Diplomats advise cautious Panama stance amid Colombia tension
United States discussions with European and South American diplomats warn Washington that Europe seeks the Panama Canal but Colombia may balk at capitulating to pressure. Embassies stress that regional sympathy may not move Bogota and that delaying recognition could be seen as protecting financiers. Naval actions in Isthmian waters are considered unlikely to dislodge Colombian forces on Pine Island.
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United States
Hague
Gen- 5
Panama
Europe
Colombia
Bogota
General Reyes
Great Britain
Republi
Isthmian
Island
Pine
Eldsed
Death-Preferred Sailor Faces Brooklyn Murder Trial
Frank Henry Barness, a ship cook, admitted guilt in the November 10 murder of Captain George B Townsend aboard the lumber schooner Charles Buckles. He submitted a written confession claiming premeditated shooting to avoid prison, citing prior killings and prison terms in Charlestown Havana and against Henry Hecker. Trial continued.
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New York
Frank Henry Barness
Brooklyn
Murer
George B Townsend
Charles Buckles
Charlestown
Mass
Havana
Henry Hecker
Flaws in Land Bill Force Amendments in Parliament
In London and Dublin, December 21, both nationalists and unionists flag flaws in Irish Secretary Wyndham's land act, prompting expected further amendments in Parliament. In Dublin, Justice Ross ruled that a tenant for life cannot appropriate a life estate bonus for personal use but must hold it in trust, a decision that could stall sales and complicate negotiations under the act. Parliament moves to clear interpretive doubts while political machine dynamics and spoils are debated in the broader coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wyndham
Dublin
Justice Ross
Lord Ely
Two Cumberland Brothers Fatally Harmed in Arrest Incident
In Hoffman North Carolina on December 21 two Black brothers Calloway and John Blue were struck and killed by Town Marshal Thompson and a deputy while resisting arrest for disorderly conduct. The officers were fired on but escaped unharmed.
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Hoffman
N. C
Calloway
John Blue
Cumberland County
Thompson
Lease Of Life Renewed After Terrible Heart Disease
A patient recounts lasting benefit from Dr Miles Heart Cure after years of heart trouble. He credits improved sleep, appetite, nerves, color, and strength to the remedy, noting six years of stable health with no return of symptoms and no doctor calls since. The ad urges readers to consult Dr Miles Medical Co for more information and remedies.
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Miles
Pere Anne Wig Lawrence
Worth
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkbut, Ind
Two Men Dead One in Prison
Dallas Ga December 2 Special As the result of the shooting affray between the Shipps and the Cantrella at the home of John Brooks in eastern Paulding county Wednesday night, Shipp and Clarence Cantrell who started the gun play are dead and Will Cantrell charged with shooting Will Shipp is under arrest Shipp died Saturday morning and Cantrell died Saturday afternoon at sunset The affair occurred in a remote part of the county with no commitment yet for Will Cantrell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Shipps
Cantrella
John Brooks
Paulding County
Constitution
Shipp
Clarence Cantrell
Wih Cantrell
Will Shipp
Cantrell
Walls Fall on Fire Chief in NYC Blaze
New York December 21 A massive two nines alarm fire destroyed the Hermann Furniture and Plumbing Cabinet Works on Mott Street and the nearby Hermann Lumber varnish factory. Battalion Chief Martin Coleman died when two walls collapsed trapping him. Lieutenant Jones and Father Smith escaped after aiding others as Italian residents fled. Firemen recovered Coleman's body beneath debris after the blaze leveled the six and four story buildings and spread panic through crowded tenements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hermann Furnicue and Plumbing Cabinet Works
Mott Street
H Hermann Lumber Company
Martin Coleman
Coleman
Lieutenant Jones
Father Smith
Fire Department
Jones
Debria
Corruption in Public Office and Fraternal Initiation Tale
A Birmingham News excerpt rails against widespread corruption in federal departments and mentions an indicted United States senator as a bribe taker. It then recounts a Toledo HIWI student, Fallis, seeking a marriage license as a condition for joining a fraternal society, with his bride-elect aged 17 and other initiation antics hinged on hoisting them into Chicago plans.
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Birmingham News
War Department
Department of the Interior
Agricultural Department
Mr. Roosevelt
Tinton Fatls
Hiwi
Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland Plan
Fallis
Hite
Where There's a Will There's a Way Tale
An old tale from the northern city tells of a man who bought a cemetery plot for $100, later remarried, and after years the widow exhumed his body to attend a popular event. The story illustrates how intent and circumstance create curious outcomes.
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New Cleans Times
Chisago
Mecca
Catholics Bar Papal Party From Politics in Italy
Rome December 21 Tonight's Osservatore Romano the Vatican organ publishes a document signed by the pope restricting Catholic action The rules bar Christian democrats from political participation and require bishops censorship of writings on ethics and region The document cites Leo XIII encyclicals and dampens liberal hopes for the pontificate end.
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Rome
Osservgaitore Romano
Vatican
Bologna
Catholc Conservatories
Leo I
Christian Democrata
Italy
Odd Fellows Demand Saloon Workers Quit Jan 16 1904
Springfield, Ohio reports Grand Master Charles C. Pavey of the Ohio grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows issues a circular ordering all saloonkeepers bartenders and professional gamblers to quit their trades by January 16 1904 or face trial and expulsion by the order.
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Springfield
Ohio
Charles C. Pavey
Ohio Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Ethiop escort for Americans arrives in Abyssinia capital
Adis Ababa dispatch reports Consul General Skinner leading an American mission to Emperor Menelik. Thousands of Ethiopian soldiers escorted the party as they entered Addis Ababa. Menelik greeted Skinner and invited him to the St Louis exposition, with a formal audience to follow. Also, Randolph slave original James Rial dies at Piqua infirmary aged 102 to 108.
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Adis Abedia
Jibutu
Somaliland
Palace
Bas-Georges
Skinner
Randolph
Piqua
Ohio
James Rial
Teddy
Piqua Aloes
Sketch of Hal Lewis Georgian judge and war veteran reminiscence
A long reminiscence by a former surgeon recalls Hal Lewis a Georgia Militia Cadet who after a harsh wartime service in 1864 recovered at home then returned to fight. It chronicles Lewis ascent to associate justice, his role in the Flannigan murder case his loyalty to clients and the medical narrative of paranoia and later paresis that led to his death.
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Brown
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Sherman
Georgia
Agaimet
Alxteen
Brown Hospital
West
Greene County
White Plains
Miles W Lewis
Lewis
Geoney
Georgia Millery
Hal Lewis
Mfe
Lewa
Nfe
Bragg
Flannigan
DeKalb County
Henry T. Lew
Défansa
W. C Glann
Glenn & Rountree
Gran
Deur
Europe
Barl Glenn
Supreme Bench of
Atlantic City
Lewia
Siltiem
Occoas Pontier Soden
National
Navy cruiser Ban Francia returns to report on passenger
Davis Back at His Post reports the arrival at Alexandretta of the cruiser Ban Francia with Conc Davie aboard after Davie left Alexandretta for Beirut amid police trouble in the named city. Cotton House Goes to Wall Street item notes the Geer Taylor Commission Company’s assignment to George M. Brock as trustee for creditors following a death at Nas branch.
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Davis
Washington
Navy Department
Alexandretta
Ban Francia
Conc Davie
Beirut
St. Louie
Blackmailers Scare a Priest in Duluth Case
Duluth Minnesota December 21 Rev Father Gilbert of Hurley Wisconsin pastor of two Roman Catholic churches receives anonymous threats demanding 3100 placed at a cemetery spot by a deadline. He has handed the letters to the police as nerves threaten his health while police investigate the matter. The report includes a satirical verse about a plaintiff and a legal ballad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Father Gilbert
Hurley
Wis
Thera
Seven Injured in Train Wreck Near Cottondale Alabama
A freight train collision near Cottondale, Alabama, about forty miles southwest of Birmingham, injured seven people including P. H. Larkin and T. S. Greene. The wreck halted by 11 a.m. and disrupted the Alabama Great Southern line on December morning amid heavy holiday travel.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southwestern United Express
Alabama Great Southerntvig
Queen and Crescent
Cottondale
P. H. Larkin
Ehproset
Greene
C E Stewart
Exidl
Chapel Hil
N. C
M. Nolan
Tuscaloosa
Henry Banks
Thomas Gaze
Coe
Rectal ailments cured without pain to patient
A claim states pie and all other rectal issues are cured without pain to the patient. The sentence presents a health claim about painless cures.
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Mott’ Street
Pius X
ODD Fellows
Consul Skinner
King Menelik
Frank Edmondson & Bro
Hal” Lewis
B. J. Massay
Chas. M. Pfeifer & Co., Distillers, Singdinnat!, Qa
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JOS, A. Magus & CO
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Cincinnati
Prom
New York Sun
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Aody
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