Congress Debates Ismthian Canal Cuban Reciprocity
In the Senate on the 24th Mr Morgan continued his speech on the isthmian canal question. The House transacted routine business and adjourned until the 27th. On the 25th the Senate devoted time to Cuban reciprocity debate. The House had no session. The Senate met 25 minutes on the 27th then adjourned to December 1. Harriet Hubbard Ayer, noted New York World writer, died in New York City of pneumonia after four days' illness.
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Morgan
House
Dawtil
Numerous 1903 04 world events and incidents noted
A crowded Chicago street car fire injures three after a short circuit. Cleveland citizens present a bronze ship bell to the new cruiser Cleveland. Philadelphia denies United States Shipbuilding Co appeal on receiver appointment. Independent Window Glass Co dissolved and stock returned to members. Emperor William substitutes 1905 yacht cup for health reasons. London authorities curb crowding by arresting passengers. Naval observatory to send New Year greeting worldwide. Kentucky fire kills Mrs Warren and Miss Morris. German bell chimes to be installed in St. Louis. John W Yerkes reports 230.74 million receipts. cost 2.07%. New Orleans biscuit plant fire causes up to 225,000 loss. Butler Pennsylvania typhoid outbreak exceeds 1,300 cases with 15 deaths. Meat and poultry prices rise in New York markets. Gracie dies of pneumonia in New York. James Nelson lynched near Jefferson, DC. Major General Davis may join isthmian canal commission. Castine and Bancroft to reinforce fleet near Colon. Blake of Rock-a-bye-Baby dies in Brookline. Artillery tests may yield superior field weapon. Kansas eight-hour public works law upheld. Jewell Lutheran College burned. Bert Melange found dead in ruins. Football season reports 19 deaths. many injuries. Armenian unrest and Armenian richer issues. Cotton operatives wages cut. 64,000 to 75,000 affected in NZ and US. Importers seek fair customs administration. law department and bureau of analysis planned. German servant girl Nugusta Siroux burned in New York. Rescue hindered by window wire netting.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Randall
Armenia
New Koeland
Bristow Report Details Post Office Fraud Network
The November dispatch outlines Bristow's post office corruption probe, naming Tyner Barrett Machen and Beavers as key figures in schemes across the supply division free delivery salaries and allowances. Roosevelt endorses the report as a thorough, impartial exposure of long standing abuses and pending legal action.
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1 Bristow
Tyner
Barrett
Post Office Department
W. Machen
Machen
Wilson S. Bissell
Frank H. Jones
George W. Beavers
Bristow
Roosevelt
Holmes Conrad
Messrs
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Conrad
Mr. Bristow
Postoffice Department
Hobson Naval Bill Aims to Make U S World Naval Power
Ex Commander Richmond P. Hobson has drafted a bill, to be introduced by Representative Wiley, proposing a U S naval buildup over 18 years with total appropriations of 2 750 000 000. The plan front loads 50 million this year, 60 million next year, then rises by 10 million annually to 1915, culminating in 1 500 000 000 for the 1915–1925 program.
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Washington
Richmond P. Hobson
Navy
Representative Wiley
Alabama
United States
Muhlenberg College President Theo Seip Dies
Allentown Nov 30 Rev Theodore Lorenzo Seip president of Muhlenberg College since 1896 died Saturday night from apoplexy. He was born at Easton Pa in June 1842 and served the college as professor since its 1867 founding.
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Allentown
Theodore Lorenzo Seip
Muhlenberg College
Easton
Thousands Perish in Typhoon Off Swatow
Victoria B C reports via the Athenian that a typhoon off Swatow destroyed hundreds of fishing junks. Thousands of lives are said to have perished as disabled ships drifted, crews suffering thirst and hunger before relief salvaged eight junks and 122 men.
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Victoria
B. C
South China
Swatow
Uode Rone
Stanley
Americans reach Abyssinia for talks with King Wenelik
United States consul Robert P. Skinner and his party arrived at Ilarrar Abyssinia on a Saturday. Abyssinian troops under Gen Ras Makonnen with a guard of 1000 met the party two miles from the city and a new palace is at the Americans disposal. A camp is established and Gen Ras Makonnen is honored.
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French Somaliland
Robert P. Skinner
United States
Marseilles
Abyssinia
Wenelik
Ilarrar
Rasakonnen
Ras Makonnen
Chicago youths confess to years of crime in mayor’s presence
Beardless 21 year olds Peter Niedermier and Harvey Van Dine, tied by wrist to wrist and dirted clothing, confessed to eight murders and a string of robberies in Chicago. Fellow suspect Emil Roeski shared capture after a fierce chase with police near Liverpool, Indiana.
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Peter Niedermier
Harvey van Dine
Harrison
O’neil
Emil Roeski
Liverpool
Ind
T. J. Loven
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph Driscoll
Matthew Zimmer
Niedermier
van Dine
Roeski
Chicago City Railroad Co
Gustave Marx
John Quinn
Neidermier
Peter Neidermier
Marx
O'Neil
Illinois Central Limited
Paducah
Barnes
Hutler, Ney
Chicago & Northwestern
Boone
Baltimore & Ohio
Edgemoor
Russian Fleet Supports Demands At Chemulpo
London November 30 The Tokio correspondent of the Daily Mail reports Admiral Alexeïff Russian viceroy of the Far East has dispatched the battleship Poltava and three torpedo boat destroyers to Chemulpo to back Russia in demanding redress after the clash between Russian and Japanese sailors. The Russian minister at Seoul maintains an unyielding stance.
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Alexieff
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Seoul
Students Clash With Troops Over Pro King Demonstration
In Rome on Friday students from the university tried a pro king anti Austrian demonstration at the Quirinal. Police broke up the crowd and troops at the Austrian embassy and consulate charged the protesters with bayonets. Several arrests followed amid similar Friday demos in Florence and Turin.
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German army to use aiming lens for sighted soldiers
Berlin reports the German army administration claims success in supplying private soldiers with spectacles that adjust automatically to sight line. An aiming lens remains at a right angle to vision, solving the problem of centering glasses and improving firing line effectiveness.
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Berlin
Judge Baldwin Denies Postal Frauds Ties
Canton Ohio December 1 Judge Baldwin called false all links between him and postal frauds. He says he never met Beavers or Driggs and did not know of any fraud or bribery plot involving Miller and Strawn. He refutes Bristow’s claim that he knew about the fraud as any other party.
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Canton
Miller and Strawn
Beavers
Driggs
Bristow
George Eldwin
Miller
Strawn
Canals to be Retained and Upgraded by State
Gov Nash commission to report on canal future recommends state retention of all canals including southern and northern Ohio divisions. Proposes widening and deepening Miami and Erie and northern Ohio canals to five feet to handle 115 ton boats with total costs estimated at 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Trial on the Miami and Erie from Cincinnati to Dayton, about 60 miles, at 250 thousand dollars.
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Nash
Ohio Canal
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Dayton
Terrific Gas Explosion Injures Four in Cleveland
A major natural gas explosion at Harvard Street and Broadway in Cleveland injured one man fatally likely and three others seriously. A wagon was blown into the air and a drug store sustained substantial damage. Charles Meyne and C Dressell were tapping gas at J A Bartlett's drug store when a lighted candle and a tapped main caused the blast.
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Harvard Street
Broadway
Charles Meyne
C. Dressell
J. A. Bartlett
Dressel
Meyne
Fatal Fall at Kirtland Street Pumping Station
William Detrow, a bricklayer's helper, died after a 65 foot fall from a ladder scaffold between two buildings at the Cleveland Kirtland Street pumping station. He carried bricks when the flimsy support gave way, breaking his neck on impact.
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Cleveland
William Detrow
Detrow
Kirtland Street
Two Men Struck by Train in Cleveland Crash
Two men were struck by a Big Four passenger train at Scranton avenue junction and hurled into the air. Both suffered multiple fractures and wounds. they were taken to Charity hospital. John Sager died, while Henry W. Gerstacker was not expected to survive.
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Scranton Avenue Junction
Charity Hospital
John Sager
Henry W. Gerstacker
Doubly Fatal Collision Near Portsmouth On Norfolk & Western
Two men died and a fourth was fatally injured in a crash between an eastbound freight and a work train on the Norfolk and Western railroad east of Portsmouth. Victims include engineer C. C. Mitchell and fireman Frank Sullivan, both of Kenova. The wrecked engines were demolished and property loss estimated at 40,000 dollars.
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Norfolk & Western
Portsmouth
C. C. Mitchell
Kenova
Frank Sullivan
Grakeman Elswick
Hoth
Attorney General Sues Ohio River & Western Railway Co
Attorney General Sheets filed suit in Franklin county common pleas court in the state name to collect a $5,000 penalty from the Ohio River and Western Railway Co for failing to equip cars with automatic couplers and air brakes as required by law.
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Sheets
Common Pleas Court
Franklin County
Ohio River & Western Railway Co
Zanesville
Bellaire
Nash in Weak Condition. Ordered Rest at Home
Gov Nash remains in weak condition after a Monday office visit. Doctor's orders keep him at home for a week as Columbus reports his health status.
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Columbus
Big Military Display Promised For Herrick Inauguration
Columbus reports that Cleveland will send a grand military display for Gov. Herrick’s inauguration with a half dozen special trains from Cleveland. The event will be funded by Herrick Hanna and the chamber of commerce as Cleveland plans to contribute at its own expense.
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Herrick
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Duke cashier found dead in his home
John K. Duke, a defaulting cashier of the Royal Building and Loan Association in Portsmouth, was found dead in bed Friday afternoon as officers came to take him to court for sentencing. He had shot himself through the head.
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Man Hangs Self Over Inability to Work in Cleveland
Charles Schadler of Flonna Street committed suicide Friday by hanging in the garage of his home in Cleveland. He was found by his wife some time after the act.
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Charles Schadler
Offlonna Street
Clyde Arrests 23-year-old for Arson Ties to Reichlin Case
Clyde marshal arrested Lewis Hall, 23, on arson charges at his father's home near the Erie county line. Cortland Barber had filed the affidavit. A month earlier Barber's barn burned and a night fire under his house used oil soaked kindling. flames were put out. The Barber family used bloodhounds borrowed from the Reichlin murder case in Lorain to aid the investigation.
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Marshal Hunt
Lewis Hall
Erie County
Cortland Barber
Barber
Reichlin
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Hall
Fatal shooting after boxing match at Cadiz Junction
Steubenville report says a boxing contest at Cadiz Junction ended with Jacob Hinds and Jerry Arnold. After Arnold's defeat the crowd dispersed and Hinds pursued him to his home where Hinds fired, wounding Arnold fatally in the breast.
Fire Hits Ohio Hospital BasemenT Devastates First Floor
Fire swept the basement of cottage B at the Ohio hospital for epileptics in Gallipolis on Monday at 3 am destroying the first floor. Attendants Dell Walters and Stephen Woods led 50 male patients, some unconscious, to safety through a second story window and down a ladder.
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Cottage B
Ohio Hospital
Dell Walters
Stephen Woods
State Inspectors Report Messy Bellefontaine Books
Examiners Baker and Parmelee of the state bureau of inspection filed their report on Bellefontaine books. They describe a badly muddled condition before the new administration and note much must be taken for granted in balancing the old records.
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Baker and Parmelee
State Bureau of Inspection
Bellefontaine
Woman Fatally Injured in Speeding Auto Crash
Mrs. L. E. Lyman of 279 Slater Avenue was struck by a speeding automobile in Cleveland on Wednesday. She was hurled into the air and landed head and shoulders first on the pavement, unconscious, with likely fatal injuries.
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L. E. Lyman
Slater Avenue
Fifty four November railroad fatalities in Ohio
State Railroad Commissioner Morris reports that in November there were 54 fatal railroad accidents in Ohio. None of the victims were passengers. Twenty three were employees eight travelers on the highway and 23 trespassers.
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Morris
Ohio
Two Men Crushed to Death in Wellsville Yard
East Liverpool reports E. A. Dailey aged 24 of New Philadelphia and P. A. Shonis aged 35 of Wellsville, members of a Cleveland and Pittsburgh railroad shifting crew, were crushed between railroad cars in the Wellsville yards Tuesday night, dying from the injuries.
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A. Dailey
New Philadelphia
P. A. Shonis
Wellsville
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Local man dies after fall from carriage in Sandusky
Found dead in Sandusky on Friday morning, a John Nolan of Caktali collapsed after a Thanksgiving celebration. His faithful horses stood guard as he fell from his carriage, breaking his neck on the return home.
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John—Nolan
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Col D B Hunt Dies in Ohio Northwest Leader
Col D B Hunt prominent in northwestern Ohio died Wednesday afternoon at Elmore. He was a candidate for department commander of the G A R at the encampment held at Lancaster.
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D. B. Hunt
Ohio
Elmore
Wrottmacher Appointed Postmaster at Calla
Washington reports the president sent Wilbur W. Templein’s nomination to the Senate for Calla Callahan County Ohio postmaster after a long fight. In Marietta Ohio the Royal glass plant burned Thursday causing about 75000 dollars in losses with about 200 workers affected and partial insurance.
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Washington
Senate
Wilbur W. Templin
Calla
Mahoning County
Fireman Killed and Seven Injured in City Fire
Fireman William Greve died and seven others were hurt as a five story Smith Myers Schnier Co building burned in Cincinnati. Two of the injured, John Conners and Jam Keegan, are fatally wounded. the loss is estimated at 60000 with partial insurance.
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William Greve
Smith, Myers, Schnier & Co
John Conners
Jam Keegan
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