Russia Braced as Agitators Appear Defeated
Jan 2 At Petrograd and Moscow the government vows no foreign claims against rioters will be paid. A workers council meets near the Finnish border to plan armed action, declaring the government too strong and setting a January 2 Red Sunday mourning appeal. Arrests rise, prisons overflow, and summary executions spread as troops clear rail lines and suppress uprisings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bt Petersburg
Moscow
Baku
Russia
Vledivostok
China
Persia
Gon Linovitch
Workmen
China to Have Ambassadors
Tendon Jan 3 It is understood here that China plans elevating her legations at Washington London Paris Berlin and St Petersburg to embassies following Japan's example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Tendon
Japan
Washington
London
Perlis
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Gen Booth a Vegetarian Health Claim
London January 3 Gen Booth III attributes robust health to seven years as a strict vegetarian in his annual Salvation Army address. Also in brief notes Columbia January 2 Seaboard Air Line Railway files receivership against Union and Glenn Spring Railroad with response due January 8 in Spartanburg. Newfoundland revenues hit record quarterly total of $657 000 for quarter ending December 21 versus $542 000 last year in St Johns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
London
The
Salvation Army
Gen. Booth
Columbia
Union
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Union and
Glenn Spring Railroad
Spartanburg
Newfoundland
St. Johns
N. F
Japan in famine's grasp in North Japan provinces
Thousands starve in Miyaga Fukushima and Iwate as famine, reported to the Empress of Japan steamer, grips 2,821,657 people. One tenth facing death sentence in the province, with vast numbers subsisting on shrubs roots and bark. Foreign residents form relief committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Empress of
Threatened Cardinal Receives Blackmail Letter Arrest Made
In Rome on January 3 Cardinal Vincent Van nutelli, archpriest of the Liberian Basilica, reported a threat to publish compromising letters unless paid 1000 lire. Police arrested a well dressed man who sought a letter to the initials C B after arriving from New York via Genoa.
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Rome
Vincent Vannutelli
Mami
C. B
Genoa
Italy
New York
Successor to C T Yerkes Elected at Underground Company
London January 3 Edgar Speyer was elected chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company succeeding the late Charles T Yerkes. Sir George Gibb named deputy chairman and managing director of the Underground and head of the Metropolitan and District Railway. B W Perks remains deputy chairman. Board notes Yerkes death with regret.
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London
Underground Electric Railways Company
Edgar Speyer
Charles T. Yerkes
George Gibb
Northeastern Railroad
Underground Company
Metropolitan and District Railway Company
Yerkes
B. W. Perks
France to send squadron for Jamestown Exposition
President Loubet received Henry St. George Tucker of Jamestown Exposition in Paris with cordial welcome. He announced a French squadron would take part in the 1907 opening ceremonies and pledged efforts to boost French participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry St. George Tucker
Loubet
Paris
Jamestown
Tucker
France
Princess Ena to See Pope Before Spanish Marriage
Rome reports circulated claiming negotiations at the Vatican for Princess Ena of Battenberg to wed King Alfonso of Spain. The Vatican says no official notice has been received. It is alleged she may trip to Rome after a Catholic conversion by Father Bernard Vaughan before marriage.
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Vatican
Alfonso
Rome
Spain
Ena of Battenberg
Bernard Vaughan
Westminster
Quirinal
Bluejackets Leave Shanghai in Concession Troubles
Two thirds of the foreign concession guards re-embarked in Shanghai as the mixed court dispute stalls, amid claims of viceroy dispatches hindering progress. Meanwhile Japanese officials seek postponement of a Chinese high commission visit to Japan due to unrest by Chinese students in Japan. In Paris, authorities are asked to detain F. B. Fasola alias Ballaso for alleged larceny, but he was released and departed for Italy.
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Shanghai
Chinese Foreign Board
Japan
Chinese High Commission
Paris
State Department
Washington
F. B. Fasola
Ballaso
Hokeben
N. J. Fasola
Italy
Nourishment Beyond Food and a Healthier Digestion
A health note argues nourishment comes from the body’s use of food, not just the amount eaten. It suggests starting with smaller meals, regular timing, and avoids rich dishes, plus a tablespoon of Scott's Emulsion after meals to boost strength. The ad claims cod liver oil and glycerine in Scott's Emulsion aid digestion and vitality.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
New York
Debrecen Prefect Detained by Angry Hungarians
Debrecen riots accompany the arrival of M Kovacs as prefect. Citizens vow to deny him food drink and shelter, drive him from the city walls, and burn resentment over a Crown appointment. He resigns amid clashes. authorities dispatch a commissioner to probe.
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Vienna
Debrecsen
Hungary
M. Kovacs
Debrecken
Society of Men
Debreceen
Proctor Buys The De Soto Investment Property
Senator Proctor of Vermont buys The De Soto at Thirteenth Street and Massachusetts Avenue from John L. and Bates Warren. Transfer includes his former residence at 16 L Street now occupied by Senator Spooner. Cash portion around 60 000 plus the I Street property valued at 13 000. De Soto is a five story 38 apartment building, fully occupied, modern and well located.
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Spooner
Price
de Soto
Thirteenth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
John L
Bates Warren
Horatio N.taplin
Senator Proctor
E. C. Brainerd
L Street
Senator Spooner
I Street
Glover
KE Street
Megara
Warren
Proctor
Man claims fake half sister murder tale questioned
Flint police say John Horton story about his half sister Mrs Hartz murder in Hamilton Ontario and counterfeiting threats is wholly untrue. Horton admits he never was in Hamilton and appears to crave the notoriety. Detectives plan fuller checks on the Hamilton end of the tale.
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Flint
Mich
John Horton
Hamilton
Ontario
Hartz
Horton
Gainey
Geer
Bad Girls Outpacing Bad Boys In Juvenile Court
Chicago Jan 3 The bad boy is disappearing while the bold bad girl rises says William O La Monte five year Juvenile Court clerk addressing the Social Economics Club. He notes six delinquent girls in the first six months after the court opened and the count rose to 384 the year before last with figures for last year expected near 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William O. la Monte
Social Economics Club
Hotels Reopen After Liquor License Grant
Boston January 3. Hotels Parker House and Youngs Hotel reopen after new licenses were granted upon payment of 4600 dollars. The bars had been closed about ten days ago by order of District Attorney John B Moran for violations of the screen law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Parker House
Young's Hotel
John B. Moran
We Buy More German Steel
New York dispatch reports stronger than usual Christmas week business in major distribution hubs. Iron trade notes rising prices for foundry and forge iron, malleable steel, and 18 000 ton inquiries for cast iron pipe. Large orders include 15 000 tons for Oklahoma Central and 20 000 tons for Northern Pacific bridges.
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New York
The
Iron Age
Pittsburg
Steel Corporation
SchuylkKit
Lehigh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Oklahoma Central
Baltimore and Ohlu
Northern Pacific
Columbia
Willamett
American Bridge Company
Lake Shipbuilders
Monthly Crop Report Reflects Unfavorable Southern Weather
Weather conditions in the Southern States were markedly unfavorable with a colder than usual month and excessive precipitation hindering farming. The middle and southern plateau areas saw abnormally cold and dry conditions, while the Pacific Coast was less affected. Overall the northern states enjoyed mild, favorable conditions for agriculture. Winter wheat suffered from freeze thaw cycles, though in Washington, Oregon, and Southern California it remains in good shape but behind typical progress.
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Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Pacific
Washington
Oregon
California
JIL MARKET. Toledo pace en asada?
North Lime 84 South Lima and Indiana 88. Toledo dispatch records show local market figures with a brief race pace note.
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Toledo
Ohio
Ohd
North Lime
South Lima
Indiana
Pace Ena Salsa
Sued by Cotton Exchange in Cincinnati
The New York Cotton Exchange filed for an injunction in U S Circuit Court Cincinnati to stop Odell Grain and Commission Company from receiving and using its quotations. Odell is accused of benefiting from quotations without contract compliance, risking serious loss to the petitioner. The suit targets Odell Stock and Grain Company and named individuals as defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
New York Cotton Exchange Today
United States Circuit Court
New York Cotton Exchange
Odell Grain, and Commission Company of
Odell Company
Odell
Telegraph Company
Cotton Exchange
Waa
Odell Stock and Grain Company
William J. Odell
Charles J. Odell
George H. Stapelly
John Maxwell
A. C. Baldwin
John M. Gorman
William €. Dudley
John W. Bullman
Charles ©. Bultman
Louis W. Foster
Joseph K. Johnson
Receiver for power company in Charleston court
In Charleston on January 3 the Union and Buffalo Cotton Mills and the Union Manufacturing and Power Company faced a U.S. Circuit Court action seeking the appointment of a receiver. T. C. Duncan, former president of the mills and current power company president, answered an amendment to a bankruptcy petition arguing he is owed by the mills and is solvent, requesting a hearing.
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Charleston
S. C
Union and Buffalo Cotton Mills
United States
Union Manufacturing and Power Company
Union and
Buffalo Cotton Mills
T. C. Duncan
Buffalo Mills
Power Company
Duncan
Million-dollar lease tied to United States Printing plants
Cincinnati reporting on January 3 notes the United States Printing Company with capital of 3,376,300 will be leased to United States Printing Company of New Jersey by February 1 after stockholder approval. Plants in Brooklyn Montclair Norwood and Cincinnati will fall under a new holding for 99 years with fixed stockholder rentals. Locomotives ordered by Grand Trunk Railway total 81 engines costing 1,398,000 built by Canadian and American plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Printing Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Capital
United States Printing Company of New Jersey
Brooklyn
Montclair
N. J
Norwood
Ohio Company
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway
American Locomotive Company
New York
Canada Foundry Company
Toronto
International gold shipments and sugar company formed
New York reports George Gordon of London and River Plate Bank arranged 500000 dollars in gold for Buenos Ayres next Thursday. Subtreasury withdrawals total 1500000 dollars for shipment to Mexico or South America. Sociedad Sugar Company of Benton New Jersey incorporated with 1500000 dollar capital by Fain Menkel McLaren. Southern Railway orders 8729 freight cars costing over 5 million dollars to be delivered in increasing monthly shipments. Government receipts and expenditures listed with internal revenue and customs totals.
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New York
George GO. Gordon
London and River Plate Bank
Buenos Ayres
Mexico
South America
Sugar Company Incorporated
Benton, N. J
Sociedad Sugar Company
William H. Fain
Anthony M. Menkel
Kenneth W. McLaren
Jersey City
Peckham Granted Bail After Writ Denied
Frederick A. Peckham appeared before Federal Judge Ray on a writ of habeas corpus amid cotton-leak indictments. Bail set at 12000, bondsmen surrendered him, writ dismissed and Peckham ordered to Washington for custody. Counsel will appeal.
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Utica
Frederick A. Peckham
Ray
Peckham
District of Columbia
Washington
Peckhai
Contempt Case Hearings In Macon Chain Gang Row
Judge Speer heard final arguments in a contempt case involving Macon city officials and police in rearresting Jamison after habeas corpus release. The case centers on authority disputes between state court orders, the U S Supreme Court, and the local chain gang. Speer criticized police for arresting men and placing them back in chains over minor alleged delays.
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Judge Speer
Macon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Jamisom
Speer
Supreme Court of the United States
Bonaparte Disapproves Wade Case Leniency
Secretary Bonaparte disapproves the court verdict in Ensign Charles T. Wade’s case over the Bannington boiler explosion that killed about sixty. He urges reconsideration, arguing the findings and sentence are not supported by the evidence. Young’s case is approved with a reprimand to Commander Lucien Young.
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Secretary of the Navy
Young
Bonaparte
Emsign
Charles T. Wade
Bannington
Wade
Navy Department
Navy
Lucien Young
Army Orders And Troop Movements For January
Army orders extend leaves for officers including First Lieut Coffin and First Lieut Talbott while Col Deyin and others receive extended duties. Troops and vessels are ordered to the Philippines and West Indian maneuvers. ships West Virginia Pennsylvania Colorado Maryland Iowa gather at Hampton Roads awaiting Missouri and Illinois.
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Jacob M. Coffin
Henry M Merriam
Artillery Corps
Eawera M. Talbott
Curseon
William B. Deyin
Frederick W. van Dyne
Tutentry
St. Louis
Albert C. Dalton
Quartermaster
S Department
Albert JD. Knishern
Commingary
Kendallville
Akron
Ohio
Georges B. Tuttle
Philippines
Manila
San Francisoo
Army
Hampton Roads
Norfolk, Va
United States
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Maryland
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
West Indian Waters
Naval Orders and Vessel Movements Reported
Orders issued to Lieut I M Major Lieut J F Cartar and Ensign A Conway with resignations and new acting appointments in the navy. Vessel movements list Don Juan de Austria Brien and others arriving at Charleston Newport News and Hongkong, and ships sailing from Boston for Zaade and Tompkinsville. Telegraphic obituary notes death of William C Dexter of Company A Engineers. date and details given.
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I. M
J. F. Cartar
Walt Orden
A. Conway
R. A. Campbell
Navy
W W. H. Blook
G. G. Hart
Don Juan E Austria
Tompkinsville
Brien
Charleston
Princeton
Santa Barbara
West Virginia
Newport Nown
Hegle
San Juan
Mcnadnock
Hongkong
Hopkins
Bonaparte to Attend Charleston Pre-Entering Ceremonies
Secretary Bonaparte accepts invitation to be present at the presentation of a silver service to the protected cruiser Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. If possible he will travel from Norfolk on the Charleston next Sunday and arrive Tuesday, or else reach Charleston by rail to arrive Wednesday morning, as three days of hospitality are planned in Lynnhaven Bay and Charleston.
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Moseow
Storten
Laren
Smyth
Drumnia
Smith
Doubusso
Tarzan
Lubertzi
Sermonovski
Kres Lorade Orloffsky
Seminor
Indrecieff
Charleston
Bonaparte
8. C
Norfolk
Baltimore
Dolphin
Lynnhaven Bay
Punished for Army Snub At Theater Seat Request
New York january 3 court martial punished First Lieut Roy I Taylor for asking Sergeant Patrick F Butler in uniform to move seat at a theater in New London Connecticut last October He was reduced in rank twelve numbers and the verdict notes that a soldier’s uniform is a mark of honor to be respected The sentence aims to deter similar conduct The sergeant complied with the request and was seated elsewhere the judge advocate general signed verdicts from Brig Gen Grant
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New York
Patrick F. Butler
126Th Coast Artillery
Roy I. Taylor
Grant
United States
New London
Conn
Butler
Taylor
Hotels listing of guests across many cities
New York January report lists guests at Willard, Ebbitt and National hotels in Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other cities. Names include Willis, Knox, Whitman, Blair, Denning, Jackson, Crowell, McDonald, Crowell, and many others. The Illinois battleship Illinois proceeds toward Hampton Roads for winter maneuvers. Captain Rickard of the Signal Corps resigns and his position is accepted by the President.
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Baltimore
George
Willard Miss N. Woolford
H. M. Oilinger
St James
R. Hopking
F. T. Jones
H. T Thomas
A. P. Gray
Mational
Boaton
R. N. Goding
Arlington
C. c. Whitman
Riges
W. H. Stacy
Ebbite
F. W W. Fairbanks
A. H. Batehaller
F. Brown
L. O Dowd
J. Butoff
Dr J. Stowle
Shoreham
J. D. Godfrey
Riggs
J. E. Stevens
Mbbitt
J. H. Macke
E. B. Michen
A. Crane
J. A Mogle
Bishop
V. Schingl
Abraham
C. H. Patterson
W. Clark
P. Levy
H Raunie
L. Wiley
National Philadelphia
Mias Guysen
J. Caley
A. Stifel
Ebbitt
B. G. Perring
J. G. Crowell
Raleigh
F. McDonald
New York
United States
Illinois
Boston
Hampton Roads
Navesink
Sandy Hook
Indictment Sustained in Land Fraud Cases Near California
Justice Wright overruled the demurrer in the land fraud indictment against Frederick A. Hyde John A. Bengon Henry P. Dimond and Jeast IL Schneider holding that multiple counts charging the same conspiracy at different dates can join. Trials against George W Beavers and George S Green for conspiracy to defraud the government are set to begin about February with witnesses including Robert J Wynne ex Postmaster General now London consul general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Wright
District Suowme Court
Frederick A. Hyde
John A. Bengon
Henry P. Dimond
Jeast IL Schneider
Bern
Public Sandy
California
United States
Baker
George W. Beavers
George S. Green
A City on Stilts in Colon Described by NY Herald
The New York Herald reports Colon as a city built on drained lagoon and stilts. Front street near the wharves appears improved for ships, while inland areas remain flooded with ten foot slime and crowded rooms. Rent yields about $2,900 monthly from wretched U S owned houses despite dire living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Colan
Colon
Canal Commission
New York
Central Park
United States
Victim of Science: M Radiguet Dies From Radiography
Paris correspondence in the London Telegraph reports that M Radiguet, a maker of instruments, died from injuries caused by his radiography experiments. He first suffered right arm damage two years earlier, when exposure to rays showed unknown effects. Ulcerated wounds persisted, an operation failed, and in the last six months he had been doomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London
Vielem
M. Radiguet
Roentgen
Cuticura Remedies Praise From Station Master
Allen Ridgway, station master for The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, reports spending fifty dollars on doctors for barber’s itch before trying Cuticura Remedies. After one set bought for one dollar, he says he was cured entirely and urges families to know of the remedies. Station Barnegat, New Jersey, October 2, 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Ridgway
the Central Railroad Company of
Best in Market Cuticura Remedies Praise
A Baltimore reader thanks Cuticura Soap and Ointment for curing her child's scalp in 1905. The testimonial, signed by Mrs. M. Neuner of 1206 East Eager Street, extols the products as the best on the market and notes a complete external and internal treatment offer.
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Europe
Rudiger
Nassa Shisa
Bofur
Preana
Lomina
Nizhni Novgorod
M. Mendelstam
Ivan Hkalaief
Sergius
Averlanoff
Union of City Employes
C. T. Yerkes
London Underground Railways
Ena
Pope
Bluejackets
Kossuth
Francis Joseph
Debrecsem
Budapest
Tane
Debretsen
Oracs
Selon
Sade Gt
Monthly Crop Report
Curb Market
Beth
Steel
Steel Ptd
Greene Copper
Mere
Mar
Interborough R. T
Baty
Mackay Co
Mackay
Pia- Tay
Tha
New Secur
Mitchell Mining
Northern Securities
Tennessee Copper
Yuired Copper
Utah Copper
JIL Market
Postpala
W. F. Smith Co
Mass
Cincinnati House
Charleston, S. C
Southern
Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta, Constitution
Southern Railway
Apenial
Washington Post
P. G& Hil
American Tobacco Company
Philadelphia
Ensign Wade
San Francisco
Corbin
William C. Dbexter
Company A
Engineers
Moros
Louis
T. Welsh
Twenty-first Infantry
Edward J. Hammmond
Eighth Cavalry
Lieut. Taylor
Coast Artillery
Alabama
R J. Baird
ShaMeld
A L. Crane
J. James
H.R. Williams
National
Connecticut
W. J. Hawbert
N. P. Fabian
New Haven
Willard
C. B. Brinkler
A. Hamer
J. H. Brennan
D. Hobart
H. Evans
W. Lebanon
Georgia
A. M. Dord
R. Sharpe
Atlanta
U. 3
Jones
Newark
A.A. Willets
G. K. McCoy
H. F. Bingham
W. H. Hebner
Butfalo
G. T. Gurr
J. C. Windsort
C. Chapin
Miss Bowes
H. P. Frost
Butalo
E. G. Reynolds
Bombay
Bt. James
G. KR. Marcellers
Leroy
F. Re Morse
North Carolina
W. J. McAnally
High Point
BE. W. Pau
Southfield
D. & Hoffman
Mount Airy
Rateigh
L. D. Men Denhall
W. B. Blaskkenny
Monroe
Miss Etrand
Greensboro
J. K. Pepper
W. H. Stearns
Lynn
J. K. Hamilton
New Willard
J.A. Baldley
Cleveland
W. A. Thoma
F. W. Zerman
Wanser
J. J. Hewtatt
Gleveland
EL Greene
Lenoa
St. James
G. A. Hood
Norwalk
C. Haag
G. C Garwick
J. A Dewson
National Pennsylvania
E. Y. Shearer
York
A. F. Rife
Hanover
F. Potters
Mrs
K. Hit
Shorenam
J. F. Ruth
H. BE
Schenck
Connellsville
G. H. Crawford
McKeesport
E. Pomeroy
Dushore
T. C. Cole
Bethlehem
P. Colvick
J. H. Flower
Trivia
Hell
New Marderville
D. F. Greenwalt
L. A. Blue
Hollidsyeburg
At. James
R. Brantz
Waynesville
G. A. Mueller
South Carolina
J. Briilbank
F. Frazer
H. Schenk
Georgetown
Ilinois
Rickard
R. O. Rickard
Signal Corps
United States Army
Beavers and Green
Doctors
Cuticura
Hhohive
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