Maclay Fired From Navy Yard Post In Washington
Edgar Maclay, a special keeper in the Navy Yard office, was discharged after refusing to resign. Pay Director Rutnam announced the telegram ordering his dismissal, and Maclay left the yard. The Civil Service Commission ruled his removal was not a Civil Service Act violation. Democrats plan a resolution to probe Maclay’s dismissal amid Schley controversy.
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D. C
Ueiv. Service Commission
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Brooklyn Avy Yard
Washington, D. C
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Schley
Admiral Schley
Trenton Observes 125th Battle Anniversary Parade
The Trenton New Jersey commemorated the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Trenton with a large crowd along the streets. A sham battle and parade featured forces representing General Washington General Sullivan and the Hessians reenacting the 1776 fight with realistic scenes.
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N. J
Trenton
Washington
Sullivan
Hard Fighting In the Philippines
War Department dispatch from Manila reports a desperate hand to hand fight by a Twenty first infantry company in a Batangas gorge six miles south of San Jose on December 23. Twenty two enemy soldiers were killed. Patrick A. Connelly was wounded in the left cheek and Private Carney suffered six bolo wounds to the neck and shoulders.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Twenty-first Infantry
San Jose
Batangas
Patrick A. Connelly
Carney
A Hustling Preacher Not Afraid of Work
The Rev Albert Loucks of Clove Christian Church in Duchess county shows self reliant labor. He toiled for George Diedrick the blacksmith shedding four spans of horses in a day and helped slaughter four pigs. The next day he aided a neighbor in cattle killing. His Christmas sermon proclaimed God Helps Those Who Help Themselves.
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Poughkbepsibe
N. Y
Albert Loucks
Clove Christian Church
Duchess County
George Diedrick
Governor Rogers Seriously Ill In Olympia
Governor Rogers suffered a sinking spell in Olympia on December 2 and showed little hope for recovery, with officials reporting he remains seriously ill and under care.
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Rogers
Olympia
Bitter Ohio Senate fight heats up between Hanna and Foraker
Washington notes a growing feud in Ohio between Senators Hanna and Foraker. White House maneuvering over George P. Dunham's nomination sparks intensified pressure, with Hanna promising to press for Dunham's renomination after withdrawing the nomination at Foraker's urging.
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Ohio
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Foraker
White House
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Senate
George P. Dunham
Wilmington
the Treasury
Interior Department
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McKinney
Hanna Dunham
Rosevelt
Arizona Printer Struck by Recurring Skin Shedding
George H. Welch a 52 year old printer from New York state is hospitalized in Oneida with a rare illness causing his skin to shed in large patches. Doctors are baffled as Welch reports similar attacks every five years since boyhood. He once survived an Arizona desert snake bite that preceded these episodes though doctors cannot prove a link.
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Goshen
N. Y
George H. Welch
New York State
Oneida
Welch
New York
Arizona
Costly Gift For Goulds Child A Tiny Real Auto Toy
New York dispatch describes 9 year old George Jay Gould Jr receiving a miniature working auto toy at Lakewood New Jersey. The model mirrors his father’s Panhard with one quarter horsepower from two cells and four feet long weighing 200 pounds. It travels 5 to 7 mph and can run twenty miles per charge.
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New York
George Jay Gould, Jr
Lakewood
N. J
Santa Claus
Henry Krause Accused of Strangling His Mother
In Cleveland on December 26 Henry Krause aged 26 killed his mother claiming he did so in a dream. He was arrested after reporting the act to police. The item mentions a theater date for Daughter of the Regiment on Saturday December 28.
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Cleveland
Henry Krause
Taft Seen Likely to Join Roosevelt Cabinet as Secretary
A Cincinnati source claims Judge William H. Taft, Governor of the Philippines, will return to the United States at the President’s request and be offered the position of Secretary of State in the Roosevelt administration. The informant cites Taft’s recent Philippine work and health as factors in a verbal conference with the President.
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Wichita
Kans
Cincinnati
William H. Taft
Philippines
Taft
McKinley
Philppines
Roosevelt
This Wife Not Worth Her Weight in Gold
Mrs Morrison of Quinnesec Michigan arrived in Junction City to marry 60 year old bachelor farmer Mr Lingo after answering a matrimonial ad. She weighs 304 pounds and traveled on a half fare ticket. Some say she brought a child. others doubt the extra fare was for weight. The couple planned for marriage but postponed and the ticket agent fears a return fare sale.
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Morrison
Quinnesec
Mich
Junction City
Lingo
Wealth of Galuiros Told in Washington
Charles R Fleming heads a company that owns large gold mines north of Tucson Arizona with 200000 cash on hand and no debt. They value the visible gold at 27000000 and hold 15 claims bought for 160000. The discovery a 200 foot wide vein with 6000 foot outlet lies in a canyon where ore runs 5 to 100 dollars per ton. He notes rapid settlement since Gardin found Red Bird on McKinley inauguration day. Fleming is thirty and has ten years of mining experience.
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Washington, D. C
The
Washington Post
Charles R. Fleming
Tucson
Ariz
Raleigh
Fleming
Graham County
Jack Gardin
California
Gardin
McKinley
Gordin
Cleveland Accepts Peace-Making Job
Former President Grover Cleveland has accepted a post in the Industrial Department of the National Civic Federation formed at a labor and capital conference. His acceptance letter was delivered to Oscar Strauss, the conference chairman, today.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
National Civic Federation
Oscar Strauss
Croker Suggests Schley as 1904 Presidential Candidate
Rich ard Croker voiced support for Rear Admiral Schley as a strong 1904 presidential candidate with East support and South and West followings. He argued Navy Department jealousy fuels merit-based sympathy, and noted Congress absence would aid Schley and the Democratic party. He mentioned Fitzhugh Lee as a possible second-place pick with Cuban campaign service.
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French Lick Springs
Ind
Richard Cro
Schley
Coker
Navy Department
Croker
Congress
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Fitzhugh Lee
Lafayette College suspends students for cheating
Easton Pa December 26 several Lafayette College students who neglected studies to play football have been dropped by the faculty for cheating on examinations. Names were not released and President Warfield was away. The action, aimed at curbing widespread cheating, was approved unanimously by the faculty.
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Lafayette College
Warfield
Atention
Cowboys Take a Town By Storm In Pilot Rock Riot
Wild cowboys from Butler and Birch Creeks rode through Pilot Rock after a spree firing shots and shouting. They seized the town marshal, took his star and club, and rode the streets before leaving at dawn.
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Pilot Rock
Butler
Birch Creeks
Oregon
Proof that Navajos Came from Alaska
A Navajo boy's inquiry leads Jesuit scholars to claim that Navajos of Arizona and Tinneh people of Alaska share a common origin. George de la Motte reports linguistic and cultural links, arguing the tribes are offshoots of one original stock and that American Indians migrated from the north from Asia.
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Hiussena
Mont
Arizona
Alaska
George de la Motte
Rocky Mountains
J. B. Brondel
America
Asia
Express Companies May Consolidate Plans Reported
NEW YORK December 26 reports say major U S express firms plan a consolidation including Adams American and United States lines The Adams controls Southern Express American operates National and aligns with Wells Fargo Rumors persist but officials deny yet consolidation could occur within weeks Wells Fargo issued a 2 percent extra dividend and American gave $100000 in Christmas gifts to employees
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Great Express Companies
United States
Adams
American
Southern Express Company
National
Wells Fargo
Express
American Company
His horse as gentle as Davids Harums
Dennis Winters, Harlem horse dealer, describes a bay mare as gentle and perfect for track or road. An Italian buyer asks to see the mare, and she bites Winters’ ear during the sales pitch, ending the demonstration abruptly.
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New York
Dennis Winters
Harlem
Winters
Sue
Man living as woman for thirty years revealed in Boston
Arthur L. Carver of North Haven Maine long presented as Lillian G Carver in Rockland dispatches. The sworn statement from Carver and family says he has masqueraded as a woman for over a decade and now reveals his male identity Leslie Carver.
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Boston
Arthur L. Carver
Ol H Haven
Puba
Lillian G. Carver
Miss Carver
Publi
Rockland
North Haven
Lyman R. Sweet
Lilian G. Carver
Aboout Leslie Carver
Odd exchanges in a city marriage set in Indiana
Indianapolis observers track a tangle created by D. P. Erwin and Demia Townley after Erwin’s marriage. Their daughter Hannah Erwin’s betrothal to Morris Townley links two families in a web of in law relations. The piece notes the humor and complexity of kinship in these matches.
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Indianapolis
Ind
D. P. Erwin
Demia Townley
Hannah Erwin
Mr. Erwin
Morris Townley
Mr. Townley
Mrs. Erwin
Dove of Peace Opens Dialog Between Chile and Argentina
A modus vivendi protocol between Chile and Argentina was signed, outlining a temporary framework for peaceful relations. The text will be published in Santiago and Buenos Aires, and public sentiment is calm with no immediate tensions reported.
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Argentina
Buenos Ayres
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