Virginia veteran rejects pension and back pay worth seven thousand
The Express notes a Virginia veteran as the sole member of his class to refuse a pension and seven thousand dollars in back pay. It observes New York Savings Bank deposits include many foreigners, with one Italian custodian holding twenty thousand dollars. It also describes Chinese women in New York and Chinatown focusing on study and family duties, and recounts a costly gift of scissors to Emperor William of Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
New York
William
Germany
Chinatown
Signs of London skyscrapers era near
The piece notes growing signs that skyscrapers will start in London despite a building act by the county council that prohibits tall structures. It mentions an ingenious tower disguise as a workaround that would still fall under by law restrictions and adds interest due to its legal scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
County Council
Lapse Panic Hits Policy Holders Across Firms
Widespread disclosures about major life insurance companies have driven thousands of policy holders to let policies lapse. The resulting losses include higher future costs, loss of accumulating advantages, and difficulties in obtaining new coverage.
New York Clearing House Tops Global Clearing Volumes
The New York clearing house, representing 53 banks, cleared last year 56 billion dollars with daily clearings averaging 200 million and daily balance payments of 10 million. Chicago’s clearing house followed with 8 billion. New York remains the world’s most important business institution, its yearly total exceeding London's by six billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Clearing House
Chicago
Clearing House of
London
New York City's Jewish Population Surges by 1905
New York City holds about 700000 Jews, nearly half of the national total. From 3 percent of the city’s people in 1880 to 15 percent in 1905, the Jewish community shows rapid growth both proportionally and in numbers. One in six people on New York streets is Jewish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
United States
Abraham
Herzl
New York
Seeress Mme de Thebes Forecasts 1906 Calamities
A prophecy by Mme de Thebes, court diviner to Napoleon and BHugerie, foretells 1906 upheavals. It predicts Germany nearly smashed early year, South America convulsed by turmoil, and the United States struck by a severe unconquered epidemic, among other calamities.
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Mme. de Thebes
Napoleon
Bhugerie
Germany
South America
United States
Second tallest chimney rises at Newark plant
The 350 foot high chimney near Newark, New Jersey, nearing comparison with Bayonne’s Orford Copper Co. stack at 365 feet, cost about $35,000 or $100 per foot. It is praised as a superb structural work and an engineering feat on salt meadows east of Newark.
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America
Newark
N. J
Orford Copper Co
Bayonne
German Meat Monopoly Provokes Starvation Concern
The text argues that high meat prices in Germany burden the poor, blaming German farmers for securing laws to ban American meat and live cattle. It notes Germany cannot adequately meet its own meat demand and that people appeal to officials for relief to allow American imports.
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Germany
Sexton McTigue Ends 4633 Graves at Crown Point Cemetery
Mark McTigue, aged sexton of Crown Point Indiana cemetery, has completed digging 4633 graves in 40 years of service. He recalls a brief history of each burial and can locate any grave quickly, having previously overseen removals from Kokomo's old cemetery.
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Mark McTigue
Sexton
Crown Point
Ind
Sexton McTigue
Kokomo
Russia faces new restrictions as czar clings to power
From St Petersburg to Warsaw and Berlin reports describe mounting unrest in December. Russia extends social law to include both workers and educated classes while small rent payers gain rights, sparking strikes, martial law, and threats of a siege. Revolutions warn the czar to quit. Civil turmoil spreads across Polish governates with massacres and evacuations as troops clash with insurgents.
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St. Petersburg
Poland
Moscow
Russia
Warsaw
Russian
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Tukum
Courland
Hope for Walsh railroad revival in Chicago
Orders to continue construction on John R. Walsh's Chicago Southern railroad were issued. Labor pay is guaranteed by the Chicago clearing house committee, in charge of Walsh institutions, signaling a likely link to Indiana Southern for Walsh coal and stone products within two months and possible rehabilitation of Walsh's fortune. State bank examiner Jones forwarded his report on the Walsh banks to Springfield, noting no direct criminal charges but enabling authorities to act as they see fit. Equitable Trust affairs remain court matters regarding trusts for minors and estates.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago Southern Railroad
Chicago Clearing House Committee
Mr. Walsh
Co. CC. Jones
State Bank Examiner
Walsh
Springfield
Jones
Equitable Trust Company
Bishop Named to Isthmian Canal Commission
President Roosevelt appoints Joseph Bucklin Bishop to the isthmian canal commission to fill the vacancy from Chief Engineer Wallace. Bishop now serves as secretary to the canal commission at ten thousand dollars yearly and is expected to become secretary to the commission while drawing seven thousand five hundred dollars plus two thousand five hundred more as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Bishop
Commission
Wallace
Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph Bucklin Bishop
Isthmian Canal Commission
Bishop
Canal Commission
New York
Choate Likely Named Head of U S Delegation to Hague Peace Conference
The Post reports Joseph H. Choate, recently replaced at the Court of St James as ambassador by Whitelaw Reid, is likely to be named by President Roosevelt as chairman of the American delegation to the second Hague peace conference. Roosevelt has not fixed the other members and considered Cleveland to head the delegation, but Cleveland declined.
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Washington
Joseph H. Choate
Court of St. James
United States
Whitelaw Reid
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Fire Claims Two Young Lives in Tent Blaze Near Royerton
In Muncie Indiana on December 23 Clara and Mildred Beggs seven and eight years old died when a gas stove set their tent on fire. Parents William and Mrs Beggs were gravely burned and may die from injuries suffered while attempting to rescue their children. The family had been living in a tent on Mrs Lacey Moore’s farm.
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Muncie
Ind
Clara
Mildred Beggs
William Beggs
Royerton
Alice Roosevelt Sets February 17 Wedding Date
Washington latest: Miss Alice Roosevelt told a few friends that her wedding will be held on Saturday February 17 in a day ceremony. The exact hour remains to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Jailed for Contempt in Chicago Union Case
Judge Kohlsaar sentenced Daniel Garrigan a city fireman to three months in the Dupage county jail at Wheaton for contempt of court. He was cited for violating an injunction aimed at restraining interference with the Employers' Seaming Company during the recent strike and union activities.
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Chicago
Chicago Teamsters
Kohlsaar
Daniel Garrigan
Dupage County
Wheaton
Floods in Sinaloa Destroy Villages Reported
Reports from Mazatlan say torrential floods have wrecked several villages in Sinaloa Mexico causing heavy property damage and loss of life. Anome near the Fuerlte river is reported destroyed. San Ignacio near the Piaxtla river is also nearly wiped out leaving hundreds homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Mexico
Anome
San Ignacio
Piaxtla
La Follette Resigns as Wisconsin Governor for U S Senate
Madison Wis December 20 Governor La Follette sent his resignation as governor to the legislature at noon to take effect the first Monday in January He leaves the state post to accept the United States senatorship and serve in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Follette
Senate
Madison
Wis
United States
Plot Against Katsura in Tokyo Arrest Report
London dispatch says former soldier Higurashi was arrested in Tokyo for involvement in a plot to assassinate Premier Count Katsura after Katsura agreed to a peace considered disgraceful. The report comes from a Daily Telegraph correspondent.
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Katsura
London
Daily Telegraph
Tokio
Higurashi
Count Katsura
Slain by a burglar in Rockford Illinois
Gottlieb Arnold saloon keeper was shot dead and David A. Fuller a carpenter seriously wounded by an unknown assailant during a robbery attempt at Arnold's saloon in Rockford on Friday morning. Local authorities seek suspect and motive.
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Rockford, I
Gottlieb Arnold
David A. Fuller
Arnold
Bull Gores Man to Death Near West Chicago Farm
George Feszler was killed when a bull charged and gored him on the farm of Charles Kautz two and a half miles west of West Chicago. One horn pierced his left lung and another entered the brain.
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Chicago
George Feszler
Charles Kautz
West
Feszler
Illinois Supreme Court Grants New Trial for Victor O'Shea
The Illinois Supreme Court halted the murder conviction of Victor Roland O'Shea for killing his wife Amy O'Shea on September 10, 1902, and ordered a new trial. His first trial ended without a verdict, the second with a conviction, and insanity was raised as a defense. Attorneys argued Judge McEwen influenced the jury during cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court of Illinois
Victor Roland O’shea
Chicago
Amy O'Shea
O’shea
McEwen
Sewer Pine Plant Destroyed by Fire in East Liverpool
The large American Sewer Pine company plant in East Liverpool Ohio burned early Thursday causing an estimated loss between 75000 and 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
American Sewer Pine Company
Clothiers in Trouble in Detroit Chattel Mortgage
Michael and Jacob King operating M. King & Son retail clothiers file a chattel mortgage on their stocks for the benefit of 178 creditors with claims totaling about $60,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Michael and
Jacob King
M. King & Son
Austin Francis Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Kansas City jury returns verdict finding Austin Francis guilty of first degree murder in the January killing of his 15 year old sweetheart Winona Newton. Conviction follows a month after the crime and closes a court case brought under state murder statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Austin Francis
Winona Newton
Lawyer Hummel Convicted in Dodge Morse Divorce Case
Abraham H. Hummel, New York lawyer, was convicted of conspiracy in the Dodge Morse divorce dispute. He received one year in prison and a $500 fine, the maximum for the misdemeanor. Bail was posted after a brief adjournment, and he faced possible arrest of judgment before his transfer to prison. The case aimed to declare Morse’s marriage invalid and disrupt Mrs Morse’s union with Morse, a wealthy banker and shipowner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham S. Hummel
New York
Abraham H. Hummel
Dodge-Morse
Hummel
Woodward
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Dodge- Morse
Morse
Dodge
Explosion at Altman building site tears through New York
Three men were killed and seven injured when dynamite detonated in an excavation near Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street. Debris and body fragments scattered over hundreds of feet as workers unknowingly struck a hidden charge. The blast occurred days after the charge was placed in a drill hole, and rescuers took hours to determine the casualty count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Altman
Fear Coal Famine Hits Northwest Coal Supplies
Superior Wis December 22 coal dealers warn of a likely soft coal famine. A reduced east coast car supply limits bituminous coal arriving at Lake Superior points and hampers northwest rail deliveries. Illinois Central and Chicago & Eastern Illinois refuse to release cars, heightening shortage risk.
Peirce Named First American Minister to Norway
Herbert H. D. Peirce third assistant secretary of state chosen by the president as the first American minister to Norway. Charles Denby chief clerk of the department designated as his successor in the state department.
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Norway
Washington
Herbert H. D. Peirce
Charles Denby
Peirce
State Department
Two Killed On Railroad Tracks In Hast Milline
Rock Island Ill Dec 23 William Clark and H McKilihan construction crew members on the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railroad were killed by a passenger train while walking on the tracks at Hast Mole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
William Clark
H. McKilihan
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
John N. Irwin Dies in Hot Springs Former Arizona Governor
Prominent Iowan John N. Irwin died Friday in Hot Springs Arkansas at the age of the former minister to Portugal and former governors of Arizona and Idaho as well as former mayor of Keokuk and head of a local wholesale mercantile firm.
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Keokuk
John N. Irwin
Hot Springs
Ark
Portugal
Arizona
Idaho
Widow Sarah Whitmire Murdered in Sullivan County Home
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on December 22 a 53 year old widow, Mrs Sarah Whitmire, was found murdered at her home near Muncy Valley Sullivan county. Police suspect robbery as the motive and investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Sarah Whitmire
Muncy Valley
Sullivan County
Roosevelt signs $11 million Panama Canal appropriation
President Roosevelt signed a bill totaling 11 million dollars to finance the Panama Canal project. It is the first measure enacted by Congress in the current session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama Canal
Train Battle Ends in Double Killing on Southern Rail
Two men in custody for larceny tried to escape by killing a constable on a Southern railway passenger coach. Gunfire shattered windows as 25 passengers dodged bullets during a high speed escape attempt. Constable James Kingston and prisoner Isaac Marshall were killed. Edward Marshall likely fatally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carmel
Southern Railway
James Kingston
Isaac Marshall
Edward Marshall
Marshall Brothers
Sims
Ill
Wayne City
Kingston
Fairfield
State seeks large recovery over bond fund fees
Illinois files suits in Sangamon county court to recover between 300000 and 500000 dollars alleging state treasurers and auditors illegally pocketed fees from tax fund supervision linked to municipal bond guarantees. The action names Henry Wulff and Floyd K. Whittemore with former officials cited, while Fred A. Busse prior to Small’s term returned 8759.46 dollars plus 536.97 interest.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Sangamon County
Stead
Deneen
Henry Wulff
Floyd K. Whittemore
Lippincott
Fred A. Busse
Chicago
Small
Fire at Shonk Lithographic Sign Plant Claims Firefighter
A blaze at the Charles W. Shonk Lithographic Sign company plant on Wood and Park streets destroyed most of the facility. Lieutenant Henry Bassett of Engine Company No. 40 was trapped under a collapsing wall and killed instantly.
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Chicago
Wood and
Park Streets
Charles W. Shonk Lithographic Sign Company
Henry Bassett
Engine Company No. 40
Mrs Laura Cook Corey Accepts Settlement in Divorce Case
Pittsburg December reports say Mrs Laura Cook Corey wife of US Steel president agrees to accept $1,000,000 and make their son sole heir. She would break with Mabel Gilman if she abandons her divorce suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Laura Cook Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Mabel Gilman
Snowbound Rock Island Train Faces Snowbound Route
A Rock Island passenger train No. 44 the Golden State Limited east bound is snowbound in New Mexico due to snowy conditions delaying service between Topeka and the western route, with passengers awaiting relief and crews working to clear tracks.
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Topeka
Kan
Rock Island
Golden State Limited
New Mexico
Brothers David and Thomas Fuller Die After Tainted Meat
Fatal poisoning in Bronson Michigan claims two brothers David and Thomas Fuller both about seventy. They died in Thomas Fuller's home after eating tainted meat that had stood on a tin plate.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
David and
Thomas Fuller
Thomas
Bronson
Holiday adjournment ends Senate and House sessions
Washington Dec 22. The senate and house adjourned until January after brief sessions. Members completed minor business and recessed for the holidays.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Sanguinary battle rages as Moscow upheaval grows
Reports from Moscow describe a violent revolt with hundreds killed or wounded as revolutionaries attempt to seize the railway to St Petersburg and the imperial bank. Gov ernment forces clash with barricaded streets and looting crowds while 25,000 troops are mobilized. Casualties and renewed bombardment rise with civilians restrained indoors.
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London
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Imperial Bank
Trabnois Square
Sadovia
Karemnaia
Daily Telegraph
Death of Judge Murray F. Tuley in Kenosha
Judge Murray F. Tuley of Chicago died at the Kenosha sanitarium on Monday at 2 30 pm after a period of nervous exhaustion from overwork. Born in 1827 in Louisville Kentucky he rose from clerkships to law study in Chicago and served as attorney general of New Mexico before returning to become a noted circuit and chancery court judge.
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Chicago
Murray F. Tully
Pennoyer
Kenosha
Wis
Tuley
Judge Tuley
Kentucky
Louisville
Buckner
Richard J. Hamilton
Fifth
Ilinois Infantry
Santa Fe
Territory of
New Mexico
Joseph E. Gary
Tuley, Stiles & Lewis
Chancery
Martin Killed in Fast Auto Crash Near Flushing
New York society figure James E. B. Martin, brother of Bradley Martin, died instantly when his car crashed into loose dirt near Flushing Long Island. Passenger Stacey Clark was badly hurt but expected to recover. Others in the party, including Mr. and Mrs. Allen Townsend and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bacon, survived with minor injuries. Chauffeur Alexander Faure also escaped serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James EB. Martin
Bradley Martin
Flushing
L. I
Martin
Stacey Clark
Allen Townsend
Daniel Bacon
Alexander Faure
Dry Sunday in Burlington Ends Historic Prohibition
Burlington Ia December 25 The town remained dry for the first time in its history and no intoxicated person was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Fatal Collision Near Chunkey on Alabama & Vicksburg Road
Information from Meridian, Miss., reports two men killed three injured and many shaken by a tail-end collision on the Alabama and Vicksburg road at Chunkey, Miss., Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Meridian
Miss
Alabama & Vicksburg
Chunkey
One Life Lost in East St. Louis Yard Accident
East St. Louis Illinois December 26 a freight train backed into a street car causing one man to die and three others injured in the railroad yards on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
President Morales Flees City as Unrest Rises
President Morales has left San Domingo and travels to an unknown destination. The departure causes quiet in the city but provokes unrest and excitement among residents and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Domingo
Morales
Victim of Highwaymen in Colorado Springs
Frank L. Scott vice president of Davie Real Estate, died from wounds after a Wednesday night hold up in Colorado Springs. Police pursued suspects in the fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Col
Frank L. Scott
Davie Real Estate Company
Oddities and curiosities from distant shores and courts
A rose flamingo and an Egyptian flamingo were shot near Calais, a diva from the Royal Opera House at Budapest rumored to be insane over Poe, London stock brokers barred from ads, and clock faces in Parliament illuminated by pale green light for clearer numerals. Berlin ruled heat caused a death at work, Barnardo papers protected by a messy maid, two snakes hiding in a wastebasket, and a war office Australia feud over an aiguillette worn on the wrong shoulder suggesting staff misperception.
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Frau Prielle
Royal Opera House
Buda-Pesth
Edgar Allan Poe
London Stock Exchange
Bartholomew Street
Bank of England
Berlin
Barnardo
London
British War Office
Government of Australia
William Nicholson
Japan
Generl
Force of Habit Reveals Question To Insurance Director
In a brief exchange from the New York Sun a caller named Sultor insists on asking a question to the Insurance Director who acknowledges forgetfulness, forming a brief, quizzical moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultor
N. Y
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James E. Martin
Flushing, L. I
Calais
Si Hotwell
Lydia B. Pinkham
M. E. Shotwell
Flatbush Avenue
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia KE
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Tus
A. Paxton Company
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Maegu
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Becher & Thompson
Spotane
Spokane
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