Secretarial letter contests press misquoting Bliss testimony
Washington reports Secretary Root disputes press summaries of General Bliss testimony and accuses some sources of false statements aimed at harming General Wood. Senate hearing resumes with Dr C E Fisher and others detailing Wood’s links to Bellairs and a Havana press article Wood wished suppressed.
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Washington
Root
Proctor
Committee On Military Affairs
Bliss
Wood
Testimony on General Wood and Bellairs in Havana Affair
Dr. Fisher said he told General Wood of Bellairs character and offered witnesses to prove indecency. LaFontisee testified Wood wanted only that stories not be printed in Havana and described Bellairs Florida convict history and forgery. He cited a 1900 encounter at races and Wood’s later contact about Johnson and possible departure to New York.
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Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Wood
C. E. Fisher
Chicago
J. ©. Lafortisee
Jacksonville Fla
General Wood
Bellairs
Dr. Fisher
Isle of Pines
Havana
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Laboutisee
Betllairs
Vic
Florida
Bank of England
LaFontisee
Med Johnson
Johnson
Cuba
New York
War Department
Havanan
Brooke
Santiago
Military Affairs Committee
Ottumwa machinist heir to million dollar fortune
Frank Bradbury, a Ottumwa Ironworks machinist, is named as direct heir to a fortune estimated at 1 million dollars by his uncle Thomas Bradbury of New York, a piano manufacturer. Bradbury has left for New York to claim the inheritance.
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Ottumwa, Lat
Frank Bradbury
Ottumwa Ironworks
Thomas Bradbury
New York
Bradbury
Mallory Reveals Scarlet Fever Germ by Animal Protozoa
Dr. Frank Burr Mallory of Harvard Medical School will present at the Boston Society of Medical Science a discovery on scarlet fever. He asserts the infection is caused by animal protozoa rather than a vegetable organism and notes similarity to the malaria germ. Lantern slides will illustrate the disease's stages.
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Frank Burr Mallory
Harvard Medical School
Boston Society of Medical Science
Mallory
Case Goes Over Till Next Week In Lake Michigan Scandal
Twenty awaiting trials in the Lake Michigan water deal scandal remain on call as the December term opens. Attorneys report an agreement to continue all cases for a week with trial arrangements to follow. Judge Newnham approves a continuance to December 21. Salsbury’s bribery sentence is delayed until the next term. his conviction is affirmed. Kinney is bound over to the current term with bonds set at two thousand dollars.
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Grand Rapid Mith
Lant K. Salsbury
Supreme Court
Salsbury
Ward
Malichi Kinney
Superior Court
Turcomans and Persians Clash on Russo Persian Frontier
On the Russo Persian frontier Turcomans and Persians fought. The clash caused heavy damage to both sides as fighters were defeated and withdrew. The incident followed disputes over Persian customs houses and related revenue actions.
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St. Petersburg
Burlington Denver Limited Wreck Near Malvern
The Burlington Denver limited westbound wrecked a mile east of Malvern Iowa during an early December incident. Engine and baggage car left tracks due to unknown causes, killing Engie Evr Knox of Creston and injuring Fireman Hayes. Passengers were shaken but not seriously hurt as wreckage was cleared and traffic to resume soon.
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Malvern
Iowa
Burlington
Denver Limited
Here
Engieevr Knox
Creston
Lows
Hayes
Important Chicago Case Before Supreme Court
Chicago faces a major appeal as Stone and others challenge the city’s $4,000,000 bond issue to cover judgments. The bonds were council approved last March and voters backed them 98,000 at an April 7 election. Judge Honore denied the injunction, prompting a Supreme Court appeal.
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Springfield
Chicago
Supreme Court
Stone
Ionore
Stone Ald
Honore
Thilet to Pali Lama Letters Amid Expedition News
Extract describes British expediton forces operating in the Chitui valley with Cols Younghastand and MacDonald. It notes tank dominance at Lhassa and suppression of sentiments against Indian Phibetan trade facilities. A street collision on Olive Street and Grind Avenue injures ten, with William Taylor and others listed as seriously hurt.
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Dee
Curzon
Lidia
Linssa
Thitet
Chitui
Younghastand
MacDonald
Lhassa
Guiting
St. Louis
Olive Street
Grind Avenue
William Taylor
William Shannon
Bert Burke
Peter Gallagher
John Eshe
Rioting in Mokphe tensions rise over Korean unrest
Reports from Seoul say a mob wounded 17 Koreans as high officials rush to Mokphe to quell disorder amid Russian influence in Korea. United States Minister Allen demands a definite Korea answer on opening Wiju port while foreign pressure grows. Japan notes local trouble with no broader sign of crisis.
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Mokphe
Russia
United States
Allen
Wiju
Korea
Japan
Washington
State Department
Foreign Office
Pacific
Baron Haya
Tokyo
Queen Margherita Rumored to Marry Engineer Abroad
A Victorian era report claims the dowager Queen Margherita of Italy, widowed from King Humbert, contracted a morganatic marriage with a 30 year old engineer during a journey to Norway. The queen, 33, long known as Angel of Italy, was formerly Savoy princess and a popular European figure.
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Aological
Margherita
Norway
Italy
Humbert
Bres
Princess of
Savoy
Europe
Killer Killed Keeper in Wisconsin Insane Hospital
In Lan caster Wisconsin inmate Thomas Fox killed superintendent William Mayne with a heavy iron stove poker. Fox attacked from behind as Mayne visited his room. Mayne died from a crushed skull. Mayne, a Beetown resident with a wife and children, was well known in southern Wisconsin. Toronto court action in Canada regards Consolidated Lake Superior company winding up and liquidation with three Philadelphia slaveholders. Provisional liquidators named. sale in New York by Speyer & Co. contested by creditors.
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Dubuque, Dee
Thomas Fox
Lanecaster
Wis
William Wayne
Fox
Mayne
Beetown
Wisconsin
Toronto
Des
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Justice Mace- Mahon
Philadelphia
Spencer Love
Consolidated Company
Toronto General Trusts Corporation
John C. Carruth
Speyer & Co
New York
Speyer
Canal Treaty Returns to Capital Amid Secrecy Talk
New York dispatch reports Washington received a signed canal treaty with Panama. Officials hint the two governments may keep the document secret even after signing. Separate items note Russian cabinet discussions on Japanese terms and a Paterson bank teller pleading guilty to theft totaling nearly $100,000 with sentencing set for next Monday.
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New York
Washington
Colon
Republic of Panama
Trenton
N. J
James M. Kage
Paterson
United States District Court
Edge
Missouri Supreme Court Cause Reopens Habeas Election Arrests
Notification reaches Louis as Missouri Supreme Court questions legality of hundreds of arrests and convictions based on information sworn by circuit attorneys. Many suburban franchise cases and others face reversal. nine cases wiped, witnesses sent to gate room for indictments anew. In St. Louis about 12 000 cases impacted by the ruling.
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Exeh
Cir
Charles J. Dean
Louis Bkecker
Harry A. Faulkner
Folk
McDonald
Criminal Division
Circuit Court
E. Arnold
William Bonner
Ciircuit
St. Louis
Postoffices to be Advanced to Presidential Class
Washington December 14 The postoffice department announces fourth class postoffices slated for advancement to presidential grade on January 1 list includes Indiana towns Atlanta Fremont Indiana Harbor Lima Memetzumia Shoals Windfall Iowa Brighton Central City Cumberland Gilmore City Dussel Wyoming Michigan Almont Hermansville Millington Stockbridge Wisconsin Cadotta Colby Tola Murkesan Mellen Palmyra Wanusaukee plus others in Ohio and Pennsylvania brackets not shown.
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Ameuuers
Tineis
Arlingt Heights
Athens
Byron
Clay City
Grant
Louisville
Eld
Potomac
Saint Elmo
Sidellmaroa
Taurpico
Tolene
Indiana
Atlanta
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Memtezumia
Shoals
Windfall
Iowa
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Central City
Cumberland
Gilmore City
Dussel
Wyoming
Michigan
Almont
Hermansville
Millington
Stockbridge
Wisconsin
Cadotta
Colby
Tola
Murkesan
Mellen
Palmyra
Wanusaukee
Lumberman Alpheus Young Disappears in Cincinnati
Alpheus Young a 60 year old lumberman from Kansas City vanished in Cincinnati after traveling from southern California to visit relatives in Milford Ohio. He left a nurse and baggage behind in California and a large cash sum was reported missing with him. His last known whereabouts were Manchester Ohio and then Cincinnati where he disappeared.
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Cincinnati
Alpheus Young
Kansas City
Texas
Young
California
Milford
Ifornia
Manchester
City Forces Organized Labor Halted by Mayor Harrison
Mayor Harrison orders halt to municipal union activity in Chicago. He states workers in city departments must pledge allegiance to the city, while union ties are acceptable only for general employees not in fire or police services. Meanwhile the freighter J T Hutchinson, wrecked at Keeweenaw Point, crosses Lake St Clair en route to Buffalo with potential ice hurdles ahead.
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Chicago City Fire Department
Harrison
Chicago
Fire Department
Washington dispatch on provisional government in Chile
Report from Washington notes U S Consul Sampson in Verte Phita transmitting a note on the Chilean situation. Rumors say revolutionary troops besieging forts in Santiago City as provisional government seeks U S recognition and funds. Newport has departed. Jiminez is named president by revolutionary forces with Maroles backing the provisional government.
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Washington
United States
Sampson
Verte
Phita
Sam
Tha Ingo
State Department
Santiago
Powell
Santiago City
Mggitubast Newport
Jiminez
Maroles
Second operation denied on Kaiser’s throat claims
The Daily News reports from unnamed sources a second operation on the Kaiser’s throat with a third possible, contradicting Berlin dispatches. The London Daily News is said to have published the claim, while doctors evaluating the wound deem the internal growths non malignant.
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Dee
Daily News
Berlin
Kaise Berlin
London Daily News
Willian
Death of Drucker to be Investigated
New York December reports a probe into the death of Adolphus Drucker, former British MP, after hospital staff allegedly dosed him with morphine and beat him. Friends were told Drucker was not at Bellevue Hospital when inquired.
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Drucker
New York
Adolphus Drucker
Democrats Decide To Abide By Caucus Action
Washington December 15 Democrats pass a resolution declaring caucus action binding and require all members to abide by such action after opposition.
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Washington
Thirty thousand Coke Workers Cut Seventeen Percent
Connelsville Pennsylvania December 15. A wage cut averaging 17 percent was announced today for about 6000 men in the Connelsville coke rooms. Death Brought Him Home Fort Wayne Indiana December 15. John Rhine has returned with his son James’s body from Kalamazoo asylum where the missing youth died after four years away from home.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
John Rhine
Walamazoo
James
Kalamazoo
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