Omnibus Statehood Bill Faces Senate Push
Senator Quay says sufficient votes exist to pass the Omnibus bill creating Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico as three states. He reports a conference with Delegate Smith of Arizona and Flynn of Oklahoma, who now backs the plan, threatening a united front with Arizona and New Mexico.
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Quay
Washington, D. C
Smith
Arizona
Flynn
Oklahoma
Beveridge
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Beveridge & Co
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Committee On Territories
Bates and Bailey
Swain Tries to Kill Sweetheart Then Ends Own Life
An Indiana man driven by jealousy used a gun against his young sweetheart and then killed himself. Police say the incident occurred after a dispute over their relationship, leaving the woman unharmed but shaken and authorities investigating motives and timeline.
Aledo Murder Trial Opens Over Poisoned Candy Death
In Aledo Illinois on December 6 an old woman accuses a murderer of her daughter Allie Dool. The trial of Tona Dunlap begins amid charges and counterclaims with Miss Margaret Miller linked to the chocolate poisoning. State's Attorney notes Miller testified Dunlap gave crushed chocolate and apologized. Dool chose the chocolates, per Miller, an indictment for perjury follows turning the principal witness into a felon.
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Aledo
Ill
Allie Dool
Tona Dunlap
Miss Dunlap
Margaret Miller
Dool
Miss Dool
Graham
Miss Miller
Tona
Republicans Play With Trusts Briefly Examine Sherman Law
Republicans show willingness to modify trusts and tariff policy while avoiding direct changes to the Dingley tariff. The approach suggests a cosmetic reform stance rather than substantive overhaul of the Sherman Law.
Congress Trades Tariff Revision for Trust Legislation
Washington reports Republican leaders plan to block Dingley tariff changes by promoting broader anti trust measures. Key lawmakers and President allegedly favor new trust regulation while delaying tariff revision, with Maine's Charles Littlefield pushing to revive Sherman act amendments and consult the Attorney General and the White House.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
House
Allison
Spooner
Fairbanks
Foraker Lodge
Kean
Burrows
Cullom
Henderson
Cannon
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
Washington
Littlefield
Knox
United States
John Sherman
Russell A.alger
Michigan
Sherman
Alger
Ohio
Diamond Match Company
General Alger
Peeping Tom injures himself at New Orleans opera house
Clement Musette, a French opera house worker, lost an eye while performing the Peeping Tom act. He followed a couple along Esplanade Avenue, hid in a doorway, and a shot fired by Dominick Decour pierced his right eye as the couple kissed. The incident left Musette in hospital.
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New Orleans
Clement Musette
Musette
Opera House
Esplanade Avenue
Dominick Deceur
Dominick
Coal famine looms as blizzard tightens New York supply
By Dec 6 the city faces a coal shortage linked to a blizzard. Miners, operators, rail workers and dealers say only a day’s relief remains before conditions worsen. If the storm persists, prices may rise as supply drops. daily demand in New York runs about 30,000 tons while supply lags by roughly 4,000 tons.
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New York
Tidewater
New England
Canada
New England Live Stock Placed Under Quarantine
The Agriculture Department imposed a quarantine on New England cattle sheep and hogs to halt export from Boston and other ports due to an epidemic of foot and mouth disease. Experts from Penn Cornell and the department urged strict measures to prevent spread beyond the Hudson Valley.
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Washington, D. C
New England
Agricultural Department
Boston
Wilson
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vermont
Mohier
Dy Leonard Pearson
University of Pennsyyvania
James Law
Cornell University
Hudson River
Counterfeiting arraignment and light sentences in Indiana
Albert Merrill and Oscar Sorrenson were arraigned in a federal court in Indianapolis on counterfeiting charges and given light sentences to the workhouse. The case involved Nottingham who aided the scheme and influenced Merrill’s wife. Sorrenson, son of a Newton County farmer, funded materials for the counterfeit operation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Albert Merrill
Oscar Sorrenson
Merrill
Nottingham
Indiana Line
Menomee
Illinois
Notting
Ham
Tom Halls
Secret Service
Baker
Sorrenson
Newton County
Denmark
Lover shoots sweetheart then kills himself in Spencer
Tone Livingston shot his old sweetheart Fanie Freeman in front of her home near Freeman, then killed himself. She was wounded but may recover. his wound proved fatal. The lovers had quarrelled after six months engagement and he had threatened her. He fled to his father’s house after the shooting.
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Spencer
Ind
Freeman
Tone Livingston
Fanie Freeman
Illinois
Spenser
Jmss Freeman
Young Livingston
Livingston
Barrett Nominated as US Minister to Japan
President Roosevelt announced the nomination of John Barrett of Oregon to be United States minister to Japan to fill the vacancy caused by Minister Buck’s death. Barrett previously served as minister to Siam under Cleveland and shifted parties to win the China mission from McKinley. he is currently agent for the St. Louis Exposition to China and Japan.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
John Barrett
Oregon
United States
Japan
Buck
Barrett
Siam
Cleveland
China
McKinley
St. Louis
Steamer Saxon Fire Kills One Fireman
Philadelphia dispatch reports a blaze aboard the steamer Saxon left one fireman drowned and another missing while two more were hospitalized from smoke inhalation. The vessel burned to the water line.
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Philadelphia
Ex-Speaker Reed in Critical Condition
Washington reports ex-Speaker Reed remains critical after a difficult night. An morning illness caused nausea and inability to retain nourishment, with health officials noting he is seriously ill.
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Reed
Washington, D. C
Disorder in French Parliament Turmoil Forces Ejection
In Paris Deputies from the Right and Center clashed in the chamber today Premier Combes was forcibly removed from the rostrum and the session suspended amid intense tension in the assembly.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Combes
Rev Father Yorke Appointed to State University Board
San Francisco reports Governor Gage appointed Rev. Peter C. Yorke as a member of the board of regents of the State University. The decision was announced December 6.
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San Francisco, Calif
Gage
Peter C. Yorke
Board of Regents
The
State University
Utah Earthquakes Alarm in Opine Valley Washington County
Describes a sequence of earthquake shocks since November 17 in Opine valley near Pinto Utah. Reports cracked and destroyed chimneys and a badly damaged schoolhouse. Notes nearby volcanic craters and stronger shocks, with belief of a fresh outbreak in the mountains.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Opine Valley
Washington County
Pinto
Fortune for Cripple Creek Mine Fatherless Nebraska Children
Three North Platte orphans, Hager sisters, may inherit over 300000 as the Cripple Creek mine heir’s fortune. The Nebraska Children’s Home Society placed the children after their father died amid poverty and a 1901 adoption, with Lillie Catherine Hager living with a Nebraska physician and Hattie Lillian and Fannie May on nearby farms. The mother, once in Omaha, may be dead, and the parents faced divorce in North Platte.
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Omaha, Neb
Cripple Creek
Colorado
North Platte
Hager
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
Hagar
Society
E. P. Quevey
Lillie Catherine Hager
Nebraska
Hattie
Lillian
Fannie May
Omaha
Militant preacher returns to pulpit amid church riot
In Nashville Indiana three months after a clash with worshippers Minor White war veteran and preacher faced a mob at Johnson Township church. He asked forgiveness then threatened to “maul the devils out” of the leader and warned he would preach again tomorrow. He fled after grabbing an iron bar and the mob pelted him with stones.
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Nashville
Ind
Gentlepit
Johnson Township
White
Point Loma School Sustained by Treasury
Eleven Cuban children detained in New York by immigration authorities were ordered released today by the Treasury Department. They will proceed to the Point Loma Universal Brotherhood school in San Diego, California.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Treasury Department
Point Loma Universal Brotherhood School
San Diego
California
Work of Congress Pension Appropriations
The House began debate on the pension appropriation bill after the journal reading and took up no discussion. Representative Payne proposed a holiday adjournment from December 20 to January 5.
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Work of Congress
Washington, D. C
House
Payne
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Hudson
Germany
Father Yorke
Point Loma
Treasury
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