Pope conducts public consistory at Rome with mass of attendees
The pope personally led the public consistory in St Peter's with thousands present including many foreigners and Americans. The ceremony featured a grand procession, Cardinals, bishops and the Sistine choir under Abbe Perosi, with the pope blessing from the throne and conferring red hats to new cardinals.
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Rome
St Peter's
Vatican
Sala Regis
Sistine Choir
Perosi
Pius X
Sistine Chapel
Thieves Steal Horses and Goods in Connecticut and Rhode Island
Plainfield Conn December 19 thieves took a horse and buggy from Simon Sullivan then crossed into Rhode Island stealing a second outfit from William Kafer. In Plainfield Depot the same night burglars entered John P Kingsley general store for the fifth time in two months lifting about 200 dollars in merchandise via a ladder to a second story window.
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Plainfield
Conn
Simon Sullivan
Sterling
William Kafer
State Line
Rhode Island
Plainfield Depot
John P. Kingsley
Bankers in Conference Over Jewelers National Bank Closure
In North Attleboro Massachusetts a bank conference began after the Jewelers National Bank id North Attleboro closed its doors following the suspected suicide of cashier Frederick F B Sargeant. Alfred Ewer Henry F Currier and President Albert H Wiggin attended with trustees. The duration of the talks was not disclosed and Wiggin declined comment beyond a New York statement.
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North Attleboro
Mass
Natonal Bank
Alfred Ewer
Henry
F .Currier
Albert H. Wiggin
National Bank of North Atleboro
Tts
Frederick FB. Sargeant
Wiggin
New York
Jit Conductor Dead in Cranston After Long Rail Run
Albert M. Sta, a Chicago to New York Grand Trunk conductor, died at his Cranston home aged 76. He served over twenty five years on the Chicago to New York route and for the last fifteen years on the Chicago to Buffalo run.
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Chicago
Albert M. Stacar
Cranston
New York
Grand Trunk
Buffalo
Walker Man Caught In New Britain Abduction Case
Dec. 19 officials of New Britain report a man in custody suspected of abducting the treasurer of Enaenada. The investigation identifies the suspect as Walk ee and continues to trace the missing funds and motive.
Weather Log: Sunrise and High Tide at New Haven
The note records a morning schedule with a ban rising at 7 10 and high tide at 4 14. It mentions New Haven with a high tide reading of 13, indicating a coastal observation.
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Sete
New Haves
Deadly mine explosion at Darr mine entombs 400 at Jacob's Creek
Pittsburg Coal Co reports an explosion at 11:30 in the Darr mine near Jacob's Creek entombing at least 400 workers including Pit Boss OConnell and two fire bosses. Smoke fills the shaft as rescue teams fail to enter amid blocked passages and uncertainty over cause.
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Pittsburg
Virginia
Pittsburg Coal Co J
Jacob's Creek
O'Connell
Aroun
West Newton Penn
Harden Faces Trial For Offenses Against Von Moltke Interests
Berlin December hearing shows Harden pale and worn as he sits in the dock to answer charges that he harmed the interests of Von Moltke and others in Die Zukunft. The court weighs jurisdiction and public access with a packed room of journalists and spectators.
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Berlin
Maainlen Harden
Kuno von Maltke
Motes
Die Zukunft
von Moltke
Philip Zu Eurenbburg
Count Wilhelm Vor Hohenau
Harden
Marx
Count von Moltke
Isenbiel
Sult
Ministry of Justice
America
Europe
Howeer
Wanted the Gold in Philadelphia Express Heist
William A Hewett of New York faced bail after a failed attempt to rob a Reading railroad Buffalo express car loaded with $60000 in government gold bullion. A yardman spotted Hewett under a bullion car with a saw on a gas pipe. lights failed and he fled. Police seek two accomplices and note Hewett worked around the station loading express cars.
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Philadelphia
Buffalo Express
Reading Terminal
William A. Hewett
West Fifteenth Street
New York
Reading Railroad
Lehigh Valley
Buffalo
Hewett
Underground campaign backs Bonaparte for president
The Tribune reports an underground effort to nominate Charles J. Bonaparte for president. Physicians lead the drive, advocating lifelong confinement of habitual criminals in asylums or penal colonies, with Bonaparte favoring hanging but open to compromise. The campaign operates by confidential city to city correspondence.
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Chicago
the Tribune Today
Charles J. Bonaparte
United States
Washington
Boston
New York
Indianapolis
Bonaparte
Mr Bonaparte
Cost of Armament Compared to Educational Funds
Samuel E Moffett argues that the cost of a ten million dollar battleship dwarfs many educational funds Yale Universitys total finances would cover one battleship and the Nobel foundation would buy nine ships the Slater fund would cover two torpedo destroyers and the cost of one battleship could fund all newspapers in eight Southern states for a year Congress would fund more ships but not forest reserves urging readers to consider value and priorities with a 25 cent ad question.
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Samuel E. Moffett
Collier’s
Yales University
Ufe
Oxford S
Nobel
John F. Shater
Slater
Congress
Moffet
Ware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
White Mountain Forest
Cannon
New ‘York Evening Post
Standard Oil to Build World Largest New Jersey Refinery
New York Dec 10 The Standard Oil company plans a vast Jersey refinery covering almost a thousand acres to be built in sections between Elizabeth and the Staten Island sound. The first section will produce 20 000 barrels daily, with 2 500 laborers to start. The project will require extensive pipelines and rail service, expand the oil fleet with 100 plus new tank ships, and may shift the world center of oil to New Jersey.
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New York
Europe
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Elizabeth
Staten Island Sound
N. J
Rahway
Standard OM
United States
Standard Oil Company 8
Standard
Wreck Blocks Danbury Division After Tok en Rail Collision
A tok en rail caused a major derailment near Redding Connecticut on the Danbury line. Fifteen cars of a forty car Harlem River bound train derailed on a bridge over the Saugatuck River and blocked the main track. Wrecking crews from Harlem River and New Haven cleared debris as passengers were transferred to continue travel.
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Redding
Conn
Danbury
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Harlem
Saugatuck River
Norwalk
New York
Harlem River
New Haven
Fist Fight Erupts Over Lie Passing in House
Washington lawmakers John Sharpe Williams and DeArmand of Missouri clashed in the House today after a lie was passed. Williams struck first, DeArmand retaliated, and aides separated them as Williams's face bled.
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John Sharpe Williams
DeArmand
Bonse
Washington
Representative DeArmand
Missouri
House of Representatives
Williams
Cannon Announces 60th Congress Committee Seats
Washington December 1 Speaker Cannon revealed committee assignments for the 60th Congress. Changes occur, but core members remain. Connecticut Hill assigned to Ways and Means and Higgins to Expenditure.
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Washington
House
Cannon
Connecticut Hill
Higgins
Grant Sighted Off Nantucket Afloat Heading to New York
A report notes the Grant sighted 120 miles east of Nantucket and near a lightship at 08 a.m. Aiming for New York, the vessel likely docks around 2 p.m. Read as a brief naval movement update with time and position details.
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New York
Nantucket
Ughtship
Promenade at City Hall and Court Notices
City hall hosts a Saturday evening prom by Fultons American band. William D Richardson treasurer of Hellmans Brewing Co remains in very serious condition after a weeklong illness. Foreclosure case Beardsley vs Raffel sets law days to December 23 for Ashborn and Co and William M Ashborn and later dates for Raffel Hotchkiss Templeton J J ONeill and James E Smith Co. debt totals 3751.75 with plaintiff judgment from October 2. Santa Claus tours principal streets in a large wagon from Henson Furniture Co, delighting children amid minor street incident on Grand Street.
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City Hall
Fulton
William D. Richardson
Hellmans Brewing Co
Henrietta KE. Beardsley
Louis M. Raffel
Cowell
M. J. Ashborn & Co
William M. Ashborn
M. Raffel
Hotchkiss & Templeton Co
J. J. O'Neill
James E Smith & Co
Santa Claus
Henson Furniture Co
Grand Street
Wu Ting-fang Leaves Pekin for Washington as New Minister
Wu Ting Fang, newly reappointed Chinese minister to the United States, departs Pekin for Washington via Shanghai. He will take many students to the U S and carries a warm message for President Roosevelt. China seeks understanding on indemnity and Boxer payments amid tighter ties and eager rail and mine funding.
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Pekin
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Washington
Shanghai
China
Roosevelt
Tutt
Far East
Pacific
Wi -Ying Fang
Congress
Whiskey Prescriptions in No License Town Sparks Action
Fifteen members of the Windham County Medical association from towns without licenses met in Central Village to discuss issuing liquor prescriptions. The meeting, called by secretary Dr J J Gardner, responds to rising drunkenness after the recent no license election.
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Central Village
Windham County Medical Association
J. J. Gardner
Fisherman Finds Coat Belonging to Larchmont Victim
While fishing off Watch Hill on Wednesday, a crew member of the pamack C. N. Whitford hauled up a man's coat from a trawl. The coat likely belonged to a Larchmont disaster victim. A card inside listed Richard McCue of Milford Street Brooklyn N Y.
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Stonington
Conn
Watch Hill
Pamack C. N. Whitford
Larchmont
Richard McCue
Milford Street
Brooklyn
N.Y
Miracle in Nancy church ruled optical illusion
French authorities investigated the reported village church miracle in Hrin and concluded the event was an optical illusion caused by reflections on sacred water as candles moved. A stray sentence about a Democrat want ad appears unrelated to the main item.
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Nancy
France
Hrin
Settled in Full for Nashua Banking Closure
W A Farley of the New Hampshire Banking Company completes one of the most successful liquidations of a failed bank in Nashua. Final dividend of 3.4 percent to depositors totals 918 242 dollars since the bank ceased activity, with 10 percent repayment relative to deposits. The late Solomon Spalding was president, and Charles Spalding treasurer of the Globe Savings bank of Chicago.
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Nashua
N. H. Dee
W. A. Farley
New Hampshire Banking Company
Globe Savings Bank of Chicago
Farley
Solomon Spalding, Fath
Charles Spalding
King Oscar Buried in Solemn Stockholm Funeral
Thousands of Swedes lined snow covered streets as King Oscar of Sweden was interred at Riddarholm church. Gustave the new king and foreign dignitaries accompanied mourners, while 42 gun salutes and infantry volleys marked the service.
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Stockholm
Oscar of
Sweden
Riddarholm
Gustave
Denmark
Spain
Oscar
Priest Test at Alton Chute Fire Escape
Bishop James Ryan oversaw twenty five priests sliding down a new fire escape chute at the Catholic orphanage in Alton Illinois. All priests arrived safely at the bottom with Bishop Ryan expressing satisfaction and noting he did not participate in the test himself.
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Ryan
Alton
Ill
James Ryan
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