Pacific cable inaugurated with christening by California girl
Lucille Gage, 11, daughter of California governor H. S. Gage, christened the trans Pacific cable at Honolulus shore end ceremony attended by about 30,000. Clarence Mackay sent President Roosevelt a telegram announcing the Honolulu cable end reached shore. Messages tested, souvenirs distributed, and champagne served to guests as the Pacific cable commenced operations amid Municipal praise.
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San Francisco
John W. Mackay
Lucille Gage
H. S. Gage
California
Pacific coast
News Bay
Daot
Clarence H. Mackay
land end
Schmitz
Mackey
Mackay
Mrs Ulysses Grant Dies At 70 In Washington Dc
Mrs Ulysses S Grant widow of General Grant dies at her Washington residence of heart failure aged 70. Daughters Nellie Grant Sartoris at her side as sons are away. She was born Julia Dent in 1826 and married Grant in 1846, sharing Civil War campaigns and world journeys with her husband. Remains to be entombed at Riverside Park New York.
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Washington
Ulyases
Grant
President Grant
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Jesse
Ulysses S. Grant
California
Fred Grant
Texas
Apoplexy Fear Hits New York Life Insurance
The article notes apoplexy caused more NYC deaths than smallpox typhoid fever malaria and scarlet fever combined. Mutual Life Insurance refuses coverage for apoplectic symptoms, urging purchase of life insurance while in good health as assets of the Mutual Life of New York are discussed.
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New York City
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
The
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Miners to Close Case as Mitchell Delays Return
Scranton Pa Dec 15 Mine workers press on in their case before the anthracite strike commission with many witnesses including young silk mill girls. They may finish today or tomorrow but can continue after Mitchell returns from Illinois. Companies plan to begin their side once hearings resume.
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Mitchell
Illinois
Scranton
Ilinois
michers
Simon P. Wolverton
Philadsipuia end Reading coal and Iron company
Philadelphia
President opposes New Mexico statehood push
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt voices disfavor toward Senator Quay’s omnibus statehood bill for New Mexico. He met with Delegate B. L. Rodey and New Mexico leaders who urged passage, but the president doubts the bill’s moment in this session and questions confidence in a commission bill passing.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Quay
B. L. Rodey
New Mexico
senate
congress
Worrors of Vivisection Answer to Dr Keen Debate
Washington letters reveal Senator Gal linger of New Hampshire denying any push to ban vivisection and proposing regulation to curb cruelty. He cites alleged brutal experiments, defends humane aims, and questions Keen's claims about Midshipman Aiken’s survival. A second item notes a Chesapeake and Ohio line derailment near Whitcomb West Virginia after a rock slide injuring one baggage master but no passengers.
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New Hampshire Statesman
Aiken
Washington
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
W. S. Keen
Philadelphia
United States
Midshipman
senate
mmenter
Little Wae in Congress Delays Before Christmas Holidays
Washington Dec 15 After routine senate business Proctor urged early action on a militia reorganization bill and pledged daily morning consideration with hopes of passage before adjournment for Christmas. Dill ingham opposed New Mexico and Arizona statehood citing sub committee testimony and his experience on the committee. In the house expectations were light with District of Columbia day on the schedule and livestock disease regulations one day ahead. A deficiency bill and scattered odds and ends may close the session before next Saturday.
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Washington
senate
Proctor
United States
Dillingham
New Mexico
Arizona
house
District of Columbia
secretary of agriculture
Shipwrecked sailors spend night on barren island
The schooner Molly carrying seven men was struck by a gale and set afire. The crew beached on Center Gooseberry Island twelve miles from Bonavista Bay. The Dundee mail boat rescued the seven sailors after braving heavy surf, leaving only the captain on shore. the men were badly frostbitten from exposure.
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N. F
Molly
Quter Gooseberry Island
Bonivista Bay
Dundee
Center Gooseberry Island
morni
Hazing at St Johns College Triggers Large Dorm Fight
At Annapolis on December 15 initiations by upperclassmen led to a major clash with Prep students. More than a hundred participated, several heads were broken, and professors joined the fray. School authorities pledge strict punishment for ringleaders.
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Annapolis
St John’s College
ihe “preps
Ramer
St Joan’s
Major Stan Is Dead In Unclear Report
Fragmentary note reports the death of a Major Stan with garbled text referring to locations Baltinore Medendierl and Siren Wegen. The readable clues mention a News source and several disjoint names, leaving the exact context and details uncertain.
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Stan
Baltinore
Siren
Allanthe
Medendierl
Macylard
Track Walker Murder Mystery in Lancaster Pa
Jacob Hortick an elderly Pennsylvania Railroad track walker was found with a crushed skull near Bainbridge on a Saturday night. Initial inquest ruled accidental death, but later evidence a bloody pick handle suggests murder. Police pursue two suspects amid wages and stolen money clues.
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Jacob Bostick
Lancaster
Jacob Hortick
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bainbridge
Bostick
boyed
Improvements at Cape May Yacht Club Deepens Inlet Plan
Captain Harry of the New York Yacht Club will visit Cape May to inspect Hast Cape May property and a harbor station planned by Henry C. Frick and partners. The syndicate aims to deepen Cold Spring Inlet to create a 60 foot deep harbor inside the inlet for yachts, backed by New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania members of Congress.
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New York Yacht Club
Congress
Cape May
N. J
Harry
Henry C. Frick
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvana
Cold Spring I Inlet
Fatal explosion in water works tunnel under Lake Erie
Two men were killed and several injured when a gas explosion occurred in a water works tunnel beneath the bottom of Lake Erie, about feet below the surface. The dead were Boo Tt 'ser and Arthur Bolger. serious burns and injuries afflicted others as rescuers worked. A spark from electrical wires is blamed for igniting accumulated gas.
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ivo
Jess
water works
Lake Pete
Boo Tt
Arthur Bolger
Williarm Knox
Brook- POON
James Ossman
Rainer
Beber
rainion
Bombardment at Puerto Cabello Alarmed Venezuela
British cruiser Charybdis and German Vineta bombarded the fortress at Puerto Cabello and the castle Libertador for about 45 minutes. No town damage reported though few injuries. Marines occupied the castle. the incident followed a demand for satisfaction over removing a British flag from the Topaze. US consul observed the actions and Venezuela prepared for further tensions with Britain and Germany as a blockade note circulated.
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Venezuela
La Guaira
Puerto Cabello
Charybdes
Vinota
Chayrubiles
Castro
United States
Caracas
La Gulara
Bowen
Great Britain
Germany
La Guiara
Great
Marietta
Venexuela
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