Doings in Congress Amid Immigration and Statehood Debates
Senate discussion centers on a bill to amend immigration laws and a substate plan that would make Oklahoma and Indian Territory a single state. House actions include funding for an anthracite strike commission and debates over its authority and compensation, with other calendar bills advancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
de Graffenreid
Sheppard
Texas
Nelson
Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Ir. Quay
House
Burton
Piona Fond
Baveridge
Court of Claims
Smithmeyer & Pelz
Congressional Library
Cies
BB. HH. Metall
S. N
Drs
Eugene Waste
J. A Geddings
Henry E. Alford
W. A. Taylor
W. Witey
M. A. Carleton
John ‘J. Shuite
Department of Agriculture
John A. Okermen
Mississipri
Casper
W. A
Stitta Mieb
London Dock
Payne
Majsority
Barthodit
War Department
Fragmented Local Notice Describes Suspicious Misdeed
OCR reads a partial report from a state agency about a misdemeanor case. Details are unclear but indicate investigation activity and possible charges.
Four Masted Schooner Wesley M Oler Lost Off Hatteras Inlet
Weather bureau notes a gale-driven wreck near Hatteras inlet early Friday. The four masted Wesley M Oler went ashore a mile off shore, foremast broken, vessel breaking up, crew lost with no bodies ashore yet. German steamer Koln reports crew saved from abandoned vessel. A second trio of schooners and the Ida Lawrence were also wrecked or abandoned as Hampton Roads endures the storm with one life reported lost.
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Norfolk
Wesley M. Cler
Koln
Bremen
Baltimore
Capes
William PD. Hilton
Melvnie Philips
Newport News
Hampton Roads
Minck's
Warwick Country
Denny Found Guilty of Perjury in Suburban Bill Case
Millionaire brewer and Suburban Street Railway Co. director Charlies J. Denny was found guilty of perjury after a trial in which the defense argued he lacked positive knowledge of $75,000 deposited to influence votes on the suburban bill. The jury returned the verdict with Denny sentenced to two years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Laury
Charlies J. Denny
Suburtat Street Railway Co
House of Delegates
Krum
Denny
Lincoln Trust Co
Grand Jury
Circuit
Folk
Tate
Troon
Supreme Court Rules No License For Giving Drinks
Farry Krebs, agent for a St Paul liquor firm, gave samples to a prospective customer in Perham without a license. He was arrested and bound over to a $200 bond. Krebs sought habeas corpus to gain release, but the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled he must remain in jail.
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St. Paul. Minn
State Supreme Court
Farry Krebs
Frank Jonia
Perham
Mira
Krebs
St. Paul
Supreme Court
Bacteria in Cherries Report Sparks German Study
A German scientist Dr Ehrlich reports on the skin of cherries hosting up to twelve million bacteria. The work forms part of broader experiments into bacterial infection and contagion affecting fruit and related produce.
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Washington
Ehrlich
Macy
Reed Former Speaker Thomas Reed Dies in Washington Arlington Hotel
Thomas Brackett Reed former speaker of the house died in his Arlington hotel room early Sunday from uremia after Brights disease. He had been bedbound since Tuesday with Mrs Reed and Miss Catherine Reed at his side. The body left Washington for Portland for a simple interment, with a steady stream of visitors including President Roosevelt and cabinet members.
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Washington
Thomas Brackett Reed
House of Representatives
Arlington Hotel
Reed
Catherine Reed
Gardner
McDonald
Bishop
Goodnow
Mr. Reed
Bright
Portland
Federal Express
Amos L. Allen
Asher C. Hinds
Augustus G. Payne
New York
Roosevelt
Cabinet
Senate
Diplomatic Corps
Thomas Brackett Reed Rites Respectful Transfer to Rail
The funeral casket of Thomas Brackett Reed was moved from the hotel to a hearse after 4 p.m. and then to the railroad station. Floral tributes accompanied the casket, including a wreath from Mrs. Reed and a White House arrangement of roses and ferns for interment.
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Roosevelt
White House
Holmes Named to Supreme Court Bench Without Opposition
Washington December 5 Hon Oliver Wendell Holmes was Thursday confirmed by the Senate to succeed the late Justice Gray as a member of the United States Supreme Court. There was no opposition and the nomination was not discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Senate
Justice Gray
United States
Supreme Court
Naval search problem outlines fleets and rules
The navy department reveals the parts of a simulated naval hunt between the white fleet under Sumner and Crownin Shields and the blue fleet under Higginson. The scenario runs from December 5 to December 10 in the Porto Rican area near Mayaguez and Culebra with mining and port defense objectives and victory conditions for each side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Navy ‘Department
West Indies
Br. Adms
Sumner
Crownin Shields
Cummings Library Bequest to Typographical Union Home
The library of late Amos J. Cummings will go to the home founded in 1892 by the International Typographical Union in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Cummings, visiting the home, announced the bequest made in her will, reflecting Cummings wish though not in his original will. The collection includes valuable works and manuscripts and may move from New York soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Amos J. Cummings
New York
International Typographical Union
Railroad to raise wages for Lackawanna employes
Scranton Dec 8 The Delaware Lackawanna and Hudson Western Railroad Co proposes a substantial increase in rates to pay to employes in various departments. Officials are drafting a general plan of readjustment and equalization to take effect soon probably December 1. The company has kept rates since October 1898 higher than eastern rivals and will extend the action across all branches of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Delaware, Lackawanna & Hudson Western Railroad Co
Lackawanna Road
Lackawanna
Found Dead In Her Room In Springfield Missouri
Annie Mc Mahan a domestic at a local hotel was found dead in her room Sunday in Springfield. William Pittman an employee of the Frisco shops was also found wounded. Pittman says the girl shot him in a jealous frenzy and then killed herself. Police report she was shot in the back. Pittman is held for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Annie McMahan
William Pittman
Pittman
Arbitration Commission Aims for Swift Coal Strike Resolution
Scranton December report shows the anthracite coal strike commission preparing for extended hearings. Miners have presented 12 days of testimony and may spend as long again. operators may require about ten days for their information. The panel plans to adjourn for Christmas around December 23 after reviewing prepared figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Consul General Thomas Nast Dies in Guayaquil
Guayaquil Ecuador Consul General Thomas Nast died Sunday after a three day illness from yellow fever. He was buried at five o clock with attendance by the governor consular corps and American colony. Born in Landsberg Bavaria September 27 1840 he grew famous as a caricaturist and cartoonist in New York before appointment this year July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Thomas Nast
Nast
New York
Landau
Bavaria
United States
Barry Johnstone Dead After Suicide and Murder
Barry Johnstone, the Philadelphia actor who shot himself after killing Kate Hassett of Keith's Bijou stock company, died at Hahnemann Hospital after a weeklong illness from peritonitis. He died with his sisters and brothers at his side. his mother had returned to Syracuse. Johnstone's burial was planned for Syracuse. Hassett's murder and Johnstone's death were attributed to his jealous rift.
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Philadelphia
Barry Johnstone
Kate Hassett
Keith
Bijou Theater
Hahnemann Hospital
Johnstone
Syracuse
N. Y
Patos Island Ownership Dispute Between Venezuela and Britain
The 1901 Venezuelan yellow book reveals exchanges with Britain over Patos island. Venezuela claims proximity and historical titles, while Britain asserts sovereignty from 1797 and maps aligning Patos with Trinidad. Arbitration is unlikely amid strong British insistence on clear ownership.
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Washington
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Caracas
London
Patos Island
Great Britain
Augusto
London Foreign Office
Patos
Camarisa
International Law Institute
Trinidad
Spain
Ruyal
Ayuntanmiento
Huevos
Monos
Madrid
Codazzi
Venezuela Foreign Office
Gastro
Mexican railroad pays new American wages in Mexico
Machinists at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz on the Mexican International line are informed they will receive standard American wages on a gold basis starting December 1. Machinists earn $3.30 and boilermakers $3.50 per day in American money or in Mexican silver at the monthly exchange rate. The change, the first in Mexican railroading, stems from the inability to hold workers at old rates. the increase applies only to Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Pass
Tex
Mexican International
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Veterans protest after inmates expelled from home for drunkenness
A G A R committee in Marion Indiana investigates the discharge of Civil War veterans from the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for drunkenness. Hosea M Clark of Company H Second New York Heavy Artillery, longtime resident and hospital patient, faces arrest and possible county poorhouse as his pension and health fail. The G A R plans to push the matter to Congress amid claims the home should aid men unable to care for themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
National Home
Hosea M. Clark
Second
New York Heavy Artillery
Congress
Rural Automobile Route Established in Indiana
The first rural automobile mail route in the United States runs 12 miles between Portland and Pennville, Indiana. Wilbur F. Hitt, Indianapolis special agent of the railway mail service, investigated it and is pleased. Washington officials show interest, signaling future routes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Portland
Pennville
Wilbur F. Hitt
Railway Mail Service
Washington
Fire sparks alleged in damages against railroad
Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co. named defendant in 21 damage cases filed in Noblesville Indiana. Plaintiffs from Hobble's Station claim property was destroyed in a summer fire started by sparks from a Lake Erie & Western engine. Total damages seek $30,000.
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Noblesville
Ind
Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co
Hobble’s Station
Lake Erie & Western
Alleged Grave Robber Arrested After New Indictment
Indianapolis reports William Moffett, already on bond, was arrested again Friday on a fresh indictment from the last grand jury. He was jailed but released at 9 p.m. on a $3,000 bond provided by a local trust company.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Moffett
Indiana company to build railways and electric light plants
The Indiana Co of Camden New Jersey filed articles of incorporation with $1 000 000 capital of which $500 000 is paid in to construct railways and electric light plants in Indiana The incorporators are Thomas Dolan Randall Morgan Franklin H Mac Morris Clinton N Latourette and George H Martin most of whom are Philadelphians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Indiana Co
Indiana
Thomas Dolan
Randall Morgan
Franklin H. Mac Morris
Clinton N. Latourette
Geo. H. Martin
Unusual Funeral Burial in Bridal Gown
Bloomington Illinois held a funeral for Miss Augusta Rueger who died serving as bridesmaid at a friend’s wedding and was to be married next Wednesday. She was buried in the wedding gown she had planned to wear, with escorts from the wedding party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Augusta Rueger
Customs ruling allows Chinese in US to enter Philippines
Manila reports Customs Collector Shuster decides that Chinese legally resident in the United States may enter the Philippine Islands. They may enter irrespective of class or occupation if they travel by a reasonably direct route and use due diligence in coming.
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Manila
Shuster
United States
Philippine Islands
Pines
Local Hero Fights Fire At Lorette Hotel
Magegie Roster a chambermaid in Indianapolis discovered a blaze in a Lorette hotel room and used tap water to fight the flames until the city fire department located the danger amid a labyrinth of rooms.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Magegie
Lorette Hotel
Farmer Dies Suddenly in Anderson Indiana
A brief item from Anderson Indiana reports a farmer dying suddenly on December 4 with sparse OCR details including a likely name Geares.
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Anderson, Ind
Geares
Editor Jennings Sues Indiana Residents for 206000
Former Salem Democrat editor Jennings sues 32 defendants in a U S court seeking 206000 damages. He alleges persecution by residents of Salem Indiana including political figures, libel, mob violence, and personal ruin. Defendants deny the claims and charge him with publishing an improper paper.
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Jennings
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
D. A. Jennings
Salem
United, ‘States
Masons
Eli W. Menaugh
Stephen D. Brown
Washington County
Henry W. Medlock
James B. Berkey
H. C. Hobbs
Columbus
Pet cat runs amok in Marion home injuring several people
A pet cat at attorney T. B. Dicken's residence in Marion Indiana attacked Miss Gladys Higgins and Roy McMichaels, then Mrs. Alonzo Boller and others. The animal bit repeatedly before being killed by Dicken with a stick. No further details on the feline’s condition.
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Marion
Ind
T. B. Dicken
Gladys Higgins
Alonzo Boller
Clonsely
School Girl Kidnapped Near Marion Indiana
Gladys Garner, nine, was abducted from a Sweetser school by her foster mother Mrs Abraham Garner. The girl, who was adopted after her father’s murder, was taken in two closed carriages to Webash after a $50 ransom was paid two weeks earlier. The case ties to a prior custody dispute with Mrs Eisenhart of Sweetser.
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Marion
Ind
Gladys Garner
Sweetser
Abraham Garner
Webash
Sae
Garner
Phillip Ebserhart
Oldest Indiana Woman Dies at 105 in Bedford
Mrs Malinda Levell, reputedly Indiana’s oldest woman, died at her daughter’s home near Bedford on Wednesday at 105. Her memory remained bright to the end with only deafness and blindness noted as infirmities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Bedford
Ind
Rev Fletcher Young Dies at 56. Builder of Nine Churches
Alexandria Indiana December 6 Rev Fletcher Young colored pastor aged 56 well known in AME B church circles as the church builder died at his home. In 29 years in the ministry he had built nine churches and was at work on a tenth when he passed away.
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Alexandria
iInd
Fletcher Young
AM. B
Personal Crisis Report From Kokomo Dec 6
Greentown resident John Fennell known as a bricklayer is referenced in a terse Kokomo news blurb dated December 6 detailing a novel personal crisis report. The fragmentary item provides minimal context and lacks full names or outcomes.
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John Fennell
McBuistlot EE
Greentown
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Mexico
Wm. Moffett
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