Taft reports on Philippine governance and conditions
The annual Taft and Philippine commission reports describe civil government across provinces since July, citing a 5 000 to 6 000 strong constabulary, struggles with ladronism, rice shortages, cholera, and potential martial law in Cavite, while considering future sultanate relations and Mindanao policy.
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Philippine Commission
W. H. Taft
War Department
Congress
Lanao Moros
Jolo
Dattos
Mohammed
Gov
Taft
Philippine
Topsy the Elephant Executed at Coney Island
The story reports the electrocution of Topsy the elephant at Coney Island after poisoning with cyanide in a carrot. Spectators witnessed the 6600 volt procedure supervised by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Topsy, about 35, had been a longtime exhibit brought by Adam Forepaugh 28 years earlier.
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New York
Coney Island
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Topsy
Adam Forepaugh
Torpedo Boat McDonough Makes 28.56 Knot Mile Run
The torpedo boat destroyer McDonough built by Fore River Ship and Engine Co. exceeded the contract 28 knot speed, logging 28.56 knots on one leg and averaging 28.02 knots over two measured mile runs off Wood End Provincetown after two days of wait for weather. The speed earned government board acceptance.
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Boston
McDonough
Fore River Ship and Engine Co
Quincy
Mass
Wood End
Provincetown
Lincoln Memorial Sabbath Observance Proposal in Churches
New York January 5 The American Missionary Association plans to issue an invitation and appeal to Congregational churches Sabbath schools and endeavor societies urging a national observance on Sunday February 15 as Lincoln Memorial Sabbath in honor of Abraham Lincoln.
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New York
The
American Missionary Association
Congregational Churches
Abraham Lincoln
Boy and Horses Die in Dallas Plant Fire
Dallas Jan 5 J H Williams a stable boy and 23 horses burned to death in a fire at Hughes Bros Extract Co plant. A warehouse and its contents were destroyed. Loss set at 50000 on machinery and manufactured goods.
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Dallas
Tex
J. H. Williams
Hughes Bros. Extract Co
Movement of Coal Reaches 3500 Cars by Sunday Night
Reading Pennsylvania reports the Reading Co. expected to move 3500 cars of anthracite coal to market by midnight Sunday, marking the completion of 48 hours of transport that began Saturday morning.
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Reading
Reading Co
Auditor Squier Found Dead Near Rail Tracks
Columbia South Carolina January 5 Auditor W H Sauer was found dead beside railroad tracks near the city Sunday morning with a deep wound on the head. The death is surrounded by mystery and unclear cause.
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Auditor Squier
Columbia
S. C
W. H. Sa
Southern Railway
Selby Declares Innocence and Will Return to Face Forgery Charge
Bastrop Texas Jan 5 John Selby wanted in Vincennes Indiana on forgery charges says he is innocent and willing to return without any formal ties.
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Bastrop
Tex
John Selby
Vincennes
Ind
Wreck on the Southern near Weems Station
A passenger train on the Southern railway from Atlanta to Birmingham derailed near Weems Station, about 15 miles from Birmingham, injuring about 27 passengers. Engineer White was killed, found beneath the engine in mangled condition. Baggage and mail cars were wrecked and thrown down an embankment.
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Ala
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Weems Station
White
Bubonic Plague Reports From Ahome Sinaloa
A Hermosillo dispatch says two bubonic plague cases were reported in Ahome Sinaloa near the Sonora border. Sonora authorities notified Sinaloa of a sanitary cordon on the border preventing entry from the south.
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Sinaloa
Laredo
Tex
Hermosillo
Mex
Sonora
Pennsylvania Legislature Concedes Penrose to Senate Seat
Harrisburg Jan 5 The Pennsylvania legislature to convene Tuesday at noon and adjourn likely April 16 Republicans control both chambers and Penrose is expected to be re elected Henry F Walton of Philadelphia to be speaker of the House and John M Scott of Philadelphia to be president pro tem of the Senate.
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Pennsylvania
Can P
Henry F. Walton
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
John M. Scott
Senate
New Cave Found on Put-in-Bay Island by William Kindt
William Kindt discovered a large limestone cave on his Put-in-Bay property, 275 feet long and 60 wide, with stalactites forming and water stalagmites indicating rising Lake Erie waters. The area already hosts several notable caves including Crystal, Heineman, and Perry caves, famed for stalactite and stalagmite formations and earlier mining. In Springfield, John Reamer returned after 20 years to Addison, Champaign county, revealing he has two wives and a sizable fortune, with one wife already drawing a widow’s pension. He resides in Defiance and reports three children.
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Put-in
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William Kindt
Lake Erie
Putin Bay
Perry Cave
Springfield
John Reamer
Addison
Champaign County
Defiance
Morocco Trouble Forces Recall of War Vessel
Madrid reports Tangier dispatches show Morocco’s sultan gains ground after releasing his brother. Gogui strongholds restore tribes to mountains as SIlvela denies a joint naval move, recalling Infanta Isabella from Tangier as proof no powers will intervene. Premier confirms retreat of the pretender strengthens sultan’s army and quells rebellion.
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Silvela
Infanta Isabel
Silvera
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Military Reservation Lands Under Review for Columbus
Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood travels to Columbus by order of the Secretary to study selling lands and improvements on the Columbus military reservation and to apply proceeds to acquire or improve nearby land for military use. The last army appropriation act gave the president authority to relocate posts including Columbus Indianapolis and Buffalo when deemed no longer desirable. If Columbus barracks is moved, lands will be appraised, sold, and proceeds used to establish another nearby post.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Columbus O
Secre Root
Columbus
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Columbus Barracks
Judges rule on punishments for prize fight principals
Cumberland Md Jan 6 Judge Boyd held that principals in prize fights can be punished under the law of peat and batterry and that the ship and can be punished as aiders and abettors. It is believed the clergy led campaign against pugilistic sports in the city has been effective and no more sparring exhibitions will be held in Allegheny county.
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Cumberland, Md
Boyd Monday
Allegheny County
Jurist Fayette Smith Dies at Home in Greenfield Mass
Greenfield Mass Jan 5 Judge Fayette Smith former Cincinnati court of common pleas judge dies at home aged 99 born in Warwick Mass 1825 survived by his widow.
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Mass
Fayette Smith
Court of Common Pleas
Cincinnati
Warwick
Supreme Court Rules Stock Exchange Seat as Property
The U S supreme court ruled that a Philadelphia stock exchange seat is property. The decision, written by Justice McKenna, upholds the appeals court ruling in the bankruptcy case of E D Page and trustee C W Edmunds, issued in Washington on January 6.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
E. D. Page
C. W. Edmunds
Justice McKenna
Court of Appeals
Burglary Strikes Cleveland Jewelry Store
At 3 o clock Friday morning a burglar broke the plate glass window of J. H. Heimann’s jewelry store, entered the premises, and stole $3 000 worth of diamonds left in view. The thief did not touch other items. The officer on duty failed to notice the loss until later discovery by Hermann.
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J. H. Heimann
Heimann
Hermann
Late President McMichael Dies After Sermon Entrance
Rev. Dr. J. B. McMichael, former Monmouth College president, collapsed and died after entering the pulpit at Sugar Creek United Presbyterian Church near Xenia, Ohio, on Wednesday evening. He graduated from Xenia Theological Seminary in 1865 and led Monmouth College for two decades after being elected president in 1878.
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J. B. McMichael
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Sugar Creek United Presbyterian Church
Xenia
Xenia Theological Seminary
Corpse on the Pilot in Circleville
A dead man, Frank Lowry, was found wedged in the bumper of the Norfolk and Western westbound express after an incident at Circleville Main Street station. He had been struck near his Clinton Street home and carried to Court Street station. this marks the second fatality involving the same engine.
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Beams
Norfolk & Western
Main Street
Frank Lowry
Clinton Street
Court Street
Lowry
Americans Resign En Masse From Bogota Gunboat
All American officers and crew on the government gunboat Bogota resigned Monday. They had a year contract with Colombia granting free transport to the United States and four months pay. Part of the crew sails for New York this week.
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Ondeay
New York
F St
Washington, D. C
Panama
Colombia
Bogota
Marmaduke
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Isthmus
Death Links Between Fletcher and Haviland Echoed
In Columbus on January 2 a remarkable tale links the deaths of Henry W. Fletcher and Dr. W. Haviland. Friends note Haviland died just hours before Fletcher. On Fletcher’s deathbed he told his son that Haviland was not improving. the inquiry shows Haviland died at roughly the same moment.
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Henry W. Fletcher
Dr. W. Haviland
Haviland
Fletcher
Mr. Fletcher
Dog Hero Lost His Life At Buckeye Lake Hotel Fire
Columbus residents recount a house dog named John Glass who alerted a family to danger, guarding the children’s door as flames consumed Lakeside Park hotel on Buckeye Lake near Newark. The fire destroyed several buildings owned by Hubert Bradley and Dr. Shepherd, with losses totaling about $12,000.
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Lakeside Park Hotel
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Newark
Hubert Bradley
Dr. Shepherd
John Glass
Didatee
Glass
Lima Man Arrested in Forged Money Orders Scheme
I O Williams, accused of raising and forging money orders across Ohio Indiana Illinois and Kansas, was arrested in Lima after a decoy letter. He faces arraignment before the United States commissioner in Toledo on Saturday.
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I. O. Williams
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Kansas
Williams
United States
Toledo
New York Court to Rule on 1899 Franchise Tax Law
Albany reports that the third appellate division of the New York Supreme Court will rule within 24 hours on the constitutionality of the 1899 franchise tax law as it affects the state constitution. A decision is expected at noon Tuesday.
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N. Y
Third Appellate Division
New York Supreme Court
Chinese Minister's Daughter to Wed Before Washington Trip
Sir Liang Cheng the minister designated to the United States will wed Yu Keng’s daughter in Canton before departing for Washington. The bride educated abroad speaks English and French and is among China's educated modern women.
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Peking
Liang Cheng
United States
Paris
Yu Keng
Washingtom
Canton
Amendment Proposal to Prohibit Polygamy and Soldier Fare
Washington January 6. A joint resolution offered by Representative Parker New Jersey proposes a constitutional amendment to ban polygamy. He also introduced a bill to restore malt beverage and light wine sales to soldiers on army transports and at post exchanges.
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Representative Parker
N. J
Missing jeweler wanders toward Mexico in large fraud claim
Columbus jeweler W S Tussing remains missing after week long disappearance. A friend reportedly received a letter saying he planned to join sheriff Wheeler Young in Mexico. Receiver Frank Hubbard estimates Tussing's shortage at about 60 000 dollars.
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W. S. Tussing
Tussing
Wheeler Young
Mexico
Frank Hubbard
Locomotive Crashes Into Sleeping Car in Sterling
Akron report says a Baltimore and Ohio locomotive struck a Pullman sleeping car at Sterling while the passenger train stood at the station. Injured are F L Clapp of Lodi and Samuel Gault. It is alleged the engineer was asleep at the time of the crash.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Sterling
O. F
L. Clapp
Lodi
Samuel Gault
Two Women Found Dead in Separate Cincinnati Apartments
Mary O'Brien aged 58 and Celia Nethercut aged 65 were found dead in their own apartments on Ninth and Harriet streets and 927 West street. Both died alone in the afternoon and had lived simple, unremarkable lives as the new year began.
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Mary O’brien
Celia Nethercut
Ninth and Harriet Streets
West Street
Maniac Seizes Wife and Threatens Fire in Aberdeen
John Teeters, a member of the Holy Band, was brought to Aberdeen Sunday afternoon. He allegedly grabbed his wife and threw her toward a fire in a planned attempt to burn her, but officers arrived in time to stop the act and avert tragedy.
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Aberdeen
John Teeters
Holy Band
Teeters
Pastor Resigns to Lead Lutheran League in New York
Omaha, Neb. Jan. 5 Rev. Luther Kuhns pastor of Grace Lutheran Church resigns to accept the general secretaryship of the Lutheran League of America headquartered in New York City. The league comprises 3,000 societies and 125,000 members.
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Neb
Luther Kuhns
Grace ‘Lutheran Church
Lutheran League of America
New York City
Indian police ordered to drive unpaying cattle from Chickasaw land
Denison Texas January 5 The Indian police have been ordered to the Chickasaw nation to drive out all cattle upon which the tribal tax has not been paid. The cattle will be driven across the border into Texas and turned loose there.
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Denison
Tex
Texas
United in Death. Aberdeen resident dies hours apart
Mrs. Margaret Clark dies at her Oliver township home and her brother George Gibbons suffers a paralytic seizure near his Aberdeen area home and dies a few hours later.
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Margaret Clark
Oliver Township
George Gibbons
Here
John Fulcher Rare Wakeup From 169 Hour Sleep
John Fulcher, a Black inmate in a Kansas City jail, awoke at midnight from a 169 hour deep sleep after guards forced cold water down his throat. The incident occurred in Kansas City, Kansas, drawing attention to jail conditions and treatment.
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Kansas City
John Fulcher
Kan
Fulcher
Masters Plumbers End Strike In St Louis
The Masters Plumbers' association agreed to the higher wage scale after a Sunday meeting, fulfilling the demands of about 400 plumbers who walked out on Friday for increased pay in St Louis.
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St. Louis
Masters Plumbers’ Association
Indefinite Closure Hit Cumberland Tinplate Mill
In Cumberland Maryland on January 6 the tinplate mill employing 600 workers closed indefinitely. Company warehouses hold excess tin while coal costs in Philadelphia, where the tin is finished, drive production beyond profitable margins.
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Cumberland
Philadelphia
Presidents press President at National Association session
Members of the National Association of State Universities met in Washington and urged the president to receive the association’s leaders. The group, comprising presidents of state colleges and universities, held their annual session in this city.
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Washington
National Association of State Universities
Calve to wed Jules Bois report Paris says
Paris reports soprano Emma Calve will marry journalist Jules Bois. The union will not delay her United States engagement next season as planned by Mme Calve.
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Emma Calve
Jules Bois
Mme. Calve
United States
Louisiana Purchase Exposition to Signalize Good Roads Meet
Dedication week for the Louisiana Purchase exhibit runs April 27 to May 2. The National Good Roads association holds its annual convention with 20,000 invitations issued.
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Good Roads Association
St. Louis
National Good Roads Association
Icemen Form Union in St Paul Protest Pay Increase
Icemen in St Paul have formed a union and will demand a 33 1 8 percent raise. About 200 drivers and helpers are employed by the city’s ice companies, and the move signals upcoming wage negotiations.
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St. Paul, Minn
Fraternal Society to Enter Church Congregation
Cleveland Ohio January 5 Rev C W Carroll of Hough Avenue Congregational church plans to install a fraternal society among the male members of his church believing such groups uplift the human race more than churches in this city report fraternal society aims to organize within church ranks to foster uplift and unity among men
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C. W. Carroll
Hough Avenue Congregational Church
Oldest Odd Fellow in World Tells of Early Lodge Days
Marion Kansas County January 5 Kasciusko Lodge No 58 I O O F of this city boasts Elder D Lina sey as the oldest Odd Fellow. He joined the lodge in 1846 and earned his last degree then the fifth January 18 1847.
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Marion, Co
Passenger Train Strikes Freight Cut at Tenth Street Crossing
In Hamilton on January 5 a west-bound Pan-Handle passenger train collided with a cut of freight cars at the Tenth street crossing. The engine was badly damaged and cars thrown off track. Passengers were shaken but suffered no injuries.
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Hamilton, O
Tenth Street
Coroner Reports 719 Deaths In 12 Months In Cincinnati
Cincinnati officials report 719 deaths investigated by Coroner Schwab and Dr Haines in the past year with 682 inquests. The records show 81 suicides and 28 homicides.
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Cincinnati
Schwab
Haines
Prosperous Year in Cincinnati Tobacco Market
Cincinnati reports a very successful year with barley leaf tobacco sales approaching five million dollars. Transactions were enormous across the market, reflecting strong demand and high activity throughout the year.
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Cincinnati
Weddell House Sold in Mortgage Foreclosure Auction
Cleveland January 5 The Weddell house long a leading hotel was sold at auction in a mortgage foreclosure initiated by John D Rockefeller. The mortgage covered loans totaling about 400000 dollars against the Weddell estate and the property brought 353335 dollars at the sale.
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Weddell House
Cleveland, O
John D. Rockefeller
Weddell
Gasoline Explosion Near Crestline Claims Another Life
In Crestline on January 5, a gasoline blast nearly roasted H Barnes alive, marking a second fatal explosion in the area. Report notes women as witnesses and nearby residents as affected, detailing the dangerous incident and emergency response.
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H Barnes
Kathrine Beery Milliner Loses Two Thousand Dollars
Miss Kathrine Beery a Columbus milliner reports losing two $1,000 bills she had been paid on a note. She placed the bills in her waist and forgot them until after banking hours, and asks the police to help recover them.
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Columbus
Katherine Beery
Ohio Monument Site Purchased on Missionary Ridge
Charles F. Weber secretary of the Ohio state monument commission completed the purchase of a site on Missionary Ridge for the Ohio monument. The ground was acquired for 4000 dollars. In Mt Gilead a suit seeks to enjoin A J Tenants from attending public worship at the United Brethren church of Andrews claiming his worship style causes disturbances.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles F. Weber
Ohio State Monument Commission
Missionary Ridge
Mt. Gilead, O
A. J
United Brethren Church of
Fire destroys prison broom shop in Columbus
A fire at the National Broom shop inside Ohio state prison in Columbus damaged the building early Friday. Loss estimated at 20000 dollars, with half charged to the state as owner of the structure.
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Columbus
National Broom
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