Congress Debates Panama Reciprocity And Naval Bills
The Senate discussed Cuba reciprocity with arguments pro and con. House bills for navy expansion, a merchant marine commission, and an Alaska delegate were introduced, plus a $100,000 Lincoln federal building appropriation. Adjourned to the 14th.
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Hoar
Mass
United States Senate
Republic of
Panama
Teller
Morgan
House
Lincoln, Jr
Congress
United States
Porto Rico
Washington
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Dinsmore
Panama Republic
Hitt
Oil tanks leak injures and a fatal train collision noted
The Standard Oil officials ordered bloodhounds to Montpelier Indiana after five large tanks were opened and oil released. Fifteen people were hurt and Frank A La Salle died in a Steubenville Ohio train collision. Other items include stock exchange totals for the week, a hanging in Peoria and various political and labor events.
Notable Deaths and Political Notes Across Regions
Obituaries from Abbott Texas Bancroft Gherardi in Stratford Conn. Captain Talbot British consul Boston. Isaac Price Brooklyn’s oldest man. Judge James Cheney Fort Wayne. J Stanley Forrest Davenport. John R Procter Washington civil service head. Republican National Committee fixes Chicago convention for June 21 1904.
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Tex
Bancroft Gherardi
Stratford
Conn
Charles A. P. Talbot
Boston
Isaac Price
Brooklyn
N. Y
James Cheney
Indiana
Fort Wayne
J. Stanley Forrest
Davenport
Republican National Committee
Chicago
John R. Procter
Kentucky
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
Swedes Norwegians Recognize Panama as Independent State
Reported world tensions include Russia sending eight warships to Korea to back Yeon gampho stance and threaten to march on Seoul. Colombia moves on Panama while US ships patrol coasts to deter landings. Queen Alexandra escaped a palace fire at Sandringham in London. Four hundred US marines and 300 bluejackets land at Guantanamo and occupy a naval station. The Maine sails to the US for repairs. The Japan diet is dissolved as an influence battle shifts, and Cuba resists a US flag raising at Guantanamo Bay.
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Sweden
Norway
Republic of Panama
Russia
Corea
Yeongampho
Seoul
Panama
United States
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham Palace
London
Reyes
Charles Waldegrave Sandford
Gibraltar
Bishopbourne
Guantanamo
Cuba
Maine
Colon
Baron von Warcoff
Reichstag
Japan
Nine American Jockeys Dominate French Turf in 1903
Nine American jockeys earned nearly 200000 dollars on French turf during 1903. The tally highlights the strong American presence in European racing this year. Spain will not participate in the St. Louis exposition. The election in Colombia on December 8 gave Gen Reyes a complete triumph. The Panama constitutional convention is set to convene January 1. A dynamite blast in a Manila quarry killed three Americans and seven natives.
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Spain
Colombia
Gen. Reyes
Panama
Manila
Senate debates Cuban bill as Bailey leads constitutionality clash
Across the day in the Senate discussions centered on the Cuban bill with Senator Bailey of Texas arguing against the proceeding. A public roads bureau bill was introduced in the Department of Agriculture. Rev. Edward Everett Hale was chosen as chaplain. In the House pension, isthmus canal, Panama tariff, tobacco interests and labor questions were debated. A recess adjournment resolution from December 19 to January 4 was adopted. A schooner named Sailor's Home ran ashore at St. Mary's Bay, N F with six crew lost. Former Brooklyn police officer William H. Ennis was executed in Sing Sing for his wife murder. The Federal National Bank reopened in Pittsburgh after the October stock panic. The Treasury seeks 130000 for Great Lakes gas buoys. Senator Alexander McDonald, elected in 1869, died in Norwood Park N J. Viola Sands Hazard, aged 105, died at Wakefield R I. Final arguments in the Northern Securities merger case started in the U S Supreme Court. A fire in Braidwood Ill killed Mrs J Messersmith, her daughter, and Frank Smith. U S Marines moved to Colon to curb a Colombian war party. Britain and Holland push that Panama covers 15 million debt of Colombia. Princeton State Bank in Wisconsin reopened after embezzlement losses. Jewish emigration from Russia to America grows. Harry Maine, cashier of Linn Grove bank, shot himself after losses. bank doors closed.
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Bailey
Tex
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
Isthmus Canal
Republic of Panama
Sailor’s Home
St. Mary’s Bay
N. F
William H. Ennis
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
N. Y
Federal National Bank
Pittsburg
Secretary of the Treasury
Great Lakes
Alexander McDonald
Arkansas
Norwood Park
N. J
Viola Sands Hazard
Rhode Island
Wakefield
Northern Securities
United States Supreme Court
Washington
J. Messersmith
Frank Smith
Braidwood
Ill
United States
Colon
Panama
Great Britain
Holland
Princeton
Wis
Russia
America
Harry Maine
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Linn Grove
Minor News Items Highlight Global and Local Happenings
European and American interests shape trade and politics as markets shift and notable figures achieve milestones. Nebraska’s Dr. Swanback bears Prussian honors. Edwin Warfield rises from farmer to banker. the Minnesota Supreme Court weighs defamation for true charges. a vast Erie line project moves forward. a Brockton prison record notes long-term sentences. philanthropy and anniversaries mark $50,000 gifts and industrial heritage. World Fair displays feature German advances and a British city beauty plan funded by Carnegie.
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American Meat Trust
H. F. Swanback
Nebraska
Prussia
Frederick IV
Edwin Warfield
Maryland
Colombia backs off invasion after US peacemaking pledge
Gen De Castro reports Panama incursion attempt abandoned as U S readiness to preserve peace stabilizes the isthmus. Reyes seeks US mediation to win recognition of Colombia’s canal equities and a share of the $10 million payout. Navy ships survey the Darien coast for troop movements.
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de Castro
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Reyes
Panama
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Colon
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Atlanta
Mayflower
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Cartagena
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Cauca
Warships Back Demand Over Yongampho Opening
A Russian squadron of eight ships, including two battleships, arrived off Chemulpo Corea to oppose opening Yongampho to world trade. Reports of fortifications on Yongampho and a 3,000 men march on Seoul were contradicted and dismissed as sensational rumors by St. Petersburg officials.
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Yalu
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Yongampho
Foreign Office
Far East
Moro lands plan tied to anti-slavery law pledge
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood proclaims in Moroland an October anti-slavery law and suggests Gov. Taft establish native Moros on lands assigned by the sultan and dattos at a rental rate ensuring they gain a modest income. the plan hinges on tribal leaders' acceptance.
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Leonard Wood
Moroland
Legislative Council
Dattos
Wood
Taft
Col H M Boies Dies En Route From Washington
Col H M Boies of the state board of corrections and charities died suddenly in Wilkes Barre while returning from Washington after a conference with President Roosevelt. He suffered heart disease on the train and was carried off by friends. Born in 1837 in Lee Massachusetts.
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H. M. Boies
State Board of Corrections and Charities
Wilkesbarre
Washington
Roosevelt
Boies
Lee
Mass
Queer prayer quips spark club chat in Town and Country
A New Yorker recalls clergy oddities from sermons and prayers told at a club gathering. Jokes center on a young minister with grandiose phrases and a pacific churchman who prays for a dove of peace and eagle of freedom bearing a banner.
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Felows
Climan
Dodd’s Kidney and Diamond Dinner Pills Boosts in North Dakota
In Valley City North Dakota Matilda M Boucher credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills with curing dizziness bilious attacks and a three week recovery from a severe Sciatica She notes lasting health benefits and widespread use of the remedies in Barnes County with many families preferring them over others.
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Valley City
N. Dak
Matilda M. Boucher
Dodd
Barnes County
Rates to the Sunny South and Readers Inquiries
Homeseekers and Settlers Rates to the Sunny South list monthly departures via Mobile and Ohio Rail Road with contact Jno M Beall A G P A St Louis Mo for destination requests. Includes miscellaneous advertisements and short quotes about medicine dyes and proverbs from various papers.
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Jno
Stretching Truths and Odd Encounters in a Jester Column
A shopkeeper old joke reveals shoe sizes and a salesman’s prank. A tourist asks about what lies inside a morgue, and the guide cryptically answers remains to be seen in a Columbia Jester tone.
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California Limited Reverie and Train Travel Then and Now
Johnny Drummer recalls a vivid ride beside the California Limited and contrasts palatial travel with the hardships of 1849 era wagons. He notes envy of modern comforts, imagines a future trip via Santa Fe, and ends with a signature from Johnny Drummer.
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George Ade
Peggy
Paris
Prairie Junction
Santa Fe
Golden West
Jccurney
California
Johnny Drummer
Proposals and Promises Echoed in a Stray Story
In a fragment from Stray Stories Miss Passay reveals a proposal and a blush as she explains Mr Huggins in whose rooms she was found by her father. Miss Speitz comments on a remark about Mr Huggins having an old head on young shoulders.
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Papa
Mr. Huggins
Rms
Miss Speitz
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