Danish Islands Ceded for United States Keys to Caribbean
The treaty transferring the Danish West Indies to the United States was signed by Secretary Hay and Danish Minister Constantin Brun in Washington. The $4.5 million price will be paid after Senate and Danish approvals, with a plebiscite considered for the islanders’ views and a future common territorial framework with Porto Rico.
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Tribune
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Danish West Indies
United States
Hay
Constantin Brun
Senate
Caribbean
Denmark
Mr. Brun
Cable
Spain
United States Senate
Rigsdag
Congress
Islands
Porto Rico
Description of the Danish West Indies Islands
The Danish West Indies comprise St Thomas St John and St Croix with about 127 square miles and a population near 30 000 Denmark has held them since 1671 and much expenditure exceeds revenue Charlotte Amalie a major town on St Thomas shows a dense one story building style with a fine harbor and cistern water supply Education is compulsory and English is widely used A small agriculture on St Thomas and a large sugar industry on St Croix with 32 estates and a New York connected market St John has grazing land and potential stock farms while St Croix exports most sugar to the United States The Danish posted army numbers two hundred fifty and local governance spans multiple churches and lodges with mixed black and white membership and a notable Dutch Reformed Church deacon who is African American.
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Danish West Indies
St. Thomas
St. John
St. Croix
Denmark
Charlotte Amalie
Court of Justice
Fredericksted
Christiansted
New York
New-York
St. Omas
State Department
Aft Thomas
Virgin Islands
United States
Jury Blames New York Central Officials for Tunnel Disaster
Coroner's jury finds engineer John M. Wisker failed to spot danger signals due to heavy steam and smoke in the tunnel and cites faulty management by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad officials. It accuses repeated warnings over ten years and inadequate signals and speed regulations that could have averted the Park Avenue Tunnel disaster.
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John M. Wisker
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Parsons Testifies on Park Avenue Tunnel Crisis Evidence
State Railroad Commissioners heard testimony from William Barclay Parsons chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission on tunnel safety measures and potential fixes. He favored electric motive power or open cut options while noting persistent air quality issues and the limits of signaling amid human error.
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Ashley W. Cole
George W. Dunn
Frank M. Baker
Park-ave
Fifth Avenue
William Barclay Parsons
Rapid Transit Commission
Parkave
Inquest Ends with Verdict on Park-ave Tunnel Disaster
The coroner's inquest returned a verdict exonerating engineer John M. Wisker for the Park-ave tunnel disaster of January 8, which killed seventeen passengers aboard a New Haven train. The panel blamed unnamed New York Central officials for the deaths due to signal-system failures. The jury, praised as intelligent, discharged Wisker and his fireman E. C. Fyler and left further action to the District Attorney.
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New Haven
New-York Central
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Wisker
Fifty-ninth St
Scholer
E. C. Fyler
Fyler
Frank Moss
Jerome
Criminal Courts
Joseph H. Franklin
New York Central
Terminal
Death Blow to Old Bowery Raids Sweep Prostitution Spots
Nearly one hundred policemen under Inspector Cross raided six Bowery resorts in the Eldridge precinct, arresting 32 proprietors and inmates as part of a citywide clean up. Warrants issued after two weeks of evidence gathering with District Attorney Jerome’s approval. The raid targeted long-standing dens including Little Atlantic Garden and Little Jumbo, with plans to extend licenses scrutiny and close remaining dives.
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Inspector Cross
Eldridgest
Eldridge St
Broome St
Partridge
Walsh
Cross
Jerome
Essex Market Police Court
Zeller
Essex Market Court
No. 1
Thomas Bearman
No. 91
Johnson Sr
Brooklyn
No. 9
William McLaughlin
Catherine Sr
Little Atlantic Garden
Sutton Place
Morris Dubinsky
Captain Walsh
McCall backs Cuban reciprocity amid sugar debate
Washington January 24 The Ways and Means Committee moves toward a Cuban reciprocity fight with Representative McCall of Massachusetts openly supporting a moderate sugar duty reduction He argues the beet sugar industry is safe and that lower Cuban duties would mainly benefit Cuba while aiding recognition of the Cuban government and stabilizing postwar insular policy.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Representative McCall
Massachusetts
Cuba
New York
Hamburg
Little Republic
Spain
Cuban sugar and tobacco delegation seeks tariff relief
A Cuban delegation including F De P Machado J F Jiminez Octavio J Smith and J A Piedra arrived in Washington to urge the Ways and Means Committee to cut duties on Cuban sugar and tobacco They met with Secretary Root at the War Department and thanked him for his work securing trade concessions for Cuba.
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Washington
F. de P. Machado
J. F. Jiminez
Octavio J. Smith
J. A. Piedra
Cuba
United States
Ways and Means Committee
Root
War Department
Mutiny reports among Canadian Mounted Rifemen denied
Halifax authorities reject mutiny claims as unfounded while noting strict discipline at the concentration camp. Fifty six men discharged and nine troopers were briefly under arrest but paroled. officers expect no trouble en route to South Africa. Full report in Masonite Standard tomorrow. News dealers. Five cents.
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Halifax
N. S
South Africa
Beets Sugar Lobby Fights Cuban Tariff Concessions
Washington reports the beet sugar lobby pressing Congress to concede tariff reductions for Cuba while arguing abolition of the refined sugar differential would hurt the Sugar Trust. They claim the plan would aid Cuban producers and debase American labor, with hints of broader reliance on cheap foreign labor and delaying effects on domestic beetRoot work.
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Ways and Means Committee
Cuba
United States
Cuban sugar talks resume before Ways and Means panel
The Cuban reciprocity hearings reopen with strong opposition from beet and cane sugar, tobacco, and other interests. Hawaii's Will iam Haywood argues against free Cuban sugar, citing labor, immigration rules, and moral responsibility tied to annexation and Hawaii's labor supply.
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