Venezuela seeks peace with France over cable dispute
President Castro spoke on his health, potential return to Paris, and the ongoing French Cable Company quarrel. He urged settlement as a condition for restoring diplomatic ties, noting French involvement in the Matos rebellion and demanding arrangement of diplomatic debts. Preliminary talks and inquiries point to efforts to reconcile while preserving Venezuelan sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Paris
Venezuela
France
Contro
Matos
Maigny
Castro
Carupano
Hague
Cestre
Caracas
State Bank of
Brazil
United States
M. Pichon
The Attitude of Washington Seizure of Alix Stirs Diplomacy
Washington notes the seizure of the Alix causes little surprise among diplomats. The Netherlands plans to push a decision, while the State Department maintains neutrality in the Venezuelan disturbance unless U S interests are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Netherlands
State Department
Firmin Welcomed in Port-au-Prince After Haiti Exile Arrival
The steamship Virginia arrived with 116 exiles including General Antenor Firmin. He was greeted by General Hyppolite and M. Chapotiau and driven to the palace by presidential carriage amid cheering crowds. Firmin urged Haitians to back Liberal governance and predicted prosperity through peace and labor. In Havana, former Haiti treasury secretary Marcelin arrived aboard the Duguay Trouin and reported Lord Alexis’s hoarded wealth and unlikely return to Haiti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-au-Prince
Virginia
Antenor Firmin
General Firmin
General Simon
Hyppolite
M. Chapotiau
Simon
Firmin
M. Carteron
Gonaives
Havana
M. Marcelin
Treasury
Haiti
Kingon
Jamaica
Paris
Alexis
Hayti
Gas kills aged inmate at Newark home for the aged
Max Isaacs a ninety year old inmate of the Hebrew Home for the Aged at 58 Sterling Street Newark was found asphyxiated by gas early yesterday. Roommate Jonas Fleishman seventy six Lazar Cohen eighty five are in serious condition. Saul Hermann escaped harm by walking at 3 am. A police sergeant James McRell found the body and locked gas jets. Hermann said he did not light the gas when he left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Isaacs
Hebrew Home For the
Sterling Street
Newark
Jonas Fleishman
Lazar Cohen
Saul Hermann
Hermann
Isaacs
James A. McRell
McRell
Cohen and
Fleishman
Taft May Start Panama Trip In January
Judge Taft discussed a possible January start for his fifth Panama trip during a visit to New York. He plans a twenty one day journey, with stops in Augusta and Southern cities, and indicated Cabinet deliberations would wait until after the trip. He will be accompanied by engineers and guarded by Secret Service and police, with appearances in Atlanta Philadelphia and Cincinnati on forthcoming dates.
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Taft
Rip
Panama
W. Taft
West 48Th Street
Mr. Taft
Augusta
Isthmus
Secretary of War
Horace
Henry Ward Beecher
Tiscan
Senator Burton
Ohio
Burton
C. N. Fowler
New Jersey
Leslie M. Shaw
Ohio Society
Metropolitan Temple
Fifth Avenue
70Th Street
Henry
Horace Dr. Taft
Watertown
Conn
Territt Cottage
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Washington
Secret Service
Central Office
Henry W. Taft
French Predict Canal's Failure After Gatun Dam Accident
Paris reports French critics dispute the American lock canal plan for Panama. The Figaro blames the decision to place dams at Rio Grande and Gatun, arguing Lepinay proposed dams at Miraflores and Bohio with proven solid foundations.
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Paris
Gatun
Panama Canal
Figaro
Godinde Lepinay
Rio Grande and
Lepinay
Miraflores
Bohlo
Rescuer of B F Tracy Dies at 63 in Washington
Chief William T Belt of the Washington fire department died suddenly from heart disease at sixty three. A long service member and vice president of the National Association of Fire Chiefs, his rescue of Benjamin F Tracy from a burning home earned him a personal commendation from President Harrison. Also noted is the death of Mrs A A Gates, mother of John W Gates, at Port Arthur Texas.
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Washington
William T. Belt
Washington Fire Department
National Association of Fire Chiefs
Chief Belt
Benjamin F. Tracy
Secretary of the Navy
Harrison
Port Arthur
Tex
A. A. Gates
John W. Gates
Taft Praises McKinley as Memorial Organ Dedication
Judge Taft lauds President McKinley at Metropolitan Temple memorial service for the McKinley memorial organ. Andrew Carnegie and Colonel John J. McCook also spoke. Taft recalls McKinley's balanced, loyal policy toward the Philippines and his diplomatic leadership.
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William McKinley
Metropolitan Temple
McKinley
Taft
Philippine Service
Philippines
Andrew Carnegie
John J. McCook
United States
New York State
New York City
J. Wesley Hill
Taft, Mr. Carnegie, Colonel Mee , Samuel W. Bowne
Henry W. Taft
Judge Taft
President McKinley
Napoleon
New York
Judge Teft
Carnegie
Washington
Henry
Mr. Taft
Dr. Hill
Secret Service
Tafts
James M. Buckley
the Christian Advocate
Buckley
Dingley Heirs Appeal Estate Case In Maine
Edith Dingley Hope of Washington and Albert G. Dingley of Denver sue in Maine Supreme Court to overturn probate decree, claiming no inventory before 1907 and lack of knowledge of settlement. Nelson Dingley Jr. chaired the Ways and Means Committee and died in 1899. counsel is Charles E. Littlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Edith Dingley Hope
Washington
Albert G. Dingley
Denver
Nelson Dingley, Jr
Lewiston
Supreme Court
Maine
Ways and Means
Dingley
Charles E. Littlefield
New York
House of Representatives
Joy Rider Fatality as Car Crashes on Charles Ave Extension
Baltimore dated report on an early morning crash of Oscar Murray owned car on Charles avenue extension. Driver James Hild was fined $25 for speeding and held responsible. Victim Harry Kessler, a Maryland Athletic Club athlete, died. Frank Radford Samuel Rosenberg and William Reynolds were injured.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Harry Kessler
Frank Radford
Samuel Rosenberg
William Reynolds
Charles Avenue
Oscar Murray
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
James Hild
Hild
Kessler
Maryland Athletic Club
Radford and
Reynolds
Bomb Explodes Near Chicago Coliseum Wrecks Adjacent Buildings
A dynamite blast at the southeast annex of the Coliseum in Chicago wrecked two nearby frame structures and shattered hundreds of windows along Michigan and Wabash avenues. Fire followed as debris burned. no casualties reported. Police note gambling wars and a Ward 1 ball controversy linked to the blast. funds support the ward alderman’s campaign.
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Tribune
Chicago
Coliseum
Annex
Michigan and
Wabash Avenues
Grace Episcopal Church
Coliseum Annex
Michael Kenna
John Coughlan
Indian leaders seized in Bengal agitation arrests
Calcutta reports great excitement as Dutta, a leading Bengali figure in Eastern Bengal, is arrested at Burrisal and sent to an unknown destination. Nationalist leader Mitra, editor of Sanj bani, is arrested in Calcutta, and another native paper editor is sentenced to transportation for sedition.
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Calcutta
Dutta
Bengal
Burrisal
Mitra
Sanjibani
Turkey Rejects Austrian Bosnia Settlement Terms
Constantinople report says Marquis Pallavicini met with Grand Vizier and the Foreign Minister to present Austria's compensation offer for the Bosnia and Herzegovina dispute. The Turkish cabinet reportedly finds the offer inadequate and Austria may threaten to halt tobacco purchases worth about six million dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Pallavicini
Turkey
Kiamil Pacha
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Argentine Armament Senate Cuts Armament Plan
Buenos Ayres reports the Senate confirmed the Armaments Commission report, rejecting the Chamber of Deputies’ approval of 75 million dollars for armaments. The commission recommends a maximum six year cap of 53 million. The measure will be reintroduced in the Chamber and gain law by two thirds. No loan or extra tax will be used. payments will come from ordinary revenues amid robust finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Bitter Will Contests Over Hewitt Estate In New York
In Owego Tioga County a major probate fight opens after Frederick Hewitt's will leaves large sums to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Yale University and the New York Post-Graduate Medical School among others. An elderly Elmira heiress, Mrs Charlotte Arnot, contests the will on grounds of unsound mind and undue influence, with Gordon Pumpelly as executor facing possible loss of his own near million-dollar bequest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owego
N. Y
Tioga County
Charlotte H. Arnot
Elmira
Frederick €. Hewitt
New York Post-Graduate Medical School
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yale University
Gordon H. Pumpelly
Pumpelly
Special County
Bell
Andrews & Bilis
Herendeen & Mandeville
Martin S. Lynch
Liberty Street
New York
Reynolds, Stanchfield & Collin
Clark & Truman
John B. Stanchfield
Robert W. de Forest
Taylor & Anderson
New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital
John E. Roosevelt
Netherwood
N. J
Fresh Air
Prison Budget and Architect Dispute Over New Prison Plans
The article details a $125 000 appropriation to construct a new prison including cell houses shops and a stockade with costs for plans estimates and supervision. Warren and Wetmore defend the funding while Ware objects to Beardsley plans citing design flaws and site issues. Ware ultimately supports Warren and Wetmore as award architects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware
Beardsley
Warren & Wetmore
Papal Beatification Read For Joan of Arc And 36 Martyrs
Rome reports an impressive Vatican ceremony reading the beatification decrees for Joan of Arc and thirty six French missionaries martyred in China. Pope Pius X and high prelates attended as the decree noted three miracles in 1891 1898 and 1900 and the pope praised Joan and urged France to keep faith with the Church and Christ.
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Rome
Vatican
Joan of Arc
China
Pius X
Joan
Pius
France
Christ
Edict Honors Empress Dowager Tsu Hei Posthumously
An edict from Peking confers on Empress Dowager Tsu Hei the title Final and Admirable Empress of the Heavens Equal and Bright in Practising Holliness. It orders special ceremonies for the conferral and notes her forty seven years of rule made her fame world wide and virtues universal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Tsu Hei
Earth
Heaven
Norwegian butler caught for dual arson at Heppenheimer home
Ivan Rettan, a discharged butler to General W. Heppenheimer, was arrested in Hoboken after allegedly attempting two fires at the general's Jersey City residence on Montgomery Street and Jersey Avenue. He confessed claiming intoxication and said he started the blazes by throwing lit newspapers into the laundry, causing about 500 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. (. Heppenheimer
Montgomery Street
Jersey Avenue
Jersey City
Ivan Rettan
Heppenheimer
2D Street
Hoboken
Rettan
Devlin Arrives In Queenstown From New York
Nationalist MP Joseph Devlin reached Queenstown aboard the Cedric after a voyage from New York and received an enthusiastic reception. He praised his U S mission and said Americans had pledged 100000 dollars to the Nationalists fund.
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Queenstown
Joseph Devlin
Belfast
Cedric
New York
Deviin
United States
Nationaltats
Chatham Club Raid Ends With Disorderly Conduct Charge
Captain McNally of Elizabeth Street station with Detectives Cohen and Roy and additional officers raided the Chatham Club on Dover Street. George Stivers, alleged proprietor, jailed on disorderly conduct after officers forced entry at about 1 AM amid a chaotic hallway clash. Police cleared the venue of patrons as the raid concluded.
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McNally
Elizabeth Street
Cohen and
Roy
Chatham Club
Dovers Street
George Stivers
Stranger
Patrona
Wealth of the Farms Exports and Balance of Trade Shown
The 1908 exports of agricultural products reached 1.917 billion dollars with a 488 million dollar farm trade surplus, driven by cotton, grain, and packing house products. Secretary Wilson notes rising farm productivity amid immigration and industrial growth, praising the agricultural sciences and farmer gains in capital and living standards.
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Wilson
Kills Wife and Man in Jealous Crime at Roadhouse
William Barnhart, enraged by his wife’s attention to Carl Claps, killed his wife Clemma Gracey and Carl Clapp at the Roadhouse in Decatur then turned on Clapp at the hotel before surrendering to a constable. He was hustled to Carrollton as a mob gathered.
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Tribune Roadhouse
Ill
Carl Claps
William Barnhart
Carrollton
Barnhart
Clemma Gracey
Clapp
Hains Trial Set in Queens Supreme Court Today
Thornton Jenkins Hains and his brother Captain Peter C. Hains face a murder indictment for the Bayside Yacht Club shooting of William E. Annis on August 15. A final defense conference was held at the Queens County jail as prosecutors Darrin and White prepare for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Peter C. Hains
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Supreme Court
Flushing
Long Island
John F. Hains
John F. McIntyre
Joseph A. Shay
Queens County
T. Jenkins Hains
Murter
Annie
Hains
Claudia Libby Harms
Darrin
Elmer S. White
Brooklyn
Difficulties In Convictions On Labor Law Violations
Albany reports by State Labor Department Commissioner John Williams cite trouble securing convictions in overtime and child labor cases. Actions in six matters from September to November included illegal child employment in mercantile stores, excessive hours for women and children, and unlawful child labor in canneries. Jury trials yielded few successful outcomes despite careful preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
John Wiliams
State Labor Department
Department of Labor
American Steel and Wire starts eight furnaces surge in Pittsburgh
The American Steel and Wire Company ordered 1,500 workers to return to the Donora plant on the Monongahela River within a week or ten days. Two blast furnaces and six open hearths will be fitted for immediate operation, ending a year of idle status for the departments. In Australia, F B Alexander and Walter Dunlop won the Australasian doubles title and Alexander captured the singles.
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Pittsburg
American Steel and Wire Company
Marrel
Donera
Monongahela River
B. Alexander
Australia
Sydney
F. B Alexander
Walter Dunlom
Victoria
Alexander
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Hebrew Home
Canal
B. F. Tracy
Mkinley
Metropolitan Temple Organ
McKinney
McCook
Dingley Heirs Object
JOY Rider
Chicago Coliseum
Convention Hall
Ball
House
Francis Craz ® Co
U. S
Hudson St
N.Y
Hewitt
Saint Joan OF Arc
TSU Hsl
Chatham
Annis
Williams
Kdw
Aun
Mille & CO
Warren “A
Saxe Sls
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