Tramps Overrun City As New York Struggles With Homeless
A massive influx of tramps to New York overwhelms municipal lodging and charity systems. By December 23 2353 were turned away from lodging. 327 slept in charity offices. 50 extra beds added at First Avenue and 23rd Street. Work for lodging residents planned on Blackwell's Island to deter new arrivals.
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Stecause
New York
United Charities
Charity Department
East 26Th Street
Robert W. Hebberd
Charity Commissioner
Municipal Lodging House
First Avenue
23D Street
Charity Organization Bureau
W. C. Yorke
East 26Th Street Pier
Blackwell's Island
Manhattan
26Th Street
Hebberd
Condition of Russian Empress Empress Alexandra in Decline
Reports from St Petersburg indicate no official notification of a sudden change in Empress Alexandra’s health. She has suffered a mild influenza and underwent weight loss treatment, though Tsarskoe-Selo sources say her condition remains extremely bad and she stays bedbound under Doctor Botkin. The Riviera trip is rejected. she fears separation from her heir Grand Duke Alexis Nikolaievitch and keeps him close.
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St. Petersburg
Alexandra
Tsarskoe-Selo
Eugene Botkin
Riviera
Alexis Nikolaievitch
Tallest Man in Michigan Passes Away in Gladstone
Isaac Harring a Civil War veteran renowned for his height died in Gladstone Mich He stood eight feet tall and was noted as a conspicuous mark for sharpshooters his height making him the tallest man in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula An advertisement for Great Bear Spring Water appears at the end with claim of purity and fame.
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Gladstone
Mich
Isaac Harring
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Albany the Mecca Now
Albany reporters note the looming Legislature opening with arrivals in Albany including Ray B. Smith Syracuse assistant clerk and Baxter Elmira candidate for clerk. Palmer Schoharie and Oliver New York also vie for Assembly leadership as Speaker Wadsworth and Senator Armstrong Monroe plan to arrive, signaling a crowded political start.
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Albany
Ray B. Smith
Syracuse
Assembly
Archie E. Baxter
Elmira
Elect Palmer
Schoharie
Palmer
Oliver
New York
Smith
Baxter
Wadsworth
Senator Armstrong
Monroe
Hughes
Indiana Conventions Set for Fairbanks Delegates
Indiana Republicans schedule February 4 conventions to select two delegates and two alternates per district for the national convention. Delegates pledged to Fairbanks will be chosen, with no second-choice plans. A state convention will pick delegates at large, and resolutions will endorse Fairbanks for the presidency.
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Tribune
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Indiana
Vorys Retained by Taft for Presidential Campaign
Washington dispatch reports Arthur I. Vorys will continue to lead Taft's presidential campaign from Columbus with Washington backup. Rumors of Hitchcock taking charge are unfounded. Hitchcock likely remains at the Post Office. Taft plans a Boston speech on financial topics and the stringency.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Arthur I. Vorys
Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Vorys
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Immense Lake Vessels To Form Lakes Fleet
Cleveland dispatch reports Clarence Desola of Montreal and American Swan, Hunter, Wigham & Rich managers for Cunard Grdson builders, announce a syndicate building two passenger vessels larger than any on the Great Lakes. The ships on the ways will deliver this fall, sail by their own steam, be cut in sections, and sent through the Welland Canal. Some fleet vessels may visit American cities and the first two could operate between American ports rather than on the Canadian side.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Clarence Desola
Montreal
American Swan
Hunter, Wigham & Richmanager
Cunard Grdson Company
Mauretania
Welland Canal
Mr. Desola
Lakes
Canfield Joins Gates In Texas Oil Venture
Richard A. Canfield of New York, once a gambler, visits John W. Gates at his Port Arthur winter home and may join with Gates in the Texas oil business. Gates heads the Texas Oil Company which built a Tulsa to Port Arthur pipeline. Though rumored broke, Canfield is believed to still hold a large fortune and seeks a legitimate Texas investment with Gates.
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The
Tribune
Austin
Tex
Richard A. Canfield
New York
John W. Gates
Port Arthur
Wall Street
Texas
Gates
Texas Oil Company
Tulsa
Okla
Canfield
Mr. Gates
Dewey's Wines for New Year's Special Ad
u. T. Dewey & Sons Co offers special assorted cases priced at 4.00 5.00 and 6.75 in New York with address 138 Fulton 51. Ad.
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Dewey's
U. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton 51
New York
DEWEY
H. Facer & Sons Co
Fulton St
China Stirred by Rights Agitation and Edict Actions
In Peking the Empress Dowager orders suppression of public meetings as the rights movement grows across provinces. Delegates from Che-Kiang are consulted by the Foreign Board amid calls for constitutional rights, while Britain’s stance on trade and Manchuria shapes regional diplomacy and presses Yuan Shi Kai’s influence. Citizens report incivility from Japanese rail staff on the Manchurian line amid broader imperial maneuvering.
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Peking
Interior Department
Che-Kiang
Foreign Board
Great Britain
Che Kiang
West River
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Japan
Manchuria
Russia
British Foreign Office
France
Vladivostok
Manchurian
Doubt of Open Door in Manchuria and Immigrant Policy
The Times dispatch from Peking notes many Japanese troops remain in Manchuria amid calm and cites incidents of civility toward railway passengers. It records Japanese blocking railway expansion into Chinese lands west of the Liao Valley and questions compatibility with open door ideals. The Times editorial opposes Indian congress breakups, urges a multiregional commission to study Oriental immigration, and warns that Oriental influx may force policy changes.
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London
Times
Peking
Manchuria
Liao Valley
Indian Congress
India
Army in miniature reviewed at Camp Columbia
General Barry inspected a 2500-strong garrison at Camp Columbia Havana. Marines, infantry, cavalry, artillery, machine guns, signal corps, hospital and support units formed a model army ready for instant service. Cuban and American officials and many spectators witnessed the review and praised the troops.
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Havana
Barry
Camp Columbia
Signal Corps
Japanese Have Mapped Portland
Portland mayor Harry K. Lane told the National Guard Association that Japanese agents had obtained accurate maps of Portland scenes and maps and specifications of every road into the city and the water pipelines. He said the spies were not discovered until completion and that he notified Washington. Remember the Sick Poor in your Church offering to-morrow. Advt.
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Portland
Ore
Harry K. Lane
National Guard Association Today
Lane
Washington
Panama Canal plan shifts locks to Miraflores site
The President approved Colonel Goethals plan to move the Panama Canal locks and dams from La Boca to Miraflores four miles inland from the Pacific. The change saves about 10 million dollars, shortens completion time, and places locks on solid rock foundations with a 500 foot sea level channel from La Boca to Miraflores. Excavation will accelerate with new dredges and more steam shovels, aiming for substantial progress by late next summer.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Colonel Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
la Boca
Miraflores
Pacific
Sosa Lake
Panama
Congress
Gatun
Atlantic
Pedro Miguel
Sosa
Bay of
Culebra
Sparrow's Point
Cape Horn
Callao
Gatun Lake
la Sosa
la Roca
Panama Bay
Car Kills Miss Kelly Crossing Busy Avenue
Miss Katie Kelly 32d street East 32d street was struck by a southbound car on Third avenue near 32d and killed instantly. Edward J. Kelly of 484 Third Avenue was knocked down as he attempted to cross. Mrs. Margaret Edwards witnessed the tragedy and aided, but Kelly was struck and hurled against an elevated pillar.
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Third Avenue
Katie Kelly
East 32d Street
Edward J. Kelly
Margaret Edwards
Park Avenue
Miss Kelly
Oldest Yale living graduate settled by class year
New Haven December 26 Officially announces by Rev Anson Phelps Stokes Jr Yale Corp secretary that William Davis Ely of Providence retired lawyer is the oldest Yale graduate living He is from class of 1836 The decision uses graduation year to define oldest alumnus and notes two older alumni George Spencer class of 1837 and Chester Dutton class of 1839 were born earlier in 1814 and 1815 respectively
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New Haven
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
Yale Corporation
William Davis Ely
Providence
Yale
Mr. Ely
George T. Spencer
Corning
N. Y
Chester Dutton
Concordia
Kan
Mr. Spencer
Dutton
Root Buys Old Homestead In Clinton NY
Secretary Root purchases the Hemlocks homestead on College Hill Clinton from Mrs Anna Day Root widow of Dr Oren Root for ten thousand dollars The item notes the sale and price with no further details.
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Utica
N. Y
London Gold Demand Eases as Stocks Fall Sharply
London reports a drop in demand for gold from the United States and Germany with a rumored $5,000,000 gold supply due Monday as the Bank of England eyes the market. The Statist and Bankers' Magazine discuss hopes for higher reserves and a less severe US decline, noting a 3.2 percent average stock drop on 387 active securities totaling 17.13 billion.
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London
United States
Germany
England
New York Associated Banks
Bankers’ Magazine
London Stock Exchange
Henry F. Terry Dies by Own Action in Prospect Park
Henry F. Terry a well known Brooklyn resident died by shooting himself in Prospect Park last night. He was found by Henry Abercombie and likely died instantly. Terry, socially prominent and wealthy, owned ranches in Oregon and Los Angeles and a 2000 acre farm in Rockland County New York. He had been in poor health and recently attempted suicide during a Los Angeles visit. Rev E B Terry, a brother, said he had lived in the West for years and had not been active in business for some time.
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Henry F. Terry
Brooklyn
Prospect Park
Henry Abercombie
Terry
Oregon
Los Angeles
Rockland County
N. Y
E. B. Terry
No. 12
Remsen Street
West
Fleet Readies To Sail From Port Of Spain
Five battleships weigh anchor to adjust compasses in the Gulf of Paria and return at noon. The fleet plans to depart for Rio de Janeiro Sunday morning with Yankton convoyed by Panther. Two sailors were rescued after falling from the wharf.
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Port of Spain
Gulf of Paria
Rio de Janeiro
Panther
Hannibal
Pensacola
Machias
New York
Leonidas
Hampton Roads
Hermit of Middlesex Falls Identified as Charles Powell
Melrose Miss Dec 27 Officials and police unravel key details of a man known as The Hermit of the Middlesex Falls who died at Melrose Hospital. Charles Frederick Powell a Plymouth England native, educated and versed in art and literature, once tutored at Trinity College Oxford and claimed to have met King Edward. Powell left home after a clash with his parents, came to the United States twenty six years ago, worked with The Montreal Gazette and The Toronto Mail, and never returned to England.
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Melrose
Miss
Poor Department
Melrose Hospital
Middlesex Falls
George Beckford
Charles Frederick Powell
Plymouth
England
Beckfords
Trinity College
Oxford
King Edward of
Powell
Trinity
Germany
Montreal Gazette
Toronto Mail
Preachers Must Pay Full Fare on Pennsylvania Lines
New Brunswick Dec 27 Special Ministers along Pennsylvania Railroad lines told by company officials that after January 1 next year clerical orders will not be recognized. Those orders previously granted excursion tickets at single fare between travel points. Last year passes were cut but continued in 1907. Tomorrow is Hospital Sunday. Remember the sick poor.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Pennsylvania Railrroad
Navy Controversy Over Rear Admiral Brownson Resigns
Washington December 27 The Navy Department detached Rear Admiral W. Brownson from command of the Bureau of Navigation and from the General Board amid a widening controversy. Senator Hale signaled support for staff officers while warning against granting command authority to non-line officers. The incident may influence naval personnel policy and possible legislation on service pay, with discussion likely in Congress.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy Department
W. 4. Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
General Board
Congress
Naval Establishment
Hale
Naval Affairs Committee
Naval
Admiral Brownson
Senate
Rixey
Brownson
Navy
Bonaparte
the Navy
Joint Board of Medical Officers
Medical Department
Army and Navy
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BE. J. Kelly
Root
Old Homestead
Bank of
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Rio
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Vermont
King Edward
Pennsylvania Railroad
Advt
Senator Hale
Naval Auxiliary
Joint Board
Army
Mr. Bonaparte
Admiral Brown
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