Maclay Demands Trial in Navy Civil Service Dispute
Edgar Stanton Maclay, linked to the Schley case, formally asks for trial under naval procedures, arguing civil service protections prevent dismissal without charges. He asserts his right to due process and notes his work at the Brooklyn navy yard continues without suspension. Secretary Long indicates the president's plan will proceed regardless of the civil service defense.
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Edgar Stanton Maclay
Schley
Roosevelt
Iie
Barker
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Maclay
Congress
Russia
Washington
Long
Pefers Home to a Seat in the Cabinet Shaw Now Mentioned
Washington reports a tender for secretary of the treasury to Governor Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa, with no reply yet. Governor Crane of Massachusetts declines the post due to family illness, citing his mother as invalid. A later cabinet discussion names Myron T. Herrick and options include Shaw. Des Moines dispatch notes Shaw’s response was not definitive.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Gage
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Shaw
White House
Boston
Crane
Lyman J. Gage
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
Treasury
Des Moines
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for stomach cures
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for stomach diseases and related digestion issues. It claims to strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, and aid lungs, with a testimonial from T. R. Caudill of Alleghany County praising recovery from grip and stomach trouble after using the medicine and pellets.
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Dr. Pierce
Gripp
T. R. Caudill
Montland, Alleghancy Co
N.C
Pierce
Bankruptcy filing follows embezzlement conviction in Chicago
Robert Berger former partner of Edward E Dreyer banker filed for bankruptcy listing 2 003 044 liabilities with no assets. Illinois dairymen announce annual convention January 7 to 9 in Freeport with ex Governor Hoard among speakers. Indian woman Nuc Ne GA dies on Mississippi island near LaCrosse at 128, reputed oldest Wisconsin Native. Alfred Hoyle's Summer Hotel at Ross Park Plain Illinois burns down. total loss about 10 000. owner sole occupant.
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Chicago
Robert Berger
Edward 8. Dreyer
West Park Board of Chicago
Freeport
Uls
Illinois State Dairymen's Association
Hoard
Wisconsin
LaCrosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Red Snake
Plain
Ill
Alfred Hoyle
Sumier
Ross Park
Rabbi Schlosberg In Court Over Language Slur
In Bay City Michigan a 23 year old rabbi from Russia wept as a police warrant was served. Mrs Golden rushed to court seeking punishment but withdrew her complaint after the rabbi, aided by an interpreter, agreed to mind his own affairs and was discharged.
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Bay City
Mich
Joseph Schlosberg
Russia
Mrobedt Golden
Kelley
Golden
Unique Chicago Triplets to Celebrate Decennial Reunion
Adelin F. Young of Chicago A F Young and Almond F Young of Monmouth Ills are all 45 and claim to be the world s oldest triplets. They marked their majority twenty four years ago in Van Wert Ohio. The reunion will be at Mrs Lillie Roebuck 82 Dearborn Street with her as a sister of the triplets. The event was moved from Sunday to New Year s Day.
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Chicago
Adelin F. Young
A. F. Young
Almond F. Young
Monmouth
Ills
Earth
van Wert
Lillie Roebuck
Dearborn Street
Boundary dispute eased by arbitration offer between Argentina and Chile
Buenos Ayres reports Argentina and Chile signed a protocol to submit their boundary questions to Great Britain for arbitration. President Roca told British minister Sir W A C Barrington that while Chile questions rights to neutral roads, Britain may arbitrate if Chile agrees. United States watching and ready to help peaceably.
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Valparaiso
Argentina
Chili
Great Britain
Buenos Ayres
Roca
W. A. C. Barrington
Elr
Dividends Declared for Creditors of Insolvent Banks
Comptroller of the Currency announces dividends for creditors of insolvent national banks. First National Bank of Niles Michigan receives 10 percent and First National Bank of Anderson Indiana receives 24 and a half percent. Treasury issues $3334.84 prize money warrant to Rear Admiral Schley for his share of the Santiago battle winnings.
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Washington
First National Bank
Niles, Mich
Anderson, Ind
Schley
Treasury Department
Santiago
Last of noted Concord Brotherhood Dies
William Ellery Channing, last survivor of the Concord circle that included Thoreau Hawthorne and Emerson, died yesterday in Concord Massachusetts. Born in Boston November 20, 1818, he helped make Concord famous through his connection to the group and its poets and thinkers.
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Concord
Mass
William Ellery Channing
Thoreau
Hawthorne
Emer@en
Boston
Promoter Plans Immediate Jeffries Opponent Match
In a city, promoter Delaney says Jeffries cannot fit booked dates in Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Philadelphia and other cities. He will move from Kansas City to New York to arrange a fight within forty eight hours, possibly against Sharkey if Pitesimmons is unavailable, with a San Francisco venue sought.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Kansas City
New York
Delaney
Pite Simmons
Sharkey
San Francisco
Desperate Kalamazoo Wife Walks to Chicago for Aid
Mrs Julia Hadd of Kalamazoo arrived in St Joseph on foot after her husband left last October seeking work and did not return. Destitute, she heads to live with her father John Galliger in Chicago, traveling in a light suit and thin shoes. Local farmers gave her shelter and the city will provide transport to Chicago.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Julia Hadd
Kalamaxzoo
Chicago
Kalamagoo
John Galliger
Kalamazoo
Hadd
Ke nosha ex mayor Frank Culley Culley writes 1812 war novel Barbara
Frank Clinton Culley former Ke nosha mayor and longtime newspaper man has published his first novel Barbara under the pen name Major Clinton. The historical work centers on the events of the War of 1812.
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Wik
Frank Clinton Culley
Barbara
Major Clnton
Chloe
Indiana
Michigan
Teddy the Angora Cat Fails to Eat After Brother’s Death
Teddy, a beautiful Angora cat owned by Mrs. J. O. Myers of this city, is slowly starving himself since the death of his brother Mack on Sept. 14. He has refused all nourishment and wasted from fourteen pounds to a skeleton.
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Urs
Teddy
J. O. Myers
Mack
Reverend Isaac Line Barger Dies After Pneumonia
Rev Isaac Line Barger pastor of Elsdon Methodist Episcopal church and Beloit college alumnus died Sunday night at Wesley hospital from pneumonia after a brief illness. He was the oldest active member of the Rock River conference and widely known across Illinois Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Isaac Linebarger
Elsdon Methodist Episcopal Church
Beloit College
Rock River
Wesley Hospital
Lineis
Wisconsin
Cummins Proposes Nonpartisan Rail Tax Commission
Governor elect A B Cummins outlined a plan to tax railroad property in Iowa. He calls for a three member nonpartisan commission to assess actual railroad value and use it as the basis for state tax assessments by the executive council, with July as the new assessment date to align with other property valuations.
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Executive Council
Cummins
Lowa
Ice entombs conductor as ties slide from curve
Conductor William Beckshultz of Richmond was crushed under ice covered ties after a load slid from a curve of the Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie line in Muncie Indiana. He was pinned for about thirty minutes and suffered multiple injuries including two broken ribs a broken left leg a broken right arm and internal injuries.
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Muncie, Ind
William Beckshultz
Richmond
Cincinnati
Muncie
Woman in Milwaukee Office Claims Henry Payne Diamonds
A well known woman visiting the Milwaukee Street Railway offices tried to sell diamonds to Henry C. Payne and became abusive when rejected. J H Whitney, Payne’s secretary, found the stones genuine yet cut glass. The woman grew hysterical, threatened violence, and was later arrested after locking the staff in an outer room for about thirty minutes. Police offered no further details.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Laiming
Henry C. Payne
Charles I. Pfster
Milwaukee Street Railway Company
Payne
Tayne
J. H. Whitney
Tragic River Accident Strikes Middlesboro Child
In Middlesboro Kentucky on December 24 Charles Preston about 80 years old ferried young Jessie Marionsleigh on Powell River across the Cumberland mountains. The ice gave way and the girl drowned Preston in grief killed himself in front of the child’s mother.
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Middlesboro
Charles Preston
Jessie Marionsleigh
Powell River
Cumberland Mountains
Preston
Mass Exodus Imminent From Window Glass Plants
In Muncie Indiana next week over 100 skilled workers will resign and sever ties within a fortnight. The walkout stems from plans to launch cooperative and independent plants in which the workers have interests.
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Muncie
Ind
Trust Window Glass
No Agreement With the Brigands in Miss Stone Case
A correspondent says the American legation in Constantinople reports no agreement reached with the brigands holding Miss Stone. Officials expect no settlement for about ten days.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Miss Stone
Missing Calhour county treasurer linked to bondsmen report
John T Linkogle county treasurer of Calhour county vanished from his Hardin home December 16. The county summoned his bondsmen to report on his accounts amid reports he has been ill and perhaps mentally affected. A brother traced him to Otterville Jersey county before returning him home.
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John T. Linkogle
Calhour County
Hardin
Linkogle
Otterville
Jersey County
Two Women Die in Lincoln Crossing Accident
Two women died in Lincoln on Friday after separate accidents near Salt Creek bridge. Mrs. M Doty of 390 Alton Avenue Chicago was struck by an Alton freight train and killed. Mrs. N Miller, a farmer's wife, had a fractured skull when kicked by an injured man she was helping.
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Lincoln, Ills
Salt Creek Bridge
M. Doty
Alton Avenue
Chicago
Alton
Britain watches Chile Argentina dispute amid arbitration doubts
London reports the British government closely follows the Chilean Argentine dispute. No side has asked Britain to arbitrate yet. If both nations request mediation, Lord Lansdowne would agree. Argentine claims of British arbitration under an 1890 agreement are considered inaccurate as the issue lies beyond that commission’s powers.
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Associated Press
British Foreign Office
Chile
Argentina
Great Britain
Lord Lansdowne
Alcorta
Foreign Office
Cannon Buys Nebraska Land Boom Quietly
Representative Joe Cannon of Illinois has purchased about 10 000 acres in Cass and Saunders counties Nebraska. The farms include a 2500 acre tract near Greenwood bought for 55 dollars an acre, with more land sought by Cannon and a group of capitalists. He says the west’s importance to the east is now proven in practice.
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Omaha
Neb
Joe Cannon
Ilinois
Nebraska
Cass
Saunders
Greenwood
Roy Baldwin
Mr. Cannon
Will Try to Get a Match at Once Dropping All Other Engagements
Omaha December 24 Billy Delaney trainer and manager for champion James J Jeffries has been ordered to attempt a single match without other engagements. He will seek a prompt bout arrangement as negotiations continue.
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Omaha
Neb
Billy Delaney
James J. Jeffries
Judge Munger risks contempt jail in deposition standoff
At the federal building Judge Munger refused to answer a deposition question in a Fremont case where he is a witness. Notary Miss Waring warned he could be jailed for contempt. He stated he did not refuse to avoid self incrimination and gave reasons for not answering.
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Omaha
Neb
United States Circuit Court
Federal
Munger
Fremont
Miss Waring
Captain Davis venture shows new river freighter
The Estella Grover schooner from Pentwater Michigan carried 80 barrels of apples and 500 bushels of potatoes on a Lake Michigan to Gulf of Mexico voyage. Captain Daniel I. Davis and his party, including his brothers and sons, navigated river routes via the Illinois and Mississippi to reach St Louis, praising river trade potential while noting pilot and depth challenges.
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P.O. Davis
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Copeland
John Davis
Frank
Wade Gardner
Sheboygan
Davis
Estella Grover
Peoria
Gulf
Illinois
Mississippi
Veolia
Guillotine for Briere in France murder trial
Chartres reports the trial of farmer Briere who killed four daughters aged 14, 11, 5 and 4 and a 7 year old son. He was found guilty and sentenced to be decapitated by the guillotine amid protestations of innocence and competing theories about two tramps and motive.
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Chartres
France
Briere
Robbery hits Laytonville bound stage and city fires strike Madera
A south bound stage between Laytonville and Willits was robbed half a mile above Willits on Saturday. Fifteen buildings burned in Madera, a town twenty miles west of Phillipsburg. A. John J. Valentine, Wells Fargo Express president, died in Oakland. Creditors seek Dayville Woollen Co bankruptcy in Killingly Connecticut.
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Willits
Cal
Madera
Phillipsburg
Chicago sees Henrotin honored by Belgium in 25 years of service
Charles Henrotin received from the Belgian state department in Brussels the officer of the Order of Leopold and the First Class Civic Cross decorations. The honors recognize his twenty five years of service as Belgian consul in Chicago.
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Chicago
Charles Henrotin
State Department
Brussels
Belgium
Order of Leopold
Beloit ministers denounce public vice and attack mayor
In Beloit Wisconsin on December 24 members of the Beloit Ministerial union condemned perceived public vice and blamed Mayor Simon Smith. Sermons sparked wide comment and signaled a crusade against immortality in the town. In Terre Haute Indiana on December 24 coal operators announced orders will be booked at shipment time price.
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Beloit, Wis
Beloit
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Woman Burned to Death in Nevada Missouri
Mrs Ellen Shatt aged 52 burned to death yesterday in Nevada Missouri.
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Nevada
Ellen Shatt
Rhodes denial issued by British Chartered South Africa Co
Inquiries at the offices of the British Chartered South Africa company yielded a denial of a Cairo report claiming Cecil Rhodes, the company’s managing director, is US. The company declined further comment.
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London
Cairo
Cecil Rhodes
Mine accident near Gouverneur claims two lives in ms
Benjamin Elliott is dead and Peter Kennenberg seriously injured after a mine accident near Gouverneur Mississippi. A Harvard university secret society suspended a peleton from a flagpole as part of an unclear stunt.
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Peter Kennenberg
Gouverneur
Harvard University
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