Trunk the Yacht Missing: Distiller Lawrence Jones Sailboat Lost
A naphtha launch belonging to Lawrence Jones of Louisville disappeared after departing Louisville on December 7 with a party including Miss Florence Taggart of Indianapolis and Col. William Yocum and family. A Mobile steam tug was sent to search. The sixists speculated on conditions and safety as the yacht, about sixty feet, carried ample food and naphtha fuel but was not suited for heavy seas.
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Lawrence Jones
Loulaville
Jes
Florence Taggart
Indianapolis
Paul Jones
Louisville
Mobile
Mayor Taggart
Col
William ‘Yocum
H. C. Yocum
Time Established Demand by Philippine Insurgents
Report from Malolos states the insurgent government would permit American rule to continue as a protectorate in the Philippines if the United States grants absolute independence to Filipinos within a specified time.
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Insurgenta. It Iss
Malolos
Philippines
Nelson Dingleys Funeral in House of Representatives
Final services were held over the body of the late Representative Nelson Dingley in the hall of the house of representatives. The remains were removed to their last resting place in Maine. Calico Printers May Combine. A movement seeks a calico printers combine in England and Scotland with an estimated capital near £10,000,000. Strict Censorship is Established. A dispatch from Hongkong reports strict censorship on Manila correspondents. To Consolidate Copper Mines. Negotiations are under way to consolidate US copper mining interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Dingley
House of Representatives
Maine
Calico
England
Scotland
New York Herald
Hongkong
Manila
United States
Representative Dingley
House
Senate
Dingley
Washington
Stafford Little Hall at Princeton Dormitory Opens
The new costly dormitory named Stafford Little Hall will cost about 100000 funded by alumni. Built of Germantown granite with Arizona limestone the 234 by 40 foot structure holds thirty double rooms and a sixty two foot tower. Completion is targeted for August for fall occupancy.
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Stafford Little
Lumni
Princeton
De‘sirous
Oxf America
Dormit University
Germantown
Arizona
Wemez
Re-elected Senator Cockrell and Other 1899 News
Scattered 1898 to 1899 items include Senator Francis M. Cockrell’s re-election to a fifth U.S. Senate term beginning March 4, 1899. Also reported are Bishop Rademacher’s improving condition, John M. Palmer’s constitutional convention stance, Gen Otis’s Manila cable update, smallpox containment in Illinois, a Monroe Wisconsin carriage works fire, and Rev. Charles Chiniquy’s death with note on his Protestant faith adherence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Cockrell
Francis M. Cockrell
Warrensburg
United States
Senate
Good Year for America
Liverpool reports the year 1898 saw record American imports and growth ahead, as British imports fell though customs revenue rose. Consul James Boyle notes confidence in a revived foreign trade with broader technical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Liverpool
United States
James Boyle
State Department
Funeral Services Over Dingley Marked Congress Adjournment
Congressional Record summarizes mournful week with funeral for Representative Dingley and congressional adjournments. Debates cover naval personnel bill three key amendments including judge advocate corps prize money retirement for navy after thirty years. Senate discusses Philippines independence and Nicaragua canal bill amid memorial observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Nicaragua Canal
Window Glass Workers Union Ends Apprentice System
The Window Glass Workers National union has abolished the blowers and gatherers helper system and barred apprentices for the coming year, a ruling that will displace approximately 6,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Window Glass Workers’ National Union
Blowers’ and Gatherers
Train Crash Kills Two at Champaign Yard
An Illinois Central limited train crashed into a switch engine in Champaign Illinois railroad yards fatal for Engineer Thorpe of the switch engine and Fireman Thorpe of the limited.
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Ilinois Central Limited
Champaign, Ill
Thorpe
Limited
Russia and Afghanistan sign alliance treaty in January
From St Peters burg comes word that Russia defeated Britain by signing a treaty of alliance with Afghanistan on January 3. Britain opposed the move, but the pact strengthens Russo Afghan ties amid ongoing tensions with Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Afghanistan
Great Britain
Firearms kept by coal workers amid dispute in Illinois
In Pana Illinois coal mine dispute operators refuse to surrender firearms carried by Black miners. They claim weapons were sold to the men and thus no longer involve the operators. The matter centers on ownership and responsibility for the arms.
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Pana
Pingree Stands Firm Over Educational Bill
Governor Pingree of Michigan refuses to sign appropriations for educational institutions until the Atkinson taxation bill passes. The year 1898 saw US exports exceed imports by 621 million dollars, a gain of 264 million from 1897. Hopkins of Illinois may chair the Ways and Means Committee after Dingley’s death. Smallpox outbreaks rise in Wayne County Iowa with investigations on track. Turkey ramps up military prep amid looming Macedonian tensions. Col James Sexton ill in Washington. The Indiana regiment fears an Havana epidemic. Alger denial of resignation over court martial orders.
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Pingree
Gov
Michigan
Hopkins
Illinois
Ways and Means
Dingley
Dr Schurman to join Philippine commission talks
President McKinley has summoned Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell to Washington to confer on the proposed Philippine commission. Schurman, a leading international law authority, may be asked to serve and share views on the future U S attitude and key questions for the commission to consider.
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Philippines
Admiral Dewey
Otis
Charles Denby
Dean C. Worcester
Michigan University
Schurman
Cornell University
Jacob Gould Schurman
Washington
McKinley
Schur
Gen William Humphrey Dead In Adrian Michigan
Gen William Humphrey aged 70 died at Adrian Michigan while serving as past department commander of the Michigan G A L A. The University of Michigan wins the first annual Central Debating League contest over Northwestern. Millionaire Baldwin plans a new eight story hotel in San Francisco costing about 300000 replacing the old Baldwin house. Austria hesitates to raise its diplomatic mission rank to avoid offending Spain. Peter Fisher challenges to fight Shar key Jeffries Choynski Rubin or any one else except Fitzsimmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Humphrey
Adrian
Mich
Michigan
University of Michigan
Central Debating League
Northwestern
flMonaire Baldwin
Baldwin
San Francisco
Maher
Peter Fisher
Sharkey
Jeffries
Choynski
Rublin
Fitzsimmons
Savannah
Roumanian
Georgia
Nuevitas
Utica
N. Y
Emily J. Mosely
Nashville
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Joliet
Ill
Scott Street
American Steel and Wire Company
Sioux City
Iowa
Hutchens
Iowa Savings Bank
Harrisburg
A. Wilson Norris
J. P. S. Gobin
Augusta
Curdsville
Daniel Jennings
Samuel
Cedar Run
Oshkosh
Wis
United States
Pratt
Green Bay
Fox River
Charles E. Vroman
Kokomo
Ind
Henry Mater
City of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexican Central
Colorado Springs
Nancy Greer
Arkansas
Burlington
Sarah Ford
St. Francis’ Hospital
Baltimore
Eugene Higgins
Maryland
Hancock
Thomas Urin
Charleston
W. Va
William E. Chilton
Rucker
Freeport
Andrew Hinds
Illinois
Stephenson County
Lena
Sandwich
Alexander W. Hite
Franks
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Senate
New York
Tom O’rourke
McCoy
Corbett
Lenox Athletic Club
Yorktown Ha
Manila
Honolulu
Guam
Joe Gans
Young
Columbus
Ohio
Special Legislative Commission
Bushnell
State Kinney
Providence
R. I
Hartwell & Richards Company
Captain and Sailors Drowned In Tacoma Harbor
Captain Geo W Staling and seventeen crew members aboard the British ship Andelana were drowned when the vessel sank in Tacoma harbor. Trades unions of Indiana plan to urge the legislature to amend the prison labor law enacted two years ago. An executive committee meeting of the League of American Municipalities is set for January 24 in Zanesville, Ohio. Bishop Francis Silas Chatard of Indianapolis is reported very ill.
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Geo. W. Staling
Andelana
Tacoma Harbor
Trades Unions of
Indiana
League of American Municipalities
Zanesville, O
Bishop Chatard
Francis Silas Chatard
Catholic Diocese of
Indianapolis,s' Very Ill
G. G. West
North American Review
Philippines
United States
Casualties and fires sweep across multiple towns
Reports from Sycamore Monroe Kokomo Vasa Battle Creek Marlin Waupun Steubenville Pittsburg Kewanee Marion Dixon Warsaw detail fatal and severe incidents. A child burned in a house fire. a carriage works destroyed. gas explosion injures three women. orphan home burned. professor killed in a runaway. hotels and mills ablaze with sizable losses. several deaths in accidents and a train wreck.
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Sycamore
Swedish Lutheran Orphans
Battle Creek
Mich
Goodloe Bell
Battle Creek Adventist College
Marlin
Texas
Arlington
Waupun
Wis
James Meigher
Milwaukee Road
Steubenville
Ohio
Aetna Standard Steel
Mingo Junction
Pittsburg
Larimer
Pennsylvania
Mary Miller
Thomas Miller
Albert Wilson
Walter Brown
Kewanee
Ill
Peter Lind
Galva
Marion
Inn
Nellie Jacobs
Dixon
William Hopps
Paw Paw
Warsaw
Ind
Milford
Cottage
Violent Ve suvius eruptions threaten Naples as lava flows
News reports describe Mount Vesuvius erupting with unprecedented lava flows in several directions. No major damage reported yet, but observers fear further destruction as streams of fire light up the region.
Multiple Murder and Crime Trials Reported Across States
A roundup reports William Hillman’s murder conviction in Iowa and related crimes across cities. Notable items include Nora Valentine’s $2,000 damages award for breach of promise in Missouri. Zook found dead in Kansas. Louis Clevenger guilty of murder in Illinois. William Evans sentenced in Wisconsin. Avery Fitzgerald and Abe Small cases in Indiana and Georgia. ex mayor Lamb convicted in Indiana. a Findlay teacher’s suicide. Schauer found dead in Milwaukee. Charles Cummings murdered in Illinois. Richard Hart dies from poisoning in Wisconsin.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
William Hillman
Bertha Spiegel
Pittsburg
Eldora
Iowa
David Hauser
Nora Valentine
Union
Kansas City
Jacob N. Zook
Lawrence
Kas
Blossom House
Decatur
Louis A. Clevenger
Ray Telford
Milwaukee
Wis
William Evans
Waupun
Minnie Parish
Logansport
Ind
William Fitzgerald
Savanah
Abe Small
Neve
Carlyle
Lamb
Findlay
Adam Schauer
House of Correction
East Troy
Alton
Columbia
Calhoun County
Illinois River
Charles Cummings
John Kuehn
Richard Hart
Miscellany of events across the U S from coast to coast
Reports from Savannah to Providence summarize naval movements, political inaugurations, court actions, deaths, and business notes. Notable items include the Roumanian transport sailing with the Third Georgia regiment bound for Nuevitas, Benton McMillin’s Tennessee governorship, and rail and bank news across multiple states with indictments quashed and losses at sea or on land.
Grain and cattle price listings across multiple markets
The report lists commodity quotes from St. Louis Kansas City Milwaukee New York and Peoria for wheat corn oats rye cloverseed and cattle hogs and sheep with bid and offer ranges and cash prices reflecting market activity. Entities include St Louis Kansas City Milwaukee New York Peoria and term prices such as no 2 cash wheat and corn and cattle grades.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
York
Peoria
Chicago
Deepest earth bore near Ketschan Germany reaches depth
The hole at Ketschan Germany aims at geologic study and reaches 5,735 feet after six years of drilling begun in 1880. Engineers halted further progress due to instrument limits. Mrs. McKinley’s health has improved since moving to Washington, gaining twenty pounds in two years. John D Rockefeller, though wealthy, wears a simple silver watch from boyhood.
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Ketschan
Germany
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Gulf of Mexico
Philippine
House of
México
Torney
A. Sal Goddard
Kansas
Leedy
Fran
Marion Tyler
Scottsburg
Rademacher
Fort Wayne
John M. Palmer
Ilinois
Iloilo
J.as Egan
Illinois State” ‘Board of Health
Biggeville
Bethel
Wisconsin Carriage Works
Fitzgibbons Bros.’ Carriage Works
Monroe
Charles. Chiniquy
Chas. ‘Chiniquy
China
Han
Hankow
Cuba
Matanzas
Cien ®Fuegos
Michigan:state Board of Health
Aguinalde
Noble
Vincennes
Hawaii
Japan
Department of Industry
Spain
Dewey
Detroit
Marblehead
Montgomery
John Russell Young
Congressional Library
Surgeon-General’s Office
The
War Department
Addison
C. Harris
Austria-Hungary
Red Watter Corrigan
Archbishop Corgan
Wal
Sattan
Sultan of
Turkey
Congressional Record
Honor Dingley
Maine Statesman
Houses of
Congress
McLaurin
8. C
Allen
Neb
Gray
Del
Hoar
People of the Philippines
Havana
Wayne County
Seymour
Allerton
State Board of Health
James Sexton DL
James Sexton
Military Investigation Commission
One Hundred and Sixty-first
Indiana Regiment
Alger
Gen. Eagan
DR. Schurman
Philippine Commission
Austria
Pana, Ill
Naples
Brussels
Belgium
Stockholm
Oscar
Sydney
N. S
Oceanic Steamship Company
London
Santander
Prague
Biberle
Linhart
Lyons
France
Rhone
Saone
Catiiz
Conde de Venadito
Christopher Columbus
Havre
Switzerland
Ferdinand Rothschild
Port Said
Helena
Aberdeen
Kruger
CRIME
Hood’s
C. I. Hood
Lowell
Mass
Hood
Johnny
Papa
Mr Spudiins
Mrs. Spadkins
Cayenne
Appletons
Popular Science Monthly
James Collier
H. Phelps Whitmarsh
Century Co
Whitmarsh
Australia
S. Weir Mitchell
Francois
Dr. Mitchell
Hugh Wynne
Andre Castaigne
John D. Rockefeller
Enterprise Paint Mfg. CO
Make
French Dog Co
Muncon
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