Crowds Clash With Police Near Vatican Embassy in Rome
Thousands gathered around the French embassy in Rome as Rome’s garrison faced demonstrators led by Radical Socialists and deputies. Police and soldiers sealed bridges, bayonets fixed, and several people were arrested with a few slightly wounded. A French envoy thanked the demonstrators, while Italy urged neutrality in church relations.
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France
Vatican
Rome
Apostolic Palace
Chamber of Deputies
France Borghese
Costa
Bruno
British French Italian pledge to protect Abyssinia integrity
Great Britain France and Italy sign an agreement with the approval of Menelik to safeguard Abyssinia’s integrity and maintain the status quo. It envisions nondisturbance of the Addis Ababa railway expansion from Djibouti to Addis Ababa, joint action in crises, and arms control in East Africa with each power supervising its sphere.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Menelik
Abyssinia
Addis Abeba
Jiboutt
Diredaoua
Mrs Osler Reaches a Century in Toronto
Mrs Featherston Osler of Toronto Ontario is 100 years old and mother of Dr William Osler, famed for the quip on age. The report notes she remains useful and not a burden. A separate item mentions Mrs Martha Hunt of Satina claiming to be 103 and seeking divorce from her husband aged 60 on grounds of cruelty. She says he left eight years ago after she kicked him out.
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Featherston Osler
Toronto
Ont
William Osler
Martha Hunt
Satina
Hunt
Postoffices Rise to Presidential Class in Four States
Fifteen post offices in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia advance from the fourth to the Presidential class as of January 1. Pennsylvania offices include Big Run Frackville Gap McConnellaburg Middleburg New Oxford Roulette Smithton Wilcox and Youngwood among others. Ohio offices listed are Berlin Heights Freeport Lexington Westapt Alexandria and the West Virginia site McDonald Vila. The Montana Supreme Court upholds the eight hour attitude of the state as constitutional.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Big Run
Frackvile
Gap
McConnellaburg
Middleburg
Ew Oxford
Roulette
Smithton
Wilcox
Young Wood
Berlin Heights
Freeport
Lexington
Wapt
Alexandria
West
V&b
Vila
McDonald
Monster Warships Plan Drafted for Navy Battleship
Secretary Bonaparte forwards the draft plans for a giant battleship to Congress. The Bureau of Construction proposes a 610 foot long, 95 foot beam, 20,000 ton vessel with 21 knot speed, armed with 12 inch and 5 inch guns and machine guns. Cost set at 6 million dollars with heavy armor plus oil and coal storage, designed for either reciprocating or turbine engines.
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Secretary of Navy
Congress
Bonaparte
Construction Bureau of the Navy
Individunts
Construction Bureau
Wireless telephony achiev ed Berlin to Nauen link
The German Society of Wireless Telegraphy reports a successful wireless telephonic link between Berlin and Nauen, 24 miles apart. Professor Slaby calls the experiment eminently successful, says wireless telephony is solved though distance unit undetermined, and foresees world‑span speaking soon using microphone with standard wireless telegraphy gear.
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German Society of Wireless Telegraphy
Berlin
Nauen
Slaby
Sloby
Washington Notes on Railroad Rates and Cabinet Nominations
Representative Garrett of Tonnes proposes a bill to amend railroad rate law allowing newspapers to receive transportation from railroads for ads. Debates on public health department cabinet representation rise at the annual conference. Senate confirms Moody as Associate Justice Bonaparte as Attorney General Metcalf as Navy Secretary Straus as Commerce and Labor Secretary, with duties starting December 24. Townsend bills for compulsory labor dispute investigations in government logistics advance, requiring a seven-member commission with balanced expertise.
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Garrett of Tonnessee
Department of Public Health
Committee On Medical Legislation
National Legislative Council of the American Association
Senate
William H. Moody
United States Supreme Court
Charles J. Bonaparte
Victor H. Metcalf
Navy
Oscar §. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Townsend
House Committee On
House Votes for Higher Salaries for Leaders and Cabinet
The House approved pay raises by rising votes. The Speaker and Vice President will earn $12,000 annually starting March 4, with opposition from a few Republicans. Cabinet members also get $12,000 from March 4, Webber the sole Republican opponent.
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House
Webber
Ohio College Receives Major Gift For Medical Lab
President Charles F P Thwing of Cleveland announces two gifts of 100000 each from H M Hanna and Col Oliver H Payne to Western Reserve University. The 200000 total funds will establish and endow a laboratory of experimental medicine in the university’s medical schools assembling resources for research and teaching.
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Ohio College
Charles FP. Thwing
Cleveland, O
Western Heserga University
H. M. Hanna
Oliver H. Payne
Western Reserve
Stockholders to vote on capital increase plan for railroad
At a Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad directors meeting a special stockholders meeting in New York City on February 28 was proposed to approve increasing capital from 10 million to 30 million dollars. Albert H. Harrie and Charles F. Daly were elected vice presidents, Harrie in charge of the legal department and Daly of passenger affairs.
Terrible famine riots in Russia and China alarm US aid agencies
Desperate peasants in Samara and Simbirsk provinces raid landowner estates as famine spreads in Russia while a separate famine hits central China. Troops struggle to restore order as $10 million in property is destroyed. The American Red Cross weighs responses including food shipments versus cash.
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Russia
Bellef
Samara
Simbirsk
Nihe
Red Cross
America
Rusnia
Wage Increase For Delaware Lackawanna Workers
General Superintendent T H Clarke announced a ten percent raise for all transportation department employees of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western railroad, effective January 1, affecting about 1,000 workers including station agents clerks telegraph operators and baggage masters. The train service staff such as engineers firemen and switchmen already received a ten hour day and a wage rise. Talks continue for conductors and trainmen.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
T. HH. Clarke
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Transportation Department
Inheritance Tax Revenue From State Laws
Census data shows that in 1902 about half the states taxed inheritances, yielding over 7 million dollars. Officials estimate 1903 revenue could reach 10 to 12 million, with at least a dozen states relying on this source to support state governments.
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Bureau of the Census
States of the Union
Officinia
Railroad workers shot returning home in West Virginia
A party of Baltimore and Ohio railroad section workmen, returning to Le Sages after attending a union meeting in Huntington, were fired on from ambush. Three men were seriously injured: Homer Knight, Roland Leopold, and Walter Frenning.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Section
le Sages
W. Va
Huntington
Homer Knight
Roland Leopold
Walter Frenning
Kaiser dissolves Reichstag after Africa aid defeat
Scenes of excitement marked the Reichstag’s termination as the government’s bills for a supplementary allowance to support troops in German Southwest Africa failed. Chancellor Von Buelow urged the duty to warn on the vote’s grave responsibility, asking if Germany will jeopardize colonies and stature for a petty sum. He questioned if the German people should be smaller than others.
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Africa
von Buelow
Prince von Buelow
Tragic Ridgway Man Fatally Struck by Train Near El Paso
William A. Fairelough of Ridgway New Jersey was killed instantly on a Southern Pacific train near El Paso. He stood on a car platform in view of his family when a coupling broke and he fell between two cars, the incident witnessed by relatives.
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William A. Fairelough
Ridgway
N. J
Southern Pacific Railroad
el Paso
Standard Oil to raise wages for underpaid workers
The Standard Oil Company announced it would advance wages of all employed workers earning less than $100 a month by 10 percent, effective January 1. The plan targets those previously paid below the monthly threshold, aiming to lift their pay with a uniform raise.
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Standard Oi
State Board Seeks Support for Uniform Accounting Law
The State Board of Pennsylvania, through its literature, urges adoption of a uniform accounting law to save taxpayers. S. N. Williams of Williamsport cites Ohio savings where the Bureau of Inspection showed $69,999.01 in publicly receivable funds in one year, with $32,297.27 returned after corrections.
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Pennsylvania Bunta Board of Trade
State Board of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
8. N. Williams
Williamsport
Ohio
Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices
Mitchell on Child Labor at National Civic Federation Meeting
The National Civic Federation opened its fifth annual gathering at the Park Avenue Hotel in New York with about 260 attendees. President Belmont led the meeting as W. J. Richards defended mine owners regarding breaker boys in the anthracite region while John Mitchell, W. A. May, and others spoke. Mitchell urged changing the law to allow children to play before working, noting many started work at ages eight to twelve and criticizing operators for opposing educational conditions.
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National Civic Federation
Park Avenue
New York
Belmont
W. J. Richards
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
John Mitchell
W. A. May
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Would Prefer Old Soldiers If 2 Dillamen Introduced in Senate
The Penrose-Acheson bill aims to extend civil service preference to all persons honorably discharged from military or naval service, not just those wounded in duty. It would amend Section 1,754 of the revised statutes to include any honorable discharge regardless of injury, with Senate and House sponsors named.
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Senate
Washington
Penrose
House
EB. F. Acheson
Penrope-Acheson
Wheat Acreage Increases as Report Notes Similar to 1905
Government agricultural department figures show winter wheat planted area up 1.1 percent from 1905, adding about 353000 acres to a total of 21665080. December 1 conditions stand at 94.1 percent, matching 1905, with Ohio at 103 and 97 percent and Pennsylvania at 100 and 98 percent across years. Grover Cleveland’s illness improves slightly at Princeton home, though still ill with indigestion and a cold.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Cleveland
New York
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Carnegie Offers Fund to Support Peace Prize Headquarters
Andrew Carnegie informed President Roosevelt via a friend that he would substantially add to the Nobel peace prize of 40,000 if the President agrees. Carnegie aims to create a large prominent headquarters for a proposed industrial peace committee backed by the prize income.
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Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Roosevelt
Crnegie
Industrial Peace Committee
Coal famine in North Dakota prompts hearing call
Congressman Thomas Marshall at Oakes North Dakota wires J M Marble attorney for the Interstate Commerce Commission urging a thorough investigation of coal supply in relation to car shortages. In Maryland the Maryland Club, an exclusive social group, was indicted by the Grand Jury for Sunday liquor law violations.
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Thomas Marshall
Oakes, N. N
Washington
J. M. Marble
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Maryland Club
State of
Maryland
Ex Governor Moses Found Dead at Lodging House
Former South Carolina governor Franklin J. Moses was found dead at a lodging house by Winthrop Beach. The death was caused by asphyxiation. He had a varied career and, once wealthy, died in relative poverty at about 0 years old.
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Franklin J. Moses
South Carolina
Winthrop Beach
Myr
Moses
Railroad Aegman Dead at Twenty in Greensburg
In Greensburg a railroad Aegman named Thomas Mowry aged 20 shot himself in the head with a 38 caliber revolver and died instantly. The incident details reflect a tragic self-inflicted death with no further names or context provided.
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Greensburg
Thomas Mowry
Old Style Spelling Battle Grimly Bites Public Printer
The House fights over a provision in the appropriation bill forcing the public printer to use old spelling in all public documents or lose his salary. The clash pits the President against Congress with the printer caught in the middle. A vote is pending amid debate and a possible yearly reenactment.
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House of Representatives
White House
Congress
House
Senate
Crum~packer
Indiana
Greavenor
Ohio
Power House Fire at Pittsburg Coal Plant
A devastating blaze at Prices dale two miles north of Bellegennon Pa destroyed the Pittsburg Coal Company's power house along with six boilers three large dynamos and all equipment. Loss placed at 150000. Fire spread to No 4 tipple where 50 tons of coal were stored and dynamite was used to check the flames.
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Pittsburg Coal Company
Pricesdale
Bellegennon
Senate probes alleged fatal experiments in Manila cholera cases
Senate agrees to Gallinger resolution directing the Secretary of War to report on alleged cholera experiments by Army Surgeon Strong at Manila. Inquiry seeks whether 10 or more died, if victims were warned, and which authorities bear responsibility. Also notes the steamer Bluecher detained in New York quarantine with one smallpox case among passengers.
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Senate
Gallinger
Secretary of War
Strong
Manila
United States
New York
Hamburg
Germany to Build More Warships in Budget Plan
Berlin authorizes naval appropriations for two battleships to replace the Wuerganberg promoted cruiser two small cruisers to replace the Greig and the Jaged and 12 torpedo pontoons. The total appropriation reaches 09 500 000 dollars and Commissioner Garfield notes an end to rail rate discrimination favoring Standard Oil by government action.
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Germany
Berlin
Garfield
Standard Oil Company
Gillette Transferred to Auburn Death Row Prison
Chester B. Gillette, condemned for Grace Brown murder, arrived at Auburn prison in New York under Herkimer county custody. He was moved from the train to the prison in a closed carriage.
Churches Protest Christmas Observance in Public Schools
Representatives of the Orthodox and Reformed Hebrew congregations of New York joined a protest before the committee on elementary schools against the observance of Christmas festivities in public schools.
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Orthodox and
Reformed
Hebrew Congregations of
New York
Committee On Elementary Schools
Repaid Loan Conviction Ties Mutual Reserve Officer
George Burnham Jr a vice president and general counsel of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company was convicted of larceny of 7500 of company funds in New York The trial stemmed from a state legislative probe into insurance firms Two other officers Frederick A Burnham and an indicted associate faced related charges The case featured a check bearing Louis F Payn and a Payn demand for 100000 The proceedings were postponed to Friday and Burnham remained in Tombs prison.
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George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
New York
Burnham
Insurance Company
Frederick A. Burnham
J. Douglass Welly
Louis F. Payn
Insurance
United States Xpress Company
United States
Platt
Mr. Payn
I T
Payn
Life Insurance Company
Tombs Prison
Woman offers brain sale to universities in four cities
Mrs. M. J. Francis of Richmond declares she is willing to sell her brain and body after death to universities in Richmond Philadelphia Chicago and New York if she can secure enough money to last her lifetime. She says poverty drove the proposition and that she will sign papers bequeathing brain or body or both to the highest bidder who pays immediately.
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M. J. Francis
Richmond
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Hartje Divorce Case Won by Mrs Hartje
Mrs Mary Scott Hartie cried with joy at her father John Scott's Pittsburg home after Judge Robert S Frazer filed a favorable opinion in the Hartje divorce case. The ruling settles the long struggle for good, bringing relief to Hartje and her children.
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Hartje
Mary Scott Hartie
John Scott
Pittsburg
Robert S. Frazer
Augustne Hartje
World’s Fair plans spark Frisco and Boston night hours
San Francisco proposes a 1918 world’s fair and a 1913 Pacific Exposition Co. aims to mark the discovery of the Pacific and the Panama Canal with a $5,000,000 mammoth fair. Pensioners may gain monthly checks under a Penrose bill. Boston ends strict midnight shut at hotels after voters approve late hours.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast Exposition Co
Whch
Pacific Ocean
Balba
Panama Canal
Robberies and incidents in brief from headlines
Telegraphic briefs report Drexel Missouri bank safe wreck and $5000 theft. Antonia Cassiamano of Irvington North Carolina in danger after swallowing part of plaster. Episcopalians withdraw from evangelistic campaign at James town Exposition. One hundred twenty Philippine reinforcements recalled by Insular Affairs with fifty allocated to entrance salaries. Danville Virginia wreck leads to arrests of railroad men Clem mer Skinnell and O J Mull on murder warrants.
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Philippines
Manila
Bureau of Insular
Antonia Cassiamano
Irvington
N. C
Iit
Philipinas
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Murdo
Southern Railway
Clemmer
Skinnell
O. J. Mull
Danville
Sixty Japanese Drowned in Sudden Squall at Sea
In Tokia Sunray sailors in native boats returning to the Japanese cruiser Chitose capsized during a squall. Sixty sailors are reported drowned. Separately at Bekman West Virginia an explosion of 16,000 pounds of powder on three mine cars drawn by a mine locomotive killed one and injured nine, two gravely.
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Chitose
Tokia
Sunray
It Se
Bek~man
W. Va
Trade Review Notes Holiday Demand and Labor Shortages
R G Dun and Co weekly review reports holiday trade dominates while winter goods distribution rises as temperature cools. Irregular collections persist due to high money rates and crop markets, with labor shortages evident in wage hikes and factory demand. Steel and cotton mills seek quick delivery. pig iron futures cautious as prices stay high. Leather remains strong with quiet absorption of hemlock and union gare amid expected further price rises. Farm staples show limited weekly influence from official reports.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Secretary of the Treasury
Bessemer
New Insect Pests Spread By Automobiles Across Regions
The New York Press notes a new terror on the highways as gypsy and brown tail moths hitch rides in cars. They alight in Boston area and spread through New England and as far as New Jersey, forming colonies while auto travel carries them onward. Also mentions Africa’s slow textile weaving, about three yards daily per worker.
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Hiya Beach
New York
Boston
New England
New Jersey
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BIG
Teachers For Philippines
Mutual Reserve
Frisco
Treasury Department
Old Boston
Inter-State Bank
Drexel, Mo
Eigin Creamery
Ohio Creamery
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