Sympathy Withheld From Colombia Over Panama Crisis
Washington reports European powers will pressure Colombia to avoid war with the United States over Panama. Diplomats tell General Reyes that a Colombian bid for Panama would trigger war with the U S. and no sympathy from Europe. Colombian troops on the Island of Pines near Colon are unconfirmed but suspected by locals.
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Washington
Colombia
United States
Rafael Reyes
Panama
Bogota
Europe
Boz
Marroquin
Reyes
Fea
Hague
Isthmian Canal
Isle of Pines
Isthimian
Island of Pines
Colon
Mother of Gov Cummins of Iowa Dies in Des Moines
Des Moines reports Mrs. TL Cummins mother of Gov. Cummins died of pneumonia, with the governor at her bedside after arriving from Boston a week earlier. Also noted are Joliet work suspensions at Illinois Steel affecting 1,000, and the suicide of Joseph Orquist in Des Moines after being denied hospital admission for lack of funds. Wisconsin pioneer Marsha A Forbes, 71, longtime Iowa county native, passes away in LaCrosse.
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Des Moines
Wisconsin
LaCrosse
Wis
Marshe A. Forbes
Iowa County
Peculiar Finding of an Illinois Coroner's Jury
Mount Carmel, US. December 22. The coroner's jury returns a verdict finding James Reinsmith guilty of willful murder in the shooting death of aged Mrs. Elizabeth Lacey. The crime occurred Sunday night seven miles from Mount Carmel as she lay in her home. though Reinsmith was thought to be hundreds of miles away, dispatches from Oxford, Kansas, note he has been there recently. The jury cites circumstantial evidence but declares Reinsmith guilty.
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Mount Carmel
James Reinsmith
Elizabeth Lacey
Low. Reinsmith
Papers Suppressed Ripper Case Delays Shipbuilding Hearing
New York hearing in United States Shipbuilding receivership was postponed to tomorrow due to illness of counsel. Guthrie and Wollman clashed over private letters and telegrams between Schwab firm and Alexander Green about the French underwrite, claiming publication was a contempt of court. Investigative steps were pledged to uncover the source of the leak as Totterman is linked to the Sarah Martin murder in Bridgeport, with police tying him to the victim and to Meigs & Co purchases. Senator Hanna improves after illness at Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
United States
Untermeyer
Boncholder
Guthrie
Schwab
Alexander & Green
Wollman
Emil Totterman
Sarah Martin
Kelly's
Fast River Front
Sailors’ Union
Bridgeport, Conn
Meigs, & Co
Bridgeport
Fred C. Belano
BE. Totterman
Totterman
Meigs & Co
Cinesmen
McClusky
Garvin
Louis Baldwin
Walker T. Silvernail
Dietrich's Counsel Explains Pleading In Federal Indictments
Omaha December 22 General John C Cowin counsel for Senator Dietrich says the senator understood his pleading before the federal court in indictments is plain He notes Dietrich pleaded not guilty to the postmaster appointment indictment and declined to plead to the conspiracy count because Fisher demurs The defense argues the full case will emerge at trial on the post office graft indictment.
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Omaha
John C. Cowin
Dietrich
Jacob Fist
Fisher
Insane inmate forces meeting with Governor Mickey in Lincoln
Clayton S. Dexter, an escaped inmate from Grand Island soldiers' home, armed with a large paper knife, stormed Gen. Mick’s private office in Lincoln. He proclaimed Senator Deitrich innocent while the governor agreed, then capitol workers intervened and overpowered him.
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Lincoln
Clayton S. Dexter
Grand Island Soldiers
Mick
Deitrich
Capitol
Arrest of Professor Moritz Meyer in Cassel Fraud Case
Berlin reports that Dr Moritz Meyer former political economy professor at the Technical University of Charlottenburg and a noted writer has been arrested on fraud charges tied to the Treber Traucknung grain drying bank failure at Cassel in July 1901. His wife a former actress also arrested with banker Hugo Loewey accused of aiding directors in deceiving the public via newspapers. General wage reductions expected in non union iron and steel plants averaging about 10 percent.
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Berlin
Moritz Meyer
Technical University of Charlottenburg
Treber- Tracknung
Cassel
Meyer
Hugo Loewey
Treber-Traucknung
Boilers explode at St Louis power house killing five
In St Louis at the Jefferson and Geyer avenues power house a boiler explosion killed five employees and injured several others. The collapse trapped about twenty workers as brick walls fell and heavy truss work dropped. Names of the dead include Hound Dixon, William Watson, Jesse Thomas, Frank Steele, and Louis Barber. Rescue efforts continued as missing workers were sought, with company losses pegged at around 75000 dollars. Elsewhere in Menominee Michigan a fire at the Trav ler hotel required guests to jump from windows. one man was found dead and several others seriously injured. losses were minor.
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St. Louis
Dee
Jefferson and Geyer Avenues
Houn Dixon
William Watson
Menominee
Mich
Dée
Traveller
James Beatty
Wilfred Barney
Joseph Verichek
Fred Jenski
Teacher sues for ten thousand damages in assault case
Sullivan Indiana December Miss Erline Sinclair a school teacher files a $10000 damage suit against Floyd Leckird Anna Deckard Gertrude McClelland Jesse McClelland Pearl Ds and Swate Parks alleging that on the Sunday of December 14 they assaulted her with force bound her hands to ropes lashed her to a rail and placed her in an icy pond before the holidays began she had promised her pupils a treat whose nature she refused to reveal.
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Sullivan
Ind
Erline Sinclair
Floyd Leckird
Anna Deckard
Gertrude McCleland
Jesse McClelland
Pearl Ds
Swate
Arks
Miss Sinclair
Mrs. Rogers Found Guilty in Death Penalty Case
In Bennington Vermont on December 23 Mrs Mary A Rogers was found guilty of murdering her husband Marcus H Rogers last year. The verdict carries the death penalty according to local law and court ruling.
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Bennington
Mary A. Rogers
Marcus H. Rogers
Roosevelt Indicates Wood Will Not Be Promoted Again
Senator Warnes of Wyoming reports President Roosevelt said Gen. Wood, if confirmed as major general, would not be promoted further during Roosevelt’s presidency. The move affects Wood’s chance to become lieutenant general and chief of staff, altering who commands the army in 1909 and beyond. Frederick D. Grant seems likely to command in 1909.
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Washington
Warren
Wyoming
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Roosevelt
Wood
Gen. Wood
Army
Frederick JD. Grant
France
Peking
China
Japan
Russia
Frince
Great Britain
Record Surgery Breakthrough In Neck Vertebrae Removal
Report from St. Joseph's hospital in Sioux City about Dr. William Jepson performing a rare operation on a patient named John Norstrom. A portion of the third cervical vertebra was removed, diseased tissue cleaned, and the bone replaced with the patient showing good early recovery prospects. The article notes no prior similar cervical vertebrae removal near the medulla oblongata.
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Sioux City
St. Joseph's Hospital
William Jepson
The
State University
John Norstrom
Danbury, Conn
Jepson
Independent Company Notifies of a Wage Reduction
Troughton Mich Dee 22 The wages of all the iron mine employees of the Oliver Mining company will be reduced on January 1 The reduction likely ranges from 10 to 17 percent with the lowest paid labor seeing the least cut General officers and the superintendent along with leading local officials across ranges have already had salaries cut from 2 to 10 percent
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Troughton, Mich
Dee
Oliver Mining Company
Steel Trust
Cuba Accepts U S Demands on Isle of Pines
Washington reports the Cuban government has accepted proposed U S terms for the Isle of Pines. The plan includes schools, a modified judicial process, and a port for American settlers. The actions can be enacted as diplomatic notes rather than treaty amendments.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Loomis
State Department
Isle of Pines
Brockway, Notorious Counterfeiter, to Be Free Tomorrow
William E. Brockway, long regarded by police as a master counterfeiter, will complete a ten year term at New Jersey state prison tomorrow and may win freedom by paying a $1,000 fine. He has resisted myriad undercover attempts to extract the location of a stolen plate used to print the bogus money.
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Renton
Secret Service
William E. Brockway
New Jersey State
Brockway
United States
Bank of
Montreal
Adolph Smith
Libbie Smith
Gov
Russia punishes after Bessarabia massacre trial
Kisheneff and Miresieik were sentenced to seven and five years for murder as killers in the massacre of Jews. Twenty-two others received one to two years, one got six months, twelve were acquitted. Eighty-eight civil actions against the accused were dismissed. costs fall on the convicted.
Silent Man Leaves Hospital After Suspicion Claims
Des Moines dispatch reports an unknown man shot by Rock Island detectives at Eartham. He reportedly sent a threatening letter to Rock Island officials weeks earlier. The man refused to speak during three weeks of confinement despite intense questioning, and officials suspect he may be part of a dynamite gang that has terrorized railroads in recent months.
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Des Moines
Dee
Rock Island
Eartham
Jas Mare
Stand
Scared Away by Telephone Bells Bank Robbery Fails
Bloomington Dee reports a gang of safe blowers who wrecked the Anchor bank last night fled when telephone bells began ringing. They cut all wires to hinder outside contact, but failed to secure any loot as dynamite usage and prior exploits are noted.
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Bloomington
Dee
Nks
Influence for Peace in Far East Prompted by Allied Mediation
Reports from official sources confirm that strong representations to Tokyo and Moscow have sought to avert a Russia Japan crisis. British and French actions are viewed as restraining influence, with diplomacy continuing to seek grounds for a peaceful settlement despite grave prospects.
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Paris
Dee
Sister Delse
Tokio
Great Britain
France
Trerlin
Far East
Japan
Russia
Acceptance of Terms Amid Chicago Drivers Strike
Chicago news reports a first union label funeral since the livery drivers strike began. Undertaker Marks arranged the funeral with a dead wagon placard noting ownership by a funeral director paying the wagon scale. Carriages were provided to mourners for the service.
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Chicago
Livery Drivers’ Union
Te- Vay
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