Global datebook mixed news from around the world
The report lists diverse items from the Americas and Europe including political changes, corporate denials, a sports victory in Michigan, a Haitian oath, a lighthouse tragedy, health updates on governors, church anniversaries, spiritualism news, oil pension plans, a senate prediction, and a French honor, with several local incidents in Illinois, Wisconsin, California, and New York. It notes Bryan’s Mexican visit, a police appointment in New York, and other parliamentary, legal, and social notes.
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Santiago da Chile
Francis Vinton Greene
New York
Col. Partridge
H.C. Frick
United States Steel Corporation
Portage Lake
Toronto Varsity
Houghton
Mich
General Nord
Republic
Union Pacific
Omaha
Cordell
J. A. White
Cordell Beacon
A. J. Johnson
John McKenna
Lime Point
Cal
Marin County
Golden Gate
Former Premier Sagasta Dies In Madrid
Former Spanish Premier Sagasta dies at 6 30 pm in Madrid from bronchitis and gastric trouble. Family and cabinet members were at his deathbed. A bishop administered the last sacrament as news of his death caused widespread sorrow. King Alfonso expressed regret.
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Madrid
Segasta
Sagasta
Alfonso
Taft as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Washington reports that if plans hold, President will send Governor Taft's nomination to the Senate to become associate justice of the United States Supreme Court to replace Justice Shiras who retires that month. Taft would be succeeded as governor of the Philippines by General Luke Wright, with W. Rockhill to succeed Wright as director of the Bureau of American Republics.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Shiras
Philippines
Luke Wright
W. Rockhill
Bureau of American Republics
Tait
Supreme Bench
Justice Gray
Philippine
Archipelago
Wright
Gas Addicks Again at It
Dover Delaware January 6 ten regular Republican members of the legislature refuse to join 21 Addicks adherents in caucus and will stand against adding Addicks to the slate even to a deadlock. Democrats appoint a committee to back the regular Republicans to the exclusion of Addicks nominees and seek their support to pass laws restricting money at elections.
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Dover
Del
Addicks
Scramble for the Office in Springfield GOP Speaker Fight
Meetings of Miller and Sherman supporters were held as Republicans contest the speaker ship. Sherman claims 49 votes. Miller reports 44 with five more to reach a tally. Democrats have three candidates for their caucus. Wilson Ogley Donoghue Bowles appear among anticipated contenders. Chairman Rowe issues caucus call for tomorrow afternoon.
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Springfield
Miller
Sherman
Wilson
Ogley County
Donoghue
Chicago
Bowles
Will County
Rowe
Republican State Committee
Bill bars use of living persons' images in ads
Washington reports Representative Fitzgerald of New York introduced a bill banning as advertising the name or pictures of living persons without written consent. Penalty up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine. House committee on post offices held a hearing on Gardiner's post check system bill and referred it to a subcommittee.
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Washington
Fitzgerald
New York
House Committee On Post Offices and Post Reads
Gardiner
Michigan
Probing the Fuel Trust Reported by Illinois Manufacturers
Chicago January 6 details show Illinois Manufacturers Association considering criminal action against coal sealers and coal-carrying railroads for famine-causing extortion. A committee was appointed to continue the investigation and report later. Also announced the reactivation of the Chicago and Florida special train service to St Augustine with 31 hours to Jacksonville and 32 hours to St Augustine.
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Chicago
The
Illinois Manufacturers Association
Vessels Seized as Caracas Crisis Deepens
Reports from Willemstad and Caracas describe German seizure of Venezuan sailing vessels at Porto Cabello towed to Los Roques. Rebels near Caracas threaten Castro’s forces, banking panic hits Caracas as Bank of Venezuela doors close and notes trade at 80 percent value. Castro vows not to resign amid Matos revolt.
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Berlin
Jan. G
Scheder
Porto Cabello
Los Roques
Schecer
Vossiche Zeitung
von Buerow
Reichstag
Caracas
Willemstad
Curacoa
Jan
Venezuela
Bank of Venezuela
Illinois Senate Race Behind Closed Doors in Springfield
Nearly all Republican senators gather in Springfield on January 6 as nominations stir. Barry of Hancock is mentioned for president pro tempore, while Mucker of Chicago backs Luther Laflin Mills for U S senator. George B. Adams plans headquarters later this week. Mason’s son says their father expects election and that Mills and Adams supporters will back him.
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Springfield
Ili
Senate
Barry
Hancock
Mueker
Chicago
Luther Laflin Mills
United States
George B. Adams
Mason
Mills
Adams
Court clears Barnum in Fort Riley case
Leavenworth Jan 6 Major General John C Bates released the court of inquiry results on Captain Malvern Hill Barnum Eighth cavalry for disobeying orders during the Fort Riley maneuvers. Barnum is acquitted while Major Ayres is severely criticized and condemned by Bates who approves the court finding. Visible Grain Supply Chicago Jan 6 grain totals show Wheat 49738000 bu down from 58929000 bu last year Corn 6584000 bu down from 13702000 bu Oats 4804 bu down from 0 bu last year
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Leavenworth
Kan
John C. Bates
Malvern Hill Barnum
Eighth Cavalry
Fort Riley
Charles G. Ayres
Barnum
Ayres
Bates
Chicago
Jan
United States
China's Silver Indemnity Debate Hints at Hague Arbitration
Washington weighs China’s silver based indemnity dispute as Pekin signals denial of a second installment. Officials fear a move toward extremes and consider referring the issue to The Hague tribunal. Meanwhile German troops depart Shanghai, completing port evacuation.
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Washington, Jan
State Department
Pekin
Washington
Bowers
China
Hague Tribunal
United States
Shanghai
Family found starving in poverty stricken home
In St Louis on January 5 police found Mrs Nancy McKane dying from hunger on a miserable couch surrounded by five children. The husband and 16 month old grandson lay dead in the same room. No fire or food. a feverish child rested with the dying mother. The husband died yesterday from consumption and the grandson from malnutrition.
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St Louis
Nancy McKane
Flirting Not Rewarded In Minnesota Teachers Meet
Mrs. Juliet Shumaker told a Minnesota teachers convention that flirting at work harms careers. She warned that a mild flirtation can push a competent stenographer aside, with responsible duties given to men. feminine grace earns praise only, not promotion.
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St. Paul
Minn
Juliet Shumaker
Minnesota
Trials and arrests mix in early January justice notices
Reports from David City Chicago Prentice and Aledo cover a murder trial of Mrs Lillie Westover the kidnapping arrest of W H Reeves and H W Newcombe in Chicago and the acquittal of Miss Tona Dunlap in a murder case at Aledo plus a missing farmer Charles Yort feared foul play after Christmas with $700 in cash shown to relatives.
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David City
Neb
Prentice, Wis
Charles Yort
Yort
Tonr Dunlap
Aledo
Tona Dunlap
Allie Dool
Valuable right of way sold between Chicago and Milwaukee
Milwaukee January 6 report that for 3 400 000 dollars with a 2 150 000 bond the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway company transferred its right of way and property to the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad company The completion of the electric line between Milwaukee and Chicago will justify the bond issue and the move advances the project
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Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company
Milwaukee
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Company
Chiedge
Packers Found Guilty of Beef Trust in Special Commission Report
Special Commissioner T H Kiley reported in the Supreme Court that Armour Packing, Swift, Cudahy, Hammond, Nelson Morin, and others conspired to fix and maintain prices for dressed beef and pork in Missouri. The finding covers actions from 1899 to 1902 in St Joseph, Kansas City, and St Louis with local managers and agents responsible.
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Jefferson City
Pnioner
T. H. Kiley
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Armour Packing Company
Netson Morin & Co
Swift &Co
Hammond Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Schwarbeschild & Slizberger Company
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Mexican Wheat Ring Hit Sparks City Measures
In Mexico City the wheat price rise has forced bakers to shrink loaves while keeping prices, harming the poor. The government vows a strong strike against monopolies, issuing a decree to lift wheat duties and rail rate cuts from the border. City plans municipal bakeries to sell bread at cost.
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Mexico City
Nan. O
Increase in Copper Production and Exports in 1902
A New York Metal Exchange report shows copper production rose to 293,830 tons in 1902 from 266,716 in 1901. Including foreign imports, total 368,757 tons vs 328,602 last year. Exports nearly doubled and consumption likely rose due to low prices, with year end stocks at 133,813 tons across mines, transports, refineries, and warehouses.
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New York
New York Metal Exchange
Crown Prince Of Siam At Home In Yokohama Visit
The Moyune reports the crown prince of Siam was greeted by a fleet of warships at Yokohama after arriving in Japan. Fire salutes were fired by Japanese battleships Chiheyen and Fuso along with two torpedo boats, the U S S Oregon, and the Russian battleship Byrik. A Siamese royal yacht Maha Chakrin was present. A Yokohama dispatch notes a raid on a gear rookery at Robbin Island by a Japanese schooner, resulting in six hunters, two Americans among them, captured by Russians.
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Victoria
B. C
Moyune
Crown Prince of Siam
Yokohama
Chiheyen
Fuso
U. S. S. Oregon
Byrik
Maha Chakrin
Hakodate
Tella
Robbin Island
Hawaii Native Hawaiians Congratulate Opening Cable
Washington described cable messages from Hawaii praising the completion of the Pacific telegraph link with the mainland. The Hawaiian committee conveyed warm regards to the president and mainland citizens, and the president replied with congratulations on the telegraphic connection.
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Washington
Hawaii
Pacific
Bea
Charles B. Horton Appointed Western Union Superintendent
Charles B. Horton was today appointed superintendent of the Western Union for this district, succeeding Col. Dickey who died. Horton has long served in Dickey’s office as chief clerk and later assistant superintendent.
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Col
Dickey
Omaha
Jan
Charles B. Horton
Western Union
Horton
Indianola Post Office Closed Over Cox Resignation
Washington cabinet votes to permanently close the Indianola Mississippi post office after Postmaster Minnie Cox, colored, resigns under duress amid threats. The decision bars reopening until locals accept Cox, while mail is redirected to Greenville. Also notes Venezuela talks, Cuba reciprocity, and December debt and cash figures.
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Washington
Indianola
Migs
Minnie M. Cox
Tadfanlola
Minnie Cox
Harrison
McKinley
A& l
Venezuela
Hay
al- Med
Castro
Cuba
Davis
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Jas. Hamilton
Robert D. Finney
Thomas J. Kelly
Geo. Draygo
David C. Roper
YANKEE DOINGS AT MANILA
General James F. Smith and Elmer Bryan were sworn in with Smith taking the education portfolio aboard the Philippine commission. A U S cruiser crew attacked a mine field near Subig Bay but capsized while towing countermine buoys as sharks swarmed. Evans’ fleet plans to move to Manila for heavy gun practice after Subig Bay maneuvers.
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Manila
James F. Smith
Philippine Commission
Elmer Bryan
Smith
United States
Don Juan de Austron
Subig Bay
Evans
Chicago Market Reports Quiet Butter Eggs and Poultry
Market notes from Chicago show quiet butter and eggs with small concessions on poultry. Creameries and dairies hold firm while turkeys and chickens are easier. rye and flax prices appear in brief quotations with miscellaneous figures for May and NorthWest markets.
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Chicago
N. W
Fuad
Chicago Live Stock Market News From Jan 6
Chicago Liver Brook reports cattle receipts at 24 000 head with slow trade and weaker prices by about 10 cents except for top quality. Foreign demand rising with 25 000 head exported last week and good purchases this week. Cattle prices range from good to prime steers 5 40 to 66 25 down to 2 00 to 4 76 for heifers. Hog arrivals 38 000 with 7 100 carried over from Saturday and strong supply. demand good at lower prices. Mixed butchers 5 00 to 6 80, heavy 6 40 to 6 80, light 6 70 to 6 05, bulk sales 6 35 to 6 90. Sheep showed fair demand but lower prices. receipts 8 000 head. sheep 2 25 to 2 60, lambs 4 00 to 6 00.
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Chicago
Femer
Livestock and Grain Markets Report From St Louis and Minneapolis
Bt. Louis live stock market reports show cattle receipts near 4 000 head with steady market for best cattle. Texas steers quoted 32.75 to 44.00, hog receipts around 7 000 with prices 4.15 to 6.55, while Minneapolis grain notes wheat on track July showing No 1 hard and No 1 Northern bids around 3845 to 734 with No 2 Northern.
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Bt. Louis
St. Toula
Jun
Texas
Minneapolis Gratin
Minneapolis
Jan
Hari
Northern
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Yates
Napis
Florida
Jacksonville
Dean Crowe
Morris Pratt
Whitewater
Wis
Standard Oil Company
Perry S. Heath
Salt Lake City
Republican National Committee
Titan
Morman
Asa Bird Gardiner
Rhode Island, State Society Order
Loubet
France
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Humbert
Paris
Conciergerie
Chicago & Alton
Macoupin
Bloomington
James Petersen
Alice
Racine
Rudolph
W. J. Bryan
Mexico
Diaz
Finance Limantour
Horace Butterworth
Athletica
Northwestern University
Hollister
Butterworth
University of Chicago
Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts
Woman's Saving Society of Chicago
A. C. Tisdell
E. C. Wright
C. A. Horter
San Francisco
Nathaniel Whipple
Co. Wiipple
U S. A
Jong Ilness
H. F. Ross
North Presbyterian Church
la Crosse
Canada
Dwight M. Sabin
Auditorium
Harry Weissenger Tobacco Company
Louisville
Universal Tobacco Company
Northcott
Hamlip
Ilnois
Chicago Theological Seminary
G. Campbell Morgan
London
D. I. Moody
Northfield
City Temple
Parker
Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Buck
Spain
Forbes
Champaign
Henry Clinton Forbes
State Laboratory of Natural History
Dubuque
Iowa
Mary Morgan
Hawaiian Islands
Honoluu
Gulstan
Hawaiiian Islands
Lexington
Miss
P. C. Headley
J. DB. Headley
Peoria
Gov. Taft
Justice Shires
Little Delaware
Illinois
Chicago Business Association
Matos
Guayra
Prins Willem V
la Guayra
Protem
W. H. Reeves
Zion Printing and Publishing Company
H. W. Newcombe
Harry Boor
Zion Print Shop
Packers
Missouri Supreme Court
Crown Prince
Siam
Commiittee
Natives Exchange
President
Uncle Sam
Misa
Ars
Jackies
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