Congress Debates Hay Pauncefote Treaty and Pacific Canal
Washington reports detail Senate executive sessions on the Hay Pauncefote treaty and proposals for a Nicaragua canal with a $180 million price tag. House actions include a holiday recess, alien anarchist exclusion bills, and Philippine revenue measures amid late 19th century turmoil.
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Hawaii
Washington
Senate
Judge
Clay
Moarfan
House
Shattue
Wilcox
Ryan
N. Y
State Department
Miss Stone
Panama
United States
Clapp Minn
Senate Committee On
Philippine Islands
Payne
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Cassell
Mercer
Neb
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice and International Tribunals
Jackson
Kan
Uinion
Postal Telegraph Cos
Post Office
Hay to Be the Orator for McKinley Memorial Service
The joint committee for McKinley memorial arrangements invited Secretary of State John Hay to be the orator at the service. The plan calls for a formal ceremony honoring the late president with Hay delivering the principal address.
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Washington, Pec
McKinley
State Hay
President Roosevelt Declines Reception for Fraternity Convention
Washington December 14 President Roosevelt refused to give a reception to the Delis Kappa Epsilon college fraternity which is holding its annual convention in the capital with delegates from across the country.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Delis Kappa Epsilon College Fraternity
Carnegie's Generosity Informs Dinner Speech
Dr. E R L Gould of the City and Suburban Homes Co says at Reform Club dinner that Mr Carnegie, after reviewing the company's plans, subscribed 100000 dollars. The report also mentions the McGovern Sullivan fight with matchmaker Alimle Murray of the South athletic club arranging terms.
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Carnegie
New York
E. R. L. Gould
City and Suburban Homes Co
Reform Club
McGovern-Sullivan
Charleston
Alimle ‘Murray
The
South Athletic Club
The Schley Case Receives Legal Action Hint
Baltimore December 16 Br Adm W S Schley informs Attorney General Isidor Rayner he will follow his advice. Rayner plans to meet in Washington Monday or Tuesday and favors prosecuting in court rather than pursuing a congressional investigation. A telegram offered secret funding for further prosecution, which was declined.
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Balimore
Br. Adm
W. S. Sehley
Isidor Rayner
Rayner
Sis
Three Men Frozen to Death in Montana Snowstorm
A heavy east Montana storm freezes three men to death while traveling from E lings toward Fiat Willow. Two companions are missing and rail travel is disrupted as temperatures drop to about 20 below zero. J A Philips, a sheepman, left town with two herders before the tragedy.
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E.lings
Mont. Dee
Montana
J. A. Philips
Fiat Willow
Billings
Wireless signals cross Atlantic says Marconi test successful
Pondan Tea 36 reports Mad Flood Page of Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co confirms reception of signals from Foldhu Pen Enganee. Severe weather hindered tests but no doubt signals were transmitted across the Atlantic with St Johns SF noted.
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Pondan
Tea
Flood-Page
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Ca
Marconi
St. Johns
SN. F
Foldhu
Penganee
Atlantic
Ebenezer Schooner Lost in Flamborough Rock Blow
London reports the Scan the Ebenezer schooner wrecked on Flamborough head during the recent sale of mine cost casualties. All hands were lost in the disaster.
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London
Flamborough Head
Large Brooklyn factory fire injures seventeen firefighters
New York December 16 fire destroyed the large Brooklyn Coon ersgee Co plant in Williamsburg. Seventeen firemen were burned, some seriously, as the building, the country’s largest of its kind, supplied the American Sugar Refining Co with all its barrels.
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Nwew York
Brooklyn Coonersgee Co
Williamsburg
American Sugar Refining Co
Local Man Dies From Cold Near Ive, Texas
Ira Hillard aged 46 was found dead near Ive Texas Sunday after succumbing to the cold during the night while attempting to walk home from Mountz e.
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Ive
Tex
Ira Hillard
Hkountze
Coldest December Day in Chicago in 30 Years
A bitter Sunday in Chicago tied the coldest December reading since 1895 as the sun rose to 12 degrees below zero for three hours, according to the weather bureau marking 30 years of records.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast Ship-Building Plant Planned for Mobile
Mobile Alabama December 16 The city is to share the first Gulf coast ship-building plant to be erected within the next few months with an initial outlay of about 3 million dollars.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf of Mexica
Flood Devastates Upstate New York Towns and Rail Lines
A severe flood inundates Painted Post Ithaca Binghamton Rome and surrounding areas with two feet of water in many homes. A dwelling is swept away at Ithaca with $200000 in damages. Trains collide at Middletown. one dead several injured. Bridges dams and rail lines suffer extensive damage across Chenango Neversink Mohawk Lehigh regions. Moravia remains submerged as rain ends.
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Painted Post
Ithaca
Binghamton
Middletown
Erie
Neversink
Rome
Mohawk
East Canada Creek
Kerkimer
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Auburn
Moravia
Storm devastates eastern Pennsylvania with floods and deaths
A severe December storm unleashed historic floods across Eastern and Central Pennsylvania. Rivers including Schuylkill Susquehanna and Juniata rose over 15 feet flooding dozens of counties. A bridge collapse near Williamsport killed three, a miner drowned near Hazleton, coal mines flooded and millions in losses expected across railroad and mining sectors.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Schuinkill
Lehigh
Susquehanna
Juniata
Williamsport
Oneida
Hazleton
Schuylkill Valley
Lackawanna
Awellings
Westmore
Wilkesbarre
Jumata
Pottsvie
Schuylkill County
Priest Cushing files suit against Bishop Matz in Denver case
Rome reports Father Cushing the American priest who clashed with Rt Rev Nicholas C Matz bishop of Denver has begun legal proceedings seeking arrest.
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Rome
Ammessagero
Father Cushing
Nicholas C. Matz
Denver
Col Hes
Matz
Saloon owner shot by masked robbers in Omaha
Three masked robbers entered Henry Hakenhold’s saloon in South Omaha and fired as he reached for his revolver, wounding him in the lungs. Troops leave for South Africa. Ottawa reports war effort expanding with two more squads and militia orders to raise companies in Western Canada and the east.
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Omaha
Neb
Herry Hakenhold
South
Hakenhold
South Africa
Ottawa
Ont
Well Known Shoe Manufacturer Bark Knipe Dies in Massachusetts
Bark Knipe of national reputation a Well known shoe manufacturer and noted ornithologist and taxidermist died Sunday in Flaverhill Massachusetts. He was born in Buckinghamshire England about 1833.
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Flaverhill
Mass
Bark Knipe
Buckingham County
England
We Have Not Passed This Way Before in Life
A preacher compares modern life to the ancient Israelites guiding a sacred ark. He notes each minute and hour is a new journey, warns of misdirection on unfamiliar paths, and urges humility about wisdom from past leaders.
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Israel
Joshua
Iou
Lilame Poouve
Congress
Capitol Hill
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Monroe
Jefferson
Reverence for the sacred and the path unseen
A speaker urges reverence for God and sacred symbols, contrasts it with modern irreverence, and uses Joshua’s march as a lesson. He notes life’s new trials and teaches gratitude as rare, urging steadfast moral action regardless of reward or praise.
Ring the Bells and Trust God Through Life's Crossings
A sermon urges readers to focus on the path that leads to life not on death. It cites biblical figures and Montmorency to illustrate living well, warns against dwelling on exit strategies, and tells of Feldkirch’s Easter bells causing Massena’s troops to retreat. The message calls readers to keep faith, trust God, and let the ark guide their steps across life’s crossings.
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Lord Bacon
Earth
The
Jordan
Jor‘dan
Montmorency
France
Joshua
Seraphiee
Delfie
Feldkirch
Massena
Buddhism Converts Grow in California and San Francisco
Buddhism shows growing appeal as California reports three churches and San Francisco a society over three hundred members in three years, despite lacking any healing attachment.
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California
San Francisco
Unexplained assaults leave Burns and Bingaman injured
Early Saturday Burns of Con found on a sidewalk with head injuries and unconscious. Sunday John R. Bingaman found between railroad tracks, badly frozen, likely to lose a hand and both feet. Police are at a loss to account for the mysterious assaults.
Wahantah Bank Suspends After Robbery Attempt
An attempted robbery at the Wahantah bank in Wahantah Laporte county two weeks ago triggered a bank run and led to its suspension on Thursday. The bank holds $91 000 in assets including $40 000 of Eastern & Northwestern Railroad stock, liabilities total $29 100. Depositors and creditors will be paid in full.
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Laporte
Ind
Wahantah Bank
Wahantah
Laporte County
Julius Conitz
Eastern & Northwestern Railroad Co
Toledo
Benton Harbor
Mich
Indiana Cold Wave Sharp Decline and Low Gas Pressure
Indiana records a record low of 19 degrees below zero at 8 am as weathermen note a rebound to two above and three below by night. Logansport reports a death while coal shortages hit, orders lag four days and gas pressure remains very low, adding to regional hardship.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Logansport
Stove explosion wounds Miss Netta Withers in Brazil
Miss Netta Withers was gravely hurt when cold pipes froze at the water tank of a stove in Brazil Indiana. As ice melted water spilled onto the hot stove triggering an explosion that demolished the stove and hurled her ten feet. She suffered a broken leg and an iron injury to her forehead.
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Brazil
Ind
Ice find on Eel River exposes body amid foul play hints
In Logansport Indiana on a Sunday afternoon a boy skating on the Eel River discovered an arm and hand in the ice. The body of Jnun Leffert was found beneath, frozen stiff, with suspicions of foul play. The deceased was a well to do and enterprising citizen. Several mysterious cases are reported here.
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Logansport
Ind
Eel River
Jnun Leffert
Man Quits After Quarts of Gasoline and Morphine
Muncie Indiana December 14 William Quinn aged 30 attempted suicide in a personal crisis by drinking a quart of gasoline last week with intent to set his mouth alight but was restrained. He drank morphine Friday night and is expected to recover. He contends he has lived long enough.
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Muncie
Ind
Wm. Quinn
Quinn
Tragic double tragedy in Elkhart husband slashes wife then himself
Ora Strine killed his wife by slashing her throat with a razor in Elkhart Indiana after a recent marriage of three weeks and then wounded himself in the throat. He acted after jealousy over a letter from a former lover offering to return gifts.
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Elkhart
Ind
Ora Strine
Gas supply failure freezes Lafayette workers and halts plants
In Lafayette Indiana on December 16 the natural gas supply failed as temperatures dropped to 15 below zero. The outage caused extensive suffering and forced several manufacturing plants to shut down leaving residents with no alternative fuel.
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Lafayette
Ind
Bennett Sues for Divorce Over Parental Conflict
George F. Bennett files for divorce from Emma M. Bennett claiming she refused to leave her parents and caused an unpleasant home life at their Lafayette residence.
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Lafayette
Ind
George F. Bennett
Emma M. Bennett
Smallpox Scare Reaches Northern Indiana
Goshen Indiana December 14 The smallpox scare in Northern Indiana is assuming alarming proportions. An investigation shows that germs have been imported from North Dakota by returning harvest hands.
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Indiana
Goshen, Ind
North Dakota
Judge Creates Juvenile Court in Indianapolis
Indianapolis December 14 Judge Stubbs of the city court established a special court to try juvenile offenders to keep the boys separate from habitual offenders in this city.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Stubbs
Scarcity of Workmen Forces No 11 Glass Plant Draw
In Muncie Indiana on December 13 editors report fires in the No 11 factory of the American window glass trust will be drawn Saturday night. Half the No 11 force will join the No 10 plant to meet shortages. Rumor says Belgian workers may be sought to replace skilled laborers amid ongoing plant layups. Local reps remain reticent but hopeful the shortage is temporary.
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Muncie
Ind
American Window Glass Trust
Gilman and
Albany
Altoona
Murder and self harm in Ft Wayne double stabbing
Fred Dorsey aged 30 fatally stabbed Mrs Cora Wilson 35 then cut his own throat after a quarrel at her home on Friday night. Dorsey fired twice at her with a revolver, missed, then pursued her into the yard and slashed her throat from ear to ear before wounding himself. Both victims survived but are not expected to recover.
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Fred Dorsey
Cora Wilson
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Dorsey
Wilson
Suffering at Muncie Amid Severe Cold
In Muncie Indiana on Sunday temperatures forced a cold weather emergency. Gas was scarce and wood and coal ran short forcing rescue of farmer B E Murray who was nearly frozen. Cincinnati youths Gus Hart Charles Myers Walter Kozlowske and Stanson Zarmoelski were found near frostbite in the streets.
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Muncie
Ind
B. E. Murray
Gus Hart
Chas. Myers
Walter Kozlowske
Stanson Zarmoelski
Cincinnati
Fatal fire claims life of Miss Sarah Gehring in Logansport
In Logansport Indiana on December 14 a hanging lamp fell from the ceiling striking Miss Sarah Gehring and causing a blast. Her foster mother Jennie Dailey and uncle Joseph Dailey were badly injured while attempting to save her.
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Logansport
Ind
Sarah Gehring
Jennie Dailey
Joseph Dailey
Terre Haute Trotting Association elects officers
Terre Haute Indiana December 13 W P Iams was elected president for the fifteenth consecutive time at the annual meeting of the Terre Haute Trotting association. Directors named include Fred B Smith Dean McLaughlin Dr W Q Jenkins Marx Meyer A Z Foster George Maser and W Ijams.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Terre Haute Trotting Association
W. P. Iams
Association
Fred B. Smith
Dean McLaughlin
W. Q. Jenkins
Marx Meyer
A. Z. Foster
George Maser
W. P. Ijams
Swift & Co. executive John Murphy dies in Muncie
John Murphy, superintendent of the St. Louis branch of Swift & Co., died suddenly Friday at his in laws home in Muncie Ind He had returned with his family for the holidays and was reported to be in good health that morning.
Mules Sold or Stolen in South Africa War Offer Split
William Crank traveled from Posey County to Evansville to sell a large mule lot. A buyer offered to supply mules for the British army in South Africa, but Crank refused, insisting he would sell to the Boers and not to the British.
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Evansville
Ind
William Crank
Posey County
South Africa
Tramp Dies After Hospital Stay Identified as Jacob Reis
Evansville Indiana reports a tramp who died after a hospital stay. The man was identified as Jacob Reis, son of a wealthy man from Humphrey Kentucky, with the death occurring last Friday following his removal a week earlier.
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Evansville
Ind
Jacob Reis
Humphrey
Miner Survives 148 Foot Shaft Fall in Fontanet
Terre Haute Ind Dec 13 David Black a Fontanet coal miner fell 148 feet down a shaft after a gust of wind blew the door into him He was brought to the hospital here not badly hurt and treated for injuries at the mouth of the shaft
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Terre Haute
Ind
David Black
Fontapet
Missing Indiana man raises foul play fears
Jacob Beery a sewing machine agent from Laporte was last seen Monday after driving into his barn with his horse and buggy. His wife and parents fear foul play as search efforts begin.
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Laporte
Ind
Jacob Beery
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