Oklahoma Statehood Bid Advances Amid Debt and Immigration Debates
The Senate and House pushed statehood and funding measures amid immigration wrangling. A substitute for the omnibus statehood bill proposes Oklahoma and Indian Territory join as one state named Oklahoma, with debts assumed and anti polygamy clauses. The House also appropriated 60 000 for an anthracite strike commission and confirmed Oliver Wendell Holmes to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Senate
de Graffenried
Sheppard
Texas
Nelson
Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Quay
House
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Burton
Bateau
Cyssien
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Justice Gray
United States Supreme Court
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Thopy
Robert McCormech
Russia
Charlespagne Tower
Guermazy
Pedhamy Storer
Austria
David EO Thompson
Hrasil
William Bo Sorbey
Fhofmn
Berlin
Peter AL Jay
Paris
Sila
Smith Meyer & Pelts
Congressional Library
Jenkins
Cooper
United States
Philippine Islands
Bremweil
Oho
Big
Miami
Ohio
London
Carrie Nation in Jail in Topeka Special
Carrie Nation is jailed in Topeka Kansas on a charge of disturbing the peace. She was forcibly removed from multiple drug stores and a leading hotel as mobs and onlookers mocked her. Some saloons allowed entry but she made no disturbance. later a hooting mob gathered as her supporters faced rejection.
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Topeka. Kas
Carrie Nation
Indians Seek Divorce as Sioux City Case Docket Grows
Sioux City reports six Indian divorce cases on the Chamberlain South Dakota circuit court docket this term. Eagle Boy sued for freedom after alleging extreme cruelty by his wife and discovering he was her seventh husband while she claimed he was her first. Isaurat Prairie gained a legal separation on grounds of cruelty after admitting thirty six prior marriages.
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Sioux City
Chamberlain
S. D
Eagle Boy
Pipe Eagle Boy
Isaurat Prairie
Danville Hebrew Citizen Samuel Louis Death Notice
Samuel Louis a well known Hebrew of Danville committed suicide Wednesday morning due to ill health by hanging. He was buried at Fotedo Ohio on Friday.
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Danville
Samuel Louis
Venezuela Faces Ultimatum as Envoys Seek Refuge
London and Berlin press Venezuela with ultimatums demanding settlement within a short period. Castro defends his course in a public letter while Britain and Germany close embassies and relocate to La Guayra amid rising tensions.
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London
Great Britain
Giermanry
Venezuela
Caracas
Germany
W. H. J. Haneard
WeMaires
von Pilsrim-Baltazzi
la Cuayra
Retribution
Vineta
Castro
Venestuela
Clausins
Joan
England
la Guayra
United States
Bowen
Stop Child Marriages in Turkestan Regime Edict
The Russian government regulates Mohammedan marriage age in Turkestan setting a minimum of fourteen for girls. Tartars and Turcomans oppose the rule as they seek young brides. Russians report high mortality for those marrying under twelve with many dying before twenty.
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Turkestan
St. Petersburg
Molten metal accident kills two in Sharon plant
In Sharon Pennsylvania two men were killed and others injured when a ladle of molten metal toppled over workers at the South Sharon works of the Union Steel Company. One man was probably fatally hurt and two others were seriously injured.
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Sharon, Pa
South Sharon
Union Steel Company
Funeral Held for Former Speaker Reed in Washington
Washington mourns Thomas Brackett Reed, former speaker, who died Sunday at the Arlington hotel. Bright's disease and uraemia caused his death after a week in bed. Reed had visited the Supreme Court and Congress recently, and his body traveled to Portland, Maine for interment with a simple ceremony. The House adjourned in respect after the death notice.
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Mr. Reed
Bright
Washington
Portland
Federal Express
Reed
Catherine Reed
Amos L. Allen
Shah Cuts Harem From 1160 to Sixty Sparks Persian Turmoil
Vienna reported that the Shah reduced his harem from 1,160 to sixty, a reform lauded by some as astonishing but provoking widespread agitation in Persian court circles and accusations of embracing Western revolutionary ideas after his European travels.
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Vienna
Taghiatt
Persia
Tageblatt
Mr Dooley Author Finley Peter Dunne Marries Margaret Abbott
New York note states Finley Peter Dunne author of Mr Dooley married Margaret Abbott daughter of Mrs Mary Abbott formerly of Chicago in New York City on Tuesday.
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New York
Finley Peter Dunne
Mr. Dooley
Margaret Abbott
Mary Abbott
Chicago
Havana OfficialsT: Suspends Havana Mayor Amid Strike Fallout
Emilio Nunez civil Governor of Havana suspends Mayor Cfarrill pending court charges of usurpation of power tied to a major strike. Councilman Guevara arrested for sedition. other labor leaders reportedly jailed as workers protest. Police recalled from outer wards as central labor committee members are detained.
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Havana
Emilio Nunez
Senor Cfarrill
Guevara
Baik
Central Labor ‘Committee
Anderson Chong Appointee Confirmed for Indiana Judgeship
Washington announces Albert B. Anderson of Crawfordsville selected for the U S district judgeship in Indiana after a prolonged contest. Senator Fairbanks approved, President agreed, and Cortelyou released the notice. Landis and Crawfordsville supporters celebrated with a terrapin dinner Friday night.
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Washington
White House
United States
Indiana
Albert B. Anderson
Crawfordsville
Fairbanks
Anderson
United States Circuit
Angerson
Cortelyou
Senate
Landis
Whale strikes ship near Australia on Sierra voyage
The San Francisco steamship Sierra, arriving from Australia, reports on November 4 it struck a whale at sixteen knots, breaking the whale’s back and snagging its carcass to the stem. The ship slowed, then freed the whale without damage.
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San Francisco
Sierra
Australia
Washington Statue Fears Rise as Rain Destroys Placed France
In Paris the Washington statue in Place des Etats Unis now shows signs of collapse after heavy rain, following the La Fayette statue scandal. The American colony had funded the monument with 60 000 dollars years ago.
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Monument of Washington
Paris
Lafayette
Place du Carronsel
Washington
Place Des Etats Unis
Pie Divorce Case Ends With Divorce and Alimony
In Kokomo Indiana a divorce case known as the Pie Divorce was compromised. Mr Loop was granted a divorce while Mrs Loop receives 500 dollars alimony. The complaint alleged the defendant broke the stepson s arm over taking the largest piece of pie. Loop retains the farm and the ex wife plans to move to Kansas.
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Kokomo
Ind
Loop
Catie
Kansas
Lincoln Hotel Fire Kills Fourteen in Chicago
A 6 o'clock blaze at the Lincoln Hotel at 176 Madison street in Chicago killed fourteen men by suffocation. Coroner Traeger and Fire Chief Musham blamed the building as a trap with wide floor cracks and no front fire escape. The four story hotel had limited rooms and many guests were from out of town for the livestock show. A jury will convene for an inquest set for December 12.
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Chicago
Lincoln Hotel
Madison Street
Traeger
Musham
Marsham
Fire Department
E. C. Weber
Minister Buck Dies in Japan Duck Hunt
United States Minister Albert E. Buck died in Yokohama from paralysis of the heart during a duck hunt with the Emperor as his guest. He collapsed after loosening a net and expired instantly. he had a long history of heart weakness. The funeral occurred on Monday and flags flew at half mast at government buildings.
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Yokohama
United States
Albert E. Buck
Buck
Shinhama
Japan
Seventh Day Adventist Clerk Faces Work Rule Dilemma
In Washington the treasury department weighs a dispute over Elmer Pettiford a Seventh Day Adventist clerk in the auditor’s office who refuses Saturday work. He was told to report after a leave break yet missed a working day prompting misconduct charges. Civil service rules protect religious opinions and the case is under review.
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Washington
Treasury
Elmer Pettiford
War Department
Rittman
Pettiford
The
Civil Service Commission
Governor Durbin Faces Suit Over Damages
Indianapolis special reports Governor Durbin must soon travel to Florida where he is named as a defendant in a case filed while he commanded the One Hundred Sixty First Indiana Regiment. The suit seeks damages for actions tied to shutting two vile groggeries near his camp. The case alleges improprieties by resort keepers licensed under state law and timing traces to his regiment’s mustering out. Durbin’s counsel say a valid defense exists.
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Indianapolis
Durbin
Florida
Indiana
Farm and Self in a Lottery at Woodsdale
Topeka readers report Charles Hardwick, an eccentric Woodsdale farmer, plans a lottery sale of his farm and himself. Tickets priced at 25 cents offer a Christmas drawing where unmarried women win a husband as a present and a good farm as part of the prize.
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Topeka
Kas
Charles Hardwick
Woodsdale
Woman Sheriff Leads Prison Transfer in Wisconsin
Mrs. Ernest F. Burmeister wife of Dane county sheriff handcuffed two convicts Burt Holmes and Geo Fredericks and carried a thirty eight caliber revolver in her coat pocket guiding the prisoners to the State prison at Waupun Tuesday. This marked the first time a woman in the state performed such a duty.
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Madison
Wis
Burt Holmes
Geo. Fredericks
Ernest F. Burmeister
Dane County
Waupun
Thirteen Anarchists Arrested Near Spezia in Oath Plot
Thirteen anarchists were arrested near Spezia Monday night as police surprised a meeting in the act of taking an oath with paignards to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel. One anarchist and one police officer were severely wounded.
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Spezia
Victor Emmanuel
Death of Shelbyville resident William C. McLane
Shelbyville Indiana special report says William C. McLane was found dead in bed by his wife early Sunday. He had been using laudanum to sleep for several nights and an overdose Saturday night is suspected. He formerly worked with McLane & Co. wholesale poultry and was about 40 years old, leaving a widow.
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Shelbyville
Ind
William C. McLane
McLane & Co
Farmer Henry Short Killed by Train Near Mill Creek
Laporte Indiana special report says Henry Short a 60 year old farmer living three miles east of Mill Creek was struck and killed instantly by an east bound Grand Trunk train while crossing from one track to the other to let a west bound train pass on Thursday afternoon. He leaves a widow and four children.
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Laporte
Ind
Henry Short
Mill Creek
Grand Trunk
The Sunday School Lesson on Samuel and Hearing God
A history of Samuel in the tabernacle with Eli, the Lord calling Samuel and Samuel’s obedient response. Practical deductions affirm child training in church service and the value of listening to divine guidance, with study questions on Samuel’s identity, the voice of the Lord, and the judgment on Eli’s house.
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Samuel
Eli
God
Hli
Israel
House of God
McLaren
Tabernacle
Hannah
Lord
Customer inquires after proprietor for screen doors
Clerk says the proprietor is in but out at the moment, prompting the customer to wait or return later for screen door purchase.
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