Senator Tillman challenges McLaurin to resign on the spot
In Washington a heated Senate scene unfolds as Senator Tillman of South Carolina bids McLaurin resign together to “wash their dirty linen at home” while McLaurin accuses a conspiracy to discredit him. The episode stems from long running South Carolina intraparty strife and tariff disputes.
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United States Senate
Ben Tillman
South Carolina
Washington
Dec
Senate Chamber
Tillman
Senator McLaurin
McLaurin
New Democracy
Jones
Democratic National Committee
Hoar
Senate
Lodge
Committee On Foreign Relations
Stewart
Nevada
Judiciary Committee
United States
Teltr
Colorado
Democratic Party
Arkansas
Lst
Mr. Tillman
Massachusetts
Blaine
House
Carnegie Plans $10 Million University in Washington
Andrew Carnegie proposes a $10,000,000 endowment to create a national university for advanced study in Washington. The gift aims to lead in original research, rival Germany, and would be administered by the government as trustee without a land grant. Not yet site chosen. plans endorse by Johns Hopkins Yale Harvard and others.
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Washington
the Post
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Congress
Carnegie
James Smithson
Smithsonian Institution
Smithson
Gilman
Johns ‘Hopkins University
Hanley
Yale
Eliot
Harvard
White
Cornell
Onl
Pastor leads drive to stop Helena brawls
Rev. W. N. Sloan denounces the Wade Yanger fight as a disgrace and law violation. He vows to personally file complaints if another fight occurs, with support from the ministerial association and many residents. The New Year’s Eve event appears unlikely to happen.
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Helena
W. N. Sloan
Montana
Lewis and Clarke County Daly Memorial Fund Forms
A meeting of vice presidents for Lewis and Clarke county Daly Memorial Fund association was held in Helena. Governor Toole called the session, Col. W. F. Sanders hosted it, and T. J. Walsh was elected president with Andrew McConnell as secretary. Snow hindered turnout. no fund decisions were made. Adjournment followed pending a president’s call.
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Helena
Lewis and Clarke County
Daly Memorial Fund Association
Governor Toole
Col. W. F. Sanders
T. J. Walsh
Andrew McConnell
Appellate Division Order Entered in New York Case
In accordance with a decision of the appellate division of the Supreme court an order was entered in the case. The brief notice indicates a procedural step following the court’s ruling and outlines the next actions for the parties involved.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Affirms Grant as Cobra Grande Receiver
The Supreme Court today affirms the appointment of Hugh J. Grant as receiver of the Cobra Grande Copper Company and extends a temporary injunction against William C. Greene and the Greene Consolidated Copper Company. The injunction bars alleged fraudulent agreement to disrupt litigation over title in Sonora Texas, in a suit brought by stockholder Axel W. Hallender.
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Supreme Court
Hugh J. Grant
Cobra Gradne Copper Company
William C. Greene
Greene Consolidated Copper Company
Sonora
Tex
Axel W. Hallender
Cobra Grande Company
James Demming Faces Prison Again for Forgery Crimes
Special Dispatch reports James Demming alias James H. Devins, jailed in Butte for forgery, previously served in Lewis and Clark county. He pleaded guilty in Helena, got 14 months, fled after a jail escape, was recaptured, then convicted for issuing a fictitious check and sentenced to 1 year and 6 months. After a pardon tied to leaving the state, he returned to Helena and was ordered out by police following a watch swindle attempt. He later borrowed a dollar from his defense attorney before heading to Butte for new trouble.
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Standard
Helena
James Demming
James H. Devins
Butte
Fogery
Lewis and Clarke County
Smith
Toole
Demming
Conditions on the Isthmus Highlight Panama Skirmish Movements
In Panama and surrounding points skulls and bones from burned dead are visible from trains. General Castro’s forces did not meet liberals at Agua Dulce as liberals retreat to mountains. Alban may target Tumaco port held by 8,000 liberals. banana shipments resume. Icarius sails to Callao. Szigetvar heads to Port Limon.
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Colon
Columbia
Panama
San Pablo
Buena Vista
Castro
Agua Dulce
Alban
Tumaco
New York
Icarius
Callao
Szigetvar
Port Limon
Star Witness Aids $40,000 Little Missouri Horse Theft Case
Mrs. C D Newbury wife of Representative Newbury from Custer county and daughter Adelaide traveled from Ekalaka to Medora North Dakota where Otto Chenelworth stands trial for horse theft linked to the $40,000 Little Missouri theft. Miss Newbury testifies seeing two men with stolen horses and a gaunt stallion later found near the pasture. Attorneys T J Porter and J W Strevell accompany the case for the company.
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Standard
Miles City
C. D. Newbury
Newbury
Custer County
Adelaide
Ekalaka
Medora
N. D
Otto Chenelworth
Billings
Little Missouri Horse Company
Miss Newbury
Newbury Ranch
T. J. Porter
J. W. Strevell
The
Horse Company
France Faces 1901 deficit Despite Surplus Claim
In the chamber of deputies M. Caillaux, finance minister, forecast a 59 million franc net deficit for 1901 while insisting the current legislature produced a 275 million franc surplus. He attributed higher spending to the army and various bounties and said he would seek cuts to the latter but not to the army.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Caillaux
France
Train boxcar derailment kills one in Peru Indiana
A boxcar loaded with workmen on the Cincinnati Richmond Muncie line jumped the track two miles east of Peru and rolled down a 15 foot embankment. One man Perry Landers died. Two others were seriously hurt and two more had minor injuries.
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Peru
Ind
Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie
Perry Landers
Enlistment Rush for Canadian Mounted Rifles in Halifax
Halifax reports a rush of applicants as men enlist for the Canadian Mounted Rifles to be sent on service in South Africa. Enlistment opening today drew many locals seeking military deployment prospects.
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Halifax
Canadian Mounted Rifles
South Africa
Drinks poison and dances till death
Seventeen year old Fannie Handley of Chance Ohio poisons herself and dances until death after claiming neglect by the young man she loved. The tragedy highlights a doomed romance and a desperate act framed by social pressures.
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Fannie Handley
Chance
Tragic death by poison linked to neglect by former lover
In Red Lodge on December 9 11 year old Fannie Hundley daughter of investor Joseph Hundley reportedly swallowed strychnine after claiming she would kill herself if Clarence Chance did not treat her better. She danced with her sister after drinking water and cake then fainted. The family and Chance are locally known with ties to Absarokee and John Mulherin’s sons.
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Philippines
McLaurin
Democratic Party
Standard
Red Lodge
Chance
Here
Fannie Hundley
Joseph Hundley
Rocky Fork
Miss Hundley
Clarence Chance
Young Chance
John Mulherin
Absaroke
Outlaws Headed for Montana from Cheyenne
A Curry gang story claims six members planned a Union Pacific train hold up during convict transfers from Laramie to Rawlins. They are reportedly headed into Montana with fast horses as a posse pursues. Convicts move to Rawlins this week with armed guards aboard each prisoner train.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Curry Gang of
Union Pacific
Laramie
Rawlins
Bob Lee
Curry
State Penitentiary
Big Horn Country
Montana
Sutton Beats Slosson in International Billiards Match
New York reports Sutton of Chicago defeated Slosson of New York 400 to 156 after a dominant start and steady scoring, while Schaeffer of Chicago outpaced Barutel of France 400 to 202 in the evening match. Slosson showed strong resistance early but could not score double figures after the opening bank.
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New York
George Sutton
Chicago
George Slosson
Slosson
Sutton
Schaeffer
Barutel
France
Morningstar
Schaffer
Collision on Mill Creek bridge halts trains in Salem
At 4 30 this afternoon the northbound freight engine and a southbound extra freight collided head on on the Mill Creek bridge 400 feet north of Salem's passenger station. Both pilots were wrecked and the extra freight engine badly damaged. Engineers Lovejoy and Balter escaped after braking and leaping. The crash stemmed from the regular train engineer following orders to stay on the main line. No injuries were reported.
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Salem
Ore
Southern Pacific
Mill Creek
W. G. Lovejoy
F. H. Balter
Emperor William reprimands officers over dueling at Potsdam
After church services Emperor William at Potsdam criticized his first guards officers for planning duels despite his decree against them. He warned he would dismiss any officer who disobeyed his orders. He noted he did not wear the uniform due to the regiment's dueling tendencies.
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Berlin
William
First Guards
Potsdam
von Goesler
Hasse Defeated In Bid To Bring Chamberlain Speech
Berlin reports Dr Hasse the Reichstag leader failed to push the Edin burgh remarks by British colonial secretary Chamberlain into debate as Dr von Thielmann fell ill with influenza. The session adjourned after brief tariff talks amid Poland Poland unrest and demonstrations in Berlin.
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Berlin
Hasse
Reichstag
Edinburgh
Mr. Chamberlain
von Thielmann
Treasury
Chamberlain
Count von Ballestrem
Count von Buelow
Poland
Herr Wrobel
Warsaw
Lemberg
Germany
Russia
Austria
Sentry Kills Two as Indian Regiment Run Amuck in Tientsin
At Tientsin a sentry from an Indian regiment killed two comrades. German troops shot the man, sparking a clash with Punjabs. Three German privates and an officer were wounded or killed, and three Indian soldiers died with several wounded. German troops confined to barracks.
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Tientsin
Major Van Tets Death Rumor Retacted by Central News
The Central News corrects a December 6 dispatch from Amsterdam misreporting Major Van Tets as dead after a duel with Prince Henry of the Netherlands. The notice says the earlier report was a telegraphic error and clarifies he was not killed.
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Major van Tets
London
Central News
Amaeterdam
Yahfets
Prince Henry
Netherlands
Dee
Legraphic
Erros
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