Memorial honors Boston Tea Party survivor Kennison at Lincoln Park
Chicago remembers David Kennison, last survivor of the Boston Tea Party, with a large boulder monument in Lincoln Park near his 1852 Chicago burial site. Ceremonies led by Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the Revolution, donors of the monument. Boulder transported from northern Wisconsin by Benny Dudley.
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Lincoln Park
Kennison
Sons and Daughters of Revolution
Chicago
David Kennison
Boston
City Cemetery
Sons of the Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wisconsin
Benny Dudley
Trsg
Brewith
Friar Lands Question Affects Philippine Friars
Rome reports the friar lands settlement likely ends the friars in the Philippines. Franciscans may leave entirely due to lack of funds, with few Recollets staying. Dominicans to be served by their university, Augustinians to retake Iloilo building as a school and seek indemnity. Remaining friars likely under 150, no new arrivals due to funds. Spain previously funded transport.
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Rome
Philippines
Iloilo
Ttig
Spain
Question of union wages at Madigan Square Garden banquet
In New York on December 19 a dispute over paying union wages to about twenty waiters for a banquet hosted by the Civic Federation threatens to disrupt the event. The Waiters' union demands its standard $2.50 rate, the caterer refused, and talks failed. Union leaders may urge invited labor figures to abstain from the banquet if the issue is not settled.
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Eifforts
Senator Hanna
New York
The
Civic Federation
Madigan Square Garden
Hanna
Waiters’ Union
Officials Seek Settlement in Beirut Affair
Rear Admiral Cotton departed Beirut on the US San Francisco with Consul Davis bound for Alexandretta after Davis was assaulted by police while escorting a naturalized American detained from prison. Minister Leishman discussed the incident informally with the foreign minister. no formal demand yet. Officials show a wish to settle the affair.
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Constantinople
Cotton
Beirut
United States
San Francisco
Consul Davis
Alexandretta
Davis
Attarian
Leishman
Tewfik Pasha
Tion
Looking for Her Fortune in Chicago Vault Dispute
In Chicago on December 19 Mrs Clara Irene Malcolm held the key to a large securities deposit but has not opened the box to claim assets. Her father Cuthbert W. Laing seeks an accounting from an estate valued at 125000, claiming the securities belong to his daughter.
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Chicago
Clara Irene Malcolm
Iis
Cuthbert W. Laing
Laing
Cut in Steerage Rates Drops Ahead of Rival Arrival
Pacific Mail Steamship Co cuts steerage from $35 to $20 and flour freight from $3 to $1 per ton in response to the Ching Wo of Sun Commercial line approaching this port. The move follows recent rate increases and signals intensified competition on the Orient route.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail Steamship Co
Alley
Orient
Ching Wo
Sun Commercial, Steamship Co
Justifiable homicide verdict in Chossier case reported
Los Angeles December 19 coroner's jury ruled the killing of Joseph and Louis Chossier by Detectives Murphy and Cowan justifiable after a five hour session. The panel inspected the scene and related evidence, delivering its formal finding on the homicide.
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Los Angeles
Joseph and
Louis Chossier
Murphy
Cowan
Wealth of Leo XIII Revealed at Vatican Mystery
Rome reports claim Pope Leo XIII left seven to nine million dollars in bank notes and gold hidden before his death. Cardinal Gotti and Mgr Marzolini carried the sum to Pope Pius, who was moved as the legend spread that Leo wished his successor to learn economy.
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Rome
Vatican
Leo
Cardinal Gotti
Propaganda
Mgr
Marzolini
Mgr. Mazzolini
Pius
Mar
Papal
Paris
Leo XIII
Roosevelt Refused Request Over Cadet Steel Suspension
Washington dispatch reports Senator Penrose Representative Olmstead and Charles H Mullens urged the president to lift the one year suspension of West Point Cadet Steel of Pennsylvania. The president declined saying the punishment was already light.
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Moosevelt
Washington
Penrose
Representative Olmstead
Charles H. Mullens
West Point Cadet Steel of Pennsylvania
Steel
Russia to Submit Second Proposition in Japan Crisis
Paris dispatch reports Russia plans a second proposal after denying the first as an ultimatum. baron de rosen in tokio may continue negotiations beyond the initial terms. Russia has not yet learned Japan's response and aims to avert a rupture with Japan through a new offer contingent on Tokyo's reply.
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Russia
Japan
Paris
Baron de Rosen
Tokio
Campania Wins Mail Race Against St Louis
The Cunard liner Campania, sailing from New York December 12, arrived at Queenstown on December 19, delivering mail to the first delivery this morning. The American line steamer St Louis, which departed New York at 10 a.m., arrived mail delivery at 1:30 this afternoon, two hours and three minutes after the Campania.
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London
Cunard Lins
Campania
New York
Queenstown
American Line
St Louis
Still After Burglars in Boston Police Fight
Police continue efforts to trace burglars who robbed Metropolitan Coal Co's Boston office on Thursday. A running gunfight with officers left one alleged robber dead. Watchman John Donovan, beaten by the burglars, travels to Ipswich to identify two suspects arrested there yesterday.
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Boston
Deciv
Metropolitan Coal Co
John Donovan
Ipswich
Lewiston Street Railway Car Barns Destroyed by Fire
In Lewiston Maine the car barns of the Lewiston Brunswick and Bath Street Railway Co burned today destroying almost all rolling stock. Twenty five cars and four snow plows were ruined with an estimated loss of fifty thousand dollars, partly insured. Cause of the fire remains undetermined and transportation service will be seriously disrupted across the road and its branches.
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Lewiston
Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street Railway Co
Dormitory Fire at Walden University Kills Seven
A fatal dormitory fire at Walden University in Nashville on December 19 left seven dead and seventeen seriously injured as women jumped from windows to escape. The blaze trapped all exits, causing panic and tragic casualties among the inmates.
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Nashville
Walden University
Negro Women's College
Tenn
Central Tennessee College For
Colombian Troops Sail Northward in Gunboat Report
Washington reports the Navy Department received a cable from Rear Admiral Glass in Panama stating a steamer's report that a small Colombian troop force at the Atrato river mouth has sailed northward in a Colombian gunboat. Glass cannot verify the report.
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Washington
Navy Department
Glass
Panama
Atrato
Glasg
Robbers Hold Up In Knoxville. One Killed and Wounded
Three young white men robbed locations in Knoxville Tennessee last night. They shot and killed Corbin Rowe during one hold up and rifled his pockets. In the third hold up Charles Rogers was shot in the leg.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Corbin Rowe
Charles Rogers
Japan Moves to Expand Hemp Industry and Alaska Nets Trade
Japan focuses on hemp manufacture with new orders for Alaska fishing nets valued at 30000 dollars. A commissioner has been sent to Canada to study potential market expansion for nets there.
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Japan
Alaska
Canada
Christmas Number Issued By Evening Democrat Next Monday
The Evening Democrat announces a special Christmas number to be issued next Monday. The edition will be larger with more reading and advertising than usual. It will feature articles from leading writers and artists.
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Democrat
Brave Fireman Fatally Injured In Brooklyn Fire
In a Brooklyn tenement fire Lieutenant John Freel of the fire department fell three stories from a fire escape while rescuing twenty five women and children. He died from his injuries as comrades carried occupants to safety. The rescue effort saved many from suffocation.
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New York
Brooklyn
John Freel
Fire Department
Union Accepts Wages Reduction In Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio the machinists union voted to accept wage cuts ranging from five to fifteen percent after a lengthy meeting. About four hundred workers are affected across the city. The report notes a general industry struggle amid declining demand and cost pressures.
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Youngstown, O
Machinists’ Union
Connecticut Weather Forecast Mixed Snow Likely Sunday
Forecast for Connecticut calls for a fair night with cloudy Sunday, occasional snow or rain likely, warmer tonight and Sunday, and brisk south winds. Stronger gusts and unsettled conditions expected as precipitation moves through.
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Connecticut
Beethoven's Home Preservation Project Abandoned
Vienna reports the committee led by the Duchess of Marlborough and Lord Napier failed to save Beethoven's death chamber and adjoining rooms from demolition. Officials announced structural hurdles halted plans to convert the site into a museum despite donations and a November ceremony with a performance and offers of relics to the city.
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Duchess of Marlborough
Lord Napier
Vienna
Beethoven
Search Still Continues For Missing Hazardville Coachman
Hazardville December 19 search for Clarence Dexter aged 35 who vanished Thursday afternoon in a crazed state. He was seen in woods at dusk after attempting to flee from the pursuit, then disappeared again as lanterns approached. Dexter worked as a coachman for David Gordon and had suddenly run across the fields after hitching a team.
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Hazardville
Clarence Dexter
Dexter
David Gordon
Mr Gordon
Death at Union Port Inmate Sinks in Rising Tide
New York December 19. William Becker, aged 80, an inmate of the Odd Fellows home at Union Port, died in a strange accident while walking near the water. He was pulled into a quicksand like seep and drowned as the tide rose, trapping him waist deep until it receded.
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New York
William Becker
Odd Fellows
Union Port
Becker
Westches
Senator Dietrich Arraigned On Fraud And Bribery Charges
United States Senator Charles H. Dietrich appeared with General John Cowin in federal court in Omaha to be arraigned on fraud in profiting from a government lease for a post office building and for conspiracy and bribery. Dietrich pleaded not guilty to the first charge and did not plead on the others as the defense prepared to challenge the indictment’s sufficiency. The trial was adjourned for two weeks.
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Omaha
United States
Charles H. Dietrich
John ©. Cowin
Munger
United States Circuit Court
Cowin
THAT SCHOOLMASTER'S WILL
The wife and daughter of Alpheus Dubois the school master who wege evoEy have returned to this city and through their attorneys served notice that they shall contest the will by which they were cut off with a bequest of only 10000 dollars.
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New York
Alpheus Dubois
Cruiser New York Ready to Sail for Corean Waters
A Padget Sound dispatch from Seattle reports hurried prep to launch the cruiser New York. Officers bid farewell as families depart for Corean ports and are ordered to sail at once for Corean waters.
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Corean
Seattle
Padget Sound
New York
Coresp
Death in Winsted Due to Exposure
In Winsted on December 19 a man named Charles Maxwell Jr. died from exposure after going out sleighing and becoming ill on the return. The mercury dropped below zero last night.
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Winsted
Charles Maxwell, Jr
Wood plant to start full operations adding thousands of jobs
McKeesport Pa December 19 W De Wees Wood plant of the American Sheet Steel Co to resume full operation Monday boosting employment by 600 with many mills already in full blast. The revival promises work for about 15,000 men across the plants as orders surge.
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McKeesport
W. Dewees
American Sheet Steel Co
Monster pickerel caught by Connecticut anglers
Three fishermen John McCarthy William Tullar and Rob Roe visited Waterbury after a day of fishing and landed a record pickerel from Quasapinag lake weighing five pounds eight ounces The giant catch was made by Rob Roe near the end of the excursion.
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Waterbury
Connecticut
John McCarthy
McCarthy & Moore
William Tullar
Rob Roe
Quas Sapang Lake
Waterbury News Notes on Crime and Local Affairs
Miss Julia Keough of Lafayette street visits Philadelphia friends. Metal thieves evade police as a bag of scrap metal is found in Highland division freight yard. Meyer Bros Clothing Co appoints B B Kelsey receiver. Reid & Hughes Co faces about $1,000 claim. Bar exam applicants include Thomas Devine and Lawrence Lewis. Christmas shopping, local sales, and umbrellas from Upson Singleton & Co noted. Probate court, estates, and funerals for Blodgett, O Connor, Smith, Vail, Egan, and Phelan covered with detailed floral tributes and bearers.
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Highland Division
B. B. Kelsey
Meyer Bros Clothing Co
U. GG
Church
W. Smith
William Wallace
Reid & Hughes Co
Reid & Hughes
Hartford
Thomas F.devine
Hamburg
Élork
Upson, Singleton & Co’s
Waterbury
Lowe
E. A. Leach
Frederick Blodgett
John O'Connor
Maurice O’connor
E. F. Cole
Frances T. Smith
Bridget McMahon
Meehan
Charles E. Seymour
William H. Phillips
Charles B. Vail
Eugene Egan
Bergen Street
St Francis Xavier's Church
Father Fleming
New St Joseph's Cemetery
Bernard Whitney
Thomas Hanoran
Garrett Sayers
Thomas Flynn
Peter Donn
Joseph Phelan
Bartenders’ Union
W. A. McKennerney
Nellie
Sarah Finley
Kittle Lawlor
Case Department of the New England Watch Co
Bencnets
Rose Perkinson
T. Keene
Sadie White
Joseph McAlenney Dies After Ill Health at Home
Joseph McAlenney aged about, died at his parents home on 22 Je street after illness. A bright youth with promising prospects, he studied at public schools and attended college then Yale Law before ill health halted studies. He was active in St Patrick's parish and Sunday school, beloved by many. He leaves parents, six sisters and brothers. Mass of requiem at St Patrick's Tuesday morning, with interment at St Joseph's.
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Joseph McAlenney
Edward McAlenney
Yale Law
St. Patrick's
Elréle
Paul Ward
Frank Johnson
Mary
Katherine
Jetta
Clara
St Patrick
St Joseph's
Weather warms after record cold across New England
Last night the New Haven weather summary notes a sharp warmup after an unprecedented cold spell. Temperatures across the state averaged 8.6 degrees above zero, with the coldest reading dipping to 20 degrees below in parts of Connecticut while the trend shifts toward milder conditions across New England and New York.
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New Haven
Weather Bureau
News State
England
Connecticut
Bicher Fierres
New Eng
New York State
Pirate Sloop Sighting Sparks Pens Wick Break-ins
Saybrook reports a strange sloop yacht sighted off yesterday, followed by Whaley sale breaking into Penswick cottages. Fourteen places were visited as the sloop appeared multiple times amid ransacking. Last night the intruders appeared to have taken significant plunder.
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Saybrook
Hiterday
Penswick
Daggett Dies in Rumford Falls At 60
Albert Daggett a former New York political figure dies in Rumford Falls aged sixty in his first term as United States postal contractor. He is survived by a widow and two children.
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Rumford Falls
Mass
Albert Daggett
New York
United Postal
Derby
Land Fraud Investigator Leaves For East
Muskogee Indian Territory December 19 Rogers Woodruff who has been investigating the land frauds left last night for St Louis from where he will go to Philadelphia his home Charles Bonaparte his chief left last night Kansas City where he will deliver an address tonight.
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Muskogee
I. T
Dee
Ae Rogers Woodruff
St Louis
Philadelphia
Charles. Bonaparte
Kanes
City
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