Pacific Cable Attempt Fails Amid Beach Chaos
San Francisco December 12 report details an unsuccessful effort to lay the shore end of the Pacific cable aboard the steamer Silverton. An adverse tide halted progress while a life saving crew managed a long rope and hawser, but horses drawing a carriage bolted into the crowd injuring several, including Clarence H Mackay who was struck on the chin.
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Bakers’ Beach
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Yeorge W. McNear
Frank Hotaling
New York
Worcester or Casey eyed for city council presidency
Political observers note Charles F. Worcester as a candidate for president of the common council while friends urge alderman-elect James B. Casey to seek the board of aldermen presidency. It remains unclear if Casey will pursue the honor despite a strong electoral showing.
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Common Council
James B. Casey
Board of Aldermen
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Brave Woman Fights Burglar In Lynn Home
Mrs Frank F Sawyer of 57 Henry Avenue Lynn faced a burglar about 4 AM after he entered her home. She chased him to the cellar and locked the door, but he escaped through a cellar window. A watch and about $50, plus Mrs Sawyers watch, were taken.
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Boston
Frank F. Sawyer
Henry Avenue
Lynn
Mr. Sawyer
Allies' Position on Venezuelan Receipts Policy
Washington reports indicate Britain and Germany may seek to seize all customs receipts, provoking protests from France which holds greater claims and has arranged installment payments from Venezuelan revenues. Allies have moved Venezuela actions beyond their initial plan, with new measures anticipated if Bowen's arbitration fails.
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Great Britain
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France
England
Venezuela
Castro
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Berlin
Mr. Bowen
For Sale Auction Notices and Property Listings Fragment
A series of scattered real estate notices describe properties for sale including a house with seven rooms on eight acres, a farm with seven thousand feet of land on an electric line near Merimack Square priced at 750, and a new cottage with hot and cold water bath and gas. The notices mention T H Elliott at Central Street. A brief line notes unusually large silk production in Japan with expected U. S. demand.
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Venezuelan Vessels Seized as Allied Forces Report
Reports from La Guaira indicate German and British commanders were ordered to capture Venezuelan ships before any blockade. No sinking orders were issued, though any sinking would reflect military measures to enforce orders. Four Venezuelan vessels were reportedly captured, with one disabled, amid unclear reports from officials.
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Lansdowne Denounces Venezuela and Advocates Moderation
London Der. 12 Foreign Secretary Lansdowne told a banquet that Britain bears no inveterate antipathy to any nation including Venezuela. He urged Venezuela to cease outrages on British subjects and debts, adopt moderate revolutions, and noted German and British warships enforcing just demands in Venezuelan waters.
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Venezuelan
Port residents seek refuge aboard Vineta and Ariadne
A Daily Mail despatch from Willemstad dated December 11 reports foreign residents of Puerto Cabello fleeing to the German cruiser Vineta and the British cruiser Ariadne. The two vessels are said to threaten to bombard the port if aid or safe passage is not granted.
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Daily Mail
Willemstad
Curacao
Puerto Capello
Vineta
House seeks State Department briefing on Venezuela dispute
Representative DeArmond of Missouri introduced a resolution in the House asking the secretary of state to detail the nature and extent of claims by Great Britain and Germany against Venezuela, the status of disputes with Venezuela, any peace efforts, U.S. involvement, consultations by other nations, and whether a firm Monroe doctrine stance could aid a peaceful, fair settlement respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Secretary of State
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
United States
Bowen’s Despatches Confirm Release of Villain Subjects
London reports foreign office published two of Minister Bowen’s despatches to secure the release of 54 German and British subjects arrested after an attack on the German legation in Caracas. Bowen’s Caracas telegram says prisoners were freed within an hour and that he would press the Venezuelan President. Caracas dispatch notes all detainees released. Port of Spain notes British sailors manning Venezuelan gunboats, one cruiser present, and Orinoco navigation reopened.
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Foreign Office
Bowen
State Department
Washington
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Caracas
Venezuela
Port of
Spain
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McClure's Christmas Stories and Fiction Highlights
The Christmas issue features Tarbell on The Rise of the Standard Oil Company, Steffens The American Man on Horseback, and Mitchell on Coal Strike. It presents Durer appreciation, Ebb of the Tide, Mer. Potters Vacation, Thurs day at Three, Kiner's Wheat, plus Irish folklore Darby O Gill and the Leprechaun and Crusty Dick. Also stories A Christmas Present for a Lady and A Speedway Sermon.
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Henry ©. Rowland
South Sea
Mer. Potter
Herbert D. Ward
Marconi
David Graham Phillips
Bill for Cattle Disease Eradication Up For Action
Washington December 12 The House passed 173 private pension bills and cleared the calendar. A bill to appropriate 1 million dollars for eradicating foot and mouth disease in New England was made a special order for next Tuesday with only executive features to be considered. Maddox of Georgia objected to adoption awaiting examination. The appropriation bill carrying 5.92 million was reported, up 500,301 from the current year.
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New England
Appropriations Committee
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Georgia
Days We Remember poem collection by Marian Douglas
A Boston Gorham Press edition of Marian Douglas poems gathers nearly fifty pieces in a 60 page volume. The first poem O glad new year greets time and memory, inviting reflections on years, seasons, and renewal with festive dedication to holidays.
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Richard Badger
Gorham Press
Boston
the Gorham Press
Senate Hears More Testimony On Immigration Bill
Washington reports the Senate committee on immigration heard largely pro regulation testimony. Commissioner General Frank Sargent urged retaining the $3 head tax and vigilance on the Mexican frontier while signaling the educational test could be dropped if needed to pass the bill. Ex-congressman Farquhar and Robert Watehorn provided perspectives from the U S Immigration Inspection Service in Canada.
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Senate Committee On Immigration
Frank Sargent
Sargent
Colorado
New Mexico
James M. Farquhar
Robert Watehorn
United States Immigration Inspection Service
Canada
Montreal
Bill to curb immigration favors Canada exception
Testimony urges striking all Canada provisions except Section 33 to place border immigration control with the immigration bureau. Officials cite Canada as source of diseased entrants and press for penalties to ensure compliance by railroads. Commissioner Haley notes northwest frontier risks and the need for guard against Japanese workers. Washington congressman McCall introduces reciprocity bill to permit duty free U S coal to Canada and Canadian coal into the United States.
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Immigration Bureau
United States
David Haley
Victoria
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Washington
McCall
Mass
Great Britain
Berlin Opens Three Folk Kitchens for Children
In Berlin three new folk-kitchens for children were opened recently. Nine more are planned, each offering meals including a sausage with boiled milk for 5 pfennige on the spot or 10 pfennige for take-away, with a focus on affordable, ready service.
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False Witness Admission in Child Assault Case
Fall River December report states Samuel A. Foster aged 40 foreman at Borden and Remington's shop was held in $5000 for a December 16 hearing after allegedly assaulting Bridget Warner aged 11 in Under the Hill. Counsel claims witnesses confess to false testimony aimed at obtaining 60 cent fees for each child.
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Samuel A. Foster
Borden and Remington
Bridget Warner
Edward Higginson
Foster
Harvard Town Cattle Sickness Quiet Amid Plague Fears
Still River reports the only cattle illness while Harvard residents brace for possible cases as a plague-like worry lingers. The Congregational church elected J W Bacon clerk treasurer E L Chay superintendent Herbert Pollard assistant superintendent and several others as Sunday school directors and officers. Wred Halley left for Vermont and Spurkee on Farnsworth reportedly faring well at Massachusetts General Hospital after the latest recount. Nate M Brigham's illustrated lecture on The Great Canon of Arizona Dec 5 drew warm praise despite bad weather hindering attendance.
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J. W. Bacon
E L. Chay
Sundaay
Herbert Pollird
J. G. Miner
Geo. Houghton
Abbie Sawyer
Frank Pollard
Hattie Farwell
George Hellchton
Joseph Sawyer
Charles Sawyer
Adin Murchie
Kent Roval
Wred Halley
Vermont
Spurkee
Farnsworth
Maassachusetts General Hospital
Nate M. Brigham
Andover Faces Foot and Mouth Outbreak and Coal Shortage
The town reports foot and mouth disease in a large herd nearby and plans drastic safety measures for meat and milk. Shawsheen waterway stocked with food fish is off limits for two years. December weather, coal shortages, and cold conditions worsen hardship for residents, especially the elderly and well-to-do.
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