Czar Supports Witte Amid Cabal Defeat
Reports from Tsarskoe Selo say the reactionary cabal under General Count Alexis Ignatieff has failed and the Czar backs Count Witte. Baltic provinces show alarming unrest as peasants seize control of rural districts and troops move in. A Stockholm correspondent warns of possible massacres of Germans in Livonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsarskoe-Selo
Alexis Ignatieff
Witte
Stockholm
Livonia
St. Petersburg
Alexis Ignatief
M. Steschinsky
Witws
Revolt at Baltic Provinces Deepens in 1905 Crisis
Reports from St. Petersburg describe a reactionary cabal attempting to topple Count Witws, while Tsarist support for the Premier persists. Government forces move to protect foreigners, allege troops dispersing unrest. Baltic provinces see arson, rail disruption, and sailor strikes as uprisings spread from Riga to Mitau and Courland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esthenia
Courland
Riga
August von Hennings
St. Petersburg
von Hennings
M. Bompard
Paris
Spencer F. Eddy
United States
Robert Woods Bliss
Baltic
Venden
Mitau
Nasha Shisa
Odell Busy as Republicans Plot State Leadership
Ex Governor Odell meets with legislative leaders at party HQ while Brackett and Higgins shift positions. Merritt favored for Speaker with plans to reshape county committee, as Page and Parsons vie for key posts and Odell calls a Saturday meeting with district leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell
Edward A. Merritt, Jr
Senator Brackett
Saratoga
Black
Depew
Brackett
Merritt
Higgins
Friends
Alfred R. Page
Page
Albany
Herbert Parsons
Parsons
Washington
Senator Platt
Job B H. Hedges
Henry L. Burnett
Robert C. Morris
Lemuel E. Quigg
Hot
Samuel Strasbourger
Ambrose O. Neal
Strasbourger
Neal
Rosalsky
W. C. Warren
Erie County
Cox
Maior
Seneca
C. J. Betts
Wayne County
E. R. Brown
Jefferson County
Louis F. Payn
Wemple
Schenectady
Gray
St. Lawrence County
James H. Callanan
G. W. Malby
Scott Flays Equitable in Senate Testimony on Plot and Debt
Edward W. Scott of Provident Savings Life testifies that Equitable hired agents to prey on his business and stole records from his office. He denounces introduction of correspondence about a $58,000 balance claimed by Equitable. Provident Life actuary notes a $400 discrepancy between books and reports. E H Harriman is to testify on interviews with Thomas F Ryan about alleged political threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Scott
Provident Savings Life
Insurance Committee
Equitable
Hughes
Scott
The
Provident Life
Wisconsin
Connecticut
E. H. Harriman
Thomas F. Ryan
Navy to stamp out hazing at Annapolis actions announced
Washington December actions to end hazing at the Naval Academy include two immediate dismissals for hazing and failure to report, with more expulsions to follow. Secretary Bonaparte and Admiral Sands plan a vigorous campaign, backed by a pending Congress investigation and potential Attorney General opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Academy
Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Bonaparte
James H. Sands
Admiral Sands
Annapolis
Sands
Navy Department
Congress
House
Loyd
Michigan
Trenmor Coffin, Jr
Jordone Pettus Kimbrough
Warren Abbe Vanderveer
Coffin
Vanderveer
Corps of Cadets
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Converse
Bureau of Navigation
Moody
Minor Meriwether, Jr
James R. Branch
Branch
Department
Admiral Brownson
President rejects Mor ris for U S District Attorney post in New York
The President will not appoint Robert C Mor ris as United States District Attorney for New York replacing General Burnett. He also will not reappoint Robert Sharkey as Naval Officer for the Port of New York. Senator Platt must nominate new candidates meeting the President’s fitness standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Robert C. Morris
United States
New York
General Burnett
Senator Platt
Platt
Robert Sharkey
Sharkey
Too Much Money Leads to Death
Clay Neville, a 45 year old farmer from seven miles from Curryville in Pike County Missouri, died by taking carbolic acid after worry over surplus money. He had sold eighty acres and could not find cheaper land to invest in, which drove him to mental distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Louisiana
Clay Neville
Curryville
Pike County
Neville
Shakers to See President in Washington Meeting
Eldress Anna White lead Mount Lebanon Shaker delegation to Washington for Saturday noon audience with President Roosevelt to present peace convention resolutions adopted August 31. William Barnes Jr of Albany accompanies the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Chatham
Eldress
Anna White
Mount Lebanon
Washington
Roosevelt
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Local Truncated Notice From Rail Service Advertisement
Fragmentary OCR shows a short rail and express service advertisement including Penn P. and Atlantic Coast lines. Names and precise details are unreadable due to corruption.
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Pia
West Indign, 3 Ltd
Penn. P
Atlantic Coast
Acer
Ha Bigrey
N. Y
Advt
Haffen Resigns Bronx Assembly District Leadership
Borough President Haffen of The Bronx resigns from Tammany leadership in the 5th Assembly District. Michael J. Garvin, architect of the new Bronx Borough Hall, is chosen to succeed him after a heated pre meeting session and a later ratification by the general committee. Investigations into Bronx governance loom over Haffen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haffen
Bronx
Tammany
S5th Assembly
Tammany Hall General Committee
Michael J. Garvin
Borough Hall
Garvin
John C. Heintz
Asphalt Trust Treasurer Sails From Caracas Meeting Fails
Clyde Brown treasurer of the Asphalt Trust and Captain Wright left Caracas on the Philadelphia after failing to settle the Venezuelan government suit against the company. Mrs Brown accompanied him. President Castro would not intervene in the $11,000,000 damage suit or the earlier concession annulment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Clyde Brown
The
Asphalt Trust
Philadelphia
Robert K. Wright
New-York and
Bermudez Company
New York
Brown
Castro
Lady Townley Injured in Washington Auto Crash
An automobile accident on the military road near Washington left Lady Susan Townley unconscious and badly bruised while her husband Walter Beaupré Townley counselor of the British Embassy sustained minor injuries. The couple were taken to a physician's home for the night after the car overturned on a steep incline.
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Washington
Walter Beaupré Townley
Susan Townley
Lady Townley
Santa Buys Real Estate Christmas Gifts Across the City
Two deeds recorded at the Register's office detail Christmas gifts of real estate. Jennie Kranich received title to the Herrman Building on Canal Street in a gift from Deborah Herrman, valued around 110000. Margaret C Blakesley received a small plot on Morris Avenue in the Bronx as a Christmas gift from Maggie Crance. Henry D Winans & May sold a limestone five story dwelling on East 88th Street for the Carter estate, with speculation of a Christmas gift. A fifth property on Fifth Avenue, sold for about 285000 to a business man who will place the deed in his wife s stocking on Christmas Eve.
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Register
Jennie Kranich
Herrman
Deborah Herrman
Morris Ave
Bronx
Margaret C. Blakesley
Maggie Crance
5Th Ave
W. W
T. M. Hall
Mumps Epidemic Halts Math Work at Syracuse University
An epidemic of mumps among students and instructors in mathematics at Syracuse University suspended mathematical work. Professors W. E. Taylor and Stetson are among those afflicted as of December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Syracuse
Syracuse University
W. E. Taylor
Stetson
Travel notes on rail trip and hotel rates
The item states a departure from New York on December 28 via Pennsylvania Railroad and two days at the National Capital Rate with charges of 12 or 14 dollars depending on hotel. It notes that the rate covers necessary expenses and mentions consulting ticket cuts or C Studds at BP. A 268 Fifth Ave. New.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Capital
C. Studds
BP. A
Fifth Ave
New
Eight Indictments For Rail Rebate Schemes In Philadelphia
Eight indictments were returned by the federal grand jury against shippers freight agents and carriers over rebates in two cases. The Great Northern Railway Company and local agents faced charges for offering rebates on iron piping shipments to Winnipeg and Minneapolis. Other defendants included Mutual Transit Company agents and Wood family members. Shipments involved routes via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Reading Railroad Great Northern and Mutual Transit with rebates totaling about 2300 dollars in one case and 1812 dollars in another. District Attorney Thompson aims to try these cases in February or March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Federal Grand Jury
United States
J. Whitaker Thompson
Great Northern Railway Company
R. D. Wood & Co
Winnipeg
C. E. Campbell
Great Northern
L. W. Lake
New York
General Eastern
Mutual Transit Company
Wood & Co
Walter Wood
George Wood
Stuart Wood
Richard Wood
Paul J. Diver
National Essence For Coffee Company
Minneapolis
Charles M. Heald
Buffalo
Mutha Transit Company
Wood Company
Florence
Camden
N. J
Emaus
Penn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fairport
Ohio
Great Lakes
Duluth
Reading Railroad
Reading
Northern Pacific
Thompson
Amundsen Reports Oil Aided Gjoa Voyage
Captain Amundsen dispatches from Fort Egbert detailing the Gjoa’s westward voyage aided by auxiliary oil power. He faced hard ship crossing the Arctic divide and awaits Norway mail advices before his return with two Esquiman guides at Fort Yukon.
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Tribune
Seattle
Glassford
United States Signal Service
Amundsen
Fort Egbert
United States
Eagle
Northwest Passage
Arctic Divide
Esquiman
Fort Yukon
Norway
Arctic Ocean
Andre
Twentieth Century Limited Leaves New York For Chicago
The 18 hour train service by New York Central Lines departs New York at 3 30 P M and arrives Chicago at 6 0 next morning. Ad.
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New York
Chicago
New York Central Lines
Plan His Ruin Sheds Light On Equitable Letters
An insurance inquiry halted as Edward W. Scott pleaded that old 1897 letters between James W. Alexander and himself be kept private. The letters discussed a $58,000 unsettled balance with the Equitable Life and prompted Scott to accuse investigators of personal attacks and record theft. The hearing proceeded with the letters made public.
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Czar
CABAL
Edward W. Carmack
Tennessee
John Kean
New Jersey
Shelby McUllom
Illinois
Stephen B. Dikins
West Virginia
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
J. P. Dolliver
Iowa
Joseph B. Foraker
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
National Press Association
Menshikoff
Kuropatkin
Russia
Manchuria
Nee Sheet
Bala
Impérial
Holy Synod
Dewey’s Wines
Dewey & Sons Co
Iis Fulton Bt
Scout—Brackett
Odell Bury
Scott Flays Equitable
Provident
Harriman
MR. Moody
Morris
Shakers
Florida
Asphalt
Venezuela
Sphalt
A: Trust
Santa
Arctic
Provident Life President
James W. Alexander
Equitable Company
BW. Scott
Alexander
Mr. Scott
Mr. Hughes
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