Happenings of a Week in Brief in Westville
Congress moved slowly with the Fifty-eighth session begun. Bills debated include a special election commission and campaign finance inquiry. Roosevelt's cabinet resignations are awaited. foreign affairs, trade, and terror cases fill the docket as crimes, fires, and accidents are reported nationwide.
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House
Congress
Senate
Merchant Marine Commission
Knox
Pennsylvania
Crane
Massachusetts
Quay
Hoar
Platt
N. Y
Crum
Charleston
8. C
Russian Fleet Sunk at Port Arthur Rumors
The London Daily Telegraph reports that all Russian ships including the Giliak and Fusadneck were sunk or destroyed with only torpedo boat destroyers remaining. The Port Arthur siege intensified from November 26 with fierce fighting and high Japanese casualties, while Russia disputes the significance of capturing 203-Metre hill. The czar orders a third squadron to sail for the Far East within two months.
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London Daily Telegraph
Port Arthur
Rennenkampff
Ehriung
Keekwan
Russia
Far East
Chadwick Affair Leads to Arrest in New York
Mrs Cassie L Chadwick was arrested by federal officers in New York charged with aiding and abetting defunct Citizens national bank officials in embezzling 12500. She is jailed at the Tombs after failing to post a $15000 bond. A Cleveland opening showed a $500000 note bundle bearing Andrew Carnegie's name. Carnegie denies any involvement. Beckwith and Spear arraigned, pleads not guilty, held to grand jury in 10000 bonds.
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Librarian of
Congress
Cleveland
C. A. Patterson
Ralph Adams
Frank Bayless
Burdett Bleet
Lake of the Woods
Decatur
Mich
Interior
Hitchcock
Tobacco “Trust
Hugh McLaughlin
King’s
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Richard A. Canfield
David W. Bucklin
New York
Esperanza
Mexico
Benjamin Franklin
People’s National Bank
Ohio
Newark
Vermont House Judiciary Committee
Mary M. Rogers
Bennington
Willis Hampton
Lake Charles
Howard Gould
Russia
von Plehve
John Alen
Luther
Okla
Chicago
Martha Rutherford
A. D. Gash
Sun
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Frank Jerzewski
Manitowoc
Wis
Commissioner of Education
Oliver Picket
Hutchinson
Kan.) Reformatory
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kan
Escarze
Cassie L. Chadwick
Citizens’ National Bank
Oberlin, O
United States
Shields
Iri Reynoulds
Beckwith
Oberlin
Cassié L. Chadwick
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Spear
Sailor Delaney Dies After Jump From Marine Hospital Window
While delirious John Delaney a sailor leaped from a third story window at the marine hospital in Cleveland Ohio and died within minutes from severe injuries.
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John Delaney
Marine Hospital
Cleveland
Chadwick Case Seeks Validity of Carnegie Papers
Attorney A A Stearns says the securities left with Tri Reynolds total 15 246 000 with Carnegie signature and are worthless. A 5 000 000 note also carries Carnegies name and a 10 246 008 trust paper concerns an inheritance of a supposed uncle Frederick R Mason. A 1 800 note and mortgage by Emily and Daniel Pine are included. Reynolds says Mrs Chadwick claimed Carnegie lineage and influenced bank dealings.
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Cleveland
Chadwick
A. A. Sterns
Herbert D. Newton
Boston
Tri Reynolds
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Frederick R. Mason
Emily
Daniel Pine
Iri Reynolds
Wade Park Bank
Bank Robbery in Peoria Leaves Teller Beaten
In Peoria Illinois on a Saturday afternoon two men robbed the Peoria National Bank of 1880 dollars. They struck teller Fred Bracken with the butt of a revolver as they forced the hold up and fled in a buggy pursued by police. They were tracked to Toulon and captured by Sheriff Malone and a deputy with the money recovered.
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Peoria
Toulon
Malone
Poisoned Cabbage Kills Six In Liddell Illinois
In Liddell Illinois James Rankin aged 60, Mary Rankin aged 56, and four children died after eating poisoned cabbage. The family fed the cabbage at supper and died overnight. Worms found in a garden cabbage preceded the tragedy. The cabbage stock was destroyed and several neighbors report other cabbage related deaths.
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Liddell
James Rankin
Mary Rankin
Saigon Destroyed by Russian Mine Off Port Arthur
The navy reports the cruiser Saigon struck a Russian mine during bombardment of Port Arthur on November 30 and was destroyed. Captain Tajima and 38 crewmen perished. London reports Japanese losses at Port Arthur in late October around 3,000 killed and 10,000 wounded, with heavier later tolls.
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Tokio
Navy Department
Saigon
Port Arthur
Tajima
London
Daily Telegraph
Roosevelt wins largest presidential vote to date
New York December 12 report shows Roosevelt defeated Parker by 2,546,169 votes with a total of 7,640,560, the highest ever polled for a U.S. president, surpassing McKinley in 1900 by over 400,000. County estimates missing for one Tennessee county and four Michigan counties.
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New York
New York Times
Tennessee
Michigan
Roosevelt
Parker
United States
McKinley
Papal Canonization at St Peter's for Szuli and Maiella
In St. Peter's Rome Pope Pius X canonized Blessed Alessandro Szuli and Blessed Gerardo Maiella before about 60 000 spectators. Descendants including the Marquises Ambro zio Sauli and Negrotto assisted, a ceremony rare since 1870 and performed Sunday morning.
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Rome
St. Peter’s
Comfortables fur coat fashions for winter wear
The Albany Argus urges warm fur pieces for winter including astrakan and Persian lamb jackets or squirrel and moleskin options. It suggests a short blouse jacket with hat and muff, a black walking skirt, and notes fur durability and matching with velvet or cloth outfits.
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Albany Argus
X RAY BESTS DEAD BEAT IN MILWAUKEE TALE
Postmaster General Henry C Payne tells of a Milwaukee doctor who owns an X-ray machine. A debtful young man asks for an exam after swallowing a diamond pin. X rays reveal a coin in his vest pocket, covering the bill, and the man leaves in anger.
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Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee
New York Times
Fashion notes on silk waists and winter wear colors
The Brooklyn Eagle lists new fashion notes featuring tints like white ivory cream and blues, with accessories such as silk waists, leaf brown fabrics for gowns, and underskirts in taffeta mohair and sateen. Winter jackets use chiffon velour in delicate tones, with hats and hosiery offering novelties.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Doan's Kidney Pills Bring Relief After Years Of Pain
Mrs P Brunzel of Everett Washington credits Doan's Kidney Pills with ending years of back pain and fatigue after using five boxes. She reports rapid relief of aching pains and other difficulties, noting prompt and effective action. Sold by druggists at 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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P. Brunzel
Grand Ave
Everett
Wash
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Smuggler Denies Accusations as Officer Probes Reputation
A Detroit Free Press exchange shows an accused smuggler insisting on innocence while an officer questions credibility and recognizes a reputation that complicates the case.
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Detroit Free Press
Temperance Man Turned Water Boaster Cited
A quip defines a temperance man as one who boasts of drinking water to excess, contrasting the term with habitual intemperance as described in a Philadelphia Press excerpt.
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Willie
Philadelphia Press
Guaranteed Mining Investments In Vestor's Guarantee Association Formed
Guaranteed Mining Investments invites writers to consult a prospectus for nine associated companies forming the Investor's Guarantee Association with $5,000,000 capital to guarantee investors against loss. Arbuckle Goode Commission Company 325 Olive Street St. Louis Mo offers free information.
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Investor’s Guarantee Association
Arbuckle- Goode Commission Company
Olive Street
St. Louis
Goose Suspended at an Elevated Attitude Scene
A Pittsburgh Post quotation records a breezy Chicago sailor asking about Flow and a Boston woman replying in a flippant way The exchange centers on a goose described as suspended in an elevated attitude reflecting a playful nautical gossip tone.
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Fflow
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
Peruna Almanac Promises Free 1905 Issue Amid Demand
The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac, a fixture in over eight million homes, is available free from all druggists. The 1905 edition is published and supplies will soon be exhausted. inquire early and get one today. Senator Sorghum is quoted in a Washington tar piece as saying he owes no man a penny.
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Sorghum
Washington
Pazo Ointment Promises Piles Cure in 6 to 14 Days
An advertisement touts Pazo Ointment as a guaranteed cure for piles with a money back offer if it fails within 6 to 14 days. The ad lists itching bleeding and protruding piles as conditions it treats and notes a 50 cent price.
FLOCKING INTO CANADA MAJOR EDWARDS REPORTS IMMIGRATION
Major Allison Edwards United States Consul General in Montreal says North Dakota residents flood into Western Canada for land as frontier lines fade. He notes influx will rise, calling migrants the best westerners with money and knowledge of homestead conditions. U S agents at various points offer full information on lands.
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Major Edwards
United States
Montreal
Allison Edwards
Fargo
North Dakota
Canada
West
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