Fritter Struggle Feared in Philippine Tariff Debate
Washington reports a wartime conference on Philippine tariff policy after insular court rulings. Participants include Secretary Root Senators Lodge Platt and Mitchell and Representatives Payne Dalzell Landis. A joint resolution to extend tariff rates remains doubtful amid complex legislative needs and reciprocity discussions.
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Washington
War ‘Department
Philippines
Supreme Court
Root
Lodge and
Platt
Connecticut
Payne
Dalzell
Spoonex
War Department
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Des Moines Board Hearing and Rehearing Request
A 1901 Iowa newspaper piece outlines an ongoing legal dispute over admissibility of evidence. It notes Mr. McGrew’s appearance before a board, the court’s handling of errors, and the demand to rehear the case based on a full record and competent testimony.
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Grew
Saturday Review Bitter Believes Britain Must Hold Back USA
London dec 7 an intensely bitter anti American piece in the Saturday Review urges German British friendship to keep the United States in check. It argues Germany cannot be wage war if Britain opposes it and warns of future interference if the US is not restrained. A Tunis dispatch notes disorders at Souk el Djemaa near Tripoli where Arabs protest military service and taxes. six Arabs and two Turks are dead, several injured, martial law declared.
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London
Saturday Review
United States
William
Chile
Brazil
Germany
Great Britain
Review
Tunis
Souk-el-Djemaa
Tripol
Privy
Polk County
Tts
Tripoli
Paess
Rehearing Sought in Suit Over Court House Tax Proposal
River frontiers seek rehearing in the Supreme Court case Windsor v. Board of Supervisors to force resubmission of the $200,000 courthouse tax proposal. The district court denied the mandamus, the river frontiers appealed, and a restraining order halted board construction. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court and dissolved the restraining order pending further action.
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River Fronters
Supreme Court
J. H Windsor
Board of Supervi Ora
Plintiff
Court House
District Court
Bie Ico
T. A. Cheshire
Carroll Wright
W. S. Read
A. P. Chamberlain
Josiah Given
Chambers
Board of Subervisore
Halloran
Crom Bowen
Given
Argelt
Witnesses Testify on Ex-Railiff Lynch at Sullivan Trial
Chicago December 7 witnesses testified to Lynch’s presence in the office of Alexander Sullivan when Sullivan served as attorney for the West Chicago Street Railway Company. The testimony aims to prove Lynch’s regular access to the office during Sullivan’s tenure.
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Chicago
J. 7. Lynch
Alexander Sullivan
West Chicago Street Railway Company
Coin In Slot Telephone System In Illinois Incorp
Chicago reports the first papers filed toward the incorporation of the Automatic Electric Company with a 3 million capital. It has secured U S manufacturing rights and the plant of the Stronger Automatic Telephone Exchange. Incorporators include Edwin W Gearheart James C Law Albert C Wheeler Jr Thomas H Watkins Scranton Pa Charles B Eddy Alamogordo NM and J E B Russell Co bankers of Wilkes Barre Pa.
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Chicago
Dec
Springfield
The
Automatic Electric Company
United States
Stronger Automatic Telephone Exchange
Eawin W. Gearheart
James C. Law
Albert C. Wheeler, Jr
Thomas H. Watkins
Scraton
F Pa
Charles B. Eddy
Alamogordo
N. M
J. EB
McKinley Memorial Association Trustees Meet in Washington
The McKinley Memorial Association board meets in Washington with Judge William R Day presiding and members including Hanna Payne Herrick Cortelyou Milburn Lowry and Dole. The secretary reports nationwide organization is advancing with state and local committees to cover the country in ten days and Hawaii Governor Sanford Dole accepts honorary membership.
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Washington
The
McKinley Memorial Association
William R. Day
Canton
Cornelius Elisa
New York
Senator Hanna
Cleveland
Henry ©. Payne
Milwaukee
Myron I. Herrick
Alexander H. Revell
Chicago
Henry M. Dufford
Detroit
George B. Cortelyou
John G. Milburn
Buffalo
Senator Pairbanke
Indiana
Henry J. Lowry
Atlanta
Henry T. Scott
San Francisco
Ryerson Ritchie
Hawaii
Sanford Dole
Turmoil over export tax plans and Philippine tariff reciprocity
Drafts for a reciprocity feature in the Philippine tariff bill threaten a party split in Congress as leaders seek rapid action after Cuba’s needs are pressed. Secretary Root pushes for measures. trade data show rising imports and exports in 1901, with shifts among the United States United Kingdom Germany and France.
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Senate
House
Root
Uale2
Cuba
Ways and Oceans Committee
Philippines
United States
Grant
McKinley
Philippine Islands
Insular Affairs
War Department
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Direct Philippine steamers to link Philippines and San Francisco
San Francisco chamber of commerce forms a committee to promote a direct American steamer line to the Philippines. A supreme court ruling bars shipments in foreign bottoms due to coastwise trade laws, prompting reports that Pacific Mail will launch a Philippines Hawaii San Francisco service. Captain W B Seabury sails to Newport News to bring the Corea, a 10000 ton liner.
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San Francisco
Toyo Kisen Kaish
Sen Kaisha
Occidental & Oriental Steamship Lines
Philippine
Asiatic
Supreme Court
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Philippines
Hawaii
W. B. Seabury
Newport News
Corea
Gridiron Club Banquet Features Roosevelt Satire
The Gridiron club of forty Washington correspondents held its December dinner at the Arlington hotel with about 160 guests. The program mocked public events in burlesque form ending with a "New Woe in Wonderland" menu, centering on President Roosevelt as a hero and light satire of current affairs.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Gridiron Club
Arlington Hotel
Bank receiver sought for Washington Co operative Bank of New Jersey
In Trenton New Jersey Vice Chancellor Read begins consideration of appointing a receiver for the Washington Co operative Bank of New Jersey after Attorney General Grey filed the application. An order restrains the bank from business pending the December 17 rule return. Officers are charged with negligence and mismanagement, assets about 62000 and facilities around 338000.
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Trenton
N. J
Washington Co-operative Bank of New Jersey
Grey
Upper Sandusky
Prudential Trust Company
Cage
John C. Farwell
Keating, Smyth & Shoemaker
West Fourteenth Street
Remarkable halo observation in Cleveland astronomy history
In Cleveland on December 7 Rev. Frederick Odenbach S J professor of physics at St Ignatius College observed the great sun circle of Hevelius a rare halo at 90 degrees from the sun The inner 22 degree circle was complete portions of the 46 degree circle were distinct and the 90 degree halo was visible for half its circumference The sight is noted as historically significant in astronomical circles and likely to occur only after many centuries.
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Cleveland
Frederick Odenbach
S. J
Physick
St. Ignats College
Hevelius
Odenbach
Prominent Broker Dies After Horse Fall Near Valley Forge
Philadelphia Dec 7 E J Matthews president of American District Telegraph and noted broker fell from his horse near his Valley Forge home today and broke his neck dying almost instantly He was 65 years old.
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Philadelphia
E. J. Matthews
American District Telegraph Company
Valley Forge
Alleged Swindler Paralyzed in Utica Trial
George Trowbridge alias William Keefe lies near death with right side paralysis and blindness in a Utica court room as his trial for impersonating a US officer opens. Arrested in Ashtabula last August for defrauding pensioners, he suffered a stroke in jail and worsened, an ambulance carries him to court as Dr Kinlock warns he may not survive the trial this week.
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New York
George Trowbridge
William Keefe
United States Court Room
Utica
N. Y
United States
Trowbridge
Ashtabula
Dr. Kinlock
Two More Convicts Captured From Fort Leavenworth Escape
Kansas City reports two more of the twenty six convicts who escaped Fort Leavenworth on November 1 have been captured at Lawton Oklahoma. Turner Barnes and Bob Clark were identified by a telegram to the warden. Clark aided in the revolt and held up Superintendent Hinds. Seven inmates remain at large.
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Kansas City
Fort Leavenworth
Lawton
Turner Barnes
Bob Clark
Texas
Clark
Hinds
McClaughry
Britain Eyes Russia Ties As Steel Crisis Grows
The Spectator urges closer understanding with Russia to counter Germany as Britain faces a crisis in steel industry. The Statist calls for Newfoundland and Nova Scotia ore imports and basic furnaces to use phosphoric ores. It predicts consolidation of smelting and steel making. Scottish mills may stay shut in January due to US and continental competition and weak orders.
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New World
United States
North
South America
Canada
Great Briain
Spectator
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
England
America
Beifish Action Denounced Over Dutch Red Cross Seizure
The Hague December 7 parliamentarians condemned Britain for seizing a Dutch Red Cross unit in Ceylon and imprisoning staff. Foreign Minister Melvil Van Lyden said Geneva limits apply to belligerent ambulances only, but crews may be jailed for neutrality violations. Britain will not release detainees until war ends.
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Red Cross
Cey-lon
Hague
Attaide
Pretoria
Ceylon
Melvil van Lyden
Great Britain
Subaltern Paralyzed by Kitchener Portrait Contention
A South African letter describes a subaltern drawing Lord Kitchener as Rip Van Winkle leading a centenarian soldier up a kopje. Kitchener warns through a grim smile that they may wait until old age to win if needed. The subaltern is terrified until learning the artist’s name was not requested.
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Kilighonor
London
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Rip van Winkle
Kopje
Kitchener
Subaltern
Attorneys file suit over embezzled state funds in Kentucky
Frankfort attorneys for the attorney general file in Franklin circuit court against former State Treasurer Walter R. Day and former State Auditor John Sweeney and bond assignees to recover 28128.02 with interest from February 1 1900. The suit alleges Republicans illegally spent money maintaining state troops during Goebel Taylor governor contest in early 1900. In another brief item a man named Saul Poydras is hanged by a mob in wake Charles Louisiana after wounding a deputy sheriff and his wife.
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Answer
Breckinridge
Frankfort
Dec
Commonwealth
Franklin Circuit
Walter R. Day
John 8. Sweeney
William Goebel
W S. Taylor
Automatic Wlechl Proposal for Free In-House Telephones
Automatic Wlechl proposes controlling switchboard, telephones, devices and appliances for the TWUnels Vetephone and Telegraph company to install phones in Chicago on a gas-meter model. Phones would be in every office and home at no user charge, with annual costs capped at 85 dollars for businesses and 60 dollars for residences. Small users pay nothing for incoming calls and five cents per message for user-initiated calls, with metallic circuits on all lines and meters recording calls.
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Twunels Vetephone and Telegraph Company
Gas Company
Hia
Marx 18 Mace Ufset Man Who Shot Three Men
William B. Marx, brother of Herbert Marx, says the wounded lawyer who shot three men in Virginia is not in New York or Brooklyn and is recuperating in the country. He expects the brother to return to Brooklyn when well, but cannot say when. The Presbyterian committee on revision of the creed in Washington debates the creation and the relation of God to world and man, adopting another article for interpretation and awaiting final ratification.
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New York
Wiliam B. Marx
Harbert Marx
Virginia
Brooklyn
William B. Marx
Flo
Presbyterian Roriston Committee
Washington
Phi Kappa Psi Banquet Marks Semi-Centennial
At the Waldorf Astoria New York the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity held its annual banquet commemorating the organization’s semi centennial. Of the thirty nine active members, Parsons represented the group.
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Phi Kappat
New York
Phi Kappa Ps
Waldorf-Astoria
Parsons
Weather forecast for Iowa on Sunday and Monday
Washington reports for Iowa a day of snow or rain on Sunday followed by a Monday drop in temperature with much colder air and winds shifting northeast to north.
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Washington
Iowa
Sunday Leader Weekly Overview and Contents
The Sunday Leader weekly issue outlines Congress reforms and hearings, British German alliance debate, prison escape, traveling men convention wrap, murder cases and police notes, city news briefs, secretary Hay testimony, scandal mentions, espionage brigades, church services, labor federation, and various society, literature, chess, and market items. It lists multiple sections and feature stories across Part I and Part II with forthcoming topics and profiles.
Memorial plans for McKinley scheme split opinions
Delegates discuss popular subscriptions for a McKinley memorial. A Canton tomb is favored for the late president’s final resting place while a Washington arch proposal is rejected by the McKinley Memorial Association. Efforts highlight state and federal support and varied regional pledges.
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William McKinley National Memorial Arch Association
Canton
Washington
Moxintey National Memorial Associat
McKinley National Memorial Association
Wiliam McKinley Memorial Arch Association
Congress
Judge Day
Hanna
Lved
McKinley
Memorial Arch Association
Omaha Loan and Trust faces uncertainty in solvency
Omaha Neb Dec 7 The directors of the Omaha Loan and Trust company meet with Edward Bettle of Philadelphia to discuss creditors. President A A Wyman says real estate values must be realizable to assure solvency as outlying properties complicate the outlook. The firm has bancos $650000 in debenture bonds and has largely financed Nebraska mortgages with some Missouri farm loans. Directors listed include A L Wyman Guy C Barton and W W Mash. Wyman serves as president and son W Ty Wyman as secretary and treasurer.
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Omaha
Neb
Dee
Omaha Loan and Trust Company
Edward Bettle
Philadelphia
Cantern
A. A. Wyman
Rt. Wyman
Farm Landa
Nebraska
Missouri
Wyman
Hesila
Trust Company
AL Wyman
Guy C. Barton
Ww. Mash
J H Millard
W .W. Wallace
TX M Morseman
Geotee Bake
W. Ty Wyman
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Smith
Allison and
Mitchell
Wu Ting Fang
Carter
Francis
Landis
Richards
Department of Justice
Usial
Dr. Carr
Honine Casa
Ayres
W. P. Carr
Desis Moines
Saturday Review Bitter
Hepburn
GOV
Gov Saver
Mae
Fin
Lynch
Sullivan
Large Corporation
M'Kinley Memorial Association
National Memorial Association
Monay
General Washington News
Depew
Europe
Rost
Odell
Woodruff
Henderson
Newak
Charleston
D. C
George E. Roberts, Jr
Wilson
Brookn
Yates
Llinois
Dmory Warne
Edward Turner
P. H. Mahroney
Robert Ci
Traction Company
F. Nicholson
City Law Department
Hill
W4s
St. John
Sulivan
Clifford
Barnes
Warne
Turner
Maroney
Nichelson
Dan Coughln
John Gordon
Josephine Gordon
Connors
Dennis Ryan
Beifish
Stamboulof
Vienna
Central News
Sofia
Halju
Stambouloff
M. Stambouloff
Bulgaria
Miss Blair
Ottawa
Ont
Bessie Blair
A. G. Blair
H. A. Harper
Labor Gazette
Paris
the Temps Today Pube
Wake Charles
la. Dee
Saul Poydras
M Richard
Poydras
Marx
Mace Ufset
Weather Forecast
the Sunday Leader
Part I
Bard
Hivor Frontera
Melvisey Memorial Association
Excape
Snit Hollows
Hrakeman
R. E. Presidency & New Street Railway
City News
Berepe
Hay
Federation of Labor
Prince of Walon
Cummins
Club
Oslendar
the Leader's Daily Story
George Ade
John Brown
Matelos
Hunt
Omaha Concern 15
Peoris Spirits
Peoria
Ilinois Internal Revenue District
Pw Spai
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