Two Yosemite Crewmen Survive as Ship Gone After Typhoon
John Barry and Henry Cooks, aboard the Yosemite during a Guam typhoon, survived after the auxiliary cruiser wrecked on a reef. The ship drifted, the stern broke, and the crew abandoned ship as a safer option. Manila reports note severe Agana damage with most roofs destroyed and rescues by marines.
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Manila
Yosemite
Guam
Cavite
Alava
John Barry
Henry Cooks
Barry
Agana
Radical Marriage Law Proposed in Wisconsin
La Crosse Wisconsin December 5 The plan by W L Woodward to curb marriages of physical degenerates and those with hereditary diseases gains attention. A state board of medical examiners would issue certificates to applicants showing they are free from conditions such as insanity syphilis and hereditary tuberculosis before a county court grants a marriage license.
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Charles Parker
Ohio
Rodman Case Wages Spark Racine School Board Dilemma
Racine board of education faces a dispute with former teacher Miss Anna Rodman who quit Nov 16 to take a Milwaukee position. She seeks $30 in wages but the board says her contract required a thirty day notice, creating a contested claim.
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Racine
Wis
Board of Education
Anna Rodman
Milwaukee
Mystery of Hossack Murder Remains Unclear
Coroner’s inquest continues at the Hos sack farm over the ax killing of John Hossack. Neighbors speculate on family disputes while noting his long, peaceful tenure as a leading settler born in Canada. Witnesses await testimony as the mystery hints at resolution.
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Medora
Hossack
John Hossack
Warren County
Canada
Submarine subsidy debate and diplomatic session in Senate
Washington observers packed the Senate galleries as the ship subsidy bill gained attention. The chamber then moved to an executive session to discuss the Hay Pauncefote treaty after credent ials for McEnery and Caffery were presented and a naval gallantry award related to the Chinese war was noted.
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Washington
Senate
McEnery
Caffery
Louisana
Wise
McCall
Lodge
Still They Fight A Pretoria Patch Says Four Days of Battle
A Pretoria dispatch reports four days of fighting at Bronkhorst Spruit east of Pretoria. Commandants Viljeon and Erastus with about two thousand five hundred Boers are surrounded. Eighty Boers killed. British orders place an Australian regiment with two maxims near Worcester for the Afrikanderbond congress, as about fifteen thousand Cape Dutch in attendance show leanings.
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London
Pretoria
Bronkhorst Spruit
Viljeon
Erastus
Worcester
Buxton Bride, Eighteen, Marries Twice in Short Span
In Buxton Virgil Raines wed Thurza Locke aged eighteen. The bride had been married twice and divorced once, receiving a license late Saturday night. The Buxton coal town is noted as a rapidly growing community.
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Albia
Buxton
Virgil Raines
Thurza Locke
Dispatches
Personal crisis reports in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids report Dec 5 states Henry Welk a Walker cattleman attempted suicide by stepping in front of a train and is fatally injured. William Hunter of Newhall died by self-inflicted gunshot.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry Welk
Walker
William Hunter
Newhall
Fire destroys Mesker iron works and Loewenthal house
Early today a blaze in Evansville Indiana leveled the structural iron works of George L Mesker and the Loewenthal commission house. The estimated loss ran to 110000. Fireman Gott lieb Surbeck was killed and five other firefighters were injured when walls collapsed.
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Evansville
Ind
George L. Mesker & Co
Loewenthals
Gottlieb Surbeck
Marconi to Erect Wireless Stations From Britain to Australia
Reports say Sig Marconi plans wireless telegraph stations along a route from Great Britain to Australia. Negotiations are under way for rights at Prawle Point Ushant Cape Finisterre Gibraltar Malta Algiers Sardinia Sicily Greece Aden Coco Islands and Australian points. Promoters expect telegrams to cost two pence a word.
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London
Sig. Marconi
Great Britain
Australia
Prawle Point
Lizard
Ushant
Cape Finisterre
Gibraltar
Malta
Algiers
Sardinia
Sicily
Greece
Alexander
Aden
Coco Islands
Czar’s physicians report complete convalescence
Livadia dispatch says the czar’s physicians announce the patient completely convalescent with no remaining symptoms of illness.
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Livadia
Titus Amendment Void and Its Journal Violation
Burlington Hawkeye unveils that the Titus amendment was not entered in the Twenty-seventh general assembly house journal, violating constitutional requirement to record amendments in both houses. The case hinges on mandatory journal entry and potential nullification of the amendment.
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House Journal
Burlington Hawkeye
House
General Assembly
Senate
Iowa Supreme Court
Titus
Committee
Supreme Court
Twenty-Seventh
House of the Twenty-Seventh General Assembly
Titus Amendment On Biennial Elections Forsook?
Des Moines readers hear lawyers and officials debate whether the Titus amendment for biennial elections is blocked by a defect in journal entries. Attorney General Remley and others believe identification in one journal may suffice, with a January supreme court test to settle the issue.
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Des Moines
Remley
Burlington Hawkeye
Supreme Court
W. H. Fleming
Titus
Beck
Koehler
Brewer
U.S. Supreme Court
State of
Kansas
Keehler
House Journal
Iowa
Entombed Miners Rescued After Cave-In at Nayang Mine
In Scranton Pennsylvania on December 5 a cave-in trapped fifty one miners at Nayang mine. After two hours a rescue party reached the men and all were liberated without further incident.
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Scranton
Nayang Mine
Steamer Rossgull Strikes Off Jersey Coast
The Rossgull hit the coast near St Helier today. Passengers were saved but nine crew members are reported missing.
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St. Helier
Jersey
Jessie Morrison's Flowers Boldly Carried Into Court
Eldorado Kansas December 5 The Jessie Morrison murder trial continues with testimony aiming to prove guilt. A flower delivery to Miss Morrison drew sympathy as she described not knowing who sent them and kept the card as a cherished token.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Kansas City
Miss Morrison
Motive in Burlington Murder Emerges as Old Grudge
New details in the Thanksgiving night Burlington murder suggest the crime grew from an old grudge rather than highway robbery. A wounded woman testified she heard a woman and two men arguing before shots rang out. she also heard attempts to open a gate. George Anderson, who says he walked from Des Moines, was arraigned. the victim’s condition improves with some chance of recovery.
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Burlington
Anderson
George Anderson
Des Moines
Countess Boni de Castellane to receive monthly trust support
New York reports that Countess Boni de Castellane will receive about 20 833 dollars each month from the Jay Gould estate, instead of losing all income from the 18 million dollar fund. Trustees will pay one twelfth of 250 000 dollars monthly for her support and her children. Her separate trust income from her siblings totals about 900 000 dollars yearly.
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New York
Boni de Castallane
Jay Gould
Gould
Anton J. Dittmars
Asher Wertheimer
London
Boni de Castellane
Man in Clinton Jail Attempts Suicide in Delirium Tremens
A hobo in Clinton is locked in a city jail cell suffering from delirium tremens. He tried to hang himself with his suspenders Sunday night, and authorities report the act as an apparent death by suicide attempt.
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Clinton
Lumber Trade Notes Mention Branch Establishments
A compact note observes that in the lumber trade trees are branches of the same industry, implying interconnected firms and supply lines across regional branches.
Storm on the Coast Reports Massive Losses and Wrecks
Severe storm batters New England and Nova Scotia coasts from Block Island to Halifax with winds up to 75 mph. Multiple wrecks ashore. crews rescued or lost including seven aboard the Mary Brown. Parisian reaches Halifax after a perilous voyage through blinding snow.
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Boston
Portland
New England
Nova Scotia
Block Island
Halifax
Salem Harbor
Jupiter Point
Oriole
Sarah Potter
Willows
Lydia Lane
Winter Island
Beverley
Sears
Hines
Portsmouth N. H
Mary Brown
Ashoe
Parisian
Hadifficulty
Postmasters Named and Rural Route Expansions Planned
Lewis Capehart named postmaster at Tilton Iowa to replace E A Scott who resigned. Rural free delivery begins December 15 with Dunlap and Missouri Valley in Harrison county each on routes of 24 and 22 miles serving 656 and 585 people respectively with R W Fadden and J W Waneener as carriers. Julia N Mann Baxter and Thomas J Wright Guss receive postmaster commissions. George H Kierchbaum promoted in Burlington from $900 to $1200.
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Julia N. Mann
Baxter
Thomas J. Wright
Guss
Geo. H. Kierchbaum
Internal Revenue Office
Burlington
New Trick of the Natural Explosive
Engineer David Philipps and Fireman Cobaugh of the Baltimore and Ohio express were badly burned near Elm Grove when escaping gas from a leaking pipe under the tracks ignited at the fire box. The incident occurred yesterday as the train traveled through Washington Pennsylvania.
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Washington
David Philipps
Cobaugh
Baltimore and Ohio Express
Elm Grove
San Francisco Man Attempts Suicide on Train Near Cedar Rapids
Joseph Crispi, en route to Genoa, Italy, tried to cut his throat with a razor on a Northwest train near Cedar Rapids Iowa. A passenger overpowered him and he was jailed. He had money believed to be sought by others and is expected to recover.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Crispi
San Francisco
Genoa
Italy
Crispi
Racine Puts Navy Man Frank E Olson Return Plan
Word from Washington says the body of Frank Even Olson of Racine, who joined the navy and died of yellow fever in Havana, will be disinterred from Arlington National Cemetery and shipped to Racine at once.
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Racine, Wis
Washington
Frank Even Olson
Racine
Navy
Havana
Arlington National Cemetery
Death of Chicago Fire Department official Petrie
Charles S. Petrie assistant fire chief secretary of the fire department and superintendent of the repair shop died at 9 30 p m Monday from Bright's disease with other disorders. He had been ill since July 1890.
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Chicago
Charles 8S. Petrie
Fire Department
Bright
Mrs McKinley Goes Christmas Shopping in New York
Mrs McKinley returned to Washington from New York City after a Christmas shopping trip. She arrived about 9 PM yesterday, continuing her holiday preparations.
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Mrs. McKinley
Washington
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Wisconsin
Train
Czar
Senator Titus
Mullan
Port Bad Trin
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