
In Liddell Illinois James Rankin aged 60 Mary Rankin aged 56 and four children died after eating cabbage at supper. The cabbage showed worms in another garden patch and infected plants killed animals. Three other neighbors recently died from cabbage caused illness. Farmers destroy remaining cabbage.
Saigon Sunk By Russian Mine Near Port Arthur
The navy reports the cruiser Saigon struck a Russian mine while supporting operations at Port Arthur on November 30 and was destroyed. Captain Tajima and 88 crew members perished. A Telegraph dispatch cites Japanese losses at Port Arthur in late October around 3,000 killed and 10,000 wounded with heavier losses in later attacks.
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Tokio
Navy Department
Saigon
Port Arthur
Tajima
London
Daily Telegraph
Roosevelt Wins Largest Presidential Vote Ever
New York report shows Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Alton B. Parker by 2,546,169 in the last election with 7,040,560 votes, the most ever for a U S president. The canvass covers all states except one Tennessee county and four Michigan counties with estimates. Roosevelt exceeds McKinley’s 1900 tally by over 400,000 votes.
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New York
New York Times
Tennessee
Michigan
Roosevelt
Judge Parker
United States
McKinley
Saintly Canonizations For Blessed Sauli And Maiella
In St. Peter's Rome 60,000 gathered as Pope Pius X canonized Blessed Alessandro Sauli and Blessed Gerardo Maiella. Descendants including the Marquises Ambrocio Sauli and Negrotto assisted, a ceremony rare since 1870 and only the second in recent times.
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Rome
St. Peter’s
Postmaster General Proposes Rural Free Delivery Rate
Washington December 12 The postmaster general in his annual report recommends a local rate of three cents per pound for rural free delivery packages and the consolidation of the third and fourth class mail at the former rate.
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Washington
Trapped Miners at Eldorado Coal Mine Die in Rescue
Rescuers reached four men entombed Friday in Eldorado Illinois and found them dead as their bodies were brought to the surface.
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Eldorado
Mill and Elevator Burned at City Grain & Feed
A fire in Columbia Tennessee destroyed the feed mill and elevator of City Grain & Feed on Sunday morning. Thirty rail cars of car corn and 40 000 to 50 000 bushels of shelled corn and oats were lost. Total damage estimated at 73 000 dollars with 42 000 dollars insured.
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Columbia, Tenn
City Grain & Feed Company
Fire destroys Roby building in Rochester
Fire swept the Roby building at Main and West with Elizabeth Streets in Rochester on Sunday morning incurring an estimated loss of about 210000 dollars.
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Rochester
N. Y
Roby
Main Street
Elizabeth Street
Californianitis and the New Yorkitis in San Francisco
A San Francisco Argonaut correspondent laments California vanity and provincialism as endemic to the state. The piece contrasts California traits with eastern norms, mocks local editorial bias, and favors New York over San Francisco due to perceived social and cultural burdens.
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San Francisco
New York
Argonaut
California
Spain
Italy
Europe
New
Flamingos Build In Mud To Stay Safe From Floods
Observations from a Bahamas rookery describe flamingo nesting habits with both sexes incubating and alternating day and night duties. Morning and evening activity fills the nest area as flocks arrive and depart, while bursts of rapid flight reveal their unique neck and wing posture.
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Frank M. Chapman
Bahamas
Henry Blake
Peter
Optimist and pessimist view of the world quoted
A Detroit Free Press quotation contrasts optimistic and pessimistic views on the world, suggesting there is a place for everyone. The optimist sees inclusion for all, while the pessimist dismisses many as obsolete. The exchange frames the world as a big mechanism requiring diverse roles.
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Detroit Free Press
Egypt records show more men than women by margin
The article notes Egypt as the only country with a male population exceeding females. It states the male population in the dominion of the khedive is higher by 160,000.
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Egypt
Khedive
Hunting Buffaloes at Croydon Mountain Preserve
Ernest Harold Baynes recounts a dawn to dusk buffalo hunt near Croydon mountain, observing a herd of about 150 buffaloes moving from pasture to wood and orchard, with careful stalking and photography along the Corbin game preserve. He notes a stampede near a valley and ends watching the sunset over the Green mountains.
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Ernest Harold Baynes
Corbin
Croydon Mountain
Croydon
Corbin Game Preserve
Hill and Dale
Flogking Into Canada
Major Allison Edwards United States Consul General reports North Dakotans are flocking to Western Canada seeking farm land. He notes there is no boundary sentiment, predicts continued growth and praises incoming settlers as well financed and prepared. Government agents in the U S offer full information on homestead lands.
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Major Edwards
United States
Montreal
Allison Edwards
Fargo
North Dakota
Canada
West
Yarns by the Way and Punchline Tales
A collection of humorous sketches and anecdotes ranging from Miss Mary Manning in Rome to a funeral attended by a red waistcoat grave-digger. The pieces hinge on language quirks and social satire with brief vignettes about manners and misunderstandings in England and abroad.
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England
Robert
Record poultry sale and cultural notes from abroad
Notes from abroad report a partridge Wyandotte rooster selling for $825 at the London international poultry show in Alexandra Palace. The piece also notes rapid Western musical influence in Japan, English doctor density, a Hamlet site railway near Elsinore, a Bern sausage exhibition with 1785 varieties, and Mendelejeff’s view on Russian reform after the Japan war.
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Alexandra Palace
London
Elsinore
Berne
Prof
Mendelejeff
Russia
Japan
The Blindness of Love Fiance Quip Noted
A light exchange in the Kansas City Star quotes a fiancée praising her partner as uniquely suited for marriage. The retort points to the proposal as the defining difference among men as the couple jokes about love and fit.
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Kansas City Star
Doan's Kidney Pills Relieve Chronic Back Pain Case
Mrs P Brunzel of Everett Washington reports fifty years of back pain and sleepless nights resolved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She took five boxes and credits quick relief of aching pains and other difficulties, noting the product's effectiveness. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo distributes at five cents per box through druggists.
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P. Brunzel
Grand. Ave
Everett
Wash
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Barn Fire Blamed on Spark from Railroad
A farmer tells a drummer that a barn fire started by a railroad spark, noting the railroad has more money than tramps. The exchange echoes tensions between travelers and industrial companies in the era.
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Atlanta Constitution
Woman Receives Third Set Of Teeth At Age Ninety Eight
At 98 Mrs Hester Trudow of LeSueur Minnesota now has a full natural dentition after previously living toothless for 30 years and starting a third set of teeth six months ago.
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Hester Trudow
LeSueur
Minn
In the Doctor's Office Yonkers Statesman Cartoon Caption
A brief cartoon caption from Yonkers Statesman quips about medical billing as a patient coughs up a coin and a receipt is given. The Humorous exchange reflects a mock medical scene and satirical view of receipts.
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Yonkers Statesman
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Interior Department
Evan Roberts
Wells- Fargo Company
Los Angeles
Needles
Daniel E. Sickles
Andersonville
Reynolds
Liddell, Ill
Dakota
Mary Manning
Caesar
Signorina
Bond Street
Joe
Joseph
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