President Roosevelt’s Message Draws Two-Hour House Hearing
Washington reports show Roosevelt’s message to Congress read with two and a half hours of debate and applause. A protest over Illinois’s Anthony Michalek’s alien status prompted a special committee review, while a resolution expressing sympathy for Russian Jews was ordered printed. The House adjourned after honoring Texas Representative John M. Pinckney.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Panama Canal
Committee On Rules
Fifth
Illinois
Anthony Michalek
United States
Rainey
Mann
Goldfogle
New York
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Hepburn
Iowa
Williams
Mississippi
Strike Persists as Telegraphers and Postmen Stand Firm
Russian telegraphers and postmen continue their strike action, maintaining their demands and showing no signs of compromise. Workers remain organized and resolute in pressuring authorities for concessions.
Tsarskoe-Selo Review and Worker Meetings Across Russia
From St. Petersburg to East Prussia reports describe the emperor reviewing the Simnovsky regiment at Tsarskoe-Selo with Grand Dukes present. Workers hold large meetings on a holiday as telegraph strikers clash with police and Cossacks. calls for amnesty for Father Gapon arise while the government debates ministerial responsibility and a new press law.
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St. Petersburg
Eydtkuhenén
East Prussia
Simnovsky
Tsarskoe-Selo
Vladimir
Nicholas Nicholaeivitch
Salt City
Father Gapon
Senators Hear President's Annual Message In Session
The senate met for nearly three hours in Washington on December 5 to listen to the president's annual message. A large crowd filled the galleries as senators and the public followed the reading with copies in hand. Mr. Brandegee took his seat as a senator from Connecticut.
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Washington
Senate
Brandegee
Connecticut
Powers Accept Modified Porte Proposals From Constantinople
The Constantinople correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reports that the modified proposals of the porte are acceptable to the powers, signaling likely progress in negotiations.
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London
Constantinople
Daily Telegraph
German Steel Trust Sets 1906 Output and Prices
The German steel trust announces first quarter 1906 structural steel sales completed and plans to raise prices on the following Friday. A Paris conference is scheduled with J A Farrell of United States Steel Export and Col Millard Hunsicker of London on that day.
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London
German Steel Trust
J. A. Farrell
United States Steel Export Company
Col. Millard Hunsicker
Paris
Conditions Worsen as Russian Strikes Expand
A Moscow telephones strike and postal work stoppage paralyze communications and threaten a financial crisis. Father Gapon leads a growing movement opposing revolutionaries while government and anti strike groups vie for control as officials seek to avert upheaval before the Duma meeting. Delegates Petrukevitch and Kokoshkin propose universal suffrage with direct city voting and indirect rural voting.
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Douma
M. Petrukevitch
M. Kokoshkin
Zemstvo Congress
Associated Press
Mark Twain Honored At Delmonico Dinner Seventieth Birthday
New York December fifth Mark Twain was celebrated at Delmonico s with about 170 authors including many women. A congratulatory cable from England signed by 40 writers was read. Roosevelt sent a message praising Twain s work and influence. Twain spoke on reaching seventy describing routines, diet, morals, and the idea of being time expired.
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New York
Mark Twain
Delmonico’s
George Harvey
England
Thomas Hardy
George Meredith
Alfred Austin
Arthur Balfour
Rudyard Kipling
Anthony Hope
Gilbert Parker
A. Conan Doyle
Tan McLaren
Humphrey Ward
Israel Zangwill
W. D. Howells
Richard Watson Gilder
Henry van Dyke
Brander Matthews
Weir Mitchell
Kate Douglas Wiggin
John Kendrick Bangs
Amelia Barr
Hamilton W. Mabie
Caroline Wells
Irving Bacheller
Andrew Carnegeie
G. W. Gable
Hopkinson Smith
Agnes Repplier
Roosevelt
America
La Follette Accepts the Senatorial Tug of War
Madison Wis Dec 5 Governor La Follette says he will accept the United States senatorship elected by the legislature. His resignation will take effect during the present special session or at its end as the legislature convenes.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
United States
Steamer Cloverdale Found Stranded with Missing Crew
The British steamer Cloverdale, missing since leaving Hongkong 18 months ago on a coal run to Vladivostok, was found stranded on a China sea shoal. No trace of the crew. Shanghai theory speculates pirates may have boarded and killed everyone aboard.
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Victoria
B. C
Hongkong
Vladivostok
China Sea
Rough House Theater by College Students
A Palo Alto clash between 15 deputies and about 150 Stanford students erupted over a planned performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin at Mullens Hall. Deputies armed with clubs clashed with students. several students were seriously injured. No arrests were reported.
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San Jose
Cal
Palo Alto
Stanford
Hill
Mullens’ Hall
Marines Arrive Guard for American Embassy
A guard detachment of U S marines from the cruiser Minneapolis arrived in St Petersburg to protect the American embassy, landing under a petty officer after travel from Eydtkuhenen.
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St. . Petersburg
Eydtkuhenen
United States
Minneapolis
Dixon Introduces Bills for Montana Public Building and Courthouse
Representative Dixon introduced two bills in the house authorizing 125000 dollars for a Missoula public building and 300000 dollars for a federal courthouse and post office at Great Falls in Washington.
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The
Standard
Washington, D. C
Dixon
House
Missoula
Great Falls
Grave charge in Geyser murder case set for March
George W. Ricketts is charged with stabbing William Hedge at Geyser on July 4. Defense seeks continuance due to a missing material witness, with affidavit claiming Charly Ellis, son of a prominent Great Falls citizen, did the stabbing and confessed.
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Standard
Great Falls
George W. Ricketts
William Hedge
Geyser
Charly Ellis
Ellis
Unclear Mystery Over Series of Deaths in City
A string of deaths in one day puzzles police in a major city. Authorities work to identify causes and connections while reporting limited details to the public.
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JEW Wyork Police
New York Nights of Crime Stir Chinatown to River
A string of mysteries plagues New York on Dec 5 as a man leaps before a subway train leaving only clues of identity. In Chinatown a white woman Lottie Lane dies under suspicious circumstances tied to Mock Duck’s circle. William Hallinger from Yonkers is found with a fractured skull after being dragged from the East River. Belle Weber, 20, is bound and gagged in a West Forty‑first Street hallway with two companions sought for interrogation.
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New York
Chinatown
Asrt
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Street
Broadway
Lottie Lane
Pell Street
Mock Duck
William Hallinger
Yonkers
East River
Hell Gate
Hallinger
Belle Weber
West Forty-first Street
Magnetic Pole Located Again Reported by Captain Amundsen
Captain Amundsen states he has located the magnetic pole again and claims to have found the guide to all compasses. The assertion appears in a brief dispatch detailing navigational breakthroughs.
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Amundson
Amundsen reports Northwest Passage quest and Arctic finds
Report from Seattle dated December 5 describes Capt Roald Amundsen aboard the Gjoa sending a message to Nansen from Fors Egbert Alaska. The note notes a dog sled trip from Herschel Island to Eagle City and cargo of 12 American whalers trapped in ice. Amundsen claims discovery of the north magnetic pole and hopes for the northwest passage. The voyage follows the triumphs attributed to Sir John Ross and travels across Mackenzie and Peel rivers toward Fort Egbert.
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Seattle
Giaseford
Day
Nansen
Christiana
Roald Amundson
Gjoa
Fors Egbert
Eagle City
Alaska
Herschell Island
King Point
Herschel Island
Amundson
Herschel
Mackenzie River
Peel River
Fort Egbert
North Magnetic Pole
Ross
Boothnia
King Williamsland
Greenland
Northwest Passage
Lunberg Wreck Off Amherst Island Claims Thirteen Lives
A steamer wrecked near Amherst harbor Magdalen island results in thirteen deaths. The Lunberg's crew numbered fifteen with possible passengers including Mr Leslie a Canadian parliament member and partner in the owning firm.
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Halifax
Lunberg
Amherst Harbor
Magdalen Island
Meat Cove
Leslie Hart & Son
Leslie
State Senator Farnum Held on Murder Charge
Chicago dispatch reports State Senator Frank C. Farnum arrested on murder charges tied to the killing of county commissioner John V. Kopen amid a political feud. Police anticipate further arrests of prominent local politicians. George C. Roberts, an election officer in the stabbing district, is named as the accused.
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Chicago
Frank C. Farnum
John V. Kopen
Farnum
George C. Roberts
Kopen
Safe blowers loot Coey Mercantile in Rockford bank raid
Three robbers blasted through the Coey Mercantile vault in Rockford with a nitroglycerin charge before dawn, securing $2,100 and a handcar. Clerks James and Charles Mottern awoke to the explosion but were driven back by a robber's shot. A posse pursues north toward Spokane. blood traces suggest a wounded suspect from the blast.
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Spokane
Coey Mercantile Company
Rockford
James
Charles Mottern
Victims of Holdups Told by Mutual Reserve Official
New York December 5 Mutual Reserve Life Insurance paid about 20000 in what was called holdups by Vice President George D Eldredge as he testified to the life insurance investigating committee. He cited a 1898 payment of 15000 to John McDonald a Philadelphia lawyer linked to policyholder actions against President Frederick A Burnham. Another case involved 1890 examiner Max Beehler and improper fees totaling 1035 to regain Iowa and Missouri licenses.
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New York
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
George D. Eldredge
Life
Eldredge
John McDonald
Philadelphia
Mutual Reserve Company
Frederick A. Burnham
Mr. Eldredge
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Moscow
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Society of
Father
Gapon
Russia
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Standard Oil Trust
Kipling
Republic
Togo
MAN
Ciircumstances
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Burnham
Missouri
W. H. Phelps
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