Meade Court Martial Witnesses Describe Boston Party Drunkenness
The Meade court martial heard the accused testify as the last witness. Colonel Meade admitted he was ordered to discuss the Boston party, where Major Lauchheimer was described as very drunk and later seen in undergarments with a white helmet. Witnesses from Boston testified to the major’s intoxication at the 1897 gathering.
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Meade
Judge Advocate
Denny
Boring
Major Lauchheimer
Mr. Boring
Colonel Denny
Boston
Lauchheimer
Ca W
K. Harrison
R. L. Meade
Fuller
Edwards
Ken
Fate of a baby in oven sets a tragic scene
A mother in Correctionville wrapped her five month old in a blanket and placed it in the kitchen oven to keep warm. She left to gather fuel and returned to find the room smoky and the infant dead from severe burns. Separately in Philadelphia, five year old Neilie Kelly and ten month old Ella died after playing with matches, while their mother Mrs James Kelly was severely burned trying to save them. The two children were taken to a hospital with a chance of recovery for the mother and one child.
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Sioux City
Fred J. Meyers
Correctionville
Philadelphia
Neilie Kelly
Ella
James Kelly
Fight Against Geary Exclusion Law Spurs Chinese Proclamation
In San Francisco the Chinese Six Companies issue a proclamation urging every Chinese in the United States to pay $1 within one month to fund a campaign against re enactment of the Geary exclusion law. Delinquents face doubling of the assessment after two months, and returnees to China must show a receipt of payment or be fined $10. The proclamation circulates in Chinatown and nationwide.
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San Francisco
United States
China
Chinatown
Chica o Navy and American Syndicate discuss co operative factory move
A notable collaboration among major U S school apparatus makers is reported as forming the American Syndicate corporation led by James H Tellier of this city, brother of U S Senator Teller of Colorado. The plan centers on a community of inter tiedda cooperative approach to replace existing methods.
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Chicac‘o
Navy
Enid
American Syndicate Corporation
James H. Tellier
United States
Teller
Colorado
Interte
Idda
Ortok
Control of School Apparatus Business by Union Target
The passage states the combination aims to control the entire school apparatus business and is unsatisfactory to dealers and the public alike. It highlights the perceived impact on competition and stakeholder concerns regarding market conduct and access.
Murder over borrowed book ends in fatal shootout
Chicago story reports George Johnson killed his lifelong friend Robert Newitt after a quarrel over a borrowed book. Johnson was arrested after a brief chase. a photo of Johnson’s wife found on Newitt fueled jealousy theories. Both men, aged about fifty one, immigrated from England.
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George Johnson
Robert Newitt
Johnson
Newitt
Ono
Cory
England
Anti imperialist meeting in Boston endorses Filipino independence
A Wesleyan Hall gathering led by George Boutwell adopted resolutions urging Congress to recognize Filipino independence and invite the Filipinos to form a republic. Irving Winslow and Rev. A. A. Berle spoke on anti imperialist propagandism as 1,000,000 propaganda documents were circulated in the New England area.
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Boutwell
Irving Winslow
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Francis Abbott
Congress
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Winslow
New England Ie
Georgia Habeas Ruling Nullifies Private Sanatorium Control
In Macon judge Speer ruled Georgia law allowing private sanatoriums to detain patients without proprietor consent violates the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision in Samuel Evans of Milledgeville, kept at a private sanatorium by his wife, voids the provision and Evans was released by order.
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United States District Court
Ayans
Peer
Prison ruling upholds Peden imprisonment in St. Clair case
Judge Amos M Thayer of the United States District Court denied relief from imprisonment for Judge 8 C Peden of St. Clair county Missouri. The judge discharged the habeas corpus writ issued earlier, directing Peden to comply with a court mandate for a special tax levy or face continued confinement.
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Amos M. Thayer
United States District Court
8. C. Peden
St. Clair County
Peden
Watts Kidnapping Case In Windsor Hearing Adjourned
In Windsor Ontario the hearing of John N Watts formerly of Springfield Illinois on kidnaping charges involving his three year old daughter remained adjourned until December 17 after testimony by the mother Mary E Watts. Magistrate Bartlett will hear arguments on extradition for the child abduction.
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Mich
Windsor
Ont
John N. Watts
Springfield
Ill
Mary E. Watts
Bartlett
Bankruptcy petition reveals Car nahan assets and debts
William R Carnahan of Findlay files in Toledo bankruptcy court declaring liabilities of 95000 and assets of 5000. Of the debts 33000 are attorneys fees tied to a suit with his brother to recover 75090 from 21 fire insurers over a dry goods store fire that destroyed the stock. Insurers won after trials, culminating in a Supreme Court decision.
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William R. Carnahan
Findlay
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Common Pleas
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Notorious duo Ann O Delia Diss De Bar at Old Bailey trial
London news reports the committal for trial of Theodore Jackson and Laura Jackson styled Ann O Delia Diss De Bar. Dr Mary Adams testifies amid sensational outbursts as the defense claims conspiracy by a rival sect Koreshan Unity and the prisoners deny murder accusations.
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Laura Jackson
Ann O'Delia
Adams
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Dr. Adams
France
Glen Echo
Washington
New York
England
Paris
Cape Town
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Prince Consort Disliked Queen Wilhelmina Duel Denied
Reports claim a duel between Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry, with Major Van Tot wounded, are denied by Van Tot's brother who says he has peritonitis. Queen Wilhelmina attends a family dinner while Henry returns to Hat Loo. A New York Herald dispatch notes Sibyl Burnaby's divorce from Algernon Burnaby on grounds of desertion and his liaison with Lady Sophie Scott.
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Lord Delemere
Algernon Burnaby
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Ireland
Hall Caine in Hot Water Over Catholic Bazaar
The National Club of Whitehall, meeting in London, denounces Hall Caine for opening a Roman Catholic bazaar in the Isle of Man and praising the Catholic Church. Members argue his speech violates the club’s reformed faith principles and demand explanation, resignation, or expulsion.
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National Club of
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Ermine Scarcity for Coronation Ties to Peer Attire Demands
A London note reports the coronation era shortage of ermine skins pressures peers to source costly capes and collars. Siberian trappers feed the rising demand as prices reach new highs. Meanwhile Dan Leno and other entertainers visit Sandringham, with the King gifting a diamond scarf pin and Halbrook Blinn hailed as the first American actor summoned by the King.
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United States
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Seymour Hicks
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Slump in Securi London and related dispatches
London reports record falls in British government railroad and industrial securities since the South African War began, with 3% listed securities dropping by £143,946,000 while some foreign stocks rose. Other items include Whitehouse planning an African expedition, Baron Tweedmouth’s son wedding, American officials leaving London, German insurance concessions, and a looming smallpox epidemic in London.
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Bankers’ Magazine
Poor Cambon’s Thanksgiving Ordeal Draws Mocking Glee
At a London Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the American Society, French Ambassador Cambon endured repeated Anglo American praise of English speaking dominance with little reference to France. Henry White diplomatically distanced the misstep, while Cambon appeared uncomfortable yet laughed it off. The embassy calls the incident a mistake and likely deters further invitations.
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America
Henry White
William C. Eustis
Richardson Clover
Navy Department
American Society
M. Cambon
France
United States
Cambon
Diplomatic Corps
Associated Press
Closing arguments in Lawrence Canfield habeas case
In Chicago Judge Dunne heard closing arguments by Darrow for the petitioners and Shope for the State. Shope argued Lawrence and Canfield of Hearst's Chicago American were in contempt and that Judge Haney acted in full accordance with the law in upholding the contempt verdict against the editors.
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Dunne
Court Today
Darrow
Pettitionera
Shope
Lawrence
Canfield
Hearst
Chicago American
Haneey
Another Virginia Suffrage Scheme
RICHMOND Virginia November 30 Another suffrage plan was presented in the constitutional convention today by Mr Parks of Page requiring poll tax six months before election and that voters who can read and write prepare ballots prohibiting registration for illiterates for one year after adoption of the Constitution disfranchising all who have bribery or attempted bribery crimes and making negroes ineligible for office
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Parks
Page
Paris Nobilities Host Diplomatic Assembly Concert
A large gathering of Parisian nobles and diplomats, invited by Ambassador Porter, attended a concert where the performance was enthusiastically received.
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Porter
New York City Vote Count Redraws City Politics
The official city vote shows a Republican lean for Low. Senator Platt warned against dictating appointments as reformers fear for their interests. Strong’s administration split over patronage. Low’s Brooklyn record gives hope for steadier governance amid factional tensions.
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Minneapolis Tribune
New York City
Low
Senator Platt
Strong
Arade
Brooklyn
Newspaper Man Suitably Rebunked
A Brooklyn Eagle tale recounts a metropolitan reporter who asked a Manhattan hallway officer for Jake Cantor. The official kindly corrects him that Jacob Cantor, president-elect of Manhattan, has an office on the ninth floor prompting a humbler exit.
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Manhattan
Jake Cantor
Jacob Cantor
Borough of
Galway elects Arthur Lynch as MP in absentia
The Hartford Courant notes Arthur Lynch, a newspaper man and Boer War figure, is chosen by an Irish constituency to sit in the British Parliament in absentia. British loyalty views him as a traitor while London press expects him to attempt to take his seat for advertising and notoriety.
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Arthur Lynch
Horace Plunkett
Galway
Lynch
Ireland
London
Referee Criticizes Ruhlin Fight as Fluke in San Francisco
In Rochester Post-Express coverage of last night’s Jeffries Ruhlin bout, Ruhlin quit in the fifth round after a controversial display. Referee Harry Corbett condemned the crowd-pleasing spectacle and warned that paying patrons expect a knockout, delivering sharp, satirical remarks about the event. The piece closes with a biting comparison and a note on audience interests in violent outcomes.
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Rochester Post-Express
Jeffries-Ruhlin
San Francisco
Ruhlin
Harry Corbett
Drawing Room Reform In Britain Under King Edward
London reports society welcomes a plan by King Edward to reform drawing rooms by holding them at night and requiring invitation for admission instead of application through the lord chamberlain. Attendees will be limited to at most one such event every two years.
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London
Edward
Relative Meanness in Tillman Quote Sparks Debate
Milwaukee Free Press reports a provocative remark by Senator Ben R. Tillman asserting white superiority. The piece argues language choice alters the meaning and compares the qualities of people labeled as nigger versus white men, noting the unsettling implications of such bias.
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Ben R. Tillman
Man hanged for murder in Wallace Idaho
Edward Rice was hanged in the penitentiary today for the murder of Matt Manley at Wallace Idaho. The sentence follows a convicted case decided by the court, reflecting enforcement of capital punishment in the state.
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Boise
Idaho
Edward Rice
Mat Manley
Wallace
Opening of Barnum's circus draws 8000 in Paris
In Paris the Salles des Fetes of the exposition buildings filled with about 8,000 spectators for the opening night of Barnum's circus season. United States Ambassador Porter and his family attended with embassy staff and Consul General Gowdy in the main boxes. The event carried an American ceremonial tone with the President present.
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Barnum
United States
Porter
Gowdy
Gold shipments push total abroad past ten million
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports nearly 1,000,000 dollars in gold shipped from the country yesterday, lifting the recent export total to 10,501,000 dollars. Financiers vary on whether future shipments will continue at the same pace.
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