Funeral of Mrs Nancy McKinley In Canton Attended By Cabinet
A heavy rain funeral in Canton for Mrs Nancy McKinley drew massive attendance at the First Presbyterian Church. President McKinley, family, cabinet members, and government officials filled the church and many more watched outside in the weather as services moved to the cemetery amid floral tributes and a special train carrying dignitaries.
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Westlawon
Canton
Nancy Ligau Mint
Asie
Helen
Abner
Duncan
Cleveland
Bach
Osborne
Youngstown
Washington
Taylor
Whitelaw Reid
New York
H. H. Kohisant
Chicago
Manchester
McAfee
McKinley
Cabinet
Washington Friends
Canton Post
Twentythird O. V.T
Knights Templar
Newport
Alger
Bliss
Mra. MacKenna
Gary
Porter
Day
Abner McKinley
Mabel
R. W. Taylor
H. H. Kohlsaar
Earnest Hammill
Walter H. Wilson
Mary Barber
Sarah Duncan
Jack Duncan
George Harter
J. N. Taylor
East Liverpool
Bryan Entitled to Mexicans and Mexican Leaders
In Mexico City Mr. Bryan spent a day visiting the American minister Powell Clayton, touring Chapultepec with notable figures, and addressing the chamber of deputies where congressmen rose to greet him. He spoke on parliamentary institutions and Mexico’s progress, receiving an enthusiastic reception. Middle-of-the-road Populists Plan Jan 12 meeting in St. Louis to set a platform for a spring national convention, with a referendum plank anticipated.
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Bryan
City of Mexico
Powell Clayton
Forest of
Chapulterre
Thomas Braniff
Bank of London
Mexico
Crittenden
John B. Frisbie
Chamber of Deputies
Democratic Party
United States
Chamber
Cleveland
National Committee of the People’s Party
St. Louis
Debate on Executive Legislative and Judicial Appropriation Bill
The House met for about two hours in Washington and adjourned to honor the president's mother buried at Canton. It focused the session on the executive legislative and judicial appropriation bill with postponement of civil service commission funding. The debate over the bill consumed nearly all time and was not expected to end before the holiday recess.
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House
Washington
Canton
Civil Service Commission
Ceme
Wasimnarox
Hepburn
Norton
Yeas
Senate and House Proceedings Highlight Pension Debates
In Washington and Harris, Senate sessions focused on private pension measures with a few speeches. The House passed the pension appropriation bill at 141 million dollars and adjourned, while civil service reform and Dingley era finances sparked debate. A personal dispute over a word in the record dominated a Washington Monday session.
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Senate
Hisnaton
Gallinger
McBride
Klondike
Secretary of War
Pacific Railroad Committee
Kansas Pacific
Gear
Laws
Thurston
Nebraska
No Tariff Tinkering Reported by Ways and Means
Washington December 15 The Dingley tariff law will not be altered in customs features during the current session. Republican members of the ways and means committee have reached a general understanding that tariff tinkering is to be avoided.
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Washington
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
No Hope for Cuban Autonomy Disappoints Havana
Havana officials report insurgent plans near the city checked but not extinguished as insurgent bands consolidate forces. Local business leaders say the outlook is gloomy and autonomy seems unlikely, signaling no rapid end to the revolution. Meanwhile international cables note a near settlement of the German Chinese dispute with Germany granted exclusive rights around Kiao Chou bay.
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Havana
Pering
Kiao-Chen Bay
Shan Tung Province
Germany
Kiao-Chou Bay
China
No Salary For Kansas Judges
Topeka Kansas Dec 14. A condition confronts 60 of the 105 probate judges as of January 1 when a legislative error cuts their salaries. A retrenchment fee and salary bill leaves western half judges practically unpaid and facing hardship.
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Kansas
Topeka
Labor Federation Debates Hawaii Annexation Policy
In Nashville on December 15 the American Federation of Labor debated reports from committees. A substitute resolution opposed Hawaii annexation, arguing it would admit a slave state and enslave labor. The federation adopted the substitute and scheduled further actions on eight hour day and related labor reforms.
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Nashville
American Federation of Labor
Hawaii
T. J. Elderkin
United States Senate
Hawaiian
Andrew Puruseth
George F. McNeill
Executive Council
Congress
Federation
James Brennock
P. F. Doyle
T. L. Lewis
G. E. McNeill
W. B. Prescott
Walter Thompson
J. H. Sullivan
David Black
Henry Lloyd
Millard Lloyd
James O'Dea
Charles Hank
Frank Dillman
Ernst Krapp
Gompers
Retrial of Luetgert Begins Before Judge Gary
Second hearing of Adolph Luetgert, the sausage maker charged with murdering his wife Louise by boiling her in caustic potash, opens before Judge Gary. The crowded court, jurors chosen after weeks, and arguments by State's Attorney Deneen and Harmon Reise frame the day.
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Gary
Careaco
Adolph L. Luetgert
Louise
Luatgert
Deneen
McEwen
Luetgert
Harmon, Reise and
Kehoe
Congress panel backs bill for Indian congress at Omaha expo
The senate committee on Indian affairs reported favorably on Senator Allen's bill calling for a congress of Indian tribes to be held during the upcoming Transmissippi exposition in Omaha.
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Senate Committee On Indian Affairs Today
Allen
Congress of Indian Tribes
Omaha
American Board Reports 8th Annual Mission Figures
The American board of foreign missions released its eighth annual report showing total receipts of 642781.07 dollars. It details Turkish massacres with Christian populations rising, Indian famine prices, bubonic fever in Bowbay, and growth of Foo Chow, China missions. An ecumenical foreign missionary conference is proposed for New York in April 1900 with invitations to Protestant societies.
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Boston
American Board of Foreign Missions
Constopie
Skeppan
Aioe UK
India
Bowbay
South China Mission
Foo Chow
China
Ecumenical Missionary Conference
Foreign Missionary Societies of America
Protestant Missionary Societies of
Great Britain
Europe
London
New York
Judson Smith
D. D
H. N. Cobb
Whittlesey Defaulter Node in Connell Bluffs Customs
Developments in the case of R. N. Whittlesey, missing surveyor of customs, indicate a larger defalcation than first thought. Receipts up to June unchecked. W. A. Maurer, a chief local importer, paid Whittlesey over $2,000 in three months, and his bondsmen fear further losses from a Dec transfer and a $2,163 Mannor check. Whittlesey reportedly went south and may be in Kansas City or Mexico.
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Connell Bluffs
Couxer
Bluffs
R. N. Whittlesey
Customs
W. A. Maurer
Whittlesey
Kansas City
Mexico
Woman Fires On Burglar In San Francisco Home
At dawn Mrs McManus, wife of Sergeant-of- Police McManus, woke to a burglar ransacking the parlor. She seized a revolver and shot as the intruder opened the door to the adjoining room, the burglar escaping with a trace of blood. In Emporia Kansas a Live Stock Men’s association meeting reported about 20 counties organized with four left in the district and credited with aiding car lot rate victories.
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San Francisco
McMmanus
Emporia
Kan
Kansas Live Stock Men’s Association
George Plumb
Lyon County
Bakersfield Man Convicted of First Degree Murder
David Davidson, the Randsburg wife murderer, convicted of murder in the first degree with a life sentence. Claimed insanity, but experts said he was shamming. He is said to be the son of a prominent St. Louis physician. Mortal Duel in Bucumarest ends with Lahovary slain in a sword battle between newspaper directors.
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Bakersfield
Cal
David Davidson
Randsburg
St. Louis
Davidson
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