Senate Debates Hay-Pauncefote Deadline Extension
Senate in executive session largely discusses the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with Lodge anxious but satisfied as it passes. The House spends the day on District affairs and a Pennsylvania railroad terminal project with filibuster delays and a deadline extension planned. Morocco indemnity claim settled by Moorish government for $5,000. Brumbaugh salary increase for Porto Rico education commissioner moves forward.
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Washington
Woraker
Morgan
Lodge
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Avenue
Friends of the Bill
Morocco
United States
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Tangier
State de Baracci
Marcus Heragul
Brumbaugh
House Committee On Insula
Porto Rico
University of Pennsylvania
Root
Porto Lico
Booz Inquiry at West Point Probes Hazing Claims
A military court of inquiry arrived at the U S Military Academy to examine cadets about hazing and brutal treatment alleged in the Bristol Bristol Pa case. Fourteen of seventy eight cadets testified, all saying Booz was viewed as a coward and denying occasions of injury or religious bias. The hearing, open to the public, is expected to continue through the week.
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Studenta
West Point Bexan
West Point
Military Court of Inquiry
Bristol
Military Academy
Oscar L. Booz
Hill Home
Boaz
Kellar
Ca‘Tyler
Boor
Tyler
Boos
Petition Refusal Strains Paris English Speaking Church
The French government refused the petition of American and British ambassadors seeking tax exemption for the Passionist Fathers at St Joseph English speaking church. The state has seized St Joseph's on Avenue Hoche and their property until back taxes of 20 000 francs from 1898 are paid, though church services continue.
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Paris
St. Joseph
Faria
Nevda
St. Joseph’s
Heir to Milton Fortune Found in Pennfield
In Dubois Pennsylvania Creighton Wandrell a farmer now living in Pennfield is named as heir to a $3 500 000 fortune tied to the late Creighton Wandrell of New York who died in 1803. An Albany attorney had searched seven years for Wandrell's heirs and they were located recently and will receive the inheritance.
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Creighton Wandrell
Pennfield
Wandrell
New York
Albany
Tey
Robbers Loot Citizens bank in Indiana with multiple explosions
A bank safe was blown open at Citizens' Bank in Hope Indiana. Five blasts lit up the night as robbers made off with at least $18 000. Postmaster Spaugh and others arrived quickly but the gang fled unseen. A posse of about 20 men hunted the robbers believed to be nearby.
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Hank
HOPE
Ind
Citizens’ Bank
Hero
Spaugh
Rola Safe Crackers
Charleston
Dicks & Sally
Sally
Samal
Orangeburg County
Senator Sullivan Weds in Washington Church Ceremony
Senator Bullivan of Mississippi and Mia Newman Atkins wed at St. Stephen's church with Rev. W. S. Cavughy officiating. The bride, daughter of the late Dr. Newman, is a Georgetown convent graduate and musician. Also announced are fourth class postmaster appointments for Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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Sullivan
Washington
Bullivan
Mirsissippi
Mario Newman Atkins
St. Stephen's Church
Cavughy
Newman
Georgetown
Postmaasters
Delaware
Blackwater
Irwin W. Bennett
New York
Hast Beekmantown
George M. Howes
F.C. Mibill
Pennsylvania
Rand
James C. Foster
Navy ship bids chosen for seven remaining vessels
The board of naval construction settled bids for battleships and cruisers. One armored cruiser to Cramps, one to Newport News, one to Union Iron Works in San Francisco. Battleship to Fore River Engine Works in Quincy. Seven ships left to be disposed.
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Board of Naval Construction
Union Ironworks
San Francisco
Fore River
Quincy
Mies
Logging Train Wrecks in Georgia Creek Crash
A logging train of Rentz Garbutt & Co left the track over Yam Grandy creek and crashed into the water. Engineer Himore Valve was killed. Passengers Dr. D. H. Durham and Dr. J. M. Nunez were injured, along with two enslaved workers. Dr. Durham helped others after being rescued, then fainted from severe scalds and was brought to Swainsboro unconscious.
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Swainsboro
Rentz Garbutt & Co
Yam Grandy Creek
Himore Valve Wan
D. H. Durham
J.M. Nunez
Sega
Tie on mayor in Worcester election ends in dead heat
Worcester Mass December 19 The war center is in the mayoralty question as voters registries show both O Connell and Lytle with 8061 votes. Neither man is elected and the city charter calls for a special election to be ordered by the board of aldermen likely as the next move.
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Worcester
Mass
War Center
O'Connell
Lytle
Board of Aldermen
Unknown Man Killed Attempting to Board Train Near Afton
An unknown man, said to be a Cincinnati resident, was struck and killed by Delaware and Hudson No. 7 as he tried to board a westbound freight at Afton in Chenango County yesterday afternoon. A companion, also from Cincinnati, was likely fatally injured.
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Asksons
Binghamton
N. Y
Cincinnati
Afton
Chenango County
Delaware and Hudson
Death by Own Action: Jamaica Saloon Proprietor Hangs Self
New York December 19 Thomas Nor graft a 40 year old saloon proprietor of Jamaica Long Island committed death by own action by hanging himself in a peculiar manger He broke windows and furniture then tied a rope to a heavy trunk at the top of the stairs and jumped over the banisters His neck was broken by the fall and he died on the scene
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New York
Thomas Norgraft
Jamaica
Wolcott's Condition Unchanged as Crisis Looms
Boston December 10 The condition of former Governor Wolcott remains practically unchanged since the bulletin earlier. Dr Putnam says the patient shows no improvement and perhaps worse, and that this may help if the crisis in his sickness has not yet been reached but may occur at any time.
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Wolcott
Boston
Putnam
Two Killed by Dynamite in Pennsylvania Accident
In Sellersville Pennsylvania on December 19 Isaiah Hunsberger of Souderton and Joseph Bownawitz of Telford were killed when dynamite exploded while thawing frozen sticks. The blast occurred as Hunsberger stirred the mixture in a pot over a fire.
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Sellersville
Isaiah Hunsberger
Souderton
Joseph Bownawitz
Telford
Hunsberger
Rockefeller Gifts 1.5 Million to University of Chicago
At the University of Chicago convocation President Harper announced a new gift of 1.5 million dollars from John D. Rockefeller. One million will endow the fund in perpetuity in the university’s name, with income used year by year, and the remaining 0.5 million to meet immediate needs.
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Rockefeller
Chicago
University of Chicago
Harper
John D. Rockefeller
May Strike In Sympathy Reported At TOPCHKA
Telegraph switch men and brakemen say they will strike if Third Vice President Barr grants telegraphers demands. Conductors may stay by the road but could join if ordered. Engineers and firemen undecided. Pressure mounts as sympathy for strikers grows.
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Topchka
Sunte Ie
Barr
Alpha Sinks in Union Bay Storm Off Vancouver Island
The steamship Alpha, leader of the Cape Nome fleet to Alaska, foundered in a Saturday night storm off Union Bay Vancouver Island. Reports say the vessel and eleven men aboard are lost, with telegraph communication still down.
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Vancouver
B. O
Alpha
Alaska
Union Bay
Vancouver Island
Oarleven
Uveg
Snapshot at Washington impacts New Jersey liquor case
Our special staff photographer captures a moment amid a dispute over a twenty five thousand a year position. Attorney General Griggs rules he cannot align with the Calteet affair.
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Washington
New Jersey
Griggs
Volunteers to Leave Philippines Reinforcement to Regular Army
Reports detail planned transfers of U S volunteer regiments from the Philippines to the United States awaiting muster out. The Eleventh Cavalry and Thirty-sixth Regiment travel arrangements, armament transfer limits, and officer retention are outlined amid suspected insurgent activity.
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Manila
United States
Philippine Islands
Camarines Province
Meade
Locos
Regular Army
Philippines
Hughes
Panay
Herbert L. Evans
Forty-fourth Volunteer, Infantry
Dee
Tunoxgau
Cebu
Order of Chosen Friends to contest receivership
The Order of Chosen Friends in Newark New Jersey plans to contest the Indiana court appointed receiver. Representatives from New Jersey councils will meet in Newark and a New York council will meet the same day to decide on a possible reorganization of the order.
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Order of Chosen Friends
New York
Newark
N. J
Indiana
New Jersey
Labor Conference Ends With Clash Over Compulsory Arbitration
Chicago report of the arbitration and conciliation conference quotes Samuel Gompers arguing for the right to strike and Hugh Lusk defending compulsory arbitration. The two men exchanged barbed remarks on liberty versus license as debates and questions continued among labor leaders and supporters.
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Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hugh H. Lusk
New Zealand
New
Mr. Lusk
America
Arbitration Court of New Zealand
Labor
Mr.Gompers
Luyk
Arbitration Court
Mr. Gompers
Chicken Pie Kills Widow Hat tie Goodale in Malone
Mrs Hat tie Goodale a 62 year old widow lived alone on Rockland Street Malone for months with little food. After raising a small sum she paid debts and hired a baker to make a large chicken pie. She enjoyed it but overeating overwhelmed her frail system and she died.
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Malone
WN. Y
Hattie Goodale
Rockland Street
Deserts Meted to Wickliffe Robbers and Spain Navy Budget
Chicago dispatch reports the Wickliffe Ky train robbery gang member Channing Barnes died by his own hand in the swamp after pursuit by Wilnia Central Railway agents. Vice President Haraban praised relentless follow up and said all robbers met their deserts. In Madrid, a naval budget debate ends with a tight vote and government survives.
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Chicago
Wlinvia Central Railway
Channing Barnes
Wickliffe
J.T. Haraban
Barnes
Governor Mount Addresses Boonville Lynching
INDIANAPOLIS December 19 Governor Mount is concerned by the lynching of the third Rockport negro murderer at Boonville Monday night He conferred with the attorney general yesterday morning with a view to setting on it and the case remains unresolved.
Ice yachting season set by Hudson River clubs
Poughkeepsie New York December 10 activity grows among Hudsoniver and Hyde Park Tee Yacht clubs as the Hudson River freezes. The river is now closed north of Rhinebeck and members expect a winter race for the world’s challenge pennant held by the Hudson River club.
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Poughkeepsle
N. Y
Hudsoniver
Hyde Park Tee
Hudson
Rhinebeck
Hudson River Club
Palmer M. Wood prominent Herkimer official dies
Palmer M. Wood cashier of the Herkimer New York post office since Inez March died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home. A twice clerk of Herkimer county he was born in 1889 and had been a noted state interior politician. He was knocked down by a team in New York two weeks earlier and never recovered. Aaronson, the Swedish bicycle rider, was said to have developed pneumonia and may die after a six day race at Madison Square Garden. Weather fair with fresh south to west winds.
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Boston
Michael A. Wheeler
Roxbury
Wheeler
Boston Stoffice
Allie Snyder
Weat Fifth Street
New York
Uanhler
P.M. Wood
Herkimer
N. Y
Palmer M. Wood
New York Post Office
Inez March
Herkimer County
Wood
Aaronson CritiemIly II
Aaronson
Sybo
Madison Square Garden
Pneumoniiind
Society President Hints at Succession Amid Potential Surrender
Modan presents a photograph featuring Chiv Myron J. Herrick, president of the Society, noted as a likely successor should the current incumbent choose to surrender. The piece centers on leadership transition amid a possible resignation.
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Modan
Myron J’. Herrick
The
Society
Allied troops supervise Peking districts as robber bands threaten
Count von Waldersee orders military supervision of districts around Peking with allied forces. US troops will oversee southeast of Peking while plans urge strong patrols to deter robbers and Boxers. A foreign envoys meeting is expected today as famine relief funds are authorized by provincial decrees.
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Count von Waldereee
United States
Tshangtshang
Nakukrin
Ho-si-wu
Count von Waldersee
Shansi
Tshang-tshang
Sinn-tu
Vat Hee
Cn Yell
Lien Yueng
V. A.ueinl
Nankin
Tung Fu- Hoiting
Sias-fiu
Shensi
Britain US China note crisis eases as signs point to signature
London reports say Great Britain's proposed changes to the joint note have been largely accepted by all powers including Russia and Japan. The United States stance remains unsettled, but a signing in Peking is anticipated within days, with UK and US sharing a common position on key clauses. Paris meanwhile orders the return of seized loot and embargoed items from French forces in China.
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London
Peking
Daily Mail
Russia
Japan
United States
America
Morning Post
Europe
Embidea Eee Chonte
Lansdowne
Henry White
Foreign Office
Hay
Choate
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lay
Conger
Ernest Satow
Paris
Loubet
Frey
China
Marseilles
Ching
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