Several AP Appointments Reach National Posts
Washington dated dispatch lists presidential nominations to Sweden and Norway and other posts including minister resident and consul general in Bogota. Consuls named include Pollard at Monterey and Layton at Montrose while land office and land-surveyor appointments are noted for Colorado and New Mexico. Also coverage of Creedon vs McCoy boxing match slated for Long Island tonight with potential middleweight title implications and a judge ordering warrants against both fighters.
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Washington
M. Thomas, Jr
Maine
Sweden
Norway
Hamilton King
Michigan
Gental
Siam
James McNabi
Pennsylvania
Bogota
Colombia
Edgar O. Chorn
Massachussetts
St. Petersburg
Includ
Geo. H. Moulin
Colorado Spring
Demarara
British Guinea
Murshall Hastead
New York
Birmingham
Eng
Joan K. Pollard
Ohio
Monterey
Mexico
Richard Lebert
Colorado
The
Land Office
James A. Layton
Montrose
George W. Warner
Akron
Albert W. Thompson
New Mexico
Clayton
N. M
McCoy-Creedon Mill
Dai Creedon
Australia
Kid’ McCoy
Long Island Athletic Club
Montreal
Tom O'Rourke
Broadway Athletic Club
Mil
Long Island
Canada
Creedon
McCoy
Robert Fitzsimmons
Indiana
Fitz
Long Island City
Duffy
Prince arraigned in Bow Street for Terriss murder
London December 17 Prince the murderer of actor Terriss was arraigned at Bow Street police court and remanded until Wednesday. Police testimony described the killing as the suspect claimed Terriss ruined his career and blackmailed him for ten years. Spectators hissed and booed as Prince disrupted proceedings.
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London
Prince
Terriss
Bowstrest
Police Staton
English patron gifts Windward ship for Perry expedition
A. C. Harmsworth, owner of the London Mail and 16 journals, presents the ar tic Windward to Lieut Perry. The ship will be overhauled and sent to America for use in his upcoming expedition. Harmsworth backed the Jackson-Harmsworth voyage at $125,000, which traced Franz Joseph Land after three quarters at Franz Josef Land.
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London
A. C. Harmsworth
Artic Explorations
Artic
Perry
America
Harmsworth
London Mail
Franz Josenhard
England
Franz Josephiand
Fuller Named Beneficiary in Allen Will at Death
Grace Fuller, once secretary to Potter Palmer and nurse to Thomas Allen, is named beneficiary of more than 25,000 dollars in the will of the late Thomas Allen of Chicago. The younger Allen died earlier and Fuller had cared for his father during his final illness.
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Chicago
Becsuse
Thomas Allen
Grace Fuller
Allen
Miss Fuller
Potter Palmer
Jem’s B Allen
War Over Stockings At Girls High School
In Philadelphia on December 17 Prof. Romero of the girls high school battles pupils over stockings. He fined fifty one pupils five demerits each for gaudy hosiery provoking great excitement and trouble as students appeared Wednesday decked out in flashy stockings.
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Philadelphia
Romero
Girls’ High School
Solmon
Death on Whale Back Barge Stuns Buffalo Harbor
Chas. Murray is dead and George Marrequist is recovering from an assault after a dispute aboard a whale back barge in the Buffalo harbor. Both men were paid yesterday and found missing at bunk space after they failed to answer breakfast call. A $150 payday vanished with them this morning.
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Buffalo
City of Columbia Sets Historic Alaska Voyage
The Klondike steamship City of Columbia clears New York bound for the Yukon. If it reaches the mouth of the Yukon 19 300 miles away, it will mark the longest voyage ever undertaken by a steamship.
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New York
Klondike Steamship Cty of
Columbia
Alaska
Yukon
Will Prune Appropriations Cut Big and Small Bills
A House member aligned with the administration said December 17 that the pruning will halt millions in large appropriation bills and also scrutinize small items.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Accumulated Gas Explosion Fatal at Philadelphia Plant
A blast in the old room of the Pennsylvania and Cor Rugated company today burned Peter McShane to death. The fire caused a loss of 25 900 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Ofd
Pennsylvania and Corrugated Company
Peter McShane
Board of Arbitration Vacancy At Joint Traffic Meeting
Presidents of lines in the Joint Traffic Association met in secret to discuss west and east bound rates and to pick a candidate for the board of arbitration vacancy caused by Vice President Hobart's resignation. Candidates include Joseph Nimmo, H K Thurber, and E B Stabman with Colonel A F Walker a possible option. The $5,000 annual salary limits time commitment.
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Joint Traffic Association
New York
Board of Control
Board of Arbitration
Hobart
A. F. Walker
Atchison Board of Directors
Joseph
Nimmo
H. K. Thurber
E.B Stabman
Old Southern Railway and Steamship Association
Queen and party head to Osborne for winter visit
London dispatch reports the Queen leaving Windsor with Princess Beatrice for a mid winter stay at Osborne Isle of Wight lasting two months. The royal party includes Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne as guests for the Christmas holidays.
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London
Beatrice
Windsor
Osborne
Isle of Wight
Louise
Marquis of Lorne
Duke
Duchess of Connsaucht
A Chinese Wrinkle How Celestials Name Nations of Earth
The article explains how China and treaty powers assign monosyllabic names to nations for diplomatic use. It describes Wa for Japan originally, Ying Ko for England meaning flourishing country, Fa Kwo for France law abiding, and Mel kdo for the United States beautiful country, noting Japan prefers Jipen the land of the Rising Sun.
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England
Ying Ko
Great Britain
France
Germany
United States
Italy
Japan
Quick Liberty hanging for murder of daughter
William Carr was hanged in Liberty Missouri for murdering his young daughter. He walked to the scaffold and told the deputy to proceed, with the rope trap activated swiftly. The execution was among the fastest and neatest ever seen in the state.
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Liberty
William Carr
Klondike Agent Samuel Dunham Missing In Alaska
Washington dispatch reports the labor department will investigate the disappearance of Klondike Agent Samuel S. Dunham. Fear grows he perished from harsh climate or an accident, with his last message dated September 14 from Lake Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Labor
Idaho Official Arrives to Probe Cherokee Freedmen Deal
William P. McConnell an Idaho Indian inspector and George C. Ross assistant attorney of the interior department reached Tahlequah to investigate the 126000 Cherokee freedmen compromise alleged to defraud the government. Sensational developments are expected.
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Tahlequah, I. T
William P. McConnell
George C. Ross
Interior Department
Nelson Whitlesy Tied to $10000 Customs Shortage Arrested
Nelson Whitlesy longtime publisher of the Daily Globe and local figure was captured in Danville Kentucky with the wife of a local merchant. He fled last week with a $10000 shortage in his customs accounts.
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Council Bluffs
Nelson Whitlesy
Danville, Ky
Whitless
Daily Globe
Railroad Board Finds No Primal Cause In October 24 Disaster
Albany December 17 The state railroad commission released findings on the October 24 wreck that killed eighteen passengers and three employees. The commission said it could not determine a primal cause. It noted the complexity of the incident and the lack of a single triggering factor.
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Albany
N. Y
State Railroad Commission
Anti-Scalping Bill Move In Senate Committee
The interstate commerce committee met in Washington at the call of Senator Cullom to take up the anti scalping bill. Despite prior consideration last session and a summer extra session, a pooling bill blocked progress. Resolutions urging passage came from boards of trade and chambers of commerce nationwide. Cullom aims to push the measure forward with a strong lobby opposing scalpers.
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Washington, UV. C
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Cullom
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Cunlom
Fire kills six in Ottawa home tragedy
In Ottawa on December 17 six people perished in a house fire. Patrick Leahy and his five children were rescued from the ruins after firefighters gained control. Authorities suspect the blaze started when the father, mentally deranged, wandered the house with a lit lamp.
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Ottawa
Ont
Patrick Leahy
Painter Robert Martin shoots policeman. fugitive hunted
In Desoto Missouri at about midnight December 17 painter Robert Martin shot and killed Policeman Willis who was trying to arrest him. Martin escaped and is believed to be somewhere in the countryside as bloodhounds are used to track him.
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Desoto, Mo
Robert Martin
Willis
Martin
Glasgow Seagoing Engineers Strike Halts Samaritan Departure
In Glasgow harbor sea going engineers from the Allan Line struck delaying the steamer Samaritan which was slated to sail for Mostra today. The halted departure affects the vessel and port operations as crews rally.
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Glassgow
Allan Steamship Line
Glasglow Harbor
Samaritan
Mostra
Fire injures three at Richardson's produce market
A blaze at Charles Richardson's produce market in Buflalo caused about $10,000 in damage and left three firefighters seriously injured. Fire crews from the city battled the flames this morning, with authorities investigating the cause while tending to the injured.
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Charles Richardson
Insurance plan insures bathers in Atlantic for a day
Atlantic City on December 17 reports a new life insurance project for bathers. For a nickel a person can insure their life for 1000 dollars for one day, with coverage limited to death or drowning during the summer bathing season.
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Atlantic City
Enameled ware manufacturers plan $25 million merger
Chicago date shows manufacturers of enameled ware in session to complete a $25,000,000 combination. Final terms not agreed. convention adjourned to meet in New York in two weeks.
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Chicago
New York
Independence or Nothing ultimatum to Secretary Sherman
The Times reports that Cuba has delivered an ultimatum to Secretary Sherman stating the island government will accept no intervention that does not guarantee independence. The claim positions Cuba against outside control and asserts a sovereign political future.
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Washington
the Times Today
Sherman
Island
Million Dollar Blaze Rips Grand Forks Hotels
A Grand Forks bulletin reports a massive fire raging in the city destroying the Hotel Dakota and two wholesale houses. Several lives are said to be lost in the blaze as of this morning.
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St. Paul
Grand Forks
N. D
Dakota
Corbett-Gerns breach suit plaintiff marries local man
Danville reports Mrs. Carrie Corbett, the plaintiff in the Corbett Gerns breach of remise suit, wed last night to Daniel Yont of this city. The groom is five years younger than the bride.
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Danville
Carrie Corbett
Corbett-Gerns
Aniel Yont
Ortroom
Rebel General Ruiz Rivera Remains Prisoner in Spain
Reports from Havana on December 17 confirm that rebel general Ruiz Rivera has not been freed by a royal pardon as claimed. He has been moved to a prison in Spain where he remains detained.
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Havana
Rbel
Ruiz Rivera
Spain
Severe sleet and freezing wind move through Independence
In Independence Kansas sleet is falling and a cold north wind is blowing. The temperature has dropped about 40 degrees in the last 24 hours.
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Independence
Kans
Stenographer Sues Store Manager for Damages
Miss Christine Hauman of Chicago sues K Mayne department store manager for 35000 damages claiming she was called a flirt. The complaint filed December 17 cites injury to reputation and emotional distress.
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Chicago
Christine Hauman
K. Mayne
Becaush
Silver Markets NEW on December 17
Silver markets report a price update with a 66 unit figure and lead at 3. The entry notes a forthcoming new release date of December 17 and references commodity pricing.
Irrigation Leaders Meet in Las Cruces Over River Watersupply
Yesterday in Las Cruces Secretary Johna and Director Fair of Rio Grande Dam and Irrigation met Ditch Commissioners Barker Dessauer Snow Casad Robbing Freudenthal to discuss a proposed river water supply and distribution through three communities ditches. No decision was reached but an adjourned meeting is set for next Thursday. Preparations begin to resume dam and main canal work to ensure full operation before the irrigation season opens next month.
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Las Cruces
Johna
Fair
Rio Grande Dam
Johns
Denial of Plot Claim Taints Senatorial Canvass
In Washington on December 17 Jne R. McLean denied a conference in which it was claimed that Chas L. Kurtz Benson Foraker son of the senator and McLean plotted to overthrow Mark Hanna in the senatorial canvass.
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Washington
Jne R. McLean
Chas L. Kurtz
Benson Foraker
Mark Hanna
Millionaire Jacob Weil Ends Life in Chicago Office
Chicago December 17. Jacob Weil a wealthy real estate dealer shot himself at noon in his office. Brooding over his son's insanity is given as the suspected cause of the act.
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Chicago
Jacob Weil
Model Lucy Haberland’s Beauty Destroyed in Paris Assault
Paris report says Lucy Haberland, a famed model, had her beauty destroyed when acid was thrown by rival model Juidi celli. Officials note jealousy as the motive in this shocking incident.
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Paris
Lucy Haberland
Juidicelli
Blizzard Strikes North Texas Denison Area
A blizzard with sleet and snow has raged for 24 hours near Denison and the Indian Territory. Stock losses mounting as winter weather disrupts the region.
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Texas
Dallas
Denison
Indian Territory
Stock
Robt. Anders Named to Luetgert Jury in Chicago
Chicago December 17 Robt Anders a 7 8 shoemaker was secured this morning to take the place of Boasberg on the Luetgert jury.
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Chicago
Robt. Anders
Boasberg
Luetgert
Wagon spoke factory fire destroys Chicago plant
A fire destroyed the wagon spoke factory of W. H. Tuthill in Chicago early today. Loss is estimated at 25000 dollars.
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Chicago
W. H. Tuthill
Deeds and Rail News From Mills Map Area and Lines
Deeds recorded H M Mundy to O K Snow et al for part of block 35 Mills map and 18000 square feet on the west. C O Coffin to Felix Martinez for 5000 dollars part of lot 204 block 5 Mills map. Sleepers run Pacific coast to New Orleans on G H and to St Louis on T P. Grand jury reports sixteen indictments though no arrests yet. A train load of cattle arrived for Mr Cox.
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H. M. Mundy
O. K. Snow
C.O. Coffin
Felix Martinez
Pacific Coast
New Orleans
G. H
St. Louis
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A.H. Richards, Jeweler
Sheldon Block
Juarez Branch
Banco Comercial OF
Chinuahua
Republic of Mexico
Europe
Lots Terrazas
Enrique C.creel
JO. M. Falomir
Maximo Krakaure
Luis Terrazas, Jr
Ciudad Juarez
Adolph Krakauer
Oiane
Benso Minero
Chihashua
Komfortosse
PEW & Son
van Blarcom
C.C. Tanner & Bro Hardware
F.wild & CO
ST. Louis Street
Illing
Watson’ Maple
Vermont
J. B. Watson
San Antonio and
Stanton Streets
AL Paso
Teifas
New Mexico and
Kodak
W. G. Walz Co
EL Paso, Texas
H Krupp & Bro
San Antonio Street
Diamond’s
Artic Exploration
Telegraph
Special Klondike Agent
Indian Fraud Investigation
Kansas
Flirt
Cox
Royal
Oya
Royal Baking Peunesa
Cee
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