Up the River linked to campaign payoffs and fake names
New York November 22. A state senate committee heard John A. Nichols a lawyer for the Equitable Life Assurance society testify about a flamboyant associate of Senator Depew. Nichols described payments, a retainer, and use of fake names to conceal Manning’s involvement with insurance investigations and alleged improper influence.
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New York
Depew
John A. Nichols
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Nichols
Tichel
Nichole
W. &. Manning
Alur
Hughes
Aluinius
Equitable
Nicknie Coult
Manning
Fie
Mutat
Youchera
Nicols Gald
Contributions and election fraud in early 1900s politics
Senator Pratt cites regular cash contributions from Equitable, Mutual Life, and New York Life to state campaigns via Senator Platts. Senator Tutt testifies on insurance influence while Gage Tarbell describes agency systems and rivalries. In Trenton, Gov Stokes to address political corruption in upcoming legislature. Dubuque grand jury indicts 104 Klutanaeline oil owners for widespread offenses.
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Sie Canynngus
Nichols
United States
Tutt
Equitable
The
Mutat
New York Life
Mie Yuitable
Mutual Life
New York Life . Com
Senator Platts
Ra, McCurdy
Mutual Gite
Gage E. Tarbell
Equitable Site
Tarbell
Tardell
So Ranch
Pumpi
Trenton
Tifa
Te State House
Stokes
Nest
Souvenir Books Ban Proposed by Labor Federation Delegates
At Pittsburgh on November 22 the American Federation of Labor sessions focused on abolishing supremistamine ties in union events and souvenir books. A resolution denounced souvenir books, with a likelihood that none will be issued. The meeting also endorsed a printers fight assessment and honored visiting delegates with gold watches, signaling cross union shifts among wagon and upholstery workers unions.
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Pittsburg
Sttikes
Wercotts
President Tempers
Inber
William Sosses
England
Wayrid Glimadnt
Scotland
W. Vv.Yodd
Canada
Earrings and Wagon Workers
Wnion
Death in a mailed letter and other early reports
A mail explosion in Pride, Ohio badly burned Minnie Wond, 18, as mail was destroyed. Theodore Roosevelt’s nose reportedly broken in Harvard freshmen football. he may need surgery for an old boxing injury. Winona Bible School in Albany incorporated for religious education and housing. A Canadian spike marks completion of the railway to its western terminus. Four men killed in an explosion at a New Zealand lab. An electric spanking machine installed in a public school near Pena, Indiana. Mrs Hughes killed in Evans, Iowa, by a stray object breaking her windpipe. Edward Mekde sentenced in New York for voting twice.
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Minnie Wond
Pride
Here
Ae Wool
Misa Wenris
Young Roosevelt
Cambridge
Mae
Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard
Winona Bible School
Albany
N. Y
Witona Bible School of
New
Funeral service for Emil Preetorius editor in chief
The funeral for Emil Preetorius, chief editor of The Westische-Post, was held at the family residence in St. Lencis on November 22. The ceremony included an announcer reading at the residence, followed by services at the church with brief eulogies.
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Emil Preetorive
St. Lencis
Chi Eni Preetorius
Bite Editoriie
Westsiche-Post
Wishelt
Aminiater
Republicans Press Harmony With Roosevelt Line at Agency Talks
Washington Nov 22 Republicans at a conference of the interstate commerce committee urged unity with President Roosevelt’s recommendations on canal legislation. Cullom Dolliver urged following the president, while Aldrich Kenn and Porter leaned to a more cautious stance. Leaders planned swift canal bond legislation and payroll funding, with congress to decide canal type after progress continues.
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Nel
Clapp
Millard
Viking
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Dolliver
Rogsevett
Oullom
Bolliver
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Nes
Hne
House of Representatives
Treasury
Congress
Snakes Besiege Old Powell Vault in Novice Dig
In Quincy Nova Scotia or NL, a landowner at the Powell farm near the deserted Powell tomb battles snakes invading the old vault while men with picks and spades attempt to remove them. Counts include eighty blue racers twelve garter snakes five milk snakes and one rattler in a tense stand for the day.
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Quincy
A. Ahnée
Powell
Ghase
Besan
Chase Bimesell
Russians Tone Shifts as Subdued Press Aids Government
Reports from St Petersburg describe a new cautious editorial tone in state controlled outlets amid ongoing unrest. The cabinet drafts measures to protect individual rights during strikes as the national assembly nears session while officials seek to support the government against revolutionary forces.
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India
Cid
National Assembly
Vnliis
Tun
Gusticey
Slanabhin
Drattmila Inheas Corpas Nn
Moscow
Zematvo Conpress
Count de Witte
International arbitration plans discussed in Paris meeting
Parliaments committees in session here consider a British backed plan for a permanent international parliament and a ministry of state. Switzerland’s new ministerial changes may alter US imports, with cotton remain unfettered but leather and machinery tariffs rising. A Maryland teacher aids a wounded hunter by using her clothes as bandages to save his life after a hunting accident.
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Paris
Phillp Stanhope
Comittttes
International Parliamentary Union Ein
Uy Permanent Council of Nations
Rome
Switzerland
United States
Oppocity Machines
Clunie to Tell His Story Before December
Andrew ae Clunie ex-insurance commissioner of this state has expressed a wish to testify in the eastern insurance investigation. Attorney Hughes sent a dispatch offering him an opportunity to testify any time before December 25. In a separate item, St Petersburg reports unusually severe weather with thirteen steamers ice-bound between the port and Cronstadt.
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San Franeisco
Andrew_ ae
New York
Charles J. Hughes
Russia
St. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Extermination drive in Hackettstown sparks anti dog action
A historic outline reports efforts to curb hydrophobia by eradicating dogs in Hackettstown New Jersey. It notes the Bulllings Grades Employers association of New York suspending the Structural Iron Workers union and pushing an open shop. It also cites various incidents including arrests for poisoning, fires, and high profile statements from diplomats and royalty, with minimal details given.
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Hackettstown
Bulllings Grades’ Employers’ Association
New York
Structural Iron Workers' Union
Isaac Barnes
Presque Isle, Inc
Pearl Barnes
Michigan Leather Company
Mill Creek
Mich
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Prokitene
Wiaken VII of
Novas
Thomas Stewart
Columbia
Rto
Cherryvale
Kan
Senate Trial Reveals Letters in Burton Case
The Kansas senator faces trial as prosecutors present letters and telegrams between Senator Burton and Rialto Grain and Securities attorney Thomas K. Clarkin. The court weighs admissibility amid defense objections while Harlan testifies about letters confirming a $40 monthly salary for Burton to act as counsel for Rialto.
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St. Louis
Burton
Thomas K. Clarlun
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
United States
Kansas
United States Circuit Court
Kintte Company
Rialto Company
Post Office Department
First Month's Pay Demands and Indictment Notes
A column reports on salary claims sent to Senator Burton and replies denying office instructions against a Rialto company. It mentions two Albany complaints, indictments against Dennis of Kialla, and a January trial. Also notes a post office inspector claim denied and a potential case for Dennis preparation next month. A Rialto check endorsement shown, plus a kiss lawsuit valued at 10 000 dollars. Fatal classroom accident follows as two students die in a fall during a church university gathering.
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Hare Nan
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J. H. Bowman
Colorado
Risko Company
St Louis
Dice
Rialto Company
St. Louis
Washington
Hes Moines
Elias Hamilton
Hayden Marquis
Notables Arrive on Kaiserin from Southampton and Cherbourg
New York dispatch lists passengers departing aboard the Kaiser IV an der Groose arriving from Premier Southampton and Cherbourg. Notables include George W. Perkins and Colonel Willitur Cody.
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Wome
New York
Atelier
Kaiser IV
Shelm der Groose
Southampton
Cherbourg
George W. Perkins
Willitur IX
Cody
Survivor of Hilda disaster speaks on wreck details
James Guinter, sole survivor of the British steamer Hilda wreck off St Malo, recounts the catastrophe. He describes a violent impact, survivors clinging to rigging as women and children were swept away, and disputes over the timing of the ship’s final grounding. He confirms no belier mis led to the disaster and notes fewer than half of the crew survived.
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St. Malo
Prairie
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Urinter
Illinois Central East Quadrail Timetable Fragments
Train and schedule fragments show routes between Waterloo, Dubuque, Chicago, Fort Dodge, and Sioux City. Items list trains by number and destination, with north and south bounds, daily operation notes, and occasional express and freight designations.
Mouth Organ Band Gains Regimental Adjutancy
A London dispatch reports the First East Surrey regiment in the British army has formed a mouth organ band as a regular adjunct. Comprised of performers from the regiment, the group relieves the regular band on the march and reportedly offers a more stimulating effect than a drum corps, with plans for wider adoption in the army.
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United States
First East Surrey Regiment
British Army
London
Buffalo Express
First Test Survey
Royal Northwest Mounted Police build wagon road to Dawson City
The Royal Northwest Mounted Police start a 1400 mile wagon road from Edmonton to Dawson City. About fifty constables led by Superintendent Constantine have reached Fort St John to establish barracks and stores for winter. They will build road houses every twenty five miles and stations every mile, linking with the Teslin detachment from Dawson City under Inspectors McDonald and Frazer. Three years’ supplies are contracted. The expedition aims to open the Peace River and Mackenzie district.
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Wapton
Dawson City
Royal Northwest ‘Mounted Police
Edmonton
Constantine
Fort St. John
Peace River
Teslin
Rays In Detective Work Reveals Diamond Ring
The Davenport Indiana chief of police uses electric apparatus to locate a swallowed diamond. A negro man, who had formed a passing attachment to a ring he could not own, swallowed it when confronted. He was jailed with the stone in his possession and confessed after the device produced a photograph showing the ring’s position.
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Davenport
Asaya
New York Medical Journal
Sir Henry Irving Autograph Incident Endures
A Bradford boy who admired Sir Henry Irving drew his portrait and sought an autograph. Health failures at Wolverhampton prevented signing, but on the last night the actor gave a bold autograph to the boy, marking his final gesture.
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Sir Henry Irving
London News
Bradford
Sir Henry
Wolverhampton
Hia
Right Road train list for Cedar Rapids division in service
Train timetable extracts outline East and West bound services for the Cedar Rapids division. It lists No. 20 Chicago and St Louis Limited with 2:15 am departure, No. 46 Chicago Burling ton passenger at 11:03 am, No. 8 St Louis Mail and Express at 4:40 pm, and No. 72 Way Freight daily. Westbound includes No. 19 Twin City Limited and No. 7 Twin City Warprov, with No. 47 Rockford Passenger on Sunday and No. 55 Fast Freight between stops, plus No. 71 Way Freight.
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Chicago Express
Chiguso Express
Paul
Omoaha
Sioux City
Senseseen
Dodge
Omaha Mai
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
EES
Waterloo
Owl
St. Paul
Chicago
Albert Lea
St. Bani
Texpress
Espress
Albert Lea Manifest
G. W. Railway
St Joé Andj
KC. Limited
Kansas
Bham City Express
Dés Moines
Rixpress
Twin City
Dlam and
Chi
Eno
Elwein
Way West Ald
Freigut
Cedar Rapide Division
Omaha
St. Loui
Denver
Memphis
Colorado Springs
Peoria
Fort, Worth
Joseph
St Paul
Kangay City
Minneapolis
Chicago and
Burlington
St. Louia
Dundey
Twin City Limited
Dally
Twin City Warprov Grif
Deeeeeersaeset
Rockford
Gally
Train connections listed for westbound routes to Fort Dodge
No. 3 connects at Denver Junatog with GG W. No. 6 for all points west to Omaha ae Aeenerpetee No. 55 connects at Waverly with C GW No. 9 for all points west to Fe Dodge No. 62 connects at Waverly for points west on the CGW Ry No. 54 connects at Denver Jet with C GW No.4 from all points west No. 86 connects at Waverly for all points west on the CGW to Fort Dodge
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Fe "Dodge
Points Sweet
C. GW
C.G. W
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