Griscom and Wright From The Far East Bring His Fleet Here
Minister Griscom, the American representative at Tokyo, arrived on the Manchuria and confirms Admiral Togo plans to visit foreign waters. He says Togo intends to lead a Japanese fleet to England and the United States next year possibly via the Suez canal. General Luke E. Wright, governor of the Philippines, also came over on the same voyage.
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San Francisco
Griscom
Tokio
Manchuria
Togo
England
United States
Suez Canal
Luke E. Wright
Philippines
California Prune Wafer Health Claim Ad in Anaconda
An old advertisement promotes CALIFORNIA PRUNE WAFERS as a daily laxative aid addressing constipation and biliousness. It claims benefits for stomach, liver, and kidneys with 100 wafers priced at 25 cents, listing The Smith Drug Co in Anaconda and Christie & Leys Co in Butte, Montana.
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California
Smith Drug Company
Anaconda
Mont
Christie & Leys Company
Butte
Manchuria Visit Highlights Philippine Rail Plans and Progress
The Manchuria notes the aim to witness bid openings for island railroad construction in Washington. Islands show hopeful conditions with peace and prosperity, Luzon advancing, and railways seen as key to future development. Wright cites a shift from rice imports to exports and increasing other exports. Miss Roosevelt’s visit boosts goodwill and American citizenship status amid calls for reciprocal commercial policies and congressional relief.
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Manchuria
Washington
Luzon
Mpeeling
General Wright
Congress
China and Germany sign new Kiachou treaty extension
A dispatch from Tsingtao reports Baron Mumm von Schwartzenstein and Sir Robert Hart have signed a supplementary tariff treaty. The accord creates a limited free port zone for Kiachou while the rest of the German concession remains within the Chinese customs district.
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Berlin
Tsingtao
Kiachou
Shantung Peninsula
Baron Mumm von Schwartzenstein
China
Robert Hart
British steamer Etonian arrives with Italia in tow near Azores
The British steamer Etonian arrived at Horta in the Azores with the Italian steamer Italia in tow after picking her up 60 miles off the islands. Italia, bound for Genoa and Naples, had lost her propeller. 850 passengers are reported in good health.
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Horta
Azores Island
Etonian
New York
Genoa
Naples
Potomac Park Suggested for Army Navy Football Game
Col Charles S Bramwell superintendent of public buildings and grounds proposes Potomac park as the site for the next Army Navy football game. He cites the new athletic field with seating capacity of 100000 as a major advantage.
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Washington
Potomac Park
Charles S. Bramwell
Wall Street Syndicate Buys Majority of Tennessee Coal and Iron
It was stated that a 10 man Wall Street syndicate has acquired a majority stake in Tennessee Coal and Iron. Control rests with the brokerage houses Moore & Schley and Charles G. Gates & Co.
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New York
Wall Street
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Moore & Schley
Charles G. Gates & Co
Rescue at Sea Brings Captain Jones Ashore
The British schooner Kalikas docked at Conception Chile on December 5 bearing Captain Jones of the bark Deduraeth Castle of Liverpool. The vessel had been bound for Port Los Angeles, California, when it reached port to land the captain.
Roof Collapse At Charing Cross Station Traps Workers
Ninety feet of the southern roof collapsed at Charing Cross station in London. About 40 workmen were on the roof. at least two killed, two missing, eight seriously hurt, twenty lightly injured. The Avenue theater roof was crushed. no passengers were hurt. The station will be closed for several days.
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London
Charing Cross
Avenue Theater
Time Extended for Columbia Football Ban Debate
President Butler and Columbia faculty praised a student mass meeting that approved asking the faculty committee to extend the football association’s existence from December 31 to April 15, 1906. The aim is to offer arguments before football is finally banished. Columbia will take part in a general conference led by New York University on football reform.
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New York
Butler
Columbia
Football Association
New York University
Bedell Brothers Take Lead in Six Day Bicycle Race
New York December 6 Bedell brothers racing for Long Island broke the tie at Madison Square Garden. They surged after midnight and moved one lap ahead of rivals with 7 miles 9 laps completed and two laps clear at 1 a.m.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Bedell Brothers
Long Island
Bedells
State Veterinarian to file annual report data
Helena: Dr. M. E. Knowles, state veterinarian, prepares the annual report. The department inspected 8,386 horses, 27,945 cattle and 153,185 sheep. Quarantine placed on 1,735 horses, 45 cattle and 117,802 sheep. Forty three horses and one cattle were destroyed. Health certificates issued: 2,035 for horses, 1,640 for cattle, 48,665 for sheep.
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Standard
Helena
M. E. Knowles
Cuban forgiveness policy extends to Col Piedra
Havana reports the government has extended its forgiveness policy to Colonel Piedra. He was the first to initiate the insurrectionary movement and the last to return home.
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Havana
Piedra
SP Traffic Manager William Sproule Marries Marie Baldwin
San Francisco report states William Sproule traffic manager for the Southern Pacific married Marie Baird Baldwin today, a prominent society figure, in a private ceremony.
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San Francisco
William Sproule
Southern Pacific Company
Marie Baird Baldwin
Republican Steerers caucus chooses chairman in Senate adjournment
A Republican caucus held after the Senate adjourned today elected Senator Allison as chairman and authorized a unanimous consent to appoint a steering committee to serve during the new Congress.
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Washington, Dee
Senate
Allison
Congress
Miners Suffocated as Ventilation Stack Burns in Drift
In Horton, seven coal miners died after a wooden ventilation stack caught fire while they worked in a drift. The blaze consumed the stack, cutting air supply and leading to the fatalities.
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Charleston
W. Va
Horton
Reduction of Freight Rates Announced for Illinois
Springfield announces a universal 20 percent cut in all freight rates effective January 1, 1906 after a conference with the governor. Shippers' associations of Decatur and Springfield sponsored the measure with Chicago and Peoria merchants initially joining before withdrawing. Railroads Chicago, Arlington & Quincy and Wabash objected to the new schedule. The board may next address passenger rates.
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Springfield
Ill
State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Illinois
Decatur
Chicago Shippers’ Association
Peoria
Chicago, Arlington & Quincy
Wabash
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
American Consul General Parsons Killed in Mexico City
American Consul General James R. Parsons Jr. was killed by an electric car in Mexico City shortly after 9 p.m. He had served as consul general there since April 19, 1944 and previously as consul at Aix la Chapelle from 1888 to 1890. Parsons was from New York.
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Mexico City
Parsons
Washington
James R. Parsons, Jr
New York
Aix la Chappelle
Speculators Must Go, Court Holds Manager May Refuse Tickets
New York December 5 The New York Court of Appeals upholds a theater manager right to refuse tickets sold by sidewalk speculators. The ruling affirms managerial control over distribution and access in the face of speculative sales practices.
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New York
Court of Appeals
Laxative Bromos Take on Cold Cure Claim
Ad repeats a patent remedy claim promising to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromos tablets and a refund if it fails, noting E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. The line reads like an old medicinal advertisement urging quick relief.
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Pdruggis Ta
E. W. Grove
Col William F Cody Named Balloon Company Instructor
London December 5 Colonel William F Cody has been appointed instructor to the balloon companies of the Royal Engineers at Aldershot. The official appointment highlights Cody's role in training aerial observers and reconnaissance teams for military balloon service.
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London
William F. Cody
Royal Engineers
Aldershot
Fire destroys Montreal cigar factory at S. Davis & Co.
The S. Davis & Co. cigar factory, the largest in Canada, was destroyed by fire in Montreal today. Loss estimated at $100,000.
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Montreal
S. Davis & Co
Canada
Camp to Convene Rules Panel in New York for Football Changes
Walter Camp, chairman of the national rules commission, telegraphed members to meet in New York next Saturday to consider proposed changes in football rules.
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Chicago
Walter Camp
National Football Rules Commission
New York
State College student strike ends. classes to resume
Bellefonte Pennsylvania December 5 The unprecedented strike of the entire student body at the Pennsylvania state college was settled today and the students will return to classes tomorrow morning. Both the faculty and students made concessions.
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Bellefonte
Pennsylvania State College
Duchess Presents Family Tales For Children
The Duchess of Buckingham and Chan dos plans a book of real children stories handed down through her family. She remembers them word for word and has written them as told from grandmother to mother to later generations.
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Duchess of
Buckingham and
Chandos
Vegetarian octogenarians meet in London association hall
Eight men and one woman aged 80 to 91 attended a London Vegetarian Association meeting. Co P Newcombe chaired and urged that health benefits come from a non fresh diet, asserting you are not too old at 80 or 100 to enjoy good health.
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London Vegetarian Association
Co. P. Newcombe
A Gun In Her Hand And Blood In Her Eye
Mrs Ina Berry of Spokane Washington remained in possession of a passenger coach in Girard Kansas after besieging the car since Friday. She acted rationally today though armed and threatening only to defend herself. She refused food offered to her.
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Girard
Kan
Ina Berry
Spokane
Wash
Power of Count Witte Is Said to Be Waning
London report from the Times correspondence in St. Petersburg dated December 4 says well informed circles foresee the strike fatally weakening Count Witte's ministry. It cites M. Guidhkoff or Professor Migoulin as likely successors with a program to distribute state lands and grant old age pensions to workers. There are also reports the government plans to mortgage the brandy monopoly to German banks.
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London
Times
St. Petersburg
Count Witte
M. Guidhkoff
Migoulin
Chinese Boycott Discussed With President In Washington
Senator Fulton of Oregon and J. H. Brown of Portland met the president to discuss the Chinese guilds boycott of American goods. Brown said the boycott was urged by a former American consul now with the Chinese government, but American firm business in China is rising yearly and may reach 20 percent higher than last year.
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Washington
Fulton
Oregon
J. H. Brown
Portland
Kanghai
Tientsin
China
Brown
The Boss Had Good Judgment
An exchange from the Cleveland Leader shows a worker quitting after being called a fool. The boss argues the move was justified, but the worker defends the decision as valid despite not being fired.
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Cleveland Leader
Killing the Wrong Animals in Vermont Hunting Season
Vermonters complain hunting season harms humans and livestock as deer shooting shifts from sport to nuisance. The Boston Transcript notes cattle and sheep are being shot, reflecting broader concern over wildlife and farm security during hunts.
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The
Boston Transcript
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