Former United States Consul General Walter Jones Dies
Walter Savage Jones former United States Consul General died Saturday in Rome after a sudden illness. Born in Savannah, he studied at St Cyr in Paris, served in the French army, and held Florida political prominence before being named consul to Messina then Rome. Survived by G Noble Jones of Savannah and others.
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Rome
United States
Walter Savage Jones
Savannah
Joble Jones
George III
Lye
Oglethorpe
Jones
Paris
St Cyr
Jefferson County
Georgia
Florida
Grover Cleveland
Messina
Sicily
Uoon
Rev Rankin Dead in Seoul After Missionary Work
Rev C Rankin editor of foreign missions publications for the Presbyterian church died in Seoul Corea from pneumonia aged years. He had traveled in the Orient visiting mission fields for six months and made Nashville his home. Additional brief notices mention the death of Mrs D A Holt and Bishop Westing, with Silas Farmer noted as a deceased author and historian.
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Foreign Mission Board of Presbyterians
Nashville
Tenn
S . Chester
Board of Foreign Missions
Seoul
Corea
C. Rankin
Rankin
Po Foreign Missions Publications
The
Presbyterian Church
Orient
Elds
D. A. Holt
Irwinton
D A. Holt
J . Vlndesayr
Ora
Bishop Westing
London
Rivev
Wogen Westing
St. Alans
Silas Farmer
Patroit, Mich
Sills Warf
Tugan
Northwest
American Geographical Socre
Actress Dollie Allen Identified as Rochester Native
Dolly Harle, daughter of Mrs Allen of Rochester New York, died by suicide in her dressing room after a performance at a Philadelphia theater. Miss Allen, once Dolly Earl, married Mr Bowsmith, a New York businessman. Her grandfather John Tallinger was a Rochester merchant.
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Allen
Rochester
Jadelphia
Dottie
Dollie Allen
Tallen
NW Y
Miss Allen
Bowsmith
John Tallinger
Althy Merchant
T J
Dollie Earle
Salsbury Funeral Draws Theatrical Crowd In Fork
In Fork on December 25 funeral services for Nate Salsbury drew many theater figures and friends of the late showman. Rev Burnepert preached as attendees reflected on his career. A separate note from December 26 states Parson Davies plans a stage try, a local sporting character venturing onto the boards.
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Fork
Nate Salsbury
Burnepert Ws
Tson
Eans
Davies
Miners to Demand Wage Increase at National Convention
Springfield December 2 W D Ryan secretary treasurer United Mine Workers of Illinois says miners nationwide will demand a material wage increase at the national convention in Indianapolis on January 19 He notes operators are earning high profits and will show the public the cost of mining a ton of coal Ryan will attend the convention and likely lead the push for higher wages.
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Springfield Lst
W. D. Ryan
United Mine Workers of Linois
United States
Indianapolis
Ryan
Daughters Abroad Mark Family Journey from Savannah
Savannah Georgia December 28 Special Major and Mrs H F Smart return from a world tour. A son and daughter were left in India. Another daughter wed in Japan to a German embassy member. The Smarts stayed long in Japan with the Prime Minister Buck. Major Smart plans winter travel with son and daughter in India after retirement.
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India
Savannah
Major
H Fpmart
Japan
Smarts
Buck Major Smart
Ind
Marconi Maintains Wireless Ties to Europe from Glace Bay
Glace Bay in Nova Scotia reports Marconi station forges daily wireless links with Cornwall and Europe. The inventor remains on site but will depart soon for Cape Cod station. He sends two to three messages daily with increasing efficiency, including a dispatch to Empress Eugenie.
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Marconi
Cornwail
Wil
Cape Cod
Europe
Empresas Eugenie
Tea Duty Alarm Shocks Yokohama Merchants
A report from Yokohama via Victoria says the United States will impose a 10 cent a pound duty on tea now held in bond. Withdrawal may occur after January 2. Merchants grocers and other tea interests fear the move and will urge the government to withhold it. The tax, part of the Spanish war duties, is set to be lifted January 1 and many Japanese teas are already bonded in American ports.
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Japan
Yokohama
Victoria
British Columbia
United States
Americ
Accidents Out On The Ocean As Ship Clears Nile
New York dispatch reports the French steamship La Champagne arriving from Havre with 57 cabin and 860 steerage passengers. On December 25 she sighted the Glasgow bark Nile in distress amid a six hour gale. La Champagne’s out of order compass aided the Nile before it proceeded. First officer Pierre Bardelles was killed by a heavy sea while on the bridge and buried at sea.
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Pierre Bardelles
la Champagne
Bardelles
Escaped Convict Recaptured in Georgia
Oscar Pierce, convicted in North Carolina of murder and sentenced to twenty years, escaped and was recaptured yesterday at his father's home in General Bluff Georgia on local warrants. He will likely be remanded back to prison in North Carolina.
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General Bluff
Oscar Pierce
North Carolina
Weo
North Carone
Injustice Alleged in Army Promotion Reshuffle
Washington December 28 Senate committee on military affairs delayed all army nominations below major pending an investigation into officer selections under the reorganization law. Accusations claim volunteers filled vacancies, delaying commissions, and some appointees rapidly promoted to captains without proper qualifications. Seventeen second lieutenants resigned to allow originals to fill vacancies, with some quickly becoming captains. Subcommittees plan to report when Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Etig
West Point
Committee On Military Affairs
Congress
Tenement House Fire Destroys Part of Carter Street Building
Early morning fire at 40 Carter Street damaged a negro tenement house with unknown cause. Firemen arrived at 145 o'clock, contained the blaze within minutes, leaving only slight damage and no lives lost.
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Carter Street
Mrs Hutchens of Byron Loses Right Arm in Gun Accident
In Macon Georgia on December 28 a Gun discharge mangled Mrs Hutchens right hand and arm at her Byron home. Doctors at the city hospital amputated her right hand at the wrist this morning. Her husband Mr Hutchens and family remained at her bedside as her condition was reported favorable late last night.
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Hutchens
Byron
Macon
City Hospital
Bilder
Hutchen
Widow of General Fremont Dies at 78 in Los Angeles
Mrs Jessie Renton Fremont widow of General Fremont dies at 78 in Los Angeles after a hip dislocation from a fall. She passed Christmas Day into unconsciousness after rapid decline. Daughter of Thomas A Benton, longtime United States senator, she had been frail for three years.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jessie Renton Fremont
General Fremont
Fremont
Thomas A Benton
United States
Memorial Address Bound in Athens Memorandum
Albert Shaw forwards a bound copy of Joseph R Lamar's Memorial day address delivered in Athens last year. The southern educational board heard the speech at Memorial services then adjourned to hear it at the opera house. An introduction by Albert Shaw praises the address for its diction, philosophy, and historical insight, noting its timely usefulness for educational aims.
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Albert Shaw
Yoseph Lamar
Athens
Hin
Joseph R Lamar
Lamar
Southern Educa-Ionat Board
Sesson
Opera House
Sixty Lives Lost in Malacca Strait Ship Collision
Dispatches report a collision in the Malacca Straits between the Bun gang and Kiang Yan. The Kiang Yan sank with sixty sailors and passengers missing. An unrelated fire onboard the Hokuun Maru near Sa Tsu killed eighteen crew.
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Malacca Straits
Kiang Yan Senk
Victoria
British Columbia
Tartar
Tokio Ashi
Hong Kong
Bungang
Hakodate
Inwanai Steamship Company
Sa Tsu
Fire in Batkmut mine buries hundred miners
A coal mine fire at Bachmut in Ekaterinasiay province traps about a hundred miners underground. Twenty have been rescued but many are feared dead as officials race to reach the damaged shaft and extinguish the blaze.
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St Patersburg
Bachmut
Ekaterinasiay
Two Girls and a Boy Drowned in Cumberland River
In Gainesboro on December 28, Verdi Rich 19, Hattie Rose Rich, and Walter Rich drowned while attempting to cross the swollen Cumberland River. Rufus Baitley and Alfred Crowder escaped. the canoe capsized after being overloaded and struck by the current.
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Gainesboro
Tony
Cumberland River
Here
Drowning at St Louis Ice Breaks Claim Two Teens
At St Louis on December 28 two youths aged 15 and 17, Mary Galleano and Ange Cafferata, broke through the ice while skating on the river shore opposite Olive and drowned. A fourth child, Theresa Logamarsine, aged 14, also fell in but was rescued.
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Fersons
St. Louis
St Louis
Olive
Mary Galleano
Ange Cafferata
Theresa Logamarsine
Parsons Memorial Library Gift to Alfred Maine
Alfred Maine December 28 Special In honor of Edward Parsons deceased millionaire cotton merchant of Savannah Ga his three brothers have given the town of Alfred a handsome building to be known as the Parsons memorial library The Parsons brothers were born here but later moved south and grew wealthy in cotton and railroad business now residing in New York while maintaining their commercial interests in the south
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Alfred, Me
Edward Parsons
Bavannah
Alfred
Parsons
Parsons Brothers
Savannah
New York
South
Severe earthquake shock hits Syracuse Sicily
A severe earthquake shock was felt in Syracuse Sicily this evening with no lives lost. Earlier reports from Petersburg note a 23 second quake at Bigsk in Temsk governorate and a czar report on Andijan district seeking temporary shelter for troops and authorities in a devastated city.
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Syracuse
Sicily
Rome
Ft. Petersburg
Bigsk
Temsk
Turkestan
Andijan
Storm Rages in Newfoundland Causes Coastline Damage
A fierce gale in St Johns Newfoundland has lasted thirty six hours and damaged coastal shipping. The Allan Line steamer Peruvian could not reach port after passing Cape Race yesterday due to the storm and heavy seas.
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St Johns
Newfoundland
Ajlan Line
Cape Race
Heavy Snow Storm Disrupts Kansas Coal Supply
Kansas reports a general snow storm with mild temperatures. Western counties complain coal famine persists as railroads reportedly appropriate shipped coal. Across the Atlantic, London faces gales and renewed snow, with rescues near Holyhead and Cornwall. A three day Vienna hurricane and harsh weather elsewhere cause damage and distress, including reports of freezing deaths in southern Russia.
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Topeka
Kana
Kansas
London
Great Britain
Scotland
Holyhead
Cornwall
Vienna
Hussia
No Damage From Cold Wave to Florida Citrus
Jacksonville Florida December 28 reports say the coal wave caused no material damage to crops in Florida. Temperatures from 27 to 30 degrees above zero occurred in some western coast sections, but frost warnings and preparations protected vegetables. The cold was not severe enough to harm citrus fruit trees or fruit crops.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Recovery of Four Bodies in Pa Mine Blast
Four bodies have been recovered from the Little Redstone mine two miles above Fayette City following an explosion last night. Rescue teams secured the shaft and reported the incident under investigation by local authorities. Names of the deceased were not released as of press time.
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Fayette City
Little Redstone
Port Receipts Contest Figures Key to January Estimates
The Atlanta Constitution details a 1902 1903 port receipts contest guided by Henry G Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. It notes weekly totals through December 26 and preview figures through December 19, with New York reports differing from Hester by weeks. Contest closes with mailed estimates by January 10 and optional subscriptions to enter.
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Henry G Hester
New Orleans
Cot—ton Exchange
Hester
New York Cotton Exchange
New York Exchange
New York
New Exch
York
United States
Miles Guest of Emperor at Pekin Luncheon
December 28 in Pekin the ladies of the American legation and Lieutenant General Miles and his party were entertained at luncheon by the dowager empress and the emperor United States Minister Conger also gave a diplomatic dinner in honor of the general Tomorrow the minister will entertain at dinner a number of Chinese officials to meet General Miles.
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Pekin
Businessmen Named for Columbus Water Commission
Columbus Georgia residents expect the January city council meeting to form a five member water commission to oversee the new municipal water works. Suggested nominees include E J Rankin T E Golden D Burts John T Norman EF Roberts W L Tillman John C Cook T E Blanchard John T Davie Jr Leo Loewenherz and Rhodes Browne. Major W S Greene awaits arrival to discuss bondholders policy as plans unfold. Colonel Radcliffe buried Masonic honors Linwood Cemetery funeral held today. Dr T E Appleby dies in Texas former probate judge in Russell County Alabama.
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Columbus Water Commission
Columbus
E J Rankin
T E. Golden
D Burts
John T Norman
EF Roberts
W. L. Tillman
John C. Cook
T. E Blanchard
John T. Davie Jr
Leo Loewenherz
Rhodes Browne
W S Greene
Colunmbus Water Works Company
Municipal Water Works
Radcliff
George W. Radchi
Linwood Centstery
R W. Ledsinger
L. H. Chappel
T EE Blanchard
J &. Crenshaw
M Julius
T. T Miller
Appleby
Texas
T Ee Appleby
San Antonio
Tex
Appiceh
Russell County
Alabar
Wheeler
Golden Jubilee Celebrated by Passionist Fathers in Pittsburgh
The Passionist Fathers in the United States marked their Golden Jubilee at St Paul of the Cross Monastery in Pittsburgh with a solemn pontifical Mass led by Cardinal Gibbons and sermons on St Paul the Saint of the Cross. A trolley crash outside the monastery injured nine passengers, two reporters from The Times and The Post among the more seriously hurt, as snowblocked tracks and crude braking led to a wreckage-filled slide.
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Pittsburg
United States
St Paul of the Cross
James Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
P J Ryan
James Kent Stone
St Paul
A A Lambing
Wakiisburg
Cardinal Gibbons
P J Donahue
Wheeling
Athess
John M Dagan
the Times
J Johnson
The
Post
Tagan
Johnson
Brock Island TG Project Planned At Mor.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Brock Island TG plans construction from Mor. 7 to Ingersoll, Guihne in Oklahoma, with island facilities to include two modes. The fragment mentions purchases and road movements affecting services, with uncertain details on aims and timelines.
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