Treaty With England Draws Near on Arbitration Pact
Washington December 15 The United States and Great Britain near a general arbitration treaty to settle disputes for five years after ratification A six member arbitration court three from US and three from Britain to decide future differences The pact excludes Behring Sea and Venezuela questions while covering boundary issues between Alaska and British North America The agreement is seen as a landmark in peaceful international relations
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Washington
United States
Britain
Clney
Julian Pauncetote
Great Brit
Behring Sea
Ska
British North America
Safe cracking without gunpowder shocks Seattle
The A Buck wholesale liquor house on Washington street was robbed at an early hour after the safe was drilled and wedged open. About $500 in cash a gold watch and nuggets were taken. An entrance was forced via a rear door and the robbers also entered the City laundry on Fourth avenue to take $25. This marks the first powderless safe cracking in the city, prompting police to pursue possible leaders.
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Washington Street
Jimmy
City
Fourth Averake
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani Arrives in San Francisco from Honolulu
Passengers on the steamer Chia report ex queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii aboard bound for the United States. Rumors swirl about a mission to Washington to seek restoration of the throne. others say a pleasure trip with government pardon. She visits the California hotel but offers no plan details.
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San Francisco
Chia
Honolulu
Qwea Liliuo- Kalani
Hawaii
Washington
Cleveland
United States
Europe
California
Honilani
McFarlane
Lilioakalani
Salier foundered off Corruna Coast with 210 aboard
The Italian steamer Salier, formerly with North German Lloyd, went down in heavy gales off Corruna Celerbedo. Of 210 passengers and 65 crew, all perished. Passengers included 115 Russians, 85 Galicians, 61 Spaniards, and one German. The ship sailed from Bremen to Buenos Aires via Coruanaated Villagarca, with most aboard in steerage.
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Vigo
Spain
Salier
North German
Lloyd Company
Corruna Celerbedo
Inter
Sallier
Bremen
Buenos Ayres
Corruanaated
Villagarca
New York
Six years for Boggs ex treasure of Tacoma
The supreme court affirmed the lower court in State of Washington v. G W Boggs. Boggs, former Tacoma treasurer, pocketed interest from 39000 deposited in Tacoma Trust and Savings, was convicted of a penal offense, and sentenced to six years hard labor. The opinion, by Judge Danbar with full panel except Hoyt, states compensations belong to salary not investment. New York reports Puritan monitor ram commissioned, 800 feet long, 6200 tons, armed with 12 inch rifles and rapid fire guns. argues defense superiority over lower classes but offensive strength limited. London sends note on Turkish settlement. Russia rejects coercion, no practical result expected.
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Des
Supreme Court
State of Washington
G. W. Boggs
Boggs
Tacoma
Juegs Danbar
Hoyt
New York
United States
the Post
London
Turkey
Neidloff
Constantinople
Russia
Elephant to be executed by electric chair in Chicago
Gypsey the Harris Nickel-Plate circus elephant, blamed for killing four keepers, is to be electrocuted at Tattersall's after manager Willis seeks a city permit. The animal has terrorized the West Side and others, with keeper deaths and multiple resignations.
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Chicago
Gypsey
Harris
Tattersall’s
United States
Harris Combinations
T'rank Scott
Science and Lightning
Willis
Harris Show
Mines Collapse and Flooding Reported from Two Regions
Private advices from Ogilby California report several miners killed at the Queen mine a Golden Cross Company property in a cave-in with conflicting death tolls. In Wales a colliery at Abernathy flooded forcing a 120 men to race for life. two drowned.
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Ogilby
Cal
Queen Mine
Golden Cross Comepany
London
Abernathy
South of
Wales
Canada Favors Independence Clubs Formed in Canada
Montreal reports a rising sentiment for Canadian independence from Britain with clubs forming to federate groups. A March convention will organize the Independence Club of Canada to study resources, foster national spirit, and seek liberty by peaceful means.
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Canada
Great Britain
Organization of
Independence Clubs
Dominion
Associated Press
Port Neuf
Drummond
Granby
United States
Independence Club of Canada
Sultans Protest Cleveland Language Strains US Turkey Ties
A Washington dispatch reports the sultan of Turkey protesting President Cleveland s message on Armenian massacres and Christian policy. Turkish minister Mustapha Bey warns of a possible rupture and may seek his papers to return to Constantinople. Plague spreads in Bombay with 55 new cases and 37 deaths. British columns move on 80 000 warriors in Nyassaland as Portuguese invite British help near Tete.
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Washington
Cleveland
Turkey
Congress
United States
Mustapha Bey
State Department
Constantinople
Cape Town
Blantyre
British Central Africa
Cnikus II
Nyassaland
Tete
Russian Student Riots in St Petersburg Spark Arrests
Disturbances linked to Khodinsky disaster commemoration escalate as cossacks charge the crowd and 1,500 people are taken into custody. Grand Duke Sergius, Moscow’s governor, grows increasingly unpopular and is nicknamed Duke of Khodinsky.
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St. Petersburg
Khodinsky Plain
Sergius
Moscow
Duke of
Race for life on the Lazy Hill cattle drive
A devastating stampede tests the Lazy Hill crew in a November storm. Boss Bill Martin and Curley Brock clash during the chaos as bulls drive toward a gulch, a ditch saves Bill and his pony, and a pistol duel leaves Curley wounded while Bill assumes command of the ranch stables.
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Panhandle
Curley
Brock
Boss
Bill
Martin
Tie
Fitten
Skyscrapers Go Down
Report on a coming New York building that will rise thirty three stories above ground and six below, costing millions. The six subterranean floors will be fourteen feet high each with a ninety foot foundation, steel framework, and ventilation by simple modern devices.
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Lower Broadway
New York
Underground business complex with light shafts and cemented walls
The plan describes subterranean shop spaces beneath a new building. Light will reach deep earth via peculiarly constructed shafts or powerful mirrors. The lowest level houses machinery and a general mechanic's shop, while upper substories hold small shops. Cement seals out dampness.
Balloon Fish Inwaists West Indies Waters At New York Aquarium
The balloon fish or swellfish inflates itself by filling its abdominal cavity with air or water and is common in the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico. The specimen pictured at the New York Aquarium shows its normal shape with about io scales and sharp spines.
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New York
West Indies
Gulf of Mexico
Young Seth Low recalls a valedictory moment at polytechnic
Seth Low as a graduate and valedictorian at Brooklyn Polytech steps outside after class day. An old man asks the building’s purpose, and Low replies with quiet pride that he once attended the Polytechnic Institute.
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Seth Low
Columbia College
Brooklyn Polytechnic
The
Polytechnic Institute
Seth
Track tester tests Biddeford streetcar lines by telephone link
A track tester used on Biddeford Maine electric street railway adapts a telephone system. A man in a car talks into a mouthpiece connected to a receiver in the power house. Conversation breaks reveal faulty track connections. Leonard Courtney, once a leading candidate for the Speaker role in the House of Commons, faces threatened total blindness.
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Biddeford
Leonard Courtney
House of Commons
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