News of the Week From Two Continents Collate
United States consul Powell in Seoul reports the emperor’s death. Spain’s finance minister abandons a loan plan tied to Almaden quicksilver. Alger’s illness worries his circle. typhoid fears rise. Lowell and New Bedford mule spinners win strike rights with weekly 25 cent assessment. Britain, Japan, and Russia reportedly strike Corea accord. fleet reportedly returning to Hong Kong. Creek Nation approves $20,000 for attorneys to challenge federal jurisdiction after January 1.
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United States
Powell
Seoul
Corea
State Department
Almaden
Alger
General Alger
Lowell
New Bedford
Mass
New England
London Mail
Hong Kong
England
Japan
Russia
Creek Council
Bliss
Wisdom
Francis D. Newton
Brookfield
Sarah
Ethel
Paul i
John Lincoln
Bolshaw
Marysville
Missouri
13Th
Missouri Cavalry
Fred Lewis
Seattle
Lewis
Joseph Kurtz
Kurtz
Valparaiso
San Francisco
Picton
Col
Robert Mandolini
Dave Evans
Dick Owens
Vladimer Bourtzeff
Narodnaya Voltz
Wierzbecki
London
Phoebe Hearst
University of California
Colorado
Brave woman and a hatpin foil armed train robbers
Chicago Jan 12 Miss Sadie Williams a passenger on a Blue Island Avenue cable car repelled two robbers single handedly with a hatpin when they attacked conductor Warren. The fight left the conductor injured and others fled. Williams fainted but recovered and returned home.
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Chicago
Warren
Blue Island Avenue
Sadie Williams
Miss Williams
Annexation Question and Senate Session Summary
Washington January 12 Bishop Merrill of Chicago opened with an invocation in the senate. A bill from the Indian committee would cap passenger charges at 3 cents a mile through Indian territory. A water filtration resolution prompted Senator Hale to denounce Washington’s water as unfair. The senate met in executive session to consider the Hawaiian treaty and rejected moving its debate to open session.
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Washington
Bishop Merrill
Chicago
Senate
Indian Committee
Hale
United States
Davis
Minnesota
Committee On Foreign Relations
Pettigrew
Foreign Relations Committee
Lawmakers Clash Over Civil Service Reform Debate
Cooney of Missouri opposes civil service reform calling it a cheat and swindle. Dorr of West Virginia and Cox of Tennessee voice strong opposition to the law and its funding. Little of Arkansas condemns the law's principle and practice.
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Cooney
Missouri
Dorr
West Virginia
Cox
Tennessee
Little
Arkansas
Norwegian bark Hording battered by hurricane at sea
The Norwegian bark Hording, from Pensacola, faced a severe hurricane on December 20 near Queenstown. The wheelman drowned as waves swamped the deck, Captain Reynolds was swept overboard, losing a leg, and later torn flesh. The cabin collapsed, charts and compasses ruined, with several crew injured.
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Queenstown
Hording
Reynolds
Pensacola
Augusta Nack Sentenced 15 Years for Guldensuppe Murder
New York reports Mrs Augusta Nack and Martin Thorn jointly charged in the William Guldensuppe case. Nack is sentenced to 15 years in Auburn State Prison for the Woodside bathranker murder committed last June.
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New York
Augusta Nack
Martin Thorn
William Guldensuppe
Woodside
L. L
Auburn
Unconstitutional Gift Ban Struck Down in San Francisco
Judge Campbell ruled the law prohibiting merchants from giving gifts to induce trade unconstitutional, calling it an unwarranted invasion of individual liberties. The decision affects several Eastern companies that had begun operations in the city.
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San Francisco
Campbell
French Cruiser Duguay Trouin Ordered to China
Paris orders haste in warship completion as cruiser Duguay Trouin flagship of the Pacific squadron sails to Chinese waters. The vessel is an 8 593 ton second class cruiser with iron and wooden hull. The California and Eastern railway line will extend 45 miles from Manuel Nevada to Good Springs opening new mining country.
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Paris
Duguay Trouin
California & Eastern Railway
Manuel
Nev
Good Springs
Frozen 10 Death Wandered Nearly 100 Miles
Wil liam Putnam and Parrish Johnson left December 20 for a 80 mile trek toward Waterville area. They wandered in a circle about 100 miles as a blizzard struck near St Andrews and were found frozen near Coulee City. Johnson had gnawed his hand to bleed, a sign of desperation.
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Coulee City
Wash
William Putnam
Parrish Johnson
Waterville
Johnson
Spokane
Pleasant Hill Country
Bridgeport
Medical Lake
Pirrish Johnson
Putnam
Mr. Holt
St. Andrews
Mr. Johnson
Havana Cathedral Shooting and Relief Distribution Report
A man named Ramon Vivesa fired several shots during a Havana cathedral service injuring no one except the image of St Peter. He is sent to a lunatic asylum. The first U S relief distribution for reconcentrados was held at Dr Villosaio’s residence under a special committee.
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Havana
Ramon Vivesa
St. Peter
Vivesa
Villiosoia
Sener Bruzun
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
la Discussion
Nunez
Santa Clara
el Recontrado
Senor Fernandez de Castro
Senor Bruzon
Judges for Alaska Advise Three U S Judges
Washington senators Thurston Carter and White on a territories committee session recommended increasing Alaska’s court to three U S judges and granting judges power to appoint US commissioners. They also weighed allowing a congressional delegation, a move supported more than before amid pressure.
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Washington
Thurston, Carter
White
Committee On Territories
United States
Congress
Rioting Bread Riots Reported in Sicily
In Girgenti Sicily bread riots broke out with looting of municipal buildings. Troops were called out as rioters attacked and fired on offices while a Baltimore and Ohio train near Netherwood New Jersey suffered a wheel rim burst at speed injuring three.
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New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Netherwood
N. J
Girgenti
Sicily
All American Window Glass plants reopen boosting jobs
Baltimore reports all plants under the American Window Glass Company restart today, restoring work for about 10,000 men. In Alexandria Indiana 1200 workers begin. a festive turnout marked the morning as a housing shortage leaves 250 families without homes.
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Baltimore
American Window Glass Company
Alexandria
Ind
Mother Lode Found in Klondike Claims Near Eldorado
Seattle January 12 Nine Dawson City migrants aboard the City of Topeka report a Klondike quartz ledge discovery at Eldorado No 31 and Nugget Gulch plus a Dome vein. Estimates put spring gold output between 15 and 25 million dollars with 5 million dust stored in Dawson awaiting transport. The party transported about 50,000 in gold dust and drafts. weather hit 18 below zero. arson suspect Tom Nash arrested.
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Seattle
Wash
Topeka
Junau
Dawson City
W. J. Jones
Port Townsend
D. D. Stewart
Juneau
A. Calder
Nova Scotia
F. C. Arnold
San Francisco
W. G. Stenger
Colville
Harry Miller
J. Cordroy
Denver
George Anderson
Tacoma
Robert Johnson
Fort Yukon
Circle City
Yukon
Dawson
Klondike
Dome
Eldorado Creek
Frank Slavin
Eldorado
A. H. Jose
Nugget Gulch
Bonanza Creek
Jones
Berner’s Bay
Alaska
Tom Nash
Alexander McDonald
Anti Sealing Law Harms Niagara Falls Residents
Niagara Falls Jan 12 The United States customs officers were ordered to seize sealskin items at both bridges causing hardship for local residents and travelers. Canadians and Americans cross daily and many wear sealskin hats and coats. sealskin goods are confiscated and held for appraisal with a Treasury decision pending.
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Niagara Falls
High Bluff
Buffalo
New York
Chicago
Michigan Central
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
Wabash
Lehigh Valley
Secretary of the Treasury
Two men held on carload ore theft charges in western states
Butte Montana reports Elling Ellingson and Phil Murphy arrested for stealing a carload of ore from the Golden Chief mine in Jefferson County. The ore worth $6,000 was shipped to the Colorado smelter for treatment. Prescott Arizona reports a Palace saloon hold up with about $500 taken at pistol point by one man, possibly with an outside accomplice who fled toward a northbound train. The article also notes the common house fly’s wingbeat at 600 strokes per second and the dragonfly at 11,500.
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The
Building Trades Council of
San Francisco
Fitzgerald
Hawaii
E. G. Triplett
Algora Agricultural and Medical College For
Rodney
Miss
James W. Miller
Pittsburg
Cardiff
Cardiff Iron Founders’ Company
Miller
Butte
Mont
Elling Ellingson
Phil Murphy
Helena
Golden Chief
Jefferson County
Colorado
Prescott, Ariz
Palace
Cuban War Claims Independence Beyond Autonomy
General Maximo Gomez declares Cuba will not accept autonomous status and seeks full independence, urging Spain to recognize Cuba and compensate with fair terms. The interview and related notes discuss postwar peace, American capital involvement, and plans for relief efforts, including a Chicago Cuban relief committee and a Minneapolis long distance test.
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New York
the Herald
Maximo Gomez
Spain
Cuba
Sisterhood of Free Nations
Herald
Gomez
Maxime Gomez
Republic
America
Colfax Hangs Murder Suspect in Courthouse Lashing
Mob lynched Chadwick Marshall known as Blackey after breaking into Colfax jail at 2 am. They dragged him to the west wall of the courthouse and hanged him. Dakota Slim McDonald survived with nonfatal injuries after a shot at the cell door.
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Mill Street
H. B. Treff
Treff
Blackey
Chadwick Marshall
Main Street
Slim
Settlement Report Said To Be Reached By Big Powers
A Hong Kong dispatch reported by the Daily Mail says England Japan and Russia may have agreed on Corea with details unknown and the British fleet returning to Hong Kong A Times correspondent notes a high Russian official left Peking for Canton to press terms with the viceroy who was urged to agree to demands.
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England
Japan
Russia
London
Daily Mail
Hong Kong
Corea
the Times
Peking
Canton
Rumors Surround Field Commanders in Cuba and Regional News
Reports from Havana claim General Fitzhugh Lee may join General Blanco in the field with Senor Estrada Palma arriving to accompany the leaders and a Gomez conference planned. In Allentown six men are buried in a cave at Walter Beach slate quarry with four believed dead. Vibrations and a distant explosion disturb Exeter New Hampshire towns. Budapest arrests Rosa Benke and accomplices for blackmailing King Alexander and Bulgarian royalty with expected start of revelations.
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Havana
Fitzhugh Lee
Blanco
Senor Estrada Palma
United States
Lee
Maximo Gomez
Allentown
Walter Beach
Slatintown
Budapest
Rosa Benke
Alexander
Servia
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Milan
Bids Rejected for Government Relief Supplies in Portland
Bids for government relief supplies were not conformed to specifications as required. Captain Brainerd and officers in Portland and Seattle rejected bids that failed to meet terms, citing improper delivery points and noncompliance with ad advertised requirements.
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Morris Mueller
Victor Golistein
William Smith
St. Louis
Smith
Mueller
Gollstein
Thompson Line
Gerona
Seal Island
N. 8
Mrs. Nack
China
Douglas County
Randers
Senate Committee
Bedford
James R. McCown
Sheriff Lane
Minneapolis
Charles Glidden
Traders’ National Bank
M. M. Purdy
Colfax
Exeter
New Hampshire
WIL
Shore
Portland
Oh Son
Og Cer
Vancouver
Brainerd
Seattles
Cities St
Oustragt
Cas Durin
Bears Heay
Goy Ee
Prc
Comemn
Por
Pric
Preston
G. P. Rummelin
Soma
Germany
Shanghai
Perm
Arthi
Hartfeld
Associated Bay
Methodist Episcopal
Angola
Oskosh, Wis
Jan
Mons
Simmons
Berlin
Austria
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