Tracewell Rules Against Government as Firm Treasury Controller
Tracewell, firm controller of the treasury, reiterates his opinion that the unexpended balance of the Defense Fund cannot be touched. He insists government needs must be met within existing reserves, resisting calls to reallocate funds.
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the Treasury
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
National Defense
Robert J. Tracewell
The
Treasury
Tracewell
McKinley
Root
Mr. Tracewell
Alu
Secretary of War
Crumpacker Bill Favored to Cut Southern Representation
Representative Crumpacker has secured enough names to call a Republican caucus on reducing Southern representation in the House. A bill to amend the apportionment act would strip Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Florida North Carolina and South Carolina of several seats. Also, a pension bill for Mrs McKinley is introduced at 5 dollars a year tied to the death date, with Harrison pension plans anticipated next week. Carson-era Washington notes.
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House
Congress
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Taylor
Ohio
McKinley
Indianapolis
Harrison
Ways and Means Committee
Grosvenor
Hopkins
Philippines
Payne
United States
Brownlow
Apalachian
McKinley National Park
Henderson
Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Representative Cramer Pushes Chinese Exclusion Reenactment
Indiana representative Cramer advocates re-enacting the Chinese exclusion act and will take a lead role in steering the bill through the House. He also seeks to forbid officers in his department from official ties to political organizations.
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Cramer
Indiana
Ouse
Five Years for Youth Who Induced Girl to Rob Mother
Walter Cavanaugh, 17 year old Daisy Wheeler’s accomplice, forced the girl to steal $1.20 from her widowed mother and flee to Chicago. He was found guilty in Kansas City Criminal Court and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
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Kansas City
Walter Cavanaugh
Daisy Wheeler
Chicago
Cavanaugh
Poison in the Coffee at Prairie Du Sac Wedding
Sixty five guests were poisoned at a wedding feast at John Mulky’s home in West Point near Prairie du Sac Wisconsin on December 6 The cause is believed to be poison in the coffee Physicians from Lodi treated the ill and some coffee was sent to a chemist for analysis Hope for recovery exists after hours of care
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Prairie DU Sac
Wis
John Mulky
West Point
Lodi
Fight in East India leaves ten British soldiers dead
A dispatch from Allahabad reports General Denning's column from Jandola raiding Mahsud villages in Waziristan. Ten soldiers were killed and sixteen wounded in the clashes. The report notes the action occurred as Denning's force moved through the region.
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London
Exchange Telegram Company
Allahabad
India
Jane Toppan Indicted Nurse Charged With Poisoning Three
In Barnstable Massachusetts Miss Jane Toppan, a Lowell nurse, faced three indictments for murder of Mrs Mary Gibbs A P Davis of Cataumet and Mrs Genevieve Gordon of Chicago alleging death by morphine or atrophine compounds. She pleaded not guilty and was remanded to a cell awaiting next spring’s jury trial.
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Mass
Jane Toppan
Lowell
Superior
Mary D. Gibbs
A. P. Davis
Cataumet
Genevieve Gordon
Chicago
Gibbs
House appoints three key committees for new term
House announces majority gains on Ways and Means Appropriations and Enrolled Bills. New Republican picks include Metcalf Brownlow Gardner Burkett. Underwood dropped. McKinley National Park bill proposed with four million acres. Inflation of debates over tariff and Chinese exclusion mark session.
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Ways and Means
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Ohio
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Virginia
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Burkett
Nebraska
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Georgia
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Arkansas
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Missouri
Taylor
Alabama
Wachter
Maryland
Ball
Delaware
Burke
Garner
New Hampshire
Lloyd
Edwards
Montana
Messrs. Brownlow
Underwood
Allen
Mississippi
Congress
Baker
Major Van Tets Dead Shows Dutch Royal Romance Turmoil
A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam reports Major Van Tets died last Thursday evening. The Hague dispatch notes peace in the palace and suggests Queen Wilhelmina suffered discord with Prince Henry. The ten royal youths entour the queen and their devotion remains a noted topic in Dutch society.
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London
Central News
Amsterdam
Major van Tets
Evening News
Hague
Holland
Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
van Tets
the Hague
Jonkherr
Col Meade Acquitted by Navy Court Martial
Washington December six court martial at Brooklyn navy yard acquits Col Robert T Meade Marine Corps on drunkenness on duty and scandalous conduct. He is restored to duty pending review by Judge Advocate General Lemoy and Secretary Long approval. No mention of Col Denny or Major Lauchheimer in finding. Naval officials deem the case closed pending formal proceedings.
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Navy Department
Robert T. Meade
Marine Corps
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Lemiy
Long
Denny
Lauchheimer
Naval
Meade
Germany Self-Reliance Urged as Trade Debate Rises
Independent Nation quotes Herr Spreck asserting Germany should rely on home products and buy no foreign goods while another speaker argues that tensions with the United States stem from a single chain of humiliation, signaling ongoing economic strains and nationalist rhetoric.
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United States
Germany's Reichstag Debates Budget and US Cotton Role
Berlin reports detail the Reichstag tariff debate with Helly Zeherrnshel and Herr Speck warning of overreliance on the United States for cotton. The budget totals 2,549,742,456 marks with 182,058,945 marks borrowed for nonrecurring expenditures and a 36,000,000 mark supplementary loan.
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Berlin
United States
Herr Speck
Germany
America
Heyl Zeherrnshel
Reichstag
Count von Buelow
Chile and Argentina boundary dispute remains unsettled
Buenos Aires Herald correspondent says Chilean reply to Argentina’s settlement proposal is lengthy but not definite about basis of settlement. Dispute stays far from amicable solution. Argentine marine minister reports purchase of an armored cruiser, ship said to be in Alexandria, Egypt, with a large crew en route to Argentina.
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New York
Buenos Ayres
Herald
Argentina
Alexandria
Egypt
Appeal upholds nuisance ruling on captain in charge
New York appellate division of the Supreme Court today overruled a demurrer to an indictment charging willful neglect of duty by Police Captain Herlihy. The court held a house of ill fame in his precinct a common nuisance and his duty to prevent its existence.
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New York
Supreme Court
Herlihy
Pet goat attack leaves Mattoon woman near death
Mrs Henry Freize aged seventy wife of a Shelby county farmer was struck by her pet goat while hanging clothes in her yard. The injury fractured a hip and the shock is believed to be too much for her age as doctors fear she may not recover.
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Mattoon
Ill
Henry Freize
Shelby County
Franco American relations discussed at Paris meeting
In Paris on December 6 the French Commercial and Industrial Society discussed Franco American trade and a proposed French industrial college in America. Senator Jules Siegfried urged reciprocity, citing Roosevelt, and Francis Kimball of the American Chamber of Commerce offered cooperation for the college plan. Jacques Siegfried and M. Millerand were mentioned regarding study of American business methods and sending students to the United States.
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Paris
America
French Commercial and Industrial Society
Jules Siegfried
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Francis Kimball
American Chamber of Commerce
M. Millerand
Jacques Siegfried
Union of Higher Commercial Schools
M. Stiegfried
M. Miller
Nelderlein
Commercial Museum
France to Probe American Trusts as Paris Sends Delegation
Lazare Weiller and Maurice La Gotellier, officials of foreign commerce and an engineer, depart for the United States to study the trust system. They will inspect economic, financial, and social effects and report on how American trusts may impact Europe and France. They sail December 14 aboard the steamer La Savole.
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M. Millerand
Philadelphia
Lazare Weiller
Foreign Commerce
Maurice la Gotellier
United States
Europe
France
Convict on a Prison Roof Delights Crowds for Hours
A convict at Penitonville prison escaped warders and climbed the roof. For thirty hours he deflected all rescue attempts as thousands watched. He tossed slates, laughed at officials, and was finally drawn down by a dish of roast beef and potatoes after being starved into submission.
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London
Pentonville
King O Keefe of Yap Monarch of Pacific Island Believed Drowned
Savannah, December reports say Capt David O Keefe known as King O Keefe of Yap is likely lost at sea after a voyage from Hong Kong. He left about 1 million dollars' worth of copra profits to his wife Catherine O Keefe of Savannah. A law firm acts for her and Joseph Michaels of Yap has notified the American consul at Hong Kong to safeguard the estate.
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Catherine O'Keefe
Joseph Michaels
Yap
Caroline Islands
David O'Keefe
Michaels
Hong Kong
O’keefe
David C. O'Keefe
Hong-Kong
O'Keefe
Guard Troops Guard Andalusia Jail Riots
In Andalusia Alabama Governor sends troops to aid Sheriff Bradshaw as martial law is declared and a mob from Opp threatens to attack the jail holding twenty five negroes implicated in violence. Three Negroes killed by a citizen posse near Opp. a suicide by a fleeing suspect is reported.
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Ala
Bradshaw
Opp
Montgomery
Covington County
Telks
Greenville
Gamble
Greenville Company
Herbert Marx in Hiding After Va Slayings
New York report states Herbert Marx the Brooklyn lawyer who killed two men and wounded a third at his Oak Grove Virginia home Tuesday night is in hiding. His sister says he has contacted family, rests quietly, and will not return to Brooklyn for about a week. He is with his brother William and brother in law Mr Blackmar, location undisclosed.
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New York
Herbert Marx
Brooklyn
Oak Grove
William
Blackmar
Miss Mars
Denial From Dewey in Schley Court Inquiry
New York December 7 The World prints a Washington dispatch saying Admiral Dewey denies yesterday’s report that the Schley court of inquiry reached a decision and Admiral Schley was found guilty on five counts.
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the World
Washington
Dewey
Schley Court of Inquiry
Admiral Schley
Favorable Report on the Hay Pauncefo te Treaty
Senate foreign relations committee reported favorably on the Hay Pauncefo te treaty for an isthmian canal. No votes against. Money Bacon criticized provisions on Bulwer Clayton neutrality and U S policing of the canal. Debate noted war contingency concerns and a secrecy injunction to be lifted.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Money
Bacon
United States
Senate
Great Britain
Frye
Davis
Hepburn introduces new isthmian canal bill in Congress
Rep Hepburn of Iowa unveils an isthmian canal measure with $180 million total appropriation and $1000000 immediately available to begin work. The plan retains the Costa Rica to Colombia route and directs the War Department to start construction from Greytown to Brite with defenses as outlined.
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Washington
Hepburn
Iowa
House
BIH
Costa Rica
Aragua
Greytown
Caribbean Sea
Brite
Pacific Ocean
Pension Suit Alleges Guardian Rights To Pension Money
Washington December 6 A mandamus filing challenges guardian Margaret Brick of Philadelphia over $72 monthly pension payments for George James Brick once in the Eighth Cavalry. The Pension Bureau says unexpended ward funds must be used for the ward before further pensions to guardians, a point the petition asserts lacks legal basis.
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Washington
District Supreme Court
Evans Ty Margaret Brick
Philadelphia
George James Brick
Eighth United States Cavalry
Pension Bureau
United States Supreme Court
Gathmann gun not wanted report to Congress
The Army and Navy Board headed by Major Knight tested the Gathmann gun under Congress authorization. Secretary Root laid the mixed board report before Congress with accompanying photographs and related materials.
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Washington
Army and Navy Board
Major Knight
Corps of Engineers
Congress
Root
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