LAYING PACIFIC TIDE SNAGS FIRST CABLE ATTEMPT
San Francisco on December 13 a failed attempt to lay the Pacific cable end near the shore. Unfavorable tide hindered progress aboard the Silvertown with the cable in tow. Casualties occurred among workers as Clarence Mackay and officers worked to reel in the hawser for a second try.
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Pacific
Silvertown
San Francisco Bay
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Clarence
Clarence Mackay
Pennsylvania Street Railways Report Shows Earnings
State bureau of railways report for year ending June 30 1502 lists 97 street railway companies in Pennsylvania and totals gross earnings of 29 001 741 with operating expenses of 15 024 859. Cadets dismissed from Virginia Military Institute for disorder at Lexington event. 13 third class cadets, including president and vice president, sent home. Charles M. Senwab to give gifts to return fear’s.
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Pennsylvania
s Street
Harrisberg
Lexington
Vel
Virginia Military Institute
Shipp
World to end on December 20 sparks Guatemalan fear
Reports from Guatemala describe terror over a claimed global doomsday on December 20. The Santa Maria volcano remains active after two new craters appeared October 24, destroying parts of the country. An American refugee, Alfred McKinnon, died aboard a steamer from inhaling volcanic gases.
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Guatemala
Alfred McKinnon
Acapulco
Dead Girl Found in Buggy Near Kingston
The body of Elia Beardsley was found tied in a buggy four miles south of Kingston, Mich. A post mortem showed peritonitis and kidney trouble as the likely cause, not foul play. Authorities plan chemical analysis of the stomach contents to rule out self harm.
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Kingston
Mich
Elia Beardsley
Fire to Conceal a Murder in Ballston Farmhouse
Fire at the Zadoc Miler farm home near Ballston New York disclosed a suspected murder. An elderly man living with the Millers was found dead in a room with burned head and hands. investigators say the fire was set to hide the crime after a robbery attempt.
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Ballston
N.Y
Zadoc Miler
Mitchell Testimony Highlights Miner Wage Gaps Before Strike Panel
At the Anthracite Strike Commission proceedings in Scranton on January 13, Mitchell testified that bituminous miners earn 40 to 50 percent more than those in the anthracite fields. He claimed unhealthy, dangerous mines and high company-store prices, with evidence of a $800 yearly wage for the witness and over $1,500 for his two sons. The panel pressed cross questions about company policies and living conditions as the hearing moves into next week.
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yesterda
coal watrike commission
newses
Hartebrook
undertak
Hazleton
Samuel ‘Dickson
Dickson
Mitchell
Dela Ware and Hudson Company
Delaware and Hudson
Wilson
Seizure of Coal Mines Referenced at Waldorf Astoria
A speech by George Fr Bner from the Waldorf Astoria discusses constitutional limits on seizure of lands within the state. He asserts that amendments would be slow and warns that changing the constitution requires understanding free government principles, insisting the people must think carefully before any such change.
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George
Fr Bner
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Cuban Treaty Offers 20 Percent Tariff Reduction
Havana reports a preliminary commercial reciprocity treaty with the United States, signed by General Buss and Secretaries Zaldo and Montes, awaiting Secretary Hay and Senor Quesada signatures and U.S. Cuba approval to become operative. The accord sets 20 percent tariff cuts for Cuban goods, with a detailed parallel list of itemized reductions. Meanwhile a daylight bank robbery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, targets the private bank of Hisboro, Sierra County, with a sizable haul as cattlemen had just deposited about 30,000. A sheriff’s posse chases three suspects toward the Black Range after the heist.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
General Buss
Zaldo
Montes
Hay
Senor Quesada
Ior
Santa Fe
N. BM
Hisboro
Sierra county
Fairview
Black range
Pennsylvania
Jares
Fire Drove Guests From Hotel in Spokane
Flames and smoke drove nearly 100 guests from the Ridpath Hotel in Spokane Washington as firemen confined the blaze to the rear shaft and top floor. Most escaped safely with valuables saved. the fire is blamed on an electrical issue in the basement and under investigation by insurers.
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Spokane
Wash
Irvine Talbot Case and Animal Fight News
The Irvine Talbot ecclesiastical dispute was aired, claiming irregular board procedure and uncanonical actions by Bishop Talbot, while a Charleston report notes a failed dog and chicken fight near Rock Hill halted by Governor McSweeney. In Marshall North Carolina seven inmates escaped jail by sawing through cell window bars.
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Talbot
Irvine
Huntingdon
Irvin
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board of inquiry
Bishop Talbot
Elliott
Irvine ag ow
Elhim
Marshall N.C. Der
Harry Murray
Rice Hasan
mutter
Frank Lewis hanged in Kentucky for murder
A man named Frank Lewis was executed yesterday in Harlan Kentucky before witnesses from AK for the murder of Henry Dixon. The report notes the act occurred as the execution was witnessed by local officials and sheriff deputies.
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Frank Lewis
Harlan, Ky
Henry Dixon
J. L. Connell & Co
Scranton
Roosevelt
Owen suilty
Pulliam
Pittsburg
kornetarty
tre
Lea Geornr
Pennsylvania
Arbitration Proposed Amid Venezuelan British German Spats
Washington reports a Venezuelan bid to submit civil war damages claims against Britain and Germany to arbitration. President Castro’s stance appears unlikely to yield a peaceful settlement, as tensions flare with naval movements around Puerto Cabello and German and British ships seeking refuge aboard the Vinita and Ariada.
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Washington
state department
yexterday
Bowen
Carseas
Great Britain
Germany
Castro
France
Germay
Venezuela
progam
Cabelio
Vinita
Ariada
Venezuela's Secret Delegation Aims Union of Foreign Debts
Senor Schotborgh announced that President Castro's confidential European envoys explored creditor sentiment in Rome Paris Amsterdam and London to back a unified loan for Venezuela. A plan to consolidate all debts into a 1902 4 percent loan was proposed with European backed banks to support it and customs to guarantee interest. The effort sought US attitude before final steps and warned Britain and Germany creditors may need a financial settlement to recover funds.
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Bowen
Great Britain
Germany
Schotborgh
Schotbergh
Castro
Venezuelan
Venezuela
London
J. &.W.Seligman & Co
New York
United States
Polygamy Amendments Fair in Washington
Washington December 13 The house committee on judiciars took up three joint resolutions offering an amendment to the war measures but decided not to report any of the measures to the house and adjourned without action.
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Washington
house committee on judiciars
house
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