Senate and House Adjourn After McKinley Death Notes
The senate read the president's message and formed a committee from each state to act on McKinley’s death and adjourned. The house heard the message and adjourned to the 6th, a one-member committee from each state appointed to handle the death. The sixth brought Mr. McComas’s speech urging punishment of anarchists. The house later adjourned until the next session.
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McKinley
House
McComas
Mary_ land
Hig H
Henderson
Bij
Jacith
Chaffee orders port closures amid insurgent funding fear
Gen Chaffee halts port operations in Baguna and Batangas provinces and stops rent payments on buildings used for military purposes to keep funds from aiding insurgents. Freight congestion plagues Pittsburg coal and ore supply, while railroads lack power to move cars.
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Baguna
Batangas
Gen. Chaffee
Pittsburg
Wilmer D. Rudderow
Collingswood
N. J
South Jersey Gas Electric and Traction Co
Indderow
Hester Plotkin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rail strikes ease as Pittsburg lines regain crews
Reports indicate all Pittsburg area railroads affected by the switchmen strike have full crews again and officials declare the strike at an end. Attorney actions in Frankfort seek 28.12 percent plus interest from 1900 against former state officials over alleged improper spending during the 1900 gubernatorial contest.
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Pittsburg
Soaork
Frankfort
Walter R. Day
John S. Sweeney
Great Lakes
Detroit and Buffalo Navigation Co
Detroit Shipbuilding Co
Wyandotte
Mich
Wlineis Internal Revenue Distret
United States
Kindall
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Rockefeller Opposes New York Sunday Saloon Opening
John D. Rockefeller pledges $5,000 a year for five years to Anti Sunday Opening society to defeat proposed Sunday saloon opening in New York City. Other obituaries note deaths include Jarveys trgyl Smith in Mississippi, Capt. Joseph P. Sanford in Connecticut, I. J. Matthews of Valley Forge, and Col Robert L. Meade acquitted after court martial.
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John D. Rockefeller
New York City
New York
Jarveys Trgyl Smith
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Joseph P. Sanford
Stamford
Conn
Sanford
Farragut
I. J. Matthews
American District Telegr
Valley Forge
Navy Department
Robert L. Meade
Marine Corps
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Yuan Shi Wai Plans Major Chi Li Naval Reorganization
Chinese reports state Yuan Shi Wai governor of Chi Li seeks to reorganize navy with foreign instructors and form a 100000 man arms corps under foreign ranks amid regional unrest.
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Yuan Shi Wai
Chi Li
Merein
Loheia
Arabia
Chili
England
Berlin
Baptisms Amid Ice In Androscoggin River Reported
Icy water baptisms near Lisbon Falls Me witnessed by Holy Ghost and Us Bible school. Dozens faced cold risks as several participants ill or dead while children were held in the river. The story blends storm damage across regions with political notes on Senate seating challenges.
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Androscoggin
Lisbon Falls
Holy Ghoest and Us
Shitoh
Wall Street
Hebi van Cott
New York
Seotbitel
Ceobles
Miach
Evanston
Anette
Florence
Newton
Jeterims
Texas
Owerther
Tyson
Senate
Tillman
South Carolina
Tah
McLaurn
Mc Tilman
McLaurin
U S Mint Reports Fiscal Year Coinage and Stock Levels
The report by George F. E. Roberts covers coinage at the three mints Philadelphia San Francisco and New Orleans for the year ended June 30 1901 totaling 176 999 132 pieces worth 136 340 751 with 99 065 715 in gold and 24 298 850 in silver dollars. It notes silver bullion stock changes and recommends raising the subsidiary coin limit to 120 000 000 and ceasing dollar coinage to use silver for subsidiary coinage.
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Washington
George Fe, Roberts
Philadelphia
Costa Rica
Treasury
San Francisco
New Orleans
Denver
United States
North America
Meeting of Protest in Chicago Supports Boer Cause
A large Chicago Auditorium gathering voiced sympathy for the Boers in the South African war with eloquent addresses by Bourke Cochran and others. Funds were raised to aid Boer women and children, with over 5500 collected, including 400 and 100 dollar gifts. The meeting adopted resolutions to form a committee to present the sentiment to the president amid a strong standing ovation. The event featured a choir and prayers before speeches.
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Chicago
Bourke Cochran
Hiram W. Thomas
People’s Church
Trentans
Tuley
Edison Illuminating Co Acquires Savannah Street Railway
Savannah Ga December reports Edison Illuminating Co has acquired the local street railway interests. George Tarenses of New York was president and major owner of the old line, reportedly selling for over 1 million dollars. The system covers over 25 miles and Edison now operates the lighting plant and holds the city contract.
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Savannah
Edison Fleas Rie Iluminating Co
Edison Co
Loston
George Taresens
New York
Surplus Wiped Out by Bank Embezzlement Case
Ballston New York December 5 The bank examiner investigates First National Bank deposits and 400 certificates as auditors race to verify losses Fitcham Bank embezzlement spans 20 years Surplus of 116000 is wiped out with the bank unlikely to reopen on sound basis Fitcham defends himself claiming overstatement of losses and blames family extravagance.
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Bank Tellier
Fitcham
Ballston
N. Y
Graham
First National Bank
Eight-Year-Old Stabbed by Companion in Newport
In Newport Kentucky a schoolboy eight, Joseph Creelman, was stabbed to death by a companion eleven. The assailant, Eddie Armines, fled with a knife but surrendered after his uncle, a firehouse captain, reported the crime. The motive centered on a school quarrel and a brick strike that precipitated the deadly stabbing.
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Cincinnati
Newport
Joseph Creelman
Eddie Armines
Creelman
Armines
Plummer
Gathmann Gun Declared Ineffective Against Battleships
Secretary Root releases the army and navy board report from Sandy Hook trials showing the Gathmann gun produced limited effects compared with the 12 inch army service rifle. The board concludes the Gathmann system would not endanger modern battleships or warrant adoption or further testing.
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Washington
Army and Navy Board
Congress
Root
Sandy Lock
Gathmann
United States
Cadets Implicate Four in Campus Assault Case
Four senior cadets at American Fermprrance University allegedly bound gagged and whipped Cater Tester on campus Tuesday night. They carried him to the woods tied him to a tree placed him under a dam near the dormitory and left him semi conscious. Officer reports four cadets besides Lester were away from their rooms. Lester plans to sue proceed against assailants in court.
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Wwarriman
Amerian Femprrance University
Cater
Lester
West City tragedy and canal commission report items
West City Kansas reports a French immigrant Romaine Vaubaux fatally wounded his wife and son in a drunken incident. The Nicaragua canal route is favored by the commission with an estimated total cost of 189 million dollars, noting Panama as a sea level option but with different costs. George Zolline, a Williamsburg Savings Bank teller, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in Brooklyn. Guthrie reports ex-trover W A Jenkins denies insane asylum charges after Roosevelt removal.
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Kan
Romaine Vaubaux
Giraurdo Borba Serenity
Nicaragua Monte
Washington
Asthoian Canal Commission
Congress
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Panama
Lake
New York
George Zollinehoifer
Williamsburg
Aspinwall
Brooklyn
Weather Bureau reports wireless progress and crop forecasts
The year end Weather Bureau report details wireless telegraphy links along Virginia and North Carolina coasts and planned Pacific connections. It notes telegraph forecasts from Europe and the Azores, fog warnings, and verified predictions for ships. The bureau expands crop weather data collection with many observers and 42000 rural deliveries receiving forecasts.
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Pacific
British Isles
Europe
Azores
Washington
Nassau
Bermuda
Turk’s Island
American
England
Weather Bureau
Moore
Dynamite gun test at Hilton Head shows strong results
Savannah reports the pneumatic dynamite gun tested under army officers at Hilton Head. The device near Port Royal harbor fired eight projectiles with 50 to 200 pound charges, six exploded on impact, two with time fuses underwater, and ten and a half minutes used to fire fifty dummies weighing 1,150 pounds each for endurance with no hitch.
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Hilton Head
S. C
Army
McNutt
Ordnance Department
Port Royal Harbor
Arbitration Bill Makes Strikes A Crime In NSW Courts
New South Wales passes industrial arbitration legislation requiring reference of all workplace disputes to a competent court, with powers to enforce awards. Strikes or lockouts before or during reference become misdemeanors with possible fines or imprisonment. The supreme court judge will oversee, may set a standard wage, and favor union labor when equal. No appeal is allowed from the court’s decisions.
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New South Wales
Wdney
Supreme Court
Six Day Bicycle Race Opens at Madison Square Garden
New York December 9 1913 The annual six day bicycle race begins at midnight in Madison Square Garden with William D Rothwell known as Young Corbett starting the men About 000 spectators pack the arena Sixteen teams compete in a saucer track ride 12 hours daily to challenge the 1990 Madison Garden record of 2733 miles and four laps by Miller and Waller. Train Rolls Down an Embankment in Macon Ga A Georgia Central passenger train from Savannah jumped a switch on a high embankment near Macon Saturday morning The engine tender baggage and express cars were destroyed by fire Eighteen injured and Julia Boynton the only fatality nbsp
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Madison Square Garden
William D. Rothwell
Young Corbett
Hobby” Walthour
Archie McEachern
Cougoltz
Simar
Miller
Waller
Macon
Tia
Georgia Central
Savinnah
Atlanta
Julia Boynton
Pittsburg Doctor Reports Lockjaw Serum Success
Dr Letvie director of the Magee pathological department at Mercy Hospital says he has found a successful lockjaw treatment. After animal tests, he tried it on three human subjects a middle aged man a middle aged woman and a 10 year old boy. Initial injections caused spasms but the patients soon recovered and returned to normal health.
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Pittsburg
Letvie
C L. Magee
Robbers Terrorize Balti more & Ohio Depot Area
Three masked men entered the Balti more & Ohio depot in Wilmington on a Friday dawn binding operator R D Walm. They pocketed 9.50 and 20.55 from the cash drawer, then blew the safe at Langdon's flouring mill across the street, securing 50. The operator was tied for three hours before being found and released by rescuers.
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Wilmington
Baltimore & Ohio
R. D. Walm
Langdon
Columbus
Publisher Worth Carnahan Faces Trial Over Pension Book Sales
In Columbus on December 10 the Worth Carnahan trial began in federal court. A demurrer claiming no crime was charged was overruled. Four former Carnahan agents, jailed for impersonating government officers, testified after being brought from the penitentiary.
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Columbus
Worth Carnahan
Washington, D. C
United States
Carnahan
Four bank robbers plead guilty in Danville case
Mount Vernon Ohio December 10 William Fowles Charles Smith John Walker and Harry Gordon changed pleas from not guilty to guilty in court for the Danville bank robbery. Judge Wickham labeled Fowles as an old offender and gave him eight and a half years in the penitentiary while the others received six and a half years each.
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Mount Vernon
William Fowles
Charles Smith
John Walker
Harry Gordon
Danville
Wickham
Fowles
Ohio attorney general seeks penalties from three firms
Attorney General Sheets filed in Franklin County court to force penalties for failing to qualify as foreign corporations under Ohio law. He seeks 330,500 from Merchants' Electric Light and Power Co of Coshocton, 20,000 from American Sheet Steel Co, and 35,000 from American Tin Plate Co.
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Columbus
Sheets
Franklin County
Merchants’ Electric Light and Power Co
Coshocton
American Sheet Steel Co
American Tin Plate Co
Ohio
Electric Light and Power Co
The
Sheet Steel Co
Tin Plate Co
Coal Exchange Dissolves In Sandusky Meeting
San dusky coal exchange officials voted to abandon the organization after a Friday meeting. The group had been warned by the prosecuting attorney that continued operation would trigger a suit to oust it and penalties under the Valentine anti trust law.
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Gandusky
Sandusky Coal Exchange
Toledoan's Touch Experience
Charles W. Bell a prominent Toledo citizen suffered a stroke of paralysis after a football game at Armory park Saturday evening. He collapsed to the ground and lay unattended in the dark rain until his body was found Sunday morning. Recovery is doubtful.
Robbers blow safe at Brown's store in Perry and flee
In Tainesville Ohio on December 9 burglars blasted Brown's Perry store safe. A sleeping clerk exchanged shots with a robber, leaving bloodstains. The bandits escaped without taking $300 visible after the explosion.
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Tainesville
Brown
Perry
Robbery Attempt Near Columbus Leaves Woman Critically Shot
Mr and Mrs Philip Merrill were accosted by three highwaymen near the city outskirts as they rode home. Merrill resisted and the robbers opened fire. Mrs Merrill was struck in the head and is listed in critical condition. The assailants fled.
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Columbus, C
Philip Merrill
Mulford shortage covered by union officers
Columbus December 7 The alleged shortage of ex Secretary John M Mulford of the mer jean Insurance union totaling 4000 dollars has been made good by National President John J Lentz and other officers of the union Mulford remains under bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Columbus
John M Mulford
mer= jean Insurance union
John J Lentz
Mulford
Blanchester Man Found Dead At Home Aged 70
Blanchester resident Deeth Alen Nixon, 70, living alone, was found dead in bed Monday. His face showed bruising and his bed clothes were bloodstained. Nixon was last seen Wednesday. the coroner conducts an investigation.
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Blanchester
Alen Nixon
Nixon
Gas Field Well in Ohio Shows High Output
A new gas field in Licking county Ohio reports a well producing 3,500,000 cubic feet daily after being drilled to 2,160 feet. The discovery comes from the Weard site near Columbus dated December 19.
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Columbus
Homer
Licking County
Arm Torn to Shreds in Cadiz Fodder Cutter Incident
Tarvey Milken suffered a severe arm injury when his limb became caught in a fodder cutter in Cadiz. The accident occurred while he was feeding the machine, resulting in his arm being torn into shreds.
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Cadiz
Tarvey Milken
Willard Acquitted Then Re-Arrested On Diamonds Case
In Judge Phillips court George Willard was found not guilty of stealing $13,000 in diamonds and released. He was immediately re-arrested in Cleveland on a charge of diamond theft in Hamilton. The judge called the verdict a travesty and discharged the jurors. Also, unknown thieves drilled into J N Dick’s safe at Wharton and blew it into the street, but no money was taken. Mrs Dick was shot at three times but not hit.
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Phillips
George Willard
Willard
Hamilton
Sandusky
Tive
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Wharton
Here
Golden Eagle Trapped Alive Near Cadiz
A golden eagle, 80 inches tip to tip, was trapped near Cadiz. This marks the first known instance of the bird being taken alive in Harrison county.
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Cadiz
Harrison County
Cleveland Depot Time Table 1901 Schedule Summary
Time table effective November 17 1901 for the Cleveland, Lorin and Wheeling A Co shows southbound No 7 from Uhrichsville to Massillon and points with arrival times at Flushing Bridgeport Uhrichsville New Philadelphia Canal Dover Justus and Massillon. Northbound No 8 departs Bridgeport for Massillon with stops at Flushing Uhrichsville New Philadelphia Canal Dover Justus. Electric cars operate between Bridgeport and Bellaire Martins Ferry. Central Standard Time. M G Carrel is Gen Pass Agent.
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