Pribery charges issued over Garman-Cameron water deal
Seventeen former Grand Rapids city officials face warrants for taking bribes in the Garman Cameron water scheme. Former City Attorney Lant K Salsbury confessed after prison, prompting indictments of ex Mayor George J Perry State Senator David Burns and fourteen ex aldermen. The bribery amounts cited range from 200 to 3338 dollars with Mayor Perry accused of 3383 dollars. Sixteen aldermen named as participants. two died, no further warrants expected.
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Jacob Mol
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Charles Johnson
Ryner Stonehouse
Daniel Lozier
John McLachlan
Clark Slocum
John Muir
Adrian Shriver
Common Council
Perry
Burns
Ward
George J. Perry
Kinney
Delaware financier Addicks sued by dressmaker over stock loss
In Philadelphia on November 23 a verdict of 18000 was awarded to Mme Elizabeth Nash, the dressmaker who sued J Edward Addicks over a stock transaction. Nash alleged he induced her to invest in a mining company promising dividends, but the stock fell from 160 to 1 and then to 100, with fears he has suffered heavy losses. The payment details are awaited.
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Philadelphia
J. Edward Addicks
Mme
Elizabeth Nash
Mme. Nash
Addicks
Civil Service in Milwaukee Near End Says Mayor
Milwaukee officials report the city civil service system is nearing its end. Mayor Rose opposes the rule and department heads refuse to work with the civil service commission. Administration backs a supreme court decision they say extends to ward laborers and allows discharges without cause.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Rose
City Civil Service Commission
Supreme Court
Francis Joseph to Visit Rome for Health Cruise
Rome reports Emperor Francis Joseph will cruise in the Mediterranean next spring for health. He plans two Rome visits one to King Victor Emmanuel and another to the pope, as notified by Count Nigra the Italian ambassador at Vienna.
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Vienna
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Little Princess Elizabeth of Hesse Said to Die by Poison
Berlin reports sinister rumors that Princess Elizabeth of Hesse died during a royal gathering after an alleged poison plot aimed at the Russian imperial family. The Czar and Czarina fell ill. typhoid fever was later named as the cause, while questions about the illness and funeral attendance persist. The Grand Duchess of Coburg seeks reconciliation between her daughter and the Grand Duke of Hesse.
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Hesse
Heses
Washington police chief warns on cocaine scourge
In his annual report to district commissioners Major Sylvester, superintendent of the Washington police force, notes rising cocaine activity and calls for closer scrutiny and action to curb the drug trade in the capital.
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Washington
Sylvester
Washington Police Force
Gompers Re elected President of AFL in Mass
Samuel Gompers has been reelected president of the American Federation of Labor by a large plurality. The vote stood Gompers 12 524 against 1 194. In London, King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena left Windsor with ceremonial crowds giving a cordial send off as they departed for the railway station.
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Toston
Mass
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American Federation of Labor
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London
Windsor
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Italy
Chicago Street Car Strike Hopes for Settlement Grow
The Chicago street car strike shows brighter prospects as mediation resumes though key issues remain. Four lines operate while police limit expansion, and a riot involving thousands occurred on Archer Avenue.
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Chicago Railway Company
Cottage Grove
Indiana
Wentworth Avenue
Halsted Street Lnes
Archer Avenue
Cocaine Habit Urges Strong Action In Capital
The speaker warns that cocaine use is rising among the capital’s lower classes and asks for immediate measures to curb its sale by druggists. He notes rapid growth over two years, the wrecked lives from cocaine and morphine use, and that police cannot raid opium joints except for disorderly conduct with inadequate fines.
Rioters Intercept Wagons Carrying Food to Car Barns
A mob gathered to stop wagons under escort delivering food to the car barns. They shouted and threw stones injuring a constable who was struck on the head. Police did not fire, finally drove back the rioters, who then burned a wagon previously wrecked near the barns.
Extradition Case Raises Question for Supreme Court
Judge Francis E. Baker granted an appeal petition by Assistant US Attorney LaFollette in the Lynchehaun Irish fugitive case. The government seeks a ruling on whether a US commissioner's extradition warrant can run nationwide and authorize marshal arrests. LaFollette and British counsel may seek a warrant for Lynchehaun's arrest from Judge Anderson.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Francis E. Baker
United States Circuit Court
United States
LaFollette
Lyncheham
Supreme Court
Fox
Anderson
United States District Court
Lynchehaun
Looting Scandal at Louisville Fire destroys trust
Six Louisville firemen are ordered to appear before the board of public safety to answer looting charges following the old Masonic Temple blaze. Items stolen include shoes, meerschaum pipes, theatre cash, pistols, and jewelry worth over $1,000. Mayor Grainger condemns the acts and promises criminal action and dismissal.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville Fire Department
Tyson
Board of Public Safety
Grainger
Fire Department
Fowler Drug
Hopkins Theatre
Animal Show
Rodgers and Krull
Charles F Grainger
Colombia President Urges US Neutrality Over Panama
President Marroquin declares national conscience should keep the United States from aiding Panama and asserts treaty obligations bind Washington to support Colombia. Separately, the Senate foreign relations committee approves a favorable report on the Cuban reciprocity treaty and the Isle of Pines cession to Cuba.
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Marroquin
United States
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
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Cornerstone Layed for Chicago Teachers College
The cornerstone of a $500000 Chicago Teachers College building at Sixty eighth Street and Stewart Avenue was laid by the Masonic fraternity with ceremonial pomp. W. B. Wright served as presiding grand master of the Masonic order in Illinois.
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Teachers’ College
Sixty Eighth Street
Stewart Avenue
Masonic Fraternity
W. B. Wright
Masonic Order
Illinois
Tuberculosis Serum a Failure Reported in Vienna
Vienna reports that Professor Mikulicz of Breslau wrote to the Tageblatt alleging a tuberculosis serum was unsuccessful. The letter cites experimental results and questions the serum’s efficacy, signaling a setback in the medical community.
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Democrats Offer a Proposition on Cuban Reciprocity Vote
Democratic senators in caucus agree not to derail the Cuban reciprocity bill with tariff talk if Republicans set a voting day in the December regular session beginning the first Monday.
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Washington
Chamberlain Addresses Cardiff on Tariff Reform
Joseph Chamberlain spoke to a large Cardiff audience urging tariff reform. He framed free trade as doomed after sixty years and criticized the Duke of Devonshire Lord Goschen Lord Hugh Cecil and Winston Churchill for hindering government progress.
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Wales
Joseph Chamberlain
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Hugh Cecil
Winston Churchill
General Sumner Takes Command
Omaha Neb Nov 23 Major General John C Bates turned over the department of Missouri to its new commander Major General 8 S Sumner Nearly all officers in the department of Missouri including Major Smith Vanleer chief engineer of the department Fort Leavenworth were present
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Omaha
Neb
John C. Bates
Department of the Lakes
Missouri
Department of Missouri
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