Roosevelt New Year Reception A Cosmopolitan Crowd
Dignitaries in rich uniforms gathered in the East room and Red parlor as President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt descended to greet guests. Diplomatic corps, ministers, and band performances filled the corridors while Roosevelt and cabinet members moved through the receiving line.
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United States Army
Oratory
Prine Band
Roosevelt
Diplomatic Corps
Marine Band
Hay
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
Fragmented notice about a reception and timing
A damaged fragment mentions a reception priced at 8.100 per case and an event at 2:30 line misreads, referring to gates, a muse, a person, and girls friends. Details are unclear, with several garbled words and incomplete sentences.
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Reag
Reception and theater fire cast in New York report
In New York a New Year scene blends a white tie reception with a deadly theater blaze. Keith's Union Square Theater and the adjacent Morton House burn after a storage room blaze spreads, forcing hotel guests to flee in nightwear as firemen battle oil and paint laden flames. Reports detail evacuations, street scenes, and efforts to confine the blaze to the basement amid dense smoke and gas.
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New York
Keith
Union Square
M m House
Keith's
Morton
Benson & Co
Manuel Diaz
Croker
Morton House
Engineer and Fireman Killed in Train Collision
Pittsburg dispatch reports a Balt more & Ohio through passenger train derailed near Glencoe. engineer McCune and fireman Collins killed, seventeen injured, five seriously. Injured taken to Meyersdale. wreck sparked by gas tank explosions, large-scale fire. Separate crash at Keithsville, Louisiana kills fireman Daniels and stable attendant Kane. racehorse George Arnold dies, others injured and cars burned.
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Pittsburg
Baltmore & Ohio
W. R. Woodford
John Collins
Connellsville
M'Cune
Ireman
D. J. Partella
Washington, D. C
William Avery
Baltimore & Ohio
G. W. Ryan
Baltimore
A. Young
Hagerstown
R. R. Souser
Napier
Charles Henry
Philadelphia
B. Smith
Allegheny
J. 8 Matthews
Cheyenne
Wyo
J. R. Watters
Huttonsville
W. Va
M. R. M’kinley
Rock Island
Ill
H. A. Hall
Gainesville
F. J. Lazy
Chicago
Frank W. Brenner
J. Jones
Summit
E. J. Leeman
Washigton
D. C
J. A. Barton
I. N. Hay
Meyersdale
Cumberland
New York
Glencoe
Keithsville
George Arnold
Texas Pacific
Houston
Wills Point
Tex
New Orleans
Queen Esther
Kate Ayre
Free State
James Kane
Three Against Twenty: Rhodes Flanks Insurgents Near Manila
Lieut. Charles D. Rhodes of the Sixth Cavalry with two orderlies encountered twenty armed insurgents in a cuartel near Manila. He feigned retreat then flanked and drove out the fighters, seizing two rifles and three revolvers, then burned the barracks. Reports from Samar show little progress and rising hostility, while Batangas reports favorable campaign momentum. The civil commission moves toward compulsory vaccination in the islands.
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Manila
Charles D. Rhodes
Rhodes
Wheaton
Island
Samar
General Chaffee
Batangas
Cuban Elections See Democratic Candidates Withdraw
All Democratic Party candidates withdrew from the Cuban elections while Munso's supporters stayed away from the polls, signaling a broad abstention pattern and unclear turnout implications for the contest.
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Democratic Party
Munso
Palma Likely Cuba President After Narrow Election
The Havana dispatch says Thomas Estrada Palma is poised to win Cuba’s presidency under a new constitution, with a light turnout as many voters stayed home. The campaign featured Palma and General Bartolome Maso, aided by U.S. supervision that avoided election meddling. Palma’s backers expect a four year term and a largely nationalist Congress.
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Palma
Thomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Bartolome Maso
la Discussion
la Lucha
Diaro de la Marina
Senate
House of Representatives
Republic
Thomas Estrada Alma
Washington
Spain
New York
Castile
Bayamo
Honduras
America
United States
Maso
Masos
Garcia
Santiago de Cuba
Palma Favours Commercial Treaty With United States
New York January 1 A Tribune interviewer found General Thomas Estrada Palma at his home in Central Valley New York. Palma said he is content with his life and not seeking honors, yet favors friendly relations with the United States and a commercial treaty. He urged U S tariff reductions on sugar and tobacco to prevent Cuban economic ruin and support independence gains. He argued such a pact would benefit both nations and reflect American interest in a prosperous Cuba.
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United States
New York
the Tribune
Thomas Estrada Palma
Central Valley
N. Y
Cuban
Pemple
Washington
Cuba
General Dick to Aid Hanna Forces in Ohio Speakership Fight
General Dick heads to Columbus to back Hanna after rumors of unrest in the Foraker camp. McKinnon remains clear favorite for speaker, with Uhl clerkship eyed by Hanna. Cox and Mayor Johnson funnel support as delegates gather for the legislature session.
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Columbus
Charles Dick
Hanna
Akron
Foraker
Congress
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Uhl
Senate
Cleveland
Republican Party
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Hannamen
Brown
Paulding
Carey
Muskingum
Price
House
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
Johnson
Collins
East Broad Street
General Dick
Tragedy in Jennings Mont as husband kills family then himself
Patrick Sullivan of Jennings Mont shoots wife and grandchild then himself. Wife critically wounded, coroner and doctors rush to aid as residents seek medical help. Nearby Lucerne area railroad wreck injures engineer Herron fatally and fireman Wilcox seriously. Five overall injured. Portland dispatch also notes a streetcar collision in Chicago injuring five. In West Virginia a freight derailment buries two bridge workers.
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Kalispel
Mont
Patrick Sullivan
Jennings
Butte
Kalispe
Lucerne
Herron
Wilcox
Choate Retires From Evarts Choate Beeman Firm
New York Jan 1 Joseph H Choate withdraws after nearly fifty years in Evarts Choate Beeman and will temporarily discontinue practice The ambassadorial duties in England prevented active participation in firm affairs for years and would continue to limit work It is also noted the deaths of Evarts Beeman and Butler necessitated the change in the firm name
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New York
Evarts, Choate & Beeman
Joseph H. Choate
Choate
United States
England
William M. Evarts
Charles
Beeman
Prescott Hall
Butler
Colombia Invaded by Uribe Uribe With 3060 Men
New York reports from cablegrams via Dr. Restrepo that General Uribe Uribe and about 3060 insurgents have crossed from Venezuela into Colombia. The invasion targets Santander province where he meets General Gonzalez Valencia. Government forces face a Liberal advance in Sacaramanga with four battalions reportedly joining the liberals.
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New York
Restrepo
General Uribe-Uribe
Colombia
Santander
Gonzalez Valencia
Sacaramanga
Scheme Carried Out Receipts and Redemption of Pacific Stock
New York reports the Northern Pacific office stayed open for receipt and cash redemption of preferred stock. Over 60 million of the 75 million issue was received paid for and canceled. All outstanding shares are retired at midnight, with holders to receive cash at Paramount value on presentation. Foreign redemptions not included in the 60 million. Attorneys Power will appeal Lochren's injunction dissolution in St Louis. Mississippi Attorney General McClurg considers merger break with Mobile and Ohio within ten days.
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Northern Pacific Railway Company
Elementariiies
Peter Power
Lochren
Minneapolis
Minn
Northern Pacific
United States Court of Appeals
St. Louis
George A. Lamb
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Fower
Jackson, Miss
McClurg
Southern
Mobile & Ohio Railways
Beveridge summoned to Peoria as sister in critical condition
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana arrived in Peoria after a telegram warned of his sister Mrs Edwin W Brown's critical and possibly fatal illness pneumonia rapid decline doctors consult three local physicians and condition remains grave United States Senator James H Berry shows improvement and expects to leave Bentonville for Washington tomorrow
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Indianapolis Journal
Peoria
Jan. L
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Edwin W. Brown
Beveridge
Senator Berry
Little Rock
Ark
Bentonville
United States
James H. Berry
Washington
Governor Shaw Leaves Des Moines for Washington
Governor Leslie M. Shaw the new secretary of the treasury departed Des Moines at 9:30 PM for Washington via the Chicago & Northwestern. He will pass New Year’s Day in Chicago, arrive in Washington Friday night, and stay two days before returning to Des Moines. Governor elect Cummins greeted Shaw today.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Shaw
United States Treasury
Washington
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Elect Cummins
Shaw
Negro Shot Down Mining Camp Near Linton
TERRE HAUTE Ind Jan 1 a negro named Hensley was riddled with bullets by a crowd of miners at Island City near Linton late this afternoon. He quarreled with miners, was beaten, returned to the scene and threatened to shoot. Eight to ten bullets killed him instantly. Sheriff Hutton could not identify or arrest suspects. Hensley, 20, had a criminal record for larceny.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Hensley
Island City
Linton
Sheriff Hutton
Island City Coal Company
One Killed One Dying After Big Four Collision Near Wabash
A multi‑victim wreck eight miles north of Wabash Indiana on the Michigan division of the Big Four left Jacob Trick dying and his daughter dead. Their buggy struck the engine’s pilot as signals were ignored. Mrs Kelly and Miss Trick were injured. Trick’s skull fractured and death seemed certain.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Jan
Michigan
Big Four
Jacob Trick
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