Fight On The German Tariff Bill Across Reichstag
Berlin reports show opposition leaders plan extended committee fights over 946 tariff items with potential delays into 1903. Germany weighs changes to House rules, cites Reed as model, while fearing economic reprisals from the United States, Russia, and Austria Hungary. American productivity and wages are contrasted with German output, and foreign insurance licenses may be at risk under new imperial control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Herren Bebel
Richter
House
Reed
United States
House of Representatives
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Foreign Office
Germany
Berln
Breslau
Dreyfusard Strife Surges in Paris Explanations
Paris reports rising tension as Maitre Labori seals his lips on the rupture with the Dreyfus family. Debates flare over Reinach Lazare letters and the broader Dreyfus dispute shaping 1902 elections. Gen. de Galliffet denies government pressure while Carriere’s accusation lingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Maitre Labori
Dreyfus
Messrs
Reinach
Bernard Lazare
Lazare
Labori
Dreyfusard
Major Carriere
de Galliffet
France Eyes US Trust Study and Industrial College
Paris reports M Lazare Weiller and engineer Maurice La Gotellerile have been tasked by the government to study American trusts and explore establishing an industrial college. Weiller favors Pittsburgh as the study center with Chicago and Philadelphia considered. four months will cover visits to major US industrial hubs. He links the inquiry to France seeking closer US relations and wonders if collaboration or competition is wiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Lazare Weiller
Foreign Commerce
M. Maurice la Gotellerile
Associated Press Today
M. Weiller
Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
United States
France
British punitive expedition confronts Mahsuds in Calcutta
In Calcutta on December 7 the punitive expedition against the Mahsuds faced strong resistance after seven villages were razed. The Mahsuds regrouped and attacked the British camp at night, resulting in ten British fatalities and fifteen wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Icebergs Reported Off Newfoundland Coast
St Johns Newfoundland December 7 The British steamer Sidra Captain Atkinson from Hamburg for New York which put in here yesterday reports seven large icebergs off the coast along the transatlantic track These are very dangerous to shipping plying to American ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John's
N. F
Sidra
Atkinson
Hamburg
New York
Chinese Loan Issued December Twenty First
Paris reports the Chinese loan of 965 million francs at 3 percent will be issued December 21. Officials note the large debt backing comes from the Chinese government with funds planned to support national projects and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Foreign Court Troubles Draw Queen Wilhelmina Into Spotlight
London observers discuss European royal marriages amid Holland's royal scandal and possible political fallout. The piece notes England's concern over the Grand Duchess of Hesse and rumors about the Crown Princess of Roumania, with other courts in Belgrade and Lisbon also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Holland
Europe
England
Hesse
Queen Victoria
Grand Duchess of
Duke of Edinburgh
Roumania
Grand Duchess of Hesse
Belgrade
Lisbon
Venezuelans Seek Battle at Colon in Isthmian Conflict
Gen Alban, Colombia's commander, returns by British cruiser Tribune from Bocas del Toro and reports Bogota cut diplomatic ties with Venezuela. He cites 10,600 Venezuelan troops in Tachira under Gen Valencia and smaller Colombian forces at San Cristobal. Alban blames the Panama Railroad for recent clashes, says a lawsuit will follow, and notes peace prospects brighten while British damage claims rise. Del Rio of Pacific Mail faces trial or exile. he chooses departure to Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
Colombia
Alban
Tribune
Bocas del Toro
Panama
Bogota
Venezuela
Tachira
Gonzalo Valencia
San Cristobal
Castro
Las Cascadas
Republic
Sefior del Rio
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Chile
Upraising Near Tripoli Reported in Tunis Dispatch
The Temps publishes a Tunis dispatch detailing disorders at Souk-el-Djemaa near Tripoli. Arabs opposed military service and new taxes, clashing with police. Six Arabs and two Turks killed, martial law proclaimed. Consuls urge foreigners to seek refuge in towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The
Temps Today
Tunis
Souk-el- Djemaa
Tripoli
Dutch Denounce England Over Red Cross Seizure
The Hague protests British seizure of the Dutch Red Cross unit near Pretoria and the imprisonment of staff on Ceylon. Foreign Minister Van Lyndon says Geneva rules apply to belligerent ambulances, not staff, and releases on parole depend on the war’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Red Cross
Pretoria
Ceylon
Melvil van Lyndon
Great Britain
Kitchener Faces Grim Joke Amid South Africa Campaign
A London letter reports a subaltern drew a caricature of Lord Kitchener as Rip Van Winkle leading a centenarian soldier up a kopje. Kitchener viewed the sketch, grimly noting the ugly prophecy but affirming the duty to win and endure. The artist was not named at the officer’s request due to terror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Africa
Lorc Kitchener
Rip van Winkle
Kitchener
Rostand Publishes Christmas Carol For Boer Children
Paris newspapers print Edmond Rostand's Christmas Carol appealing to children worldwide to donate gifts for Boer mothers and children in concentration camps. The verse contrasts reader joy with Boer suffering and describes Father Christmas as a spectre delivering tiny coffins instead of toys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edmond Rostand
South Africa
Duchess of Cambridge's daughter-in-law opens Mayfair beauty firm
London report notes Mrs George Fitzgeorge wife of a Colonel plans a hygienic beautifying concern in Mayfair to erase wrinkles and blemishes from fashionable faces. The remark cites a trend of peeresses entering trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Cambridge
George Fitzgeorge
Mayfair
Steamship Lines Plan Regular New York to Levant Service
Hamburg December dispatch reports the Hamburg American and German Levant Lines joining to inaugurate a regular steamer run from New York to the Levant region via Tavent Norte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
New Yorl Airont
Tavent Norte
Saturday Review favors German English friendship to check US
The issue argues Germany should be kept friendly to balance the United States, warns Britain risks losing influence in the Americas, and questions Britain’s fatuous Nicaragua policy while Spectator urges closer Russia ties to deter Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Saturday Review
United States
William
Chile
Brazil
Germany
Great Britain
Review
New World
North
South America
Canada
Nicaragua
Spectator
Russia
Britain
Coronation Robes Planned for King Edward and Queen Adelaide
London reports finalized coronation attire with King Edward wearing a cloth of gold under jacket embroidered with palm branches and royal emblems. The king’s cape features silver eagles and fleur de lis, while the crown shines with 1360 diamonds and 1270 rose diamonds, including the historic ruby from Castile. Queen Adelaide’s robes will mirror those preserved at Brodie Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Adelaide
Marlborough House
Brodie Castle
Castile
Henry V
Agincourt
British Iron Decline Prompts Ore Imports and Bust Furnaces
The Statist argues in London that Britain must import ore from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and build bust furnaces to process phosphoric ore. It warns that merging smelting and steel making is essential to preserve the industry as American and continental competition bites and orders dwindle into January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Britain
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
England
America
Indemnity Handling Tied to Guaranty Trust and Cragin Eyre
The Guaranty Trust Company and the Cragin-Eyre Syndicate were named to handle the Chinese indemnity. At a New York meeting the Guaranty Trust directors were granted authority to expand and open branches in the Philippines Hongkong and Shanghai. The banks will act as US financial representatives in the indemnity matter, replacing the Banking Corporation of Hongkong and Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guaranty Trust Company
Cragin-Eyre Syndicate
New York
Philippines
Hongkong
Shanghai
Banking Corporation of
Hongkong and Shanghai
China
United States
Free Miss Eastwick Seeks Department Aid
Washington reports the State Department reviews an appeal from Miss Eastwick’s family asking the British Foreign Office to intervene. They cite past episodes of mental instability rendering her irresponsible and urge action in her London confinement after a stock certificate issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Miss Eastwick
London
Department
United States
Burlington Mills Sale Talks With Major Firm
Negotiations are pending for the sale of the Burlington Winooski and Colchester Mills at Winooski to a large corporation believed to be the American Woolen Company. The sale hinges on exempting the plant from taxes for ten years. The three mills cost about 1 million when built and produced woolen worsted cloth and cotton yarn. Idle since last March under a receiver, the mills would provide work for up to 1000 people if the sale proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Winooski
Colchester Mills
American Woolen Company
Berry Howard Arrested in Goebel Murder Case
Berry Howard, long hunted in the Goebel assassination, was arrested today by Sheriff Henry Broughton in Pineville Kentucky. He was kept secret at the sheriff’s residence as a carefully planned seizure faced with a large state reward and mountain sympathy for the accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Berry Howard
William Goebel
Jim Howard
Henry Broughton
Uch
Howard
Broughton
John L. Powers
Knox County
Telegraph Office
Telegraph Company
Louisville
Prisoner in Utica Convicted of Impersonating Pension Officer
George E. Trowbridge also known as William Keefe lies blind and partly paralyzed in Utica jail awaiting sentencing after being convicted in federal court of impersonating a pension officer. He swindled veterans in Syracuse Rome and fled to Ohio before capture. Jail doctors say he may not live much longer and pressed for a speedy trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
George E. Trowbridge
United States District Court
Trowbridge
William Keefe
Syracuse
Connors
Rome
Ohio
Bouton
Erie
Curtiss
Binghamton
Kinloch
Fortune in death by own action sleeve pocket
Estherville Iowa December 7 Henry Bouck an elderly man who died by his own hand hid nineteen thousand dollars in the sleeve of an old coat He trusted no one avoided banks and kept vast sums scattered about his home He sent his body to New York City where a single known relative resides
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Iowa
Henry Bouck
Bouck
New York City
Diace
Albany Hospital Enriched By Will Bequest
Albany officials announce Ellen M. Campbell left fifty thousand dollars to Albany Hospital for a separate crippled ward. The Home for Aged Men contested, but received five thousand dollars. The will also bequeathed funds to other societies and revoked a monument bequest to Sir Walter Scott in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Albany Hospital
Ellen M. Campbell
Alan Campbell
New York City
Home For
Sir Walter Scott
University of Iowa Students Fast for Wager
Three Iowa City women at the University of Iowa fast for three and a half days on a bet with admirers who must forfeit thirty six pounds of candy if the trio breaks the fast. Helen Louise Morton of Iowa Falls Alice Gilchrist Peters of Ottumwa and Mabel V Hoffman of Muscatine participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Helen Louise Morton
Falls
Alice Gilchrist Peters
Ottumwa
Mabel _ V. Hoffman
Muscatine
Senator Sewell Reaches Home After Illness
Senator William J. Sewell arrived in Camden from Asheville N C and was carried from the parlor car to a carriage by four colored men. He appeared emaciated and was driven to his Cooper Street home, his condition described as startling to friends. The Sewell party included Mrs Sewell Captain and Mrs Robert Sewell Major William J Sewell Jr Miss Loula DeVanck and a trained nurse.
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Camden
N. J
William J. Sewell
Asheville
N. C
Cooper Street
Sewell
Robert Sewell
William J. Sewell, Jr
Missoula de van Kk
Lawyer accuses Chief Justice of assault in Ottawa
Dr. R. J. Wicksted, barrister, laid information before Ottawa Police Magistrate alleging Sir Henry Strong Chief Justice of the Dominion assaulted him in the Supreme Courtroom. He says Strong threatened to apply force, a violation of the Criminal Code, but magistrates refused action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ontario
R. J. Wicksted
Henry Strong
Dominion of Canada
Henry
Strong
Wicksted
Dr. Wicksted
Justices of the Peace
Sir Fleury
Live Bird Held by Ice on Lake Calhoun
special to The New York Times Minneapolis Minn Dec 7 An iceboat spin yielded a remarkable sight a loon stuck with a frozen wing in the ice. The bird flailed and pecked at rescuer H W Reiter who freed it from the ice and took it home to attempt taming it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
H. W. Reiter
Lake Calhoun
Reiter
Will
Stole Sweetbreads Wholesale Three Men Arrested
Sweetbreads worth 2500 stolen from John Wissman meat dealer at 20 Washington Market over two months. Suspect Joseph Wetzler of 450 East Fifty-sixth Street charged with the theft. accomplices Peter Brown and John Sharky, drivers for Wissman, arraigned at Jefferson Market Police Court and held for examination. Wissman blamed Wetzler for tempting his drivers to sell the goods for small sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wissman
Washington Market
Joseph Wetzler
East Fifty-sixth Street
Wetzler
Peter Brown
John Sharky
Sou East Wiftythird Street
Wissman
Jefferson Market
Weizler
Two More Leavenworth Escapees Captured in Lawton
Two of the twenty six Fort Leavenworth escapees have been caught in Lawton, Oklahoma. Turner Barnes, released from a ten year assault sentence, and Bob Clark, serving five years for breaking into a Texas Post Office, were identified by a telegram to the Warden. Clark was a revolt leader who held up Superintendent Hinds. Seven prisoners remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Fort Leavenworth
Lawton
Turner Barnes
Bob Clark
Texas
Clark
Hinds
Automatic Electric Company Incorporation in Chicago
Today papers were sent to Springfield for the incorporation of the Automatic Electric Company with a capital of 2 million dollars. It secures U S manufacturing rights and the Stronger Automatic Telephone Exchange plant. Incorporators include Edwin W. Gearhart James C. Law Albert G Wheeler Jr Thomas H Watkins Scranton PA Charles E Eddy Alameda New Hampshire and J B Russell Co Kahulani Willbocharra Dena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Springfield
The
Automatic Electric Company
United States
Automatic Telephone Exchange
Edwin W. Gearhart
James C. Law
Albert G. Wheeler, Jr
Thomas H. Watkins
Scranton
Penn
Charles E. Eddy
Aleumegordo
N. H
J. B. Russell & Co
The Gerty and May Library and More Juvenile Sets
An advertisement lauds a large juvenile book department with shelves of literature. It lists multiple four volume libraries including Gerty and May, Rainy Day, Cheerful Heart, Gypsy Breyton, plus miscellaneous titles for children, with varied prices and discount per set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerty
May
Kitty Barton
Zelpeth
Goslings
Old Man
Cheerful Heart Library
Alice Learmont
Little Anna
Estelle
Gypsy Breyton
Gypsy
Joy
the Golden Crescent
Pea Eye Averste Report on Market Prices
Unclear OCR text lists price figures and items including 1.90 20, 40C, 20C, 35¢, and 1.00 ling Paper. No cohesive story or identifiable entities beyond generic price notes.
Colgates Assorted Odors and Perfume Box Catalog
A catalog of perfumes, soaps, and toiletry scents with numerous brands such as Colgate, Bradley, Woodworth, Floredora, Golden Rod, Pinaud, Houbigant, Bourjois, Piver, Le Grande, Violets, Roger & Gallet, and others. Items include multiple bottle counts, boxes, and prices like 1.65, 1.75, 2.75, and 1027. Also notes various floral scents and extracts with box presentation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodworth
Sicily
Pinaud
PIVER
LE Grande
Roger & Gallet
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Reichstag
Rostand
Mrs. Fitzgeorge
Levant
Edwin W. Dayton
Fifth
Bet
London Saturday Review
Shamrock
New York Times
Vermont
A. Jaeckel & Co
Union Square
Ism Endiin St
Chase
Towa
Senator Sewell
Mode
AR Wheim
Broadway
9Th Street
Chief Justice of
ICE
Lake Calhoun, Minn
Leavenworth
Oklahoma
Puritan
Holiday Books
Finest Juvenile Book Department
Helen Kendrick Johnston
Wood
Thompson Hall
Anthony Trollope
Price
Bessie Hatton
Helen
John Habberton
Josephine Pollard
Thea
B.C
Fannie E. Ostrander
L. Frank Baum
Mattie’s
Emile Desbeaux
Standard Books
Charles Dickens
Bulwer Lytton
E. Nesbit
Francis Brundage
W. M. Thackeray
George Eliot
Bronte
Shakespeare
Dickens
Edric Vredenburg
Soc
Iec
Ling
Colgate
Colgate’s
Bradley
Roger & Gallet Vera
Roger & Gallett Peru
Roger & Gallett
iMain
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