Taft Signs Order to Adjust Panama US Differences
Panama and the United States settle issues via executive order signed by Taft for Roosevelt and approved by Panama. The order transfers canal port customs to Panama, lowers Panama tariffs to 10 percent, limits consular and port charges, grants free port entry between zones, and sets US sanitation authority. Effective December 12, 1904.
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Panama
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
Amador
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Government of
Canal
Colon
Republic
Armed Burglar Forcibly Robs Night Operator at Depot
Night Operator Fuller at the Northern Pacific depot in Little Falls Minnesota was held up by two men in the ticket office about 9 PM Saturday. A small boy accompanied them as they faced a revolver and escaped with about six dollars after fleeing with help. Railway patrons in the waiting room saw three men involved. Reports say three suspects have been arrested at Elk River.
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Little Falls
Minn
Fuller
Northern Pacific
Elk River
Deputy Seining Alleged Illegal Anglers Roundup
Winona Minnesota December police report Deputy Game Warden Blagic rounds up four alleged illegal fishermen Keller Reszka Blagic Breza at Big Lake four miles above the city. They used a seine and held many game fish. The seine and gear were seized and warrants sworn out. A later raid yielded a large seine rope and about 400 pounds of fish.
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Winona
Minn
Blagic
Rack Keller
Frank Reszka
Thomas Blagic
Joseph Breza
Big Lake
Snow slows Duluth area logging due to unfrozen ground
Snowfall across the north shore and Itasca and Northern St. Louis counties reaches a foot deep in the north shore and six to eight inches inland. Lumbermen report ground and swamps not yet frozen enough for solid roads, but expect logging to expand this winter beyond prior expectations.
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Duluth
North Shore
Itasca
St. Louis
Establish Trade School Backed by Milwaukee Merchants
The Merchants and Manufacturers' association of Milwaukee plans a trade and industrial school for education in industrial arts. Steps will be taken to raise an endowment fund before the school opens, a proposal long under consideration.
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Milwaukee
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Plot to destroy Zeigler water supply foiled amid militia calls
Sheriff Stein reports Zeigler unrest as Deputy Skaggs finds thirty eight sticks of hazardous material near the water main. Damp cold night likely prevented detonation. Capt Satterfield requests two more militia companies. four total may be needed. Maj Elliott takes command en route from Arcola to Zeigler. No official Saturday night firing reported.
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Benton
Stein
Zeigler
W. B. Satterfield
Adjt
Scott
Elliott
Springfield
William Elliott
Arcola
Fourth Infantry
Maj
Baby born with two heads stuns Boston medical circle
A female infant born twelve weeks ago in East Somerville has two heads on separate necks. One head faces forward, the other rearward with no eyes and poor formation. Despite the anomaly the baby is reportedly healthy elsewhere. The mother is twenty. The infant weighed fourteen pounds at birth.
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Somerville
Mass
East Somerville
Boston
Annals of
Medical Science
Fireman Survives Head Scalp Injury At Coal Chute
In Grand Forks North Dakota on December 6 A Mammelstrom a Great Northern fireman narrowly escaped fatal injuries when his head became caught between a coal chute and a car while replenishing his engine The scalp was torn from one side and the top of the head bruised yet the injury likely saved his life.
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Grand Forks
N. D
A. Mammelstrom
Wreck on Missouri Pacific Train After Rail Breaks
A Missouri Pacific passenger train en route from St Louis to Kansas City derailed at a water works bridge after a broken rail on the bridge. About 150 passengers were injured with several seriously hurt as the first coach toppled from the track and rolled down a twenty foot embankment. The rear Pullman fell into the creek. all onboard were seriously injured.
Minnesota's Balance Due From Uncle Sam Over Spanish War Costs
Washington reports Minnesota still holds an unpaid balance of more than $20,000 from the United States for Spanish-American War expenditures. Adjutant General E. D. Libbey and chief clerk C. W. Fisher arrived to settle the claim before Libbey's retirement.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Minnesota
Adjt
E. D. Libbey
C. W. Fisher
Gen. Libbey
Panic in Gotham theater spurs stampede after bonfire smoke
Smoke from a bonfire outside blew into a Gotham theater window during a matinee yesterday causing a woman to cry out for the exit and triggering a rush to the street. Attaches attempted to calm the crowd but almost all spectators fled. no injuries were reported.
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New York
Gotham Theater
Disguised as Turks American Carries Money for Warships
St Petersburg correspondent reports Charles R Flint of New York traveled via Moscow against a backdrop of securing a $35 million letter of credit with Rothschilds. He allegedly aims to fund Chilean and Argentine warships, seeking Turkish flag use on delivery and dispatch through Constantinople.
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London
St. Petersburg
Standard Telegraphs
Charles R. Flint
New York
Moscow
National Hotel
Charles Ranlett
Warsaw
Odessa
Constantinople
Flint
Russia
Montague Family Buys La Crosse Biscuit Plant
Montagues acquire the La Crosse Cracker plant and business from the National Biscuit Company in a Chicago deal. The La Crosse operation, established by the Montagues, had been absorbed by the trust three years earlier in Wisconsin.
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Montagues
la Crosse
Wis
G. R
W. R. Montague
Chicago
National Biscuit Company
la Crosse Cracker Company
Trust
Life term for Detroit bartender killer delivered
John Dus sold alias John Congdon formerly of Milwaukee was convicted of the murder of bartender William Hermann in a Gra toit avenue saloon basement. Judge Phelan sentenced him to life imprisonment in the state prison at Marquette.
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Detroit
Mich
John Dussold
John Congdon
Milwaukee
William Hermann
Gratoit Avenue
Phelan
Marquette
Bank Robber Pleads Guilty in Treynor Iowa
Karl Karrer, charged with robbing the Bank of Treynor, Iowa, pleaded guilty. He forced Miss Frances Flood to hand over 1 522 dollars, with all but 100 recovered. In Muscatine three men drowned crossing the Mississippi on icy floats.
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Treynor
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Karl Karrer
Frances Flood
Muscatine
Seth Godfrey
L. F. Godfrey
Grover E. Els
Mississippi River
Three Die in Denison Rooming-House Fire
Three persons burned to death when a Denison, Texas rooming house was destroyed by fire yesterday. Thirty-five guests escaped by jumping from second-story windows.
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Pe Denison
Tex
Dec
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