Oregon and Washington legislature organize amid clashes
The Washington legislature in Olympia began with organizing votes for senate officers and a speaker in Whatcom. In Oregon Salem the senate organized. the house failed to agree, delaying election of a United States senator. Also reports include Manila insurgents' failed escape, a Burlington train wreck near Omaha injuring five, and other local notes.
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Olympia
W. H. Plummer
Spokane
Senate
Dudley Eshelman
House
Alexander
C. E. Cline
Whatcom
Carusi
Clallam
Oregon
Salem
United States
Joseph Simon
Multnomah
William McKinley
Garret Hobart
Hon
T. T. Geer
Messenger
Powers Bill Beaten in House Vote on Pacific Funding
Washington January 13 The Pacific railroad funding bill failed in the house by 66 votes with a main motion to engross and read defeated 102 to 168 after substitutes were rejected. The vote followed party lines with 86 Republicans and 16 Democrats supporting the measure and 99 Republicans, 58 Democrats, 6 Populists and 5 Independents opposing. The episode marked the fourth funding bill killed in ten years and came as other bills including the army appropriation were enacted.
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Washington
Pacific
Bell
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Harrison
House
California
Middle West
Senate session features Mills of Texas on Cuba and Cuba aid
Mills argues for a resolution claiming congressional prerogative in recognizing a foreign government and for recognizing Cuban independence with a $10,000 minister salary. He denounces Spain and European powers, criticizes Castillane Weyler and Crispi, contrasting mercantile zeal with national honor. Proctor pushes term limit, Allen seeks Navy yard contractor hours data.
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Washington
Senate
Mills
Texas
Cuba
Spain
Castillane
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Coastal Storm Wrecks Hit North Sea Areas
London reports deepen with fog and storm along the coast as wrecks appear at multiple points. A six man trawler is lost off Yarmouth while the Gulf of Siam lies ashore in Morcock bay and boats from other ships are recovered.
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London
Yarmouth
Gulf of Siam
Morcock Bay
Allan Line
Lauranthian
McDoughall
Portland
Halifax
Liverpool
Malim Head
Moville
Strathmore
Genoa
Hull
Algeria
Sunderland
North Sea
Massacre of Consul and party off Bonny Coast
Reports from Bonny Guinea coast confirm Consul Phillips and two officers along with Major Crawford and others were massacred during a peaceful mission to Benin City. The incident occurred on the Niger coast near Benin City, with no clear motive given.
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Coast of Guinea
Phillips
Locke
Campbell
Crawford
Eee
Malinz
Niger Coast Defense Force
R. Elliott
Benin City
London
Foreign Office
Guinea
Niger Protectorate
Benin
Tacoma Overdue Eight Days From Yokohama
Great fear is entertained here for the safety of the Northern Pacific steamer Tacoma eight days overdue and twenty two days out from Yokohama. The steamer Agapanthus arrived four days late reporting the worst trip of her career from rough weather. The Tacoma has previously made the voyage in thirteen days. Her cargo includes tea rice silk and Chinese goods.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Northern Pacific
Tacoma
Yokohama
Agapanthus
Movements of Gomez Leading Spaniards in Cuba Honored by Queen Regent
Dispatches from Key West report Vase de Cuba copies urging loyal Spaniards to shun Madrid papers amid attacks related to Werler. Insurgent actions near Manzanillo Sancti Spiritus and La Campania drive widespread suffering as Gomez and Jose Miguel glide past Mapas plants. Over 500 families lose homes, food scarce, and many starve. Santa Rosa sugar estate among burned targets as fires burn into dawn.
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Vase de Cuba
Madrid
Werler
Patria
Eldapeen Ir
New York
Manzanillo
Rabi
Calixto Garcia
Trinidad
Sancti Spiritus
Maximo Gomez
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Jose Miguel
Gomez
Mapas Plants
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Santa Rosa
Hungarian Christening Ends in Bloodshed in Scranton
In Scranton Pennsylvania on January 12 a Hungarian gathering turned deadly as a brawl erupted over insults to a wife. Seven participants rushed to the Krutchas home where knives and fists caused multiple injuries. One man, Krutchas, died. others were dying or badly wounded as a constable and posse intervened.
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Beaten and Robbed by Thugs
Mrs. Charles Bonehrein of 47 Clark Street, Chicago, was attacked by two highwaymen on Kinzie and West Water streets after a cab ride. She was struck, blinded, and robbed of jewelry worth 1500 dollars and 400 dollars in a purse. Her injuries are reported dangerous.
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Charles Bonehrein
Clark Street
Kinziend
West Water Street
Young Miner Found Frozen On Idaho Road
A miner returning from Pierce City reports a young man frozen to death on the road between Pierce City and the Crescent mine. The deceased, said to be employed at the Crescent mine, is believed to be named Thompson. Incandescent electric light globes cannot be stolen from a new lamp socket recently patented. Aker locks the globe in the socket.
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Idaho
Pierce City
Crescent Mine
Thompson
Aker
Oregon Short Line sale nets 5.45 million in liquidation
The Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern were sold under a 1859 mortgage today in Salt Lake City. Samuel Carr Walter Oakman and Henry Nicholls, for the reorganizing committee, paid 5 447 500 for the property while the Utah Southern area went to the same group for 763 000 and its extension for 975 000. W H Bancroft to be general manager as the reorganizing process begins. The transfers cover five western states and mark foreclosure steps for Union Pacific sub branches amid promised officer and employee reorganization.
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Oregon Short Line
Utah Northern Railway
John B. Cleland
Samuel Carr
Walter C. Oakman
Henry G. Nicholls
Utah Southern Road
Utah Southern Extension
W. H. Bancroft
Utah Northern
Intermountain
Union Pacific Trunk
Indian Appropriations Bill Returns to House
The Indian appropriation bill for the next fiscal year totals 7 465 000 dollars, with boosted school funding and new schools at Chamberlain and Rapid City. It includes Dawes commission expenses, a 40 000 dollar grant for the citizens commission, and settlements of old settlers claims against Western Cherokee. Bill items ratify treaties with the Comanche Kiowa Apache and Turtle Mountain Chippewas and propose reforms to the Indian service including three commissioners with one army officer.
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House Committee On Indian Affairs
House
Sherman
Chamberlain
Rapid City
Lt. D
Dawes Commission
Comiss
Tre Ure
Flynn
Oklahoma
Turtle Mountain
Wyoming
Supreme Court May Reopen Durrant Case on Retrial
Legal circles report the California Supreme Court could order a retrial for the Durrant murder case. One justice questions the sufficiency of the Lamont evidence and hints a new trial could follow past parallels like Milton Bowers. Briefs from both sides await the court's decision, potentially in two months.
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Lesal
Supreme Court
Durrant
Evi
Blanche Lamont
Milton Bowers
Fitzgerald
Dane Aen Amor
Head End Collision Near Hazlett Injures and Kills
A head end collision on the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe railroad near Hazlett in Fort Worth Texas kills Joe Haggerty and E W Iushall two rail workers. Engineer Coombs suffers a broken arm and another worker Morris is badly hurt. The south bound engine struck the north bound engine after the switch was believed to be thrown.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Hazlett
Joe Haggerty
Gainseville
E. W
Dragged to Death Near Modesto
Blakely Wallis aged 17 son of T K Wallis was dragged to death on the San Joaquin river farm eighteen miles south of Modesto. While driving a team hitched to a scraper he was caught in the spring the scraper blade struck his head for over 200 yards causing fatal injuries after six hours of unconsciousness.
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Cal
Blakely
T. K. Wallis
San Joaquin River
Ellen Terry Snubbed by Monte Carlo Casino
Paris report says the Monte Carlo Casino refused admission to the actress Ellen Terry on January 12 because officials deemed her attire too ill suited for the venue.
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Onte Carlo
Ellen T Terry
Spaniards Defeat Insurgents at Montahatan
Advices from Manila say Spanish forces defeated insurgents at Montahatan. Sixty one Spaniards were killed in the engagement.
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Madrid
Manila
Montahatan
Plague Casts Shadow as Nubia Reaches Plymouth
The transport Nubia arrived at Plymouth on January 2 reporting many cholera cases among Lascars and British troops. Three soldiers and two Lascars died en route. The ship has been quarantined.
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Plymouth
Train collision injures passengers near Minneapolis
A Great Western passenger train collided with a suburban trolley car in Minneapolis tonight injuring several passengers. One victim is reported as potentially fatal as rescue efforts continue and authorities investigate the crash.
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Jan
Great Western
Iter-Suburban
Johnson Attacks Hearst Sparks House Debate on Pacifie Bill
Washington Tanai reports a heated moment during the Pacific railway funding debate as California's Johnson launches a scathing personal attack on Esher Hearst and Mayor Sutro. Cooper calls the remarks a disgraceful attempt to smear a man of genius, overshadowing the bill's discussion.
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Tanai
Pacife
Congress
Johnson
California
Esher Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Hearst
Sutro
Pacific Coast
Cooper
Harrison
Secretary of the Treasury
Murder of Pacifies Aboard Guanabacoa Butchery Reports
Key West dispatch describes horrific Havana area killings with corpses found in a cane field near Guanabacoa. Reports claim at least twenty intact bodies plus limbs, with several women and children among victims. Spaniards allegedly prevent burial and threaten more executions. Troops blamed for killings after alleged attacks. Havana rumors speak of Gomez victories while police state fear and disappearances intensify, with citizens treating neighbors as spies.
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Key West
Nabacoa
Havana
Rotn Su
United States
Gomez
Trocha
del Rio
Werler
Cehip
Weyler
Cabanas
Moro Castle
Spa
Fire in Pierce City cripples mining camp in Idaho
Fire swept Pierce City in North Idaho, destroying landmarks from the 1860s. A Chinese merchant suffered a five thousand dollar loss in roads stock, threatening winter supplies for miners. News from Kendrick reports the blaze as a severe setback for the historic placer camp.
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Idaho
Pierce City
North
Iron Plant Planned for Port Angeles by Major Mill Owners
Braddock Pennsylvania workers and Westinghouse staff form a joint stock company to build a $2,000,000 iron and steel complex at Port Angeles Washington. The plant will employ 2,000, sit on 30 acres plus townsite and wharf, start April, with 600 acres ore and 1,000 acres coal for production including blast furnace and mills.
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Braddock
Carneige
Homestead
Duquesne
Pittsandsburg
Westinghouse
Tuttlecreek
Wilmerding
Port Angleles
Puget Sound
Washington
PLC
Port Angeles
Pennsylvania Connellsville Coal
Terrible Trial Sets Speed Record Claim Off Cornwall
London reports the new first class cruiser Terrible completed a 32 mile trial off the Cornish coast with an average speed of 22.5 knots, claiming a record for war vessels afloat. Launched in Glasgow in 1895, the 14,200 ton ship features 48 Belleville water tube boilers, 500 foot length, 71 foot beam, four to three inch armored deck, 30,000 ton coal capacity and 40 officers and men.
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London
Terrible
Glasgow
Navy reorganizes steel board to prevent defects in battleship steel
The Navy Department revises the steel board after a special investigation revealed defects in plate used for battleships. Captain Day is replaced by Commander Coquin, Lt Everett by Constructor Dashiel, with Chief Engineer Freeman remaining. The reconstructed board will revise ship steel specifications guided by the board’s experience.
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Washington
Navy Department
Herbert
Steel
Hichborne
Day
Coquin
Everett
Dashiel
Freeman
Two Weyen brothers drowned in Colville Lake
Fritz Weyen aged 19 and Don Weyen aged 17 disappeared after a fishing outing near Sprague Washington. A search found Don’s body 100 yards from shore but Fritz was not recovered. The sailboat overturned by wind during the outing. Father works in Spokane railroad shops.
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Sprague
Wash
Fritz
Don Weyen
Colville Lake
Spokane
Oren Ferguson Shoots Self in Fond du Lac
Owen Ferguson, Fond du Lac county clerk, shot himself twice last night with each shot missing the heart. Recent misfortunes include his wife’s death, electoral defeat, a broken leg, prior crippling, and rumored financial shortfalls. He survives.
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Fon du Lac, Wis
Owen Ferguson
Fond du Lac County
Hunter's Awful Death From Wild Hogs Near Atlantic
Fred Foulk was killed by a pack of wild hogs while rabbit hunting in heavy timber about fifteen miles northeast of Atlantic Iowa. He wounded one hog by accident, attracting others that mauled him to death as the hogs, escaped from nearby farms, remained unconfined.
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Atlantic
Fred Foulk
Here
Foulk
Costly Tobacco Factory Fire at Danville
Fire destroyed the American Tobacco Company leaf tobacco factory in Danville Virginia today along with its contents. The loss includes one million pounds of leaf tobacco and valuable machinery. Insurance coverage stands at about one hundred twenty thousand dollars. The company plans to rebuild.
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Danville
Big Leaf Tobacco F
American Tobacco Company
Ack Ty
Starvation tragedy at Fourth Street tenement
In Altoona on January 12 Mrs. Oscar Adams was found starved to death in an Upper room of a Fourth Street tenement. Her husband lay beside her in a critical condition from hunger.
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Altoona
Oscar Adams
Fourth Street
Fragmentary historical notes on Richard and 19th century politics
Disjointed OCR text references Richard and early American political figures, including Populists, Republicans, and state events. Mentions Widely varied items such as militias, farming, logging camps near Peoria, legislatures, and population figures, with unclear chronology and many garbled names.
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