Roosevelt and Higgins Threaten Party Harmony in Speakership Fight
Former New York Governor Odell accuses President Roosevelt and Governor Higgins of injecting their personalities into the lower house speakership contest. Odell warns they will bear blame if disaster follows and calls for party harmony despite clashes over Wadsworth and Merritt candidacies. The political rift grows as Higgins endorses Wadsworth while Odell backs Merritt, Jr.
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Odell
State Republican Committee
Roosevelt
Higgins
New York General Assembly
Gov
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Republican State Committee
BE. A. Merritt, Jr
Secretary Storms Surrenders Assets to Meet State Debt
Indianapolis dispatch reports Secretary of State Daniel W. Storms, serving a second term, placed his property in a trustee's hands to cover a $77,000 state debt after bondsmen meeting failed to supply full funds. Banks' demand prompted the move as Storms admitted using state funds for investments.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Daniel W. Storms
Hanly
David E. Sherrick
State
Storms
Lafayette
Taras
Former MP Hired Agent Guilty in Wife Murder Case
Former British MP Hugh Watt and Sir Reginald Beauchamp were found guilty of arranging the murder of Watt’s divorced wife Julia Watt. Watt received a five year penal sentence and Beauchamp faced related penalties. The London trial concluded with the verdict today.
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London
Hugh Watt
Julia Watt
Reginald Beauchamp
Watt
Austrian cabinet resigns rejected by Emperor Francis Joseph
Budapest dispatch reports Emperor Francis Joseph cannot accept the February cabinet resignation amid political circumstances. The decision follows the tendering of the government’s resignation yesterday and signals a new phase in Austrian politics.
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Budapest
Hungary
Rdungarian
Vienna
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Bryan declines Ide hospitality in Manila
W J Bryan cables from Hongkong that he will not accept the acting governor Ide's invitation to stay as a private guest in Manila. He will come as a newspaper representative and feels obligations to the government if he accepts hospitality. He is expected to arrive December 22.
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W. J. Bryan
Hongkong
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Bryan
Steamer on Fire Off Atlantic City Drifting Toward Shore
A large unknown steamer is on fire about five miles off Atlantic City Atlantic Cay New Jersey. It is drifting toward the city as two life saving crews race to aid the vessel and attempt to save those aboard.
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Diamonds Imported Reach Record Year In U S Trade
Washington reports the department of commerce and labor says more than 30 million dollars of diamonds and other precious stones were imported into the United States during the current calendar year, the largest importation in the country’s history.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Jury Panel Expands in McKinney Case at Aledo
In McKinney cruelty case at Aledo, twenty five more jurors were summoned, with two additional to be chosen as the panel convened. Defense uses Bartonville asylum inmate Phillio Philleo, cousin of Mrs. Archibald McKinney, described as insane with Westward persona, to argue the defendant's mental state may affect trial outcomes.
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Bradford Phillep
Texas Ranges
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Philles
Pardner
Chicago
McKinney
DENEEN DEMANDS STATE MONEY
Gov. Charles S. Deneen announces an aggressive refunding of public money alleged to have been taken illegally by former state treasurers and auditors. About $321,000 is cited as the total, with roughly $100,000 already recovered. The suit against ex-treasurer Henry Wulf seeks $33,000. Fred A. Busse, newly appointed postmaster, has repaid $8,759 principal and $556 interest. Additional refunds are expected from other former officials under a law challenged in court. The practice, lasting since 1877, involved extra levies to pay bond issues, which officials allegedly pocketed. Both parties reportedly followed the profit-taking approach regardless of party.
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Chicago
Charles S. Deneen
Sult
Aparest Wolf
Stead
Henry Wulf
Wulff
Fred A. Busse
James S. McCullough
Thomas Needles
John C. Smith
Edward Rutz
Jacob Gross
John R. Tanner
Charles Becker
Edward 8. Wilson
Rufus N. Ramsey
Elijah P. Ramsey
Henry Wulff
Henry L. Hertz
Floyd K. Whittemore
Moses C. Williamson
Thomas B. Needles
Charles P. Swigert
Charles W. Pavey
David Gore
James 8. McCullough
Hale
Ate
One-Year Wait Law Blocks Illinois Divorce Licenses
Supreme court ruling declares divorced persons cannot obtain marriage licenses in Illinois until one year after a decree. Case involved a June 28 decree two days before law took effect. clerk refused license, writ of mandamus issued, clerk appealed. Also notes Trust Estates ruling: Lieut. Gov. Sherman did not sign the act, so it did not become law, forcing probate cases to move to circuit court.
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Illinois
Chicago
Sherman
Railroads at center of Russia fate battle begins
Depositors will be paid by January first but asset sales and adjustments will take months. Clearing house bankers focus on railroad securities, hoping to recover funds as Walsh banks fade. Chicago banks paid out 2.55 million, moving customers to other banks. Equitable Trust affairs to be wound up in court.
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Alfred L. M. Gottschalk
Mexico
Samuel S. Barney
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Court of Claims
Charles B. Morrison
Iineis
William P. Warer
Nebraska
Soro Bay
Albia
Iowa
Albert H. Stiles
Sioux Falls
Chicago
Walsh
Clearing House
Chicago National Bank
Home Savings Bank
Walsh Institutions
Equitable Trust Company
Equitable
Moscow Strike Sparks Fresh Political Turmoil in Inauguration
Reports from Moscow and St Petersburg describe a general strike as workers form a proletariat government. Leaders claim further action may turn the strike into armed revolution, with railways halted and communications severed. The mood is tense as factories, mills, and post offices shut.
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Petersburg
Panic in East River tunnel injures five workers
New York December 21 five Pennsylvania railroad tunnel workers were injured when scaffolding collapsed deep under the East River. Three workers were seriously hurt as the men believed the river was coming in above them during the accident.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Japan adjusts war leadership as peace footing begins
Tokio reports the combined Japanese fleet dissolved and Admiral Togo named president of the navy general staff while the Manchurian army headquarters is dissolved and Field Marshal Oyama resumes the staff presidency. Paris notes a French cruiser departs Saigon for Shanghai, described as a precaution.
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Oyama
Paris
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Woman puts a millionaire out in Henry County tragedy
A Henry County man George Globes of Hooppole faces criminal charges after allegedly striking his wife during a quarrel Sunday. The wife died soon after from an ruptured artery. Mrs Globes, 41, leaves 14 children. The case follows long known domestic troubles in the family. In Philadelphia Agnes L. D. Nagle, seeking support for her daughter Theodora, punched her ex husband Theodore M. Nagle outside a court. Nagle bail set at 614 dollars. next hearing planned with possible bodyguard. A separate Missouri item reports a 75 000 dollar fire at Sedalia Hall Kibby dry goods store.
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George Globes
Hooppole
Globes
Philadelphia
Agnes LD. Nagle
Theodore M. Nagle
Erle
Nagle Ironworks
Theodora Nagle
Missouri
Sedalia
Hall Kibby
Tramp Bath Diptank Plan Promoted in Rockford
Rockford authorities push a bath solution by installing a diptank in the new jewellry hall basement to force tramps to wash. The city hopes the plan will deter vagrancy and relieve precincts. Woman Burned to Death in Monmouth Home. Mrs Mary Cummings 74 perishes after a lamp accident while alone in her residence. Neighbors extinguish flames but she dies within minutes. Railway Murderer Confesses at Quincy. George Lynch who shot Siebert at Galesburg admits guilt, feigning insanity. police view him as a degenerate.
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Mary Cummings
Monmouth
George Lynch
William H. Siebert
Galesburg
Quincy
Hummel Guilty and Sentenced to the Limit
New York December 21 Abraham H Hummel a lawyer was found guilty of conspiring to have the divorce of Mrs CW Morse from Charles F Dodge declared void to nullify her marriage with Morse Hummel received a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $500 fine
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Abraham H. Hummel
CW. Morse
Charles F. Dodge
Morse
Hummel
Fitz Retires for Good Back to the Stage for Lanky Bob
San Francisco reports that Robert A. Fitzsimmons retires from boxing after last night’s defeat by Jack O'Brien and will not return to the ring. O'Brien awaits next opponent, with Marvin Hart or similar name speculated. A cablegram from Shanghai notes a mortal situation as of December 21.
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San Francisco
Jack O'Brien
Robert A. Fitzsimmons
O'Brien
Marvin Hart
Fierce Storm Sweeps Virginia and North Carolina Coasts
A powerful coastal storm battered the Virginia and North Carolina shores from last night into today, causing expected havoc at sea and raising grave fears for small vessels and their crews caught in the rough conditions.
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