Great Guns At Work Two Fortifications Bombarded
British and Venezuelan forces clash as the fortress at Puerto Cabello, including Fort Solano and Castle Libertador, is bombarded after tensions rise over a proposed arbitration. The attack lasts forty five minutes. casualties are reported but details remain unclear. Local authorities seek instructions from Caracas as mobs react to the incident.
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Brit Fay Creer Chieghdis
Gernoiti
Vineta
Port Solano
Aris
Baloney
Thypiinen
Brier
Aphid
Puerte Cabello
Sp Mt
Gnatro
Puerto Cibello
United States
Tila Marskon
Castro
Fort Solano
Castle Libertador
Note from allied fleet asks Venezuela to halt ships
A December note bearing the names of Great Britain and Germany seeks that Venezuelan ships refrain from sailing from La Guayra after five days to prevent difficulties. The Venezuelan government refused to receive the note at La Guayra and sent it to U.S. Minister Bowen in Caracas, who forwarded it to the proper authorities.
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la Guayra
United States
Bowen
Great Britain
Germany
Castro meets German envoy amid war tensions in wartime note
President Castro learned Saturday morning of the mess involving Madame vor Filgrim-Batianzi and, later that day, with his wife and Venezuelan officers, he visited the German legation. United States Minister Bowen guided them to the invalid’s room where Castro greeted Madame vor Pilgrim-Ballazs and spoke warmly of her husband, noting the German envoy’s high regard.
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Britain
Germany
Germain
Venezuelan disputes loom in parliament paper
A parliamentary paper from London reviews complaints against Venezuela. It details British ship seizures, improper fees at Trinidad, and delays in Venezuelan responses. It notes Haggard and Lansdowne exchanging protests over repromisal failures and the impracticable Curacao legation posture, with Venezuela urging UK firmness.
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Venezuela
Selec Uies
Trinidad
Jorge Echilins
Fis Mag Legation
Curacis
Aue
Faggard
Lord Lansdowne
Arete
Aguinat
Campeulisie
Haggard
England
Hagegard
Istur Hus
Ageard. Oy
Lord Lansilowne
Bay
Cabinet Talks Venezuela and Plague Reach New York
President Roosevelt and cabinet meet on Venezuela policy amid tensions with Germany and England while officials report no government retreat. Quarantine officials confirm three bubonic plague cases at Swinburne Island hospital after ships from Durban arrive. A Lake Ontario gale leads to the loss of the Isaac Stevenson barge with six crew feared dead.
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Ley
Roosevelt
Lik
Veneguela
Germany
England
Venezuela
South
Central America
Congress
Advicas
Fotumo
General Crespo
Trinidad
Whgamer
New York
Swinburne Island Hospital
Prince Elmer Saxon
Durban
South Africa
Cape Vincent, Sr
Isaac Stevenson
Ogdensbur
Lake Ontario
Pay Men Fair Wages Important Session of the Board
Scranton December 16 The mine workers after nineteen days presenting about 140 witnesses closed their case before the anthracite strike commission. The session weighed whether coal carrying roads with mine owners could influence wage justice as the commission weighs reliefs. The miners showed railroads control coal companies and charge high freight rates, reducing mining revenues.
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Drage Fleally
Anthracié Voul
Miltus Companies
Gray
Commission
Conl
X Gener
Tide Gray
Darrow
Lrather
Pennsylvania
Wolverton
Lloyd Way
Ife
Railronda
Lloyd
Mining Companion
Debated scope of inquiry on railroads mining ties
Testimony before the commission centered on freight rates and railroad mining ties in the anthracite fields. Lloyd argued for broad inquiry into costs and profits, noting owners as directors across firms while Wolverton objected. Gray warned that a fair wage standard depends on commission limits, risking wage cuts if profits fall.
Congress in Briefs: Pension Bills and Foot Disease Funding
Washington reports show the House clearing its calendar with 173 bills passed, none of special interest, while a 1 million dollar measure to eradicate foot and mouth disease in New England moves to a special order. Senate recess set. minor party report on omnibus statehood filed. deliberations on militia and other measures continue. Executive sessions noted. funding transfers and livestock disease controls discussed.
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New England
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House
Bate
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Delingham
Vermont
Henry Beets
Grand Rapids
Mich
Dee
Tachi
Department of Apricuture
Grant Widow Mrs A S Grant Dies in New York
Washington reports Mrs. A S Grant widow of President Ulysses S Grant died at her New York residence yesterday. Death followed years of valvular heart disease worsened by bronchitis and age. Her daughter Nellie Sartoris survived with three sons who had been summoned and arrived before her passing.
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A. 5. Grant
President Grant
Wat Pom
Benet Tallace
Grant
Bron
Ata T
Nellie Sartoris
Bererot
Fort Sheridan Sentry Murder Mystery
Roger Hanberger, a guard over two prisoners at Fort Sheridan, was murdered by the inmates he supervised. The body was found hidden in a ravine near the lake shore. Suspects Christian Walker and John Hollendry, former comrades from the Philippines campaign, remain at large. Walker had previously been a corporal once demoted for drunkenness and insubordination.
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Cusengo
Roger Hanberger
Fort Sheridan
Hanberger
Fhve Solders
Philippines
Christan Walker
Hunberger
John Hollendry
Twentieth Infantry
Explosion Kills Six Children in Fort Lee Home
Fort Lee New Jersey December 17 by explosion of an acetylene gas tank the residence of John Puglight was demolished. Six children were instantly killed and the mother seriously injured she is not expected to live. The mother was found 20 feet from the blast site with her arm still attached.
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Fort Lee
N. T
John Puglight
Wisconsin matters. Acquittal in Wisconsin church case ends decade-long saga
In Oshkosh Wisconsin Rev Mer ton G Andrews rector of St Julia church faced charges of relations with women and careless misconduct. After an investigation by Judge Advocate I L Lamoreux of Stevens Point, the case was dismissed and the bishop expressed full confidence in Andrews integrity. The lengthy inquiry spanned several years and concluded Thursday with an acquittal.
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Wis
Protestant Episcopal Church
Wisconsin
Merton GC
Antrews
St. Tula Eburel
Andeows
Lamoreux
Stevens Point
They Won't Be Quiet Riots at Metro Holiness Church
In Racine Wisconsin a protest by women disciples from Chicago’s Metro Holiness Church led to riot calls and police action on gnnllie streets. Leader Mrs Emma Leopold was arrested for disturbing the peace. Five others joined in jail, later released after hours inside a cell.
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Wia
Dee
Metropoliti Holiness Church
Chicago
Policw
Emma Leonald
Dale
Leopold Begeed
Wisconsin college belfry banner clash shocks crowd
Riot at the Congregational church in Ripon as students clash over a red banner bearing U P symbols mounted on the steeple by a daring freshman. Sophomores attempt ascent, police disperse the melee amid revival era turmoil. Also: a Dec 15 verdict awards $1000 to Ida Anders in a kiss case against Bailon, and Ethelwyn Eaton wed Dr. Read with President Eaton officiating.
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Ripon
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U.P
Wisconsin
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Mix
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Ballor
Belott
Dee. Liev
Mies Ethelwyn Eaton
Fearon
Betivit College
Charles ¥. Read
Chicago
Eaton
International Institute For Spanish Girls
Vaccinated Passengers From Ripon Quarantined in Milwaukee
Milwaukee health officials vaccinated passengers aboard a Ripon train before departure. George Bardon of Oshkosh, a musician, was hospitalized for smallpox. In separate news, Wisconsin saw heavy snow with roadblocks and foot travel hardship, Menomonie reporting the deepest snowfall. George G. Bowers was convicted of murder in Waukesha, with a pending stay for appeal. In Janesville a tobacco warehouse fire caused about $60,000 in losses.
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Milwaukee Health Department
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Oshkosh
Isoation
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Bowers
Tobnone Waraboure
Borne
Janesville
Wis
Dee
Joseph Grundy
Death of John W Ela Philadelphia Civil Service reform leader
John W. Ela president of the Civil Service Reform League of Chicago died at 2 30 p m at the Mehodist hospital after a paralytic stroke during the national civil service reform convention. Born in New Hampshire he served in the Civil War and was a longtime advocate of municipal and state government purity though politically independent at the state level.
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John W. Ela
Civil Service Reform League of Chicago
National Civil Service Reform Convention
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Chicago
Moses
Civil Service Reform
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Orst Gaming
New Hampshire
Royal
President Nord proclaimed as troops seize power in Haiti
Washington reports a cable from Port au Prince announcing General Nord’s seizure of power as supporters of Seneque Pierre flee to consulates. Nord is believed to dissolve the chamber and senate and call new elections. In Texas, three bank robbers try to rob the First National of Alvord. Frank Martin is killed, John McFalt wounded, and Chind Golden captured.
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Gener Jerres
Port.au Prince
General Nord
Seneque Pierre
Genera Nord
Iso
Congress
Sinepue Pierre
Chamber of Communues
Senate Awl
Tatas
Tex
Deu
Alvord
First National Bank of
Frank Martin
John McFalt
Chind Golden
Olivers
Cable Raying Begins in San Francisco Harbor
The eastern end of the cable linking the United States to Honolulu is spliced and ceremoniously fastened. Lucile Gage, 14, daughter of California Governor Gage, christened the cable as the Aldertown vessel prepared to sail for Hawaii with the main cable aboard. Glenn Court-Martial Begins in Manila. Major Edwin M. Glenn of the Fifth Infantry faces a court-martial arraignment on charges of unlawfully and willfully killing seven prisoners of war, alleged to have harmed military discipline.
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Dec
United States
Honolulu
Lucile Gage
Gage
California
Hawaii
Glenn
Manila
Des
Edwin IM. Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Boe
Limited Express Train Wreck near Moundville
The youth-bound limited express No. 1 on the Alabama Great Southern was wrecked near Moundville sixty miles south of Birmingham at 3 am. A rail and bear were removed after a crash. Two express messengers are missing and believed dead. No passengers were killed.
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Ala
Moundville
Here
Arail
Bern
Tank Burglars Loot Clarence Bank in Ford County
Dec. 17 reports say robbers opened the Clarence bank in Ford county and took 3000 dollars after severing telegraph lines to block an alarm. Citizens chased the band as they escaped on a band car. No crew yet identified.
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Ill
Clarence
Ford County
Quigley Proposed as Chicago Archbishop Nominee
Nome dispatch reports the propaganda congregation backing the pope to appoint Bishop James B. Quigley of Buffalo as archbishop of Chicago succeeding the late Archbishop Fenton. Washington item notes Comptroller Ridgeley naming a bank receiver at National Bank of South Penn and Hyadman Bank. Havana filing confirms protocol signing of the US Cuba commercial treaty dated December 13.
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Washington
Guimney Ridgeley
National Bank of South Penney Bank of Hyadman, Pe
Walter BR. Mason
Cuba
Havana
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