Wadsworth Arrives May Visit the White House for Speakership
James Wadsworth Jr arrives in Washington accompanying his party to discuss the New York Assembly speakership with the President. Senator Platt says he will not participate, watching others battle out the contest. Elsewhere, President defends Sharkey’s Naval Officer appointment, praising Civil Service sources and denying he will oust him.
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New York Assembly
Platt Ys
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Washington
Wadsworth
John Hay
Christman
New York
Mn Merritt
Platt
Senator Platt
Virginia
Micharl
Brooklyn
White House
Yeaterday
Acie Ge
Robert Sharkey
Port of
Heroic Man
Higgin's push for Wadsworth as speaker faces party rift
Governor Higgin's statements show Assemblyman James W. Wadsworth Jr. as likely next Speaker, while critics within the Republican caucus warn of divisions. Key figures like Merritt and Philips defend or question the process as Albany politics swirl over leadership and committee control.
Walking Man Wilson Walks to Frankfort for Congress
Special to Washington Post from Kentucky. Mun Wilson, known as the Walking Man, travels from Madisonville through Hopking County to Owensboro then toward Frankfort as he campaigns for Congress. He walks house to house, pays 3300 for the journey, carries candy for babies and tobacco for farmers, plus a Bible and Cushing's Manual, promising to walk to Washington if elected.
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Kentucky
Congress
Washington Post
Louis+ie
Munpeli Wilson
Hopking County
Owensboro
Madisonville
Wilson
Frankfort
Vas Munnell
Prankfort
Cushing
Manuel
THIRTY MINERS KILLED IN MUNCIO CITY BLAZE
A Western Herald dispatch from Pachu reports a deadly Santa Gertrudis mine fire killing thirty miners. Officials believe damage could reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. Details remain sparse as the investigation continues.
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Munico City
Western Herald
Pachu
Santa Gertrudis Ming
Health Office Records Deaths Reported to 18 Months
Health office records list deaths with ages and last known addresses. Names include Carolina Beyler 423 Franklin St aw 4&2 years and John B Brooke Providence Monpital 0 year, along with many others aged from newborn to 97 months.
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Dassuber
Carolina Beyler
Franklin St Aw
John B. Brooke
Providence Monpital
Reena Hel
Lith
St. Aw
Phoman Coleman
Cmne
William H Dogherty
Sicholson
City
France
Helen Eleabeth Freeman
Purding
Anna Theresa Fi
Sidney Palmer
Carola A. Simonds
John Byron Simimerirt
Raymond Thoma
Spring St
Martha Tait
Provilene Zannelli
Twining
Undertakers advertise services at moderate prices in Washington
A historical Washington page lists W R Speare, Harvey’s Sons, John R Wright Co, George Zurhorst and others as funeral directors and embalmers. The notices promote funeral services, embalmment, and cremation at several addresses including 940 F Street NW and 487 Pennsylvania Ave, with daytime and 24 hour service.
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W. R. Speare
F Street
J William Lee
Acd Embalmer
Lammodiouy
Pennsylvania
Mainsek
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth Street
North i
John R. Wright CO
George P. Zurhorst
Tirohene
Eleven Burned Escaping Fire on Steamer Athos
Eleven men were badly burned while fleeing deadly fumes on the steamer Athos as flames from a broken lantern ignited pitch in the hold. Twenty five workers dashed through the fire to the deck, five in serious condition and one not expected to survive, all taken to hospital for treatment.
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Sydney C B
Athos
Geooa
Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Texas Murder Case
Seventeen year old Monk Gibson, accused of killing five white individuals in Jackson County Texas, was discharged after eighty five hours deliberation without a verdict. He remains jailed in February for a potential retrial, while another item notes a steamship accident near Ketchikan involving the Edgar County Bank and the Port. Benjamin Williams in Haston Pennsylvania died by suicide after shooting his wife. Movements of ocean steamers list arrivals and departures from New York and European ports.
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San Antonio
Tex
Monk Gibson
Gibson
Jackson County
Seattle
Wash
Alaska Commercial
Spire
Pang Ti
Dee
Juntgen
Ketchikan
Edgar County Bank
Portland
Valdez
Haston
Benjamin J. Williams
Upholding Old Rates Faces Court Clash in Royal Arcanum
Justice Gaynor voids the amendments to the rate schedule as altering the contract between members and the Royal Arcanum. Judge Clark in Tennessee refused to intervene, allowing the new rates to stand. The dispute, igniting across states, moves toward higher courts as both sides await appellate rulings. Strong entities include Justice Gaynor, Judge Clark, the Royal Arcanum, and James Lawrence Mack.
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Gaynor
Clark
United States Circuit Court
Tennessee
Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court
William J Gaynor
Royal Arcanum
Supreme Court of
New York State
Brooklyn
James Lawrence Mock
Berkeley
Justice Gaynor
Equity
W L Mathot
Mack
Supreme Council
Henry Powell Langan
John Tracey Langan
American Legion of Honor
Mather
Atlantic City
Royal Arcanamites
Circuit Court of the United States
Middle District of
I D Clark
Massachusetts
Court of Appeals
United States
Windsor Hotel Fire in Watertown Destruction Reported
The Windsor Hotel and several smaller Clayton structures on the St Lawrence River were destroyed by fire today, with losses near 50 000. Miss Jennie Baker a milliner and hotel occupant leaped from a third floor window and is believed fatally injured. One man was also badly hurt.
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Watertown
Windsor Hotel
Clayton
St. Lawrence River
Iire
Jennie Baker
Licensed to Marry Names Amid List of Betrothals
A long OCR fragment lists numerous marriage licenses and betrothal pairs across multiple states and cities. The names include George W Reed with May A Meritt, Willam E Higgins with Denes Faron Archibald Hall and Rosalie Grover, Henry M Milburn of Detroit with Grace Buchanan, Alfred Clark with Rose Love of Prince William County, Layla A Schaefer with Ethel K Wright of Baltimore, and others such as Benjamin Curtis Millar, Cornelia L Finley, Joe Guascra with Elijen H Yoursma, among many more pairs. The garbled text references additional partners and locales like Martinsburg West Virginia and New York City.
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George W. Reed
May A. Meritt
Willam E Higgins
Denes Faron
Archibald Hall
Rosalie Grover
Henry M. Milburn
Detroit
Mich
Grace Buchanan
Alfred Clark
Rose Love
Prince ‘William County
Layla A. Schaefer
Ethel K. Wright
Baltimore
Benjamin Curtis Millar
Martinsburg
W. Va
Cornelia L. Finley
Joe Guascra
Elijen H Yoursma
Fast
Dougan Mace
George W Kvana
Ellen C Dorsey
Frank Pixon
Mamic
Jackson
Robert Sims
Masts Garrison
Jesza Taman
Addie Wilkins
James Folder
Alles Ranke Theopilus
Houston
Maud
Vera
New York City
Ernest Uiendasser
Mamie Robinson
Joseph Bodan
Alebe Christion
Woman Surrenders $20,000 Linked to Bismarck Bank Theft
Dover Delaware December 23 funds alleged stolen from the Bismarck bank in North Carolina were recovered at a county country retreat. Mrs Kubin, visiting the area, surrendered the securities and cash after Sheriff Edward Baker, alerted by a song telegram, intercepted a bank draft and, with a New York attorney, confronted her at the country home. detectives from St Paul assisted in the case.
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Dover
Del
Bismarck
N. C
J. O. Knuhm
England
Conner
St. Paul, Minn
Heriff
New York
Mra. Kubin
Riot in Georgia town leaves multiple dead and wounded
A riot at Ewing between Fargo and St George in Valdosta area left two negroes killed, others fatally wounded, and at least eight shot. A white man, manager of a turpentine still, reportedly fired on attackers during a Christmas frolic, with conflicting reports on his involvement. Telegraph access was limited and details varied.
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Washington Post
Valdosta
Ewing
New Colony
Fargo
St.George
Hauer
Warrentine
Ing Qurek
Bi Gun
Kim Ths
Derailment at Catasaqua Ends In Death Of Night Operator
Wreckers suspected after the Lehigh Valley fast freight derailed near Catasaqua Pa early today destroying the passenger station and killing Albert Tiley the night operator. Seven boxcars separated from the train and smashed into the telegraph office and rooms, with debris piling high. A car of detectives was ordered to investigate.
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Allentown
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Catasaqua
Albert Tiley
Tiley
Trolley Crash in Baltimore Injures Ten Shoppers
Ten persons were seriously injured and many more slightly hurt in a trolley collision in Baltimore on December 28. A southbound car on Schroeder Street failed to brake on a downgrade and crashed into a westbound Edmondson Avenue car crowded with Christmas shoppers. The Edmondson car was crushed and thrown from the tracks.
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Baltimore
Schroeder Street
Mondaan Avenue
Edmondson Avenue
Millions for girls school advances from Andrews estate
Cleveland paper reports that steps will begin to found an industrial school for girls at Willoughby near Cleveland, funded by Wallace V Andrews will. A New York court decision grants $2,000,000 for the purpose unless moved to the Court of Appeals.
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Andrews
Cleveland
Ohio
Industrial School For Girls
Willoughby
Wallace v. Andrews
Edwards Defeats Leonhardt in Knoxville Catch Wrestling
Edwards of Portland Oregon defeats Leonhardt of New Jersey two falls to one in Knoxville Tennessee. Edwards wins first and third falls in eight and seven and a half minutes while Leonhardt takes the middle fall in seven and a half minutes. Leonhardt challenges Edwards to a mixed bout next Thursday night.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Leon i
Silly
Edwards
Portland
Oreg
Ctharien Leonhardt
New Jersey
Twe Leonhardt
Leonhardt
Pomeroy Appointed Receiver for Armstrong & Co
On the petition of stockholder J W van Henry C Pomeroy was named receiver for W H Armstrong & Co manufacturers and dealers in surgical supplies The liabilities are said to total 15000 dollars in Indianapolis December 23.
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Surgical Supply Company
Indianapolis
J W.van
Henry C Pomeroy
W. H. Armstrong & Co
GOLONY FOR TAKOMA PARK Adventists consider mass migration
Battle Creek leaders report friction between Prophetess Ellen G White and Dr John H Kellogg may drive about 3000 Adventists to relocate to Takoma Park near Washington D C where a church colony already exists Two mass meetings have been held to discuss the move and its implications for the denomination
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White
Kellogg
Battia Creek
Mich
Seventh-day Adventists
Blien G. White
John H. Kellogg
Battle Creek
Takoma Park
Washington, D. C
Boy given life for McMinn County school murder
Ernest Powers, sixteen, was found guilty of first degree murder with mitigating circumstances for stabbing teacher Elbert Wittenberger to death after a punishment for throwing stones at a McMinn County school. Powers said he would throw stones as needed and stabbed the teacher in front of students. Wittenberger died about twenty minutes after the incident.
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Washington Post
Knoxville
Town
Dee
Ernest Powers
Elbert Wittenberger
McMinn County
Supreme Court
Powers
Wittenberger
Secretary Root ruling eases Newfoundland settlement hurdle
British officials welcome Secretary Root's decision that American fishing vessels may not take on Newfoundland crew within three miles to ship them offshore. The ruling removes the most difficult obstacle to a settlement, though minor points remain for negotiation.
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Jenna
Newfoundland
Tatler
Sydney
Bay of Islands
Root
Canada
London
Foreign Office
Hazing Court Martial Looms At Annapolis Navy Yard
At Annapolis Md the court martial of Midshipman Tranmore Coffin third class for hazing Midshipman Jordone P Kim fourth class will start next week likely Thursday The panel will include six members three from the Naval Academy and three detailed by the Secretary of the Navy The judge advocate will be an officer stationed at the academy After Coffins trial the same court will try Midshipman Warden A Vandeveer second class for neglect of duty in not reporting the hazing The board of investigation now at the academy says substantial evidence justifies many midshipmen facing courts martial and investigations cover the entrance of the present fourth class into the academy
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Annapolis
Tranmore Coffin, Dor
Jordone P. Kimprough
Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Academy
A. Vandeveer
Kimbrough
Board of Investigation
Saurian Fossil Weight Put at 77 000 Pounds by Yale Museum
Yale Peabody Museum researchers completed a scale model and water displacement test to estimate the original alive weight of a Wyoming fossil saurians at about 77,000 pounds. The specimen, tied to Prof Marsh's discovery, stands over sixteen feet high with a seventy five foot length. the museum possesses more of the larger skeleton not yet mounted.
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New Haven
Conn
Peabody Museum
Yale University
Wyoming
Q C. Marsh
Museum
Charles F Richards Dead A Delaware Attorney Leader
Charles F Richards of Georgetown Delaware a noted lawyer and anti Addicks leader and father of Attorney General Robert H Richards died in Presbyterian Hospital Philadelphia from congestive lung failure at fifty nine He was survived by a widow three daughters and two sons and had recently been in Philadelphia on a shopping trip with his wife.
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Delaware
Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Charles F. Richards
Georgetown
Robert H Richards
Presbyterian Hospital
Philadelphia
United States
General Assembly
Richards
Philadelpha
Universal Penny Postage Promotes Canterbury MP Arrival
Victoria Dec 3 Sir J Hewal ker Heaton member of Parliament for Canterbury arrives en route to England to advocate universal penny postage Heaton carries word that Egypt has joined the league and Australia s political social climate is reported poor In New York Dec 2 engineers club cornerstone laid by Andrew Carnegie and Mrs Carnegie at 323 West Fortieth Street Carnegie funded 500 last year for a new building replacing 374 Fifth Avenue.
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Victoria
B.C
Sir J Hewalker Heaton
Par Nement
Canterbury
Femed
Universal Penny
England
Egypt
Australia
New York
New Engineers’ Club
West Fortieth Street
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Fifth Avenge
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Civil Servce Commission
Bing
Sharkey
Merritt
Albany
Buffalo
Guv Higgins
State Assembly
Higemaald
Wads Worth
Jesse Philips
Allegans County
Philips
Republican Caucus
Odell
Govdells
Thera
Santa Gertrudis
Mexico
Fsslistry
Horace H Eyselks
Jelen Louise
Bleth Street
Groves—Small
Rex Row McKim
Rosalie Groves
Archibald Small
Alian
William P Alan
Fineril
Sixth Street
Tap Omator
Ciliton
Vary Francia
Wits
John W’ Y Nit
Randolph L. Bhat
Nft
Andrea
Corcoran
Wadneslax
L Grant
Brent
John Leetch
Northutsat
Jordan
Henry C Jordan
A. Jordan
Health Office Record
Undertakers
Wopape
Portland ON the Rocks
Outhampton
Cherbourg
la Lorraine
Havre
Finland
Antwerp
Etruria
Liverpool
St. Paul
Southampton
Plymouth
Pretoria
Hamburg
Minnetonka
Queenstown
Carmagiz
Arcanum
Georgia
Gars Grash
Catasauqua
Golony
The
Hub Furniture Company
Hub Furniture Co
Seventh and
D Sts
Yale
Prof. Marsh
Georges Sacks
Edith G. Moffatt
Hyattsville
Socks
Meg
Moffatt
New Gochelle
William Jenkins Emmet
Emmet
America
Robart Hmmet
Rew Rochelle
Mrmet
New Lee City
Thomas Artdis Hmmat
Mart
Rome
Franklin Simmons
Slocum
Providence
Simmons
Baroness von Jeinsen
California
Bakersfield
Cal
Mrs. Carnegie
To-Kalon Wine Co
14Th St
Dependable Store
Heurich Brewing CO
Heurich’s
Maerzen and
Senate
Phoning West
Ae Pettit & CO
Tharp
N.W
Gol Wines
Collins
V.D. Rosen
Orn
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