Congress Op ens Today Ad journ s Out of Respect
Congress opens with both houses adjourning to honor the memory of the late Senator Sewall. The session is expected to be busy with debates on Philippine revenues, free trade proposals, and reciprocity treaties with France Canada and Argentina. The Hepburn canal bill and naval matters, including the Schley case, loom large as the Panama and Nicaragua canal questions unfold.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Senate Philippine Committee
United States
Islands
Committee On Commerce
Cullom
France
Canada
Argentine Republic
Nicaragua Canal
Houses
Schley
Penrose
Pearce
Sampson
Schley and Clark
Arms and diplomacy clash in China warning
United States Great Britain and Germany are accused of fostering rearmament in China by indifference. The article warns enforcement would require an international customs service on the Chinese coast and could threaten China's autonomy while noting a possible new Boxer uprising. It also covers New Haven water contract protests and a failed boxing club bid in Hartford. President Roosevelt to sign 1,800 officer commissions soon.
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Great Britain
Germany
Washington
Jan
China
New Haven
Wlarst
Water Co
New York
Trades Council of
Conn
King
Connecticut
New York Journal
New Hayan
Trades Council
Pew
Water Company
Yate College
Trades Council of New
Haven
Philip
Daly
State Street
Vigorous Campaign in the Philippines Reported
General Franklin Bell conducts a vigorous campaign in Batangas Province driving insurrectionists in all directions. Filipinos flee toward Tayabas as native constabulary assist in capturing men and rifles. Loots include an arsenal and powder factory seized by Major Albert L. Myer in Leyte. The island of Samar remains unsettled with fighting and recovered wounds. The Lopez family arrests and confiscations impact natives. Leyte deemed peaceful by civil authorities but military view remains wary. Six Day Bicycle Race in Boston ends with a disputed finish and riders seek harmony thereafter.
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Gur Soliers
Samar
Leyte
Manila
Franklin Bell
Batangas
Wint and Dougherty
Tayabas Pro
General Bell
Bell
Bng
Ball
Lopez
Schoenffel
Ninth Infantry
Dapdap
Albert L. Myer
Eleventh Infantry
Ormoc
Myer
Phonograph Threat Case Leads to Arrest in Paris
Mlle Brun, an artiste, faced a threatening suitor after a quarrel over an engagement to sing into a phonographic machine. The man fled to police, was released, then Brun’s machine reproduced the scene prompting his arrest. Also reported, Boer forces trap Scotts Greys at Brookhorst Spruit with casualties.
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Paris
Mlle. Brun
Waile
Howevilo
Bron
West Branford Tragedy Documents a Fatal Night Incident
In Branford a 35 year old Austrian laborer died from head wounds and a bruised neck after returning to Michael Bradley's boarding house. A possible motive involves a New Haven rival named Mena. The case is referred to the medical examiner as authorities investigate threats and the circumstances of his death.
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Branford
John
Scotia
Michael Bradley
New Haven
Lord Roberts Unpopular In Army Over War Office Policy
London readers report a growing discontent in the cavalry and service clubs as soldiers object to a new War Office order that bans shoulder chains on uniforms. Officers say the move is inexplicable and unpopular, with Lord Roberts and Mr Broderick losing support among the ranks.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Broderick
Rare Gaza Bible bound in Seymour Connecticut
Joseph Wood and Son book-binders in Seymour have rebinded a rare 1610 Gaza Bible printed in Edinburgh by Annie Hart. The volume, larger than typical Bibles, contains 1500 pages and notes differences from the King James Version, including missing chapters in Song of Solomon. It includes a Nichols family genealogy from 1620 to 1675. A New Year sale ad for overcoats and suits is also shown.
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Seymour, Conn
Joseph Wood
George H. Church
Seymour
Theodore Gaza
Edinburgh
Annie Hart
Nichols
Connecticut
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Black G Tea
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Hopson
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Hanager
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Servall
Roosevelt
Panama Canal Company
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Morgan
Panama
Panama Company
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Isthmian Canal Commission
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Royale
Hartford
You' O'Rourke
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Army
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Preacher
Alan Croquel
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Byvange
Ernest I.’ Chase
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Qol
Caleb
Chase
Mr. Chase
Aurinley Memorial
Atlanta
Washincton
William McKinley National Memorial Arch Association
Lincoln
Grant
McKinley Arch
Gaza
Tily’s
Weil
Maasen
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Ino
Gately & Brennan
Credit Clothiers
Center St
Waterbury
Con
GEI Opera
Komme J. Carter
Niagara Falls
Eale
McCarthy
Phoreday
Jane
Benson Furniture Company
Morris
Benson Furniture Company, Cash Or Credit
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Greenburg
Evica
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Ladie
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