Santo Domingo on Fire sparks Dominican crisis in 1906
The Washington Post reports turmoil in Santo Domingo as President Morales is pursued as a traitor amid revolts in Guayubin Dajabon and Sabaneta. Dominican forces clash with rebels while Congress considers the charge, with American interests and sugar politics shadowing the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Morales
Independencia
Demetrio Rodriguez
Guayubin
Guayu-bin
Dajabon
Sabaneta
Joaquin Barba
Cibao
Rodriguez
Ramon Martinez
Yachi
Pedro Alvarez
Us Wd
San Mago
Deschamps
Turks Island
Puerto Plata
Perico Lasala
la Vega
Ramon Caceres
Congress
American Congress
United States
Santo Domingos
Santya
Domingo
Hether
New York
Indictments aimed at Burlington asugad and Miller tied to rail acts
Federal prosecutors in Chicago filed 26 counts against the Burlington, its managers, and officers under the Elkins act. The case targets alleged rebates to a steel concern, with fines up to 290 dollars per count and no imprisonment. DOJ aims to deter rail abuses and pursue firm action against officials.
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Burlington
Federal
Chicago
Burldlngton
Pearius Miller
Claude G2
Viowatius
Elkins
Confun & Defendaints
Department of Justice
Darius Miller
The
Santa Fe
Miller
Department
Tariff Debates and Democratic Prospects for 1908
A lengthy editorial critiques the Department of Justice stance on corporate law violation and defends protectionist views. It cites Gen Draper and Bourke Cochran, notes tariff reform debates, and forecasts a national campaign beginning in Oregon and ending in November. It questions Democratic candidates and suggests Bourke Cochran or William F. Cochran as potential 1908 leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourke Cockran
Chicago
Bryan
McKinley
Cleveland
Oregon
Ateaint
House of Representatives
Congress
Cochran
Party of State Rights
Rourke Cockran
Bobs Up Once More On The Postal Savings Banks
A House committee member introduces a bill to adopt postal savings banks as a paternal government scheme. The piece argues government care over money is unnecessary and cites state savings banks as safer, cheaper, and capable of funding projects like the Panama Canal, predicting Congress will again reject the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Savings Banks Scheme
Congress
House Committee On the
Post Office and Post Roads
Post-office
Massachusetts
New York
Panama Canal
Springfeld Republican
United States
Senate executive sessions and late life insurance probe
The piece discusses open versus secret sessions in the U S Senate with a critique of executive sessions, referencing Clayton-Bulwer, Bolingbroke and Conkling. It covers the New York life insurance inquiry ending sine die, notes on David B Hill and Cornelius Bliss, and mentions Webster Davis, Percival Lowell, Bob Fitzsimmons, Mayor McClellan and political reform. The author remarks on the political climate and potential investigations of campaign funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Senate
Great Britain
Napoleon Bonaparte
Beligerent
England
France
Pitt
Robert Walpole
Samuel Johnson
Johnson
Roseos Conkling
Murphy
Port of
New York
David B. Hill
Equitable
Nnt
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Jackson
Hill
Cornelius N. Bliss
Horace Greeley
Congress
Depew
Peaseereimhie Puasseehees
Brackett
Quotations and opinions from 1910s era column chatter
A collage of opinions and anecdotes covers topics from Rockefeller and income to Pearl Harbor era style reforms, tobacco bills, name changes, and rail pass politics.references to Roosevelt, M. Witte, Pennypacker, and Sage hint at a broad wire-service style stock of political and social observations.
Plow of Swords Placed in Hall of Historic Treaty
A Civil War era plow of swords, crafted in America twenty five years ago, has been set in the hall where the treaty regulating indemnities was signed. The ten blades form the plow and its handles, symbolizing peace and war, with an inscription detailing its history attracting visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeneva Cor
New York World
America
Rockefeller Enjoys Winter Golf at Summerville
The Rockefeller family and Standard Oil face Missouri lawsuits in New York as John D Rockefeller vacations in Summerville South Carolina. While he enjoys golf and good health, Missouri lawyers seek service for subpoenas and may deploy depositions in multiple states if Rockefeller resists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York American
John’ D. Rockefeller
Summerville
S. C
Missouri
New York
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Henry Wollman
Broadway
John D. Rockefeller
North Carolina
Mr. Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
William G. Rockefeller
John D
Edward T. Bedford
Rockefeller
State of Missouri
New Year's 1906 Musings and Public Notices
A New Year note from the New York World reflects on New Year customs and resolutions, with satirical excerpts from Tit-Bite and Devery on Col. Bingham. The item includes items from the New York World and New York Herald about foreign commerce, a Paris sale of Baron Hirsch's house, and a quip on courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Herald
United States
Baron Hirsch
Paris
New York
Champs Elysees
Eugenie
Prince Imperial
Mrs Burke Roche Seeks Reunion at Tuxedo After Departure
From New York America Mrs Burke Roche leaves Buckingham House after sensational move away from her father Frank Work and travels to Tuxedo to stay with sister Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt. Children stay with grandfather, aims for reconciliation through Hewitts and other relatives. local hope for harmony amid public intrigue. Gen Bingham’s upcoming office is noted and street graft targets in police are teased in a separate Herald note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Burke Roche
Buckingham
Frank Work
Tuxedo
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Peter Cooper Hewitts
Lady Fermoy
Bingham Named NYC Police Chief Loyal to Mayor McClellan
Gen Theodore A Bingham arrives with Mrs Bingham and vows a strong, unrelenting stance on graft and crime. He stresses faith in Mayor McClellan and outlines plans to run a disciplined police force in New York City. The general, tall and well built, recounts White House duties and a reputation for firm leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Theodore A. Bingham
New York City
McClellan
New York
George
The
Herald
Gen. Bingham
Gramatan
Bronxville
Bingham
White House
Col. Bingham
Austria
Mexico
Maxmillian
Washington
Baroness von Hengelmuller
Senor Aspiroz
Maxmillan
Nordica Heroine at Met Opera Fire Save
New York World reports Mme Lilian Nordica bravery at the Metropolitan Opera House Friday afternoon during Goetterdaemmerung. As flames erupted during the immolation scene she grabbed a torch and began singing while aiding evacuation, earning praise for presence of mind.
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New York
Mme
Lilian Nordica
Metropolitan Opera House
Loni
God of
Arc
Nordica heroically stops stage fire during opera act
While performing Hrumnhilde at a grand opera, Nordica detects a torch fire near the footlights. She stamps it out with her left hand as she continues singing, inspiring the audience to eruptions of applause and bravas. Conductor Alfred Hertz holds the tempo, and Nordica's courage draws nine curtain calls and a bouquet.
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Nordica
Alfred Hertz
Hrumnhilde
Jean de Reszke
Mme
Jeans suit claim sparks cross state pride feud
In a Columbia letter republished from The Washington Post, South Carolina asserts the jeans used for Speaker Cannon’s suit are made in SC, not North Carolina. The piece urges correction to preserve truth about origin of the cloth and jokes over North Carolina’s boastful claims.
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Charleston News and Courier
Cannon
North Carolina
South Carolina
Andrew Jackson
Mecklenburg
Washington Post
James G. Blaine
Speaker Cannon
Washington
Columbia
D. C
Pennsylvania
Avenue
Post
City plans nearly 40 million for 1906 improvements
The city will spend about 39.9 million on public improvements in 1906. Projects include ground breaking for a 1 billion dollar water system, a new lighting plant, the first wing of an 8 million Bellevue Hospital, municipalizing the Thirty-ninth Street ferry, twelve longer docks, a 34.4 million health building in Brooklyn, a 4 million borough building, a 4 million Brooklyn Bridge terminal, Shore Road extension at 1.75 million, 1 million for playgrounds, an underground station at Manhattan end of the Williamsburg Bridge, Cross River reservoir, Flatbush Avenue extension, and a saltwater fire service below Twenty-third Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Bellevue Hospital
Thirty-ninth Street
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Shore Road
Manhattan
Williamsburg Bridge
Cross River Reservoir
Flatbush Avenue
Manhattan Bridge
Fulton Street
Twenty-third Street
Reflections of a bachelor the Patrick case
The Patrick petition shows logical, law‑minded support for questioning a death sentence. It appeals to due process and fairness, aligning with careful jurist thinking rather than popular sentiment. The piece notes the uneasy sympathy for a condemned man and warns against executing the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Patrick
Year of Great Giving Surprises and Public Benefactions
A 1905 roundup highlights major philanthropy including Rockefeller's 10 million gift to the General Education Board and Carnegie's 1 million pension fund for professors. Yale and the American Board receive large gifts, with many 50,000 or more offerings to arts, education, and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Rockefeller
General Education Board
Carnegie
Yale University
American Baptist Missionary Man
American Board of Foreign Missions
Henry
Frick
American Academy of Arts of Rome
Charles I. Freer
Smithsonian Institution
T. K. Pearsons
Chicago
George A. Hearn
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Stephen Salisbury
Worcester
Harvard
Mark University
Worcester Polytechnite School
Worcester Hospitals
City
I. J. Wistar
Institute of Anatomy
Philadelphia
Julia BP. Hackley
Muskegon
Mich
Margaret A. Jones
St. Luke's
Presbyterian
Post-Grasnitute Hospitals
New York
Joseph FE. Gillingham
Pennsylvania
Cossacks in Russia Viewed as Free Yet Loyal to Czars
Hartford Courant discusses Cossacks as an independent people with own laws schools and land, funded by local taxes but untaxed themselves. They enjoy leisure and property under czarist rule, yet their readiness for battle and fear of change raise questions about their fate under any new government.
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Hartford Courant
Russia
Mr. Sperry
Courant
Lfe
General Mulholland Reads From Medal of Honor Volume
Gen St Clair A Mulholland, nearing a third term as U S pension agent, chats in the Raleigh hotel about an upcoming two volume History of the Medal of Honor Legion. He praises Gabooni Wood and notes the book's labor, while discussing political tides and the era's public debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clair A. Mulholland
United States
Philadelphia
Raleigh
Medal of Honor Legion
Gadeonani Wood
Rowvelt
Maltwolland
Thomas Jamuens
Hancmeeond
Army of the Paraman
S-Neral
Republic
W. Noble
Stotel
Party
Wuay
Nohie
Ingham
Mori
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Wlashington Post
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Sive
Alexandria
Washington Post Co
Washington, D. c
Fourteenth St
Vanderbilt
Paul Block
Ghicazo
Unity Building
Paul Blocs
Maneger
Administration of Justice
Ife
Draper
Deaver
Webaster
Davis
Web
Percival Lowell
Bob Fitzsimmons
North America
South America
Castro
North Se
Langley
Wellman
Jerome
Cnee
Gustave Meyer
Hoboken
Annapolis
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Bob
Odell
Henry M. Whitney
Hermann Jerusalem
Hermann Jerome
Eiven
Hermann
M. Witte
Gov. Pennypacker
Russell Sage
Henri Watterson
New York Sun
U. S
Ana
Devery
William &. Devery
Wil
Park and White House Grounds
Mr. Devery
Tne
Cty
Richter
Courage
Brooklyn R. T
Canadian Pacific
Northern Pacific
Coal and Iron
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Bio Wisconsin
Watt
New-York Herald
Bingheam
Abou Ben Adhem
Opera House
Loki
Valhalla
Mr. Cannon
Patrick Case
Sphecy
Marianne Farmingham
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Maus
Hamilton
McCall
Monster Dry Dock
Dewey
New York Press
Boston
Czar
Willard
Splendid
Pecos Valles
Omar
Jord Linass
Perris
Svaanpas
Moses Giere Tegriz
Tauerns
Mtb
Widom
Wasningben
Young
Japan
Talia Ce
Auessen
Youre
Udine
Saatianal
Roos
Lim
Tom Watson
Efis
Nees
Boremingham
Jame
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibegns
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