Bowen reports bombardment risk as Venezuela crisis grows
Minister Bowen says Castro reports British and German warships bombarding Fuerte Cabello while Caracas calm. officials monitor the situation and press Berlin and London to reject broader peaceful blockade. Secretary Hay briefs the White House and seeks arbitration yet to respond.
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Washington
Bowen
State Department
Castro
Fuerte Cabello
Howen
Caracas
la Guayra
Venezuelan
Hay
White House
Venezuela
Berlin
London
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Puerto Cabello
Italy May Join the Allies Over Venezuelan Claims
In Caracas on December 13 the legation confirmed Italy will demand payment of its claims against Venezuela. Rome reports Italy seeks damages from the 1898 and 1900 revolutions. Two Italian warships under secret orders were sent toward Venezuela, with further ships in Venezuelan waters as talks with Germany and Britain continue. Foreign Minister Prinetti aims for a settlement and a chamber statement tomorrow.
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Caracas
Italy
Venezuela
Rome
Great Britain
Germany
Otranto
Tripoli
Morocco
Prinetti
Chamber of Deputies
Italian minister Riva exits Caracas amid ultimatum
Dispatches from Rome report Signor Riva the Italian minister to Venezuela delivered the ultimatum at Caracas. The answer deadline passed and Riva reportedly boarded the Giovanni Bausan. His two daughters allegedly escaped ill treatment from locals as Italy orders ships toward Venezuela to join British and German warships.
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Lendon
Rome
Signor Riva
Venezuela
Caracas
Giovanni Bausan
Signor -Riva
Carlo Alberto
Liguria
Italy
British and German moves in Venezuela draw Italian interest
The Times Rome correspondent reports Italy watches Britain's and Germany's Venezuela actions with interest and approval in public opinion. Attention focuses on the United States as Giornale d Italia notes the Monroe doctrine shadow protects small South American republics from European claims, citing Colombia and Italy.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Rome
the Times
Italy
United States
Giornale d'Italia
Colombia
Misgivings in England on Venezuela Crisis
London reports the first shots in Venezuela heighten scrutiny of government papers due to tensions with Castro. British opinion faulted Lord Lansdowne and officials over handling, with ultimatums criticized and the Puerto Cabello bombardment seen as undermining any arbitration. Foreign press notes fear long blockade risks to foreign residents.
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London
Venezuela
Lord Limsdowne
Foreign Office
Germany
Great Britain
Puerto Cabello
Castro
Marietta Arrives at La Guayra Amid Venezuela Rumor
The US gunboat Marietta reached La Guayra amid a rumor that US Minister Bowen was in danger, which officials say is unfounded and not prompted by Bowen. The Navy Dept says the voyage follows an already arranged itinerary and no decision to deploy more ships to Venezuelan waters was made.
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Caracas
Pec
la Guayra
United States
Bowen
Great Britain
Germany
Marietta
Washington
Navy Department
Moody
Venezuelan
Castro visits ill diplomat's wife at German Legation
In Caracas on December 13 President Castro, informed of Mme. von Pilgrim-Baltazzi illness, visited the German Legation with his wife and Venezuelan officers. United States Minister Bowen greeted the party and Castro spoke kindly of her husband. He offered her hospitality at the Yellow House before leaving.
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Caracas
Castro
Mme. von Pilgrim-Baltazzi
United States
Bowen
Mme. von Pilgrimaltazzi
Yellow House
Venezuelan government declines loan to settle foreign claims
Daily Mail correspondent reports at Willemstad Curacao that Caracas has refused a loan offer from a German banker to settle the foreign claims against Venezuela.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Willemstad
Curacao
Caracas
Puerto Cabello Harbor Details and Fortifications
The article describes the entrance to Puerto Cabello's inside harbor through a narrow channel flanked by an old fort on a sand spit. It notes the fortress lacks modern cannons, the Custom House on the mainland, and the town’s spread from waterfront to hills. Puerto Cabello is a key Venezuelan port second to La Guayra with rail links to Valencia.
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Puerto Cabello
Custom House
la Guayra
Interior
Valencia
Carabobo
Staten Island Water Supply Faces Costly Pipeline Options
President George Cromwell and the Richmond Borough Board study bringing water from outside the island using underwater pipelines. With 5,000,000 gallons daily, options include links under Kilvan Kull or Staten Island Sound or under the Narrows from Bay Ridge to Stapleton, possibly via the Manhattan Brooklyn tunnel.
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George Cromwell
Richmond Borough Board
New Jersey
Kili von Kull
Staten Island Sound
Narrows
Bay Ridge
Stapleton
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Manhattan-Brooklyn
Cromwell
New England Coal Situation Report From Salvation Army
Commander Booth-Tucker returned from New England reporting dire fuel conditions among the poor far worse than in New York. He described efforts to relieve shortages, including coke distribution by Boston papers and Salvation Army depots expanding across the city with ten active now and ten more planned soon.
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Booth-Tucker
Salvation Army
New England
New York
Boston
Republicans Confer Seats and Committee Leaders Named
Gov Odell Senator Platt and others plan a conference at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to map a Senate and Assembly committee balance. It is expected Democrats gain one seat on eleven and nine member panels, with no change on smaller panels. Senator John Raines tipped for President pro tempore. Malloy White Brackett named finance cities and judiciary chairs. In the Assembly Rogers likely chairman Ways and Means and floor majority leader.
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Gov
Odell
Platt
Dunn
Republican State Committee
Fifth Avenue
Senate
Assembly
John Raines
George R. Malloy
St. Lawrence
Horace White
Mr. Brackett
Rogers
Broome
Devastating Centreville Fire Strikes Town Businesses
A morning blaze in Centreville Maryland destroyed most of the business district with losses near 150000 dollars and insured for 80000. Queen Annes National Bank vault contents survived while Samuel C Allen Wright Eddens Daw son stores and many other shops and residences were damaged or destroyed. The fire began in William H Smiths dry goods store from an unknown source.
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Centreville
Queen Anne's National Bank
Sarmuel
C. Allen
Wright & Eddens
Joseph G. Dawson
William H. Smith
Alfred Green
J. S. Morris
Tucker & Holland
E. M. Forman
Perkins
A. M. Keating
McConner &_ Sons
W. H. Smith
Ary
Cornelius Vanderbilt Condition Stable with Quiet Rest
News notes a quiet update from the Vanderbilt residence as Dr. Austin Fuint Jr reports Vanderbilt resting quietly with no complications and no change in condition at 6 pm and again at midnight.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Austin Fuint, Jr
Button for the Reformed Church Declared
John S. Bussing offers a dark blue gold lettered button with the church emblem for Christian Endeavorers Sunday school children and Reformed Church members to wear at religious gatherings or anytime to show church attachment.
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John S. Bussing
Reformed Church
Zionist Debate Sparks Temple Emanu-El clash over Zionism
Dr. Silverman opposes a declaration that an agreement with Dr. Gottheil was broken. The Federation of American Zionists seeks public explanation from Dr. Silverman at Temple Emanu-El. Lectures and a debate were discussed with Prof. Richard Gottheil and others weighing in on Zionism and public discourse.
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Federation of American Zionists
Joseph Silverman
Temple Emanu-El
Palestine
Silverman
J. de Haas
Federation
N. Taylor Phillips
Richard Gottheil
Columbia
Gustav Gottheil
Prof
Gottheil
Dr. Silverman
Dr. Gottheil
Prof. Gottheil
Brave Stand Fends Off Highwaymen in Front of Kneipe Home
About 1 am Saturday Jacob Kneipe of 13 West Ninety-eighth Street and his brother-in-law Benjamin Shady of Danbury Conn fought off three highwaymen who tried to rob them near Kneipe's residence. Shady and Kneipe, bruised and shirt torn, held their ground as the attackers fled after being knocked down. Shady had about 200 dollars plus jewelry. Kneipe had a smaller sum.
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Jacob Kneipe
West Ninety-eighth Street
Benjamin Shady
Danbury
Conn
Mr. Kneipe
Shady
Mr. Shady
City Prison to be Opened for Inspection
City officials are invited to inspect the new City Prison after four years of construction. Commissioner Thomas W. Hynes and Warden John E. Van De Carr invite heads of city departments and other prominent persons to visit. The open house runs Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Annual Financial Review from The New York Times
The New York Times announces its Annual Financial Review for 1902 to be issued January 4 1903. It will include bond and stock price tables and articles by leading financial figures from major world centers. The publication aims to serve investors and dealers as a compact, lasting record of year end financial conditions.
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Annual Financial Review
Annual
Financial Review
THE
NEW York Times
Lost a Bride Anxiously Seeks Wife in New York
Gaston Tessier, an engineer on the Ryndam, reported his wife Grellier Augustine missing after a fall on Sixth Avenue between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Streets. He offered $10 for her return, and an interpreter aided police at West Thirtieth Street Station.
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Thirtieth Street
Sergt. Mott
Gaston
Tessier
Ryndam
New York
Rotterdam
Mrs. Reynolds
Sixth Avenue
Twenty-fourth
Twenty-fifth
Grellier Augustine
Sergt
Mott
Fire Breaks Out In Cambridge Flats At 210 West 133rd Street
Fire started in the cellar of the five story brick double flat at 210 West 133rd Street about 9 yesterday morning. Ten families escaped before the blaze spread from the first floor. Captain Ahearn and another engine controlled it with two streams. Damage about 1500 dollars.
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One Hundred and Thirty-third Street
Cambridge
Tia
Ahearn
Ohearn
Capt. Ohearn
Week of Prayer Plans by Evangelical Alliance
The American branch of the Evangelical Alliance announces a week of prayer starting Sunday January 4 1908. The program follows the British model with nightly topics on the church militant foreign missions home missions youth work nations rulers and gospel ministry. The week closes January 11 with sermons urging sober vigilant prayer for the end times.
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Evangelical Alliance of the World
Weds Patient’s Ex-Fiancée In Manhattan Rectory
Miss Minnie Williams, 20, daughter of Mrs. A Williams of 147% Calver Street Brooklyn, was engaged to W Charles Smith of Manhattan. Smith, ill with throat cancer, was treated at Post-Graduate Hospital where Dr. Thomas D Nichols fell in love with her. It is announced in Brooklyn that Miss Williams and Nichols married and reside on East Eighteenth Street Manhattan.
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A. Williams
Calver Street
Brooklyn
W. Charles Smith
Manhattan
Thomas D. Nichols
Smith
Miss Smith
Wekoond
East Eighteenth Street
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Emanu-El
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New City Prison
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Lichtenstein Millinery Co
Tokay
Angelica
Gold Seal
Norton’s
Norton's
Burgundy
Jersey City
H. T. DEWEY @ SONS CO
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George H. Squire
Maiden Lane
Broadway
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Stone St
Dickermans
Pete
Ghe Sark
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Crosby ST
Oe Hone
Noble Street Presbyterian Church
Dr. Campbell
Congress
Supreme Court
W. & J. Sloane
Witton Carpetings
Witton
Bloomingdales
Fifty-ninth Street
Stella
Stella Music Box
Music Box
Jacot Music Box Company
Union Square
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Philadelphia
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Bloomingdale Bros
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