Depew to Return to Senate Amid Harmony After Odell Move
Chauncey M Depew will seek re election as United States Senator from New York for a full term, after Governor Odell announced the caucus plan at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex Governor Black withdrew from candidacy, with Depew’s name the sole choice for the Republican slate. Odell praised harmony and party discipline while Black’s supporters indicated satisfaction with the conclusion.
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Depew
Odell
New York
der —Chauncey Mitchell Depew
United States
Thomas €. Blast
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Republican State Committee
Wid
Conte
Frank S Black
Tros
Jesus
Germans Fear Ovambos in German Southwest Africa Campaign
Berlin dispatch notes colonial circles explain a coming campaign against the Ovambos after pacification of the Hereros and Witbois. Authorities fear Ovambos will resist with war propaganda and uprising as troops withdraw. Ovambos are described as more numerous and better armed than the other groups. A traveler reports Ov ambos as prosperous in the region.
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Berlin
Africa
Sternburg Kaiser's Guest in Berlin Embassy Soiree
Berlin dated December 29 Baron Speck von Sternburg German Ambassador to the United States and his wife hosted a reception with the Emperor and Empress. The guest list included Duke Ernest Guenther of Schleswig-Holstein and the Prince of Reuss. Sternburg sails to Dresden tomorrow then returns in January and will reach Washington in the first week of February.
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Berlin
Baron Speck von Sternburg
United States
Ernest Guenther of
Lchleswig-Holstein
Prince of
Reuss
Baron On Stenburg
Dresden
Washington Oring
Roberts Urges Universal Youth Military Training
London dispatch reports Field Marshal Earl Roberts arguing in the January issue that Britain must build a large reserve and train all able-bodied youths. He opposes compulsory service but calls for all citizens to undergo military training in youth, to ensure a ready reserve for national defense amid modern warfare demands. Roberts reviews fifty years of changes, stresses higher officer and enlisted standards, and notes plans for 180 new gun batteries costing 17.5 million dollars to be deployed within twenty months.
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Marl Roberts
Great Britain
Earl Roberts
Forl Roberts
Eimwulgery
South Africa
Harl Roberts
Lynchings Shock Georgia Community Over White Man’s Murder
Herbert Simmons, a black man, was lynched in Neal Georgia after being taken from officers while en route to Zebulon jail. He killed J A Park, a prominent white citizen, last night. Park’s skull was crushed with a large stick. Coroner’s inquest ruled Simmons died at the hands of the mob.
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Outcry Over Bishop Talbot Case Prompts Signers Denial
Philadelphia dispatches report Huntingdon signers to the pre sentment against Bishop Talbot in the Irvine case deny signing the document. They claim misrepresentation and say the paper was signed by mistake amid efforts to end a prolonged controversy.
Hanna’s Life to Be Written
Elmer Dover, private secretary to the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna, gathers material for an official biography at the Hanna family request. He has found hundreds of letters from public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt and McKinley era correspondence, plus the original draft labor plank from the Philadelphia Republican convention. The literary work will be done by another writer and publication is planned after a year or two.
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Marcus A. Hanne
Statesman
Dover
Hanna
Philadelphia
Mr. Hanna
TWO MEN DIE TOGETHER
In New York a Bowery lodging house death by both men was found. George Weber and George Brown, about thirty-two, left notes and items implying suicide. Weber had cyanide and a note seeking release. Brown carried a coroner’s address and a Bible verse.
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New York
George Weber
George Brown
Bowery
Weber
Brown
Police board reduces MIT riot officers after investigation
Poston Dec 29 the board of police commissioners finds top patrol commanders guilty of neglect of duty in failing to stop student clubbing during October riot after a political parade at MIT. Capt George A Hall is reduced to lieutenant and Lieut Henry J Atkins to assistant sergeant. Four sergeants lose thirty days pay and patrol officers replaced. Fifty students and six policemen injured. associated notices follow.
Three Convicts Killed In Folsom Prison Break
At Folsom California on December 29 seven of nine convicts attempted escape from the rock crusher area. Three were killed and three critically wounded as guards opened fire after the escapees attacked Captain Murphy and guards.
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Jolly
W. H. Harris
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Sonvide
Dynamite on convict train in Alabama kills guard
In Birmingham on December 2 a dynamite stick exploded aboard a Tennessee Coal and Iron railway convict train causing the death of J Dawkins from Henry County and injuries to Guard Pickett who lost a leg and an arm. Convicts caused a stampede but guards prevented any escape.
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Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad Company
Will Filler
J. Dawkins
Henry County
Pickett
George Delaney
Amon
Negro Assault Sparks Virginia County Manhunt
Update: Miss Elsie Peverill, 18, daughter of truck farmer James Peverill, was assaulted last night near Arlington Junction on the Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway. A Negro suspect fled. police from Alexandria and Washington cooperate as county residents join the search amid strong fear of lynching. Dr A A Rittenour treated the victim in nervous collapse and authorities notified her father.
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Elsie Peverill
James Peverill
Arlington Junction
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Mount Vernon
A.A. Rittenour
Dodge Has Not Confessed in Morse-Dodge Case
New York December 29 District Attorney Jerome denied reports that Charles F Dodge had confessed in the Dodge Morse divorce matter. He said Dodge has made no confession and cannot be questioned until his physical condition improves. Dodge now is a physical wreck under care and will not be treated as a State witness until his potential value warrants it.
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Une
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Bass
Depew
Irvine
John Fulton
Church Standard
Board of Inquiry
Henry Anstice
New York
J. Frederick Jenkinson
Huntingdon
A. A. Jackson
Bishop Talbot
Talbot
Upjohn
John Langdon
Jerome
Charles F. Dodge
Clemence Dodge Morse
American Ice Company
Dodge-Morse
New York Bar Association
Dodge
Right to Land the Stake Immigrant Checkers for Admission
Two Scottish immigrants, William Munroe and Alexander Sinclair, play a cashiered checker match on Ellis Island with a $25 stake to decide admission to the United States. They travel with fifteen converts of the Holy Ghost and Us Society from Glasgow to Shi loh Hill, Me. One party member faces possible return to Glay if unable to produce funds. In another note, Fred Beell of Marshfield defeats Gus Schoenlein of Baltimore in a three falls to none wrestling bout, with first fall in 1:02 and second in 1:16 after intermission. A brief transit ad for Pinehirst to Florida rail service completes the snippet.
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New York
William Munroe
Alexander Sinclair
Ellis Island
United States
Missionaries of the “Holy Ghost
Us Society
Glasgow
Shiloh Hill
Glay
Fort Arthur Fort Captured Rihlung Mountain to Port Arthur
From Port Arthur front through Fusan reports show Rihlung fort fell at 3 am after seven dynamite mines breached the front wall. A Japanese assault under heavy fire captured the first line of light guns as 500 troops escaped. Casualties include 49 officers killed and 58 wounded. The capture cuts communications in the inner fortifications and jeopardizes the Russian second Pacific squadron.
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Antse
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Liaotie
Chingtao
Tiger's Tail
Galden Hill
Lisotie
Rihiung
Golden Hill
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FIGHTING IN MANCHURIA REPORTS TANKED BOMBARDMENTS
Tokyo dispatch reports December 27 Russian heavy guns bombarded the Shakhe River rail bridge near the station and shelled Chihalangtun and Shulintzu at Talien tun. Russian cavalry attacked Heilintun at sunset but were repulsed by Japanese forces. Casualties: three Japanese killed. Also notes no front change for the second army and ongoing Russian bombardment with a few casualties. Lieutenant General Sir William Nicholson departed yesterday for England.
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Heilintun
Oku
Fusan
William Nicholson
Depew Wins Senatorship Fight
In today’s issue index the lead item notes that Chauncey Depew wins the senatorship fight, with other top stories including Earl Roberts on army defects and charges against Bishop, plus rescues and mysteries shaping the day’s front.
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Stitler
Rescue of Drumelzier Crew After Six Hours From Sandy Hook
Seventeen crewmen saved from the Drumelzier as a wrecked steamer lay besieged by forty mile gale The Katheryn Moran and life-saving teams battled heavy seas to reach the vessel and bring the exhausted survivors to Oak Island New York December 29 The ship lies buried in sand with six feet of water in the hold and the hull cracked near the boiler room.
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Oak Island
Fire Island
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Wood
Katheryn Mora
Randy Hook
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Hiss
Lfe-Boat
Katheryn Moran
Moran
Mystery in Deaths Identifies Two Women No Clues to How Injuries Inflicted
New York detectives identified two young women found dead in separate locations as Mary Mangan and Cecilia Butler. Both died from broken necks, with authorities split between accident and murder theories. Mary Mangan, a Riverside Drive domestic, was recognized by her brother John Mangan. Cecilia Butler was a widow and former railroad employee found in a Delaney Street basement. Police intensify effort, checking Upper West Side and Lower East Side for suspects, autopsy pending.
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Riverside Drive
Mia
Cecilia Butler
New York
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Delaney Street
Butler
Upper West Slide
Lower East Side
Shot on the Bowery in New York
Dec 29 report from New York says William O'Brien a homeless waiter who testified in the Robert Brennan Mallon murder trial was wounded with a bullet in the abdomen near a saloon on the Bowery. Three suspects are in custody. O'Brien, 25, has a police record with multiple imprisonments and refused to name his attackers.
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New York
Robert Brennan
Arthur Mallon
William O'Brien
Mallon
O'Brien
Brien
Brennan
Tragedy in Thomasville Ends in Self-Inflicted Wounds
J B Barrow an Atlantic Coast Line engineer, 38, killed his mother in law Mrs W H Parrish then shot at his wife and himself with a Winchester rifle. The coroner's jury hints at domestic infelicity as the motive while Barrow lies in the city hospital in precarious condition guarded by officers.
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Bes
W. H Parrish
J. B. Barrow
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