Pathetic letter explains suicide of toy firm treasurer
Edward G. Williams, 50, treasurer of Ives & Williams toy makers, shot himself at the Clarendon Hotel. He left a letter to his Brooklyn wife and daughter blaming financial reverses and family taunts, saying poverty drove him to take his own life after years of hardship. Williams was known in New York and Bridgeport.
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Edward G. Williams
Ives & Williams Company
Clarendon Hotel
Williams
St. Marks Place
Brooklyn
Chicago girl Annie Powell dies by morphine overdose
Miss Annie Powell, from a prominent Chicago family, died at the Great Northern hotel after taking morphine. She had been disowned by her parents, with the act said to stem from mental distress. Mrs. C H Wells, staying with the girl, is detained as part of the investigation.
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Annie Powell
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Great Northern Hotel
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Drexel Boulevard
Col Higginson Celebrates 76th Birthday in Cambridge
Col Thomas Wentworth Higginson received many congratulatory messages on his seventy sixth birthday. Dozens of friends visited his Cambridge home as he approached advanced age with quiet observances and admired tributes from literary friends across the Atlantic.
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Boston
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Atlantic
Luthor
Cambridge
Four Score Milestone Speech By Colonel Higginson
Colonel Higginson declares he is more vigorous now than years ago and can accomplish as much literary work as ever, marking a life milestone.
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Colonists sail from New York to Cuba for northern Santiago settlement
General Paul Van Der Voort of Omaha announces a first colonizing party will sail from New York tomorrow to settle on 5 to 40 acre tracts along the northern shore of Santiago de Cuba. The group comprises several hundred men from various trades, mainly from the western United States, with land rich in timber.
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New York
Paul van der Voort
Omaha
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
The Globe National Bank Fails in Boston
Boston reports that the Globe National Bank has closed its doors and Special Bank Examiner Wing has taken charge at the Comptroller Dawes's request. Deposits exceed 3 million dollars while liabilities surpass 10 million. Bank officials pledge depositors will not lose money, though stockholders bear the bulk of losses. President Stephens called the action a surprise as hope faded for a rescue.
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Boston
Globe National Bank
Dawes
Stephens
Waiting for the Verdict in the Great Elephant Butte Dam Case
The article centers on the courtroom proceedings over the Great Elephant Butte Dam case. It outlines the legal battle, key arguments from both sides, and anticipation of a verdict pending decisions by the court.
Judge Parker weighs facts in Elephant Butte case appeal
Special Dispatch from Las Cruces New Mexico reports Judge Parker wrestling with the deluge of facts figures and inferences in the Elephant Butte trial attorneys for the defense filed a long finding of facts Judge Parker is asked to decide whichever way the decision goes the other side will appeal. Attys Hawkins Judge Burch and Mr Sutton traveled to El Paso today Judge Fall Mr Follett and Prof Carpenter remain in the valley with anxious local interest at stake.
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Elephant Butte
Hawkins
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Sutton
el Paso
Judge Fall
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Prof
Carpenter
Mesilla Valley
Banana Market Slumps After Jamaica Hurricane
Bananas remain scarce for the holiday trade in New York as Jamaica hurricane damage and protracted storms hinder growth. Of forty ships usually active this season, only about 25 to 28 remain able to cargo fruit from West Indian and Gulf ports. Oranges, by contrast, are abundant and high quality.
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New York
Commission
Jamaica
McKinley’s mate emerges as Bliss favored for VP
A New York rumor pins Cornelius N Bliss as McKinley’s running mate with a strong party push. Elihu Root loses New York organization support and Lt. Gov Timothy L Woodruff is seen as weak beyond state lines for vice presidency.
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Cornelius N. Bliss
McKinley
Elihu Root
New York Republican Organization
Timothy L. Woodruff
Zinc Works Disaster at Lanyonville Kills Two Men
At the Lanyon Zinc company plant near Lanyonville five miles east of Tota Kansas a large area was destroyed by fire caused by a natural gas regulator explosion. Two workers Jess Matthews and J B Chaub were killed when a smokestack fell. The loss totals about 250000 dollars.
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Lanyon Zinc Company
Lanyonville
Jess Matthews
J. B. Chaub
Quay Case Delayed Until January 5
Washington December 22 The Senate privileges and elections committee chaired by Mr Chandler will not consider the Quay case during the holidays and will take it up again on Friday January 5.
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Washington
Chanaler
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Bank of France Refuses Loan to Bank of England
Paris December 22 Libre Parole reports the Bank of France declined a loan of 200 million francs to the Bank of England, on top of the 300 million francs already provided in October.
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Libre Parole
Bank of France
Bank of England
Tolstoi Recovers in Vienna After Illness
Tolstoi, the famed writer, who had been gravely ill for two weeks in Moscow, has fully recovered and is reported well in Vienna.
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Vienna
Moody Dies in Northfield Estate Announcement Shocks Christians
Dwight L. Moody, renowned evangelist, died at his Northfield home on December 22, shocking the Christian world. The death removes a towering figure of revival and religious outreach.
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Northfield
Mass
Dwight L. Moody
Plymouth Folk Celebrate Pilgrim Anniversary in Historic Town
Plymouth Mass hosts annual festivities marking the town founding and Standish Guards formation though history questions the Pilgrim landing date. New York New England society plans a Waldorf Astoria dinner for 500 to mark the Pilgrim landing and society anniversary.
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Standish Guards
United States
Plymouth Rock
O’ Woods
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New England Society
Waldorf-Astoria
Engineer Killed in Buffalo Junction Collision
Bradford express on the Buffalo and Southwestern railway collided with a Lackawanna engine at Buffalo Junction just before nine. Engineer Wa Lanigan was instantly killed and Fireman Schultz fatally injured. Passengers were badly shaken but not seriously hurt.
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Buffalo and Southwestern Railway
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Pireman Schultz
Copper and metals prices update from New York market
New York trading closes with copper at 164 dollars, silver at 5.94 and lead at 4.46 as dullness in copper prevails on December 22.
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New York
Conductor Killed in Santa Fe Yard Collision
In Cerillos New Mexico on December 18 Conductor M C Thornton died when Train No 96 halted abruptly in Thornton without the cupola of the way car he had just left. He was thrown between the caboose and the preceding car, dislocating his neck and severing one leg. Remains sent to Las Vegas for forwarding to relatives.
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N. M
Thornton
Santa Fe
M. C. Thornton
Las Vegas
Hollanders in Milwaukee plan anti war mass meeting
The Milwaukee Hollanders, about 3000 to 4000 members, will gather for a mass meeting to act on the South Africa war issue. They do not intend to join the Transvaal combatants but will aid the Red Cross in caring for wounded on battlefields in South Africa.
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Milwaukee
Wis
South Africa
Milwaukee Hollanders
Transvaal
Red Cross Society
Cuban Leaders Bid Farewell to Gen Brooke at Banquet
A farewell banquet honored Gen. Brooke in Havana with responses to toasts by Generals Wood Dudlow and Menocal and other leading Cuban figures.
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Dudlow
Menocal
Havana
Gen. Brooke
Death of Tammany Leader Charles “Silver Dollar” Smith
Charles Smith known as Silver Dollar Smith a veteran Tammany figure in New York City eighth assembly district dies at 8 o clock this morning. His long career in local politics spanned decades and his role in Tammany politics is noted in contemporary obituaries.
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Tammany
New York
Charles
Bomb Thrown at Bishop of Moulineau Palace
A bomb exploded last night at the palace of the Bishop of Moulineau in Paris causing extensive property damage but no injuries were reported.
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Moulino
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