Ratification in Kentucky joint session on Goebel Beck ham
Democratic members in Frankfort ratified the former proceedings declaring Goebel governor and Beckham lieutenant governor by a 74 to 2 vote. Republicans boycotted the session. The session also discussed lobbying felonies, a railroad bill, and the pursuit of Goebel’s assassin. lawyers planned joint talks to consolidate suits and avoid court conflicts.
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Senate
House
Joint Assembly
Triplett
Crider
Orr
Trimble
Taylor
Watson
McChord Railroad
State Railroad Commission
William Goebel
Ferguson
Taylor and Beckham
Beckham
Cantrill
Georgetown
Frankfort
Allen
Goebel
Yeas
Only Two Members on Philippine Commission Remain
Judge Taft and Prof. Worcester are the only appointees so far for the Philippine Commission. Secretary Root discussed the work with Taft as the group prepares to organize and sail to Manila around April first. Col. Denby declined an offer, leaving three more appointments to be made by the President from several distinguished candidates.
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Washington
Taft
Philippine Commission
Root
War Department
Manila
Prof
Worcester
Col
Denby
Woodard & Shanklin midwinter horse sale opens in Lexington
Lexington Kentucky February 21 Woodard and Shanklin midwinter sale draws a large crowd from across the country with strong demand for good horses. Notable buyers include C W Williams J D Creighton J C Lineaman John Reemer H W Curry and many others. King Vasco commanded the top price selling to A B Cummings of Harrisburg for 4100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Woodard & Shanklin
C. W. Williams
Allerton-Axtell Fame
J. D
Creighton
Omaha
J. Cc. Lineaman
A. B. Cummings
Harrisburg
Eruption of Colima Threatens Indian Villages in Mexico
Details from Guadalajara report an immense lava flow on Colima volcano threatening three Indian villages. Indians fled to Santa Ana mine but were driven out by troops. The eruption halted tramway work to the copper mines near Manzanillo and prompted mass evacuations to Michoacan and Jalisco amid fears of floods and earthquakes.
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New York
Colima
Pacific
Mexico
Guadalajara
W. J. Arkell
Santa Ana
Government of
Arkell
Netherton Hall
Chicago
Paul W. Herbach
Omaha
Colima Valley
Manzanillo
Michoacan
Jalisco
Republic
Populist Convention Set for Sioux Falls May Ninth
Lincoln Neb Feb 21 The next national populist convention will be in Sioux Falls S D on May 9 Representation based on Weaver 1892 vote or later state office totals Two delegates at large per state Unanimous support for Bryan as presidential candidate with Judge Henry Caldwell as vice president possibility Allen claims Caldwell would win Democrats support for a Bryan Caldwell fusion ticket
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Lincoln
Neb
Sioux Falls
S. D
J. B. Weaver
National Committee
Senator Allen
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Henry Caldwell
Arkansas
Allen
Judge Caldwell
Bryan
Caldwell
Three Speeches on Porto Rican Tariff Bill in House
Washington Feb 21 three speeches were made in the house on the Porto Rican tariff bill. Hopkins in support while Newlands and Swanson opposed, focusing on the constitutional issue. Republicans face a tight vote with 12 to 15 GOP members in doubt and a caucus discussed to unite opposition.
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Menars
Hopkins
Newlands and Swanson
Washington
Newlands
Nev
Swanson
Messrs. McCall
Littlefield
Powers
Tompkins
Bromwell
Lorimer
Heatvole
Tongue
Lond
Jones
Cushman
Crumpacker
State department reply on ex Consul Macrum mail inquiry
Washington reports the department prepared to answer a House resolution about alleged British censor interference with ex Consul Maccrum’s mail. The reply will note no official knowledge of any interference since Maccrum made no complaint. Berlin confirms a plan to lay a cable to Kiaochow and extend to the Carolines and connect with the American Philippine cable.
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State Department
Pretoria
Washington
House
Maccrum
Cape Town
Berlin
Foreign Office
Germany
Kiao-Chew
Carolines
Fire at Paragould heading factory causes major loss
Paragould ark Feb 21 The head ing factory of Henry Wrape the largest concern of its kind in the south burned. Loss 60000 insurance 10000
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Paragould
Ark
Henry Wrape
South
Concentrating may raise the siege at Ladysmith
London reports Boer forces withdrawing from British territory and concentrating for defense. Sir Rodgers Buller believes Ladysmith may be raised as Gen. Clements notes a reduced enemy force and 10 000 men from Colesberg have left. Roberts presses toward Bloemfontein with unclear updates from Cronje.
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London
Rodgers Buller
Ladysmith
Clements
Colesberg
Zululand
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Paardeberg
Cronje
War Office
Miners' Strike Ordered at Jellico Mines
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers ordered a strike at the Jellico Tennessee mines after a telegram from G W Purcell stated strike call issued by Smith. District 19 leader is T J Smith with 500 to 600 miners involved. district employs about 3,000 union members, potentially spreading to about 5,000 miners in the region. Jerico sits on the Kentucky Tennessee line.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Jellico (Tenn
Smith
J. 5
McCracken
Dineville
Purcell
Chris Evans
National Board
United Mine Workers’ Order
Jerico
Kentucky
Tennessee
Six Round Draw Between Oscar Gardner and The Omaha Kid
Oscar Gardner and The Omaha Kid fought six fast rounds to a draw in Chicago. The article notes a sequence of varied items from finance to military and diplomatic matters, including a New York railroad loan, a $25 700 000 syndicate loan, and obituaries and appointments in American and international affairs. It mentions Caspar Fechter’s death, a war college proposal, McKinley’s attendance at a Charleston convention, and Senate confirmations for the Paris expo and a U.S. circuit judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar, Gardner
Omaha
Tommy White
Chicago
Third Avenue
Railroad
New York City
Casper. Fechter
New York
Army
British View on Boer War Movement and Reinforcements
The article discusses Gen Buller and Lord Roberts operations in the Drakensberg region with British forces totaling about 40,000 and expectations of 45,000 veterans returning to home defense. It notes Cronje may have escaped, and British losses reach 11,102 with ongoing troop movements and transport shortages affecting invasion plans.
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Sive
Cronje
Lord Roberts
Buller
Drakensberg
War Office
Underground life in Mafeking amid shelling
A Mafeking dispatch reports underground living as business continues. The resident commissioner has subterranean bomb proof rooms and the Cape police occupy a large hall with a piano. The Mafeking hotel dining room for 46 is dug out and shellproof.
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London
Daily Mail
Mafeking
Cape
Rev W H Brooks Dies at 69 After 36 Years as Diocese Secretary
Boston reports the death of Rev W H Brooks D D aged 69 in his Rever e house room. He served 36 years as secretary of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts. Also Boston notes its annual debate on woman suffrage ending with 124 votes against approval and 32 for it.
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Boston
W. H. Brooks
D. D
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Revere House
Political deadlock prompts Newfoundland legislature prorogation
St Johns Newfoundland February 21 The bill extending the modus vivendi on the French treaty share passed final stages in both houses. Governor McCallum prorogued the legislature to March 8 to allow deadlock in ministerial talks to be broken and the formation of a new cabinet.
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St. Johns
N. F
Germany and Britain tension over neutrality and anti British sentiment
Berlin reports Germany has maintained strict neutrality since the South Africa war and denies harboring anti British plots. The foreign office notes German officials show no anglophobia, while German press and public remain more hostile. Arlington to bury fifty soldiers with honors, mostly Cuban and Porto Rico dead, transported home.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Germany
South Africa
William
William St. John Broderick
Netherlands
Berliner Post
Gold coin shipment to Costa Rica under gold standard push
A New York banking house shipped 500000 colones in gold to Costa Rica. The coins were minted in Philadelphia for the Costa Rican government, part of the new coinage pursuing a gold standard.
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New York
Costa Rica
Philadelphia
Nation Briefs: cold deaths in New Jersey and misc political notes
Three people died from extreme cold in New Jersey while the populist national convention moves to Sioux Falls South Dakota. The Missouri supreme court ruled a state law unconstitutional and a Decatur fire caused $100000 in losses across six brick buildings. The Wardner Idaho inquiry proceeds as the House military affairs panel investigates alleged actions by U S authorities. Leander J McCormick founder of the University of Virginia observatory is noted as deceased in Chicago. British troops occupy Colenso as Boers retreat from Kimberley vicinity. Osbornes Pittsburgh gift funds Oberlin College president's chair endowment. In Frankfort Kentucky the Allen resolution passed the Democratic House, validating governor and lieutenant governor results with party abstentions.
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New Jersey
Sioux Falls
S. C
Missouri Supreme Court
House Committee On Military Affairs
United States
Wardner
Idaho
Leander J. McCormick
Harvest Machinery Firm
Leander McCormick Observatory
University of Virginia
Chicago
Colenso
Kimberley
Dronfield
Saltpan
Spytfontein
Schotz Nck
Market Report From Cincinnati on Feb 20
Wheat and grain prices show No 2 red at 73. to 74 cents, yellow corn around 36 cents, and oats at 26 cents. Live stock includes hogs from 4.26 to 5.10 per cwt, cattle from 3.25 to 5.23, and sheep at 3.75 to 5.75 with lambs up to 7 dollars. Veal calves priced from 5.50 to 7.75 in varying grades.
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Cincinnati
Americans Exceed Hope to Compete at Paris Olympiad
The Paris international exposition plans a large athletic program with both amateur and professional events. American colleges consider sending teams or graduates for track field and tennis, led by Notre Dame star J Fred Powers and Pennys Tewksbury, Baxter and Duffey. The amateur championships run July 15 22, with medals and art objects as prizes, while professionals compete July 1 3 5 with cash awards.
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J. Fred Powers
Notre Dame
United States
Bergen Point
Paris
Powers
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Pennsy
Tigers
England
Commission Superieure
Seine
Ogres
Tewksbury
Baxter
Duffey
Georgetown
Alvin ©. Kraenstein
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Country
Fusion Wing
Bryan and
Macrum
Gen. Clements
Crouse
Jellico
Tenn
McKinley
Charleston
D. C
Henry F. Severens
Michigan
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
National Association of Merchants and Travelers
Atlanta
Mare Island Navy Yard
Commissioner of Patents
R. G. Dyrenforth
Gen. Dyrenforth
Union Veterans’ Union
Marechale MacMahon
Duchess of Magenta
Marechale
Patrice Maurice MacMahon
Third Republic of France
Rue de Belle Chasse
Edward F. Cragin
Nicaragua
Whitewater
Connersville
Ft. Wayne
Jackson
Lake Shore
Arlington
National Cemetery
Cuba
Porto Rico
Buford
Decatur
Ala
Wm. E. Osborne
Pittsburgh
Oberlin College
Turner
Milwaukee
Ile
Newburn
O'Connor
Tom Fisher
Yale
John
Fig Engry
Man
Dick Grant
J. F. Cregan
Meyer Prinstein
Quiplan
Harvard
Jarvis
Alex Grant
Maxey Long
Columbia
J. T. Roche
Harvandy
Smereas
Letia
J. K. Baxter
U. of P
F. Duffey
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