Allies Agree to Arbitrate Venezuelan Disputes
Washington reports from Berlin, London and Rome indicate Allied powers and Castro's government considering arbitration with Venezuela. Britain wants safeguards, Germany accepts in principle with details, Italy favors arbitration but will follow senior partners. US Secretary Hay coordinates with embassies as delays risk neutral trade and potential blockades. Bowen in Caracas empowered to seek settlement. Italian claims against Venezuela set at $2,000,000.
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Washington, D. C
Berlin
London
Castro
Ade
United States
Bowen
Venezuela
Hay
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Ambiralon
Rome
England
Comerce
United
Gonden
Washington
Caracas
la Guayra
Portaelo
Coro
Maracaibo
Carupan
Arcelona
Beggar's Death Reveals Hidden Wealth in Toronto
Hyman, a Toronto man who begged for hospital admission, died at General Hospital. Examination of his clothing uncovered a handkerchief containing a $17,000 billfold and $14,000 in scrip. Papers showed significant stock income, suggesting the estate may reach $100,000. He lived in sheds and stables for twenty years, selling papers and begging for sustenance. he leaves a wife and a daughter believed to be in San Francisco.
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Toronto
Ont
EN Hyman
General Hospital
Hyman
San Francisco
Destitute Finland Victims Trigger Aid Appeals
Four hundred thousand Finns face destitution and famine after crop failure. The Anglo-American Church in St Petersburg mobilizes to feed and clothe Finnish schoolchildren as Pastor Franc is appeals for aid. Conditions now worse than in 1867 when 100,000 died.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Finland
Francis
Franccis
Death of R C Whayne prompts massive life insurance claims
In Louisville Kentucky police find R C Whayne's body near his home after a gunshot wound. Investigations show $340000 in life policies across Equitable Life Provident Savings Union Central New York Life and Northwestern with further applications pending. Family argues death accidental, noting a discharged gun near the fence and Whayne's climbing through it. Whayne held substantial earlier policies and concealed other insurance when applying to Provident Life. Whayne's yearly income was $12000.
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Union Central Life
New York Life
Northwestern Autual Lite
Whayne
Manhattan Company
The
Mutual
Vermont
Lnst
Equitable Life
Union Central
Northwestern
Provident Life
Equitable
Henry J. Power
Fowell
Philippine Bill Passed Cuts Philippine Duties to 25 Percent
The House approved a bill to cut duties on Philippine Island products entering the United States from 75 percent to 25 percent of the Dingley rate. Democrats pressed for further amendments as Payne argued revenue needs, Richardson opposed duties as unjust, and a recommitment motion failed 61 to 122 with McCall breaking party lines. The bill passed without division.
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Washington, D. C
Philippine Islands
United States
Payne
Richardson
Tennessee
Islands
McCall
Massachusetts
Five Ex-Delegates Sentenced Five Years Each In St Louis
Five former House delegates Sheridan Denny Gutke Berseh and Albright were convicted of bribery in the Municipal Suburban Street Car Bill case. Each received a five year penitentiary term. They fled motions for a new trial before bond was posted. This marks fourteen bribery trials tied to municipal graft investigations with thirteen convictions and one acquittal to date.
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House of Delegates
John A. Sheridan
Charles J. Denny
Charles Gutke
Edmund Berseh
T. E. Albright
Marconi Announces Transatlantic Wireless Triumph
The inventor reports successful wireless transmission across the Atlantic from Canada to England after eight secret experiments. Messages were sent aboard the Philadelphia and from Table Head Cape Breton to Cornwall, England, marking a milestone in long distance telegraphy and prompting praise from Governor General Minto and government officials.
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Marconi
Canada
England
Edward Vil
Great Britain
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Marcon
Newfoundland
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Cornwall
Philadelphia
America
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Edward
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Ont
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Cape Breton
Lord Minto
Hls
Mr. Marconi
Minto
Ginee Bay
Atlantic
Table Herd
Wesbager
Vicn
W. S. Fielding
Richard Cartwright
Cattle disease contained. Wilson reports no spread
Secretary Wilson announced that the danger of foot and mouth disease spreading from New England to other states has passed. Government experts found no cases in Connecticut despite quarantine. In weeks, all infected or exposed cattle are to be destroyed. Colonel Lynch faces treason charges in London as the Nationalist MP for Galway. The Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed a fourth son, their latest child.
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Asia
Andijnn
Ferghana
Russia
Nantehong
Cling
Shangha
Atlanta
Danieh Volkethluglings
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General Federation of Trade Unions of
Great Britain
Bergen
Norway
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Waron
Lynch
London
Artur Lynch
Pay-iament
Galway
Prince of Wales
Princess of Wales
Goth
Prince and Princess of Wales
Columbia
Prince of Endurance
New Orleans
Wl. M. Tiehenor & Co
Yale
Major Taylor
King
Australia
New Jersey
Murphy
Tein
Cleveland
Ohio
Superior Streets
Lake Front
Union Passenger Station
United States Government
Bulding
Montero
Guilty Manslaughter Verdict In NYC Detective Case
The jury found Thamas Sharkey, a private detective, guilty of manslaughter in the murder of banker Nicholas Fink in New York City. They added a strong mercy recommendation. Phe punishment ranges from two to fifteen years. Also noted is the resignation of Sir Php Currie as British Ambassador to Etely on health grounds.
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New York City
Thamas Sharkey
Nicholas Fink
Slithers Amhasendor
Tealy Tepigne
Php Currie
Etely
Pinualblo Mengon
Bingham
District Supreme Court
Hunt
New York World
Pardon by Governor Savages Gives Nebraska Girl Hope
Governor Savage pardons a Nebraska girl, Yally Lawrence, ten, in Norfolk, for her father’s embezzlement sentence of three years. The pardon followed a playful plea from the child. Minor tragedies and other 19th century items fill a chaotic page with several unrelated brief notices.
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Savage
Nebraska
Yally Lawrence
Norfolk
Neb
Humberts Arrested in Madrid Panama Swindle Case
Parisian fraud ring led by Mme Humbert and relatives, linked to a $20 million bogus inheritance. Police seized jewels and documents in Madrid after a May arrival, exposing a vast scheme that leveraged forged wills to borrow millions across France and Belgium. The family resisted, claiming victimhood, while officials tied the case to high society and political intrigue.
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Madrid
Spaty
Mane
Lambert
Humbert
Mme
d'Aurignac
Hianbert
Paris
Mime
Eva Humbert
Romain
Emile
Maerie
France
W Lamberts
Frederick Wumbert
Mme. Humebert
Centenarian’s heritage yields $2500 to 14 year old heir
A Philadelphian boy, Pat Thomas Gould, age fourteen, inherits $2500 from his late father’s estate as the centenarian’s heir. The register of Willy Singer granted letters of administration to the elderly man. The story notes questions about the age declarations and the intestate death of Gould on December 29 last year.
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Pilatephia
Pat Thomas Gould
Register
Willy Singer
Hixson
John
Gould
Jersey State News Highlights Aged, Feeble Minded Arson and Trains
New Jersey items report two feeble minded youths, Harold Van Orden and Robert Williamson, confessed arson at the State Training School for Feeble-Minded Children causing extensive losses. Also covered are a fatal train wreck near Edgewater with two deaths, the death of local driver Fred Bigelow, bank and prison notes, a sleigh death in Oxford, and various state notices and town updates.
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Ihen
Harold van Orden
Robert Williamson
van Orden
Cattell
Robinson
Williamson
Twree
Wvith
Hoy
Teace
Milk and Produce Prices and Listings by Commodity
A dense catalog of dairy, fruit and vegetable prices, meats, poultry, and canned goods. Includes standard milk price per quart and listings for dairy products, butter, cream, and cheese, with numerous prices for crates, baskets, and cases, plus live stock and produce items with per unit rates. Named items include various dairy brands, regional markets, and farm products across dairy, fruit, vegetables, and meats.
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Choier
Lima
Cal
Fursat
Hen Davis
Jersey
Concord
Niagara
Peribo
Wby
Goze
Pier
Sesenecee IL
Essen
Lis
Agra
State
Choice
Caniman
Adda
Ares
Long Island
Marten
N. Y
Duluth
S.sessissue
Trade Data Shows U S Exports Fell Eleven Months Ended November
Washington D C exports for eleven months to November 30 totaled 1 212 582 008 down 115 002 225 from the prior year while imports rose to 75 047 046 up 74 550 907 leaving a trade balance of 337 484 47 in favor of the United States. National ice crop prospects improve on the Kennebec. Penobscot fields less favorable. Wolbers failures total 209 in the United States and 30 in Canada.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Movement of crops and markets amid shortages in Australia and U S
The report notes slower car movement but failure to meet lending market contracts, with tight wool and cotton trade. A wheat famine in Australia prompts imports from the U S Pacific Coast, with shipments arranged by Consul General Brow. Wool demand remains moderate while prices rise on depleted stocks. Corn crop and coal orders on the English market reflect ongoing supply pressures.
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Australia
Australis
Pacific
United States
Brow, Wiiting
State Department
Melbourne
Ingratitude and Ideas in a Dublin Zoo Oddities
An Irish correspondent recounts the tale of an elephant at Dublin Zoo snatching a bun from Lord Plunkett as he prepared to offer it, while bystanders, the Lord Lieutenant, and others react with surprise. The piece shifts to a digressive discussion on anarchism and nihilism, mentioning Herbert Spencer and Ivan Turgenev, then covers varied notes on wealth and longevity in England, a Dolliver anecdote about a one horse hack, and a courtroom joke about jury duty and deafness, finishing with general medical ads and remedies.
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Lord Dudley
Lord Plunkett
Dublin Zoo
Herbert Spencer
Spencer
Ivan Turgenteit
Sona
Panl Petroviteh
Paul Petrovitels
Min
Avent
Philadelphia Record
Dolliver
Beret
High Offernl
Ington Sock
Walting
Thad
Sennator Dollver
Senator Dolliver
Senater Dolliver
Letter Blindness Spurs Discussion At New York Academy
Dr Hermann Knopp, of the New York Academy of Medicine, spoke on letter blindness among English speakers and the impact of spelling pronunciation. He warned that shifts in language can erase mother tongue while preserving other abilities and noted nicotine and alcohol as eye and scar risks.
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Herman Knopp
Womck
New York Academy of Medicine
Knapp
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