Nicaragua Canal Concessions Queried by Maritime Canal Co
The Maritime Canal Company reports to the senate that Nicaragua may wipe out concessions affecting US canal plans. It asserts land rights to the Lake Nicaragua to Pacific route, warns of possible price demands, and notes no alarm in informed circles. Washington observers discuss Hay-Pauncefote treaty and war time provisions, highlighting US control and open canal terms.
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Washington
Dec
Nicaragua
United States
Maritime Canal Company
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Lake Nicaragua
Pacific Ocean
dJlaritime Janal Company
United Sates
Scranton Company Fails to Agree with Rail Strike
Scranton officials refuse to reinstate workers while John Mitchell leads the American Federation of Labor unit in urging settlement. General Manager Silliman Stevens states the company will not bargain with a union or readmit the workers en masse. The men insist only specific terms will rehire, keeping the strike unresolved.
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Scranton
Scranton Railway Company
John Mitchell
Uiners
Exventlive Council
Simerican Eelderation of Labor
Silliman
Expert testimony to convict Miss Toppan in Boston case
In the Barnstable nurse Miss Jane Toppan case the state plans an elaborate trial. Prosecutors will rely heavily on expert testimony from Harvard chemist Professor Wood and others about substances found in the stomachs of three deceased patients Alden Davis Mrs. Harry Gordon and Mrs. Mary Gibbs.
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Boston
Jane Toppan
Barnstable
Wood
Harvard
Tey
Alden Davis
Harry Gordon
Chicago
Mary Gibbs
Miss Toppan
Boston caucus fraud trials shake city politics
In Boston, a set of caucus fraud cases nearing conclusion in the superior court. arrests include Semple A Winsloe Alfred S New guarch John Lard and three others on charges of securing repeaters. Trials span weeks with possible heavy fines or prison if convicted, impacting mayoral race results and Republican support.
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Boston
Mass
Uoon
Superior Court
Thomas W. Hart
Semple A. Winsloe
Alfreds. Newguarch
John Lard
Republican Party
Socialist Leader Voices Moderate Hint On Camps
Brussels reports M Van Der Velde the Belgian socialist leader surprised deputies by a tempered stance on South Africa concentration camps. He disclaimed hostility to Great Britain, cited family ties to England, and pressed for better humane treatment while asking Belgium's government to respond if other governments seek to pressure Britain.
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Brussels
South Africa
Chamber of Deputies
M. van der Velde
Great Britain
Lord Kitchener
Belgium
Chamber
Steyn
Louis Moritz
Ratha
Harvard Yale relations soothed by Harvard statement
Cambridge Mass Dec 11 Professor Hollis chairman Harvard athletic committee says no one authorized to speak for Harvard Yale relations remain steady games to continue under mutual arrangements. Last football game praised for clean play and good spirit. Disputes should be settled by discussion, not newspaper ultimatums. Facts noted in copper sector indicate further price cuts and Amalgamated dividend changes this month.
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Cambridge
Mass
Hollis
Tjarvard Athletic Committee
Harvard Crimson
Harvard
Yale
Boston
A. QO. Barrage
Butte & Boston-Bostonu
Montana
T. W. Lateson
Amalgamated Copper Company
Protect High Officials Bill Aims At Severe Penalties
Washington December 11 Senate introduced a bill to protect the president vice president and foreign dignitaries. The measure prescribes death for killing or attempting to kill the president or others in line of succession and for conspiring to assault them. It also imposes 20 year terms for approving or aiding such acts and 10 year maximum for undermining law or civilization. The draft was prepared by Edgar Aldrich.
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United States
Hilze Aldrich
New Hampshire
Washington
Seuslor Galliner
Senate
Edgar Edrich
United Stattes
Four Lost Crewmen of Allal Vessel Reach Shore
Four sailors from the Norwegian steamer Allal perished attempting to reach land after the ship’s propeller failed off Scattette Island. Five volunteers sailed in a boat to seek aid to Louisburg but were forced back by rough seas. Exhausted, one survivor reached Muainadden to recount the tragedy, naming only that one is an officer.
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Halifay
Dee
Svhmen
Allal
Eula
Linrot Bay
N. J
Yey
Ani
Scattette Island
Louisburg
Muainadden
Newspaper Writer Shot After Quarrel in New York
Francis McGinnonis Iveagh, a well known New York newspaper man, was shot twice by anarchist Alexander Horr after a quarrel over a jocular kiss. Horr was arrested. authorities found anarchist papers and a memorial fund for Czolgusz, opposing the dead president memorial. In a separate incident, Miss Mary de Peyster Carey attended a Morgan luncheon when a well dressed woman demanded money and insulted her, arresting Annie Kramer who lamented beggars as a nuisance on Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue.
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New York
Francis McGinonis-Iveagh
Alexander Hors
McGinnia-Iveagh
Horr
Pa Wall
Harr
Ne- Cinuis-Ivreagh
Hart
Czolgosy
Melkinley
York
Mary de Peyster Carey
Samuel T. Carey
J. Pierpont Morgan
Miss Carey
Annie Kramer
Fifth
Madison Avenuer
Federation of Labor Aims to Bar Asiatics at Meeting
Delegates at the American Federation of Labor sessions debated exclusion of Chinamen and natives of Japan and other Asiatic lands. Resolutions favoring Chinese exclusion passed amid cheers while anti Asiatic native exclusion failed. Ticket scalping debate split with railway telegraphers arguing federation jurisdiction, vote favored allowing scalping. Jacob Roce, an engineer at the New Haven electric light plant, was severely burned by hot ashes dumped into a water puddle and taken to hospital.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Japan
New Haven
Vec
Jacob Roce
Electric Light Company
George Street
Rohr
Jury to decide Bonine case after long trial
Washington will hear closing arguments tomorrow as two lawyers on each side prepare for the district attorney's final statements in the Bonine case. Witnesses filled nine teen days of testimony with about 70 individuals on the stand. The jurors face a murky mystery with few clues, and many believe conviction unlikely. If the panel fails to agree, another trial is unlikely due to lack of new evidence.
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Washington
Bonine
Efer
Fancy fabrics and prints sale list with prices
A fragmented sale column lists various fabrics including French Flannelette dots stripes Persian figures and Comet Flannel. Prices range from 10¢ to 120, with Thursday sale terms. Also noted are Children and Ladies nightwear items with small prices and ranges for sizes.
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Trager
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Ming Pook
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Maritime Camal Company
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Ile
Gilbert Manufacturing Co
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England
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Match
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National Red Grogs Association
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W. Va
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Gately & Bre Credit Clothiers
Center St
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Waterbury, Conn
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