France in Turmoil Over Confiscation of Church Property
France faces a crisis as new law confiscates church property and prompts possible civil war. Soldiers guard urban churches outside Paris to stop mass. prosecutions target ultramontane abbés at St Pierre Du Gros Caillou, St Augustine, and St Roch. Clergy resistance leads to immediate takeover of ecclesiastical properties, pension suspensions, and conscription of aspirants. La Croix calls loyal Catholics to defend priests and oppose demonstrations.
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France
Paris
St. Pierre du Gros Caillou
St. Augustine
St. Roch
la Croi
Controversy Over French Church Separation Law
The Vatican and French clergy clash as Pope Lius Ras orders firm stance against government demands. The dispute centers on the 1581 public meeting law and church property valued at about 200 million dollars confiscated under the new separation law. The revolution and Napoleon era left titles murky, with lay associations not recognized by the state. The French ambassador to the Vatican has been withdrawn.
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Lius Ras
Vatican
Napoleon
National Church of
France
Notable Local And National Events In A Busy Line
A string of brief items notes Harry Bell killing bartender William Roach in Steubenville Colorado. The National Editorial Association held its annual meeting in St Louis. Benny Doon crew saved after shoreing near Chatham Massachusetts. Maine Democrats take Portland city hall for first time since 1892. Genevieve Benedict age 15 dies by self inflicted gunshot in Bath New York after loss of mother. Santo Domingo government forces kill twelve insurgents at Porto Plata and capture rest. R L Barrington found dead in Century Building Newark with revolver nearby and head wound. Barrington despondent over business woes. Canadian Pacific Railway and Vancouver Island Development Co sign to clear 150000 acres on Vancouver Island. project cost about 15000000.
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Harry
Bell
William Roach
Steubenville
National Editorial Association
St. Louis
Barkentine
Benny Doon
Chatham
Mass
Democrats of
Maine
Portland
Genevieve Benedict
Bath
N. Y
Santo Domingo
Porto Plata
R. L Barrington
Century
Newark
N. J
Barrington
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver Island Development Company
Baquimai and
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
Would Seize Hawaii If War With Japan Occurred
The piece argues that Japan would quickly occupy Hawaii in a war, using Honolulu as a base. It warns 50,000 Japanese trained soldiers on the islands could fortify defenses and complicate U.S. naval efforts, while noting current friendly ties but stressing Hawaii as Japan’s potential stronghold in a conflict.
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Japan
Uncle Sam
Hawaii
Pacific
Honolulu
United States
Hawaiian
Philippines
Public Librarians Seek National Syndicate System
James I Canfield of Columbia University urges a national library syndicate linking major central and state libraries. The plan envisions a centralized bureau, constant librarian communication, and interlibrary access to vast collections, funded by correspondence fees to sustain the system for scholars nationwide.
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James I. Canfield
Columbia University
Independent
Canfield
Library of Congress
Great Central Library
New York
The
Academy of Medicine
Bar Association
Lenox Library
Library of Architecture
Columbia
Library of Pharmacy
New York Historical Society
Farms over battleships proposed by railroad man
J Iil, a railroad man, argues in Century that model farms are a superior national investment to battleships. He contends the government already does similar work and that self supporting farms on 30 to 40 acres, run by a trained manager, could demonstrably improve local land use and farmer earnings.
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Dames J. Iil
Hill
Mortalization of the Rich at Ithaca Lecture
President Schurman of Cornell urged a national price regulation law to curb regional discrimination and urged Wall Street to share morality with the country village. He called for the moralization of the rich and warned socialism shifts too much to government while captains of industry should share profits.
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Ithaca
Schurman
Cornell
Wall Street
Carnegie’s Gift to Baltimore Libraries Plan
Andrew Carnegie offers Baltimore 500000 to establish twenty libraries if the city provides sites and maintenance under Pratt library trustees. The gift follows Carnegie’s long friendship with Pratt and echoes the library openings that inspired much of his philanthropy.
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Andrew Carnegie
Baltimore
Pratt Library
Pratt
Carnegie
New York Charity Conference Forms Normal Living Standard Panel
The New York State conference of charities and corrections set up a special committee to define essentials and cost of a normal standard of living for a social unit in major cities. Lee K. Frankel of New York was named chairman of the committee.
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New York State Conference of Charities and Corrections
Lee K. Frankel
New York
Fire destroys boarding house injuring five at Gadsden
Five people were hurt when a boarding house in Gadsden Als burned. A separate incident killed four year old Robert Grant of Lima Ohio while playing with his father's shotgun. Hawaii groups plan a pan Pacific congress and Cuba's House sent condolence to Gen Shafter's family on his death.
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Gadsden
Als
Robert Grant
Lima
Ohio
Hawaii
Cuba
House of Representatives
Shafter
WANTS NEW LAW TO AID APPEALS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Attorney General Moody urges a law giving the United States the right of appeal on questions of law in criminal cases with acquittal on merits protected. He cites a beef packers indictment harmed by a judge's ruling not on merits. Postmaster General Cortelyou reports a deficit over 10 million and favors reforms and a parcels post. James R. Garfield says railroads can end secret oil rebates after investigation. The report proposes denying interstate commerce rights as a penalty for violations.
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Moody
Congress
United States
Cortelyou
Standard Oil Company
Bureau of Corporations
James R. Garfield
Roosevelt Replies to Storer Charges Over Vatican Involvement
President Roosevelt releases a public letter denying influence in Archbishop Ireland’s red hat and condemning Bellamy Storer for publishing private correspondence. He cites Storer’s disingenuousness and exposes Mrs. Storer’s wire pulling for cabinet posts, including comments on missionaries in the Philippines and diplomat placements.
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Roosevelt
Root
Bellamy Storer
Storer
Vatican
Archbishop Ireland
Mr. Storer
Philippines
Ireland
Moody
Ambassador Choate
London
Porter
Paris
Brazilian linen crop could boost acre yields to high levels
A Brazilian linen plant, growing 12 to 18 feet tall and resembling hemp, reportedly yields about 77 tons per acre and can produce three crops per year. It promises strong fiber for bleaching and dyeing and may rival cotton. U.S. officials urge Agriculture Department study to gauge production feasibility in frost-free U.S. areas.
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Brazil
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
George E. Anderson
Rio de Janeiro
Agricultural Department
Advance in cost of living pushes food prices to peak
Figures from R. G. Dun & Co. show the average cost of living on December 1 rising from 106.68 to 108.17, the highest foodstuffs level since February 1884, amid increased prosperity and wage gains lifting purchasing power nationwide.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Trade Authority
Gilded Recruiting Ship Lures Youth To Navy
Uncle Sam uses a traveling recruiting ship to revive youth interest in the U S Navy. Flaming posters at post offices failed to attract enough volunteers, so the Navy Department plans to display a ship as a vivid object lesson across the country to urge enlistment.
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Wasp
U. S. Navy
Uncle Sam
United States Navy
United States
Navy Department
Indiana State News on Rosebud mine shot firers facing charges
The state mine inspector, mine committee, and company superintendent approve prosecuting two shot firers, William Yemm and Sam James, for criminal carelessness after an explosion near Terre Haute. They allegedly fired excessive charges with coal dust present, violating rules and laws. Arrests are urged once they can leave home.
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Rosebud
Terre Haute
William Yemm
Sam James
Yemm
James
Suit for Woodville wreck damages filed in Indiana
Damage actions aggregating 100000 filed against Baltimore and Ohio Railway in Porter county courts over the Woodville wreck in which more than sixty lives were lost. Actions tripling that amount to be filed soon as the state attorney gathers evidence for criminal prosecution of the train crew per the coroner verdict.
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Indiana
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
Woodville
Porter County
Man Buried Alive In Grain Avalanche At Elevator
Morris Quinn of Hammond Elevator Company was drawn into a grain avalanche of thousands of bushels at 2 o clock. He went to the mouth of a chute to release feed when the grain struck with force, knocked him down, and buried him before the body could be recovered.
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Morris Quinn
Hammond Elevator Company
Quinn
Vincennes University Centenary Observed With Speeches
Vincennes marked the 100th anniversary of its founding by the United States government with a ceremonial observation. Gov Manly delivered the centennial address and Dr Thrace Ellis president of the university read an original centennial ode by Dr Tubbard M Smith. Indiana University President William Lowe Bryan also spoke.
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Vincennes School
Vincennes University
United States
Manly
Thrace Ellis
Tubbard M. Smith
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
Death Stops Honeymoon Before It Began in Hunt-Tale
Florence Young arrived in Terre Haute from Virden Mont with the body of her fiancé Richard Gordon killed in a hunting accident at that place where he was employed as a telegraph operator. They were to have been married last week.
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Florence Young
Terre Haute
Virden
Mont
Richard Gordon
Homesick Horses Swim Wabash for Corn Wagon
Wesley O Yeley's team grew weary waiting in a Terre Haute cornfield as a wagon load of corn was left behind. The horses swam the Wabash River for 250 yards and safely hauled the wagon home with all the corn intact.
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Wesley O. Yeley
Terre Haute
Wabash
Divorced Pastor Removed From St John’s Evansville
At a mass meeting of St John’s Evangelical church members in Evansville Rev August Lange was removed as pastor with six dissenting votes. He recently obtained a secret divorce from his wife. Hears life sentence lying on cot Eugene Cook found guilty of murder and sentenced to life for killing John Perkins at Granger. Cook plunged a knife into his own breast and was taken into court on a cot. believed he cannot recover.
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St. John’s Evangelical Church
Evansville
August Lange
Eugene Cook
John Perkins
Granger
Cook
Popcorn Fatal to Child and Fire Destroys Terre Haute Bakery
Lynn Weir Chipman, son of CG Dr. Chipman, railroad postal clerk of La Porte, died after ptomaine poisoning from popcorn. Fire destroyed Miller-Parott Baking Company in Terre Haute, $50,000 loss, endangering nearby buildings. Benjamin Wheeler of Princeton died from facial cancer believed linked to an old cigar burn.
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Lynn Weir Chipman
Chipman
la Porte
Terre Haute
Miller-Parott Baking Company
Cannes
Benjamin Wheeler
Trinceton
Death of State Statistician Joseph H Stubbs
Joseph H Stubbs state statistician died after several weeks of illness his case had been hopeless for some time and his passing ends a long public service career in statistics and public records.
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Joseph H. Stubbs
Mr. Stubbs
Knox County Sheriff Fined for Assault Case
Knox County Sheriff Abe J. Westfall was fined after an incident involving Patrol Driver William Woods. The case centers on an assault allegation and disciplinary action against the local law enforcement official.
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Knox County
Abe J. Westfall
William Woods
Miner Killed By Falling Rock At Rood Mine Terre Haute
Frank Dean, a miner at the Rood mine in Terre Haute, was killed when a rock fell. Other notes report a Grand Opera House opening in Michigan City by Central States Theater Co at $60,000 cost. Lucius Lybrand of Terre Haute sues to break his grandfather Edwin Lybrand’s will. A car stranded on Elkhart Main street bridge abutment was rescued by firemen after Humane Society involvement.
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Frank Dean
Terre Haute
Grand Opera House
Michigan City
Central States Theater Company
Eugene Cook
John Perkins
Granger
Lucius Lybrand
Edwin G. Lybrand
Delaware
Ohio
Main Street
Elkhart
Humane Society
Spelling Reform Stalls as Webster Rules Bill Passes
Washington dispatches report Congress has inserted a section in the appropriation bill binding government printing to Webster and standard dictionaries. If approved, Roosevelt’s spelling simplifications lose force, tying official communications to established orthography. The move reflects House leaders and Speaker Cannon’s stance amid party divisions.
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Congress
Altho
Capitol
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
House
Appropriations Committee
Government Printing Office
Webster
Great Appropriations Committee of the House
Cannon
Indictments for Land Fraud in Utah Rail Schemes
Federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned true bills against the Utah Fuel Company and its officers for conspiring to defraud the government. Indictments also target Oregon Short Line and other railroads for discriminating among shippers. The probe, described as the start of a vast corruption network, may reach prominent state figures. The scheme allegedly used dummies paid to claim coal land, with fees routed through loan agents and a company attorney.
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Federal Grand Jury
Salt Lake City
Federal
Grand Jury
United States
Marshall
Utah Fuel Company
Oregon Short Tine
Fragmented playful clipping hints at reform era satire
A miscellany of satirical lines mentions Russia riots on anniversaries and a push for reform in San Francisco, riffing on oil trusts, Boss Tweed, the Pullman Company dividend, and peanut crop money. Notable names include Commander Peary and Mrs Sage as caricatures in a broad, humorous critique.
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Born
Russia
Mrs. Eddy
Oil Trust
San Francisco
Boss Tweed
Newton
Kane
Brother Gorky
Pumpkin Pie Trust
Peary
Arctic
San Francisco Relief Fund
Pullman Company
Trade review notes steady activity and yearend demand
Business shows resilience with strong freight earnings and a record bank exchange week. Eastern demand supports firm discounts while currency returns may ease money. Some firms struggle to obtain supplies and transport delays persist. New equipment and visitor activity boost retail and wholesale orders. Chicago failures rise to 26 this week from 22 last week and 34 a year ago.
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Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Christmas trade outlook boosts holiday retail across regions
Colder weather and holiday approach lift retail trade nationwide with a favorable outlook for record Christmas sales. Car shortages persist while grain moves freely in the Northwest. Railway capacity remains tight, forcing some foundries in St. Louis and Cleveland to close. Manufacturers operate at high intensity, many plants running night and day. Labor remains scarce and wage gains rise, though a trend to hold wages steady grows. Urban money remains high where demand is strong, interior towns stay well supplied, and country bankers seek commercial paper.
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Northwest
St. Louis
Cleveland
Market Prices Across Cities Show Wide Range of Livestock and Grain
Cattle in Chicago at 4.00 to 7.20 while hogs reach 1.00 to 6.22 for prime heavy. sheep 3.00 to 5.50. Wheat No 2 about 73 to 78c, corn 41 to 45c, oats 32 to 36c. Additional regional quotes span Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Toledo, and New York with varied grades and prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
Ste
New York
Wade Hampton statue unveiled in Columbia crowd
All Around the Globe reports the Wade Hampton statue in Columbia South Carolina was unveiled before a vast throng. Also noted is the expected representation of the Knights Templar of Mexico City at the triennial conclave in Saratoga New York next July.
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Wade Hampton
Columbia
S. C
Se ‘Knights ‘Templar
Mexico City
Saratoga
N.Y
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Indiana State News
Sue
Woodville Wreck
Hammond Elevator
Borned
Stubbs
Prauds
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