Rebels threaten Baltic towns as German ships rush to Riga
Berlin reports authorize steamers to Riga Reval and Libau to aid Germans in siege crisis. Insurgents seize roads in Kovne and Reval Rosk stave. In Riga mobs burn structures as Lithuanian revolutionists block main routes. Twelve men killed in a power-house volley as workers strike and prices soar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Rigad Reval
Chancillor von Bilow
East Prussia
Riga
Reval
Libau
Lokal Anzeiger
Konningsberger
Courland
Liyoni
Ixovno
Mitau
Luibau
Kreutzberg
Diina
Kovne
Baron Korff
M. von Rosenbach
St. Petersburg
Battleships Shiva and Abek Sent Toward Riga
The battleship Shiva and the mining cruiser Abek have been dispatched to Riga via Bydtkuhnen, reported from St. Petersberg on December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersberg
City Council Rejects Police Troop Removal and Sets Strike Fund
From Berlin an undated Reval dispatch reports the City Council failed to adopt a resolution calling for removing police and troops and relying on the workmen's militia for protection. The council also resolved to convert the city treasury into a strike fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reval
Via
Berlin
Plans for Bale Provinces revolution and militia rise
From Dorp at to Moscow via Berlin dated December 16 authorities report revolutionary plans in the Bale Provinces to form a militia, close vodka shops, resist conscription, sever subsistence payments, withdraw deposits, and back a general strike to force a Constituent Assembly. In Riga, posters urge attacks on gentry, women flee by ship, and the upper classes arm a militia while soldiers guard key sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Reval
St. Petersburg
Eydtkuhnen
Revolutionary Committee
Moscow
Dorpat
Berlin
Bale
Martyrs For Freedom
Russia
Dee
Dee. 11
Moscow Grenadiers Mutiny Shocks War Front
Moscow mutiny erupts as the Hosteff Grenadier Regiment frees arrested comrades and seizes arsenals and munition stores. They issue economic demands turning a military crisis into a broad challenge while other regiments becom e reluctant to move. Telegraph services report limited operations as authorities seek submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Moscow
Lokal Anzeiger
Hosteff Grenadier
Grenadiers
Comrads
Pasneniie
Astrahion
Orsatks
King Charles of Portugal Guests at Paris Embassy Reception
King Charles of Portugal attended a formal reception at the American Embassy in Paris hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. McCormick. The event featured the Republican Guard band, a ballroom musical program, and a guest list including Charlemagne Tower and several European dignitaries. The King chatted with hosts, mingled with guests, and departed at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Tower
Louis Gontaut-Biron
Jean de Castellane
Amédée de Broglie
Carroll
Baltimore
Leishman
Masked Highwaymen Rob Fort Washington Area
Two masked robbers beat John Schaefer near 508 West Test Street and robbed him of money overcoat and scarfpin. He is in critical condition after surgery for a skull base fracture at J Hood Wright Hospital. Police suspect they fled toward the subway, details include height and heavy revolvers. previous nearby hold up noted two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schaefer
Test
Fort Washington Avenue
Schaefer
J. Hood Wright Hospital
H. B. Claflin & Co
Tessie Lechthaler
166Th Street
Hippodrome
Lechthalers
Scheefer
Lechthaler
West
J. Hood Wright
Peabody's Railroads Tangle With Mutual Life
Mutual Life trustees debate whether new president Charles A. Peabody should resign from directorates at Union Pacific Illinois Central and Delaware and Hudson. Harriman’s influence in Wall Street and Peabody’s Astor estate ties fuel discussion while the by law amendment may limit conflicts of interest. Peabody plans to keep his Astor connections and avoid active law practice during his tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Charles A. Peabody
Union Pacific
Illinois Central
Delaware and Hudson
Edward Is. Harriman
Mutual
Wall Street
Harriman
Mr. Peabody
Astor Estate
Peabody
the Mutual
The
Mutual Life
Emergency Canal Bill Passed by the Senate
The Senate approved a 10 million dollar emergency canal bill to cover Panama Canal expenses. Debate focused on salaries and the elimination of the press bureau linked to the canal project with pledges from Senator Hale to discontinue the bureau and curb excessive payouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Magoon
Culberson
Texas
Allison
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Shoats
Bishop
Taft
Literary Bureau
Hale
Maine
Committee On Appropriations
Panama
Stone
Missouri
Ward Line
England
Sunset Limited Annex Car and New Route Advertised
New Orleans, California and Mexico service noted with a Sunset Limited annex car leaving New York daily at 4 25 P M via Southern Ry and West of Ay and Li drawing room sleeping library observation and dining cars. Pinehurst Camden Jacksonville through service via Seaboard Air Line Ry with offices on Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
California
Mixico
Sunset
New York
Southern’ Ry
An & W. Pl
Li & N Pullman
N. Y
Pinehurst
Camden
Jacksonville
Seaboard Air Line Ry
Broadway
Florida's Famous Trains Ad Aboard Fast Rail Service
Florida's Famous Trains offers unexcelled service via Fla and West Indian Ltd and Atlantic Coast Line with express runs to Detroit Chicago and St Louis. Ask a West Shore ticket agent for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Fla. & West Indian Ltd
A. Co. L
Bhp Age
Atlantic Coast Line
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
West Shore Railroad
West Shore
Adv
Arnold Lawson Engaged to Mrs. Herbert Seeley’s Widow
Announcement of the engagement of Lucie Mitchell to Arnold Lawson, son of Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, widow of Herbert Seeley and stepdaughter of Thomas A. McIntyre of 86 East Fortieth Street. The couple’s betrothal follows a dinner celebrating the McIntyres third wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie Mitchell
Thomas A. McIntyre
East Fortieth Street
Arnold Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Mitchell
Herbert Barnum
Seeley
Clinton B. Seeley
McIntyre
T. A. McIntyre & Co
Empire Building
Lawson
Mexico
Miss Roosevelt Pays 1206 Duty On Orient Gifts
Miss Alice Roosevelt has paid 1206 in duty on presents from her Orient trip. The value of gifts was estimated at under 20,000 by Port of Georgetown experts, far below initial 250,000 guesses. Gifts include old Satsuma ware, rare Oriental fans, an embroidered screen from the Emperor of Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Orient
Georgetown
Miss Roosevelt
Japan
East
Sulu
Roosevelt
McCurdy Very Ill with Vertigo and Worry Over Investigation
Richard A. McCurdy lies seriously ill at Morristown as Dr. George S. Willis restricts visitors to family. Vertigo and nervous strain from an insurance probe are noted. Outdoor exercise and hospital care are prescribed while his daughter Mrs. Louis A. Thebaud and son Robert H. McCurdy also suffer illnesses at nearby homes.
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New York Times
Morristown
Richard A. McCurdy
George S. Willis
McCurdy
South Street
Dover Ridge
Louis A. Thebaud
Mr. McCurdy
Robert H. McCurdy
Morris Plains
Packers Freight Exacts Force Rock Island to Halt Service
Chicago December 16 The Rock Island railroad suspended its fast meat service after a year of losses caused by packing house demands. President Stickney testified that packers paid lower rates for products than for live cattle, prompting the traffic department to stop soliciting packers’ business east of the Missouri River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Rock Island
Missouri River
Stickney
Great Western
Bethea
Traffic Department of
Prophet tarred and feathered by mob in Perth near Wellington
George Huffman, who called himself the True Prophet of Christ, was seized by about 60 masked assailants in Perth, tarred and feathered, bound and driven from town after three months deceiving an elderly Talkington household head about the end of the world. He fled to Renfrew for clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Wellington
Kan
George Huffman
Christ
Perth
Here
Huffman
Talkington
Renfrew
Southern Ry Palm Limited resumes service January 8 1906
Holiday rates to the South and New York departures are advertised with direct pullman dining car service via Southern Railway. Daily departures from New York at 3:25 AM and 12:10 AM are noted, with Palm Limited resuming January 8 1906 and offices listed at 271-1,185 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Carolinas
Florida
Southern Ry
Pullman
New York
Southern
Palm Limited
N. Y
Whistler portrait of Irving sells for record price in London
London reports the Whistler portrait of the late Sir Henry Irving as Philip II sold for 25200 dollars at the Irving sale. Sargent's Ellen Terry portrait realized 6360 dollars. the sale totaled between 75000 and 100000 dollars. Rumors name J Pierpont Morgan as buyer. the event drew notable art and drama figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Whistler
Sir Henry Irving
Philip II
Spain
Sargent
Ellen Terry
Lady Macbeth
Alma-Tadema
Burne-Jones
Reynolds
Refused to Save a Crew Off Block Island
John P. Brown captain and Herbert E. Henderson engineer of the tug Blue Jay tell of a perilous voyage from Newport to Osterville. Engines failed, a hawser parted, and distressed signals were ignored by several passing vessels. Henderson swam ashore after the tug ran aground near Block Island. life savers rescued Brown and the two crew members.
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Block Island
R. I
John P. Brown
Herbert E. Henderson
Blue Jay
Newport
Osterville
Cape Cod
Henderson
Roosevelt Still for War in Roosevelt and Shaker Visit
A Shaker delegation led by Eldress Anna White and Sister Sarah Burger met President Roosevelt with resolutions from a Mount Lebanon peace convention urging universal disarmament. The President rejected disarmament alone but supported more arbitration and said delegates to the Hague Conference would be appointed to push his plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eldress Anna White
Sarah Burger
William Barnes, Sr
Albany
Row
Nantucket
Mass
Mount Lebanon
N. Ang
Roosevelt
Mr. Barnes
Dewey's Wines for Holiday Gifts in Assorted Cases
Dewey & Sons Co advertises holiday gift wines in assorted cases priced at 4.00 5.00 and 6.75. Located at 185 Fulton St New York with Pinehurst NC service noted and offices at 271 and 1185 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey’s
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Bomb for Loubet on Paris train discovered
The Journal reports an infernal machine found on the Marly to Paris shooting party train. A cylindrical preserve can with a time fuse was seen by a railroad worker in a car at Saint Nom la Bretéche. Officials, including the Public Prosecutor and examining magistrate Mangin Boecquet, review the device weighing about a pound with military engineers.
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Paris
Loubet
Marly
Saint Nom la Bretéche
Versailles
Mangin Boecquet
Saint Nom
Train Held Up Near Ellensburg Dynamited Express Car
The Northern Pacific west bound North Coast Limited was halted at Hillside near Ellensburg Washington when the express car was dynamited. No passengers or crew were injured.
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Tacoma
Washington
Hillside
Ellensburg
Accident delays cruiser as boiler pipe bursts
A steam pipe burst on the Brooklyn off Tompkinsville delays Admiral Sigsbee’s flagship for the Mediterranean until repairs finish. Brooklyn and Galveston may sail to the Azores, joined there by Tacoma and Chattanooga from Guantanamo. Navy Yard says Brooklyn boiler defect not serious and pipe will be returned for service tomorrow.
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Brooklyn
Tompkinsville
Admiral Sigsbee
Mediterranean
Galveston
Azores
Tacoma
Chattanooga
Guantanamo
Navy Yard
Truck Kills "Mother" Hale In Harlem Accident
Mrs. Ruth Hale known as "Mother" at the Harlem shoe factory was fatally struck by a truck on Second Avenue near 116th Street. Charles Luhrman of 452 East 76th Street drove the vehicle. witnesses stated he was not to blame. the planned Christmas reception for her was canceled.
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Ruth Hale
Harlem
Luhrman
Toy Engine Accident Blows Off Teen’s Fingers
Seventeen year old Leonard Anderson of 971 Third Avenue Brooklyn was building a toy engine as a Christmas gift when an explosion blew off three fingers of his right hand. He had planned a steam roller auto hybrid ride for Christmas Day and was taken to Norwegian Hospital after the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Anderson
George
Third Avenue
Brooklyn
Willie
Leonard
Leghorn Hen Sells for 750 Dollars at Lehigh Stock Sale
Allentown reports W. odore Wittman selling his 130 brown Leghorn hens to Gen. F. E. A. McAlpin for his Ossining stock farm. Each hen fetched 750 dollars. Wittman also sold 182 homing pigeons to Col. Hunter of Idaho, including Elegant the cock prizewinner from the Pan American Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Allentown
Penn
W. Theodore Wittman
FE. A. McAlpin
Ossining
Wittman
Col. Hunter
Idaho
Gov. Gooding
Elegant
$1 000 For Not Smoking Marks First Cigar Reward
Irving S. Froehlich received a thousand dollars from his father Samuel Froehlich of Newark after he abstained from smoking until reaching legal age. At his father’s Broad Street business, a floral horseshoe awaited him and a box of cigars contained two five hundred dollar bills, prompting him to smoke his first cigar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving S. Froehlich
Samuel Froehlich
Broad Street
Newark
Morse testifies in Hummel trial over divorce dispute
Banker Charles W. Morse testified at Abraham Hummel's trial on conspiracy to deceive the courts. He described his two marriages to Mrs. Dodge and noted a second divorce suit begun after an agreement with Hummel. Morse cited meetings at the New York Life Building and Hummel's Seventy third Street home as part of efforts to settle or overturn the Dodge divorce.
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Mer
American Ice Company
Charles F. Dodge
Dodge
Abraham H. Hummel
Supreme Court
Rand
Morse
New Jersey
New York
Hummel
Morses
Stanchfield
Nicoll
Sweetser
Mr. Morse
James T. Morse
Boston
Jerome
Capt. Morse
Garvan
C. W. Morse
Justice Rogers
Mr. Rand
Fifth Avenue
New York Life
Seventy-third Street
Rockefeller million to fund Cleveland music hall
Cleveland musicians report a proposed one million dollar music hall for the city. They say John D. Rockefeller pledged the funds and that his Euclid and Case Avenues home could be razed to make way for the new building. An official gift announcement is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Euclid and
Case Avenues
Holiday Travel Rising on Lehigh Valley Railroad
Railroad ad touts enjoyable holiday travel on the Lehigh Valley line with excellent service and low rates to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, offering contact information for reservations at Broadway and Fulton Street locations.
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Lehigh Valley
R. R
Buffalo
Nia
Falls
Broadway
Fulton St
Brooklyn
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Kovno
Moscow Regiment
Mrs. McCormick
Bassy
Charles of
Portugal
Ambas
Peabody’s
Bacon
Canvy Commission
Commission
Pea
Iowa
Stevens
Pan
Thomas W
Herbert Seeley
R. A. McCurdy
Epee
Irving
J. P. Morgan
A_ .SARGENT
Irving Sale
America
J. Pierpont Morgan
Chaser
John Ruskin
Grosvenor Gallery
Sir Coutts Lindsay
Ruskin
Gainsborough
Carlyle
Miss Alexander
Sarasate
Shakers
N. C
Servytoe
Sigsbee
Toy
His
Gen. McAlpin
CW. Morse
Defendant
Ness
Him
Charles W. Morse
Charles F. Deige
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