Roosevelt Tells Senate on Panama Canal Purchase
Reports from Rome Amsterdam Berlin and Caracas describe tensions as Dutch forces seize a Venezuelan coast guard vessel and bring it to Curacao while Castro visits Berlin. In Venezuela crowds welcome Acting President Gomez and push for prisoners' liberty and ending monopolies as public unrest grows.
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Willemstad
van Heemskerk
The
Hague
Venezuela
Curacao
Castro
Berlin
von Buelow
von Schoen
Councellor Goetsch
Senor
Veloz Goitieca
Senor Nached
Veloz
Nached
Caracas
Holland
Yellow House
Gomez
Paul
el Constitutional
Earl of Granard Engaged to Beatrice Mills
Bernard Forbes eighth earl of Granard has confirmed engagement to Beatrice Mills daughter of Ogden Mills and granddaughter of D O Mills. The betrothal, long discussed since September, was announced from London and echoed by the Mills family in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Granard
New York
Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes
Earl of Granard
Beatrice Mills
Ogden Mills
D. O. Mills
London
Mills
Europe
Newport
Staatsburg
Livingston Mansion
The Journal Buys Huge Electric Sign for Iowa Avenue
The Journal announces it has purchased a large electric sign from Haller Sign Co. Inc. of Chicago to be placed in front of its building on Iowa avenue by week’s end. The sign features over 125 bulbs and mirrors the Citizens' Railway and Light office sign. It will be the sole sign on Iowa avenue and aims to improve Muscatine’s downtown area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Iowa Avenue
Haller Sign Co., Inc
Chicago
Citizens’ Railway and Light Company
Mus
Insurgents Defeat House Rules Revision Move
The House kills the Gardner insurgent bid to amend the resolution on reporting on revising house rules and lays it on the table. Twenty Republicans vote against the speaker, supporting his ruling. The government will not purchase pneumatic tubes, per the postmaster general’s commission findings. Charles M. Schwab testifies on iron and steel costs. A federal fine arts bureau is urged. The Senate adopts a Christmas adjournment resolution.
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Washington, D. C
House
Gardner
Secretary of State
Congress
Meyer
Federal Bureau of Fine Arts
Department of the Interior
Committee On Allied Fine Arts
American Institute of Architects
Senate
Cummins Introduces First Bill for Mississippi Bridge
Senator Cummins proposes a bill authorizing the Iowa Central to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at Keithsburg. The measure marks his first bill in Washington on December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Welliver
Washington D. C
Cummins
Iowa Central
Mississippi River
Keithsburg
Window Glass Workers Seek 25 Percent Wage Increase
The national window glass workers union demands a 25 percent across the board wage raise for about seven thousand skilled employees. The new scale takes effect December 19 after the five day session of the national scale committee in Cleveland Ohio.
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Cleveland
National Window Glass Workers
National
United States
Nevins Arrives in Salt Lake for G A R Encampment
Henry M. Nevins commander in chief of the Grand Army and his staff arrived in Salt Lake City to plan the annual encampment scheduled for next August. Last night state Grand Army posts held a large campfire in their honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
Henry M. Nevins
Grand Army
Saloon Case Ruled Not a Nuisance in Des Moines
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled for defendants in Campbell versus Jackman Brothers of Waterloo. Campbell had sought to shut the saloon as a nuisance, but the court dismissed the case in favor of the saloon owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court
J. H. Campbell
Jackman Bros
Waterloo
Campbell
Jury selection in Hains case nears start in Flushing
In Flushing New York Louis New a carpenter was chosen as the ninth juror for the trial of Thornton J Hains accused as an accessory to his brother Captain Peter C Hains Jr in the killing of William E Annis The court noted the selection of William Hecker as a juror opposed by Hains counsel and two more jurors Alexander Jardin and Hugh McCullagh had been seated earlier Also six jurors were chosen yesterday from a pool of forty eight talesmen as the afternoon session and a brief evening session concluded
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Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains Jr
William E. Annis
William Hecker
Thornton Hains
Alexander Jardin
Hugh McCullagh
Talesmen
Bishop Tuttle Loses Silk Tile at Missouri Inauguration
The Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle Episcopal bishop of Missouri lost his silk tile during inaugural exercises for University of Missouri President Hill. A hat several sizes too small was supplied and balanced on his head since it would not stay in place.
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Columbia, Mo
Daniel S. Tuttle
Episcopal
Missouri
President Hill
University of Missouri
Columbia
Michigan canvass reports Taft Sherman lead by 159000
The state board of canvassers in Lansing announced the November results. Taft and Sherman received a statewide plurality of 159000 for presidential electors while Governor Warner trailed the ticket by 190000 and showed a 9531 plurality behind the rest of the slate.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
State Board of Canvassers
Taft
Sherman
Warner
Sunday Revival Ends Rift in Ottumwa Business
Ottumwa Iowa December 15 The Sunday revival closes a bitter rift among local capitalists after an apology meeting at the Sunday tabernacle. Sunday bids farewell until Wednesday while anti saloon signatures rise toward threshold to close saloons. Sunday plans return visit and new meetings.
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Ottumwa
Sunday Tabernacle
Sunday
Jersey
Grand Opera House
anti-Sunday Party
T. D. Foster
Samuel Mahon
the Tabernacle
Chicago Ward Ball Goes On Despite Bomb Scare
Chicago officials report the first ward annual ball at the Coliseum drew large crowds with police guarding due to a nearby dynamite blast. A photographer was attacked after he violated a ban on taking pictures. ticket receipts approached twenty five thousand dollars to fund the ward’s alderman election.
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Chicago
Ill
First Ward
Coughlin
Kenna
Dr Thomas Birdsong Pleads Guilty in Hazel Hurst Slaying
Jackson Mississippi December 15 Dr Thomas Birdsong the slayer of Dr A B Pitts a Hazel Hurst physician pleaded guilty under a pretrial agreement and received a life sentence in the penitentiary.
Thief Captured in Oskaloosa After What Cheer Robbery
Lester Steel, wanted at What Cheer for a $200 burglary, was arrested in Oskaloosa after changing clothes. He had spent about thirty dollars of the stolen amount.
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Iowa Evening Press
Oskaloosa
Lester Steel
Tobacco Trust 19 Barred by Court
The United States circuit court decree against the American Tobacco Company American Snuff Company R J Reynolds Co Pierre Lorillard the Blackwells and the Durham Company bars them from foreign and interstate commerce until restored competition The government seeks a receivership but the decree maintains the holding companies and an appeal to the Supreme Court acts as a stay Archbold Recalled in Standard Oil NJ Case for Completeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
United States Circuit
American Tobacco Company
American Snuff Company
R. J. Reynolds Co
Pierre Lorillard
Blackwells
Durham Company
United States Supreme Court
Archbold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Archbold
Standard
Iowa Banks Rebound With Record Deposits
The state auditor reports Iowa banks hold deposits totaling 205,221,919 dollars, the highest since just before the panic, signaling a return of public confidence and liquidity in Des Moines.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Muscatine Rich in History in Prospero Edition
Muscatine is highlighted as a key historic site in Iowa with early settlement roots. The Prosperity Edition to be issued Thursday evening December 17 will include a feature on a man who visited Muscatine in 1833 along with other local historical data for residents.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Muscatine County
Gov Hughes forms nine member probe into stock exchanges
Albany reports Gov Hughes appoints a nine member committee of bankers and scholars to study New York exchanges and suggest changes to securities and commodities laws. The group includes Horace White Charles Schieren David Leaventritt Clark Williams John B Clark William V King Edward Page Samuel Orday and Charles Sprague Smith. They will serve without pay and report promptly.
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New York
N. Y
Hugnes
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Albany
Gov
Hughes
Horace White
Charles A. Schieren
Brooklyn
David Leaventritt
Supreme Court
Clark Williams
John B. Clark
Columbia University
William V. King
Columbia Trust Company
Edward D. Page
Faulkner, Page & Co
Samuel H. Orday
Charles Sprague Smith
People’s Institute
Central Baseball Association elects Jus tice president
Keokuk Iowa December 15 L E Justice was unanimously reelected president of the Central Baseball association. Harry Hofner of Quincy was chosen vice president. Delegations from Hannibal Galesburg and Clinton pressed claims to admission in place of Oskaloosa. No vote was taken at noon when adjournment left decisions pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Evening Press
Keokuk
L. E. Justice
Central Baseball Association
Harry Hofner
Quincy
Hannibal
Galesburg
Clinton
Oskaloosa
Ferdinand Mella Dies, Leavenworth Hotel Leader and Chef
Ferdinand Mella, leading Leavenworth hotel proprietor and famed chef, died today in Leavenworth Kansas. A personal friend of William J. Bryan, Mella was noted for his hospitality and culinary skill.
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Bryan
Ferdinand Mella
Leavenworth
Kan
Mella
William J. Bryan
Weather Outlook For Illinois and Iowa
Illinois fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler tonight. Iowa fair tonight and Wednesday. Sunrise 7 11 am sunset 4 20 pm moonrise 11 49 pm.
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Illinois
Iowa
Scandal Allegations Named by Roosevelt on News Coverage
Roosevelt accuses newspapers of spreading an unsubstantiated tale about a scandal. He singles out real offender in the affair and names stockholders linked to the report.
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Pulitzer
President Defends Panama Canal Purchase in Congress
President Roosevelt delivers a statement to the Senate denying wrongdoing in acquiring the Panama Canal property. He attacks The New York World and Indianapolis News as libelous, emphasizes responsibility for the purchase, lists stockholders, and says few payments will be made on old bonds while new stockholders recover their investments with interest.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Senate
Panama Canal
United States
Indianapolis News
New York World
Joseph Pulitzer
Congress
Cromwell
Panama Canal Company
France
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Railroad Company
Panama Company
Credit Lyonaise of
Paris
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Ways and Means
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Awful Railroad
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Supreme Court of Iowa
Hanns Jury
Hanns
Bulletin
Louis New
Busi
Ness
Citi
Zens First Ward
Boodle Aldermen
Dr. Birdsong
Tobacco Trust
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Stock Exchange Welcome Commis
Sion
Panama
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