Japan and Okuma spark British debate on Asia policy
London commentary on Count Okuma's Kobe speech stirs headlines and sotto voce “We Told You So” in British clubs. Journalists claim Japan seeks regional supremacy while supporters insist the talk targets trade expansion. The Times notes U S Navy improvements and hopes Washington shores up safety and efficiency.
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Hobo a Changed Man After Rescue in Delaware
William Nixon once a tramp in Delaware New Jersey is credited with saving Emily Quigg from a gas stove blast when he shielded her with his coat and rug. He suffered burns but was aided by the Quigg family and now works in a grocery, promising to abandon the road. Nixon had been a prosperous businessman before losing his fortune.
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Mauretania Collides With Barges in New York Harbor
The turbine Mauretania, then the world’s largest ship, broke from moorings at West Thirteenth Street in a light gale and struck a fleet of barges and canal boats, sinking one. Four hawsers to the pier parted, turning the ship’s bow northward while stern lines kept it from entering the river.
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West Thirteenth Street
Machine Guns for Strikers at Tquique Chile
A U S dispatch reports 200 striking workers killed in Tquique Chile after 10,000 laborers from the interior refused to return to nitrate industry work. The city declared a state of siege and government forces fired on the strikers with machine guns.
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Tquique
Chile
State Department
United States
Death of Pierre Janssen Prominent French Astronomer
Pierre Jules Caesar Janssen, famed French scientist and Meudon observatory director, died. Born in Paris in 1824, he journeyed to Peru in 1857 to locate the magnetic equator and to Italy from 1857 to 1864 to observe the solar spectrum. He studied sun eclipses for years and escaped besieged Paris in 1870 by balloon to reach the Algerian observation.
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Pierre Jules Caesar Janssen
Meudon Observatory
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Janssen
Peru
Italy
Miss Gaston Forges Change on Cigarette Ban Proposal
In Lansing on December 24 Miss Lucy Gaston, known for anti cigarette campaigns, addressed the constitutional convention committee on miscellaneous provisions. The panel voted to report the proposal favorably and placed the measure banning manufacture sale or import of cigarettes on the general order after noting a new importation ban feature.
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Lansing
Mich
Lucy Gaston
Gaston
First Martinsville Oil Reaches New Wood River Refinery
After a two week creep the first crude oil from Martinsville Ill 126 miles away flowed through the Standard Oil pipeline into the new Wood River refinery north of St Louis The two big receiving tanks began filling even as 900 workers push to complete the plant site once hosted Lewis and Clark camp during the Louisiana Purchase negotiations.
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Martinsville
Standard Oil Company
Wood River
Lewis and Clark
United States
Frances
Pioneer asthma treatment described in historic Indiana woods
In Petersburg Indiana two men found an auger hole in a white oak containing a lock of hair and trimmed nails plugged for years. An old belief claimed inserting hair and nail trimmings in a hollow tree could cure asthma, a remedy rooted in early frontier lore.
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Petersburg
Ind
Omer Lynch
Edward Armstrong
Contests in House and Size of Senators
A 1900s Washington dispatch notes few House contests with only five seats in dispute led by Larrazolo versus Andrews. It lists tallest and shortest senators, mentions Cy Sulloway and Ollie James, and discusses the referee system, New Mexico and Arizona statehood, and Oklahoma’s growing representation.
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Senator Mallory Dies at Pensacola Florida
Washington reports the death of Senator Stephen Russell Mallory Democrat of Pensacola Florida born November 2 1848 He served in the Confederate army and represented Florida in the Fifty Second Fifty Third Congresses and was elected to the U S Senate for the term starting March 4 1897 re elected in 1907 His LL D degree was conferred by Georgetown University in 1904.
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Stephen Russell Mallory
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Fla
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Ile
Florida
United States Senate
Georgetown University
Owosso Wrestler Defends Grip Attack by Bandits
Henry Shellenbarger heavyweight wrestling champion of Michigan fought off two masked robbers four miles south of Owosso after they blocked his path and attacked him. He pinned one with a hip lock, throwing him to the ground with force. A farmer arriving in a sleigh caused the other bandit to flee as both robbers escaped toward a cutter.
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Mich
Henry Shellenbarger
Michigan
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B. Badgerow
Flotilla Returns After Ship Lawson’s Machinery Trouble
Port of Spain Trinidad December 24 The American torpedo boat flotilla which had sailed for Rio Janeiro en route to the Pacific returned here after an accident to the Lawrence’s machinery The damage is not serious and repairs are expected within a day The supply ship Arethusa has proceeded to Para
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Tragic Bathing Accident Claims One Year Old Daughter
Chicago report states twenty months old child of Mrs. Anna Taus of 1650 North Albany avenue fell into a tub of hot water and died after her mother left to fetch cold water. Police quote the mother describing the moment she stepped away briefly.
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Anna Taus
Albany Avenue
New Hampshire Returns After Speedy Trial
Camden N J Dec 24 The battleship New Hampshire has returned to the New York Shipbuilding company yards after a successful trial trip off the Maine coast. The warship will soon be turned over to the government. The trial showed she is very speedy.
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