Weather, riots, and global unrest span the globe
The report surveys a string of crises and events: a Virginia presidential outing spoiled by bad weather, a severe western Nebraska snowstorm, famine in Finland affecting four hundred thousand, and a fatal explosion near Blaxony Hungary. It notes political tension over Venezuela, amortization talks with Spain, Cuba’s treaty move, and U S tax action on soft drink dealers. It also covers boxing politics, a fatal case in Michigan, a New York murder trial, flooding in Africa, royal coronation rumors, a Kentucky court order, Hungary deaths, wolves plundering sheep, a Philadelphia rail yard collapse, and labor union efforts at the Santa Fe system.
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Lord Curzon
Solomon
Kentucky Court of Appeals
James Howard
Howard
Goebel
Hungary
Appalling Russian earthquake death toll reported
A massive earthquake in Andijan, Russia, devastates the city and surrounding area. Reports say thousands killed and many bodies recovered as shocks persist and relief work proceeds under police supervision amidst food aid and shelter efforts.
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Andijan
Mrussia
Ashkabad
Russian Turkestan
St. Petersburg
Army Department
State Treasury
Post Office
Senators Press to Rebuff President in Arbitration Move
Washington senators and representatives urge the president to decline acting as arbitrator in the Venezuelan matter. Senator Cullom delivered telegrams from newspapers and public figures protesting the president's arbitration role.
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Washington
Cullom
State Department
Port of Cora Not Blockaded Amid Revolution Assertions
Venezuelans claim the port of Cora remains open while revolutionaries surround landward. In Caracas the stance is that England and Germany back the revolutionaries, not to permit suppression of Dutch schooners ferrying curved ammunition.
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Cora
Caracas
Curio
Cholera Surge Hits Manila and San Francisco News
Reports describe a new cholera outbreak in Manila spreading to the fleet and uneasy transit. The Thomas ships report thirty cases daily, Army surgeons warn of unchecked spread in southern provinces, and Hoflo faces heavy deaths as authorities struggle to control the epidemic.
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San Francisco
Betes
Manila
Thomas
Hoflo
Terrible three days at sea end in rescue off Highland Light
A Boston dispatch reports ten sailors survived a three and a half day drift after the collision of the Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary off Thatcher's Island. Of twenty one aboard, six died, four perished during the drift, and one man went insane. The survivors were picked up by the Manhasset forty five miles off Highland Light.
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Highland Light
Boston Dispatch
Frank A. Palmer
Louise B. Crary
Thatcher's Island
Boston
Palmer
Franz Banta
Potter
Manhasset
Boarding House Dynamited at Springfield Pa Miraculous Escape
Fourteen occupants of a Slavish boarding house near Springfield Pennsylvania escaped unharmed after unknown assailants dynamited the building Monday evening. The foreigners, employed at the American Glue Works, are suspected to have been targeted for revenge as a large factory fire and a subsequent smaller plant destruction occurred nearby in October and the following Friday. The fires and blast are believed incendiary and linked to the same perpetrators.
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Springfield
American Glue Works
Wild Run of an Engine Causes Wrecks and Deaths
A helper engine on the Monon line ran wild between Connersville and Liberty Indiana wrecking two freight trains demolishing four engines killing two men and injuring two more Engineer Callahan tried to reverse near Liberty but the engine ran uncontrollably at seventy mph through town colliding with another freight. Separate report notes a Cody Wyoming saloon looted at gunpoint with $40 lost and red lodge detour. Mazatlan reports three deaths Saturday and nine Sunday from a deadly disease with a pest house and strict measures. Sinaloa governor acts to contain spread.
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Monon
Connersville
Liberty
Ind
Callahan
College Grove
Red Louse
J.D. Prim
Cody
Wyo
Scheie
Red Lodge
Sherif Potter
Mazatlan
Mexico
Sinaloa
Roosevelt to arbitrate Venezuelan dispute
Aimed at submitting the Venezuela issue to The Hague, President Roosevelt is urged by allied powers to act as arbitrator. Berlin notes confirm Britain and Germany reached understanding on reservations, with Washington signaling possible acceptance amid secrecy.
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Roosevelt
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Washington
London
Colorado Man Sells His Head to Medica Institute
Arthur Jennings of Florence Colorado, 27, has agreed to sell his oversized head to an eastern medical institute for 1000 dollars upfront and another 1000 to his kin after death. His head grew after a childhood brain fever, now 36 inches around, with a spinal deformity forcing cane use. Medical authorities call the case unmatched.
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Colorado
Medica Institute
Arthur Jennings
Florence
Colo
Eastern Medical Institute
Jennings
Ten Killed in Byron Train Wreck On Caliber Local Line
Ten people died and about twenty seven were injured when a southbound Los Angeles owl train rear collided with a local through the last coach near Byron California. Fresno passengers suffered severe harm as crowds and steam enveloped the wrecked car. A second dispatch from Marcon i Nova Scotia dated December 21 reports wireless links between Cape Breton and Cornwall England with inaugurary messages to King Edward VII and the London Times.
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Byron
Cal
Los
Marconi
Glace Bay
N. S
Associated Press
Cape Breton
Canada
Cornwall
England
Edward VII
Italy
London Times
D. Parkin
M. P
Heart Treatment by Organotene Sparks Medical Debate
After experiments spanning over fifty years, W. Pyron Coakley of Chicago claims to inject fluids into the heart using hollow golden needles called organotene. He asserts the procedure can pierce the heart without death and deliver various fluids with minimal danger. The Porto Rico education commissioner Lindsay notes that the poorest schools there compare favorably with many U.S. counterparts, and that an American free public school exists in every municipality on the island.
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W. Pyron Coakley
Chicago
Coakley
Haseen
Monroe Doctrine Snub Critiques From University President
Dr E Benjamin Andrews president of the Nebraska university criticized Washingtons Venezuelan policy in a Denver interview on socialism. He warned the Monroe doctrine has been snubbed and Britain and Germany have footholds in Venezuela. He urged a warning akin to Grover Clevelands stance and condemned Britains supposed cordial fronts.
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Denver
E. Benjamin Andrews
Nebraska University
Washington
Dr. Andrews
Germany
England
India
Egypt
Venezuela
Grover Cleveland
Great Britain
Venezuela Silent Plan Shows Bowen Granted Free Conduct
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Tope Baralt transmits Castro’s document naming U S diplomat Bowen the sole representative to settle the dispute. Bowen may act without restriction to defend Venezuela’s interests, with Washington notified. Caracas waits on Britain, Germany, Italy replies to arbitration proposal and a Washington meeting of ambassadors is planned. Bowen to depart La Guayra December 23 aboard the Caracas and arrive in New York December 29.
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Castro
Howen
Tope Baralt
United States
Bowen
Venezuela
State Department
Washington
Caracas
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
la Guayra
New York
Modoc Grounded After Collision Off Toulon in Storm
The steamer Modoc of Messageries Maritimes collided with the French cruiser La Rouche Treville as it left Toulon. It grounded on Mourillon rocks, lying in a dangerous position with 223 passengers bound for the East Indies and a crew destined for China station warships.
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Modoc
Messageries Maritimes
la Rouche Treville
Toulon
France
Mourillon Arsenal
East Indies
China Station
Earthquake Hits Andijan Town in Russian Central Asia
Dispatch from Tashkend dated December 18 reports a devastating tremor that leveled Andijan killing three officials two soldiers and 150 natives including many children. About 500 natives and 17 soldiers were wounded, with 500 homes of natives and 130 Russian residences destroyed.
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Tashkend
Russia
Moeky
Andijan
Russian Central Asia
Santa Teresa Seeks Divorce Over Forced Marriage
Santa Teresa, believed by Yaqui Indians and many Mexicans to have divine powers, sues Indian husband G. N. Rodriguez in Los Angeles courts for divorce. It is alleged the marriage was forced at the point of a revolver by her admirer at Clifton, Arizona, on June 22, 1900.
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Santa Teresa
Indiana
G. N. Rodriguez
Los Angeles
Cal
Cilfton
Ariz
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