Efforts Renewed to Settle U S Britain Border Controversies
Washington September 29. It is expected that renewed efforts will settle long standing disputes between the United States and Great Britain over the Canadian border the Atlantic fisheries and the Alaska question. Direct negotiations between Hay and Pauncefote may lead to a commission representing the three nations to draft a basis of agreement.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Great Lakes
Hay
Lord Pauncefote
Canada
Bering Sea
Venezuela
Isthmian Canal
Alaska
Alaskan
Lord Lensdowne
Joint High Commission
Brith Abraham Meeting Marred by Fight in New York
Five hundred Brith Abraham members debated endowment funds in New York City. Two factions led by Weiner Lubotsky Strahl clashed with Samuel Dorf supporting the other side. A chairmen election sparked a brawl as furniture broke, police intervened, lights were out, and the meeting adjourned to Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Order of Brith Abraham
Order
Weiner
Lubolsky
Strahl
Samuel Dorf
Death by own action at Hot Springs hospital
Hot Springs Ark December 29 Hoffman of Iowa killed himself at Barry hospital today After last Thursday he cut his throat in an attempted suicide, grabbing a table knife to sever the jugular vein He was rapidly recovering before this act President Cannot Preside Washington December Roosevelt cannot preside at Olympic games in Chicago 1908 due to other duties Blooded Horses Sold Lexington Ky December 29 buyers from Chicago purchased multiple race horses and colts from Lexington and Louisville owners for racing this spring
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Hot Springs
Ark
Herman Hoffman
Iowa
Barry Hospital
Hoffman
Washington
Baron Coubertin
Chicago
Roosevelt
Lexington
M. L. Tichenor
M. J. Newgass
T. Muir
Sweet Billie
Fatsetto
Maybe
John B. Madden
Imp Tep Gallant
Imp Mirthful
Bermuda
Hiram Scroggan
Louisvlle
Imp Florist
New Fire Alarm System in Griffin City
Griffin Ga December 2 Special The fire alarm system with eight boxes has been put in operation in this city The city council will meet Tuesday night and appoint a committee from that body to test the system next Thursday If it meets the companys guarantee the system will be accepted at once
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
Budy
Chinese Court Return Tensions Rise at Pekin Palace
Amid Pekin tensions on December 20 a party of Manchu princes including Prince Su visits the Chinese court while a coronation envoy plan stirs, dowager empress vindicates prestige, foreign ministers threaten to refuse invitations to dine at the taung yamen, two thousand more Chinese troops enter Pekin, Austrians mount large guns at their legation, and Russia gains telegraph control at New Chwang stirring disputes with foreign consuls.
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Pekin
Dammen
Conger
Robertson
Ninth Infantry
War Department
Department
W. W. Rockhill
United States
New Chwang
Russia
Chinese Officials Dine With American Ladies in Pekin
In Pekin on December 29 United States Minister Cangyé hosted a dinner at his residence attended by Chinese foreign office leaders including Ma Tung and Wang Wen Shao, and several American women. The gathering marks a shift from strict official protocol to a more progressive social mingling.
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Conger
Pekin
United States
Cangyé
Foreign Office
Ma Tung
Wang Wen Shao
Waterspout Drowns Two Hundred in Saffee Morocco
A waterspout struck the fortified seaport of Saffee Morocco on December 29 sweeping the town's lower areas into the sea. About 200 people died with no Europeans among the dead. Saffee, with 12,000 residents and 3,000 Jews, endured enormous damage to its walls, palace, and fort.
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Saffee
Morocco
Tangier
Troops to Reinforce Castro in Colombia War Update
The Colombian gunboat Boyaca left Panama with troops to reinforce General Castro in the interior. The General Pinzon is due with 500 men from Barranquilla and will return to fetch more troops. General Alban is confident the government can defeat the revolutionists despite alleged aid from Salvador.
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Alban
Colon
Colombia
Galveston
Boyaca
Panama
Castro
General Pinzon
Barranquilla
Carlos Albante
Salvador
Mendoza in the Mountains Rebel Leader with Forty Men
Dispatches report General Luciano Mendoza who rebelled against President Castro and was defeated twice, moving with about forty men toward rugged mountains in Guarateo. Other items note Manuel Candamo likely candidacy for Peru’s presidency and a Rochambeau statue planned for Washington with casting starting this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Haytien
Luciano Mendoza
Carapobo
Castro
Orta
Guarteo
Pro Boer Meeting Seeks U S and Denmark Mediation
About two thousand in Topeka Kans urged peace by inviting the U S president and the Danish ruler to act as arbitrators in the war. Resolutions were sent to London. Speakers included David Overmeyer and General J K Hudson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kans
England
United States
Denmark
London
David Overmeyer
J. K. Hudson
Cleveland Boxing Contests Sought by City Sportsmen
Cleveland sport enthusiasts plan to lobby the state legislature to allow boxing contests for money in the city, arguing for regulated events and prize involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Sporting Men
Four Killed in Car Collision Near Malta Iowa
Chicago dispatch reports four people killed and eighteen injured in a collision today between The Omaha Flyer passenger train and an eastbound freight train near Malta Iowa, six miles west of Chicago. The wreck ignited fires, with several cars burned and passengers rushed to St Luke's hospital. The freight train reportedly encroached on the main track after taking a siding, and officials fault crew or switch misoperation.
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Chicago
Wthwestern
Malta
Tis
Omaha Flyer
George W. Rudio
Western
Kirk Beap Company
North Thirty-second Avenue
Omaha
D. O. Nichols
Councils Bluffs
Iowa
E. B. Duncan
Porter
Bert Carr
Willett
Fred Dunham
George W. Fox
Boulder
Colo
H. D.gray
Rudio
St. Lukes Hospital
B. O.nichols
Council Bluffs
Nichols
Grace Stewart
Larrabee
Reverend Pickard Leaves Cleveland for Lynchburg
In Cleveland on December 29 Reverend W. Li Pickard former Broad way Baptist Louisville pastor and current First Baptist pastor resigns to lead First Baptist Church in Lynchburg Virginia. congregants shed tears as the decision is announced. In St Joseph Missouri grievance committees of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors on Burlington system meet in lengthy sessions to resolve disputes over train schedules affecting brakemen.
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Cleveland
Ohio
W. Li. Pickard
Broadway Baptist Church
Loulhville
First Baptist Church
Lynchburg
Pickard
St. Joseph
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Burlington System
Sub-contracts opened for Warrior Southern build in Alabama
Tuscaloosa December 29 special. Sub contracts will be let tomorrow for the Warrior Southern. The special car of W. J. Oliver & Co. arrived. The firm holds the contract to build the Warrior Southern from tidewater to the Central Coal and Iron Company's mines. Yesterday's train brought contractors.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Warrior Southern
W. J. Oliver & Co
Tidewater
Central Coal and Iron Company
Mississippi Country Editors Protest Ruling on Subscriptions
In Jackson on December 29, Mississippi country newspaper publishers protested a post office rule that a second class subscription must be suspended when the prepaid period ends. They have filed complaints with state congressional delegation members urging reversal of the ruling.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Post Office Department
Congress
Chaffee Calm on Civil Military Rift in Philippines
General Chaffee says friction between civil and military authorities in Manila cases arises from misunderstandings and will not disrupt cordial ties. Acting Governor Wright reports Philippines improving with no hostilities outside a few provinces, while Mindanao and Samar show progress toward peace. Insurgent officers surrender on Cebu and new currency rates unsettle fixed prices.
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Manila
Taft
Wright
Chaffee
Philippine Archipelago
Aparri
Luzon
Samar
Henry Allen
Leyte
Naular Constabulary
Mindoro
Misamis
Cebu
Syndicate Eyes Purchase of Louisville Utilities
Louisville firms may sell 3925,000 stock in Louisville Gas Company to an eastern syndicate if a proposed bill passes. The plan would transfer gas, heating, and electric concerns to the syndicate after legislative action. In Arkansas, Hope reports 800 to 1,000 bales of cotton burned at Planters warehouse and adjacent rail platform, with about 250,000 insured.
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Louisville Electric and Heating Companies
Toussavillé
The
Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Louisville Gas Company
Kentucky Heating Company
Louisville Electric Light Company
Eastern
Arkansas
Hope
Ark
Special Senatorial Election in Mississippi District Twenty Five
Governor Longino orders a special election to fill the vacancy in Mississippi’s twenty-fifth senatorial district due to Colonel S. M. Meek’s death. The election date is January 8 with no formal candidate announcements yet. supporters urge Hon. B. Franklin of Columbus to run.
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Jackson
Miss
Longino
Mississippi
S.M. Meek
B. Franklin
Cotmbus
Wes Highest Ranking Knight in Benton Harbor
A fragmentary report from Benton Harbor Michigan dated December 2 notes Pr John Bell as the highest ranking Knight and physician in the southeastern region, though surrounding details are unreadable in the OCR.
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Wes
Benton Harbor
Mich
John ‘Bell
Apyimey
The
Winown Physicians
Solithesatern
International commission to study tonnage dues and maritime reform
A long report from Mexico City outlines proposals by Volney W. Foster adding a plan for an international transportation commission. It favors unified tonnage dues, basic gross tonnage, expedited ports, and a standardized multilingual customs system. The commission would meet in Washington within a year and be funded by each republic.
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Mexico City
Committee On Water Transportation of
Volney W. Foster
International Transportation Commis
Sion
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
General Commission
Executive Commission
Bureau of American Republics
Treasury of the
Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mexico
Davis
Sinais Central Road Cleared of Back Tax Claims
Jackson Mississippi December 2 Special The Sinais Central road has finally settled all back tax claims with the state revenue agent and received a $140,000 payment in taxes on the A and N branch from 1986 to present. The revenue agent will take $50,000 as fees and distributions will be apportioned promptly once wreckage is located on the beach. Port Townsend Washington December 2 Advices from North Bay report extensive wreckage found on Cane Flattery Beach including a broken row boat and mats.
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Jackson
Misa
Sinais Central Road
State Revenue
the Revenue
A& N
Commonwealth
Gulf
Ship Island
Port
New Atlanta City Directory 2002 Issued by Foote & Davies
The Foote and Davies Company and Joseph W. Hill publish the 2002 Atlanta city directory with 61,885 names and a population figure of about 129,712 based on two and a half persons per name, noting variations in multi person estimates and including business, church, and official listings. Distribution begins this week.
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Foote & Davies Company
Joseph W. Hill
Atlanta
United States
Satires and racing notes from New Orleans and Washington
New Orleans racing cards list thirteen sixteenths of a mile selling races with numerous entrants and odds for Saline Moroni Bran Lad Henry Alpaca Bermuda Prince Echodale Ben Frost Hop Scotch Seguranca Old Fox Lissoms Joe and a second program features three year olds Cadet Meme Wastell Lingo King Ford Marie Belle Orla Colonel Stone Flore Wild Beas with titles for Hoss Jim Taylor Diver tigement Patroon Falella Golden Link Death W B Gates Swordsman Ignis Saragamp Prince Real Balloon Shut Up Bean plus a long Washington Star column on watch care urging regular winding proper handling temperatures and cleaning to prolong accuracy and longevity.
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New Orleans
Saline
Moroni
Bran Lad
Henry of
Kranstamar
Alpaca
Bermuda Prince
Echodale
Ben Frost
Hop Scotch
Seguranca
Old Fox
Lissoms
Joe
Cadet
Meme Wastell
Lingo
King Ford
Marie Belle
Orla
Colonel Stone
Flore
Wild Beas
Hoss
Jim ‘Taylor
Diver
Tigement
Patroon
Falella
Golden Link
Malay
Lennep
Utero
Nobese
Fake
Marcos
Digby
Ehl
Death
W._B. Gates
Strangest
Arek
Swordsman
Ignis
Saragamp
Prince
Real
Balloon
Shut Up
Bean
James Fitz
Dr. Hart
Algura
Matts
Floculver
Itma A. Quadra
Jaandseer
Larry Wilt
Bendara
Snow~perry
Evander
San Lultian
Baldo
Sweet Tooth
Wyoming
Flinch
Sir Hampton
Arra
Hosormonde
Janice
Greyfeld
Gold One
el Oriente
Fonda
Com
Pass
Gawaine
McNamara
Kenoni Allcka
Pat
Morrissey
Bagdad
Kastaine
Bob Palmer
Oil drill may open a second Mammoth Cave in Kentucky
The Louisville Courier Journal excerpt reports a Lexington firm, Bmite & Company, drilling east of Sunnybrook with advanced methods penetrating several caverns. Charts show multiple holes, depths around 50 to 60 feet, and a third location proposed near Waite. The text notes Drum and Smith's Company involvement and references shifting driliing sites.
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Monticello
Louisville Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Bmite& Company
Lexington
Sunnybrook
Tat Smith
Sever
Hole
Me-Hait
Waite
Legends of Blowing Cave and Hidden Entrances Discussed
Local observers describe a network of caves near Blowing Cave on Otter Creek and Carpenters Fork. The grand entrance near the Balen Piercy farm connects to a distant set of caverns, with strong winds, deep chambers, and logs wedged inside, suggesting an extensive subterranean system yet unexplored.
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Smith & Company
Dry Fork
Nick Alberty
Nick Albertson
Blowing Cave
Gry, Fork
Smith ‘Operatons
Carpenters Fork
Albertson Farm
Balen Plercy Farm
Albertsons Cave
Grand Entrance
Balen Piercy Farm
Smith
Erange
Oress Tee
Otter Creek
Cumberland Range
Piercy's Cave
Big South Fork
Wolf River
Tennessee
Whales Break a Cable Theory in Juneau Skagway Break
Major W A Glassford of the U S Signal Corps advances a theory that the Juneau to Skagway cable was broken by whales or sharks. He has been in Juneau since August 1981 for cable inspections and arrived in Seattle on the Dolphin. Contractor Brixey seeks the break location but has found no definite facts yet.
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Seattle Post
W. A. Glassford
United States’ Signal Corps
Juneau-Skagway
Major Glassford
Juneau
Seattle
Dolphin
Brixey
Stre Mises
Alaska
Treadwell
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Brith Abraham
Hathaway
Mall
Atlantay
Hal
Yemen
Mendoza
Candamo
Lima
Peru
Manuel Candiamo
Senor Cardarna
Rochambeau
Paris
M. Hanard
Washington, D. C
Lafayette
Chaftes
Phiippines
General Chaffee
General Chaffea
Islands
United States Philippine Commission
Inter
National Committee
Foote & Davies and
Joseph
W. Hill
Washington Star
Essig’ Bros
Bell Phone
Whitehall
Wate
Philadelphia
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