Coronation Robes and royal pageantry plans outlined
London dispatch outlines Queen Alexandra and King Edward’s coronation preparations including robe design, jewels, and the Marlborough House inspection of Queen Adelaide’s gown. It notes the Victoria Memorial sod-cutting, presents exhibition plans, and royal charity efforts aimed at London Hospital fund.
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London
Adelaide
Brodie Castle
Marlborough House
France
Castile
Henry V
Agincourt
Alexandra
London Hospital
England
Edward
Regrettable Incident in India-British Trade Skirmish Noted
London dispatch reports a deadly or injurious clash in the Mahhmud frontier action, with Reuter’s cables noting a “regrettable incident.” Board of Trade data show November British trade declines, import losses totaling £2,923,177 and exports £1,782,213, weighing on year-to-date figures.
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India
New-York Tribune
CABLE
the Tribune
London
Kitchener
South Africa
Transvaal
Calcutta
Mahhuds
Reuter
Board of Trade
Imprisonment of Netherlanders in Ceylon debated in Hague
The Dutch Red Cross outfit seized near Pretoria and its staff detained on Ceylon were debated in the Hague Chamber. Foreign Minister Melvil van Lyndon said Geneva protections apply to belligerent ambulances only, and staff may be held if neutrality is violated. Britain not required to release them before war's end.
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Wigheid
United Kingdom
Ireland
War Office
South Africa
Lewis Atkinson
Hague
Red Cross
Pretoria
Ceylon
Melvi! van Lyndon
Great Britain
Normalizing Trading Restraints Set for January Release
Pretoria reports easing restrictions as of January 1 removing bans on stock and share transactions and resuming the money order business, signaling a return to normal conditions after recent limits.
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Pretoria
Rostand Appeals for Boer Children
Paris voices publish Edmond Rostand verses titled A Christmas Carol appealing to children worldwide to send gifts to Boer mothers and children in concentration camps. The poem contrasts readers’ happiness with Boer infant suffering and notes Father Christmas as a spectre delivering coffins instead of toys.
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Paris
Edmond Rostand
South Africa
Assassin Haiju Captured After Stambuloff Killing
Vienna reports the arrest at Sofia of Haiju, alleged assassin of ex Premier Stambuloff. He resisted violently, firing two revolvers at police but inflicted no wounds. Police had hunted him since the murder. He had recently returned to Bulgaria.
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London
Vienna
The
Central News
Sofia
Haiju
Stambuloff
Halju
M. Stambuloff
Bulgaria
Depew Hosts Dinner for New York Delegation Guests
Washington reports Senator Chauncey M Depew entertained a distinguished New York Congress delegation at his house in Hank Street, with President Roosevelt among the guests. The event preceded Depew's Paris trip for his upcoming marriage. the President walked to the White House in the dark with a Secret Service guard nearby.
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Tribune
Washington
Chauncey M. Depew
United States
Hst
New-York State
Congress
New York
Odell
Thomas ©. Platt
Roosevelt
White House
Senator Depew
Lafayette Park
Pennsylvania
Treasury Department
Secret Service
Corcoran
Paris
Woodruff
Francis V. Greene
Leonard Wood
Henderson
New-York Congress
Man Commits Suicide by Kneeling Before Train on Fifty-Third Street
A well dressed man about fifty years old, carrying 1945 dollars, knelt in front of a southbound Sixth Avenue elevated train at Fifty-Third Street and was crushed. Engineer George W. Strong Jr. halted the train, saving others but not the man. Police recovered unidentified papers from his pockets.
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Sixth-ave
Fiftiethst
C. H Thorn
Patrick Martell
Post Office
Fifty-third St
George W. Strong, Jr
No. 500 West One Hundred-And-Sixty-Sixth-St
Armstrong
West Forty-seventh-st
Six Hurt In Brooklyn Collision Between Trolley And Surrey
Six persons were injured when a trolley car struck a two seated surrey at midnight in Brooklyn. The carriage on its way to the East New York loop was hit from behind near Sackman street, demolishing it and throwing occupants into the street. Injured: Mrs R Nefli, Mrs George Chaplin and her son, Mrs William Dahl, Samuel Francis, and driver. They were treated at Richter's drug store and by ambulance surgeons. motorman arrested.
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Brooklyn
East New York
Sackman-st
R. Nefli
Fifty
Ninth-St
St. Mary’s Hospital
R. F. Neill
George Chaplin
Twelfth-ave
William Dahl
Samuel Francis
Thatford St
Amalgamated Copper Dives to New Low Then Closes Down
Amalgamated Copper slumped to a new low of 66 1 4 after trading around 64 percent during the day, a 3 percent loss overall, before a late rally to 66 1 4. The drop followed a weak bank statement and market speculation on dividends and production cuts. Additional pressure came from Trinity Copper's collapse to 10, fueling liquidation across the copper group.
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Amalgamated Copper
Amalgamated
Wall Street
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Trinity Copper Company
Lawson
Amalgamated Copper Slumps to New Low Amid Market Panic
In Boston on December 7 the copper market dropped sharply as Amalgamated Copper fell from the previous close to 65, a new low, amid rumors and a cautious trading day. Thomas W. Lawson denied any assignment or failure while acknowledging losses and planning to rebound.
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Boston
Amalgamated Copper
Amalgamated
Stock Exchange
Trinity
Thomas W. Lawson
Mr. Lawson
Chicago
New-York
OVE BROKER SUCCUMBS IN MARKET TURMOIL
A Wall Street broker, Benjamin F. Raynor of 60 Broadway, failed to meet obligations on the Consolidated Exchange. His positions included 1,700 Manhattan shares and loans in Missouri Pacific, St. Paul, Amalgamated, and other names. He predicted recovery within a month, stating no one would lose a dollar as he worked to fix the firm’s difficulties.
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Wall Street
Benjamin F. Raynor
Broadway
Consolidated Exchange
Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
St. Paul
Amalgamated
Scalabrini Named Apostolic Delegate for Washington
From Rome reports state Monsignor Scalabrini Archbishop of Piacenza will be appointed Apostolic Delegate in Washington after his recent U S visit. The Pope reportedly will not send a delegation to Edward VII coronation ceremonies following his accession.
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Rome
Dec
de Rina
Monsignor Scalabrini
Piacenza
United States
Washington
Fanfulla
Edward VII
Pan American Railway progress reported in Mexico meeting
Mexico City December 7 The committee on Pan American Railways of the International Conference held a meeting last night that ended at midnight The neutrality clause was remodeled and discussions continued on the project scope and route prospects with officials present from multiple nations.
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Mexico City
Committee On Pan- American Railways
International Conference
Seaboard Flights To Florida On New Limited Service
Seaboard Air Line announces December service changes with Florida and Metropolitan Limited leaving New York at noon and arriving Jacksonville by 9 PM. Through sleeping cars to Atlanta and Cuba, Pinehurst service, cafe dining car, and new Fast Mail train to Florida. Stop overs at Pinehurst Southern Pines Camden Columbia Savannah with winter tourist tickets.
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Seaboard Air Line
Florida and Metropolitan Limited
New York
Jacksonville
Florida East Coast
Atlanta
Jacksonvilld
Tampa
Cuba
Miami
Port Tampa
Pinehurst
Southern Pines
Florida
Florida & Metropolitan Limited
Seaboard Fast Mail
Tallahassee
Camden
Columbia
Savannah
Richmond
Portsmouth
Combined German lines plan direct New York Levant steamers
The Hamburg American and German Levant lines have joined to inaugurate regular steamship service from New York to Levant ports. Also an advertisement notes holiday photos at Pach Bros Windsor Arcade and Broadway at 2d Street.
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Hamburg
Levant
New-York
Pach Bros
Windsor Arcade
Sth Aw
Broadway
2D St
Wealthy Middletown Man Ends Life By Shooting
Isaac C. Van Duren aged 62 a prominent county resident died by self inflicted gunshot in Middletown on December 7 A note found addressed to his wife Mrs Van Duren offered no clear motive amid the tragedy.
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Middletown
Isaac C. van Duren
Warships Visit Charleston Naval Site and Sail for Havana
Captain Brownson Captain Manney and officers of the Alabama Massachusetts and training ship Lancaster toured the Cooper River naval station site praising its advantages. They later dined at the Charleston Country Club. The Alabama and Massachusetts sail for Havana tomorrow morning. Holiday Photos Pach Bros Windsor Arcade AGvt.
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Charleston
S. C
Brownson
Manney
Alabama
Massachusetts
Lancaster
Cooper River
Charleston Country Club
Shubrick
Havana
Bars to Tammany Waste in Final Van Wyck Days
Prominent fusion leaders plan moves to block large city contracts before the end of the Van Wyck administration to shield incoming officials from Tammany embarrassment. John F. Carroll faces deposition as deputy Tammany leader, Patrick Keenan to assume Croker’s duties briefly, with Nixon or McClellan as successors. Inspector Brooks to be first Deputy Police Commissioner. Mayor-elect Low aims to set up a complaint bureau by appointing an assistant secretary to the Mayor.
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van Wyck
Tammany
John F. Carroll
Tammany Hall
Patrick Keenan
Croker
Lewis Nixon
George B. McClellan
Inspector Brooks
Low
Graut
Cantor
Grout
James W. Pryor
City Club
Mr. Spencer
Stickney, Spencer & Ordway
Spencer
Nassau St
City Record
Carroll to be Dropped from Tammany Deputy Leadership
Intimate friends say John F. Carroll will be dropped from the deputy post at the January executive committee meeting. Croker plans to keep leadership while Carroll retires to his business interests, with younger men groomed for the deputy role.
Revolt Threatens Park Commissioner Moebus Succeed By Reege Jr
Reported in the Democratic Club a revolt against Park Commissioner Moebus of the XXXIVth Assembly District North Side. Rival John Reege Jr is favored by a majority of district committee members who fault patronage, nepotism, and perceived weak leadership. Moebus backers claim a committee majority will form by Monday night, delaying any leadership change until the primaries.
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Moebus
North Side
John Reege, Jr
Rogge
Tammany Holds Special Meeting on Primaries and Convention
The Tammany Executive Committee met at Tammany Hall to set dates for primaries on December 1 and a convention on December 21 at 184 Hudson Street to nominate a successor to Nicholas Muller of Richmond. Three candidates, Belmont Britt and O Grady, were noted as roughly equal contenders for the Richmond seat.
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Tammany Executive Committee
Tammany Hall
Messrs. Croker
Carroll
Virth Congress
Nicholas Muller
Richmond
Hudson St
Pe' Belmont
Philip J. Britt
Joseph F. O'Grady
Muller
League to establish Albany HQ to oppose Sunday saloons
Syracuse report says Howard H. Russell national president of the Anti-Saloon League announced the league will set up headquarters in Albany on January 1 to fight any move toward open Sunday saloons. Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen advertisement follows.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Howard H. Russell
City moves to halt last minute contracts in Tammany era
Fusion leaders plan to delay bids on major city contracts as Graut Cantor and others prepare to scrutinize The Bronx Boulevard grading project estimated at about 11 million. They aim to pull the specifications for revision or seek legal action to prevent awarding before new officials take office.
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Bronx
James P. Keating
Grand Boulevard
One Hundred-And
Keeting
Brooks for First Deputy in Police Here
Officials at Police Headquarters indicate Inspector Nicholas Brooks is the likely pick to succeed Devery as First Deputy Commissioner of Police in Brooklyn. The report says Brooks would accept if he could keep his pension, praising his long service since 1967 and his unblemished record.
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Devery
Nicholas Brooks
Adolph I. Kline
14Th Regiment
Bernard J. York
Brooklyn
Brooks
Low
Roosevelt
Washington
Inspector Brooks
Department
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Murphy
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