Hunter claims self defense in Guatemalan shooting
W G Hunter Jr son of the U S minister to Guatemala testifies before a Guatemalan court that William A Fitzgerald attacked him at the Plaza de Armas, prompting Hunter to fire five shots and kill Fitzgerald in self defense. Bailey secretary of legation corroborates the account. Fitzgerald insists the claim is absurd and says his son died without warning after a witness letter arrived.
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New York
Court of Third Instance
Guatemala
W. G. Hunter, Jr
United States
William A. Fitzgerald
Hunter
Legation of
James G. Bailey
Legation
Placa de Armas
Bailey
Grand Rapids
Mich
William Fitzgerald
Godfrey Hunter
Fitzgerald
J. Drummond
Judge rules invalid claim for prize money in Spanish American war case
United States Judge Edward B. Thomas declared invalid a $1,000,000 claim by Lieut. Commander W. H. Sutherland of the navy. Sutherland sought prize money for the destruction of the Spanish steamer Santo Domingo by the Eagle during the Spanish American War, arguing Admirals Dewey and crew received similar booty. The government contended only $3,100 could be recovered.
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New York
United States
Edward B.thomas
W. H. Sutherland
Navy
Eagle
Santo Domingo
Sutherland
Adm. Dewey
Manila Bay
Margarita Island would guard canal entrance for US control
Margarita Island on Venezuela’s north coast could join the United States, securing Caribbean access akin to Britain's Mediterranean authority and drawing German interest as part of the Venezuelan imbroglio. Saturday observed in the Louisiana Purchase Territory with flag proclamations. Gen Grant and his aide visited the president amid his mother’s funeral.
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Washington
Margarita Island
Venezuela
United States
Isthmian Canal
Caribbean
England
Mediterranean
Germany
Uncle Sam
St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase Territory
New Orleans
Freder
Fex D. Grant
Lieut. Maury
Gen. Grant
Oklahoma World's Fair Commission Adopts St Louis Building Plan
Guthrie Oklahoma, December 20. The Oklahoma World's Fair commission adopted plans for the Oklahoma building at St Louis a two story structure measuring 60 by 56 feet with large porches and balconies.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma World's Fair Commission
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Unrequited Love Motive Seen in Philadelphia Shooting
Voltairia Lecleyre an anarchist teacher of languages was shot and mortally wounded by Herman Helscher a former pupil in broad daylight on a street corner. Helscher said they were sweethearts and she broke his heart. The attacker dressed with a false mustache fired five shots and was arrested. Lecleyre, 36, known for anarchistic writings and ties to Emma Goldman, is believed to die.
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Philadelphia
Voltairia Lecleyre
Herman Helscher
Helscher
Heleshher
Miss Lecleyre
Herscher
Emma Goldman
Michigan
West
Wages Increase for Chicago & Northwestern Locomotive Engineers
Chicago December 20. An agreement between Chicago and Northwestern railroad officials and labor committees will raise annual wages by about 600 000 dollars. Effective January 1 engineers will earn 3 80 to 4 70 per 100 miles while the top rate rises from 4 30 to 4 70. Most men are slated to receive 4 70.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
German government centers agricultural efforts in Chicago
Chicago becomes the hub for the German agricultural experts bureau for the coming year. The bureau shifts from New York to Chicago, with Dr. Walther Wever noting Chicago as the key center for assessing American farming progress and farmer conditions.
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Chicago
United States
Walther Wever
Washington
New York City
New York
Fulton Market Fire Inflicts 100000 Loss in Chicago
Fire in Fulton street wholesale meat market and adjacent plants destroyed second and most of third floors from 1 to 25 Fulton street. Principal losers include Schwartz child & Sulzberger Wachenheim Co Swift Co Cook County Shoe Co and Acorn brass works. Also: Pittsburg bout ends in a draw between Jack McClelland and Eddie Toy after McClelland’s St Louis fight.
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Chicago
Fulton Market
Fulton Street
Schwartzschild & Sulzberger
Wachenheim & Co
Swift & Co
Cook County Shoe Co
Acorn Brass Works
Pittsburg
Jack McClelland
Eddie Toy
San Francisco
McClelland
Mc.Padden
St. Louis
Severe storm across western Nebraska and Wyoming
Reports from Omaha say a severe snow and wind storm spread over western Nebraska and into Wyoming with rain in Omaha on Friday. In Chicago a fire at the Sollinger apartment building on 45th Street and Evans Avenue forced rapid rescues from upper floors as flames spread quickly.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Wyoming
Chicago
Sollinger
45Th Street
Evans Avenue
Engineer stabbed in St Louis office tragedy
J W Berrager office engineer for the St Louis Memphis and Southern railway was stabbed to death in his office Friday morning by Thompson Morton, a former company employee, in St. Louis on December 20.
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St. Louis
J. W. Berrager
St. Louis, Memphis & Southern Railway
Thompson Morton
Byron Byron Wreck Kills Nineteen in Bay Area Collision
A rear end collision between the Stockton flyer and the Owl train on the Southern Pacific near Byron Springs leaves at least nineteen dead and many injured. Twenty seven passengers were moved to a San Francisco hospital where additional fatalities occurred. The Owl had halted due to a broken locomotive and a warning flagger failed to stop the Stockton train in time.
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Cal
Stockton Flyer
Southern Pacific
Byron Springs
San Francisco
R. Post
Fowler
Lee Sou
Stockton
Oakland
Maguire
Joyce
E. Lee
Louisville
Southern Pacific Hospital
Richard Post
Mini Magowa
Mary Baird
Fresno
D. J. Vernon
Carl Mayer
Services Held For Mrs Ulysses S Grant In Riverside Chapel
A Sunday service in the Riverside Drive mausoleum marked the burial of Mrs Ulysses S Grant. About 50 guests including Gov Odell Mayor Low Secretary of War Elihu Root and Andrew Carnegie attended. Generals and military leaders watched as Bishop Andrews and Bishop Smith conducted rites ending with the poem The Land Beyond the Sea and the hymn Abide With Me.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Gov
Odell
Mayor Low
Elihu Root
Barger
James Grant Wilson
Granville Dodge
Horatio C
King
Charles F. Roe
New York N. G
Andrew Carnegie
Army
Navy
Frederick D. Grant
E. G. Andrews
Methodist Episcopal Church
Alexander Mackay B. Smith
Pennsylvania
Methodist Episcopal
Christmas Mail Burned Between Peekskill and Highland
Official report from Syracuse details a storage car fire on mail No 3 carrying 700 to 800 pouches headed west. Only 20 to 30 pouches saved from Chicago and distant points. some mail addressed to the Philippines and Fiji. Fire found between Peekskill and Highland. car left burning at Highland station. Efforts to form a Santa Fe clerks union underway in Los Angeles with about 150 workers.
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Syracuse
N. Y
West
New York
New York Central
Chicago
Philippine
Fiji Islands
Peekskill
Highland
Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe
Dai
Pai
P.M. A.M
P.M. Eases Seon
Baldwin
Os Batavia
Williameburg
Sardinia
Senenenne
Enceresee
Winchests
Williamsburg Otersnee
Jatavia
Eweeeneee
Aldwin
Ciareereteey Cee
Cinelti
Sun
Psa
Sunda
Kipling Poem Denounces Anglo German Venezuela Pact
The Times of London on December 27 publishes a Rudyard Kipling poem criticizing the Anglo German agreement over Venezuela. The piece is expected to spark wide discussion and debate.
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Kipling
London
the Times Monday Morning
Rudyard Kipling
Venezuela
Massive Knoxville fire devastates four-story factory district
A Monday morning blaze at the Knoxville knitting mills on Commerce Avenue rapidly gutted the four story factory and spread to adjacent buildings. By 3 30 p m losses neared a million dollars with insured firms including Davies Furniture Co Claiborne Tate Cowan Clothing Co H H Gate Co and Shanklin Grain Co among others heavily threatened.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Knoxville Knitting Mills
Commerce Avenue
Central Fire Station
Broyles, McClelland & Lackey
David Commission Co
Davies Furniture Co
Claiborne, Tate & Cowan Clothing Co
H. H. Gate & Co
Masked gang robs Loogootee stores and targets bank vault
Six masked men invaded Loogootee on Saturday, robbing Patterson Bros restaurant and two stores, then attempting to force the White River bank vault. The victims were tied and gagged for over an hour. Detectives and local officers pursue. word says they were cornered in a farmer's barn but escaped. Insurance detectives arrived Sunday.
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Loogootee
Ind
Patterson Bros
White River Bank
Patterson
Here
Bank Insurance Company
Marconi Reports Wireless Link Cape Breton to Cornwall
Marconi announces successful wireless telegraph link between Cape Breton Canada and Cornwall England. Auguratory messages to King Edward VII and communications to the London Times were sent in the presence of correspondent D Parkin M P. Governor General of Canada conveyed messages.
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New York
Marconi
Glace Way
N. Y
Asociated
Cape Breton
Canada
Cornwall
England
Edward VII
Italy
London Times
D. Parkin
M. P
G. Marconi
Natural Gas Explosion Harms Men in Pittsburg Boarding House
In Pittsburg on Sunday a natural gas blast in Mrs. Laura Richards boarding house badly burned one man and injured two others. E. G. Walters of Marietta Ohio suffered severe burns and is not expected to survive. ER. W. Barrett and Burt Piper also burned. The victims slept on the second floor and escaped through flames and smoke. Walters jumped to the ground, sustaining further injuries.
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Pittsburg
Laura Richards
E. G. Walters
Marietta
ER. W. Barrett
Burt Piper
Walters
Death of Isaiah W. Lees Former SF Police Chief at 72
Isaiah W. Lees died in San Francisco on Sunday aged 72. He served as captain of detectives for 40 years and was chief of police for four years before 1900.
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San Francisco
Isaiah W. Lees
Pioneer Iron Man Charles T Neale Dies at 70
Pittsburg December 22 Charles T Neale a pioneer in Western Pennsylvania iron industry dies at his home in Pittsburgh at age 70. Since 1858 he has been prominent in the iron business and remained active.
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Pittsburg
Charles T. Neale
Pennsylvania
Neale
United States Steel buys Champion Mine and adjacent lands
The United States Steel Corporation purchases the Champion mine in Champion Michigan and a large tract of adjoining iron ore lands for a reported sum of 2,000,000 dollars. The deal marks a major expansion of mining holdings in the region.
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Champion
Champion, Mich
United States Steel Corporation
Great Strides in Western Canada Agriculture Growth
The Northwest of Canada is described as a vast, fertile area with rising land values and strong farming prospects. 1902 crop area reached 1,987,330 acres with a yield of 117,922,754 bushels. Migration increases as US settlers move to Canadian land, railways strain to move goods, and wealth seems tied to continued agricultural expansion across wheat, cattle, and mixed farming regions.
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Western
Canada
United States
Great Britain
The
Edmonton Bulletin
Northwest
Mbor
Canadian Northwest
Lake of the Woods
Rocky Mountains
Manitoba
Territories
Treason to the Czar in a Siberian exile tale
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls a dramatic scene with Whoopikoff and Demidoff as they discuss a traitor named Skoopsky seized by secret police. He is sent to the mines near Siberia without trial after a card posted on the czar’s palace doors mentions a woman.
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Siberia
Campsky
Nicholas
Gortchakoff
Tour of All Mexico By Iron Mountain Train
The prospectus advertises a leisurely luxury tour of Mexico via the Iron Mountain Route with Pullman trains and wide vestibule cars including drawing rooms parlor library and the largest dining car in the world. It promises open top observation car Chililith and long tropical circle tours with stops at ruined southern Mexican cities. Exclusive independent travel offered with all expenses included and guided by the American Tourist Association and Iron Mountain Route agents.
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Pullman
Tropics
Mexico
American Tourist Association
Beau Campbell
Gen’l Magr
Dearborn Street
Chicago
H. C. Townsend
St. Louis
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Claim Fast Cold Cure
An old Chicago Daily News ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a cure for a cold in one day. It claims druggists refund the money if the remedy fails and lists a 25 cent price, accompanied by a witty line that some love letters are too soft to file.
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Chicago Daily News
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