Turn to Nicaragua Canal Debated in Senate
Special to The New York Times reports that after holidays Congress will likely discuss Panama Canal issues in the Senate. Senator Morgan plans a resolution urging pursuit of the Nicaragua route if Panama talks fail, with Hay and Herran near agreement on compensation but no final accord yet. The piece describes railroads as a possible obstruction, future canal commission staffing, and a San Blas alternative proposal with a Serrell tunnel survey.
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Washington
Congress
Panama Canal
Senate
Colombia
Morgan
Hay
Panda Company
Nicaragua Canal
Spooner
Coneha
Herran
Nicaragua
Clorgan
Columbia
Panama
San Blas
Scott
West Virginia
Serrell
Roosevelt
Canal Commission
Isthmian Canal
Leonard Wood
Panama Canal Company seeks accord with nations over route
The Paris Times correspondent reports the Panama Canal Company board calls for moderated demands to aid an agreement among Colombia and the United States. The year saw 720000 cubic meters of soil excavated on the route with 380 deaths among 2000 workers, and the report was nearly unanimously adopted after brief discussion.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Panama Canal Company
Paris
The
Times
Reaoert
Colombia
United States
Nicaragua
Gosta Rica
Death of Consul Nast Reported in Washington
Details of Thomas Nast death, former United States Consul General at Guayaquil, reach the State Department via Vice Consul Robert B. Jones. Nast fell ill December 1 with a bilious attack, later diagnosed as yellow fever after arrival and treatment in Guayaquil.
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Washington
Thomas Nast
United States
Guayaquil
State Department
Robert B. Jones
Jones
Nast
Mr. Nast
Asician
Death of Mr. Nast in Guayaquil After Illness
The unnamed subject fell seriously ill and died Sunday morning in Guayaquil after two physicians and a third corroborating the severity. Nast doubted the prognosis until late Saturday night, with British Vice Consul Ashton and Mr. Jones assisting through the night. He worsened at 12:30 A.M. and passed away at 11:35 A.M. Funeral services were held with officials present in Guayaquil.
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Nast
Ashton
Jones
Guayaquil
Justice Shiras May Retire From Supreme Bench in February
Washington reports suggest Justice Shiras will retire from the Supreme Court, likely in February, with Governor Taft named as the President's preferred successor. Shiras reached seventy last year after ten years on the bench, appointed 1892, and his departure would ease court arrears and allow Taft time to address Manila governance before leaving the Philippines. Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Harlan are also nearing eligibility for retirement.
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New York Times
Washington
Justice Shiras
Supreme Bench
William H. Taft
United States
Shiras
Har
Teny
Tho Court
Govatt
Gray
Gov
Taft
Manila
Government of the
Philippines
Fuller
Harlan
Roosevelt Rose trademark denied over President name
The Commissioner of Patents denied registration for Roosevelt Rose as a trade mark. The examiner ruled the use of the President’s name in a mark is unlawful without consent, citing public policy and living celebrity protection. An appeal was taken, but the Commissioner affirmed the examiner’s decision.
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New York Times
Washington
Commissioner of Patents
Roosevelt Rose
Ier
United States
Capital and Publicity Critique of Corporate Disclosure
Chairman Knapp argues against mandatory public disclosure of corporate origin and operations. He warns publicity may harm stockholders, curb competition, and seed paternalism while failing to curb watered stock. He cites farm mortgages and commodities as larger, less risky investments than corporate securities.
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Washington
Knapp
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Association For the Advancement of Science
Shanghai engineers sentenced after strike action
Washington reports a Shanghai court sentenced an engineer to 100 blows and two weeks in prison for leaving his job without proper notice. He and seven colleagues had struck over a wage advance shared by other workers. Warrants are out for the remaining six defendants.
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Washington
Shanghai
Land Office Changes Named in Washington
John H. Fimple of Carrollton Ohio selected as Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office to succeed W A Richards of Wyoming who becomes Commissioner. Richards and Fimple were slated by President McKinley. Fimple previously served as law clerk for four years and assistant attorney for two years and is forty.
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Washington
John H. Fimple
Carrollton
Ohio
General Land Office
W. A. Richards
Wyoming
Binger Hermann
Oregon
Richards
Fimple
McWhinley
Vandeventer
Interior Department
Young Filipino's Plight Denies Naturalization Papers
Justice Clabaugh in Washington hears Antonio M. de Veaza a young Filipino seeking naturalization after arriving after the US Spain peace treaty. He must renounce allegiance to a country, but has none, so the district court denies his request.
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Washington
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
Antonio M. de Veaza
United States
Spain
Yeaza
Evolutions Under Dewey in Caribbean Maneuvers
Navy Department releases Admiral Taylor's letter detailing plan for fleet drills in the Caribbean from December 19. Weeklong sequences in January aim to test entire fleet under Admiral Dewey with blockade tasks, dispersal, and improvements in gun pointers and loading drills amid few mishaps.
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Washington
Navy Department
Taylor
Dewey
Caribbean
Admiral Dewey
Chicago
Biddle
Lincoln Portrait to Hang in Mississippi Historical Department
Mobile Alabama December thirty public has misapprehended Lincoln portrait location Director Rowland notes invitation to Robert T. Lincoln stated portrait to hang in Mississippi Capitol not in The Miss Hall of Fame The act will quiet criticism and align with Mississippi history display plans.
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Mississippi
State Capitol
Hall of Fame
New York Times
Mobile
Ala
President Lincoln
Mississippi Hall of Fame
Rowland
Robert T. Lincoln
Mississippi Capitol
Lincoln
New
Capitol
Metropolitan
Miss Hall of Fame
Navy to Divide Asiatic Squadron Into Three Divisions
The Navy Department will split the Asiatic Squadron from two to three divisions and add a new flag officer. Rear Admiral Evans will command the heavy battleships and oversee the squadron, Admiral Cooper will lead the cruisers, succeeding Admiral Wilde, and Rear Admiral Yates Stirling will head a new light gunboats division from Cavite aboard the Rainbow.
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Washington
Navy Department
Evans
Cooper
Wilde
Yates Stirling
Ais Inte
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Rainbow
Cavite
Mallory Liner Comal Reaches Port After Tow From Charleston
The Mallory Line steamship Comal arrived at port after being towed from Charleston by her sister ship Colorado. The voyage began in Mobile and included a stop in Charleston for a damaged shaft repair wait. After unloading cargo the Comal will enter dry dock for repairs as heavy lumber and railroad ties were noted along the path.
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Mallory Line
Comal
Charleston
Colorado
Mobile
Brunswick
Navy to Protect Seamen at Puget Sound Yard
Rear Admiral Yates Sterling reports a deplorable state at Bremerton near Seattle and Acting Secretary Darling orders vessels kept away to abate the nuisance. The plan aims to shield enlisted men from evil influences by restricting naval activity at Bremerton.
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Washington
Navy Department
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Seattle
Wash
Bremerton
Yates Sterling
Navy
Darling
Bremerton Yard Restrictions Led to Ship Withdrawals
Admiral Sterling notes Bremerton police and moral conditions improving since incorporation but warns enforcement relies on local authorities. He endorses more recreation facilities and regulated beer at sailors clubs. Acting Secretary Darling refuses to deploy further ships until civil conditions are corrected.
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Admiral Sterling
Bremerton
Darling
Bremerton Yard
Furniture for Army Men At New Posts Cut Moving Costs
Washington December 30 The Army faces less moving trouble and expense as heavy furniture is planned to be permanently placed in officer quarters at all posts and garrisons. Officers would pay a rental equal to the furniture cost and a fund for renewal. naval stations already supply heavier household furniture in public quarters.
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New York Times
Washington
Root
Navy to Increase Personnel Under Congressional Plan
Senate and House Naval Committees, after talks with the Secretary of the Navy, favor increasing personnel by adding one naval cadet per district, two per senator, and ten annually appointed at large by the President. The Navy Secretary would determine appointment timing to ease class inequality.
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Washington
Senate
House Naval Committees
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Dr Franklin Wells Promoted to Chief Medical Inspector
Dr Franklin Wells, longtime Chicago physician tied to the insurance field, is named chief medical inspector of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. He will base permanently in New York and relocate after New Year. He has served eleven years as chief medical examiner for Equitable and previously worked in Syria at the Beyroot medical school.
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New York Times
Chicago
Franklin Wells
Insurance World
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Wells
Syria
Repue
Beyroot
Bank’s Big Profits Show Strong 1902 Returns
Chicago December 30 Profits of the First National Bank of Chicago for 1902 will be about 1 680 000 or 21 percent on the 8 000 000 capital stock. The bank earned last year about 22 percent on the remaining capital of 5 000 000. The 1902 showing follows a capital increase of 3 000 000 with high returns on banking capital in the latter half of the year. Interest rates began to stiffen in July and August. The current 6 percent rate for time and call loans means fine profits for banks.
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New York Times
Chicago
First National
Bank of Chicago
Fire at College Preparatory School Causes Alarm
A gas ignition in the basement furnace of the College Preparatory School at 44 West Fifty-eighth Street sparked a fire last night at about 9 45. Fifteen to twenty girls aged 12 to 16 were kept safe in a front room as smoke filled the first floor before firefighters subdued the blaze. Police note a similar fire occurred on the premises a year ago.
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College Preparatory School
West Fifty-eighth Street
Anarchist Card Pleas For Mercy At Essex Market Court
Magistrate Crane received yesterday a disturbing postal card traced in red over black ink. The note pleads for mercy for “those Poor people who steal and who beg” and cites high coal prices and Jewish Society as contributing to suffering. It is signed by an anarchist described as out of work I. J. Weinberg, with a large red blotch and the words dear blood nearby.
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Crane
Essex Market Court
21St Street
I. J. Weinberg
Change of name for a street railway brake firm in New York
The Standard Traction Brake Company at 26 Cortlandt Street New York has renamed itself the Westinghouse Traction Brake Company. It markets power brakes for street railway service made by Westinghouse Air Brake Company.
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Standard Traction Brake Company
Cortlandt Street
New York City
Westinghouse Traction Brake Company
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Annual Sale of Commercial Stationery and Office Furniture
A detailed price list presents an annual sale of office supplies including letter copying books, invoice books, ledgers, journals, day books, and records. Items show bindings such as canvas, black cloth, Russia leather, and leather backs with pages ranging from 150 to 1,000 plus varied prices per quantity.
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Russia
City Hall Repairs Halted Over Strike and Poor Work
Borough President Cantor met with United Board of Building Trades delegates and contractor Nicholas Ryan to seek a settlement as consulting architect Aiken reports inferior work since the strike. Cantor orders halt of work pending proper, spec compliant repairs and forbids non union workers from resuming.
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Cantor
United Board of Building Trades
Nicholas Ryan
Ryan & MacFerran
City Hall
Aiken
Keyes
Nun Gets Six Cents Damages In Jersey City Case
In Hudson County Supreme Court Sister Mary Norma of the Convent of the Holy Angels at Fort Lee sued Patrick H. and T. Conlan of Newark for 2368 dollars paid to bore an artesian well. The jury awarded six cents with costs assigned to the defendants after a judge instructed that a nominal verdict was possible if the contractors had done all practical work.
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Hudson County Supreme Court
Jersey City
Mary Norma
Convent of the Holy Angels
Fort Lee
N.J
Patrick H
T. Conlan
Newark
Norma
Gilbert Collinsso
Found His Missing Daughter in Brooklyn After Seventeen Years
Francis Rosberg of Chicago, employed by the Pullman Palace Car Company, found his daughter Marie Josephine after seventeen years. She had been placed in a convent near Boston as a child, later married Al Boyles in the summer after meeting him eighteen months earlier, and is now Mrs. Boyles living at 749 Halsey Street, Brooklyn.
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Francis Rosberg
Chicago
Pullman Palace Car Company
Marie Josephine
al Boyles
Halsey Street
Brooklyn
Rosberg
Austria
Boston
Europe
Mr. Boyles
Boyles
Oak Office Desks and Filing Furniture on Sale
Solid oak roll top desks feature pigeon holes and filing boxes with prices from 22.49 to 51.79. Flat top desks offer single or double pedestals priced 15.67 to 68.67. Oak filing cabinets and sectional book cases complete the line with unit system prices from 6.34 to 10.92 and sections priced 7.67 5.24 1.74.
Rosberg Family Reunites As Daughters Identity Confirmed
Francis Rosberg, aided by detectives from Chicago, sought his missing daughter. Mrs. Boyles identified the woman, who was then photographed by her husband. Rosberg arrived Sunday to be greeted by his daughter and her husband, reuniting after years of separation. His first wife’s fate remains unknown.
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Francis Rosberg
Salary System in Kings County Offices Proves Satisfactory
The first year of the salary system in the Kings County Clerk Sheriff and Register offices ends today with officials reporting substantial savings. Register Neal and County Clerk Hartzheim credit about 73000 saved versus the old fee system. Register's office saves 55000 and Clerk's about 17388.81. Sheriff Dike vows the Sheriff’s office remains economical and notes a sharp drop in jail prisoners under the new regime, contrasting with prior days when the city paid 3 cents per prisoner per day and magistrates sent many short-term inmates to jail.
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Kings County
Register Neal
Hartzheim
Dike
Alleged Bank Forgers Held in New York Case
Alfred Hurst, 30, of 259 West Thirty-ninth Street, listed as a sneak thief in the Rogues Gallery, was arrested in a bank forgery ring led by John Brush. The Pinkerton team and Central Office detectives also nabbed other suspects. Hurst was found smoking opium at home with his wife when captured. He is charged with presenting a $152.50 check at the New Amsterdam Bank last Saturday in collusion with the group.
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Alfred Hurst
West Thirty-ninth Street
Rogues
John Brush
George S. Dougherty
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Po i
Wooldridge
Central Ofee
Hurst
New Amsterdam Bank
Mail Drivers Seek Compromise On Wages
The New York Mail Company's drivers at the General Post Office and stations consider a compromise offer after a strike wave. The union cut demands to a minimum 10 dollars weekly, while the company proposes a 35 percent raise yielding about 6 50 for single horse wagons and 11 dollars for double horse wagons. A union meeting will decide the next steps in a few days.
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New York Mail Company
General Post Office
Mail Drivers’ Union
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