New Year's at Capital Opens Washington Social Season
Washington began the social season with a brisk public reception at the White House. Over 3,300 guests passed through from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Admiral Dewey led the navy contingent while General Miles headed the army. The diplomatic corps, led by Lord Pauncefote, provided a standout display in brilliant uniforms.
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Cuba
Arctic
White House
McKinley
Army
Navy
Miles
Corbin
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Melville
Dewey
Diplomatic Corps
Lord Pauncefote
Supreme Court
Mrs Osla Rees Marries Johannesburg Diamond King Flees to Durban
Mrs Osla Rees formerly Miss Bueter, whose Nebraska roots are noted, writes from Durban that she married W J Rees a Johannesburg diamond magnate. They fled their home as refugees flood Durban, leaving furniture and art behind. Dutch factions warn of burning Johannesburg and mine blowups amid wartime hubbub.
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Durban
Natal
Deapwoop
Osla Rees
Bueter
W. J. Rees
Johannesburg
India
Rees
Nebraska City, Neb
Northwestern Traveling Men's association elects officers
The Northwestern Traveling Men's association held its annual meeting at Tremont House in Oatcade on December 29. Willis Young was named president, with vice presidents including W F Mitchell of Iowa and EE Bruce of Nebraska among others. A complimentary smoker and entertainment followed, with D K Clink serving as secretary and treasurer and master of ceremonies.
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Nebraska
Oatcade
Northwestern Traveling Men’s Association
Tremont House
Willis Young
W. F. Mitchell
Iowa
W. L. Day
Missouri
M. 5. van Deusen
Kansas
EE. Bruce
J. C. Sheldon
South Dakota
D. K. Clink
Cuban General Gil Shot by Police in Cuba
Havana reports brigadier general Diosimo Gil was killed by police at Cienfuegos after resisting arrest for a assault on a sanitary inspector.
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Havana
Diosimo Gil
Cienfuegos
Final Rest for Maine Dead in Arlington Snow Storm
At Arlington Cemetery in a snow storm President McKinley and Cabinet members, Admiral Dewey and General Miles attended the simple funeral for the Maine dead brought from Havana by the Texas. Marines fired three volleys, a bugler sounded taps, and coffins were lowered to their graves beside the ship’s martyrs.
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Navy
Dewey
Miles
Sigsbeé
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Marine Band
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Naval Academy
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Havana Customs Fraud Ties Widens in City
Government probes Havana customs fraud as deputy collector Senor Arturo Arostegui is suspended. Appraisers implicated amid rising receipts and alleged wholesale merchant conspiracy. Prosecution pressure and attempts to shield suspects unfold.
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Havana
Jan. -Il
Custom House
Senor
Arturo Arostegui
Senor Arastegui
Senor Quesada
Washington
Gotti Named Papal Heir After St Peter's Ceremony
Rome Jan 1 A papal source reports Leo XIII, after opening St Peter's holy door, praised divine grace and named Cardinal Girolamo Maria Gotti, prefect of indulgences and relics, as his successor. Gotti, Genoese monk and ascetic, is described as pious and modest and aged about 42. United States cruiser Montgomery reportedly on a secret Liberia mission, with Senator Mason seeking Navy clarification.
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Rome
St. Peter’s
Giroltino Maria Gotti
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Cardinal Gotti
Montgomery
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Wasnixaron
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Liberia
Africa
Mason
Secretary of the Navy
Senate
Sierra Leone
Great Britain
Lawyer Cason recants Wellcomer case testimony
Zachary T. Cason of Butte signs a statement denying the Clark vote bribery claim. He says his earlier testimony was untruthful, given for 400 dollars due to his family's dire poverty, and he expresses regret hoping to offset the wrong.
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Man
Zachary T. Cason
Butte
Wellcomer
United States
Clark
Cason
Tichborne Case Revival Reaches Vancouver on Australian Steamer
Advices from Australia revive the Tichborne claim in Vancouver as New South Wales forms a committee to examine William Creswell, an asylum inmate suspected of being Sir Roger Tichborne. The report suggests authorities weigh Creswell as a potential claimant.
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B.C
Australia
New South Wales
Parramatta ’Insane Asylum
William Creswell
Sir Roger Tickborne
Congressman Boutelle Admitted To McLean Hospital
Reports from Boston note Congressman C A Boutelle is in the McLean Hospital for the Insane at Waverley after being refused admission to Channing Sanitarium. Officials deem his condition severe, with ears to paralyze symptoms. The World from Boston cites a reliable source detailing his transfer and care.
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Maine
E Hospital For the
New-York
C. A. Boutelle
Brooklyn
McCoy Defeats Maher In Five Round Opponent Stays Ahead
Kid McCoy outpoints Peter Maher in a brisk five round match at Coney Island Athletic Club. The bout was scheduled 25 rounds with a 20000 purse but due to smaller crowds the winner took the gross gate receipts. McCoy used clever ring generalship while Maher failed to land effective blows.
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Trishmay
New York
Kid McCoy
Peter Maher
Coney Island Athletic Club
McCoy
Maher
Stock Taking Time in New York Trade Review
Bradstreet notes a holiday quiet and dullness in general distributive trade yet active re order business to replenish stocks after the holiday peak. The market shows a cheerful tone, firmer quotations, and strong cereal prices while year end failures are few, with liabilities set to slightly exceed 1892 if December suspensions are excluded.
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Streats Review of Trade
New York
Bradstreat
Goebel Calls Caucus to Nominate Senator Blackburn
Senator Goebel chairman of the Democratic joint caucus calls a caucus for tonight to nominate a United States senator. Blackburn is expected to be the sole candidate and likely nominated by acclimation. The move aims to quiet rumors Goebel might try to seize the senatorship if his contest fails.
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Frankfort
Goebel
Democratic Joint Caucus
United States
Blackburn
Tremor Shakes California Cities Across State
Two slight earthquakes were felt in California with no known damage. The first shock occurred at 4 a.m. in San Bernardino and other southern and eastern points, and a second tremor hit San Diego at 1 p.m.
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Los Axes
San Bernardino
San Diego
Live Stock Markets at Guieaan January First
Cattle receipts reach 13 000 with steady cow demand and improved hog values. Hogs top 4 20 and up, bulk sales 4 35 to 4 40. Lambs and sheep show higher prices with strong demand and early clearance for native and western stock.
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Guieaan
Baene Rere
Kansas Cattle And Hogs Market Prices With Mixed Advances
Cattle receipts 2 030 higher bids with values across classes. Hogs receipts 2 40 good market with advances on heavy and mixed at 4 25 to 4 40 plus 4 00 to 3 85 for light and pigs. Sheep receipts 8 500 light supply quickly absorbed with lambs 5 50 to 9 50 and muttons 4 23 to 4 45, stockers 3 00 to 5 40, culls 2 00 to 3 00.
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Kansas
Jen
Fender
Fale
Manila Plot Aimed at Bomb Attacks on Foreign Consuls
Manila reports reveal a planned uprising tied to General Lawton funeral events. Authorities seized bombs and documents indicating a June attack by about 1,000 Filipinos, with leaders assigned to districts. Two Americans killed and four wounded as southern advance battles unfold near Cabayo Santa Rosa and Calamba.
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Manila
Rocarto
Lawton
Saday
Escoltas
Aguinaldo
Americas
Twenty Ninth Infantry
Cabayo
Laguna de Bay
Cascoes
Santa Rosa
Silang
Cabuyo
Calamba
San Pedro Macau
Oakig
Aguinaldo’s Wife and Siblings Surrender at Bontoc
Aguinaldo's wife and sisters along with 18 Filipinos surrendered to Major Marsh's battalion of the Third Infantry at Bontoc. Three Filipino officers also surrendered, and the Filipinos turned over two Spanish and two American prisoners.
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Aguinaldo
Manin
Jan
Major Marsh
Third Infantry
Bontoc
Marsh
General Bates to open ports and Funston to join MacArthur
In Manina December 29 the order opening trade ports including Zamboanga Cotabato Davao and Isabela will apply provisionally to Jolo and Siassi ports. General Bates will appoint customs officials and General Frederick Funston will join General MacArthur's command likely with a brigade under General Wheeler.
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Zamboanga
Cottabato
Davao
Isabela
Jolo
Siassi
Bates
Frederick Funston
MacArthur
Wheeler
Buller Faces Tough Tugela Stand Up River Line
London dispatch reports General Buller’s forces near Estcourt with Warren’s division ready. Guns captured at Colenso may shield the Tugela drift at Springfield as Boers hold fortified 16 mile hills and flood waters block the river, promising a likely decisive future battle.
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Frere
Charles Warren
Estcourt
Buller
Tugela
German Seizures and Neutral Rights Stir Berlin
Berlin reports the protected cruisers Condor and Schwalbe head for Delagon bay amid a German protest over the Magicienne seizure of the German East Africa mail steamer Bundesrath. A cabinet meeting will review the issue as Germany asserts its neutral rights and demands redress. In Cape Town, rumors of a Dutch rising aimed at seizing Cape Town and its docks circulate amid armed bands and police precautions.
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Berlin
Condor
Schwalbe
Delagon Bay
Magicienne
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Great Britain
Count von Buelow
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Sir Alfred Milner
Paarl
Afrikander Bund
Richmond
Willington
Clanwilliam
Rosebery criticizes foodstuffs as contraband of war
Lord Rosebery writes to The Times voicing disquiet over government handling of foodstuffs as contraband of war. The Times editorial notes that issuing an authoritative statement would risk creating a dangerous precedent.
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London
Lord Rosebery
the Times
Lawton’s Remains Aboard Transport Thomas From Manila
A dispatch from General Otis to the war department announces the transport Thomas has departed Manila carrying Major General Henry W. Lawton’s remains to the United States via Nagasaki. The ship also carries the late Major John A. Logan’s remains.
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Washington
Thomas
Manila
Henry W. Lawton
War Department
Otis
United States
Nagasaki
John A. Logan
Plague Deaths Reported in Honolulu
San Francisco dispatches report bubonic plague in Honolulu with five deaths including one native and four Chinese. No further fatalities since December 12 when the outbreak began.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
British Warships to Patrol Atlantic Coast
A Halifax dispatch reports Britain plans to patrol the Atlantic and the main North American and West Indies squadron has orders connected to alleged neutrality law violations by vessels leaving American ports with contraband of war.
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Atlantic Coast
New York
Halifax
Great Britain
Atlantic
Lions tear keeper to pieces at Vienna zoo
A keeper at the Vienna zoological garden entered the lion cage in a bravado act and was attacked by six lions. Attendants fought the beasts with torches and water in a vain effort to rescue him.
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Vienna
Janu
Vienna Zoological Garden
Vuin
Big Boer Meeting in New York
The United Irish societies of New York and vicinity held a mass meeting at the Academy of Music to express sympathy with the Boers and opposition to England over the South African War. Senator Mason of Illinois and Congressmen Sulzer and Cummings of New York spoke. Justice Fitzgerald presided as the meeting filled the entire house.
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New York
United Irish Societies of
Academy of Music
England
Mason
Illinois
Sulzer and Cummings
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Torpedo Boat Goldsborough Demonstrates Speed at Ore. Yard
The torpedo boat Goldsborough, built by Wolff & Zewicker ironworks at Portrasp, Oregon, received a second builder's test. The machinery functioned perfectly and during an eight minute run it steamed at a rate of around two miles per minute.
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Portrasp
Goldsborough
Wolff & Zewicker Ironworks
Pelotas Refloated After Storm Run Ashore Near Dungeness
The Hamburg and South American steamer Pelotas, en route from Santos to Rotterdam, went ashore near Dungeness during a Friday night gale. Five tugs refloated the vessel, which then proceeded to Rotterdam in tow, with no serious damage reported.
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Lonpoy
Santos
Rotterdam
Dungeness
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