Historian Maclay Discharged From the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Edgar Stanton Maclay was summarily discharged from the Brooklyn navy yard after a telegram of dismissal. Pay Director Putnam read the notice and Maclay left the yard ready to return tomorrow. The Civil Service Commission informed Maclay the removal was not a violation of the Civil Service Act and cited the navy secretary's authority.
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Maclay
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Edgar Stanton Maclay
Navy Yard
Putnam
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Edgar S. Maclay
President Proctor
Commission
Civil Service
Proctor
Secretary of the Navy
Les
Tribute From Guam Isle to McKinley Death
Naval Governor in Guam offers sympathy from Filipino officials and citizens over the death of President William McKinley. The message emphasizes shared respect for the late leader and notes Philippines connections to U S events.
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McKinley
Letter of condolence from Guam leaders on president’s death
Leading citizens of Guam express sincere sorrow over the death of the late president in a condolence letter signed by Governor Schroeder and other officials. The message reflects national sentiment and formal mourning.
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Guam
Schroeder
At and
Fis
Diamond Chain Vanishes in Federal Jewelry Heist
A mysterious robbery occurs involving a diamond chain valued at 3500 dollars. The Adams Express Co or Shar Berry, a local jewelry firm that shipped the piece to New York, are suspected victims. Investigators in Washington and New York pursue the case as workers probe the disappearance.
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Adams Express Company
Shar & Berry
New York
Washington
Miles resumes army command duties at War Department
Lieutenant General Miles returned to head the army at the War Department today. He is said to accept the situation with grace and will avoid actions that could prolong the controversy.
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Washington
Miles
War Department
Surrender of insurgent Samson reported from Philippines
The War Department received a Manila cable stating insurgent chieftain Samson surrendered at Matasaron with all officers and men, 28 cannon and 45 rifles. The surrender is believed to have occurred in Bohol where Samson had operated after leaving Cebu.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Samson
Matasaron
Bohol
Cebu
Elopement in Peoria Ends Marriage’s Quiet Years
The wife of railroad man John Kirkman ran away with W. G. Clarke a barber ten years her senior. Clarke rented a building from Kirkman and opened a shop after moving to Peoria. After a stormy talk with her husband the pair disappeared on Christmas Eve.
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Lll
John Kirkman
W. G. Clarke
Clarke
Kirkman
Various 1903 World News Items Mixed in Condensed Digest
Oscar Brennan dies at Christmas dinner in New York City. Cato Selis seeks land deals and a national bank in Texas. The czar may attend Edward VII’s coronation if the empress is well. A Baltimore mother and child die saving a child on tracks. Aysor Ayers arrested in Montreal for bank theft. Thompson denied by Denver horse theft case linked to Jesse James. Seat price hits new NYSE record at 80 000 dollars. Carnegie gift funds New York libraries. Sioux City pioneer Luther Sanborn dies. Goodland depot moved to Hugo Oklahoma. Chicago bank retires 600 000 circulation. bond profits cited. Colombian troops win at Honda with hundreds killed. Grimmins misread as Crimmins. Waldorf Astor donates 10 000 pounds to rifle clubs in UK. Hartford bicycle plant sold for 300 500 dollars. Maud Miller dies in Oakland. Carnegie offers Akron 70 000 for free library, city to fund upkeep. Kruger Kruger sent Wessels to US with Kruger letter. An injunction case in Newark. London fur market governs Alaskan prices. Congress to send delegation to England for coronation. Kentucky whiskey tax value set at 8 per barrel. Kron ironclad struck from fleet list. Mondovi bank looters plead guilty, sentenced. Salonica dispatches link Ellen Stone kidnapping to ongoing rescue talks.
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Oscar Brennan
West Eighty-fourth Street
New York City
Cato Selis
Vinton
Cleparne
Tex
Edward
Baltimore
Lucy M. Brass
A. J. Ayers
Tnion Bank
Brooklyn
N. Y
Montreal
George W. Thompson
Denver
Jesse James
Missouri
New York Exchange
Board of Estimate
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Luther C. Sanborn
Sioux City
Frisco Railway Company
Goodland
I. T
Hugo
National Bank of the Republic
Chicago
Honda
Bogota
Marin
John D. Grimmins
E. D. Crimmins
William Waldorf Astor
United Kingdom
Columbia
Hartford
Conn
American Cycle Manufacturing Company
Maud McCormick
Maude Miller
Joaquin Miller
Oakland
Cal
Akron
London
Russia
Congress
Cullom
England
John Chaney
Charles Hunt
William Rumstick
Mondovi Bank
Black River Falls
Wis
Waupun
O'Neil
Salonica
W. W. Peet
Missionary Society
Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Ealian Minist
Sewing machines plant to dodge duties in Germany
A German project will build a factory at Celle Hanover hiring about one thousand workers to bypass heavy tariffs on American sewing machines. Other items note consular agricultural experts being sent to the US to study developments, Senator Quay’s fragile health in Florida, and Edward G. Glennon’s six month penitentiary sentence for neglect of duty.
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Wwe Sdqualaclulcid
VWs _ iSitigér sewing machines
Celle
Hanover
United States
Senator Quay
Washington
Florida
Quay
Edward G. Glennon
West Thirtieth Street
New York
Goff
Glennon
Denmark
University of Chicago
School of Technology
Harper
University
Parnes
Kansay Miller
Topeka
Or Putnam Bradlee Strong
May Yohe
Yokohama
Strong
Manila
Various 1900s Notices Span Finance Law and Personal Tragedy
A mixed digest reports on stock listings and debt offers, a Chicago man’s offer of his body for food, a Baltimore & Ohio freight hours cut raising wages, Major General Young’s March reassignment to the Lakes, a suicide in Kansas tied to sickness, Simpson Clothing's $30,000 liability, Lincoln bells funding for McKinley memorial, a Cul Abra island naval reserve order, Havana pavement contract worth $12 million, and Chicago lawyers numbering 8,000 to 10,000 with half practicing law.
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Spen Taian
New York
Ezra Parker
Clark Street
S. B. M. Young
Department of California
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Hugh Carlander
Weddington
Kas
Simpson Clothing Company
St. Joseph
City of Lincoln
Neb
William McKinley
Navy Department
Culebra Island
Naval Commission
Porto Rico
J. H. Bridges
Uvalde Asphalt Company
San Antonio
Tex
Havana
Cuba
Senator Depew Weds May Palmer in Nice Ceremony
Senator Depew married Miss May Palmer at the American church in Nice after Catholic rites at Notre Dame. The ceremony featured a guard of honor from the U S cruiser Albany, a simple service, and a wedding breakfast at Countess de Sers villa. Guests included Consul Van Buren and Mrs Van Buren, Mrs Palmer, and several officials. The couple will sail for New York on January 4 aboard the St Louis.
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Nice
Senator Depew
May Palmer
Notre Dame
Father Crepaux
Adamson
United States
Albany
Mensdelssohn
Countess de Sers
Harold S. van Buren
van Buren
Baroness de Rocourt
Major Brevort
Baroness de Bresson
Hegeman
Nashville
Senators
May Yohe May Join On Stage In Honolulu Report
Report from Honolulu dated December 20 via San Francisco notes May Yohe may join on stage with Captain Strong who is said to be in financial trouble. The report recalls tourist visits by Major Putnam Bradlee Strong and the actress in Yokohama.
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Captain Strong
Financial Straits
Honolulu
San Francisco
Putnam Bradlee Strong
May Yohe
Yokohama
Strong's Manila Move Sparks Stage Ambitions
Seerwey Rene notes Caite Y present plans for an expensive Yokohama venture with Manila trips. Strong has announced intent to appear on stage with May Yohe. Guests doubt his Manila debut, citing lack of funds and erratic behavior as signs of paresis amid frequent quarrels with visitors.
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Wey Rene
Death in Flames Hits Calvert Texas
A deadly fire in Calvert Texas killed Dr C C Garrett age 83 and I Oscar when walls collapsed. Two others Daniel Lane and H Riman were injured as buildings burned and toppled. Property loss reached 150000 with 75000 insured.
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Calvert
Tex
C. C. Garrett
I. Oscar
Daniel Lane
H. Riman
Yale Wins Chess Tourney Domination Across Ivy League
Yale wins the intercollegiate chess tournament in New York with Columbia second Harvard third and Princeton fourth. The event final standings crown Yale with top honors in the collegiate competition.
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Yale
New York
Columbia
Harvard
Princeton
Desertions on the Increase in Otis Report
Chicago dispatch notes Major General Elwell S. Otis reports rising desertions and need for more prison space in the Lakes department. He cites 20,329 enlistment applications and 5,180 acceptances for land service, plus 1,140 naval enlistments versus 975 previously.
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Chicago
Elwell S. Otis
Department of the Lakes
Otis
Chicago Iowa Dakota road bought by Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago and Northwestern officials in Iowa Falls announce the Chicago Iowa and Dakota line has been purchased and will be operated after January 1. The route runs from Eldora Junction to Alden in this county.
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Iowa Road
Iowa Falls
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Iowa & Dakota Road
Eldora Junction
Alden
Miners Strike After Sunday Work Violation
Bridgeport Ohio December 28 400 miners at Wheeling Creek Mill walked out in response to one man violating Miners' union rules by working on Sunday.
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Bridgeport
Wheeling Creek Mill
Suspect Arrested in Duquoin Farm Murder Case
St Louis December 28 John Weber of Nineta was arrested over the murder of Eichborn a farmer near Duquoin Illinois on the 7th A memorandum book with Weber s name was found in a woodshed behind the house where the body was found Weber says he knows nothing about the crime.
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St. Louis
John Weber
Nineta
Eichborn
Duquoin
Weber
Record Trade Growth Sees 1901 Surpass Past Prosperity
Bradstreet's annual review reports 1901 as a record year for American trade finance and industry. Despite strikes stock panic and price fixing efforts, general business, bank clearings, and freight traffic rose, with railway earnings up and holiday business volume breaking prior bounds.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
United States
McKinley
Agricultural and Industrial Trends in Early 19th Century Trade
The report notes iron ore shipments small, anthracite coal output 10 percent higher than last year and 5 percent above record, and bituminous coal equally strong. Woolen manufacturing grows due to cheap materials and clothing demand, while cotton profits fall in the South and New England. Agricultural gains offset yield reductions as exports hesitate but imports rise for domestic manufacture and export margins remain large.
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South
Newandy
Old England
Roosevelt Replies To Olympic President Invite
Paris December 27 Baron Coubertin reports receiving a personal letter from President Roosevelt regarding the offer to lead the 1904 Chicago Olympic games. Roosevelt says he will brief the cabinet and shows keen interest, promising to help make Chicago's meeting as successful as the Athens event.
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Roosevelt
Paris
Baron Coubertin
Chicago
Athens
Will Outlaw the Racers at Charleston Fair
New York officials confirm the Jockey Club has outlawed all owners trainers and jockeys who raced at the Charleston industrial fair. They were warned beforehand of the consequences and the ruling follows their participation after seeking an opinion on their status.
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New York
Jockey Club
Charleston Industrial Fair
Charleston
Commissioners favor tunnel and road extension to Brooklyn
New York commission, appointed in September, backs construction and operation of a road along the proposed route and a tunnel under the East River to extend rapid transit to Brooklyn.
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New York
Brooklyn
East River
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