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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
2
Senator Morgan argues the Hay-Pauncefote treaty should be ratified to ensure the canal’s neutrality. He cites the Maine incident and warns neighboring nations could block U S actions, urging adherence to protocols with Nicaragua and Costa Rica to avoid offending them.
Washington December 18 Senate committee chairman Mor gan says prelimary Isthmian Canal Commission report and Costa Rica Nicaragua protocols bear on Hepburn bill. The measure would define US ownership control and duty to build a ship canal through Central America with peaceful enforcement. The report rejects British claims and defends the Hay treaty origins.
The State Department announced that Great Britain had no role in drafting the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The Senate version remained exactly as Secretary Hay wrote it, signaling Hay’s resolve to defend the agreement without British excuses.
London commentator Henry Labouchere argues the United States should accept the amended Hay Pauncefote treaty despite diplomatic risks. Sir Charles Dilke notes other nations’ interest in the Nicaragua Canal and stresses its commercial, not military, focus. The Times says U S indifference is misread and urges McKinley to defend his position with public support.
Advices from Bogota say a Colombian minister will go to Washington to begin talks on opening the canal under construction across the Isthmus of Panama. Colombia reserves sovereignty and guarantees free transit to all nations.
The U S Senate on December 18 ratified five treaties including a supplementary extension for the Hay-Pauncefote pact to March 4. Also approved were extensions for the Argentina commercial treaty and the reciprocity agreement with Jamaica, plus new extradition pacts with Bolivia and Chile.
Paris Dec 19 The Chamber of Deputies voted 156 to 2 to adopt the Amnesty bill covering offenses linked to strikes public meetings and Algeria unrest in 1897 8 and Dreyfus agitation. Only incident a blistering clash with Joseph Lasies charging Waldeck Rousseau with abandoning the Dreyfus family.
Old Father Neptune appears among Nereids and unveils Extrait Vegetal from Pinaud. He claims a bottle of Violette Reine was saved from the sea and shared with the Nereids and mariners. The scene ends with the nymphs carrying away a bottle as a prize.
At the Brush will contest hearing, witnesses described Christian Science healers charging a $100 fee and a two week course to become qualified. They testified to treating contagious diseases without health department notification, and to substantial gifts Miss Brush made to the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
In Mineola the Duryea will case resumes with three daughters and Mrs. Cox testifying. Details include Payne’s influence, Duryea's late nights, and family tensions over disinheritance while delays push proceedings into next year.
Palmer M. Wood cashier of the New York City Post Office and former Clerk of the Assembly died at his home in Herkimer New York on December 18 following a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been struck by a team two weeks earlier and never recovered. He was only recently connected with the Post Office and was not well known to colleagues.
Ex President Grover Cleveland, in Princeton, says he read a liberal synopsis of Harrison's Ann Arbor speech and regards it as the best deliverance yet on the territorial expansion issue. He believes it offers clear enlightenment on what expansion means to the Republic and its people.
A large Brooklyn audience gathered at Association Hall Fulton and Bond Streets for a memorial service honoring Rev. Dr Richard Salter Storrs. A. Augustus Healy opened, with speakers including Seth Low and Dr Washington Gladden, who praised Storrs’s integrity and influence on national life and local citizenship.
Justice Van Brunt adjourned the Appellate Division until 10 o clock tomorrow after the death of Justice Henry R Beekman. Justices and attachés will attend the funeral at Calvary Church Twenty first Street and Fourth Avenue at 9 30 A M. All parts of the court will be adjourned. The Manhattan Club Board of Managers issued regrets and members are to meet at 9 80 tomorrow morning.
Funeral services for Charles C. Beaman were held at Calvary Church on Fourth Avenue and Twentieth Street with Rev. Dr. Parks and Rev. Dr. Huntington officiating. Pallbearers included ex-Judge Henry E Howland and Edward J Jeffries among others, with delegations from Union League Harvard and University Clubs and the New York City Bar Association in attendance. The body was transported by special train to Windsor Vermont for interment today.
In New Orleans a train robber identified as Chan ning B. Barnes died from self-inflicted throat wounds after a gunfight following the hold up of the Chicago Limited Mail on the Illinois Central. Authorities found the wounded mate later in a swamp along with the conductor’s watch, registered letters and dynamite.
Charles W. Barnes and Mrs. Barnes visit in Austin after reports that Channing B. Barnes, father of the accused train robber, was found dead near New Orleans. They claim Channing is alive in Spain and has not been near New Orleans, despite the circulating headline.
Three men robbed Kennedy's Bank in Hope Indiana early today blasting the vault with nitro glycerine and taking about 15000. They fled toward a waiting carriage as the crime was seen by the telephone exchange operator. Citizens formed a posse but no trace of the robbers has been found.
John G. M. Leishman, United States Minister to Switzerland, was chosen as Minister to Constantinople and sent to the Senate by the President. The appointment signals temporary friendly ties with Turkey but Armenia indemnity issues remain unsettled, with $90,000 to be paid by the Sultan. Straus resignations and shifting posts are also noted as Washington and Constantinople negotiate.
The President sent to the Senate nominations including Arthur S. Hardy of New Hampshire as Minister to Switzerland from Greece Roumania and Servia and Charles Francis of New York as Minister to Greece Roumania and Servia. Clarence L. Thurston of Nebraska would be Secretary of the Legation at Buenos Ayres. Charles Spencer Francis, Troy born, son of John M. Francis and founder of the Troy Daily Times, is noted as a newspaper man with broad journalistic and civic ties.
The article notes a Republican figure linked to New York and Troy clubs, appointed to a post previously held by his father who served abroad in Lisbon and Vienna. He is described as a steadfast ally of ex-Gov. F. S. Black and an active Republican organizer.
Birmingham informed Grand Secretary of the Masonic Order in Alabama H Clay Armstrong died at his Auburn home aged sixty eight. A longtime Alabama leader he served in the General Assembly was Speaker of the House and a State College trustee. He also served as Consul to Rio Janeiro and was a Mason for thirty years. His funeral will be in Auburn conducted by the Masonic Grand Lodge of the State.
In Birmingham tonight members of the State Democratic Executive Committee meet to prepare for a gathering tomorrow that will set the date for next April’s vote on a constitutional convention. Observers say the move aims to displace Black voters while guaranteeing white Confederate veterans’ voting rights.
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