Opposition to Hague Tribunal Why America Seeks Arbitration
In Puerto Cabello and Caracas reports Dec 24 reveal opposition in Washington to sending the Venezuelan dispute to The Hague. Cabinet fears Monroe Doctrine could be compromised by European arbiters and prefers American control to avoid delays and complexity of international arbitration.
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Fire destroys kilns and lumber at Gilmer ton mill
Norfolk reports heavy loss after a blaze at the John Roper lumber company yard in Gilmer ton. Eight dry kilns burned and more than 2,000,000 feet of lumber were destroyed. President John Roper could not estimate the total logs saved, but warned the loss would be heavy.
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Wellsville Population Grows by Over a Thousand
Wellsville Ohio reports a police census showing a population of 7,183, up 1,036 from 1900. This indicates steady growth in the city over the past era.
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Death of Archbishop Frederick Temple in Canterbury
London December 24 The Most Rev Frederick Temple archbishop of Canterbury and primate of all England has died after illness. Funeral set for Saturday at noon in Canterbury Cathedral. Also reported Indianapolis December 24 The National Society of Equity of North America was incorporated to promote organization and cooperation among farmers stockmen and allied vocations. In Frankfort Indiana December 24 Mrs Charles Davis and a 4 year old daughter died in a house fire and an 11 year old daughter was seriously burned with the mother dying minutes later.
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Cable Ship Silvertown Progress Delayed At Sea
San Francisco reports no Christmas arrival for the cable ship Silvertown as an AP correspondence notes 125 knots laid in the last 24 hours, total 1,677 knots by noon, with partly clear weather and a strong southwest wind retarding progress at latitude 96 west longitude 144.24.
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National Capital Notes on Patents and Communications
England leads Europe in patents issued for the year ending December 39 with 1999 grants Germany follows with 743 The secretary of state will respond to a message from the dowager empress of China delivered by Rear Admiral Rodgers A meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists is planned in the capital with E P Felt of Albany delivering the annual address Costa Rica denies a lottery advertised there Senator Penrose provides new evidence about Ambassador Clayton's shares in Carmen Mining Co Marconi reports successful wireless transmission between Cape Breton and England Premier Bond hopes for a Newfoundland wireless station when the Anglo American charter expires in April 1903
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Time limit on mining statistics and civil service reform
Washington dec 24 senator scott of west virginia introduces a six year term civil service bill with biennial reexaminations to weed out incompetent clerks and open government jobs to new entrants. the census director and geological survey chief plan mailed mine and mining statistics schedules to corporations, with reports due by july 1 1904, detailing bonds, stocks, royalties, production, workers, wages and power use. lena m lillie is jailed on murder charge in david city nebraska. bail set at two thousand dollars.
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Rights of Capital and Labor Declared by Court
St Louis December 24 Judge C C Bland of the court of appeals ruled in favor of Joseph E Walsh in a case involving the Master Plumbers association. The decision grants a restraining order against the plumbers from refusing to supply Walsh for not being a merchant but upholds the association as a lawful body. The ruling includes a statement on the rights of capital and labor to form unions and compete within the law.
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New York Market Mixed as Christmas Demand Looms
World financial news describes stock dealers closing accounts amid rising eail rates and year end cash transfers to New Orleans. Market broad but irregular with declines in most active names while rails and refiners show relative strength. Steel and ore movements spark waterfront celebration as Lackawanna plans expand with a 40.6 million capital and 15,000 workers. A separate report notes a Grand Rapids woman suing for damages after being shot in the chin by Mrs Connors. Police also report a suspected poisoning attempt in Liverpool, with a stranger sought near the Weaver family's East End home.
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Veteran engineer Jonathan Westley dies in engine cab
Jonathan Westley, a longtime engineer for the Lehigh Valley railroad, died in the cab of a locomotive in Wilkes Barre on December 24. A Civil War veteran, he fought in two legs of battles and served with distinction.
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Patrick Carroll sues Panhandle railroad for damages
Steuben Colorado December 24 Patrick Carroll a telegraph operator filed a suit for 50000 damages against the Panhandle railroad over injuries from the naptha disaster at Sheraden Pennsylvania on May 12 of this year.
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Earthquake At Anjijan Reports 4000 Dead
Ashkabad dispatches report 4000 bodies disinterred from Anjijan ruins as aftershocks intensify. Devastation expands with ruined treasury, wells dry, and aid efforts mobilized. Officials housed in trains, soup kitchens set up, and relief tickets issued amid ongoing seismic activity.
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Proposals to arbitrate Venezuela crisis received
Washington dispatch reports British and German formal proposals to President Roosevelt to arbitrate the Venezuelan difficulty have been received. The President has not yet examined them or reached a decision.
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Roosevelt as Arbitrator Faces Long Cabinet Session
Washington rumor says President Roosevelt may not accept full arbitration role though he favors The Hague tribunal. Cabinet meeting extends beyond two hours with Moody absent and Hill, Knox named as possible aides. Bench of U S delegates Include Fuller, Griges, Gray, Straus. Gray's workload questioned.
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