Campbell-Bannerman Accepts Premiership After Royal Conference
London December 5. After a morning conference with King Edward Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman accepted the position of premier to fill the Balfour vacancy and agreed to a new cabinet. The Duke of Devonshire, a Unionist emissary, visited before the palace and signaled possible tariff and free trade priorities. Chamberlain and others voiced approval of the choice.
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London
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Henry Campbell-Bannarman
Promier
Balfour
Duke
Devonshire
Siem Basion
Bannerman
Devonsh
Gaamberlain
Philippine officials arrive aboard Manchuria liner
The Pacific Mail liner Manchuria brings Governor Luke E. Wright of the Philippines, Lloyd Griscom, and Commissioner Forbes from Japan and China to San Francisco. Mrs. Wright and others head to Philadelphia and Memphis. F Warren, a Philippine independence agitator, accompanies the party to Masachusetts.
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Stripps News Association
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Manchuria
Luke E. Wright
Philippines
Lloyd Griscom
Japan
China
Ines
Honolulu
Philadelphia
Wright
Memphis
W. Gameron Forbes
Police
F. Warren
Islands
Masascausetts
Grain Markets Open Strong as Wheat and Corn Rise
Wheat opened at 85 and closed higher at 874, corn started at 45 and finished 46, oats opened at 29% and closed at 264, reflecting mixed gains in Chicago trading.
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Soripow News Association
Chicago
Obituary For Kennebunkport Author Adams Drake
Colonel Blusstein dies at 72 in Portland city obituary notes Adams Drake, author and history club member, aged 72. The report lists locations Kennebunkport and Portland with dates December 5. The brief notice confirms the author’s death and age.
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Kennebunkport
New Postmasters Named by President in Several States
The President appointed new postmasters across multiple states including California Campbell Albert Hill Goaling Adeline Baithache Coronado William Long Handford Frank H Dunden Jackson Angus J Dryden Redding Edmund L Brown San Francisco Alaska Frank M Josyle Valdez Oregon Arthur Wheelthosee Arlington Louis J Simpson North Bend Merrit A Baker Weston Frank W Welcome Burns Harvay S Buck Sumpter Washington Henery L Wotan Tacoma Danial Crowley Vancouver Robert H Stapleton Monroe Jacob Bill Davenport Frank L Turner South Bend Utah G. W. Bryan Marcel Montana Orson B Prickett Billings McTaggart Belgrade.
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Washington
California
Daniel H. Coats
Campbell
Albert
Hill
Goaling
Adeline Baithache
Coronado
William Long
Handford
Frank H. Dunden
Jackson
Angus J. Dryden
Redding
Edmund L Brown
San Francisco
Alaska
Frank M
Valdez
Oregon
Arthur Wheelthosee
Arlington
Louis J. Simpson
North Bend
Merrit A. Baker
Weston
Frank W. Welcome
Burns
Harvay S. Buck
Sumpter
Henery L. Wotan
Tacoma
Danial Crowley
Vancouver
Robert H. Stapleton
Monroe
Jacob Bill
Davenport
Frank L. Turner
South Bend
Utah
G. W. Bryan
Marcel Montana
Orson B. Prickett
Billings
McTaggart
Belgrade
Governor Delivers Message on Primary, Rail, and Insurance
Madison December reports the governor read a message to the joint session stating it leaves the senatorship unclear but hints he will remain in the state unless the legislature acts adversely. Measures urge a new committee with power to summon witnesses and probe insurance company expenditures. Committee to report in November.
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Scripps News Association
Madison
Wis
la Folatte
Sultan approves financial rule for Macedonia with few reservations
Dec 5 reports from Constantinople indicate the Sultan accepts the major powers demand for Macedonia’s financial administration, saving only a handful of minor stipulations. The agreement centers on control of revenues and expenditure oversight by international authorities.
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Scripps News Association
Constantinople
Macedonia
Captain Woodbury Of Roosevelt's Regiment Dies
Captain Woodbury of Kansas, a club man and society leader who captained Roosevelt's regiment, has died in New York on December 6.
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New York
Capt
Woodbury
Kansas
Roosevelt
Great Stress Given To Railway Rate Legislation
President Roosevelt's annual message before the 59th Congress stresses railroad rate reform as key. He proposes inter state rate rules with a maximum and appeal to Federal court, curb private car and terminal discrimination, and calls for stronger insurance and national supervision. He notes Panama Canal funding, China exclusion terms, Russo-Japanese peace effects, and reforms in customs, civil service, merchant marine, quarantine, citizenship, and insular policy.
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New York
Panama Canal
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Congress
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Europe
China
Empire
Portsmouth
Russia
Japan
Seshask
Santo Domingo
Senate
Ouf
Hitchcock
Philippines
Porto Rico
A Busy Session Follows Message
Washington December 6 Following the presidents message Goldfogle of New York presented a resolution denouncing Russian massacres of the laws It was referred to the foreign affairs committee to be debated later The senate adjourned Lacay of Iowa introduced two bills repealing the timber and stone act and creating a bureau of mines Hepburns bill for sixteen and one half million dollars for the Panama canal will pass the house without reference to the committee Exclusion of Japanese and Koreans bill to be introduced in the house by Representative McKinlay
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Washington
Dec. S
Goldfogle
New York
Russia
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senate
Lacay
Iowa
Timber and Stone Act
Bureau of Mines
Interior Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bristol
William C. Bristol
Pees
United States District Attorney
Hepburn
Panama Canal
House
Washington, D. C
Californi
Representative McKinlay
Skeleton Exposes New York Voucher Case Harsh Details
Former State Senator Charles H. McClalland resumed testimony on vouchers signed in his name he does not recall. Prosecutors raised the Mutual payoff of 15 000 to bond litigation that could have put the firm under receiver control.
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Scripps News Association
New York
Charles H. McClalland
Hughes
Mutual
Mine Blaze Forces Evacuation at St Lawrence Site
A fire erupted at the St. Lawrence mine of the Amalgamated Copper company, forcing miners to surface. The blaze broke through interior walls after years of restraint at the nearby Buttes Mont and adjacent Mountain View mine properties.
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Scripps News Association
Buttes Mont
St. Lawrence
Amalgamated Copper Company
Mountain View
Robbers Blow Safe at Grage Mercantile Company
Three robbers blew open the safe at the Grage Mercantile Company in Rockford fifteen miles east of Spokane securing 2100 dollars. They seized 4 hand cars and rode off.
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Scripps News Association
Spokane
Grage Mercantile Company
Rockford
Roda
Still Holds Out in Gerard Kans Barricade
Mrs. Barry continues to hold the car she barricaded yesterday in Gerard Kansas. Major Burnette swore out a warrant charging Mrs. Berry with insanity. Papers not served. held until the officer can take the woman into custody. Ex Governor Geer arrived from the west and left on No. 6 for Union.
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Scrippa News Association
Gerard
Kans
Barry
Major Burnette
Mre. Berry
T. T. Geer
Inethigat
Union
Murderer Hanged After Box Car Murder Trial
D Ford, convicted of murder in a box car, was hanged at 11 43 am in Elk River Minnesota. He refused to reveal the name of his assailant while his spiritual advisor said his father is wealthy. The man was described as a wanderer who ran from home and claimed he did not get a fair trial.
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Scripps Newa
Crawford
Steamer Sleamor Berg Ashore at Magdalene Island
The Sleamor berg is ashore at Magdalene island in heavy seas and is a total loss. The crew of 18 is reported missing with a member of parliament from Quebec, R. J. Lestie, among the supposed lost.
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Borlops News Association
Halifax
Berg
Magdalene Island
Ing
Parliment
Quebec
R. J. Lestie
Los
Smoot Case Moves in Senate Over Holiday Recess
Washington December 6 chairman roughs of the senate committed Gi privileges and elections say action will be taken in the Smoot case of Utah until the vacancy on the committee is filled, which will extend over the holiday recess.
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Washington
Birroughs
Senate
Gi Priviltages and
Smoot
Utah
Machine Guns Guard The Czar's Palace
In St Petersburg on December 6 the scene is described as indescribable with chaos and a large force of about sixteen thousand Cossacks and infantry patrolling streets while guarding royal palaces with machine guns. In Warsaw on December 65 martial law is abolished and a court martial is ordered for mutineers amid the strike of postal telegraph workers.
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St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Poland
Hatinae
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