Boundary Demarcation Plan For Forty Ninth Parallel
Dominion Astronomer W F King of Ottawa will meet with the Chief of the Geodetic Survey in Washington to discuss establishing a continuous visible boundary line from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific coast. An earlier examination by the Coast and Geodetic Survey prompted questions, and Congress may be asked for funding to enact permanent marking of the line across rugged ranges.
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W. F. King
Ottawa
Canada
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Congress
Minnesota Supreme Court Holds Prisoner in Queer Charge
The Minnesota Supreme Court rules in the Krebs versus Jones case that giving a drink to a friend without a license violates the liquor laws. Harry Krebs, a St. Paul agent for a liquor firm, provided samples to a prospective customer in Perham and was jailed with $200 bail. He sought habeas corpus to gain release, but the court orders him to remain jailed.
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Minnesota Supreme Court
Justice Lovely
Harry Krebs
Frank Jones
Perham
Minn
Krebs
St. Paul
City Lacks Water as Missouri River Shifts
The Missouri River shifts to the Iowa side cutting Nebraska City water supply. Water mains drained and basins empty, electric light plant shut, streets dark. Fire risk increases while extending pipes to the river may take days or weeks.
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Iowa
Nebraska City
Neb
Several Historic Fires and Deaths Stroke the Nation
A string of incidents includes a collapsed hotel in Baltimore injuring a guest, a burglar sentenced to fifteen years after a Philadelphia arrest, Princeton University fire in Dickinson Hall causing $3,000 loss, and the Laconia Masonic Temple fire with $150,000 damage. Also reports of Great Western overcoming Union Pacific access, two drownings on the Monongahela near Rice's Landing, a burned steamer Saxon in Philadelphia, the death of cartoonist Thomas Nast in Ecuador, and the passing of ex Speaker Thomas B. Reed in Washington. English coast storms bring heavy losses. Thomas Tobin killed after being blown from a train near Middletown.
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Princeton
Dickinson Hall
Princeton University
Police raid Canfield's fashionable gambling house in New York
New York police led by District Attorney and inspectors raided Canfield's Forty-fourth Street gambling house at 1 AM. The doors collapsed under axes and clubs as officers seized several gambling layouts. Canfield was not arrested. The venue, costing over 500000 to fit, was famed as a premier’établissement where Reginald Vanderbilt allegedly lost 120000 in the past.
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New York
Canfield
Forty-fourth Street
Jerome
Baldwin
Brooks
Lantry
Richard A. Canfield
Reginald Vanderbilt
Mail and Big Sum Stolen at Danville Ky
A sack of mail containing 14000 in drafts and checks from the internal revenue office and 89000 in bank checks and drafts plus registered letters vanished between the Danville post office and the depot or on the Cincinnati mail train. Carrier James Hocker and the train mail agent dispute deliveries. most believe the theft occurred at the depot after dark amid many sacks.
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Danville
Internal Revenue Office
Cincinnati
James Hocker
Hocker
Silver dollars are base, expert argues half dollars counterfeit
Francis C. Moore, a well known figure, told a New York Chamber of Commerce gathering that circulating half dollars may be counterfeit, implying widespread base coinage. The remark pointed to concerns about authenticity and coin quality in daily commerce.
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New York Chamber of Commerce
Francis C. Moore
Three Men Out 1 Cremated In Wreck Ruins
A Philadelphia factory owner George Dickinson Jr of Weyl and Dickinson is arrested after a clash with Policeman Carroll. Dickinson allegedly led a dual life as a respectable businessman by day and burglar at night, with $2,500 in silverware and bric a brac found among his possessions as the police investigated. The report also covers a train wreck at Sunbright Tepp with a fatal fire, a Hancock Minn. fire, an Iowa perjury indictment, and other late news items.
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George Dickinson
Wescott
Philadelphia
George Dickinson, Jr
Weyl & Dickinson
Carroll
Dickinson
Dickinaen
Queen and Crescent
Sunbright
Tepp
Counterfeit Silver Dollar Ring Reported by Banker Leader
Mr Moore cites a New York bank president revealing 350 silver dollars delivered to the subtreasury, 170 confiscated as counterfeit. He warns that at least 40 million counterfeit coins are in circulation, signaling widespread counterfeiting activity.
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Avaeres
Uuluuu
Ann Lars
Moore
New York City
Powers sentenced to life for Goebel murder case
Ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers received a life sentence for alleged complicity in the Goebel murder. The court split along party lines with four Republican judges voting for reversal and three Democratic judges dissenting.
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Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Cleveland Fireman Killed by Falling Wall at Factory
Firemen fought the ruins of Likly and Rocket factory at Case and Hamilton streets as a wall collapse buried Engine Company members. Capt Daniel Finucan James Osberger Arthur Garner were outside. Lieut Robert McKenna Hoseman Samuel Jones Charles Nieding and Patrick H Joyce inside. Joyce died beneath bricks while others were rescued. his fate uncertain at noon.
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Falling Wall
Engine Company
Cleveland Fire Department
Likly & Rocket Factory
Case
Hamilton Streets
Daniel Finucan
James J. Osberger
Arthur Garner
Robert McKenna
Samuel Jones
Charles Nieding
Patrick H Joyce
Joyce
Explosion on Progresso Steamer Kills and Wounds Men
An explosion aboard the steamer Progresso at the Fulton iron works in San Francisco caused a fire destroying the vessel. Harry Corona and Rodney Gibson of Fulton iron works were seriously injured. Ten men were hospitalized at the Presidio. The Progresso, owned by Progresso Steamship Co of New York, was being converted at the northern San Francisco tide shore.
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San Francisco
Harry Corona
Rodney Gibson
Fulton Iron Works
General Military Hospital
Presidio
Progresso
Progresso Steamship Company of
New York
Atlantic Coast
Boat Wrecked by Storm On Lake Ontario
The schooner Jesse Drummond was wrecked in a blinding gale on Lake Ontario. Her seven crew were rescued after Coburg lifesavers made two perilous trips through heavy seas. The vessel, carrying coal worth about $4,000, belonged to Herb Milne of Oswego, and was lost though the cargo was insured.
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Jesse Drummond
Lake Ontario
Lake Oatara
Coburg
Ont
Drumuond
Oswego
Charlotte
Herb Milne
Oskville
Corner in Rice Prevented by Philippine Commission
The Philippine Commission acted to curb a rice corner by quietly securing large rice stocks. Facing a looming famine in November, the commission appropriated funds and bought substantial quantities in India and along the Asiatic coast to sell at cost to relief sufferers, stabilizing prices in Manila and preventing a market collapse.
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Philippine Commission
Manila
Entive
Tee
India
Asiatis
Counterfeiters rounded up in Detroit raid
Secret Service officers raided a Detroit house and arrested Frank McTague Hears FE Bosenbark and Neal Huard on counterfeiting charges. Thousands of spurious silver dollars circulated locally. Thirteen sets of silver dollar molds and a plating machine were found.
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Secret Service
Detroit
Congress opens with short session in reverence for lawmakers
Congress met briefly as the Senate paid respects for Senator M Millan of Michigan and the House for Representatives Charles H Russell of Connecticut. The day featured the President's annual message read in part and adjournments for deceased members De Grefe rial and Sheppard of Texas. Representatives Milburn resigns as chaplain and immigration bill discussions followed.
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M«Millan
Michegan
Seoate
Strewa
Senate
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Morgan T Als
Congress
W. H. Milburn
Charles H. Resell
Connecticut
Steck
State of
Union
de Grefearil
Sheppard
Texas
Senate Shows Conflict Over Statehood And Trust Legislation
The Senate debated statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state amid resistance to New Mexico and Arizona statehood. Key actions included opposing a House probe on Virginia elections, advancing an anti trust measure, and confirming Oliver Wendell Holmes as associate justice. Senate plans to avoid constructing the Panama Canal under a French concession and favors a treaty with Colombia.
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Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Senate
Nelson
Indian Territory
Amet
Chused Gers
Hague Tribunal
Reverioe
Netrotka
House
National Capital Elections Committee
Virginia
Judiciary Committee
Shaw
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Beve
Rousevele O
Loabet
France
United States
Panama Canal
Colombia
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Wakefield
Dominion
Chief of Geodetic Survey
Hotel Windsor
Baltimore
Preston
Great Western
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The
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Charles Love
John Rock
Monongahela River
Rice's Landing
Masonic Temple
Laconia
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Saxon
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company
Thomas Nast
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Thomas B. Reed
National House of Representatives
Arlington Hotel
English
England
London
Thomas Tobin
Fair Haven
N. d
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Idaho
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L. B. Wheeler
I. T. Tolifson
Stone, Munroe & Stebbins
C. L. Gates
Herman Schlieps
E. A. Dutcher
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Iowa City
Charles Holada
Lead Trust
National Lead Company
National
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Court of Appeals
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Cornucopia
Felipe Baca
Socorro
N. M
David Baca
Windsor Hotel
Guatemala
Pacific Mail
Sydney
Santa Maria Volcano
Sagasta
Spain
Alfonso
Sharon Steel Company
Sharon
Whitecap
Marion
Ma O
Peeutelo
Eagle Club
Cleveland
Elmer Nisechner
Gustave Strack
Hazelton
Ranaway
Kischner
Strack
Leicester Castle
Queenstown
Peattie
Buck
Japan
Mr. Buck
Tokio
Sam Carson
Santa Monica Canyon
Cal
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Kit” Carson
Earl Whitney
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Ohio Valley Stove Manufacturers
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