Santo Domingo on Fire and Morales in Flight
The piece reports trouble in Santo Domingo with President Morales a fugitive. The Dominican navy is called rebel, and forces under Gen. Rodriguez and others move amid revolts in Guayubin Dajabon and Sabaneta. Cautious speculation on American and Dominican political tensions follows with warnings of bloodshed and possible U.S. implications.
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
Prosecution Aims at Burlington and Officials in Steel Case
The Federal case in Chicago has returned indictments last Friday against the Burlington railroad, its president, and chief manager on charges tied to the Elkins act. Twenty six counts allege specific violations with penalties of up to two hundred ninety dollars per count. imprisonment is not provided. The Department of Justice is expected to push these prosecutions to a decisive end, aiming to deter further offenses in rail operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Federal
Chicago
Burldlngton
Pearius Miller
Claude G2
Viowatius
Elkins
Confun & Defendaints
Department of Justice
Darius Miller
The
Santa Fe
Miller
Department
Tariff Debate Frames Graft Fight and 1908 Outlook
The piece argues the Department of Justice will pursue corporations but sparingly prosecute individuals, citing Gen. Draper and protectionist views. It surveys tariff reform, Bourke Cochran’s influence, and predicts a 1908 campaign path with Democratic bets on Bourke Cochran and shifts in party strategy.
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 Postal Savings Banks
A House committee member proposes a bill to adopt postal savings banks, arguing paternal government care over money, while critics say state banks are safer and warn against national canal funding. The Springfield Republican weighs in, noting Congress may again turn a cold shoulder.
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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
Executive sessions in the Senate and political wagers
The piece argues executive sessions should end or be public, citing historical open debates and the dangers of senatorial vanity. It reviews the New York life insurance probe, praising David B. Hill's career while noting questions about campaign funds. It mentions Webster Davis and other political figures, along with occasional quips about Cobblestone era figures and a Hoboken astrologer.
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
Fragmented 1910s Opinion Snippets From The Paper
A jumble of quotes and brief notes cover figures like John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Roosevelt, tobacco growers, and name changes for Hermann Jerusalem. References span senators, governors, and editors, noting wage income ideals, political reform talk, and amusing asides on public figures and press.
Plow of Swords Placed in Treaty Hall
A Civil War plow blade crafted in America twenty five years ago has been placed in the hall where the treaty regulating indemnities was signed. The ten blades form both a working plow and handles, symbolizing peace and war, with an inscription detailing the plow’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeneva Cor
New York World
America
Rockefeller Enjoying Winter Golf in Summerville
The New York American reports John D. Rockefeller is enjoying golf in Summerville South Carolina delaying Missouri suit depositions against Standard Oil. Missouri lawyers seek service on Rockefeller as witnesses resist process, with depositions possible in other states if unable to serve him. Rockefeller remains in good health and unconcerned with legal actions.
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 Thoughts and Public Notices from 1906
The item opens with a New Year verse from the New York World reflecting on old vows and health prosperity. It then moves through brief anecdotes, including a wedding toast mishap, Devery on Col Bingham and the NYPD, and a note on the flow of the Golden Tide from the New York Herald. It also lists foreign commerce estimates for 1905 and Baron Hirsch's Paris house sale, with a closing quotation on courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Baron Hirsch
Paris
New York
Champs Elysees
Eugenie
Prince Imperial
Mrs Burke Roche Leaves Buckingham for Tuxedo
Mrs Burke Roche has left Buckingham Palace for Tuxedo to stay with her sister Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt while her children remain with their grandfather. No reconciliation yet but hopes rise from Hewitts and other relatives at Tuxedo to influence an understanding with her father.
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New York
America
Burke Roche
Buckingham
Frank Work
Tuxedo
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Peter Cooper Hewitts
Lady Fermoy
Gen Theodore Bingham Named New York City Police Chief
Gen Theodore A Bingham arrives with Mrs Bingham in the Bronxville hotel and outlines plans to fight graft, root out gambling, and aid Mayor McClellan with a soldierly, decisive approach. He recounts White House diplomacy incidents and emphasizes a firm, unrelenting stance on law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Herald
Bingheam
Abou Ben Adhem
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 a heroine at Metropolitan blaze in opera house
Mme Lilian Nordica saved the Metropolitan Opera House by stamping out a Friday blaze during the immolation scene of Goetterdaemmerung. As flames erupted near the end of the last act, she took a torch from a clansman and continued singing the invocation to Loni, the god of Arc, amid the danger.
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New York
Mme
Lilian Nordica
Metropolitan Opera House
Loni
God of
Arc
Nordica Bravely Extinguishes Stage Fire in Opera Incident
An alcohol blaze on stage during a Wagner scene at a grand opera house threatened a performer. Nordica, still singing, stamped out the fire with her skirt while holding a torch, then finished the act. Conductor Hertz kept tempo as the audience erupted in cheers and bouquets followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nordica
Alfred Hertz
Hrumnhilde
Jean de Reszke
Mme
Jeans Suit Disputed Fakt From South Carolina Cloth
In a response to The Washington Post, Charleston’s Charleston News and Courier asserts Speaker Cannon’s jeans suit was made in South Carolina. It disputes North Carolina origins, noting wool, loom, and gifting were all South Carolina, and requests correction to reflect true provenance.
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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 Major Public Improvements for 1906
The city will spend nearly 40 million dollars on public improvements in 1906 plus ongoing undertakings. Key projects include a new 1 billion dollar water system, a city lighting plant, the first wing of an 8 million Bellevue Hospital, and the municipalization of the Thirty-ninth Street ferry. Additional items cover long docks, a 34.4 million health building in Brooklyn, a 4 million borough building, a 4 million Brooklyn Bridge terminal, Shore Road extension, new playgrounds, an underground Manhattan passenger station at Williamsburg, Cross River reservoir, Flatbush Avenue extension, and a salt water fire service installation 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 on the Patrick Case and Justice
A New York Times analysis praises the Patrick petition for mercy in a murder case. It argues the petition aligns with law and orderly process, reflecting a cautious push for clemency rather than sentiment. The piece notes Patrick has drawn unlikely supporters while acknowledging broad unease over his sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Patrick
Year of Giving Places Spotlight on Endowments and Gifts
The 1905 philanthropic year features Rockefeller’s 10 million gift to the General Education Board and Carnegie’s million-dollar college professor fund. Yale, American Board missions, and Rome arts endowments appear among numerous gifts, with bequests totaling millions to Harvard, Worcester institutions, and New York 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
Czar's Men and the Cossacks in Russia
Hartford Courant comments on Cossacks in Russia, detailing their independence under the Czars. They govern themselves, own land, tax themselves, and enjoy leisure, while the camp life remains a source of bloodthirsty joy. The piece questions their fate under any new government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Courant
Russia
Mr. Sperry
Courant
Lfe
Gen St Clair Mulholland cites Medal of Honor work plans
Gen. St Clair A Mulholland rounding up his third term as U S pension agent in Philadelphia visits the Raleigh hotel. He says his History of the Medal of Honor Legion will be in two illustrated volumes ready for distribution soon. He praises Wood and notes others, while commenting on political shifts and presidential prospects in terse, era-tinged tones.
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
Col
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
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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