Grimes Reimburses Kansas in Shortage Case
Ex state treasurer F Mimes Grimes voluntarily pays Kansas 9381.25 settling a dispute over shortages blamed on past office practices. He defends honesty and seeks public trust. The note of recovery follows an investigation that found no defalcation by Grimes. Separately a factory accident in Michigan injures a worker’s hand.
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Grimes
Or Hoch
Mes
Bishop Seymour Remains Transported for New York Funeral
The remains of Bishop Seymour were moved to New York with his family and Springfield diocese representatives led by Bishop Osborne. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Trinity Church in New York.
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Ill
Seymour
New York
Osborne
Trinity Church
President nominates four ambassadors to foreign posts
The President sent to the senate nominations for ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary Henry White to France Lloyd Griscom to Italy John W. Riddle to Russia and Irving B. Dudley to Brazil. In Omaha S B Howell, head of the Omaha coal exchange, was convicted under state anti trust provisions.
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The
Evening Journal
Senate
Henry White
Rhode Island
France
Lloyd
Omaha
S. B. Howell
Omaha Coal Exchange
Sheriff Foils Jail Break at Princeton County Jail
An escape plot at the Princeton county jail was stopped when the sheriff entered the jail and caught a prisoner in the act of bolts holding. Perimeter bars sash and belts had been removed but the attempt failed. A saw or knife remains hidden, and a new jail is funded with a $20,000 appropriation as the current building is deemed unsafe.
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Princeton
Ind
Adulteration Scandal Leads to Fines for Illinois Milk Seller
William Write openly boasted of watering milk during a Cairamen meeting. He admitted diluting milk with water and passing tests at the creamery, was arrested, pled guilty, and fined 590 dollars plus costs. Charges filed against Laura Jones, Durr Rea, W W Bandy, and Jacob R Koonce for adulterating milk.
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G Puhit
William Write
Mathee
Rend Coounty
Azuinet Milk Sellieg Wale
Cairinen
Laura Jones
Sorento
Durr Rea
Pocahontas
W. W. Bandy
Jacob R. Koonce
Mulberry Grove
Assassination at Gotham Saloon Claims Sicilian Man
Salvatore Svela, age 28, murdered while seated in the back room of a Forsyth Street saloon. A suspected shooter fired through a window. a Sicilian suspect, John Pella, was arrested in connection with the case. Police fear a broader vendetta in the neighborhood with a similar killing reported a week earlier.
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New York
Salvatore Svela
Forsyth Street
Svelozo
John Pella
Indiana native captains ships on Roosevelt Panama trip
Captain Albert R. Couden U S N commander of the battleship Loutaiana who took President Roosevelt on his Panama trip is a native of Indiana. He entered the Naval academy before seventeen and has served about forty four years. After 1867 graduation he spent two years aboard the Franklin then flagship of Admiral Farragut in wartime and later flagship of the European Squadron. He has served as general Inspector of ordnance for the navy.
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President Roosevelt
Panama
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Naval Academy
Franklin
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Navy
Moody Nomination Delayed Over Southern Representation
The Moody Supreme Court nomination stalled in the Senate after Democratic inquiries into his House actions on reducing southern representation. Burrows attacked Smoot’s Mormon ties and critics urged removal. Keifer pressed English language rules. DeArmond urged constitutional revision and fiscal reform.
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Washington
Wiliam H. Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Carmack
Culberson
Moody
House
Tax on Inheritance Views Unchanged by Reform Debate
A New York man argues that unless the Supreme Court alters its stance the federal government can constitutionally levy an inheritance tax, a point raised in the House amid ongoing reform discussions. The statement reflects the era’s contest over federal vs. state powers in taxation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
President on Porto Rico urges U S citizenship for islanders
President reports on his Porto Rico tour and Congress listens as he endorses the existing island government. He calls for full U S citizenship for Porto Ricans, says they are loyal and progress under the flag, and notes coffee market losses abroad despite opening U S markets.
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Washington
Congress
Porto Rico
Senate
House
United States
Reed Smoot seat debated in Senate and Roosevelts message read
In Washington on December 12 Burrows spoke for over three hours opposing Reed Smoot's right to a Utah seat while Roosevelt's Porto Rico message was read. The House discussed varied topics and praised Ly Boutell for a Nobel prize, with no action on the bill. The president sent a congratulatory letter to Secretary Shaw on the treasury report.
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House
Brier
Washington
Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Burrows
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Ly Boutell
Illinois
Shaw
Treasury Department
Whit Shaw
Haakon and Roosevelt Send Nobel Congratulations
President Roosevelt received a cable from King Haakon of Norway offering heartfelt congratulations on his Nobel prize. Baron d Estournelle de Constant in Paris also sent warm wishes and expressed his own heartfelt congratulations.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Dre 12
Norway
Baron d'Estournelle de Constant
Paris
Senator Brown Dying After Raleigh Hotel Shooting
Ex US Senator Brown remains critically ill after a gunshot wound in his Raleigh hotel room. Mrs Anna Tradley is alleged to have fired the shot, with Brown sinking and death possible at any moment as reports update from Washington on December 12.
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Washington
United States
Brown
Raleigh
Anna M. Tradley
Rutledge Trial Ends In Not Guilty Verdict
In Jacksonville on December 12 the first of the charges against board of education members, Charles G. Rutledge, accused of failing to prevent the Insurance firm he belongs to from placing fire insurance on public school buildings, ended with Judge Thompson directing the jury to render a verdict of not guilty due to insufficient evidence.
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Jacksonville
Til
Board of Education
Charles G. Rutledge
Thompson
Dover New Jersey site chosen for government powder factory
Washington reports the war department selected Dover New Jersey as the site of the government powder factory funded by Congress with 165000 dollars. The plant will be among the best of its kind and will include safety appliances to prevent total destruction if an explosion occurs anywhere in the facility.
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Dee
War Department
Dover
N. J
Congress
Ex-Governor Moses Dies by Gas at Winthrop Beach
Boston December reports ex governor Franklin J. Moses of South Carolina was found asphyxiated by gas at his Winthrop Beach boarding house. Police have not determined if death was an accident or suicide.
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Boston
Mass
Franklin J. Moses
South Carolina
Winthrop Beach
Market report shows mixed cattle hog prices and steady sheep
Chicago December 12 1906 1908 hog receipts estimated at 30000 with yesterday's left over 8406 and 29949 official receipts. cattle mixed with best steady and others lower. sheep steady. Prices vary across hogs mixed packers heavy shipping grades and rough categories. Cattle receipts around 52000 with beef markets steady to lower and Western stockers steady. Lambs and natives show mixed gains and declines.
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John A. Babcock Promises Square Deal in Chicago
John A. Babcock pledges a square deal and invites inquiries in Chicago Illinois noting he is available for contact anytime. The message emphasizes reliability and accessibility for constituents or clients seeking straightforward promises.
France confiscates churches and houses as church and state clash
Paris reports a historic move as France declares church properties state property after a 1880 banishment of Jesuits. Bishops priests homes and seminaries are seized, Mgr Montagut arrested, and evictions ordered. civil war prospects dim as many French people remain indifferent to religion.
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Paris
France
Mintat
Ocean
Rome
Clemencent
Hiss
Vatican 15 Astonished by Montagnini Expulsion
The expulsion of Mgr. Montagnini, secretary of the papal nunciature in Paris, sparks astonishment and concern at Vatican offices as France signals hostility to the church. Cipher telegrams pass between the Vatican and Cardinal Richard as Paris weighs legality and protection requests.
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France
Mgr. Montagnini
Paris
Vatican
Nenelo
Allie Lie
Richard
Mgr. Monta
Foreign Office
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Montagnini
Mer. Montagnini
Fatal asphyxiation in Bloomington well cleaning
In Bloomington on December 12 a miner named Lawrence Pey della died from asphyxiation while cleaning out a well.
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Lawrence Peydella
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