End to Crisis Near as Argentina Chile Move Toward Pact
Buenos Ayres reports renewed conciliatory talks between Argentina and Chile with documents to end the crisis likely to be signed at Santiago de Chile. Senor Alcor ta informs Florencio L Dominguez of arbitration commission notice while Portela and Yanez are authorized to sign to terminate the dispute.
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Buenos Ayres
Senor Alcorta
Argentina
Florencio L. Dominguez
Great Britain
Chile
Senor Dominguez
Arbitration Commission
Santiago de Chile
Senor Portela
Senor Yanez
Peace Efforts Reported in Chile Argentina Dispute
Washington reports from Buenos Ayres say Argentina will not press demands on Chile and will let the boundary commission decide. Argentina and Chile maintain diplomatic relations as the commission may receive new authorization to proceed. Chile's willingness remains the key doubt.
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Washington
State Department
Buenos Ayres
Chile
Lord
United States
Boundary Commission
Santiago de Chile
London
Argentina
Interruption in Talks Risks Chile Argentina Crisis
The text suggests Argentina’s move could trigger Chile’s rejection, risking a sharper crisis as negotiations that had been progressing well face a potential breakdown and heightened tensions between the two nations.
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Chile
Argentina
TROLLEY CAR WRECKED IN FATAL SAN FRANCISCO ACCIDENT
One person died and seven injured when a Fillmore street electric car broke loose on a steep grade near Union street. Runaway car, carried by grade, crashed into an empty car, jumped track, and wrecked after hitting a telegraph pole. Victims include Mrs Mary Phelan and several others with contusions, fractures, and shock.
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San Francisco
Fillmore Street
Mary Phelan
M. K. Mensie
William Mensie
Mary Kelly
Robert Keller
Robert Rodgers
Josephine Bigley
Mr. Turner
O’connor
A. J. Deutchman
Roy Phelps
Union Street
Eight-Year-Old Heroine Rescues Home From Fire
Eight-year-old Maude Patterson saved her sister's house from a blaze and likely saved three young nieces by acting quickly. She climbed a table, seized burning clothing over a lamp, and ran to the door as flames threatened the room. Firefighters arrived to find the girl already dousing the flames.
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Paul
Minn
Maude Patterson
Maude
Charles Hanley
Mr Cleveland Health Remarks From Princeton Becomes Foe to Letter Writers
Mrs Grover Cleveland stated that reports on former President Cleveland misread his health He remains far from well and has not left his room for nearly five weeks The statement notes renewed requests and stern epistolary rebuke from those awaiting replies within his home in Princeton New Jersey.
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Princeton
N. J
Bee
Grover Cleveland
Trial of two cattlemen for Crow Indian cattle theft ends
Helena Montana December 24 The two Yellowstone county cattlemen Robert Lee and Sam Garvin were tried in the United States Court for stealing Crow Indian cattle. After nearly two weeks the trial concluded and the jury received the case. The government says the men drove hundreds of cattle from the Crow reservation to Garvin's basin near Wyoming and altered the brands. Both defendants are described as wealthy.
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Helena
Mont
Robert Lee
Sam Garvin
Yellowstone County
United States
Crow Reservation
Garvin
Poisoned by Eating Pork in Columbus Household
Charles C. Lemert executive clerk to Governor Nash and his whole family at 196 Dennison avenue fell ill after dinner from pork. A physician diagnosed food poisoning and the seriousness of Lemert’s condition appears not severe, though he missed work.
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Columbus
Charles C. Lemert
Dennison Avenue
Nash
Lemnert
Prestige in danger Britain may drop in world trade ranks
United States Consul Boyle at Liverpool reports Britain risks falling to third place in global commerce if radical changes do not come soon. He cites strikes over minor disputes, reliance on outdated machinery, and protectionist factory practices as limiting British industry while urging American manufacturers to expand in Britain.
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Vienna
Neue Frede Presse
Europe
United States
Neue Freie Presse
Washington
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Boyle
Liverpool
State Department
Hoyie
America
Germany
England
Change of Stations in Corps of Engineers
Washington December 24. Orders shift several high officers in the engineers corps. Col. Garrett J. Lydecker moves from Detroit to Cincinnati to relieve Lieut. Col. Thomas H. Handbury and Maj. William H. Bixby. Handbury moves to San Francisco to take over fortification river and harbor duties and lighthouse district work, while Davis proceeds to Manila as engineer officer on the staff.
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Washington
Corps of Engineers
Garrett J. Lydecker
Detroit
Cincinnati
Thomas H. Handbury
Central Division
William H. Bixby
Handbury
San Francisco
C. E. L. B. Davis
Davis
Manila
P. L
Philippine Islands
Clinton B. Sears
Sears
Philippines
Bixby
Mich
Lydecker
William L. Sibert
Charles F. Powell
Pittsburg
Powell
New London, Conn
Consul Boyle on British trade policy and education
Consul Boyle argues Britain has fallen behind the United States and Germany in manufacturing. He cites weak financials, rising calls for fair trade, and a shift toward reciprocity rather than protection. He notes Britain’s education system as a key issue and compares American and British workers, asserting U S workmen outperform in efficiency.
Bermudez Wins Hold on Asphalt Lakes in Venezuela
The Cumano court ruled for Warner Quinlan to take possession of the asphalt lakes, but Bermudez remains in actual control with a strong labor force and trained cadets. The case now moves toward final Caracas ruling by the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Court of Last Resort
Supreme Court of Venezuela
Caracas
New York
Bermudez
Warner-Quinlan Syndicate
Warner-Quinlan
Carupano
Warner-Quintin
Cumano
United States Military Academy
Lakes
Supreme Court
New Rural Delivery Routes Placed by Post Office
The Post Office Department orders rural free delivery routes in Indiana to begin February 1. Sheridan in Hamilton County will have one carrier over 22 miles serving 680 people in 233 square miles with 1,? homes. Silver Lake in Kosciusko County gets two routes totaling 47 miles serving 1,430 people in 60 square miles with 29% homes and eight carriers. Bristol in Elkhart County has two routes serving 1,507 people in 335 homes across 60 square miles with five carriers. Brooklyn in Morgan County to have one carrier on an unspecified route.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Post Office Department
Indiana
Sheridan
Hamilton County
Miran J. Emory
Silver Lake
Kosciusko County
B. Flora
William Wiley
Bristol
Elkhart County
W. Pease
Route lengths and coverage by carriers across Indiana towns
Data lists mileage and area served for postal routes in multiple counties. Noted are populations and houses served, with carriers named for each locale including Vermillion, Laporte, Vigo, Benton, Putnam, and Putnam counties. Some figures are garbled or partial.
Tax changes proposed on fruit packing and duties
Representative Cummings introduces a bill amending the 1897 act to set new rates for grapes oranges lemons limes and related fruit packages by cubic foot or pound and to set pineapple duties with effect July 1 1902. A Havana November 1901 vital statistics summary reports excellent sanitation no yellow fever cases or deaths and a death rate of 19.58 per 1000 with 443 deaths that month.
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Washington
Cummings
New York
House
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Havana
Peru man proposes memorial silver half dollars sale
James W. O'Hara of Peru Indiana suggests to the McKinley memorial trustees that the government issue memorial silver half dollars to be sold by banks at one dollar each. He believes the coins would sell quickly and funds could be raised, and the trustees are considering the proposal.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
James W. O’hara
Peru
Ind
McKinley Memorial
O'Hara
Memorial
Mr. O'Hara
Indiana inventors granted patents today
Washington December 24 Indiana inventors were granted patents today for devices including an expanding reamer and tape by Wilbur C Andreson of Mishawaka a box by Jason H Green of Indianapolis a car coupling by Benjamin F Haugh of Indianapolis a car door by Richard Noble of Princeton a signal lantern by Ernest B E Noble of Princeton and a dip painting apparatus by William H Orcutt and C E Snediker of Noblesville.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Indiana
Wilbur C. Andreson
Mishawaka
Jason H. Greenstreet
Indianapolis
Benjamin F. Haugh
Richard Noble
Princeton
Ernest BE. Noble
William H. Orcutt
C. E. Snediker
Noblesville
Gift to Yale University Funds Memorial Fund at Yale
Yale University in New Haven received twenty thousand dollars from Robert K. Smith Melissa E. Smith and Ernst W. Smith of New York to honor the late Rev Edward A Smith Yale 1556. The income will support current expenses of the academical department as directed by the deceased Isaac E Smith.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Robert K. Smith
Melissa E. Smith
Ernst W. Smith
New York
Edward A. Smith
Yale
the University
Isaac E. Smith
Sugar Industry Leader Comments On World Prices And Stocks
James Post, president of the National Sugar Refining Company, in a New York interview, notes grocers reduce purchases at year end as declines demoralize markets. He cites possible withdrawal of European sugar bounties and excess beet and cane sugar stocks worldwide as factors behind the small raw sugar drop.
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New York
James Post
National Sugar Refining Company
Expulsion of Brokers From Board of Trade Upheld
Chicago December 24 Judge Hanecy ruled the expulsion of Arthur R. Jones and Michael J. Ryan of A Jones and Co from the Board of Trade was valid though they will appeal. The injunction blocking enforcement was dissolved and traders’ privileges in the grain pit restored pending appeal.
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Chicago
Arthur R. Jones
Michael J. Ryan
A. Jones & Co
Board of Trade
Hanecy
Tuley
Michigan man arrested in Rochester for October home robbery
Chief Clary received a dispatch from Sheriff Little of Frankfort Michigan announcing the arrest of Frank McMahon alias McNamara. He is charged as the third and last member of the gang that broke into the home of Mrs. Louisa French in October, severely beating her and her sister Mrs. Alicia Gardner and stealing diamonds valued at 3000 dollars.
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Rochester
N. Y
Clary
Little
Frankfort
Benzie County
Michigan
Frank McMahon
McNamara
Louisa French
Gas Leak Explosion Kills 15-Year-Old in Kenton
In Kenton Ohio a gas leak explosion at BE Bartholomew’s store early today killed Carl Shields aged fifteen and injured several others. A plumber searching for the leak used a lighted candle triggering the blast. The building was partially wrecked and front windows of neighboring stores were demolished. Loss estimated in the thousands.
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Kenton
Bartholomew
Carl Shields
New York Controller reveals six year defalcations totals
New York Controller Color disclosed the financial losses traced to defalcations by Charles F P Shipp and Edward B Taylor over six years. The figures show yearly thefts of 12 295 in 184, 7 130 in 18 5, 4 55 in 1897, 4 200, 1 800, and 1800 in 189. The total sums to around 000.
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New York
Charles FP. Shipp
Edward 8. Taylor
Casualties and Surrenders Reported at Tafel Kop
London reports a week’s tally from Johannesburg with forty five Boers killed twenty five wounded three officers and twenty nine men killed five officers and thirty five men wounded at Tafel Kop. Additional details note prison counts and artillery withdrawals amid war-time policy shifts.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Johannesburg
Colenbrander
Pietersburg
War Office
South Africa
Damant
Tafelkop
Orange River Colony
Stock Exchange
Rhodesia
Transvaal
Belligerent Frenchmen in budget clash in Paris
In Paris during budget debate M Estournelles de Constant condemned caricatures of foreign sovereigns, sparking protests. Premier Waldeck-Rousseau said prosecutions require interested-party requests. Deputies Allemane and Bernard exchanged insults, then fought in the lobby with a bystander knocked down. Allemane was treated for bruises as Bernard vowed vengeance.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Estournelles de Constant
Republican
M. Millevoye
National Republican
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Allemane
Charter Bernard
M. Bernard
M. Allemane
Germany’s November trade shows export decline for first time this year
Official German foreign trade data for November reveal exports down 0.130 tons while imports fall 465,535 tons. November totals: imports 3,642,042 tons, exports 2,908,855 tons. Wheat imports for eleven months end November total 1,990,496 tons, up from 1,206,0) tons a year earlier, with US wheat at 1,143,37% tons this year.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Sligo MPs and Irish League members jailed for rent incitement
In Ballymore Jasper Tully and John O Donnell along with United Irish League members receive prison terms from one to three months for organizing a meeting to urge tenants of Lord De Frayne to withhold rent. Separate dispatches report a British punitive expedition destroying Nadir Fort in Baluchistan with casualties. Cecil Rhodes buys Dalham Hall near Newmarket for about 1.0 million pounds.
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Dublin
Ballymore
County
Sligo
Jasper Tully
South Leitrim
John O'Donnell
South Mayo
United Irish League
Lord de Frayne
Calcutta
Nadir Fort
Baluchistan
London
Cecil Rhodes
British South Africa Company
Dalham Hall
Newmarket
Bishop Ely
Dalham
Affleck
Robert Affleck
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Ad Claims Universal Benefit
Vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a cure for teething pain diarrhea and bowel regulation claiming it calms restless children and soothes gums while promoting cures for coughs and hoarseness with references to Horehound Tar and Toothache Drops sold by various vendors in a period tone.
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Iale” Haney
Horehound
Palace Levees Moved To Evenings At St James Buckingham
The Gazette announces that the levee at St James Palace and drawing rooms at Buckingham Palace will hereafter be held during evenings. Victorian regulations remain otherwise unchanged.
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London
the Gazette
St. James Palace
Buckingham Palace
Macedonia Plague of Assassination and Pillage Alerts Consuls
Constantinople dispatch reports a sharp rise in assassination and village pillaging in Macedonia, with inhabitants outraged as consuls monitor the crisis and coordinate relief efforts amid growing unrest and violence.
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Constantinople
Macedonia
Russian order to limit troop transport by Russian ships
St Petersburg correspondent reports Vice Admiral Tyrtoff, Russian minister of marine, will issue an order restricting transport of troops and merchandise between European Russia and the far East to vessels flying the Russian flag. The measure aims to control movement and ensure national flag compliance.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Tyrtoff
European
Russia
Far East
Italian rentes may seek listing on U.S. stock exchanges
Rome reports treasury chief Di Broglio has instructed ambassador des Planches to begin negotiations to list Italian rentes on the New York and other American exchanges. In Vatican lines, no firm decision on Mgr. Martinelli's successor, but Falcon, papal delegate in Canada, appears in U.S. roles.
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Rome
Treasury
Signor di Broglio
Signor E. Mayor Des Planches
Washington
New York
Mgr. Martinelli
Vatican
United States
Subyees Falcon
Ada
De Beers reports profits and mine life at Kimberley meeting
Cape Town December 4 The De Beers Mining Company annual meeting in Kimberley heard the chairman announce gross profits for the year at £2 7,00 and production of £4,500. He estimated mine life at 4 years.
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Cape Town
de Beers Mining Company
Kimberley
As tor Donates £160 for Civilian Life Club Promotion in UK
London report notes William Waldorf Astor donated 160 pounds to promote civilian life clubs in the United Kingdom. The act underscores support for organized community services and public welfare initiatives during the period.
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London
William Waldorf Astor
The
United
Treason arrest in Manila linked to Aguinaldo era forces
Senor Popes, arrested in Batangas for treasonable ties to insurgent groups, is described as a Manila and Batangas merchant. Amid a mass transfer of 173 Spanish prisoners, he allegedly ordered the party slain with sword cuts and robbed corpses, with only thirty Spaniards surviving.
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Manila
Senor Popes
Batangas
Aguinaldo
Agua
Senor Lopez
Witolos
Asa
Tornadolike Gale Brings Destruction Across Front Range
A fierce gale sweeping from Cheyenne to Fines Peak battered the foothills near Denver. Golden suffered the collapse of the old City Hall and a nearby residence was crushed, occupants barely escaping. In Boulder four derricks fell, multiple buildings were leveled, and numerous chimneys toppled.
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Denver
Col
Rocky Mountains
Cheyenne
Fines Peak
Golden
Boulder
Pacific Hardware and Steel Company Incorporated in Trenton
The Pacific Hardware and Steel Company was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey with capital 3100000 dollars. Stock includes 7000 common shares and 3000000 shares bearing 6 percent cumulative dividend. Incoporators are August K Gibbs B A Selfridge Charles E Miller H J Barton Louis Floss Jr A L Scott and Joseph Floss of San Francisco.
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Trenton
N. J
Pacific Hardware and Steel Company
August K. Gibbs
B. A. Selfridge
Charles E. Miller
H. J. Barton
Louis Floss
Louis Floss, Jr
A. L. Scott
Joseph Floss
San Francisco
Prunes Nearly All Sold in California Trade Milestone
San Jose California December reports the California Cured Fruit Association sold two hundred carloads of prunes to the J K Armady Company. The brisk sales reflect strong demand with last year’s crop already near depletion and limited remaining stock.
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San Jose
Cal
California Cured Fruit Association
J. K. Armady Company
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H. P Wasson
WM. H. Armstrong & CO
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MR. Cleveland
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Venezuela
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Vermillion County
S. J. Dorsett
J. F. Langston
Laporte
Laporte County
William Rust
Michigan City
Neghee
Patrick H. Lally
Otterbein
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Louis W. Cooper
Perrysville
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C. M. Sanders
Pimento
Vigo County
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Archie Sterrett
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Putnam County
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Lord Kitch
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Tafel Kop
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Meeting of the Deputies
Rhodes Purchasan Estate
Mrs. Winslow
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Merrell-Soule Co
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