Congress Debates Representation in Southern States
Washington Jan 5. The House fought a spirited battle over a resolution to investigate abridgement of suffrage in southern states to guide reapportionment. Debate featured frank admissions that enfranchisement efforts failed and certain states limit black votes. A census committee referral followed.
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Washington
House
Census Committee
McDermott
New Jersey
Hopkins
Illinois
Shafroth
Colorado
Shattue
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Maine
Delaware
Connecticut
California
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Wyoming
Oregon
Debate on Army Reorganization and Philippine Question
Washington debate on the army reorganization bill centers on the need for a larger regular army and the Philippine issue. Senators clash over permanent 100000 man force, Alaska boundary claims, and Hoar Money amendments proposing limited increases and an amnesty linked proviso with amnesty and inviting hostile leaders to discuss reforms.
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Washington
Philippine
Philippines
Carter
Mont
Wellington
Maryland
United States
Hoar
Congress
Money
Philippine Islands
Executive
Receivers Appointed for Glasgow Manufacturing Company
Boston Jan 5 The Glasgow Manufacturing company cotton mill operators of South Hadley is in receivers’ hands. A bill filed by James C Atwater and other creditors alleges a debt near 100000 and wasting assets. Counsel for the company admitted the debt and urged receivership.
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Boston
Glasgow Manufacturing Company
Apertors
South Hadley
James C. Atwater
New York
Boy Dies of Hydrophobia After Rabid Dog Bite
Ralph G. Stuller, twelve, of Dresden, Zanesville Ohio, died at home from hydrophobia contracted weeks after a gypsy dog bit him. The dog mauled his face and arms, he was treated in Chicago and discharged as cured, but two days later he relapsed and died in horrible agony.
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Zanesville
Ralph G. Stuller
Dresden
Chicago
Stockholders Elect Directors Of National Roofing Co
A meeting of National Roofing and Corrugating stockholders in Wheeling elected the board of directors. Elected were G. F. Needham of Cleveland R. T. Scott of Cambridge Ohio F. J. Hyndman of Cincinnati F. C. Robbins of Niles Ohio C. F. Clark of Canton Ohio and F. C. Caldwell of Wheeling West Virginia.
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Wheeling
National Roofing & Corrugating Company
West Virginia
Ohio
G. F. Needham
Cleveland
R. T. Scott
Cambridge, O
F. J. Hyndman
Cincinnati
F. C. Robbins
Niles, C
C. F. Clark
Canton
F. C. Caldwell
Globe News Bites Report Earthquakes Snow and Loss
Earthquake shocks hit central Missouri and six feet of snow blankets northern California valleys. A coal mine near Steubenville discovers a silver deposit while Holland and Howard in Buffalo suffer a $100,000 fire loss. General Batchelder dies in Washington, Paul Kruger may visit the United States, and a bank cashier in Richmond, Missouri goes missing amid a dynamite explosion at Repauno Chemical in Thompson's Point New Jersey leaving three dead.
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California
Steubenville
Buffalo
Holland & Howard
White
Berlin Academy of Science
United States
Canada
General Batchelder
Army
Washington
Paul Kruger
Cashier
Shotwell
Ray County Bank
Richmond
Repauno Chemical Company
Thompson’s Point
N. J
Senate votes Hay Pauncefote treaty ends Clayton Bulwer pact
Berlin dispatch notes Kreuz Zeitung critique of the U S Senate approving the Hay Pauncefote treaty. It compares it to overturning the Clayton Bulwer agreement and suggests Britain may protest by calling it a measure for measure. It mentions Alsace Lorraine as a parallel aside.
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Berlin
Kreuz Zeitung
United States
Senate
Assemblee Nationale of
Bordeaux
Frankfort
Alsace- Lorraine
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Maesure
Fire at McQuen's Run kills father and son
East Liverpool Ohio Jan 5 a blaze at a shanty near a Wellsville area mine cremated John Yates 40 and his son George 18. The fire started when a live coal from a stove ignited the floor and a stored powder keg exploded destroying the cabin.
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East Liverpool
John Yates
George
McQuen’s Run
Wellsville
Colonial Officers Named for Key Territories
London January 5 announces colonial officer appointments. Sir Alfred Milner becomes governor of the Transvaal and British high commissioner. The Hon. Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson moves to Natal as governor. Major Hamilton John Goold-Adams is named lieutenant governor of the Orange River Colony.
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London
Alfred Milner
Transvaal
Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson
New Foundland
Natal
Hamilton John Goold-Adams
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Orange River
European Cold Snap Grips Continent From Berlin To Bucharest
A European cold wave spreads from Berlin to Bucharest with heavy snow in Galicia and southern Russia. Odessa reports property loss and train delays from deep drifts while Black Sea vessels are overdue. The Danube freezes near Bucharest and skating appears in north Holland. Swans in Berlin saw the Spree freeze quickly.
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Europe
London
Galicia
Russia
Odessa
Black Sea
Danube
Bucharest
Holland
Berlin
Europe needs zinc ore. US can supply large quantities
Consul Listoe in Rotterdam reports a strong demand field for American zinc ore in Europe as European mines run scarce and the United States is ready to supply any required amount.
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Washington
Listoe
Rotterdam
Europe
United States
Warship Arrives to Aid Americans in Venezuela Fracas
Washington reports from January five say a Scorpion under Commander Sargent has reached La Guayra Venezuela to assist Minister Loomis. The aim is to secure a fair judicial settlement of disputes over asphalt franchises amid possible resistance by a local asphalt company.
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Washington
State Department
Loomis
Navy Department
Sargent
Scorpion
la Guayra
Venezuela
United Mine Workers Call Issued for January Convention
Indianapolis January 5 The official call for the United Mine Workers annual convention to meet in Indianapolis begins January 21. John Mitchell president and W B Wilson secretary treasurer issued the call urging unions near each other to combine in sending delegates to cut local expenses and transport costs for the national body.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
John Mitchell
W. B. Wilson
Blood Money Allegations Tie Columbus Doctor to Killing
Dr. Cook, father of a Artesia mayoral figure, was arrested in Columbus after a late night shooting that killed R O S Tomlinson. Authorities say Tomlinson had been paid by Crump & Company for information leading to the robber, a payment Cook called blood money. The confession followed a dispute at Cook's office before the fatal shot.
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Columbus
Miss
Dr. Cook
R. O. S. Tomlinson
Artesia
Crump & Company
Tom Cook
West Point
Tomlinson
Cook
Double Lynching in Madison Florida Reported
Two colored men Jim Denson and his half brother were taken from the county jail by unknown assailants. They were hanged in the woods near Madison after being accused of killing Frederick Redding. Bodies bul let riddled. The men fled to Georgia before being recaptured. An estimated hundred or more lynchers were involved, indicated by numerous empty car traces at the site.
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Madison
Fla
Jim Denson
Frederick Redding
Georgia
Interstate League Keeps Status Amid Plans For New Minor Circuit
In Cleveland on January 5 the plan to form a minor American baseball league, begun in Chicago, was blocked. The Interstate league will continue with 12 cities, including Toledo Columbus Dayton Indianapolis Louisville and Mansfield. C. B. Power of Pittsburgh was re elected president.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Toledo
Columbus
Dayton
Indianapolis
Louisville
Mansfield
C. B. Power
Pittsburg
Molineux seeks legislative review of murder case delay
General Edward Molineux plans to appeal to the legislature to uncover the delay in settling his son Roland Molineux’s first degree murder conviction. He may urge a committee investigation and a bill limiting trial judges on murder verdict reviews.
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Molineux
New York
Edward Molineux
Roland
Sailors Rescued After Schooner James Boyce Jr. Encounters Storm
The schooner James Boyce Jr. bound for Philadelphia with lumber sailed from Savannah on Monday, rode out bad weather at Tybee Roads, was driven onto the south breakers, and with only deck rigging as refuge for about ten hours before tug Paulsen rescued the crew.
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Savannah
James Boyce, Jr
Allen
Philadelphia
Tybee Roads
Paulsen
Girl Slashed by Lecherous Attacker Near Marietta
Nellie Morris 18 daughter of local merchant Benjamin Morris was attacked on the road home from the post office by Walter A. Weinstock a 20 year old former reformatory inmate. He slashed her with a razor causing fatal wounds as a crowd restrained him and he was turned over to authorities. Police will move Weinstock to this city for safety amid threats of lynching.
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Marietta
Nellie Morris
Benjamin Morris
Hackney
Morgan County
Walter A. Weinstock
Reformatory
Weinstock
Damaging Gale Spares Anastasia Island Coastline
A northeaster at St. Augustine on January 5 caused extensive erosion on Anastasia Island. The South Beach railway, road bed and track, carriage drive and shoreline near Casa Marina suffered washouts. The Ciquina Sheet area facing valuable property eroded significantly, with encroachment unseen in five years.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Anastasia Island
South Beach Railway
Casa Marina
Turkish Minister Reinstated Amid Young Turkey Fears
Constantinople reports Ali Farrouh Bey is reinstated as Turkish minister in Washington after being displaced for joining the Young Turkey movement. He will receive £10,000 as commissioner on the Ottoman cruiser project, to be built by the Cramp shipbuilding company.
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London
Ali Farrouh Bey
Washington
Mustapha Bey
Constantinople
Young Turkey Party
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Coal Famine Reporting Mines Quiet Across Regions
Denver dispatch notes a coal famine in progress from Cheyenne to Gallup with northern Colorado mines shut and lignite supply cut off. Southern Colorado bituminous operations run behind on orders from Nebraska and Kansas, preventing relief for Denver.
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Denver
Cheyenne
Wyo
Gallup
N. M
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Will Resort to Force in Far East Crisis
Shanghai reports that France plans an overland force from Tonkin to Chen Tu if the Chinese court moves there. A Chinese paper says a foreign power, likely Britain, may use force to seize Chu Ran unless those responsible for the Chue Now Christian massacre are beheaded.
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Shanghai
Tonkin
Chen Tu
Chung Wei Jih Pao
Chu Ran
Chue
Timber Theft Suspects Among Wisconsin Farmers
Seventeen well to do farmers on the Oneida Indian reservation are jailed by the U S marshal for cutting government timber valued at 48000 dollars. The government plans similar suits against Wisconsin mill owners involving about 50000 dollars in total.
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Uncle Sam’s Timber
Milwaukee
Oneida
United States
Wisconsin
Yale Boys Defrated in Kenton Basketball Bout
Kenton Ohio January 5 Yale boys basketball team lost to the Kenton city squad by 13 to 5 in a game watched by about 1500 spectators. Yale committed nine fouls to Kenton seven.
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Yale
Kenton
Company I
London Fog Halts Traffic and Work in January Chill
A choking brown fog shrouded London for hours on January 5 causing numerous street collisions and casualties. Outdoor workers halted, railroad arrivals delayed, and river traffic stopped as the city faced widespread disruption.
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London
Woman Charged With Murder in California Arson Fire
In San Jose two weeks after a house near Conrad Ruff burned killing four of his children Mrs. Conrad Ruff, stepmother of the victims, is arrested on charges of murder and arson. She denies the charges.
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San Jose
Cal
Conrad Ruff
Ruff
Kentuckian's suicide at Hutchinson hotel
Hutchinson Kansas January 5 a 30 year old man registered as R S Osborne from Lexington Kentucky died by his own hand at a local hotel after ingesting strychnine.
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Hutchinson, Kas
R. S. Osborne
Lexington
Prince and Princess of Wales to visit Ireland
London January 5 It is definite that the Prince and Princess of Wales will visit Ireland including a stop in Dublin during the Punchestown races.
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Wales
Ireland
London
Prince and Princess of Wales
Dublin
Peace Negotiation Hint Emerges From English Talk
London reports suggest a peace suggestion approved in England as the Cape Colony invasion continues. Earl Roberts begins new duties at the war office while Kitchener calls for 5,000 miners guards. Cape Town sends 500 men north as forces clash near Middleberg and Graaf Reinet. Boers advance and retreat with prisoner counts rising.
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London
Earl Roberts
Kandahar
Pretoria
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Cape Town
Williams
Middleberg
Grenfel
Brabant
Graaf Reinet
Maseru- Basutoland
Dewet
Ficksburg
Daily Mail
the Hague
Netherlands South Africa Railway
Daily Chronicle
Montreal
Wilfrid Laurier
Dominion
Colonial Office
South Africa
Trade review signals steady prices and progress at year start
R G Dun and Company reports the new year opens with progress despite holidays and heavy settlements. Contracts offered at steady prices persist across leading industries and cotton goods show better movement while raw cotton prices slide and wheat declines as the notable staple movement.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Company
Weekly Review of Trade
American Invasion of Europe Reported by London Press
London reports that the Daily Express notes an American syndicate may run a summer service on the Thames. The piece calls this “American invasion” a serious threat, likening it to a Boer invasion and blaming British discouragement of inventors for lost progress.
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Europe
London
The
Daily Express
United States
Thames
Cape Colony
Louisville and Port Royal Railroad Company Formed
Chicago and Tennessee capitalists organize the Louisville and Port Royal Railroad Company with capital of 100000 to build a Louisville Kentucky to Port Royal South Carolina line. Surveys planned in two to three weeks with construction hoped to begin next spring.
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Chicago
Louisville
Port Royal
S. C
Louisville and
Wey
Brady Confident On Jeffries Ruhlin Fight
Manager William A. Brady, guiding James J. Jeffries, arrives in Cincinnati to arrange for the February 15 Saengerfest Hall fight. He predicts mayoral consent and cites a $5,000 forfeit risk for Saengerfest directors. Jeffries to begin training in Allenhurst, New Jersey next Sunday.
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Brady
Cincinnati
William A. Brady
James J. Jeffries
Jeffries-Ruhlin
Saengerfest Hall
Jeffries
Allenhurst
N. J
Fugitive William Rockwell Found Selling Lunches
William P. Rockwell 15, who ran away from Taunton Massachusetts to escape family pressure, was located in Jacksonville Florida selling lunches at a Bay street restaurant. He refused to return home, saying he will stay away despite a large family search led by his grandfather Charles H. Swan of New York.
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Jacksonville
Fla
William P. Rockwell
Taunton
Mass
Charles H. Swan
New York
Bay Street
Eight Soldiers Slain in Ishtib Clash
In a serious affray near Ishtib eight soldiers were killed during an attempt to arrest Bulgarians suspected of bearing emissaries of the Macedonian committee. The troubles continue in Constantinople.
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Constantinople
Ishtib
Macedonian Committee
Notable Personalities and Modern Figures Across Nations
Henry Miller inventor of steam and air brake died in Chappaqua. Benjamin Stillman, 95, oldest Yale graduate and practicing lawyer in Brooklyn. Li Hung Chang rises from woodchopper father and servant mother. Alfred L. Jones, Liverpool shipbuilder, pledges £1000 yearly for Welsh technical education. Maurice Thompson, former lawyer and editor of the New York Independent. Lord Salisbury notes limited social life in English politics. Rev. F S Hatch leaves Monson to lead Christian Endeavor in India and Burma. Dr. Edward Everett Hale remains active with Boston charities. Henry Villard's generous philanthropy to European and American causes. Every second Tuesday, Swedish king receives visitors by card. British royalties: Prince of Wales salary about 680000 dollars yearly, Carnegie could buy him out. Henrique Amal, 14, Texan, guides emigrants and their French followers to the U S.
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Benjamin D. Stillman
Yale
Brooklyn
Li Hung Chang
Alfred L. Jones
Liverpool
Wales
Maurice Thompson
New York Independent
Lord Salisbury
John Morley
Parnell
Hatch
Congregational
Monson
Mass
Christian Endeavor Union of
India
Burma
Ceylon
Calcutta
Edward Everett Hale
Boston Associated Charities
Henry Villard
Sweden
Psse
Prince of Wales
Andrew Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Henrique Amal
Pecos
Tex
the Lad
Europe
Ocean
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Third Judicial District
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Court of Common
E. Hope Norton
Columbus, Lima & Milwaukee Railway Company
Defiance
William H. Hubbard
State of
Ss. I
W. A. Schmaltz
New Railroad
Royal Garden
Bour
E. T. Travis
E. C. Young
J. F. Singer
Henry Miller
Chappaqua, N. Y
Liviguennais
Stockholders Meeting
Merchants National Bank of Defiam O
Minnie Ruppert
Isam Ruppert
Minnie Port
Court of Common Pleas
Isam Ruppe
George W. Killey
Plaintiff
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Levi Dysinger
William W Cnet Soret Setiff
A. J. Onstott
J. W. Slough
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Snook
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College For Women
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Princeton
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