Inquiry on Isthmian Canal Plans Reopens Senate Debate
Washington December 1 The Senate held an open session for thirty minutes adjourning to Friday. Morgan introduced two resolutions seeking investigations into transcontinental railroads and their suspected opposition to the Hay Herran treaty and plans of the interoceanic canal commission. The measures request study of Panama and Nicaragua route options, cost estimates, and the administration plan for an Isthmian canal, plus possible surveys and expenditures since 1901.
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Cullom
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Committee On Pacific Railroads
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Coun
Secretary of State
Panama
Canal Company
Isthmian Canal
Canal treaty arrival and Panamanian officials named
The City of Washington arrived at Colon with the canal treaty on board. Senor Esprilia, Panama’s foreign affairs minister, took the treaty and left for Panama City. The Panama canal treaty is considered likely to be finalized tomorrow. Vadlarine named as Panama’s consul in Ecuador, Manuel Coralles as Boas confidential agent for Panama.
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City of Washington
Newport
Senor Esprilia
Republic of Panama
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Anama
Vadlarine
Ecuador
Manuel Coralles
Passage of Alliance Arrivals Include Sick Leave Officer
New York on December 1 reports the steamer Alliance bringing Lieut. Command William Brawmersreuther on sick leave and American merchant Lobo amid unsettled talk of Panama upheaval. Prisoners and deportations noted as Colón faced turmoil and Bogota messages passed to the Department.
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Alliance
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William Brawmersreuther
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Bogota
Department
Panama
Beto
Panama Peace Terms Reported in Washington Meeting
In Washington the Colombian charge Dr Herran met with State Department officials to brief Secretary Hay on General Rafael S arrival and on proposed peace terms with the new Republic of Panama. A favorable reception was conditional on Reyes agreeing to the fixed ground for negotiations. otherwise the mission may fail and Washington talks end in fruitless effort. In New York, Dr Manuel Amador and Ferdico Boyd, Panama commissioners, sail today aboard Seguaranca after completing their two week treaty mission. Also from Buena Ventura a Paris cable reports guerrilla actions in the isthmus interior with several clashes noted.
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Ferdico Boyd
Buena Ventura
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American girl best you know introduce Cook's Imperial Champagne
An introduction to Cook's Imperial Champagne frames its appeal to the American girl consumer. The piece highlights refined taste, celebratory occasions, and the brand’s heritage as a staple for toasts and social gatherings.
Coinage of the Mints Revenue Report on 191-12 Output
The United States Mint reports 206 million pieces minted across Philadelphia New Orleans and San Francisco, a record annual output. Gold stock rose to 157.5 million dollars while gold bullion purchases and exports shaped a strong year for coinage and mint operations including a Denver mint readiness and New York assay building proposal.
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Mexico
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Germany
Japan
South America
Dominion Treasury
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New York
Quakers and Tigers eye renewed football ties
Pennsylvania and Princeton may renew a five year athletic agreement and resume football relations next spring. The plan could reshuffle schedules with Penn dropping minor colleges and Columbia seeking marquee games, possibly setting up Harvard Columbia or Harvard Penn clashes in New York next fall. If the pact holds, Penn and Princeton could meet on the gridiron next fall, a matchup not played since 18H.
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Dec
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New York
Quakers
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Tigers
Young Boy Paralyzed in Fishkill School Football Scrimmage
Hugh C. Schofield aged thirteen from Fishkill Landing public school suffered probable fatal injury during a schoolboys football game. A pileup in a scrimmage left him completely paralyzed when he was carried from the field.
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Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Hugh C. Schofield
Farm Son Sentenced for Slashing Mule in Evansville
Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Carl Schoenbachler a farmer's son was jailed for two months after slashing a mule with a knife. The mule was gravely injured and nearly died from the attack in Evansville on December 1.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Carl Schoenbachler
Three Powers Want Chilean Ships
Santiago de Chile December 1 government undecided on sale of the battleship Libertad undergoing speed trials on the Clyde. Offers for both ships reportedly from Japan Russia and Turkey. Highest bid for both vessels 3 000 000, bidder not disclosed.
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Russia
Turkey
Nine Geneva men arrested for rioting on train in Indiana
Port land Ind December L J Edward Biteman Charles N Brown N C Bolen baw Charles Burdy Schuyler Cliner Bert Webb Jesse May and E R Watson of Geneva were arrested and brought here on rioting and destruction charges for a disturbance on a Grand Rapids Indiana passenger train. Biteman May and Webb pleaded guilty and were heavily fined while the rest pleaded not guilty and were held on heavy bonds.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Dec
L.J
Edward Biteman
Charles N. Brown
N. C. Bolenbaw
Charles Burdy
Schuyler Cliner
Bert Webb
Jesse May
E. R. Watson
Geneva
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Biteman
May
Webb
Royal Center Well Shot Proves Disappointing
In Loganport Indiana the Royal Center well drilled by a local oil company was shot with 160 quarts of nitroglycerin causing half the 60 foot casing to be blown out. Drillers remain undecided on the well’s value though twelve barrels of oil were recovered. Stockholders still hold hope of oil discovery.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Royal Center
Wheatley Family Reunion Honors Ezekiel Wheatley in Edinburg
The Wheatley family, a prominent Johnson county clan, gathered in Edinburg to celebrate Ezekiel Wheatley’s 86th birthday. Generations attended, including six direct descendants and thirteen living sons. Born in Maryland, Wheatley spent his early life in Cincinnati before making Indiana his home and remaining active in state affairs.
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Franklin, Ind
Wheatley
Johnson County
Edinburg
Ezekiel Wheatley
Keatley
Maryland
Cincinnati
Indiana
Hemenway Spars Williams As House Debates Tariff Laughter
In Washington today Representative Hemenway joined in the House humor as Speaker Cannon’s tariff discussion sparked mock talk. Williams of Mississippi clashed with Hemenway while DeArmond and Grosvenor offered pointed remarks on policy and procedure during the adjournment debate. The session ended with the House adjourning until Friday.
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Tennessee
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Crowd at Chicago Live Stock Exposition Grand Championship
Forty thousand visitors at the International Live Stock Exposition in the Chicago Stockyards. The cattle division grand championship went to Challenger, a two year old grade Hereford exhibited by Nebraska Agricultural College, marking the first win by a non pure bred steer.
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Dec. L
Nebraska Agricultural College
Bowne Charged With Heresy By Ecclesiastical Court
Boston reports that Prof. Borden Bowne of Boston University faces trial before the Methodist Episcopal Church's ecclesiastical court on five specifications alleging doctrines contrary to Scripture and church standards. Accuser Rev. George A. Cooke cites Deity, inspiration, atonement, eschatology, and Christian experience as opposed to accepted norms.
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Borden Bowne
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George A. Cooke
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Christian Endeavor Leaders Report Big Step in Membership
Delegates from states east of the Rockies and Canada gather in Philadelphia for the Christian Endeavor leaders institute with 64 020 societies and 3 522 300 members. Rev Dr Francis E Clark notes marked annual gains, Louisiana up over 33 percent, Wyoming eighth state with 10 percent growth since January.
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Christian Endeavor
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Christian Endeavor Leaders’ Institute
Francis E. Clark
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Louisiana
Wyoming
United Society
Interurban car from Indianapolis reaches Lafayette
Lafayette welcomes the Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction Company interurban with its first car from Indianapolis. General Manager Reynolds calls the trip a great success and says normal service will begin soon. Tracks and wires are in place, with a station site near the courthouse square. A franchise dispute emerges as opponents press for council action.
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Police Officers Trial Over Roosevelt Envelope Incident
Captain Cottrell and three detectives with two patrolmen faced trial for failure of duty in allowing Arthur Deming to approach President Roosevelt at the Gracie funeral last week. Deming, deemed demented, was arrested after being identified by Mrs. Roosevelt following an envelope handoff. The hearing concluded with the deputy police commissioner reserving judgment.
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Arthur B. Deming
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Ambassadors fall and royal heirs in foreign news
Reports note Ambassador Meyer bedridden after a horse fall near Rome, a Reichstag deputy jailed for double voting, and a record apple shipment from New York bound for Bremen. Other items include British plans on Tibet, weather notes across Italy, and ongoing legal cases involving princesses and an American robber.
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Mountaineers Withdraw Troops After Assassination Probe
In Frankfort Kentucky on December 1 Governor Beckham ordered the withdrawal of State troops stationed at Jackson Breathitt County since the assassination of J. Barkum. Adjutant General Murray carried out the plan stating order has been restored there.
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Murray
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J. B.arcum
Joint action over murder blamed on city in Abilene
Mrs. Mary Sickles sues the city of Enterprise for 10000 damages over the murder of her son Clark Sickles by Horace Plaisted now in prison. She alleges Plaisted was drunk at the time and the city liable because officers allowed the joints to run.
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Kan
Dee
Mary Sickles
Enterprise
Clark Sickles
Horace Plaisted
Plaisted
Finger mailed hoax to Colorado general over Telluride troops
Adjutant General Sherman M Bell received a folding letter with a severed finger from Telluride threatening to send ears unless troops were withdrawn. A physician identified the finger as from a local surgeon's office, likely a newspaper prank. Bell sent the matter to postal authorities as a hoax. The Western Federation of Miners backed Telluride workers, asserting civil rights prohibit forced relocation. Twenty eight idle men were arrested in Telluride yesterday, spurring the dispute.
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Col
Sherman M. Bell
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Western Federation of Miners
Guy E. Miller
United States
Howe
Rutén
Governor Peabody cites incendiary mine letters as nonfuss
Governor Peabody released letters from William D. Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners to D. M. Carpenter of Telluride. The governor described them as "incendiary" yet said they contain nothing to fuss about. The letters urge troops to Telluride and discuss preferences for regulars versus militia, with warnings that prominent figures involved should leave town.
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Col
Peabody
William D. Haywood
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D. M. Carpenter
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Sherman Bell
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Star
Tug Collision Near Ellis Island Costs Three Lives
Off Ellis Island the tugs Idlewilde and Hercules collided. Hans Petersson and William Lasker drowned along with an unnamed man. Boatman John Storberg was seriously injured with head wounds and a leg fracture as Idlewilde broke in two and sank.
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Idlewilde
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Ellis Island
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John Storberg
Doctor Jay Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
In Asheville on December 1, Dr J W Jay was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to thirty years at hard labor. The prominent local physician killed his three children, with authorities noting his mind appeared affected in the days before the crime.
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Forging Check Ring Busted in Philadelphia
Samuel Harris and George Myers were arrested by private detectives on charges of forging checks. Harris confessed joining a gang that operated extensively in the state and the West.
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Samuel Harris
George Myers
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Argentine Gunboat Uruguay Returns Nordenskjold Expedition
Buenos Ayres reports the gunboat Uruguay arrived today with Dr Otto Nordenskjold and the Antarctic expedition aboard. A large celebration is planned in their honor as they berth at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
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Otto Nordenskjold
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Normal School Paper Attacks Indiana University
The Advance, Indiana Normal School's monthly, cites a faculty decision against public girls’ basketball games to shield players from municipal heckling. It also accuses Indiana University of luring Wade from the Normal to play football, alleging improper inducements to Normal undergraduates and planned disruption on the state championship day.
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Prominent Physician Hawkins Brown Dies in Hustonville
Dr. Hawkins Brown aged seventy three died at his Hustonville home from paralysis of the heart. He was a renowned Kentucky surgeon and formerly served as a surgeon of the First Kentucky Cavalry and as a medical officer on General Stoneman's staff during the Civil War.
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Hawkins Brown
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Stoneman
Fugitive from Wales Arrested in New York
L D Jones, a fugitive from justice, was arrested as he left a vessel that had just docked in New York. He is charged with acting as trustee for funds and converting them to his own use during 188 to 188 in Llanrwst Denbighshire Wales. He was committed to Sail for further inquiry after consulting friends.
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Dec
David Jones
Llanrwet
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Wales
Jones
United States
Thief Overlooks $3000 in Morristown Station Steal
Morristown New Jersey December 1 A ticket agent at the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad station was away for lunch when a thief entered the office and took 215 dollars, missing a desk package nearing 3000 dollars.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Prince of Peace Memorial Church Dedication at Gettysburg
Gettysburg battlefield memorial Church of the Prince of Peace in Gettysburg was dedicated by Bishop Ethelbert Talbot of the Central Pennsylvania diocese, honoring soldiers from both the North and the South who fought at Gettysburg.
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Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial
the Prince of Peace
Ethelbert Talbot
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Bank Robbed of seven to fifteen thousand dollars
Carruthersville Missouri December 1 The Bank of Hayti at Hayti six miles west of here was robbed this morning about four o clock of between seven thousand and fifteen thousand dollars. The vaults were blown open with nitroglycerin and the safe and building partly wrecked.
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Officials' Car Slams Workmen. One Killed Two Fatally Hurt
In Gilberton a car transporting officials of the Philadelphia and Reading crashed into a gang of workmen today. One man was killed instantly and two others were fatally injured. The incident occurred near Mahanoy City.
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Snow sets season record for early snowfall in Jackson
Snow fell in Jackson Mississippi this morning setting a new record for this season in the region. The event marks the earliest notable snowfall for the area this year, with local observers noting unusually early accumulation.
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Birds Eat Boll Weevil Convention Seeks Bird Protection Laws
New Orleans December 1. The boll weevil convention urged enforcement of laws to preserve birds of the state as an aid in destroying the boll weevil. The move aims to bolster natural pest control and protect avian species.
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Bedford High to Feature Basketball This Season
Bedford Indiana December 1 Basketball will be a chief feature for Bedford High School this season. The old library building is being studied for the game setup and preparation.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
Bedigh
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