China War Crisis Delays Chinese Debt Settlement
Berlin reports German cruiser Kaiserin Augusta arrived at Kiao-Chau Bay amid renewed mission activity. Paris dispatch says M Roume will lead a secret mission to China with a military mission to follow. Peking notes China seeks a British loan but resists foreign control of internal revenue. Li Hung Chang favors control on default. China postpones a final decision until after holidays.
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Pekin
Shan-Tung
Berlin
Kiao-Chau Bay
London
Paris
M. Roume
Asiatic Department
French Colonial Office
China
Far East
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Excited Japan debate over China policy sparks calls for funds
Washington dispatches report Japan’s cabinet faced with rising tensions in the Far East. Prime Minister warns of possible requests to the Diet for thirty to forty million without delaying action as European powers press China. Jiji Shimpo criticizes Germany and cites dangers for Japan as regional conflict looms.
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Washington
Japan
Far East
China
Ade
Remier
Germany
Kinawhau
Smuggling ring busted as opals seized near Alice Texas
U S authorities say Mexican smugglers moved opals hidden in a shipment seized at Alice Texas. Manuel Herrera was arrested with about 1000 opals found in his possession. He planned to ship the gems to New York where alleged conspirators were said to have placed the stones on the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
Bec
United States
Alice
Manuel Herrera
Mexico
New York
York
Meyoo
Hice
Locale Pulitzer Dead Bar Harbor Me
Puillner daughter of Jon of New York died today ates home of typhoid fever. William Gross Capture Fonte Ont Dec 31-Wia Wanted in Allentown Pa to the charge of stealing Mmonds is In custody here.
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Pulitzer
Bar Harbor
Puillner
Jon
New York
Ates
William Gross
Fonte
Wia
Allentown
Adams Expresa Company
Broadway
Underground system bid eyed by Metropolitan capitalists
Alexander E. Orr announced that the Metropolitan Street Railway interests plan a bid to control the underground tunnel project. Prominent capitalists named include John B. Crimmins Thomas F. Ryan P. A. B. Widener and William C. Whitney as they seek to dominate rapid transit and leverage transfer to steer long and short distance travel away from the Manhattan elevated. The move could intensify rivalries between the two firms and spark consolidation of transportation interests in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York
Alexander E. Orr
Rapid Transit Commission
Metropolitan Capitaliste
Thomas F. Ryan
P. A. B. Widener
William C. Whitney
Metropolitan Street Railway
Manhattan Elevated
Eta
Manhattan
Gould
Mexico Seizes Clipperton Island in Flag Change Incident
The steamship Albion reports a high handed act by the Mexican gunboat Democrata at Clipperton Island. Mexican marines landed, hauled down the American flag, and raised the Mexican flag after claiming formal possession. The island lies about eight hundred miles west of Acapulco, four miles around, home to vast guano deposits and millions of sea fowl.
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San Diego
Cal
Albion
Clipperton Island
Democrata
Santo Domingo
Roscoe Howard
Acapulc
Cipperton Teland
Acapulco
Mexico
Noted Counterfeiter Baldwin Arrested in Cincinnati
Deputy U S Marshals arrest William P. Baldwin alias Frank Watson age 23 at a relative’s home in Cincinnati. Baldwin was indicted for counterfeiting at Dayton and previously feigned insanity to avoid prison, escaped from a hospital in Washington and from jail in Hull, Kingston and elsewhere. He has been held in Ohio and Louisville pens and faced prior counterfeiting charges.
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W. F. Haldewin
Cincinnati
William PF. Baldwin
Frank Watson
James Lawrence
United States
Snyder
Spillard
Baldwin
Dayton
Sage
Washington
Hilleboro
Kingston
Canada
Devanney
Pals
Ohio Penitentiary
Louisville
Man Arrested at White House Claimed President's Property
Washington reports Frank Kecheoski, a young white man, was arrested at the White House and sent to the station. His sanity will be investigated after he claimed the president possessed much property he wanted. He ramblingly spoke of Kaceeshi, and papers indicate he was discharged from the Boise Idaho Karacks on the 23rd of this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Kecheoski
White House
Doorkeeper Cine
Kaceeshi
Boise Idaho
Relief plans for Klondike contested expeditions
Washington and Ottawa plan joint relief efforts for Klondike miners with expeditions to Dawson City not aimed for winter arrival. Canada waives war supply duties, while U S efforts may focus on camps along the Yukon and Alaska. reindeer shipments and trail conditions are under review.
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War Department
Canada
Dawson City
Ivindeer
Washington
Clifford Sifton
George Meiklejohn
United States
Klondike
Dawson
Yukon
Alaska
British Northwest
Alger
Sifton
Merkle- John
Aar
Interior of
White Pass
Skaguay
Lynn Canal
Phe Nadian
Bennett
Tagish
Devore
New York
Shelden Jackson
Bureau of Education
Abroand
Kjellmann
Thyme
Quartermaster General's Department
Seattle
Jack Dalton
Dalton
Robins
Skagway
Lake Bennett
King of the Cowboys Weds Miss Woodward in Brooklyn
George W. Bureh known as the King of the Cowboys married Lille Woodward of Coatesville Pa in Brooklyn. The ceremony was led by Rev W E Needham formerly of Coatesville now in Brooklyn. Burch directs Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show and will tour the South with his bride after the wedding.
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New York
George W. Bureh
King of the Cowboys
Brooklyn
Lille Woodward
Catesville
W. FE. Needham
Coatesville
Burch
Puffalo Bill
Miss Woodward
Mr. Needham
Mr. Burch
Johnnie Beker
Mies Woodward
Grenada Place
Actress Beth Franklyn Secretly Weds Washington Couple
Baltimore society reports Miss Beth Franklyn of the Lyceum Theater Stock company may have married Richard Wallach of Washington. Both are said to have previous marriages. Wallach has prominent Washington family ties and was once engaged to a leading Baltimore society woman.
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Baltimore
Beth Franklyn
Baltimore Lyceum Theater Stock Company
Richard Wallach
Washington
Miss Franklyn
Lyceum Company
Nevada
Mr. Wallach
Papers by Jefferson Found in Congressional Library Aisle
Washington December 1 reports the removal of congressional library papers to a new building uncovered a large box of Thomas Jefferson papers stored in a locked room. The notes say private papers were returned to writers and contributors. The collection, likely from John Ringdolph, is sent to the state department for filing and archival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Library
Thomas Jefferson
John Ringdolph
State Department
Colorado Gold Output Surges Beyond California
Denver reports the 197 year mint totals show Colorado's gold deposits the largest on record. Officials estimate Colorado output near 22 million dollars, exceeding California’s projected 15 million. National totals approach 70 million with a dramatic rise over last year's 16.5 million in Colorado and 17 million in California.
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Denver
Col. Dee
United States
Colorado
California
Scott Takes Oath of Office as IRS Commissioner
Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia sworn in as commissioner of Internal Revenue replacing W. F. Bannon. Charles G. Dawes of Illinois takes oath as comptroller of the currency. Kekols retires to lead Commercial National Bank in Chicago. Scott and Dawes assume duties next Monday.
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Washington
Dec.l
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
Internal Revenue
W. &. Forman
Tunnels
East St. Louis
Charles G. Dawes
Illinois
Kekols
Chicago
Commercial National Bank
Scott
Dawes
Stubborn Customer Fights Back in Nightstore Incident
In St Louis on December 31 William Smith was attacked by Morris Mueller and Victor Goldstein of a second hand shop on Morgan Street. Mueller was fatally wounded after a gunfight, Goldstein injured, and Smith hospitalized. A separate Jackson County case reports Mary Bhamblin aged 146 killed by James McCoy after refusing chores and staying from school.
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St. Louis
William Smith
Morgan Street
Morris Mueller
Victor Goldstein
Hemith
Muller
Goldstein
Smith
Jalil
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mary Bhamblin
James McCoy
Red Run
Jackson County
McCoy
Dangerous theater prop fire injures two in Manti
In Manti Utah on a December day actor Stultz of the Biuliz Theater company was badly burned and his wife likely fatally burned when colored fireworks stored in a room near a stove ignited. Biulla preparing the pyrotechnics caused the blaze.
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Manti
Utah
Stultz
Biuliz
Biulla
Fatally Shot at a Dance in Huntington West Virginia
A man identified as Edward Chaffins was fatally shot during a dance in Huntington. He was playing a banjo at the scene. Chaffin's father was killed in a street fight about a year earlier.
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Huntington
W. Va
Steamship Arrivals Highlight New York Transit Links
Steamship arrivals list ships and routes including GL-Cleared La Champagne Havre Etruria Liverpool and Lucania New York via Queenstown with Amsterdam bulled Werkendam to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
la Champagne
Havre
Etruria
Liverpool
Lucania
Queenstown
Amsterdam
Werkendam
Record of Most Successful Year in U S Trade Decline in Failures
New York dispatch notes the 1892-? year saw the fewest business failures since 1892 with 13,460 commercial failures totaling 154,800,000 liabilities and a banking failure sum of 25,800,000. It highlights improved wages, broader industrial recovery, and strong export demand, especially for steel rails and structural work, amid heavy wheat and cotton movements.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Pittsburg
Chicago
Enelier
Bessemer
Chhieach
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Canada
Birth of Greater New York ushers in era of strong mayor rule
The article describes New York City becoming the Greater New York with five boroughs and a powerful mayoral office. It notes the mayor will appoint department heads, school boards, and judges, and will veto ordinances unless overridden by a five sixths majority. A municipal legislature includes a council and board of aldermen with borough presidents presiding locally.
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New York
Interior Criminal Courts
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
Joseph D Jones Celebrates 100th Birthday in Tremont Temple
Boston December 1 Joseph B D Towers an inmate of the Home for Aged Men celebrated his one hundredth birthday in Tremont Temple today Friends totaling about 160 attended and he gave each guest his photographed portrait He a Maine native spent most of life in Boston a merchant for years and retired twenty years ago.
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Joseph D. Jones
Tremont Temple
Boston
Joseph BD. Towers
Maine
Day as a Wife Cost 1700 in Personal Grim Tale
In New York City Henry Berger married Mrs Edna J Preston after meeting in the personals. Preston, from Amsterdam, sold her boarding house for 1700 to meet Berger. Berger vanished to Newark after a failed saloon venture, leaving Preston with the money and letters from would be brides.
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New York
Edna J. Preston
Amsterdam
N. Y
Henry Berger
Yorkville
Berger
Grand Central Station
Rev
Clark Wright
Newark
Yorkville Court
Incendiary fires in Mystic threaten village
Mystic Connecticut reports two fires extinguished and a third halted by arrest of a suspect. A blaze erupted at the Mystic Opera House near the river bridge, with another house fire on the opposite bank unfolding soon after. A man named Robert Johnson was later arrested at Triap's lumber yard and held for trial as mentally irresponsible.
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Mystic
Conn
Mystic Opera House
Robert Johnson
Triap
Appellate Court Denies Continuance in Bridge Trolley Case
New York appellate division hands down ruling in William R. Mearst versus Brooklyn Bridge trustees. Court denies motion to continue injunction against placing trolley track loops on the promenade surface near the bridge entrance. Injunction already in place to stop the work remains lifted or is not extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
William R. Mearst Agaimet
Brooklyn Bridge Trustees
Chicago Sees Record Low Death Rate This Year
Chicago reports the annual death rate below 14 per 1000, the lowest on record for a city over 3,000 inhabitants. The figure marks a notable improvement as the year ends.
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Chicago
Threatening Cold Weather and China Troubles In Brief
The morning briefing notes markedly colder conditions and a general source of trouble in China. Cuba forms a colonial cabinet and relief plans for Klondike Sufferers are noted. Dan's successful year reward is listed along with state and local items on new year observances and fire department records.
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China
Cuba
Klondike
Dan
Tocal
Weat Side
Lackawanna County
Tomorra Ounwaring Ply News
Cuba's First Colonial Cabinet Named Under Autonomy
Havana reports Captain General Thaneo signed the appointments for Cuba’s first colonial cabinet under autonomy. Eduardo Dolz substitutes for Amblard as commerce minister, joining Jose Maria Galvez president of the cabinet and five other ministers in a strong, representative lineup seen as shaping Cuban self rule. Washington watchers anticipate a shift as Cuba’s cabinet and legislature become responsible for governing the island.
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Havana
Dec
Thaneo
Eduardo Dolz
Senor Amblard
Cuba
Jose Maria Galvez
Rafael Montero
Marquis of Montero
Antonio Govin
Francia Zayvis
Eduardo Dols
Senor
Laurens Rodriguez
Washington
Dupuy de Lome
Senor Goin
Atlanta
Tampa
Fla
Rodriguez
Advertisements for four year stamp contract sought
The Post Office Department plans to issue advertisements inviting proposals to furnish adhesive postage stamps for government use for four years beginning July 1 next. Items include ordinary stamps news and periodical stamps postage dues stamps and special delivery stamps. Annual quantity about 1 000 000 000. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing now handles stamp supply under a long standing arrangement set to end July 1 with a new contract to follow.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Post Office Department
Philadelphia Post
Interior Department
Dawea Indian Commission
James H. Eckels
Ecker
Chicago
Charles
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Norway
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Dee
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