Rumor of Colombian Troops Invading Isthmus Reaches Gulf
United States warship Atlanta patrols the Gulf of Darien amid reports that 3,000 Colombian soldiers left Cartagena for Panama. Naval officers doubt a land march is possible due to impassable terrain, but the move signals U S vigilance as Cartagena probe continues. General Reyes awaits further guidance from Bogotá.
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Gulf of Darien
Colon
Cartagena
Isthmus
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Panama
Atlanta
Porto Bello
Washington
Colombia
Associated Press
Reyes
Torres
Orinoco
Savanilla
President Roosevelt urges Congress on national progress and canal plan
The president’s message to the Fifty-eighth Congress endorses a strong commerce and labor department, calls for fraud prosecutions in post office and land offices, praises revenue stability, supports the Hague reference on Venezuela, commends the Alaska boundary work, and argues the isthmian canal must be built by the United States, not private or foreign efforts.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Department of Ecommerce and Labor
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Isthmian Canal
United States
Dowie's Outlook Improves as Assets Top Liabilities
Chicago December 8 A Dowie statement places his assets at 18 845 210 against liabilities of 4 058 349. At a creditors meeting a settlement proposal with 5 percent notes was offered. A committee will seek details and, if debts and resources match, the proposal may be accepted and bankruptcy dismissed.
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Dowie
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Dowle
Supreme Court Delays Dismissal in Minnesota vs Northern Securities
Washington December 8 The supreme court denied the motion to dismiss the case of Minnesota against the Northern Securities company and postponed further consideration until the case shall be heard on its merits.
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Washington
Supreme Court
State of
Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Live Stock Men to Meet in Portland National Convention Call
Secretary Charles J. Martin of the National Live Stock association issued the call for the national convention to be held in Portland Oregon December 7. The event expects about 1500 delegates from states and cattle associations to attend and discuss important industry issues and development plans.
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Portland
Charles J. Martin
National Live Stock Association
Rebates Found in Hutchinson Salt Trade Probe
Judge C A Prouty of the interstate commerce commission declared that railroads including the Hutchinson and Arkansas River were used to grant rebates to the Hutchinson Salt Company. He ordered the rebates discontinued. Joy Morton, president of the salt company, said about 16000 dollars in rebates were paid this year.
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Hutchinson
Kan
C. A. Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hutchinson Salt Company
Hutchinson and Arkansas River Railway
Heath Declines Resignation Over Postal Frauds
Perry S Heath secretary of the Republican national committee arrives in Chicago from Salt Lake and reiterates he has no plan to resign. He says he is still in office and sees no reason to quit, hinting he may act once he reaches Washington.
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Heath
Chicago
Perry S Heath
Republican National Committee
Salt Lake
Mr Heath
Washington
Iowa Hopes to Win Spoor Trophy Again
Chicago Dec. 7 The International Live Stock exposition closed Saturday and the Spoor trophy in the agricultural students judging contest will be awarded Wednesday. If Iowa State College wins again the trophy becomes the universitys permanent property. Great care is being taken in the award this year.
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Iowa
Chicago
Agricultural Students
State College of Iowa
Officers Save Negro From Mob in East St Louis
Joe Irwin, a Negro, narrowly escaped violent treatment by a mob after shooting F Lawson, a white man, during an attempted holdup. About two hundred onlookers formed, but police quickly intervened, and Irwin was detained unharmed at the East St Louis station. Lawson was not expected to live.
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St. Louis
Dec
Joe Irwin
East St. Louis
Irwin
F. Lawson
Lawson
Argentine weather rumors push wheat higher in Chicago market
Telegram reports from Argentina caused erratic wheat trading amid bull speculation. May wheat closed up 4e with a firm finish, while May corn and oats rose modestly and January provisions gained. Cash prices for No 2 red wheat and various corn and oats grades were listed, reflecting mixed demand.
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Chicago
Chicago cattle and hog market totals for December 7
Receipts show 26 000 cattle with slow to steady demand and prices from 1.50 to 6.75 for various classes. hogs at 45 000 receipts with mixed demand and prices from 4.20 to 4.60, bulk 4.45 to 4.60. sheep receipts 20 000 with lambs and wethers priced 3.00 to 6.75, western and native notables.
Kansas City cattle and hog market prices report
Cattle receipts 9,000 with steady to weak demand. Export and dressed beef steers run 4.40 to 5.00, western fed 3.40 to 3.75, southern steers 2.00 to 3.15, native cows 1.50 to 3.50, calves 2.75 to 6.00. Hogs receipts 7,000 with 5 cent higher. bulk 4.42 to 4.52, heavy 4.46 to 4.50, pigs 4.40 to 4.50. Sheep receipts 1,500. native lambs 4.50 to 5.10, western lambs 4.15 to 5.00, fed ewes 3.00 to 3.40.
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Kansas City
Omaha stock market closes with mixed cattle hog sheep results
South Omaha reports cattle receipts of 3500 with steady prices across categories including western and Texas steers and range cows. Hog receipts total 5500 with steady quotes for heavy mixed light and pigs. Sheep volumes reach 15000 with steady values for yearlings wethers ewes and lambs in a broad range.
St Joseph Live Stock Market Report
St Joseph Missouri cattle receipts reach 2357 with prices steady to 10 cents lower cow and heifer values from 185 to 435 stockers and feeders from 250 to 415. Hog receipts 5203 down 10 cents with light hogs 440 to 450 medium and heavy 440 to 550. Sheep receipts 63 firm with lambs around 550 and wethers near 400.
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St. Joseph
Joseph
Peace Is Afar Off as Governor Reads Martial Law
President John Mitchell and Governor Peabody met in Denver for a 45 minute talk, with no settlement of the miners dispute. Mitchell warned the strike would go on to the bitter end while Peabody said he would tolerate no violence and would deploy troops at the first provocation. Both men called the interview pleasant and informative before Mitchell headed to Chicago for a conference on Illinois miners.
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Denver
John Mitchell
Peabody
Mitchell
Chicago
Bell defines martial law in Cripple Creek Colorado
Adjutant General Bell arrives in Cripple Creek and defines martial law and military necessity. He warns armed or unarmed resistance by U S citizens against militia movements carries the death penalty. A decree requires surrender of arms by tomorrow with exceptions for those with permits. union leaders have left camp and meetings here are prohibited.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Bell
United States
Denver
Heroic Boatswain Saves Adder in Rough Seas
Norfolk reports naval tug Peoria tows submarine torpedo boat Adder to the yard after Derry, a boatswain, swims 100 yards to rescue the Adder and pulls a hawser. Moccasin remains ashore at Currituck with minor damage while Adder leaks badly. Peoria and Currituck assist Yankton and Vixen to float Moccasin, now high and dry on the beach.
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Norfolk
Peoria
Adder
Navy Yard
Derry
Curricutuck
National Workers' Union Formed By Unemployed In St Louis
Union of unemployed laborers in St Louis forms the National Workers' Union with officers elected including President Robert Wilson and Vice President Sidney Smith. The group seeks direct contact with employers to aid workers and plans to federate with similar affiliates across the country.
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Union of
St. Louis
National Workers’ Union
Robert Wilson
Sidney Smith
W. W. Lane
San Francisco Restaurants Close In Support Of Strike
San Francisco authorities report that major wholesale and retail dining houses will shut today and not reopen until the union cooks and waiters strike is settled. When they resume, operations will be nonunion. About seventy members of the Restaurant Keepers' association voted for the move, with around 200 smaller non union eateries also closing in solidarity.
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San Francisco
Six I W E officers indicted in union plot case Chicago
Six officers and members of the executive board of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers were indicted by the grand jury on charges of conspiring to secrete state witnesses in the cases of Harry Pelkus and John Gallagher. The charges include voting bribe money related to union funds corruption and misappropriation.
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Chicago
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Harry Pelkus
John Gallagher
Death of William M Springer Democratic leader dies at 64
Washington December 5 Former Representative William M Springer of Illinois a Democratic leader in the House during the Forty fourth to Fifty third Congresses died at his residence in the city aged sixty four years His death is due to pneumonia.
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William M. Springer
Washington
Illinois
House of Representatives
Strike Breakers Flee Mine Town as Mob Escorts 27
In Coal Creek Tennessee twenty seven incoming miners were escorted out of town by five hundred striking miners during the night. The workers had arrived to take jobs in the local mines and apparently did not know of the strike.
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Coal Creek
Tenn
Louis
Colorado
Five men plead guilty in grand Rapids bribery case
In Grand Rapids Michigan five men including Corey D. Bissell ex board member and Aldermen John T. Donavan Clarke E. Slocum John McLachan and Rayner Stonehouse pleaded guilty to bribe charges connected to a Lake Michigan water supply project Their attorney said they would plead guilty The statute calls for up to ten years in jail or a five thousand dollar fine The police court continued Ellis examination with Salsbury testifying about possible payment amounts and motives
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Grand Rapids
Grand Rajns
Mich
Bury
Jim
Lake Michigan
Superior Court
Newnham
Corey D. Bissell
Board of Public Works
John T. Donovan
Clarke E. Slocum
John McLachlan
Rayner Stonehouse
Ellen
Salsbury
Strange sleeping sickness ravages Africa via fly report
The American board of commissioners for foreign missions reports a severe epidemic of sleeping sickness in Uganda and near Lake Victoria. About 68,000 people have died, with 10,000 deaths in the last five months. A commission from England links spread to a fly named kivu and notes no known antidote. Early signs include headache and swollen neck glands followed by prolonged sleep.
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Africa
New York
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Uganda
Congo
Lake Victoria
England
Kivu
Bodies Recovered From Mine Disaster Victims Named
In Hanna Wyoming on December 7 169 miners died in the July coal mine disaster and all but five bodies have been found. Recovered are foreman John Battle and fire bosses John H Cox John Marsey Axel Larson and John Norton who worked about a mile and a half from the entrance and built brattices to shield against gas. They are believed to have survived several days.
Presbyterians Advise Bible Preaching At New York Dinner
At the Presbyterian Union of New York annual dinner Rev Robert F Coyle DD moderator of the general assembly urged renewed Bible preaching. He said the church faces a bright forward movement and stressed strong preaching as key.
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New York
The
Presbyterian Union of New York
Robert F Coyle
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
The Poor Fool and the Rich in Pastor Crane’s Talk
Union church of Worcester Massachusetts hosted a talk by Pastor Crane arguing that wealth is defined by character and friendships rather than money. He warned that true riches come from abundant right kind of supplies and that poverty is a curse.
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Rant Crane
Union Church of
Worcester
Mass
Willie
Ton
Willian
Eskimo Lover Steals Bride Not Daughter in Ice Bridge Gaffe
A young Eskimo secretly courts the enemy’s daughter. After a crevasse isolates their huts, he crosses a fragile ice bridge with the sack containing the bride. He discovers at the moment of embrace that he has abducted the father instead.
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Hikimos
Bright's Disease Cure Sells For Record Sum In San Francisco
A San Francisco group paid 112 500 in coin and stock for a treatment claimed to cure Brights disease and diabetes. The committee began testing November 15 1900 and by August 25 eighty seven percent of over three dozen cases were well or improving with thirteen percent failures. Details and clinical reports are mailed free on request from the Joan J Fonton Company 420 Montgomery St San Francisco Cal.
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San Francisco
Bright
Joan J. Fonton Company
Montgomery 8T
Cal
Canyon of the Grand Offers Scenic Winter Views
Along the Rio Grande line described as the World's Scenic Route, the Canyon of the Grand is praised for winter beauty. Poet Cy Warman lauds its mountains valleys and hills, claiming no words can paint the scene. Tickets and rates are available by request.
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Cy Warman
Canyon of the Grand
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