Alger Attacks Miles and Defends Eagan in Army Food Debate
New York December 28 The North American Review will publish Russell A. Alger s article on The Food of the Army During the Spanish War. He defends Commissary General Charles P Eagan and attacks General Miles for not reporting or swearing to statements about canned and refrigerated beef. Alger argues Miles wrongfully alleged lacking food knowledge and questions Miles honesty while noting congressional actions to promote Miles and Shafter.
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New York
The
North American Review
Russell A. Alger
Miles
Secretary of War For
Army
Alger
Charles P. Eagan
General Alger
Fagan
Tampa
Santiago
Congress
Shafter
Nurses Held for Hilliard's Death
The New York jury in the Louis H. Hilliard inquest found death by asphyxiation and fractured ribs caused by Jesse R. Davis Edward C. Dean and Clinton I. Marshall. The coroner held the accused for grand jury action and censured Bellevue Hospital for lax methods. Davis Dean and Marshall were released on $5 000 bail each with Ogden Mills as surety.
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New York
Louis H. Hilliard
Jesse R. Davis
Edward C. Dean
Clinton I. Marshall
Bellevue Hospital
McIntyre
Davis
Dean
Marshall
Ogden Mills
FIGHT FOR A BATTLESHIP Cramp Fights for Battleship Contract
Edwin S Cramp declined comment on a dispatch from Washington that Moran Brothers of Seattle will likely secure the sheathed battleship contract. The Cramp family awaits final word as naval experts expect a heated contest after the project shifted from Kensington to a Western yard.
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Edwin S. Cramp
Washington
Moran Brothers
Seattle
Cramp
Charles H. Cramp
Philadelphia
Kensington Shipbuilding Firm
Western
Chased Man in Dresses Nabbed After Rooftop Chase
Special Policeman Ellinger and Sergeant Asilton arrest Walter Gaskil of 1346 Wood Street after a night pursuit across Buttonwood Street to the roofs. Gaskil, dressed as a woman, had terrorized several neighborhood residents for two weeks before being captured with skirts on.
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Buttonwood Street
Thirteenth
Ellinger
Asilton
Eighth District
Walter Gaskil
Woodstreet
Gaskil
Camden business leaders oppose spring election abolition
Upward of forty Camden businessmen met in the District Court chambers to form an association opposing legislation to abolish spring elections and remove public schools from political influence. Maurice A. Rogers presided temporarily with William E. Abbott as secretary. A planning committee for a January 4 meeting was named, aiming to set a date for a mass gathering to establish a permanent organization.
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Camden
District Court
Maurice A. Rogers
William E. Abbott
William H. Hutton
J. Alpheus van Zant
Stacy F. Ken
George R. Wetherill Co Dinner For Officers And Salesmen
The George R. Wetherill Company held its annual dinner at the Art Club last night. Officers and salesmen gathered as several addresses were delivered and plans for next year were outlined and discussed in an informal setting.
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George R. Wetherill Co
George R. Wetherill Company, Incorporated
Art Club
Abbot Von Leaman Injured in Icy Street Fall
Abbot Von Leaman editor and publisher of a trade journal, living at 2054 Sedgeley Avenue, slipped on an icy sidewalk at Twenty seventh Street and Susquehanna Avenue yesterday. He was taken to the Women’s Homoeopathic Hospital in critical condition.
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Abbot von Leamann
Sedgeley Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Susquehanna Avenue
Vested monthivgs at maturity uncertain
A garbled note from a historical source discusses vesting terms and maturity values, mentioning a figure near 9.00 and an unclear date or month. The fragment references an archaism or transcription error, with limited readable context about the financial item or parties involved.
Three Year Old Burned To Death In Fire
Myrtle Ashton, age three, died after her clothes caught fire while playing with paper at home in Camden. Her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Ashton, escaped unharmed as flames spread through the kitchen and bedroom before firefighters arrived. the child was rushed in a hospital ambulance for treatment but succumbed to burns.
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Eda J
Myrtle Ashton
Cooper Hospital
Camden
Myrtle
Mother
Chiren
Social-Democratic Leader Urges Socialism in City Hall Speech
Massachusetts legislator Fred MacCartney speaks at Branch 5 of the Social Democratic party, arguing socialism will emancipate women and workers, end private ownership, and curb capital dangers. He blasts the trust system and church collaborations with capital interests amid calls for collective ownership.
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Fred
Police Seek Man in Blue Clothes in Pauline Greenle Case
Pauline Greenle, 16, has been missing from 120 Laurel Street since last Monday. Police say a man around 24 wearing blue clothes was seen near the Greenle home and talking with Pauline. friends describe Lizzie Donnelley and another neighbor girl as intimate with Pauline. Investigators search for the stranger amid concerns she was induced to leave home.
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Pauline Greenle
Laurel Street
Front
Master Streets
Greenies
Big Railroad Alliance rumored control of St Paul system
A telegram from Chicago notes Norman B. Ream and J. J. Hill may join the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company board at the next annual meeting with Hill possibly becoming president. The report implies Morgan and Standard Oil influence and signals a broader alliance among major railroads including Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Erie, and Baltimore and Ohio.
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Chicago
Norman B. Ream
J. J. Hill
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Hill
Standard Oil
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Goulds Give A Party At Georgian Court In Lakewood
Georgian Court the Goulds home in Lakewood New Jersey hosted a large informal house party as the season’s grand gathering with mandolin music a full gallery orchestra dancing vaudeville acts and nightly informal dances no private theatricals this year The younger set finds it somewhat disappointing compared with last year’s publicized festivities.
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Lakewood
N. J
Georgian Court
George J. Gould
New York
Jersey
Dumas Alters Serial Ending After Dear Reader Letter
In a French journal the author Alexandre Dumas received a letter from an unknown gent. He planned to kill his consumptive heroine but changed the ending to spare the reader’s daughter who feared the illness might cause despair. The heroine ultimately lives and the story ends happily.
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Alexandre Dumas
Coal and iron production estimates from Birmingham official
Secretary J. B. Gibson of the Commercial Club reports figures estimating reductions in coal coke ore and iron at Amperene area. Coal nine tons coke 2 150 000 tons 1 000 00 tons pig iron production 1
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Birmingham
Ala
J. B. Gibson
Commercial Club
All There Was In It in Tit Bits Snippet
A fragment from Tit Bits featuring a witty exchange about marriage and cost, focusing on a young woman and a sharp remark about a shilling. The clipped dialogue suggests light social satire and period tone.
Fire destroys stable near Lex Street. horses saved
Charles Klenkart of 4419 Brown Street rushed from his butcher shop after hearing cries of fire. The blaze, spreading from a rear stable at 809 Lex Street, destroyed the shed but neighbors helped save the horses and a new wagon. Loss set at about $300, cause rumored as a dropped thatch.
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Charles Klenkart
Brown Street
Lex Street
Edison Predictons on Electricity in Schools and Industry
Thomas A Edison predicts broad uses for electricity over the coming decades. He cites medical instruments operated by electricity, manufacturing machinery as shown at Niagara Falls, and potential airship applications, urging electricity be taught in schools alongside spelling and arithmetic to boost America’s future.
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Thomas A. Edison
Niagara Falls
America
Doss and Doze Etymology Debate in Letter to Editor
A correspondent questions Murray's Dictionary etymology of doss and proposes a Latin dorsum origin linking dorsal to back. He notes sleepers on hedge banks lie face up and suggests doss is a doublet of doze, referencing Inter frettinon and a garbled line about Moses.
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Doss
Dorsum
Murray
Americans to Join Expedition Against Boxers in China
Berlin reports Count von Waldersee says a column led by Major von Madai will move from Pekin toward San Ho Hnlen to cooperate with the Gruber expedition. An American detachment will also depart Pekin to join the effort via Hiang Ho Hsien. The Chinese forces defeated by the French on December 22 fled south.
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Berlin
War Office
Count von Waldersee
Pekin
von Madai
San Ho
Chinese Think Terms Hard Washington Officials Hopeful of Acceptance
The Chinese Embassy says it has no information on Emperor Kwang Su’s stance and expects early acceptance of the powers' demands. Officials believe the main objections, the legation guards, will not block an agreement as China shows good faith. Some quarters expect a counter proposal rather than rejection.
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Washington
Kwang Su
China
Despondent awning maker hangs himself in home
Herman Bartel an awning maker of 247 West Tioga Street hanged himself at his residence around noon yesterday. He was found alive by his wife and cut down but died in the patrol wagon en route to Episcopal Hospital.
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Herman Bartel
West Tioga Street
Episcopal Hospital
Five Persons See Crowe Identified in Cudahy Abduction Case
In Omaha on December 2 Daniel Burris positively identified a pony left at Mrs. Mack's barn in Pacific Junction Iowa as one he sold to a man resembling Pat Crowe days before the Cudahy kidnapping. Mrs. Cooper, Burris's daughter, selected Crowe in rogues gallery photos. Police have five identifications but no clear clue to the other suspect, the dark complexioned man. Detectives seek Lizzie Burns, once Crowe's confidante, last seen in hotels in South Omaha.
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Omaha
Daniel Burris
Pacific Junction
Iowa
Mack
Cudahy
Pat Crowe
Thomas B. Cooper
Burris
Rogues’ Gallery
Crowe
Cooper
Lizzie Burns
Miss Burns
South Omaha
WANTS INDITEMENTS QUASHED INDIANA EX-TREASURER
Peter Greenwald former Stockton treasurer seeks writ of certiorari to move three Camden embezzlement indictments to the Supreme Court arguing no trust violation since funds could not be turned over to the Camden City Treasurer without city council ordinance. Justice Garrison reserved decision.
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John J. Crandall
Peter Greenwald
Stockton
Camden
Supreme Court
Greenwald
Camden City
Garrison
Howgate to Return After Albany Penitentiary Term
Washington expects Captain H. W. Howgate to return tomorrow after a government embezzlement sentence. The incident is described as both criminal and romantic, with hints that higher officials were involved though escaped scrutiny due to political influence. He plans to live with his daughter upon release.
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Washington
H. W. Howgnate
Albany
Howgate
Divorces Hard to Get In Canada
A Springfield Republican note compares Canadian and U S divorce ease. It cites Parliament bottlenecks and low divorce numbers, saying only 271 decrees were granted in thirty two years in Canada. The piece suggests American readers could learn from Canada’s system.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
Springfield Republcan
Washington notes discharge and appointments in army and state
Captain William M. Ekin receives honorable discharge effective February 1. Major Thomas L. Hartigan and Major Walter Reed receive and perform duties, including Pan American congress in Havana. Captain J. K. Myers delayed reporting home to January 30. Secretary Gage cabinet reshuffle noted, plus patent office official travels. State Department mentions forgeries and Brussels Conference delegates. Postwar fiscal notes discuss per capita wealth and Hawaiian and Indian influences.
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William M. Ekin
Thomas L. Hartigan
Pekin
San Trsmete
Gage
Secretaroftwo Sears
State Department
Ymare
Michan
J. Bson
C ‘Orgery
Detroit
Ompson
Stockholders Seek Receiver for Cement Company
Attorneys for Edward A. Schmidt and thirty other stockholders filed a bill in Common Pleas Court asking the court to appoint a receiver for William Krause & Sons' Cement Company. Defendants include Bernard J. Krause Frederick B. Franks Charles Franks Joseph F. Rose James A. Gish Mary Farrell and Florence Franks. Allegations claim fraud and deception by the defendants against stockholders.
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Alexander and
Magill
Edward A. Schmidt
William Krause & Sons’ Cement Company
Common Pleas
Bernard J. Krause
Frederick B. Franks
Charles ©. Franks
Joseph F. Rose
James A. Gish
Mary ©. Farrell
Florence Franks
The Messiah Echoes Glory At Academy Of Music
The Choral Society presented The Messiah to a full Academy of Music last night. The chorus, though not as large as some years, delivered bright, well balanced singing under Mr Thunder with exquisite Behold the Lamb and a moving slow movement. Soloists Minnie Tracey Jacoby Evans Williams and Bispham impressed, orchestral playing was strong, and the overall concert earned high praise. The Eurydice Chorus also offered a sublural program with Shaan Suelke and Noel Phalli among the contributors.
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Academy of Music
Thunder
Rank
Minnie Tracey
Jacoby
Evans Wiliams
David
Bispham
Mr. Thunder
Geen
Eurydice
Shaan Suelke
Hater Pertons
Noel” Phalli
Bete
Prizes for New Year Shooters Announced in City Parade
Businessmen along Eleventh street between Ritner and Snyder avenues and on Snyder avenue between Eleventh and Thirteenth streets offer 100 in prizes for New Year clubs moving along the line. They will be stationed at Eleventh street intersections for judging.
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Eleventh Street
Ritner Street
Snyder,avenue
Snyder Avenue
Eleventh
Thirteenth Streets
Unattainable Fields Explore Cosmic Habits and Hopes
A dialogue quotes Mr Cumrox musing on planetary inhabitants and the futility of meeting distant beings. The exchange hints at barriers to contact and differences in civilization and material exchange.
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Distant
Mr.Cumrox
Mystery Cholly Hint Reveals British Nobles’ Clothing Bid
Fragmentary report notes secret in Manchester and Newcastle as British nobles attended to buy clothes described as “pour clothes.” Mentions Yarmouth and Lon’on with unclear terms and era. details remain garbled.
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Manchester
Newcastle
Yarmouth
Britain
Fawney
York Quad
Recent Novels in The Duke Longmans and Other Works
A review highlights Storer Clouston’s farcical plot in The Duke Longmans with lively character sketches and a brisk pace. It also covers Friend or Foe by Frank Samuel Child, The Last Refuge by Henry B Fuller, The Chevalier de St Denis by Alice Sigenfritz Jones, and The Song of a Heart by Helene Hall, noting themes of love, fate, travel, and quiet domestic life.
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Longmans
Storer Clouston
Frank Samuel Child
Connecticut
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Henry B. Fuller
Rome
Italy
Sicily
the Chevalier de St
Helene Hall
The
Robert Clarke Co
Eugene Norton saga blends war and love in sagebrush West
Anne Shannon Monroe’s Eugene Norton follows a husband and wife through civil war era Washington and a Berlin start to a singer heroine. The American tale tracks love as the couple crosses continents and returns to the West, moving through varied scenes and characters.
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Washington
Eugene Norton
Anne Shannon Monroe
Rand, McNally & Co
Berlin
America
West
United States Exports Surpass Britain for Eleven Months
Treasury Bureau figures show the United States leading Great Britain in domestic exports by 5.47 million dollars for the first eleven months of 1900. The year 1900 overall favored Britain by about 250 million in exports, with prior years showing shifts in the export lead.
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Washington
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
United States
Great Britain
ISM
Laurier Returns to Montreal Prompted by Health
Canadian Premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Lady Laurier canceled plans to visit Mr and Mrs J J Byers in this city. They had been staying in Atlantic City for a holiday rest. The premier decided to return to Montreal sooner than expected to tend to health concerns, and Lady Laurier forfeited the two day visit to Mrs Byers.
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Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Lady Laurier
J. J. Byers
Montreal
Atlantic City
Byers
Aldine Hotel
Mrs. Byers
Sigma Alpha Upsilon Considers New Chapters
The forty first annual Sigma Alpha Upsilon convention at University of Pennsylvania considers granting chapters to colleges that petitioned for representation. The committee recommendation has granted one petition so far, that from the University of Pennsylvania.
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U. of P
Boston
Sigma Alpha Upsilon Fraternity
University
Pennsylvania
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