Massacre of Chinese reform leaders shocks Vancouver
Cable from W. A. Cumrow reports 27 reform leaders beheaded after Tong and 12,000 reformers entered Chung Chi Tung’s palace. Imperial troops killed about 1,500 in the December 8 battle in Rechili Yangtze valley. Resulting demoralization ends reform campaign in the region.
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Vancouver
B. C
China
W. A. Cumrow
Chinese Reform Association In
America
Rechili
Yang Tse
Treach
Tong
Kang Yu Wei
Princes Tuan and Shan Arrested Near Shan Si Border
London dispatch from the Standard's Shanghai correspondent reports the government has arrested Prince Tuan and Prince Shan on the Shan Si border. Yu Yien is ordered back to Sian Fu for execution, and authorities appear ready to concede the joint note demands punishing the instigators of the trouble in China.
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London
Shanghai Cor
Standard
Prince Tuan
Prince Shan
Shan Si
Yu Yien
Sian Fu
China
China to accept joint note terms within a month
A Peking dispatch reports that China’s foreign ministers expect to accept the powers’ joint note within a month. The note began its journey to the dowager empress and the emperor after its presentation, but wire delays may push delivery to December 27.
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London
Peking
China
Peking priests fortify positions against Boxers and troops
London dispatch reports northern provinces see Catholic priests and converts fortifying and provisioning strongholds to attack Boxers or imperial forces. Protestants are less fortified and less protected amid the rising tensions in China. Bill a Doctor Who Saved His Life. Ponca City medical figure dies after a dispute over a life-saving act outside Moody's Taneh.
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London
Peking
Morning Post
Bill
Ponca City
O. T
T. ‘Hawkins
Knox, Mo
Ralston
Cowboy Hamm
Taneh
Hamm
Uprising Reported by Venezuelan Government Foe
Celestino Peraza longtime secretary general of Venezuela rebels near Lozema in Guarico district. A force of 500 Venezuelan troops led by Gen Aristides Fandeo advances against Peraza to quell the revolt.
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Venezuela
Curacoa
Celestino Peraza
Lozema
Guarico
Aristides Fandeo
Peraza
Dense fogs cause wrecks on coast. Brunswick sinks
Dense fogs hinder navigation along the Bristol Channel with multiple wrecks reported. The British steamer Bruns wick grounded and capsized near the coast, seven of her crew are believed drowned.
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Lon Dee
Geasts
Bruns‘wick
Bristol Channel
Veteran Conductor Fatally Hurt in Railway Accident
Omaha December 26 report says B P Locke a veteran passenger conductor of 20 years on the Missouri Pacific railway was severely injured while coupling a sleeping car at Union Nebraska and died later in a hospital in Omaha.
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Omaha
B. P. Locke
Missouri, Pacific Railway
Union
Neb
Sioux Lands May Be Opened to White Settlement
Reports from Rosebud Reservation indicate Sioux leaders favor selling about 23 townships in Gregory county to the government. Bills to appoint a commission to negotiate surrender have been introduced in Congress, with South Dakota delegates backing the measure, suggesting opening the land to settlement is likely.
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Indinuai
Rosebud
Falls
Gregory County
McKinley
South Cakkota
Race war erupts near Cementyville Indiana
Report from Jeffersonville Indiana describes a chaotic incident five miles north at Cementyville where armed African Americans clashed with whites. After a saloon attack and store shooting the town went quiet at dawn as whites stayed indoors amid fear of a broader riot.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Cementyville
Joe Ranger
John Redmond
Sam Kendall
Kendall
Montgomery
Scranton Car Strike Shrinks Labor Force
Scranton, Pa. reports that ten of thirteen men from Syracuse were sent home, two quit and four remained uncertain. Only two cars operated in the county. one derailed and was scrapped. New York recruits arrived to replace strikers but most quit on arrival or at the station after scouts warned them.
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Scranton
Carmen
Syracuse
Patterson
New York City
New York
Tragedy at Lincoln Grade Crossing Injures Riley
John Riley of 1601 Francis Street Belmont was struck by a Missouri Pacific freight train while crossing North Fourteenth Street with his son. The vehicle was backed onto the tracks, Riley dragged 300 feet, and his left arm and leg were amputated. The son escaped unharmed.
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Lincoln
John Riley
Francis Street
Belmont
Missouri Pacific
North Fourteenth Street
Riley
Histeddfod Iowa hosts largest meeting with 2000 singers
Ottumwa Iowa reports the Histeddfod association of Iowa held its most successful gathering yet with about 2000 Iowa singers participating in a time honored Welsh carnival of song and merriment yesterday.
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Ottumwa
Histeddfod Association of
Iowa
Telegraphic Briefs From Warsaw and Beyond
A Warsaw dispatch reports 52 Poles arrested over a political conspiracy. Colonel Henry B. Harshaw, former Wisconsin state treasurer, died in Milwaukee from tongue cancer. Burglars stole 95 bolts of silk valued at 4000 dollars from the Kespohl Mohrenstecker store in Quincy Tuesday night. Jacob Werten fatally shot his son John in Great Falls Montana after tensions with the wife. Train newsmen on Erie lines west of Salamanca are banned after December 31 and east of that point after January 31. The French Senate passed an amnesty bill amendment 201 to 11 after an appeal from M Waldeck-Rousseau to end the Dreyfus affair.
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Warsaw
Henry ‘B. Harshaw
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Kespohl- Mohrenstecker Company
Quincy
Jacob Werten
John
Great Falls
Mon
Werten
Erie
Salamanca
N. Y
Senate
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Dreyfus
Pat Crowe Linked to Cudahy Kidnapping Probe
Reported demand by Steve Crowe for $5000 to release a pony used in the Omaha kidnapping case. Pat Crowe is allegedly hiding in Omaha or South Omaha, with police denying certainty of his location but widening search. In St Joseph police say Crowe is believed to be there as investigations continue.
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Omaha
Mr. Cudahy
Pat Crone
Steve
Steve Crowe
Fat Crowe
Pat Crowe
South Omaha
Crowe
Pacific Junction
Joseph Goodrich
Burlington
Heitfeld
St. Joseph
Cudahy
St Joseph
Yaqui Ambush Kills Four Officers in Sonora
Mexican troops in Sonora were attacked by Yaqui Indians near Lamisa, about 50 miles from General Torres. Four officers and about 30 men were killed, and Colonel Francisco Peinado was shot in the stomach and seriously wounded. Co. V Light of Guaymas reported the incident to General Torres amid heavy press censorship. Colonel Peinado is a popular army officer.
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Hi Paso
Tex
Sonora
Mexico
Francisco Peinado
Co. V. Light
Guaymas
Torres
Lamisa
Peinado
Cartridge box found linked to Goebel assassination case
In Frankfort Kentucky a clerical search of the state auditor’s vault uncovered a cartridge box with eight metal patched smokeless powder cartridges 38 55 matching the bullet from the Goebel assassination. Henry Youtsey who aided in the plot worked at the auditor’s office and George Barnes testified seeing Youtsey with cartridges.
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Frankfort
State Auditor’s Office
Goebel
Henry Youtsey
George Barnes
Youtsey
Consul Shaw Dies by Own Hand in Philadelphia
W Irvine Shaw former United States consul at Barranquilla and recently named consul general to Singapore killed himself in a Philadelphia hotel by slashing his throat and wrists after opening a femoral artery. Also mentioned, Thomas Webb Jay set a bowling record by scoring 299 of 300.
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Consul Shaw
Philadelphia
Irvine Shaw
United States
Barranquilla
Colombia
Singapore
Thomas Webb Jay
Indianapolis
Boy 17 Shoots Trader in Self Defense Near Ottawa
In Ottawa Kansas a 17 year old named Servatius shot and killed a horse trader who had camped near the family home. The youth’s father gave him a revolver to protect the property and after a quarrel the shot was fired into the trader's heart. The trader's wife was jailed for drunkenness and Servatius surrendered, claiming self defense.
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Ottawa
Kan
Johnny Servatius
Servatius
Man Lives With Bullet in Heart Seen by X Ray
Chicago reports show Charles B. Nelson survives with a bullet in his heart since July 1, 1896. Doctors used X ray fluoro scope to visualize the bullet rising and falling with each heartbeat, confirming it remains lodged in the organ.
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Chicago
Charles
B. Nelson
Nelson
Alleged Extortionate Fee Sparks Nebraska License Challenge
Maryland Casualty Company seeks an injunction against Nebraska State Auditor Cornell to stop license revocation and a damaging report. It contests auditor claims of 670 dollars and 450 dollars as extortionate. Hearing is set for January 2, just before Cornell’s retirement from office.
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Camunity Company
Nebraska
Lincoln
Maryland Casualty Company of
Baltimore
District Court
Cornell
Lcense
Cornel
Iowa Population Grows 16.7 Percent Since 1890
The census bulletin shows Iowa’s 1900 population at 2,231,853 up from 1,911,896 in 1890, a 16.7 percent increase. The state spans about 55,475 square miles with 40.2 persons per square mile in 1900. Des Moines and other cities exceed 25,000 residents, Cedar Rapids up 42.4 percent, Davenport up 31.2 percent, while Sioux City declines 12.4 percent.
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Washington
Iowa
Des Moines
Dubuque
Davenport
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Salvation Army Feasts 4000 at Madison Square Garden
New York reports record charitable gifts this Christmas with a large Salvation Army dinner at Madison Square Garden serving about 4 000 people. The meal was funded by an $8 000 pot raised through kettle donations across the city.
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Salvation Army
Madison Square Garden
New York
French Seize Exhibits Amid Fray Over Demurrage
Thirty cars forming part of the United States government exhibit at the Paris exposition were embargoed at Havre as the railroad company refused to surrender them over a 5,710 franc demurrage claim. The action delayed the United States auxiliary cruiser Prairie's departure for New York and prompted a formal protest from Ambassador Porter to the French government.
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Paris
United States
Havre
Prairie
New York
Porter
Luckiest man in Iowa wins $62,000 mansion raffle
Sioux City reports B. M. Bills of Vinton, a jeweler, drawn as the winner of the John Pierce mansion in a Sioux City raffle. The property costs $57,000 with land valued at $5,000, totaling $62,000, with ticket number 36,365 and a $1 purchase.
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Sioux City
Iowa
B. M. Bills
Vinton
John Pierce
Bills
Wheat Exports From Tacoma to Europe via Suez
The British ship Glenlochy now in Tacoma harbor will load 221000 bushels of Pacific coast wheat in sacks and sail for Liverpool via the Suez canal. She will be the first steam vessel to travel from Tacoma to Europe over that route with wheat.
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Suez
Tacoma
Wash
Glenlochy
Liverpool
Suez Canal
Europe
Tragic Farmyard Grudge In Mansfield Sparks Shootout
Fort Worth December 26. Marshal Mor rison of Mansfield shot and killed Dick House and badly wounded O P House both farmers from Mansfield Neb. The violence stems from a long standing grudge. Morrison was uninjured.
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Nebraska
Fort Worth
Marshal Morrison
Mansfield
This County
Dick House
O. P. House
Neb
Oto Station Agent Guy Moore Killed in Hunting Incident
Guy GC Moore of Oto Iowa the assistant station agent for the Illinois Central railroad was accidentally shot and instantly killed while out hunting yesterday in Sioux City on December 26.
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Oto Station
Sioux City
Guy
GC. Moore
Oto
Illinois Central Railroad
British Commander Leads Forces Against Boer Invaders
Dispatches report fighting near De Aar as Lord Kitchener moves troops into Cape Colony. Boer forces attacked Steynsburg and captured police at Venterstadt while Britstown fell without resistance. The war office notes Thornycroft's mounted infantry occupied Britstown and Boers withdrew toward Prieska.
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de Aar
Britutown
London
Cape Colony
Morning Post
Cape Town
Philiptown
Cape
Lord Kitchener
Standard
Daily Mail
Steynsburg
Venterstadt
de Arr
Britstown
War Office
Naarwpoort
Thornycroft
Prieska
Telephone link test between Key West and Havana
In Key West on December 26 an experiment connected local telephone wires to the gulf cable linked with Havana. For several minutes a roaring noise blocked communications but then officials heard Havana say I cannot understand you. Havana did not clearly understand. The test was deemed highly successful.
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Key West
Fla
Havana
Turmoil on Leyte West Coast
Dispatches from Leyte report the east coast quiet while the west coast faces turmoil. Lieutenant French and three Forty-fourth volunteers were wounded near Ilongas. A new federal party address says Filipinos desiring peace are increasing and aims to unite those wanting peace to work together.
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Manila
Leyte
French
Ilongas
New Federal Party
Shipping Disasters Rise Along Pacific Coast Ports
Port Townsend reports fresh news of maritime wrecks from Cape Flattery to beyond as gales lash the coast. The German steamship Carl laden with wheat was towed to Port Angeles in a waterlogged state by the tug Boyden, signaling mounting losses in transPacific shipping.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Cape Flattery
Pacific Coast
Carl
Port Angeles
Boyden
Bones of Father Marquette Found Near Frankfort
Surprise spread in Milwaukee as reports claimed the bones of Father Marquette were found near Frankfort Michigan, challenging the belief that his remains were at Marquette College in Milwaukee for the past two decades.
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Father Marquette
Milwaukee
Frankfort
Mich
Marquette College
Death of Bishop Hale in Springfield Diocese
Word reached Springfield that Rev. Reuben Hale bishop coadjutor of the Springfield diocese died yesterday from valvular heart disease. Also in St. Joseph Michigan a major fire at Hall Claire scorched the business district, reducing it to ashes with total losses estimated at $60,000, insured.
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Hale
Springfield
Ill
George K. Seymour
Reuben Hale
Episcopal Church
Eau Claire
St. Joseph
Mich
Hall. Claire
Postmaster Indicted in Harper's Ferry Iowa Case
Postmaster Gemwell of Harper's Ferry is bound over to a federal grand jury on charges of embezzling 1000 dollars of money order funds. In Des Moines the Mid-Road Populists meet and back the People’s Party name with the 1896 Omaha platform and plan a June 1 state convention in Des Moines. A Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern passenger train fatally injures two and seriously harms a third near Shell Rock.
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Dubuque
Gemwell
Harper’s Ferry
Federal Grand Jury
Des Moines
People’s Party
Nes Moines
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Northen
Reinzell
Shell Rock
Iowa Towns See Multiple Business Failures
Des Moines reporting several business closures across Iowa towns. Greenbaum & Sons Marshalltown clothing firm shut by eastern creditors with about 19000 liabilities and 7000 assets. Oelwein grocery houses, bakery firm Kavanagh & Goodrich fail. closures by Iowa Grocery company of Independence. County supervisors from six counties invited to Clinton convention to discuss insane care, pauper children, traveling pauper, highway and wide tire issues, supervisor term length, and bridge construction.
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Desa Moines
Iowa
Greenbaum & Sons
Marshalltown
Oclwein
Anthony
Spoo
Iowa Grocery Company of
Independence
Kavanagh & Goodrich
Clinton
Davenport
Scott
Muscatine
Jackson
Johnson
Wolff
Iowa College Showings Reach 46 Institutions
Des Moines reports 46 Iowa colleges in the latest directory from the superintendent of public instruction. Cedar Falls State Normal School led with 2,014 pupils, Highland Park College in Des Moines had 2,000, Drake University 1,593, and the State University in Iowa City 1,438. Drake also has the largest faculty at 70. Last year’s graduates totaled 260 at the State University, 205 at the State Normal, 152 at Highland Park, 150 at Drake, 75 at the State College, 72 at Grinnell, 91 at Western Normal, and 60 at Cornell.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Highland Park College
Drake University
He State University
Iowa City
Iowa milk law upheld by supreme court ruling
Des Moines reports the Iowa supreme court sustained the milk inspection law reversing Polk county district court. The decision holds the legislature may enact health and safety protections, as Schlenker adulterated milk with boracic acid to prevent souring. The court asserts milk must be absolutely pure for sale regardless of intent to defraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court
District Court
Polk County
Schlenker
Brutal mob attack leads to damages suit in Iowa case
Mrs Lapole sues P J Cunningham and others for fifteen thousand dollars alleging a mob hanged her from a tree and subjected her to repeated torture at her rural Iowa home in April while seeking fugitives Daly and a nephew. The trial before Madison county jurors continues this week.
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P. J. Cunningham
Des Moines
Madison
Iowa
Lapole
Fred Daly
John W. Cunningham
Winterset
Madison County
Daly
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