China Likely Accepts Powers Joint Note Conditions
Reports from Peking London and Paris indicate Chinese ministers believe China will accept the terms of the joint note within a month. Li Hung Chang absent due to illness, Prince Ching attends and assures a speedy royal response. Paris dispatch notes the emperor to be informed. London sources anticipate acceptance and possible imperial punishment for instigators.
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Peking
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Senor
B. J. de Cologan
China
Paris
Havas
Leavenworth
Kansas
London
Shanghai
The
Standard
Prince Tuan
Prince Chaung
Shan Si
Shen Si
Yu Hsien
Sian Fu
Share the Profits at Bourne Mills Pays 23rd Dividend
Workers at Bourne mills receive a 34 percent bonus on wages from June through December, part of a long running profit sharing plan now in its twenty third semiannual payout. Each participant gets Christmas pay ranging from two to fifteen dollars as high wage levels and steady employment boost totals. The article also notes currency reform discussions and a fatal serenade incident in New York, plus a London obituary of Dowager Lady Churchill.
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Fall River
Masc
Bourne Mills
Burglars Steal Silk at Kespohl Mohrenstecher Store
Burglars broke into the Kespohl Mohrenstecher company store in Quincy Tl on Monday night and stole 95 bolts of silk valued at 4000 dollars. In Omaha Neb the first heavy snow of the season improved sleighing on Tuesday after a light fall Monday night.
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Baorgiora Roba
Quincy
Dee
Kespohl-Mohrenstecher Company
Omaha
Neb
Fear A Race War In Cementville Report
A Jeffersonville dispatch says Cementville Indiana on the Panhandle line nears a race riot as armed black residents clash with frightened whites. After a Monday drunken confrontation at Sam Kendall’s saloon, shots were fired, Kendall fled to safety, and Sheriff Rave hesitated to intervene. By dawn the town lay quiet but whites remain intimidated and a burst of violence looms if provoked. Kendall and Ranger are central figures with Kendall fearing for his life as deputies are urged to act.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jeffersonville
Cementville
Lee Ranger
John Redmond
Sam Kendall
Sheriff Rave
Kendall
Ranger
Montgomery
National Gospel Campaign Inaugurated In New York
The national gospel campaign opens with the nomination of Greater New York committee members and an invitation to Protestant church officials across the metropolitan district to a December 31 meeting at Association Hall. Thirty thousand copies of the national call will be issued immediately.
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New York
Ae Beem
Committee
Greater New York
Hall
Churches of the Lord Jesus Christ
Association Hall
National Central Committee
Mishawaka Rubber Plant Faces Redoubt Offer
A Mishawaka plant of the Mishawaka Rubber Boot and Shoe Company receives a written sale proposition from United States Rubber, the eastern trust. The offer reportedly values the deal at about 3 million dollars, with three prior takeover bids discussed in recent years. President M. W. Berger says the proposal will be rejected.
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Flay de
Indianapolis
Ind
Sentinel
Mishawaka
United States Rubber Company
Great Eastern Trust
Mishawaka Rubber Boot & Shoe Company
Combine
M. W. Berger
Death of a Prelate at Cairo and a Venezuela Rebellion
Word reached Springfield that Rev. Charles Reuben Hale bishop coadjutor of the Springfield diocese died in Cairo of heart disease. Born March 14, 1837 in Pennsylvania he had served since 1892 and will be buried in Philadelphia. Also, Curacao reports Gen Celestino Peraza proclaimed rebellion at Lezama in Miranda state as government troops move against him.
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Springfield
George F. Seymour
Charles Reuben Hale
Episcopal Church
Cairo
Pennsylvania
Seymour
Philadelphia
New York
Herald
Curacoa
Venezuela
Celestino Peraza
Lezema
State of
Miranda
Veteran Col. Henry S. Harshaw Dies in Milwaukee
Col. Henry S. Harshaw former Wisconsin state treasurer died in Milwaukee on Tuesday at his daughter Mrs Dr Thomas H Hay home. Death caused by cancer of the tongue. Harshaw titled a veteran of Oshkosh and served in the Iron Brigade during the Civil War.
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Milwaukee
Henry
Harshaw
Wisconsin
Thomas H. Hay
Oshkosh
Iron Brigade
Revenge Fire upon Arkansas River Ferryman Sparks Multiple Slayings
John Tiger, a full blood Indian ferryman, rode from Bufala intoxicated and began shooting at sight. He killed Dave Porter and a mover named Johnson, mortally wounded Bud Taylor, wounded Jesse Beck, and wounded Deputy Marshal Johnson before being captured near Eufala. Tiger’s arm wounds require amputation, amid public outcry over liquor and firearms.
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Muskogee
I. T
John Tiger
Arkansas River
Bufala
L. B. Roper
Roper
Tiger
Jesse Beck
Dave Porter
Chief Porter
Johnson
Missouri
Bud Taylor
Marshal Johnson
Eufala
J. Smith
Checotah
T. Thompson
Thompson
Jeweler Wins Sioux City Mansion in Big Iowa Raffle
B M Bills of Vinton, Iowa, drew the John Peirce mansion in a Sioux City raffle. The $57,000 house plus $5,000 lot valued at $62,000 with ticket 38 365. Peirce once a Sioux City settler and millionaire funded by a boom era, had mortgaged the home but kept title. Bills, junior member of J A Bills & Son, plans to view his prize before deciding next steps.
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Sioux City
Iowa
B. M. Bills
Vinton
John Peirce
Bills
Twenty Ninth
Jackson Streets
Mr. Peirce
J. A. Bills & Son
Debts unresolved as Manchester duke seeks settlement
London reports ongoing negotiations to settle the duke of Manchester's debts totaling 115 825 dollars with 95 000 tied to money lenders. His father in law Mr Zimmerman demands terms from lenders who refuse abatement. Bankruptcy costs total 3 500 dollars, to be paid in addition to claims. In Decatur Merrill Wakefield, arrested for a Warrensburg murder, is cleared as the wrong man. The coroner's jury finds Anderson Burnside guilty. Burnside has fled.
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London
Duke of Manchester
Zimmerman
Duke
Mr. Zimmerman
Decatur
Merrill Wakefield
Dick Bivens
Warrensburg
Anderson Burnside
Burnside
Shot His Son in Great Falls Montana Tragedy
In Great Falls on December 26 Jacob Werten shot his son John fatally after tensions with his wife grew, the interceding son protected the mother. The father surrendered to authorities. In Indianapolis on December 26 Webb Ley set a bowling record by rolling 299 of 300 in a City Club match with three teammates, missing only the last pin.
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Great Falls
Mont
Jacob Werten
John
Werten
A Wrammerord
Indianapolis
Ind
Webbley
Cape Colony’s fate hangs on ammunitions in Boer conflict
London dispatches report Cape Colony's position as precarious with Dutch resid ents in Philptown district swearing allegiance to Boers. Kitchener massing troops northward aims to crush marauding commandoes while rail and telegraph lines face disruption amid heavy rains. New Zealand seeks to keep its contingent intact as reinforcements are readied.
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London
Cape Colony
Morning Post
Cape Town
Philiptown
Cape
Lord Kitchener
Times
South Africa
War Office
Kitchener
de Aar
Kimberley
Nuauwpoort
Thorneycroft
Britstown
Prieska
Wellington N. Z
Earl of Ranfurly
Joseph Chamberlain
New Zealand
Released. Bax ter Gains Conditional Pardon In Canada
Montreal December 26 James Baxter formerly of Chicago and now in New York was freed on conditional pardon from St Vincent de Paul penitentiary for his Banque Ville Marie fraud conviction. Ill health and dropsy prompted wife and friends to press for pardon following his sentence of five years. In Wichita Kansas December 26 R W Burrus wealthy cattle man shot hogs for meat then killed himself after warning signs of Brights disease.
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Montreal
Can
James Baxter
Chicago
New York
Banque Ville Marie
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Wichita
Kan
R. W. Burrus
Caddo Country
Mountainview
Bright
Trial of Cornelius Alvord Jr Faces Defaulting Charge
New York December 26. The trial of Cornelius Alvord Jr, former cashier of the First National Bank of this city, is set for today in the United States district court. The defalcation amount is reported as 690000. Obrecht Reiber, a prisoner at East Twentieth Street station house, hanged himself in his cell with a handkerchief.
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Hexin
New York
Cornelius Alvord, Jr
First National Bank
United States District Court
Hinged Himerlf
Obrecht Reiber
East Twentieth Street
Stadom House
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Philippines
Serenader
Himeeli
Louis Lombardo
Jose de Parlo
Brooklyn
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Denis
Lady Churchill
Osborn
Cementville, Ind
Woemdiug
Capes Colony
P. Defoire
Devils Lake, N. D
Grand Forks, N.D
Daltey Gem Meat Market
Mastin Ty
Devils Lake
North Dakota
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