Opening of the Fifty ninth Congress Amid Colorful Gowns
The Fifty ninth Congress opened with larger than usual attendance and a formal calm. Alice Roosevelt and Mrs Fairbanks watched from the Executive and Vice President galleries as veterans and new faces filled the chamber, flowers forbidden at desks, and officials noting the absence of several senators due to unspecified causes.
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Congress
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Republic
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
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Hoa
Fairbanks
Vic
Timmons
Fpt
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Beate
Warren Koiffer
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Berg
Severor Mitchell
Oregon
Burton
Kansas
Herman
Williamson
Gregon
Answeed
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Euen Oudio
Hyapna
House of Representatives
Yemen
Hum Invangiuoun
Prire Ine
Opening of Congress and World Events Decks the Stage
A 10 day issue outlines opening of Congress with Ohio election talk and railroad receivership, Premier Balfour resignation, lawmakers held, a crazed woman seizes a car, Democrats plans, KisheneMutiny, insurance disclosures, theater notes, hotel gossip, racing sports, a wife murder case, and cotton guard reports with legal and financial items across parts one and two.
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Congress
Ohio
Chadwick
Balfour
Kishener
Holland
Armes
Balfour Resigns as Liberal Cabinet Is Formed
London December 4 The political crisis peaks as Arthur J. Balfour resigns and King Edward invites Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman to form a new government. John Morley likely adviser. Asquith may be chancellor. Rosebery ignored. Irish Home Rule a contested issue.
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John Morley
Sir Henry
Herbert Henry Asquith
London
United Kingdom
Arthur J. Balfour
Edward
Henry Campbell-Bannermaan
Henry
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Lord Rosebery
Mr. Marley
Lord Elgin
Hdward Grey
Ireland
Stirling
James Keer Hardie
Hoe
Ohio Campaign Fund Details To Be Made Public
Representative Harsey C Garber of the Fourth Ohio district says he will publish a full statement of receipts and expenditures from the recent gubernatorial campaign. He notes Pattison gave about 7500 and other donors including Bookwalter Cleveland and Johnson contributed significant sums. He cites total disbursements around 13000 and promises itemized details to newspapers. Lorimer of Chicago downplays alarm over campaign spending, noting large funds and the value of keeping books. Sulzer and others call for broader, enforceable disclosure while acknowledging the political realities of campaigning.
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Harsey C. Garber
Ohio
Democratic State Executive Committee
Columbus
Republican Committee
Democratic Committee
Pattison
Garber
John B. Bookwalter
Springfeld
Crevgland
Tom Johnson
Ingalls
Cincinnati
Holden
Cleveland
Will Thomas
Springfield
Iwe
Lorimer
William Lorimer
Chicago
Republican Machine
Cook County
Exeh Committee
Acheson
Pennsylvania
Quay
Sulzer
William Sulzer
Tammany
Congress
J. W. Babcock
Jesse Overstreet
Indiana
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Lewis Jarvis on Trial in Perjury and Blackmail Case
The trial of Thomas Parmelee Wickes for blackmail and perjury began in the New York Supreme Court. Commodore Edward Weston, named in letters signed Lewis Jarvis, testified after jury selection, identifying the letters and stating he wrote a Palm Beach missive to Jarvis. Wickes’ wife attended, Wickes appeared composed, and his sanity was not a defense issue despite recent Adirondack sanitarium stay.
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Washington Run
New York
Thomas Parmelee Wickes
Lewis Jarvis
Commodore Edward Weston
Newark
Commodore Weston
A. P. Grinnell
Commodore
Supreme Court
Wickes
Talesmen
Hand
Vandiver
Adirondacks
Lewis Jara
Palm Beach
Fla
Jarvis
Charles Dawson
Rail line to Hudson Bay eyed with Canadian Northern plan
Winnipeg and Arizona reports say the Canadian Northern will let contracts for a Hudson Bay extension to Fort Churchill. A new route to European ports is expected open within three years. The line could move wheat to England at 16 cents per bushel under present rates, attracting northwest shipments from both the U S and Canada.
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Winnipeg
Arizona
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay
England
Double Tragedy At Trenton Ends In Death and Departure
Edward Lovett former sealer of weights and measures in Trenton shoots his wife in a fatal throat wound then takes his own life at their home. The wife survives briefly. Lovett, about fifty, left no stated motive beyond an unhappy marriage.
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Trenton
N. J
Edward Lovett
Lovett
Insolvency Orders Force Receiver for Cincinnati Line
United States Circuit Judge Henry Lurton ordered the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton and the Pere Marquette railroads into receivership with Judson Harmon named as receiver. The action follows admitted insolvency and mounting debts including $69 million funded debt and over $6 million floating debt. The case notes large obligations from 1904 to 1906, including a major purchase of Pere Marquette stock, leasehold interests, and bond obligations.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hamilton
Dayton
United States Cirealt
Henry Lurston
Judson Harmen
United States Attorney General
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr
Wallter B. Horn
New York
Walter 8. Holrn
Fere Marquette
Toledo Railway and Terminal Company
Toledo
Chicago, Cinnnnati and
Louisville
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Lonaville
Elosa
Stoan's
Piniesa
Pere Marquette Company
Frederick W. Stevens
Detroit
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Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
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Rerways
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Mr. Maxwell
Walter B. Horn
Chicago
Michigan
Pere Maerquette
Stevens
Calvin Brice
Eugene Zimmerman
Erie Railway
J. P. Morgan
Erie
Hamliton
Morgan
Corporation Liquidating Company
Maxwell-Briscoe Company
Hamilton and Dayton
Erie Railroad
Mr. Morgan
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Deyton Railroad
George W. Perkins
George W. Young
Francis Lynde Stetson
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Smith Quitting Railroads to Seek Alger Seat
Representative William Alden Smith resigns as director of the Pere Marquette Railroad after twenty years and quits another Michigan road, asks brokers to sell all railroad stocks and bonds, signaling preparation to run for the Senate seat to succeed Senator Alger.
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Senate
William Alden Smith
Smith
Perc ‘Sarquette
Michigan
Warned Against Bernhardt in Quebec Churches
Quebec December 4 Roman Catholic members were warned in all churches not to attend the Sara Bernhardt performances described as immoral. The alert emphasizes church discipline and public moral standards.
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Quebec
Chadwick Testifies in Bankruptcy Court as She Wavers
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick was brought into federal bankruptcy court to finish testimony on financial dealings. She collapsed mentally and physically while a witness named others who benefited greatly but refused to disclose names publicly. She agreed to provide names privately to Trustee Nathan Loeser for possible creditor action.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cassie L. Chadwick
Federal Bankruptcy Court
Chadwick
el A Rds
Smith
Nathan Loeser
Umbria Passes Stormy Channel Voyage Damaged Decks
The steamer Umbria arrived in New York after a stormy passage from Queenstown driven by head seas. The ship ran thirty six hours late. A great wave on Thanksgiving Day swept the upper deck, tearing fittings and injuring one seaman who suffered severe injuries.
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New York
Queenstown
Shot assailant to death at Cooper's Mill incident
Eastman Georgia December 4 A young local mill superintendent J C Carr shot by Jim Ogden after discharging him. Carr returned fire wounding Ogden who died instantly Carr had discharged Ogden earlier prompting the fatal confrontation.
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Eastman
Cooper's Min
J. C. Carr
Jim Ogden
Ogden
Carr
Trained nurse shot in Lexington Avenue apartment
Magna H. De Baa Yeu, a nurse living on Lexington Avenue, was shot in the right temple late last night and died or was fatally wounded, police believe. James Holmes of Brooklyn fired the shot and then killed himself. The incident occurred just before midnight.
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New York
Magna H. de Baa- Yeu
Lexington Avenue
James Holmes
Brooklyn
Holmes
Murder Inference After Death Of Charleston Clerk
Walter J. Jarvis of Charleston South Carolina died in New York after a head blow and police suspect murder. He was found unconscious a week earlier in his apartment at 203 West Twenty first Street and never regained consciousness. Family members from Charleston were at his bedside at his death. Jarvis worked as a hotel clerk and left work the previous night as usual.
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New York
Walter J. Jarvis
Charleston
S. C
Jarvis
203 West Twenty-first
Story of Murder in Mexico Warlaid and Robbery Report
Altoona Pa December 4 information reached John Simonton that his brother Samuel T Simonton his wife and son were warlaied murdered and robbed of 32000 at a point in Mexico the exact location not given Samuel said to have been superintendent and paymaster of a gold mine in Mexico operated by Philadelphians No details or independent confirmation yet available The notice includes an unrelated banking ad urging savings accounts with 2% interest named ION Trust Co 194 Fey 2%olereas paid.
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John Simonton
Samuel T Simonton
Mexico
Samuel Simonton
ION Trust Co
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