Teller Says He Will Not Revive the Silver Question
Senator Teller announced he has no plan to reopen the silver issue. He emphasized his aim was to highlight world exchange conditions between gold and silver using nations, noting the 1896 gold standard is settled for a generation but exchange terms with Europe and India remain unsettled.
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Ted Press
Washington
Moreton Frewen
America
Europe
India
Monetary Commission
United States
Venezuela frees itself from Castro end of Castro rule
The Associated Press reports Venezuela openly charges Ci prina Castro with conspiracy to kill Vice President Gomez after Castro left for Europe. Bank of Venezuela cancels Castro credit, Dutch ships to withdraw, and a plot against Gomez was thwarted. Castro in Berlin shown as unaware of his fall amid reports of kidney disease.
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Associated Press
Caragas
Venezuela
Ciprina Castro
Gomez
Republic
Castro
la Guatra
Berlin
Bank of Venezuela
Paris
Europe
Baron von Zeckendorff
Holland
M. Derene
Venezuelan
Gomes
Israel
Mail pouch stolen at Belt Line depot in Kansas City
A mall pouch containing sixty pounds of registered Christmas packages destined to eastern points was stolen from the baggage room of the Twenty second Grand Avenue depot of the Belt Line railroad today. The pouch was made open at the Kansas City postdike.
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Associated Press
Kanbar- City
Twenty-second Grand Avenue
Belt Line Railroad
Kansas City
British Warship Sent to Canton Amid Canton Anti-Foreign Tensions
Hong Kong reports fear of anti foreign outbreaks after a coole death on a Falshan steamer spurs unrest. The British torpedo boat destroyer Hart has been sent to Canton as authorities weigh responses to the growing violence. Attorney General Bonaparte discusses the Pulitzer suit, noting no final line of action has been set.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Falshan
Hart
Baltimore
Bonaparte
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Cudger Named Chief Justice for Panama Canal Zone Field
Washington Dec 22 H H Cudger of North Carolina will be appointed by President Roosevelt to be chief justice of the supreme court of the Panama Canal Zone for six years to succeed Dr F Mutis Duran whose term expires January 1 Cudger is an associate justice of the canal zone supreme court
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Associated Press
Washington
Chang Trial Nearing End As Defense Finishes Testimony
In San Francisco the defense wrapped its testimony in the I W Chang murder trial of Durham White Stevens. Insanity experts Lustig Holsholt and Wadsworth concur that Chang is sane now but may have been insane at the time of the March shooting. Arguments set to begin tomorrow morning.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
I. W. Chang
Durham White Stevens
D. D. Lustig
Insanity Commission
Andrew W. Holsholt
State Hospital For the
Stockton
G. Wadsworth
Chang
Tonopah Trades and Labor Council Montana Car Difference Adjusted
Notice records that disagreements between the Tonopah Trades and Labor Council and the Montana car have been satisfactorily adjusted. Signed by BENSON as President and CLAYTON SEIFERT as Secretary.
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Tonopah
Three men killed in quarry landslide at Santa Cruz cement works
Dec 22 report from Santa Cruz says two Italians and one Slavonian laborers were killed and another Slavonian badly injured in a quarry landslide at the Santa Cruz Portland Cement company. The dead are buried beneath tons of rock.
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Associated Press
Santa Cruz
Santa Crus
Navy department to form new board for construction and repair duties
Secretary Newberry announced a reorganization move creating a new board on construction and repair with expanded duties to improve coordination of naval operations and ensure smoother completion of work. In Connecticut, John Zet was executed for killing his wife and granddaughter after an argument over money.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Newberry
Naval Establishment
Wethersfield
Conn
John Zet
Rockeville
Stock Market Cheerful Buoyant Closing Notes
Stock activity shrank early on recovery news but finished very active with a buoyant tone at top prices. Bonds showed strength.
Flash Photo Said to Show Councilman Taking Bribe
In Pittsburg on December 22 a flashlight image allegedly shows a city council member accepting money from a decoy promoter. The case involves seven council members and two former bank officials facing preliminary bribery hearings.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Voters’ League
Husing Detective Agency
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Collins to be pardoned on Christmas for 1898 murder
Governor Hoch pardons John Collins who is serving a life sentence for murdering his father in May 1898 in Kansas. Collins, a University of Kansas student, was convicted on circumstantial testimony from three black witnesses, one later publishing a book alleging a conspiracy to ruin him. The governor cites innocence and plans to free him on Christmas Day.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Hoch
John Collins
Kansas Penitentiary
Collins
Young Collins
Kansas University
Tme
Nfe
Fire at Herald Square theater drives chorus into streets
Fire broke out near closing time at the Herald Square theater on Thirty- fourth Street and Broadway. The blaze damaged the building and forced actors and chorus to evacuate in costumes. The audience remained unaware as flames spread to the upper gallery and an electric sign fed the fire. No injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
New York
Herald Square Theater
Ffth Street
Broadway
Borough Hotel
American Pompeii unearthed at Casa Granda Arizona
Arizona Washington Dec 22 An annual Smithsonian report notes a prehistoric buried city at Casa Granda Arizona is being excavated under a congressional appropriation led by Dr J Walter Fawkes. The year’s finds include a 200 foot long building with eleven rooms surrounding a plaza and a central room with a seat called Montezuma by Pima Indians. The ruins prove more extensive than expected and their preservation is seen as archaeologically important.
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Washington
Charles B. Walcot
Smithsonian Institution
Casa Granda
Arizona
J. Walter Fawkes
Montezuma
Case Granda
Frisco Sees Brief Earthquake Near District Forecaster
A minor quake lasting under three seconds was felt in Frisco and surrounding cities this afternoon per U S Weather Bureau District Forecaster McAdie. No damage was reported.
Watchman Confesses Fire Start At Dolgeville Plant
Albert Hildebrand, night watchman at a Dolgeville electric plant, disappeared after last Friday's blaze and was found in San Diego. He admits to starting the fire, claiming revenge as motive. Authorities report his arrest and confession.
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Associated Precs
Los Angeles
Albert Hildebrand
Dolgeville
San Diego
Lisbon Treasury Wounded Of Millions In Scandal
Lisbon reports a municipal court uncovering a major scandal with over 47 million missing from city accounts. Former councilors admit irregularities and blame the government, claiming taxpayers bore the loss amid a political blame game.
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Lisbon
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