Venezuela Arbitration Talks Move Toward The Hague
Notes from European governments including Venezuela agree to submit the Venezuelan dispute to The Hague tribunal. Secretary Hay prepares a note affirming hearty approval. Germany and Italy outline conditions, while Roosevelt’s role as arbitrator appears accepted, with issues of cash payment and equal consideration for Italian claims noted.
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Venezuela
Hague
Hay
Berlin
Roosevelt
Caracas
Castro
la Victoria
Hague Tribunal
Germany
Lokal Anzeiger
Foreign Office
Rome
Italy
Washington end is dumb officials ignore Caracas note
Washington officials refuse to confirm or deny reports from Caracas that Venezuela’s disputes with European powers may go to arbitration at The Hague. President Roosevelt weighs allies’ suggestion to act as arbitrator or push for The Hague, following a Wednesday conference with Secretary Hay. Dispatch to Castro via Bowen may have followed that discussion. Paris reports French statesmen believe The Hague tribunal has been slighted.
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Hague
Hay
Castro
Bowen
France
Venezuela
Cable into Pacific Near Hawaii Splice Planned
A cable ship telegraphs from San Francisco that the Silverton will buoy the line off Oahu in about 450 fathoms of water. The shore end will be spliced to the sea cable near Diamond Head, the landing point of the San Francisco Honolulu cable, with completion expected to take several days.
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Pec
Silverton
Island of
Oahu
Diamond Head
Another Victim Is Dead In Hot Springs Pool Room Blast
Dee. Joe Kenney of Hot Springs died during the night from Wednesday's pool room explosion. Four more victims were expected to die, including C. R. Donnelly of Chicago, 16 year old William Metzger of Hot Springs, Thomas Ozier an Arlington hotel engineer, and W. B. Melherney of Louisville. Benjamin Murray, driver of a gasoline wagon, testified that he connected to the cellar tank and found gasoline pooling on the floor. He fled as gases ignited from a lit cigar and caused the blast.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Dee
Joe Kenney
C. R. Donnelly
Chicago
William Metzger
Thomas Ozier
Arlington Hotel
Melherney
Louisville
Benjamin Murray
Trouble in the collieries amid idle and short handed work
Philadelphia reports widespread disruption in mines and washeries with 20 collieries and two washeries idle after Christmas due to the workers' refusal to return. Ten collieries and four washeries run short handed. five closed because of high water. The notice covers a broad range of industrial troubles and labor actions across Reading area.
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Philadelphia
Reading
Christmas Mob Hangs Black Man After Police Shooting
Dec 26 Pittsburg Kansas. Montgomery Godley a Black man was taken from the jail and fatally harmed by a mob after he struck Policeman Milton Hinkle. Hinkle tried to arrest Black suspects at a ball. Godley grabbed the officer’s revolver and fatally shot him. Mob captured the Godley brothers and they were locked in city hall as the crowd dispersed.
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Pittsburg
Kar
Montgomery Godley
Milton Hinkle
Nesto
Mont
Joe” Godley
Oficer Hinkle
Godley
Hinkle
Godley Brothers
Mob Lynching After Jail Draft of Godley Ends in Death
A mob gathered at the jail after a murder report. They breached doors, dragged Godley from confinement, hanged him from a telephone pole twice, and cut his throat. The scene sparked white and black tensions, with arrests for concealed weapons and threats of further trouble between races. Godley had recently moved from Tierce City, Missouri.
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Higgins
Godley
Bes
Tierce City
Remains of Dr Temple Removed to Canterbury
London reports the remains of Dr Temple archbishop of Canterbury were moved from the area palace to Canterbury for burial tomorrow. Premier Balfour remains in bed at Whittingham Scotland with influenza. Chamberlain and wife greeted by large crowds in Durban Natal. Hadda Mullah dies at Beshawar ending unrest on India frontier.
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Canterbury
London
Temple
Palace
Balfour TA
Premier Balfour
Whittinghame
Scotland
Miners Dead in Colorado Freight Wreck Near Trinidad
Early reports say 25 to 80 miners traveling to Trinidad for Christmas were killed when a Colorado and Southern freight train wrecked north of the town last night. Rescue teams and local authorities were rushing to the scene as word spread of a large casualties toll.
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Trinidad
Col
Deemi
Colorado & Southern
Here
Desperate Kansas City man shoots wife then dies
William P. Hollenback, in a rage over domestic troubles, shot his wife three times as she lay in bed, forced his 17 year old stepdaughter from the home, and killed himself. The wife was seriously wounded. The tragedy followed repeated quarrels and an expected police court trial for mistreatment. He proclaimed a Christmas present as the act unfolded.
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Kansas City
William P. Hollenback
Hollenback
Lost Lumber-Laden Vessel A. L. Hopkins Believed Wrecked
Toledo reports the lumber laden steamer A. L. Hopkins bound for Toledo from Amherstburg Ontario has been given up as lost after last sighting Tue afternoon in a fierce gale and ice on Lake Erie. Local vesselmen and W. W. Smith Co. confirm the loss. the ship failed to reach port after turning back from Amherstburg.
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Toledo
A. L. Hopkins
Monroe Piers
Amherstburg
Hopkins
Lake Erie
Secret loot of Mexican cathedrals tale by Baker’s father
Warren J Baker, Northwestern Ohio Masonic Relief secretary, reveals a hidden history of looting Catholic cathedrals during the Mexican war. He claims his father joined General Scott’s army, buried treasure beneath cathedral fagstones, and later faced warnings from the Mexican government to stay silent.
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Toledo
Warren J. Baker
Oho Masonic Relief Association
City of
Mexico
Las Voscaints College
Baker
Captain Sidd
Vera Cruz
Scott
Hillsdale
Will of Late Mrs Grant Distributes About 240 000
Washington D C will of Mrs Ulysses Grant distributes about 240000 among her four children. In Lincoln Neb Adelbert Lemon teen son of Rev H A Lenmen state evangelist for the pees church shot himself Wednesday and died that night. The dentist to decide on children ages for factorywork certificates to prove age. Book publishers Jamieson Higgins receivership in Chicago. Switchmen strike halts Iowa Central freight at Marshaltown. Robbed messenger boys $5000 in silks coats and jackets recovered in New York. Sioux City IA Algona IA Harry Adams kills wife and shoots self after six months of quarrel leaves two children.
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Ulysses
New York
Edward J. Small
Small
Sioux City
Algona
Harry Adams
Adams
Ghoulish plan to rob ex president Harrison's grave
An Indianapolis police report details a letter by Wallace Simms outlining a plot to rob the grave of ex president Benjamin Harrison. Rufus Cantrell, indicted for body theft, would move the body to a physician's office and then to the country to claim a reward.
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Benjamin Harrrison
Wallace Simms
Rufus Cantrell
Bodi
Cantrell
Portage la Prairie Teachers Strike Over Wages
Portage la Prairie Manitoba women teachers walk out except one, after wage scale tied to length of service prompted hiring outsiders at higher salaries. Trustees advertise for thirteen new teachers as local support grows and school officials seek a resolution.
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Man
Portage la Prairie
Cold Breath of Winter Grips Midwest and West
The central west endures the coldest weather of the season with high winds and fuel shortages. Des Moines records seven degrees below zero and St. Paul ten below. Ohio reports heavy snow around Cleveland drifting due to northwest gales and rail disruption. A prospector named Joseph H Ton, once mayor of Atlanta, was found frozen to death at Silver Cliff Colorado as temperatures dip from six above to four below in areas south of the Ohio River.
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Des Moines
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St. Paul
Mometer
Ohio
Cleveland
Silver Cliff
Joseph H Ton
Atlanta
Tia
Ohio River
Four injured in track accident at Ridgewood with victim from Berea
Edward Martin of Berea Ohio was killed and three other Cleveland construction firm workers were injured when struck by an engine while walking on railroad tracks in Ridgewood New Jersey today.
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Ridgewood
N. J
Gen Miles Reaches Pekin to Review Imperial Troops
General Miles arrived in Pekin on December 26 and will be welcomed by the imperial family and troops. He is to review the forces tomorrow, strengthening military ties and signaling continued dispatches in the region.
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Miles
Pekin
Boxing Day Observance and Notable Country News Tidbits
Boxing Day observations extend across the United Kingdom with customary practice. Andrew Carnegie raises his Ishpeming donation to 25 000 dollars for a new library, while a local site purchase enables a building planned for spring. A Terre Haute woman is judged insane after distress from a business letter mistake. A New York sugar plant fire threatens Arbuckle operations. A Philadelphia Record maritime tale notes babies rarely seasick due to cradle-like rocking. Census data highlight 621 instrument factories, 263 piano plants, 45 million annual output, shifting from organs to pianos.
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Ishpeming
Andrew Carnegie
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