Western Union Introduces Cable Letters and Weekend Letters
The Western Union Telegraph Company announces two new transatlantic services. Cable letters allow fast week-delayed messages from New York or Boston to London or Liverpool at about 70 cents per word with possible two day delay. Weekend letters travel Friday or Saturday to arrive Tuesday, at 5 cents per word. A deferred press dispatch and general deferred cable service at half rates begin later, with ongoing industry rate war implications discussed by officials.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Boston
Liverpool
London
Philadelphia
Vienna
Austria
Western Union
Nework
Postal Telegraph
Postal Telegraph Company
Broadway
John W. Mackay
Postal Teleraph Company
Mackay
Commercial Cable Company
Great Britain
Ireland
Erient
Poston
Ctca
America
Europe
Saar
Central Cable Office
Western Irion Telegraph Company
Broad Street
New York City
Fires Destroy Durbar Camp Pavilion and Nearby Fireworks Store
In Delhi a grand pavilion planned for the King-Emperor’s arrival burned down today during a rehearsal. It followed a second Durbar Camp fire within a week, with a third blaze at a riverside fireworks store. London officials weigh the impact on the Durbar visit amid fears of incendiary causes unknown.
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Durbar
Jumma
Letter found on Kellogg Durland details before death at South Station
Boston report reveals a note found on Kellogg Durland after he died by poison on November 19 at South Station. The letter to W D Parmalee asks forgiveness and directs the burning of personal papers. it notes a trunk, library items, and a box of photos. The medical examiner cites death by own action and disguising, with a $15 000 life policy going to his wife.
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Boston
Kellogg Durland
Pelletier
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Magrath
Durland
W. D. Parmalee
Munroe
N. Y
Genevieve
Frank A. K. Boland
Broadway
Louis Sessa
Eny
Bar assails judge over conduct probe at Auburn
United States Judge G W Ray faced sharp bar association criticism after Cayuga County Grievance Committee recommended dropping the charge against him for alleged abuse of a young attorney in the Italian counterfeiters trial. The group voted to reject the committee report and urged authorities to fully investigate his fitness for office citing political and personal conduct concerns.
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New York Times
Auburn
N. Y
United States
G. W. Ray
Cayuga County Bar Association
L. H. Searing
Judge Ray
Searing
Testimonial Dinner for Fire Chief Kenlon Postponed
Fire Chief John Kenlon’s son Gerald, 18, is ill with typhoid fever at Fort Lee New Jersey. The planned testimonial dinner for Kenlon’s appointment to the Fire Department leadership was postponed and may be rescheduled in January. Mayor Gaynor and Fire Commissioner Johnson were among expected attendees.
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Kenlon
Gerald
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Fort Lee
N. J
Harry M. Archer
Fire Department
Kenton
Hotel Astor
Gaynor
Johnson
Shipping News Arrivals Highlight SS Zeeland at Antwerp
Latest shipping note reports the SS Zeeland arriving at Antwerp on November 25 with items including genuine crystal pebble eyeglasses. Casual lines reference a person named Spencer and a storefront clue “Maiden Late” but lack clear context or dates.
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Antwerp
Spencer
Infanta Eulalia Defends Feminism Amid Madrid Row
The Infanta Eulalia, amid tense royal tensions, denies reports on her finances and insists intelligent women deserve the vote. She cites her own experience with marriage and divorce laws, defends her stance on feminism, and criticizes Spain’s etiquette while awaiting Premier Canalejas’s reply. The Paris visit draws American and socialite attention as she telegraphs for clarity.
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Isabella
Paris
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Duke of Montpensier
Ferrer
America
Canalejas
Eulalia
Faubourg Saint Germain
Clarence Mackay
Perry Belmont
H. 8. Lehr
Robert Bacon
Keppel
Duke of Berwick
New York Times Christmas Edition Promises Artistic Color Feature
The New York Times will publish a special Christmas edition next Sunday with an extra full color Pictorial Section and a tint section. Demand is expected to be high, so readers are urged to pre order through their newsdealer.
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New York Times
Alexander Wins Reelection in Los Angeles Vote
Mayor George Alexander narrowly wins a heavy abstention city election in Los Angeles defeating Socialist Job Harriman. A strong women vote favored the Good Government ticket amid McNamara confession influence and plans for municipal control of utilities.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander
Job Harriman
Harriman
West Side
East Side
West Seventh Street
Union Avenue
Janet Converse
Women’s Progressive League
Merchants’ Trust
Good Government
George Alexander
McNamara
Harrison Gray Otis
Socialist Party
Owens River
Wilmington
San Pedro
Pacific Coast
Alexander Irvine
Reform
Good Government Party
William J. Burns
Times
Burns
Hadleest
Herrimen
McNamara Brothers
Darrow
Maras
Orhis
Stokes Weighs Operation as Trial of Girls Paused
Stokes grew worse from an intestinal ailment and faced possible surgery at the Ansonia Hotel. Doctors debated removing abdominal pus while the trial of Miss Graham and Miss Conrad paused with postponement to Thursday.
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W. E. D. Stokes
Hotel Ansonia
Mr. Stokes
J. P. Thornley
Ansonia
Alexander Smith
Thornley
Smith
Bolton Bangs
Stokes
Aoain
Thornbey
Ethel Conrad
Lillian Graham
Miss Conrad
Miss Graham
Justice Marcus
Supreme Court
Buckner
Josiah Thornley
John Bloom
Varuna
Bloom
Patrick Casey
Robert M. Moore
The
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Jordan
Ultimatum from Persia threatens Russian advance
Persia presents an ultimatum to Russia demanding troops stop at Kashin and orders for further drafts be countermanded. If terms are not conceded within thirty hours Persia will launch an offensive. The Porte rejects open Bosphorus and Dardanelles to Russian warships. Persia seeks Britain as mediator in negotiations with Russia.
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London
Morning Post
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Persia
Kashin
Berlin
Morgen
Constantinople
Porte
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Washington
Great Britain
United Persian Press
Deny Italian Atrocities Telegram Defends Tripoli Events
Telegram from Tripoli dated December 5 reports witnesses say Italian soldiers did not commit atrocities and that executions were repression of a prearranged Arab revolt. It notes moslems tortured Christian prisoners and wounded. Correspondents named include George R. Brown Louis Andre Paul Tristan.
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Tripoli
Dent
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London
George R. Brown
Daily Telegraph
Judge Holt Sentences Cigarmaker for Cigar Box Fraud
In New York, Judge Holt of the United States Circuit Court fined Joseph Gutierrez one dollar and ordered thirty days in Blackwell's Island Penitentiary after Gutierrez pleaded guilty to using boxes of foreign brand cigars for selling his own home made product. The judge noted differences between customs and internal revenue violations and cited other influencing circumstances in the case.
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Holt
United States
Joseph Gutierrez
Blackwell's Island Penitentiary
Duveen
Guitierrez
Jury awards $400 to Cordes for stolen electricity
A City Court jury ordered Charles M. O Connor to pay Herman Cordes $400 for electricity Cordes alleges O Connor tapped the meter line in the basement of their adjoining buildings. Judge Finelite presided with Burray G Jenkin as plaintiff's attorney.
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Herman Cordes
Columbus Avenue
Charles M. O'Connor
O’connor
le Shage Elite
Burray G. Jenkin
Mystery Lake Vanishes Beneath Rockefeller Estate
The Pocantico Hills lake on John D. Rockefeller's estate disappeared into the Croton Aqueduct when water flowed down a subterranean crevice. Rockefeller suspects a concrete foundation may be needed, while his iceman friend George Ferguson made the discovery and was cleared of accusations.
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New York Times
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
New York City
Croton
Mr. Rockefeller
Kyk Uit Hill
New York
Rockefeller
George Ferguson
Ferguson
Fatal blast halts rail work near Peekskill, New York
A blasting accident at Cru gers, two stations south of Peekskill, killed one man and injured four others in the Little Tunnel. Italian laborers were inside the tunnel when rock fell, trapping and injuring workers. The Holdbrook Cabot Rollins Company of Brooklyn conducted the project, and traffic was stopped for two hours.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Crugers
Peekskill
New York Central
Peekskill Hospital
Holdbrook, Cabot & Rollins Company
Brooklyn
Chicago Charges Merchants to Sell by Weight
A Chicago city ordinance passed by the City Council requires retail merchants handling fruits and vegetables to sell by weight rather than by measure, with exceptions for berries cherries and asparagus. The measure includes examples showing weight differences for potatoes apples onions spinach and other produce to illustrate the change. The notice also includes an advertisement for J. Dewey & Sons Co. at Fulton Street.
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New York Times
Chicago
Life Term for J B Mnamara in Dynamite Conspiracy Case
Special prosecutor Wickersham names Oscar Lawler to lead the inquiry. Accomplices prepared to testify before the Federal Grand Jury about the dynamite conspiracy.
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Federal Grand Jury
McNamara Receives Life Term for Times Building Bombing
In Los Angeles on December 5 1910 James B McNamara is sentenced to life in prison for dynamiting the Los Angeles Times Building on Oct 1 1910 His brother John J McNamara gets fifteen years for the Llewellyn Iron Works blast The judge notes potential grand jury testimony and sweeping federal inquiry led by Oscar Lawler and Attorney General Wickersham The scene outside the Hall of Records shows heavy guard presence as the confession is read and the court weighs mercy versus punishment.
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Times
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Llewellyn Iron Works
Bordwell
James B. McNamara
Wickersham
Oscar Lawler
United States
Fredericks
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Lawler
Hall of Records
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T. James B. McNamara
Ink Alley
Judge Bordwell
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