Venezuela seeks peace with France tied to cable dispute
President Castro states Venezuela desires harmony with France but links it to settling the French Cable Company quarrel. He notes diplomatic debt payments continue, French subjects' return, and that Brazil acts for the United States in regional interests. Preliminary talks reportedly occurred before his Caracas visit.
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Germany
Paris
Venezuela
France
Contre
Matos
M. Taigny
Castro
Carupanc
Cestro
Caracas
State Bank of
Brazil
United States
M. Pichon
M. Quiévreux
Attitude of Washington on Alix seizure
Washington reports the seizure of the Alix drew little surprise in diplomatic circles. The Netherlands government is expected to press for a decisive move while the State Department maintains strict neutrality unless U S commerce or other interests are harmed.
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Washington
Netherlands
State Department
Firmin Welcomed By Simon Supporters In Port au Prince
Vir ginia arrives with 116 exiles including General Antenor Firmin. He is greeted by General Hyppolite and M Chapotiau, driven to the palace in a presidential carriage, and urged to back the Liberal government. Firmin says he abandons political ambition and praises Simon as Haiti moves toward prosperity. Havana reports Marcellin, former Haitian treasury secretary, arriving on Duguay Trouin with claims of Alexis’ wealth but contends Alexis may not return.
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Port-au-Prince
Virginia
Antenor Firmin
General Firmin
General Simon
Hyppolite
M. Chapotiau
Simon
Firmin
Alexis
M. Carteron
Gonaives
Havana
M. Marcellin
Treasury
Haiti
Kingon
Jamaica
Paris
Hayti
Gas kills Newark old man at Hebrew Home
Max Isaacs aged ninety was found asphyxiated in a room shared with three others at the Hebrew Home for the Aged, 58 Sterling Street Newark. Two roommates, Jonas Fleishman seventy six and Lazar Cohen eighty five, were taken to hospital in serious condition. Saul Hermann escaped harm by walking outside at 3 am. The gas inlets were closed and no leak found. mystery surrounds the death with Hermann denying lighting the gas before his walk.
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Max Isaacs
Hebrew Home For the Aged
Sterling Street
Newark
Jonas Fleishman
Lazar Cohen
Saul Hermann
Hermann
Isaacs
James A. McRell
McRell
Cohen and
Fleishman
Taft Carmen Panama Trip May Start in January
Judge Taft discusses a planned trip to Panama likely to begin in January and end in February, staying with brother Henry W. Taft at 44 West 48th Street. He expects to travel about twenty one days and may visit Augusta, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and Washington while coordinating with engineers and Cabinet considerations. He intends to speak in southern cities and will be guarded by Secret Service and Central Office detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Taft
Panama
Henry W. Taft
West 48Th Street
Mr. Taft
Wascoton
Augusta
Taft
Horace
Henry Ward Beecher
Senator Burton
Ohio
Burton
C. N. Fowler
New Jersey
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Frank B. Kellogg
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Washington
Secret Service
Central Office
Isthmus
French Predict Canal's Failure After Gatun Accident
Paris critics oppose the American lock canal plan for Panama citing the Gatun dam accident. The Figaro blames the choice of dams at Rio Grande and Gatun over Lepinay’s Miraflores Bohio concept, arguing foundations at the latter sites were proven solid.
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Paris
Gatun
Panama Canal
Figaro
Lock Canal
Godinde Lepinay
Rio Grande and
Lepinay
Miraflores
Bohio
Rescuer of B F Tracy Dies at 63 in Washington
Chief William T Belt of the Washington fire department and vice president of the National Association of Fire Chiefs died suddenly of heart disease at sixty three. He earned praise from President Harrison for heroically rescuing Benjamin F Tracy from a burning home. His son’s drowning earlier contributed to the grief. Meanwhile Mrs A A Gates mother of John W Gates died at Gates home in 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 Pays Tribute At McKinley Memorial Organ Dedication
Judge Taft speaks at Metropolitan Temple as Andrew Carnegie Colonel John J. Mc Cook and others honor President McKinley. Taft recalls Philippine policy, kindness and calm leadership. Carnegie lauds gentleness. Buckley urges spontaneous prayers. Audience includes Taft entourage and Secret Service in attendance.
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William McKinley
Metropolitan Temple
McKinley
Taft
Judge Teft
Philippines
Andrew Carnegie
John J. McCook
United States
New York State
New York City
J. Wesley Hill
Napoleon
New York
Teft
Carnegie
Washington
Judge Taft
Henry
Mr. Taft
Dr. Hill
Henry W. Taft
Secret Service
Tafts
James M. Buckley
the Christian Advocate
Buckley
Dingley Heirs Fight Probate Decree in Maine
Edith Dingley Hope of Washington and Albert G. Dingley of Denver, heirs at law of Nelson Dingley Jr., petition Maine Supreme Court to appeal a probate account, claiming no inventory was filed until 1907 and that they were unaware of the settlement. Ex Congressman Charles E. Littlefield represents the petitioners. The move stems from dissatisfaction with estate handling, not alleged misappropriation.
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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 Killed as 3 Hurt in Baltimore Crash
Baltimore December 13 Harry Kessler, a Maryland Athletic Club figure, was killed and Frank Radford Samuel Rosenberg and William Reynolds were badly injured when the car owned by Oscar Murray Balt more & Ohio Railroad president crashed on Charles avenue extension. Chauffeur James Hild faced a $25 fine and blame for the speed.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Harry Kessler
Frank Radford
Samuel Rosenberg
William Reynolds
Charles Avenue
Oscar Murray
Baltmore & Ohio Railroad
James Hild
Hild
Kessler
Maryland Athletic Club
Radford and
Reynolds
Bomb Explodes Near Chicago Coliseum Wrecking Two Buildings
A dynamiter’s blast at the southeast annex of the Chicago Coliseum destroys two adjacent frame structures and shatters hundreds of windows on Michigan and Wabash Avenues. Police seek motive amid gamblers war theories as fires spread and no casualties are confirmed. The First Ward Democratic ball controversy ties to aldermen Kenna and Coughlan, with ball proceeds funding ward politics.
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Tribune
Chicago
Coliseum
Annex
Michigan and
Wabash Avenues
Grace Episcopal Church
Coliseum Annex
Michael Kenna
John Coughlan
Indian Leaders Seized Amid Bengal Agitation
Calcutta reports great excitement over nationalist actions. Dutta, a leading Bengali figure in Eastern Bengal, was arrested at Burrisal and taken to an unknown destination. Mitra, editor of the Sanjibani, was arrested in Calcutta, and another editor was sentenced to transportation for sedition.
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Calcutta
Dutta
Bengal
Burrisal
Mitra
Sanjibani
Turkey Rejects Austria's Bosnia Offer As Pressure Grows
Constantinople report shows Marquis Pallavicini submitted Austria's settlement terms to Grand Vizier Kiamil Pacha and the Foreign Minister. The Turkish cabinet deemed the compensation offered by Austria wholly inadequate. Rumors say Austria may curb tobacco purchases worth about $6,000,000 annually to pressure Turkey.
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Constantinople
Pallavicini
Turkey
Kiamil Pacha
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Argentine Armament Row Shrinks Senate Cuts to 53 Million
Buenos Ayres reports the Senate confirmed the Armaments Commission report, rejecting the Chamber of Deputies approval of 75 million dollars for armaments. The commission caps planned spending at 53 million over six years, with no loan or new tax. The measure will be reintroduced in the Chamber and gain law by two thirds.
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Buenos Ayres
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Beatification Decrees Read For Joan of Arc and 36 Missionaries
Rome reports an impressive Vatican ceremony reading beatification decrees for Joan of Arc and 36 French missionaries martyred in China. Pope Pius X praised Joan’s faith and defense of France, urging French Catholics to love God and the Mother Church as he predicted France would return to the Church through divine intercession.
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Rome
Vatican
Joan of Arc
China
Pius X
Joan
Pius
Pope
France
Christ
Hewitt Will Contest Owego Will Battle Looms
A bitter Surrogate Court contest begins in Tioga County as Mrs. Charlotte Arnot seeks to invalidate Frederick Hewitt’s will. The eccentric Elmira bachelor left vast sums to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Yale University and the Post Graduate Medical School, with executors defending the instrument amid claims of unsound mind and undue influence.
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Owego
N. Y
Tioga County
Charlotte H. Arnot
Elmira
Frederick €. Hewitt
New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yale University
Gordon H. Pumpelly
Pumpelly
Special County
Bell
Andrews & Ellis
Herendeen & Mandeville
Martin S. Lynch
No. 32
Liberty Street
New York
Reynolds, Stanchfield & Collin
Clark & Truman
Joan R. Stanchfield
Robert W. de Forest
Taylor & Anderson
John E. Roosevelt
Sheltering Arms Society of
Guggenheimer
Untermyer & Marshall
Free Industrial School For Crippled Children of
Turner, Rolston
Netherwood
N. J
Fresh Air
Prison Construction Appropriation Authorized for New Prison
The act amends and approves an appropriation of 125000 to carry out prison construction work. It covers site plans, temporary bars, shops, stockade, grading, materials, tools, and supervision. Warren & Wetmore dispute funding for architect fees and the board's authority. Mr Ware favored Warren & Wetmore plans, voting as an ex officio board member before knowing their identity.
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Warren &_Wetmore
Ware
Beardsley
Warren & Wetmore
Board of Award
Arrest in Jersey City arson scare at Heppenheimer home
Ivan Reitan, a Norwegian former butler to General W. C. Heppenheimer, was arrested in Hoboken after admitting two incendiary attempts to burn the Heppenheimer residence at Montgomery Street and Jersey Avenue Jersey City. He claimed drunkenness and said he started the fires to watch flames.
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W. C. Heppenheimer
Montgomery Street
Jersey Avenue
Jersey City
Ivan Reitan
Heppenheiimer
Neo
2D Street
Hoboken
Reitan
Heppenheimer
Edict Honors Empress Dowager Tsu Hsi
A Peking edict bestows on Empress Dowager Tsu Hsi the posthumous title Final and Admirable Empress of the Heavens Equal and Bright in Practising Holiness. It orders special ceremonies for the conferral and notes her forty seven years of rule brought universal virtue and bounty, earning world wide fame.
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Peking
Tsu Hsi
Earth
Heaven
Devlin Arrives in Queenstown After US Mission
Nationalist MP Joseph Devlin arrives on Cedric from New York at Queenstown. He receives an enthusiastic welcome and says Americans have guaranteed $100,000 to the Nationalists fund.
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Queenstown
Joseph Devlin
Belfast
Cedric
New York
Devlin
United States
Chatham Club Raid Drives Out Patrons
Captain McNally of Elizabeth Street station led Detectives Cohen and Roy in a forceful entry into the Chatham Club on Dover Street. The operation ended with a struggle in the lit hallway and George Stivers, the club’s reputed proprietor, detained for disorderly conduct at the Elizabeth Street station.
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Captain McNally
Elizabeth Street
Cohen and
Roy
Chatham Club
Dovers Street
George Stivers
Wealth of the Parms and Farm Exports in 1908 Highlight Growth
The farm sector supplied about three-eighths of total farm value and neared 3 billion dollars. Exports in 1908 reached 1.0179 billion, with cotton 435 million, grain 215 million, packing house products 194 million. Domestic exports 1.917 billion, imports 340 million, balance of trade 488 million in favor of farm products. Secretary Wilson lauds farmer efficiency and agricultural science, noting Thanksgiving sentiment in 1904 as well.
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Wilson
Kills Wife and Man in Jealous Tragedy at Roadhouse
William Barnhart, driven by jealousy over his wife’s attention to Carl Claps, killed his wife at Mrs. Clemma Gracey’s home and shot Carl Clapp at the Hotel Roadhouse before surrendering to a constable. A full statement of the crime and motives was issued the next morning.
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Tribune Roadhouse
Iil
Carl Claps
William Barnhart
Carrollton
Barnhart
Clemma Gracey
Clapp
Hains Trial Today In Bayside Murder Case
Thornton Jenkins Hains and his brother Captain Peter C Hains face murder charges in the Bayside Yacht Club killing of William E Annis on August 15. Trial set for 1 PM in the Supreme Court Flushing Queens County. Prosecutors Darrin and White lead case with final conference held at Queens jail.
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Thornton Jenkins Hains
Peter C. Fiains
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Supreme Court
Flushing
Long Island
Peter C. Hains
John F. Hains
John F. McIntyre
Joseph A. Shay
Queens County
T. Jenkins Hains
Munter
Annis
Hains
Claudia Libby Hains
Darrin
Elmer S. White
Brooklyn
Convictions Elusive in Labor Law Over Time Violations
Albany reports difficulty obtaining convictions in cases accusing violations of overtime rules for women and children. From September to November, the State Labor Department filed 127 actions including illegal employment of women and children in canneries and canning factories, yet juries failed to convict despite clear evidence of long hours and a seven year old child employed.
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Albany
John Willams
State Labor Department
Department of Lane
Employment surge at Donora steel plant boosts 1500 jobs
Pittsburg Dec 12 The American Steel and Wre Company issued orders to employ 500 idle workers and 1000 more within a week at its Donora plant on the Monongahela River. Two blast furnaces and six open hearths will be fitted, with readiness to start within ten days after a year of idleness. F B Alexander wins in Australia in doubles with Walter Dunton Victoria and takes the Australasian championship in singles.
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Pittsburg
American Steel and Wre Company
Donora
Monongahela River
F. B. Alexander
Australia
Sydney
Alexander
Walter Dunton
Victoria
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Mkinley
Metropolitan Temple Organ
McCook
Chicago Coliseum
Convention Hall
Ball
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Saint Joan OF Arc
Francis Craz @ Co
U. S
Hudson St
N.Y
Hewitt
Chatham
Williams
American Steel and Wire Company
Ebse “A .O
Warren
Sayashia
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