Why Did Not Colombia Ratify the Canal Treaty
Daniel Cleverton argues Colombia failed to ratify the Hay Herrán treaty, blaming weak internal development, scarce rail and road links, and political graft. He cites Bogota's control of Panama rights, limited infrastructure, and the lure of bribes as reasons to delay or deny canal access. He urges modernization to unlock Colombia's mineral wealth and trade potential.
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Colombia
Ailure
de Lesseps Company
Panama
de Lesseps
Fanama Canal
Bogota
Panama Isthmus
Washingdon
Dalena
Honda
Puerto Berrio
Magdalena
Asia
Daniel Cleverton
Country life offers boys a better chance, farmer says
A Washington Star quote recalls Farmer Corn tessel arguing that country rearing gives a boy advantages. He notes in the country a stomach ache may be managed at home without alarming a doctor for appendicitis, contrasting rural life with urban fears.
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Corntessel
Washington Star
The Ony Way Divorce Stirrer
A humorous exchange notes a divorce question with Bert confirming the cook refused to work where more than one family member lived together, and a quip about a duck.
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Bertha
Bert
Deluge in the East Causes Wide Flood Damage
Torrential rain from Thursday to Friday dumped 10.04 inches in New York, flooding basements and subways while crippling suburban transit. In New Jersey and Long Island factories closed as power plants failed. In New York State two drownings occurred near Garnersville and Big Hill. Philadelphia reported two wind deaths in York and Crum Lynnh.
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New York
New York City
Brooklyn
New York State
Garnersville
Big Hill
Newburg
New Jersey
Long Island
Newark
Passaic
Ramapo
Pompton
Paterson
Philadelphia
York
Walter Royer
City
John Brown
Crum Lynn
Crum Creek
German editor Koerner of Milwaukee dies in Minnesota
Passed Rownay Milwaukee Oct 10 Christian Koerner aged 60 years a noted German colonist and former editorial figure in the Ger mania died at Luverne Minnesota from a complication of diseases He was early a Lutheran minister with charges at Boston and Norwich widely known in German newspaper circles across the country
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Milwaukee
Christian Koerner
Northwest
The
Germania
Luverne
Minn
Koerner
Boston
Mass
Norwich
Conn
Indictments Charged for Fraudulent Alien Naturalizations
A federal grand jury indicted W. A. Morrow assistant private secretary to Governor Dockery and Thomas E. Barrett former marshal of the St. Louis court of appeals. They are charged with aiding abetting and conspiring to fraudulently naturalize aliens reported to Judge Adams.
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St. Louis
Federal Grand Jury
W. A. Morrow
A. K. Dockery
Thomas E. Barrett
Murder on a Box Car in Minneapolis
Leonard C. Dare of Walkerton Indiana was murdered on a Northern Pacific box car at North Town Junction in Minneapolis. Police suspect four tramps who attempted a robbery of the money he carried, killing him last Thursday night.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Leonard C. Dare
Walkerton
Ind
Northern Pacific
North Town Junction
Cabinet patched up in dramatic London reshuffle
London reports a three week cabinet crisis ending with a new ministry led by Mr. Balfour. The shake up shifts Broderick to India, Austen Chamberlain to chancellor, Alfred Lyttleton to colonies, Arnold-Forster to war, and Murray to Scotland, while Devonshire’s withdrawal weakens Liberal Unionist support.
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London
Balfour
Duke of Devonshire
Mr. Broderick
Lord George Hamilton
India
Austen Chamberlain
Mr. Ritchie
Alfred Lyttleton
Oxford
Joseph Chamberlain
H. O. Arnold-Forster
Admiralty
Graham Murray
Scotland
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Lord Stanley
Ward Office
United States China commercial treaty signed in Shanghai
The U S China treaty was signed in Shanghai by Sheng Kung Rao Lu Kai Huan United States Minister Conger Consul General Good now and Mr Seaman The agreement covers internal taxation residence rights for missionaries patent protection mining rights and open trade across China with U S commercial interests.
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Shanghai
United States
China
Sheng Kung Rao
Lu Kai Huan
Conger
Goodnow
Seaman
Japan
Washington
State Department
Members of Mob Indicted in Nashville Lynching Case
The Moore county grand jury indicted 22 members of a mob for murder in the second degree over the September 94 lynching of Allen Small. The choice favors second degree murder to improve conviction chances. the case is made bailable and most defendants are expected to be released on bond.
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Nashville
Tenn
Moore County
Allen Small
Flood Devastates Paterson and Passaic Mills and Homes
Oct 12 Paterson New Jersey reports the Passaic river flood cresting into the city with thousands homeless and 800 houses flooded to the caves. Losses exceed 2 million with 23 story frame houses washed past the river and Passaic county suffering widespread damage. New York reports broader Atlantic coast damage with bridges washed away and currency shipments ruined by floodwaters.
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Houses of Friends
Paterson
Passaic County
Passaic
Newark Bay
Weasel Brook
Erie
New York
Atlantic Coast
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Bloomfield
N. J
Port Jervis
N. Y
Delaware River
Matamoras
Here
Philadelphia
United States
Washington
Wife of Sludge Tree Dead
Mrs. Tree, wife of Judge Lambert Tree the Chicago jurist and former U S minister to Belgium and Russia, died aboard the steamer Campania at sea Thursday evening. Her death, sudden and unexpected, was due to syncope on the voyage.
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Sludge Tree
New York
Schwab Targeted In New Jersey Shipyard Suit
The New Jersey corporation act may be used to seek full liability from Charles M Schwab for the difference between par value and price paid for his shipyard trust stock. The plan includes actions to cancel his 10 million dollar second mortgages on shipyards and to recover 20 million dollars of stock liabilities as receivership papers approach.
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New York
Shipyard Trust
New Jersey
Charles M. Schu@b
New Jersey Corporation Act
Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel
Smith
Henry D. Oliphant
Church Will Urge Peace In Labor Dispute
The Methodist Episcopal Church in America plans to promote a labor capital settlement. Bishop E Andrews will chair a committee of ministers from Aurora conference tasked to meet employers and workers on neutral ground. An interdenominational convention may be held next summer to form a labor and capital committee.
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New York
Methodist Episcopal Church In America
E. Andrews
Fifth Avenue
Pr. R. S. MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
The
Baptist Association
Bishop Andrews
B. B. Crawford
H. F. Ward
J. A. J. Whipple
H. C. Jackson
William C. Dixon
G. S. Young
Charles D. Warren
Aurora
Tragic Hungarian council sells forest then commits suicide
In Peszer Hungary seven municipal councillors all related to each other orchestrated a secret forest sale by a family selling council. They divided the proceeds but were exposed and, choosing not to face consequences, they held a hurried meeting and killed themselves.
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Colombia
Caribbean Sea
Magdalena River
Capitol
Barranquilla
Cartagena
Caribbean
Honda
Bogota
Vienna
Peszer
Hungary
Boy Killed in Runaway in St. Joseph
Ten year old George Grace of Lake Contrary neighborhood died after a runaway incident in St. Joseph. He slipped from a seat, his right leg was caught in a wheel and torn off, fatal injuries reported.
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St. Joseph, Mo
George Grace
Lake Contrary
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Corea
Manchuria
United States Senate
Church
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