German author condemned for letter about German emperor
Friedrich Vents faced two months imprisonment after sending a letter to Carl Hartmann that contained impressions on the German emperor. Hartmann disclosed the contents. Senator Morgan of Alabama influenced the War Department and the presidential plan to colonize the Philippines with American Negroes granting 20 acre homesteads. T Thomas Fortune, a Negro leader, was sent by President Roosevelt to the archipelago on a tour of investigation.
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Friedrich Vents
Carl Hartmann
Morgan
Alabama
War Department
Philippines
T. Thomas Fortune
Presdent Roosevelt
Fruit washings reveal many million microbes from imperfect skins
The Philadelphia Medical Journal reports an experiment where a pint of assorted fruits was randomly chosen, washed, and the washings analyzed. From the pint, 140,000,000 terms were secured. The study notes that fruits lacking perfectly smooth surfaces offer lodgings for microbes.
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Philadelphia Medical Journal
Strasburg to Erect Goethe Monument
Strasburg plans a monument to German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The design is not yet chosen, but the project aims to honor his youth spent in the Alsatian town and celebrate his memoirs. A rubber industry combination called International Rubber Co. is planned with 25 million capital, to be formed under New Jersey law with incorporation papers filed in Trenton, backed by Pittsburgh, St Louis, Chicago and Philadelphia financiers.
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Strasburg
Goethe
International Rubber Co
New Jersey
Trenton
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Court of Appeals Rules Kansas City Brews a Trust
The Kansas City court of appeals holds the local brewer combination a trust and banned by Missouri law. It also states debtors need not pay those breweries and creditors cannot collect, even via court action. Representative Burnett reports a bill to turn over nearly 100000 acres of Alabama public lands to the state’s common schools after years of opposition.
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Kansas City Court of Appeals
City
Missouri
Burnett
Alabama
Committee On Public Lands
Fireman Gould Fined for Home Westcott Fire Neglect
George J. Gould, a Lakewood New Jersey fireman and member of a wealthy group, failed to respond to an alarm at Mrs Robert F Westcott’s home. He claimed a cold kept him home, but the excuse was not accepted and he was fined one dollar.
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George J. Gould
Fire Department
Lakewood
N. J
Robert F Westcott
Gould
Union Steel Co To Launch $75 Million Reorganization
The Union Steel Co plans a $75 million reorganization entering operation early next year as a leading independent steel concern. An authorized $25 million bond issue is planned, with about $18 million to be issued immediately and roughly $33 million in stock issued alongside.
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Union Steel Co
Brooklyn Collie Prince Safeguards Stallion Stable Fire
Prince a collie in Brooklyn detected smoke at a large stable housing fifty cows and ten horses. He alerted Lavine, about 390 feet away, who raised the alarm and saved the animals, but the building was destroyed.
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Prince
Brooklyn
Lavine
Wavine
French capitalists back 100 million francs for coal ships
Ex-President Casimer Perter, linked to northern French collieries, joins the trust forming a fleet to move American coal to French Mediterranean and African ports. Reports say J. T. Morgan and Blake of Cincinnati are driving forces, with Morgan staying behind the scenes to avoid offending England as southern France favors English coal.
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Mediterranean
Africa
Casimer Perter
France
J. T Morgan and
Blake
Cincinnati
Morgan
England
Crown Adorns Cape Colony Stamps With Royal Portrait
The king's portrait will appear on all stamps with a crown above the head. A new Cape Colony set shows the portrait in an oval with a bold denomination in the upper corner. The stamps will enter general circulation later this year, though the 8d stamp is already on sale. The design is described as very handsome.
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England
Cape Colony
Post office to issue new nearly square envelopes
The post office department announces a surprise in the new envelopes. The envelopes are nearly square with a single border and a Washington portrait. Watermarked paper reads Series of 1902 and the 2 cent envelope is planned for completion by year end.
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Washington
Tt Ig
Diverse Global Facts From A Colorful 1902 Chronicle
A collage of items from around the world spans rail plans for El Paso to a Swiss gambling outlook, Red Sea lighthouses, beet sugar projections for 1902 03, Hong Kong’s Prince of Wales statue, Italian car speed limits, goose fat butter substitute in Germany, Atherton’s drama plans, Paris skyscraper limits, Tolstoy’s work window, humid Southern China, river volume analogies, Russian lottery prizes, British Columbia traveling libraries, Molokai deer imports, California pistachio acclimation, Yukon river navigation, Berlin oyster prices, wartime relief, and various notes on science industry and wildlife.
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el Paso
Tex
Switzerland
Red Sea
Europe
Hong Kong
Prince of Wales
Italy
Germany
Gertrude Atherton
Denmark
Paris
Tolstoy
China
Rhine
Ganges
Mississippi
Halle
British Columbia
Molokai
Hawaii
England
California
Yukon
Chicago
New Orleans
Berlin
Amazon
Non-Union Victims Testify in Coal Strike Hearings
In Scranton and Wilkes Barre reports, witnesses for non union workers describe terror tactics during the anthracite strike. They recount boycotts, property damage, threats, and personal harm aimed at workers and their families as the strike commission weighs evidence.
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Scranton
Gray
John Doran
Wilkesbarre Silk Mills
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Honds
Catholic Temperance Society
Ang Eient Order of Hibernians
Explosion at Pittsburg boarding house wounds three dead likely
An early Sunday gas explosion at Mrs Laura Richards boarding house on Melkean street in Pittsburg burned one man fatally and seriously injured two others. E G Walters of Marietta Ohio suffered facial chest and arm burns, EW Barrett had burns to feet and arms, Burt Piper injured on face and arms. all were on the second floor when fire surrounded them and Walters jumped to the ground in panic.
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Pittsburg
Laura Richards
MelKean Street
E.G Walters
Marietta
EW Barrett
Burt Piper
Walters Inshis
Food tests on government workers use of horn and boracic acid
Washington December 22 The food tests by Dr Wiley head of the bureau of chemistry at the agriculture department explore effects of a diet with horn and other preservatives. The program proceeds this Sunday night. Government boarders who ate the dinner report no noticeable preservative taste and no adverse effects from the diet.
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Washington
Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Te Agricultural Department
Inez
Large vessel burned off Massachusetts coast near Boston
Reported sighting says a large steamer or craft carrying inflammable material burned near Gloucester Bay, about ten miles offshore from Boston. A rescue crew from West Coders tried to recall the vessel but fog prevented approach, as ten miles separated them from the burning ship. About a hundred Boston fishermen later reported passing within a mile of the blaze upon entering port.
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Gloucester Mass
Masscrehusetts Bay
Rostom
Barber
Banks Seek Elastic Currency by Allowing Overbond Notes
New York bankers hear Comptroller Ridgely urge elasticity in national bank notes at Waldorf luncheon. He argues banks should issue more than par value of bonds deposited, with government guarantees and a reserve fund funded by a bank circulation tax. Other speakers included President Wilson and Maj. Gen. Chaffee.
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New York
William B. Ridgely
Wilson
Princeton University
Robert S. MacArthur
Chaffee
John S. Wise
New York State Bankers’ Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Ridgely
Dewey's Ships Form Huge Fleet Near Venezuelan Coasts
Washington reports Admiral Dewey will deploy a large squadron by next week across Trinidad near Venezuela and St Thomas near Porto Rico. Rear Admiral Higgins leads the battleship fleet from Kearsarge at Trinidad with Sumner aboard Towa as second in command. Crowninshield heads the St Thomas group from Illinois, while Coghlan commands the St Kitts cruiser unit aboard Olympian. Mayflower remains Dewey's flagship with the fleet at San Juan after a stay at Culebra.
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Venezuela
Washington
Dewey
Trinidad
St.Thomas
Porto Rico
Higginson
Kearsarge
Sumner
Towa
St. Thomas
Crowninshield
Illinois
St. Kitts
Coghlan
Olympian
Mayflower
San Juan
Culebra
Immense Ditch to Reclaim Indiana Marsh Lands
Preliminary steps in Laporte Starke Porter Lake and Jasper counties plan a large artificial waterway east of the Mississippi to reclaim Kankakee marsh lands now regarded as worthless. A 14 mile first contract in Laporte and Starke costs 120000. The ditch would be 40 feet wide and 16 feet deep and extend to the state line for about 60 miles at an estimated total cost near 1000000. Payments to be made by assessments on benefits from the ditch.
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Crown Point
Ind
Indiana
Laporte
Starke
Porter, Lake
Jasper
Kankakee
Leporto
Mines State Line
Missing Marion man John De Camps found near Somerset
Marion and Greenville districts report the 40 year old John De Camps, who vanished from his home a year ago, located at Somerset. Authorities plan to return him home and reclaim his estate ownership amid family litigation over the inheritance.
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Marion
Ind
John de Camps
Greenville
Somerset
Eatate
Rogers
Gaceneville
Deaanos
Awful Collision Near Byron Injures and Kills Dozens
A rear end collision between the Stockton flyer and the Owl at Byron Cal on Saturday night leaves as many as 16 dead with fears of rising totals. Twenty two injured were taken to hospital in San Francisco and five more died en route. R Post of Fowler and Lee Sou of San Francisco likely to die. others severely hurt.
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Martinez
Cal
Dee
Stockton Flyer
Owl
Traileo
Southern Pacific
Byron
San Francisco
R. Post
Fowler
Lee Sou
Oakland
Itavas
Stockton
Maguire
Joyce
Byron Hot Springs
Bird
Springs
Davidson
Fresno
Richard Post
Mani Magown
Mary Baird
Humbert family arrested in Madrid on fraud link
Madrid dispatch reports Madame Humbert and relatives detained since May 9 amid great Paris safe‑fraud investigations. They faced strict confinement, no visitors, and claimed documents tying them to ministers and lenders, while police probe the Swiss connections and Panan scandals influence.
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Umbert Familly
Madrid
Dee
Madame Humbert
Humbert
Mo O
Madame D' Anriggnac
Pari
Mime
Traberts
Cnre
Amin
Humberts
Frederick Humbert
Paris
Polae
Hema
Haroibert
Les
Sinan Tach
Rts
Dun's Weekly Report on Holiday Trade and Industry
Dun's Weekly Review notes holiday trade surpassing expectations across staple lines with strong demand for better grades. Steel industry expands through acquisitions while freight rates rise about 10 percent January 1. Leadings lines of bleached cottons soften and textile markets show solid activity. woolens see orders exceeding supply. Weekly U S and Canada failures: 267 and 16 respectively.
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New York
Dun Co
United States Steel Corporation
New England
United States
Canada
Woman anarchist teacher shot on Philadelphia street
Voltairine Le Cleyre a 36 year old anarchist and language teacher was shot fatally by former pupil Helscher in broad daylight beside a streetcar stop. He, wearing a false mustache, claimed they were sweethearts and she broke his heart. Helscher was arrested. Le Cleyre died in hospital.
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Philadelphia
Voltairine le Cleyre
Herman Helscher
Helscher
Miss le Cleyre
Herscher
A Razor and Revolver Found on Suspect in Roosevelt Incident
Charles White, a well-to-do citizen, told Police Captain Cra ver that he hired Tim McCarthy and John Farley to assault him on Eastro Avenue while Roosevelt rode by in his carriage. He requested a warrant for President Roosevelt as officers restrained him. a revolver and a razor were found on the man and he was held for medical examination.
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Roosevelt
Chemnea
Mass
Dee
Charles
Hle
Five Hoodlers Convicted In Suburban Street Car Bribery Case
St Louis December 20 five former members of the house of delegates convicted on bribery charges linked to the Suburban street car bill. John A. Sheridan Charles J. Denny Charles Gitke Kedaviad Rerseh and T. E. Albright faced verdicts of five years in the penitentiary. After verdict they moved for a new trial and were released on bond.
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St Louis
House of Delegates
Torescamin
John A. Sherdan
Charles J. Denny
Charles Gitke
Kdaviad Rerseh
T. E. Albright
Two Engineers Dead In Wreck Near Wetmore on P & E Line
A heavy lumber car on the Philadelphia and Erie line ran away yesterday on a steep grade near Wetmore, Bradford County. It rammed a double header freight going east, pinning and killing engineers James Murphy Wayne Pa and Charles Diettenbach Erie Pa instantly, with three others injured.
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Bradford Pa
May's
Wetmore
Philadelpia & Ene
James Murphy Wane
Charles DietTenbach
Erie
Lawyer OCae Inghan sues two giants for Sherman Act breach
Daniel J O Cae Inghan a city lawyer filed proceedings against General Electric Co and Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co for alleged Sherman Act violations. The papers served on the United States District Attorney Barrett will be sent to Washington for action under government law.
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New York
Daniel J O'Cae Inghan
General Fleetric Co
Westinghouse Eleetric and Manufacturing Co
Noos
Hon
Barrett
Washington
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