Joint Agreement Shows Chinese Hoped Prompt Action
Diplomatic circles in Washington discuss the joint agreement signed at Peking for presentation to Chinese plenipotentiaries. Minister Wu calls the powers demands harsh yet hopes for amicable dialogue, while Li Hung Chang plans to attend and relay terms to the court. An answer is anticipated by Thursday as negotiations for peace terms continue.
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Washington
Peking
Ile
Li Hung Chane
Prince Chung
London
Morrison
Times
China
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Senor
B. J. DeColovan
Diplomatic Corps
Kweng Su
North Pacific Coast Shipping Disasters Reported
Tacoma reports detail wrecks and near disaster along Vancouver Island and Puget Sound. The bark Wighland Light, capt McLure, grounded after gate damage and lifeboat loss. crew escaped. The Gen Millenet stranded at Astoria. Oswego swamped near moorings. Muskoka dragged anchor ashore. Lightship at McKenzie Head driven ashore. Charles D Lane towed into Puget Sound after fires and steering losses. Chief Knox and crew battled floods for 29 hours to keep pumps working. In Chicago, ex police man Patrick Furlong pardoned after 1900 killing of Edward Leach following Boer war quarrel.
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Tacoma
Wash
North Pacific
Wighland
McLure
Barclays Sound
Vancouver Island
Astoria
Gen. Millenet
Oswego
Muskoka
Government
McKenzie Head
Charles D. Lane
Puget Sound
Cape Flattery
Knox
Chicago
Patrick Furlong
Edward Leach
Gov. Tanner
Furlong
Leach
England
Tragedy in Washington Ends Auditor Morris Life
Frank H. Morris auditor for the war department was shot and killed in his office in the Winder building by Samuel McDonald a former disbursing clerk McDonald then wounded himself and attempted suicide He survived and was hospitalized in precarious condition with reporters barred from his statements The shooting followed McDonald losing his job and Morris being dismissed from duty The incident prompted autopsy described as three of five bullets hitting Morris and the body to be sent to Cleveland Ohio for burial
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Frank H. Morris
War Department
Washington
Cleveland
Samuel McDonald
Winder Building
United States
McDonald
Morris
William C. Eldridge
Whith
Treasury
Lakeview Cemetery
Faithchapel
Daniel A. Grosvenor
Grosvenor
Cobaughn
Gage
Treasury Watch
W. W. Brown
Navy Department
Steubenville
South Africa
London
Donegan
County Cork
Ireland
Ladysmith
Electric Railway Strike Ties Up Wyoming Valley
Scranton Pennsylvania reports the electric railway men’s strike ordered Sunday morning has crippled service across the Wyoming Valley. In Kentucky Floyd Brice is shot from ambush and may die, underscoring a day of violent unrest in Neville.
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Scranton
Wycoming Valley
Neville
Floyd
Brice
Dr D K Pearsons Gifts Near Three Million In Ten Years
Chicago reports Dr D K Pearsons has sent a 50 000 check as a Christmas gift to Colorado College. In seven weeks he gave 200 000 to another institution under a pledge of anonymity. He also funded a 30 000 dormitory at Northwestern. Total known benefactions reach about 2 489 000 with anonymous sums likely bringing the total near 3 000 000.
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D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
Colorado College
Northwestern University
Blizzard Hits Northwest Region With First Winter Storm
St Paul reports this section of the northwest is hit by the season's first blizzard. The storm is widespread across Minnesota and Wisconsin with very cold temperatures and high winds. Cities including Duluth Oxlakie Redwood Falls and Black River Falls note heavy snow and harsh conditions.
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St. Paul
Minn
Oxzakie
Duluth
Redwood Falls
Black River Falls
Wis
Emigration Law Debate and Philippine Reports From Washington
War department releases summarize Gen. MacArthur era civil affairs in the Philippines. Treasury notes currency instability with United States and Mexican dollars briefly interchanged, banks reimbursed for losses from Mexican silver payments. Land cultivation in the archipelago remains limited and land tax absent.
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Washington
War Department
MacArthur
Philippine Islands
Col. Crowder
39Th Infantry
Treasury Department
Philippines
United States
Battle in the Philippines near Guinobatan
Advices from Southern Luzon report a US 9th Cavalry force assaulting insurgents near Guinobatan Albay last Wednesday. Forty five insurgents killed and many wounded noted. one sergeant wounded in the leg by a bolo. Rebel losses described as the heaviest in recent encounters. Wires delayed official report.
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Manila
Luzon
United States Cavalry
Guinobatan
Albay
Cape Colony Dispatches Report On War Conditions
London reports through Lord Kitchener suggest confidence but Cape Town telegrams show a troubled situation. The piece discusses customs receipts under American management, US immigration laws on the island, labor contracts, and the need for a fair judicial system while noting 100 prisoners freed under habeas corpus. It also quotes a De Wet assessment describing his strategic genius and the difficulty of defeating his mobile force.
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London
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Cape Town
Spain
Judicial Department
Transvaal
Brussels
Cape Colony
Bethulie
de Wet
Be Wet
Recommendation for mining law reform by Lieut Burritt
Lieut Burritt in charge of the mining bureau urges a thorough overhaul of mining laws to American standards. He argues the current restrictions are cumbersome and that trained prospectors and engineers in the island will greatly improve mineral exploration once updated rules are in place.
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Lieut
Burritt
Island
Chile approves 400 freight cars from American makers
Santiago December 24 the Chilean government has accepted 300 freight cars from Doeche and Co and 100 from W R Grace and Co all of American manufacture following a tender invitation.
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Santiago
Chile
Government of
Doeche & Co
W. R. Grace & Co
Mild Christmas Weather in Stockholm
Stockholm reports an unusually mild Christmas season the mildest in years. In Titchmond Ind a general trust company formed to succeed Dick inson Loan and Trust Co with capital stock of 100000 and to conduct general trust business.
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Stockholm
Titchmond
Ind
Dickinson Loan and Trust Co
Eltivera
Two Year Old Dies From Burns In Indiana
In Valparaiso Indiana a two year old son of George Ales near Boone Grove fell from a high stool onto a red hot stove and was badly burned, dying from the injuries. In Berlin Count Zeppelin the aeronaut will soon address the German colonial society on prospective uses of air power.
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Valparaiso
Ind
George Ales
Boone Grove
Zeppelin
Berlin
Dee
Two bandits identified in Cudahy kidnapping case
Omaha reports a breakthrough with two suspects rather than three linked to the Cudahy kidnapping. A light skinned man with dark hair was confronted by Eddie Cudahy and ruled out as not the suspect, while Pat Crowe is described as a top fugitive and was identified in Chief Donahue's office.
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Omaha
Neb
Cudahy
Miss Maud
Munshaw
Donahue
Eddie Cudahy
Pat Crowe
Schneiderwind
Deaths of Poole Murphy Mark 1896 Yearend Obits
Theodore N. Poole United States marshal for the northern district of New York and Civil War veteran died of apoplexy. Samuel M. Murphy, Nashville business leader and former Cincinnati wholesaler, died at 73 after heart failure. Berlin reports 1896 population rises to 2 469 676 with trolley expansion replacing batteries.
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John Riley Chamberlain
Cincinnati
Miami University
Oxford
Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore N. Poole
New York State
54Th Congress
Samuel M. Murphy
Nashville
Tenn
Mr. Murphy
Market reports from Cincinnati Chicago and Indianapolis
The market notes list prices for flour and grain in Cincinnati and Chicago wheat and corn futures with various quality grades. Live stock prices at Cincinnati and Indianapolis cover hogs sheep lambs veal calves cattle and stocker entries with value ranges for each class. East markets in Buffalo are noted with cattle figures for December 22.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
Mad
Dee
Buffalo
Smugglers and Inspectors Watch Sail to Fire Island
An eye opening report details U S customs inspectors aboard a revenue cutter shadowing a big ocean liner off Fire Island. It outlines methods of smuggling, how private individuals evade duties, and past diamond and jewelry seizures inside hidden clothing and hotel rooms.
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Fire Island
New York
Narrows
United States Customs
Lucania
Blue Coats
United States
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The
Ninth Cavalry
the Customs Service
the Judicial Department
Edward ‘Cuudahy, Jr
Heygate
Kansas City
New Orleans
Durban
New London
David Moderly
Moderly
Marshal Poole
Uncle Sam
Sam
Broadway
National
Capital
America
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