Important Events At Hone And On Foreign Shores Briefly Told
Washington Notes report a mix of political, military, and diplomatic items. Highlights include reforms discussed by governors and senators, naval fleet sailing orders from Hampton Roads, appointments for Guam governorship and Swiss consulship, plus notable moves in publishing, politics, and crime.
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Hone
Washington
R. F. Chelkworth
Atlanta
Preston Koesvert
Corteloan
Honeral
Ellie
Alushire
Mort D. A. Thissell
Wyoming
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Theorthwest
Robley D. Hvans
Murder Trial Notes From Fragmented 19th Century Report
fragmented OCR recounts a murder case and trial in an obscure town. Angis Maith of Taljiuiete allegedly killed Mrs Brown amid a love triangle involving Sally Uhown and Peter Steffens. The defense argues sulf-defense. bonds and arraignments dissolve amid confusing names and locations.
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Sally Uhown
Angis B. Maith
Taljiuiete
Brown
Peter Steffens
Fort Rene Mont
Frank Casey White
Gut
Steve Afkmas
Thehan Mol
We Tmurler
Ered
Bluge
Sored Wet Angus
Fatal and injuring railroad and street incidents across cities
A train collision on Lenox Avenue in New York injured several and blocked upper subway traffic. A work train killed an unidentified person on the Atlantic and Lake Superior line near Atlantic, Michigan. A steamer wreck caused three drownings and the ship’s crew reported missing. A halfback, Alpheus Stothener, suffered a brain concussion after a sideline buggy collision in Wellington. Fire fatal to two infant children of Patrick Mason in Menominee, Michigan. The mother was away and the three year old died with the younger child likely recovering.
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Atlnetic
Mich
Idenrly
Alpheus Stothener
Wellington
Kan
Lenox Avenue
New York
Patrick Mason
Menominee
Guatemala Bans Return of Chinese. Trials and Treaties Reported
A special decree in Guatemala bars the return of Chinese nationals. Other items note the second trial of Maxmilian Harden in Berlin for libeling Count von Moltke, a Mexican general arbitration treaty submitted in Truro, and a lawsuit by John Harley against Japan for damages over opium seizures. Washington orders Paris data on French postal savings to guide US post office savings banks. Lisbon dispatch says royal decrees curb political gatherings and press comment, with uncertain future.
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Maxmilian Harden
Berlin
Die Zukunft
Ibeling
von Moltke
Big. Titton
Chamber of Deputies
John Harley
Japan
Washington
Paris
von J. Meyer
Pos Office
United States
Daily Telegraph
Lisbon
Troops Sail for Philippines and Other News Items
Nine troops of the First cavalry and two of the Sixth sail for the Philippines on the Thomas on December 5. The Chilean tariff rises January 1 with 50 percent cuts on wool textiles footwear galvanized iron and sugars. Dress reform at Nebraska State University defeats student vote against ribbons and colors. New Mexico leaders push a ship canal project with state support. History repeats at Franklin Field with Penn defeating Ithaca 12 to 4 in football. A precise observatory clock at Case School of Applied Sciences in Cleveland will not vary more than 0.0015 seconds daily. During a Thanksgiving ball in Wheeling a Hebrew club guest collapses and dies.
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First Cavalry
Philippines
Thomas
Nebraska State University
New Mexico
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Guy, Curry
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Carnell
Ithacans
Case School of Applied Sciences
Cleveland
Mercantile Club
Wheeling
W. Va
Ollie Reed
Takes Charge Of Operations In Walker Case
Chief Wille, in Denver with special agent Wheeler, takes personal charge of the Walker murder investigation. He aims to pursue all responsible parties beyond Mixon and Vanderwende, the two arrested suspects, claiming a higher up setup may be involved and that decisive action is pending.
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Wille
Denver
Lucien CG. Wheeler
Walker
Secret Service
Mixon
Vanderwelde
Willie
Shivers
Wheeler
Cranston
Wilkie
Hear of Plot Against Taft on Secretaries Train
Russian police in Ufa report a plan to blow up the train carrying Secretary Taft and his party toward St. Petersburg. Fifty soldiers guarded the cars overnight, with Taft due to meet Emperor Nicholas and a Foreign Minister Iswolsky reception planned for the week. Taft may delay departure from St. Petersburg to Thursday.
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Penza
Russia
Ufa
Taft
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Iswolsky
Hamburg
Emperor William
Dry Town Raids Succeed as Temperance Drive Rocks Buffalo
Sixteen men from the Civic league and town council led a coordinated raid on Buffalo Minnesota saloons. A search warrant followed drunkenness cases and liquor was seized. Drunken patrons face hearings in coming days as the town maintains its dry status from last spring.
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Buffalo
Minn
Civic League and Council
Druys
Court House
Seven Blocks Burned in Cody Fire
Seven business blocks in Cody Wyoming were wiped out by a blaze of incendiary origin. The fire began in the wreckage of the City Meat Market, which had burned a week earlier, and spread to adjacent buildings. Telephone wires were destroyed, interrupting service. Total loss estimated at 35000 dollars.
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Cody
Wyo
Fire Ends Turkey Feast at Englewood Depot
A passenger depot on the Burlington line south of Deadwood was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon during a Thanksgiving meal. Operator Ernst and his wife escaped just in time.
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Deadwood
Englewood
Burlington
Here
Ernst
Congress 18 Rad y for Work Wetefejat
Congress adjourned after a heated debate over the movement of the house rules from the Sixtieth Congress. John Shiny Willams led opposition with Democrats and one Republican, Cooper of Wisconsin, challenging autocratic rules. New senators and representatives were sworn in and both houses adjourned in tribute to deceased members.
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Congress
Forty Nine Miners Feared Dead In Fayette City Blast
Pittsburg December 4. After a deadly explosion at the Naomi mine in Fayette City United Coal company rescuers found a pumper near the twenty second entry. Five American and forty two foreign miners are believed dead from after damp and suffocation with thirteen bodies recovered by midnight. Rescue efforts continue amid dangerous gas and wreckage.
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Pittsburg
Naomi
United Coal Company
Fayette City
Thaw Trial Postponed to January Sixth
The second trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White was postponed until January 6. The court ordered a special panel of 250 jurors to be summoned for jury selection.
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Stanford White
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Walsh Trial Postponed On Juror Illness
Chicago December 4 The trial of J R Walsh charged with misappropriating funds from the Chicago National Bank was postponed until December 9 due to a juror’s illness.
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Chicago
J. R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Heinze Called Sole Cause of Recent Financial Crisis
George E. Roberts former U S mint director and Commercial National Bank president told the City Club that Augustus Heinze was the sole and only first cause for the financial crisis the country has just passed through.
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Chicago
Augustus Heinze
George E. Roberts
United States Mint
Commercial National Bank
City Club
600 Passengers in Grave Peril in Snow Storm Rescue
Immigrants jammed aboard the Mount Temple faced panic as it struck rocks during a blinding snow storm off Antwerp. A slow rescue effort by tugs and boats began, with women and children crying for help as crews fought hazardous seas. Another steamer, the Restigouche, was driven ashore near Cranberry Head in a gale, risking total loss with few passengers aboard.
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Antwerp
Ah Paterday
la Haye
Bridgewater
Mount Temple
Sydney
N. S
Restigouche
North American Transportation Company of
Quebec
Cranberry Head
Lalé
Brooklyn Trolley Officials Charge Conductors With Stealing
Brooklyn Rapid Transit losses reach at least $1,000 daily as conductors fail to properly ring up fares. Vice President T. S. Williams testified at the Public Service Commission investigation, blaming the transfer system for most losses.
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Brooklyn Trolley
New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
T. S. Williams
Williams
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Public Service Commission
Remedy for Peonage in South Found by Federal Agent
Washington reports that Assistant Attorney General Charles W. Russell urges amending the slavery statute to remove doubt over involuntary servitude and recommends changes in state laws to curb peonage. the findings detail how some laws effectively trap defaulting workers in servitude.
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South
Washington
Charles W. Russell
Troops to sail for Philippines on December fifth
Nine troops of the First cavalry and two troops of the Sixth cavalry will sail for the Philippines on December 5 aboard the transport Thomas, departing from San Francisco.
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Philippines
San Francisco
First Cavalry
Sixth Cavalry
Thomas
Train wreck near Marion kills two workers
An east bound Southern railway passenger train struck a broken rail near Marion Alabama late last night and overturned. Engineer Frank Little was crushed under the engine and died. His fireman was fatally injured. No passengers were hurt. Wrecking investigators and bloodhounds were dispatched to the scene amid suspected sabotage by wreckers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern Railway
Marion
Frank Little
Freman
Jowan in Foreign Jail for display of Patriotism
Des Moines reports Frank Polakovic of Town Falls was jailed in a Hungary prison after June detention for displaying the American flag during a tournament in Sokal. He allegedly defied gendarmes order to disperse, prompting authorities to sentence him. friends plan to appeal to Washington for his release.
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Frank Polakovic
Des Moines
Town Falls
State Department
Washington
Hungary
Polakovic
United States Gymnasium Association
Sokal
Woman Kills Aged Father In Delano Murder
Frances, fifty, killed her eighty six year old father John Muckenhirn in Delano Minnesota by striking him with a heavy knife and severing his throat over a pail. described as mild insanetity since childhood, coroner investigating motive.
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Delano
Minn
John Muckenhirm
Frances
Poison in Candy Box at Sacred Heart Academy
In Owatonna Minnesota on December 4, several teachers and students at Sacred Heart academy fell ill after consuming candy from a box sent to a faculty member. Ptomaine poisoning is suspected, and how the candy became contaminated remains a mystery despite careful sealing and preparation.
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Owatonna
Minn
Sacred Heart Academy
Utes to Be Ousted Near Thunder Butte Lease Ends
Cheyenne reports say the Ute Indiana lease with two townships near Thunder Butte is ended due to noncompliance. All Utes to be moved to the Rapid City camp, where several already work on the Milwaukee road.
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Pierre
Cheyenne Agency
Thunder Butte
Rapid City
Market for Flax Straw in Barnesville Minn Debates Straw Prices
Farmers in Barnesville Minnesota received letters from an Eastern firm urging them to save flax straw rather than burn it and promising high payments for the material. The notices emphasize selling rather than burning and note substantial prices offered for flax straw.
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Barnesville
Minn
Tragedy Near Fairbank Claims Girl’s Life
On a farm near Fairbank Iowa thirteen year old Paulina Ott was accidentally shot and killed by her eight year old brother on December 4 the Waterloo correct date. The accident occurred at the family property bringing grief to relatives in Waterloo Iowa.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Paulina Ott
Fairbank
Farmer Carlson Dies in Self Inflicted Tragedy
Grand Rapids Wisconsin December 4. An drew Carlson a young farmer from Sigel six miles west of the city died by his own hand at his home where he was said to be engaged in morning chores.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Andrew Carlson
Sigel
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