Outrage at Alexandrotta Consulate Forces Davis to Quit
Constantinople reports United States consul Davis left Alexandretta after a police assault on him while escorting Armenian naturalized American Attarian. A mob of Moslems demonstrated against Christians as Davis, Attarian, and consular guards faced arrest and gunfire, with Turkey claiming self-defense and Davis breaking relations. Diplomatic notes await full report and possible U.S. response from Beirut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
United States
Alexandretta
Turkey
Davis
Beirut
Attarian
Prinen
Aleppo
Attaran
America
Porte
Leischman
Baron
de Calice
Herr von Muller
State Department probes incident in Alexandretta incident
Washington reports a cable from Consul Davis in Alexandretta, Asiatic Turkey, describing trouble with local police and his move to Beirut. The State Department orders a full investigation via Minister Leishman in Constantinople, with no immediate plan to deploy warships. Beirut bases San Francisco and Brooklyn are 140 miles from Alexandretta, and officials expect no major diplomatic fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dehas
Davis
Alexandretta
Turkey
Beirut
State Department
Leishman
Constantinople
Foreign Office
Navy Department
Ita
Navy Department of
San
Brooklyn
Alex
Thauguration of Governor Beckham Opens Second Term
In Frankfurt Kentucky Governor J C W Beckham was inaugurated for the second time before about ten thousand people as his third oath in office. The parade extended over a mile with 200 soldiers and civic groups, followed by a ball. Beckham pledged unity, equal treatment across classes, and fair dealings for all sections of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
J. C. W. Beckham
Kentucky
Meneral Geners
Beckham
Democratic Party
Peace Seems Assured at Cezarske Selo Conference
News from St Petersburg reports that Russia and Japan are nearing peace after Czar and Foreign Minister Lamsdorff reviewed Japan’s proposals. Modifications are minor and Korea would be the center of any convention. Russia acknowledges Japan’s dominance in Korea and its right to protection. Port Arthur and sea routes are addressed with concessions by Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RT. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Cearske Selo
Lamsdorf
Ifpan
Sore Modifica
Korea
Rusacknow
Port Arthur
Rus
Carnegie Institution Trustees Meet in Washington for Grants and Projects
The Carnegie Institution held its second annual meeting in Washington with Andrew Carnegie and other notable trustees present. The year saw sixty six scientific grants totaling about 150000 dollars, twenty five research assistants appointed, and plans for major projects such as a solar observatory, geo physical lab, and Pacific exploration. Minor grants supported Woods Hole biology, a desert botany lab in Arizona, astronomical work, and an American history bureau in Washington among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carnegie Institution
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Agassiz
Cambridge
Mass
National Academy of Sciences
Root
Carnegie
Daniel C. Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
The
Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
William Lindsay
New York
Carroll D. Wright
J. Gilman
Walcott
United States
South Pacific Ocean
Woods Hole
Marine Biological Laboratory
Desert Botanical Laboratory
Arizona
Bureau of American History
GREAT THINKER DEAD Herbert Spencer dies at Brighton after long illness
London reports Herbert Spencer died at his Brighton home. Health declined for months, with last night bringing unconsciousness. Widely described as the last of the great Victorian thinkers, Spencer was born in 1820 in Derby and left civil engineering for literary philosophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Press
London
Herbert Spencer
Brighton
Mr. Spencer
Spencer
Derby
England
Herbert
Thomas Spencer
Church of England
The
Economist
Perhapis
Westminster
M. Comte
United States
Minot J. Savage
John Bull
Derbyshire
George Eliot
Alleged boodlers enter court in Grand Rapids case
In Grand Rapids on December 8 seven of eight men named in warrants tied to ex-City Attorney Salsbury’s water deal confession appeared in court. They pled and posted bonds. Bonds ranged 2000 for conspiracy and 3000 to 5000 for perjury. Several officials and attorneys were held for the next Superior Court term beginning December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Salsbury
Hierty
Superior Court
Charles 8. Burch
The
Evening Press
J. Clark Sproat
Democrat
Eugene D. Conger
Grand Rapids Herald
J. Russell Thomson
George E. Nichols
Iowa
Mich
Garrit H. Albers
Grand Rapids
William F. McKnight
Isaac F. Lamboreau
Lake County
Day for Hoosiers concerted debate on postal fraud inquiry
A heated Senate and House discussion centers on exposing fraud in the postal service. Lodge and Gorman clash over quotation, testimony access, and scope of investigations. Senators press for full testimony while warning against premature stifling of inquiry.
Suspended Indiana official McNutt under Hitchcock order
Thomas McNutt of Madison Ind former Republican state committee member and Land Office special agent has been suspended from office by Secretary Hitchcock pending investigation. He is in Oregon pursuing inquiries into alleged fraudulent land entries tied to agents and land sharks. McNutt says he has not been advised of specific charges. He was appointed on Indiana senators' recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Dec
Thomas McNutt
Madison
Ind
Republican State Committee
Land Office
Hitchcock
McNutt
Oregon
Department
Washinton
Indiana Senators
Jealous Frenchman murders dancer in Cologne tragedy
Berlin reports Fraulein Friedt Boelke, Metropole Theater star, was killed in a Cologne hotel on December 2 by Ferdinand Tessier a Vichy manufacturer and former Nationalist candidate. They were engaged. after dining together a private quarrel preceded fatal stabbing and Tessier suicided. Weapons poisons and Lourdes amulets found on his body. Publication delayed until after her burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Dec
Metropole Theater
Fraulein Friedt Boelke
Cologne
Ferdinand Tessier
Vichy
France
Chamber of Deputies
Tessier
Lourdes
Suit to break will of Francis A Palmer
Three relatives in New York lodge suit to invalidate the will of banker Francis Ashbury Palmer. He left his residuary estate valued between 500 000 and 900 000 dollars to the Francis Asbury Palmer fund for training young men for the ministry. Palmer had endowed colleges nationwide and cut off his grandniece for marrying without his consent. The challengers include James R Palmer of Castle Creek California and a Connecticut-based brother and two nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Francis Ashbury Palmer
Francis Asbury Palmer
Palmer
United States
James R. Palmer
Castle Creig
Cal
Connecticut
Dowie Regains Control as Receivership Is Dissolved
John Alexander Dowie again controls Zion City and its industries after Judge Kohlsaat dissolves the US District Court receivership following a creditors meeting. Creditors will be paid in full within a year, with notes at 5 percent interest in the interim, and bankruptcy proceedings may be dismissed soon. Dowie and counsel express satisfaction with the settlement terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Alexander Dowle
Zion City
Christian Catholic Church
Kohlsaat
United States District Court
Blount and Currier
Dowie
Dr. Dowie
Ettelson
A. P Madoc
Samuel Stevenson
Death of Revered Methodist Leader Dr John Lanahan
Baltimore reports the death at 88 of Rev John Lanahan a prominent Methodist Episcopal figure known as Nestor of the Baltimore conference He ordained in 183% served as pastor to Congressmen and President McKinley and enjoyed close ties with President Lincoln He gained national fame for exposing frauds at the Methodist Book Concern in New York and spent a night in Tombs Prison during that controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John Lanahan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Nestor
Lanahan
Eutrayes
McKinley
Congress
Lincoln
Washington
New York
Tombs
Death of Rev Henry Clay Trumbull editor of Sunday School Times
Rev Henry Clay Trumbull editor of the Sunday School Times died at his Philadelphia home at age 73 after apoplexy. He was famed as an author of Teach ers and Teaching War Memories of an Army Chaplain Friendship the Master Passion and Kadesh Barnea, the latter based on Oriental research locating Kadesh Barnea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Henry Clay Trumbull
Sunday School Times
Trumbull
Kadesh-Barnea
Noted Bridge Builder Dies in Elmira N Y
Robert Grimes, former president of the Elmira Bridge Company and a renowned bridge builder, died today in Elmira. He constructed the New York Central viaduct from the Harlem river to the tunnel in New York City, the cantilever bridge at Louisville, Kentucky, and numerous other notable structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
N. Y
Dec
Robert Grimes
The
Elmira Bridge Company
New York Central
Harlem River
New York City
Louisville
Evangelist Rev Seth K Mitchell Dies in Dorchester
Boston memorial notes the death of Rev Seth K Mitchell a nationally known evangelist aged event years. Former shoe manufacturer he left commerce for the ministry in Dorchester, reflecting a dramatic career shift from shop to pulpit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dec
Seth K. Mitchell
Dorchester
Error in Printing Alaskan Decision
Toronto report says Sitklan and Kannaghunut islands allotted to the United States by the Alaskan boundary tribunal are twenty miles from Port Simpson, not two, denying a new Pacific port. Surveyors trace distance error to a miscalculation of layout and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Sitklan
Kannaghunut
United States
Alaskan Boundary Tribunal
Port Simpson
Pacific
Congress Receives Annual Report From Librarian Herbert Putnam
The annual report to Congress reveals the Library of Congress as a growing national library. It notes rising use and acquisitions including books maps manuscripts and prints. Cataloguing progress for over a million volumes continues while a beneficial card distribution program expands national library character. The 768084 annual cost and 68574 copyright receipts are cited along with staff of 360, over half women, and 1108384 volumes with 88882 added. Notable gifts include Miss Susan B Anthony collection with 400 volumes and the Montgomery Blair family manuscript set of Andrew Jackson papers over 4000 items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Putnam
Congress
Susan B. Anthony
Anthony
Montgomery Blair
Andrew Jackson
Red Cross Society to Probe Its Work
The American National Red Cross Society voted to grant an investigation into the society’s operations. No former members who were suspended attended the annual meeting. An investigation committee will be appointed by Honchard Olney, former secretary of state and current Red Cross general counsel. Miss Barton delivered the annual report praising relief efforts amid disasters and wartime stillness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American National Red Cross Society
Investigane
Honchard Olney
The
Red Cross
Lawyer Allerdice Arrested for Forged Deeds in Harlem
New York lawyer James F. Allerdice was arrested on charges of uttering forged deeds in a case tied to the estate of Mrs Mary Oliver a recluse who died at her Harlem home. The district attorney’s investigation centered on the disposition of the elderly woman’s property and the Rev James Allerdice identified as her sole adviser in handling the will and estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James F. Allerdice
Mary Oliver
Harlem
James Allerdice
Foreign News Gathers World Political And Legal Flurries
London mud slows streets as heat rises after storms. A congression al visit plan to Paris and Franco American exchanges advances led by Baron De Estrournelles de Constant. Russia Austria Macedonia reform assessors named. Pope celebrates Immaculate Conception mass. Dover Hamburg line pact to call at Dover after July 194. Curzon tour yields British gains. French schools may close under new law. testimony stalled in Kishineff massacre case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Washington
Baron de Estrournelles de Constant
Statuary Hall of Congress
France
Count de Rochambau
Marquis de Lafayette
Mladovanovitch
Servia
Pasics
Gruics
M. Zinovieff
Porte
Russia
Austria
M. Demerik
Beirut
Herr von Mueller
Foreign Office
Macedonia
William
Potsdam
von Usedom
Count von Baudissin
Hohenzollern
Mediterranean
Kiel
Vienna
Kishineff
The
American College
Robert Seton
Newark
Heliopolis
Dover Harbor Board
Hamburg-American Steamship Line
Dover
Illiam
Ballin
Lord Curzon
Persian Gulf
Karachi
India
Combes
French Council of Ministers
Eisler
New York
Messrs
Beekman
Hyde
Harper
Clermont
Mme. Hoarde
Arles L. Fair
Fletcher Lost Case in U.S. Court of Appeals
The U S Court of Appeals in Cincinnati affirmed a lower court ruling against Austin B Fletcher and other creditors and stockholders versus W B Bart former receiver of the Toledo Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan Railway. Fletcher alleged Bart schemed to loot the property to aid reorganization, claiming the road sold for 2 500 000 though its value was 10 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
United States Court of Appeals
Austin B. Fletcher
W. B. Bart
Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan Railway Company
Fletcher
Burt
Insurance measure for aging clerks eyed by Hemenway
A House measure to aid old age government employee retirees is under consideration alongside many requests for more staff in bureaus. Senatorial debate covers retirement insurance, while Treasury Controller Tracewell prepares a ruling on Wood and other army officers nominated for motion. Other notices include tax receipts for Indiana and a Halifax consul general leave, with ongoing land and banking legislation and a renewed interior department stance on homestead residence in public lands cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaaa
Hemenway
Robert J. Tracewell
Indiana
The
Treasury
Senate
Wood
Congress
Secretary of War
Controller Tracewell
Secretary of the Interior
Department
Anna Bowes
Broken Bow
Nebraska
Examination of testimony and promotions stir bitter reaction
The testimony yielded no sensational details but revealed bitterness toward General Wood and others over promotions. The Chicago National Bank was approved as a reserve agent for the First National Bank of South Bend. Representative Miers introduced a bill to reimburse George Exline for property alleged to have been darker during the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Wilson
Ludlow
Lea
Chicago National Bank
First National Bank of South Bend
Miers
George Exline
Apt
John E. Monk
Kinney Shoots Sweetheart then Kills Himself Near Marietta
In Belle's Run three miles east of Marietta Zeph Kinney an oil driller shot and killed his sweetheart Minnie Shinkle and then killed himself. No witnesses. The couple reportedly wed after a quarrel and a woman's voice was heard moments before the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, O
Belle’s Run
Marietta
Zeph Kinney
Minnie Shinkle
Trade Industry and Labor In Annual Sessions In Chicago
The Interstate Independent Telephone Association began its annual sessions in Chicago yesterday and will close Thursday. The group includes reps from more than a thousand independent exchanges. Mergenthaler Linotype declares regular 24 percent dividend plus a 5 percent extra, totaling 15 percent for the year, unchanged from 1902. Glass workers in Brookville, Pennsylvania, return to work as plant resumes full output. The fifth annual convention of United Mine Workers subdistrict No 5 in district No 2 met at Reynoldsville with about 500 miners and officials in attendance. Edwin A. Potter elected trustee of James S. Watson estate. bond set at 5,000. debts about 1,850,000. assets 50,000. Vice Chancellor Stevenson appoints William T. Beard receiver for International Rubber Manufacturing Company of New Jersey. liabilities 152,000. assets 98,000. hearing set for Jersey City December 21. J. W. Castles of Hibernia Bank indorsed for first vice president of Guaranty Company of New York. election effective January 1. Pennsylvania Railroad to create its own sales department January 3, replacing commission agents for coal mine product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Independent Telephone Association
Chicago
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Brookville
Phillips
United Mine Work of America
Reynoldsville
Edwin A. Potter
James S. Watson
Porter Bros. Company
Watson
Stevenson
William T. Beard
South Orange
International Rubber Manufacturing Company of
Jersey
Jersey City
J. W. Castles
Hamengee
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company of
New Orleans
Guaranty Company of
New York
Oakman
Mr. Castles
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Company
Tragic double shooting ends in Coropolis home
In Coropolis Pa early today Ji Hindman shot and killed by husband in their home. Afterward the husband, Hindman, killed himself by firing a revolver to the head. He died at the hospital. Alcohol likely contributed to the quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Dec
Ji Hindman
Coropolis
Hindman
Arrivals from Europe Bring New US Envoys to New York
Baron Speck Von Der to Germany’s ambassadorial post arrives in New York as John W. Riddle, former secretary at St Petersburg, is appointed consul general at Cairo. James Gordon Pennett also arrives today aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II from Bremerhaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Actress report denounced as fake by Princess Elizabeth
Vienna sources say the tale of an actress involved with Princess Elizabeth of Win disc etz is entirely false and those spreading the report will face prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Elizabeth of
Trotter Case Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Des Moines
After twelve hours of deliberation the jury in the Trotter murder case failed to agree. Trotter is indicted for the murder of Cora Lacey, daughter of a Mitchville resident, by a criminal operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Trotter
Cora Lacey
Mitchville
Fireman's Electrocution in Jefferson Street Blaze
A fireman named Miller was electrocuted in a blaze that destroyed a two story block on Jefferson Street. The fire involved Carby Knox and occupants Carpenter Curran and Alder. The incident caused $15,000 in losses and included Whiting a local cigar dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
Dee
Benjamin Miller
Jefferson
Carby J. Knox
Carpenter
Plu Curran
Whiting
Also Mentioned on This Page
Consul Davis
Jean Citizen
Mr. Davis
Breesia
Philosopher
Hoosiers
Lodge
Gorman
St. Louis
Maryland
House
Neilson
Tillman
Hoar
Bauer
Nelson
Cuba
Ece Atic
Indiana Republican State Committee
Francis A. Palmer
Koblsaat
Rev
Evangelist Mitchell
Kannaghunut Islands
Simpson Port
Congressional Library
RED Cross Society
General Foreign News
United States Court of Appeals de
Bart
Austin
Captain New
Republican National Committee
Perry S. Heath
Harry 8. New
Indianapolis
Heath
Senator Fair
Representative Overstreet
Evansville
Uxe H. B. de Prez
Peter Metzger
Shelbyville
the Riggs
Joseph B. Kealing
Roosevelt
Kealing
War Department
William R. Holloway
Halifax
Holloway
Tyner
Aldrich Financial
Aldrich
Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Frye
Philippine Archipelago
Philipine Archipelago
Senate Committee On Military Affairs Today
Leonard Wood
M. C. Fosnes
Edgar 8. Dudley
James H. Wilson
Tabhurst
Uctt
BRARD
Eagh Cluett, Peabody 4 CO
Cluett and
Monarchy
Dean Bros
Isee Bros
East
Washington Street
Buchiv
E. J. Heeb
Fair Oaks
Abraham M. Bringle
William E. Moffitt
Fredericksburg
Robert Bogie
William Bogle
Little York
George O. Gamble
George A. Gameble
Smedley
Robert G. Douglas
Ida M. Douglas
Mount Vernon
Henry G. Kitts
Jacob Kutz
Keystone
Oscar O
Oliver
Joseph Neff
Europe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!