Venezuela and United States discuss arbitration at The Hague
United States Minister Bowen and Venezuelan foreign minister Baralt met to seek a settlement of the debt and naval disputes. Venezuela would consider concessions including dropping demands for the navy’s return and seeking The Hague as arbiter. Germany agrees to a guaranteed payment plan based on customs, and a commission may sit in Washington to outline issues for The Hague court.
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Caracas
United States
Bowen
Lopez Baralt
Washington
Senor Baral
Roosevelt
International Peace Court
Hague
Venezuela
Hague Court
Germany
Senor Baralt
Castro
la Victoria
Mr. Bowen
W. W. Russell
Joan
Willemstad
Curacao
Riera
Canganao
Coro
Referno Castillo
Rieia
Baby Farming Conspiracy Reported in Osaka
Correspondence from Yokohama via the steamer Tartar describes a baby farming conspiracy in Osaka. An elderly woman, her daughter, husband and two others are arrested for infanticide, with 300 children killed since operations began this year. The report notes a separate Tokyo Times item about a Koohi bride who married a corpse.
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Victoria
B. C
Yokohama
Tartar
Osaka
The
Japan Times
Koohi
Blockade of Venezuelan Coast to Continue
Rome reports semi official confirmation that under special agreements the allied blockade of the Venezuelan coast will persist during protection of issues.
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London
Central News
Rome
Sultan's Family Captured in Achin Mountains
Brussels reports the Dutch government received a telegram from Batavia noting the sultan's family was captured in the Achin mountains of Sumatra where they had sought refuge.
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Sultan
Brussels
Batavia
Dutch B
Guam annual report notes budget strain and leper colony costs
The Guam governor Commander Schroeder reports receipts of about 66 000 and expenditures of 57 000 with a reduced cash balance. Public works are halted awaiting new appropriations. Exports and imports hover near 35 500, copper, cocoa and coffee production lag. Leprosy care at Tumon bay rises to 24 cases. The census shows 9676 residents with 46 foreigners and 14 US citizens. The report urges education improvements and legal remodeling, and notes a push for US citizenship among residents.
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Washington
Seaton Schroeder
Guam
Navy Department
Congress
Schroeder
United States
Tumon Bay
Pedro M. Duarte
Earthquakes Shake Andijan Area Reports Severe Losses
Ashkabad reports ongoing oscillations from an earthquake in Andijan with 15,000 houses destroyed. People live in railroad cars to stay near business, while committees tally losses. Guards patrol the rail line between Fedohenks and Andijan as barracks are converted into housing.
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Ashkabad
Russian Turkestan
Andijan
Fedohenks
Santa Fe to Build Night Work Rail Cutoff
The Santa Fe Company plans a cut off to connect its Pecos Valley line with the main New Mexico line using electric lighting. Construction starts within two months with 500 workers in Abo Pass canyon and a large electric plant at the canyon mouth to enable night and day labor.
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Chicago
Santa Fe Co
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Abo Pass Canyon
Bitter Appointed Chief of Sculpture for Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Carl Theodore Francis Bitter was named chief of sculpture for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis on December 27, succeeding the resigning Frederick W Ruckstuhl. Bitter, a native of Vienna Austria, trained in art schools and sculpture.
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St. Louis
Carl Theodore Francis Bitter
Frederick W. Ruckstuhl
Bitters
Vienna
Austria
Greer tin mill to reopen early January in Newcastle
Sharon Pennsylvania December 27 news reports the Greer tin mill at Newcastle will begin operation on the first Monday in January. Shenango plant plans to start 20 of its 30 mills at the same time after a idle period since July.
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Sharon
Greer Tin
Newcastle
Shenango
Village Almost Destroyed in Washington County Fire
Vicksburg Miss December 27 Glenn Allen a village in Washington county with 400 to 500 residents was nearly wiped out by a Friday morning blaze only two business blocks and an oil mill remaining intact
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Vicksburg
Miss
Glenn Allen
Washington County
Gas Discovery Reported Near Douglass Wyoming
Natural gas was found 13 miles west of Douglass Wyoming in an oil well. The gas erupted with gravel and sand above the derrick and a small flow of oil accompanied the discovery.
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Wyoming
Douglass, Wyo
Here
Wanstead Wreck Victims Rise to 28 as Dispatcher's Order Is Claimed
London Ontario December 29 Anxious recovery continues for victims of Friday night collision on the Grand Trunk Sarnia branch near Wanstead. Fireman Ricketts found dead. Bodley family losses mourned. operator Andrew Carson implicated after dispatcher Kerr allegedly canceled the order.
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London
Ont
Wanstead
Sarnia
Grand Trunk Railroad
Pacific Express
Victoria Hospital
Ricketts
Andrew Carson
Watford
McAuliffe
Grand Trunk
J. G. Kerr
Wyoming
Kings Court Junction
Bodley
Port Huron
J. Bodley
Clem Bodley
Lottie Lynen
Four Bodies Recovered After Redstone Mine Explosion
Four bodies were recovered from the Little Redstone mine two miles above Fayette City pa where an explosion occurred Saturday night. Officials say victims ignored a danger signal while carrying naked lamps and another possible victim may be trapped beneath debris.
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Fayette City
Redstone
Desperate Confederate Soldier Causes Tragedy in Florence
Calvin Carron, an elderly Confederate veteran, killed his 21 year old crippled granddaughter by giving her carbolic acid and then cut his own throat in Florence Alabama on a Sunday morning. Neighbors found the granddaughter dead and Carron severely injured but alive.
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Florence
Ala
Calvin Carron
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Syracuse and Temisk Regions
Rome reports a severe tremor in Syracuse Sicily Sunday evening with subterranean rumblings. St Petersburg notes a 23 second quake felt at Bigsk in Temsk governorate on Sunday.
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Rome
Syracuse
Sicily
St Petersburg
Bigsk
Temsk
Mascagni to Direct Thomas Orchestra in Chicago Debut
Italian composer Pietro Mascagni to serve as temporary director of the Thomas orchestra in Chicago and resume a U.S. tour. he seeks a manager. Reed Will Left Entirely to Widow Susan P. Reed, New York, Dec. 29. The will names Mrs. Susan P. Reed sole executrix and leaves all estate to his widow after his death.
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Chicago
Pietro Mascagni
Thomas
United States
Poisoned wine terror shocks Chicago household
Richard Cummings died after drinking wine given as a Christmas present at the home of Mrs. Lizzie Shanahan on Ashland Avenue. William Moniak Theresa Moniak and their 14 year old daughter Mary were arrested on suspicion of poisoning. A quarrel preceded the incident and an autopsy and stomach test were planned.
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Chicago
Richard Cummings
Lizzie Shanahan
Ashland Avenue
William Moniak
Theresa Moniak
Mary
Cummings
Shanahan
William T. Kirby
Cumming
Moniak
Death of Mrs Fremont widow of Gen Fremont
Mrs Jes sie Benton Fremont 78 widow of the Path finder Gen Fremont died at her home 1197 West Twenty-eighth street Los Angeles after Christmas illness. A fall caused a hip dislocation three years ago leaving her feeble and bedridden prior to her death. She was daughter of Thomas H Benton who served in the United States Senate for 80 years.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jessie Benton Fremont
Fremont
West Twenty-eighth Street
Sherman Strikes Rock Off Luzon Damaging Ship
The US army transport Sherman struck a rock near San Bernardino light south of Luzon Friday night. The ship took on 23 inches of water in forward bilges but pumped it out and continued to Manila under own steam arriving Sunday. Passengers stayed calm and lifeboats were used under brave officers. Cargo undamaged. docking at Hong Kong likely.
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Manila
United States Army
Sherman
San Bernardino Light
Luzon
The
Hong Kong
Confederate Veteran Home aid offered by Norman school
Col J J Falkner received a letter from W H Council of the colored normal school at Norman Ala offering help for a Confederate veterans home at Mountain Creek Ala. Council will supply free carpenters blacksmiths and other workers and furnish a dozen pairs of shoes for the veterans described as those grand old men who followed Lee to Appomattox.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. J. Falkner
W. H. Council of the
Colored Normal School
Norman
Mountain Creek
Council
Lee
Appomattox
Death of Rev. D. C. Rankin in Seoul Reported
A cablegram to Rev. S. H. Chester announces the death Sunday from pneumonia in Seoul Korea of Rev. D. C. Rankin editor of the Presbyterian church foreign missions publications.
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Nashville
Tenn
S. H. Chester
Board of Foreign Missions of
The
Southern Presbyterian Church
Seoul
Corea
D. C. Rankin
Foreign Missions Publications
Presbyterian Church
Negroes lynched after farmer murdered in South Carolina
W K Jay, a Troy area farmer, was killed in his yard by a Black man named Oliver Wideman or his wife. A lynching by enraged neighbors followed within hours. In North Carolina, at a prayer meeting near Rutherfordton, Mrs James Snyder died during a group prayer as the service ended.
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Greenwood
U S. C
W. K Jay
Troy
County
Oliver Wideman
Jay
Rutherfordton
N. C
James Snyder
Excommunication Ordered Over Philippine National Church Canon
Rome reports the pope has ordered the Archbishop of Manila to excommunicate all persons who seek to promote the canon of a national church in the Philippines.
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Rome
the Tribune
Manila
Philippines
Irish Woman Returns Refrigerator After Cold Promise
An Irish woman in a house furnishing store bought a refrigerator the salesman said would keep food best. She later returned it saying it failed to stay cold, while the salesman claimed insufficient ice was the issue, arguing the unit would stay cold with ice.
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Jos Haltian Ve Tetvleste
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Osage Nation Costs and Wealth Jibe
A New York Telegram quips that the Osage Indians own 1,500,000 acres of land and have $8,000,000 invested in a state bank. It claims each tribe member holds land valued at $4,000 and earns $300 annually from bank interest, ending with the jest that they should be called the O Sages.
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N. Y
Open lands for settlement in Beautiful Indian Territory
Promote a booklet on present day conditions in the territory. James Barker, General Passenger Agent for the M K T Railway, offers to send a copy on request from 50% Wainwright Building, St. Louis. Contained quotation remarks from the Philadelphia Press about slender and plumper girls.
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James Barker
L Pass
Wainwright Bldg
St. Louis
Cough Remedies and Quotations From 1900 Ads
A collage of vintage health ads and quotes lists Remedies like Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Dr August Koe nig's Hamburg Breast Tea. The snippet notes prices and cites testimonials from J F Boyer and various aphorisms on virtue honesty and doubt from period sources.
Mrs Emmons Credits Lydia E Pinkham for Ovaries Recovery
Mrs Emmons of Walkerville Ontario credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her five year struggle with ovarian troubles avoiding an operation. She says the remedy found the weak spot within weeks and urges other women to try it, offering free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Laura Emmons
Walkerville
Ont
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J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
O'Reilly
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St. Jacobs
Hamlins
Rol van As
Wes
Dubuque
Waterloo
Albert Lea
A. H. Hanson
Canada
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Joseph Young
State St
Columbus
Ohio
J. C. Duncan
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Ciacinnati
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Lightning Medicine Co
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