Spain Refuses Coaling Station in the Carolines
Paris dispatch reports Spain rejects a U S request for a coaling station in the Carolines and declines several American demands as talks near final signing. Judge Day says all settleable points are closed. engrossing and signing to occur in two or three days. Madrid cabinet discusses peace commission telegrams but offers no details of decisions.
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Spain
Paris
United States
Carolines
Binet
Madrid
Spanish Peace Commission
Medical treatment in war examined by commission
Surgeon General Sternberg faced strict questioning on army medical service during the lead up to and early war. He said the department was prepared for 26 000 troops but Congress cut his budget for economy, and he details delays in purchases. He cites evidence that many typhoid cases were misdiagnosed as malaria until reaching division hospitals.
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Sternberg
Washington
War Investigating Commission
Rgeon
Congress
Alger
Mysterious bank cashier fatality shocks Ohio town
Solomon Wise, prominent Dee Ohio merchant, was found shot in his store with a bullet through the breast. W. Weller, cashier of the A nice & bank, was arrested on suspicion and confessed claiming the shooting was accidental while showing how to shoot a man without drawing a revolver from the pocket. The item also notes promotions and a health remedy advertisement, plus a Carlyle quotation about Oliver Cromwell. A stray line remarks a snake’s method of climbing and a pane of glass’s fragility.
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Ohio
Solomon Wise
W. Weller
A. Iice & Bank
Dock fire at Lehigh Coal and Coke mill traps workers
West Superior Wisconsin December 8 a dock at Lehigh Coal and Coke company burns during firefighting a cave in traps six or seven men four buried beneath thousands of tons of burning coal two rescued including John Melinowsky in critical condition Foreman Love and another man escape by grabbing a fire hose The fire will cost about fifty thousand dollars in coal alone The four missing workers may have perished Corrections did not count Michigan Supreme Court voids oleomargarine anti coloring law The 18 percent law passed in 188? was struck down due to a defective enactment leading to nullification and addresses of involved parties were noted
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Reser Omar Sauusands
West Superior
Wis
Lehigh Coal and Coke Company
John Melinowsky
Foreman Love
Love
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Supreme Court
Frank J. Dittenthaler
Jackson
Senate
Book Agents to Aid Boycott Against Non-Union Publishers
The International Typegraphical Union approves a plan to back boycotts of publishers using non-union labor. Five thousand dollars is allocated to organize book agents into unions under the American Agents association. President Sidener directs agents to avoid books from boycotted publishers. The American Agents association claims 10,000 members.
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Pinos
Chicago
Dec
International Typegraphical Union
Chicago Typographical Union
American Agents” Association
Sidener
Book Agents Union
American Agents Association
Insurrectionary Entertainment and Naval Inquiry Notes
Telegraphic items report Ecuador's unrest, a naval court finding the Maria Teresa abandonment justified after a fire in Ludington, Michigan destroyed 60000 feet of lumber owned by T. R. Lyon. Other brief items mention burglar exposure, generals Henry and Wood elevated, prize sales netting 701004 dollars, a Weyauwega hotel fire, a New York University donor mystery resolved, a cold cure claim, and a medicinal salve endorsement.
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Eucuador
Naval Court of Inquiry
Maria Teresa
Ludington
Mich
T. R. Lyon
Chicago
W. R. Irons
Philadelphia
Guy V. Henry
Leonard Wood
Weyauween
Wis
University of New York
Helen
Open Door and Nicaragua Canal Debate Sparks International Commentary
Washington and London editors debate McKinley policy on the Nicaragua canal under the Clayton Bulwer treaty. Editors warn against exclusive maritime policy and favor private enterprise with bipartisan support for a neutral, open canal. Kingston reports Porter’s Cuba reciprocity findings and a Cuban tariff opening to all nations.
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Gibraltar
Jamaica
Beresford
London
Dec
Washington
Daily Chronicle
McKinley
England
Times
Delly Chronicle
Rotter
Kingston
United States Customs
Robert P. Porter
Cuba
United States
Louisiana
Florida
Porter
Great Britain Builds Isthmus Canal Navy Dock Yard at Kingston
Kingston Jamaica reports Admiralty negotiations for Greek Pond western Kingston to host a new dock yard. The project aims to create Jamaica as a Gibraltar like naval depot to control canal traffic for the Anglo American alliance. Officials say work will start soon and the facility will be the largest in the British empire. London notes Berlin denies Carolina negotiations while US peace terms loom. Shanghai notes Lord Beresford, MP, will sail home via Japan and the US after visiting China.
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Great Britain
Kingston
Jamaica
Nicaragua Canal
Admiralty
Greek Pond
Gibraltar
Cannl
London
Dec
Berlin
Times
Germany
Carolines
United States
Spain
Shanghai
Der
Lord Charles Beresford
York City
China
British
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Japan
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Rion
Nomi
Asant Naval Constructor
Merrimac
Hartz & Ullemeyer
Carlyle
Oliver Cromwell
Royal Baking Powder
Hlinois
Pana
M. F O'Brien
Springfield
J. 5
Culver
Gillett
St. Joseph
Mo. Dee
Central Savings Bank
Grant Gillett
Kansas
Kid McCoy
Sharkey
New York
Tom Sharkey
Onur
San Franiiwen
Dee S
Farragut
de Witt
T. H Thomas
A. J. Riess
M. F. Babosen
John Bull
Gage
The
Daily News
Philippines
Lord Salisbury
America
Standard
Maine
New Gibraltar
Honest John Clothiers
Rock Island
the London
Davenport
Niers
Vantine
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Davenport Furniture and Carpet Co
Brady
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