Baroness Burdett Coutts Dies at Ninety Two in London
London reports Baroness Burdett Coutts, famed philanthropist and friend of Queen Victoria, died at her residence at age ninety two. She linked Napoleon's era to five monarchs and used her vast fortune to aid the poor, earning lasting national regard.
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Burdett- Coutts
Napoleon
Baroness Bartlett Coutts
Queen Victoria
England
Tve
William Ashmead Bartlett
Westminster
Plymouth
Maia
Burdett-Coutts
William IV
Charles Dickens
Eing Edward
Postoffice Pay Lag Threatens Service Efficiency
Washington reports from the First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock warn that stagnant postoffice pay amid rising living costs and wage competition endangers service efficiency. The annual review cites about 2,340 of 20,000 clerks resigning and 601 of 28,000 letter carriers leaving, with sharper quarterly figures and October tallies.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Raisuli Stronghold at Zinat Reported Near German Flag
Tangier reports a German flag may soon fly over Raisuli’s fortress at Zinat as plans to entangle powers with the pretender emerge. Some say Zinat has been sold to a German merchant firm awaiting Raisuli’s retirement to take possession. Raisuli moved his family and wealth to Beni Arros mountains while he stayed at Zinat.
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Morocco
Raisuli
Zinat
Beni Arros
Rockefeller on centralization in business
John D. Rockefeller discusses centralization noting it is progress despite hardship for early operators. He expresses sympathy for those adapting to new conditions and reflects on being misunderstood yet believes goodwill toward all rests on divine grace.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Elder Kansas City magnate slain at his home
Thomas Fanning an eighty year old property owner was found murdered in his Kansas City residence. Police say the head was hacked with a hatchet and nephew William Lannagan reported the crime. Lannagan, a potential heir, was questioned and released. another heir lives in Troy New York. Cash found in the chest suggests robbery was not the motive.
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John Totten
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Totten
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Kansas City
Thomas Fanning
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Taone
Vatican Not Surprised by French Separation Law
Rome reports the Vatican not surprised by the French senate vote approving the separation law. The Holy See awaits its application and a potential papal address to French Catholics, yet timing and form remain undecided. Cardinal Tripeppi died, leaving his entire patrimony of 1,000,000 dollars to the pope.
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Vatican
Holy See
Tripeppi
WRECK NEAR WASHINGTON KILLS 38 IN FOG SHOCKER
A Baltimore and Ohio freight and Frederick special collided near Terra Cotta, Maryland, killing about 38 and injuring over 50. foggy, slick tracks hindered crews. engineer and fireman jailed as the cause is investigated. a hospital train was rushed to the scene and victims were removed to area facilities.
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Terra Cotta
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Mary Lefford
Washington
George Higbie
Brookland
FE. G. Harris
Kell
Norman Rogers
Marion
Ind
J. McCaghley
Edward M. Bell
Comerane Es Brown
Lee Lowe
Ruppert
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Theodore Mertz
New York
S. W. Shrewbridge
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May Cook
Brookl
H. F. Fisher
Mr. J
Jeis
Telos Peck
Ice Ace
Hildebrand
Hilderbrand
Runaway Cincinnati Electric Car Wreck Kills 53-Year-Old
In Cincinnati on Warsaw avenue hill an electric car ran away, injuring at least thirty and killing William K. Curnaugh, 53. The operator failed to brake, the car struck a telegraph pole, and toppled, with passengers flung into mud. Hiram Taister likely averted a worse outcome by applying the rear brake.
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Dec
William K. Curnaugh
Warsaw Avenue
Hiram Taister
Brownsville Rioting Soldiers Testimony Heard
Assistant Attorney General Purdy interviews witnesses in Brownsville Texas about alleged riotous conduct by Twenty-fifth Infantry in August. Prominent locals including pharmacist Jose Martinez and Mayor Combs confirm seeing soldiers fire and enter town over fort walls.
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Tex
Purdy
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Jose Martinez
Combs
Robbers Attack Convent In Russia. Nine Killed
A band of armed robbers attacked the convent of Mamonofska in Nizhni Novgorod. The tocsin rang and villagers rushed to help. Shots fired left nine robbers dead and five wounded. remaining attackers fled, pursued by locals.
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Mamonofska
Nizhni-Novgorod
Five Tramps Die In Freight Train Wreck Near Truckee
Five unidentified tramps were killed when a broken truck on a boxcar sparked a wreck at Floriston station beyond Truckee. Four cars derailed and tore up forty feet of track while the men, beating their way from Nevada into California, perished.
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RB. W. Prischorn
Stern
HH. Brooks
United States
San Francisco
Floristone Station
Truckee
Nevada
Hamburg
Hamburg-Cologne
Ottersberg
Losses in Honolulu storm wrecks Lavinia and canoes
Honolulu and nearby areas endured a severe electrical storm described as the worst in years. The schooner Lavinia and hundreds of canoes were wrecked though no lives are reported lost.
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Honolulu
Dee
Eiernity Sunday
Lavinia
Catholics Protest French Seizure of Church Property
In Paris December 31 the Eclaireur reports an alleged cable from Archbishop Ireland supporting the pope and criticizing French Catholics. In Washington a mass meeting condemns France’s confiscation of church property, with speakers from Baltimore Dutch Reform New York and St. Patrick’s urging global protest.
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Eclatr
Ireland
Washington
France
Edward H. Gans
Baltimore
John van Schalk
Dutch Reform Church
Major McCrystal
New York
D. J. Stafford
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
Civilized World
United States
O'Brien Re-elected President of American Baseball Association
Joseph D. O'Brien was re elected president with a salary increase at the annual A B A meeting in Chicago. The constitution was amended to make franchise and membership tenure permanent unless revoked and the president's term extended to three years with the vice presidency revived. E Cantillon of Minneapolis named vice president and George Tebeau of Louisville and Kansas City chairs the board. The gathering was described as the most harmonious ever held.
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Joseph D. O'Brien
Ameriian Baseball Association
E. Cantillon
Minneapolis
George Tebeau
Louisville
Kansas City
Presiden O’brien
Boston Catholics Voice Protests Over French Church Policy
At a mass meeting in Faneuil Hall Boston Catholics adopted resolutions denouncing France's confiscation of church property as a flagrant violation of human rights. The resolutions call the legislation a persecution of religion and note the French action as unworthy of a republic. A copy will be sent to Pope Pius X and to President Roosevelt.
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Pius X
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Roosevelt
Catholic Societies Meet in Cleveland on France Church Action
Resolutions decrying France inaction toward the Roman Catholic church were adopted at a mass meeting in Cleveland. The Federation of Catholic societies, representing about 450,900 members, called for support of church rights. Bishop Ignatius F. was noted among speakers.
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Cleveland
France
Federation of Catholic Societies
Ignatius F
Roosevelt Has Bad Luck In Wild Turkey Hunt
Charlottesville VA December 31 President Roosevelt had bad luck in a wild turkey hunt Saturday. He had a chance at only one third but failed to hit. The president attended Sunday service at Christchurch.
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Roosevelt
Christchurch
Notable U S Senators Die in Separate Cities
Former Senator Donelson L. Canary dies in New Orleans. George Brooke Young aged sixty six, a pioneer Minnesota lawyer, dies in St. Paul. Thomas M. Bowen, former Colorado senator, dies in Pueblo at seventy one. Pacific coast storm warnings posted from San Diego to beyond.
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United States
Donelson L. CaNery
New Orleans
George Brooke Young
Minnesota
St. Paul
Thomas M. Bowen
Colorado
Pueblo, Colo
Pacific
San Diego
Cal
Wheat market notes from Minneapolis on December 29
Wheat trading in Minneapolis shows December at 75 1/8 to 75 1/4 cents, May at 77 3/4, July at 77 5/8. On track futures list No 1 hard at 73 7/8 cents, No 2 soft at 77 1/8 and No 2 Northern at 75 1/4 cents.
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Minneapolis
Cattle and Hogs Market Rates Reported in St Paul
St Paul market notes show cattle prices range from 3.25 to 5.60 for various grades with top steers at 5.60 to 6.25. Hogs trade at 6.00 to 6.18, sheep and lamb values quoted from 1.50 to 7.39 for wether and prime spring lambs.
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St. Paul
Grain prices show steady gains for wheat and flax
In Duluth on December 20, grain markets moved on track with wheat and flax futures. Hard and Northern wheat priced around 77 1/2 cents, with December at 75 4/5 cents and May at 78 3/4. Flax futures ranged with December at 1.19 and January at 1.18 3/4 dollars, May at 1.22.
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Duluth
Chicago Markets Report Wheat Corn and Livestock Prices
Chicago on December 29 shows Wheat December at 72 73 1/4 cents, May 77 1/4 cents. Corn December 49 1/4 cents, May 48 1/4 cents. Oats December 83 1/3 cents, May 6 1/4 cents. Pork January 16.87, May 16.45. Butter Creameries 22 3/4 cents, dairies 20 1/4 cents. Eggs 21 24 cents. Poultry Turkeys 19 1/4 cents, chickens 10 cents, springs 10 cents.
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Chicago
Market Report Prices for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago December 29 Prices for cattle include cows and heifers at 4.90 to 6.80 per hundredweight and calves at 6.00 to 8.50. Hogs show mixed and butcher at 6.10 to 6.42, good heavy 6.30, rough heavy 5.96 to 6.85, pigs 6.20 to 6.50. Sheep and lambs run 3.75 to 5.70 and 4.65 to 7.76 respectively.
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Chicago
Parliamentary MP Alexander William Black Dies After Rail Crash
Dundee report states Alexander William Black MP for Banffshire died from injuries after the Arbroath railroad accident on Friday. He had been injured in the incident earlier this week.
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Dundee
Alexander William Black
Panffshire
Arbroath
Edward appoints Bryce ambassador to United States
The foreign office reports King Edward has approved James Bryce for the post of ambassador to the United States, strengthening diplomatic ties on the eve of the new year.
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London
Foreign Office
Edward
James Bryce
United States
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