Secretary Shaw Reports Treasury Deficit Looms in 1905
Secretary Leslie M. Shaw submitted the annual treasury report showing receipts at about $674.8 million and outlays near $698.8 million, implying a projected deficit of $23 million. The document highlights rising naval and military expenditures, gold holdings growth, and calls for reforms including currency flexibility, larger small-denomination notes, and structural changes across customs and banking.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
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Treasury
General Fund Sa
United States
National Bank
New York
Philippines
Ors
Cirton
U of Engraving and Printing
Register of the Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
Postal Service
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Treasury Department
Public Service
Shipbuilding case hearings end with Nixon and Perkins testimony
At the United States Shipbuilding proceedings in New York on December 8, Lewis Nixon testified and George W. Perkins followed, detailing Morgan & Co. ties to the shipbuilding flotation. The defense fought to keep cables and letters secret, and Nixon said Bethlehem dividends might have sustained the shipbuilding company. The questioning highlighted insolvency after Sheldon’s plan.
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New York
United States Shipbuilding
Lewis Nixon
George W. Perkins
Morgan & Co
Shipbuilding
Joan the Shibaing Company
Bethlehem
Nixon
Mr. Untermyer
Mr. Nixon
Alleged Bribery Case Involves Senator Lowe Letter For Indorsement
In Omaha a federal grand jury case on post office bribery continues as Senator Dietrich consults with counsel. State Senator Elliott Lowe is mentioned after Beddee's testimony about a Denver trip. Lowe says he never took money but was offered 500 to write a letter endorsing J B Billings for reappointment as postmaster. He refused, citing a prior pledge to J C Mitchell and states the money was never paid.
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Omaha
Neb
United States
Dietrich
Cowin
Elliott Lowe
Beddee
Lowe
Denver
J. B. Billings
Tmaster
J. C. Mitchell
City Hospital repairs prompt finance committee action
Mayor Holtzman presided as the Board of Health and City Council finance committee discussed urgent improvements for the new city hospital wing. Three bids ranged from 1200 to 1600 dollars for partitions and minor alterations. An appropriation of about 1500 dollars was deemed necessary, with plans to consolidate repairs into one ordinance after on site review.
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Holtzman
Board of Health
Beveridge to preside at Columbia Club Lincoln banquet
Senator Albert J. Beveridge will act as toastmaster at a February 12 1904 banquet at the Columbia Club in Indianapolis in memory of Abraham Lincoln. Charlies Emory Smith former postmaster general will attend as a guest. The event aims to be the club’s grandest dinner with many notable speakers and an expanded guest list.
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Columbia Club
Charles Emory Smith
Albert J. Beveridge
Abraham Lincoln
Indiana
Charlies Emory Smith
Chance for good riders and the Sloan myth
American jockey Winnie O Connor arrives from France praising conditions there. He cites pay, discipline, and stable management, compares weights to France and England, recalls his earnings, and defends Tod Sloan against poverty claims while asserting Sloan could earn fortunes elsewhere if truly short of money.
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New York
Winnie” O'Connor
France
O'Connor
Department
Baron Rothschild
French Jockey Club
Jerry’’ Ransch
George Smith
George Thompson
America
England
Odom
Fuller
Tod Sloan
Champs Elysees
Paris
Sloan
Chicago
Gerst to quit trotting for thoroughbreds at Nashville
Nashville brewer William Gerst announces his exit from trotting racing after years with a 35 head stable. He will focus on thoroughbreds and stock his farm with blooded horses, leaving the Grand Circuit after estimated losses and shifting his operations to running horses under Scott Hudson. Harry Benedict will assist Hudson in the new arrangement as Gerst preserves a few mares and perhaps a stallion for private use.
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Nashville
Tenn
William Gerst
Cumberland Park
Will McDaniel
Gerst
Hermitage Stud
Grand Circuit
Harry Benedict
Dick Stickney
Hermitage
Scott Hudson
New Richmond
Baltimore mail pouch conspiracy verdict in 1910s fraud case
Former Postal Clerks Thomas W. McGregor and Columbus Ellsworth Upton were found guilty in U S District Court of conspiring to defraud the government over 20000 leather pouches for free delivery. Principal witness Charles E. Smith testified, with bond posted for Upton and McGregor awaiting bail. The defense criticized the Post Office Department, claiming incompetence and political persecution.
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Baltimore
Thomas W. McGregor
Columbus Ellsworth Upton
United States District Court
Charles E. Smith
Upton
McGregor
Morris
United States
Langhammer
Washington
Bryan
Post Office Department
Wynne
McGregor and
Real Browning Was Not a Moralist, Talk at Propylaeum
Dr Frederic Dewhurst former Plymouth Church pastor spoke before the Indianapolis Browning Society on Some Tendencies in Modern Thought as Reflected in the Poetry of Browning. He said Browning was a poet first and a man of passions, meeting old friends at an informal reception after the paper.
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Frederic E. Dewhurst
University Congregational Church of Chicago
Indianapolis
Browning Society
Propylaeum
Browning
Dewhurst
Dr. Dewhurst
Drwhurst
Plymouth Congregational Church
Chicago
Man Attempts Suicide At East New York Street Boarding House
James Ellis a roomer at Mrs. Hollingsworths boarding house at 421 East New York Street swallowed strychnine last night and lay near death at 2 o clock this morning Doctors Jeffries of the City Dispensary and another physician attended him while Mrs Hollingsworth refused the police access and gave no reason for the act or its motive
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James Ellis
New York Street
Election at Denver Sees Democrats and Anti-Wolcott Republicans Win
In Denver on December 8 Democrats and anti Wolcott Republicans led by roughly 8000 in the midnights tally. A watcher Reverend Pinkham of Bethany Baptist Church was detained for half an hour at a polling place. Later the pastor was assaulted and beaten by unknown assailants on the street.
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Denver
Pinkham
Bethany Baptist Church
Mrenkham
Badgers Fear For Crew Financing Eastward Next June
Madison faces a funding crisis as the Wisconsin Athletic Association struggles to raise enough money to send crews east in June. Graduate Manager Kilpatrick and Coach Andrew M. O'Dea worry the football department’s weak season and poor attendance will not cover costs. Local Milwaukee subsidies have dried up after the Minnesota game switch angered officials.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Athletic Association
Wisconsin Athletic
Kilpatrick
Andrew M. O'Dea
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Minnesota
Chicago
Milwaukee
Miilwaukee
Riders Cry Bitterly As Six Day Race Turmoil Unfolds
New York dec 8 The six day bicycle race revealed fatigue and accidents as Galvin fainted and later collapsed again. Bardgett helped but Galvin was barred from continuing. A crash injured Barclay and Bedell while several riders recovered overnight and scores were listed.
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Galvin
New York
Bardgett
Content
Breton
Leander
Butler
Krebs
Peterson
Newkirk
Jacobson
Bedell Brothers
Root
Dorian
Bowler
Fisher
Walthour
Munroe
Keegan
Moran
Samson
Vanderstuypt
Barclay
Gougoltz
Rettich
Dove
Hedspeth
Nedginn
Benus Bedell
Harvard Committee Says Big College Football Not Yet Discontinued
Harvard University athletic committee reported that continuing big college football is not advisable now. After discussion, consensus noted improvements in recent years, cordial relations between Harvard and Yale, and suggested modifying objectionable features rather than abolition. The report added football remains one of many distractions in college life with no proof abolition would boost student pursuits.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard
Yale
Ife
Law takes no action over Hoffman's body
At a hearing before Justice Nickerson in a replevin suit brought by John P. Hoffman's widow against his daughter Emma Heber the parties asked for dismissal. At Hoffman's funeral the women forgave each other and apologized for their actions. Hoffman died at Emma Heber's Sebaotype home on Sample Street.
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Nickerson
John P. Hoffman
Emma Heber
Hoffman
Sample Street
Playmate Shot Sparks Plea to See Body
Albert Nicholas, the slain youth, was buried yesterday as Marshall Harrington, jailed prisoner, wept and pleaded to attend the funeral. The coroner's jury heard testimony but did not finish. Witnesses testified the shooting did not appear accidental, the boy claiming he stumbled while aiming at a bird and discharged the gun.
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Albert Nicholas
Marshall Harrington
Young Harrington
Albert
Denies Elopement With Mormon Elder in Divorce Suit
Mrs. Lilla T. Wilcox, living with Mormons at 2021 College Avenue, denied yesterday that she eloped with Elder Dill, the Mormon elder cited in her estranged husband’s divorce suit. She said her husband objected to her joining the church, she refused to leave, he deserted her and the children, and she came to the city with Elder Dill and his family.
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College Avenue
Lilla T. Wilcox
Toledo
Elder Dill
Church of God
Dill
Threaths by Drunken Italians at Trinidad Update
A report from Trinidad Col describes a tense scene at the new settlement in New Segundo where Italian strikers are alleged to threaten violence. Citizens are armed and the area is described as highly volatile with fears of an attack before daybreak. Authorities expect severe winter conditions to hinder pursuit of nonunion miners.
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Trinidad
Segundo
New Segundo
Sherif Clark
Tom Jennings
Anderson Water Works Trustees Criticized By City Council
Anderson Indiana council probes water works contracts and finances denouncing haphazard management. Councilman Miller urges using 20 fire plugs as baseline operations and a $0 annual rental, plus monthly financial reports. Last annual report shows expenses totaling 22,576.59 in expenditures.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson, Ind
Anderson
Water Works Trustees
Miller
Atoms and Worlds at the Twentieth Century Club
The Boston Herald reports a talk by Dr. Webster and Prof. Dolbear on physics progress from Faraday to Hertz, covering conservation of energy, wave theory, ether, and the atom. They note the Nobel prize potential for Marconi, explain color as a Doppler effect indicator, and describe Thomson’s corpuscles.
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Boston Herald
Twentieth Century Club
Dr. Webster
Clark University
Dolbear
Tufts College
Michael Faraday
Prince
Joseph Henry
Albany
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Sadi Carnot
France
Joule
Newton
Huyghess
Young
Fresnel
Maxwell
Hertz
Marconi
J. J. Thomson
Nobel
Carnegie Endowments
Carnegie
America
Lost Hand in Shredder Near Como, Indiana
Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Portland Indiana December. George Larea a farmer living east of Como lost his hand this evening in a corn shredder.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
George Larea
Como
Missing Richmond life insurer cashier Theron Brown
Richmond reports Theron 8 Brown longtime cashier of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia is missing. Company officers admit a shortage of several thousand dollars as Brown’s books undergo investigation. He left for New York just before the day.
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Theron
Brown
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Life Insurance Company of Virginia
New York
Influence on Republic to value achievement in science
A speaker argues that ancient Greece, not Rome, represents true greatness and that modern greatness hinges on scientific achievement. He cites Faraday and Maxwell, urges the Republic to promote intellectual production to elevate the nation.
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Rome
Schwabs
Faraday
Maxwell
Republic
Angeola and the New Mechanical Piano Attachment
A Washington Post piece recounts a user who discovers the joys of a mechanical piano attachment called Angeola. He experiments with shifting keys and reversing perforated rolls to create original sounds, imagining popular attention and personal musical breakthroughs despite warnings about black keys. He plans to fix pieces to play backwards and foresees becoming town talk.
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Washington Post
Geola
Hall Said to Have Confessed at Track Rumor
Rumor at the San Francisco track claimed horseman Dee Hall confessed to officials about a recent turf sensation but track officials denied knowledge of the matter.
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Indianapolis Journal
San Francisco
Cal
Dee Hall
Gard
Princeton Won't Play Michigan Says Tigers Won't Renew
Princeton assistant manager Coughlin announced from Princeton New Jersey that there is no intention to renew football relations with Penn State or Michigan for next year. The statement clears plans to schedule future games and indicates the Tigers will not meet Michigan.
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Princeton
N. J
Coughlin
Tigers
Ponuayle
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