Senate Debates Hay Paun ce Treaty and Lynching Bill Proposals
In Washington on December 9 the Senate heard a foreign relations committee report urging favorable action on the Hay Paun ce Canal treaty and prepared to reconvene in executive session. Senator Hoar introduced measures on lynching punishment, civil confinement of instigators, and multiple other bills including anti conspiracy, mining stations, land grants for industrial institutions, Freedmen's Bureau funds, women’s industrial education funding, Chinese immigration prohibition, Alaska railroad land grants, and Hawaii land code reforms.
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Senate
Washington
Lodge
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hoar
Massachusetts
United States
Thurston
Gamble
Warren
Penrose
Freedmen’s Bureau
Perkins
Teller
Territory
Alaska
Trans-Alaskan Railroad Company
Mason
Territory of
Hawaii
London Official Says Concentration Camps Placed Under Civil Rule
Lord Onslow announced in Crewe that South Africa concentration camps are now under civil authorities and will be kept in the healthiest condition with no expense spared. Larger camps will be broken into smaller units housing 2 000 to 3 000 people each, and if needed government may apply Indian plague experience to improve conditions.
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London
Lord Onslow
Colonial Office
Crewe
South Africa
India
Hasse Plan for Chamberlain Speech Thwarted by Illness
Berlin reports Dr. Hasse the Pan German leader in the Reichstag fails to force a debate on Joseph Chamberlain’s Edinburg speech as Dr. von Thielmann sinks travel plans with influenza postponing interpellation on veterans’ pensions.
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Berlin
Hasse
Reichstag
Edinburg
Joseph Chamberlain
von Thielmann
Treasury
Chamberlain
von Thielman
Manila Rental Burden for U S Forces Cited
Washington reports United States spends about 12000 dollars monthly on Manila military building rents and related costs. War Department aims to relieve this burden by seeking cheaper quarters for officers and troops at multiple garrisons in the Philippines. Monasteries and convents used by soldiers may remain in use for some time.
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Washington
United States
Manila
War Department
Philippines
Chaffee
Batangas
Jaguna
Luzon
Samar
Mina Foro
Cebu
Borol
McArthur
Triple Hanging in Taytay and Philippine War Report
The article reports on executions in Taytay including the president and police chief for murder under American occupation. It also covers Major General Chaffee’s Philippines assessment, troop levels, and ongoing guerrilla warfare. Separate items note a Philadelphia light deal and a dramatic execution in Arkansas where Bud Wilson died by hanging after a near-revival.
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Taytay
Manila
Presidente
Leposoy
Presidentes
Trains Plunge After Rockslide Near Frazer River
From Vancouver B C Friday morning a Pacific freight train rounding a curve 400 feet above the Frazer river encountered a rockslide. Engineer Randall and Fireman Petruff were crushed to death as the engine toppled 300 feet down a bluff. Three cars wrecked.
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Vancouver
B. C
Pacific
Frazer River
Randall
Petruff
Lead Price Agreement Set by Major U S Producers
Representatives of the lead producers and the American Smelting and Refining Company in New York have agreed on a lead price for future contracts. The fixed price is three and a half cents per pound, down half a cent from current levels.
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New York Tribune
New York
United States
American Smelting and Refining Company
Portland
Ore
Woman’s Club
Los Angeles
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Stillwater
Burlington Railway
Beverly
Francis Gordon Dunn
Berlin
Davidson
Dunn
Edgar County
Paris
Ill
Rosa Ella Graham
Barnett T. Morrow
Morrow
Miss Graham
Wood
Cuba
North Atlantic
Havana
Mississippi
Williard Ducomb
Findlay
Ohio
United States District Court
James Considine
Greenville
Considine
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas
Grand Lodge of
Valley of Mexico
City of Mexico
Grand Lodge
Benito Juarez
Coahuila
Grand Lodge of Texas
Woods & Malone
Savannah
Estenten
Mers Oaereaux
Qws
Weir City
Kan
Earl B. Dumont
Chicago
Edward John Eyre
Jamaica
Byron
Sotheby’s
London
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
First National Bank of
Ballster Spa
Charles E Fitcham
Surz Refining Company
Theodore Molkinten
J. L. McAlister
Grand Central Hotel
Tacoma
Wash
F. H. Webber
Kansas City
Standard Oil Company
Two Die in the Carnegie Fire on Broadway
In Carnegie Pennsylvania a morning blaze in the Klee residence left two dead Mrs Sarah Klee 43 and Mary Klee 9 and seven injured Samuel Klee 50 Ida Klee 20 Anna Klee 17 Rachel Klee M Eva Klee 10 Jenny Klee 6 and Harry Klee 4 The two story frame building housed a grocery on the ground floor and the Klee family above The blaze gutted the home and the grocery area with the family left to mourn
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Pittsburg
Carnegie
Sarah Klee
Mary Klee
Samuel Klee
Ida Klee
Anna Klee
Rachel Klee
Eva Klee
Jenny Klee
Harry Klee
Klee
Notable Marseille of Diverse National News
A broad wrap from the wire service reports marriages and political moves, corporate consolidations, legal actions, and notable deaths. Highlights include Rev Father Anthony Politeo’s marriage in St Joseph Missouri, absorption of M C Wetmore Tobacco by Continental Tobacco, Oklahoma statehood bill with McKinley capital plan, and a range of international, financial, and social notes across the United States.
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The
Kansas City Times
Anthony Politeo
St. John the Baptist
Kansas City
Kan
St. Joseph
Eva Springsteen
Fair
Chicago
Atchison, Kas
M. C. Wetmore Tobacco Company
St. Louis
Continental Tobacco Company
Crozier
Ordnanté
Buffington
Fairbanks
Oklahoma
McKinley
Jessie Earl
Ind
Chicago Southeastern
Wall Street
Victoria
B. C
Elk
Cape Nome
Seattle
Lushwartie Bay
Vancouver Island
Nome
Sheets
Ohio
New York
Boston
Emeline R. Balch
Manchester
N. H
New Jersey State Board of Health
New Jersey
Honolulu
Tutuila
Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Robert Fulton
Trinity Church Yard
New York City
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Warfare on the Negroes in Andalusia Al Under Martial Law
Governor orders troops to back Sheriff Bradshaw to guard jailed black rioters as Opp area mobs threaten. Three unidentified Black men killed by a citizen posse near Opp amid riot fears.
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Andalusia
Ala
Bradshaw
Opp
Word Machinery Dropped From Cigar Boycott Resolution
In Scranton on December 9 the AFL conferen ce held two hours with adjournment until morning. Debates focused on boycotting machine-made cigars and child labor. The committee recommended removing the word machinery from the resolution, which was then adopted.
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Scranton
Conference of the American Federation of Labor
Committee On
Riot at Scranton as citywide streetcar strike erupts
In Scranton Pennsylvania a police raid on a saloon escalated into a riot as miners attacked officers with drills clubs and bottles. Special Officer Frank Scheffield and Detective Cosgrove fired their revolvers in self defense as three mob members were shot.
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Scranton
Frank Scheffield
Cosgrove
Illar
Miners Trade Eight Hour Day Hint From Gompers Message
A large labor meeting in Wilkesbarre Pa followed the Federation convention in Scranton. President Gompers hinted the eight hour day for miners may be demanded by non union workers as operators voiced opposition to unions.
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Hillshal
Wilkesbarre
Federation
Scranton
Gompers
End Near in Nell Cropsey Search
A committee member said major developments are expected within 48 hours in the Nell Cropsey disappearance case. He believes she was kidnapped and urged continued efforts as a mass meeting raised about $200 to support the search.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Nell Cropsey
Wilson Creates Soil Management Division
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson announced a new Soil Management Division in the Bureau of Soils with Prof. F H King in charge. The division will follow up soil surveys and study proper crop distribution and cultivation methods.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Department
Washington
Wilson
Bureau of Soils
F. H. King
University of Wisconsin
Two Trains in Collision Near North Yakima
A head end crash two miles north of North Yakima on the Northern Pacific killed two trainmen and injured five. Engineer Cooper and an unnamed fireman died. Three engines and 33 cars were destroyed after a collision on a sharp curve caused by a misunderstanding.
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North Yakima
Wash
Here
Northern Pacific
Cooper
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Bowen
Illinois
Proceedings IN Congress
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Southern Traction Company
Little Rock
Ark
Bud Wilson
R. H. Naylor
Yell County
Danville
General News
Pat
New Berry
Fla
J. B. Esterlin
H. Johnson
Ernest Wade
Wells, Fargo & Co
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Tex
Col
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Students’ Lecture Association
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Mich
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