Warship Deployment to San Domingo Crisis
Amid revolutions on the island General Jiminez forces close to San Domingo City. Admiral Lamberton is dispatched to reinforce the Newport with the Scorpion to protect American interests as the provisional government defends the capital from Augustan forces.
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Jiminez
Capital
Admiral Lamberton
Washington
San Domingo
Powell
State Department
Moody
Lamberton
Sain Atlantic
Trinidad
Newport
Navy Department
Scorpion
Dominican
Republic of San Domingo
Azua, de Compostela
Pelletier
Las
Domingo
Sancristobal
Provisional Government
Failure to form glass trust ends wage impact
Abandoned plan to create the Manufacturers' Window Glass Company with $1,000,000 capital ends wage terms that hinged on the combine. Navy retirements prompt promotions as Rear Admiral Sumner and others retire. chiefs rise including Charles O'Neal to rear admiral and Rodgers, Wadhams, Adams to captains. Internal Revenue shows November receipts at $20,874,834, up $1,562,534, with five-month total ahead of last year by $2,720,127.
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Window Glass ‘Trust
Pittsburg
Manufacturers' Window Glass Company
Navy
Washington
G. Wi. Sumner
South Atlantic
Patchoag
S. L
Forse
Charles A. Adams
Charles O’neal
Bureau of Ordnance
John A. Rodgers
A. Y. Wadhams
John D. Adams
Senator Hoars Wife Dies in Washington
Ruth Miller Hoar wife of Senator Hoar of Massachusetts died suddenly at her Washington home of angina pectoris The death follows a long marriage and positions her as a notable figure in the Senate circle through her husband’s prominent political role
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Senator Hoar
Washington
Ruth Miller Hoar
Massachusetts
England Recognizes Panama Declaration Noted
WASHINGTON The state department has been officially notified of Great Britain's recognition of the Republic of Panama.
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England
Panama
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Republic of Panama
Senate panel to reconvene on January 9 in Smoot inquiry
Senator Burrows heads the privileges and elections committee probing Read Smoot of Utah. The panel plans to meet January 9 to continue the inquiry. Smoot may deny or admit charges before Salt Lake City. If denials raise questions about the source, authors of the charges could be invited to prove them, potentially broadening the investigation into Mormon church practices in marriage and politics.
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Washington
Burrows
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Read Smoot
Utah
Smoot
Salt Lake City
Congress
Japan Prepares for War with Expanded State Credit
Tokyo reports emergency ordinances granting the government near unlimited credit for military defense. Measures cover railway control, wartime military headquarters reorganization, and a war council. Yokohama notes final steps to place Japan on a war footing with unlimited treasury bonds and a special war council.
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Tokio
Yokohama
Japan
England
Dowie Farewell in Chicago Before Australian Voyage
John Alexander Dowie bade farewell to Chicago adherents at the Auditorium as he prepares to depart for Australia. An all night watch meeting preceded his New Year departure from Zion City. He will travel to New Orleans then San Francisco via the southwest route, sailing January 21 and hopes to return next June.
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Dowie
Chicago
Australia
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
New Orleans
San Francisco
Powell reports revolutions and provisional governments in Santo Domingo
Minister Powell's undated dispatch notes two revolutions in Santo Domingo with provisional governments, one in the north and center and one in the south, signaling a complex upheaval across the country. Also, brief notes mention Rome's Tripuna on US military prep and the death of novelist George Gissing in Spain.
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Powell
Washington
State Department
Santo Domingo
Avua
Baralana
Naval Movements To Reinforce Isthmus Force
Washington reports that Atlantic and Pacific fleets will be reinforced as gunboats Topeka Castine and others head toward Colon and Panama. Dixie carries 600 Marines. Caesar supplies coal. Colombian legation closing looms as Reyes and Herron await Hay’s reply.
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Washington
Panama
Topeka
Atlantic Training Squadron
Key West
Colon
Kingston
Truxtun
Stewart
Caribbean
Castine
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Caesar
Culebra
Dixie
League Island
Panama Marine Brigade
Elliott
Isthmus
Pacific
Petrel
Acapulco
Mex
Legation
General Reyes
Hay
Dr. Herron
Mr. Hay
United States
Accidents for the year in anthracite mines
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania mine inspector Reynolds reports for the Seventh district that last year there were 38 fatal and 134 non fatal accidents across seventeen collieries. He notes 1902 saw 3 percent more coal mined than 1901 and fewer deaths, though 1902 is not comparable due to a strike.
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Wilkesbarre
Reynolds
Appeal in Behalf of Jews Urges U S Action
Simon Wolf, officer of B Nai B’rith and United Jewish societies, seeks urgent U S aid against reported planned massacre of Jews in Russia on January 7. He will present the appeal to the state department and then meet President Roosevelt to discuss the Jews' status in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
Simon Wolf
B'Nai Brith
United Jewish Societies
State Department
Wolf
Roosevelt
Protest Against Machines in Government Printing Office
Washington Colombia'sypo graphical union formed a committee to address Congress in earnest protest against installing typesetting machines in the government printing office. The union argues the machines cannot perform the government work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colombia
Sypographical Union
Congress
Colombians Prepare to Leave Washington Legation
Colombian representatives, led by General Reyes and Herran, rush to pack the legation in Washington and move files to storage as they anticipate a rejected note from Secretary Hay. They expect eventual severance of diplomatic relations over the Panama situation.
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Hay
Legation
General Reyes
Dr. Herron
Panama
United States
Transports Ready for Sea for Panama or Manila Service
War department officials say transports Sherman Buford and Crook at San Francisco are being prepared for sea. Their primary role is Manila service, but authorities stress readiness for any emergency including troop movement to Panama. No orders exist yet, aims are preparedness. Sherman to Manila after repairs, Buford overhauled, Crook undergoing renovation.
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Panama
Washington—War
Department
Sherman
Buford
Crook
San Francisco
Manila
Quartermaster's
Quartermaster
Philippines
Secretary Hay to Go South for Recovery Visit
Washington reports Secretary Hay's bronchial illness unchanged. Doctors expect him to travel to Nomansville, Ga., for a milder climate with Colonel Oliver Payne to aid recovery. If no sudden improvement occurs, Loomis will preside at New Year’s breakfast with the diplomatic corps and attend the president's reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hay
Mr. Loomis
No War in the Near Future Foretold in Rome Gossip
Rome official circles foresee no imminent conflict between Japan and Russia. Belief centers on Russia consolidating eastern ships with a nine‑vessel Mediterranean volunteer fleet. U S influence could sway France and Britain toward neutrality. China’s warlike prep under Japanese instructors alarms London and St Petersburg, complicating Russia’s calculations.
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Rome
Far East
Japan
Russia
Mediterranean
United States
France
Great Britain
China
New Yorke
Herald
St. Petersburg
Army report urges old uniforms and military prisons
Major Bates critiques the Department of the Lakes review year, noting recruits fall short of past standards, with many undeveloped youths. He favors white facings over baby blue, blue overcoats over olive drab, and a return to the company mess. He urges a military prison to curb overcrowding and discipline concerns, citing 357 enlisted tried by general court martial and 342 convictions among 857 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Army
Department of the Lakes
Bates
Wreck Claims Many As Pere Marquette Trains Collide
At East Paris near Grand Rapids Michigan a head on collision between two Pere Marquette passenger trains left twenty two dead and thirty eight injured with several fatally. Officials blamed high wind that blew out a signal lamp at McCord's denying a orders misunderstanding as cause.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mid
Pere Marquette
Trast
Paris
Detroit
McCord’s
Pox
Pere Marquette Railroad
Russia orders rush meat shipment for Russian army
Cudahy Packing Company of South Omaha received a rush order for 1,000,000 pounds of extra mess meat for the Russian army. The beef must travel from South Omaha to reach San Francisco before January 26, when two Russian ships will sail with the cargo. The ships are said to carry additional war supplies for Russia's war department.
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Cudahy Packing Company
Des Moines
South Omaha
San Francisco
Omaha
United States
War Department of
Russia
Isaac Sharp Dead Former Kansas Governor Figure Dies
Washington reports the death of Isaac Sharp a former Kansas governor. He died Friday from a stomach ailment at age 71. A native of Pennsylvania he moved to Kansas in the 1860s where as a trade seller he had a noted role in the Kansas Missouri struggle.
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Isaac Sharp
Washington
Saac Sharp
Kansas
Ife
Pennsylvania
Kangis
Kansas-Missouri
Fragmentary Local Notice From Benara Area
Partial readable text mentions Andrews, a home in a city near Vermont and Benara. The lines are garbled with missing words making precise details unclear.
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Paning
Benara
Andrews
Itpeller, Vt
Tes
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