National Capital Notes on Senate Tales and Miles Trip
Washington dispatch surveys political banter and anecdotes from Congress. Topics include a bet about the Presidents mention of the Mississippi hunt in the annual message, Senator Mason’s training story, Grow’s impending speech, and views on tariff prosperity. General Miles plans a Peking mission, with a Globe tour to follow, amid other Capitol gossip and incidents.
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the Tribune
Washington
Bear Hunt
Representative Foster
Vermont
Green Mountain
Mr. Foster
Seeds of sedition in Tom Ochiltree tale recalled
A humorous episode in Colonel Tom Ochiltree's Congressional career is retold with a Western Representative asking for seeds of sedition. The tale links flower seed shortages to guns, as Ochiltree supposedly directs him to the Ordnance Department for Texas soil suitable seeds, while sending rose geranium seeds to Indiana.
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Tom” Ochiltree
Tom
Agricultural Department
Pansy Segis
Texas
Ordnance Department
Arsenal
Indiana
Signs of Break by Strikers in Marseilles
Marseilles reports no violent disturbance yet as dock work nearly stops and tug crews join strikers. Shipowners refuse talks while Admiral Rouvier and the Prefect seek a conference. Messageries Maritimes to temporarily discharge all officers except key crew. some strikers hint at compromise if 1900 agreement is respected. Paris moves to requisition vessels to restore weekly sailings to Algiers Tunis Corsica and other points.
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Mediterranean
Messageries Maritimes
Rouvier
Messageries Maritimes Company
Algeria
Paris
Council of Ministers
M. Trouillot
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Tunis
Corsica
Cossacks Fire on Strikers at Vladi-Kevkas
A St Petersburg dispatch reports clashes between Cossacks and about three thousand strikers at Vladi-Kevkas on the Caucasian Railway, forty seven miles from Moscow. Shots fired, several killed, thirty wounded, and over one hundred strikers arrested.
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London
St. Petersburg
Vladi-Kevkas
Caucasian
Mosdeck
Evacuation of Foreign Troops From Shanghai Planned
An official note in the North German Gazette outlines the departure of foreign troops from Shanghai under a powers’ agreement. The Japanese have left, British troops depart December 20, and German forces will sail before end of January once transports are ready.
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Berlin
Shanghai
French government lists fifty four orders to be suppressed
Premier Combes in the Chamber of Deputies announced a government list of fifty four male religious orders to be blocked, including the English Passionist Fathers. Americans attend the Passionist Church of St Joseph on Avenue Hoche and have appealed to ambassadors Porter and the British envoy for help to preserve the institution. Ambassadors have not yet asked for a formal exception, and actions may be informal and delicate given France policy toward orders.
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Paris
Premier Combes
Chamber of Deputies
Linotype Company shares discuss potential amalgamation plan
At a shareholders meeting chairman Mr Lawrence confirms talks toward uniting linotype firms. He notes contact with key financiers in America and Berlin and says proposals will be reviewed by both sides. A conference is set for tomorrow between representatives of the two concerns.
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Linotype Company
Lawrence
Eentatia
Linotype
Con Ae
America
Berlin
Aestlers
Hey
Steamer Zulia Returns From Ponce With Seized Passengers
The steamer Zulia arrived last night from Ponce carrying Captain R. S. Leonard and Mate Charles Gerke of the bark Mary Hasbrouck which was wrecked October 30 on the Lunar Reef near Arroyo Porto Rico.
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Ponce
R. S. Leonard
Charles Gerke
Mary Hasbrouck
Lunar Reef
Arroyo
Porto Rico
Admiral Sumner Confident In Naval War Game Manoeuvres
United States flagship Iowa at Port of Spain reports Admiral Sumner confident in seizing a base against Cuba and the American coast. Plans include fortifying a port with mines and guns within six hours, with Higginson’s superior force threatening defeat. Exercises center on the Caribbean with mock operations, including target practice off Culebra Island.
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United States
Iowa
Port-of-Spain
Higginson
Sumner
Cuba
American
Crowninshield
Caribbean Sea
Admiral Sumner
Admiral Higginson
West Indies
Porto Rico
Trinidad
Culebra Island
Trial Set Again for Major Glenn on Samar Cruelty Charge
Washington orders Major Edward F. Glenn of the 5th Infantry retried for alleged cruelty in the Samar campaign. He faced a prior court martial for the water cure and now commands at Bayambang, Luzon, awaiting a new trial with possible testimony from Gen Chaffee and Gen Smith. Rice prices have fallen after the Philippine Commission bought and sold rice to ease famine.
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Manila
Washington
Edward F. Glenn
5Th Infantry
Samar
Glenn
Chaffee
Colmore
Watts
Root
Davis
Bayambang
Pangasinan
Luzon
Jacob H. Smith
Major Glenn
Roosevelt
Philippine Commission
India
Anti-Imperialists Demand Overthrow of Republican Party
At the New England Anti-Imperialist League annual meeting in Boston a luncheon drew about two hundred attendees. Ex-Governor Boutwell chaired and urged destroying or disintegrating the Republican party to end imperialism, as Erving Winslow and D. G. Haskins Jr. reviewed the year. Funds included a $1,000 donation from Mr. Carnegie. Boutwell was re-elected president.
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London
Continent
Bank of England
United States
Boston
New England Anti-Imperialist League
Twentieth Century Club
Boutwell
Republican Party
Erving Winslow
D. G. Haskins, Jr
Haskins
League
Carnegie
Fire at Albany Street Lumber Yard Causes Major Loss
A blaze in wooden buildings 412 to 418 Albany Street in Boston damaged the L. S. Johnson lumber mill basement and spread through a stock of mahogany and solid woods. Loss estimated at $75,000 with three firemen injured including Captain Handy, Lieutenant Dunn, and Lieutenant Conroy. Johnson Company ownership carries $32,000 insurance.
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Boston
Albany St
Handy
Dunn
Conroy
L. S. Johnson Lumber
Tidewater
Johnson
Johnson Company
Redmond reports Irish League strong with 75 constituencies
John Redmond states the Irish League now extends to 75 parliamentary constituencies and 1,326 branches. He notes 96 men have been imprisoned this year for political offences and a national convention will be summoned once Wyndham's Land bill is introduced in the House of Commons.
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The
Irish League
John Redmond
League
Wyndham
House of Commons
Siamese Crown Prince Sails For Siam From Victoria
The Crown Prince of Siam and his party left Victoria at 1:30 AM aboard the Empress of China for Yokohama, delayed by Siamese superstition that Monday is unlucky to sail, the ship held until Tuesday dawn.
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Victoria
B. C
Crown Prince of
Siam
Yokohama
Empress Dowager to Advance Her Age Birthday Plan
Reports from Peking claim the Empress Dowager will mark her sixty-ninth birthday on December 9 and likely celebrate her seventieth next year a year early to avert misfortune. The eleventh birthday precedent inspires cautious timing amid speculation.
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Victoria
B. C
Peking
Reichstag backs Kardorff motion on Tariff bill
Berlin December 2 Reichstag votes 198 to 45 that Kardorff motion to vote the Tariff bill as a whole is admissible amid bitter debate Socialists abstain Singer calls the move a breach of rules and constitution President von Ballestrem may resign after a clash with Centrist leaders with Vice President Buesing also set to resign over the procedure.
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Reichstag
Baron von Kardorff
Herr Singer
Kardorff
von Ballestrem
Buesing
Storms Wreck Ships Off United Kingdom Coasts
Storms lash the UK coasts with many wrecks and drowned crews. The Norwegian bark Georges Ville wrecked at South Ronaldshav in Orkneys. three crew drowned, captain and three others rescued after seven hours in the water. The Danish barkentine De Los brought thirteen Kong Sigurd sailors ashore at Plymouth as the Kong Sigurd neared sinking in the Bay of Biscay.
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London
United Kingdom
Georges Ville
South Ronaldshav
Orkneys
Orkney
Plymouth
Kong Sigurd
Bay of Biscay
Understanding with General Nord at Port au Prince
Port au Prince reports the president of the Chamber returned from St. Marc after talks with General Nord. An understanding on Firminist Deputies is believed reached and Nord, War Minister and potential Haitian president, is expected back in a few days. Nord arrived with thousands of troops from Gonaives and had issued an ultimatum demanding invalidation of deputies aligned with M. Firmin.
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Port-Au-Prince
Chamber
General Nord
St. Marc
Haiti
Gonaives
M. Firmin
McCormick and Tower to Confer in Europe
London December 2 Robert S McCormick the retiring United States Ambassador to Austria Hungary and newly appointed Ambassador to Russia begins a continental tour to confer with his predecessor at St Petersburg Mr Tower awaiting him in Paris McCormick travels to St Petersburg late this week to secure a house and will present his letters of recall to Emperor Francis Joseph around December 15 returning to Vienna next week
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Miles
Nelson A. Miles
Peking
Christmans
Manchurian
St. Petersburg
London
Robert S. McCormick
United States
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Continent
Tower
Paris
Mr. McCormick
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Big Fulton Street Plot Sold in Brooklyn
In a major daytime sale James B. Healy transferred a Fulton street lot of 100 feet by 100 feet to a syndicate with E. C. M. Fitzgerald of McNulty & Fitzgerald involved. The property lies in the busy retail district at Fulton and Lawrence streets. Although a theatre is denied, Fitzgerald notes Manhattan capitalists plan improvement with substantial payment reported.
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Fulton St
Brooklyn
James B. Healy
E. C. M. Fitzgerald
McNulty & Fitzgerald
Lawrence-st
New Hampshire Constitutional Convention Elects Officers
Concord hosts the constitutional convention in December with Frank S. Streeter named president and Mayor Thomas H. Madigan Jr as secretary. E. H. Everett of Nashua offers an amendment to remove God from the constitution, declaring himself an avowed atheist. the measure is laid on the table.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Frank S. Streeter
Thomas H. Madigan, Jr
E. H. Everett
Nashua
R. Everett
Funeral Procession From Hongo for Fabost Remains
A splendid funeral procession recently moved from Hongo to bury the remains of Fabost. The ceremony reflected respectful observance and traditional rites as mourners followed to the burial site.
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Japan Times
Hongo
Fabost
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