Cuban sugar tariff dispute stirs Senate factions
Washington dispatch notes Lodge and Aldrich backing lower Cuban sugar duties, clashing with protective forces led by Perkins and Michigan's Burrows. Roosevelt and Wood favor cuts. Finance Committee party lines shape the debate amid beet sugar interests.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington, D. C
Aldrich A Lodge
Perkins
California
Lodge
Aldrich
Senate
Roosevelt
General Wood
Secretary Root
Senate Committee On Finance
Michigan
McMillan
Burrows
Roosevelt Delighted Over Shaw Acceptance
Des Moines reports President Theodore Roosevelt expresses delight at Governor Shaw accepting the post as Secretary of the Treasury. The message confirms Roosevelt’s approval and anticipation of Shaw taking the portfolio.
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Roosevelt
Shaw
Des Moines
Miles Will Drop Schley Controversy and Reprimand
General Miles resumes command at the War Department and plans no action after his reprimand. He will accept the situation with grace and say nothing to fuel the controversy, with no expected change to his future official and social plans.
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Washington
Miles
Army
War Department
Fortunes swept away by 10 point rise in sugar
New York stock action sent scores of small speculators to ruin as American Sugar climbed from 103.5 to 113 percent. Traders blamed manipulators while insiders claimed the sugar market condition was improving after a conference led by H O Havemeyer and James H Post. The rise cooled the market excitement and boosted sugar prices by six points.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Wall Street
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
James R
Financial District
H. O. Havemeyer
The
Sugar Trust
James H. Post
B. H. Howells & Co
Arbuckles
Roosevelt Nomination Seen Strong for 1904
Congressman T E Burton says Roosevelt will be the Republican nominee in 1904 and a strong candidate. Senator Foraker backs Roosevelt, while Burton denies any part in the Legislature leadership struggle. The Rivers and Harbors Committee will hear delegations on appropriations through Jan 25 with a bill likely ready in February.
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T. E. Burton
Senator Foraker
Washington
Roosevelt
Burton
Congressman Burton
Foraker
Hanna
Rivers and Harbors Committee
House
Alger Passes Critical Stage Hopeful Recovery
Detroit December reports Dr Honard W Longyear says General Alger's critical illness period has passed and recovery is practically certain. He notes the general has been taking nourishment and is comfortable as healing proceeds.
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Detroit
Honard W. Longyear
R. A. Alger
Longyear
Pan American delegates near unanimity on arbitration plan
At Mexico City the Pan American Conference nears a substantial agreement on arbitration. Nations will join The Hague convention with the U S and Mexico helping lead the process. A separate compulsory scheme may be pressed among other signatories, limited to those states. Volney Foster of Chicago expresses optimism for the conference outcome.
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Mexico City
Acene
The
Hague
Mexico
United States
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Nicaragua
Volney Foster
Chicago
Foster
Maso Withdraws From Cuban Election Campaign
General Bartolome Maso, Democratic party candidate for Cuba’s presidency, leaves Havana for Manzanillo after suspending his campaign. A Havana newspaper cites General Maximo Gomez threatening to expel Civil Governor Reclo of Puerto Principe for allowing protests and to string up others once the Cuban Republic is formed.
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Havana
Brigham Young in Critical Condition in Fruit Land
A Farmington New Mexico dispatch reports Apostle Brigham Young, elder son of the church president, critically ill with stomach and nervous complications at Fruit Land near Farmington. He left Salt Lake two weeks ago for winter in Mexico and rested at Fruit Land for a few days. He is 6 years old.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Herald
Farmington
N. M
Apostle
Brigham Young
Quorum of Twelve
Mormon Church
Church
Fruit Land
Apostle Young
Mexico
New York Stock Exchange Seat Sets New Record Price
A seat on the New York Stock Exchange sold for 80000 dollars setting a new record. Last Saturday another sale had reached 75000 dollars, which was the previous peak.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Painter Paton Dead in Edinburgh Bed
The painter Sir Joseph Noel Paton was found dead in his Edinburgh apartment today. Born in 1821, Paton gained fame for his historical and literary paintings and served as a major figure in Victorian art.
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London
Joseph Noel Paton
Edinburgh
London woman reports brutal home invasion by three men
Liccia Owens of Pittsburg obtained warrants in London Kentucky for William Southerland Armp Bryant Jr. and Charles Bryant accusing them of entering her home Christmas night assaulting her and her twelve year old son tearing clothing and beating them. Neighbors aided the woman and she identifies the assailants as those who wore women’s clothing.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Liccia Owens
Pittsburg
William Southerland
Armp Bryant, Jr
Charles Bryant
Navy Moves to Adopt Wireless Signaling for Warships
Washington December 26 The Navy Department has begun steps toward wireless telegraphy for signaling between warships Admiral Bradford asked Pennsylvania class armored cruisers be rigged to accommodate wireless systems Masts must be lengthened and rigging insulated test sets of various systems including Marconi will be tried No definite system is chosen yet British navy already uses wireless but this is the US first move toward adoption contingent on proving practicability
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Bradford
Bureau of Equipment
Pennsylvania
Marconi
Hobson Estate Awarded to Widow and Daughter
In Pueblo Colorado Judge Coulton ruled Stella J. Hobson and her posthumous daughter Georgia are entitled to the 250000 Hobson estate. He rejected attacks on the child's legitimacy noting no evidence questioned the birth. Both sides gave notice of appeal.
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Pueblo
Col
Eigen
Stella J. Hobson
George H. Hobson
Hobson
Georgia
Coulton
Los Passgeles
Pope to Send Pontifical Mission to King Edward Coronation
Rome dec 26 the Vatican announced a pontifical mission will attend the coronation of King Edward with a structure modeled on the Victorian jubilee. The head of the mission has not yet been selected.
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Rome
Edward
Admiral Sampson Said Hope Is Lost to Rest
Special Dispatch reports from Urbana Illinois that Mrs Elizabeth Burling Sampson writes Admiral Sampson is too ill to understand and the brain is tired beyond recovery after a long life of duty. The letter sent to John B Weeks notes Sampson’s weariness and references past events involving Admiral Schley and Palmyra.
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Commercial Tribune
Urbana
Til
John B. Weeks
Champaign
Admiral Sampson
Washington, D. C
Mr. Weeks
Palmyra
West
Elizabeth Burling Sampson
Marconi May Erect Station at Cape Breton
Signor Marconi arrives at North Sydney aboard the Bruce and meets Canadian officials including Premier Murray and Mayor McKenzie. He favors Cape Breton for a permanent station at a 100 to 200 foot elevation and may stay a few days before moving to Ottawa.
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Halifax
N. S
Bruce
Signor Marconi
North Sydney
Smith
Murray
Nova Scotia
McKenzie
Louisburg
Mira
Sydneys
Ottawa
Moxham
Sydney
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Boers Rush British Camp Near Zeefontein
Lord Kitchener reports from Johannesburg that December 24 a Boer commando under De Wet rushed Colonel Firman's Zeer Fontein camp, 3 yeomanry companies and 2 guns, with heavy casualties feared. Two regiments of light horse pursue the Boers.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Johannesburg
Rundle
Firman
Zeefontein
DeWet
Tornado Strikes Naples Causes Heavy Damages
A tornado swept over Naples causing extensive damage. A woman was killed and thirty six people were injured as buildings in the surrounding country were demolished and railroad property was destroyed. Rescue crews worked to clear debris and assist the injured.
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Rome
Naples
Sete Ees
Hanna Men Unite On M'Kinnon For The Speakership
In Columbus the Hanna and anti Hanna camps clash over Speaker selection as W S McKinnon is announced Hanna candidate with Price foe. The rowdy lobby scuffle between Patterson and Price shocks the Neil House as power bids unfold for House Clerk and Senate roles.
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HANNA
M’kinnon
Senate
A. F. Wirt
Mahoning
W.S. McKinnon
Ashtabula
W. B. Uhl
Cleveland
House
Burgess L. McElroy
Newton Miller
Delaware
Frank B. Archer
Bellaire
Aaron E. Price
Athens
Sheriff Scobey
Troy
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Friends
W.8. McKinnon
Akron
Kyle
F. A. Scobey
Chittenden
Judge Thomas
Malloy
Neil
Thomas
McKinnon
George B. Cox
Price
Comings
Kurtz
Harry Daugherty
Miller
McElroy
J. F. Bateman
Pike County
Patterson
S. J. Patterson
R. A. Pollock
Stark
A. E. Price
Pollock
Drunken man throws $200 into street then vanishes
In Hamilton Ohio on December 26 a man, drunk and claiming money to burn, threw about $200 into a street, keeping a $10 gold piece and a $20 gold piece for Font Trownsell and Fred Fink. He also warned the city water would explode a lighted cigar due to gas and oil.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Font Trownsell
Fred Fink
Rebellion drains Colombia 50,000 lives and 250 million
Mail advices from the Colombian Legation report a collapse of finances due to the rebellion. Paper money devalues drastically with 45 dollars in paper money equal to one in gold. The revolt, starting in October 1899, costs 50,000 lives and 250 million, leaving the country exhausted. Only scattered marauders remain near the Isthmus of Panama and Toulima.
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Legation
Herran
Regation
Panama
Toulima
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