Arrest Made in Cudahy Kidnapping Case
J J Crowe, brother of Vat Crowe, was arrested in Council Bluffs by Omaha detectives on Tuesday. He faces a charge of abduction in the Eddie Cudahy case and aided crossing the river without requisition papers. Two pistols were found. no trace of Pat Crowe. Crowe denied involvement but police expect information about Pat Crowe’s actions.
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Nebraska
Pat
Omaha, Neb
J. J. Crowe
Vat Crowe
Council
Omaha
Crewe
Eddie Cudahy
Safoon
Pat Crowe
Stat
Cudahys
Pat Crane
Council Bluffs Station
Weir
Iown Department
River Forum
Donalives
Donahue
J. d. Crowe
Cudahy
Dempsey
Council Bluffs
Crowe
Oelrich
S. D
Pat Crowe Captured Near Pine Ridge After Chase
Pat Crowe, accused of involvement in the Eddie Cudahy abduction, was seized Tuesday on the Pine Ridge reservation near Oelrichs S D after a wild pursuit. Crowe, driving a buckboard, attempted to outrun detectives before the posse halted him with six shooters. John Delfelder arrived with news that the group halted at a ranch 30 miles out for lunch and to tend horses.
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Chadron
Neb
Pat Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Omaha
Crowe
Pine Ridge
Oelrichs
S. D
John Delfelder
Explosion damages Spanish steamer Oleta at Las Palmas
The Spanish steamer Oleta from Genoa to New Orleans arrived at Las Palmas after bursting the main steam pipes. The chief engineer was killed by the explosion and the ship will be surveyed.
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London
Oleta
Genoa
New Orleans
Las Palmas
Bristol Channel wrecks report feared twenty five lives lost
London January 2 Aboard the bark Idun now at Cardiff the captain reports sightings of three vessels founded in the Bristol channel during Friday’s gale and he believes as many as 25 lives were lost in the disaster.
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London
Idun
Cardiff
Bristol Channel
Ignatius Donnelly dead at 70 in Minneapolis
Ignatius Donnelly, 70, renowned politician and author nicknamed The Sage of Hinninger, died at 12:03 a.m. after heart failure. He fell ill while visiting his father-in-law, Barton Hanson, and was surrounded by relatives as he passed away. Donnelly had long served in Minnesota politics, including both houses of the state legislature and one term in Congress.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ignatius Donnelly
Barton Hanson
Twenty-eighth Avenue South
Minnesota
Sage
Hinninger
Donnelly
New Years in Peking and Boxer Rising Fear
New Year and century celebrations in Peking included midnight gunfire alarms and troops deployed to verify peaceful conditions. Gen Chaffee hosted a morning reception while Mr Conger greeted guests in the afternoon, and a multinational review honored Queen Victoria and Australian federation with notable French absence. A separate Berlin dispatch notes Su Hai, killer of Baron von Ketteler, was beheaded at the crime scene.
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Peking
Chaffee
Conger
von Ketteler
Berlin
Su-Hai
Baron von Ketteler
Duke of York Promoted to Rear Admiral in Navy
The Duke of York is promoted from captain to rear admiral as he prepares for a tour of Australia and Canada. The move, though bypassing 66 senior captains, does not affect his popularity in the navy. The Duke last visited Australia 20 years ago with his brother as a cadet.
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London
Duke of York
Australia
Canada
Duke of Edinburgh
Duchy of
Saxe-Coburg
Steel workers strike in Pittsburgh area nears settlement
Pittsburgh on January 2 reports a probable settlement of the strike by structural steel workers Local Union No. 3 over wage rate of 33 1 3 cents and a nine hour day. A union committee traveled to New York Tuesday night to meet Percival Roberts, president of the American Bridge Co., for a conference.
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Pittsburgh
Structural Steel Workers
New York
Percival Roberts
American Bridge Co
Nebraska Legislature Opens 27th Session
Lincoln Neb Jan 2 The Nebraska legislature convened at noon Tuesday for its 27th session William G Sears of Burt county was chosen speaker of the house by unanimous vote Senator C F Steele was named president pro tem of the senate
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
William G. Sears
Burt
County
Republican Caucus
House
C. F. Steele
Senate
Minister estimates wheat exports and corn crop in annual report
Buenos Ayres reports Minister of Agriculture Dr. Martin Garcia Merou estimates 1,700,000 tons of wheat available for export this season and notes that the corn crop is good.
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Buenos Ayres
Martin Garcia Merou
McMillan Named to Seek Second Term in Michigan Senate
James McMillan of Detroit was nominated Tuesday afternoon by the joint Republican caucus of Michigan's 41st legislature to run again for United States Senator, succeeding himself as the body convened in the state capitol.
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Lansing
Mich
United States
James McMillan
Detroit
State Capitol
Kruger delays U.S. visit due to eye trouble
Brussels dispatch says Mr. Kruger, replying to an American commission address, desires to visit the United States but postpones the trip because of an eye ailment.
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Brussels
L’oer Commission
Kruger
United States
Native rising reports prompt punitive West Africa expedition
London officials report a native rising in the Gambie river region of West Africa and say a punitive expedition is being organized. The dispatch notes the colonial office has received the news and is coordinating response measures.
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London
Colonial Office
Gambie River
West Africa
Woolson Spice and sugar price war nears settlement
reports from Toledo say Woolson Spice Co will raise roasted coffee by half a cent per pound while Howell & Co plans a five point sugar increase to match Havemeyer led pricing. Arbuckle and Havemeyer interests are not commenting as interviews yield no confirmation.
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Woolson Spice Co
Toledo, O
Arbuckle
Havemeyer
Woolsen’ Spice Co
Woolson
Howell & Co
New York
American Sugar Refining Co
James Secor
Frederick Brigham
The
Quay Named Republican Senator Nominee by Joint Caucus
Harrisburg January 2 Col M S Quay won a unanimous nomination for United States senator at a joint caucus of Republican senators and House members. The gathering counted 25 senators 93 representatives 124 votes with three absent or not voting and one present. Dalzell and Stewart withdrew before the result.
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Harrisburg
Col
M.S. Quay
House
United States
Senate
Quay
Messrs
Dalzell
Stewart
Freight Trains Collide Near Hays Station
A telegraph message from Fayette reports two Yazoo and Mississippi Valley double header freight trains collided near Hays Station, ten miles south of Vicksburg, at 9 o clock Tuesday night. Several crewmen were killed and surgeons were dispatched from Fayette and Harriston for the scene.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Herald
Fayette
Yazoo
Trans port Hancock Sails for Manila with Army Supplies
The transport Hancock sailed Tuesday from San Francisco for Manila via Honolulu and Guam carrying a limited number of passengers and recruits and a large cargo of army supplies. Quick work has prepared the ship for sea with no other transports at the dock awaiting attention.
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San Francisco
Janu
Hancock
Manila
Honolulu
Guam
Brady Leaves for Cincinnati Over Jeffries Ruhlin Fight
William A. Brady, manager of the Jeffries Ruhlin championship bout, departed for Cincinnati on Wednesday morning. He says competing attractions may force moving the fight date earlier than February 15, the currently set date.
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New York
Wm. A. Brady
Jim Jeffries
Gus Ruhlin
Cincinnati
Brady
New life saving district formed for Alaska, Washington, Oregon
Seattle announces creation of a life saving district including Alaska, Washington and Oregon sea waters with Capt. W. H. Roberts of San Francisco as superintendent. A Nome station is expected soon as part of the expanded service. Also reports Thyra sails for Manila with 550 horses for the Philippines army.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Washington
Oregon
W. H. Roberts
San Francisco
Nome
Birthdate Death of Judge Louis Gottschalk in LA
Judge Louis Gottschalk died of heart disease on Tuesday in Los Angeles on his 62nd birthday. A Civil War captain, he served as St. Louis city attorney in 1864, Missouri circuit judge, state senator and acting governor. He moved to California in 1884 and later served as consul at Stuttgart from 1889 for about three and a half years.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Louis Gottschalk
St. Louis
Missouri
State Senate
Harrison
Stuttgart
Senator Denies Kidnaping Claim In Chattanooga Visit
State Senator J Walter Peak of Chattanooga denies a Lexington Kentucky report accusing his wife of kidnapping her former husband's two children. He says Mrs Peak arrived last Saturday from Lexington with the children for a visit and no intent to detain them. The guardian has not objected and the children are staying for a month.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. Walter Peak
Lexington
Invasion Threat Splits Western Cape Forces
Cape Colony under invasion as Boer forces split into two prongs toward Malmesbury and Beaufort West. Lord Kitchener rushes troops while farmers are called out amid widespread robberies and pleas for reinforcements. Colesburg reports 250 Boers captured and 14 Nebitt’s horsemen lost near Weltevreden.
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Lord Kitchener
London
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Cape Colony
Sutherland
Malmesbury
Beaufort West
Colesburg
Nebitt
Weltevreden
Man from Fermoy Dies in Irish Mountain Storm
P Collins formerly of Fermoy Ireland who came from America on December 27 was found dead on the mountain side near his father's home. He could not secure conveyance and began walking but was overtaken by a storm and died of exposure. He carried 426 dollars.
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Pr. Collins
London
P. Collins
Fermoy
Ireland
America
Fatal Train Collision Kills Mrs Powell in Illinois
Mrs John Powell of Chicago Heights died instantly and her husband was fatally injured when a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train struck their buggy near Crete as their horse balked on a sharp curve. The accident occurred Tuesday at a road bend where the tracks run.
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Chicago
John Powell
Chicago Heights
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Crete
Needy Boers Appeal for Aid From Public
Samuel A. Calhoun secretary of the American Transvaal league writes to the public denying Boer need reports. He states hundreds of Boer women and children are destitute and in urgent need of aid and urges contributions sent to Charles D. Pierce consul general of the Orange Free State in New York City.
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Chicago
Samuel A. Calhoun
American Transvaal League
Burglar Shoots Pueblo Druggist in Store
Walter C. Castley a Pueblo druggist was shot through the head and killed in his store Tuesday morning. A clerk arriving at 6 30 found the body and the cash register rifled with pockets turned inside out. The murderer escaped.
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Pueblo
Col
Walter C. Castley
Castley
Record Cold Sweeps Colorado With Subzero Readings
Denver reports 18 below zero at 8 a.m as the coldest day of the year. Extreme cold bands reach Silver Cliff 32 below and St. Elmo 35 below, with scattered reports of frigid conditions across the state.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Silver Cliff
St. Elmo
Second provisional battalion to form at Presidio
Orders from the military department of California headquarters call for organizing a second provisional battalion at the Presidio. The recruiting surge has raised numbers enough to justify forming a regiment soon.
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San Francisco
Military Department of California
Presidio
Turk Boy Fatally Shoots Man After Father Confrontation
In Eatonton Georgia on Tuesday 17 year old Will Turk shot and killed Kimball Aiken during a dispute. Thomas Turk a local merchant was involved in the fight and urged his son to fire at Aiken who died at the scene.
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Eatonton
Will Turk
Kimball Aiken
Thomas Turk
Aiken
Wills
Calumet and Hecla Mining Raises Wages for 4000
Calumet Michigan January 2 The Calumet and Hecla Mining Company increased wages for its 4000 employees by 244 percent on Tuesday. Previously last March the firm had lifted wages by ten percent.
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Calumet, Mich
Calumet & Hecla Mining Co
Singer Miss Palmer Weds Lawrence Hamilton in Phoenix
Phoenix on January 2 reports Miss Vevian Palmer a St. Louis singer married Lawrence Hamilton former managing editor of the Springfield News in a night ceremony.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Vevian Palmer
St. Louis
Lawrence Hamilton
Springfield
Minister of Marine to Resign in Spain
Madrid reports that Rr. Adm. Remos, minister of marine, is likely to resign after the chamber of deputies rejected the government plan to expand the navy. The resignation would follow the rejection of the naval buildup measure.
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Madrid
Rr. Adm. Remos
Chamber of Deputies
Senators Receive Calls on African Natives Treaty
Washington date line reports Senator Frye has received telegraphic petitions from New York church secretaries representing Methodist Baptist Presbyterian Dutch Reform and Episcopal bodies. They urge the senate in its first act of the new century to ratify the treaty to protect African natives against intoxicants and promote universal application through further treaties and laws.
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Washington
Frye
Senate
New York
Carroll
Morren
Moorehouse
Ellinwood
Spear, Cobb and Lloyd
National Missionary Societies of
Methodists
Baptist
Presbyterian
Dutch Reformed
Episcopal
Africa
Hoff released as coroner finds Mrs Hammers died by own hand
Chicago January 2. Mining operator M D Hoff, held during an inquiry into the death of Mrs Hammers found with a bullet wound, was released after a coroner jury verdict held that Mrs Hammers committed death by own action.
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Mrs. Hammers
Chicago
M. D. Hoff
Hammers
American lad wins handicap mile at Clermont rink
Twentieth century speed skating honors were scored by Phil Kearney of the Pawnee Athletic club Brooklyn in the international handicap mile at the Clermont avenue skating rink. Detroit gas manager Walbridge warns of a temporary natural gas supply shortfall if the cold snap lasts 24 hours and urges customers to secure alternate fuel.
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New York
Clermont’ Avenue
Phil” Kearney
Pawnee Athletic Club
Brooklyn
Detroit, Mich
Walbridge
Detroit City Gas Co
Advices from Northern Mexico News Brief
Phoenix Arizona reports advices from Northern Mexico on January events with brief notes. The item notes regional developments and mentions dates and local influence.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Mexico
First Newspaper Writers Recall Paragraphers Mutual Admiration
A Washington letter recalls the early Paragraphers Association formed by three circulars from the Brooklyn Argus, New York Commercial Advertiser, and New York Herald. Twenty four members joined and an annual dinner was planned, with wit and photographs exchanged before the group faded as news trusts formed and editors moved toward professional merit. The piece then shifts to modern Washington correspondents who pool and trade items to better serve readers, noting a cooperative network across New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha, Denver and San Francisco.
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Brooklyn Argus
New York Commercial Advertiser
New York Herald
George F. Babbitt
Boston Post
Cecil T. Bagnall
Turner’s Falls
J. M. Bailey
Danbury News
George D. Bayard
Nathaniel Burbank
New Orleans
New Orleans Republican; Robert J. Burdette
Burlington Hawkeye
George L. Catlin
W. A. Croffut
New York Graphic
J. M. Gregory
Rochester Democrat
Charles Burdette Hart
Baltimore Gazette
J. G. P. Holden
Yonkers Gazette
C. B. Lewis
Detroit Free Press
P. I. Man
E. M. Rewey
Worcester Press
Spicer
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Samuel W. Small
Atlanta Herald
Stiles T. Stanton
Norwich Bulletin
Alexander Sweet
San Antonio Herald
Ausburn Towner
Elmira Advertiser
Stanley Waterloo
St. Louis Republican
Francis Wells
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
W. A. Wilkins
Whitehall Times
J. H. Williams
Norristown Herald
FE. E. Wood
Chicago Evening Journal
Bob Burdette
Burling
Mutual Admiration Society
Washington
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Denver
San Francisco
House
Buffalo
Detroit
Grand Rapids
St. Paul
Great Lakes
Combine
Detroit Tribune
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
St. Paul Globe
Sam Stephenson
Michigan
Sam
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Portland
Ore
Mannig
Philippines
Transvaal
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Wilhelmj
Alex T. Sweet
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