Cause for War English Threat in Canal Debate
Washington December 6 Senate in executive session four hours debating the Hay-Pauncefote treaty to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer pact on the Nicaraguan Canal Senator Morgan warned that building the canal without assured neutrality could provoke war with Great Britain though he favored construction under any circumstance He asserted Americans will not be deterred noting public support would back such action and that the party would surpass McKinley over Bryan in the last election Morgan also faced questions from Mason Teller Beveridge Tillman and others Teller argued the treaty is unconstitutional and should be dismissed
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Washington
Senate
Morgan
United States
Great Britain
Arave
Bev
England
McKinsey
Bryan
Mason
Teller
Beveridge
Tillman
Alabama
Jetties Repairs Budget Set After Galveston Storm
The War Secretary sent Senate reports showing 1 500 000 needed to repair Galveston jetties 175 000 for Brazos River jetties and 932 000 for fortifications damage.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Senate
Board of Engineers
Galveston
Brazos River
Sampson Campaigns for Vice Admiral Rank Revival
Washington December 6 reports say Sampson supporters plan a bill to revive the vice admiral grade while Schley factions oppose elevating Lampoon over Schley. A one man limit could cause deadlock and delay any promotion before retirement. Admiral Sampson refused to comment on reviving the rank.
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Washington
Congress
Sampson
Schley
Admiral Sampson
Navy Yard
Sampson-Schley
Boston harbor plan eyed in Congress for Channel 3 upgrade
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Suter’s preliminary survey favors Channel 3 for Boston harbor work. Channel 1 would cost far more dredging. Proposed lower Broad Sound Route 3 would be 2000 feet wide and 35 feet deep, upper harbor channel 1500 feet wide and 35 feet deep, with total costs about 11.23 million and 8.77 million respectively.
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Washington
Boston
Congress
Suter
Engineer Bureau
Broad Sound
House Elevator Fells in Artington Incident
Dec 6 report from Artington describes an elevator on the public side of the House of the Republica falling during a session. No passengers were aboard. The operator escaped serious injury as the car dropped two stories to the basement after a mechanical misalignment.
Fair Worshippers Of Music In Conclave
The ninth annual Alpha Chi Omega convention of ladies is under way at the New England Conservatory of Music. Delegates from eight chapters across the United States attend as a recital and banquet highlight the event.
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Alpha Chi Omega of the Nation
New England Conservatory
Alpha Chi Omega
New England Conservatory of Music
Roosevelt Vol ley to address YMCA crowds nationwide
Theodore Roosevelt is expected to speak to all Young Men Christian Associations in the United States on Sunday December 30 at 4 pm local times. In New York the speech will be heard as he outlines his twentieth century manhood and citizenship standard. Boston and other cities will read the Vice President elects address by leading citizens. William J. Dodge will preside in New York at Carnegie Hall. Cullen B. Snell of Haverhill arranged roadside speech logistics.
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United States
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Boston
Boston Reader
William J. Dodge
Carnegie Hall
Cullen B. Snell
Haverhill
Pony Confidence Game Ends With Pony Theft Arrest
Captain John W. Weeks of the Massachusetts National Bank bought a pony in New York for 100 dollars and two men aided the scheme. A man named Henry W. Renshaw of 200 West Nineteenth Street was arrested after the pony appeared at a horse auction. Police described the case as a confidence scheme.
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John W. Weeks
Massachusetts National Bank
State Street
New York
Renshaw
Mr. Renshaw
Henry W. Renshaw
West Nineteenth Street
Fugitive Murderer Indicted by Norfolk Grand Jury
Joseph De Pietri remains at large as the Norfolk grand jury at Dedham returns a true bill charging him with the murder of Mrs. Mary M. A. Willett in Hast Dedham last August. A woman burglar, Mary Leyden, is indicted for breaking into the penny gold theft. Trials begin on Monday.
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Joseph de Pietri
Norfolk
Dedham
Mary M. A. Willett
Hast Dedham
Mary Leyden
Boiler explosion kills three at Peru steam mill in Vermont
Three men died when a boiler exploded at the G. W. Harris steam sawmill in Peru Vermont this forenoon. The victims are William Parkes the engineer Vernie Bull and A C Miner a visitor. Parkes left a wife and five children Bull was unmarried Miner leaves grown children some living in Boston.
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South Londonderry
G. W. Harris
Peru
William Parkes
Vernie Bull
A. C. Miner
Parker
Bull
Boston
Marion Manola and Jack Mason End Their Love Match
Marion Manola explains that her marriage to actor Jack Mason began as a pure love match. After years of happiness, illness and strain led to parting. she says they both grew tired and she departed alone, with plans to start anew this afternoon.
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Jack Mason
Louis
Marion Manola
Jack
New York
Cupid
Marion
Vincent Club Fair Showcases Charity Style and Socialites
Two score Vincent Club society girls hosted a Lenox Hotel fair to raise funds for Vincent Hospital. The event filled the dining room with booths, a palm room snacks stand, and a Punch and Judy show. Dozens of young women in simple costumes ran numbered tables featuring cake candy flowers fish pond and crafts while Miss Katherine Fay led the restaurant section with assistance from a long list of charming waitresses.
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New Lenox Hotel
Vincent Hospital
Lizette
Anna Vernon
Dorsey
Maryland
Miss Dexter
Candy
Miss Diesel
Flower
Vata
Marion Fenno
Lyman
Lydia
Biot
Storey
Vers Forbes
Mearaaret Winthrop
Carraltonstall
Whiteside
Bowditch
Marjorie Cochrane
Towne Accepts Senatorship in Minnesota
Former Congressmen Charles A. Towne, a Silver Republican from Duluth, arrived in St. Paul and called on Governor Gad, then formally accepted the United States Senate vacancy caused by Cushman K. Davis. He received his commission and will depart for Washington to serve until the Legislature, now solidly Republican, elects a replacement.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Charles A. Towne
Duluth
Agece
Ndt
United States Senate
Cushman K. Davis
Washington
Massachusetts Battleship Leaks During Hampton Roads Run
The battleship Massachusetts began to leak badly on her recent voyage to Hampton Roads and needed pumps to stay afloat. She will be docked at Brooklyn navy yard for repairs in Dry Dock 3, with temporary fixes made at Hampton Roads prior to more extensive work. The vessel had been in reserve at League Island over the summer and sunk to repair levels unnoticed until now.
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New York
Massachusetts
Hampton Roads
Brooklyn Navy Yard
League Island
BellSentencedself as he behaved at Massachusetts Reformatory
Harry Bell, known for a six over coats and a hat, was arrested yesterday and sent to the Massachusetts Reformatory. He faces a term to be determined by his conduct, which he appeared to accept as satisfactory.
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Harry Bell
Massachusetts Reformatory
Waterfront notes on ferries and coastal shipping activity
Passengers on city ferries complain of irregular service and delays. Ships form a busy Atlantic trade, with Clarence schooners loading coal for Lisbon, grain and cotton shipments to Liverpool, and vessels from Boston and East Boston handling fish, fruit, and lumber amid gales and port movements along the harbor.
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William F. Campbell
Fajardo
P. R
Porto Rico
Uncle Sam
Gabrielie
Gustavo Preston
Everett
New England Gas and Coke Company
Dominion Coal Company
Louisburg
C. B
George H. Finn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
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T Wharf
Haddock
Sylvania
Norseman
New England
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Boston
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Liverpool
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Sachem
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Fishman
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Ivernia
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Warren
Leyland Line
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Medford
Lisbon
Halifax
N. Y
Yarmouth
Stanwood
Hull
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Bangor
York’s
Fenobscot
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Port Antonio
Jamaica
Elsie
Aid
Elm
Victory
Oriole
Beverly
Salem Willows
Maverick
Philadelhia
Catain Bullshott
Maine
Willie Doane
Peck
Amship
Atelee Omalan
Kidnapping Plot at Boston University Sophomores Try to Nab Lead
An attempted abduction of Harold A. Edson, lead actor in Boston University College of Liberal Arts’ freshman play, ended when juniors and a police aid intervened. Edson, watched by sophomores, left Theta Delta Chi’s Ashburton Place rooms as a crowd clashed, forcing the action to move to a junior house on Myrtle Street where officials and landlords aided the freshmen in fending off the plot.
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Boston Unive
College of Liberal Arts
Harold A. Edson
Son
Sophs
R. Edson
Theta Delta Chi
Ashburton Place
Edson
Kentucky officers entertained in Constantinople dinner
United States chargé d affaires Lloyd C. Ghansom hosted Captain Colby M. Chester and other visiting officers of the USS Kentucky at Smyrna to the Turkish minister of marine Hassan Pasha. British embassy officials also hosted the officers at dinner with De Bunsen, the first secretary.
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Constantinople
United States
Lloyd C. Ghanom
Ioy
Colby M. Chester
Kentucky
Smyrna
Minis of Marine
Hassan Pasha
de Bunsen
David Rutter Freed After Ipswich Murder Case Revealed
London reports David Rutter, imprisoned twenty six years for a murder now shown to be committed by another man. The real killer was identified when his wife admitted guilt and new facts emerged. Rutter endured long hardship before innocence proved.
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London
David Rutter
Ipswich
Aken Eves
Miss Alta Rockefeller Seeks New Ear Drums in Vienna
A Vienna operation on Miss Alta Rockefeller daughter of John D. Rockefeller aims to grow new diaphragms to restore hearing lost after scarlet fever. The Chicago fiancé awaits news as intense sensitivity to sounds fades with time.
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Cleveland, CO
Vienna
Eastmans Trial Delayed to February in Cambridge Court
Harvard instructor Charles R. Eastman charged with murder may not face trial until February. Cambridge Superior Court officials say two judges will preside, but schedules across the state are crowded, delaying the anticipated start.
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Charles R. Eastman
Harvard
Cambridge
Retail Salesmen Elect Officers for Ensuing Year
The officers elect of the Retail Clothing Salesmen Benefit Association are William J. Date Rees, H. Bond as vice president, Porter as recording secretary, Bearse as treasurer, Cousins as financial secretary, Bowling, Samuel, Gates, Cole as trustees. The annual ball is set for January 16 in Paul Revere Hall at Mechanics' Building, with efforts to make it the greatest event in the organization’s history.
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William J. Date Rees
H. Bond
J. Porter
Bearse
J. W. Cousins
M. A. Bowling
Joseph Samuel
C. K. Gates
C. H. Cole
Paul Revere
Mechanics’ Building
Petition to erect brick stable for 120 horses in Boston
Daniel J Kane petitions the Boston Health Department for permission to convert a brick building at 839 North Street and 316 318 Commercial Street Ward 6 into a stable for 120 horses. A public hearing is set for December 20 1900 with notices to interested parties.
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City OF
Boston
North Street
Commercial Street
Ward 6
City of Boson
Board of Health
Daniel J. Kane
Charter Street
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