Amundsen Expedition Sightings Reach Eagle Alaska
Amundsen remains in Eagle awaiting word from Nansen after a 700 mile overland run with Captain Mogg. He reports traversing the northwest passage east to west and notes graves of Franklin’s men, magnetic pole observations near Boothia Island, and five whalers near Herschel Island with 200 crew.
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Eagle
Alaska
Nansen
Beattie
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Sefec
Dawson
Ieee
Roala Amundsen
Ansen
Wansen
Mogg
San Francisco
King Point
Amundsen
Boothia Island
Magnetic Pole
Pole
Graves
Franklin
Sir John Franklin
Mackenzie River
Indsen
More
Herschel Island
Nome
Carijimpountain
Nundsen
Northwest Mounted Ce
R. Varicle
Seattle
Arctic
Indian Territory politics loom as new state forms
In a forecast of congressional shifts after Oklahoma and Indian Territory join as one state on March 4 Indians gain voting rights under the flag and could send a tribal leader to Congress. General Pleasant Porter of the Creek Nation emerges as a likely Democratic senator, boosting crossrace support amid 6000 black voters in the territory.
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Posidakonee
Fion
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Jas
Ap- 7
Meesin Congress
Congress
m@tate
United States
Pleasant Porter
Porter
Washington
Meriwether Lucky Convicted At Naval Academy
Midshipman Meriwether receives one year confinement to the academy limits and a public reprimand by the secretary of the navy. The sentence bars the accused from serving on any practice ship, with most of the penalty remitted. He was acquitted of manslaughter but found guilty of conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meriwether
Naval Academy
Bonaparte
Academy
Sof
Five-Story Fire At Columbus Avenue Fire Traps Residents
A blaze in a five story apartment building at Columbus Avenue and One Hundred Street last night burned six persons and injured two others. Police and firemen aided by surgeons rescued several trapped tenants as residents panicked and scrambled for exits.
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Columbus Avenue
Gdredth
Sby
Amnoe
Ship Gunboat Arrival Reported in Harbor
On December 12 a gunboat arrived in the harbor as ships and harbor authorities prepared for inspection. Local officials noted the vessel's presence and awaited further details on its mission and origin.
Emergency Panama Canal Bill Raises Funding Questions
Senate appropriations panel agrees to report a bill for 11 million dollars to fund the Isthmian Canal Commission with no general legislation. Taft and Shonts seek 16.5 million, but 11 million will cover work to April. Bishop details his duties as secretary and liaison, while opposition forces and railroads are discussed.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Senate Committee On Appropriations
House
Senate
Teller
Finance Committee
Congress
Taft
War Department
Theodore F. Shonts
Canal Commission
Joseph B. Bishop
Commission
Shonts
Bishop
W. Leon Pepperman
Sultan Yields on Macedonia Finance Plan
Constantinople dispatch: the sultan has yielded and accepted the powers' collective note outlining financial control of Macedonia. London reports the reform scheme is accepted as settled.
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London
Daily News
Constantinople
Macedonia
Admiral Lillie Juillie Dies in New York Home
Rear Admiral Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck Juillie retired of the United States Navy dies at his New York City residence.
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New York
Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck
Ellis Corey rises to steel throne amid family feud
Pittsburg December reports say W E Corey, president of United States Steel, faced bitter local wrath over alleged ill treatment of his wife Laura. The piece recounts his start under uncle J B Corey at Braddock, his rise through Carnegie Steel, a near self harm incident, swimming feats, and conflicts with Andrew Carnegie and his wife.
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Pittsburg
William Ellis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Mabelle Gilman
J. B. Corey
Braddock
Laura
W. Ellis Corey
Ellis
Corey
Monongahela Valley
Miss Gilman
Schwab
Carnegie Steel Company
Coa
Carnegie Company
Jim
J. B.’ Corey
New York
W. BE. Corey
Thrilling Rescue as Ship Sinks in Nantucket Lightship
In New Bedford Massachusetts on December 12 persistent hand bailing for twenty four hours and wireless telegraphy that brought aid saved thirteen men on the Nantucket South Shoal relief lightship No 58 yesterday. The vessel sank minutes after the crew jumped into lifeboats.
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New Bedford
Mass
Nantucket, South Shoal
Roosevelt to nominate W. T. Vernon for treasury post
President-elect Roosevelt plans to appoint W. T. Vernon of Quin dare Kansas as register of the treasury succeeding Judson W. Lyons of Georgia. Vernon is a leading negro educator in the west and has strong backing from the Kansas congressional delegation.
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Roosevelt
W. T. Vernon
Kansas
Register
Washington, D. C
Industrial Institute
Quindare
Kan
Judson W. Lyons
Georgia
Register of the Treasury
Debate over maximum railroad rates fascinates senators
Washington reports recount extended Senate debate on Tillman bill to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix maximum rates, plus discussion of the Panama Canal and an emergency appropriation bill. The session observed the death of Senator Mitchell with his name erased from the rolls.
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Washington
Spirita
Tillman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Panama Canal
Senate
Mitchell
Oregon
Mr. Mitchell
Chaplin Hale
Foraker
Harmon
Santa Fe
Panama
Appropriation Committee
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
National Capitol
Beveridge
Committee On Territories
Charles G. Jones
Oklahoma City
Helen Renstron
Cannon
Fred Landis
Indiana
Congress
District of Columbia
Insular
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Belmont Adds to List on Campaign Publicity Committee
Belmont announces new members joining the publicity bill committee as it builds a national organization for campaign contribution publicity. Names include governors Hanly Montague Cummins Blanchard Warfield Dawson and other prominent figures with plans for post holiday meetings to appoint subcommittees and set procedures.
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Belmont
Washington, D. C
Perry Belmont
New York
National Organization
Hanly
Indiana
Montague
Virginia
Cummins
Iowa
Blanchard
Louisiana
Warfield
Maryland
Dawson
West Virginia
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
George Gray
United States
Delaware
Charles W. Elliot
Harvard University
Norman Mack
Democratic National Committee
William E. Chandler
Navy
Charles E. Hughes
New York Legislative Insurance
Warner Miller
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
William F. Vilas
Carter Harrison
Chicago
William B. Harrity
Philadelphia
Bag of allegations cloud Taggart new trial bid
Wooster Ohio December 11 Grace Taggart's motion for a new trial was set for December 19. Her counsel filed deposition and affidavits alleging prejudice against Judge Eason and sought a continuance to gather more. Eason offered to read affidavits immediately. Some affidavits allege sensational accusations against the judge and claim a newspaper man influenced the verdict in the Caza case.
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Taggart
Wooster
Grace Taggart
Eason
Caza
House Committees Formed for Fifty-ninth Congress
Speaker Cannon announced committee chairmen for key panels including Ways and Means Payne of New York, Appropriations Tawney of Minnesota, Judiciary Jenkins of Wisconsin, and Foreign Affairs Hitt of Illinois. Additional names listed follow for other panels and members. Roosevelts appointments also noted for U S Attorneys Marshals and Postmasters in Illinois, Nebraska, and Iowa.
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Washington
Cannon
Payne
New York
Tawney
Minnesota
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Hepburn
Iowa
Hitt
Ilinois
Hull
Foss
Overs Street
Indiana
Cooper
Lowler
New Jersey
Southard
Ohio
Burton
Grosvenor
Wadsworth
Lacey
Sherman
Hamilton
Michigan
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Bartholdt
Missouri
Gardner
Sulloway
New Hampshire
Loudenslager
District Columbia
Babcock
Mondell
Wyoming
Howell
Crumpacker
McCleary
C. B. Landis
Industrial Arts and Expositions
Massachusetts
Mann
Illinois
Olmstead
Driscoll
Ways and Means
Boutell
Watson
William Alden Smith
Champ Clark
Smith
Graff
Brick
Madden
Burke
South Dakota
Esch
Townsend
Charles B. Landis
Otten
Denby
Messinley
Sterling
Birdsall
Tfoster
Dearmond
Prince
Holliday
Young
Voss
Wilson
Hinsnaw
Nebraska
McKinney
Klepper
Lloyd
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
William A. Northcott
William EB. Trautmann
Charles B
Hubbard
Charles V. Hoffman
Oskaloosa
Jacob Mummert
Prairie City
Ilmer B. Johnson
Rockwell City
H. I. Denter
Shenandoah
Rodney G. Hawkins
Wapello
Indictments in Kansas land fraud case hit cattle barons
The U S grand jury in Topeka issued twenty four indictments against cattlemen for land frauds. Charges include conspiracy to defraud the government and subornation of perjury. Indicted individuals include R M Stevens Morton county official and B M Dean probate judge. Total fenced land cited 403 400 acres, with 135 000 government land.
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Topeka
Kan
United States Grand Jury
Kansas
United States
R. M. Stevens
Stevens County
Mr. Allen
Morton County
B. M. Dean
J. S. Bilby
Missouri
John E. Bilby
Masked Bandits Loot Mechanics Bank In Reading
Eight masked men seized Reading police, locked them in a jail, then dynamited a water works safe at the Mechanics Bank. They obtained about $400. A resident across the street, A. P. Brooks, fired on guards but no injuries were reported. Police were later released by citizens.
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Reading
Mass
Mechanics Bank
Reading Water Works
A. P. Brooks
Siberia to Alaska Railroad Proposal Gains Russian Approval
A St Petersburg dispatch reports Baron de Lobel and French capitalists seek a Siberia to Alaska railroad via bridges and tunnels under the Strait. The plan, capitalized at 250 to 300 million dollars, aims to involve money centers in France Russia and the United States through a commission to set contract rules.
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Siberia
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Baron de Lobel
Alaska
Baron de Lopes
France
Russia
United States
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Philippine Islands
Adamson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Gilbert
India
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Bowie
Alabama
Internal Revenue
Johnson
South Carolina
Bonynge
Colorado
Clayton
Senator Foraker
New Mexico
Arizona
Andian
Ila
Union Creek
Meriwether Lucky
Appropriations Committee
Sultan
Admiral Lillie
Steel Trust
Carnegie
Arthur Poe
Princeton
Perry Hale
Yale
George Brook
U. of P
David Fuitz
Brown
New York American Baseball
John Gammons
W. B. Richardson
Overfield
U. and P
Bemis and
Hawley Pierce
Carlisle
Church of Princeton
Weinstein and Lawlor
Secarcely
Captain Jones
Braddock Mills
Young Corey
Braddock Steel Mills
Andrew Carnegie
Jank Campbell
Swissvale
WriLrrrii
Luis Corey
Lowan
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