Hawaii's old and new military defences and Pearl Harbor
Christopher Webster recounts Hawaii's royal and colonial military past from Kalakaua's guard to fortifications on Fort Street, the 1816 Russian blockhouse and Kalanimoku's harbor fort, and notes the shift to a modern U S naval focus with Pearl Harbor as a strategic base and Mahan's appraisal of its Pacific importance.
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Fort
Islands
Honolulu
Kalanimoku
Capt. Mahan
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Army and Navy Journal
Philippines
Christopher Webster
Treasury report says treasury finances improving and gold holdings rise
Secretary Shaw reports increased available cash balances and rising gold reserves. He notes added cash in the general fund, existing liabilities, and marks flexible currency as needed to prevent future strain. He urges making 1902 canal bonds usable as circulation base.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Shaw
Isthmian Canal
New Trial Granted for Norris in Blackmail Case
Springfield Ohio December 12. John T Norris the detective convicted of blackmail in the common pleas court and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judge Fisher of Eaton was granted a new trial Friday evening by the circuit court on a technical error in the judge s charge to the jury.
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Springfield
John T. Norris
Common Pleas Court
Fisher
Eaton
Circuit Court
Washington
John Barbaglia
St. Louis
Missouri Penitentiary
United States
Marriage at the bier in Bowling Green
Miss Hettie Giles married A. C. Norris of Rockford Illinois beside the bier of the bride's dead mother just before the funeral service Rev Frank Essert officiated for the bride and led the mother's funeral慎
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Toledo
Hettie Giles
A. C. Norris
Rockford
Bowling Green
Frank Essert
British consul Capt. Talbot dies in Brooklyn after dinner attack
Capt. Charles A. P. Talbot, British consul at Boston, died suddenly at his Brooklyn residence after an attack of heart disease that began Thursday night following a dinner at the Victoria Club. His condition worsened Friday.
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Boston
Charles A. P. Talbot
Brooklyn
Talbot
Victoria Club
Tragic double shooting ends in suicide in Chicago
In Chicago on a December Friday, Mrs. Kate Katroba aged 25 lay asleep with her infant when her husband James Katroba a woodworker shot her then turned the gun on himself firing in the forehead.
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Chicago
Kate Katroba
South Kedzie Avenue
James Katroba
Spencer Dies at Brighton Famous Victorian Thinker
Herbert Spencer, renowned author and said to be the last of the great Victorian thinkers, died Tuesday morning at his Brighton home after months of ill health. He was born in 1820 and requested minimal disclosure during his illness.
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Kalakaua
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Polynesia
London
Herbert Spencer
Brighton
Spencer
Blizzard Winter Storms Hit Midwest and Great Lakes
Cold wave grips the Midwest from Minnesota to Illinois with temperatures from four to 24 degrees below zero. Trains delayed across railways as wind and snow hinder schedules. Chicago reports 13 degrees below zero with fatalities from exposure. One miner, Henry Rowe, found dead near Hymera after a cold-related disappearance.
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Minn
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Michigan
Burlington
Mercury
Milwaukee
Unity
Associated Charities
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Mackinaw
Houghton
Chicago
Sullivan
Ind
Henry Rowe
Jackson Hill
Hymera
Rowe
Chicago Selected To Hold Republican National Convention
Washington Dec 14 The Republican National Committee chose Chicago as the convention site by votes of 43 to 7 and 1 for St Louis The session set June 21 at 12 oclock for the convention opening with Chicago offering 75000 after initial offers of 40000 by St Louis and 190000 by Pittsburg The arrangements committee includes N B Scott Hanna Payne New and Schneicer with Chicago expected to cover costs.
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Republican National Committee
Arlington
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Stewart
N. B. Scott
West Virginia
Hanna
Payne
Harry S. New
Indianapolis
R. B. Schneicer
Nebraska
Amicable settlement possible in Japan Russia talks
London dispatches report Japan Russia talks may yield an amicable settlement with the matter not leaking from Japan. The Daily Mail’s Tokyo correspondent says the reply appears satisfactory and a settlement is in sight. In Boston, Judge Fletcher Ladd, a three year justice of the Philippines Supreme Court, died Saturday morning in a private hospital.
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London
Japan
Russia
Daily Mail
Tokio
Boston
Wletcher Ladd
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Secretary Hitchcock reports on interior department year
The interior department annual report details land disposals totaling 22 824 300 acres and calls for reform of homestead laws and pension rules. It notes 1 043 933 pensioners, a projected decline to under 1 million, and 900 000 Civil War survivors with 703 456 on the rolls. Public school enrollment nears 16 million, total schools and colleges exceed 18 million, and Indian population is about 270,000 with 156 reservations totaling 55 127 000 acres.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Pensions
Commissioner of Education
Frightful Disasters Reported In Iowa Wrecks
Ottumwa and Des Moines report fatal train wrecks on December 14. On the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line near Albia a west bound passenger train derailed on Cedar Creek bridge, five cars burned, three killed including Mrs. W. E. Mitchen and child Mildred, plus Thomas Beatty. ten injured. A second crash on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line near Amella killed Frank Finnicum Cerar Dyre and Walter Ward, with five injured as two trains collided in a deep cut on a curve. three engines and fourteen cars demolished.
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Ottumwa
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Albia
Cedar Creek
W. E. Mitchen
Mildred Mitchell
Thomas Beatty
Mildred Mitchen
Kitchell
Des Moines
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Amella
Frank Finnicum
Cerar Dyre
Walter Ward
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