Cudahy pays 25000 ransom for kidnapped son
Omaha reports Edward A. Cudahy paid 25000 in gold to kidnappers for his son Edward Cudahy Jr. The boy was abducted last Tuesday, held about a day, and returned to his father after the ransom was placed. Police efforts continue as investigators pursue the gang.
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Omaha
Neb
Edward A. Cudahy
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Cudahy
Mr. Cudahy
Hs Son
Ilrestion
Omatia
Reform School
South Ov
Cottae
Associated Press
Melville Sears
Cudahy Kidnapping Update From Omaha
A Chicago Chronicle report says Mrs. Cudahy refuses to discuss the abduction of her son, stating only that he is safe. Mr. Cudahy confirms the boy was taken and returned to the gate tonight, with a $25,000 ransom likely paid and a reward to be issued.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Omaha
Nebsaga
Mr. Cudahy
Widow Laura Stembel Follows Husband to Death
Laura MoB Stembel widow of Admiral Roger Stembel dies at her daughter's home in New York two weeks after the admiral's death at the Fifth Avenue hotel. A prior fall while crossing a street fractured her thigh and, compounded by grief and a cold, hastened her decline. She was born Laura McBride of Hamilton Ohio.
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New York
Laura Mob
Stembel
Roger Stembel
CG. S. Schmidt
Fifth Avenue
Laura McBride
James McBride
Hamilton
Ohio
Married a Captain in San Francisco
Surgeon E. C. Woodward, J. A., who holds a captain's commission, wed Miss Catherine McDonald in San Francisco. His home is Chicago, but he recently returned from Manila.
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San Francisco
E. C. Woodward
Catherine McDonald
Chicago
Manila
Total vote for president table to be published
The Times prints a presidential electors vote table showing McKinley at 7,217,877 and Bryan at 6,357,853 with a total 13,967,299 votes cast including 6,211 scattering. Other contenders Woolley Barker Debs Maloney plus minor party votes are listed. National Union Reform and United Christian party totals are given for several states.
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Times
Minnesota
Louisiana
Carolina
McKinley
Bryan
Woolley
Barker
Debs Social
Maloney
National Union Reform Party
Seth, H. Ellis
Ohio
Samuel T. Nicholson
Pennsylvania
United Christian Party
J. F. R. Leonard
Town
John Woolley
Ilinois
National Union Reform
Arkansas
Indiana
Maryland
United Christian
Illinois
Iowa
Brush With the Insurgents Near Cavite
Washington receives Admiral Remey cable from Cavite reporting fifty troopers and five Basco crew landed at Limbanes. They surprised eighty insurgents in a half hour skirmish, thirteen insurgents killed, twelve rifles seized, large stores destroyed, one soldier wounded.
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Washington
Remey
Navy Department
Cavite
Bureau of Navigation
Basco
Limbanes
Cavites
Anti-Canteen League backs anti-canteen army bill
Washington reports a conference of church and temperance groups favoring the anti-canteen provision. Delegates from Presbyterian, Methodist, Lutheran, Disciples, Universalist, Friends, and temperance unions joined by others say they will not settle for compromise and demand strict anti-canteen language in the bill. They endorse the post exchange system but oppose sale of beer in canteens.
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Presbyterian Church
United States
Methodist Episcospal Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Disciples of Christ
The
Universalist Church
Friends
Na ‘Tional Women's Christian Temperance Union
National
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Sons of Temperance of North
National credit men seek wider south influence
Secretary William Prendergast reports from St Louis that the National Association of Credit Men plans to broaden its reach into the south while building a fraud investigation bureau to prosecute delinquent debtors. He notes sufficient funds have been raised from credit associations to launch the effort.
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New York
William Prendergast
National Association of Credit Men
St. Louis
National Association
Prendergast
Not a Turkish Victory
Oscar UC Strauss says McKinley’s nomination of John G A Leishman as minister to Turkey is not a diplomatic victory for the sultan. He disputes claims on delays over missionary claims, notes the president wished his return to Constantinople, and asserts Armenian missionary issues will be amicably settled.
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New York
Oscar UC. Strauss
The
Mail and Express
McKinley
John G. A. Leishman
Turkey
Constantinople
Strauss
Letshman
United States
Largest Mail Sends From New York Steamship Majestic
The Majestic carries 2,398 mail bags and 18,946 registered packages in 14 sacks, the largest mail ever sent from New York. The vessel is crossing the Atlantic and will reach the other side the day after Christmas.
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New York
Majestic
Fenn Elected Bussey Professor of Theology at Harvard
The Rev Dr William Wallace Fenn of the Church of the Messiah Chicago has been chosen Bussey professor of theology at Harvard to succeed the late Dr Charles Carell Everett. Everett was dean of the divinity school. Fenn will not hold that post, which is expected to go to Dr Francis G Peabody. Fenn, born in Boston, graduated from Harvard in 1884 and from the divinity school in 1887, and moved to Chicago in 1891.
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Boston
Wiliam Wallace Fenn
Church of the Messiah
Chicago
Bussey
Harvard University
Charles Careroll Everett
Everett
Divinity School
Fenn
Francis G. Peabody
Plummer
Harvard
Raisin grower loans advance amid slow sales in Fresno
Fresno bankers have arranged to advance 500000 to the Raisin Growers association to fulfill contracts. Sales have slowed due to weak eastern markets. Parkers have taken 1700 carloads of raisins and paid for them. About 300 carloads have been packed amid a dispute over grades.
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Fresno
Cal
Raisin Growers’ Association
Parkers
Imminent outbreak in Pekin province sparks foreign tensions
A Pekin despatch reports rapid deterioration of the province's situation with grave anxiety. It warns that without a rapid new government, a revival of anti foreign outbreaks is likely. Winter hardship and blackmail by native staff add to foreign blame, as criminals flee toward the Shan Tung border burning houses and killing.
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London
Neuter Telegram Company
Pekin
San Chow Fu
Mei
Shan Tung
Many Wrecks At Sea As British Gale Rages
London reports aerial depressions spreading over Great Britain from the west. Steamers are seen on the coast and numerous minor wrecks occur as a southwest gale roars along the Irish coast. The Teutonic faced the storm after sailing from Queenstown for New York carrying passengers and cargo.
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Great Britain
White Star Line
Teutonic
Queenstown
New York
Lam
Mele Light
Telegraphed World News Briefs on Dec 20
A collage of short dispatches reports events across North America and beyond. Items include Catholic tatr raising over $4,000. Red and Gongly bird shoot planned for Christmas. Oscar Matiila killed by rock fall at Red Lodge. imminent battle between Gen Clements and Delarey Boers. Calumet Hecla mines cutting workforce. typhoid and pneumonia rising in Daw son. Stanford football to play Portland in a Christmas game. Mayor Harrison revokes prize fight permits. five thousand governor inaugural ball invitations issued. two counterfeit silvers found in Seattle. Montana Wesleyan debate at Missoula. Martin Sickle sentenced to hang in Kalama. Thyra voyage from Manila reports ships in trouble. Vancouver BC notes consul transfer after French consul’s death. Great Falls touts fire protection reforms. Mrs Shielte in Missoula faces first-degree case. chairman Jones to call meeting to preempt resignation. gubernatorial and mayoral candidate news.
Oleo Debate Heats Up Over Merging Oleo Law
Washington hearing on the Groat Oleo margarine bill features Nebraskan Senator Allen denouncing lobbying tactics and process butter claims while Rathbone Gardiner of Providence argues for manufacturers. Wisconsin Governor Hoard challenges acid washing charges and coloring practices as debates center on industry regulation and consumer tastes.
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Senate Committee On Agriculture
Allen
Nebraska
Liam
Rathbone Gardiner
Providence
Dlen
Vars
Hoard
Wisconsin
Gardiner
Ratified Hay Pauncefote Treaty Clears Senate Vote
Washington December 20 the Hay Pauncefote treaty as amended was ratified by the senate by a 55 to 18 vote preserving the agreement and marking formal approval of the arrangements between the United States and Great Britain.
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Washington
Hazing of Booz at West Point Court of Inquiry
West Point investigations reveal cadets examined about hazing tied to the death of former Cadet Booz. Notable witnesses include the brother of Merrimac hero Hobson, a Sheridan descendant, and Mark Brooke of Pennsylvania. Testimonies describe non brutal, non degrading acts during the 1896 encampment.
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West Point
Military Academy
Moos
Bess Long
Hobson
Merrimac Fame
Phil Sheridan
Mark Brooke
Pennsylvania
Brooke
Booz
Indian appropriation bill gains funding and scope
Washington reports the House committees advanced the Indian Appropriation bill with increases totaling about 24.4 million, including 1.6 million for Outfitting treaty stipulations with Apaches Kiowas and Comanches 50 000 for the Chippewa tribe and 425 000 for Four Hall loans while trimming five civilised tribes.
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Washington
Sherown
New York
Surrey
Pastor Dr W Ray mond Stricklen Dies in Phoenix
In Phoenix Arizona on December 20 Dr W Raymond Stricklen pastor of Hamlin Memorial Episcopal Church Washington DC died after long illness. He arrived here a month ago and his body will be sent back to Washington for burial.
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Phoenix
Ari
W. Raymond Stricklen
Hamlin M. E
Washington, DC
Washington
Negroes to sail for Honolulu from Nashville
About 200 Negroes will leave Nashville tomorrow for San Francisco, from which they will sail to Honolulu to work on sugar plantations. The report, a Nashville dispatch, notes the group heads to the islands for agricultural labor assignments.
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Chicago
Nashville
Tenn
San Francisco
Honolulu
Glucose Trust Split Spurs New $3 Million Plant Plan
Report claims several major capitalists tied to Standard Oil aim to form a $3,000,000 glucose company at Shady Side New Jersey. Backers include H. H. Tower C. M. Pratt William Rockefeller and E. T. Bedford. The plant would process 40,000 bushels of corn daily with Gaunt in charge.
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T. Bedford
Standard Ol Company
Shady Side
N. J
Glucose Refining Company
Mr. Bedford
H. HM. Towers
C. M. Pratt
William Rockefeller
E. T. Bedford
Gaunt
Alan
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