Hay-Pauncefo te treaty opens Panama canal project
Washington reports the Hay-Pauncefote treaty authorizes United States led canal construction across the isthmus of Panama. It establishes neutralization rules like Suez’s, guarantees free navigation for all belligerents, and allows U S military police along the canal to maintain order while keeping the route open and nonblockaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
United States
Te 1S
Constantinople
Suez Canal
Booker T Washington Refused Hotel Rooms in Springfield
Book er T Washington, famed Negro educator, was refused accommodations at three Springfield hotels last night amid claims of crowding. He finally secured a room at the Russell hotel. Hotel proprietors denied discrimination, insisting overcrowding prompted the refusals. Washington was en route to speak at Smith College about the race problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Booker T Washington
Washington
Russel
Professor Washington
Northampton
Smith College
Assembly Hall
South
Booker T. Washington
Smartin Colllege
Tre
State Board of Agriculture
Canal Bills Are Considered by Committee on Morgan Measure
Washington December 5 Senate committee on the Nicaragua canal met in session and discussed the Morgan bill. Adjourned without action due to Senator Hanna absence. Committee plans to report the bill soon but does not expect Senate action before the new canal treaty with Great Britain. Committee favors initial right of way acquisition and defers construction regulations to later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic
Pacific
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Morgan
Hanna
Tragic Malvern Train Crash Kills Three Injured Dozens
A deadly collision between two passenger trains near Malvern Arkansas killed three people and injured thirty eight. The St Louis fast mail and the Little Rock and El Dorado train crashed a mile and a half south of Malvern causing extensive wreckage. Engineers on No 14 escaped. many passengers were colored emigrants heading to Texas with numerous injuries reported including head wounds limb fractures and internal injuries. Rescue workers and physicians treated the injured in Malvern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Ark
St Louis
Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad
Here
St Lows
Little Rock and
el Dorado
Little Rock
Jerry Dickson
Saginaw
M Henry
J B. Moore
Arkadelphia
T Roberts
Charles Kauffman
T. York
Ohlahome City
L. Herrick
St. Louis
Ly A. Moore
Landersville
Ala
Elmer Stevenson
Mack Stevenson
Melvin Stevenson
Thad Stevenson
Julia Stevenson
Jasper Warren
John Densmore
Charles Densmore
Densmore
Charles Shepard
Shreveport
Will Walters
Mansfield
John McNeal
Fort Smith
Neal McAuley
Henry Smith
Mount Honser
Jennie Ware
Mount Homer
S C
George Young
LaGrange
Wallace Hartes
James Ingram
Robert Heriot
William Hodges
No 14
M Campbell
No 3
Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Attack on French Budget by Ribot at Chamber of Deputies
Paris reports Alexandre Ribot, Republican critic, denounces the budget as 259000 francs higher than 1898 and urges France to cut expenditures. He opposes sugar bounties and worship apportionments, warns of a year end deficit near 1444000 francs, and demands candid financial truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ribot
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Alexandre Ribot
M Ribot
Europe
France
Ryot
Admiral Schley Found Guilty on Five Counts
From Washington sources the court of inquiry reportedly finds Rear Admiral Schley at fault on five specifications. The charges include delay of the flying squadron off Cienfuegos, misrepresentation of reasons for coal port return to Key West, disobedience of orders in the retrograde movement, failure to destroy the Colon, and conduct unbecoming an officer in the Schley Hodgeson dispute. Confirmation was not available tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schley
New York
Cienfuegos
Key West
Associated Press
GOES BACK TO HIS OLD LOVE IN WEDDING AT VALPARAISO
Valparaiso Indiana December 5 John M Currier a 79 year old prominent local resident marries Laura M Morse 72 of Chicago a former wife he divorced over forty years ago Their grown children from later marriages attend the ceremony ending a long August romance with a final chapter written in this city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Currier
Valparaiso
Ind
John M. Currier
Laura M Morse
Chicago
Miss Frizzell Sues for Fifty Thousand in Libel Case
Miss Agnes Frizzell of Fort Smith Ark sues I C Root head of Woodmen of the World for 50000 damages in federal court in Omaha Neb. The suit stems from The Tidings lodge paper article which allegedly connected her with the removal and destruction of a grave tombstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Frizzell
Omaha
Nebr
Agnes Frizzell
Fort Smith
Ark
I. C. Root
Woodmen of the World
Munger
Miss Frizgell
Ship wrecked crew freed near Port Penfrta
Distress reported off Penfrta near Conn December 5 as the brig rig inl from Gruegport, with Captain S478 5 aboard, issued calls for help. Four crew members described as injured, value noted at £2085, while authorities work to reach them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gruegport
Antord
Penfrta
Local Weather and City News Highlights
Summary of forecasts and recent city developments. Rain in the early morning followed by fair weather Friday and Saturday with light to fresh northeast winds. Temperatures and past precipitation noted. Local political actions include a depot bill passing by 107 to 55 and a major fire in Broad Marietta Whitehall district quelled after a lengthy effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Broad, Marietta
Whitehall Streets
Senate
Bijou Amusement Company
Richmond
Pryor Street
Auburn Avenue
Depot Bill Passes House 107 to 5 Up for Senate Consideration
The depot measure, proposed by Mr. Gress of Wilcox, would earmark 500000 from Western and Atlantic railroad rents to build a new Atlanta passenger depot. The bill, supported amid strong party unity, includes sevenfour house and two senate members to oversee planning, with July 1903 as a completion target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Gress
Wilcox
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Atlanta
Johnson
Bartow
Littte
Muscogee
Lane
Sumter
Little
Morris
Coth
Slaten
Fulton
Slaton
Felder
Bibb
Park
Greene
Hall
Muller
Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Panama
United States of America
Edward VII
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland
India
Joan Hay
Ding
Lord Paungefote
GCMG
Article Iil
Booker Washington
Massachusetts
Hobson
Richmond P Hobson
United States Navy
Young Mens Christian Association
Navy
University Club
China
London
John Hay
Iron’ Mountain
Arkansas
Zoey EU
Jomee Hiow
Allen
Anderson
Cobb
Ayres
Bailey
Bell
Blalock
Blue
Booth
Boswell
Bower
Brock
Bruce
Burnett
Clower
Cowart
Crumbley
Darden
Davis
Meriwether
Newton
Flynt
Miny
Duncan Egleston
Everett Flynt
Fort Foster
Floyd
Foster
Towns
Franklin
Frederick
Freeman
Troup
Whitfield
George
DeKalb
Gresham
Griffin
Twiggs
Hamby
Hamilton
Hammock
Harden
Chatham
Hardin
Wilkes
Harrell
Harper
Chattooga
Wayne
Harvard
Hathcock
Harkins
Hawes
Henry
Hilton
Hitch
Hixon
Hodges
Hosch
Houston
Howard
Haldwin
Howell
Hale
Hutchink
Appling
Jordan
Jasper
Knowles
Land Lane
Lawrence
Lott
Laittreil
McLennan
Madden Miller
Mitchell
Emanuel
Mullins
Niblack
O'Connell
Orr
Greeny
Perry
Peyton
Pierce
Quillian
Reid
Campbell
Tallaferro
Rhyne
Sanders
Steed
Stevens
Stubbs
Symons
Thompson
Banks
Dooly
Toomer
Tumsin
Turner
Walker
Crawford
Webster
Welborn
Welch
Wells
Whitchard
Wight
Dougherty
Willingham
Wright
Yates
Adams
Barrow
Bray
Brewton
Bush
Carrington
Daughtry
Dean
Drawdy
English
Gary
Grice
Hall of Bible
Fannin
Hardwick
Hervington
Hogan
Hutcheson
Baker
Jefferson
Joiner
Kelley
Kilburn
Knight
MtFarland
Maples
Merritt
Thomas
Monroe
Moore
Mulherin
Narramore
Quisey
Parker
Rawles Hichardson
Roberts
Shank
Shipp
Smith
Hancock
Stafford
Sturgis
Faylor
Tisinger
Underwood
Williams
Admiral Schley
Brand
Jackson Superior Court
Gus Fellows
J. J. Rogers
Tudge Speer
Barnesvile
Bank Atlanta
Barnesville
Southern
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Birmingham
Bradshaw
Opp
Andalasia
J. W. Dorsey
Fale Atkinson
Bering
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!