Memorable Washington Day as Venezuelan bill passes
In Washington on December 21 a volatile session marked by rapid developments, the Senate passed the House Venezuelan commission bill after amendments and a dramatic shift in sentiment. The President urged currency reform and public credit support as Cabinet meetings convened twice, a rare practice. The Senate debated war with Britain amid Monroe Doctrine defenses, while markets faced securities declines and observers weighed mixed implications for policy and foreign reaction.
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Wasumetoy
Washington
House Venezuelan Commission
Senate
House
Dipllmats
Seno
Cievelanti
Congress
Americas
Commission
Patridge
Yermont
United States
Venezuela
Great Britain
Allen
Finance Committee
Aliver
Dar
Sherman
Mills
Teller
Locke
Platt
Turple
Chandler
Caffrey
Gall
Stewart
USA
London
Morgan
Ak Haat
Cockerall
Vanderbilts Fight Slogan Embraces a New Congress
W K Vanderbilt of New York declares all is possible and vows to begin by slashing porta against England. He discusses a congress of delegates from all American republics to advance Blaine's customs union plan. He also claims Edison torpedoes could blow away English divet in hours. Hearne murder trial nears verdict as lawyers finish their arguments and a jury is to decide. Missouri artist Neeland, about to wed, reportedly has three wives. Rescue crews pull five men and a woman from waterbound peril after twelve hours in cold rain. A bill to tax reservations in Wichita and surrounding tribes is introduced, with property value listed at ten million dollars.
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Boessens
W. K. Vanderbilt
New York
England
Mr. Blaine
Mr. Vanderbilt
Edison
Cleveland
Vander Bilt
Dun's Review notes unchanged values in most markets
Dun Co weekly review reports stock and cotton markets dull while American securities appear safe for foreign holders. The piece cites President's message as shaping the week, with manufacturing prices still falling though months of influence have limited value losses. Bank clearings and wheat receipts are contrasted with prior year figures.
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New York
R. G. Dun Co
Weekly Review of Trade
West Ornmo
Atlantic Sports Hour
Aee
Wall Street in Turbulence After Gold Exports and Panic
Wall Street opened with uneasy anticipation as $3,400,000 in gold was sent out of the country and later $000,000 in exports were announced. London reports of large American securities sales and war news fueled panic, leading to firm failures Nichols Frothingham Co Samuels Sands Co De Noofille & Co L A Feldman Fenton. Banks called in loans, money was lent at high interest to sustain stocks, and the decline persisted into the close with demoralizing market behavior and cull rates up to 30 percent.
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Wall Street
New York
Dec
Dessern
Stock Exchange
London
Nichols, Frothingham & Co
Samuels. Sands & Co
de Noofville & Co
L. A. Feldman
Massacre Ordered by Porte Shocks Armenian City Zeitoun
Dispatches report the Porte commanding Mustapha Remazi Pasha to attack Zeitoun with 19 000 troops and two batteries to bombard and destroy the city and massacre 12 000 Armenians. Also noted are minor items on penitentiary funds and a divorce in Hartford plus an advertisement for Bucklen's Arabs Salve.
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Porte
Por
Mustapha Remazi Pasha
Zeitoun
Women Named in Busy New York Chop House Incident
At Old Tom's in Thames Street a dingy restaurant long favored by Wall Street brokers, two women and two men entered and ordered four combination chops. Brokers quickly identified the women as Mrs Willis K Van derbilt and Mrs William Jay, with a Mr Smith from Mobile nearby.
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Willie HK
Lusch
New York
Thames Street
Old Tom's
Wall Street
Willis K. Vanderbilt
William Jay
Bie Neoaurenss
Mr. Smith
Mobile
The Confession Lie That Shook Lisra
Barry Hayward dubbed the prince of liars in Ife after death as details of a sensational confession surfaced. His father W. W. Hayward published that the ante mortem words were a tissue of lies made to sell sensationalism. Attorneys and experts note narcissistic deception and demand for the pamphlet confession surged, with an initial 25,000 copies exhausted.
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Barry Hayward
Clinobes
Lisra
Mrixzarous
Minn
Harry Hayward
Ife
Goodsell
Harry
W. W. Hayward
Jobn Day Smith
Silver Senators Win On Free Coinage Resolution
Senator Allen of Nebraska moved to refer his resolution for a finance committee investigation into the desirability of free coinage of silver for wartime needs. The reference was defeated 24 to 33, and the resolution was then agreed to without division.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Platt
Yeas—Allison
Brice
Burrows
Conery
Cameron
Chandler
Galli
Mantle
Mitchell
Oregon
Mor
Nelson
Parco
Potter
Perkins
Pettigrew
Pritchard
Roach
Stewart
Teller
Tillman
West
Voorhees
Westmall
Warres
Wilson
Trolley Strike Is Off After Arbitration Move
Calon Fraction Company agrees to submit to arbitration following Mayor Warwick’s mediation. In Nevada Missouri Elias Dean and farm hand Dory Monroe survived a Marmaton river boat sinking, taking refuge in a tree top overnight. Vernon county suffers stock damage and corn losses from recent flooding and washouts.
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Calon Fraction Company
Pullapattara
Warwick
Mads
Nevada
Elias Dean
Marmaton River
Dory Monroe
Vernon County
Bell Telephone declares six percent dividend payable January
Brief items report a six percent dividend by the International Bell Telephone Company due in January. Other notes mention locked out New York tailors claiming victory, 30 contractors seeking workers, Indian San Carlos reservation killings, a ranch foreman shot during inspection, a Denver fire destroying the Aisne block with about 150000 dollars in loss, a Palace Clothing Co store wall paper collapse in Minneapolis, clerk Gele Walters injured, a Kobe note on Joseph Cook arriving from Australia, health concerns over his lecturing tour, and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup marketed for teething and colic at twenty five cents a bottle.
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International Bell Telephone Company
New York
San Carlos Reservation
Arizona
Denver
Galo
Aisne
Sixteenth and
Curtis Streets
Palace Clothing Company
Minneapolis
Minn
Gele Walters
Kobe
Japan
Joseph Cook
Australia
Lillages Schoolhouse Design Published in 1806
A pamphlet by George Palliser advocates a brick two room schoolhouse suited to small towns. It describes 24 by 43 feet rooms, 18 feet ceilings, single desks, good lighting, and notes a schoolhouse as essential to an intelligent community and a pleasant, attractive setting for students.
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George Palliser
Schoolhouse Model Showcases Practical Plan and Ventilation
A well detailed Victorian schoolhouse design by George Palliser presents a four room plan with front porch access to basement playrooms for boys and girls, separate cloakrooms, and a central hot air furnace delivering four air changes per hour. Estimated total cost around 25 000 with desks and furnishings per pupil near two dollars. room expansions possible as communities grow.
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Anney Pote
Romiy
Ara
Rock Bottom
George Pallisar
Park Place
New York
Sanitary Aid Societies Promote Public Health
Sanitary aid societies have operated in Europe and America as private or semi official bodies. They assist health officers in enforcing sanitary laws, educate the poor in hygiene, visit homes, distribute literature, and advocate sanitary nuisance removal. Some have extended influence into courts.
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Sanitary Aid Societina
Europe
America
Thor
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