Army orders move troops toward Isthmus of Panama
The War Department orders immediate deployment of regular troops from Pacific coast points to Panama. Four infantry and artillery companies at Vancouver Barracks, plus cavalry, are to prepare for active service. Forts Presidio and Monterey and San Francisco area also ordered mobilization. General MacArthur to command Isthmian expedition upon arrival. Transports Sherman, Crook, and Buford held ready at San Francisco.
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Cuba seeks 35 million dollar loan to fund new republic
Secretary Desplaines of the Cuban commission and Minister Quesada have visited New York banks to discuss a 35 million dollar loan. They aim to secure the funds before March 1, contingent on a customs revenue guarantee for interest and sinking fund payments. Though the amendment to provide this security is not yet passed, they expect it early next year and believe the funds will then be available.
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No Outbreak Alleged in Kishineff Reports
President Roosevelt directs a State Department inquiry into reports of massacres of Jews in Kishineff. Odessa consul reports no fresh outbreak. B nai B rith representative Simon Wolff and Baron de Hirsch trustee Adolphus Solomone meet Acting Secretary Loomis, who reviews the Odessa dispatch.
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Baron de Hirsch Fund
Loomis
Russia
Odesea
British Embassy Opens for Diplomatic Corps Reception
In Washington on December 29 Ambassador Durand hosted a formal reception as the British embassy reopened after months, greeting members of the diplomatic corps.
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Gompers Urges Unions to Resist Wage Reductions
Samuel Gompers in the January American Federationist urges unions to resist wage cuts. Also reports Senator Scott of West Virginia denying he was offered the Republican executive chair by the president. William J. Bryan returned to London and will sail to New York today on the Celtic.
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Immense Immigration At New York Port In 1903
Immigrants arriving at New York in 1903 set a record with 619,980 steerage passengers, up from 546,197 in 1902. The total may reach about 75,000 with late arrivals. Italy remains the leading nationality, with notable increases from Northern and Western Europe including Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Southern Europe still dominates overall.
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War clouds gather as Japan presses Russia toll
Berlin reports the Lokal Anzeiger quoting Tokyo that Japan cannot wait for a final decision and may strike if Russia does not accept its propositions. Paris notes inform diplomats that the Russian situation is desperate but not hopeless as of December 30. St Petersburg dispatches echo gloom with editorials forecasting possible war while hoping for settlement.
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Plan to lower Lake Washington to curb floods approved
Seattle reports the plan to lower Lake Washington to relieve the White River Valley floods has been approved by the chief of government engineers. Major Millis ordered immediate work funded from the Lake Washington canal appropriation with plans for deeper channels larger locks and flood gates to prevent valley floods.
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Consolidation Hints Tie Five Western Railways
New York December 30 report says a committee will receive Chicago and Alton deposits and T P Shonts is named for Clover Leaf presidency as steps toward merging five Western railways. The trunk lines would be Kansas City Southern Chicago and Alton Iowa Central Clover Leaf and Minneapolis and St Louis with details to come. Harriman Gates and Hawley drive the plan.
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John W. Gates
Edward Hawley
Flour orders surge as mills export to Japan from Minneapolis
In eight days Minneapolis mills booked nearly 100000 barrels of flour for export to Japan with more business expected. One large firm reportedly moved around 50000 barrels in a day or two as Japanese demand grows, though officials avoid detailed comment. Evans Saile for Manila report notes Asiatic squadron ships under Rear Admiral Evans sailed from Honolulu to Manila via Guam.
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Pointers on Sleep Position and Dining Habits in Health Talk
A medical note warns left side sleeping after meals can hinder digestion and heart and lung function. It also covers Dr. Ewald’s views on drinking at meals, noting how fluids affect appetite and gastric juice production.
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C. A. Ewald
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Ewald
Superstition and greed in a scattered prose mosaic
A New York Tribune writer notes Mexican laborers’ superstitions after a planter uses a glass eye to watch workers. A German statistician warns gold used by dentists may deplete graveyards with $150 million worth stored in three centuries. An exchange between a monarch and adviser mocks pomp and taxation without misrepresentation.
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New York Tribune
Denial of Interview Before Evening Publication
A brief exchange shows the First Statesman asking about the writing while the Second Statesman denies an upcoming interview with a newspaper man to be published that evening, signaling restricted media access.
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Second Statesman
Boston Transcript
Advertising on State street Chicago explodes in growth
A Mahin's Magazine excerpt notes that State street businesses now spend 2,000,000 yearly on Chicago dailies advertising. Fourteen leading advertisers bear 95 percent of the total as shops across seven blocks drive a dry goods clothing shoe jewelry and department store boom since 1888.
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Harrison Street
Modernly Defined Autocrat Defines Reciprocity
A Washington Star excerpt presents a boy’s question about reciprocity and an explanation that reciprocity is trading something of little value for something valued more. The piece contrasts this with a definition of an autocrat as a person who owns a $10,000 automobile.
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