Congress Opens With Focus on Appropriation Bills
Washington December 3 The Fifty ninth congress opened with the expectation that appropriation bills will pass and little general legislation. President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon led the opening as members greeted old friends and prepared to notify the president to start communications, with a promise for a reply tomorrow.
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Washington
Dee
Vicw
Fairbanks
Senate
Cannon
House
Fourteen large supply bills face tight postholiday agenda
The article notes Congress will rush fourteen large supply measures worth about 1.9 billion dollars into two months after holidays. Ship subsidy bills may be handled differently as friends push for it while others worry. The president's heritage tax proposal and currency reform face limited time for full deliberation. The tariff and other hot topics including the Japanese question and trusts loom, with Democratic members likely to speak vigorously. Senate action on Reed Smoot remains uncertain.
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Congress
LIM
Senate
Reed Smoot
Burglars Loot Robinson Illinois Post Office Safe
Burglars blew the safe in the Robinson Illinois post office securing about five hundred dollars in cash and an equal amount in stamps. The robbery was discovered by the postmaster when he opened the place in the morning. The dial was hammered off the safe and it was destroyed with nitrogly ferine.
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Robinson
Ill
Veteran Shipmaster Captain Fuller Dies in Lem Mass
Captain Thomas Fuller aged 68, longtime shipmaster and sea veteran renowned for facing piracy and mutiny, died at his Lem Mass home. His career spanned many perilous voyages amid historic maritime dangers.
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Deadlem
Mass
Thomas Fuller
Funds Tied Up At Western Illinois Normal School
Macomb Illinois Dec 3 The funds of the Western Illinois Normal School are tied up due to treasurer Chandler s failure A trustees meeting will be held to arrange voucher payments County funds on deposit in Chandler banks in Macomb Clochester and Hocdelph total 15 000 The city of Macomb held 1 500 Depositors expect Chandler to pay creditors in full and no receiver or bankruptcy action will be pursued until asset liabilities are assessed The shortage is blamed on bank financing of the Macomb and Western Illinois railroad and recent large withdrawals driven by political troubles
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Macomb
Western Iinois Normal School
Cr. Chandler
Chandler
Clochester
Hocdelph
Macomb and Western Ilinois
Portrait of Prexy Angell to be Presented at Michigan
Ann Arbor Michigan on December 3 details a formal presentation of a new portrait of University of Michigan president James B Angell. The painting by William M Chase will be gifted by students faculty and Alumni funded through the Michigan Union and accepted by Regent Loyal E Knappen. Professor Jeremiah W Jenks of Cornell will deliver the address.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
University Hall
William M. Chase
New York
University
Michigan Union
Henry M. Bates
Loyal EB. Knapken
Grand Rapids
Board of Regents
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Cornell University
Mattox Denies Responsibility in Rangoon Telegraph Tragedy
Telegraph operator G T D Matto in Rangoon near the Southern railway block office denies responsibility for the accident that killed President Spencer and seven others. Officials charged him with fault, but he states he had no part in the tragedy and was located at his boarding house within a mile of the Rangoon office.
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Mattox
Lynchburg
G. TD. Matto
Rangoon
Southern Railway
Spencer
NYSE Broker Nathan M. Flower Dies of Pneumonia
Nathan M. Flower of Flower & Co. stock brokers and member of the New York Stock Exchange died of pneumonia contracted at the Yale Harvard football game. He was a nephew of the late Roswell P. Flower.
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New York
Nathan M. Flower
New York Stock Exchange
of Flower & Co
Harvard
Mr. Flower
Roswell P. Flower
Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Raises Capital Stock
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad filed with the secretary of state on December 3 to increase its capital stock by 150 million dollars. The company paid 150 thousand dollars to effect the filing and increase.
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Madison, Wis
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Secretary of State
European and Global Press Reflections on 1900s Shifts
The Spanish Liberal press doubts the Moret y Prendergast ministry while Sweden’s A Grip is recalled as ambassador. Rumors circle that King Menelik II has died in Abyssinia, and France Spain trade talks stall. Italy lifts pork import restrictions, and a Washington Nevada coal famine emerges from transport bottlenecks.
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Moret Y Prendergast
A. Grip
Sweden
United States
Menelik
Abys Sinia
France
Spain
Italy
Wes Taylor
Henaker
W. Way
Washington
Nevada
Inside story of graft tied to Chicago labor strike
Al Young, assistant to Czar Shea, claims a small graft share in a broader graft plot that halted Chicago business eighteen months ago. He alleges a $1,500 split among Shea and four leaders in the Stock Exchange saloon with Shea receiving $300. The money financed a strike against Montgomery Ward & Co. in sympathy with garment workers.
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Chicago
al” Young
Czar Shea
Young
Shea
Stock Exchange
Washington
LaSalle Street
Montgomery Ward & Co
Jas
Barry
Hugh Meee
Jeremiah McCarthy
Robert Noren
Train Crash in Vergennes Kills Four and Injures Twelve
In Vergennes Vermont a heavily loaded gravel train derailed and rear collided with a passenger coach. Four women died either at once or from the fire and at least twelve others were seriously injured. The fatalities were Mrs. W. A. Lawrence of Bristol Deputy Sheriff Lawrence's wife Miss Corinna Stowe Bristol teacher Miss Nellie Barnard Bristol widow and Miss Rosetta Fantk Drury Opera Company member of New York.
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Vergennes
Rutland
W. A. Lawrence
Bristol
Lawrence
Addison County
Corinna Stowe
Nellie Barnard
Rosetta Fantk
Drury Opera Company
New York
Bristol High School Assistant Principal Among Injured in Incident
Report names several injured individuals including KE M. Dyke of Bristol an assistant principal who is critically injured and may die. W E Simpson of Waterbury has a broken leg. Mrs W R B Simpson sustained a thigh injury. W J Van Houten of the Drury Opera company is also mentioned in the incident.
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KE. M. Dyke
Bristol
Bristol High School
W. E. Simpson
Waterbury
W. RB. Simpson
Mr. Simpson
W. J. van Houten
Drury Opera Company
Fatal Shooting at Roadhouse in Indiana
In Jasonville Indiana Constable E M Souders was fatally shot at George Phipps roadhouse after Charley Briley and Marvin City allegedly began shooting elsewhere. Phipps is in custody after the incident which occurred as officers forced entry believing further trouble.
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Jasonville
Ind
E. M. Souders
George Phipps
Charley Briley
Marvin City
Phipps
Sauders
Briley
City
Souders
Minnesota to be repaid 67000 for 1860s Indian war bonds
Minnesota will receive over 67000 from the federal government for Indian war bonds issued in the 1860s. The state advanced funds to quell the 1862 uprising and later sought repayment from Washington. Bonds totaling about 69000 were issued after the state guaranteed expenses. The matter was pressed by State Auditor Iverson and Attorney General Young with federal officials.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
United States
Iverson
Washington
New York
Ramsay
Young
Triple Tragedy Near Middlebourne Ends in Suicide
James C. Nicols and Benjamin Scott, former husband and new husband, die in a middlebourne village shooting. Nicols kills Scott then commits suicide with carbolic acid after firing at Mrs Scott, who escaped unhurt. Mrs Scott had recently divorced Nicols for cruelty and married Scott.
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Zanesville, O
James C. Nicols
Benjamin Scott
Littl
Middlebourne
Guernsey County
Scott
Niccols
Nicols
Deadly Affray Over Theatrical Show Near LaGrange Mo
In LaGrange eight miles south of Quincy Mo a quarrel over a theatrical performance ends with Hosea Duvall shot and killed while James Rohon Orion Stuart are fatally wounded and Roy Millard shot through body and arm. Rohon is LaGrange constable and with Duvall was levying on trunks claimed by Gilbert Donaldson owner of the combined shows. Stuart and Millard are actors and are said to have begun the shooting.
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Quincy
LaGrange
Hosea Duvall
James BK. Rohon
Orion IX
Stuart
Roy Millard
Rohan
Duvall
Gilbert Donaldson
Millard
Chicago Merchant Prince Otto Young Dies at Lake Geneva
Otto Young one of Chicago's foremost merchants died at his Lake Geneva home after a six week illness. He summoned family to say farewell hours before death and left an estate estimated between 12 million and 20 million dollars.
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Chicago
Otto Young
Lake Geneva
Tragic Accidents Reported In Allentown And Chicago
In AllentownFrank Bibleheimer of Ringtown died from accidental gas asphyxiation after reopening a cock while staying at a local hotel with his fiancee Miss Sue Koch they had come to buy a farm and missed the last train home In ChicagoDavid P Jennings a former railroad executive shot himself in the head in his home town amid concerns over the Hoosac Tunnel company and job losses following its dissolution.
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Allentown
Frank Bibleheimer
Ringtown
Sue Koch
Pottsville
Chicago
David P. Jennings
Hoosac Tunnel
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
Hoosac
Chicago Markets Summary of Livestock Receipts and Prices
Chicago markets report mixed receipts with cattle and sheep steady to down. Hog prices show five to ten higher, with bulk and light hogs in range, and feed lot grades noted. cows, heifers, and western cattle steady to lower amid competing demand through the week.
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Texas
Woman Mental Healer Helen Post Admits Fraud Charged
Jacksonville Fla Dec 3 Mrs Helen Post once famed as Sea Breeze healer admitted she could not cure herself and paid a 500 fine. Six years earlier she was convicted of defrauding with United States nails and sentenced to pay 500 and 30 days in prison. she appealed and a new fine was upheld. Now 75 and ill she promises to stop using mental healing to avoid imprisonment.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Helen Post
Sen Breese
Eli
United States
Mary Baker Moldy
J. Alexander Dowie
Sea Breeze
Florida
Mary Baker Eddy
Mental treatment by mail scam ends with indictments
Mrs. Post collected vast sums from hundreds of letters seeking miracle cures by mail, funding a luxurious lifestyle with receipts of 5 to 50 or more dollars. She claimed cures as witnesses described, while postal inspectors pursued charges in Jacksonville. A second item notes Bishop Seymour’s gradual recovery in Springfield, showing cautious optimism.
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Western Ilinvie Normal School
Chandler Bank
Michigan State University
BE. H. Adams
New York A. C
Adams
Walth
Lee DE Forest
Marconi
de Forest
Yale
United States Navy
Roosevelt
Panama
Chicago Teamsters’ Union
Hea
Himeel
D. FB. Jennings
Mrs. Post
Post
Wilmans
Charles C. Post
Seymour
Springfield
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