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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
2
The Vene zuelan Government spends about 2.5 million dollars yearly in peace. A quoted authority questions delayed debt payments and suggests all disputed claims be ruled by a competent tribunal. Aliens in Venezuela have the same civil rights as natives and share obligations under the constitution.
The American liner Caracas delivered the remaining cargo in Willemstad as allied warships sweep coasts of Venezuela with searchlights. Forty vessels are detained at La Guayra under the blockade and monitoring.
Boston December report alleges arsenic poisoning attempts tied to Miss Catherine Richardson thirty. Dr Kinney and Dr Ev were involved as the case unfolds with missing medicines and a contested $12,000 inheritance tied to Harley Richardson’s hotel estate in Littleton New Hampshire. Mrs Richardson and her son Harry face scrutiny as investigators examine motives and payments.
In Chicago on Christmas Day Mascagni faces a storm of trouble as his company is shipped home. A detective agency seeks tenor Pietro Schiavazzi on $600 bonds in a Mass. suit. Manager Heard pressures him to resume the tour while medical advice warns against working.
A city awash in snow and generosity reports a historic white Christmas. Through sunlit streets, church bells, and theater crowds, charity fed the hungry, clothed the needy, and brightened hospitals, jails, and asylums while toys, trains, and animals delighted children amid slick sidewalks and melting snow.
At Grand Central Palace the Salvation Army served 2,000 homeless, part of a day-long effort feeding 25,000 across the city. 500 soldiers distributed dishes, 1,000 boys and girls joined, and Miss Mary Sickles helped amid pies and toys. Other meals and gifts covered Sullivan headquarters and West Side events for thousands of children and newsboys.
A Brooklyn charity event drew 2000 children to Payton's Theatre for a Christmas feast organized by the Brooklyn Christmas Tree Society. Amid the joy a 13 year old girl fainted, later found to be starving and caring for a dying mother. The city distributed gifts and meals across the Orpheum Theatre, Flatbush Almshouse and hospitals, with extensive aid from borough leaders and local charities.
A baby boy about a week old was found in the vestibule of a home at 7a8 Communipaw Avenue Jersey City early yesterday morning. The infant wore a garment made from an old newspaper and was taken to City Hospital for care before transfer to the Children's Guardians Society. John Bonde
Archbishop Farley celebrating the Christmas high mass at St Patrick's Cathedral with Rev. Thomas McCloskey S J preaching from the day’s gospel. The crowded church featured holly and evergreens as clergy and choir, including Philharmonic Society accompaniment, participated in the services and a new chancel and altar at Grace Church were consecrated during special commemorations.
Bishop Potter preached at Grace Church with evergreen and holly decor. He argued birthplace debates on Jesus and stressed the significance of surrounding conditions. Dr Huntington was praised for church improvements as St George’s held Christmas services and J P Morgan helped collect for the poor.
The text notes Gen Brooke may pardon several prisoners upon his return as a New Year gesture. It recalls that last Christmas he pardoned twenty two men when in command of the department.
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