Debate Over Secret Service Funds and Timber Fraud Crackdown
Windlostier and Republican oblique coverage argues the sundry civil appropriation bill funds land and timber fraud enforcement at $500,000, four times the Secret Service Treasury request. It notes Congress doubled the Public lands and forests fund to $500,000, with Rep Walter I. Smith supporting restricting Secret Service detectives to the Treasury.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Treauty Department
Beneft
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
Walter I. Smith
Town
Appropriations Committee
D- Melon
Martial law in Caracas sparked by Castro uprising
Soldiers confront unrest as Caracas residents rise against Castro. A mob overruns streets, damaging property and burning statues of Castro in clubs and semi public venues. Protests focus on Castro and acting President Gomez amid regional tensions.
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Casio
Caracas
Castro
Arkeas
Plaza Rotlver
Castrow Mle
Venezuela
Holland
Netherlands
Act Ing
Gomez
Train Fire Destroys Two Pullman Cars at St Cloud
A Northern Pacific coast train at St. Cloud Minnesota was damaged by fire, caused when a passenger dropped a lighted match on a window curtain. The blaze consumed the entire car and spread to a second Pullman car, with both burned to the trucks and damages totaling about 46000 dollars.
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St. Cloud
Minn
Trial of Beach Hargis Opens in Irvine Ky
Beach Hargis stands charged with murdering his father Judge James Hargis in Irvine Kentucky. Members of the Hargis family are involved on both sides of the case. The judge's wife is using funds in an effort to defend her patricide husband.
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Beach Hargis
James Hargis
Irvine
Hiarels
Hargis
Religious fanatics rearrested after discharge in KC murders
Mrs. Della Pratt and William Engs hill, 17, followers of James Sharp, were rearrested late Tuesday night after being discharged by Justice Remsey on the conspiracy charge in the December 8 murders near Kansas City Hall.
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Della Pratt
William Engs Hill
James Sharp
Justice Remsey
Kansas City Hall
Four Die In Bridge Collapse At Martinsburg West Virginia
Four persons were killed when a span of the new bridge across the Potomac River collapsed at Martinsburg West Virginia. Rescue and investigation efforts followed and authorities reported the fatalities and route disruptions in the area.
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Potomac River
Martinsburg
W. Va
Sioux City Live Stock Market Report
Sioux City live stock quotations update with top beeves at 6 50 and top hogs at 5 55. Also notes: House defeat of the Garrett amendment by 89 to 103. a state bank in Napoleon, Georgia, has failed due to liquidity issues.
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Sioux City
How It Wappens Fronting Taw Political Frank Use
A House Appropriations probe examines who mailed 20000 copies of Gen Sickles political speech using a government frank during the recent campaign. The inquiry targets the Agriculture Department and the Country Life Commission member Henry Wallace, questioning who placed the official penalty envelopes and how the free mailing was arranged. The committee heard Third Assistant Postmaster General Lawahe explain that while some government letters could not use the frank, official correspondence relating to government business under supervision may be sent free under a penalty envelope.
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Wilson
House Appropriations Committee
Gen. Sickles
Frank
Department of Agriculture
House Committee On Appropriations
Appropriations Committee
Lawahe
Country Life Commission
Henry W. Wallace
Des Moines
United States
Commission On
Country Life
government wins in tobacco combine case ruling
A New York circuit court decree against American Tobacco Company American Snuff R J Reynolds Pierre Lorillard and Blackwell’s Durham finds a monopoly formed by illegal combination. It bars involved firms from foreign and interstate trade until competition returns, denies government receiverships, and awaits Supreme Court appeal as a temporary stay.
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Fedeval
Combine
United States Circuit Court
New York
American Tobacco Company
American Snuff Company
R. J. Reynolds Company
Pierre Lorillard
Blackwell
Durham Company
United States Supreme Court
Speaker Cannon Wins in House Vote on Rules
In a spirited Tuesday contest, the House sustained the speaker’s ruling against a Gardner led attempt to amend resolutions seeking information from the secretary of State. The plan would have added eight members to report on revising House rules, but the motion was tabled and defeated. Twenty Republicans joined in sustaining the speaker.
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House
Iim
Gardner
Secretary of State
Panama Canal
Senate
Foraker
Secretary of War
Brownsville
Warren
Postal Savings Bank
Massachusetts
House of Commons
District of Columbia
United States
Dutch Seize Another Ship In Caribbean Action
Dutch battleship Van Heems kerk arrived Tuesday towing the Vene zuelan coast guard vessel De Mayo as a prize. The De Mayo, a Venezuelan navy unit, had its crew landed on the Vene zuelan coast.
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van Heemskerk
Coast Guard
de Mayo
Aloe
Michigan Official Vote Report From State Board
The state board met in Lansing on Tuesday and announced the November election results. Taft and Sherman lead the presidential electors with a 169,000 plurality. Gov. Warner trails by over 100,000 and holds a 9,532 plurality behind the rest of the state ticket.
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Michigan
State Board of Caryasdery
Lansing Mich
Gan
Taft
Sherman
Warner
Ucket
Train robbers reward raised to eighteen thousand
Great Northern railway officials and the government increased the reward to 18000 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the train robbers who held up and robbed train No 4 near Hillyard Washington on Wednesday night.
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Ratsea
Great Northern Railway
Hillyard
Wash
Body of Chief Biggy Found After Bay Drowning
The body of Chief of Polite Biggy of San Francisco, drowned in San Francisco Bay on the night of November 30, was found Tuesday morning by a freight boat crew. The face was badly disfigured.
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Biggy
Polite Biggy
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Ftoce
Famous Chef Ferdinand Mella Dies in Leavenworth Hotel Pro
Ferdinand Mella, renowned chef and one of the leading hotel proprietors in Leavenworth Kansas, died Tuesday from a dropser. He was 45 and a long time friend of William J. Bryan.
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Ferdinand Mella
Leavensworth
Kan
Mella
Peragnel
Willam J. Bryaa
Robbery at Fixpt National Bank in Eufaula
Robbers dynamited the safe of the Fixpt National Bank of Eufaula Oklahoma early Tuesday and escaped with about 2700 dollars. Officers in surrounding towns have been notified and every effort is being made to capture the robbers.
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Oklahoma Bank
Fixpt National Bank
Eufaula
Okla
Hughes appoints committee to study stock exchange practices
Gov Hughes announces a nine member committee of bankers business leaders and economists to investigate New York stock exchange practices and advise on legal changes to protect investors and curb illegitimate dealings. The group will report promptly and serve without compensation as part of a broader push for informed legislation.
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Gov. Hughes Moay Night
New York
Stat
Gov. Hughes
Hains' Trial Begins In Sensational Queens Case
Thornton Jenkins Hains, a college graduate and master mariner, goes on trial for life as an accessory to the August 15 1908 murder of William R Annis publisher of Recreation Magazine. Prosecutors say he drew a revolver and intimidated onlookers as Capt Peter C Hains Jr shot Annis, with Mrs Claudia Hains expected to stay in Massachusetts to avoid subpoenas.
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Hfe Thornton
Jenkins Hains
Ufe
Frederick EB. Crane
Supreme Court
Flushing
Wth
William R. Anftils
Recreation Magazine
Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
United States Army
Annis
Queene County
Claudia Hains
Peter Hains
Jvr
Massachusetts
New York
Schlatter Driven Out After McKinley Anarchist Claim
At a Matcomb Illinois meeting Schlatter declared McKinley an anarchist and said the assassination was justified though not soon enough. A mob threatened violence, and police escorted Schlatter to a hotel and the first train out of town. He then fled to Quincy Illinois.
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Matcomb, Til
McKinley
Schlutter
Schlatter
Quincy
Colorado Land Frauds Supreme Court Reverses Convictions
The Supreme Court of the United States reversed the verdict of the U S District Court of Colorado, discharging several individuals arrested for conspiring to defraud the government by entering timber and coal lands in Colorado contrary to law.
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Supreme Court of the United States
United State District Court of Colorado
Colorado
Iowa Supreme Court hands down mulct law ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court sustains the mulct law as constitutional in a decision written by Judge S M Weaver. The case, J H Campbell versus Jackman Bros of Waterloo, arose in Black Hawk County and centered on the impact of liquor sales on society. The opinion cites the English bill of rights and common law to support the measure the town legislature enacted years ago. The ruling holds that the liquor trade remains a legitimate business historically, while testing the law on new grounds about social effects.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
Jackman Bros
Waterloo
Blackhawk County
Campbell
Supreme Court
Weaver
Runaway Quartette From Grand Junction Detained in Des Moines
Four accused runaways Eugene Schultz Frank Piles Mrs Isabella Corley and Mrs Nora Sims were captured by police in Des Moines Tuesday noon after a lengthy search. The couples were found occupying two beds in a single room with multiple children among them. The women blamed abuse by their husbands for fleeing but later reconciled and returned to Grand Junction.
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Grand Junction
Des Moines
Eugene Schultz
Isabella Corley
Frank Piles
Nora Sims
Corley
Valley Junction
East Des Moines
Bank Vaults Chock Full in Pros p erous Iowa Year
Auditor B F Carroll reports to the state banking department that Iowa banks show a large surge in deposits and assets between last calls. From November to August deposits rose by 3 364 654 67 and total assets by 4 610 033 19. Deposits since last December increased by 5 785 469 85 the largest one year gain. In the interval after the last call sixteen new banks formed, and forty three new banks were organized during the year.
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Iowa
B. F. Carroll
State Banking Department
Death Comes With Stork One Doctor Dies Attending Birth
Dr S A Caldwell a prominent Little Sioux physician died of apoplexy while attending a mother in labor early Sunday morning. The mother gave birth to a child who survived with the baby listed as healthy along with the doctor’s widow and six children. Caldwell had practiced twenty years and was active in the Methodist Episcopal church and the Modern Woodmen.
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S. A. Caldwell
Little Sioux
Jay
Caldwell
Methodist Epiacogal
Boy Hunters Are Shot Near Brandon in Rabbit Hunt
Three boys out rabbit hunting near Brandon used a ferret to flush the quarry. A loaded double barrel gun was accidentally discharged when the hammer was struck by a shoe. Frank Tharp was wounded in the leg. Merl Evans and Ward Stinbrook suffered pellet injuries as other shots discharged.
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Brandon
Frank Tharp
Tharp
Merl Evans
Ward Stinbrook
Many Want the Baby Baby Ad Sparks Adoption Plea
Two hours after the notice appeared in local papers, 19 year old Mrs. Anna Fischel sought to give away a baby boy born Christmas Eve. Forty applicants offered to adopt. she cannot care for the child and earn a living. No decision on the baby's disposition yet.
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Dubugque
Anna Fischel
Tobacco Convicts Him for Robbing a Restaurant
William Starr of Clarksville was convicted of theft after a clerk identified a peculiar brand of tobacco found under a building near the Carl Reith restaurant in Mason City. Starr had bought the same tobacco that evening and was accused of crawling to a trap door to enter the restaurant and steal over six dollars.
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Thict
Carl Reith
Mason City
William Starr
Clarksville
Starr
Paroled convict ends life amid drink struggle
Des Moines reports reveal Charles Thomas, a former M C A worker, shot himself in the heart at the Chamberlain hotel. He was paroled a year ago and had been sent to the penitentiary from Muscatine county in 1905 for attempted murder. His efforts to reform failed as drink led to his surrender.
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Charles Thomas
Chamberlain Hotel
Des Moines
Muscatine County
Glass Workers Seek 26 Percent Wage Increase
The National Window Glass Workers demand a general wage rise of about 26 percent to take effect December 19. The new scale was announced after a five days session of the national scale committee in Cleveland, Ohio.
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National Window Glass Workers
National Scale Committee of the Union
Cleveland, O
Farmers Narrow Escape Ends in Tragedy Near Postville
A. C. Peterson and G. Knudson two farmers near Postville escaped a freight collision with their team but died after being struck by a Milwaukee train traveling at thirty miles per hour. The wagon’s remains were reduced to kindling as the engine stopped and the men lay across the pilot.
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A. C. Peterson
G. Knudson
Postville
Milwaukee
Iowan Chosen by Miners for National Office
Election results of the United Mine Workers of America name Edwin Perry of Oskaloosa as secretary treasurer of the national organization. Perry was the present secretary of the Iowa district.
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United Mine Workers of America
Edwin Perry
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Citizenship revoked for Roschid in federal court ruling
Official word from Judge McPherson in the southern district of Iowa Dubuque states William E. Roschid a Syrian granted naturalization in 1901 has had citizenship revoked after evidence showed he had not resided in America five years at the time of his application A new Chicago and Northwestern bureau will handle lost stolen and damaged freight in Boone effective December 16 Maj Edwin H Lucas of Fairfield appointed adjutant general a fatal blast at Mason City brick yard kills Robert Neat leaves a wife and three children at Chapman a fire at Boons Bible school endangered the building but was halted by heroic efforts
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Dubuque
McPherson
Federal Court For
Southern District of
Towa
William E. Roschid
Roschid
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Boone
Bureau of Investigation of
Dlea
Sheffield Brick and Tie Company
Mason City
Robert Neat
Neg Leaves
Chapman
Pacific Fleet arrives at Panama harbor near Yorktown
The Pacific armored cruisers arrived at Panama Sunday at noon and anchored in the harbor near the Yorktown, which preceded the big cruisers by one day. The voyage from Magdalena was uneventful and all ships reported in good condition aboard.
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Panama
Yorktown
Magdalena
Automobile Crash Claims Life in Baltimore Maryland
Harry Kestler was killed in an automobile accident in Baltimore Maryland. Frank Radford Samuel Rosenberg and Wm Reynolds were seriously injured in the crash.
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Baltimore, Md
Harry Kestler
Frank Radford
Samuel Rosenberg i
Wm. Reynolds
Postoffice Robbery Reported At Sault Ste. Marie
Unknown men entered the postoffice as Deputy Postmaster Higgins counted payrolls in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. They knocked him unconscious with a sandbag and fled with about 2500 dollars. A student at Kentucky’s state university suffered fatal injuries in a separate incident.
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Sault St. Marie, Mich
Higgins
Song
Stoddard Narrowly Wins in Buchanan County Election
Republican B. F. Stoddard of Buchanan county leads L. F. Springer by two votes in the lower house race and has been served with a notice of contest indicating dispute over the vote.
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B. F. Stoddard
Buchanan County
General Assembly
L. F. Springer
Wins Oratorical Prize At Central Hotness Univ
W F Pirch won first prize and a 350 university award in the oratorical contest Friday night at the Central Hotness university in Oskaloosa, besting eleven other contestants. A series of injuries and incidents follow, including a Burlington fast mail train collision near Middle town fatally injuring engineer C Thompson, and a head injury from a train. a man in Nevada Milburn Eluson, aged 74, died after being struck by a train engine pivot bar in the Northwestern ards. a self-harm attempt by Sween Clay near Leon. a dog attack injuring Mrs Edward Attleason of New Hampton. and a fire in Paton that spread to ten stores before containment.
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W. F. Pirch
Central Hotness University
Oskaloosa
C. Thompson
Burlington
Middletown
Ards
Nevada
Milburn Eluson
Congress Passes General Appropriation Bill After Prolonged Debate
The Senate did not meet while the House approved an $31,605,320 appropriation bill with little debate. A Senate committee was named to review the Presidents message on the secret service in Brownsville. Many measures spurred lively discussion as roll calls occurred repeatedly. Brownsville affair dominated the day, with Foraker proposing a three retired officers commission to assess soldiers' innocence before reenlistment. The day ended with adjournment plans and other measures including gas price in Washington and bucket shop abolition.
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House
Secret Service
Ennte
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
United States
Brownsville
Foraker
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Warner Bul
War Department
District of Columbia
Washington
Henry
Texas
Scott
Agricultural Committee
Bloodhounds Added to Washington Police Force
In a reported move, Bloodhounds will join the Washington police, aiding work around Elamare Bel and the gupthal & Co plant. A factory fire at Kid Manufiski left most of the facility burned. details include a sum of money and local figures. Mrs Lillian H Doty, residing in Blour Falls, has filed for divorce.
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Elamare
Bel
Gupthal & Co
Kid Manufiski
Lillian H.doty
Ives
Brooklya Tote
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