Panama Canal Company Ends Debate On United States Agreement
At a Panama Canal company meeting the management submitted the U S agreement to members for approval. The report was adopted by a large majority, signaling opposition as insufficient. Admiral Lamberson wired orders to deploy Detroit to San Domingo to relieve Scorpion. Cabinet session in Washington focused on the Panama situation with most members present. Secretary Hay away, Root and Reyes negotiations discussed, and a formal reply to Reyes’ note expected tomorrow.
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Panama Canal Company
United S
United States
Lamberton
Navy Department
Detroit
San Domingo
Washington
Panama
Ilay
Shaw
Knox
Rooth
Bil
Reyes
Colomb
Aour
Hay
Root
State Department
Twenty-Second Victim of Pere-Marquette Wreck
A Pere Marquette wreck near Grand Rapids results in the death of a 22nd victim with limited injuries reported elsewhere. The incident occurs amid reports of a separate event at an Iowa generating plant explosion with no injuries. The date is late December with conflicting local notices.
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Pere-Marquette
George
Iowa
Converts Profession to Behold Visions Sparks Revival in Jefferson
In Clarkshill Indiana a Holiness revival led by Rev. Frank Middleton and Rev. F M Clarke has drawn large crowds for nine weeks. Converts report visions of the home beyond and adopt stark attire with women abandoning plumage and gaudy decorations while men discard neckties. The church cannot seat all attendees and the influence spreads locally.
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Clarkshill
Ind
Bee
Jefferson
Frank Middleton
F. M. Clarke
Russia Considers Tea and Sugar as State Monopolies
Moscow reports the government weighs turning tea and sugar sales into state monopolies as M. Witte and the finance minister push the plan. Strong opposition from tea merchants and grocers clashes with treasury needs, with revenue from the brandy monopoly at over 300 million dollars yearly suggesting tea and sugar could yield even greater profits.
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Moscow
M. Witte
Divorce Craves Harsh Punishment for Doebler
Mrs. Lillian Doebler of Lansing files for divorce from Ives W. Doebler on grounds of habitual drunkenness cruelty and failure to support She alleges he hired her out to plant corn forced her to work in fields husked corn and weeded sugar beets earning about 15 dollars weekly which he kept for liquor They lived together last winter and she helped cut wood with a crosscut saw in deep snow asserting mistreatment and misappropriation of earnings
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Lansing, Mich
Lillian Doebler
Tris City
Ives W. Doebler
Trien
Mob Law at Council Bluffs Two Negro Prisoners Taken
In Council Bluffs Iowa two African American men Neely Zimmerman and George Burk escaped mob violence. They were moved to Fort Madison to ensure safety after waiving preliminary exam before Judge Wheeler. Authorities feared a lynching plot and prepared militia and police support. Coincidentally Henry Plant’s estate report lists a 12.72 million dollar gross personal estate.
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State Penitentiary
Council Bluffs
Neely Zimmerman
George Burk
Fort Madison
Wheeler
Cousins
Zimmerman
Burk
Henry B. Plant
New York
Cat Rides Trains From Albany to Utica in Frigid Journey
A New York cat clung to a moving Albany to Utica train car, riding the trucks at about a mile per minute. The feline remained frozen to the tracks until dislodged in Utica, then thawed and scampered about. The cat, well kept and likely a home pet, must have endured the Mohawk valley crossing without stopping.
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Utiea
N. Y
Albany
New York
Mohawk Valley
Utica
Hundreds Die In Iroquois Theatre Fire Tragedy
Chicago reports a terrible blaze at the Iroquois Theatre with estimates of 200 to 500 dead and many more injured. Fire swept the stage end of the second act triggering a fatal panic as spectators surged toward exits. Firemen search the ruins while officials tally the toll and await full details.
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Chicago
Dee
Stubborn Blaze Devours Pittsburg Warehouse
A twelve hour fire at Haugh & Keenan’s one story storage warehouse on Third street and Duquesne Way in Pittsburg caused losses estimated between 200000 and 700000 dollars. The blaze, fed by Crossed electric wires, destroyed goods and damaged the building owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, prompting rebuilding. The Carnegie museum may lose fossil collections valued highly, including 215 cases with 100000 pieces, once stored in the site.
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Pittsburg
Haugh & Keenan
Third Street
Duquesne Way
James F. Keenan
Keenan
Ile
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
McCormick Besting
Carnegie Museum
Bayet
Carnegie Institute
Andrew Carnegie
King of Belgium
Pessimism in Russia Reflected in Daily Edits and News
Dispatches from St Petersburg describe broad pessimism in editorials as nations brace for possible war. Reports note Kishineff quiet amid anti Jewish tensions while Japan prepares for worst in Far East. Russia seeks peaceful settlement yet faces fear of renewed conflict. Warship purchases in Genoa tie Russia to new arms deals as European powers monitor the crisis.
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Mt. Petersburg
Der
Novell Vremya
Pers
Nowe Vremyn
Nevertheles
Children Die In Locked House Fire In Chicago
Chicago, Dec 20. While Mrs Michael Kandas was away, a fire damaged the dwelling and suffocated her two children, Barbara age 4 and Mary age 2, whom she had left locked inside. It is believed the youngsters played with matches.
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Chicago
Michael Kandas
Barbara
Mary
Will of Washington Carrington funds Carrington Institute and University
The will filed for probate leaves the late Washington Carrington's entire $750,000 estate to establish an educational institute near Peoria to be known as the Carrington Institute and University.
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Peoria
Washington Carrington
Carrington Institute and University
massacre of missionary John Tate and 18 followers in Liberian forest
Washington reports details from Monrovia dated November 4 about the massacre of missionary John G. Tate and 18 followers by Doe tribesmen in an African forest. Nineteen people were at the mission when attacked. Tate and the interpreter were killed guarding the interpreter’s body as others were slain, their hands cut off and sent to tribal leaders as trophies. The assailants said the killings were to prevent future war from the white man.
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Washington
Lyon
State Department
Monrovia
Liberia
John G. Tate
Mary JL. Allen
Nouna Kroo
Mission
Tate
Docs
Pawnbroker Robbed in Des Moines. Loot Includes Cash and Jewelry
A Des Moines pawnshop was robbed last night as a Burden, Jew Meines, tied and held the safe open. Offenders seized about 8,000 dollars in cash, diamonds, watches, and jewelry. one man was arrested on suspicion.
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de —Burden
Lowa
Dee
Lars
Nebraska Republicans Start Webster Boom
Ontario dispatch reports Nebraska Republicans held a meeting to back John L. Webster for the vice presidential nomination. Resolutions praising Roosevelt and Webster were unanimously adopted.
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Nebraska
Webster
Ontario
Open Ports Await Chinese Treaty Signing
Pekin promises to forward the Chinese copy of the treaty to Washington for exchange of ratifications after the emperor's seal is obtained. Once ratified, Mukden and Antung will be opened to world commerce, signaling a new era for trade.
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Pekin
Dec. C
Conger
Washington
Mukden
Antung
Governor Yates Plans Protest Over State Tax Rate
Springfield Ill Dec 30 The state tax commission set the state tax rate at 52 cents per $100 assessed valuation Governor Yates intends to protest saying the rate is too high and lacks authority He favored 45 cents arguing existing revenues plus other sources will fund state needs The auditor and treasurer claim last year’s levy requires $500000 from taxes and that other revenue sources will not meet the high water mark for this year They plan to support their view with figures and argue the last legislature’s tax bill is discretionary not mandatory
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Springfield
State Tax Commission
Yates
Lil Central
Protest Against Cotton Gambling Meeting Calls Deputation
In Manchester a mass cotton trade meeting adopted a resolution denouncing gambling in cotton as damaging trade causing losses and unemployment. The assembly, led by Sir Arthur Arnold, urged government reception of a deputation to push measures to curb gambling and called for an international effort to reduce consumption.
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Manchester
Enghal
Ara
Masters’ Federation
Jones & Laughlin denies wage and hour changes
Pittsburg report claims Jones & Laughlin Steel will cut wages up to 33 percent and extend shifts from eight to twelve hours starting January 1. W. F. B. Jones, company president, says the report is misleading and untrue and confirms only targeted reductions and occasional twelve hour turns already common in the industry.
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Pittsburg
Tee
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Hts
Associated Press
W. F. B. Jones
WAR AT SAN DOMINGO
Insurgents attack the city as provisional government troops defend it. A San Pedro de Macoris commission, favoring the insurgents, arrived demanding surrender. General Morales vows to resist all attacks and has left the gunboat Independencia to strike at southern ports.
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San Domingo
San Pedro de Macoris
Morales
Independencia
Rush Pact in Peril: Canadian Tensions over Great Lakes Vessels
Michigan congressman W Alden Smith and Canadian officials engage over the Bush treaty limiting Great Lakes ships. Washington notes no current treaty restricts U S or Canada armament and vessels, but likely protests and a renewed push to repeal or modify the agreement after the recess. Smith forecasts a formal Canadian protest against a U S naval training station plans, signaling renewed pressure on shipbuilding and wartime stakes.
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Great Lakes
Pope
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Great Lake
State Department
United States Naval
Congress
Britain
W . Alden Smith
Michigan
Smith
United States Naval Training Station
Taylor Board
Lirger
Leprosy Rumor Linked to Burned Russian Child
Officials say a report of leprosy in the Russian colony of Lincoln is unfounded. The city authorities declare a Russian child was burned accidentally and that secrecy by its parents fueled the rumor.
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Lincoln
Nelsoa
Wecl
Shepherd dog guards crippled squirrel in Central Park
New York December 30. A collie named Shep protected a crippled squirrel from the cold through a long night beside the mounted police station in Central Park. Found together under snow, Shep kept the distressed animal warm as police shelter was prepared and a bandage applied to the injured leg.
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New York
Mounted Police
Central Park
Shep
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