Is China Doomed and Why the European Powers Intervene
Wu Ting Fang Chinese Minister to the United States questions why Europe would divide China He argues Germany demands reparation for murder of two subjects while China has kept within its borders He also contrasts Turkey and Russia with China and asserts China seeks peace and friendship with Russia History and Economics report also notes Chicago delegates to two national conventions including the American Histories Society and the American Economic Association with talks on currency by Lyman J. Gage and a roster of prominent scholars.
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New York
Wu Ting Fang
United States
China
Germany
Turkey
Europe
Russia
Cleveland
Hollendia
American Histories Society
Economic Association
John Hopkins
Samuel McCauley Jackson
Union Seminary
Lucy M. Salmon
Vassar
O. G. Thatcher
Edmund J. James
The
University O Chicago
H. Morse Stevens
Cornell
Pension frauds blight New York pension system
In New York the Press and Herald publish long pieces on alleged pension frauds. Henry Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions, denounces pension attorneys as the cause of frauds on the roll and urges laws to bar attorney fees. The Herald calls for radical pension law reform and bureau changes.
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New York
Prees and Herald
Henry Clay Evans
Pensions
the Herald
Pension Bureau
Millionaire Fred Welsen Marries Emma Storick in St Louis
Fred Welsen ex state treasurer of Colorado and Denver banker wed Emma Storick in St Louis at noon. He came from Germany thirty years ago with little money and rose to wealth after serving in the First Missouri volunteers. His bride is twenty five, and her mother who nursed him back to health thirty years ago attended.
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St. Louis
Fred Welsen
Colorado
Denver
Welsen
Germany
Emma Storick
Welson
First
Missouri Volunteers
St Louis
Cyclists Missing After World Tour Departure
CHICAGO December 28 H Dar win Mcllrath and wife American cycling tourists may be lost in Asia after leaving in 1895 for a three year world trip. Mcllrath, a Cleveland physician, guided the venture seeking health, last heard in Persia in October. Friends fear a fate similar to Frank Lenz killed in Armenia.
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Chicago
H. Darwin Mcllrath
Asia
Mcllrath
Cleveland
Mellrath
Persia
Frank Lenz
Pittsburg
Armenia
Shooting at Birmingham mine foreman by saloon keeper’s wife
In Bessemer last night J. H. Howell a mine foreman was arrested on a complaint by Mrs. Tom Collins wife of a saloon keeper who said he had followed her home. About an hour later Collins went to the jail, drew a pistol and shot Howell in the heart. Collins was jailed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer
J. H. Howell
Tom Collins
Collins
Howell
Des Moines State Anti-Saloon League Opens Convention
The annual convention of the Iowa State Anti Saloon League opened in Des Moines with over 10 000 members. President F H Dunshee presided and delivered the annual address. The league plans to urge the legislature to re submit the Prohibitory Amendment to the voters.
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Anti Saloon League
Des Moines
State Anti- Saloon League
F. H. Dunshee
Gage Offers Resignation Amid Financial Policy Attacks
December 28 reports say Secretary Gage offered to resign from the cabinet after bimetalists and free silver advocates attacked his financial policy. President McKinley reassured him that resignation was not desired and dismissed the criticism.
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Gage
Washington
Secretar Gage
McKinley
Senate to Question Civil Service Ties to Hanna Campaign
A Washington special reports the senate will introduce a resolution after the holiday recess asking the secretary of the treasury and postmaster general to detail how civil service and post office inspectors were used in Senator Hanna's Ohio re election bid.
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New York
Washington
Journal
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Civil Service
Post Office
Hanna
Ohio
Middle of the Readers Conference News Note
Mil ton Park, chairman of the middle of the road populists committee, reported receiving letters from eighteen state members of Marian Butler the national committee. All favor the conference in St Louis on January 12 and 13 and promise to attend.
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Dallas
Texas
Milton Park
National Organization Committee
Marian Butler
St. Louis
Great reform conference opens in New York
Headquarters for the reform conference were christened at the Hotel Manhattan in New York City. Delegates from many states and parties are expected to attend the January meeting, aiming to unite practical caucus reform ideas from large cities and states with notable national figures signing the call.
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New York
Manhattan
Tammany Holds Organization Primaries Tonight
New York reports Tammany Hall plans to elect a two year general committee to govern the organization. James B. Eustis, former ambassador to France, is favored as the new chairman, aligned with Croker and seen as Hill’s successor and future East coast party power.
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New York
Tammany
James B. Eustis
France
Eustis
Croker
Ohio Music Teachers Association Convention Opens in Delaware
In Delaware Ohio the Ohio Music Teachers Association opened with an oration by President J W Washford of Ohio Wesleyan University. Hundreds of music professors from major cities gathered to participate as the three day convention offers numerous piano organ and vocal recitals.
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Delaware
J. W. Washford
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Music Teachers’ Association
Overman Wheel Company Faces Financial Strain
In New York on December 28 W C Overman manager of Overman Wheel confirms the company signed yesterday. He says profits funded plant expansion and improvements, depleting capital, and a price decline left insufficient reserve funds to endure. The firm has orders totaling about one quarter of a million.
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Victor
New York
W W. C. Overman
Overman Wheel Company
Overman
Nebraska Teachers Association Convention Opens in Lincoln
Lincoln Neb December 28 The thirty second annual Nebraska State Teachers association convenes in Lincoln drawing instructors from every county. The opening session occurs tonight with addresses by U S Commissioner of Education William T Harris Dr David Starr Jordan and Prof John W Cook of Illinois State College.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
United States Commissioner of Education
William T. Harris
David Starr Jordan
Pacific Coast
John W. Cook
Illinois State College
Memorial Fund for Henry George Pathed by New York Total
New York December 28 Mayor Strong as chairman reports about 14000 dollars subscribed to the Henry George memorial fund. He notes George’s wealth sacrifice to aid others and appeals for further material recognition. Subscriptions of 1000 dollars include Seth Low Tom L Johnson Andrew Carnegie Joseph Pulitzer and Le Walter of Birmingham England.
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George
Luetgert Trial Resumes as Bialk Repeats Testimony
In Chicago on December 28, John Bialk, son of the old watch man, returned for cross examination in the Luetgert trial. Luetgert turned fifty two yesterday, celebrated with a jail dinner brought by Mary Siemering.
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Chicago
Luetgert
John Bialk
Mary Siemering
President names military attache to British embassy
The president designated Lieut Col Alfred Bates as military attache to the American embassy in London. He is married, speaks French, and is a man of independent means.
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Washington
Alfred Bates
Court of St. James
England
Orange Crop Damage Estimated at One Million Dollars
San Francisco reports frost damage to the orange crop estimated at one million dollars by reliable authorities.
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San Francisco
The Actor Sentenced for Ill Treatment
New York December 28 Radcliffe the actor was sentenced to six months in the penitentiary for ill treating his wife this morning.
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New York
Radcliffe
Fitzsimmons Ready to Fight Both Classes in Ring
Public pressure brings Robert Fitzsimmons to announce readiness to meet his opponents in the ring. In Portland on December 28 the steamer Elder sailed for Skagway with Major Brucker of the Fourth Cavalry aboard to inspect passes for a Yukon relief expedition route. The Elder carried 125 passengers and 600 tons of freight.
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Robert Fitzsimmons
Portland
Oregon
Elder
Skagway
Major Brucker
Fourth Cavalry
Fitzsimmons Ready to Meet Corbett or McCoy Says Manager
Martin Julian, manager of Robert Fitzsimmons, states that the public ignores Fitzsimmons retirement and that Fitzsimmons will fight either James Corbett or Wor... McCoy for the heavyweight or middleweight title. He notes Fitzsimmons seeks no contest with others and calls on Corbett to gain recognition and McCoy to prove championship class.
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Chicago
Martin Julian
Robert Fitzsimmons
Dispatch
McFaul’s arbitration plan unites Hibernians in Treton
Bis hop McFaul, appointed arbitrator to unite the ancient order of Hibernians, receives widespread approval for his amalgamation plan. The union of the two factions will be ratified at a national convention in Treton next summer, with both sides arranging joint management in the interim.
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Treton
N.J
McFaul
Order of Hibernians
Gale Rages Off Coast Halting Ships at Astoria
A sixty mile per hour gale continues along the coast in Astoria with several ships waiting to enter the harbor. The British ship Province was driven onto the Desdemona sands at the north end and remains stranded.
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Astoria
Oregon
Harbo
Province
Desdemona Sands
Moonshiner Feud Turns Fatal in Luttrell Farmhouse
James Holloway, farmer, was killed in a home fight with Jas. Smith following an old feud linked to a raid by moonshiners in which Smith’s father and mother killed raiders.
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Luttrell
Tenn
James Holloway
Jas. Smith
Smith
Prominent Milwaukee Businessman Shoots Self in Tragedy
MILWAUKEE December 28 Paul Meineke a well known business man died by suicide last night. No cause is known though his business and domestic affairs were said to be strained. He reportedly drank considerable beer.
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Milwaukee
Paul Meineke
Busines
Yong Man
Royal Geographical Society leads jubilee cruise around British empire
A large party of wealthy travelers set sail today under Dr. Lunn of the Royal Geographical Society to circumnavigate the British empire aboard a cruiser. The voyage commemorates the queen's jubilee and includes notable participants.
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London
Lunn
Royal Geographical Society
British Empire
Meritt Lynching Threatens After Sheriff Pursues Murderer
Albert Brooks, a prominent citizen in Meritt Texas, was shot and killed by an unknown man last night. The sheriff with bloodhounds is in pursuit and a lynching threat is reported.
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Meritt
Texas
Albert Brooks
Katherine Kidder II Ill at Southern Hotel
Katherine Kidder II of St. Louis is ill at the Southern hotel from nervous prostration. Her condition is serious and no one is permitted to see her.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Katherine Kidder
Southern
Luetgert Case Takers Stock Offer For Sausage Factory
Chicago December 28 reports alleged wife killer Luetgert sought $100000 for his sausage factory from Peoria parties. The waterfront case centers on the owner's plant and the murder inquiry surrounding the Luetgert operation.
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Luetgert
Chicago
Peoria
Tragedy on Shipboard Off Bermuda Claims Three Dead
News from Bermuda reports a steamer Vanleo incident with fore yards collapsing killing three men instantly. Another three men leaped overboard to escape, and a deck hand fell from aloft the previous day, dashed to pieces.
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Halifax
N. S
Bermuda
Vanleo
Russians occupy Kinchow. Europe unsettled
The Globe-Democrat cables from St. Petersburg report Russian forces occupy Kinchow near Port Arthur. The move provokes consternation across Great Britain and throughout Europe as dwellers react to the development.
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Europe
St. Louis
Globe- Democrat
St. Petersburg
Kinchow
Great Britain
Port Arthur
Cuba Aid Receives Only Five Dollar Donation
Washington reports at noon on December 28 shows only a single contribution to the secretary of state relief appeal for Cuba. The gift was five dollars from a personal friend of Secretary Sherman.
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Washington
Secretary of State
Cuba
Sherman
Jealousy Motive In Fatal Kansas City Shooting
Mrs. Susie Blakely was shot and killed this morning in Kansas City by James Reed age 21. Jealousy is stated as the motive. Reed’s father was hanged in 1893 for wife murder, adding a grim context to the incident.
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Kansas City
Susie Blakely
James Reed
Reed
Four Mexicans Arrested for cattle theft near Mesilla Park
Deputy Sheriff Ten Eyck and Diamond Dick arrested four Mexicans yesterday evening for cattle theft in New Mexico. Charged with bringing stolen property into the state, the suspects are Carlos Bernal Librado Bernal Hilario Bernal and Pedro Lopez. The cattle were stolen near Mesilla Park and brought for sale.
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Ten Eyck
Diamond Dick
New Mexico
Carlos, Librado
Hilario Bernal
Pedro Lopez
Mesilla Park
New Texas & Pacific engines head to Fort Worth for Sunset Limited
Three new Texas and Pacific locomotives numbered 240 and up are en route from Baldwin Philadelphia to Fort Worth and will enter service by the start of next work week. They will operate the Sunset Limited between Fort Worth and the city.
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Texas & Pacific
Fort Worth
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
San Antonio Enforces Rigorous Smallpox Disinfection
San Antonio authorities ensure no entry without thorough disinfection. Visitors from affected districts are taken to a designated room for complete cleansing before gaining access to the town.
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San Antonio
Arizona Canaigre Firms Are Incorporated in Arizona
The Arizona Canaigre company with capital stock of 1 500 000 and the Anglo American Canaigre company with capital 10 000 000 have been incorporated under Arizona laws. An seven year old boy near Henderson Texas shot five men, killing one, while intoxicated and then killed himself.
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Arizona Canaigre Company
Arizona
Henderson
Texas
Sheriff Visits Sierra Blanca in Miller Murder Case
Sheriff Simmons traveled to Sierra Blanca this afternoon following witness statements in the Miller murder investigation.
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Simmons
Sierra Blanca
Miller
New York State Hosts 1200 Labor Organizations
New York state counts 1,200 labor organizations with about 60,000 members across sectors. The tally reflects broad union presence shaping regional labor activism and bargaining power.
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New York State
Cattle Thieves Nabbed in Grant County
In Grant County, cattle thieves face significant trouble as authorities tighten enforcement and pursue suspects. Local law enforcement details remain sparse, but incidents highlight the ongoing issue of livestock theft in the region.
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Grant County
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