China boycott deepens as Americans face pressure in trade
The piece details widespread joining of boycott groups in China and U S concerns over immigration policy and treaty interpretation. It notes a six month effort by a special agent in China to moderate conditions, reports of deterioration in Chinese attitudes, and potential legislation to liberalize Chinese exclusion to ease tensions. It cites Roosevelts Congress message and debates over treaty wording and who qualifies under exclusions, with risk of broader conflict if the boycott continues.
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Ching
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
China
United States
Tn Hhs
Congress
Roosevelt
Unite States
Urs
Missiong
Peking
Rout
Coollee
State Department
Lay
Canton
Baltimore
Shanghai
Rogers
Incerior
Precautions at Shanghai Amid Foreign Forces Move
Shanghai dispatch reports rising disturbances as U S Baltimore will land forces, British warships gather, and German troops reportedly move from Kiawtau. Newspapers note potential attacks during court disputes while foreign residents are urged to seek protection in settlements. Japanese gunboats and cruiser Aso dispatched to Shanghai as unrest continues. Bishop Basford notes abating excitement and safety for Methodist workers amid turmoil.
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Shanghai
United States
Baltimore
Kiawtau
London
Dist
Amerar
Dierman
Daily Mail
PRD
Alwiys
Angkat
Soochow
Huchow
Hangchow
Shangha
Tsushima Aa Beer
Susho
Aso
Kure
New York
Janus W. Basford
Epscopal Church
Sharghw
Ching
Roeht
Methodist Episcopal Chereh
Shinighat
Falls From High Building At Eighteenth And D Streets
Frank Casey of 60 Callan Street Northeast fell from the cornice of a new building under construction at Eighteenth and D streets. He was taken to Emergency Hospital night with serious injuries including scalp wounds and internal injuries. Death or recovery was considered about even.
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Eighteenth
D Streets
Frank Casey
Callan Street
Merritt Resists Higgins in Speakership Bid at Albany
Edwin A. Merritt Jr announces he will remain a candidate for speaker of the New York Assembly despite Gov Higgins backing J. Wadworth Jr. Merritt cites alleged bossism and viciousness in the contest and aligns with former Gov Odell and State Sen Maltby. Odell endorses Merritt. Emergency hospital report notes recovery probable from an injury.
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New York
Edwin A. Merritt, Jr
State Assembly
St. Lawrence County
Nlw
Higgins
J.oe Wadsworth, Jr
Merritt
Odell
Maltby
Gov. Higgins
Executive Department
Mr. Merritt
Wadsworth
Wadsworth backed for assembly speaker amid Higgins rift
Albany dispatch reports Gov. Higgins endorses James Wadsworth Jr. for speaker, hoping for acclamation and party harmony while critics accuse the governor of trying to coerce lawmakers. Merritt denounces interference and urges resistance to executive pressure from the legislature.
Appointment of New Assistant Treasurer in Philadelphia
Joseph Boater of Ogents Pennsylvania appointed Assistant Treasurer of the United States in Philadelphia to fill the vacancy created by the dismissal of William Leib for continued violations of the civil service law. Boater, a Montgomery County man, was chosen on Senator Penrose’s recommendation after Bond concerns. Leib misused office to advance political ties and improperly aided a relative during a civil service exam.
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Joseph Boater
Ogents
United States
Philadelphia
Wiliam Leib
Busler
Senator Penrose
Dusler
Montgomery County
Postmasters Anxious Over Expiring Terms Countywide
The First Assistant Postmaster General faces intense pressure as about twenty percent of first class postmasters reach term limits in the next two months. Senators representatives and local politicians, plus many postmasters, swarm the office awaiting chances of reappointment under a new department policy favoring incumbents with solid records. Dr. Walter Hough illustrated recent San Francisco River Valley explorations for the Anthropological Society meeting with lantern slides.
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Hitchcock
Department
United States
West
San Francisco River Valley
Arizona
New Mexico
Walter Hough
The
Anthropological Society
Miss Allaimby at Home Denies Elopement Rumor
Annie Allaimby eighteen daughter of P D Allaimby of 916 street Northwest returned home after authorities circulated a report she eloped to New York. She said she visited friends in the city Monday morning and had no intention of eloping, expressing surprise and indignation at the newspaper claim and promising to return home that night.
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Annie Allampy
P. D. Allaimby
Morthwest
Capt. Boardman
Detective Bureau
New York
Schools Exhibit Opens for Centennial of Public Schools
The centennial celebration exhibition of pupil work opens at 10 this morning and closes at 10 tonight. Open to parents and friends with no admission cards. White schools show at Business High and McKinley Manual Training. colored schools at M Street High and Armstrong Manual Training. Exhibition closes Friday.
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New Business High School
McKinley Manual Training School
M Street High School
Armstrong Manual Training School
Parkhurst's Injuries Fatal in Bastion Pa
Benjamin Parkhurst once a Washington post office employee and Masonic lodge member dies in Bastion Pa from injuries alleged to have been inflicted by Charles Taylor and Dick Smith about a week earlier. Smith eluded officers. Parkhurst had later worked at a Capitol Hill substation and previously lived in New York and Easton.
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Benjamin Parkhurst
Washington
Bastion
Charles Taylor
Dick” Smith
Taylor
Jaf
Smith
Parkhurst
City Post-Office
Masonic Lodge
Capitol Hill
New York
Easton
Fire destroys enamel works as fireman dies in panic collapse
Chicago fire at the Charlinia W. Seehonk enamel sign plant on Furk Street kills one fireman and injures several others. Roof and wall collapses trap workers, with 4 girls and 18 men and boys employed. two missing named Margaret Becker and Henry Saute. Building valued at about $559,000.
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Chicago
Cbarlia W. Seehonk Company
Furk Street
Henterant
Henry Bassett
Truck Company No. 74
Freman
Floora
Walla
Margaret Becker
Henry Saute
Pantc-Atricken
Burton Urges Retirement of Aging Civil Servants
Ohio Representative Burton backs a pension plan for long serving federal clerks at a National Affairs armory meeting of the United States Civil Service Retirement Association. He argues faithful service deserves retirement at a set age, with a $500 monthly pension for those who serve into their seventies, as advocates press for Congressional passage.
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Retirement Association
United States Civil Service Retirement Association
National Affica’ Armory
Burton
Ohio
Treasury
Congress
Ghia
W. W. Hite
Interior Department
C. H. Potter
War Department
La Follette Resigns as Governor to Become Senator
Gov La Follette resigns effective January to accept United States Senator seat. Lieutenant Governor Davidson will act as governor from January 2 with full duties and salary. Kittell a Brown County district attorney removed for malfeasance amid graft prosecutions in Green Bay.
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Madison
Wig
la Follette
United States
la Foliette
John A. Kittell
Brown County
Kittte
Davidson
Western railroads form committee to report interstate law violations
Chicago officials from Western railroads met to enforce strict adherence to interstate commerce laws. They agreed each road will inform the Interstate Commerce Commission of illegal acts, appoint a committee to canvass the situation, and furnish evidence for investigations to stop rebates and preferences to shippers.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Armenians Set Fire To Muslim Quarter In Constantinople
Dispatch from Tiflis reports 50 houses in the Muslim quarter burned by armed Armenians who trapped residents and attacked fire crews. Fifty seven Turkish subjects are known dead, with fighting continuing December 1. Refugees fill the Turkish consulate as authorities fear a massacre. Ismir han transport sails from Constantinople to Batumi to evacuate Turks.
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Constantinople
Tiflis
Caucasia
Mussul- Taan
Batoum
Coucusl
Ismir Han
Batowin
Stabbing Leaves Man in Critical Condition
Frank R. Riley of 612 Third Street Northwest was stabbed in the forehead and rushed to Emergency Hospital with a serious blood loss. He was conscious briefly, unable to name his attacker, and offered only that he knew the man who stabbed him. Police were told Riley entered his home bleeding. he did not speak to his family. Riley is a salesman.
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William Smith O'Brien
Florida, Avenue
O’brien
John A. Barrick
O'Brien
William Smith
Eugene A. Hannan
St. Martin's Church
Patrick O'Brien
Government Printing Office
Fia
Igen
White
Frank R. Riley
Third Street
Riley
Senator Farnum Goes Free In Kopf Murder Case
A coroner's jury in Chicago Dec 16 concluded evidence does not justify holding State Senator Frank Barnum for complicity in the murder of County Commissioner John B Kopf, killed during a ward caucus election. George Roberts, alleged to have stabbed Kopf, was held to the grand jury charged with the killing. Lt. Woolen Mill raises wages. Billerica Mass Dec 19 400 employees of the Telbot Woolen Mill North Billerica were told wages would rise 10 percent on January 1. The mills operate independently of the American Woolen Company.
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Chicago
Frank Barnum
Criminal Court
John B. Kopf
George @. Roberts
Kopf
Billerica
Mass
Telbot Woolen Mila
North Billerica
Milla
American Woolen Company
Second National Bank
Washington, D. C
Seventh Street
Washington, D.C
Washington Post
Theort of
Bagington, Co Vo
John
Ecklope
Delid&s
Tranecmers
B. Earnshaw & Bro
White
Btoé
Gata
Calera Tel
Portsmouth
Ric
Rat
Washington
Yates
Opbesite
Arligton
Clarissa
Cinurs
Mr. Pleasant
McGill & Wallace
Weather Conditions and Forecast From December 1905
Weather bulletin details unsettled conditions across the country with a Gulf Coast disturbance, rains in the west Gulf States and Eastern Florida, snow in Utah Nevada Idaho, and general clear in Central West. Winds shift along coasts. storm warnings from New Orleans to Carabelle and along Virginia to Oregon. Local report shows temperatures, humidity, and rainfall figures.
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A. B. Dent
Burton
Waedington
Tuesdes
West Gulf States
Florida
Georgia
California
Poette
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake
Upper Lake
Gulf
Texas
South Atlantic
Virginia
Washington
Oregon
New England
Middle Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
Asat
Ploreicia
Alabama
West Gulf Coast
Loviatena
Lake Michigan
Atcamers
New Orleans
Carabelle
Fla
Warthogton
Oragon
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James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Livingston County
Joseph Bosler
Leib
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Hood
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Baston
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Diatect
Charles A. Wilson
Petera
Brest
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Salea
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Orty Girls
Don Toga
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Western Railroad
Senator Farnum
Commissioner Kopf
Xmas
Dlati
Christian Xander
Few Orleans
Visa Southern Ray
American Association
Bure
Shevie
Renta
Atlantic Cmy
J. Wb
Biorurek
N. Dall
Boston
Maso
Butfalo
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Wyo
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Moineg
Iowa
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Rex
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Ind
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Marquette
Mk Memphia
Tenn
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Lansburgh & Bro
Ckristmas
Madras
Pique
Coliennes
Sole Radiant
Sanders & Stayman Co
F Street
We Music Line
Ine
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth Street
Paave
Eastman Nouans Dag & Cat Colla Carnace
7Th St
Aie Tte
Adente
Drese
Geo. E. Hebbard
Peter Grogan
Bet. H and I Sts
Waltham
Boas
Elgin and Waltham Move
Sau Sree
Trewel
Elgin and
Waltham Hagerne
Elgin
Higin
Walfords
Ashington Market Company
Washington Market Company
7Th Street
Center Market
D.C
Manne
G. Wilkins
St. N.W
Schwartz & Pelzman
Tharp
Berkeley
Prosey Carriage Co
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