Five Cities Bid for Democratic National Convention
Washington report notes Denver Louisville Chicago St Paul and Atlantic City bidding for the next Democratic National Convention. Denver claims $190000 funds and full hotel and press facilities. Delegates consider resolutions endorsing publicity of political expenditures by associations and committees.
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Denver
Louisville
Chicago
St. Paul
Atlantic City
Johnson
Texas
Perry Belmont
Democratic National Committee
Looting of Indians Is Said to Be Proved
A Senate subcommittee report on Kickapoo Indian lands fraud in Oklahoma is near completion. It cites alleged shady transactions near the Mexican border involving Kickapoos living there, claiming lands were disposed of through fraud for under $20,000, valued at about $250,000, with named individuals implicated.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Teller
Curtis and la Follette
Oklahoma
Senate
Glazier Holds to Job After Governor Seeks Removal
Governor Fred M. Warner and Attorney General John Bird met with State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier in Chelsea to press for his resignation after the Chelsea Savings Bank failure exposed over $600,000 in state funds. Warner says Glazier is liable for removal for gross neglect of duty and will cite him to show cause.
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Chelsea
Mich
Fred M. Warner
John Bird
Frank P. Glazier
State Bank Commission
Chelsea Savings Bank
Warner
Glazier
Miners Linked in Ely Shaft Trapped Await Rescue
Three imprisoned Nevada miners Brown McDonald and Bailey remain entombed at a 110 foot level of the Giroux mine Ely for a week and can communicate with rescuers though extraction is delayed. Officials say efforts continue as air and supplies are provided and teams work to stabilize the shaft.
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Nevada
Reno
Nev
Brown
McDonald
Bailey
Giroux
Ely
Minnesota Battleship Joins Hampton Roads Squadron
The battleship Minnesota arrived at Hampton Roads and joined the outward line, completing the Pacific bound fleet. Supplies fill the docks including 15,000 pounds of high grade chocolate bonbons for the sailors denatured canteen. Football results and navy farewell celebrations mark the sailors last days before sail.
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Old Point Comfort
van Dee
Minnesota
Hampton Roads
Roadstead
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Canady Ln
Nherry
Kansas
Kentucky
Vermont
Alabama
Chamberlain
Navy
Test the 2 Cent Fare Law in Illinois Court
A Chester suit filed by Sparta official John Meyers challenges the 2 cent passenger rate law. Meyers, Sparta city marshal, was charged 3 cents per mile by Illinois Southern for a Sparta to Salem ticket, prompting the court challenge.
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Illinois
Chicazo
Chester
John Meyers
Sparta
Ilinois Southern Rail
Meyers
Ilinois Southern
Salem
Wabash Guilty in Discrimination Case
Illinois railroad commission finds Wabash railroad guilty of willful discrimination against Galesville Grain and Coal Co. in rates and car distribution. The ruling notes authority to investigate complaints involving shipper rights, with unequal grain car distribution as the specific charge.
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Ilinois Commission
Springfield
Wabash Railroad Company
Galesville Grain and Coal Company
Ilinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission
No Change in Positions Six Day Bicycle Race Lead
The fourth day of the six day bicycle race opens with nine teams competing. Fogler Moran and Buttstoll remain one lap ahead with 1 847 miles and 6 laps. Separately a large search continues near Rosalie Nebraska for four year old Lillie Olgan who vanished while following her older brother.
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New York
Fogler
Moran
Buttstoll
Senate considers consolidated finance resolutions
Senator Aldrich reported a joint set merging Culberson and Clay finance resolutions. It asks the Treasury to provide data on public funds in depositaries Oct 1 to Dec 3, bank conditions Aug 22 and Dec 3, Panama bonds and certificates, clearing house certificate details, currency movement Oct 1 to Dec 3, and gold imports and exports. The House adjourned after a five minute session until Monday.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Committee On Finance
Culberson
Clay
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Panama
House
Headquarters for Homes to Be Here
The secretary of state issued a license to incorporate the Evangelical Lutheran church of the Illinois conference to run an orphan home board. Incorporators are IL Nelson D A Lofgren and N A Nelson. Two homes in Andover and Joliet will be merged under one board with Rock Island as headquarters.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
Andover
Joliet
Springfield
Argus
Orphans’ Home Board
Evangelical Lutheran Church of of the
Rock Island
IL. Nelson
D. A. Lofgren
N. A. Nelson
Metallurgist William R. Boggs Murdered in Mexico
Denver dispatch reports the death of William Robertson Boggs a leading metallurgist and former resident killed near Topica Mexico on December 1. A wage dispute sparked the attack by Mexican miners in his employ. Fifteen men have been arrested for the murder.
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Denver
William Robertson Boggs
Topica
Mexico
Boggs
Marriage completes royal match in Athens cathedral
Greece’s Prince George, second son of the king, wed Princess Marie Bonaparte in a full Greek church ceremony at Athens cathedral attended by the king and queen and foreign dignitaries. The civil marriage occurred in France on November 21.
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Prince George
Greece
Marie
Athens
George
Marie Bonaparte
France
Arguing J. Stock Case Before Judge Ball in Chicago
Arguments for and against the injunction securing 28 231 shares of Illinois Central stock at the road annual meeting began today in the Chicago Superior Court before Judge Ball. The case centers on Block stock restraint. In Guthrie Oklahoma the state corporation commission ruled that railroads cannot charge more than 2 cents per mile for passengers boarding without tickets.
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Judge Ball
Chicago
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
State Corporation Commission
Jeff Davis of Arkansas Attacks Trusts in Senate Debut
Yesterday in Congress the Arkansas Senator Jeff Davis delivered his maiden speech denouncing trusts and urging passage of a bill to abolish them. Several bills were introduced and an executive session led to a 2:10 p.m. adjournment. The House was not in session.
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Senate
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Longworths operation at White House described as successful
Mrs. Longworth daughter of President Roosevelt underwent appendicitis surgery at the White House with Dr. Finley and Dr. Nordhoff Jung in attendance. Officials said her condition was not serious and her recovery underway after the operation.
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Washington
Longworth
Roosevelt
White House
Finley
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Sophie Nordhoff Jung
Rixey
Martial law debates as federal troops arrive at Goldfield mines
In Goldfield Nevada 56 workers resume at Mohawk mine while 100 deputy constables and mining owners detectives guard Combination Hill. Roosevelt order posted to Colonel Reynolds shifts plans away from martial law. Adjutant General directs neutrality unless violence occurs. Private guards protect miners and bank scrip is exchanged for gold to meet payrolls.
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Goldfield, Nev
Mohawk Combination Mine
Combination Hill
Goldfield
Nev
Roosevelt
Washington
Alfred Reynolds
Funston
Sparks
United States
Johns. Cook
John S. Cook & Co. Bank
Western Federation
Ainsworth
War Department
Owernor Sparks
Roe
Little Florence
Reynolds
Orchard's Story Proves Long One in Pettibone Trial
Boise Idaho December 12 The sprawling testimony of Harry Orchard continued four hours with the witness on the stand for half the day under chief counsel James H Hawley. Orchard recounted the Cripple Creek Colorado mining district killings mine explosions and attempted assassinations including the Bunker Hill and Sullivan blast McCormack and Beck deaths Lyte Gregory murder in Denver and schemes against Governor Peabody.
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Boise
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Harry Orchard
James H. Hawley
Orchard
Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Coeur d'Alenes
Charles McCormack
Mel Beck
Vindicator
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Lyte Gregory
Denver
Independence Depot
Peabody
Army Officers in Spain Arrested
Madrid December 12 Sixteen noncommissioned officers were seized yesterday at a newspaper office and detained for inquiry. They are accused of involvement in a republican plot discussed with the editor, though the war minister denies any conspiracy and says the officers acted without authorization to discuss the newspaper’s conduct. The cabinet debated the arrests, fueling speculation.
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Madrid
Liquor Losses in Bay State Prohibition Vote
In Massachusetts the statewide liquor question shows a broad anti prohibition tilt. Of 354 cities and towns surveyed all but one have recorded positions, indicating a substantial shift against prohibition.
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Bay State
Boston
Mass
Roosevelt Declines Any Further Presidential Nomination
Washington reports President Roosevelt released a formal statement declaring he will not accept another nomination. He says his three and a half year term is his first and will not be extended by a second term. Officials in Washington react with surprise and questions about future ballot plans.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Governor Cummins Involved in Davenport Prize Fight Case
In Des Moines the Kulp court martial saga narrows to possible civil injunction against Governor Cummins if the verdict harms Captain Kulp. Testimony shows financial ambiguity in the Tri-City Athletic Club affair with receipts and expenses unclear. Cummins says he believed a Davenport prize fight was planned and instructed removal orders, while the attorney general pushes strict Martin amendment enforcement across Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Attor ‘Ney Chamberlin
Louis Martens
William Rees
Tri-City Athletic Club
Chamberlin, Vollmer & Letts
Kulp
Martens
McFarland and
Herman
Cummins
Davenport
McFarland
Thrift J
H. W. Byers
Martin
Missippi River
Bulgarian leader shot dead at home in Sofia
Boris Sarafoff, famed Bulgarian band leader in Macedonia, was killed at his doorstep by a Macedonian. Garvanoff, another revolutionary chief, was killed as Sarafoff bid him farewell. ორივες reprinted from Sofia dispatches dated December 12.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris Sarafoff
Macedonia
Garvanoff
Sarafoff
Mrs Taft's Funeral Held in Cincinnati
The body of Louisa Taft mother of Secretary of War Taft was laid to rest at Spring Grove cemetery after services at Charles P Taft's home in Cincinnati. Dynamite kills four on a Tennessee farm when a 15 year old boy ignites a stick killing him and three women nearby. Thomas W Park a Missouri newspaper man and Confederate veteran dies at Platt City aged 65.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Louisa Taft
Secretary Taft
Spring Grove Cemetery
Charles P. Taft
Bristol
Tenn
Here
John Duff
William
Nathaniel Barnes
Elijah Moody
St. Joseph
Wee
Thomas W. Park
Missouri
Platt City
Dollar Dinner for Bryan at Lincoln
Lincoln Neb Dec 12 Chairman T S Allen of the democratic state central committee announced a dollar dinner in honor of William J Bryan to be held there Jan 15 Distin guished guests from many states are expected Bryan is expected to deliver an address outlining his position on a number of issues.
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Lincoln
Neb
T.S. Allen
Democratic State Central Committee
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Fair receivers named for Jamestown Exposition company
Judge Ed mund Waddill named Alvah H. Martin late director general Edward T. Lamb of Norfolk and William M. Geddes of Washington as receivers for the Jamestown Exposition company in Richmond. Cotton market rose 28 to 32 points on strong trade with government crop estimates cited as a factor.
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Richmond
Edmund Waddill
United States Circuit Court
Alvah H. Martin
Edward T. Lamb
Norfolk
William M. Geddes
Washington
New York
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Lillie Olgan
Winnebago Indian Reservation
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California Safe Deposit & Trust Company
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