Congress Opened Second Session Amid Gala Senate Return
The fifty-ninth Congress reconvened with a festive opening as visitors crowded galleries and Senators exchanged greetings. New Delaware Senator Dupont was sworn in, while Platt and Depew of New York attended, Smoot and Smoot received cordial welcomes, and absence was noted for Allison, Halley, La Follette, Pettus. CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.
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Delaware
Dupont
Senate
Penrose
Foraker
Congress
HNL
Pairbanks
Senators
Fairbanks
Washington
Capitol
Europe
Legislative Hall
Teller
Colorado
Teiler
Ila
Ag Aa
Ths
Smoot
Heyburn
Ridich
Benson
Bacon
Utah
New York
Platt
Depew
Senator Platt
Allison
Towa
Halley
Texas
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Edward Everett Hale
Mr. Dupont
Mrs Cowen in Tears in Baltimore County Court
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore Maryland December Mrs John K Cowen widow of the late Baltimore and Ohio president faced a nonresident attachment claim in the Baltimore County Court asserting continued Maryland residency Her testimony showed her properties in Aiken South Carolina and elsewhere had been sold The dispute involves estate creditors and unpaid advances including a hotel keeper claiming 212 dollars
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Washington
Baltimore
John K. Cowen
Baltimore and Ohio
Aiken
S. C
Cuban Elections Dec 19 Decree Replaces 1904 Representatives
A Cuban decree published at Herena removes last year’s House representatives and schedules special elections. It states vacancies in the House and Senate to be filled under the provisional government, with senatorial electors chosen to fit vacancies. The decree cites the 1907 date and the 1904 term expiring April 1 1909 and outlines the scheduling complexities for concurrent elections.
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Warrington
Herena
House of Representatives
Cuba
Vaccancie
Senate
Hunting's Costly Harvest Nineteen Die in New England Woods
Open hunting season ends as two months of hunting in New England claim nineteen lives across Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont with thirteen hunter fatalities from gunfire and four from exposure or heart attack at least fourteen others seriously wounded. Deer totals for Maine show 3131 deer 182 moose and thirteen bears killed, down from last year’s 4154 deer 200 moose and 37 bears.
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Maine
Boston
Mess
New England
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Gas kills aged spinster in New York lodging house
Miss Catherine Gore age 78 from Montreal was found asphyxiated by gas in her Third Avenue room last night. She had lived in the lodging house for months and appeared prosperous, with a niece named Miss Gertrude Therry of Chicago cited as a relative.
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Catherine Gore
New York
Montreal
Third Avenue
Miss Gore
Gertrude Therry
Washington Park Place
Chicago
Gore
Rural Carriers to Appeal Over Farmers’ Delays
Rural mail carriers near Newcastle Pennsylvania plan to appeal to Postmaster General Cortelyou. They complain farmers on their routes rarely buy more than a single stamp or card, causing cold delays as farmers stop to make change and often demand that carriers wait while addresses are written on cards.
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Cortelyou
Newcastle
Post Office Department
Vagrant Sold At Auction And Rug Collection Sale
Elizabethtown Kentucky December 3 Dick Autury convicted of vagrancy sold into servitude for nine months to J Fohnson a farmer for ten dollars The Mumford Rug Line sale at Sloan Art Galleries continues with extraordinary rugs noted for rarity beauty and textile merit in Washington and vicinity final day of the sale highlights the collection as the finest offered locally
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Elizabethtown
Dick Autury
J. Fohnson
Aubury
Mumford
John Kimberly Mumford
Sloan Art Galleries
Washington
Plea for Gillette in famous Grace Brown case
The Herkimer courtroom ends a dramatic day as District Attorney Ward accuses five doctors of fabrication and graft while Senator Mills for the defense argues Grace Brown killed herself and Gillette faced a biased system. The judge adjourned to continue tomorrow with closing arguments and a jury charge.
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Grace Brown
Herkimer, N
Herkimer County
Jetica
Gillette
Gore
Devendorff
Ward
A. M. Mills
Chester W. Gillette
Big Moone Lake Fuly 11
Girl
Mills
United Powers
Mhis
Hte
Senator Mills
Mars
Burglere
Admitted Evidence and Graft Allegations in Gillette Trial
The defense argued misrepresentation by doctors and accused Millis of discrediting expert testimony. Prosecutors contended the defense used trickery while a crowd heard dramatic closing remarks. Sheriff received threats. militia stood by as court adjourned awaiting the district attorney’s final argument and jury deliberation.
Col Edwin Stevens Ill With Pneumonia in Virginia
News from New York reports Col Edwin A Stevens head of the Stevens family of Hoboken and Stevens Institute of Technology is gravely ill in Berryville Virginia. Doctors hold cautious hope for recovery as his wife and family stay by his side.
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New York
Virginia
Edwin A. Stevens
Stevens
Hoboken
N. J
Steven
Institute of Technology
Col Stevenson
Berryville
Buy Vanderbilt Estate in Newport by William E Leeds
William E Leeds of New York has purchased Frederick W Vanderbilt’s Rough Point estate in Newport. The vast Bellevue Avenue property, long a Newport summer anchor, is valued near half a million dollars. The Vanderbilt family has not resided there for several years, and the income from funds in Union Trust Co. remains steady.
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Newport
William E Leeds
New York
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Rough Point
Joss Frightens Grew Chinamen Deser t Ship Montrose
The British steamship Montrose sailed from Yokohama to New York with an entirely new Chinese crew at Hongkong after the crew mutinied over a feared evil joss. The grotesque fish statue, kept aboard, supposedly influenced the men, caused fear and near mutiny, and the captain replaced the crew before resuming the voyage, then survived a typhoon and gale without further incident.
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Hongkong
Saila
New York
Washington
Robert Clegg
Kla Chi Trew
Montrouq
Yokohama
Serang
Wah Ling
Wah
Jose
Walt
Themen
America
Mountrose
Joss
Clege
$7,000 Gem Theft Charged in Butte
Arthur H Buck, a traveling jewelry salesman from Boston, was arrested after police traced missing jewelry valued around 7,000 dollars belonging to Abel & Co. of New York. Buck, employed by Abel Bros. in Butte, allegedly fled with pieces from a trunk said to hold 15,000 worth, later recovered partially in Boston pawnshops.
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Arthur Buck
New York
Butte, Mont
Butte
Mont
Arthur H Buck
Abel & Co
Jobostrest
Arthur H. Buck
Abel Bros
Boston
Jyne B. Abel
Buck
Mr. Abel
Dynamite kills three in Subway tunnel blast
An explosion in the Pennsylvania tunnel between Thirty-fourth Street in Manhattan and Long Island City New York injures eleven and kills three rock drillers. The blast occurred 27 feet from the shaft near the Long Island Railroad depot shortly after 7 pm. Three men die instantly, one 50 was badly injured, and several others suffer varying injuries. The dead are Stanley Schmidt 25 Oakland Street Greespoint Edwin 30 124th Street and Fifth Avenue John Woregose 20 address unknown. Richard Bonner and two other drillers were among the injured. The detonation went unheard on the street and was only reported when the less seriously hurt crawled out to alert others.
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New York
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Thirty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
John Woregos
Richard Bonner
Long Island Railroad
Eoen
Explosion Injures Seven In Rail Yard Blast
In Huntingdon Pennsylvania on December 3 a storage building of the Pennsylvania Railroad near the yard exploded, badly burning seven workers inside. Injured are William McMahon, William Richardson likely fatally, Maggie Wilson, Samuel Winnemore, Jameswk, Dale Roffs, and Robert Miller. The structure housed air and gasoline. The blast followed workers entering with a lit torch.
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Huntingdon
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
William McMahon
Wiliam Richardson
Magi ‘Wilson
Samuel Winnemore
James Wk
Dale Roffs
Robert Miller
Cocaine Fueled Tragedy: Man Kills Roommate in Pittsburg
James Burns of Youngstown Ohio was fatally shot by Bernard Nelson in a Second Avenue rooming house in Pittsburg. Nelson, detained, reportedly expressed regret at not shooting Burns earlier. Both men had been using cocaine before the attack.
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Pittsburg
James Burns
Mills Street
Youngatown
Ohio
Bernard Nelson
Nelson
Burne
Burns
Fires Shot At Judge In Missouri Courtroom
In Poplar Bluff Missouri on December 3 G B Reed a litigant fired at Circuit Judge J C Sheppard striking the judge's desk during a court session that denied Reed's request for his wife Rosa Reed to retain custody of their five children Reed grappled by bystanders was disarmed and arrested after the incident Reed had a recent divorce and had attempted to gain custody of the children
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Washington Post
Poplar Bich
J. C. Sheppard
G. B. Reed
Reed
Rosa Reed
D. W. Hill
Hay
Sheppard
Crustry
Picked Japs for Hawaii Emigration Policy Stated
Honolulu reports indicate that only Japanese with military training may emigrate to Hawaii. F Y Idsume of Saler Frazer notes at least 100,000 Japanese in Japan ready to sail aboard the Bhats steamship in port. Laborers in inland Japan hear of opportunities in Hawaii and seek to come.
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Honolulu
F. Y. Idsume
Saler & Frazer
Yokohame
Bomb found on New York street near Second Avenue
Patrolman Sullivan found a genuine bomb on the sidewalk at 2101 Second Avenue. The circular device, about six inches by four, contained half a pound of black powder with a fuse hole drilled on top. Chief Wolf warned of potential injury if it exploded, noting a second nearby day capsule find yesterday.
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Washington Post
New York
Sullivan
Second Avenue
Bureau of Combustibles
Wolfs
Wolf
Portland
Criticises Roosevelt by Anti Imperialist League leader Storey
Boston December 3 Anti Imperialistic League meets adjourned with resolutions backing Philippine independence. Moorfield Storey re-elected president Erving Winslow secretary a 142 member vice presidency list. Storey condemns Roosevelt interference in Cuban affairs arguing usurpation of Congress rights and Platt Amendment powers.
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United States
Aska Storey
Boston
Anti Imperialistic League
Philippine Islands
Moorfield Storey
Erving Winslow
Storey
Roosevelt
Cubs
Congress
Levy on Lawson's Horses in Albany County Sale at Madison Square Garden
The sheriff levied on Thomas J. Lawson's horses Glorous Whirling Cloud and Glorious Red Cloud in Albany County for a $130 annuity payment reportedly due to an Albany paper. The horses, consigned with others, were set for sale at Madison Square Garden. An auctioneer deposited no funds and the levy was released.
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New York
Albany County
Thomas J. Lawson
New York Life Uphheld Injunction Denial in Campaign Case
Justice Dowling refused Farrelly and associates an injunction to stop New York Life Insurance Company from running a campaign in support of the administration ticket for directors. The plaintiff offered largely hearsay and unsubstantiated claims about use of policy holder funds and employee time to promote allies. The company countered that the charges were contradicted by the answer and not proven.
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New York
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court Today
Stephen Farrelly
New York Life Insurance Company
Farrelly
International Policy Holders’ Committee
Samuel Untemyer
Willam Nelson Cromwell
Madrid Feels Riots as Liberal Crisis Grips Capital
Madrid reports a brewing riot as red banners flood the Senate and interior ministry area. Police disperse crowds, agitators circulate, and troops standby while Liberal factions clash over resignations and churchquestions. The King seeks Liberal support amid clerical violence and renewed calls for a Conservative cabinet.
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Washington Post
Madrid
Senate
Chamber
Puerta del Sol
Ministry of the Interior
Liberala
Death by own action shocks Pittsburg club circuit
Special to The Washington Fis reports Pittsburg Pennsylvania man Dilworth, fifty, a prominent clubman from a wealthy aristocratic family, shot himself through the head. He died at his brother John C. Dilworth’s home on Jackson Street after being brought there wounded. City officials urged silence due to the family’s prominence. coroner Armstrong promised full facts tomorrow. Dilworth was unmarried.
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Pittsburg
Dilworth
Pennsylvania
John C. Dilworth
Jackson Street
Director of Public Safety
Frank Ridgeway
Armstrong
Japanese Leave Mexico From Eagle Pass
Three hundred Japanese have entered the United States from Mexico through Eagle Pass since November 1 and are leaving Mexico due to alleged ill treatment by Mexican employers. They say they were lured with false promises of food pay and pleasant farm work but found coal mine labor, low wages, and guards, making conditions near slave labor.
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Tez
United States
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Maxico
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