Smoke limits on federal building spending sparks debate
Washington observers relay Chairman Mercer of the Buildings and Grounds Committee urging smoke ordinances be enforced before approving expensive public buildings. He cites Chicago and Cincinnati as examples where smoke could ruin decorative work and push for tighter nuisance control.
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Pittsburg
Roosevelt Sends Cuban Reciprocity Treaty to Senate
President Roosevelt announced after consulting House leaders and his cabinet that the Cuban reciprocity treaty would be sent to the Senate for ratification rather than to the House. He noted Newfoundland treaty as a precedent where Senate action alone handled reciprocity agreements affecting revenue.
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Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Supreme Court rules on Potawatomi Indians distribution funds
Justice Brewer delivers the opinion in a case about distributing 106000 dollars paid to the Pottawattomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana. After the payment, 27 members who received none of the benefits sued, the Court of Claims ruling was upheld, and the protestors were told any remedy lies with Congress. Justices White and McKenna dissented.
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Travis County
Texas
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Court of Claims
Congress
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McKenna
Insurance on Life of a Murderer Upheld as Invalid
The U.S. Supreme Court considers whether a life insurance policy on a murderer’s life remains valid under law. The decision weighs the policy’s legality and the implications for insurers and beneficiaries.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court Adjourns for Christmas Holidays
Washington reports the United States Supreme Court has adjourned for the Christmas holidays following prior notice. The court will reconvene on January 5.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
South Dakota
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Ex Senator Dwight Sabin Dies Suddenly in Chicago
Former Minnesota senator Dwight M. Sabin died of heart failure in his Auditorium Annex hotel room after being a guest since November 2. Born April 25, 1845 in Manlius Illinois, Sabin served in Minnesota legislature 1871 to 1883 and U.S. Senate from 1883 onward. He held National Republican roles including committee member 1878 to 1884 and chairman 1882 to 1884.
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Chicago
United States
Dwight M. Sabin
Minnesota
Auditorium Annex
Sabin
Manlius
East
National Republican Committee
Death of Winchester Dean Sparks Typhoid Outbreak Link
The Very Rev William K W Stephens dean of Winchester died from typhoid fever believed contracted at a Southampton mayoral banquet on November 10 from contaminated oysters. Several guests are ill and two deaths have occurred. Yates to Receive state officers and National Guard at the executive mansion on New Year's Day from 10 to 12.
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William K. W. Stephens
Winchester
Southampton
Yates
Springfield
Ill
Executive
Minois National Guard
Holland Stays Neutral Amid Venezuela Pressure
Brussels dispatch reports Holland will not participate in pressure on Venezuela and will remain strictly neutral despite rumors.
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Brussels
Venezuela
Roosevelt Considers Arbitration Over Venezuela Dispute
President Roosevelt may accept arbitral duties to avert war, but favors The Hague arbitration for Venezuela claims. State Department cites preference for settlement by arbitration, with possible US support if mutual consent to The Hague fails. European powers show willingness to arbitrate, boosting Monroe Doctrine aims and restraining European intervention in the Western Hemisphere.
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Fire kills mine rats halting work in Ishpeming
In Ishpeming Michigan thousands of rats die in a recent Section Sixteen mine fire. After gas clears workers see rat carcasses and refuse to resume until a fresh supply of rats is secured. The miners rely on rats as scavengers and warning of danger. Capt. Joseph Hodgeson, superintendent, seeks new rats to restart work.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Section Sixteen
Joseph Hodgeson
Boy Santa Claus Is Burned In Wisconsin
Alvin Dexheimer a 19 year old chosen to play Santa at a school Christmas event in Sheboygan Wisconsin narrowly escaped death when cotton batting on his costume caught fire while lighting candles atop the tree. Bystanders smothered the flames. his face and body were badly burned but recovery is expected.
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Warwihas Sheboygan
Wis
Alvin Dexheimer
Santa Claus
Public reception to Dewey in San Juan
Rear Admiral Sumner and Admiral Dewey arrived in San Juan Porto Rico with a public reception and demonstration. A procession of school children escorted Dewey to the palace where the governor military commandant and other officials greeted him as artillery infantry and mounted police accompanied the event. The public reception followed.
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Porto Rico
Sumner
Dewey
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Eastern syndicate gains control of Kentucky coal mines
Negotiations, led by an Eastern syndicate including J Pierpont Morgan as director, secure control of coal mines west of Green River Kentucky excluding St Bernard Coal. The deal totals 8 million dollars. News notes: Berlin court fines a schoolgirl for lese majeste. a new Haitian ministry is named. a severe storm hits Cerro de Pasco with deaths and damage. Carnegie cancels New England society speech. a minister in Wisconsin strikes. Missouri governor’s wife ill. a Chicago Woman's Savings Society bank formed. Zeb Wilson, state senator from Yancey, shot by brother in an alleged horse-trade dispute.
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Louisville
J. Pierpont Morgan
Green River
Kentucky
St. Bernard Coal Company
Act of Kindness Brings Wealth to Milwaukee Book Keeper
Miss Anna Yonkers, a book keeper at the White Swan laundry in Milwaukee, received a $40 000 draft from Charles W. Johnston of Chicago as a surprise gift three years after aiding a stranger on a Burlington train. She helped him when he was ill, and he later explained health concerns before vanishing from her life, leaving only letters before the unexpected windfall.
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Anna Marion Yonkers
White Swan Laundry
Oneida Street
Charles W. Johnston
Chicago
Miss Yonkers
Burlington
Savanna
Ill
Charles Jensen
la Crosse
Stoddard
Russian Fugitive to Return
S I Grin, a 21 year old former Russian bank clerk who fled Russia with about 10000 rubles two years ago and sought education in the United States, has begun his march east in U S custody to be handed to Russian officers in New York for extradition. He admits guilt.
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Russia
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Shine
New York
Unconscious for a Month in Phelps and Other Briefs
Miss Anna Peck has been unconscious for a month after a New York Central train collision near Oaks Corners. Her sister Mrs. Van Husen is in danger from a spine injury. Also reported, two men Dalton and Wetzel were found dead beside a railroad track near New Albany. In Berlin, Hulsburg Labor Party plans to nominate for Reichstag. Conductor Charles Gilbert killed by a switch engine in Waterloo Iowa.
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Ind
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Henry Wetzel
Hainsey
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Berlin
Hulsburg
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Prussia
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Waterloo
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Sinois Central
Half Million Dollar Fire Rips Knoxville Business District
A four story Knoxville building housing the Knoxville Pants Company sparked a blaze that swept two blocks of Commerce and adjacent structures on Gay Street. Large losses were reported to Branda u Kennedy W T Newton and others with insurers valuing damage between 400000 and 560000 dollars, possibly higher.
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Commerce Avenue
Central Fire Station
Knoxville Pants Company
Commercial Avenue
Broyles, McClellan & Lackey
L. David Commission Company
George Brown Hardware Company
Gay Street
Shanklin Grain Company
Breaker Boy Becomes Coal Baron After Deed Dispute
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a single doubtful letter in a deed transformed former breaker boy and ex Senator W H Hines into a coal baron with a fortune of 250000 dollars. The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company formed two years ago to claim 150 acres of Newport township land and coal workings. Succession rests on whether the deed was signed by John Arnold Sr or Jr, the critical point determining land title.
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W. H. Hines
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Newport Township
John Arnold
John Arnold, Jr
Poor Man Weds A Rich Woman In Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports the marriage of Frank Trenwith, a former mill hand earning seven pounds weekly, to Jeannie Lyons, a woman with an income of fifty thousand dollars yearly. The couple met at a basketball game last September where Trenwith impressed Lyons by finishing the match despite an injury. They depart for Florida for their honeymoon.
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Frank Trentwith
Florida
Trenwith
Mias Jeanne Lyons
Trentwith
Mias Lyons
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