Ferry will case decided in Ottawa county probate court
Ottawa county probate court orders Edward P. Ferry executor to pay Michigan Trust Company 915 355 dollars on behalf of heirs. The court rules Ferry's accounts false and claims misappropriation and mental incompetence. Principal heir included former U S senator Thomas W Ferry who presided pro tem during the Mayes Tilden recount.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Ferry
William Montague Ferry
Mackinac Island
Ottawa County
Edward P. Ferry
Salt Lake City
Michigan Trust Company
Grand Rapids
Thomas W. Ferry
United States
Senate
Britain and Japan clash over China rail project
Pekin dispatch reports Great Britain protests Japan’s stance on China extending the Hsin Min Tun railroad northward. A British firm holds the partial construction contract while Baron Hayashi argues the parallel line harms Japanese interests, and Britain calls Japan's action a violation of equal rights.
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Pekin
Great Britain
Japan
China
Baron Hayashi
Stricken Engineer Falls Ill in Cab on Philadelphia Route
Charles Lynch of Trenton New Jersey, engineer on a Pennsylvania railroad express from Jersey City to Philadelphia, suffered paralysis in his cab at Torresdale Pennsylvania and is hospitalized in critical condition. Fireman assisted and brought the train to Philadelphia. Lynch is 65 and has served the company over 25 years. Passengers remained unaware of the incident.
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Philadelphia
Charles Lynch
Trenton
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Torresdale
Lynch
Commission splits on Lew Wallace statue material
Washington January 6 The Indians commission appointed by Governor Hanly debates material for the Lew Wallace statue in the Capitol's statuary hall with a bronze faction favored by most members while Captain Magrew a Wallace regiment veteran opposes a bronze memorial and vows not to sign any bronze report.
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Washington
Indians Commission
Hanly
Lew Wallace
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Magrew
Nothing to Warrant Her Arrest in Pittsfield
Relatives of G A Gish say they have demanded a warrant to be issued by the county's attorney Bradburn for the divorce case of Rev Gish. They accuse the divorce defendant of poisoning him. Bradburn denies any warrant has been requested and states there is no legal basis for an arrest at present, but he will act as soon as proof is obtained.
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Pittsfield
Ill
G. A. Gish
Bradburn
Rev. Gish
Allves
Fur
Shailenberger
Fire cripples Dowagine plant of Colby Milling Company
A fire damaged the Colby Milling Company plant at Dowagine Michigan causing substantial losses. A list of other items includes the death of astronomer Charles Augustus Young at Hanover New Hampshire aged seventy three and the recovery of 237 bodies at the Darr mine in Jacob's Creek. The reports mention Wisconsin Governor Davidson appointing Robert M. Bashford as associate justice, Bryan’s Omaha banquet before Chicago, wage cuts at Burden Iron Works, rent settlements for Newark tenants, injuries in Kansas City bank blast, and a coroner's jury dropping the case of Mrs. Lanauette.
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Colby Milling Com Ny
Dowagine
Mich
Charles Augustus Young
Unite
Henr
N. H
Darr Mine
Jacob's Creek
Davidson
Wisconsi
Robert M. Bashford
O Adison
the Cassaday
Omaha
William J. Bryan
Chicago
Burden Iron Works
Troy
Ndlords
Newark
First Bank
Kansas City
Janesville
Frederick Lanauette
Officer Killed by a Thug in West Oakland
Oakland police officer James Fenton was fatally shot by F A Boyle a U S sailor at Mare Island. Thomas Shields seized Boyle s revolver and shot Boyle in the abdomen. Boyle later died. Police recovered a grip with many stamps suggesting post office robberies.
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Oakland
Cal
James Fenton
West Oakland
F. A. Boyle
United States
Mare Island
Thomas Shields
Boyle
Fenton
Newsboy Quells Fire Panic at Sharon Theater
Fire broke out in the Hippodrome during a speech by New York newsboy Noodles Fagan. A rush for the single exit caused injuries to two people as 300 patrons were trampled before the crowd settled. Fagan used humor to calm the audience and prevent a worse disaster.
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Sharon
Fagan
New York
Fire destroys cruiser Marion near Hunter's Point
The old cruiser Marion was burned to the waterline in Visitation Bay three miles south of Hunter's Point in San Francisco bay. Launched in 1875, the vessel honored the sloop Marion, whose timber aided reconstruction efforts.
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San Francisco
Marion
Visitation Bay
Hunter's
San Francisco Bay
Engineer Dies of the Benda in East River Tunnel
George Harrin a London born constructing engineer and former Chiswick Ironworks owner died of the bends while working in the Pennsylvania tunnel under the East River. He had recently arrived in the United States to study tunnel engineering firsthand.
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New York
George Harrin
London
England
Chiswick Ironworks
Pennsylvania
East River
Rothschild Will Allocates 1.6 Million to Charity
Paris report says Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild who died November 18 leaves over 1.6 million dollars to charity. Four hundred thousand dollars are earmarked for relief of Israelites and the rest is divided among general charitable institutions in sums from ten thousand to two hundred thousand dollars.
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Paris
Adolphe de Rothschild
Praise for His Nerve in Congress Record
A Washington dispatch notes the Congressional Record humor as Rep Wallace of Arkansas gets three speeches in one minute with notes of Prolonged applause Loud applause and Sustained applause none of which occurred. Wallace is praised for his nerve despite the absence of real applause.
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Congressional Record
Washington
New York Times
Wallace
Arkansas
House
Arkansan
Remarkable Chicago Infant Hercules Gains Notable Feats
Chicago reports a twenty month old son of policeman William J. Shoemaker performing feats of strength Charles of note. He lifts a coal scuttle, toys with five pound dumbbells, and climbs a vertical front while supported by his father. The infant is described as his own instructor and weighs about forty pounds.
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Chicago
Hercules
William J. Shoemaker
Harvard Students Scale 175 Foot Chimney for Seven Up Game
Four Harvard students climbed the 175 foot Athol Massachusetts smokestack and dangled over the side to play seven up, matching Mrs Stella Clapp's feat reported by a New York Tribune dispatch.
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Stella Clapp
Athol
Mass
Harvard
New York Tribune
Lotta Learns Spelling Through Help From Sister
In a grateful moment Lotta learns to spell by using familiar words and family guidance. Katherine, her high school sister, coaches Lotta with simple chunks like pie and wasp, then Miss Lane explains a method: link unfamiliar words to known ones and practice tomorrow’s lesson. Years pass as Lotta grows confident in spelling.
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Mamma
Lotta
Katherine
Kather
Miss Lane
How the Korean Girls Seesaw
A 19th century sketch describes Korean girls playing see saw with a bag of sand as ground anchor a plank and a rope for balance. One girl spring throws the other into the air then repeats, both standing on the plank ends as they rise two or three feet per toss.
Baby Named Eiffeline After Eiffel Tower Birth
A Paris couple welcomes a daughter born on an Eiffel Tower platform and names her Eiffeline to reflect the lofty birth. The unusual name honors the high born moment above the city.
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Eifeline
Paris
Eiffeline
Eiffel Tower
The Bur Banked Celery and Pension Joke
A farmer boasts of bur banking celery with salt cellar leaves and leaps in the garden. The same idea applied to money yields interest and a self sprouting pension and annuity. Blanche Elizabeth Wade notes in Harper's Magazine January.
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Blanche Elizabeth Wade
Harper's Megazine
Origin of Uncle Sam and the dollar mark tale
The article explains how the name Uncle Sam arose from Samuel Wilson and his beef shipments marked A U S to the government, spelling United States. It notes the symbol became associated with U S government property and the dollar sign originated from the letters S and U. It closes with an advertisement for Dr Shoop's Restorative health tonic.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Omaha World-Herald
Samuel Wilson
Wilson
Troy
N. Y
Albert Anderson
Sam
Mr. Anderson
U. S
The Riddle of Winds From a Window
A narrator ponders what makes wind and rain, deducing that moving trees create the wind as they bend and bow in stronger gusts. The scene centers on a stormy window view with trees bending while rain and wind intensify.
Little Fred Questions Milk Faucets in Country Milking
A young boy observes his uncle milking a cow and wonders where the faucets would be to let the milk flow into the pail. He peeks under the cow asking for the source of the streams of milk.
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Fred
Women lead mob in Kirklin demand school board resignations
Fifty women staged a protest in Kirklin Indiana on January 6 shouting and presenting a petition from 158 property owners urging the three school board members to resign. The board postponed action and a brick was hurled striking a member at the street exit as tempers flared. The crowd dispersed amid calls to transfer school management to the town trustee for a new village school building.
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Kirklin
Ind
Harry Cast
Williams
Townet
Death in an Electric Crash near Ford's Station
One man was killed and seven or eight injured in a wreck on the Evansville and Mount Vernon traction line near Ford's Station. Major G. V. Menzies of Mount Vernon was among the injured. John Niederhurst of Mount Vernon was killed in the collision between a passenger and a freight car.
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Evansville
Ind
Mount Vernon
G. V. Menzies
Ford
John Niederhurst
Harden Appeals Libel Verdict In Moltke Case
Maximilien Harden appeals to the empire supreme court after being convicted of libel against Count Kuno von Moltke and sentenced to four months in prison. He argues testimony was illegally excluded and cites several technicalities.
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Berlin
Maximilien Harden
Kuno von Moltke
Supreme Court of the Empire
Preventics Cold Tablets Promise Quick Relief
To check a cold quickly, get from your druggist some little candy tablets called Preventics. Druggists everywhere are dispensing Preventics as safe, effective, and prompt. Taken at the sneeze stage they may prevent pneumonia bronchitis la grippe and other troubles. Sold by J. H. Stewart.
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J. H. Stewart
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