UM President hosts historians and economists in Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor President Angell welcomed economists and historians from Detroit for joint sessions of the American Historical Association and the American Economic Association. Papers discussed Porto Rican policy and the status of Puerto Rico, with readings from professors at Wisconsin Cornell Princeton Chicago Bryn Mawr and New York.
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University of Michigan
India
J. E. Finlay
Princeton
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United States
Edmund James
University of Chicago
L. M. Keasley
Bryn Mawr
Charles W. Haskins
New York
German Naval Increase Expands Fleet and Plans
Berlin reports a year of naval growth with seven vessels launched including two battleships and a large cruiser. Six ships remain under construction, with four battleships one large cruiser and one submarin e unter construction. Emperor William to Hamburg Jan. 3 to inspect the Princess Victoria Louise prior to West Indies voyage. Hamburg real estate group allocates 20,000 marks to university plans to boost values. Bochum iron workers and mine officials propose an eight hour shift for underground workers and curbs on female labor.
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Conference of Iron Workers and
Oa Miness
Bochum
Miners reform plans and Emsen wool trade growth
The text outlines proposals including banning subterranean work for boys under 16, forming labor commissions, and reorganizing miners mutual aid schools. It notes a free harbor at Emsen attracting American wool trade, with ten thousand tons shipped via the Dortmund Ems canal and a joint wool stock company formed to promote large scale shipments.
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Corner the Army Bean in Chicago Market
Local merchants say one of two large firms, Albert Dickinson company of Chicago or a Detroit house, largely controls the white bean supply. A harvest was fair but government purchases for soldiers in the Philippines and South Africa have sharply reduced availability and driven prices to 215 dollars per bushel. Albert Dickinson & company deny orchestrating a corner.
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Albert Dickinson & Company
Dreyfus Revival in Paris Sparks New Hearing Talk
Paris dispatches report Dreyfus writing to Premier Waldeck Rousseau denying Rochefort's Intransigent claim he sent William I a stolen 1894 bordereau. Dreyfus calls the accusation a forgery and urges inquiry. Nationalists fear a new court martial if an investigation proceeds.
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Is Boer Fox Trapped at Last Capture Rumor Circulates
London reports persist that General Dewet has been captured. The British South Africa Company says a trusted source sent the information but the war office has no confirmation. The controversy over a possible end to the conflict continues as officials seek verified details.
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South Africa
War Office
Plague at Thursday Island and regional turmoil reported
Vancouver reports three cases of plague aboard the Coromant at Thursday Island with quarantine under way amid fear of Asiatic spread. Earthquakes in Niau Foo Tonga drive natives to hilltop refuges as waves lash inland lakes. Tonga division on annexation shifts leaning toward joining New Zealand despite native governance.
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Overdue ships and crime rumors sweep ports and cities
A December telegram spread across cities reports overdue ships at San Francisco, a robberies of East Helena postmaster, Crowe the Omaha Kidnapper disguises in Chicago, a coroner’s finding on Nicholas Kohr’s death, a bank run in Old Town Baltimore, and various incidents from Washington to Phoenix. Headlines also note: Samoa transport purchase, police shooting in Barre, rebel defeats in Colombia, and a man in San Francisco found sane after a murder case.
Regrets for Armstrong Died Noted in Naval Circles
A Washington dispatch reports widespread naval regret at the death of Lord William George Armstrong, famed English gun and ship builder. Admirals praised his rifled cannon work, ship design influence, and role in naval ordnance progress, noting vessels built or acquired by Armstrong during conflicts and his impact on modern gun manufacture.
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Terrible storm grips Walsenberg area in Colorado
A fierce storm rages through Walsenberg for thirty six hours, threatening heavy cattle losses on the range and risking miner safety at Coronado and other Mount Blanco mines at eleven thousand feet. Provisions may run short and starvation fears grow.
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Arizona stock ranch sale drives irrigation land plans
Meyer Jacob of Tacoma as principal heir and M Goldman as administrator have closed a deal with a Chicago syndicate led by A C Bartlett for 10 000 acres from the Wormser estate. The quarter million dollar purchase aims to create a world class irrigated stock ranch near Phoenix.
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M. Goldman
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Prognix
Storms in England Cause Telegraph Damage and Ship Sinking
Fierce storms and violent gales lash the channel causing telegraph lines to fail in many areas. The British bark Pegasus foundered off Penarth Roads and a crew member was jammed at Cardiff. The fate of the crew is unknown.
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Fortieth Infantry campaigns in Mindanao nets captures
In December Fortieth Infantry carried out pushing operations in Northern Mindanao. Jeminez was seized and the Insurgent stronghold inland fell to action. Langarin coastal town captured by 500 troops who scattered the enemy, with deaths and captures reported. Some troops returned to Cagayan to join Brigadier General Kobbe’s campaign and mass arrests followed in Manta area. A prisoner was shot in an attempted coup. In New York a Paris dispatch relays a widow's notice for Charles Gustave Louis Venaparte, a tailor aged 85, claiming lineage to the Duke of Reichstadt.
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Cabinet meeting ends with barren results in Washington
Spokane dispatch reports six Japanese laborers on the Great Northern Railway were struck and killed near Cutbank Montana by a freight train last night. The bodies were taken to Kalispell for burial.
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Detroit Mail Depot Robbery Stuns Detroit Suburb
A bold mail robbery at Wyandotte Michigan Central depot involved a pouch containing about 100000 in negotiable papers checks and money. The bags were dropped on the platform and disappeared with the thief or thieves after night staff failed to secure them.
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No More Prize Fights In St Louis Coliseum
St Louis police chief Campbell announced he would not permit the scheduled prize bouts at the West End Coliseum tonight. The program listed Danny Dougherty versus Morris Rauch, Harry Harris versus Clarence Forbes, with George Siler refereeing and Lou Houseman as timekeeper. The ban follows orders issued after a fatal prize fight at a street theater last winter, empowering officers to arrest participants for money fights in St Louis.
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Convict killed two men and notable inventor dies
In De Kalb Illinois on December 28 and Chicago on December 28 a private telegram reports the death in Brooklyn of William Westlake, founder of Adams and Westlake, famed inventor with over 300 patents. His best known invention is the open Lop hand lantern used in railway signaling. Born in Cornwall England in 1831, he moved to the United States in 1844 and later became chief machinist for the Milwaukee and Lake Shore railroad in 1867. He formed a partnership in 1861 for railway supplies. the business burned in the Great Fire of 1871.
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Rock Island plans coast to coast extension to Los Angeles
Chicago December 28 Directors of the Rock Island road announced a final decision to extend the line to Paso Texas to connect with the Southern Pacific forming a Chicago to Los Angeles route. Construction has begun and will be pushed toward completion.
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Duel in a Café Ends with Injuries in Harlem
In New York on December 28 Myles McDonald fought Thomas Kennedy in a Harlem café duel. Kennedy was hit in the leg by a bullet and bystanders Edward Courtney and George Price were probably mortally wounded. The dispute stemmed from a pool room incident where Kennedy won 41,000 in a 1 to 1 show.
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NO PUGS AT PATTERSON ORDER ISSUED
An order was issued prohibiting boxing bouts in Paterson New Jersey in the future. The measure appears linked to the dispute over last night’s match between Mysterious Billy Smith and Young Manheney of Philadelphia at Passaic Athletic Club. The audience expressed strong dissatisfaction with the decision.
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Gospel Campaign Lead Set At Philadelphia Conference
A Philadelphia conference of clergymen and laymen today launched a movement to suppress vice in large cities. William Phillips Hall of New York was named chairman of the Twentieth National Gospel Campaign, with the president outlining the movement's general aims.
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Contenders' Legislative Contest Postponed to Monday
Anaconda Mont December 28 special to Inter Mountain says the contest on legislative candidates elect and county contests will not proceed tomorrow. Postponement to Monday December 31 for hearing county cases, with Judge Smith from Helena expected Sunday night. County Attorney is only contestee to file answer denying all allegations. Legislative cases to proceed Monday with daily sessions for witness depositions.
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No block for Rock Island railroad extension
Chicago Dec 28 President Ripley of the Santa Fe comments on the Pecos Valley and Northwestern mile route aid denying plans to extend to Albuquerque and stating no desire to block any part of the Rock Island line from extending its system. He adds the Santa Fe has owned the road for some time and refutes reports of blocking expansion.
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Teachers Favor Football in High School Contested Move
A Sprinefield Texas report notes Teachers Association leaders support continuing football under strict supervision. A six member committee will draft better inter high school athletic regulations for approval and signing by schools, with entry only for those conforming to revised rules.
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