Canal bill passes House amid hopes Senate will decide canal route
Washington dispatch notes the House approved the Hepburn Nicaragua Canal bill 308 to 2, with leaders Cannon and De Armond arguing for the route. It warns the Senate will revisit amendments and may delay final action, likely delaying resolution until a later session.
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Alabama
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Cannon and Hepburn clash over Nicaragua Canal bill debate
Washington January 9 House floor debate on the Nicaragua Canal bill draws big attendance as representatives including Mr. n Georgia Mr. Wooten Texas and Mr Sparkman Florida push passage without amendment. Cannon clashes with Hepburn over withholding speeches and parliamentary procedure.
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Texas
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Florida
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Illinois
Confs
British Press Weighs Chancellor Speech and Education Bill
London dispatch notes mixed reactions to Germany’s chancellor remarks and rising debate over the education bill. It reports the Duke of Devonshire’s stubborn stance, Rosebery’s renewed influence, and hints at potential budget changes while noting Danish West Indies negotiations remain unsettled. De Beers to electrify Kimberley mines signals shifting industry tech.
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England
Bismarck
von Biilow
Mr. Chamberlain
Edinburgh
Duke of Devonshire
Lord Rosebery
Liberal Party
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Rosebery
de Beers Company
Kimberley
South Africa
Compromise on Cuban sugar tariff fades into plan
Washington reports indicate beet sugar interests softened resistance to Cuba's tariff concessions. A proposed yearlong act would grant a 50 percent drawback on Cuban molasses and sugar up to No 16 Dutch standard and impose 50 percent normal rates on other Cuban products. The plan also requires Cuba to adjust its tariffs to compensate for U S concessions and anticipates a broader treaty after the year.
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Captain George Chapman Fends Off Drunk Policeman on Broadway Car
Captain George S. Chapman of the Mercer Street station and Wardman Wesley Hall subdued a drunken Officer John J. Healey on a Broadway car near Fourth Avenue Thirteenth Street. Healey drew a pistol and battled Chapman until Hall retrieved the weapon. Healey was later suspended and jailed at the station.
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Cortright
Danish West Indies Protest Over Sugar Market Prices
A cable from St. Croix signed by Danish West Indies residents warns that without securing the American market for sale of the islands the sugar industry will fail. It notes 38 000 acres of 50 000 under cultivation and that prices now fall below production costs.
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Danish West Indies
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Rigsdag
Copenhagen
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Vatican Agent Demand Grows Over American Ties
Rome reports a shift in opinion among church leaders regarding an American representative at the Vatican. Cardinal Satolli leads a group pressing Washington to send a confidential agent to handle Philippine policy with a pledge of secrecy to avoid official acknowledgment, a move met with resistance by skeptics of the idea.
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Vatican
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Washington
Settling With Germany Reopens Caracas-Valencia Line
The Caracas Valencia German railroad incident has been settled and traffic resumed. The Venezuelan Government guarantees compensation for any loss of life or material.
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Valencia
New York Man Fasts Thirty Days in Colorado Sanatorium
J D Choate of New York City is at the Colorado Sanatorium in Boulder after a 30 day self imposed fast for a stomach trouble that resisted medical treatment. Despite the prolonged fasting his mental condition remains sound though his physical strength is weakened.
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J. D. Choate
New York City
Colorado Sanatorium
Bold Robber Halts Sixth Avenue Jewelry Heist
A well dressed man smashed Edward Berger’s No 460 Sixth Ave window at 3 p m and seized about 5000 dollars in jewelry including a 2200 diamond necklace He fled up Sixth Ave toward the uptown elevated station with detectives from West Thirtieth st police seeking him after a bystander or clerk gave description and a general alarm was sent to all precincts
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Twenty-eighth-st
Edward Berger
West Thirtieth-st
Kate Stone
Berger's
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Joseph Field
Sheehan
West Thirtieth St
Sultan Defends Tripoli Against Italian Occupation
London report cites Cairo correspondent that the Sultan of Turkey seeks French help to avert Italian occupation. He plans to fortify Constantinople and reinforce Tripoli with a modern-armed garrison.
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Mourning in New Rochelle After Tunnel Disaster
Mayor Clarke urges state mourning as New Rochelle, Westchester County, debates services and a Sunday observance. Ex mayor Dillon plans a mass meeting at Music Hall to organize aid and press authorities investigating the wreck.
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Michael J. Dillon
New-Rochelle
Music Hall
Mechanic St
New Rochelle
Dillon
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Board of Trade
New-Haven Railroad
Joseph Lempken
New-Haven
Danbury
Inquiry into Park Ave tunnel disaster opens inquest
District Attorney Jerome Coroner Scholer and State Railroad Commissioner Frank M. Baker conferred on a joint probe into the fatal Park Avenue tunnel collision. Fifteen killed, many injured. engineer John M. Wisker held at Tombs. Inquest to begin next Thursday and officials will assess smoke and signaling failures. Mayor Clarke mourns as bodies are sent to New Rochelle. 21 injured remain in area hospitals.
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Scholer
Frank M. Baker
Park Ave
John M. Wisker
Harlem
New-Haven
Wisker
Clarke
New-Rochelle
Baker
Fifth Avenue
Criminal Courts
East Fifty-first-st
Grand Central Station
Garvan
Colonel Baker
Battleship Illinois to leave dock for coal and royal task
Washington reports the battleship Illinois will exit dock in New Orleans this weekend to coal at Pensacola or Havana. She will then join the North Atlantic Squadron briefly before heading north to convey Rear Admiral Crowninshield for the naval coronation of King Edward VII.
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Pensacola
Havana
Crowninshield
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Train Fit for the Gods
Schedule note shows Florida line of the Seaboard Air Line route at 12 35 p m daily with an office address 183 provided where details could be obtained. The fragment indicates a transportation listing or timetable entry.
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Seaboard Aireen
Iproedwar
Probing for Cause in Tunnel Toll of 15 Killed
Investigators plan a single joint inquiry by District Attorney Jerome, Coroner Scholer, and State Railroad Commissioners into the Park avenue tunnel crash near Fifty sixth street that killed fifteen and injured thirty six. Engineer John M. Wisker is jailed on homicide charges after running past signals at Fifty ninth street. The probe will assess smoke in the tunnel, possible electrical travel safety, and responsibility for the accident, with coroner’s inquest set for Thursday.
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