Anglo American ties and canal debates stir editorials
A long excerpt reviews Arnold and his critics on Anglo American friendship, Venezuela and Nicaragua, plus reflections on the Pauncefote treaty and canal plans. It discusses British trade, shipbuilding in England and America, and Thomas Lipton yacht developments with Watson testing a novel hull design and tank apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Arnold
Counninnghame-Graham
Westminster Charzette
Saturday Review
Depew
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Venezuela
San Juan
Alabama
Anya
Senate
Salisbury
Bolass
Uway
Sion
Teorce W. Watson
Slendersons
Hennss
Steyet
Thomas Dipton
Associated Press
Watson
Dennys
Thomas Lipton
Fle
Valkyrie and Shamrock Hull Fault Prompts New Boat Testing
The article notes admission that hull failure caused Valkyrie and Shamrock to fail, and that a new boat will be built to run hard without drawing a quarter wave behind. Secrecy remains careful as testing proceeds.
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Valkyrie
Shamrock
Wreckage Becomes Wagful Near Coastlines
London reports quantities of wreckage washing ashore after a gale. The steamer of the Great Western line plying Milford Waterford was overdue by twelve hours and reached Waterford thirty two hours late. The Spanish steamer Emerul crewed twenty two saved with five still aboard as the captain perished when the vessel heeled. The French bark Seine from Trulqu to Dunkirk drifted ashore at Perpanperth Cornwall with all twenty three saved by rocket apparatus.
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London
Great Western Railroad
Milford
Waterford
Emerul
Portland
Seine
Trulqu
Dunkirk
Perpanperth Cornwall
Kimberly Is Almost Isolated By Boer Raiders
Cape Colony December 23. Kimberly almost isolated as Boers press the town. Provisions gone and famine prices prevail. On December 22 the military seized all foodstuffs. A Lein ster regiment skirmished four hours with Boers at Dresfontein on December 27, with light losses. A convoy of twenty five wagons was captured at Getuk on Christmas Eve.
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Craddock
Cape Colony
Kilmberly
Leinster Regiment
Maj
Barry
Dresfontein
Getuk
Trains Run Over Woman Near Otis County, Ind.
A memorandum book found on the scene identifies Wm. Chilmore of Ottumwa Iowa. Authorities say a woman was murdered and her body ground by Baltimore & Ohio and Big Four trains near Otis County, twenty miles east of Jeffersonville. Police believe the victim was placed on the tracks.
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Pleves
Towan
Jeffersonville
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio
Otis County
Wm. Chlmore
Ottumwa
Iowan
Fire destroys West Side mill in Waterloo
A large blaze in Waterloo Iowa today leveled the Union Mill Co West Side mill in the business district causing a 50000 loss to building and machinery with 26000 covered by insurance Firemen battled the flames to prevent spread and saved nearby properties from greater damage
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Waterloo
Iowa
West Side
Union Mill Co
Brenner Charged with Embezzling at St Louis Brewery
Chas J Brenner a bookkeeper cashier and confidential clerk at the Wainwright branch of the St Louis Brewing Company is charged in a warrant with embezzling 3000 over the past three or four years. He has served the company in a confidential role for nearly a decade.
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St. Louis
Justice Myerett
Say 1b8s the Laccrosh Murderen
United States secret service officials in Milwaukee claim evidence linking J A Montague the Montfort Wisconsin attempted plant robbery arrest to the La Crosse Police murder of Officer Gates. Known as the Irish plant, he may be the same man involved in October slaying.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States Secret Service
J. A. Montague
Montfort
Gates
la Crosse
Montague
Yvlant
Atlantic Squadron Fires Salute at Pensacola Harbor
The flagship Kearsarge and battleship Massachusetts of the North Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral Farquhar crossed the bar into Florida harbor at noon. An admiral's salute was fired from Fort Barrancas. Other fleet vessels expected inside of a week.
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Altlantic Squadron
Sonsacola
Fla
Kearsarge
Massachusetts
North Atlantic
Spuadron
Farquhar
Bar
Florida Harbor
Fort Barraneas
Pennsylvania Senatorship Battle Under Way
Harrisburg Pa December 29 The fight for the United States senator will start within 24 hours. Col Quay and many of his lieutenants are on the ground as the focus shifts to the organization of the senate and house on Tuesday. The stalwart Republicans believe that controlling both bodies will seal Col Quay's election.
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Pennsylvania
Starrisburg
United States
Col. Quay
Senate
House
German tariff talk and chancellor's stance noted
Berlin reports detail Count von Buelow's cautious position amid Agrarian pressure over grain duties and tariff policy. Press commentary ranges from fears of a tariff war with the United States and Russia to expectations of conciliatory moves benefiting imperial cabinet harmony and South German participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Count von Klinckewstrom
Count von Buelow
Voussische Zeitung
Vossische Zeitung
United States
Russia
Count von Klinckowstroem
Count von Klinckewstroem
Mienschner Allgemeine Zeitung
Count von Posadowsky- Wehner
Interior
South
Germany
Cologne Volks Aeitung
von Buelow
Stuttgart Schweblache Mercur
Wurtemburs
Dominican President Names New Ministers
Santo Domingo report notes on December 29 that the president appointed ministers including Interior Senor Hernandez Foreign Affairs Senor Henri War Senor Cullo Finance Senor Braches Agriculture Senor Desprades Posts Senor Joubert in a cabinet reshuffle.
Emperor Would Know Recognition Signals Protocol Shift
A Pekin dispatch to the Herald reports the imperial court at Qin-Gan Fu acknowledged receipt of the powers demands and asked five questions. They ask about dismantling Taku forts, beheading princes, whether allies would cease expeditions, which places they would occupy, and proposed occupation duration.
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New York
Pekin
Qin-Gan Fu
Taku
Court's Righty Recognized in Chinese Agreement Details
Washington reports that Chinese officials seek explicit responses on five points before binding the Pe kin agreement. The questions include occupation scope and duration, princely heads, and whether the Taku forts will be razed or dismantled.
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Washington
Pekin
Taku
China
Europe
America
Faith in China and US policy on Chinese beheadings
The United States argues China should show good faith by ending punitive expeditions and allowing order and foreign safety. Washington insists on severe punishment for offending leaders and questions whether beheading a prince is feasible, noting risks of dynastic collapse and chaos. The timeframe for final acceptance of the agreement remains uncertain.
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Pekin
United States
Coville Blames War Office Over Lindley Yeomanry Disaster
Major General Sir Henry Coville returns from Gibraltar demanding a free inquiry and court martial to establish responsibility for the Lindley Yeomanry disaster. He accuses War Office leaders including Broderick Kitchener and Roberts, says insufficient headquarters information caused the surrender, and vows to fight for his name and defense.
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London
Henry Coville
War Office
England
Gibraltar
Plymouth
Lindley
Haus
Roberts
Col. Sprague
Coville
William St. John Broderick
Lord Roberts
Kitchener
South Africa
Evelyn Wood
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Wolseley
Army
Wood
Willam St. John Broderick
Yeomanry
Robert
Villard's Will Leaves Family Much and Donates to Institutions
The will of Henry Villard filed for probate allocates 250000 to his wife Fannie and 50000 to son Oswald while daughter Helen receives 25000 plus an annual 25000. Harold gets a share of the residuary estate. He also bequeaths 50000 to Columbia University and Harvard University 50000 each, 50000 to Dobbs Ferry Hospital, 5000 to the Infirmary of Women and Children, 2500 to the German Society of New York, all 60000 marks to Hospital at Speyer, 50000 marks to a Kaiserslautern museum, and 15000 to Speyr for loans to mechanics.
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New York
Henry Villard
Fannie
Villard
Oswald
Helen
Harold
Columbia University
Harvard University
Dobbs’ Ferry Hospital Assn
Infirmary of Women and Children
German Society of New York
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Speyer
Germany
Kaiserslautern
Speyr
McDonald Dies After War Department Killing
Sam McDonald who killed F H Morris war department auditor last week died at Emergency Hospital from wounds suffered during the incident. He shot Morris then cut his own throat and prayer for safety reportedly followed the act.
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Washington
Sam MacDonald
Ed F. H. Morris
War Department
McDonald
Morris
Man Dies After Refusing Nourishment at Hospital
The subject, once given a fair recovery chance due to physique, chose death and informed attendants. He was guarded to avoid self harm, refused nourishment for two days, and died at 7 o clock. Physicians cite his unwavering will to live as the cause, with notice sent to his brother, opera singer William McDonald, in Denver.
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McDonald
Wm. McDonald
Denver
Storm Wrecks Coastal Vessels Officials Report Losses
A violent gale battered ports causing multiple wrecks among fishing smacks and coasting vessels. Ten fishermen died after life boat rescues, a brig was lost off Sables de Lounes with four drowned, two survivors reached shore then disappeared. Esperanza foundered near Treport with three missing. Havre pull boat lost with two men.
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Paris
Lfe
Sables de Lounes
Treport
Havre
Secret Society Death Leads to Damages Verdict in Carbondale
Mrs. R O Deason won a $1000 verdict against Knights of the Royal Arch in Carbondale Illinois for the death of her husband after an initiation alleged to involve a paddle with blanks. The wadding from the shell embedded in his thigh caused blood poisoning and death two days later. Only one other similar death on record linked to initiation is noted.
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Carbondale
Ill
R. O. Deason
Knights of the Royal Arch
Order
Deason
Crime spree hits Kansas City with rapes and assaults
In Kansas City and nearby, three women were held up by highwaymen within 24 hours. Ethel Campbell, 8, was abducted and nearly suffocated by a white man as a posse hunted for him. Eleanor Bates, 41, was burned by carbolic acid in Egerton. Mrs. Mary Bolder, 36? was hospitalized with a fractured skull and unconscious.
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Kansas City
Kansas Cities
Ethel Campbell
East Bottoms
Egerton
Eleanor Bates
Mary Bolder
Investigation closes in Booz hazing case at West Point
West Point, Dec. 29. Testimony in the Gonz investigation into brutal hazing linked to former cadet Oscar U Booz’s death concluded at the Military Academy. The court will review the evidence at Governors Island and report to the War Department in Washington. Supt Mills, cadet commandant, was the principal witness today.
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Gonz
West Point
Oacar U. Booz
Secretary of War
West Point Military Academy
Military Court of Inquiry
Governor's Island
War Department
Washington
Mills
Burglars Wreck Vault Doors at Maynard Barn
Burglars smashed the vault doors of the Maynard Sayings barn but could not open the safe. Five hundred dollars in a box inside the outer safe remained untouched.
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Maynard
Town
Maynard Sayings
Prairie fire tragedy near Rogers injures family
Gotlob Stacker and family, en route from Stillwater Oklahoma to Rogers Mills county, were overtaken by a prairie fire. A seventeen month old baby died during the blaze, a boy is near death, a young woman will lose both limbs, and the mother is not expected to survive. They escaped to a dugout as wind driven flames reached them. The fire’s progress ran with a 60 mile per hour wind. Washington reports no information on a Chinese emperor selection or envoy reply to powers.
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Wichita
Gotlob Stacker
Stillwater
Okla
Rogers
Mills County
Washington
Pingree Declines Contempt Question in Michigan Case
Gov. Pingree refused to answer a summons in an Ingham county contempt case citing executive duties. He sent a telegram denying judicial authority and stating his busy administration hours prevent attention. The judge treated the case as against Hazen S. Pingree as an individual and postponed to January 2 with possible attachment if he fails to appear.
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Detroit
Pingree
Ingham County
Aichigan
Judicial Department
H. D. Pingree
Gov. Pingree
Lansing
Mich
Wisner
Hazen Ss. Pingree
Crowe Companions Sought as Cudahy Kidnapping Case Narrows
Omaha detectives confirmed Pat Crowe's involvement in the Cudahy kidnapping and seek two more suspects: a tall dark newcomer and a stout blue eyed man with brown hair. Lizzie Burns, a friend of Crowe, is also pursued for her ties to the case. The report links Eddie McGee to Crowe and notes McGee’s prior kidnaping history and connections to the Beals affair.
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Omaha
Pat Crowe
Cudahy
Lizzie Burns
South Omaha
South
Eddie Cudahy
Danie ’Burris
Pacific Junction
Eddie McGee
Burns
Ralston
Kansas City
Joliet, Ill
Polce
McGee
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Edvia
Nicaragua
Landon
Dee
Coluibhie
Nicaracuan Canal
Gulf
Kimberly
City of
Sprike
Louisville
Continental Tobacco Co
United States Senate
National Zeitung
Social Democratic
Brandenberg
Central Agricultural Association of
East Prussia
Hag
ANEW
Seoul
Corean
Victoria
B. C
Corea
THE
Roberta
Broderick
M’donald
Rom
Secret Society
Dreans
Supreme Court of Michigan
Crowe
MceGee
Beals
Copenhagen
L. S. Swenson
McIntyre
Charles E. LeBarbier
LeBarbir
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