Debating Union Wins Controversial Interstate Trade Case
George Washington University defeated the University of Virginia in a public debate at the National Rites Armoury over whether federal control should regulate corporations engaged in interstate commerce. Judges announced sealed votes after strong advocacy from both sides, led by Newmyer for GWU and Faires for Virginia, with GWU securing the victory.
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United States
George Washington University
University of Virginia
National Rites’ Armoury
Bates
Virginia
Regrest
Joan Wesley Fates
George Washhington
George Washington
Whittig Tego
Ann Lo Newmyer
Law
Washingon
Marcus
Burnsting
Washington
Edward P Gites
Kansas
Clifford Fairs
Florida
Herbert Woremas
Lea Eawood
Leonid Shetton Dawce
George Wastelogton
Tamek
Leonie
Boo McGinniss
Newmyer
MiLw Gates
Newmil
Roosevelt
Oxygen For Capt Brown In Pittsburg
Doctors treating Capt Samuel S Brown, a prominent coal operator and horseman, have used oxygen repeatedly this week as his condition worsens. They report the case hopeless and say death could come at any moment though a week’s duration remains possible. Tonight his strength declined rapidly and physicians said he might not survive the night.
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Pittsburg
Samuel
Brown
Nurmen
Browns
Snto
Foster
Capt Brown
Explosion in tunnel in Queens kills foreman in shaft
A dynamite blast in the Fenway's tunnel shaft at Bure fen and Eastvernis Long Island City tonight left one man dead instantly and another badly injured. The deceased was Thomas St John, foreman of the gang at work in the shaft.
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New York
Fenway
Bure Fen
Eastvernis
Long Island City
Thomas St John
Dhatt
Confederate Veterans Association Praises President
The Confederate Veterans Association adopted resolutions praising President Roosevelt for proposing legislation to care for Confederate dead. The preamble lauds his support of locating and burying soldiers in the vicinity of wartime military posts and prisons in Northern states. The group expresses gratitude for his sentiment and requests Congress to act to honor the fallen Confederates.
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Veterans’ Association
Confederate Veterans’ Association
Frealdert Hoosavelt
Congress
Skull Crushed by Stone in Silver Hill Attack
Daniel Davis of Silver Hill Maryland walked to a saloon on Walker road after leaving the navy yard where he works. He was struck on the head by a negro near a clump of trees, fell unconscious, and sustained a broken right arm. Davis was taken to Dr Malloy in Good Home for treatment and was reported in serious condition.
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Daniel Davis
Silver Hill
John Brooks
Walker Road
Navy Yard
Davin
Davis
Malloy
Good Home
Treasury to advance January bond interest payments
Secretary Shaw announced partial relief of the money market by paying government bond interest ahead of schedule. About 34.2 million dollars will circulate earlier as January 2 coupons are paid December 15 and January 1 coupons on or after December 25. Interest on registered bonds also to be paid on the same predated date, totaling around 4.206 million dollars.
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Shaw
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Connecticut PLC
Jed
Ostine
Ite
William Stohlman
White
Washington Fortizer Co
South Royal Street
Alexandris
John F Wilkins
Louis Beyer, SR
Chase
No News From Belcher Drives Family Hopeful
John Belcher of Providence R I writes he does not know the fate of his missing brother J W Belcher, treasurer of a government money lending group. The brother says repayment was made to cover a shortage in the hope of reunion, as Mrs FW Belcher fears he is lost to the family.
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John Belcher
Hanging Form of Torture Echoes in Topeka
Special to The Washington Post from Topeka December 9 reports Governor Huh faces the morality of executions. He rejects capital punishment, saying he would resign rather than oversee a death sentence, calling hanging a barbaric act tied to torture in human history. He favors locking up killers rather than execution.
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Washington Post
Topeka
Kans
Gov Huh
Lawson Not Indicted in Criminal Libel Case
Boston December reports say the Suffolk County Grand Jury declined to indict Thomas W Lawson on criminal libel charges after Lawson had been held by the Municipal Court. Clarence W Barron, publisher of the Boston News Bureau, had brought the charges. no indictment was returned against Barron either. The case ends the Lawson Barron dispute in criminal courts.
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Grand Jury
Feila
Santazn
Boston
Dec
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Thomas W Lawson
Clarence W. Barron
Boston News Bureau
Barron
Lawson
Messrs Lawson
Barrons
Train Plunges Into River Near Wadley and Mount Vernon
Kite Go Dec 9 a Wadley and Mount Vernon train derailed plunging coach and five flat cars into the Lattle Ohespee River. The coach carried many passengers with no deaths reported. Mack Ghenley and Gus Tharp sustained injuries likely fatal. others suffered serious leg injuries. John James and Conductor J De Haven were among the injured, along with several Black passengers.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted for Pimples and Eruptions
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the sole method to rid eruptions by cleansing the blood improving digestion and stimulating kidneys liver and skin. It claims the medicine has cured thousands.
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Hood
Thousan
Old Ship Preservation Sparks Boston Meeting on Constitution
Boston citizens packed Faneuil Hall urging Secretary Bonaparte not to destroy the Constitution. Speakers including former Navy secretary John D Long criticized the plan and pressed Congress to intervene, while discussions of a memorial armored cruiser and public input dominated the session.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
Bonaparte
Crarlestown Navy Yard
Daniel A. Whelton
Whelton
Navy
John D Long
Mr Long
Regent Pierce Protests to Boston Mayor Over Preservation
Elizabeth F Pierce regent of Constitution Chapter D A R sent a telegram to Boston Mayor Whelton to be read at a Faneuil Hall mass meeting. She urges opposition to vandalism and destruction of historic sites tied to Old Ironmades and Tronsidea in defense of heritage and loyal family lineage.
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Boston
Constitution Chapter
Elizabeth F Pierce
D A R
Iead
Faneuil Hall
Whelton
Beaton
Jotham Horton
Tronsidea
Britain Maintains One Minister for Central American States
An inquiry in diplomatic circles found that appointing Carden as Minister to all Central American states does not alter Britain’s policy. Britain has long held a single minister for the five states, while Guatemala was his residence and he spent part of each year in other countries. The United States alone maintained two diplomatic representatives for the same five states.
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Navy
United States
Existance
Lawrence
Albert Fillapury
Bonaparte
Congress
Fillabury
William Hyverett
Baltamore
Charles J Bonaparte
Klas
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston
Annapolis
Newport
Constitution
Central America
England
Carden
Havana
Cuba
Great Britain
Guatemala
United
Doctor Pletcher Dies After Stroke at Sanitarium
Special to The Washington Post Indianapolis Dec 9 Western physician Dr William B Pletcher at a bio sanitarium on Hast Ohio street suffered a stroke. He wrote I am dying on a scrap before losing consciousness as his left side failed and his sight dimmed. Renowned West brain specialist, he had long treated nervous diseases.
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Washington
Indianapolls
William B. Pletcher
Bio Sanitarium
Ohio Street
di Fietcher
Back in Republican Fold Davis Praises Roosevelt
Webater Davis former Assistant Secretary of the Interior renounces Democracy to rejoin the Republican party. He declares admiration for Theodore Roosevelt and says his duty lies with Michigan voters as he plans to engage in politics again, noting Tammany’s strength blocked a Congressional nomination.
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Webater Davis
Rosevelt
Washington Post
Los Angeles
Cal
Interior
Theodore Roosevelt
American Republic
Michigan
Roosevelt
Davia
City of Mexico
Hoe
Tammany
Diagnosis Method Demonstrated by Homeopathic Society
The Washington Homeopathic Medical Society closed its annual meeting with a buffet supper. Dr W H Van Der Burg of the New York Homeopathic College demonstrated modern diagnosis methods by examining patients unseen before and diagnosing during the session. Dr William B R King introduced the event, and Prof William Dewey of the University of Michigan followed with a lecture on remedy selection. Several doctors read papers on surgery including John R Sharp Homer I Silvers FAL Swartout and others.
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Homeopathic Medical Society
Washington Hatmeopathic Medical Society
W H van der Burg
New York Homeopathic College
Nover
William BR. King
William. Dewey
University of Michigan
van der Burg
John R Sharp
Homer I. Silvers
Fal Swartout
W. H Riges
J H Bronneg
Jf L Macdonald
Lathrop
Triple murder and suicide near Shelbuyne Canada
Report from Oxdensburg details farmer James Coulter killing his wife and two children then taking his own life. A boy at work in the bars escaped. Coulter seized a shotgun, killed the wife and daughter at the kitchen, and blew out his brains. Cause remains unknown though insanity is suspected.
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Killa
Oxdensburg
Shelbuyne
Canada
James Coulter
Coulter
Running Street Battle Ends With Robber Captured In Brooklyn
In a running street battle on Carlton avenue Brooklyn today two mounted policemen and a patrolman chased highway robber James Murphy who was holding up a seventeen year old boy. Murphy wounded Patrolman Edward Quinn and Mounted Officer Edward J. O Connor with a billet in the hip. He tried to shoot the officer's horse but the revolver failed. Murphy was captured. the wounded officers are expected to recover.
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Brooklyn
New York
James Murphy
Carlton Avenue
Murphy
Edward Qunn
Edward J. O'Connor
Would Avert Divorce Meet At Waldorf Astoria
Washington Post reports a reconciling effort at the Waldorf Astoria involving Charles M Schwab and William Eilis Corey aimed at averting a divorce. The Schwabs, longtime friends, pressed Corey to rejoin his wife to avoid scandal. outcome of talks unclear as parties left without a public statement.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles M. Schwab
William Eilis Corey
Waldorf-Astoria
United Bates Steel Corporation
Corey
Misa
Mabelle ‘Gilman
Schwabs
Pittsburg
Waldorf- Astoria
Mr. Corey
Schwab
Rehwab
Steel Care Poration
Gorey
Schwabe
Taft for Yale Vacancy Debated at Buffalo Club
At the Yale Club of Buffalo annual banquet George P. Sawyer proposed William H. Taft as a candidate for a forthcoming Yale corporation vacancy. The suggestion was adopted unanimously though Secretary Taft’s position is unclear. The only Taft vacancy filled to date is the term ending next June with Senator Chauncey M. Depew.
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Buffalo
Yale Club of
George P. Sawyer
Willam H. ‘Taft
Yale Corporation
Taft
Chauncey M. Depew
Weather Conditions and Forecast Across Regions
Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau notes a moving Southern storm and cold air spanning the North Carolina coast to New England. Expect higher winds along coasts, with warmer Northwest, much colder conditions west of the Mississippi, and snow possible in the Northwest and Great Lakes areas Sunday into Monday. Frost warnings issued for Northern Florida and southern Gulf States with detailed temperature readings across multiple cities.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Owl
Caropa
Rao
New England
Lake
British Columbia
Misalesippi River
Atlantc
Mitdle Atlantic
New Rogland
Ieeke
Upper
Laks
Mississippi River
Caroline
West Gulf
Allins
Eastport
Washington, D. C
Nine Men Drowned in Kentucky Storm
Hawsville Ky December 9 steamers Harry Brown and JB Figley driven by a heavy windstorm wrecked barges leaving nine men lost. The Finley landed her barges early, while Kuhn lecture postponed. Maj Josaph Kuhn’s address to the National Geographical Society moved to December 22 at National Rifles Hall G Street near Ninth Street.
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Hawsvile
Harry Brown
JB Figley
Finley
Kuhn
Josaph Kuhn
National Geographical Sociery
National Rifles Hat
G Street
Ninth Street
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University of Pennsylvania Law School
Maynee Francis Mein
VE Ltd
Catholic University of America
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Princeton University
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Charles W Mattingly
George Mann
Hyson
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Josey Lenlon
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George I. Sanford
Indiana
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United States Steel Corporation
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Sartistic Pianoforte OF America
John F. Ellis & CO
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Columbia
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Mica
Virginia Po Goodwin ‘Coprano
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Douglass G Miller
J Walter Humphrey Bees
Sais
Jam F Ellis & Co
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Phone North
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Porumouth
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Westlake
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Ayers Patterson
Holumtos Loan and Trust Ca
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Ata
McGill & Wallace
Droop & Sons CO
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