Odell Charges Roosevelt Higgins Wreck Republicans For Power
Ex Governor Odell accuses President Roosevelt and Governor Higgins of scheming to ruin the Republican party for personal gain. Assemblyman Wadsworth defends Higgins, vows election, and calls the plan unprecedented as Nassau County politics shape the speakership contest. Congressional views praise Wadsworth as a candidate free of ring influence.
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Old Westbury
L. J
Washinton
White House
Nassau County
Nassau
Wadsworth
Republican Party
Albuquerque Delays Federal Building Plan One Year
Delegate WH Andrews introduces a bill for a two hundred thousand dollar federal building in Albuquerque and a new customs district. The session signals no omnibus public buildings measure this year, delaying Albuquerque’s project by at least a year.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Dev
WH. Andrews
House of Representatives
Albuquerque
Albuquer
Que
Andrews
Cannon
Par sons elected chairman of New York county GOP by acclamation
New York Friday December 22 at 2 25 am Congressman Herbert Par sons was elected chairman of the New York county republican committee by acclamation. The story notes the acclamation marked the outset of the proceedings.
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New York
Herbert Parsons
Odell Charges Roosevelt Higgins in New York Speaker Fight
Former Governor Odell accuses President Roosevelt and Governor Higgins of wrecking the Republican party over the New York Assembly speakership contest. He says they injected personalities and will be blamed if disaster occurs, while backing E A Merrill Jr. and vowing harmony despite battle lines.
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Republican Party
New York State
Assembly
New York
Herbert Parsons
Odell
William Halpin
ZSS
Halpin
Albany
N. Y
Covernor Higgins
Bb, Odell, Jr
Republican State Committee
James W. Wadsworth
Livingston County
Mr. Merritt
Ernor B. B. Odell
Roosevelt
Higgins
New York State Assembly
E. A. Merrill, Jr
J. W. Wadsworth
Jr Odell
Wadsworth
Copper Mine Revival Hopes For Waterford Coast Village
Waterford December 21 report notes a proposed reopening of a once thriving copper mine by the Onma Hona Copper Mine Development syndicate. The coastal village once housed 12,000 people. now only 200 remain. The group expects 1,000 jobs in years ahead with city backing and $150,000 in capital.
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Waterford
County Waterford
Bay of Bowmanon
Onmahon Copper Mine Development Syndicate
Injured in Collapse of Pico Heights Cottage
In Los Angeles on December 21 a four room cottage on Pico Heights collapsed during a severe wind storm injuring three people, two perhaps seriously.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pico Heights
New York Insurance Chief Faces Protest Over Oversight
Francis Hendricks, New York state insurance superintendent, testifies before a legislative committee that examinations focus on company solvency, not management extravagance or officer salaries. He acknowledges limited oversight of agent commissions and related loans, and estimates needs for more examiners and funds despite prior costs. In separate reports, fight gate receipts in San Francisco total 16,407 with Fitzsimmons earning 2,461 and O Brien 7,383, the largest crowd of the year. Rebellions in Courland end after a brutal night massacre. Takum revolt yields 3,000 armed revolutionists and heavy casualties among officers and dragoons.
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New York
Francis Hendricks
Insurance
New York State
Isaac Vanderpool
Hendricks
Legislative Committee
New York Life Insurance Company
Equitable and Mutual Life
Equitable
Kuhn Loeb & Co
San Francisco
Fitzsimmons-O' Brien
Gladiators
Fitzsimmons
O Brien
Riga
Livonia
Taleen
Takum
Courland
von Mueller
Chourunchenko
Goldingen
Brutal Mexican Robbery Ends in Double Murder
In Diaz Chihuahua near El Paso Texas a gang killed two Americans and wounded two others at the home of F H Finstad. Rutherford and Murray were shot while the robbers searched for a safe until about 2 AM. Bodies moved to Manta Rosatia as Creel dispatches troops to pursue the culprits.
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el Paso
Texas
Diaz
Chihuahua
Rutherford
F. H. Finstad
Los Angeles
Finstad
Mr. Murray
Bi Paso
Crovernor Creel
Ruraies
Shorty
Murray
Severe coastal storm hits Virginia and North Carolina coasts
Norfolk reports one of the year s fiercest storms sweeping the Virginia and North Carolina shores from night through morning. No disasters reported at Cape Henry or Cape Hatteras yet but ship losses at sea feared amid unsettled waters.
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Norfolk
Virginia
North Carolina
Cape Henry
Cape Hatteras
N. C
General Strike Sparks Barrier Between Tsarist Russia and People
Reports from St. Petersburg and Moscow describe a mounting general strike with clashes between troops and civilians. Proletariat leaders vow unity for a constitutional assembly, universal suffrage, and release of imprisoned leaders as mass preparations continue across cities.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
S Coun i
Russia
Strikes and military trains mark unrest in Europe and Chile
Moscow faces darkness as strike leaders threaten armed action signaling a long struggle in Russia. A military train departs Warsaw with soldiers guarding an idle Baltic rail network while Patiloff iron works employs 12,000 workers on strike. In Valparaiso, enthusiasm grows for Magellan gold discoveries with public shares sought and expectations of richer fields than Alaska.
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Moscow
Russia
Warsaw
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Baltic
Patiloff Iron Works
Valparaiso
Chile
Magellan Territory
Magellan
Alaska
Transvaal
Cotton Crop Estimate Debated By Congress Overhaul
Washington dispatch reports a House floor dispute over cotton yield estimates. Representative Lovering faults the Agriculture Department for underestimating the crop, citing ginners’ reports showing 138,411 extra bales in several states, while Burleson defends the figures, arguing weight differences between running and gross bale measurements cause the disparity.
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Washington
Congressional Record
Lovering
Massachusetts
Burleson
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Ife
Levering
New York Cotton Exchange
Morleson
Extermination Report on Herero War in German Southwest Africa
Berlin reports the Hereros in the northern provinces of the colony have been virtually exterminated as Kaiser's troops pushed them across the Omaheke desert. Thousands perished from hunger and thirst while searching for water and dying in the sand. Hundreds of bodies lay strewn in heaps across the desert.
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Berlin
Africa
Reichstag
Woman Predicts Disaster In 1906 Forecast From Mme de Thebes
Paris reports Madame de Thebes the famed French Mother Shipton issued a gloomy forecast for 1906. She warns of European disarray with a German crisis and royal family deaths, an Austrian outbreak, South American trouble, bank failures across Britain and elsewhere, and an epidemic in the United States. She hints some artists in France may be at risk at sea.
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Paris
Mme. de Thebes
Shipton
Madame
Europe
Germany
Austria
South America
Great Britain
Mime
de Thebes
United States
France
Barge Baker Burned To Water Edge In Atlantic City
Atlantic City N J Dec 31 The barge Baker bound from New York to Philadelphia burned to the water edge here The Sea Sing towed Baker and the Abescon life saving crew could not save the vessel No crew or cargo was aboard and no sight of Sea King or barge Heading The Baker owned by Powelton Transportation Co of New York Quiet restored in Shanghai Washington Dec 21 State Department reports normal conditions with 1500 sailors marines and volunteers guarding streets viceroy returned and mixed court likely to reopen Saturday.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Baker
New York
Philadelphia
Sea ‘Sing
Abescon
Sea King
The
Powelton ‘Transportation Company of New York
Shanghai
Washington
State Department
French Canadians Linked to England by Fragile Cord
In Paris the Temps quotes R Lemieux saying the entente cordiale reconciled double loyalties among French Canadians who remain bound to Britain and their mother country. He notes no sense of severing ties and emphasizes sentiment and fact supporting cohesion with England.
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London
Mon. R. Lemieux
Paris
The
Temps
Great Britain
England
Proposals Rejected for Philippine Rail Concessions
All bids for railroad concessionary contracts in the Philippines submitted to the Bureau of Insular Affairs were rejected for departure from the circular terms. Secretary Taft with Governor Wright and Forbes agreed to readvertise bids with modifications and set January 20 at 10 am as the opening date.
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Philippines
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Taft
Wright
Forbes
The
Philippines Commission
Edwards
Insular Bureau
Gearin Sworn In as Oregon Senator after Short Senate Session
Washington December 21 The senate adjourned until January 4 after a brief session. About half the time dealt with credentials of Mr Gearin who succeeds Mr Mitchell as Oregon senator. Gearin's credentials were accepted and he was sworn in.
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Washington
Senate
Gearin
Mitchell
Oregon
House adjourns for holidays after brief session
Washington December 21 the house met only ten minutes before holiday adjournment to January 4. Two speeches on government cotton crop estimates were to be delivered but were ordered printed in the record. Mr Payne quipped that their oratory was exhausted as the adjournment was declared.
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Washington
Payne
English climber injured on New Zealand’s Mount Nearuhoe
Wellington reports English climber Turner was blown off course on Nearuhoe mountain after reaching the crater. He spent two days exposed without shelter or food in a terrible gale before reaching Valera delirious and nearly blind.
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Wellington
N. Z
Turner
Valera
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