Wasp in Hurricane Leaks Flooded Fireroom
Newport R I Dec 12 The gun boat Wasp formerly the yacht Columbia returned to port after a two day battle with a North Atlantic hurricane. The crew of sixty only by hand bailing kept the engine room afloat as pumps clogged. Chief Boatswain Hugh Bewerses won commendation for steering through the gale as fires were extinguished and the vessel limped toward Newport under one boiler and damaged sails.
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Lethta
Nantucket
Harry Smith
Marths Ninesand
Ehwabech Island
Mercury
Republicans Bolt Caucus in New Jersey Assembly Speakership Fight
In Trenton on December 12, Republicans in the New Jersey Assembly caucused and named Samuel K. Robbins of Barhachie as their nominee for speaker. A protest statement from Essex County and Hudson members objected to Robbins’ selection and walked out, citing a pledge to uphold equal taxation and limited fraud, vowed not to be bound by actions that would undermine those principles.
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Trenton
Samuel K. Robbins
Bar- Chagienr
Sotaiis
Mariin
Essex
Ciues
Rebbins
Beckwith's Death Rumor Debunked In Oberlin
Rumors that former Oberlin Bank president Beckwith was dead are false. Investigations show Beckwith alive in Canada and the bank wreck tied to Chadwick exposure. An insurance agent confirms a $35 000 life policy and that Beckwith's body was seen after death. City officials deny grave opening or stock in the tale.
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Oberlin
Ohie
CLT
Beckwith
Canada
Chadwick
Insurance Company
Life Policy
Trial of the Beef Packers Opens in Chicago Court
A large crowd gathers as the ten special pleas in the beef trust cases face jury review before Judge J Otis Humphrey. Samuel A McRoberts of Armour & Co is pressed for dismissal while government counsel seeks time to decide. Garfield, Commissioner of Corporations, attended as testimony underpins much of the case. After extended argument the judge orders the cases to be tried together.
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Chicago
Beef Trust
J. Otis Humphrey
United States
John 8. Miller
Samuel A. McRoberts
Armour & Co
CT. Morrison
McHoberts
Miller
McRoberts
Humphrey
James A. Garfield
Corporations
Rockefeller Estate Gunfire Spurs Discharge of Foreman
At the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills New York a workman was shot by foreman Richard Riley after he sat down for an hour. John D Rockefeller Jr enraged by the incident fired Riley. Deputies armed on the grounds patrol with specially designed cartridges to prevent killing. A ten year old girl was also wounded by a stray bullet in the area sparking fears over the pistol presence.
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Tarrytown
John 1. Rockefeller
Richard Riley
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Tuley
Riley
Pocantico
Rockefeller
George Ferguson
Ferguson
Holland
Young Rockefeller
Poisoned by Patent Medicine Kills Infant in Victoria
A coroner's jury in Victoria British Columbia found that an infant died from an overdose of opium in a proprietary remedy given for colic. The mother administered a medicine less than the bottle's indicated dose. Coroner E Kart warned that the maximum infant dose would be fatal.
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Washington Post
Victoria
British Columbia
William Duncan
E. Kart
Secret in Sleep Sparks Bigamy Divorce Suit
Special to The Washington Fest from San Bernardino California December 12. Jennie Vinson a church and society figure confessed in sleep to her husband William Vinson that she is a bigamist. She later admitted a second marriage. He filed for divorce. they wed five years prior. Train times note Washington to Pittsburg via Venner Ivana Railroad with a 16:40 departure and 9:00 arrival.
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Cal
Jennie Vinson
William Vinson
Pitiaburg
Washington
Venner Ivan A Railroad
Pittsburg
Midshipman Convicted in Naval Conduct Case
A midshipman was found guilty of conduct unbecoming a naval student. He pled to work hard and live it down. Secretary Bonaparte adjusted the sentence and criticized aspects of the trial while noting the Code offers no cloak for crime.
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Bonaparte
Meriwether Seeks Study Record After Navy Court Martial
Midshipman Minor Meriwether, acquitted of manslaughter but convicted of fighting and conduct to the prejudice of good order, faces a year of academy confinement with a class cruise exception. Secretary Bonaparte grants amended punishment, allowing class cruise but keeping grounds confinement to aid study. Navy officers publicly support the verdict, noting the fight’s context and the department’s autopsy doubts about the fatal blows.
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Annapolis
Academy
Bonaparte
Navy Department
Corey offers to sell letters for charity in Pittsburg scandal
In Pittsburg a letter from J B Corey uncle of W E Corey, president of United States Steel, proposes selling letters between Andrew Carnegie, Charles M Schwab and himself for 100000 dollars to benefit the Hebrew mission of the city. He caps contributions at 1 1000 or 1800 at a time or 10000 readers at 10 each and promises to publish the correspondence only if funds are raised. The offer follows renewed public interest in the Corey family scandal and the possibility of publishing names and letters.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
B. Corey
William Ellis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
William Eliis Corey
Corey
Christa
Andrew Carnegie
Charles M. Schwab
Hebrew Mission
City Deposit Bank
J.B. Corey
W. E. Corey
Steel Corporation
New York
Bribery Charge Shocks Lexington Jury in Hargis Case
Judge Watts Parker summoned the grand jury to address a sensational claim that a juror was offered a bribe to side with Judge James Hargis in Breathitt County’s recent assassination trial of James Cockril. Prohibition editor Edward Snodgrass and Tie Yowe reporter were involved as sources.
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Watts Parker
Circuit Court
James Hargis
Breathitt County
Hargis
James Cockril
Tie Yowe
Prohibition
Russia Pays Interest with Bullion for Bonds
Gold bullion arrived in Berlin from St Petersburg for the January interest on Russian bonds, consigned to Mendelssohn & Co. The Imperial bank will buy the bullion to bolster its gold reserves. An advertisement promotes Union Trust Co. savings with 21 percent interest.
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Berlin
St Petersburg
Mendelssohn & Co
Imperial Bank
Union Trust Co
Jewels Saved by Dream Aids Kansas City Seller
Louis Popkin, a Kansas City jewelry salesman, arrived in New York with 3200 in a belt and 11000 in samples in a satchel. He slept with the belt under his pillow and satchel under the bed. A thief entered the boarding house, dropped 1800 in the hallway, but the belt and satchel were recovered. Max Adler of 161 Broome Street was arrested on suspicion.
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Washington Post
New York
Louis Popkin
Kansas City
Henry M. Dursky
Clinton Street
Popkin
Paspkin
Pupkin
Max Adler
Broome Street
Six Children Die in Fire at Lindsey Pennsylvania
Six children burned to death at Lindsey near Punxsutawney as mother saved two by throwing them from an upstairs window and leaped to safety. Parents William Morgan and wife, both badly burned, escaped with the remaining two children. Fire started in a stove outbuilding. Morgen, a miner from West Virginia, left destitute. Subscriptions begun in Punxsutawney and nearby towns to aid the family.
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Lindsey
West Virginia
Punxsutawney
Dr Gordon Resigns as Howard University President
Dr Gordon resigns amid serious differences with Howard University faculty over chapel disorder last Friday. He turned resignation to the board of trustees. the board will meet soon to act. Four deans publicly reprimanded Friday's students at noon yesterday for the incident and urged amends. Florida's Famous Train Fla. West Indian offers excellent service via Pennsylvan i aline.
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Gordon
Board of Trustees
Florida
Penn
Atlantic Coast Line
Pa Ave
Fitzgerald Elected Boston Mayor by Narrow Plurality
Democratic candidate John F. Fitzgerald won the Boston mayoralty by a plurality of 8,380 over Republican Louis A. Frothingham with 44,216 votes to 35,935. Independent Henry S. Dewey trailed, while Ward 1 in Back Bay produced Frothingham’s strongest showing. Lomasney and other leaders’ support influenced results. Dewey’s candidacy likely aided Fitzgerald. The city’s aldermanic and council control favored Democrats, with ongoing vote tabulations and campaign tensions noted.
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Boston
Hitmer
John F. Mitzgerald
Louis A. Frothingham
Citizens
Henry S. Dewey
Jerry” Watson
George Hall
M. D. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Frothingham
Dewey
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Common Council
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Judge Dewey
Patrick A. Collins
Back Bay
Lomasney
Martin Lomasney
Ward
Mitzgerald
Tamagney
City Hall
Index to 10-Day's Issue Con
A condensed contents list outlines multiple articles and sections across topics such as naval incidents, legal cases, politics, business, social notes, and sports. Highlights include Gunboat Wasp and Midshipman Meriwether, Fitzgerald in Boston, a tobacco factory explosion, Roosevelt guests, kidnapping case, and tariff debates.
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Corey
Fitzgerald
Boston
Roosevelt Carnegie
Alan
Harriman
Santo Domingo
Tarif
Hawaii
Virginia
Holland
Washington
Datto Ali
Associated Charities
Ended life with a jest in facetious letter to coroner
William Drinker, once a New York millionaire broker, died by his own hand in Cincinnati at age fifty four after living in penury. He penned a humorous farewell to his briar pipe and a sardonic note to the coroner, asking ease of disposition and naming his friend Oscar Beck as recipient of his pistol.
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Washington Post
Cincinnat
Ohio
Wiliam Drinker
Central Avenue
Penury
New York
Hfe
Briarwood
Clay
Cameron
William Drinker
Cincinnati
Oscar Beck
Elm Street
Explosion at Wampole factory wounds workers in Philadelphia
An explosion at Henry K. Wampole & Co on Fairmount Avenue caused a factory fire injuring several workers. Emma Rose, age nineteen, suffered fatal burns while others were burned or overcome by smoke and fumes. Firemen recovered quickly. cause unknown though a mixing of peroxide and ether in a separate frame structure is noted. About 90 employees worked in the main building. estimated loss around $10,000.
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Henry K. Wampole & Co
Fairmount Avenue
Fourth Street
Emma Rose
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Irvine Covington
Attempt to Blow Up Bridge Near Millers River
State police and local officers report secret pursuit over several days to capture those responsible for an attempted bombing of the Central Vermont Railroad bridge over Millers River in Millers Falls. Twenty seven sticks of dynamite weighing twenty five pounds were placed under the tracks Friday night with a 100 foot fuse laid toward Erving. the fuse lit but burned out after about thirty feet due to a sharp bend around a rock.
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Central Vermont Railroad
Millers River
German Troops Defeat Insurgents in German East Africa
A Lokal-Anzeiger despatch from Dar-Esh-Salam says Capt. Seyfried’s detachment in Lidi district was surrounded by about 2000 insurgents led by a famed soothsayer Horge. The rebels were routed, Hongo and several native leaders captured. A number of German soldiers were slightly wounded.
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Lokal - Anzeiger
Dar-Esh-Salam
Factory Blown Up in Elkton Kentucky Tobacco War
Elkton Kentucky reports a dynamite blast at a factory owned by Mrs M B Penyck operated by American Snuff Company. No deaths but heavy damage. insurance canceled due to local tensions with Dark Tobacco Growers Association. Masked men seized a train to pressure tobacco buyers. later condemned by the association. Federal inquiry sought. similar arson suspected at a Trenton Kentucky plant. Col Felix F Ewing condemned the act and urged caution among members.
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M. B. Pényck
American Snuff Company
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Association
American Tobacco Company
Elkton and Guthrie
Guthrie
Bradshaws
Here
Dark ‘Tobacco Growers’ Association
Hill Biles
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department
Washington
F. G. Ewing
Nashville
Tenn
Trenton
Regio Contractors
Felix F. Ewing
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association
Tate Springs
East Tennessee
Trust Tobacco
Death Reveals Romance of Schoolgirl Married to Oil Operator
In Wheeling, West Virginia, fifteen year old Annie Helfenbine, a Mount Dechantal student, died after a blood vessel burst while at the seminary. Her marriage was to John Amsler, a Bellaire Ohio oil operator who posed as her uncle to help her education.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Annie Helfenbine
Mount Dechantal
John Amsler
Bellaire
Amster
Woman to Die on Scaffold in New Jersey Case
Antoinette Tolla, an Italian widow with two children, was condemned in Hackensack for killing a suitor who pursued her from her husband last March. She shot him five times at her Kingsland home and is to be hanged January 32 next. Fellow Italian Jerry Rossa received a death sentence the same day for killing Demetrio j Dinofrio at Lodi in February 1904. Wilson & Mayers' sale today offers fine furniture and imported items with no inferior goods.
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Tolla
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Joseph Senta
Jerry Rossa
Rossa
Demetrio J Dinofrio
Lodi
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