Turkish Red Cross Aid Denied by Sublime Porte
The Turkish government forbids any aid distribution to Armenians within Turkey by foreign groups including the Red Cross, citing interference and false accusations. Clara Barton’s Red Cross officials say no change in Turkey plans, and Armenian supporters call for global pressure to alter Porte policy. Reports from the region describe massacres and plunder in Beberk, Redvain, and surrounding villages, with numerous deaths and widespread destruction.
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Washington
Red Cross Society
Turkey
Sublime Porte
American National Red Cross
Clara Barton
George M. Pullman
Red Cross
United Press
French's Summer St Sleighs Reach New Imports Offer
The average of the past ten years shows forty nine days of sleighing near Boston. Sleighs from our late finish and imports from Canada are among the year's finest with many new ideas. We have revised prices to aid buyers and invite early selections.
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Boston
Canada
French Garbage Co Names Ferdinand French Wanager
The French Garbage Company announces Ferdinand French as Wanager in charge. Local records show his appointment signaling management restructuring within the waste services firm.
Edge Express Strikes Mule in Shore Line Incident
New Haven Conn Jan 13 an attempt to wreck the gilt edge express on the Shore line near Mast Haven involved placing a mule on the track with feet tied. The engine struck the animal at thirty five miles an hour leaving the train on track and passengers shaken. motive unclear and no suspects or clue.
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New Haven
Conn
Shore Line
Mast Haven
Brockton merchant aids chase of Maine thief and clerks
James Edgar of Brockton travels to Rockland with a private detective to extradite Herbert Sewall 21 for theft from a dry goods firm. Sewall, a longtime clerk on vacation, is to be returned to Boston by tomorrow morning’s boat amid reports that several other clerks may also face pilfering charges after Sewall’s confession.
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Brockton
James Edgar
Rockland
Maine
Herbert H. C. Sewall
Sewall
Boston
Laurestinia Lost With All Aboard Near Cape Henry
The Stag line steamship Laurestinia captained by Gav in is believed lost with all hands after departing Baltimore December 6 for Sligo Ireland with a grain cargo. No sighting since leaving Cape Henry.
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Baltimore
Stag Line
Laurestinia
Gavin
Sligo
Ireland
Cape Henry
Forecast for Tuesday in New England and eastern New York
Fair weather expected in New England and eastern New York with decreasing clouds and light westerly winds on Tuesday.
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Washington
New England
New York
Salisbury Plans Direct Talks on Venezuela Boundary
London dispatches report Lord Salisbury seeks to form a joint commission with Venezuela via a neutral power to delimit the frontier. If no accord, a third power to arbitrate. Washington notes Britain may need to concede most of the Schomburgk claim for settlement. Venezuela insisting on American approval before any convention. The Daily News urges an honorable escape to avoid war.
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London
The
United Press
Lord Salisbury
Venezuela
Joint Commission
Washington
Great Britain
England
Schomburgk
United States
Daily News
Guiana
Committee
the Society of Authors
America
Society For the Americans
Britain warms to U S kinship in Venezuela stand
London editorial lauds United States calmness amid tensions with Britain over Venezuela. It notes Lord Salisbury will publish documents on the British Guiana Venezuela boundary dispute, praising American courtesy and urging continued Anglo American friendship as Parliament awaits.
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London
Standard
Germany
Transvaal
United States
Venezuela
South Africa
Atlantic
Lord Salisbury
British Guiana
Great Britain
Armenian Massacre Reports From Harpoot and Surrounding Areas
An Armenian correspondent describes attacks beginning Nov 6 in Arabkir and spreading to Chermoog Choonkoosh Mezereh and Palie as villages burn and thousands are killed. Kurdish forces seize women and loot shops while churches are ruined and Armenian language is banned.
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Harpoot
Turkey
Chermoog
Choonkoosh
Bods Sarkis
Bods Chazaros
Palie
Arabkir
Mezereh
Ichme
Armenian Massacres Reported by Lynn Colony Friends
Lynn residents receive letters detailing Ottoman mass killings of Armenians in Malatia Haraza Kapamag and nearby districts. The Dec 18 1895 account describes executions at market, bayonet killings in stores, beheadings and torture, with several local relatives reported dead or missing for months.
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Lynn
Hachadoor Bayojian
Boston Street
Morocco
Maltia
Haraza
Kapamag
Malatia
St. Haratupne
Resolution to seek action on Armenian outrages
In the House Mr Morse of Massachusetts offered a resolution directing the committee on foreign affairs to report on a government expression toward Armenian outrages and to seek allied powers cooperation to wipe the Turkish government off the face of the earth. It was referred to the foreign affairs committee.
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Washington
Morse
Rep
Mass
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Infuriated Emma Brown disrupts Lynn play with hat pin
Emma Brown, drunken and enraged, disrupts the Lynn Music Hall performance of Old Tennessee striking a Marblehead man and drawing Officer Smith to arrest her. The curtain falls as she is taken to the station. Separately, a fire at Wood Memorial Church in Cambridge endangers 20 Bibleclass attendees. damage estimated at 1000 with police and fire officials investigating.
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Lynn
Lynn Music Hall
Emma Brown
Marblehead
Emma
John Smith
Smith
Wood Memorial Church
Cambridge
Isaiah W. Sneath
Columbia
Austin Streets
Americans Safe in England Promise to Treat Them
Washington January 13 Secretary Olney received a cablegram from Mr Bayard stating that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain instructed Sir Hercules Robinson to extend the same protection to John Hays Hammond and other American citizens charged with rebellion in the Transvaal as would be given to British subjects under similar circumstances.
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Washington
Olney
Bayard
Chamberlain
Sir Hercules Robinson
John Hays Hammond
Transvaal
Olneys Move Could Aid Venezuelan Settlement
United States Secretary Olney discussed the Hammon d case with Senators White and Perkins and ordered protection efforts for American citizens in the Transvaal. He dispatched Bayard to seek British good offices, signaling cordial US Britain ties and a potential boost to resolving the Venezuelan boundary dispute.
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Washington
Olney
John Hays Hammond
San Francisco
Transvaal
White and
Perkins
California
Viney
Manyon
United States
Johannesburg
Bayard
South Africa
State Department
Hammond
Ambassador Bayard
Great Britain
Congress
Embezzlement Rumors Surround Captain Allen in New England Town
In a Boston area affair, Captain John Allen faces embezzlement allegations tied to aunt Hannah Allen of Boston and the Roberts estate. Reports detail a loss of funds, from initial estimates of 70 000 dollars to figures exceeding 200 000 dollars, with bondsmen equally exposed and Mrs Allen shocked by the charges.
Transvaal Upholds 1884 Convention In Interview
Junkheer Beelaerts Van Bloklan, minister of the South Africa Republic to France and Germany, says the Transvaal fully accepts the 1884 convention and would not denounce it. He notes no suzerainty paragraph and states Britain may veto treaties harming its interests. He also denied talks with M Berthelot on an international conference on Transvaal affairs.
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Paris
The
Temps
Junkheer Beelaerts van Bloklan
South Africa Republic
France
Germany
Transvaal
Great Britain
M. Berthelot
Rhodes on the Transvaal Crisis and American Sympathy
Cecil Rhodes argues in a dispatch from Cape Town that the Transvaal faces growing newcomer dominance as gold wealth expands. He warns of civil rights pressures from 70 000 newcomers atop 14 000 older residents and predicts population growth to 500 000 within five years. He appeals to Statesmanship to grant rights to newcomers who own most soil and wealth.
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New York
Cecil Rhodes
Transvaal
Cape Town
Amer
Embezzlement Case Shocks Manchester Leader Captain Allen
Captain John Allen of Manchester by the Sea, charged with roughly $200000 allegedly embezzled from trust funds, was interviewed at his Washington Street home. He protested the figures, spoke of injustice, and appeared visibly worn from weeks of public scrutiny. Allen had served as trustee for the Roberts estates and for Mrs. Allen, a 91 year old widow, who trusted him with her finances amid the unfolding scandal. His aunt labeled him a villain amid the turmoil surrounding the case.
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Captain Allen
H. P. Moulton
Salem
John Allen
Hannah Allen
Boston
George C. Leach
Hannah Leach
West Newton Street
Benjamin L. Allen
Manchester
Benjamin Ll. Allen
Hannah
George C Leach
People’s National Bank of Roxbury
Roberts
Milk Street
P. L.tenney
Mr. Allen
Marshalls
Mr. Knights
Manchester-By-The-Sea
Washington Street
Post
Allen
Mrs. Allen
Leach
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Redvain
Adish
Arghum
Casper Agha
Constantinople
Summer St
the French Garbage Co
Summer Street
Cdr
Kingston
Ferdinand
Wanager
Stag
Netherby Gate
Lochinvar
Rueter & Company
Highland Spring Brewery
Tapster
Boyle Bros
Wash. St
Eliot
Dover
Salisbury
Venezuela Dispute
Chili
London Standard
Armenia
Congressman Morse
Lyon
Wood Memorial
Arica
Mr. Wiltsee
J. S. Curtis
Charles Butters
Rand Ore Reduction Company
Mein
Robinson Gold Mining Company
Wiltsee
Reform Committee
Uitlanders
South African Republic
Rhodes
Messrs. Knights and Marshall
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