Kidnapped Son of ex Attorney General Miller
sensational kidnapping in Indianapolis involved Helen Karcher Miller and Samuel Miller Jr. as a nurse fled with seven year old Sidney. chase spanned Brightwood Lawrence and Anderson with trains east thwarted. child recovered at dawn in Lawrence, mother arrested with him, heading toward New York in a local train later.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Miller
Samuel D. Miller
W. H. H. Miller
New York
Samuel Miller
West
Denison
W. JH. H. Miller
Sam
W. H. H. Miller and Son
Marshall
Lawrence
Cleveland
Della Fox Marries John Levy in Baltimore Court Clerk Office
Baltimore actress Della Fox wed John Levy of New York in the Baltimore court of common pleas clerk’s office. Rev William W Way of Immanuel Reformed Church officiated. In Norfolk James Mc Clinty shot Joseph Clements, ordered him away from his wife, but the killer escaped with the act.
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Baltimore
Della Fox
John Levy
New York
Court of Common Pleas
William W. Way
Immanuel Reformed Church
Norfolk
James McClinty
Churchland
Joseph Clements
Clements
Senate Appropriation Bill Advances After Holiday Recess
Washington lawmakers nearing finalization of the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill with modest salary increases and clerical boosts in the war interior and post office departments. The Indian affairs panel examined funds for Pima water irrigation with a proposed San Carlos dam estimated at one million dollars to aid starving, self supporting Indians deprived of water by prior white irrigation.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Senate
House
War
Interior
Post Office
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Thurston, Platt
Stewart
Arizona
Newell
Geological Survey
San Carlos River
Mileage paid to Hawaiian delegate Wilcox
Washington December 27 Robert H Wilcox a Hawaii delegate to the house of representatives has received a 1000 dollar mileage claim the largest ever for such a payment paid promptly by the houses sergeant at arms The distance Honolulu to Washington is set at 5000 miles meaning another 1000 dollar return mileage will be drawn
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Washington
Robert, H. Wilcox
House of Representatives
Hawaiian Islands
House
Honolulu
Wilcox
Magis Strohreker Orders Marriages in Red Top
In Charleston Washington December 27 Magistrate Stroreker of Red Top a renowned Negro settlement orders all residents to wed. Since earlier notice 75 couples are said to have married and the magistrate claims a man fights harder for his partner than for his mistress and aims to curb crime by legalizing marriage in the locality.
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Charleston
D. C
Magis Strohreker
Red Top
Stroreker
Christ s Second Coming Convention Closes Janury 3
Thirty six Americans gathered in Chicago to await what they deem the second coming of Christ urging readiness through worship and vigilant prayer. The assembly runs from December 27 to January 3 with adherents asserting they will see the prophesied event.
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Convention Fm
Chicago
United States
Scarlet Fever Improves for McCormick Children at Rockefeller Home
In Tarrytown at John D. Rockefeller's home, the two McCormick children afflicted with scarlet fever showed improving signs as of Wednesday evening. The illness was reported from New York with officials noting steady progress and continued medical care.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Harold F. McCormick
Withdrew From the Council Reduces Trade Body
Chicago officials report the building trades council will lose 3 500 members after the hod carriers and building laborers union withdraw from the council. The move alters the organizational strength and may affect ongoing projects in the city.
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Chicago
Building Trades Council
Hod-Carriers and Building Laborers’ Union
Violent hurricane sinks Primrose Hill off Penrhos Rocks
A massive gale wrecks the Primrose Hill near South Stack leaving only one survivor and several dead. The storm off Cornwall and Wales causes extensive damage to ships, breakwaters, and telegraph lines, with multiple vessels lost or endangered and coast towns reporting severe impacts.
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London
Channel
Pegasus
Queenstown
Sharpness
Penarth
Cardiff
Eddystone Light
Plymouth
Taunton
Wachet
Capricorn
Bude Cornwall
Liklihood
H. M. S. Black Prince
H. M. S. Teeser
Portsmouth
Wales
Thebes
Oswestry
Primrose Hill
Penrhos
Southstack
Holy Head
Hibernia
Portland
Maria
United States Business Failures Week 213 Report
New York reports a weekly fall in business failures for week 213 totaling fewer than last week at 213. Compared with 262 prior week, 220 a year ago, 218 in 1898 and 297 in 1897, the data indicate a downtrend in enterprise distress across the nation.
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New York
United States
Carrie Nation Wreaks Bar Destruction in Wichita
Mrs Carrie Nation wrecked the Carey hotel bar in Wichita with iron scraps rocks and billiard balls demanding Gov Stanley defend her in jail after her assault She telegraphed for Jerry Simpson when Stanley refused She has earlier smashed bar fixtures at Kiowa and Medicine Lodge She is about 60 years old well dressed her husband a Medicine Lodge lawyer and osteopathy student plans to raid Kansas saloons on route to Missouri
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Wichita
Kan
Carrie Nation
Carey Hotel
Cleopatra
Bath
Stanley
Jerry Simpson
Medicine Lodge
Kansas
Duplex Telephoning Expands Chicago Telephone Capacity
Chicago announces a duplexing system that lets two conversations share a single wire. An auxiliary telephone handles incoming messages while calls occur alongside the main line. The Chicago Telephone Co plans immediate installation in major stores and offices, with tests deeming the plan a success and promising major wire savings and doubled service capacity for heavy users.
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Chicago
Chicago Telephone Co
Hibbard
German industries prepare for protective tariff push
Washington reports from United States Consul Schumann at Mainz indicate Germany's vast industrial forces are organizing for a tariff fight. Manufacturing groups formed a national industrial council and three major societies met. The imperial government appears sympathetic as efforts continue despite initial setbacks.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
United States
Schumann
Mainz
Colombian War Progress Report From Bogotá
United States Charge Beaupre reports to the state department that Colombian forces have overtaken invading troops at Rosario and defeated their leader General Uribide at Corazel in Bolivar province. Uribide retreats with a small remnant toward the Magdalena department and the Venezuelan line as the war reportedly progresses favorably for the Colombian government.
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Washington
United States
Beaupre
Bogota
State Department
Rosario
Uribide
Corazel
Bolivar
Department of
Magdalena
Thieves in Letter Carrier Uniforms Break City Mail Boxes
In Washington several mailboxes were broken into by thieves wearing letter carrier uniforms. Investigators found that carriers sell their cast-off uniforms to second hand dealers. In LaCrosse Wisconsin attorney C L Hood bought the Neumister mile race track and farm at sheriff sale for 7348.50. The track is regarded as among America's best.
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Washington
LaCrosse
Wis
C. L. Hood
Neumister
Death notices for Evan P. Warner and two fraud suspects
Evan P. Warner longtime Lafollette Coal executive and Tennessee Northern railroad superintendent died Wednesday in Knoxville. In Dennison two men are jailed for defrauding soldiers and widows by posing as a government pension department rep. a third suspect fled to Canton. In London three hundred students were arrested in St Petersburg for propagating socialist ideas per Berlin dispatch.
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Knoxville Tenn
Evan P. Warner
Lafollette Coal, Iron and Railway Co
Tennessee Northern Railway
Lexington
Dennison
Uhrichsville
Pension Department
Pal
Canton
London
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Daily Express
De Wet Trap Frustrates Boer Breakthrough In South Africa
Cape Town reports Gen. De Wet trapped with a large commando between Frecksburg Senekal and Windburg. Gen. Knox holds between Ladybrand and Windburg. Boers harass eastern invaders toward the Orange river. Lieut. Col. Spragg and Capt. Ivor Guest resign. Canadians arrive with Roberts aboard the steamer Canada at Gibraltar.
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Cape Town
de Wet
Senekal
Frecksburg
Windburg
Knox
Ladybrand
Orange River
Johannesburg
Kleinfontein
London
Spragg
Lindley
Ivor Guest
Ivor Churchill
Guest
Lord Wimborne
Dorsetshire Yeomanry
Plymouth
Britstown
Rome
Grover Bothe
Comandant
Louis Bothe
Hague
Kruger
South Africa
Steyn
Cape Colony
Identification of Crowe Ties to Cudahy Abduction Case
Omaha detectives identify a money seller linked to the Cudahy abduction as Pat Crowe. Mrs. Cooper selects Crowe from police rogues gallery photos, marking him as a likely suspect. Investigators seek Lizzie Burns, said to be Crowe’s intimate friend, last seen after the abduction.
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Omaha
Daniel Burris
Pacific Junction
Iowa
Mack
Cudahy
Pat Crowe
Thomas B. Cooper
Burris
Rogues Gallery
Crowe
Pettigrew assaulted by theater usher in Kansas City
Frank Walden Pettigrew son of U S Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota was assaulted by a theater usher over a smoking dispute. He suffered a dislocated cheekbone and jaw, was treated at police headquarters, then taken to hospital for operation. serious injuries reported.
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Kansas City
Frank Walden Pettigrew
United States
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Young Pettigrew
South Africa
United States Government
Arizona
Pork markets report trichinae found in Nicaragua
Managua Nicaragua December 29 via Galveston Texas E Liberal the government newspaper reports large amounts of trichinae discovered in pork sold in local markets.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Galveston
Tex
E! Liberal
Riot in Brooklyn jail shocks city as inmates assault matron
Twenty enraged inmates at Raymond Street jail attack Matron Fannie Handy and Warden McGrath while transferring prisoners. Handy rings alarm, deputies arrive. two inmates restrained with straight jackets. Warden grievously beaten, physician called as sedation and separation follow.
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New York
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
Fannie Handy
McGrath
Miss Handy
Nellie Jones
Brady denies Jeffries Ruhlin bout called off
William A Brady states the Jeffries Ruhlin fight in Cincinnati on February 15 will proceed as planned despite earlier reports. He confirms no official cancellation and that the other bouts with Kid McCoy Tommy Ryan Terry McGovern and Kid Lavigne are not yet affected. Terry McGovern may travel to England to fight Ben Jordan, per his manager Sam Harrig, who dismisses talk of McGovern’s departure as unfounded.
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New York
William A. Brady
L. Jeffries
Gus Ruhlin
Cincinnati
Brady
Kid McCoy
Tommy Ryan
Terry McGovern
Kid Lavigne
England
Ben Jordan
Jeffries-Ruhlin
Macon
Sam Harrig
McGovern
Ben Jordans
Wheat crop totals for 1900 statewide and by season
The statistician reports the 1900 United States wheat crop at 522,229,505 bushels from 42,495,385 harvested acres with an average yield of 12.29 bushels per acre. Winter wheat yields 350,025,409 bushels from 26,235,897 acres and spring wheat 172,204,096 bushels from 16,259,488 acres. Acreage abandoned totals 3,522,787 for winter wheat across Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois and 1,793,467 for spring wheat in North and South Dakota.
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Washington
United States
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
North Dakota
South Dakota
First Chicago built Ocean Freighter to be launched
The North western, Chicago Shipbuilding Co. project, will launch Saturday on the Calumet river. The 242 foot freighter, capacity 2500 tons, will undertake a grain laden voyage to Hamburg. This marks the first installment of a vast contract worth over 2 million dollars for eight ships two fleets of four.
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Chicago
Chicago Shipbuilding Co
Calumet River
Hamburg
Ger
Northwestern
Great Lakes
Secretary Hay Recovers and Returns to Desk
Washington December 28 Secretary Hay has recovered from his indisposition and is back at his desk in the state department Thursday. On diplomatic day he received many callers led by the Chinese minister as the first visitor.
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Washington
Hay
State Department
Fee System Abolished in Cuba Salary Reform
Havana reports a decree that shifts court clerks and bailiffs to salaries from February 1 and ends the fee system long abused in Cuba. The measure aims to regularize pay and curb corruption in judicial offices.
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Havana
Cuba
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R. W. Burrus
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Roland Reed
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Lew Tonhose
Judd
St. Paul
Minnesota Educational Association
Henry P. Crowell
American Cereal Co
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P. Warner
Gen. DE Wet
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Yeomanry
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Thomas Herran
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Joe Davidson
Femeale
Women's Department
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