Senate Ratifies Hay Pauncefote Treaty Amid Debate
The Senate approved the Hay Pauncefote isthmian canal treaty by 72 to 6 after five hours of closed door discussion. Senators Teller Mason Bacon Clay and others spoke for and against, leading to final ratification and quick amendments rejection.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Clay
Mason
Bacon
United States
Great Britain
Davis
Blackburn
Culberson
Mallory
Tillman
Schley
Court of Inquiry
Jones
Ark
Congress
Santiago
Cuba
Committee On Naval Affairs
West
Committee On Judiciary
Knox
Philander C. Knox
Turner
Hoar
Pettus
Anti-Trust League
United States Steel Corporation
Wyoming Blizzard Claims and Missing Herders
Reports from Wyoming describe a severe blizzard as the worst in the region with heavy snowfall and chilling winds. At least ten lives are feared lost including three herders and a railroad worker, with several others unaccounted for near Point of Rocks and Casper.
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Wyoming
Point of Rocks
Hemingway
Casper
Red Desert
Chile Proposes Final Basis of Settlement with Argentina
A Valparaiso dispatch states Chile seeks to firmly establish mutual rights and avoid future disputes in reply to Argentina. Argentine minister Senor Portela says all danger has passed, a view shared by official circles in Buenos Aires and Chile.
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Chile
New York
Herald
Valparaiso
Argentina
Senor Portela
Attacks at Swift's Packing House End in Injury
In St Joseph Missouri on December 17 a worker named Young attacked Stephen Crockett with a large knife at Swift's packing house. Crockett received injuries described as serious but non fatal. Police investigated the incident and secured the weapon.
Floods Subside as Pennsylvania Mines Idle Rise of Susquehanna Falls
Advices from eastern Pennsylvania report floodwaters receding and rail and telegraph service slowly returning after Sunday night storm. Property damage and losses from factory shutdowns run to hundreds of thousands of dollars as more than 40 000 workers become idle. Susquehanna River peaked 29 feet above low water. it is easing except in the lower state where it rises two inches per hour. Railroad conditions improve gradually.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Susquehanna
Oklahoma Blizzard Hurts Cattle and Settlers
Oklahoma reports a second cold wave after a prior blizzard. Stock losses threaten vast cattle interests as per westside cattlemen. Kiowa and Comanche reservations report hardship among travelers and tent dwellers. Two Harkness children from Iowa reportedly frozen to death during a mountain journey.
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Guthrie
O. T
Oklahoma
Westside
Kiowa
Comanche
Harkness
Iowa
Floods Roar Through Maine With Rail Blockades
In Maine a historic storm floods towns washouts halt Maine Central trains and disrupt mills along the Androscoggin Kennebec and Penobscot rivers leaving thousands jobless. One death reported a fireman Patten on the Canadian Pacific and a Maine Central derailment injuring three with one critical.
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Portland
Maine Central Railroad
Androscoggin
Kennebec
Penobscot
Patten
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Maine Central
Winter Storm Strikes Pierre with Heavy Snow and High Winds
The worst storm of the winter hits Pierre South Dakota with heavy snowfall and strong winds. Temperatures drop and travel proves difficult as stage drivers retreat from routes and school attendance falls.
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South Dakota
Pierre
Trains Clash In Icy Collision Kills Many
A eastbound passenger train No 4 and a westbound freight tram collided in a shallow cut in a prairie under 20 degree cold and wind. At least twelve are dead or missing and 11 injured. Names of the dead include Richard Ormsby James Reardon Robert Thompson and others with several more missing. Survivors describe horrific flames that consumed cars within 16 minutes. relief arrived two hours later.
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Rockford
Irene
Chicago
Richard Ormsby
James Reardon
Freeport
Robert Thompson
Dubuque
American Express Messenger
J. Www
Punk
David Behan
Edward Carey
George
Harry Reynolds
Newsboy
H. G. Wellman
J. H. Quinlan
W. B. Keefe
Sioux City
John Hussey
Independence
Train Through Bridge Kills Three On Pennsylvania Line
A freight train on the Pennsylvania system plunged through Lycoming Creek bridge between Williamsport and Newberry. Engineer Jon Martz Fireman Frederick Glass and Brakeman George Harley of Sunbury died. The fast freight No 88 ran three hours late amid storm disruption as the iron bridge gave way and the engine and nine cars disappeared into icy waters. The Susquehanna and Lycoming rivers ran high flooding cellars and washing out tracks while Ralston saw a passenger train abandoned and passengers seeking higher ground.
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Williamsport
Pennsylvania Railway
Lycoming Creek
Newberry
Jon Martz
Frederick Glass
George Harley
Sunbury
Lycoming
Loyalsock
Ralston
Wreck on Great Northern Remains Deadly
Otto Errickson is the sole fatality in a Great Northern wreck near Essex Montana. Nineteen passengers are injured as rails spread and debris caught fire. Uninjured travelers helped extinguish flames amid frantic evacuation and foot-traffic.
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Great Northern
Anaconda
Mon
Kalispell
Otto Errickson
Great “Northern
Essex
Commandant Botha Wounded Report from Durban
Durban dispatch reports Commandant Botha wounded in an incident dated December 16. Details are scarce with the brief telegram noting the injury in a conflict area.
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Commandant Botha
Durban
Beaverhead Justice Court summons William Williama
The State of Montana to William Williama. You are summoned to appear January 15, 1902 at 10 oclock in Beaverhead County to answer Thos M. Selways civil action for twenty eight dollars balance due on hay and grain sold in 1898 with interest from December 10, 1901. If you fail, judgment will be taken against you.
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State of Montana
M. Selway
Patent Application Notice for Gladstone Lode in Beaverhead
Land Office Helena Montana October 11 1901 notice that Amede Bessette Bannack Montana has applied for a patent for 1800 linear feet on the Gladstone lode bearing gold silver and other metals located 900 feet northwest and 41 feet southeast from the discovery shaft in Beaverhead county Montana description by official plat and field notes on file there is 17.01 acres area with 19 degrees 15 minutes variation no conflicting claims recorded first publication October 18 1901
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U. S
Amede Bessette
The
Land Office of the
United States
Helena
Montana
Congress
Bannack
Beaverhead County
Discovery Shaft
Office of the Register of the Land Office
Helens
Cectinna
Ontanas
Gronse D
Gueenr
Register
Firat
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Ithaca
Conduet
Tack
Allas
CwAs, Hyrschman
Said Township
Bannong
James Davidson
Martha L. Davidson
W. 8. Barbour
Dillon
Heaverhead
Maria L. Davideon
James Davideon
Bannour
Executrix
Department of the Interior
Helena Mont
L. J. Price
U.S
Mont
William O'Rourke
Bow
James T. Farley
George Buck
Lewis E. McNinch
Bell, Mont
Pearl ‘Il
Bryerit
Dell
Groner D Greeree
United States Land Office
Frank M. Andrus
Alice, Mont
Bi. J. Price
Dillon, Mont
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Beaverhead
John Carman
Josphite Rich
John Lambert
Thomas Lambert
William Carman
Emma Turner
Thomas Carman
W. D. Carman
Martha » Lee
Richard ‘Carman
Eliza
Barnes
Elizabeth
Croan
David Carman
Alfred Carman
Emma. Carman
Aleck Lambert
John McDowell
Agnes
Dowell
Ary McDowell
Myrtle
Mic Dowell
Elizabeth & Caring
American Monthly Review
Theodore Roosevelt
Grober Cleveland
George &. Hoar
Massachusetts
Review of Reviews
Foraker
Ohio
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
K. Fones
Arkansas
the Review of Reviews
Company
Astor Place
F. A. Werman
Baltimore
A . Barriwore
Aimong
Phad
A. Werman
Broadway
International Rural Clinic
LA Salle Ave
Ill
Ack Hoare
Colorado Fiyer and Ghigago Express
Kansas City
Omaha Des ‘Moines
ST. ‘Louis
Seventeenth ST
Denver, Colo
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