Rich Stock Yards Bank Robbery By Masked Trio
Six masked men blew open the National Stock Yards Bank vaults near East St. Louis with dynamite overnight and seized about $5 000 in coin and currency. They overpowered two night watchmen and a fireman, then fled as police from St Louis and East St Louis scoured the area. A small amount of money left behind and possible sensational arrests expected as detectives investigate.
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National Stock Yards Bank
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Ill
Daily National Stock Yards
Bank
Exchange
Bushnell
Theodore Duddlestone
New Nitroglycerin Shell Invented By Pettinell
B C Pettinell of Oakland California announces a nitroglycerin projectile claimed to transport 50 to 200 pounds of glycerine oil without concussion. He says the shell’s secret mechanism reflects the concussion to the shell’s sides, preserving the charge and range. The ordnance department will consider the device today as Pettinell negotiates with the U S government.
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Oaklandfs Cal
B. C
Resolution Honors Commodore Schley for Santiago Victory
Representative Hooker of Mississippi proposes a joint resolution thanking Admiral Schley and his officers and men for the victory at Santiago. It states Schley was the senior commanding officer and fully in command during the battle and deserving of credit for the destruction of the Spanish ships.
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Washington
Representative Hooker
Mississippi
Schley
Santiago
Congress
Fidelity Trust seeks receiver for Pan-American Exposition
In Buffalo on January 9 the Fidelity Trust Company filed a summons and complaint in the supreme court asking for a receiver to manage Pan-American Exposition Company affairs after creditors could not be united. The first mortgage bonds total 2.5 million dollars, with 150000 unpaid.
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Buffalo
Fidelity Trust Company
Supreme Court
Prize cases on appeal set for February hearing
Washington hearing on appeal from district supreme court over the amount of prize money due Admiral Dewey for Manila victory was set today for next month by the district court of appeals. Richmond tobacco factory Cameron Cameron destroyed by fire tonight. losses estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Washington
District Supreme Court
Admiral Dewey
Manila
District Court of Appeals
Richmond
Cameron & Cameron
General Bell presses harsh war in Batangas Province
Manila reports General J Franklin Bell commands vigorous action across Batangas with two columns under Cols Wint and Dougherty driving insurgents. Peace advocates are criticized as insurgents flee to Tayabas and aid from constabulary aids pursuit. Bell calls for relentless warfare until insurrection subdued.
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Manila
J. Franklin Bell
Batangas
Wint
Dougherty
Tayabas
Bell
Lopez
Island of
Samar
Schoeffel
Ninth Infantry
Dapdap
Samar Island
Leyte
Pacific Coast Senators Unveil Perpetual Chinese Exclusion Bill
Washington, Jan. 8. Pacific Coast senators and representatives propose a sweeping Chinese exclusion measure to be introduced in both houses. The forty-five page bill bars all Chinese not citizens or not residing under treaty, licenses entry only to specified groups, imposes transport detention, and makes violations punishable by fines and imprisonment. It limits entry ports and requires certificates with photos for laborers and domiciled merchants to annually report business details.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
United States
China
Secretary of the Treasury
San Francisco
Port Townsend
Wash
Portland
Boston
New York
New Orleans
Honolulu
San Juan
Manila
Extradition Treaty Signed Between United States and Denmark
Secretary Hay and Danish minister M Constantin Brun signed a treaty of extradition in Washington. Originated under Gresham but blocked by President Cleveland over surrender of a country’s own citizens. Denmark would not grant such surrender. Senate approval pending.
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Washington
Hay
M. Constantin Brun
United States
Denmark
Gresham
State Department
Cleveland
Senate
Czolgosz Autopsy Report Debates Sanity and Motivation
New York experts Dr. Carlos McDonald and Edward A. Spitzka publish a detailed autopsy and trial review of Leon Czolgosz, asserting legal and medical sanity at the time of President McKinley's assassination while labeling the killer as socially diseased by anarchist influence.
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New York
Czolgosz
McKinley
New York Medical Journal
Carlos McDonald
Edward A. Spitzka
McDonald
Czolgos
Spitzka
Practical pig housing and old farming principles
The piece outlines building simple pig houses with solid fastenings and straw insulation, plus a return to fundamental farm routines. It covers silage use for cattle, ideal silo dimensions, sugar beet feeding, and balanced rations to maintain livestock health and reduce winter costs.
Hawaii Opposes National Leper Settlement Plan
Delegates in Hawaii react to a proposed National leper settlement on Molokai. Some home rulers back it to save costs, while local papers and officials criticize the idea amid political debate and opposition. Hawaii experiences heavy rains with unconfirmed rainfall records, but no major damage reported.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Wilcox
Molokai
Hawaii
Kahn
California
Washington
Philippines
Manila
Bond
Papanola
Professor Lyons
Government Observatory
Pekin in Gala Attire As Court Reentry Nears
The Chinese capital presents a glittering scene with repaired palaces and temples and officials in luxurious dress. Foreign soldiers tour the streets while thousands from Shan Tung enter Pekin in polished uniforms. Ministers will not witness the court's re entry. Manchurian treaty talks await the court's arrival.
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Pekin
Shan Tung
Legation Street
Porto Rico Assembly Seeks Naval Station Offer
The Porto Rican legislative assembly adopted a joint resolution urging a U S naval station in Porto Rican waters and offering to cede required government properties for its construction. It asks municipalities to extend similar offers while noting the navy’s potential location risk at St Thomas DW I and the insular government's land claims.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Porto Rican Legislative Assembly
United States
Porto Rican
Navy Department
St Thomas
Samoans Receive Four Thousand Two Hundred for Guns
Tutuila Samoa December 26 reporting from San Francisco January 8 says the government has paid out 4200 in compensation for guns delivered up by natives this year. A district meeting urged the commandant to raise native taxes commensurate with local American rule prosperity.
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Tutuila
Samoa
San Francisco
Leiato
Pago Pago
Sabree
Trenton
Anarchist Plot Traces Found Across Cadiz Towns
Police discover traces of anarchist plots in Jerez de la Frontera Alcala de los Gasules Archos de la Frontera Cadiz province resulting in forty nine arrests.
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Madrid
Jerez de la Frontera
Alcada de Los Gasules
Archos de la Frontera
Cadiz
Endowment for Medical College in Chicago Aims Memorial Institute
An endowment of $1,000,000 from Mr and Mrs Harold McCormick of Chicago funds a Memorial Institute for Infectious Diseases in memory of their son John Rockefeller McCormick who died of scarlet fever last year. The plan covers five years of initial experimental work.
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Chicago
Harold McCormick
Memorial Institute For Infectious Diseases
John Rockefeller’ McCormick
Wrong signal causes deadly Pennsylvanian wrecks
A wrong signal at Ninevah Tower near Johnstown Pennsylvania last night led fast eastbound train No 14 to crash into a slow freight five miles west of town. Minutes later a westbound freight hit the wreck. Four people were killed and at least five seriously injured. The collision wrecked engines and cars and sent debris into the river. Westbound No 893 then struck the scene.
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Johnstown
Ninevah Tower
Pennsylvania Mail
Pardons Granted to 27 Prisoners on Cuba Islands
Washington reports Governor General Wood issued full pardons for twenty seven prisoners in Cuban jails on the secretary of justice recommendation. Partial pardons were given to Manuel Lorenzo Forcade and Enrique Cagigas Junco for falsifying official documents. their fourteen years eight months one day sentence was commuted to perpetual disqualification and three months imprisonment.
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Washington
Wood
Manuel Lorenzo Forcade
Enrique Cagigas Junco
Amudiencia
Havana
Admiral Sampson’s Illness Advances Slowly Toward End
Washington reports Admiral Samp son’s condition worsens steadily as arterial degeneration symptoms appear. Medical science cannot halt the progression and the patient grows less tractable and responsive to treatment, raising uncertainty about the outcome.
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Washington
Jan
Sampson
Deportation ordered for 21 Chinese entrants in Ogdensburg
Commissioner Gray ordered the deportation of twenty one Chinese for unlawful entry with appeals filed in each case. Forty five Chinamen remain jailed in the county awaiting action by the higher court.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Gray
Philippine commission member ill in Far East
Secretary Root has learned Judge Ide of the Philippine commission is ill with dysentery and has gone to Japan to recover. He is the second member of the commission to fall ill from harsh duties and climate. Judge Taft, civil governor, sails home on the Grant to regain health and consult with the president and secretary of war.
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Washington
Root
Ide
Philippine Commission
Japan
Taft
Philippines
Navy Rear Admiral Promotion Unlearned by Dying Officer
Washington reports Captain Richard B. Leary of the United States Navy died at Chelsea and was promoted to rear admiral the day before his death. He apparently did not realize the promotion in his final moments. The appointment was confirmed only after his brother in law, Dr. Fairfax Irwin, returned from Annapolis.
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Boston
Washington
Richard B. Leary
United States Navy
Chelsea
Fairfax Irwin
Annapolis
Abandoned Pastures as Avenues to Profitful Crops
Abandoned pastures can be transformed into fertile fields by heavy manuring, planting corn, and using a cover crop in late summer. Next spring plant potatoes, then adjust future crops by fertilizing and goals. Growing enough corn may feed a herd of pigs to market with minimal expense, per Exchange.
Economical cow ration from clover hay and corn stover
An economical daily ration uses ten pounds of clover hay and fifteen pounds of shredded corn stover. If corn stover is scarce the clover can be reduced by a quarter and substituted with four pounds wheat bran, four pounds corn meal, and one pound oil meal per day. This light ration suits an average farm cow and keeps milk production steady. Shredded corn stover is advised as the butts are very rich and widely eaten by all stock.
Fruit Assorting Table Described for Cellar Use
A 3 by 12 foot assorting table stands nearly 3 feet high with a four inch rim to hold about six bushels of fruit or potatoes and allow sorting while standing. A correspondent notes using a wire scoop shovel to lift dirt free potatoes from the cement cellar bottom.
Assorting Table Eases Apple and Potato Sorting on Floor
An Ohio Farmer advertisement extols an assorting table placed on the floor for swift, accurate sorting. It notes the table’s light stand, strong bracing, and that two such tables reduce back and knee strain while handling thousands of bushels annually.
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Ohio
Treatment of Old Orchards Shows Hidden Value
An old orchard described as worthless can gain value by encouraging young shoots. Large branches are pruned to spare vigorous shoots and prevent sap flow interruption. Grafting on smaller branches yields several good crops, enough to cover labor and soil care, despite the risk.
Feeding Value of Apples in Cattle Diets
A Massachusetts dairyman fed low grade apples to an old cow during summer pasture, starting with two quarts of Greenings and Baldwins per feeding and increasing to about one bushel daily. Milk yield rose from four to six quarts per day, showing inferior apples can boost milk when pasture is scarce.
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Massachusetts
Cream Skimmings Theory Sparks Butter Confusion
A claim argues that mixing the cream from two skimmings does not yield butter as well as using a single skimming. The assertion challenges common dairy practice and prompts interest in traditional churning outcomes.
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