Dubious Poker Club Under Grand Jury Scrutiny
Chicago officials report Grand Jury inquiry into Pohwick Poker Club led by R Foster Horace Thomas and Samuel Warensky. Investigators say more than $8 was gambled by about fifteen men, with $10,000 moved in three months. Concerns about city protections and club operations surface as the building at No 125 feet is noted for return.
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Hicago
Ays
Ini i R. Foster
Horace Thomas R. Keller
Samuel Warensky
Pohwick Poker Club
Eine
Imbierg
Wiliam Hirsch
Franklin MacVeagh
Hirsch
Fell to Death Over Precipice
POUCHKEEPSIE New York December 20 Charles P Cramp sixty four year old superintendent of the A E Lower ore mines and property at Sylvan lake died while driving home from the city last night Will iam H Wright was with him The horse cracked the embankment wagon overturned Cramp neck broken instant death Wright escaped injury and brought help The horse and wagon rolled down twenty foot embankment into a creek below
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Pouchkeepsie
N. Y
Charles P. Cramp
A. E
Sylvan Lake
Cramp
William H. Wright
Arthursburg
Mr. Wright
New Mark for Staff of Life
Pillsbury A mill in Minneapolis broke a twenty four hour record by grinding 12 464 barrels of flour from 4 PM Wednesday to 4 PM Thursday. The output shatters the world record by about 4 000 barrels, valued around 60 000 dollars, with 85 freight cars needed to move the load.
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Minneapolis
Pillsbury
Travis Gets Work After Seeking It
In Syracuse on Wednesday Charles Travis and his wife wandered the streets with signs pleading for work. After about two hours a grocery store representative hired him to dig a cellar, while his wife accompanied him with a similar request.
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Syracuse
Charles Travis
Travis
Roosevelt Nurse Goes to Washington
New York report states Mrs. Mary Leawith, who served Mrs. Roosevelts forty five years, will travel to Washington tomorrow to resume duties under new conditions. Illness kept her at the city home while President Roosevelt visited on election day. She has recovered and desires to return to caring for the President's children.
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New York
Mary Leawith
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
McKinley
Rosevelt
Wiliam Flynn
East Forty-eighth Stret
Jealous husband fatally attacks wife then wounds self
In a three week jealous rage an Indiana man slashed his wife with a razor in their bedroom, she dies in a yard after calling for help. He slashed his own throat and tried to bleed into a vessel before fleeing toward a river where officers captured him.
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Kha Ind
Murof
Strine
Explosion at Black Diamond Steel Works Kills Five
A boiler explosion at the Black Diamond Steel Works in Pittsburg Pennsylvania during shift change destroys the 10 inch bar mill and adjoining boiler works. Five workers died and twelve were injured with many others unaccounted as workers searched for victims. About 120 men were in the mill when the blast occurred.
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Pittsburg
Dee
Black Diamond Steel Works
James McNeil
Black Diamond
Oil field drilling boosts claim of X ray boy
Selven of the Uvaide Oil company telegrammed from Austin that drilling at an oil field has proved new territory and substantiates Guy Kenley known as the boy with X ray eyes. The Best Well tolls that the well was drilled successfully, part of Aviade men who praise Kenley's grounding powers.
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Austin
Tex
Selven
Uvaide
Corporatiomont
Guy Kenley
Sudden Blindness Strikes Norwich Woman
Mrs. George Matthews Jr., wife of a wealthy contractor, woke to complete blindness after lighting a low burning match. Neighbors found her wandering in the street in night clothes as doctors seek a cause, hoping for recovery.
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Norwich
Conn
George Matthews, Jr
Atte
Payne-Linked Florence Mining Deal Faces Utah Contention
Washington reports that Florence Mining Co seeks mineral leases in Utah vintah Indian Reservation. Utah delegation challenges opening lands for settlement while Indians favor leasing with 5 percent dividend share. Henry Payne and Chairman Sherman named as Florence partners amid hearings with Secretary Hitchcock and Indian Commissioner Jones.
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Washington
Florence Mining Company
Vintah
Utah
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
Henry Payne
Republican National
Land and Labor Split in Ireland
London reports that extended franchise reforms in Ireland have empowered laborers to challenge farmers and Unionists. The Times notes United Irish League remains active while labor groups gain leverage, and a local branch asks its leaders Maude Gonne and Major McBrine to appeal to Americans to save Irish workers from what it calls greed-driven farmer and United Irish League actions.
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London
The
Times
United Irish League
Tineal Branch Labor Association
Maude Gonnoe
Major McBrine
United Iisa League
Co Education Makes Sensations at University Mask Ball
Seattle report describes a coed dorm party where male disguises were exposed during a cakewalk. A wig and false face were removed revealing a cropped male head, prompting a stampede to the door and a window smash as boys fled amid a pursuing crowd of women.
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Seattle
University
Indow
Colorado fight over franchise assessments unfolds in courts
Denver reports Attorney General C. C. Post and State Board of Assessors officials were found in contempt of Colorado’s Supreme Court. A federal injunction halted further assessment schedules, shifting the clash from state court to the U S district court and delaying corporate assessments nationwide.
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Denver
C. C. Post
Gray
State Board of Assessors
Supreme Court of Colorado
United States
Hallett
Wis
State Supreme Court
United United States District Court
Gage Resigns as Secretary of the Treasury
Washington reports Secretary Charles Gage will retire from the Treasury amid disputes with President Roosevelt. The move follows clashes over appointments to the Port of New York and patronage in Ohio, with Gage resisting changes and planning a post government role in New York.
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Washington, D. C
Gage
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Navy
Philadelphia
Port of
New York
Bidwell
Carnahan
Hanna
Ohio
McKinley
Smith
Gare
New Uta
Great Naval Scandal sparks congressional probes
Washington and Philadelphia dispatches discuss a pending congressional inquiry into the Sampson Schley matter. The debate centers on Schley’s conduct, naval cooperation, and the Navy Bureau since the war, with critics denouncing the court and predicting possible action by Congress.
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Congressional
Sampson-Schley
Congress
Schley
Admiral Schley
Admiral Sampson
Naval Strategy Board
Army
Bureau of Navigation
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