Opposition to San Francisco water rights in Yosemite Park
Washington officials report a heated national debate over San Francisco's plan to secure water rights and a dam in Hetch Hetchy Valley Yosemite. Robert Underwood Johnson and allies warn the move would seize the valley from public use, limit access, and threaten the park’s purpose.
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New York Times
Washington
San Francisco
Yosemite Park
Robert Underwood Johnson
Century Magazine
Secretary of the Interior
Tuolumne River
Hetch-Hetchy
Garfield
Congress
Hetch- Hetchy Reservation
Supreme Court
House Public Lands Committee
Capitol
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John Muir
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J. Horace McFarland
Harrisburg
American Civic Association
Allen Chamberlain
Appalachian Mountain Club
Boston
McFarland
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Public Lands Committee
Hetch- Hetchy
City of
Hetch-Hetchy Valley
Francisco
Cassson
Bay City Water Company
Spring Valley Water Creek
Penny
President Simon Takes Oath In Port au Prince
Gen An toine Simon was sworn in as Haiti's president at 10 o'clock in a palace ceremony attended by legislators foreign diplomats and naval officers. Senator Paulin presided and urged constitutional fidelity while Interior Minister Hippolyte pledged reforms to boost agriculture and trade.
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Port AU Prince
Antoine Simon
Haiti
Paulin
Congress
Gen. Simon
Hippolyte
Simon
M.garteron
M. Claude
Fear trouble at Canton sparks anti foreign anger
In Canton the anti foreign movement grows after a coolie on the steamer Falshan died. The death is blamed on a Portuguese watchman and fears of wider foreign violence rise. The British torpedo boat destroyer Hart is sent to Canton while Moorhen and Canton ships are recalled from Wuchow. Naval officers inspect arrivals as native papers fuel anti foreign agitation.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Falshan
Hart
Moorhen
Wuchow
Court weighs placing Boni children in school
In Paris the court handling Count Boni de Castellane's suit to transfer custody from Princess de Sagan to the Marquise de Castellano considered sending the three children to a high school for a defined period. The judges and a public prosecutor representative questioned the children at the Palace of Justice to assess their physical and mental readiness for school life.
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Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
Marquise de Castellano
Palace of Justice
Fleet Departs Colombo to Head Toward Suez
Rear Admiral Charles L Sperry reports by ciphered cable that the American battleship fleet has begun its world cruise and left Colombo Ceylon for Suez. The long voyage marks the fleet's longest leg through the Indian Ocean Arabian Sea and Red Sea.
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Washington
Charles L. Sperry
Navy Department
Colombo
Ceylon
F' Suez
Indian Ocean
Earthquake Shakes Puy Notre Dame Area in France
An earth shock today near Puy Notre Dame in France sent the population into a panic but caused no material damage. Local authorities reported minimal effects and no injuries as residents moved to assess the aftermath.
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France
Puy
Notre Dame
Girl Fights A Thief With Police Aid
Miss Rose Drum of 334 First Avenue helped Patrolmen Reilly and Dempsey resist a husky intruder attempting to steal her coat in Mrs. Maher’s apartment at 298 First Avenue. The man, named Barney Halpin of 423 East Nineteenth Street, claimed by police to be Gas House gang, sustained a scalp wound and was locked up.
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Miss Rose Drum
First Avenue
Reilly and
Dempsey
East Twenty-second Street
Miss Drum
William Maher
Barney Halpin
East Nineteenth Street
Gas House
Sleuths in Pajamas Nab Chinese Gambling Ring
Acting Captain Murray of the Elizabeth Street Station led a raid on a Pell Street Chinese gambling joint. Eleven Chinamen were caught playing pie gow while detectives in disguises pursued suspects, with escapes blocked by rooftop entry and a door breach.
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Murray
Elizabeth Street
Pell Street
Roy
Fong Lee
Mott Street
Cowen
Chu Fong
Doyers Street
Lynch
Ammon's Slayer to Plead Insanity in Jersey City
Andrew McGrath, charged with fatally shooting Walter E. Ammon a Jersey City merchant, at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station on November 13, will be tried for murder today. The defense plans to plead insanity as the defining issue in the case.
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Ammon
Andrew McGrath
Walter E. Ammon
Jersey City
Pennsylvania
Serene Judes
Poe Love Affairs in a New Light
The Century Magazine January issue will publish new notes and documents on Edgar Allan Poe and Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman. Professor Harrison and Miss Dailey present letters in order, with notes on Poe's engagements and the Whitman romance, amid broader reflections on his loves and character.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Sarah Helen Whitman
Poe
Century Magazine
James A. Harrison
University of Virginia
Charlotte F. Dailey
America
Richard Watson Gilder
Whitman
Miss Dailey
Chace
Harrison
Virginia
Ingram
Prof. Harrison
Vincenzo Botta
New York
Metropolis
Richmond
$100000 Fireworks Blaze Destroys Wholesale Stock
Fire erupted in William C. Baughauser’s wholesale candy shop on Commerce Street near St Francis in Mobile. The stock included Christmas fireworks and explosions shattered nearby windows as the building burned. About $100,000 in damage occurred. four carloads of fireworks were destroyed and firefighters had narrow escapes.
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Mobile
Ala
William C. Baughauser
Commerce Street
St. Francis
Oop at Kierstenans staged by Play Actors Society
American author Bertha Graham presented Oop at Kierstenans at Court Theatre in London. It drew a large audience and favorable notices for clever ideas and strong characterization. Graham received an ovation when thanked before the curtain.
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Londo
Actors’ Society
Court Theatre
Kierstenans
Yorkshire
Bertha Graham
Central Federated Union Debates Local Option Appeal
The Central Federated Union discussed local option at yesterday's meeting and instructed the Executive Committee to appeal to central labor bodies to cooperate. Delegates urged a united approach to remove business obstacles.
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Central Federated Union
Statue for Capt Cook in London Life of the Marine Explorer
London reports strong hope for a statue to Captain James Cook born 1728 in Yorkshire. The article traces his rise from village origins to master’s warrant, voyages on Endeavor and Resolution, surveys, and his death in Hawaii in 1779 during a search for a northwest passage.
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London
Cook
Columbus
England
Yorkshire
Whitby
France
Palliser
The
Eagle
St. Lawrence River
Banks
Dr. Solander
Plymouth
Pacific
Tahiti
New Zealand
Australia
New South Wales
Endeavor Straits
Botany Bay
America
Hawaii
Paris to open museums at night in winter
The Municipal Council of Paris votes to open the Petit Palais from 8 to 10 p m from January to June with guides for night visitors. The choice of Petit Palais is seen as a first step toward broader access, despite its distance and cold winter location. It may pave the way for Louvre and Luxembourg to follow later.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Municipal Council of
Petit Palais
Champs Elysées
Louvre
The
Luxembourg
Chameleon caterpillar raids Victorian wheat fields
Wheat farmers from Horsham to South Australia report a grub that eats from the wheat crown downward. The color changing pest dives into soil when touched and hides in loose earth. Heavy rain is the best control, targeting late-sown, tender crops.
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Melbourne
Australia
Horsham
Victoria
South Australia
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