Rathbone Testimony Highlights Cuban Post Fraud Hearing
Havana hearing on Cuban post frauds resumes with KE G Rathbone choosing to testify. He details post office operations and says Reeves was sent by Washington, while questions over whether he ordered monthly accounts and the scope of Reeves and Neely’s roles shape the proceedings. Reeves’ testimony is cited as potentially showing one person could have committed the fraud.
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Havana
KE. G. Rathbone
Rathbone
Department of Posts
Neely
Reeves
Department
Washington
J. D. Lawshe
Chilean Delegate Insults Pan American Conference in Mexico
At the Pan American conference in Mexico City, Chile abstained on a pro arbitration amendment. Senor Martinez of Chile condemned the session as chicanery, walked out, and the chair adjourned after Blest Gana of Chile requested it.
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City
Mexico
Chile
Senor Pardo
Department of Foreign Relations
Walker Martinez
Raigosa
Senor Martinez
Warren Wayne Dies in Morris County Jail
Warren Wayne who was sentenced last September to four months in the county jail for extortion died at the Morris jail Friday after a brief illness.
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Morris
Ill
Warren Wayne
Haying
Justice and health myths in early women’s suffering
A 19th century critique links gender bias to ignoring women’s health needs while endorsing Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures for womanly diseases. The testimonial from Mrs. Mollie E. Carpenter details severe symptoms and recovery after extensive treatment, advocating self care and medical products.
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Mailin
Man Sentenced After Threatening Fire Fire and Poison Plot
A 60 year old man from Ray Indiana faced charges after attempting to extort $600 from Samuel D Holderman by threatening to burn his house and poison his cattle. He fled to a remote spot with a package left behind and was captured following a gunshot by concealed officers.
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Samuel D. Holderman
Holderman
Ray
Ind
Campbell’s Candidacy Sparks Talk in Flora Illinois
Col James R Campbell pursues the Republican nomination for representative in the Twenty fourth district. A former Democrat who served in the state legislature and led a regiment to Cuba in the Spanish war later served in the Philippines. He has served a term in compress.
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Col. Campbell
Flora
Ill
James R. Campbell
Twenty-fourth
Cuba
Philippines
Compress
St. Joseph Fishermen Lose Nets in Ice Flood
Two weeks ago St. Joseph fishermen set nets in the lake believing ice would not interfere but recent gales sent them back to port to await open weather. The tug Ed wards went out but failed to find the nets and returned to a harbor blocked with ice. Nets seven miles long may be carried away by outer floating ice.
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St. Joseph. Mich
St. Joseph
Edwards
Iowa Solons In Session Organize For Twenty Ninth Legislature
Des Moines reports the Iowa legislature opening its twenty ninth session with both houses organized by Republican caucus selections. W L Eaton chosen speaker, concurrent resolutions passed, joint session to canvass vote for governor and lieutenant governor, inauguration set for Thursday. Senate and house Republicans plan joint caucus for two US senators and other key positions. Colonel S A Moore, oldest member, granted privilege to select his own seat.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
House Republican Caucus
United States
The
State University
Normal School and Agricultural College
A. Moore
Bloomfield
Indiana
Des Moines Suspect Charged In Mabel Schoefield Death
Charles Thomas of Des Moines faces trial for administering knock out drops to Mabel Schoefield on Oct 21 1899. Her body was thrown into the river after the dose proved fatal. Detectives seek accomplices who aided the burial. Druggist Hansen sold chloral two days earlier. Macy of Highland Park college analyzed stomach contents finding chloral and chloroform. physicians say chloral alone could have killed eight to ten people.
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Des Moines
Charles Thomas
Mabel Schoefield
W. A. Spurrier
Schoefield Thomas
Hansen
Eighth and Locust Streets
Wells & Bates
Macy
Highland Park College
Robbers Enter Kansas City Pool Room in Bold Hold Up
Two young men with handkerchief masks forced Harry B. Chick's pool room on Baltimore Avenue to the floor. They collected between 1500 and 2500 dollars while a third man guarded the entrance. An employee Jimmy Driscoll was struck and Dr. J A Frame, the cashier, was also hit.
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Kansas City
Harry B. Chick
Baltimore Avenue
Jimmy Driscoll
Passenger Train Collides With Construction Train in CT Wreck
A Rock Island line passenger train ran into a construction train at O Keene CT on Saturday. Two men died H K Baer of Wichita Kansas and E A Colfy of Galva Kansas. Eight others injured and a misplaced switch blamed for the wreck.
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Chicago
Hitt
Rock Island Road
O’ Keene
C. T
H. K. Baer
Wichita
Kan
E. A. Colfy
Galva
Extradition Warrant Sought for John M. Warts
Windsor magistrate ruled the alleged offense of kidnapping a child is extraditable and granted the warrant request for John M. Warts formerly of Springfield Illinois. Watts will appeal to higher courts.
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Windsor
Ont
Bartlet
John M. Warts
Springfield
Ill
Watts
Tarrant Likely Picked for Milwaukee Circuit Bench
Milwaukee district news notes Gov LaFollette will likely appoint Warren DPD. Tarrant to fill the circuit court seat left by the sudden death of Judge Eugene S. Elliott at a whist table. Tarrant is senior partner at Tarrant Kronshage and McGovern law firm.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Warren
Tarrant
LaFollette
Eugene S. Elliott
Tarrant, Kronshage & McGovern
Smallpox Quarantine Placed on Madison Boarding House
Francis R. Hyland a junior law student at the state university fell ill with smallpox Sunday. His boarding house at 702 State Street and about fifteen boarders including nine students were quarantined. Only one other case is reported in the city.
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Madison, Wis
Francis R. Hyland
State University
State Street
Chicago Police Probe Divorce Mil in Ghettos
Chicago police investigate an alleged divorce mill operating in the ghettos where divorces are obtained, raising questions about legality and access to judicial relief.
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Chicago
Ghettes
Pension Clash Over Preference Clause In G A R Debate
Washington January 14 The House opened the pension appropriation bill debate with Grosvenor and Hepburn attacking a report from the last G A R encampment criticizing Congress for a proposed Spanish American War veterans preference. They argued the bill would unfairly favor Spanish war veterans over Civil War veterans. Confederal veterans drew support from Rixey but Richardson opposed admitting ex Confederates to Union homes as a policy. The session remained lively with no action taken.
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House of Representatives
Grosvenor
Hepburn
Congress
Rixey
Virginia
South
Army
Navy
Richardson
Tennessee
Department of State
War Department
State, War and Navy
War Office
State
Justice Departments
War and Navy
Senate
Chicago Drainage Canal To Link Lakes And Gulf
Washington officials weigh making the Chicago drainage canal a national link between the Great Lakes and the Gulf. The Rivers and Harbors Committee heard from Chicago delegations about navigation improvements, turning basins, and a broader plan to extend the waterway to the Mississippi. A federal survey costing 200000 was requested to assess feasibility and benefits.
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Washington
Chicago Drainage Canal
Great Lakes
Gulf
House Committee On
Chicago
Sanitary District
Adams
W. H. Baker
Canal Trustees
Mississippi
St. Louis
Baker
Maryland Delegation Delays Schley Action in Roosevelt Appeal
The Maryland congressional delegation met in Washington on January 14 to review Schley's case. They endorsed any measure that fully vindicated Admiral Schley but it'll wait for President Roosevelt's decision on the appeal before urging specific resolutions or bills in Congress.
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Washington
Maryland
Congress
Schley
Roosevelt
Admiral Schley
McComas
Jackson
Danville Glass Factory Opens in New Line
Danville Illinois January 14 The citys window glass plant the largest in the state began operations Sunday night The Danville Street Car Company started running its first cars on the new glass works line
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Danville
Danville, Ills
Danville Street Car Company
New Glass Works
Financial hole found as 10 million yen misappropriated
Government officials report a hole in funds with 10 million yen allegedly diverted. Two unknown men on a Pennsylvania Railroad track near Linden New Jersey were killed. The will of late Senator Sewell disposes of about 60 000 pounds to the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava and other entities.
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Linden
Hahway
N. J
United States
William J. Sewell
Marquis of
Senate
Nelson
Minnesota
Jones
Nevada
England
Norway
McMillan
Michigan
Millard
Nebraska
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Kearns
Utah
Canada
Simon
Oregon
Germany
Wetmore
Rhode Island
Senator Sewell
New Jersey
Ireland
Aystem
Senators oppose direct election and push for constitutional convention
Washington reports strong Senate opposition to direct election of senators while states seek a constitutional convention to amend the U.S. charter. The piece notes potential delays, requires two-thirds state requests, and outlines challenges to muster ratification. It also covers requests for expanded federal buildings and notional shifts in canal and Philippine debates.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Electricity on an L New York Line Proves a Complete Success
New York January 14 electricity displaced steam as main power on the Second Avenue line of the Manhattan Elevated Railway company. The experiment proved a complete success and the entire system will soon be run by electricity. The Battery to end of Oneida Street trip now takes under half the time once required.
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New York
Second Avenue
Manhattan Elevated Railway Company
Died at His Post in Kalamazoo Train Car
A. P. Hooker an American Express messenger for thirty years was found dead in his car as the Michigan Central train from Chicago arrived yesterday morning He had died while the train was between Chicago and Kalamazoo.
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Kalamazoo
Ind
A. P. Hooker
Ameerican Express
Michigan Central
Chicago
Chcago
Burnett Seeks Second Divorce in Washington
Washington January 14 Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett widow of Stephen Townsend who married in 1900 is planning another divorce action She was previously divorced from Dr Burnett in 1908.
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Washington
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stephen Townsend
Dr. Burnett
Chicago and East Buffalo Live Stock Prices and Grain Quotes
Hogs receipts 45 000 with price ranges from 5.85 to 6.55 for packing and mixed lots. Cattle receipts 26 000 with steers from 3.90 to 7.40, stockers and feeders 2.10 to 4.50, cows 1.25 to 4.50, veal calves 3.50 to 5.75. Sheep and lambs receipts 25 000 with lambs 3.26 to 6.00. East Buffalo quotes cattle 4.00 to 6.50, hogs 5.80 to 6.55, sheep and lambs 2.40 to 6.20. St Louis grain wheat 88% to 91 cents, corn 65% to 67 cents, oats 48 to 49 cents. Milwaukee grain wheat about 79 to 81 cents, rye 66 to 64 cents, barley 64 to 65 cents, oats 48 cents, corn May 65 to 66 cents.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Board of Jade
Eure
Wages Raised for Pud Mers and Finishers in Bar Iron
At a wage conference in Youngstown on January 14 the bi monthly bar iron scale increased. Pud Mers pay rises from 5.50 to 5.75 per ton and finishers from 0.67 to 0.685 per ton. The hike impacts 25,000 workers west of Pittsburgh.
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Youngstown, O
Pittsburg
Ex Senator Gorman Re-elected to United States Senate
Annapolis Md January 14 Ex United States Senator Gorman arrived yesterday afternoon as guest of Governor Smith at the executive mansion He was re elected today to the United States senate to succeed Wellington whose term ends in March 1903
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Annapolis
United States
Gorman
Smith
Executive
United States Senate
Wellington
Man Held on Illinois Warrant for Bogus Bond Scam
A man named Charles A. Moore is held by police awaiting Illinois requisition papers after Chicago officials charge him with obtaining 5.40 from Charles F. Murphy by selling bogus railroad bonds. Another gambler, Charles Kei Wwab, recovers after losses at Monte Carlo ending near break even.
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Chicago
New York
Charles A. Moore
Illinois
Charles F. Murphy
Charles M. Kei
Monte Carlo
Poles and German language policy debated in Prussia
Berlin January 14. Chancellor Count von Bülow told the diet that Polish agitation drives national conflict in the eastern provinces. He saidPoles must learn German and join German civic life while Polish speaks would be allowed, and that policy remains unchangeable. He defended Prussian school measures and vowed adherence to Bismarckian policy to strengthen the nation.
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Berlin
Count von Buelow
Prussia
Wreschen
Germany
Polish Colonization Commission
East Prussia
Prince Bismarck
Cigarette Habit Killed Him in Michigan Hotel
Arthur Frazee son of J W Frazee formerly a St Joseph resident died in his room at Hotel Bran don Alexandria Indiana. He smoked about thirty cigarettes a day for twelve years totaling around 150000. He fell ill three times in five years and after each recovery vowed to quit but could not resist the urge.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Arthur Frazee
J. W. Fracsee
Brandon
Alexandria
Ind
Frazee
Michigan
Iie
Steel firm buys Fox plant rumors surface in Joliet
Rumor circulates in Joliet that United States Steel Corporation has bought the Fox pressed steel plant idle since last summer due to labor troubles. Officials refuse to deny or confirm. It is said the plant will resume operations this week under new management.
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Joliet, Dis
United States Steel Corporation
Fox Pressed
Trust
Fox Company
Fox
Bright lights over lake spur reports of ship fire near Chicago
St. Joseph residents August Loeffler and Fred Vail saw bright flashes over the lake late Friday night or early Saturday morning, prompting belief that a vessel between here and Chicago might be ablaze.
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St. Joseph, Mich
August Loeffler
Third Ward
Fred Vail
Sere
Chicago
Washington Glass Plant Suspends Operations Indefinitely
The Washington Glass company of Ithaca New York has halted work indefinitely due to nonpayment. An epidemic of smallpox is reported among lumber camps in the Adirondacks. Henry Payne begins as postmaster general tomorrow. Bina M West named to the board of governors for the Maccabees fraternal building in St Louis.
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Washington Glass Company
Ithaca
N. Y
Adirondacks
Henry €. Payne
Bina M. West
The
Ladies of the Maccabees
St. Louis
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