Countess Disguised as Man Dies After Street Collision
Paris report details Countess Diane Ogier d Ivry dying after a pony cart misadventure near Avenue Du Boiss du Boulogne. She had posed as a young man to avoid attention, and was later identified as the countess. Her skull was fractured in three places and she died in hospital. Her disguise and daring driving were noted by her family entourage.
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Paris
Diane Ogier d’Ivry
Ogier d'Ivry
Avenue du Boiss du Boulogne
Count Ogier d'Ivry
d'Ivry
Lot Et Garonne
Woman in mens clothing arrested in Cleveland
Miss Evaline Bryier of Milwaukee, living under the name John Witte, was nabbed in Cleveland as an office boy after weeks of boarding in a Bank Street hotel. She says she eloped with Michael Hassenfratz from Milwaukee on Sept 1 and wore male attire to hide her identity. She will be sent back to Milwaukee.
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Cleveland
Evaline Bryier
Milwaukee
Bank Street
John Witte
Michael Hassenfratz
Hassenfratz
Mise Bryler
Milwau
Trial at Kishineff proceeds slowly and quietly
St Petersburg report says the Kishineff trial is proceeding slowly with about fifty of four hundred witnesses examined. Authorities claim no government interference to vindicate the accused. Most defense counsel have fled, judges thwarting their conduct, and many lawyers are said to be Jews with ties to Moscow. Proceedings continue behind closed doors and not made public until the first group’s murder trial ends.
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Petersburg
Moscow
Ings
Prosperous swindler using divorce cases swindles lawyers
New York report details Gottman and Dearing as a couple exploiting East Side lawyers. The con involved offering a $100 check in divorce actions, receiving cash change, then disappearing while the checks were presented as worthless. The ruse targeted several leading law offices on East Broadway over weeks.
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New York
Gottman
East Side
Oerieae Aon
East Broadway
Havana merchants expect immediate Cuban demand after treaty
Havana merchants forecast a sharp, immediate lift in orders from the United States once the reciprocity treaty passes next Wednesday. They have delayed purchases for years due to tariff uncertainties and hope Congress action will heal the commercial standstill.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Congress
Sugar price protection ends in major rebalancing report
London dispatch notes the countervailing duties on refined sugar were rescinded for all sugars produced after August. The move aligns with broader policy shifts and is expected to influence sugar trade, prices, and relations with overseas suppliers. Officials indicate the step aims to ease a heavy tariff regime while seeking compliance with international trade norms.
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London
Brussels
Pope Pius Compliments Archbishop of Albi and Discusses Loigny
In Rome on December 12 Pope Pius IX praised Abbe Loigny and his Life of Christ while considering whether to place the book on the Index Expurgatorius. Archbishop Migrot of Albi, visiting Rome, backs Loigny as a sincere French Catholic thinker and urges hearing before any condemnation. The Pope also noted progress on restoring St. John Lateran, aided by Leo XIII’s funds and Franciscan involvement inspired by Giotto’s legend of St. Neis.
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Rome
Abbe Loigny
Holy Office
Migrot
Albi
France
Rochelle
Christ
Cardinal Satolli
Basilica of
St. John Lateran
Leo XIII
Leo
Giotto
Lateran Church
Russia Replies to Japan In Russo Japanese Talks
St Petersburg reports no formal reply to Japanese proposals from Admiral Alexieff while Tokyo confirms Russia has sent a reply likely with modifications. News notes Manchuria evacuation talks denied and reports frost hardships for Port Arthur troops. March 1 general election set. Diet dissolution seen as not affecting negotiations.
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ST. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Alexieff
Far East
Baron de Rosen
Japan
China
Russia
Manchuria
Novoe Vremya
Novokrai
Port Arthur
Talleman
Htal
TOKIO
Kahsura
Emblem of Liberty Denounced as Farce in Chicago Banquet
William D. O'Brien, toastmaster at a contractors banquet, scorned the emblem of liberty as a farce as labor strife and open shop tensions dominate rhetoric. William Grace of Chicago rebuked unions while urging loyalty to nonmembers, and speakers blamed organized labor for industrial unrest and rights disputes. The gathering reflected strong open shop sentiment and distrust of labor leaders.
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Chicago
Pec
William D. O’brien
Auditorium Hotel
William Grace
Gompers
Mitchell
Nagel Convicted of Murder in First Degree
In Upper Bandusky Ohio on December 12, Philip Nagel was found guilty of murder in the first degree after a second trial and faces the death penalty by electrocution. He was accused of killing farm hand William Wade to obtain about $50.
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Upper Bandusky
Philip Nagel
Nagel
Sente
William
Wade
Westminster Denies Spencer Ashes Burial in Abbey
New York December 12 Westminster Abbey authorities refused to permit Herbert Spencer ashes to be buried there. They were informally asked but declined. Prime Minister Balfour favored burial, but the dean and chapter objected. It is noted Darwin rests in the abbey.
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New York
Westminster Abbey
Herbert Spencer
London
Balfour
Darwin
Open Shop Clause Adopted By Chicago Contractors
Chicago December delegates at a contractors convention moved for nationwide free competition and amended their constitution to require open shop status. After debate the association adopted an open shop clause declaring any contractor who grants the closed shop a violator of both organization and U.S. law, replacing the former optional provision.
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Chicago
United States
Trainmen to get first aid instruction in wrecks plan
Chicago December 12 trainmen of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois road will receive first aid training. Schools will be set up at division headquarters with lectures and demonstrations, exams to follow, and soon an emergency box stocked in one car of each Eastern Illinois train for accidents.
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Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Road
Missoula Soldier Guilty of First-Degree Murder
John Tully of the Twenty-fourth Infantry was found guilty of first degree murder for shooting comrade Thomas Kennedy in Missoula Montana on October 18. The case centered on jealousy over a woman.
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Missoula
Mont
John Tully
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Thomas Kennedy
Dissensions In The Portuguese Cabinet In Lisbon
New York dispatch reports grave dissensions in the Portuguese Cabinet with a crisis looming as King Carlos returns from Vila Viçosa around January 1. Luciano de Castro, head of the Progressistas, in poor health and aged, cannot lead again. Viega Hetrao is seen as the likely successor and an able statesman among the younger element.
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New York
Lisbon
Carlos
Villa Viacosa
Luciano de Castro
Progressistas
Liberal Party
Viega Hetrao
Yale forestry fire loss estimate cut after scan
Yale officials revised an early 10000 dollar loss estimate after inspecting the forestry school building in New Haven. The herbarium with 3000 specimens and a 5000 volume library were saved from total destruction though damaged by smoke and water. Anson Phelps Stokes, secretary of the university, said losses will likely be under 10000 dollars.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Yale Forestry School
Anson Phelps Stokes
Emperor William and Empress Greet Berlin in Public Ovation
Emperor William and the German Empress arrived in Berlin from Potsdam and were loudly cheered by crowds, their first public appearance since the throat operation. He looked strong and jauntily walked to a carriage, acknowledging cheers as they proceeded to the Royal Academy of Arts.
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Berlin
William
Potsdam
New Palace
Royal Academy of Arts
Academy
China Commercial Steamship plans expanded Pacific service
Eng Hok Fong, president and GM of the China Commercial Steamship Company, reports a profitable Pacific operation between Hong Kong, Manzanillo and San Francisco. He says the line will increase steamship service to Oriental and Pacific coast ports and may include regular service to Portland after successful experimental visits.
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San Francisco
Eng Hok Fong
China Commercial Steamship Company
Hong Kong
Manzanillo
Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Oriental
Pacific Coast
Portland
Unity Building to be sold to satisfy bond decree
Chicago December 12 The Unity building once financed by Governor Altgeld will be sold next month to satisfy a 500000 decree in favor of bondholders. Equitable Trust Company acts as trustee. The sixteen story structure cost 900000 to build with a reported overall loss near 600000.
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Chicago
Unity
John P. Altgeld
Equitable Trust Company
Altgeld
English educational mission head returns home
Alfred Mosely who led the English education commission returned to England today aboard the steamship St Louis after studying the American system. He said the commission learned a great deal but could not speak further.
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New York
Alfred Mosely
United States
England
St. Louis
Mosely
King Alfonso's Life Periled in Madrid Shooting Case
Madrid dispatch reports two royal gamekeepers arrested over the December 6 Casa Campo shooting of a shepherd during King Alfonso's hunt. A third keeper died by suicide, renewing rumors the incident was a plot against the king. The king returned to the palace after the event amid conflicting accounts of accident vs. intent.
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London
Madrid
Casa Campo
Alfonso
Injunction Refused In Boston Gas Merger Case
The Massachusetts Supreme Court declined Pepper the receiver's plea to block the consolidation of Boston gas companies. Judge Hammond ordered no injunction, noting the suit centers on the broader gas industry dispute over the transfer price and the sale of Bay State Gas to Massachusetts Gas Company.
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Boston Gas Company
Boston
Pepper
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Hammond
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Boston Gas
Boston Gas Companies
Bay State Gas Company
Massachusetts Gas Company
Electrician Beaten by Union Sympathizers in Chicago
John Stockwell, a nonunion electrician for the Chicago Telephone Company, was attacked by several union sympathizers today and beaten into insensibility. His condition is listed as critical. The assault took place in a building across from the company’s office.
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Chicago
John Stockwell
Chicago Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Fatal misfire as son shoots mother in home
In McKeesport Pennsylvania Mrs Sarah Langley fifty six was mistaken for a burglar by her son Edward twenty four who shot her three times early today. One bullet struck the widow and she lies in serious condition.
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M'Keesport, Pa
Sarah Langley
Edward
Germany Breaks Diplomacy With Servia Over King Peters Etiquette
Berlin reports Germany will sever diplomatic relations with the Servian court for the near term. The move follows King Peter's plan to invite regicide ministers to balls and official receptions as Belgrade's social season opens, despite ministers' pleas to distance from the murderers of his predecessor and his wife.
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Berlin
Germany
Belgrade
Peter
Union shop boycott injunction restrains discharges
In New York a temporary injunction by Justice Marean bars an Ohio firm doing business in Brooklyn from discharging nonunion workers after Jan 1 and bars unions from strikes picketing or boycotts while a show cause order seeks to make the order permanent. Complainants allege a conspiracy to make the shop union controlled.
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New York
Electrotypers and
Stereotypers
United States Printing Company
Ohio
Brooklyn
Marean
Supreme Court
Justice Marean
Sweety
Struthers and Youngstown Furnaces Halt Operations
In Struthers Ohio and Youngstown Ohio the furnaces of the Struthers Furnace Company and the Youngstown Steel Company ceased blast today, causing about 100 men to be laid off. Twenty furnaces in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys are idled. The Andrews and Hitchcock furnace at Sharpsville Pennsylvania will resume in about two weeks.
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Youngstown, O
Struthers Furnace Company
Youngstown Steel Company
Mahoning
Shenango Valley
Andrews & Hitchcock
Sharpsville
Judge Sentences Sheriff Scofeld for Contempt in Fargo
Grand Forks North Dakota December 12 Judge Amidon sentenced Sheriff Scofeld of Minot to ninety days in jail at Fargo for contempt of court for approaching a juror who had been called to serve in cases pending in that court.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Amidon
Scofeld
Minot
Fargo
Fall of a scaffold at bank building in Cincinnati
A heavy scaffold outside the First National Bank at Fourth and Walnut collapsed from the thirteenth floor crushing Harry Denman in the wreckage and threatening a fire with an overturned stove. Several Bradley Sorin workers on the fourth floor were rescued after the crash amid cries of fire while scaffold foreman John Hires and Roebling Construction Co staff aided the scene. William J. Bryan arrived in Rome later the same day.
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Cincinnati
First National Bank
Fourth and Walnut
Bradley-Sorin
Harry Denman
Bradley- Sorin
New phase in Russian emigrant traffic in Berlin
Berlin reports a shift in control over Russian emigrant flow as German steamship lines, aided by Prussian authorities, seal eastern frontiers and operate mandatory transit at dedicated stations. Competing lines protest impartial government administration while noting no recent complaints from Prussia.
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Berlin
North Germanloyd
Russia
Austria
United States
Ellis
America
Red Star
White Star
Saxony
Lloyd
Six men arrested for murder near Pembroke Kentucky
Frank Massie George Holland Dick Carney Frank Meriwether Charles Finch and Bill Garrett were arrested in Pembroke and confessed killing an unknown white man on Saturday night November 14. They allegedly struck with an ax crushed his skull, cut the throat, robbed him of about $1, and mutilated the body to hide the crime before burying the feet. They were brought to Hopkinsville for safekeeping.
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Hopkinsville
Frank Massie
George Holland
Dick Carney
Frank Meriwether
Charles Finch
Bill Garrett
Pembroke
Meriwether
Gridiron Club names officers for coming year
At the annual Gridiron Club meeting the officers were elected for the coming year. L. W. Coolidge was chosen president, John A. Carson vice president, John M. Schriver secretary, George Walker treasurer, F. E. Luepp executive secretary, Randolph Garthe and other members listed for various posts.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
L. W. Coolidge
New York Commercial Advertiser
John A. Carson
Philadelphia Ledger
New York Times
John M. Schriver
Cincinnati Times-Star
George Walker
Suemmitine
F. E. Luepp
New York Evening Post
Randolph
Arizona Republican
Postal Criminals Sentenced in Baltimore Case
Baltimore December 12 postal fraud case involving Columbus Ellsworth Upton and Charters W McGregor former Washington Post Office Department clerks were convicted last Thursday and sentenced by Judge Morris to two years in Maryland penitentiary and a fine of 1080 dollars each. Counsel for both defendants announced appeals.
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Baltimore
Columbus
Ellsworth Upton
Charters W. McGregor
Post Office
Washington
Morris
Maryland
Desperadoes Rob Pavonia Station Safe With Dynamite
Five masked bandits stormed the Pavonia Pennsylvania Railroad station in Camden suburb after holding two workers. They blew the safe with dynamite, wrecked the station, and escaped with about ten dollars after a running duel with pursuing officers.
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Camden
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pavonia
Lord Abinger Dies in Paris After Restaurant Fall
Paris reports Lord Abinger died at Lamiboisiere Hospital from heart failure brought on by the shock of a fall down stairs at Restaurant Tabarin in Montmartre. He was 32, accompanied by his relatives, and the death is considered no suspicion by French authorities.
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Paris
Lord Abinger
Lamiboisiere
Inez
Elyses Palace
Major Magruder
Montmartre
Lamiboisiere Hospital 2
Avestians
Anes
Searein
Ate Com
England
Ec Caaties
London
L. L. Scarlett
Chicago Union Fined as a Corporation
Chicago Dec 12 A $1000 fine for acts as a corporate body was imposed on Franklin Union No 4 Pressfeeders by Judge Jesse Holdom. The court held the union in contempt for violating an injunction restraining interference with ten printing firms and the Chicago Typothetes. An immediate appeal was taken.
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Chicago
Franklin Union
Jesse Holdom
Holdom
Lady and Miss Durand Sail for United States
Liverpool December 12 The Cunard Mae steamer Lucania sails to New York with Ambassador Durand’s wife Lady Durand and Miss Durand aboard along with Henry White secretary of the U S embassy in London on two months’ leave for home.
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Liverpool
Cunard Mae
Lucania
New York
Lady Durand
Ambassador Durand
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi to be buried in Annapolis
The body of Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi retired will be brought to Annapolis for interment in the Naval prt cemetery with full honors. The funeral will be held in Annapolis on Monday after his death last Thursday in East Orange New Jersey.
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Annapolis
Bancroft Gherardi
East Orange
N. J
Naval Prt
Train collision injures crew near Louis station
A Chesapeake & Ohio freight train No. 74 rear ended a road section near Louis station. Miner William Hamilton of FR was fatally injured. Fireman H. T. of Russell and brakeman Ed Bae Huntington were badly injured.
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Huntington
W.va
Chesapeake & Obie
Louis Station
William Hamilton
FR Wee
H. T. of
Russell
Ed Bae Huntington
Prouty Injured in Runaway Incident Near Kingfisher
Col Prouty once a Hatfield legislator and 1868 postmaster at Carlinsville, DL, sustained injuries in a runaway accident several weeks ago near Kingfisher, C. T.
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Kingfisher
C. T
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