Cuban Treaty in Peril Shows Beet Sugar Senators Split
Washington dispatch reports that Republican beet-sugar senators may block Cuban reciprocity by withholding support. Senator Burrows says opposition hinges on beet sugar interests and fears of piecemeal tariff changes, with Michigan and West beet industries weighing in. The debate centers on a 20 percent tariff reduction for Cuba and its impact on American sugar manufacturers and overall protectionism.
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New York Times
Washington
Burrows
Gay
Repubican
Cuba
Purrows
Senate
United States
Havana
Michigan
National Association of Best Growers
Mr. Burrows
Kansas
Nebraska
Javisie
Republican Party
Ure
West
Massachusetts
Newfoundland
Man Killed in Christmas Celebration
In Yonkers New York on Christmas Eve Joseph Flynn of 421 Nepperhan Avenue and John Mc Crudden of 26 Orchard Street argued with Paul Kellert at 439 Nepperhan Avenue. A scuffle followed and Flynn was stabbed with a knife blade penetrating the heart. Kellert was committed for examination.
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Yonkers
N.Y
Joseph Flynn
Nepperhan Avenue
John McCrudden
Orchard Street
Paul Kellert
Flynn
MecGradden
Kellert
Amusements and Page Highlights
The notice lists sections and page anchors for a newspaper issue including Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers on page 9 plus Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails and Real Estate on page 7 and Society on page 10 Weather Report on page 7 Yesterday's Fires on page 8.
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Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails
Weather Report
Hotel Lafayette Dining Ad At University Place
A promotional notice for the Hotel Lafayette on University Place and 9th Street invites patrons to join its table d hote menu priced at 1.25 dollars. The ad refers to the hotel’s historic Old Hotel Martin era and emphasizes constant diners.
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Hotel Lafayette
Hotel Martin
University Pl
9Th St
Marconi Honored by Wireless Telephony Message
Glace Bay dispatch reports a Dec 8 1895 wireless message from Italy to Signor Marconi praising his transatlantic Marconigram as a triumph for Italian science. The note, signed Victor Emmanuel, credits Marconi with advancing scientific achievement.
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Victor Emmanuel
Glace Bay
Italy
Signor Marconi
Double murder attempt in Laurel ends with Hood killed
T B Bonner a Bonner Company president lies in critical condition after C F Hood of Louisiana shoots him in a Laurel Mississippi store. Hood is killed by Policeman Alfred Bounds who was later bailed. Bonner sons, NY and Memphis attorneys, rush to bedside as motive remains a mystery.
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New York Times
Laurel
Miss
T. B. Bonner
Bonner Company
C. F. Hood
Louisiana
Sandersville
Ronier
Hood
Northeast Railroad
Bonner
Jirod
Central Avenue
Alfred Bounds
Bounds
New York
Memphis
Mr. Bonner
Operation on Mrs Clark Jr in Butte MT
Dr Perkins of Denver performed an abscess operation on the right side of Mrs AW Clark Jr in Butte at 2 pm. An hour later the patient rested well but tonight her condition remains extremely critical. Despite illness she directed gifts and a large donation to Paulspoh Clark Home for inmates.
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St. Simon's
Sayr
Thompson
D. Storer Libby
Lulu Hunter
Miss. Hunter
New York Times
Butte
Montana
Perkins
Denver
AL Clark, Jr
Triumphs of 1902 in World Celebrations Highlight Moet & Chandon
An advertisement touts 1902 as a record year with events in the United States England Germany and France. It notes President McKinley receiving Prince Henry of Prussia at the White House and Edward VII's coronation along with the Meteor yacht christening and Rochambeau statue unveiling. It claims Moet & Chandon Champagne was used exclusively at these celebrations.
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America
England
Germany
France
United States
Prince Henry
Prussia
White House
Edward the VII
India
Rochambeau
Moét & Chandon
Adv
Round Trip Tickets to California Sale Announced
Round trip tickets to California are on sale at all ticket offices offering diverse routes via Chicago and North Western Union and Southern Pacific Bus offices 461 287 and 349 Broadway Adv.
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California
Chicago and North-Western
Union and
Southern Pacific Bus
Broadway
Antediluvian Rye Whiskey Ad From Layties Brothers NY
An aristocratic whiskey advertisement from Layties Brothers of New York promotes Antediluvian Rye as a refined choice for connoisseurs. The copy emphasizes quality and broad appreciation among discerning audiences.
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Layties Brothers
N. Y
Ady
Ewart Attacks Butler in North Carolina Letter
Ex Representative Ewart of North Carolina criticizes Senator Marion Butler in a lengthy letter to Postmaster General Payne. He denounces the Lily White movement and warns that continued Butler-aligned policy could cost the GOP the state, urging support for Postmaster Vick over Butler influence.
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New York Times
Washington
Vick
Wilson
N. C
Payne
Hh.g. Ewart
North Carolina
Federal Court
Western District
Ewart
Judge Ewart
Butler
United States
Senate
McKinley
Congress
Fifty-first Congress
Western Criminal Circuit Court
Gorman
Democratic Party
Halifax and
Edgecombe
Greensborough
Pritchard
Roosevelt
Grant
Elkins to Found Million Dollar Masonic Orphan Home
William L. Elkins announced plans to establish and endow a home for orphan daughters of Masons in Philadelphia. The gift, about 1 million dollars, would fund a three story central building with dormitories and wings, with work starting April 1, 1903. Gen Louis Wagner read Elkins letter at the Masonic Home dinner.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
William L. Elkins
Orphan Daughters of Masons
Elkins
Gen. Wagner
Masons
Broad
Bristol
Attack on British Schooner Lily Near New Hebrides
News from Victoria describes natives of Mallieolo attacking the recruiting schooner Lily. Captain Henry Asmos Atkinson was killed and two crewmen wounded after landing, with the body of a native consigned to Mallieolo dying near the action. The Lily was taking home natives employed by French planters in New Caledonia.
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Victoria
B. C
Australia
Lily
Mallieolo
New Hebrides
Henry Asmos Atkinson
Lilly
New Celedonia
Atkinson
The Well-Groomed Man Pursues Pennsylvania Special
The Well-Groomed Man uses the Pennsylvania Special to Chicago because he reaches his destination in twenty hours without discomfort. Barber and bath on the train.
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Chicago
Courteous Little Attentions on the Golden State Limited
Travel notes cheer small courteous gestures aboard the Rock Island Golden State Limited bound for California. Advertisement placed at 401 Broadway highlights polite touches as a travel perk.
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Rock Island
Golden State
California
Natives Attack Islanders After Burial superstitions
A clash occurred when natives attacked the dead captain’s party causing two sailors to be wounded as they swam back to the schooner. The attackers believed killing whites would curb further deaths. A few days later the schooner Pearl was fired upon at Espigle Bay wounding several native crew members.
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Pearl
Espigle Bay
Plan to Beat Addicks in Delaware Senate Fight
Dover report details looming legislative battle over two U S Senate seats with regular, union, and Addicks factions planning caucuses January 5 and nominations January 19. It notes potential coalitions to defeat Addicks and lists expected senator and representative alignments, plus a December 30 special election in Kent County’s Ninth District.
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New York Times
Dover
Del
United States
Capital Hotel
Richardson
Union Republicans
House of Representatives
State House
Addicks
J. Edward Addicks
J. Frank Allee
Trg
Kent County
Solomon
Powell
Sapp
James Wil
New General Assembly
Willard Saulsbury
Richard R. Swenney
McNulty
Smith
Latto
Clements
Harrington
Wright
Jefferson
Buckmaster
Monaghan
Connelly
Morrison
Holcomb
Rose
Hart
Paradee
Cook
Hughs
Allen
Lowe
Thompson
Gooden
New South Wales Tramway Engineer Visits Westinghouse
O W Bain an electrical engineer for the New South Wales Government tramway system met Westinghouse Electric officials in Pittsburgh on December 25. He announced plans to place an order totaling over 2 million dollars for 9 000 horsepower engines signaling devices and air brakes to outfit the electric lines.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
W. Bain
New South Wales
Westinghouse Electric Company
Bain
Not to Many Proposals to Kansas Governor
In Topeka on December 25, the bachelor Governor Bailey will start sending courteous declines to women who wrote offering marriage. His private secretary begins tomorrow, with declines and thanks, stating the governor is not seeking a wife. About fifty photographs will be returned. sixty six declinations go to New York women, and over a hundred to New England states. No proposals came from Kansas women.
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New York Times
Topeka
Kansas
Gov. Bailey
New York
New England
Cat bite proves fatal for Lyons woman
Mrs. Louisa Grueshow of Lyons New York died after a cat bite on her wrist. An earlier infection and two major operations eventually led to her death two months after the initial injury. She was seventy years old.
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Lyons
N. Y
Louisa Grueshow
Ecuioe
Second Burglary at Allenhurst Post Office Reported
Asbury Park New Jersey December 25 thieves entered the Allenhurst post office by blowing the safe and stole about 500 dollars in cash and ties. It marked a second robbery in the area. The burglars forced a Seabee entry and used nitroglycerine to crack the safe, while noise was dampened by muffling devices.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Allenhurst
Palenplosien
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Breakfast Ad
Winter morning favorite Deerfoot Farm Sausages offer a two pound package for tastier, satisfying breakfast meals. Enjoy a hearty start with this advertised product.
Six Firemen Die as Cooperage Fire Rages in Brooklyn
A massive blaze at the cooperage attached to the Ar buckle sugar refinery on Plymouth Street Brooklyn killed at least six firefighters. The front wall collapsed burying Water Tower No 1 crews as flames swept to adjacent plants and the East River lit the night sky.
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Arbuckle
Brooklyn
Plymouth Street
Murray
Purray
Minto
The
Red
O'Toole
Michael
Jeffreys
William
Coppinger
Thomas
Twenty-third District
Cumberland Street Hospital
Fire damages unfinished Studio Building in Manhattan
A midnight blaze at the fourteen story Studio Building on West Sixty seventh Street caused about 5500 in damage. Police suspect an overheated stove in watchman William Allen’s apartment started the fire and several heating pots on upper floors were affected. Firefighters extinguished the blaze after the alarm and noted damage to wood and plaster on the ground floor. William Martin across the street reports the incident.
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Tire
West Sixty-seventh Street
W. J. Taylor
West
William Allen
Allen
William Martin
Advertising snippets from a vintage page
Brevity ad clippings tout Bunetti’s Cocoaine for dandruff relief and scalp growth. Also promotion for Dewar’s Scotch Whisky and King Tonic of the World. Piso’s Cure remains a long selling cough and cold remedy at 25 cents a bottle.
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Dewar’s
King Tonic
Adv
Fire starts after watchman dogs bark at ground floor
At the moment the fire began a witness heard the watchman’s two fox terriers barking from the ground floor and saw no one. He suspects an intruder entered the watchman’s rooms and started the blaze. Allen insists someone entered and ignited it, while an overstated stove could not have caused the fire. Hoses blocked traffic on Columbus Avenue and Broadway for a period.
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Allen
Columbus Avenue
Broadway
Four Die in Piercefield House Fire in Adirondacks
Four persons burned to death in the Piercefield house of Julius King, Malone N Y, with Mrs M J McGovern and her three children trapped on the lower floor. King and his wife escaped after leaping from windows. another man severely burned to be transported to Montreal. Cause of fire unknown.
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Malone
N. Y
Julius King
Piercefield
Adirondacks
Tuprer Lake
M. J. McGovern
King
Montreal
Coal Piles Flood Chicago Yards Post Holiday Rush
Chicago officials threaten legal action to free thousands of coal cars stranded in yards. Total counts by line show 15 000 tons awaiting transport and dealers report orders piled up, with soft and anthracite coal across Illinois Central and other lines, hindering fuel supply.
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New York Times
Chicago
Hamlin
Illinois Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Ninety-first
Fort Wayne
Union Depot
Indiana Harbor
Kingsbury
Northwestern
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Big Power Deal Ties Albany Firms to Hudson River Plant
Albany Electric Laminating Company and United Traction Company contract with Hudson River Water Power Company to buy nearly all its output on the upper Hudson. Only 10,000 horsepower daily reserved for General Electric for transmission to Schenectady. Plant at Spier Falls is largest. daily output planned at 60,000 horsepower. Hudson River Water Power’s capital rises to 5 million dollars. Backed by Boston and Glens Falls capital. Brady and Ashley lead negotiations for the respective parties.
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New York Times
Albany
Albany Electric Laminating Company
United Traction Company
Hudson River Water Power Company
Hudson River
General Electric Company
Schénectady
Troy
Upper Hudson
Spier Falls
Boston
Glens Falls Capital
Anthony N. Brady
Eugene L. Ashley
Glens Falls
Trans-Pacific Cable progress on Silvertown voyage
On board the Silvertown the first link of the trans Pacific cable will be laid Friday as a Honolulu connection is buoyed and spliced. Weather Windy seas hinder landings while 2 169 knots have been laid since San Francisco with 250 knots in the last day. Honolulu groups plan a holiday celebration and public meeting to mark the arrival and the Waikiki conduit nearing completion.
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Silvertown
Honolulu
San Francisco
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’Association
Builders and Traders’ Exchange
Waikiki
Wealthy Mass. Man Missing After Storm in Littleton
In Littleton Massachusetts on December 25 an 83 year old wealthy resident S W Hartwell wandered from home. A drug clerk found him dazed about a quarter mile from the house and brought him back but caretakers were not informed. A search party formed but no trace was found as night fell and the storm worsened.
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Littleton
Mass
S. W.hartwell
Hartwell
Mr. Hartwell
Investors Read The Wall Street Journal Watchwords
Investors study the Wall Street Journal as accuracy and completeness guide Dow Jones & Co publishers. The note emphasizes trustworthy reporting, balancing financial data, market analysis, and corporate news for readers seeking reliable business coverage.
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Wall Street Journal
Dow, Jones & Co
Adv
Pennsylvania Special Train to Chicago Highlighted
The item highlights the Pennsylvania Special twenty hour train to Chicago, noting the best features of office home and club equipment combined in the service.
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Chicago
Adyv
Germany Refuses Arbitration Demand in Venezuelan Dispute
Berlin argues a cash payment of 1.7 million bolivars for damages from the revolutionary conflict must be settled before arbitration. Venezuela disputes the claim though German officials have recognized it. The Times dispatch notes Berlin hopes Roosevelt arbitration would imply U.S. guarantee of a final settlement.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Berlin
the Times
Venezuela
Roosevelt
United States
Lokal Anzeigen
Foreign Office
Venezuela Arbitration Talks Stir international interest
Berlin reports a 1.7 million bolivar cash claim is excluded from arbitration, with Roosevelt possible backing. Caracas confirms Castro will submit all disputes to The Hague, contingent on blockade cessation and fleet return. Italy seeks all disputes resolved plus equal consideration of Italian claims. Washington shows no decision yet on Roosevelt arbitration, as diplomacy continues.
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Caracas
Castro
la Victoria
Hague Tribunal
Venezuela
Washington
Rome
Italy
States Department
is_beins
State Department
Europe
Hay
White House
Hague
Bowen
United States
French Baron Appeals to Delcassé Over Venezuela Hague Issue
Baron d Estournelles de Constant informs Foreign Minister Delcassé he will interpellate the Chamber on France and allied powers disregarding Article 7 of The Hague Convention in coercing Venezuela. He supports U S aims for arbitration and cites Article 27 contingency, urging obligation and Hague Court refereeing.
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Paris
Baron d’Estournelies de Constant
Delcassé
Venezuela
Baron d’Estournelles
United States
Hague
France
Venezuela Can Pay Debts, Says South American Diplomat
A New York Times dispatch reports a South American diplomat asserts Venezuela can pay Germany and Britain justly due sums. He notes Venezuela’s customs receipts and land taxes could cover foreign and domestic debt if internal and external issues are kept quiet. He cites 1860 foreign debt at 15 million and domestic debt at 25 million, with 1888 receipts near six thousand.
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Washington
Venezuela
Germany
Great Britain
Colombia
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Tyre
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Ellison
Er- Bancro
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Aspril
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NEW South Wales Tramway
Lyons, N. Y
New York “Central
20Th Century Limited
Arbuckles Brooklyn Cooperage
Manhattan
McCarty
Water Tower
Long Island College Hospital
McCooley
Nostrand Avenue
East River
S. Sternau & Co
Kirkman Soap Company
Water Street
Williamsburg Cork Company
Buckley
Father McGroenan
James L. Largdon
Plymouth
Bridge Streets
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Armstrong Cork Works
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Burnett
Piercefield, N. Y
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