Senate Delays Roosevelts Morocco Treaty Actions
In Washington, December 12, Senate discussion focused on the Algeciras treaty with Morocco and a proposed resolution clarifying U S trade and citizen protection aims while preserving non intervention in European politics. President Roosevelt’s Porto Rico message praised education, self government, and growth, urging citizenship for Porto Ricans and permanent native troops, and detailing trade, crops, and exports culminating in a strong call for streamlined insular governance.
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Found Guilty Burnham Convicted In Mutual Reserve Case
George Burnham Jr vice president and general counsel of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co in New York was convicted of larceny of 7500 of company funds. The case arose from an insurance company probe by a state legislative committee a year earlier. Also indicted were Frederick A Burnham president and George D Eldridge VP. Five indictments faced each. Burnham Jr allegedly paid Wells with company funds for a loan to Burnham and hid the payment with false book entries. In a separate item Joseph S Kearns confessed to bank robbery of Midland National Bank at Newton Kan on Nov 13 totaling 1860 after similarly robbing a Great Bend bank.
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Midland National Bank
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Obstinacy as disguise for weakness quoted by Panin
A brief aphorism attributed to Panin notes that obstinacy conceals weakness's lack of firmness. The quote presents a philosophical reflection on resolve and character. It is framed as a concise, standalone thought rather than a news item or narrative.
Vatican Astonishment Over French Expulsion Sparks Alarm
Rome reports astonishment and consternation in Vatican after France expels Mgr. Montaguid, secretary of the papal nunciature. The move, seen as anti church and anti republic, prompts Pope Pius IX to review telegrams and documents with Cardinal Merry Del Val as Vatican officials note a split among French Catholics over church interests versus republican loyalties.
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Premier Clemen ceau Expels Papal Secretary in Paris Clash
Paris dispatch reports Premier Clemen ceau justifies expelling Monsignor Montagnini for aiding Paris clergy in prodding revolt. Foreign interference warned. church law 1881 offered, else battle looms. Guards posted at churches. Cardinal Richard’s palace slated for takeover. National League meets in New York to name president amid brush for Pulliam, Brush, and Herrmann. Trades discussed include Ritchey Flaherty and others for Abyatichio.
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Negro soldiers seek redress over Brownsville affair
Gilchrist Stewart representing the Constitutional League and 145 soldiers, with Rev. Dr. Charles S. Morris, traveled to Washington to present 172 affidavits to the president via Secretary Loeb. They claim near unanimous roll calls and supervision by white officers, asserting the firing was mixed and the fort attacked by a local element threatening colored troops.
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Constitutional League
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Land Withdrawals Hit Choctaw and Cherokee Nations
More than two thirds of the Choctaw nation and 26 Cherokee townships have been withdrawn from allotment by Secretary of the Interior orders. Ozark and Wauhillua areas in Cherokee land near Tahlequah are affected, with lands not suited for farming but rich in game. Choctaw withdrawals are largely timber land or lands convertible to timber.
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Codifying Commission Names Three Ohio Law Revisions
Governor Harris selects Lewis Laylin Hiram Sibley and James Campbell to codify Ohio laws. Salaries total 15,000 with 10,000 for clerical costs. Work to begin Jan 1 1907 and finish by the next general assembly opening day.
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Seventy-eighth General Assembly
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Campbell
Bitterly Denounced Immigration Speech by California Rep
New York reports Representative Julius Kahn of San Francisco denouncing Japanese immigration at a New York Credit Men's dinner. He warned Californians would not accept naturalization, comparing Japanese to Chinese laborers and predicting a harmful oriental influx.
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Husband shot by wife in Footsale quarrel self defense claim
Mrs Antonio Brosils, 50, of Foots dale Pa, shot and killed her husband during a quarrel. She says the shooting was in self defense. Levi Boster, reputed Missouri's oldest person, dies at 116 near Houston Texas county. Born in Virginia. Franklin J Moses, 60, former South Carolina governor, found dead in bed at Winthrop Beach lodging house from asphyxiation.
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Grain and Livestock Prices Across Markets
Grain and Livestock prices from East Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Boston, and Toledo show cattle, sheep, calves, and hog values with bid ranges. Notable figures include East Buffalo steer prices around 4.60 to 5.40, Chicago hogs at 6.25 to 6.35, and Cincinnati cattle near 2.00 to 5.50 with various grades and lots listed.
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Atlantic City electric train wreck yields heroism tale
An Atlantic City disaster on a Pennsylvania Railroad electric train bridge. Brakeman Wood opened the rear car door and stayed to aid passengers as the car sank. Harry C. Deemer of Philadelphia and his wife survived by breaking through windows and guiding others free amid water and debris. A rescuer pulled another woman from a submerged car through a roof vent.
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Harry
New Use For Cigars A Minneapolis Hero Saves Diamond Pin
A Minneapolis man uses a cigar as a makeshift defense tool to thwart a thief who targeted his diamond pin on a crowded interurban car. Captain Hudson, noting the thief’s reach for the pin, acted quickly and retained his property with calm presence of mind.
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Suitor Dashes Past Father in Front Steps Race
A brief comic scene from the Cleveland Plain Dealer shows a suitor vowing to support the daughter and the father eagerly offering help, then both dash down the steps in a humorous chase. The moment captures a playful conflict and a race to secure approval.
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