Grover Cleveland Delivers Graduation Address in Cleveland
Former President Grover Cleveland spoke at the Pierce School thirty-fifth annual graduation in Cleveland. He and Mrs. Cleveland attended dinner at L. Clarke Davis and then watched diplomas presented to business and shorthand scholars before a rapt audience that surged into pandemonium at his name. Governor Stone introduced the evening and praised practical business education.
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Academy of Music
Pierce
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
L. Clarke Davis
South Twenty-first Street
Charles Wood
Governor Stone
Pierce School
J. A. Luman
Stone
Mr. Cleveland
Keller Tells of the Fight at West Point
Reports from West Point describe testimony in the court of inquiry into hazing deaths of Cadets Booz and Breth. Keller recounts the August 6 1898 fight with Booz at Fort Putnam and witnesses discuss Booz mental vitality and alcohol remarks.
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West Point
Military Court of Inquiry
Booz
Breth
Keller
Boot
Fort Putnam
W. F. Coe
Allison
Bristol
Burnett
First Real Snow of 1900 Worries Christmas Shoppers
The storm mostly spared inland areas but delayed trains from the north and west. Buffalo bound express and New York services were late by up to 90 minutes while Cape May and Atlantic City reported eight inch falls. Forecasters expect fair and warmer weather with minimal chances of more snow before Christmas.
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Philadelphia
Buffalo
Lehigh Valley
Reading
New York
Cape May
Atlantic City
Snowstorm Shapes Christmas Rush and Slushy Streets
A Christmas shopping crowd faced a first snow storm that blanketed streets and crossings in slush. Shoppers hurried home while those remaining found calm in stores as flakes drifted down, reshaping the holiday bustle into a mixed scene.
Senator Frye's Wife Dies Sudden Death at Hotel
Mrs. William P. Frye wife of the Senate president pro tempore died suddenly at the Hamilton Hotel at 9:30 AM after a brief illness of indigestion. Funeral set for Sunday from the Frye home in Lewiston Maine. Grandsons William Frye White and Wallace H White accompanied Senator Frye home.
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Frye
Washington
William P. Frye
Senate
Hamilton Hotel
Armour's Condition Improves After Illness
Chicago December 21 Philip D Armour shows slight improvement after several weeks of illness. Doctors report his condition is better and stable though he remains under care at a city hospital.
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P. D. Armour
Chicago
Philip D. Armour
Snowstorm Hits City After Coastal Rain
Weather forecasters warned of clear skies but a storm from the sea reached Cape Hatteras and moved north turning into snow in New Jersey and Delaware. In the city snow began at 1 30 in the afternoon and fell steadily until 1 5, totaling over an inch and causing slick streets. Snow clung to trees and clothing, horses struggled on tracks, and transit crews swept lines to clear the effects.
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Cape Hatteras
New Jersey
Delaware
Union Traction Company
Conger Told to Sign Joint China Agreement
Washington December 21 Instructions were sent to Mr. Conger in Pekin to sign the agreement already signed by other ministers in China. The move reflects a reluctant yet favored compromise to avoid long negotiations amid unrest and the lack of a native Chinese government.
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Washington
Conger
Pekin
United States
China
Coal Mine Strike Ties Up Ehrenfeld and Bakerton Mines
A double local strike in Ehrenfeld and Bakerton halts Webster Coal Company and Sterling Company production. Six hundred Ehrenfeld miners walk out over checkweighing while four hundred Bakerton workers strike over dead work pay per the Altoona scale. A miners operators conference failed to produce a settlement and coal shipments to the C and C division are reduced.
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the TimEs
Altoona
Webster Coal Company
Ehrenfeld
Sterling Company
Bakerton
Coroner’s Jury Clears Motorman After Wagon Trolley Crash
The coroner's jury found Theresa Haug and Mathias Armand died from accidental injuries after a wagon collided with a trolley at Forty-fourth Street and Westminster Avenue last Monday. They exonerated Patrick McSweeney and Edward Davis, the motorman and conductor, from blame.
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Theresa Haug
Mathias Armand
Forty-fourth Street
Westminster Avenue
Patrick McSweeney
Edward Davis
MeécSweeney
Davis
De Wet breaks through British lines at Springhaan Nek Pass
In December 2 500 Boer force led by De Wet and Stein and Peit Fourie executed a bold breakout near Thabanchu Blown by British guns. The assault routed a post and forced British detachment to retire leaving 25 prisoners and a fifteen pounder lost. Welsh yeomanry and gunners clashed as Boers scattered.
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Bloemfontein
de Wet
Haasbroeck
DeWet
Thabanchu
Knox
Haasbroek
Victoria Nek
Springhaan Nek Pass
Stein
Peit Fourie
More Troops for South Africa Sent by Britain
The War Office announced hundreds of mounted troops and 3000 extra horses will be sent to South Africa at once. Colonial police strength rises to ten thousand as detachments depart rapidly. Australia and New Zealand are invited to send contingents. A De Aar dispatch reports yeomanry driving Boers from Houtkraal with enemy falling back westward.
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London
War Office
South Africa
wDe
Australia
New Zealand
de Aar
Cape Colony
Houtkraal
Boers Defeated at Thorndale in December Fight
General Bra bant ordered to front as 2,500 Boers are routed by General French at Thorndale, sixteen miles northeast of Krugersdorp. December 19 action leaves 14 British wounded and about 50 Boer dead. Boers invade Cape Colony with pack horses, derail a Barberton train, killing an inspector.
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Cape Town
Brabant
Thorndale
French
Krugersdorp
Cape Colony
Venterstad
Barberton
Dutch Join The Boers In Cape Revolt Near Orange River
London reports claim private advices indicate Cape Colony districts near the Orange River are in open revolt with likely large scale fighting before invasion is quelled. Boers rally Dutch back country support while the War Office denies colonial troops refusing to fight.
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London
Daily Mall
Cape Colony
Orange River
War Office
Set-Back for Pro-Boers Darmstadt Debate
The Hessian chamber in Darmstadt defeated a motion to instruct its Bundesrat representatives to seek an arbitration proposal between Britain and the Transvaal. The vote was 22 to 22 with anti-Semites and Social Democrats backing the motion. Government members left before the debate.
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Darmstadt
Bundesrath
Foreign Affairs Committee
Great Britain
Transvaal
Kruger Seeks Mediation, Not War Involving Others
William T. Stead returns from The Hague with Mr. Kruger’s view that the Boers do not seek foreign war. He urges governments to unite to persuade Britain toward amicable settlement through mediation and arbitration.
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London
William T. Stead
Hague
Kruger
Stead
the Hague
Great Britain
English Girl to Be American Citizen
Fannie J. Adama, born in England and residing at 1807 Walnut Street, recently returned from service as an army nurse in the Philippine Islands. She filed her first naturalization papers yesterday in response to a new department order requiring nurses to be citizens.
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Fannie J. Adama
England
Walnut Street
Philippine Islands
Nine Dragged From Death In Angry Sea
The coasting schooner N. H. Skinner of Boston grounded at Cape Henlopen and wrecked within hours. Nine sailors, led by Captain Wheatley, were rescued safely ashore by Lewes and Henlopen Life Saving Stations using a breeches buoy as the vessel flooded and broke up. The North America wrecking steamer failed to free the ship. The event followed a shifting gale that drove the ship ashore after a calm start.
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N. H. Skinner
Cape Henlopen
Boston
Lewes
Del
Henlopen
Wheatley
Skinner
Wilmington
N. Y
New York
North America
Jones Denies Resignation and Hinrichsen Defalcation
Senator Jones flatly denies reports he will resign as Democratic National Committee chairman and dismisses as a canard the tale that W H Hinrichsen misused funds during the campaign. He states no resignation is planned at present and rejects the defalcation claim.
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Washington
Chicago
Jones
Democratic National Committee
Taggart
Indianapolis
Toto
W. H. Hinrichsen
Bell Company Wins Stock Ticker Case
In Boston Justice Colt of the United States Circuit Court ruled for the American Bell Telephone Company in the royalty suit by Western Union Telegraph Company known as the stock ticker case. The matter involves 12 million dollars and has persisted since 1804.
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Boston
Justice Colt
United States Circuit Court
American Bell Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Sad Christmas for the Castellanes Restored to Twenty Thousand
New York December 21 Count and Countess de Castellane face a restricted Christmas budget of only 20000 dollars after a New York Supreme Court ruling Justice Blanchard allowed a tentative transfer of 20800 dollars for December to aid the Castellanes while creditors opposed the request and adjournment was granted.
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New York
Countess de Castellane
Supreme Court of the State of
Edward C. James
Justice Blanchard
George J. Gould
Paris
Samuel Untermeyer
Gould
Sweeping Reform in Bellevue Hospital
Commissioner John W. Keller of the Charities Department completed overhauling the Bellevue Hospital alcoholic ward by dismissing three helpers. He began a thorough investigation after complaints about service in several open wards, aiming to root out abuse entering the hospital.
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New York
John W. Keller
Charities Department
Bellevue Hospital
Levue Hospital
Keller
Divorce Sharks Get Salty Sentences
New York December 21 Recorder Golf today sentenced Henry Zeimer head of a fraudulent divorce bureau to ten years In State Prison and James Holden alias Frank Wilson a professional co respondent to three years in State Prison. Mrs Byrde Herrick and Mary Thompson who testified falsely in divorce cases were allowed to go under suspension of sentence.
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New York
Recorder Golf Today
Henry Zeimer
James Holden
Frank Wilson
Byrde Herrick
Mary Thompson
Schlet's Friends Doubt Telegram Of Suicide Attempt
A telegram from Tacoma Washington reports Earl Schlet attempted suicide at Dawson City by morphine but his friends doubt the account. Schlet, former Fourth National Bank clerk, lived with his wife and son at 2223 North Seventeenth Street. his wife’s mother questions the report. Dr Hambright of Norris Street, who joined the expedition, rejects the self destruction claim.
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Tacoma
Wash
Earl Schlet
Dawson City
Schiet
Fourth National Bank
North Seventeenth Street
Schier
Poison Dose Claim Highlights Marital Abuse Case
Charles R. Ellis 20 of 1519 West Lehigh Avenue faced Magistrate Cunningham after his wife Florence 19 accused him of abuse and desertion. Florence testified he locked her out and once told her to kill herself with poison. Ellis denied the charge saying his wife turned on the gas. He was held in $500 for court. The Times announced a free color picture of Giant's Causeway for readers tomorrow.
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Charles R. Ellis
Lehigh Avenue
Cunningham
Florence
Leather goods ad hits in wintry weather sale
An old newspaper ad touts leather items as durable for schoolchildren with a solar tied slogan. It promotes reasonable prices at local stores on eye Sts and ty Streets with open hours indicated.
Weather forecast for mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions
The United States Weather Bureau reports fair and warmer conditions for Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia on Saturday and Sunday with winds variable. Eastern New York should see fair weather and warmer Sunday with diminishing northerly winds. Western New York and Western Pennsylvania have fair and warmer Saturday and possible rain or snow on Sunday with cooler temperatures and southerly winds.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
New York
MANY FALL ON THE ICE
Several residents suffer injuries from slips on icy streets. Michael Conroy, 67, fractures his leg after a fall at Front and Lombard. John Siiter, 20, lacerates his head at Second and Lombard. John Warren, 31, fractures a leg at Sixth and Spruce. James Green, 40, suffers a badly lacerated scalp at Oswego and Dickinson. Mary Maroteck, 11, fractures her shoulder on Howard Street. All were taken to local hospitals.
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Michael Conroy
Lombard Streets
Pennsylvania Hospital
John Siiter
South Third Street
Second
John Warren
Pierce Street
Sixth
Spruce Streets
James Green
South Fifteenth Street
Oswego
Dickinson Streets
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Mary Maroteck
Howard Street
British Bark Silicon Fails to Reach Ivigtut for Eryolite
After a fruitless voyage to Ivigtut Greenland the British bark Silicon reached Delaware Breakwater but turned back 250 miles from Ivigtut due to heavy ice. She later sailed to Copenhagen for cargo, was disabled by a gale, and put into St John Newfoundland for repairs before heading to New York.
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Greenland
Silicon
Delaware
Ivigtut
Copenhagen
New York
Atlantic
St. John's
Newfoundland
Sudden Death of Representative Wise in Williamsburg
Washington, December 21. Speaker Henderson received a telegram announcing the death of Dr. Richard A. Wise, member of the House from the Norfolk Virginia district, at his Williamsburg home at 12 40 this morning. Wise had served on contest seats and planned to contest his seat in the next Congress. He was part of the Wise family of Virginia and brother of John S. Wise of New York.
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Washington
Henderson
Richard A. Wise
Norfolk, Va
Williamsburg
Wise
Christmas Eve Shopping Spree at Wanamaker Sale
To day last Saturday before Christmas crowds fill Wanamaker clothing aisles. Best time to come is early, but any time will find a jolly crowd with many shoppers buying Wanamaker apparel.
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Wm. H.’ Wanamaker
Reduced Prices On Coats Suits And Vests
Store advertises drastic price cuts on overcoats suits and vests with specific sale prices listed. Open tonight and Monday night to shoppers seeking bargains on Raglans fancy vests and assorted coats.
Wanamaker Offers Superior Suits and Overcoats at Perry Co
Perry & Co at 1520 Chestnut Street promotes their shop as a source of high quality men clothing with new Nett patterns. They contrast poorly made garments and claim to offer superb quality while still selling cheaply and staying open tonight until ten.
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Perry & Co
Chestnut Street
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