James Bryce Named as Ambassador to Washington Hinted
London reports high officials favor James Bryce for the Washington post though not yet confirmed. Bryce, Irish ties and Oxford scholar, would be acceptable to England and the United States, with his appointment seen as a strong diplomatic asset if accepted.
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United States
Oxford
London
Washington
James Bryce
Brvie
Ireland
England
Great Britain
Henry Mortimer Durand
State Department
Foreign Office
America
Bryce
Belfast
Glasgow
Scotland
Margaret (Young) Bryce
James Young
Abberville
County Antrim
Tie Ivan
High
University of Edinburgh
Trinity College
Oriel College
James Bryce and His Global Career and Honors
James Bryce, noted author and statesman, held leadership roles in education and science, served on London University’s senate, and chaired the royal commission on secondary education. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and held memberships with numerous international academies. Bryce’s travels and mountaineering are paired with an extensive list of degrees and honorary titles from universities worldwide. He authored works on empire, commerce, exploration, and history, reflecting a prolific career.
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James Bryce
Oxford
Holy Roman Empire
Bryce
Lincoln's Inn
Regius
House of Commons
London
Tower Hamlets
London Parochial Charities
Royal Commission On Secondary Education
Senate of
London University
Royal Society
Misa Elizabeth Marion Ashton
Thomas Ashton
Fordbank
Manchester
Royal Institute of France
Royal Academy of Turin
Italy
Royal Academy of Brussels
Belgium
Royal Academy of Naples
Societa Romana di Storia Patria
Rome
Society of the Lance
Edinburgh University
Glasgow
Balyer ‘Sity
Michigan University
St. Andrews University
Royal Hungarian University
Budapest
American Commonwealth
Islang of Arran
Lancashire
Transcaucasia
Ararat
South Africa
Heiress Ida Miller in Philadelphia Asylum Mystery
Philadelphia in December reports allege heiress Ida May Miller has been held in Friends' Asylum in Frankford for two months while her relatives claim physician Dr. Rolando Kuehn has not only married her but concealed her, possibly sending her to Nicaragua. Witnesses identify her on the asylum grounds as officials withhold confirmation.
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Philadelphia
Ida May Miller
Rolando Kuehn
Damien
Liluokalani
Friends’ Asylum
Frankford
Kueho
Misa Miller
Europe
Anise | Miller
Kuehn Vod
Willam Chasa
Misa Mile
South Fifteenth Street
Andrew McNeil
Mies Miller
Ireland
Kuehn
Ida
NO INTEREST IN CONGO DEAL ASSERTED BY ROCKEFELLER
London dispatch reports Rev Charles F Aked of Pembroke Chapel Liverpool says in a letter to Congo Reform Association secretary that John D Rockefeller assured him neither he nor his family holds any investment in King Leopold's Congo concession. Aked notes Rockefeller’s rejection of Congo involvement amidst pulpit bids in New York.
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Rockefeller
London
Charles F. , Aked
Pembroke Chapel
Liverpool
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
Congo Reform Association
Leopold
War ships may carry mails amid Italian seamen strike
Rome dispatch reports a general seamen strike blocking Genoa immigration and delaying destination travel for 25 000 migrants. The government orders warships ready to operate mail service between the peninsula and islands to ease the disruption.
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Rome
Genoa
Trustees Elected as Mutual Life Votes Reach 800000
New York Life and Mutual Life trustees elections attract massive turnout with about 800000 total votes cast. Administration tickets claim large leads, while Policy Holders Association cites possible proxy duplications and fraud. Counting will take weeks as officials project margins exceeding 100000 to 150000, with uncertainty lingering among about 150000 New York Life proxies.
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New York Life and Mutual Life
New York Life
Spectal
Washington Post
New York
The
Mutual Life
Policyholders’ Association
Ime
International Policy Holders’ Committee
International Policy Holders’ Association
Samuel Untermyer
George R. Scrugham
International Committee
Home Office
Actress Dollie Powers Kills Self in Columbus Hotel
Dolly Powers known as Dollie Powers, wife of the McFadden’s Flats manager, shot herself in a hotel mirror in Columbus Ohio. She brooded over the deaths of her mother and sister in Lexington Kentucky, and her mind was said to be weakened by the fires.
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Dolly Powers
Columbus
Ohio
Howard Powers
Coils of Recognised Superiority by J Manry Dove Co
A compact feature on J Manry Dove Co detailing its coils of recognised superiority and the craftsmanship behind their production. The piece highlights the company’s attention to quality and industry standards in coil manufacturing.
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J. Manry Dove Co
Will Question Wife Change of Venue Probable
Culpeper Virg Dec 18 The murder inquiry into William F Bywaters death after his marriage to Viola Strother is likely to delay verdicts as neither Strother brother plans to testify and Viola remains unfit for questioning until January. Principal witness expected is Nelie Gaines sister of the Strothers and her husband Dr Howard Gaines.
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Washington
Culpeper
William F. Bywaters
James
Philip Strother
Viola Strother
Bywaters
Strother
Viola Bywaters
Gaines
Nelile Gaines
The
Strothers
Howard L. Gaines
Rotherwood
Friends of the Strathers
Rotherwoood
Bywater
Triplett
William Bywaters
New York newspaper men fined for contempt of court
Utica New York May 18 Henry N Cary publisher of Morning Telegraph and Bat Masterson writer pleaded guilty to contempt of court for criticizing Gillette murder trial. Each paid a $50 fine. W E Lewis editor’s case dismissed. Judge Devendorf called it a nominal fine and warned future contempt may bring punishment.
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Utica
N. Y
Herkimer
Henry N. Cary
Morning Telegraph
New York City
Bat
Masterson
Gillette
W. E. Lewis
Telegraph
New York
Devendorf
Oscar Has Quiet Day at King's Condi
Physicians report Oscar's health calm with no significant change in King's condition as doctors monitor vitals and prepare further tests amid ongoing care and daily briefings.
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Oscar
Wife Sues Capt English For Divorce In Atlanta
Mrs Rebie Lowe English files suit against Capt James W English Jr in Atlanta alleging ten years of extreme cruelty and habitual drunkenness. She left him on November 16 1906 fearing for her safety and a supplementary petition cites severe conduct. The couple recently returned from Europe and both families are wealthy from convict labor ties.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Rebie Lowe English
James W. English, Jr
Merried Ute
Algo Habltwal
Capt. English
Mra. English
New York
English
Rebecca Lowe
Gunton
Gunton’s Magazine
Mre Lowe-Gunton
Fourth National Bank
Stag
Gov. Terrell
Atlanta Evening Mews
Buried Miner Losing Hope at Edison Shaft
At the Edison works in Bakerafiald California on December 18 rescue crews still have eight feet to reach Hicks the entombed miner. The danger is extreme and progress is slow. Watchers at the shaft mouth report Hicks has expressed fear and described his past service in the First Kentucky Cavalry and later infantry units. He has a married daughter in Manchester Kentucky.
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Bakerafiald
Cal
Edison Works
Hicks
First
Kentucky Cavalry
Twenty-eighth
Thirtieth Regiment of Infantry
United States Army
Manchester
Cardinal Defies Sequestration Amid Clergy Evacuation
Reports from Paris describe Cardinal Richard resisting a government sequestration order as soldiers force seminary evacuations in multiple regions. The bishopric of Leval and other clergy faced coercive action, with guards and inventories moved, while declarations on church and state separation continued to stir tensions nationwide.
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Bordeaux
Cardinal Richard
Arnaud
Brignolles
Mgr
Republic
France
Arnoué
Richard
Denys Cochin
Cardinal Lecot
Leval
Renoy
Countances
Ajaccio
Corsica
Rochelle
Orientel
Bae
Mshogany Furniture, &c
To-Dax
Leray
Wey
Man offers body parts for debt money in Washington Pact note
A 25 year old man in New York pledges to sell blood skin or a limb to raise cash for his pressing debts. In a letter to an afternoon paper he says he cannot earn the money and would endure torture or even death to satisfy creditors while hoping the notice is published. He adds he would reduce his stationery business debt of about 300 dollars.
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Thomas Morris General Delivery
New York City
Morris
Xie
Grain Blockade Drags on as Railroads, Coal Respond
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings in Minneapolis reveal the grain blockade depresses wheat prices as elevators fill and farmers struggle to move crops. Bankers and North Dakota farmers testify that lack of market drives economic strain nationwide. James J. Hill, Great Northern president, to testify tomorrow morning.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
Fx Cormmission
Coat Companies
Riiraadssn
North Dakota
H. J. Weiser
First National Bank of Fargo
A. E Swenson
Security State Bank of Barlow
J. J. Hill
James J. Hull
Great Northern Railroad
Hin
Fire destroys Rommel House in Middleton crime, robbery linked
Fire at the Rommel House in Middleton destroyed the building and left proprietor T Powers found bound and gagged in the basement. Boarder Albertson died in the room as investigators heard flames from the cellar. Powers is critically injured after a back of head assault and reports two men escaped with money and his watch.
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Powers
Bishop C. C. McAde Near Death in Philadelphia
New York reports Bishop C C McAde of Philadelphia remains unconscious after a sinking spell. Doctors express surprise at his lingering vitals but warn he is gradually sinking and not expected to survive the night.
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New York
C. C. Mcade
Philadelphia
Missing minute book ties to bank bond list
Bank records in Waynesburg suffer loss as National Bank Examiner John B Cunningham discloses the minute book of the Farmers and Drovers National Bank is missing. The book would reveal fourteen bondsmen responsible for 75000 dollars in state deposits, with many names unknown. Benjamin F Measey, cashier of the State treasury, visits Waynesburg to identify the bondsmen.
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Fittsburg
Ec 1&National Bank
John B Cunningham
Farmers and Drovers’ National Bank
Waynesburg
Benjamin F. Measey
State Treasury
Robber Ends Life After Wild Chase Through New York Streets
A tall young man shot himself after a brisk pursuit through Elizabeth Bowery and Second streets in Manhattan following a robbing spree at a jewelry shop. Jeweler Samuel Reyman identified him as William Madison alias Angus McPherson, linked to a prior daylight burglary and a spree that scattered nearly $10,000 in gems.
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Washington
New York
Elizabeth Street
Bleecker Street
Bowery
Second Street
Samuel Reyman
Mount Vernon Avenue
Mount Vernon
Houston
Chrai Heth
Reyman
Second
Mgr
Rogues
Atwell
Rogues’ Gallery
Second Avenue
Houston Street
Lax
Bolton
Elizabeth
Patrick Bugh
Mulberry
William Madison
Angus McPherson
Seventy-first Regiment
Robert Simpson & Co
West Forty-second Street
Fortieth Street
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Ghoige
Mortimer Durand
Hera
Edward Grey
Council of India
Gladstone
Duchy of Lancaster
Board of Trade
Neational Auction Co, Inc
National Auction Co
Daliimore
Washington Station
New Jersey Avenue
C Street
Liberty Street
Twenty-third Street
Samsey City
Ame
Miss Miller
Kyehn
Nicaragua
Congo
Australia
Melbourne
Des
Taragulla
Baltimore and
Chicago
Pittsburg
Stillings
Mia
Leamer
Coronena
New York Telegraph
Bryan
John P. Long
Long
Potters
Camden
M. J
Atoen Amaraved
Florida
Cerclina
Stockholm
Sweden
Seaboard Air Line
Pinehurst
Ave
Paris
Church of St Sulpice
Ardennes
Department of the Seine
Mer. Armait
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Wcabe
Crook
New York Street
Cage
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