Plan to neutralize the Panama Canal strip faces opposition
Representative Tawney and other anti administration voices back the Kiefer resolution to neutralize the canal strip at a cost of about 14 million dollars. The proposal seeks international treaties declaring the zone neutral while keeping U S control of canal administration and defense. Republicans wary of spending fear public opinion will press the president.
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Washinton
Tawney
Panama Canal
Kiefer
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Committee On Appropriations
United States
Chicago Market Prices and Livestock Quotations
Chicago wheat and corn bids with No. 2 red at 1.93 to 1.12, spring varieties around 1.06, oats near 0.31 to 0.33. Live stock quotes show hogs trading $7.05 to $7.25, cattle $4.15 to $9.00, sheep $3.90 to $6.75, with receipts listed. East Buffalo and Dunning Stevens report cattle, hogs, sheep, and calves with modest gains and steady to active demand.
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Chicago
Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin Fair Weather With Cold Wind
The forecast says continued cold air across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin with fair skies. Brisk winds persist today and tomorrow as conditions remain chilly.
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Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin— Fair
Actress Steals Boy Lover in Utica Abduction Case
Utica police bring actress Maria De Amorie from Buffalo after she abducted Angelo Ferdinando a 15 year old city boy. The boy was returned as a prisoner on vagrancy charges. The pair were arrested with the boy disguised as a woman whose high heel footwear betrayed the ruse.
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Utica
N. Y
Maria de Amorie
Youngstown
Buffalo
Angelo Ferdinando
Jem Mace Dies in England Former World Champion of 1862
London report says Jem Mace died in Marrow-on-Tyne at age 78 or 79. The Beeston born fighter once worth over a million dollars and later relied on friends. His first major victory came against Bill Thorpe. he beat Tom Sayers successor in 1862 after forty three rounds.
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London
Jem Mace
Marrow on-Tyhe
Mace
Beeston
Norfolk
Bill Thorpe
Tom Sayers
Tom King
Forty-Six Deer Hunting Accidents Reported in Michigan
In Michigan’s upper peninsula from Nov 10 to Nov 30 there were 46 hunting accidents with 20 fatalities. Most caused by carelessness, including several cases where shooters left victims. Twenty eight incidents involved hunters shot for deer by mistake amid a season estimate of 5000 deer killed.
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Calumet
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Freight Trains Collide Near Greens Fork Indiana
A major freight wreck on the Pennsylvania line near Greens Fork ten miles west of Richmond Indiana caused property losses over 50000 dollars and blocked the Richmond division for most of the day. One brakeman injured minor. others escaped. A westbound through freight struck a local freight at the Greens Fork station wrecking six cars and demolishing the passenger station and a nearby building.
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Richmond
Ind
Pennsylvania
Greens Fork
Inauguration of Diaz and Corral in Mexico City
Diaz and Vice President Corral are inaugurated in Mexico City at the School of Mines after officials and diplomats attend a tightly guarded ceremony. Secret police sworn in as deputies accompany the event amid reports of rebel activity in Chuviscar and Texcoco.
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School of Mines
City of
Mexico
Diaz
Corral
Chamber of Deputies
House of Deputies
Texcoco
Chuviscar
Chihuata
Chihuahua
Dr. F. A. Cook Publishes Remarkable Magazine Statement
A feature highlights Dr. F. A. Cook and his notable statement printed in a magazine. The piece details the context and impact of his assertion, underscoring its significance within contemporary discourse.
Chicago Traction Sold to Cooke in Auction
Andrew Cooke bought the Chicago Consolidated Traction Company at a master in chancery sale for 1,425,000. The street railway system covers the north and west sides and suburbs. The property is bonded for about 15,000,000 and valued officially at 4,000,000 by the city engineers. Cooke may represent bond holders though he denies it, and the sale is described as important.
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Cooke
Consolidated Traction Company
Chicago
Andrew Cooke
Chicago Consolidated Traction Company
Henry W. Bishop
United States Circuit Court
Board of Supervising Engineers
Consolidated
Wealthy Illinois farmer Wallace Eberle found dead
Wallace Eberle a 55 year old farmer from West Lincoln township Lincoln Illinois hanged himself with a halter in his barn according to local police reports.
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Lincoln, Ill
Wallace Eberle
Lincoln Township
Baker Cooke Wins Bid on Traction Property Auction
A Chicago banker and vice president of Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Mr. Cooke, bid cash and certified checks totaling 84000 to acquire the property. He was the sole bidder and is linked to bondholders of the Chicago Consolidated Traction company. His purchase paves the way for a reorganization and transfer of title to the Chicago Railway company.
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Chicago Railway Company
Cooke
Chicago Markets Quiet Amid Steady Tones on Cattle Sheep
Markets report estimated receipts of 28000 with 4702 leftovers. Hog prices show 5 higher with light hogs 6 85 to 7 25 and mixed packers 6 85 to 7 30. Heavy shipping grades 6 80 to 7 30. Cattle around 9000 and steady. sheep about 20000 and steady.
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Chicago
Hog market receipts and bids snapshot
Estimated today receipts 25000 with yesterday 37947 and last month 149184. Shipments yesterday 7236 and last month 65169. Tomorrow's receipts 20000. Market ranges show bulk 7 10 to 7 30 light 6 85 to 7 30 mixed packers 6 90 to 7 35 heavy shipping 6 90 to 7 35 rough 6 90 to 7 05 porkers 7 00 to 7 25 pigs 6 40 to 7 00.
Cattle and Sheep Market Receipts and Ranges
Estimated receipts show 9000 cattle with slow to weak demand. Beeves 4.50 to 7.50, cows and heifers 2.25 to 3.50, Texas steers 4.20 to 5.40, stockers 3.50 to 4.75, Western cattle 4.25 to 6.40. Estimated 20000 market with strong demand. Native sheep 2.25 to 6.30, Western sheep 2.75 to 4.25, yearlings 4.20 to 5.25, lambs 4.25 to 6.70, Western lambs 5.0 to 6.65.
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Texas
Market Report Highlights Opening Activity and Mixed Packers
The market shows fairly active trading with strong early bulk bids. Light trading from 6 80 to 7 40, mixed packers at 6 90 to 7 37, rough at 6 90 to 7 05. Cattle and sheep both described as weak.
Tug Sunk Three Perish In Snowstorm Collision
The tug General sank off Lime Island in St Marys Passage during a heavy snowstorm after colliding with the Canadian Pacific steamer Athabasca. Second Engineer Joseph Boyer Cook Andrew Harwood and Fireman Frank Lowe all drowned. The tug, owned by Great Lakes Dock, was en route to aid the steamer Pollock aground on Martin's Reef twelve miles west of Detour.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Dee
General
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Athabasca
Lime Island
St. Mary's Pasasge
Joseph Boyer
Andrew Harwood
Frank Lowe
Great Lakes Dock Company
Pollock
Martin's Reef
Reach-Wickham Grain Company Notice
Furnished by Reach-Wickham Grain Company Chicago Illinois the 544 and 645 Postal Telegraph Building context.
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Reach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Illinois
Northern Explorer Confesses May Have Reached Pole
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Brooklyn explorer, says in an article for Hampton's Magazine that he cannot be sure he reached the north pole. He describes months of isolation and hunger that left him half mad and questions whether his discovery truly occurred.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Hampton's
North Pole
Cook
States
Dr. Cook
Pole
Lover shoots himself after entering sick room
Leo Gerowski 23 stalked Helen Furi 15 then, while she lay ailing with pleurisy at her mother's Clay Street home, entered the room, fired four shots missing all but grazing the girl's temple. He killed himself with a shot to the head as the couple’s vulnerable situation prompted authorities to intervene. The girl is seriously wounded but expected to recover.
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Buffalo
Leo Gerowski
Helen Furi
Clay Street
Gar
Billy Sunday Auto Collision Near Waterloo
Evangelist Billy Sunday was riding in a car that was struck by a truck at a Waterloo crossing used by the Cedar Falls and Northern Interurban company. Sunday was injured in the collision and transported for medical care.
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Evangelist Wee
Iowa
Waterloo
Billy
Cedar Falls
Northern Interurban Company
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U. S
Omaha
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Upper Michigan
Brazil
SOLNL
DE Saneseo
Rio de Janeiro
Minas Geraes
Neves
Sao Paulo
Bahia
Chaviscar
F. A. Cook
Able
Chicago Traction GO
Railway System
Eaplureh Gok
Fetei
Ser Ubt
Hogss
United States Senate
CREA
Grain Market
Keister & Son
John A. Babcock
Washington City
Cove
Eee
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