Sam Wah Kee Believed Safe in US After Bail Jump
Government officers believe Sam Wah Kee remains in the United States after skipping bail in Portland Maine. A secret service man reportedly searched for him during New Year celebrations in Chinatown. Reports say his bail was covered by the Moy family, who may also fund Mrs Wah Kee’s return to China.
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Sam Wah Kee
States
Portland
United States
Secret Service
Chinatown
Sam
Moys
Canton
Wah Kee
New York
Harrison
China
Ife
Olney Boom Promoter Willett In New York City
The promoter of the Olney boom, Joseph J. Willett of Anniston Alabama, is staying at the Waldorf Astoria. He plans to travel to Boston to urge Richard Olney to run for President as a Democratic nominee. The piece recalls Willett's earlier Van Wyck boom during the 1899 Fourth of July event.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Hoffman House
Willett
Joseph J. Willett
Anniston
Ala
Augustus van Wyck
Boston
Richard Olney
Olney
van Wyck
Hogg
Texas
Bryan
Weather forecast cloudy to fair across regions Tuesday
Gloomy local forecast shows Tuesday cloudy conditions with generally fair weather elsewhere. For Tuesday and Wednesday unsettled rain in the South Atlantic and East Gulf, clearing and colder in the West Gulf and lower Mississippi Valley, cold in Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys, and brisk west to northwest winds along the coasts.
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Washington
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
West Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Mississippi
New England
Middle Atlantic
Womds
Nation in Jail as Bail Denied in Saloon Damage Suit
Carrie Nation remains jailed in default of 2000 bail after a municipal court hearing on damage suits against the saloon wrecking crusader. Judge Hazen calls Nation insane and orders peace bonds for three associates while signaling a possible conditional release to Medicine Lodge.
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Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Medicine Lodge
Hazen
Cal. McDonald
Rose Crist
Madeline Southard
McCabe
Supreme Court
Nation
Kansas
Russia’s 30 Percent Tariff Prompts U S Sugar Tax Row
Washington reports Russia supplements a 30 percent tariff on American goods in retaliation for U S countervailing duties on Russian sugar. Secretary Gage outlines legal basis under the 1897 act and notes possible judicial review for aggrieved importers. The piece cites 1899 U S exports to Russia of 5.38 million dollars and notes political chances in Congress.
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Washington
Russia
Gage
United States
France
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Department of State
Senate
Russia Holds Best Cards In Tariff Retaliation
The St James Gazette notes Americans including Secretary Gage misread protection policy. Russia warns that hostile tariffs can be matched and will dominate the retaliation game, as Russian exports outpace imports in sugar.
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London
St. James Gazette
Gage
United States
Russia
McKinley seeks larger army to 159000 with 100000 now
President McKinley wants a 159000 standing army and has been authorized to raise to 100000. He plans to ask Congress in April to add 60000 more if Philippine conditions justify. He cites health risks from two-year terms and the need to keep forces in the Philippines at full strength amid a Republican House majority.
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Washington
Mc Winley
Philippines
Fifty-seventh Congress
Hale Introduces Semplon Schley Navy Flag Bill in Senate
Senator Hale introduced a bill to revive the grade of vice admiral in the navy and allow the President to appoint two rear admirals to that office. The measure aims to honor Admirals Sampson and Schley. He also filed a joint resolution of thanks to Admiral Sampson per the President's recommendation.
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Washington
Hale
Sampson
Schley
General Miles to Lead Inauguration March Fourth
Washington authorities announce General Miles will precede Admiral Dewey at the inauguration ceremonies on March 4. Foreign ambassadors and ministers will enter the Senate chamber after the President and Vice President, as shown in the official programme.
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Washington
Miles
Admiral Dewey
Senate
Young Man's Catholic Ball Ends Jubilee Celebration
Symphony Hall hosted a grand three day silver jubilee event of the Young Men's Catholic Association in Boston. About three thousand prominent Catholic society members attended the celebratory concert and dance with luminaries including General Collins and John D. Berran leading the procession. A stage scene featured Miss Agnes Ruth Collins and Lord figures among the guests as a gala close to the jubilee.
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Symphony Hall
Young Men’s Catholic Association
Boston
Agnes Ruth Collins
General Collins
Notable guests fill Symphony Hall for grand ballroom
Thomas F M Galvin and John J Martin attended with Eugene Lynch William H Fennekees James W Kenney and President John D Berran and party occupying a box as Symphony Hall hosted a formal ball. The hall displayed a grand march followed by sixteen music numbers with waltzes two steps and quadrilles and an elaborate lunch.
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Thomas IF. Galvin
John J. Martin
Eugene Lynch
William H. Fennekees
James W. Kenney
John D. Berran
Symphony Hall
Quincy Company Wins $6 8 Million Warship Contract
Thomas A. Watson president of Fore River Ship and Engine Co Massachusetts signed a contract for two unsheathed battleships Nos 16 and 17 each costing 3 495 000 to be completed in three years total value 6 810 000.
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Quincy Company
Washington
Thomas A. Watson
Fore River Ship and Engine Company
Massachusetts
Justice Brewer Sounds On Kansas Lawlessness At Yale
Supreme Court Justice David J. Brewer delivered Yale’s fourth lecture on Citizenship. He warned that spasmodic virtue in Kansas cities signals potential ongoing lawlessness as Currie Nation seeks Brownlike action and that enforcement may lapse, worsening conditions in the future.
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New Haven
Conn
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Yale
Kansas
Currie Nation
John Brown
Old Prentich Whiskey Drawn 1001 100 Proof
Ingalls Agt. 60 State Boston report on liquor seizure or shipment detail from 1890s era records.
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Home Mide
Ingalls
State
Boston
City Briefs A hand injury at a Cobb Bates Yerxa store
Mrs Louise Wigmore of 10 Spencer street Chelsea bruised her hand in a swinging door at a Cobb Bates Yerxa store yesterday afternoon. Yale students visiting Boston decorated with gaudy paint in the Pratt building 50 Bromfield street where William Connor of Maynard fell twenty feet but escaped with minor scalp wounds. Celia White and Delia Brown aged 20 and 19 were arrested for violating the liquor law. John Casey aged 10 was arrested for theft of lead pipe and gas fixtures from 1320 Washington street owned by Daniel Reardon.
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Spencer Street
Chelsea
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa’s
Yale
New Haven
Boston
Pratt Building
Bromfield Street
William Connor
Maynard
Celia White
Washington Street
Delia Brown
SO Michélesex Street
John Casey
Olive Place
Daniel Reardon
Young Men's Catholic Association Celebrates 50 Years
The social event marked by many committees and notable clergy as the Young Men's Catholic Association began its second half century. The ladies' committee earned praise for aiding husbands and brothers, making the season’s occasion a key social event of the year.
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Young Men’s Catholic Association
Local Harbor Funds in Boston Face Senate Cuts
Boston stands to lose 1 159 000 from its harbor appropriation if the Senate approves the commerce committee bill. The House proposed 8 600 000 for Boston while the Senate committee amount is 2 450 000, with further reductions totaling about 688 000. Boston business leaders fear shallower dredging and narrower channel if passed as is. Chamber of Commerce secretary E G Preston hopes lawmakers block cuts.
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Boston
Senate
Committee On Commerce
Frye
Lodge
Massachusetts
House
Lawrence
E. G. Preston
Chamber of Commerce
Preston
Washington
Poston
Senate Harbor Report Details River and Harbor Bill Cuts
Senate commerce panel revises the river and harbor bill reducing total appropriation to about 40 million dollars. Nicaragua Canal amendment is rejected. Key items include harbor improvements in Sandy Bay Gloucester Boston Block Island and New York Providence and East River harbors with continuing contracts for Boston and Galveston harbors and a 300000 allowance for surveys and extensions.
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Senate Committee On Commerce
House
Senate
Harbor of Refuge
Sandy Bay
Cane
Gloucester
Mass
Boston
Block Island
Buttermilk Channel
New York
C.ceee
Providence River
C.ce
East River
Hell Guaté
Cccesee
Hudson River
Essaes Cretresevesaaa
Boston Harbor
Csccus Maskess
Galveston Harbor
Galveston Ship Channel
Hutchinson Declines Candidacy for City Post
Six senator Isaac P. Hutchinson, a GOP figure, states to a Post reporter he is not a candidate for election commissioner or any mayoral appointment. He adds he has not talked with Mayor Hart or aides, and believes Hart has no intention to offer him such a position.
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Isaac P. Hutchinson
Hart
Post
Mr. Hart
Passenger liner sails to Plymouth Cherbourg and Hamburg
York departs Saturday February 2 with about 10 passengers for Plymouth Cherbourg and Hamburg. The vessel is set to call at Cuxhaven on Saturday February 16, commanded by Captain E Kopff.
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Graf Waldersee
New
York
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Hamburg
E. Kopff
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