British ship Nelson towed into Puget Sound after storm
The British vessel Nelson, reported lost off the Columbia river, was towed into Puget Sound by the steamer Walla Walla bound from San Francisco to Seattle. The hull is largely intact but the bulwarks are smashed and lifeboats gone. Water in the hold is only three inches deep. cargo damage unknown. The ship faced a fierce gale after crossing the river bar a week earlier and several tugs failed to tow her to safety. The Nelson was finally located north of Gray's Harbor and brought into port with difficulty.
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Portland
Ore
Nelson
Columbia River
Puget Sound
Walla Walla
San Francisco
Seattle
Perriam
Wallula
Astoria
Tatoosh
Grey's Harbor
British brig Bristol captain lands ashore in distress off Bridgeport
Captain B E Sanford of the Bristol says seven crewmen are badly frozen about feet and hands while eleven others are exhausted from Monday night and Tuesday. The vessel lies off Penfield reef near Bridgeport and cannot sail due to everything aloft being frozen and crew unable to handle her.
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Bridgeport
Conn
B. E. Sanford
Bristol
Penfield Reef
Transatlantic Arrivals and Sails December 5 URL
Ships arriving and setting sail across Atlantic routes on December 5 include Deutschland from Hamburg Pretoria from Glasgow Breslau from Bremen Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sailing to New York Rhyndland and Teutonic sailing to New York from Liverpool Celtic Nomadic Westernland arriving from New York Philadelphia La Champagne passing from New York to Havre Amsterdam sailing to New York Mesaba sailing to New York and several Bremen and Havre departures and Liverpool arrivals listed.
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New York
Deutschland
Hamburg
Pretoria
Glasgow
Breslaun
New
Bremen
Havre
Southampton
Cherbourg
Queenstown
Rhynland
Philadelphia
Teutonic
Liverpool
Westernland
Lizard
la Champagne
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
London
Mesaba
Telegraphic Brevities Chronicle from the era
Quick notes: Fulton monument unveiled in Trinity churchyard by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Carrie Nation's Smashers' Mail shifts to promotion but loses money. Fatal falls at La Belle iron works Steubenville. Louisiana Purchase Exposition board meeting in NY. Mrs Coleman attends. Birdseye Coal option secured by Chicago syndicate in Kentucky. Robbery suspects Joe Budd and S. F. Bradley nabbed in Sioux City. stamps found. McKinley Memorial board chair Day calls special Washington meeting. St. Louis mayor leads inquiry into recent diphtheria antitoxin distribution deaths. Buckhauser's murder charge linked to Chicago plant strike. Mexico may limit through Pullman service to stay within borders. Ben Knox shot in Tuscaloosa. deputy murder link unclear. Forged checks case in Kansas City yields five-year term. Rowland found dead with throat cut near Macon Georgia.
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Moores
Omaha
Board of Fire and Police
Nebraska Supreme Court
St. Louis
Akron
Akron Gas Company
Whitmore-Robinson Company
National Sewer
Wilson, N
Nellie Cropsey
Elizabeth City
Speer
J. F. Spence
American University At
Harriman
Tenn
Brownell Packing House
Washington
D. H
Haggard
Western Reserve University
Case School
United States
England
Congress
Supreme Court
Eli S. Kulp
Fleming
Medina County
Ohio
Kansas
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
America
Rutgers College
P. T. Pochman
Roosevelt
John Quincy Adams
Pierce
Garfield
Arthur
Sheets
Wilmer B. Budderow
Collingwood
New Jersey
South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company
Budderow
Robert Fulton
Trinity Churchyard
New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Carrie Nation
Kansas Joint Smasher
Smashers’ Mail
S. B. Boren
Michelas Nabonely
la Belle Iron Works
Steubenville
William H. Coleman
Indiana
Chicago
Birdseye Coal Company
Whitley County
Kentucky
Joe Budd
S&s
Andrew Buckhauser
Ferdinand Trap
Allis-Chalmers
Mexico
Ben Knox
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tessie King
Knox
Dismukes
Artesa
Fan
Mississippi
M. H. Allen
Kansas City
R. J. Rowland
Macon
DEMENTED MAN FREAK IN HOLLAND TREE TRAGEDY
Nelson Culver fled Hamilton and climbed a tamarack. He shot himself as friends watched, his body dangling about fifty feet above the ground. In Centralia Thomas W Haymond aged sixty leapt into a well after a deteriorating mind. He was senior partner at Haymond & Co, bankers, controlling the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
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Holland, Mich
Nelson Culver
Hamilton
Centralia
Thomas W. Haymond
Kinmundy
Wadsworth Ends Life Over Love Affair Despondency
William D. Wadsworth, 28, committed suicide here by shooting, here in Lawton on December 5. Officials say he was despondent over a love affair in his native state and left a note indicating deep distress before his death.
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Lawton
Kissed and Made Up Queen Wilhelmina Forgives Husband
London dispatch reports claims of reconciliation between Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of The Netherlands aided by the queen mother. Court and ministers deny discord but public scandal lingers as the couple resume joint activities while court etiquette remains chilly.
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London
Wilhelmina
Henry
William
Amsterdam
Prince Henry
Netherlands
Het Loo
Castle Park
Prince Consort
Tolstoi status clarified amid burial rumors in press
St Petersburg correspondent for the Times and New York Times disputes circulating reports of Count Tolstoi’s illness death and burial. He states Tolstoi suffers a severe cold and fatigue from riding with no immediate danger. Censorship delays on Tolstoi’s death are cited. Ecclesiastical authorities label him a heretic and refuse Christian burial.
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New York
St. Petersburg
London Times
New York Times
Count Tolstei
Count Tolstoi
Tolstoi
Goa launch sinking mars St Francis Xavier feast day
A Goa harbor launch sank during St Francis Xavier feast celebrations on Dec 3, leaving 140 devotees dead fifty yards from shore. Paris reports an interview with Major Carriere claiming he was pressured to rule for Dreyfus's innocence, which he says he never believed.
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London
Daily Express
Bombay
St. Francis Xavier
Goa
India
Sons
Paris
Carriere
Rennes
Dreyfus
Hst
de Gallifer
Times on U S credit and European finance noted
The Times discusses U S credit relations with Europe and questions if American schemes now under European financing will pay off soon. It lauds Mr Gage as a strong Treasury secretary and notes American energy may outpace prudence.
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London
the Times
United States
Europe
Gage
Treasury
British Navy Destroyer Wizard Damaged In Collision
The torpedo boat destroyer Wizard collided with a passenger steamer after leaving Portsmouth. Her bows were stove in but she reached harbor, while the Wizard sustained heavy damage. Reports from other cities recount political and social unrest, military actions, and incidents across Europe and the Middle East as the period’s news unfolds.
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Wizard
Portsmouth
Divorce Decree for Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse
A special Darmstadt law court tribunal will decree the divorce of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse. The Rev Dr Thomas Kennedy of the American College in Rome has bought a building near the Pilotta Palace for installation of the college. The Most Rev James Edward Weldon is appointed canon of Westminster Abbey to take effect after he resigns as bishop of Calcutta. The Polish anti German agitation gains attention in German press with calls for repression. The Austrian and Russian governments promise measures to curb agitation. Phillip Watts, naval architect and director of naval construction at G W Armstrong Whitworth & Co, named director of naval construction succeeding Sir William White.
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Hesse
Darmstadt
Thomas Kennedy
American College
Rome
Pilotta Palaa
James Edward Cowell Weldon
Calcutta
Westminster Abbey
Lokal Anzeiger
Phillip Watts
G. W. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
William Henry White
Bebel’s fiery Reichstag tariff speech sparks heated clash
In Berlin the diminutive socialist leader Heinrich Bebel electrified the Reichstag with a forceful attack on hunger tariffs. He argued agriculture sustains 15 percent of Germans while 85 percent work elsewhere, urging opposition to a bill seen as benefiting landlords and provoking strong reactions across factions.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Herr Bebel
Bebel
Tribune
Nissen
Count von Buélow
Germany
von Miquel
Graf von Kardorff
Graf von Arnim
Baron von Reinhaben
Herr Moeller
Baron Rheinbaben
Mixed Train Wrecked Near Birmingham and Chicago Conductor Killed
A mixed freight and passenger train collision near Bessemer, Alabama, injured several including J. J. Dickson and William M. Keith. In Chicago, Conductor Michael J. Dunworth was killed at a Fortieth Street grade crossing while signaling for a stock show crowd inside a trolley car.
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Birmingham
Birmingham Mineral Railroad
Bessemer
J. J. Dickson
Equitable Insurance Company
William M. Keith
E. P. Lacy
J. Tillman
J. E. Delworth
W. J. Windham
Chicago
Lves
Michael J. Dunworth
Soda Ash Plant Burned At Wyandotte Michigan
Fire destroyed the main building of Michigan Alkali Company's soda ash plant at Wyandotte, injuring no workers who escaped safely. Loss estimated at 500000 with 250000 insurance. The plant employed about 1000, seven hundred workers left job but rebuilding planned. Cause undetermined.
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Detroit, Mich
Michigan Alkali Company
Wyandotte
Detroit River
J. B. Ford
Des Moines
National Starch Manufacturing Company
Starch Trust
New York
Stamford Captain Sanford Died At Home
Stamford Connecticut December 5 Captain Joseph Perry Sanford United States Navy retired aged eighty five died at his home He was connected with the Wilkes exploring expedition around the world in 1842 and served with distinction in the Civil War under Admiral Farragut.
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Stamford
Conn
Joseph Perry Sanford
Sanford
Wikes
Farragut
The Nebula of Perseus Photograph At Lick Observatory
At Lick Observatory California on December 5 Professor Perine captured a photograph of the Perseus nebula around the new star with a five and a half hour exposure using the Crossly reflector. The nebula shows continued outward motion in its two main condensations, moving more than half a minute of arc in three weeks. A third condensation has altered its shape but its outward motion persists. The bright mass nearest the star remains fixed in position and appearance.
Anti Saloon League Convention Votes to Abolish Cold Tea
The sixth annual American Anti Saloon League convention closed in Washington with about 4775 raised toward a 7075 deficit. President Russell cited weak finances, and Rev Edward C Dinwiddie said the army canteen is dead. Resolutions call for closing saloons as anarchist meeting places and oppose Sunday openings in New York and New Jersey and liquor sales at Capitol restaurants. Next year’s meeting set for Washington.
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Washington
American Antisaloon League
Russell
Edward C. Dinwiddie
New York
New Jersey
Congress
Capitol
Four hurt when trolley strikes car near Hotel Schenley
In Pittsburg on December 5 a carriage carrying Frank J. Lanahan James M. Dalby Miss Annie D. Kearns all of the city and Mrs Harper of Baltimore was struck by a Consolidated Traction Company street car at the Fifth Avenue entrance to the Hotel Schenley. Except for Mrs Harper no one was seriously hurt and her injuries are most severe about the head though not believed fatal.
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Pittsburg
Frank J. Lanahan
James M. Dalby
Annie D. Kearns
Harper
Baltimore
Consolidated Traction Company
Fifth Avenue
Hotel Schenley
Surrender of Diaz at Panama ends Liberal resistance
Dee Colón reports Diaz, with about eighty followers, surrendered to General Alban at Empire Station after meeting at Gorgora on the railroad. Alban escorted Diaz to Panama where peace papers were signed and the Liberal leader, still bearing his red emblem, returned to his family home. Trains ran without Marine escorts as isthmus quieted.
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Colon
Alban
Panama
Domingo Diaz
Gorgora
Empire Station
General Diaz
Ailban
Last American War Widow Mrs Dick Dies at 81
Mrs George D Dick aged 81 of Hamilton County Ohio dies at home. She was said to be among the last four American widows drawing pensions from the War of 1812 due to her marriage to John Hartman. In New York the Rev Dr Carl Meyer aged over eighty dies at his New Brunswick New Jersey home from heart disease after serving as a long time professor at Antwere College.
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Hamilton, CO
George D. Dick
John Hartman
New York
Carl Meyer
Antwere College
New Brunswick
N. J
Corner in squashes in Minneapolis
A Boston commission merchant accidentally cornered the squash market in the Northwest by buying eight carloads just before Thanksgiving and shipping them to Boston. The local supply dried up and only 20 dozen remained with a farmer demanding $20, implying a retail price of 3 cents per squash.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Boston
Northwest
City Attorney Salsbury Proclaims Innocence in Bribery Case
Grand Rapids report states City Attorney L K Salsbury, convicted in a proposed water deal bribery case, issued a letter to the public declaring his innocence and stating he has presented his resignation to the mayor. He asserts he did not accept the bribes and maintains his faultless record.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
L. K. Salsbury
Pic
Presbyterians at White House Meet Roosevelt in cordial greeting
The Presbyterian Church committee on the region of faith met at the White House in Washington. They presented themselves to President Roosevelt with Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court leading their delegation. The President gave a cordial reception and greeting.
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Washington
Committee On the Regislon of Faith
Presbyteran Church
Roosevelt
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Fagin Resigns From Ohio Republican Central Committee
Vivian J. Fagin United States marshal for the Southern district of Ohio resigns from the state central committee amid a circular urging federal officers to avoid party membership. The move reflects tensions over federal officer political involvement under civil service rules.
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Columbus
Vivian J. Fagin
United States
Ohio
Ohio Republican State Central Committee
Fagin
Tams Bixby III Ill at St Luke's Hospital
Tams Bixby chairman of the Dawes commission and Minnesota Republican leader is dangerously ill with appendicitis at St Luke's Hospital in St Paul. He arrived last Saturday and, advised by his doctor, was taken to UP hospital. Only physicians and attendants may see him.
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Berlin
Paul R. Schilling
Zittau
Germany
ST. Paul, Minn
Tams Bixby
Dawes Indian Commission
Minnesota Republican Executive Committee
St. Luke's Hospital
Miss Frizzell Libel Suit in Omaha Trial
Miss Agnes Frizzell of Fort Smith Ark sues J Cullen Root sovereign commander of the Woodmen of the World for 50000 damages in federal court Omaha over a Tidings publication she claims libeled her by linking her to the removal and destruction of a tombstone over a grave attended by the order.
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Omaha, Neb
Agnes Frizzell
Fort Smith
Ark
J. Cullen Root
Woodmen of the World
Mungar
Omaha
Frizzell
Minnesota Attorney General upholds Lord's Prayer ban
ST PAUL Minn Dec 5 Attorney General Douglas affirmed a ruling that under the Minnesota Constitution which forbids compulsory worship the Lord's Prayer cannot be used in public schools The opinion was given to State Superintendent Olson and echoes a prior decision by former Attorney General H W Childs
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ST. Paul, Minn
Douglas
H. W. Childs
Olson
Lenoir City Bank Closes In Tennessee
Lenoir City Bank in Lenoir City Tennessee suspended operations today due to depreciation in local real estate. The bank reported capital of percent and stated depositors will receive all funds owed to them.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Lenoir City Bank
Lenoir City
Ladies of Third Christian Church Host 15 Cent Supper
The ladies of the second section of the Third Christian Church will host a 15 cent supper in the church parlors this evening. Indianapolis Gideon Camp No. 1, an allied Christ traveling men, will hold a meeting at the M C A Sunday December 6 at 350 p m.
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Third Christian Church
Indianapolis
Friends Quarterly Conference at First Friends Church
The Friends' Quarterly Conference will be held today and tomorrow at the First Friends' Church at Alabama and Thirteenth streets. It covers evangelistic missionary Christian Endeavor temperance and Bible departments, with speakers Mary Waddle Mia Eldridge Pearl Crompton and Alida Cope speaking at today's session.
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Friends’ Quarterly
First Friends’ Church
Alabama
Thirteenth Streets
Missionary
Christian Endeavor
Mary Waddle
Mia. Eldridge
Pearl Crompton
Alida Cope
Runaway Horse Collision Near Carter's Drug Store
A runaway horse on Massachusetts Avenue yesterday afternoon hit a pole in front of Carter's drug store and broke its neck. The other horse escaped injury. The team belonged to Coffin & Fletcher and would have entered Carter's store if not for the pole.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Carter
Coffin & Fletcher
Judges fail to report at Camera Club exhibit
Messrs. R B Gruelle William H Fotter and Carl Licher judges of the BM Co A Camera Club exhibit remiched their work last night but did not make their report It is supposed the winners will be announced this afternoon.
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Messrs
R. B. Gruelle
William H. Fotter
Carl Licher
Co. A
Camera Club
Fire damages home of Lota Biermann on Davis Street
An overheated range in Lota Biermanns residence on Davis Street early today caused a fire with estimated damage around 350 dollars. No injuries are reported and firefighters contained the blaze swiftly.
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Lota Biermann
No. MQ
Davis Street
Old Health Advert Fragment Teething Remedy Claims
An OCR fragment touts remedies for teething babies and colic. It cites Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Pike’s Toothache Drops as quick cures, promising relief within minutes. Details are garbled but reference to cents per bottle and early medicine marketing is clear.
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Queen Mother
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C. E. Cardews
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Ife
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Standard
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Clixhy
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Dresden Savings and Loan Bank
Miss Stone
Constantinople
Spencer Eddy
Legation
Balonica
Mme. Tsilka
Cable Notes
Herr Rebel
Louis E. M'Comas
Maryland
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Wis
Dec
Brill’s Sons
Liverpool Exchange
Spaulding & CO
Jackson Blvd
Cor
State St
Lilly & Stalnaker
EB. Wash. St
Merritt’s Woolen Mill
GEO. Merritt & CO
West
Washington St
J. H. Sanford
Perseus
Prof
Perine
Lick Observatory
Anti-Saloon League
Capitol Restaurante
Diaz
Istz
Dr. Meyer
L L. K. Salsbury
White House
Tams Bixby III
Minnesota
Miss Frizzell
Tennessee
City News Notes
Friends’ Quarterly Conference
Mrs. Winslow
Pike
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