British German Cruisers Bombard Venezuelan Fortress
At Puerto Cabello on December 15 16 British cruiser Charybdis and German cruiser Vineta bombarded Fort Solano and Castle Libertador for about forty five minutes silencing Venezuelan guns. Marines occupied the castle. The fortress sustained minor damage and few injuries. The action followed a demand for satisfaction over a mob seizure of the British ship Topaze. Authorities sought Castro’s instructions. an ambivalent stance and rising local tension marked the incident.
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Charybdis
Vinota
Libertador
Topaze
Ifty Marines
Puerto Caulis
Castro
Port Sulano
Castle Libertador
Puerto Cabilla
Great’ Britain
Germany
Venesonla
Sondon
British Legation Reopened Under American Flag in Caracas
The British legation in Caracas reopened Saturday night under the American flag with W W Russell serving as secretary. A claim against Venezuela by Mary via her legation was confirmed. The US gunboat Marietta arrived at La Guayra on Friday amid the unsettled post.
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Carsena
Caracas
W.W Russell
Legation
Mary
Venezuela
United States
Marietta
la Guayra
Dalted -Sietis Winister Bowen
Terse Theegrams and Political Tidings from Fragile Fragments
The garbled text mentions payment disputes involving Elaine and Teneaunia, a Pacific naval event with a ship landing near San Branciien, and figures like Arthur Hallow and Mra Uiyasee B. Grant. It also alludes to a gubernatorial appointment in Ata tratia and a Washington home scene with the former U S president’s wife, amid a German cruiser action and a captured gunboat near Atalanta.
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Elaine
Teneaunia
Pacific
San Branciien
Arthur Hallow
Tenayeoe
Hes Bem
Atatratia
Mra Uiyasee
B. Grant
United Sates
Washington
Vinets
Death of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant Widow of President Grant
Mrs Julia Dent Grant aged 67 died peacefully at her Washington residence after a long valvular heart disease and a severe bronchitis attack. Only daughter Nellie Sartoris was present. sons Jesse, Ulysses S Grant and Frederick Dent Grant were en route or in Texas. She had lived in Washington and at resorts with her family, devoted to home and charity, and will be buried beside her husband in Riverside Park.
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Julls Dent Grent
President Grant
Grant
Neliie Grant Sartoris
Rosemary Sartoris
Dr. Bishop
White House
Frederick Dent Grant
Jesse
Ulysses [Stierman
San Diego
Cal
General Grant
Coburg
Ont
California
Mrs. Grant
Walt
Senate Agenda Through Week Past Christmas Adjournment
The statehood bid will advance daily except Wednesday for eulogies to Senator Sewall. Senate plans to adjourn Saturday for holidays with uncertain action on the immigration bill before Christmas. Agriculture department disease provisions and District of Columbia day set for Tuesday. Committees may be called for odds and ends before adjournment.
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New Jersey
Senate
Friends of
Penrose
Agricultural Department
New Buy
Tooleyte District of Columbia
Secretary of Agriculture
Trans-Pacific Cable Inauguration Amid Celebrations
Lucille Gage christened the Pacific cable at land end with champagne breaking a bottle, inaugurating a new era in trans-Pacific communications. Thousands watched the shore end landing amid favorable seas as Mayor Schmidtz and Clarence W. Mackay spoke on the achievement's global benefits.
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San Pratidieco
John W. Mackay
Lucille Gage
A. Th. Gage
California
Honolulu
Schmidtz
Mackay
Clarence W. Mackay
Commercial Cably Company
H. T. Gage
State of
Army to study Indianapolis for military post site
The War Department will send a board of officers to Indianapolis to inspect four proposed sites for a new military post. In other items a Chesapeake & Ohio express was blocked by a rock slide near Whitcomb West Virginia killing the engineer and fireman. An explosion in Cleveland’s water tunnel under Lake Erie injured many. In Vincennes Indiana, Ada Hayne was arrested on a prior charge after a wedding note refers to Pred Lackey.
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Washington
Indianapolis
War Department
Thee
Chesapeake & Ohio
Whitcomb
W. Va
Cleveland, O
Lake Erie
Vincennes
Ind
Ada Hoeton
Cherlee Haston
Higaiy
Ada Hayne
Iustonie
Pebreary
Cate
Pred Lackey
Seino Ion Toes
Alexander to be moved for trial amid potential lynching
Terre Haute authorities plan to transport Alexander the Negro murderer of Thomas Burke from Indianapolis tomorrow. Sheriff will lead twenty officers and guard the convoy back to Terre Haute with militia company eight on standby at the armory.
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Alexander
Thomas Burke
Terre Haute
Terra Haute
Ind
Indianapolis
Éara
IndianaScientist Blatchley Seeks World Fair Display Funds
Indiana's geologist Blatchley proposes a 10000 dollar appropriation to showcase Indiana resources at the St Louis World’s Fair in 1904. He cites Indiana's shift from agriculture to industry and urges a state exhibit alongside others. The plan follows a commission’s selection of a site for an Indiana building, with support from influential figures.
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St. Lennie Indianapolis
Blatchley
Indiana
St. Loui
Union
Lords
Louisigna
Giei Mines and Minerals
Milas Aid Minor
Durbin
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