Week's History in Epitome from the Capital
Indications push for swamp land drainage reclamation this winter. Treasury to anticipate interest on Dec 1 for 12 million dollars. Yudin collection of 80 000 volumes on Russia bought for the congressional library. Armor plate cost 295.85 per ton. Various political moves and notable deaths, crimes, and incidents across the United States and abroad are summarized.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Russia
Washington
Congress
House
Secretary of the Interior
Nelson
Uncle Sam
H. T. B. Harris
California Firm in Japan Dispute
A California firm faces a dispute in Japan over a business matter involving a company named Lion. The case centers on contract or partnership issues and potential regulatory review in Osaka or Tokyo. No further details available in the readable text.
California Defies War On School Color Question
The San Francisco region voices defiant views on race and immigration, urging no war with Japan but demanding action to curb Japanese influx. Officials insist California will govern local school policy and resist outside orders while warning that failure to address the issue could provoke unrest among residents.
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San Francisco
California
Golden State
South
United States
Supreme Court
Japan
Communnsstoner of Labor of
Sierras
Town Swept Away Clifton Ariz by Floods
Reports from El Paso and Phoenix say Clifton Ariz washed away by floods after Detroit concentrator dam breach. About fifty feared dead. Copper Queen hotel swept. Coronado railway from Clifton to Longfellow destroyed. Communications down. relief hindered for villages north of Bas Obigobo as Isthmus floods surge. Panama railroad traffic interrupted.
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Clifton
Ariz
el Paso
Tex
Detroit
Chase Creek
Morenci
Copper Queen
Phoenix
Coronado
Longfellow
Isthmus
Colon
Dec
Chagres
Panama
Bas Obigobo
Rail traffic shows early signs of relief in grain trade
Minneapolis reports improved railroad service as grain receipts rise above last week by 113 cars while routes through North Dakota's disrupted lines add 144 more. Coal dealers pledge cooperation with producers and shippers to avoid a repeat of this year’s transport strain, seeking federal relief. Indictments target perjury in the lumber trust case tied to the Garvey era. The probe highlights the vast reach of the lumber trust, with a national impact on prices and supply across prairie states and beyond.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolia
North Dakota
Northwest
Northwestern Coal Dealer
Washington
Lumber Trust
Kittredge
Congress
Dakotas
Sensations in Pittsburg One Arrest Two Warrants and an Indictment
Pittsburg reports a civil engineer J H Milholland was arrested on conspiracy to defraud charges. Warrants issued for Joseph Flaherty and H T Bostaph on the same charge. President Cameron indicted for contempt and obstruction of justice. Common Councilman William A Martin conspiracy hearing postponed to December 17. The bribery scandal involves Pittsburg & Tube City Railway officials and city officials.
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Pittsburg
J. H. Milholland
Joseph Flaherty
H. T. Bostaph
Cameron
William A. Martin
Pittsburg & Tube City
Raih Road
Pittsburg Select and
Common Cornella
Ambassadors’ Shuffle Sees White to Paris Post
Washington dispatch reports Henry White, U S ambassador to Rome, moving to Paris to succeed Robert McCormick. Lloyd Griscom, currently ambassador to Brazil, will replace White in Rome. President’s plan for other vacant posts remains unsettled.
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Ambassador White
Rome
Paris
Washington
Henry White
Robert 8. McCormick
White
Lloyd
Grikcom
Brazil
Tobacco firms' demurrers overruled in trade restraint indictments
New York December 6 Judge Hough overruled the demurrers of MacAndrews Forbey and J B Young, subsidiaries of American Tobacco, to indictments alleging interstate commerce law violations. The ruling sets the defendants for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
MacAndrews & Forbey Company
Young Company
Baltimore
American Tobacco Company
Hough
Gillette Found Guilty in Grace Brown Murder Trial
The jury convicted Chester E. Gillette of the first degree murder of his sweetheart Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake on July 11. The verdict was returned last night and sentence is to be pronounced Thursday morning after court adjourned following the jury’s report.
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Herkimer, N
Chester E. Gillette
Grace Brown
Big Moose Lake
Fire destroys Cornell fraternity house. seven dead
Christ fraternity house at Cornell university burned early yesterday. Seven people died including four students and three volunteer firefighters. Most bodies recovered. search to involve dynamiting ruins. Auction planned as entire town of Wilkingonville enters public sale amid disaster. fire cause unknown and building left as wreck.
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Fraternity House
Ithaca
Christ
Cornell University
High Officials Indicted in Utah Coal Land Frauds Case
Grand jury in Salt Lake City reports indictments against Union Pacific Railroad and Oregon Short Line railroads, Utah Fuel Company, and top Harriman and Gould officials for interstate commerce violations and land grab schemes. D J Sharp coal dealer cited as harmed by discriminatory pricing and forced exit. Indictments allege fraud against the United States in acquiring coal lands in Utah.
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Wilno
Salt Lake City
Utah
iTailroad
Union Pacfic Railroad Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Union Pacific Coal Company
Utah Fuel Company
Harriman
Cavid
Harriman Interests
D. J. Sharp
Gould Interests
United States
Blacks Would Lynch Whites In Ohio Case
Milford Ohio Dec 6 Fred Bennett four negroes were shot and fatally injured by William Redman white on a farm near Terrace Park Redman admits the shooting and says the reason was a dollar Bennett owed him enraged negroes and a posse led by Bennett’s father hunted for Redman and tried to force entry to Milford jail where he was held for safety.
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Ohio
Milford
Fred Bennett
Wiliam Redman
Terrace Park
Redman
Bennett
Milford Jall
Train Robbers Take $110,000 From Cotton Belt Express
Palestine Texas December 6 train robbers fatally wounded the express messenger near Ellis siding and secured 110000 from the messenger safe. Pacific Express officials refuse information. Wahpeton North Carolina December 6 district court opened with Judge Allen presiding a long calendar of seventy four civil and forty six criminal cases many blind pig cases.
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Palestine
Tex
Eylan Siding
Pacific Express
Wahpeton
N. C
Allen Prealhing
Sisters Ina and Minnie Hill Found Dead in Portland Rooms
In Portland on December 6 Ina Hill and Minnie Hill sisters were found asphyxiated in their rooms by their sister Hilda Hill. A note left behind bid Hilda farewell but did not state the reason for the act.
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Bistera
Portland, Or
Ina
Minnié Hill
Hilda Hill
Hilda
Probe Harriman System In Probe By Interstate Commission
Washington December 6 the interstate commerce commission will hold a conference Thursday to discuss a proposed investigation into the Harriman system of railroads and its practices. The move signals potential scrutiny of lines linked to the Harriman network and related transportation operations.
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Harriman System
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Summer Hotels Burn at Conneaut Lake
Fire here destroyed three of the largest summer hotels and several frame buildings near Conneaut Lake Pennsylvania, threatening the village. Loss estimated at thirty thousand dollars.
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Conneaut Lake
Posse For Fences Detachment Extends From Cheyenne
United States Deputy Marshal La Forse with eight armed men left Cheyenne to destroy alleged illegal fences in the county. The operation targets fence lines deemed unlawful and follows orders issued yesterday.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United States
la Forse
Posse Chases Suspected Killer After Missouri Slaying
In Springfield Missouri last night Garland Moore, a mail carrier, shot and fatally wounded Clara West at Hols d Arc. Moore fled as a posse formed to pursue the suspect.
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Springfield
Garland Moore
Clara West
Hols, d'Arc
Moore
Four Children Burned to Death in Westfield House Fire
Four children perished in a Westfield New Jersey fire, reportedly while alone in the home. The blaze broke out in early December, with investigators seeking the cause as rescuers battled the flames at the dwelling.
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Westfield, N. J
To Contest Election in Beltram County Sheriff Race
Bemidji Minnesota December 6 A B Hazen defeated candidate for sheriff announces plans to contest the election of rival Thomas Bailey alleging 154 illegal ballots were cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji, Minn
A. B. Hazen
Sherif
Beltram County
Thomas Bailey
Hazen
Andrew J Foster Osad Pioneer Minneapolis Man Dies
Andrew J Foster seventy nine year old pioneer resident of Minneapolis died at his home in Minnesota Falls. Born in Cooper Maine in 1827 he lived a long life as a local resident.
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Andrew J. Foster
Minneapolis
Minnshales Falls
Mr. Foster
Cooper, Me
Negroes Victims of Plot in Brownsville Shooting
New York December 10 Declaring his investigation exonerates three companies of negro soldiers of the Twenty fifth Infantry recently dismissed for shooting up Brownsville Vex Gilbert Stewart colored returned from the Southwest with affidavits and facts he says contradict army officers reports. Attel knocks out Walsh Los Angeles Cal December Abe Attel of San Francisco featherweight champion of the world last night won a decisive battle from Jimmie Watson of Boston knocking him out in the eighth round.
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New York
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Vex
Gilbert Stewart
Attel
Walsh
Los Angeles
Cal
Abe Attel
San Francisco
Jimmie Watsn
Boston
Czar's Gold Stolen in Siberian Government Office
Irkutsk Siberia December 3 government office entered by a tunnel last night and 165 quarter pounds of gold stolen no trace of the robber found reported by local authorities.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Twelve Miners Die In Mexican Mine Accident
News from Monteray Mexico reports twelve Mexican miners were killed in a shaft accident at the Agino mines near Laredo Texas. The disaster occurred on December 9 and details remain limited as authorities investigate the accident and identify the victims.
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Laredo
Tex
Monteray
Mex
Agino Mines
Arrest of Des Paul in Pinewood murder and robbery case
Des Paul was arrested near River, Ontario, on a Friday night in connection with a murder at Pinewood and a robbery, facing charges tied to shellings and the theft of winter gear.
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Ont
Des Paul
Ralby River
Dfone
Pinewood
Printers Waste U S Money in Government Office
Washington reports a House appropriations subcommittee inquiry finds years of criminal waste in the Government Printing Office. Discarded type worth about 75000 in old lead, 185000 pounds of new type boxed unused, and machinery considered junk were found in unoccupied rooms, suggesting vast mismanagement and expense over fifteen years.
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Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Five Soldiers Killed in Leyte Fight with Pulajanes
Manila report relays Capt Ham account of a Leyte clash as Company L infantry and constabulary pursue Pulajanes after a dawn assault four miles from La Pas Tarragona trail. Five Americans dead nine wounded, Pulajanes reportedly thirty killed. Detachment moved in pursuit.
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Manila
Samuel Ham
Leyte
United States Infantry
Rtalph F. Yates, Jr
Pas
Tarragona
Dee
Japs and Russians Ready In Far East War Looms
London reports Lloyds underwriters fear war between Russia and Japan in 1907. Col Gaedke of Berliner Tageblatt notes tension rising in the Far East though hostilities may be delayed by finances. Russia strengthens its Far East forces from 88 to 187 battalions.
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Far East
London
Englisi
Lloyd's
Rosela
Japan
Col. Gaedke
Russia
Treaty to Exclude Japanese Laborers Arranged in Washington
President Roosevelt finalized a plan to seek a US Japan treaty excluding Japanese laborers. Secretary Root and Ambassador Aoki will draft the document for submission before Congress adjourns on March 4. Japan reportedly welcomes the exclusion, confirmed yesterday.
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Root
Aoki
Washington
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Congress
Ming
Marlborough Wants Trial Over Custody Dispute
London reports the Marlborough family cannot reach an amicable custody agreement for the children amid tensions with the mother. Duke plans to take alleged wrongs into court with Sir Edward, amid long discussions in the House of Lords corridors. A separate item notes two Texas cowboys attempting to hang a Black man on a passenger train between Lawrence and Topeka after objecting to his conduct.
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London
Marlborough
House of Lords
Dagar Carson
Ihe
Televire
Ieaut
Edward
Lund
Topeka
Kaw
Nec
John
Lewis
Lawrence
Wreck Tragedy Deepens with Fireman and Brakeman Deaths
Crookston Minnesota December 9 The body of D W Johnson the missing fireman in the wreck was recovered from the ruins badly burned and mutilated John Carey the brakeman who had his leg torn off died in the hospital last night The injured and missing list grows as efforts continue to clear the scene
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Ian
Crookston
Minn
D.W. Johnson
John Carey
Street Car Strikes Woman in Minneapolis Injury Report
Street car knocked down Sarah Lloyd in Minneapolis on December 9 leaving her seriously injured. She was unconscious and rushed to Shelly Hospital where doctors found a fractured rib and multiple bruises. A separate Duluth fire damaged the Canadian Pacific elevator at Fort William destroying the building and three large tanks, with losses around 175000 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Sarah Lloyd
Sheelty Hospital
Duluth
Minn
Canadian Pacific
Fort William
Break Ground for Kilbourn Dam in Wisconsin
Ground was broken yesterday for the Kilbourn dam. A canal will be cut near the old dam to divert most river water while construction proceeds, enabling work on the new structure to begin.
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Kilbourn
Wis
Pension Agency Moves to St Paul as New Agent Named
Milwaukee December 9 reports that a successor to E B Goo will run the pension agency from St Paul Minnesota with jurisdiction across Wisconsin North Dakota and South Dakota. Crookston Minn December 9 the first annual meeting of the Red River Valley Immigration and Development Association of Minnesota and North Dakota was well attended by delegates from across the valley.
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Penslon
St. Paul
Milwaukee
EB. D. Goo
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Red River Valley
Crookston
Minn
Ret
Hiver Valley Immigration and Development Association of
North Dakota
Will Winter Much Stock In Helena Montana
Helena Mont Dec 9 An unusually large number of sheep and cattle will be wintered in Montana due to shipments out of the state during the last season being much smaller than in former years.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Boy Skater Drowns After Ice Breaks Near Cedar River
Austin Minnesota December 8 Frank Clay a twelve year old boy drowned after breaking through the ice while skating in the Cedar River near the city. Friends could not reach him in time.
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Austin
Minn
Cedar River
Frank Clay
Child Seeks Release From Aunt In Habeas Corpus Case
In Iowa City on December 9 a fourteen year old girl Adelaide Welland filed habeas corpus proceedings to leave her aunt Ella Ries with whom she had lived five years.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Adelaide Welland
Ella Ries
Cale Reports $2925 in Election Expenses
St Paul December 9 A L Cale Republican candidate for governor filed a campaign expense account with the secretary of state showing total expenditures of 2925 dollars.
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Cale
St. Paul
A. L. Cale
Man Sentenced for Beating Horse to Death in Fergus Falls
Amon Beacon was moved from Wadena to receive a fifteen day sentence for overloading torturing and beating a horse to death. In St Paul a worker named Thomas Whelan was struck by an engine in the union flot yards and died shortly after at St Josephs hospital.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Amon Beacon
Wadena
St. Paul
Thomas Whelan
Union Flot
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ex Mayor’s House Damaged In Fire at Black River Falls
Fire yesterday morning damaged ex mayor Bright’s residence in Black River Falls Wisconsin costing several hundred dollars. Also a workman died at the Disco creamery entangled in machinery. Wages raised for over four thousand miners at Tamarack Osceola North Kearsarge and related mines. George Allis and James Klick of Detroit arrested in Fergus Falls for selling whitefish. they pleaded guilty and paid fines.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Bright
Lewis Carson
Elu
Calomiet
Mich
Tamarack
Osceola
South Kearsarge
Isle Royale
North Kearsarge
Alineck
Mohawk
Wolverine Mines
Fergus Falla
Minn
George Allis
James Klick
Detroit
Lont Hunters Rescued After Moose Hunt Above Lake Superior
Chicago readers learned of the fate of S. Lincoln and D. K. Caldwell who went missing while moose hunting above Lake Superior. The men were found alive and were rescued yesterday after efforts by local authorities and rescuers.
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Chicago
3. S. Lincoln
D. K. Caldwell
Lont
Lake Superior
Missing Teller in Kansas City and Bank Shortfalls
William Anderson, a collection teller at First National Bank in Kansas City, is missing while bank officials admit a nine thousand dollar shortage. In Chambersburg Pennsylvania, a factory elevator collapse at Geyser Manufacturing kills three, fatally injures one, and badly injures five others.
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Kansas City
William
Anderson
First National Bank
City
F. Swinney
Chambersburg
Geyser Manufacturing Company
Aloops
Charges Not Filed In Railways Commission Case
St Paul December 9 The expected filing of charges against the railway and warehouses commission by James Manahan the attorney for the Shippers' RNS has not yet materialized. Canadian town Burned Winnipeg December 9 The business district of McLeod Alberta was swept by fire yesterday with many buildings burned. Mad Cat Bites Two Boyd Minnesota December 9 A local drug store owner and his clerk were bitten by a mad cat and have been treated. Fool Gun Play Fatal Great Falls Montana December 9 Telegraph operator RW Sordon killed himself while handling a revolver. Barometer German Swiss water frog device rises when water exits low fast to cause mala
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Dstrict
Montreal
Pittsburg
Yokohama
Gen. Grant
City
Alfred Wilson
Republic
Excanaba
Mich
Denver
Iowa
Ray Meeker
Rosebud
Seeleyville
Ind
Charles Rhode
St. Joseph
L. L. Sherrom
City of
Mexico
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company
Chicago
Quincy
Houghton
G. C. Vergy
Helena
Mont
Hickox
Oswego
Belleville
Ont
Siew
Geyser Manufacturing Company
Chambersburg
St. Paul
Railway and Warehouns Commission
James Manahan
RNS
Winnipeg
McLeod
Alberta
Great Falls
Sordon
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Atlanta
Daniel Connors
Billings
J.B. Culpepper
Po-Lce
Pine Bluff
Ark
Southwest
Lorenzo Dow Short
Constable Singer
Proctorville
Kansas
Topeks
Kan
M.C. Collins
New Orleans
Collins
Co-operative Turt Association
Republic of San Salvador
Shelley
Little Dorritt
Islington
Eng
Spring Hill
Nova Scotia
Prem Vietor
Lord Rothschild
Girton Charmer
Reid
George W. Howdee
Morrisville, Vt
J. Howard Watson
Seattle Times
McBride
Ida Tarbell
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Fairfield Osborn
New York City
Smithsonian Institution
Langley
Rhode Ialand
Charles Donnelly
F. R. Button
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
New
Rey
Arthur Bell Nichols
Banagher
Ireland
Charlotte Bronte
The
Southern Railway
W. W. Finley
Samuel Spencer
Otto Young
Lake Geneva
Mr. Young
Germany
Henry Strebel Bemis
Harvard Law School
Stam
Wisconsin State Railroad Rate Commission
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Christian Eudestvor Union
Dunne
Sun Ay
Michigan
Young Corbett
Terry McGovern
Eureka Athlatic Club
Lewis Emery, Jr
Democratic-Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Btar Steamship Company
Harland & Wolff
Michigan Central Railroad
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Miles Kelliher
Marshalltown
Evangelist W. A- Sunday
Kewaunee
Irl
Lawton
Okla
Wichita Falls
American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society
New Mexico
Ag Asset St
Walker
Jos
Harriman Roads
Gould
Salt Lake
Unite States
Jobs
New York Trust
Gillette
Cornell
Worcester
Mags
Enire
Wilkingonville
University
Blackstone
Mili Ad
Cornett
Proge Nails High Officials
U. S
Srakema
Boyd
Switzerland
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