Peace Talks Begin as Allies Move on Shan Si
Shanghai reports Italian warships at San Mun bay for larger practice and a French force near Pao Ting Fu defeats Boxers with 1000 killed. Washington expects active negotiations at Peking between Li Hung Chang Prince Ching and the allied ministers with terms to be settled including razing the Taku forts and legation guards.
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San Mun Bay
Shan Si
Pao Ting Fu
Washington
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Taku
Chinese Peace Commissioners Sign Joint Note
Peking January 14. The Chinese peace commissioners have signed the joint note. Prince Ching signed Saturday and Li Hung Chang signed Sunday, amid reports of Li Hung Chang suffering Bright's disease. Envoys were told negotiations must stay in Peking due to objections to other locations. The Russians will hand the railroad to the Germans, while M de Giers objects to Britain’s stance on aiding destitute Chinese with rice and wheat.
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Peking
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
M. de Giers
The Big Oil Well in Beaumont Texas
Thousands visited the immense oil well near Beaumont on Sunday as Sabine East Texas railroad ferried crowds from the city. The well has flowed three days with 60 000 barrels of oil wasted on the prairie and several syndicates forming to develop the fields.
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Beaumont
Tex
Sabine & East Texas Railroad
Drifting Ice Floes Threaten St Johns Barrier
Northern ice floes drift along the Atlantic coast and near St Johns Newfoundland endangering the port. The coast steamer Virginia abandoned its voyage due to ice. Floes sweep outward toward trans Atlantic routes and may reach Cape Race this week.
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St. Johns
N. F
Atlantic
Virginia
Cape Race
Big Timber Land Option Ties North to Copper Deal
Northern Pacific Railway Co grants Amalgamated Copper Co an option on all Montana timberland. The deal is projected to net about 6 million dollars to the railway. In New York Bishop Henry C. Potter tops as potential mayor with prominent Republicans pushing for his name.
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Butte
Mont
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Amalgamated Copper Co
Montana
New York
Henry C. Potter
Panic in a Hall Tragedy Spurs Panic Source
Chicago report on the Turner hall disaster notes four missing persons located by Sunday. More than twenty people were injured but no additional deaths. A claim of malicious intent emerges from the Jewish quarter with a warning cry prior to the stampede.
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Chicago
Twelfth Street
Turner Hall
Hugo Oldstein
Riots in Wichita Ends in Street Fight and Arrests
A Sunday riot in Wichita Kansas escalates to a street brawl between three white men and three Negro men. Shots injure Wiley Schnell and Cash Johnson while a mob pursues the principal Negro contestant. Seventeen arrests follow as police restore order.
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Wichita
Kan
Wiley Schnell
Cash Johnson
Schnell
Johnson
Herford
Two Passengers Missing After Koeln Sinking
The Koeln arrived with two passengers reported missing after possibly jumping or falling overboard on January 3 while en route to New York from Bremerhaven. Edward Hermann and his wife Freda, aged 59 and 56, were listed in second cabin and planned to visit relatives in Chicago. Despondent in voyage, they had little speech with others before vanishing.
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New York
Koeln
Edward Hermann
Freda
Bremerhaven
Chicago
Walsh push finalizing Southern Indiana railroad branch
Chicago banker John R. Walsh expands the Chicago Louisville corridor by dispatching surveyors to map a 70 mile branch from Indian Springs to Louisville. The line would serve key towns including West Baden and pass through rich southern Indiana coal fields as part of a growing Walsh dominated route.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Southern Indiana Railroad
Indian Springs
Ind
Louisville
West Baden
Walsh
Indiana
Roosevelt Hunting Lion Near Meeker Colorado
Gov. Roosevelt hunted a mountain lion after a two mile pursuit in Meeker Colorado. The treed lion sprang and narrowly missed Dr. Webb one of his hosts as Roosevelt fired and hit the animal in midair, likely sparing Webb serious injury.
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Chicago
Meeker
Col
Gov. Roosevelt
Dr. Webb
Dowie Opens Boston Meetings for Zion City Project
Rev. John Alexander Dowie, General Overseer of the Zion City venture near Chicago, began a three day series of meetings Sunday at Odd Fellows hall in Boston.
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Boston
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Chicago
Odd Fellows Hall
Expulsion of Obnoxious Foreigner Hugo Lettauer in Prussia
Hugo Lettauer, a naturalized American linked to the Berliner Tageblatt, has been expelled from Prussia as an obnoxious foreigner.
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Berlin
Hugo Lettauer
Berliner Tageblatt
Prussia
House Agenda Sets Week Past River and Harbor Action
Washington January 14 a cabinet of miscellaneous matters will occupy the house this week. The river and harbor bill remains the lead item with debate continuing into the week. after it is settled the postal law revision is slated for consideration. The district of Columbia appropriation and post office appropriation bills follow if time allows.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Post Office
Army reorganization bill to dominate Senate agenda this week
Washington January 14 The army reorganization bill will occupy Senate attention into midweek as senators assess remaining questions. Key issues include Daniel’s amendment on volunteers to regular army offices, staff officers disposition, and Filipino enlistment. Appropriations bills likely ahead of others. ship subsidy debate may extend to night sessions.
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Senate
Washington
Daniel
Allison
Bullet in his brain and wife’s loss drove Pryor to suicide
Robert E. Lee Pryor of Eastbank West Virginia killed himself in George's hotel Indianapolis after his wife died months into their marriage. He showed a hotel employee a photo of his wife, spoke of his love, then shot himself in the head. He arrived from St Louis and carried an unused Cincinnati ticket. The gun misformed after striking a marble mantle. He owned property at Eastbank.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Robert E. Lee Pryor
Eastbank
W. Va
George’s
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Pryor
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Astbank
Joseph Yates Paige Dies After Pneumonia
Washington reports the death of Joseph Yates Paige aged 73, longtime chief clerk to the controller of the currency. Born in Albany in 1850, he was a prominent figure in U.S. banking circles and served six years in his clerical role.
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Washington
Joseph Yates Paige
Mr. Paige
Albany
N. Y
Coal Fleet Set for Southward Shipment in Ohio Rise
Pittsburgh report notes 6,000,000 bushels of coal moving south with 2,000,000 more likely as Ohio river rise continues. The current convoy comprises 87 boats and 84 barges bound for southern markets.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Reward Offered for Return of Kidnapped Boy Bass Frazer
Birmingham news reports Captain N H Frazer of Union Springs offers via Chief Albion Hixon a $500 reward for the return of his son Bass Frazer believed kidnapped from a Atlanta school. The plea notes the incident occurred on January 14 in Birmingham.
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Ala
N. H. Frazer
Union Springs
Albion Hixon
Bass Frazer
Atlanta
Death of Commodore Henderson in Yonkers
Commodore Alex Henderson retired United States Navy chief engineer died at his Yonkers home. Born in Washington D C on July 12 1832 he was a prominent naval figure and veteran of the service.
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New York
Alex Henderson
United States Navy
Yonkers
Commodore Henderson
Washington, D. C
Maine Hospital Ship Arrives in Southampton with Chinese Invalids
The American hospital ship Maine has arrived at Southampton carrying invalids from China.
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Maine
London
Southampton
China
Drowning Report From Madagascar Barge Disaster
Mail advices from Madagascar dated December 16 report the drowning of 50 natives when a barge capsized. In San Francisco on January 14 the transport California arrived with the remains of 74 soldiers who died in China.
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Marseilles
Madagascar
San Francisco
California
Taku
China
Farmer murdered and mother attacked in Gorham holdup
Thes Moshier, a 23 year old farmer, was killed and his mother 72, brutally assaulted at their Gorham home Saturday by two men who broke in seeking robbery. A Negro suspect, William Hands, was arrested Sunday after blood stained items tied to the crime were found on him.
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Moshier
Rufus Moshier
Gorham
William Hands
Scarboro
Rainey Arrested on Embezzlement Charge in Nashville
Walter S. Rainey circuit court clerk of Davidson County was arrested in Nashville on embezzlement in office. The Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Co. of Baltimore obtained the warrant and Rainey is bonded at 10,000 dollars, with admission to bail set at 10,000 dollars in the First and Second circuit courts.
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Nashville, Tenn
Walter S. Rainey
Cirucit
Davidson
Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Co
Baltimore
Rainey
Market Totals From Multiple Cities on Grain and Livestock
Cincinnati reports Flour prices across grades with patent and fancy levels, plus Mississippi River grain notes. Chicago markets show January and May wheat, corn and oats futures. Regional cattle hog and sheep quotes appear for Cincinnati Indianapolis East Buffalo with varied grades and prices.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Ind
East Buffalo
N. Y
Inaugural Address Praises Indiana’s Growth and Debts
Governor Mount lauds Indiana's progress from its birth to the union, cites war service and industry, urges fiscal prudence, reform of public institutions, and calls for careful legislation, voting safeguards, and nonpartisan oversight while seeking support from the legislature and divine guidance.
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Gov. Mount
General Assembly
Indiana
Territory
Great
Northwest Territory
Commonwealth
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