Aim to Establish Peace Through National Arbitration Board
Volney W. Foster promotes a bill to create a national arbitration board with non compulsory hearings and public affidavits. The proposal envisions a court of arbitration selecting disputes, inviting both sides, and publicizing refusals to arbitrate to marshal public sentiment.
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Washington
Volney W. Foster
Congress
Foster
United States
National Court of Arbitration
Lincoln story echoes praise and gingerbread joke
Secretary Shaw recalls a Lincoln tale about a Sangamon county man who enjoys praise more than others. The anecdote comes as Hart praises Senator Hanna and Republicans in Washington hear cheerful remarks about the administration.
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Washington
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Republican National Committee
Hart
Iowa
Hanna
Shaw
Lincoln
White House
Abraham Lincoln
Sangamon County
Democrats May Seek Early National Convention Date
Washington reports a movement within the Democratic party to move the national convention earlier than the Republicans. A national Democrat favors holding the Democratic convention in early June, with Chicago the leading candidate, while St Louis Milwaukee and Baltimore compete. Details on the strategy remain unclear.
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Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Vention
Islands Cruise Departure In Asia Strait Delayed
Fragmentary notes describe a cruise to the islands in Asiatic waters. The ships remained under Admiral Cooper's command several days after departure before resuming course.
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Admiral Cooper
Misquote of Root Sparks War Talk at Dinner
Washington reports spread that Secretary Root warned of a soon war with a foreign power at a Caraboo Society dinner of army and navy officers. The remark proved a misquotation. Root said he had not predicted a war would come soon.
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Root
Washington
Caraboo Society
Army
Navy
Philippines
United States
Amendments to Cuban reciprocity bill aimed at labor and shipping
The American Protective Tariff League plans two amendments to the Cuban reciprocity bill. One would guard against importation of low-priced coolie labor to Cuba. The other would protect American shipping interests and those of Cuba now or in the future.
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Washington
Senate
American Protective Tariff League
Cuba
Blizzard Sweeps West and North with Deep Freeze
A Chicago blizzard spread west and north with fierce cold. St Paul reported 24 degrees below zero, while southern Michigan saw eight to twenty inches of snow. Trains halted, ferries frozen, and city traffic slowed as officials forecast moderating weather.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Nebrasla
Wisconsin
Michigan
New Buffalo
Soo
Houghton
Mich
Prisoner Robs Sheriff in Baxter Springs Depot
Cherokee county Sheriff Charles Rain was held up and robbed at Baxter Springs station by escaped prisoner Clarence Cunningham. Cunningham and an accomplice fled after taking Rain’s watch revolver and money, then robbed the station agent and seized a team and buggy from a livery stable before escaping.
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Galena
Kas
Charles Rain
Cherokee County
Baxter Springs
Clarence Cunningham
Columbia
Cunningham
Rain
Explosion at Norfolk and Western camp blows worker to atoms
Kenova West Virginia December 14 at a Norfolk and Western railway camp on the Big Sandy thawing dynamite caused a blast. John Black a section hand was blown to atoms. Charles A Johnston a contractor was fatally injured and others were slightly hurt.
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Kenova
W. Va
Norfolk & Western Railway
Big Sandy
John Black
Charles A. Johnson
Jail for Saloon Smasher in Topeka
The Supreme Court upholds a thirty day jail sentence for Blanche Baise a Nation disciple who smashed plate glass fronts of seven Topeka saloons a year ago. She must go to jail per Shawnee county District Court ruling.
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Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
Shawnee County
Blanche Baise
Carrie Nation
Beethoven Home to Be Wrecked in Vienna
Vienna report states the house where Beethoven lived in the last two years of his life will be demolished after a thunderstorm on March 26, 1827, to be replaced by a new building on the site.
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Beethoven
Vienna
Price Trends in Chicago Trade and Grain Movements
Dun's Weekly Review notes steady activity across wholesale dry goods footwear and clothing with high demand for groceries and staples. Livestock receipts fall 14 percent year over year while hogs, sheep and cattle show mixed price movements and grain shipments drop 12 percent from last year amid lower demand and stronger Argentine and Australian crops.
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Chicago
Dun’s Weekly Review of
R. G. Dun & Co
Australia
John C Wilmerding Dies at 74 in Orange
John Christopher Wilmerding aged 74 died in Orange New York. He was father in law of Mrs Jack Wilmerding and a prominent club man. His ties include being the great granddaughter of Commodore Vanderbilt and past public figures have noted his family connections.
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New York
John Christopher ‘Wilmerding
Russo-Chinese Bank Opens Subscriptions for Rail Line
The Russo-Chinese bank will begin subscriptions on December 27 in Paris and St. Petersburg for a railroad linking Chengé Ting Fu in Chee Lee province with Tai Yuan Fu in Shan Si. The project is projected to cost 20 million dollars.
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St. Petersburg
Russo- Chinese Bank
Paris
Chengé-Ting-Fu
Chee-Lee
Tai-Yuan-Fu
Shan-Si
Bennett appeal to probate court over Bryan bequest
New Haven Conn December 12 The appeal of Mrs Philo S Bennett from the admission to probate of her husband will has been filed The will leaves large sums to William J Bryan and other beneficiaries in dispute seeking reversal or modification of the probate ruling.
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Bryan
New Haven
Conn
Philo S. Bennett
William J. Bryan
Wife Found Dead in Pennsylvania Home With Gunshot Wound
Anna Gy press, young wife of an Austrian coal miner from Federal, Pa., was found dead at her home in Pittsburg with a gunshot wound to the breast. Her husband is under arrest in connection with the death.
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Pittsburg
Anna_ Gypress
Federal
Land Ownership Notice From Anytown Listed
Fragmentary OCR reads as a land ownership or property notice mentioning owners and year. Details are unclear but the item appears to note a transfer or claim attached to a parcel in a local area.
Deuces win huge pot as bluffing ends in showdown
In a poker scene Leonard and Shannon bluff until final betting. At showdown a pair of deuces defeats exposed hands to claim the enormous pot.
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Og King
Leonard
Shannon
Westminster Abbey declines burial for Herbert Spencer
Westminster Abbey authorities refused to permit Herbert Spencer to be sepulchered in the British Valhalla. They were formally approached but expressed regret that it was impossible. The decision did not hinge on religion as Darwin is buried there. Prime Minister Balfour favored burials in the abbey, but the dean and the chapter were adverse.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Herbert Spencer
Darwin
Balfour
Oldest Brooklyn man credits chewing tobacco for long life
Isaac Price died in his 102nd year in New York. He never drank liquor and attributed his long life to chewing tobacco. He said alcohol shortened life and that a temperate man avoids intoxicants.
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New York
Isaac Price
Brooklyn
Fight Over Fair Grounds in Lake County
Waukegan Illinois December 12 officials clash over control of the Lake County Fair Association at Libertyville. The Chicago crowd says they hold custody of the grounds while the old officials retain the association books.
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Waukegan
Ill
Lake County Fair Association
Libertyville
Chicago
Fix New Steel Rate Proposed for Buffalo Basis
Buffalo freight agents east of the Mississippi have nearly finished work to establish a Buffalo basis of rates on steel rails after a session focused on setting the new regional pricing structure. The plan aims to standardize charges across the eastern territory.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Mississippi River
Proclaimed Anti-Slavery Law in Moroland
Manila December 12 Maj. Gen Leonard Wood has proclaimed in Moroland an anti slavery law passed in October by the Moro provinces legislative council.
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Manila
Leonard Wood
The
Philippines
Moroland
Legislative Council
Moro
Persian minister to greet shah's grand vizier in San Francisco
Gen Isaac Kahn Persian minister awaits arrival of the shah of Persia's grand vizier traveling from the Orient in San Francisco California on December 12.
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San Francisco
Cal
Isaac Kahn
Leading witness in Fair will case testifies in Paris
Dr Perriquet, a key witness in the Fair will case, testified before Commissioner Hiser in Paris. He believes Charles L Fair died before his wife.
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Fair
Paris
Dr. Perriquet
Hiser
New York
Charles L. Fair
Dabney Likely Next President of University of Cincinnati
May Head University officials in Cincinnati indicate President C. W. Dabney of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville is the likely choice to become president of the University of Cincinnati.
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University
Cincinnati
C. W. Dabney
University of Tennessee At Knoxville
Tennn
University of Cincinnati
Gilman Re-elected President of Civil Service Reform Group
Baltimore December 12 Daniel C Gilman was re elected president as the National Civil Service Reform Association held its twenty third annual meeting in Baltimore.
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D. C
Landmark Indiana National bank case unsettles Elkhart claim
John Lusher formerly of Elkhart was summoned by Receiver Bosworth to settle a $17,000 claim, amid confusion over mortgage debts and alimony payments tied to a building sale. Lusher, now in Napanee, turned funds to the bank and thought his indebtedness settled until a statement showed $17,399.79 due. The case is now in the hands of a local law firm.
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Indiana National Bank
John Lusher
Elkhart
Bosworth
Lusher
Nappanee
Grand jury indicts prominent Nebraskans in postoffice and fencing cases
United States grand jury returns twenty two indictments in Omaha Neb analyzing postoffice bribery and illegal fencing of government lands in western Nebraska. Indicted include Frank M Currier former state senator and W G Comstock and Charles C Jameson of Nebraska Land and Feeding company. Indictments also target ranchmen including Bartlett Richards and J B Billings in Alma and Broken Bow cases with plans to influence postmaster appointments and fence government lands.
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Omaha
Neb
United States Grand Jury
Nebraska
W. G. Comstock
Nebraska Land and Feeding Company
Frank M. Currier
Charles C. Jameson
Elliott Lowe
Barnett Richards
Ellicott Lowe
Alma
Bartlett Richards
Ellsworth
Frank M. Currie
Broken Bow
Sherry
Custer
Lowe
Charles H. Dietrich
J. B. Billings
Dietrich
Cherry
Interior Department
W. A. Richards
John C. Mosby
W. S. Summers
John B. Defreese
American Marines Land at Guantanamo Bay
United States forces report the landing of marines at Guantanamo Bay on December 10 with about four hundred in the air and three hundred more on the ground.
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United
States
New ‘Naval
Guantanamo
Cuba
United States
Colombian Troops Reported Moving Toward Isthmus
Despatches from La Guayra state Colombian soldiers have landed 1,100 men at Savanilla near the Atrato river mouth and plan to use the Darien mountains to reach Panama. Additional forces from Cauca converge on Panama as General Reyes’ mission to Washington unfolds. The U S cruiser Atlanta continues coastal patrol with Bancroft aiding on the San Blas coast.
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Bancroft
San Blas
Atlanta
Plans Formed for U S Occupation of Panama
General staff has ready plans for American occupation of Panama. Moody denies Colombian march on Panama while reports say 1100 troops landed at the Atrato river mouth. If confirmed, 1 2 3 regiments may be sent. Darien pass would be hard for troops. Washington notes rainy season strains logistics and lacks commissariat.
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Panama
Washington
Moody
Guantanamo
Colon
State Department
Atrato River
Atrato
United States
Darien
Commissariat
Dr. Herran
Bogota
Reyes
Colombia
Castro
Butler Typhoid Epidemic Claims Three More Lives
Three deaths from typhoid fever occurred Wednesday in Butler Pennsylvania with twelve new cases reported. Four or five cases were also noted at Greece City ten miles north on the Boydston Creek branch near the storage dam. Burgess William Kennedy issued a general appeal to the American public for aid seeking 100000 dollars to stamp out the epidemic.
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Butler
Greece City
Boydston
Burgess William Kennedy
United States
Grain Dealers Elect Officers in Bloomington Meeting
Bloomington December 10 The Farmers Grain Dealers association of Illinois elected officers led by J C Collins of Tuscola as president F B Houham Howard first vice president W H Graham Fancy Prairie second vice president J A McCreery Mason City secretary and J B Abbot Mason City treasurer.
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Bloomington
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of Finois
J. C.’ ‘Collins
Tuscola
F. B. Houham
Howard
W. H. Graham
Fancy Prairie
J. A. McCreery
Mason City
J. B. Abbot
Mason ‘City
Teacher Mr Under Arrest Cited After Incident
A teacher identified as Mr. is in custody following an incident at the school. Authorities did not release further details pending investigation.
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Pene
Aes
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Mr. Foster
Lincoln Story
Sangamon
Tale
General
John C. Wilmerding
Serre Ron Etc
Lusher Bros
Isthmus
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