Mystery as 10 CEN Castro Illness Newswire Tie
New York reports President Castro seized by a mysterious illness with little detail from his secretary. Caracas, Berlin, and London dispatches note Venezuela turmoil and potential arbitration talks led by President Roosevelt. Britain and Germany propose Roosevelt as arbitrator to secure guarantees, while questions remain about Castro and the Hague tribunal.
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Berlin
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London
Port of Spain
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Venezuela
Washington
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Rome
Italy
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Hague
Locomotive Dash Kills Two Men in Wild Run
Liberty Ind December 22 helper engine on the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton ran out of control between Connersville and Liberty wrecking two freight trains demolishing four engines killing two men and injuring two others. Also reports a possible ocean disaster off Gloucester Massachusetts with a large vessel on fire at sea and life-saving crews unable to reach the blaze. James D Giffen former district judge and prominent Republican dies in Marion Iowa at 63. Robert M Haynes president of the Iowa State Bar Association dies at 65 in Marshalltown.
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Hamilton & Dayton
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Gloucester
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Massachusetts Bay
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Marion
Towa
James D. Giffen
Marshalltown
Iowa
Robert M. Haynes
Grinnell
Towa State Bar Association
Crown Princess Flees Home From Salzburg
Dresden reports the crown princess of Saxony fled her home on December 11 in a state of intense mental excitement and deserted the family at Salzburg. The Saxon court winter functions have been cancelled.
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Salzburg
Half Million Fire Loss At Knoxville Tenn
A morning blaze in Knoxville Tennessee damaged the business district causing about a half a million dollars in losses. Heavy losers included George Brown Hardware Co Col Charles McGhee Cattee Co liquors Knoxville Pants Co McClellan Lackey farming implements Shanklin Grain Co David Commission Co Haynes Henson Shoes McTeer Reed Co clothing and Davies Furniture Co.
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George Brown Hardware Company
Col
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the Cattee Company
Knoxville Pants Company
McClellan & Lackey
Shanklin Grain Company
David Commission Company
Haynes & Henson
McTeer, Reed & Co
Davies Furniture Company
Jeffries Loses Four Round Boxing Bout At Butte
In Butte Montana on a Saturday night champion James Jeffries fell to Jack Munroe in a four round match. Munroe amateur Pacific coast champion accepted a $250 forfeit challenge. The bout featured fierce exchanges and Jeffries twice neared a knockout before the bell.
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Jeffries
Jack Munroe
Munroe
Pacific Coast
Fitzsimmons
Hidden Chest with Gems Reported Discovered in Mexico
A chest hidden under a chapel flagstone at Las Tin as college in Mexico contains 192 diamonds 342 emeralds 26 rubies 4 jacinths and 1 947 pearls with a solid silver image of the Virgin encrusted in gold. The gems are to become government property and were revealed by a longtime matron on her death bed. The find follows earlier dispatches about President Roosevelt’s movements and a rainy weekend visit by an old friend in Virginia.
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Mexico
Varri
Senor Chi- 1
Lastinas College
Roasted by Prexy Angell in Ann Arbor
U of M student correspondents summoned to meet President Angell in his private office as the faculty considers stopping stories on the dark side of college life. Angell denounces such reports as vulgar and vile while about fifty correspondents cover university presses with modest stipends.
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Angell
East
Wade
Responsibility for a Wife
Indianapolis December 22 The case involves Pautine Radke wife of August Radke driving a wagon loaded with butter and other goods in Michigan City that struck Louis Schlundt a street cleaner Schlundt sued for damages and a jury awarded $575 against both husband and wife The appellate court reversed the Laporte circuit court Judge Black states the principle that a husband is not liable for a personal injury caused by his wife when she uses his property in domestic duties without his direction and commits a trespass through negligence
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Pautine Radke
August Radke
Michigan City
Louis Schlundt
Schlundt
Laporte
Black
Mrs Tingley Seen as Prophet Leader of Theosophy
San Diego dispatch reports deposition in libel suit by Katherine Tingley head of the Universal Brotherhood. Witness S Fitch says she is regarded as a prophet in a succession from Buddha to Mahomet, claims vow of obedience and total control at Point Loma, including views on marriage and esoteric doctrine.
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Cal
Theosophical Institution
Point Loma
Katherine Tingley
Universal Brotherhood
Times-Mirror Company
Los Angeles
S. Fitch
Bond Street
Hartford
Conn
Conn. the Deponent
Tingley
Buddha
Christ
Mahomet
Deponent
Fitch
Esoteric Society of Theosophy
Spot Named as Controlling Dog in Tingley Case
Deponent testifies Mrs. Tingley used Spot the dog to regulate members lives, dictating lodging, meals, conversations, and social contacts. He claims Spot was more than a pet and that Tingley claimed leadership of the Universal Brotherhood after Mr. Judge’s death. Witnesses describe armed guards, visitor bans, and strict dress codes.
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Viteh
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Removal of Connecticut Quarantine Announced by Agriculture Secretary
Washington December 22 The secretary of agriculture will this afternoon lift the quarantine on Connecticut set last month due to hoof and mouth disease. Other items report a Winnebago Indian reservation clash leaves Little Jim dead with two Indians under arrest, a fatal shooting in Logansport, and a Louisville meeting forming a national association for uniform ax handle pricing.
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Secretary of Agriculture
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Nia
Dee
Winnebago
Sioux City
Little Jim
James Davis
Howard McKee
Sailors Lost as Two Schooners Collide Off Thatcher's Island
The schooner Manhattan arrived in Boston with ten survivors badly frostbitten from the wrecks of the Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary after a collision Wednesday night off Thatcher's Island. Eleven sailors died or were lost from the incident.
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Louise B. Crary
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Coln
Marconi claims wireless transatlantic link progress
New York reports a dispatch from Glace Bay dated December 21 stating Marconi has established wireless telegraph communication between Cape Breton Canada and Cornwall England with complete success. Messages including one from Canada’s governor general to King Edward VII and to the kings of England and Italy have been sent and a London Times message transmitted. Marconi says trans Atlantic messages have been received for a week and the system could handle about 1,000 words per hour once linked with inland lines for regular service between Cornwall Scotia and inland networks.
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England
Canada
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Italy
London Times
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M. P
G. Marconi
London
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Poldku
Cornia Scotia
Commiere Wall
Earthquake Kills 2500, 16000 Houses Lost In Turkistan
London reports 2500 died and 16000 homes destroyed by a recent earthquake in Andijan, Turkistan. Other items note U S Senate adjournment to January 5 after brief session, confirms Cyrus Beetle as Indian inspector, and various science and crime notes from Kalamazoo and Indianapolis.
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Turkistan
Andijan
Many killed in rail wreck near Byron California
San Francisco reports a Southern Pacific collision near Byron Saturday left twenty three dead and twenty one injured four also. A rear end crash between the Stockton flyer and the owl train in Martinez resulted in sixteen deaths with more feared as the town may rise to twenty. A Southern Pacific hospital in San Francisco treated twenty four injured, with several fatalities. Names identified include Elizabeth J. Smith Fresno Clarence D. Cluffs Fresno Birdie Elliott San Francisco Mabel Vezey Modesto George Sessions Oakland and others. Injured patients listed include J Vernon Fresno Edward Joyce Bakersfield cooks and various others with serious burns and injuries.
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R. Post
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Fresno
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Clarence D. Cluffs
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Mabel Vezey
Modesto
George Sessions
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Chas. Owens
Miss Myers
Robert Rentick
Len Irwin
W. F. Temple
Tony Tia Gong
E. Towles
A. A. Alexander
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J. F. Carroll
Carl Keller
Florence
Cole
Richard Post
F. E. Eastman
Paris
George Moke
Lou Len
Lawrence Hunter
Eugene
Dre
E. Lee
Louisville
Engine Crash Kills Coach Passengers in Fresno Train
A Stockton local plowed into the rear of the Fresno bound Owl car near Oakland, crushing passengers as scalding steam erupted from a leaking boiler. The crash occurred after a halt to take on a relief engine, with the following Stockton train warned by a flagman but unable to check in time.
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Maguire
Joyce
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