Mrs Morris Talks and Seeks President in Drama
Mrs Minor Morris, bedridden, claims a five year feud over her father’s will led to a White House confrontation. She alleges her husband Miner Morris was unjustly dismissed and says rivals conspired to ruin them, seeking Roosevelt’s aid amid a sensational, disorderly conduct incident.
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White House
Miner Morris
New Wizard Hotel
Des Moines
Washington
Yliig
Minor Marr
J. T. Hull
Entative Hull
Hull
Capital Society
Inx
War Department
Roosevelt
Barnes
Tanier
House of Detention
Hugbant
Charles G. Dawek
New Willard
Morris
America
Mrs. Morris
Minor Storris
Loeb
Anxiety Over Morocco Conference and German France Tensions
The Roosevelt and Root led policy briefing warns of possible friction between Germany and France at the Algeciras conference opening January 16. The Kaiser reportedly ordered 60 million dollars in freight cars, while American delegates aim to keep open the Moroccan doorway for U.S. commerce and avoid binding political commitments.
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Roosevelt
Root
Algeciras
State Department
Germany
Rance Iman
Berlin
France
Rhine
Uncle Sam
Ambassador White
Gummere
Tangier
Iurle Sam
Morocco
Houdini Outs Locks At Fifth Precinct in 32 Minutes
Houdini escaped from three iron doors at Washington Fifth precinct station in thirty two minutes after being locked in a rear cell. The stunt, ordered by Major Sylvester and Commissioner Biddle, followed prior claims of security at the station with two other strongholds defeated previously.
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Harry Houdini
Fifth Precinct
Fifth Wand KE
Houdini
Washington
Tenth Precinct
Maj
Sylvester
Biddie
Whitman Osgood
Commissioner Biddle
Maj. Sylvester
Dr. Hobbins
United States
Biddle
Wan
Pres
Charles Guiteau
Pres Dees Ge
Montclair Man Arrested for Annoying the President
John Peabody of Montclair New Jersey was arrested by Secret Service agents from Washington for sending offensive letters to President Roosevelt about the Panama Canal railway rebates and other issues. He allegedly mailed letters from Bloomfield Montclair and Verona and was found in a public library preparing another note. He was lectured and released after promising to stop writing.
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Montclair
N. J
John Peabody
Orange Mountains
Secret Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Fee
Panama Canal
Bloomfield
Verona
Peabody
Lecture on the Nile at Masonic Temple
Rev Walter W Moore spoke on A Ramble Through the Valley of the Nile for Second Presbyterian Church funds at the Masonic Temple last night. He praised Egypt’s transformation under British suzerainty, noting gains in government and industry. Moore, president of Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, is a seasoned traveler of Egypt and the Holy Land and showed hundreds of stereopticon views. He will deliver today’s sermon at Eckington Presbyterian Church dedication.
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Walter W. Moore
Valley of the Nile
Masonic Temple
Egypt
England
Moore
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Holy Land
Second Presbyterian Church
Nile Country
Eckington Presbyterian Church
North Dakota Industries 1904 Manufacturing Bulletin
The Census Bureau reports in North Dakota for the year ended December 31 1904 that 807 establishments with products of 500 or more operated. Total capital 5 5 708 837. salaried officials 296 with salaries 257 812. wage earners 1 755 with wages 1 081 307. Output value 10 623 914, up 68 percent since 1900. Principal industries printing publishing and four grist mills.
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North Dakota
Census Bureau
Navy debate at Georgetown Law School draws verdict
The mid winter debate of Georgetown Law School juniors ended with a negative on enlarging the navy. Judges Hon. James Monaghan Hon. Willett Hays and John Edward Jenks presided. Winners were William C. Crawford and Charles M. Mattingly over Frank P. Jenal and Daniel A. Lucy. Music accompanied the event at Gaston Bay with about 30 guests.
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United States
Georgetown Law School
Gaston Bay
Sam
William C. Crawford
Charles M. Mattingly
Frank P. Jenal
Daniel A. Lucy
James €. Monaghan
Willett M. Hays
John Edward Jenks
Squadron Not Warlike At Gibraltar As Moroccan Conference Looms
London reports the North Atlantic fleet second squadron under Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee will be near Gibraltar around the Moroccan conference. Navy Dept says European cruise plans were made long before Moroccan tensions arose. The squadron, apart from the Brooklyn, consists of protected cruisers not suited for heavy combat.
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London
Charles D. Sigsbee
Gibraltar
Algeciras
Bigsbee
Navy Department
Europe
Sigabee
Brooklyn
Justices named to Police Court bench in absence of regular judges
The district’s Justices Samuel C. Mills and Louis I. O Neal were designated to sit on the Police Court bench. The District Bar Association will hold its annual meeting at 8 pm on Tuesday January 9 to elect officers. Walter L Hopkins filed a bankruptcy petition listing liabilities at 11066 87 with no assets. Bail of 1500 was posted by Heinrich Becker on embezzlement charges. Charlotte Beckett’s will dated December 4 1908 leaves her estate to near relatives. John Hammond’s will dated February 1904 designates Laura Hammond as sole beneficiary.
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Samuel C. Mills
Louis I. O Neal
District Bar Association
Association
Walter 1. Hopkins
Hopkins
Heinrich Becker
Charlotte Beckett
John
Hammond
Laura Hammond
Weather and Scott's Emulsion Advertisement
This classified style weather note promotes Scott's Emulsion as bodily protection against colds. It claims the emulsion breaks a cold before it takes hold and repairs tissue wear. The ad urges purchase at druggists with price points of 1 cent and 1000 dollars?
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Scott
Brookland Citizens Discuss Lighting and Street Plans
The Brookland Citizens Association debated gas lighting insufficiency due to delayed mains past railroad tracks. A committee was named to work with the gas company and another to study electric lighting. A bill was drafted to open Monroe street and condemn land for a bridge to remove the grade crossing where deaths occurred, with street railway plans to extend along Monroe.
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Brookland Citizene’ Association
A. Patton
C. J. Lynch
A. F. Keenan
Monroe Street
Seventh Street
Bunker Hill Road
Street Railway
O Fourteenth Street
Patton
Street
Baughmer
Otis Street
Officers seek authorization to accept foreign decorations
The Secretary of State asked Congress to permit Brig. Gen. T. H. Barry Col. John Van R Hoff Lieut. Col W S Schuyler Maj. M M Macomb Capt Carl Reichman Capt Sydney A Cleman Brig. Gen d F Bell Capt Grote Hutcheson Capt T B Mott to accept decorations from the Emperor of Russia and French Legion of Honor. The Russian awards honor those who observed Manchuria operations. France decorated officers who reviewed its army maneuvers.
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Congress
Russia
T. H. Barry
John van R. Hoff
Medical Department
W.S. Schuyler
M. M. Macomb
Carl Reichman
Seventeenth Infantry
Sydney A. Cleman
D. F. Bell
Grote Hutcheson
T. B. Mott
Manchuria
France
Indians of the Northwest tribes lecture by Edward Curtis
Edward S Curtis of Seattle spoke before the National Geographic Society on Indians of the Northwest. The illustrated lecture featured stereopticon views and Curtis described his years of field study and his extensive Indian picture collection. EB H Newell will speak next week on the progress of the reclamation projects in the West.
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National Geographic Society
Edward 8. Curtis
Seattle
Wash
National Rifles’ Armory
Curtis
Ives
EB. H. Newell
Reclamation Service
West
Bell Gifts Plot for Speech Teaching Institute
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell donated a block at Thirty Fifth and Q Streets to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf. The $100,000 gift funds a normal school for teachers of speech to the deaf. The school will memorialize Bell’s father, Alexander Melville Bell, with headquarters in the former Bell home.
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Alexander Graham Bell
American Association
Bell
Arrest in Harrisburg for theft of graphophone
Detective OBrien will leave for Norrisburg Pa this morning with requisition papers for John McLaughlin arrested in that city on information from Washington police. He is accused of stealing a graphophone and records from George E Garner of 146 Hair street southeast. The items were stolen last month but were later found at a pawn shop here.
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O'Brien
Norrisburg
John McLaughlin
Washington Police
George E. Garner
Hair Street
Royal Arcanum Demurs Over New By Law Rates
Boston Jan 5 supreme Council of Royal Arcanum demurred in equity session to a suit by Stephen W Reynolds and others to stop new rates from by laws adopted at Atlantic City and Fitin Bay Ohio The demurrer argues the bill fails to show legality of amendments or rights violation The answer contends the rates are reasonable to meet obligations Rehearing Sought for Hoch Springfield Jan 6 Attorneys for Johann Hoch condemned to die for wife murder filed a motion for lehearing in State Supreme Court
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Boston
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Equity
Supreme Court
Stephen W. Reynolds
Atlantic City
N. J
Fit-in-Bay
Ohio
Supreme Council
Hoch
Springfield
Johann Hoch
State Supreme Court
Gompers To Speak As Strikers Claim Victory
Striking printers report confidence after two firms concede unions claim victory on day one of the dispute. Gompers will address strikers at 3 PM as typothetae members and strike-breakers move between Maryland and Pennsylvania shops.
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Typothetae
T. C. Parsons
Eight Hour Committee
Ninth
W. J. Hanafin
Baltimore
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Hill
Typothetaue
Clarence J. Davis
Manhattan
Printers Sign Eight-Hour Pact Across Cities
In New York and Philadelphia, three employer firms joined the eight hour day and closed shop demand, with about 166 strikers returning to work by morning. The Typothetae report 260 nonunion workers in fifty open shops and many firms signing the pact. In St Louis, several firms agree while others hold firm against eight hours, signaling no quick settlement.
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New York
Typographical Union
Typotheme
Pussy & Co
A. G
Typothetae
American Bank Note Company
McDade
Typographical Union No. 2
St. Louis
Weather Conditions Report and Temperature Outlook
Weather Bureau notes low barometer in the Northeast and high pressure over the Plateau and Southwest. High pressure tracks southeast from Alberta, likely continuing favorable temperatures for days. light snow in the Lake region only. Cold in the Northwest, Montana, and the Dakotas. fair to good weather east of the Rockies for Saturday and Sunday with cloudy near the Lower Lakes. Winds vary by coast. fresh to brisk NW on Lake Michigan. Local readings show max 49, min 35, humidity 77 at 2 pm. Rainfall 0.00. Sunshine 6.0 hours. Temperature versus last year: max 22, min 13. Additional city readings follow.
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S. Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington
Plateau
Alberta
Lake
British Northwest
Montana
Dakotas
Rocky Mountains
Lower Lakes
Missouri
Mississippi
Upper Lake
New England
Middle
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European
Grand Banks
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Overcosta
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Ith Street
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PR Insurance Company
Wiseriet of Columbia
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
District of Walid
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