Germany Braces for Manhood Suffrage Clash and Liberal Rally
Berlin reports reveal government aims to keep suffrage limited while liberals rally to prevent socialist gains. Police suppress planned demonstrations as Socialists condemn police action and mass meetings in Essen, Cassel, Cologne, and Frankfort show broad support for manhood suffrage with scattered clashes.
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Berlin
Associated Press
von Butow
Landtag
Germany
Prince von Biilow
Herr von Borries
Prussian Land
Herr von Moltke
Prince von Bilow
Essen
China’s Rail Road Loan Signed by Three Parties
The Tien-Tsin-Chin-kiang loan of £5,900,000 at 5 percent with 93 issue price was signed by the German Bank the British-China Corporation and the Chinese Foreign Board under an imperial edict. The 794 mile line will parallel the Grand Canal with China maintaining full control. Redemption starts in ten years and two thirds of funds come from Germans while one third from English investors.
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Peking
British-China Corporation
Chinese Foreign Board
China
Grand Canal
Che Kiang
Chi-Li
Shantung
Kiang-su
Hina
Rumor of Maximilian Barden’s death denied in Berlin
Jan reports in Berlin deny the death rumor of Maximilian Barden. He was recently sentenced to four months for libelling Count Kuno von Moltke in Die Zukunft. He remains ill from post trial illness but is able to sit in bed at home, though still weak.
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Berlin
Maximilian Barden
Harden
Kuno von Moltke
Leavitt Denies Divorce Reports Absurd
Paris January 2 W H Leavitt son in law of William Jennings Bryan rejects claims that his wife contemplates divorce. He says a letter from his wife at rindisi states she and the children with Mrs Bryan will go to Cairo for winter for the children's health and will return to Paris to reunite in April.
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Paris
W. H. Leavitt
William Jennings Bryan
Libel suit over Jerusalem article filed in U S Circuit Court
Henry W. Jesup files for Edwin S. Wallace former U S Consul at Jerusalem against D Appleton & Co seeking 50000 dollars for alleged libel in Appleton's Magazine December 146 article Our American Colony at Jerusalem. Article claims bodies were moved from Mount Zion Cemetery under plaintiff's direction. Appleton asserts justification. Judge Holt allows the company to prove its defense.
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Jerusalem
Henry W. Jesup
Nassau Street
United States
Edwin S. Wallace
United State
Jerusalem, Palestines
D. Appleton & Co
Appleton’s
Alexander Hume Ford
Mount Zion
Jerotem
Glaintiff
Greensburg
Penn
Ardmore
Appleton Company
Sullivan & Cromwell
France limits policy in Morocco amid Algeciras act adherence
Paris reports a government stance to confine action to securing the Algerian frontier and port order under the Algeciras accord. Admiral Philibert shells eleven ships on the coast while General d Armade commands about nine thousand troops. Casablanca notes the general encamped near Rabat. Madrid reports Fez proclaims Mulai Hafiq as Sultan and a declared holy war causing Spain unease with possible Marchica occupation.
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Paris
Morocco
Algeciras
Mohammed Sidi-el-Mokhri
Abdel-Aziz
Philibért
General d
Casablanca
d'Armady
Rabat
Abd-el-Aziz
Madrid
Fez
Mulai Hafiq
Spain
Marchica
Wider Panama Canal Locks Seen to Cost More
Secretary Taft urged the President to widen Panama Canal locks from 100 to 110 feet at an additional about 5 million dollars. The plan raises lock costs to 57 million dollars and the total waterway bill to around 205 million, aligning with naval expectations for larger ships.
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Washington
Taft
Panama Canal
Port Arthur Bravery Court Opens Testimony
The Port Arthur court martial resumes in St Petersburg with testimony on the fortress surrender. General Stoessel faces questions about capitulation while officers portray heroic defense at Fort No 2 and Eagle's Nest as Japanese siege pressures intensified.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Kyostoff
Nogi
Gelitzynsky
Eagle's Nest
Fort No. 2
Smirnoff
Supreme Court Denies Mandamus Against Judge Lacombe
Justice Peckham writes the Supreme Court denied the petition seeking to compel Judge Lacombe to vacate orders appointing receivers for the Metropolitan Street Railway and the New York City Company. The ruling upholds the Circuit Court's jurisdiction and notes the receivership was needed to preserve the property and protect creditors and daily riders.
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Washington
Justice Peckham
Supreme Court of the United States
Lacombe
Federal Court of New York
Metropolitan Street Railway
New York City Company
Reisenberg
Daniel Gallagher
Joseph Konrad
Circuit Court
Roger Foster
Judge Lacombe
New York City Railway
Foster
United States Supreme Court
Robins Blames Unemployment and Trusts for Crime
Raymond Robins spoke at Cooper Union warning that surplus manual labor and unemployment drive crime and immoral living. He linked high unemployment to trusts, unsafe labor practices, and illegal voting, noting women’s exploited earnings and tuberculosis risks. He cited Chicago as worst, with youth labor and political manipulation cited as outcomes.
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Raymond Robins
Cooper Union
Mr. Robins
Chicago
Will of Walter T. Griffin Bequeaths Large Charity Share
The will filed in Kings County Surrogate Court shows Walter T. Griffin of Plainfield New Jersey leaving an estate valued over a million dollars. About half the estate, largely in securities, goes to charity through Dr James A Blake. Griffin died December 13 at his sister’s Brooklyn home.
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Walter T. Griffin
Plainfield
N. J
Kings County
Griffin
Fannie E. Griffin
Macon Street
Brooklyn
United States
Limoges
France
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Peat Chemical Company
Mexico
New
Isabel S. Graves
James A. Blake
Jefferson Avenue
Thirteen Club Dinner Roasts Government Superstitions
At the 26th annual Thirteen Club dinner at Hotel Astor toastmaster Abraham Gruber lampoons national and local government superstitions. He lampoons spending, constitutional respect, and civic conduct, while naming officers elected for the year and presenting gifts to Colonel Hobbs and Marshal Lehmann.
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Thirteen Club
Hotel Astor
Abraham Gruber
Washington
Reginald S. Doull
George W. Stake
Dixie Hines
George Harrison McAdam
L. A.cheney
John F. Hobbs
J.R. Abarbanell
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Huethwohl
Fight to Pass Local Option Laws In Western Pennsylvania
Desperate campaign unfolds as Western Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League hires Ohio local option expert Rev. C. W. Carroll. Pennsylvania Civic Reform League opens church voting schools on the North Side to teach citizens ballot casting for prohibition before February elections.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Western Pennsylvania
Anti-Saloon League
Ohio
C. W. Carroll
Hough Congregational Church
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Civic Reform League
North Side
Brownsville Affray report and military movements noted
Senate expected to receive Senator Foraker's report on the Brownsville Affray with a minority view challenging the firing of negro soldiers and the President's action. Army promotions and detachments listed, plus warship movements including Leonidas, Panther, Yankton, Eagle, Arethusa, Rocket, Buffalo, Chitaga and Texas decommissioning at Norfolk.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Brownsville
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Senate Military Committee
Fort Brown
Leonidas
Bradford
R. L
Panthers
Rio de Janeiro
Justin
Mare Island
The
Eagle
Guantanamo
Pernambuco
Rocket
Norfolk
Buffalo
San Francisco
Magdalena Bay
Texas
Navy Yard
National Guard Association Meets in Faneuil Hall
The tenth annual meeting opens in Boston with adjutant generals from 35 states and territories attending. A War Department delegation including Assistant Secretary Robert Shaw Oliver and generals Davis Witherspoon and Weaver is present. Discussion centers on extending the Dick bill to merge volunteer and regular forces and federal funding for the militia. General Drain urges a fully prepared national guard ready for presidential order at war, 100 percent trained and equipped. Oliver outlines current U S military organization and calls for annual mobilization of state troops to central points with the regular army.
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Boston
National Guard Association
United States
Faneuil Hall
War Department
Robert Shaw Oliver
George B. Davis
W. W. Witherspoon
Erasmus W. M. Weaver
James A. Drain
Drain
Oliver
Irish Fair Special Night Week Opens at Madison Square Garden
The Irish Fair enters its second week with managers promoting themed nights. Tuesday is Tammany night inviting prominent Tammany officials, with Republican night Wednesday and Independence League night Thursday and administration night Friday planned. An exhibit features lace likened to a Queen Alexandra piece, once owned by Empress Eugénie of France, later sold by Napoleon III to fund the fallen empire.
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Madison Square Garden
E D. Manes
Queen Alexandra
England
Arctic peril tale told by Explorer Fiala at public school
Anthony Fiala the Arctic explorer spoke to a crowd at Public School 159 on East 119th Street recounting miraculous escapes from ice crevasses. He described the America’s voyage starting July 13, 1992, its wrecking in November, the ponies killed, and the rescue by William Champ aboard the Terra Nova at Cape Flora.
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Anthony Fiala
East 119Th Street
America
Cape Flora
Duke of the
Drunkards Blacklist Puts Ithaca Off Limits on Sundays
The Ithaca Liquor Dealers' Law and Order League formed today votes to enforce dry Sundays. No alcohol served, not even to hotel patrons, after raids on two hotels for Sunday sales. The group will circulate a blacklist of habitual drinkers among saloons and has hired detectives to enforce the pact.
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Tribune
Ithaca
N. Y
Ithaca Liquor Dealers’ Law and Order League
Dunne Refuses Schmitz Bail as Appeal Remits
Judge Dunne refused to admit former Mayor Eugene Schmitz to bail after his conviction for extortion was reversed by the appellate court. The remittitur must arrive before final action, keeping Schmitz in custody until then. Counsel Drew said denial was expected and other bail avenues were considered.
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San Francisco
Dunne
Eugene Schmitz
Schmitz
Tower Court
F. ©. Drew
Mayer
National Erectors' Association Keeps Wages for Housesmiths
Walter Drew of the National Erectors' Association announced no wage cuts for housesmiths this building season. The open shop arrangement continues with current wages at 4.50 a day. The association, numbering 40 firms including American Bridge Co and Phoenix Bridge, had previously set terms with the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
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Walter Drew
National Erectors’ Association
National Association
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Post & McCord
McClintie-Marshall Construction Company
Pennsylvania Steel Company
American Bridge Company
The
May Foundry & Iron Works
J. B. & J. M. Cornell Company
Phoenix Bridge Company
Dismissal of M von Kauffman as Minister of Education
In St. Petersburg on January 13, M von Kauffman is removed as Minister of Education and replaced by M. Schwartz a classical scholar and Warsaw school district inspector. The move signals a tilt toward strict policy in education and reduces liberal influence in Stolypin's cabinet.
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St. Petersburg
M. von Kauffman
M. Schwartz
Warsaw
Stolypin
Universites
Trepoff
Goremykin
Norwegian Storthing Opens With King Haakon Speech
King Haakon formally opened the Norwegian Storthing in Christiania, noting the integrity treaty and Norway’s role at The Hague peace conference. He announced bills for a twelve year railroad program and for forest, waterfall, and mine concessions.
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Christiania
Storthing
Haakon
Norway
Hague
Murphy Burglarized Again as Electrician Entresse
Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall in East 17th Street faced a burglary days earlier. A young man arrived claiming to repair the wires. police were called and two East 22nd Street detectives questioned him before confirming Erasmus E. Guernsey of 258 East 124th Street.
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Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
East 17Th Street
East 22d Street
Erasmus E. Guernsey
East 124Th Street
Missouri
Harlem
Vandiver Named Counsel for New York County Medical Society
Almuth C. Vandiver was chosen counsel yesterday to succeed Champe Andrews who resigned to focus on private practice. Vandiver will retire from the District Attorney’s office on February 1 and will join Charles S. Whitman in business after that date.
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Almuth C. Vandiver
New York County Medical Society
Champe 8. Andrews
Vandiver
District Attorney’s
Charles S. Whitman
Court of General Sessions
Bold Boy Burglars Arrested in Santa Barn Heist
Telegraph report says loot from several stores was found in a Santa bar n hayloft. Judge Fay set $1,000 bonds for two youths to await trial tomorrow as merchants press for stronger protections against theft.
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Tribune
Santa Barn
Rush for New Haven Road Bonds
New Haven Jan 13 The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Company has received between 4 and 5 million dollars in advance payments toward the 40 million dollars of 6 percent convertible debentures. Many subscribers pay in full and about 29 million is expected to be paid before week end. Subscriptions close January 15. It is estimated 60 to 70 percent of stockholders and old debenture holders will take up rights in the new bonds.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Telegraphic News Notes highlights and local items
A compilation from January reports covers John A. Cooke's bail after a brief jail spell for embezzlement. a Greenville coasting accident injuring four boys. California Safe Deposit and Trust Company facing a court-ordered receiver with asset reductions cited by the custodian. no reopening of the Jamestown exposition beyond private sale prospects. influenza mortality rising in Chicago. the Sewall clipper abandoned in 1907 after a year at sea. martial law ending in Muncie with troops retained. a Southern Railroad collision injuring a dozen. Virginia lawmakers urging support for an inland waterway. Shenandoah River towns facing outages from river-dependent power shortages.
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John A. Cooke
Ctrcuit Court
Greenville
Penn
San Francisco
Supreme Court
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Caffey
Norfolk
George H. Adams
Alvah H. Martin
City Health Department
Muncie
Ind
Manly
McKee
Chester
Southern Railroad
Richmond
House of Delegates
Virginia
Congress
Winchester
Shenandoah River
Berryville
Estown
James Cotton Holden Dies Former National Safe Deposit Leader
James Cotton Holden, former president of the National Safe Deposit Company, died yesterday at his Madison New Jersey home where he had lived since 1874. Born in New York December 4 1820s he built a long business career in hardware iron trades and finance. Holden served as a trustee of Mutual Life Insurance for 37 years and supported many charitable groups including the New York Bible Society and YM X A. He led Civil War Christian Commission work and helped found New Yorks Young Mens Christian Association branch. He retired as president of the National Safe Deposit Company and faced a legal suit over a funds dispute with Mutual Life Insurance Company.
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James Cotton Holden
National Safe Deposit Company
Madison
N. J
New York
W. M. Smith
Sherman & Atwater
Breese & Elliot
Young Men's Christian Association
United States Christian Commission
Madison Presbyterian Church
Holden
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Yellow Dog Fund
Death of Very Rev Thomas B Donovan in Baltimore
The Very Rev Thomas B Donovan superior of St Josephs Society for Negro Missions died aged 44 in Baltimore after kidney illness since September and dilatation of the heart. Born in New York and raised in Kentucky, he devoted his priestly life to the moral advancement of the Negro race.
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Baltimore
Thomas B. Donovan
St. Joseph's Society For Negro Missions
Father Donovan
New York
Kentucky
Rabbi Bernhard Felsenthal Dies at 86 in Chicago
Chicago January 13 Rabbi Bernhard Felsenthal long cited as the oldest American Jewish theologian and a founder of the reform movement in Chicago died after ten days of illness. He was eighty six and had lived in Chicago since 1853 after coming from Germany. He retired from active work several years ago.
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Chicago
Bernhard Felsenthal
United States
Felsenthal
Obituary notes list several longtime residents and their deaths
Obituary notes report John Harvey of Union Trust Company dies at Glen Ridge New Jersey from paralysis at 68. J Gillman Chouteau 72, descendant of St. Louis founder, dies in hotel after 22 years’ residence. John Ford Arnold, silversmith tied to Britannia Company, dies at sister’s home Perth Amboy 50. Constant C Hodgman dies at Yonkers home after two months illness. burial in Bath.
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J. Gillman Chouteau
St. Louis
John Ford Arnold
Britannia Company
Silversmitha
R. R. Lytle
West 16Th Street
Mr. 4
Perth Amboy
John and
Rebecca
Campbell) Arnold
Constant C. Hodgman
Walter E. Hodgman
No. St Palisade Avenue
Yonkers
Mr. Hodgman
Bath
N. Y
Lansing Hodgman
Two Children Bitten by Dog in East New York Street Attack
Ernest Pacillo age five and Arthur seven were bitten by a large black dog on Atlantic avenue while playing with other children. Ernest suffered facial and hand injuries and a broken leg after the dog lifted him and threw him in the street. Arthur sustained a severe facial wound risking eye loss. Neighbors Anegelino Maurie and Katherine Caparillo from Pacific street chased the dog away as it fled.
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Ernest Pacillo
Arthur
Atlantic Avenue
East New Yorks
Ernest
Anegelino Maurie
Katherine Caparillo
Pacific Street
Halfway House In Pittsburg Becomes Local Tale
A hotel sits on the city line between Ward of Pittsburg and Beechview. Beechview closes saloons at 10, Pittsburg at 11. The front door faces Beechview while the side door faces Pittsburg, causing transfer of a boarder who seeks Beechview councilman status but discovers his room lies in Pittsburg.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Beechview Bo
Beechview
Greater Pittsburg
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