Democrats Vie for House Minority Leader in Fifty-Eighth Congress
Washington message notes Democrats are debating candidates for the next House minority leader. James D. Richardson of Tennessee faces opposition from DeArmond of Missouri and Williams of Mississippi, with other hopefuls including Sulzer of New York and Underwood of Alabama. Party managers aim to bind caucus votes for the Fifty-Eighth Congress.
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Washington
House
James D. Richardson
Tennessee
Richardson
Representative DeArmond
Missouri
Representative Cannon
Cannon
DeArmond
James R. Williams
Mississippi
Mr. DeArmond
Sulzer
New York
Underwood
Alabama
Allan McDermott
New Jersey
Indian Exhibit at St Louis Fair Sparks Interior Dispute
William A. Jones, commissioner of Indian affairs, says the Interior Department should avoid a Omaha Buffalo style spectacle. He warns that past exhibitions harmed Indians by turning them into lionized curiosities and urges a display of both past and present progress rather than blanket clad performances. The $40,000 appropriation allows discretion in exhibit design.
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Washington, D. C
William A. Jones
Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Department
St. Louis
Omaha
Buffalo
Throats Out on Bridal Tour The Young Wife Is Dead
A bride is killed during a wedding celebration while her husband survives with injuries and may recover. Police investigated the incident, identifying possible motives and arresting a suspect in connection with the attack. Detected weapon details and local witnesses were reviewed as part of the case.
Double Tragedy at Cosmopolitan Hotel In Texarkana
Lee Weigel and bride Marie Quinn Weigel were found dead in bed at the Cosmopolitan Hotel with throats cut. He survived after a neck wound. no motive or quarrel appeared. The couple had married recently in Anniston Alabama.
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Texarkana
Tex
Lee Weigel
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Marie Quinn
Anniston
Alabama
Weigel
Bank Safe Blowers Score Big Haul at Stanford Bank
In Bloomington NL on November 29 a bank raid at Stanford ended with the safe blown open and about 3000 dollars seized. No suspects are named in the report. Local authorities investigated the heist and searched for clues.
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Bloomington
Stanford
6041 Mine Disaster Killed and Wounded
SHAMOKIN Pa November 29 An explosion of gas occurred in the Luke Fiddler colliery today Three men are reported killed and twelve injured.
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Shamokin
Luke Fiddler
Abolition of Army Canteen Sparks Discipline Concern
War Department reports show about 1,400 saloons near posts with 250 to 300 opened since canteen closure. Posts cite increased drunkenness, desertion, and health declines. no post claims improved troop condition. General Sanger cites Philippine data on liquor use at enlistment and suggests Congress may reconsider prohibition as a preventive measure.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Sanger
Phillippine Islands
Sarger
Congress
Grusade Began Total Abstinence Drive in Great Cities
A sweeping reform movement emerged as nearly all churches in major cities launched coordinated efforts toward total abstinence. Leaders framed the campaign as a moral revival, mobilizing congregations to promote temperance, educate members, and advocate prohibitionist measures.
Heroine at the Piano Saves Chicago School
Fourteen year old Ethel Barker daughter of Alderman Barker stayed at her piano during a fire drill at a Chicago school. She played a lively march to calm pupils as the building emptied in under three minutes before firemen put out a basement blaze. The students returned to class in orderly fashion.
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Chicago
Ill
Ethel Barker
Alderman Barker
Little Ethel
Fatal boiler explosion at Swift & Co packing plant
Seven men killed and fifteen injured in a boiler blast at Swift & Co. packing plant in the Union Stock Yards Chicago. Two more feared buried. authorities fear higher death toll. Bodies brought to the morgue as dozens were scorched and a grim scene followed. Cause unknown despite a recent inspection.
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Chicago
Ill
Swift & Co
Union Stock Yards
Mob Beaten Raid Fails to Free Jail Attacker
Early today a mob attacked the county jail in Ironton Ohio aiming to seize William Glasco, the man accused of assaulting Mary Maloney. Glasco was moved secretly by carriage and remains in custody as the victim lies seriously injured.
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Ironton, C
William Glasco
Mary Maloney
Glasco
Paul Kruger Desire To Return To Old Home
London Nov 29 General Schalk Burger and Mssrs Wessels and Woolmarins former Boer delegates sailed today for South Africa. The general bears a letter from Kruger to Chamberlain asking permission to return to South Africa.
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Paul Kruger
London
Schalkelberger
Messrs. Wessels
Woolmarins
South Africa
Kruger
Chamberlain
Golden State Limited Wrecked in Kansas
The Rock Island's Golden State Limited crashed into a freight engine at Herrington derailing the passenger engine and six coaches. Engineer Crogan was fatally hurt and Fireman McCarthy and a mail clerk were injured.
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Opera
Kan
Rock Island
Golden State Limited
Herrington
Crogan
McCarthy
Big Guns Explode On Texas Battleship
Two large turret guns exploded during target practice aboard the battleship Texas near Hampton Virginia. No fatalities and no serious damage reported. Doc Donovan arrived in town this morning from Del Monte.
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Texas
Doc” Donovan
del Monte
Thanksgiving Day Temperance Campaign Gains Ground Across Churches
On Thanksgiving thousands of churches across denominations urged temperance and moderation. In Boston Tremont Temple hosted a major rally as pledges of total abstinence or moderation topped 3,000,000 nationally with Brooklyn pledging over 100,000 and Greater New York nearing a half million. Leaders plan continued nationwide efforts to surpass earlier temperance movements.
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New York
Thousa.s
Methodist
Baptist
Homan Catholic
Presbyterian
Episcopalian
Unitarian
Theran
Universalist
Hom
Boston
Tremont Temple
Central Committee
Brooklyn
Greater
Standard Oil Raises Kerosene Prices Amid Fuel Shortage
In Chicago on November 29, Standard Oil increased kerosene prices 30 percent in two months and 50 percent in a year, selling bulk at 9 cents per gallon after a 1 1/2 cent rise. A year earlier price was 6 cents, with profits then reaching Wall Street highs.
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Chicago, Ill
Standard Oil Company
Wall Street
Man Buried and Rescued From Mortar Pile in Chicago
A worker named John Cleary fell into a box of mortar when a derrick collapsed at a partially completed building on Harvard Street and Douglas Boulevard in Chicago. He was rescued unconscious with severe injuries including loss of sight a possible spinal damage. doctors fear he may never walk again.
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Chicago
John Chary
Cleary
Harvard Street
Douglas Boulevard
Struc
Ture
Husband Wins Right to Exclude Mother-in-Law in Home Conflict
In Sandusky Ohio the circuit court ruled that a husband is head of the house and may keep his mother-in-law away from the home even if the wife owns the property. The decision allows force to remove visitors believed to interfere between spouses. Oscar Green had been fined for assaulting Martha Hebblethwaite, his wife’s mother, when attempting to remove her from the house.
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Sandusky, CO
Wainst Green
Oscar Green
Martha Hebblethwaite
Brother Alive Surprises Family Weeks After Death Report
In Omaha Nebraska on November twenty ninth E W Miller of Sac City Iowa arrived home after a year away as a Western Union time man His mother fainted and others were stunned when told a corpse from Council Bluffs would be buried the next day A mistaken mail delivery and misdirected telegram led to the decedent being identified as E W Miller of Council Bluffs while the Sac City man was recovering in a hospital
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Omaha
Neb
E. W. Miller
Sac City
Iowa
Western Union
Miller
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Maggie Miller
Society
Postoffice Bars Married Women From Reappointment
Washington November 29 1902 a general order bars a woman employed in the postal service who changes her name by marriage from being reappointed after December 1 1902. The Postmaster General says wives should be at home unless the husband earns enough to support both. He notes instances where married women clerks earn salaries comparable to or less than their husbands and orders lists of married women clerks with living husbands.
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Washington
Postal Service
Interior Department
Pain
Metal and Money Market in New York Trading
Copper advanced to 11.35 to 55 per unit while silver stood around 471 and Mexican pesos traded at 37 in the New York money market report dated November 29.
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