Banks Hoard Panic Eases as Controller Calls Money Reports
Financial centers from New York to Kansas City face scrutiny as controllers demand bank statements on December 3. Reports indicate many banks held reserves above the legal minimum, while New York and Boston show deficits. Clearing houses are ordered to disclose certs issued and on hand, signaling a possible loosening of the money market.
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New York
Duainesa
Boston
Philadelphia
Tesuing
Ridgely
Chicago
Pittsburg
Pedianeene
Kansas City
Ridgeley
Washington
President Silent on Venezuelan Question
Washington reports note the president made no reference to Venezuela in his recent message to Congress. Observers see potential implications for war authorization, as arbitration attempts with Castro’s government have stalled and prior threats by Hay faded. Claims include Orinoco Development, Bermudese Asphalt, Orinoco Shipping, and Critchfeld and A. F. Janrett.
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U. S
Congress
Venezuela
Voneaula
Castro
Root
Russell
Caracas
Hay
Queen of Holland
Hague Court
Roosevelt
Congres
United States
Capitol
Orinoco Development Ccompany
New York
Bermadese Asphalt Company
Orinoco Shipping Company
Critchfeld
A. F. Janrett
Taft matriarch in Millsbury sinking state
In Millsbury Massachusetts on December 5 race Taft reports his mother Louise M Taft is steadily sinking and unconscious causing concern among family. The statement confirms her declining condition and lack of recognition of visitors as doctors monitor her health.
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Millsbury
Mass
Aorace Taft
Louisa M. Taft
Express Wreck Near Union Station Injures Thirteen
Pittsburg December 5 The Pennsylvania Railroad Atlantic express wrecked in Union Station yards. Mrs Mary L Stevens of South Orange New Jersey was thrown from her seat in a Pullman and injured internally. Frozen switch likely caused two Pullman coaches to be struck by passing express cars leaving thirteen passengers injured.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Station
Stevens
South Orange
New Jersey
Goolds Convicted in Monaco Murder Trial
Vere St. Leger Goold and his wife Marie were found guilty by Monaco's superior court of murdering Emma Levin at Monte Carlo last summer.
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Monte Carlo
Vere St. Leger Goold
Marie
Superior Court of
Monaco
Emma Levin
Fragmentary note on a sensational crime case
A garbled OCR passage hints at a murder with a decapitated body in a trunk and a provisional financial motive linked to a counterfeit scheme. Names, dates, and clear entities are obscured, but the fragment suggests a sensational public crime report from an old paper.
Bloodbound chase for two cracksmen in Eldridge firm loss
Police and deputies with two bloodhounds pursue two alleged cracksmen after a burglary at the Eldridge Grocery Co. branch in Cleveland. Nitroglycerin was used in the break and $501 was seized. The pursuit covers the Coehocton area as officers track the suspects.
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Coehocton. O
Eldridge Iggine
Cleveland
Blazing tar paper fire traps workers in tunnel
In Jersey City on December 5 a blaze in a Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel at Homestead overwhelmed eleven workers with smoke. One man named Philip Tinose died, two were dying in hospital, and three others were feared dead.
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Jersey Cty
Pennsylvania Railroad
Homestead
Philip ‘Tinose
Jury says Kirby may be set free in Washington case
Jurors in Washington convict case report George Kirby charged with killing merchant, but verdict suggests possible freedom. Details indicate confusion in OCR text.
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Kirby
Waterways funding predicted by Durton at congress
Washington December 1 Representatives Durton retired chairman of the rivers and harbors committee forecast a sixty million dollar annual appropriation for ten years to improve the nation’s waterways at today’s Rivers and Harbors congress session. A delegate interrupted with a question about how large an appropriation would meet committee favor.
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Washington
Representative Durton
House Hivers and Harbors Committee
Rivers and Hare Bors
Taft Leaves St Petersburg for Berlin Visit
Secretary Taft and party departed St Petersburg at noon for Berlin. He will stay a few hours in Berlin tomorrow evening and has asked the American ambassador to skip formal entertainments in his honor due to his mother's illness.
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Taft
St. Petersburg
St Petersburg
Berlin
West Dissent Cites Need for Constitutional Amendment
In Columbus Ohio Senator West argues the current senator ship cannot be refiled before the expiration of terms and asserts a constitutional amendment is required to authorize a session in 1900 and to legalize the course of action the Legislature adopted, noting the rights of senators elected by the legislatures prior to term ends.
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Columbus
O Dee
West
Feld
Foraker
Battle 15 Expected as Goldfield Tense
Miners and guards at Goldfield battle camp resistors brace for clash as tensions rise. Federal troops from California pending orders while governors and officials argue over soldiers. Authorities fear an explosion and the town is on high alert with guards ready to fire on any approach.
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Goldfield
California
Califoris
Washington
New York City Hit by Three Destructive Fires
Three large fires in New York City endangered four firemen and several residents, injuring many and causing about $50,000 in damages. A gas explosion in a stationery store cellar and a blast at the Ault and Wiborg Lithographing plant fueled the blazes, as firefighters evacuated women and children from a six story Eleventh Street tenement. The body of Mrs. Lanahan was later recovered from the ruins.
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New York
Dee
Cycanbe
Eleventh Street
Lanahan
Ault
Wiborg
Workmen In Every Mill In St Petersburg Strike
In St Petersburg and vicinity workers walked out in sympathy with fifty four progressive members of the second Douma who face treason charges. Police cracked down on several attempted parades as arrests mounted while a Cossack force patrolled main streets and cavalry patrolled thoroughfares. Some protesters were injured during clashes.
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BL. Petersburg
St. Petersbirs
Vorver
Prinetpal Neglators
Denne
German resident Hollenbach attempts suicide by throat slashes
Karl Hollenbach, a German resident, reportedly attempted to take his life in his room after writing a letter about his body. He survived after slashing his throat twice and drinking Whisky, remaining outwardly calm as he was taken to hospital. Authorities say mental strain from pending court charges may have driven the act.
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Toledo
Tie Preter
Karl Hollenbach
Wocaloun
Hraagadorio Arne
Hollenbach
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