Russian Japanese War Declared Sparks Global Tensions
Dispatches from Seattle and London report naval preparations as Russia Japan tensions escalate. The New York readiness at Puget Sound Navy Yard signals possible dispatch to Korean waters while rumors of war influence markets and diplomacy in Paris and London.
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
New York
Tokio
Dee
Japan
Russia
Taron de Roxen
London
Rothschilds
Great Britain
Paris
France
Associated Press
Daron de Rosen
Japan deems Russia ultimatum reply unsatisfactory
Washington dispatch from Minister Griacom reports Japan regards Russia's reply as unsatisfactory. The State department confirms receipt and notes the stance taken by Tokyo.
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State Department
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Tohlo
Japan
Fearless Fighters Against Boo dlers
Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore, tied to the Dawes commission, arrived in Kansas City and declined to discuss findings. He expects a confidential report to be sent to the Interior Secretary within a month, with public release uncertain. Bonaparte praises President Roosevelt as fearless against corruption and notes an anti-boodle platform in his candidacy.
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Kansas City
Charles J. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Dawes Commission
Indian Territory
Bonaparte
Roosevelt
Cabinet Meeting on Land Scheme In Washington
President Roosevelt conferred with several cabinet members including Moody Cortelyou Hitchcock and Knox on land frauds in the West and a Senate rift over the Panama issue. Details were not disclosed and no public information was provided about the discussions.
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Roosevelt
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Cortelyou
See'y Root
Hitchcock
Knox
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Kear
New Jersey
Senate
Panama
Ae Ug
Lewis
Suéleaites
Colombians on the Warpath
The Navy Department reports a cable from Admiral Glass in Panama saying a Colombian gunboat has moved a small force of troops from the mouth of the Nitrato River to the north. Verification of the report is not yet completed.
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Navy Department
Renar-Admiral Glass
Panama
Nitrato
Admiral Glass Drys
Stanford Graduate Named Chief of Library of Congress Law Division
George Winfield Scott of Stanford class of 1900 is appointed chief of the new law division at the Library of Congress Washington. The admin post carries a 3000 dollar yearly salary. He will travel to Europe in January to assist the government, stay about ten months, and then proceed to South America. He has studied at Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania and taught in New York.
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George Winfield Scott
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Division of Law
Library of ‘Congress
Washington
Europe
South America
Library of Ponte Es
Mr. Scott
New York
Jaspele Acholaranos
Columbia
Cornet
Kcldeago
University of Penssylvanis
How the Friars Will Be Settled
Nome December 19 The settlement of the friars lands question in the Philippines practically settles the friars themselves. Franciscans will likely abandon the islands due to lack of funds while a few recollects remain with some property. Dominicans will be supported by their university and Augustinians will occupy the Iloilo building and seek government indemnity. The number remaining with the new American bishop’s consent will not exceed 150 and none will be sent to the archipelago. Spain previously paid transportation costs.
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Philippines
Lloilo
Spain
Boy 11 Burned to Death After Roving Night in Idaho
Eddie Keith, 11, wandered from home in Pocatello, Idaho. He slept in a shack by the river after being given shelter by Mrs. Blair. The shack burned and the boy's remains were found on the ice near the riverbank. Police and an undertaker attended the scene as the case awaited burial arrangements.
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Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello
Ida
Eddie Keith
Dillon
Mont
Eddie
FE. S& Carter
Blair
Neal
Saxony Strikers Face Christmas Ban Amid Bitter Strikes
Berlin reports the Saxon government forbidding major Christmas parties for textile workers in Crimmitschau to avoid seditious gatherings. About seven to eight thousand strikers crossed into Altenburg to meet outside Saxon control as the eighteen week strike continues with bitter mood and patrols limiting groups in the streets.
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Berlin
Crimmitschau
National Society of Textile Workers
Hage
Crimmitechan
Gend’armes
Atrikets
Aleténburg
Murder Mystery Grips Irvington Employee in Abduction
Otto Gilbert, an Irvington magazine employee, was found bound and gagged in a hired buggy. He was unconscious, with valuables intact except for a small sum of money. Police suspect a jealous rival in a love affair engineered the attack.
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New York
Otto Gilbert
Irvington
Gilbert
Market notes show dull bond and stock movement
The report describes a sluggish New York market with speculative moves and few specialties. Uncertainty over price maintenance and securities decisions weighed on investor sentiment, while the bond market remained dull and trading quiet.
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New Yorks
Funeral Strikes Tie Up Chicago Livery and Hearses
In freezing rain Chicago sees sixty to seventy five funerals today as livery drivers strike. Undertakers refuse to send hearses until unions concede, forcing use of wagon transports under police guard. Mutual fears of violence surround Keefer and Blake families as pickets protest. A broader fire and stablemen strike threatens city crippling transport.
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Chicago
Anna Yviick
Joseph Blake
Joseph Keefer
Thirty-first
Wallace
Oakwood Cemetery
Keefer
Daughter of Revolution Passes Away in Pennsylvania
New York dispatch notes Lucinda Valentine of Matamoras Pennsylvania dies of pneumonia at 87. She was a daughter of Jabez Roches who served five years in the American army under General Washington. She leaves sister Phoebe Gainford, 93, and recalls sister Catherine Bowden who died January 6 1902. The three living children of a Revolution soldier marked a distinct trio.
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Jabez
Rockwell
Pennsylvania
New York
Lucinda Valentine
Matanoras
Jabez Roches
Price Amerian
Wyashington
Phoebe Gainford
Golden Rule Copper Company Meeting in New York
In a December New York meeting of Golden Rule Copper Company investors, shareholders discuss recovering value from a Tucson area mine claim. The asset list includes only a desk and ore specimens. charges of fraud surface against officers as a committee is formed to seek just remedies for Yonkers shareholders.
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Golden Rule Copper Company
Tucson
Arizona
Yonkers
Vatican Reveals Hidden Wealth Belongs to Late Pope
Reports state the Vatican received a sudden influx of funds amounting to about 9.26 million cranes in paper money found in a hidden wall stash. Cardinal Gotti and Mgr. Mazzolini presented the hoard to Pope Pius with claims tied to the late pontiff.
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Centinal Gotti
Propaganda
Mgr
Mazzolini
Secretarica
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Mgr. Mazzolini
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Pius
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Mazzotini
Papal
Pape Lea
Anter Ja
Colorado Strike Nearing End as Troops to Be Drawn
Governor Peabody and Adjutant General Bell agreed to withdraw troops from Cripple Creek and Telluride mining districts. Cripple Creek force reduced from 375 to 300 men and Telluride relief for 415 men, bringing Telluride to 325. A further cut is planned at year start with general withdrawal within 30 days. 3,200 Cripple Creek miners and Telluride mines reopen one by one.
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Denver
Peabody
Bell
Cripple Creek
Telluride
National Livestock Meet Announces Speakers for Convention
The National Livestock association secretary says the seventh annual convention in Portland Oregon begins January 12. Notable speakers include Nebraska Chancellor I Benjamin Andrews Texas Senator I W Wall Utah Governor Heber M Wells Montana official Paul McCormick Nebraska C E Adams Nevada J E Stubbs Illinois Col W J Skinner Colorado W I Carlyle Montana J E Calderhead New York Dr G Howard Davidson Oregon W W Cotton California Col John TP Irish. A complete program will be announced later.
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Portland
Ore
National Livestock Association
I. Benjamin Andrews
Nebraska
I. W. Wall
Texas
Heber M. Wells
Utah
Paul McCormick
Montana
C. E. Adams
J. E. Stubbs
Nevada
W. J. Skinner
Illinois
W. I. Carlyle
Colorado
J. VE. Calderhead
G. Howard Davidson
New York
W. W. Cotton
Oregon
John TP. Irish
California
Admiral Goes to Alexandretta
Constantinople reports Admiral Coltoy departed Beirut aboard a vessel with Mranchecoy and others taking passage to Alexandretta. The move follows a December 5 incident in which a naturalized American Attarian was insulted by police. Minister Leishman has discussed the matter informally with the foreign minister of the Ottoman Empire, seeking a settlement without yet filing a formal demand.
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Constantinople
Coltoy
Beirut
Mranchecoy
Orsul
Christmas coin sent to Europe via liners in December
Statistics reported to the New York post office show American coin gifts totaling 1 408 960 dollars carried to Europe on the liner St Louis which called Saturday Kaiser Wilhelm on Tuesday and the Oceanic on Wednesday. England receives 124 399 dollars. Domestic money orders to the United States and Canada on Thursday totaled 2 951 700 dollars.
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New York
New York Post Office
Europe
St. Louis
England
United States
Canada
New Brooklyn Bridge Opens in New York History
The Williamsburg bridge, second East River crossing linking Manhattan and Brooklyn, is turned over to the city and formally opened. Dedicatory events include parades, a central meeting with officials, speeches, a Hanover Club dinner, and later water displays and fireworks. Construction began October 28, 1890, with a span of 7200 feet and a width of 118 feet. The bridge cost about 11 million dollars, with land condemnation bringing total to about 21 million.
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New
Williamsburg
East River
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New Bridge
Mayor Low
Swanstrom
Hanover Club
Brooklyn Bridge
Lord Kitchener Improves After Wounding in India
New York Dec 19 Lord Kitchener commander of the British forces in India who had his leg broken recently while passing through a tunnel on horseback is much improved in health says a Calcutta despatch to the Times. Although confined to his halls for some time he saw new ease to carry on his official duties.
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New York
Lord Kitchener
India
Saya
Calcutta
New Alle
Seven Girls Die as Walden University Dormitory Fire
Nashville dispatch reports seven deaths and seventeen serious injuries from a dormitory fire at Walden University, a school for colored students. President Hamilton learned of the blaze as screams echoed, inmates leaped from windows, and the main staircase became impassable. The four story Urick building trapped residents who burned or were crushed while seeking escape, with Theodore Bryant listed as missing and feared burned. Most victims are Southern African American students. among the injured is Miss Eleanor Moore of Chicago, fatally hurt, and Kertha Morford of Chicago.
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Nashville
Tenn
Walden University
Hamilton
Urick
Theodore Bryant
Amt Fe
Eleanor Moore
Chicago
Frisco-Southern Alliance Ends Frisco New Orleans Plan
Negotiations finalize an alliance linking the St Louis and San Francisco railroad with the Southern Railway to reach New Orleans via the Mobile and Ohio and New Orleans and Northwestern routes. The move avoids building Memphis to Baton Rouge line and avoids Gould interests. Connections form at Tupelo and Jasper with Meridian linking to the New Orleans line.
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New York
St. Lanis
San Francisco
Frisco
New Orleans
New York Herald
Southern Railway
Memphis
Baton Rouge
Gould
Sotuthern Railway
Newsouipans
Iron Mountain
Orleana
Trafic
Yoakum
Syencer
Southern
Mobile
Ohio
Northwestern
New Orig
St. Louis
San
St. Lou
Gulf
Gilveston
Harriman
South Texas
Tipelo
Jasper
Mississippi
Birmingham
Alabama
Northeastern
Meridian
Tupelo
Mississippi River
Senator Dietrich Pleads Not Guilty in Federal Indictments
United States Senator Charles H. Dietrich appeared in federal court in Onaha with attorney General John Cowinchigrat. he pled not guilty to the post office building lease profiteering indictment and refused to plead to conspiracy and bribery charges shared with Hastings Postmaster Jacob Fisher. Trial dates were set and shortened per judge orders, with two weeks for government prep on the conspiracy case and January 4 for the leasing indictment.
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Onaha
United States
Charles H. Dietrich
John & Cowinchigrattorney
Mungers
Federal Court
Jacob Fisher
Hastings
Fisher
Cowin
Sagiéte
Rush «Lgorbuly
Nadimenir
Dietrich
Senator Pettus Criticizes Panama Policy and U S Honor
Senate debates Morgan resolution as Senator Pettus urges that Panama’s independence and U S role be judged by honor not self interest. He warns against using canal property as Colombia’s debt leverage and says de facto governments deserve proper recognition only when established. He claims war with Colombia has begun in effect and condemns unilateral authority. The Senate adjourned in early January.
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Senate
Pettus
United States
Canal
Panama
Colombia
Prioe
Remman
Digals
Columbia
Congress
Mount Tacoma Rockslide Report Draws Skepticism
An Olympia stockman living near Mount Tacoma base reports a massive rock and sand slide early this week that he says altered the mountain’s shape and reduced height. He claims multiple slides Tuesday through Wednesday night produced a loud roar, with hundreds of acres of rock fallen, though Olympia observers doubt the extent.
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