Balfour Opens Fight to Lead Unionists
A. J. Balfour announces he will lead the Unionists in the campaign after resigning as premier for expediency. He defends the Unionist government record, attacks Liberal policies on Home Rule and Chinese labor in South Africa, and vows to press unity and the party's program in elections. He plans to campaign against Liberal Home Rule and fiscal policy while steering the opposition.
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Balfour
South Africa
Mr. Balfour
Ghamberlain
Mutinies and unrest ripple through Cronstadt and Europe
Reports detail mutinies among Cronstadt sailors and troops at Manchuria return sites. Riots at Sizran rail station, Lomza garrison mutiny, and arming disarmament in Poland. Admiralty moves to seize mutineers. Captain Baron Fersen leads port actions. Telegraphers strike continues as unrest spreads across Russia and Europe.
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Manchuria
Sizran
Bonaparte Replies to Critics Over Old Constitution
Secretary Bonaparte says he is not annoyed by protests over his plan to break up the frigate Constitution Old Ironsides noting the practical aim to save cost and preserve memory by building an armored cruiser with as much of the original hull as possible and leaving final decision to Congress.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Bonaparte
Navy Partment
New
England
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston
Annapolis
Newport
R. 1
Constitution
Congress
New British Cabinet Formed After Privy Council Meeting
London reports Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman completes his Cabinet with King’s approval to be finalized Sunday night. Privy Council plans to transfer seals Monday and officials will announce the full ministry on Sunday evening. Notable names include Asquith, Morley, Bryce, and Gladstone among others.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Buckingham Palace
Privy Council
Treasury
Perry Campbell-Bannerman
Edward Yori
Robert Threshie Reid, KC
Herbert Henry Asquith
India
John Morley Pacey
Earl OF
Nobel Prizes To Be Awarded In Stockholm
Nobel prizes to be awarded tomorrow include physics for Philip Lenard of Kiel University chemistry for Adolph von Beyer of Munich for organic chemistry and industry medicine for Robert Koch of Berlin and literature for Henry Sienkiewicz Each prize is forty thousand dollars The awards will be given at the Royal Opera House King Oscar to present them in ceremony with royal court and diplomatic corps expected present Professor Koch and M Sienkiewicz likely to receive in person.
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Philip Lenard
Kiel University
Adolph von Beyer
University of Munich
Robert Koch
Berlin
Literart
Henry Sienkiewicz
Royal Y of Music
Oscar
Mtations, and All the Members of the Royality
Professor Koch
M. Sienkien
Pueblo man sets typing record in word blitz
Pueblo Col December 9 Ray T Vanettisch state service editor of The Pueblo Chieftain broke the word typing record for both the 30 minute and 1 hour tests. He typed 2600 words in thirty minutes and 4917 words in an hour aided by telephone dictated from Denver. Previously the hour record was 3830 words set by Paul Munter at Madison Square Garden New York last month.
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Pueblo
Col
Ray T. Vanettisch
State Service
Pueblo Chieftain
King
Dever
Paul Munter
Square Garden
New York
Trains Link New York and Chicago With Century Limited
The Bees Century Limited runs between New York and Chicago departing at 3:20 P.M. The service promises an 18 hour ride with arrival the next morning.
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New York
Chicago
Bees Century Limited
Old Ironsides Meeting Protest Over Destroying Constitution
Boston crowds rally at Faneuil Hall to oppose Secretary Bonaparte's suggestion to destroy the Constitution frigate at Charlestown Navy Yard. Acting Mayor Whelton cites letters including one from ex-Secretary John D. Long urging preservation and Congress to decide. Speakers urge keeping the ship as a symbol of U S naval achievement and national pride.
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Faneuil Hall
Bonaparte
Charlestown Navy Yard
Daniel A. Whelton
Whelton
John D. Long
Long
Uni
Albert B. Pillsbury
Laparte
Congress
Andine
Pillsbury
William Everett
Quincy
Everett
Napoleon Bonaparte
French Republic
St. Helena
Marengo
Austerlitz
Moscow
Leipsic
Death Warning From Brain Specialist In Indianapolis
Dr William B Fletcher a brain specialist and former superintendent of Central Insane Hospital in Indianapolis collapsed in his sanatorium office today. He suffered a paralytic stroke affecting his left side and left him blind in one eye. He wrote I am dying before losing consciousness. He is reported as dying.
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the Tribune
Indianapolis
William B. Fletcher
Central Insane Hospital
Fire Sweeps Echo Mountain in California disaster
A major blaze on Echo Mountain near Los Angeles destroyed all buildings except Mount Lowe Observatory, causing about 200000 dollars in losses. Telephone lines and rail power were knocked out, with residents of the Casino and Railway Hotel fleeing on foot. The Mount Lowe Observatory was threatened twice but saved by strenuous efforts.
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Los Angeles
Echo Mountain
Mount Lowe Observatory
Three Whales Shot Off Easthampton Coast
On Dec 9 boatmen and whalers off Easthampton Long Island kept watch for three dead whales sighted after being shot. The creatures spouted blood and sank before Owen Bennett and James Casey could reach them.
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Easthampton
Long Island
Owen Bennett
James Casey
Christmas Holiday Excursion Rates Across the South
Travel deals announce Christmas holiday excursion rates along the southern route via southern byway. For information in New York see the advertised contact points and schedule details.
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N. Y
Treasury Secretary and Surgeon General clash over Marine Hospital Service
Washington dispatch reports a sharp dispute between the Secretary of the Treasury and Surgeon General Wy man over the Marine Hospital Service. The Secretary urges major curtailment and even halting ongoing hospital projects, accusing Wy man of using influence with Congress for expansion. Congress members view funds for state hospital extensions as driven by personal influence, while the Secretary cites unnecessary drafts on the Treasury and unresolved authority, foreshadowing a potential congressional inquiry.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Wyman
Appropriations
Congress
Marine Hospital Service
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Drake
Treasury
Curtain Hitting Caruso at Opera House Attendances Tax
Two performances drew crowded crowds as Donizetti's L Elisir d Amore with Sembrich Caruso Rossi and Scotti opened the season, and Wagner Die Walkure with Nordica as Brünnhilde followed. Caruso was struck by a curtain mishap during the first act yet continued brilliantly, ending with a jovial, enthusiastic audience.
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Opera
Donizetti
Mme. Sembrich
Caruso
Rossi
Scotti
Mme. Nordica
Briinhilds
Upheaval in Paraguay deposes Gauna for Baez
Report from Buenos Ayres on December 9 states that Congress has deposed President Juan B. Gauna of Paraguay and appointed Foreign Minister Cecilio Baez as president. Telegraph links to Asuncion are cut, but reports say quiet prevails there.
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Buenos Ayres
Juan B. Gauna
Republic of Paraguay
Congress
Cecilio Baez
United States
Asuncion
Boots greased with ambergris misjudged as grease
Chicago dispatch notes George Schaer’s Alaska trip finds ambergris worth 20 dollars an ounce. He and companions used it as grease on boots masts and gear, discarding much of it. A druggist offered seventy three dollars for the bottle contents. Schaer kept five ounces for future use and mislaid the rest. The item was found after curiosity prompted a bottle check.
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Chicago
Tribune
Seattle
Wash
George Schaer
Alaska
Schaer
Arctic
Florida's Famous Trains Ad Offers Exquisite Coasts
An ad from a New York agency highlights Pennsylvania Railroad lines and the Coast Line with promotional boast about unexcelled service. The terse clipping mentions 1161 Broadway and points to transit offerings described as premier and exclusive.
May Alter Morgan Firm Reorganization Pressure Builds
Wall Street interests push J Pierpont Morgan to reorganize his firm. They seek a new lieutenant, proposing Edward T Stotesbury of Drexel & Co as a main office candidate. Arguments allege Perkins doubts and Steele illness create gaps, while London contact Dawkins has died.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
J. P. Morgan & Co
New-York Life Insurance Company
Tunnel Blast Ends Life In Manhattan Shaft Work
A dynamite explosion in the Pennsylvania tunnel shaft at Borden and Fastaves last evening killed foreman Thomas St. John of 577 West 180th Street Manhattan and badly injured John McCullan of 2101 Third Avenue Manhattan. St. John left a family and was blasting at the time.
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Pennsylvania’ Tunnel
Borden and Fastaves
Long Island City
Thomas St. John
West 180Th St
Manhattan
John McCullan
3D-Ave
St. John
Treasury Announces Early Interest Payment on Government Bonds
Washington December 9 The Secretary of the Treasury authorized payment of interest on U S government bonds due January 1 1906 and December 15 1905 Coupons due January 1 to be paid on and after December 15 Checks for interest on registered bonds mailed the total interest expected to total about 4 200 000
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
DAVIS NOW REPUBLICAN
Webster Davis former Assistant Secretary of the Interior renounces Democracy and pledges support for Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Party. He praises Roosevelt as the greatest president, says he will return to the party, and plans to move to Michigan to pursue politics while rejecting a Tammany Congress nomination.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Webster Davis
Interior
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
Davis
American Republic
Roosevelt
McKinley
City
Mexico
Michigan
Tammany
Congress
NO SENATE HONORS FOR MITCHELL
Washington reports Vice-President Fairbanks says friends of the late Senator Mitchell will not seek a Senate committee for his funeral and no action on a resolution is yet decided. It is expected Senator Fulton may announce the death to the Senate when it convenes Monday.
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Washington
Fairbanks
Friends
Mitchell
Oregon
Senate
Fulton
Death by own action shocks Newark society
Robert D. Ballantine, 35, son of brewer John H. Ballantine, shot himself at his mother’s Newark home on Washington Street after returning from New York. A revolver was found in his right hand. a package with the weapon had been left on a hatrack earlier that day. He had attended Princeton and Cornell, lived in Virginia, and is survived by his mother, brother Herbert, a sister, and a brother Percy, with the Ballantine brewing firm connected to Albany and Washington streets.
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John H. Ballantine
Jeanette Ballantine
Washington St
Newark
Conrad
Mr. Ballantine
Ballantine
J. L. Fewsmith
Herbert Ballantine
Maryland
Wall Street
New York
Wolf-Astoria
Princeton
Cornell
Virginia
Herbert
Percy
Henry Young, Jr
Mantine
Peter Ballantine
P- Ballantine & Sons
Albany
Washington Sts
Robert
John H
Mante
Hattan Athletic Club
Mr. Ba
Coreys Resignation Rumors Circulate In Steel Trust
Pittsburg reports two W. E. Corey sisters clash over attitudes toward their brother. Ada Corey travels Reno with Mrs Corey while Elizabeth Riggs, a soprano, studies in Paris with Miss Gilman. Rumors say Corey to resign end of year, with directors weighing options as divorce action unfolds.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
W- E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Ada Corey
Reno
Nev
Corey
Elizabeth Riggs
Paris
Mabelle Gilman
Riggs
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Newark
Jersey City
New York
Miss Gilman
Jean de Reszke
Braddock
Carnegie Steel Company
Steel Corporation
Alva Cs Dinkey
Plaster Collapse Threatens Sight Of Traveling Salesman
Edmund O Dayton of New York, a Washburn Crosby salesman, was injured when five square feet of ceiling plaster fell on him while he slept in a Newark hotel. The fall shattered a chandelier and sent glass and plaster into his eyes, leaving him threatened with total blindness.
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Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Edmund
Dayton
Washburn-Crosby Company
New York
Newark
Resorts of the Carolinas and Florida Ticket Sale Ad
An advertisement noting tickets on sale for travel to the Carolinas Florida and the South with offices at 371 Broadway and promotional detail for resort departures.
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Broadway
Imperial ukase eases press controls with limited penalties
An imperial ukase issued in St. Petersburg outlines provisional press laws, abolishing censorship of periodicals and illustrated papers except in rural districts and nearly ending punishments for the press. Responsibility shifts to courts, and ministerial bans on government-question discussions are repealed, with penalties set for exceptional cases.
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St. Petersburg
Eydtkuhnen
Mutinous Russian Rail Workers Stir Baltic and Warsaw Regions
Berlin reports mutinous soldiers killed officers. Warsaw notes Moscow Railway Association backs post and telegraph strike by refusing cipher messages. District chiefs reduce telegraph staff. Warsaw district telegraphers ignore orders and strike continues. Lines Warsaw to Byelostok idle. Moscow route limited. Polish railway employees press for general stoppage. Kiev and St Petersburg protests spread. estate near Elisavetino plundered. Guards deployed near Gatchina to quell peasants. Laborers endure unrest across Sambourg Peterhof and local distilleries.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Saya
Harbin
Warsaw
Moscow Railway Association
Byelostok
Moscow
Baranovitschi
Eydtkushnen
Wirbellen
St. Petersburg
Riga
Sokoloff
Association of
Troubetskoy
Elisavetino Station
Gatschina
Imperial Palace
Sambourg
Peterhof
Withdrawing Savings Intensifies Government Banks Run
Wars w section reports a heavy run today on government savings banks following the campaign against them. The push to withdraw funds reflects public concern and a swift reaction to the policy debate unfolding.
Sunset Annex Car Route Notice
A fragment from a California transit notice mentions the Sunset Annex car route with references to Washington and West Point Route and a product or service code. The content is fragmented and lacks clear dates or full context for a complete summary.
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California
Sunset Annex
Wow-Terk
West Point
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