New Republic Agrees to Tariff Cut and Trade Provisions
Panama and the United States settle the canal zone dispute with an executive Taft order issued for Roosevelt. Panama agrees to cut its tariff to 10 percent ad valorem with exemptions for wines and opium, adjust consular fees, and grant free trade between the canal zone and Panama. The arrangement includes U S jurisdiction on sanitation, stamp duties, transit rights, and highway and hospital maintenance, effective December 12, 1904.
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Panama
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
Amador
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Government of
Canal
Colon
Republic
Taft to Visit Pensacola and Roosevelt Plans Philadelphia Stop
Secretary Taft and party will arrive in Pensacola on the cruiser Columbia December 10 and depart around December 14 to return to Washington. Roosevelt plans to speak in Philadelphia on February 22 before the Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs Marian W Knapp, wife of Interstate Commerce Commissioner Martin A Knapp, dies at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia after a long illness.
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Pensacola, Fla
Columbia
Pensacola
Fla
Taft
Washington
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Marian Knapp
Marian W. Knapp
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rittenhouse
Knapp
Navy Chief Says No Plan To Move Black Sea Fleet East
Admiral Wierniush, chief of the general staff of the Russian navy, said he knew nothing about any intention to send the Black Sea fleet to the far east when questioned Sunday night.
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Black Sea
Rt. Petersburg
Adm
Wirenius
Far East
Storming of 203 Meter Hill In Heavy Japanese Losses
London reports from Chefoo that the first division of Japanese stormers suffered heavy losses at 203 Meter hill. Japanese casualties reportedly reached 15 000 in the past day. A diary published in Japanese papers details dawn November 28 to 11am November 28 fighting and a Russian counterattack beginning November 29.
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London
Chefoo
Daily Telegraph
203 Meter Hill
Tokio
203 Metre Hill
Zeigler Illinois Dynamite Discovery Shocks Town
Sheriff Stein investigated a Sunday scene in Zeigler as Deputy U S Marshal Skaggs found 38 sticks of dynamite near the water works. The bundles with lit fuses were damp and unlikely to explode, but if triggered they could have destroyed the water main and pump station.
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Benton
Ill
Stein
Zeigler
United States
Skaggs
Farley Elevated to Assistant to the Pontifical Throne
Archbishop Farley of New York was named by Pope Pius X to assist at papal functions and sit with the college of patriarchs and archbishops. Delegations from New York Albany and Syracuse visited Rome for the Immaculate Conception jubilee. World’s Fair palaces to be sold in a $386,000 contract with a Chicago wrecking company for structures valued at $16,000,000.
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Rome
Farley
New York
Pius X
Albany
Syracuse
St. Louis
Festival Hall
Chicago
Bridger bones to be moved for final burial in Kansas City
The bones of Jim Bridger famed scout and discoverer of the Great Salt Lake will be moved from a farm grave ten miles south of Kansas City for burial in a local cemetery.
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Kansas City
Jim Bridger
Great Salt Lake
Convention closes as Rev Eugenia PF preaches WCTU sermon
In Philadelphia last week the annual Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention concluded Sunday with a sermon delivered by Rev. Eugenia PF of St John Kam aan. The closing service marked the formal end of the gathering.
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Philadelphia
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Eugenia PF
John
Kam Aan
Richmond Knights of Pyre considers lowering age limit
Charles FE Shively, supreme chancelor of the Knights of Py, favors lowering the age limit for admission to the order from 18 years.
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Richmond
Ind
Charles FE
Shively
Knights of Py
Oong
Terrible wreck near Columbus kills four rail workers
Northbound Pennsylvania passenger No. 27 collided with a construction train two miles north of Columbus Indiana. Four men died Samuel Crow Jeffersonville Herman C. Jones Columbus E W Achenbach Indianapolis Calvin Prather Sellersburg. Fireman Achenbach burned in engine. Engineer M I Kain Jeffersonville survived with a broken leg. Several passengers injured lightly or internally. George H Graham New Albany saved others by flagging a second train.
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Columbus
Ind
Pennsylvania Road
Samuel Crow
Jeffersonville
Herman C. Jones
E. W. Achenbach
Indianapolis
Calvin Prather
Sellersburg
Achenbach
M. I. Kain
Cornbrook
George S. Graham
New Albany
Lon Jackson
Louisville
E. W. Lennon
George H. Graham
Fire at the World’s Fair sparks arson probe in Ancient Rome
A blaze at the Ancient Rome on the Pike in St. Louis damaged Fair Japan, Quo Vadis, and Streets of Rome exhibits while roof fires at Varied Industries were put out. Police arrested the door opener Arthur W. Dunn on suspected arson. 11 ladies’ bags and a hunting case watch were found. Oil paintings by Jan Stayka worth 75000 burned with the loss.
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St. Louis
Rome
Fair Japan
Quo Vadis
Varied Industries
Jefferson Guards
Arthur W. Dunn
Jan Stayka
Navy recruiting to open central stations for winter
In Chicago on December 3 Lieut. Commander J F Luby in charge of the U S naval recruiting station announces instructions from Washington to enlist an unlimited number of apprentices lands men carpenters firemen blacksmiths shipwrights painters machinists and all other classes of recruits The plan includes opening several branch recruiting stations in central state cities with staff placed there during winter months to meet rising departmental demand.
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Chicago
Washington
J. F. Luby
United States Naval
Department
Luby
Mrs Gilbert Actress Dies in Chicago Sherman House
Mrs George Henry Gilbert aged pioneer of American stage dies after stroke at Sherman house in Chicago. The death follows a brief illness and marks the end of an era for theater, with her long career noted by contemporaries.
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Gilbert
Chicago
George Henry Gilbert
Sherman House
Naval Estimates Urge More Officers and Men for Navy
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Morton presents the annual navy estimates for the next fiscal year, the largest ever though trimmed by seventeen million dollars. He emphasizes expanding ships requires more officers, marines, and enlisted men, and praises recent ship launches while urging continued build up to deter war and uphold peace.
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Washington
Morton
General Board
Adm
Dewey
Eeeas
United States
East
Middle West
Naval Administration
Shippers Plan Protest Over Uniform Bill of Lading
Chicago December 5 100000 shippers through their representatives will protest enforcement of the Uniform bill of lading starting January 1. The Interstate Commerce Commission will hear the case with subpoenas issued to representatives of nearly 300 railways and 50 associations.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kruger's Body Lying In State In Capetown
The body of former Transvaal president Paul Kruger lies in state at the Huguenot Memorial Building in Capetown, with daily crowds visiting to pay their respects.
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Paul Kruger
Capetown
Transvaal Republic
Hugenot
Red Cross Warehouse Burns Inspiring Loss of Supplies
Harbin Dee reports a large Red Cross warehouse burned causing a significant loan of supplies. General Gripenberg arrives for a two day stay as part of regional updates. Bowron resigns as head of Denver and Rio Grande division to take over Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad effective January 1.
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Red Cross
Harbin
Dee
Gripenberg
Red Crowe Society
Pueblo
Col
W. H. Bowron
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Hahnmann and Chicago Homeopathic Medical Colleges Merge
Dec 6 Chicago reports the Hahnmann Medical College and the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College will unite as the Habnmann Medical College of Chicago. The merger consolidates leadership and academic offerings under one institution.
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Medical Colleges
Chicago
Hahnmann Medical College
Chicago Homeopathic Medical College
Habnmann Medical College of
Seasonal farming call to relocate for year round work
A call urges farmers to move south to grow and work year round. It argues northern farmers should leave to harvest and feed stock all year, noting stock raisers know animals eat what is produced.
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Hesen Omstock
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Ohio River & Columbus Railroad
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