War Dept Reports Detail Philippine Admin Efforts
Washington reports summarizing Gen. MacArthur's civil affairs team reveal that only about one ninth of Philippine land is cultivated and there is no land tax. The treasury, customs, immigration and mining bureaus are cited, with calls for legal reforms and improved mining laws to boost development. Separately, auditor Frank Morris was fatally shot by ex-clerk Samuel McDonald in the Winder building. McDonald then shot himself, later dying in hospital.
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Washington
War Department
MacArthur
Philippine Islands
Col. Crowder
39Th Infantry
Treasury Department
Philippines
United States
Customs Service
Spain
Judicial Department
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Burritt
Tse
Frank Hi. Morris
Cleveland
Samuel McDonald
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Morris
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Tantly
Rey WeteOr
Faithchapel
Daniel A. Grosvenor
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Gage
Cobaughn
Treasury Watch
W. W. Brown
Navy Department
Steubenville
Dr Pearsons Gifts Total Nearly Three Million
Chicago on Christmas Eve reports Dr D K Pearsons sent a $50,000 gift to Colorado College and in recent weeks gave $200,000 to another unnamed institution under a pledge of confidentiality. An additional $30,000 funded a women's dormitory at Northwestern University. The ten year total of known benefactions reaches about $2,489,000, with anonymous gifts likely adding $560,000, nearing $3,000,000.
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D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
Colorado College
Northwestern University
Diplomatic notes shape peace talks amid Peking notes
Washington reports interest in the joint agreement signed at Peking for Chinese plenipotentiaries. Wu accepts the note’s demands with disappointment yet hopes for amicable talks. Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching may telegraph terms to the court. Hung Chang plans to attend the meeting to discuss the note. Manila outlines autonomy steps toward U S territories and statehood with a senate and house elected by districts.
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Washington
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Prince Chung
London
Morrison
Times
China
Sat Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Senor
B. J. Desdoyen
New Year Reflections On Old Clubs And Customs
A reflective vignette from Golden Days recounts a bachelor’s club, marriage, and a New Year’s night as John contemplates vows and changing loyalties. Helen nudges him to hear a tale, while the narrative satirizes old customs and argues for progress in yet another year.
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John
Reu
John Kimball
Helen
Pardoned Chicago policeman who killed in 1900
Former Chicago policeman Patrick Furlong, who killed Edward Leach in February 1900 after a Boer War argument and was sentenced to 14 years, has been pardoned by Governor Tanner. Furlong, of Irish parentage, and Leach, an Englishman, were quarrelling when both drew revolvers. Furlong fired first and killed Leach.
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Chicago
Patrick Furlong
Edward Leach
Gov. Tanner
Furlong
Leach
England
American League No 2 to be launched in Chicago
In Chicago on Thursday a conference of American League members decided to call a meeting to launch the new league. Only the working name can be given until an official designation is adopted.
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Chicago
American League
Buckeye Ace TT Co
Danlore
Imperial cruiser contract still awaiting signing in Constantinople
In Constantinople on December 24, the anticipated imperial authorization for a contract with Cramp Shipbuilding Co to build a cruiser for the Ottoman navy and the initial deposit of £100,000 have not yet been issued.
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Constantinople
Cramp Shipbuilding Co
Young Son Fatally Shoots Father in Chicago Home
Chicago today reports 17 year old Albert allegedly shot and killed his father at their residence to protect his mother from abuse and avoid a poker beating. Albert sen was arrested following the incident.
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Chicago
Albert Albert Sen
Albert
Vessel Sverra Wreck Off Goeteborg Claims Seven Lives
Seven of Sverra's crew drown when the sailing vessel goes down near Goeteborg Sweden last Friday. Three survivors reach a nearby uninhabited island, where two die and the third is rescued.
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Copenhagen
Sverra
Goeteborg
Sweden
Murder Confession Tells of Coldwater Canyon Killing
In Los Angeles on December 24 Edward W. Higgins of Coldwater Canyon confessed to the December 4 murder of William Sheehan a sheep herder. Higgins disclosed the crime and provided details of the act, facing possible legal proceedings as authorities pursue the case.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Edward W. Higgins
Coldwater Canyon
Pseth
Ue Te
Liam Sheehan
Retirement planned for South Atlantic commander Schley
Washington reports that Rear Admiral W S Schley will be detached from duty as commander-in-chief of the South Atlantic station in the coming spring with retirement intended next October. He is 62 years old.
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Washington
W. S. Schley
South Atlantic
Death of Samuel M Murphy in Nashville at 73
Samuel M Murphy Nashville Tenn aged 73 died of heart failure Sunday. He was perhaps the wealthiest citizen of the state having come here in 1870 from Cincinnati where he had been in the wholesale liquor business.
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Nashville
Tenn
Samuel M. Murphy
Mr. Murphy
Cincinnati
Teachers Arrive in St Augustine for Miami Trip
St Augustine reporters note Cleveland, Ohio teachers arrived by special train on Sunday to begin a study trip. The group traveled Monday toward Miami and planned to sail on Wednesday for Harr.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Cleveland
Miami
Harr
Berlin Population and Transit Shift Highlight City Growth
Berlin reports a population of 2,469,676 including suburbs, up from 2,076,936 in 189%. The electric trolley system is rapidly displacing the storage battery system on Berlin’s busiest streets.
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Berlin
Fire destroys Ruff dairy home. four children perish
In San Jose California on December 4 the residence of dairyman Conrad Ruff burned down. Four young children died in the flames while two others and Mr. Ruff were badly burned. Newsroom records note the disaster as a fatal house fire with tragic losses among the Ruff family.
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San Jose
Cal
Conrad Ruff
Crane Company Workers Receive 5 Percent Christmas Bonus
Substantial Christmas presents for Crane company employees in Chicago totaling $100,000. Each of the 3,000 workers received five percent of last year’s wages, averaging about $33 per man.
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Chicago
Engineer killed by streetcar in St Paul injury fatal
St Paul Minnesota December 24 Charles M Miller assistant engineer for the Montana division of the Great Northern railway was struck by an electric car Sunday evening. His skull was fractured and he died while being carried to the hospital.
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St. Paul, Minn
Charles M. Miller
Montana
Great Northern Railway
Germanic Delayed by Gale Reaches Liverpool After Queenstown Call
The White Star liner Germanic from New York, bound for Liverpool, arrived at Queenstown on December 21, but a gale forced it to forgo landing mail and passengers. The ship then proceeded to Liverpool.
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Queenstown
White Star
New York
Liverpool
Collision Damages Norwegian Steamer Kong Bjoern Near Laurvie
The Norwegian steamer Kong Bjoern and the bark Kong Sverre collided near Laurvie Norway. The steamer was struck amidships and badly damaged but all passengers were saved.
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Kong Bjoern
Kong Sverre
Laurvie
Norway
Teller Shortfall Reported at York Bank
York, December 21. Harry K. Wiser, teller at Security Title and Trust Co., is said to be short twenty six thousand dollars. The bank posted a notice to customers stating that neither its capital nor its surplus was impaired by the shortage.
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York
Harry K. Wieser
The
Security Title and Trust Co
Four Ontario children drown after ice break near Obway
Detroit news records a tragedy as four children from Ruyrace and Reaume, a farmer family near Obway Ontario, drowned Thursday when their ice covered path broke under them. The victims are Eugene 4, Julis 6, and Eka and Ces aged unknown. Local authorities investigate.
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Detroit
Mich
Eugene
Julis
Ekaces
Ruyrace and
Reaume
Obway
Ont
Incomprehensible Cobwigger Dialogue in Christmas Gift Row
In a fragmentary exchange Cobwigger jokes about his wife buying a smoking jacket for his Christmas present and crying on New Year’s because he did not quit smoking. Merritt challenges the notion and questions the reasoning behind the wife’s actions.
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Cobwigger
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