Hay Pauncefote Treaty Defense Prompts Ratification Push
Senator Foraker defends the Hay Pauncefote treaty while Senator Morgan cites Nicaragua and Costa Rica protocols as essential to canal neutrality and ratification. Bard signals an amendment on coastwise preference for American goods.
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Rotocols
Nicamegua
Costa Rica
Morgan
Washington
Tillman
Colombia
United States
Panama Canal Company
Panama Canal
Bard
California
Foraker
Senate
Nicaragua
Labou chere backs amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty
London commentary by Henry Labou chere supports the U S Senate Davis amendment. He says the U S should avoid angering the United States while recognizing potential gains from the canal’s construction even under military occupation. He adds that Great Britain would be prudent to accept the amended treaty.
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London
Henry Labouchere
United States Senate
United States
Great Britain
Western association launches as new baseball league
Chicago December 19. The Western association, a proposed ally of the American League, will be launched at once. Included in the circuit are Grand Rapids Detroit Toledo Indianapolis Minneapolis St Paul Kansas City and other cities not yet decided upon.
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New Baseball League
Chicago
Western Association
G. W. Burnham
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Toledo
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Sells Divorce Case Settled in Columbus Court
After weeks of trial the Sells divorce ends with Peter Sells granted a divorce for gross neglect of duty. He keeps the Dennison avenue home. Mrs Sells receives 20000 alimony and pays her own attorney fees. Settlement reached by agreement.
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Columbus
Sells
Peter Sells
Dennison Avenue
Telegraphers Strike Called a Mistake by Railway Leaders
Chicago December 19. J M Barr Santa Fe third vice president states a committee of railway organization reps dealing with telegraphers grievances views the strike as a mistake. At the conference with Santa Fe officials the sole request will be the re employment of the striking telegraphers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. M. Barr
Santa Fe Railway
The
Santa Fe
Prominent Monmouth Manufacturer Dies in Runaway
William Hanna aged 73 a leading Monmouth industrialist was killed in a runaway accident. He owned the Monmouth Mining and Manufacturing company the Maple City soap works and the Monmouth Pottery company. He built the Peoria and Farmington road now part of the Iowa Central railroad and owned a 25000 acre Texas ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth, Ills
William Hanna
Monmouth Mining and Manufacturing Company
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth Pottery Company
Peoria and
Farmington Road
Iowa Central Railroad
Texas
Bank Robbery At Sally Sparks Reward Offer
The Dicks & Sally firm in Sally Orangeburg County reported their safe blown open with dynamite. About $7,000 in currency and gold was stolen along with mortgages totaling roughly $2,000. A $500 reward was offered for recovery and arrest of the criminals.
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Charleston
S. C
Dicks & Sally
Sally
Orangeburg County
Ireland’s Jubilee to mark 25 years as bishop
St Paul December 19 Archbishop John D Ireland will celebrate the silver jubilee of his episcopate next Friday. He will have served 25 years as a Catholic bishop. Public observance is not expected due to the archbishop’s aversion to notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
John D. Ireland
Circh
Four teen homesteaders indicted over land claim fraud
Rapid City South Carolina report says four teen homesteaders face indictments for fraudulent representations to the land office about improvements on their claims. Washington orders halt on homestead entries in the Black Hills forest reserve after a 90 day limit.
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Rapid City
S. C
Land Office
Washington
Black Hills Forest Reserve
Fire destroys Freeman home. Mrs. Freeman dies
Estherville Iowa December 19 Fire gutted John Freeman house and Mrs. Freeman perished. Authorities suspect foul play and Freeman is jailed pending coroner's jury inquiry.
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Estherville
John Freeman
Freeman
Boers Raid Cape Colony at Two Points
Boers raid Cape Colony at two separate points about 100 miles apart. One commando approached Philipstown between Colesberg and Kimberley, while Herzog's column reportedly crossed the Orange river near Odendaalstroom and Bethulie, aiming for Cradock. General MacDonald engages the invaders west of Burghersdorp as British forces slowly force them back to the Orange river. The invaders clash with Cape Rifles and Brabant's force, retiring with losses on Saturday.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Philipstown
Colesberg
Kimberley
Herzog
Orange River
Odendaalstroom
Bethulie
Burghersdorp
Cradock
MacDonald
Cape Rifles
Brabant
Moorish government settles U.S. indemnity claim
A message from U S Consul Gummerey at Tangiers reports the Moorish government has paid the United States 5000 dollars as indemnity for the murder of Marcus Eszagui, a naturalized American citizen, in Morocco last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Gummerey
Tangiers
State Department
Marcus Eszagui
Morocco
Volunteers to be Mustered Out and Homeward Move Begun
Manila dispatch reports volunteer regiments will sail home for muster out starting New Year’s Day. The 37th volunteers depart Laguna de Bay aboard the Sheridan, while the 11th cavalry sails January 15 aboard the Meade. Regulars will replace volunteers. natives to be discharged. Potential post depletion could spark renewed insurgent activity.
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Manilla
United States
Philippines
Laguna de Bay District
Sheridan
Eleventh Cavalry
Philippines Trade Totals For Ten Months Ended April 30
A War Department insular affairs summary reports Philippines imports valued at 16,450,255 for ten months ending April 30. Gold and silver added 1,714,951 bringing total imports to 18,165,206 with 1,183,486 of that from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Philippines
United States
Insurgents Attack Cebu Island Position
Lieutenant Herbert L. Evans with 50 men attacked a fortified insurgent position at Tonoxigan Cebu Island. On December 12 several hundred bolo men and 50 armed insurgents held the line. American casualties were three wounded. enemy losses included 12 killed and many wounded.
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Manilla
Herbert L. Evans
Forty-fourth Infantry Regiment
Tonoxigan
Cebu
Marriage Sparks Riot in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on December 19 a riot erupted after white man William Zeller wed Jennie Henry, a colored woman. A mob of about 1000, led by Richard Zeller and the bridegroom’s father, surrounded the Laurel Street home and shouted calls to Lynch, but police dispersed the crowd.
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Pittsburg
Lower Allegheny
William Zeller
Jennie Henry
Laurel Street
Richard Zeller
Entomologists Plan Citrus Pest Experiments in South Florida
Lake City Florida December 19 Professor H A Gossard entomologist at the Florida experimental station and Professor C W Woodsworth entomologist of California left for South Florida to study methods for destroying insects injurious to citrus trees and fruits. They will focus on spraying to kill the white fly which causes sooty mold on fruit and trees and on cleaning market fruit whose rind has discoloration from the mold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake City
Fla
H. A. Gossard
Florida Experimental Station
C. W. Woodsworth
California
South
Florida
Fires break out across Boston cause heavy losses
Eight separate alarms sent the Boston fire department racing through the city. Total losses reach about 200000 dollars with Cutter & Cutter trunk and baggage factory destroyed along with stock worth 40000. The six story Wakefield building burned and N Freedman & Brother wholesale jobbers suffered the heaviest damage, about 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cutter & Cutter
Wakefield
N. Freedman & Brother
Freedman
Bank Door Left Open Spurs $1500 Theft in Milbank
Milbank South Dakota December 19 an Albertath Gold & Company bank was robbed of 1500 dollars while the cashier was away at dinner. The door was not locked and the telephoned report says the bank was robbed during dinner.
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Milbank
S. C
Alberthat Gold & Company
Thanksgiving Service Abandoned in London
London December 19 The planned thanksgiving at St Pauls Cathedral for Lord Roberts return from South Africa has been postponed as the government says it is desirable to defer a general thanksgiving until the South Africa operations conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Salisbury
South Africa
National Union of Conservative Associations
Daily News
Lord Kitchener
St. Paul's Cathedral
Lord Roberts
Powesheik County Treasurer Rowe Released in Mexico
C W Rowe once absconding Powesheik County treasurer has been freed from Belem prison in Mexico after six years. He fled with forty thousand dollars of county funds and was found by Pinkerton detectives. He acquired real estate and Mexican citizenship, blocking extradition. Mexican law then charged him with bringing stolen money into the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Grinnell
C. W. Rowe
Powesheik
Belem
City of
Rowe
Powesheik County
Pinkerton
Two Negroes Confess Terrible Crime in Mississippi
Two Black men confessed to killing a white boat owner his wife and baby at a trading boat near Arcadia Mississippi. After robbing the house they set the boat on fire and were later identified by the white man’s clothing and shotgun. It is believed they were lynched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Providence
Arcadia
Miss
Booz Court of Inquiry Opens at West Point
The military court of inquiry arrived at the United States Military Academy to resume hearings on hazing claims connected to Oscar L Booz of Bristol. Sixty eight members of the class of 1902 were summoned. witnesses denied any brutal hazing and questioned Booz’s standing among peers.
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Booz
West Point
N. Y
Bristol
Military Academy
Oscar L. Booz
Burglars Dynamite Cashion Bank Safe
Kingfisher Oklahoma December 19 burglars blew the safe of the Bank of Cashion eighteen miles east and stole about $3200. The bank keeps most deposits at Guthrie with $4000 insurance through Des Moines Casualty Company to indemnify the loss.
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Kingfiher
O. T
Bank of Cashion
Guthrie
Des Moines Casuality Company
Bill Halley, Quantrell lieutenant, dies in St Joseph asylum
Was With Quantrell. William Halley known as Bill Halley, chief lieutenant of Quantrells raiders who burned Lawrence Kansas, died in the stage insane asylum in St Joseph Missouri. He was 59, born in Louisville and had lived here 25 years.
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St. Joseph
William Halley
Border
Bill’ Halley
Quantrell
Lawrence
Kan
Stage
Halley
Louisville
California Fruit Canners case enjoins local firm from non California fruit sales
A federal decree by Judge Harris permanently restrains W. W. Roberts & Company of Baltimore from selling pears and peaches not produced in California in cans or vessels bearing the California name.
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Baltimore
Harris
United States
California Fruit Canners’ Association
W. W. Roberts & Company
California
Beer Prices to Rise in Indiana on Feb 1
Indianapolis Dec 19 The Indiana Brewers association says beer prices will rise February 1 unless Congress cuts the war tax. A Hagen president of the association notes production costs are up about 75 percent over last year.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Brewers’ Association
A. Hagen
Britain and United States Seek Clarity on Peking Note
London reports say Great Britain and other powers have largely accepted alterations to the preamble of a joint note on the Chinese situation. Ambassador Choate held talks with the foreign secretary as secrecy shrouds possible outcomes. Britain wavers over whether the terms are irrevocable, while indications point to an irrevocable stance.
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London
Great Britain
Peking
Russia
Japan
Choate
United States
Foreign Office
Lynchers to Be Prosecuted in Spencer County Case
Governor Mount pledges vigorous prosecution of the Spencer county triple lynching. He says no stone will be left unturned to punish mob leaders and bring them to court after consulting with Attorney General Taylor on the best procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Mount
Spencer County
Taylor
Church Seized Over Tax on St. Josephs Church
Paris authorities have seized St Josephs church and the fathers property on Avenue Hoche after denying the petition to exempt the English speaking Catholic Church from a heavy tax. 20 000 francs in arrears since 1898 are demanded. appeal to English and American Catholics planned.
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Paris
St. Joseph
St. Joseph’s
Avenue Hoche
Typhoid Toll Strikes Dowie Family in Benton Harbor
In Benton Harbor Michigan on December 19 Charles Moshier aged 35 and his son Harold aged 10 died from typhoid fever. A daughter is not expected to live as the family adheres to Dowie faith and refuses doctors. The mother is sick but recovering. The family refuses medicines.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Charles Moshier
Harold
Steamer Admiral Schley Aground Off Kingston Harbor
Kingston Jamaica December 19. The steamer Admiral Schley from Philadelphia on December 12 struck a coral reef in Kingston harbor and ran aground for four hours. She jettisoned 600 bags of coconuts and was later floated. Divers examined her and deemed the vessel seaworthy.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Admiral Schley
Philadelphia
Kingston Harbor
After a Year’s Idleness in Chicago Building Trades
The Gassiters' union signed a three-year contract with contractors and members will return to work after nearly a year of idleness. The agreement includes withdrawal from the building trades council.
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Chicago
Gassiters’ Union
Building Trades Council
New Minister to Greece Named in McKinley Nomination
Charles B. Francis of Troy New York, nominated by President McKinley as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Greece, is a Cornell graduate of 1877. He started as a printer at Troy Times then rose to reporter, city editor and manager following his father’s founding of the newspaper.
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Greece
New York
Charles
Francis
McKixley
Troy
N. Y
John M. Francis
Troy Daily Times
Portugal
Austria-Hungary
Cornell University
Troy Times
Had Famous Ancestors
Lock Haven Pa December 19 Mrs Jane Elizabeth Waggoner died here of paralysis aged seventy She was the great great granddaughter of President John Adams and the great granddaughter of John Quincy Adams Her grandfather was killed in the war of 1812 Her father served in the Mexican war her husband was killed in the civil war at Atlanta while under General Sherman her son served through the civil war and her grandson Lieutenant Gardner was killed recently in the Philippines.
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Lockhaven
Jane Elizabeth Waggoner
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Atlanta
Sherman
Gardner
Philippines
Cincinnati Men Die and Are Injured in Afton Train Incident
Dan Keegan, a Cincinnati resident, was struck and killed while attempting to board a westbound Delaware and Hudson freight at Afton, Binghamton N Y. His companion C W Smith also of Cincinnati was injured losing two fingers on his left hand and suffering head and facial injuries.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Dan Keegan
Cincinnati
Afton
C. W. Smith
Smith
Clapp Endorsed for Ramsey County Senate Vacancy
In St Paul on December 19 the Ramsey county Republican state senators and house members met to act on filling the vacancy from the death of Senator C K Davis. General Moses E Clapp received the endorsement.
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St. Paul
Ramsey County
House
C. K. Davis
Moses E. Clapp
Four masked men torture farmer over missing treasure
Four masked assailants terrorized Michael Fryman, a 45-year-old farmer near Hamilton, after failing to locate $3,000 they believed was hidden in his home. They applied a hot poker and acid in an unsuccessful attempt to force a confession, then knocked him unconscious and left him for dead.
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Hamilton
Michael Fryman
Fryman
Pingree's Banquet Attended by Few Legislators
Governor Pingree hosted a banquet in the Michigan House hall honoring state legislators Supreme Court justices and railroad officials. None of the invited justices or railroad officials attended, while only three state senators and 46 representatives were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pingree
Lansing
Mich
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Strike Compromised Ends Marine Engineers Walkout
Pittsburg December 19 The four week old strike of marine engineers was compromised and declared off. The coal combine agreed to reverse the wage advance demanded and to reinstate all former workers but refused to sign the union’s proposed pay scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Marine Engineers
Coal Production Curtailed by Berlin Syndicate
The coal mine syndicate agrees to produce 10 percent less coal than allotments after January 1 to stabilize prices. The decision draws sharp press criticism as hindering German industrial development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Cromwell ashore off Holland coast with cargo jettisoned
The British steam er Cromwell commanded by Captain Woodruff, sailing from New Orleans to Bremen, ran ashore at Borndiep near Amelende island off Holland. Assistance is being sent and the cargo has been jettisoned to lighten the vessel.
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London
Cromwell
Woodruff
New Orleans
Norfolk
Bremen
Borndiep
Amelende Island
Holland
McFadden Edges Leon After Tough 20 Round Bout
In Memphis at the Phoenix Athletic Club Kid McFadder of San Francisco defeated Casper Leon of New York after 20 fierce rounds in a prize fight. The betting was even and referee Hogam awarded McFadden the decision for leading in the early rounds.
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Memphis
Kid McFadder
San Francisco
Casper Leon
New York
Phoenix Athletic Club
Hogam
McFadden
Market Reports: Grain and Stock Prices Across Cities
Cattle in Chicago range from good to prime at 5 15 to 6 00 dollars for steers and lower grades down to 1 75 for canners. Hogs trade around 4 60 to 4 85, sheep and lambs near 3 40 to 5 50, with regional quotes from Cleveland Pittsburgh Buffalo New York Cincinnati Boston Toledo and Baltimore highlighting no. 2 red wheat at 72 to 74 cents and corn at 30 to 39 cents.
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Chicago
Texas Fed
Texas
Texas Bulls
Cleveland
Best& Helfers
Best
Pittsburg
New York
Canada
Cincinnati
Boston
Ohio
Delaing
Toledo
Baltimore
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Iowa
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