Local Engagements And Social News In South Side
Miss Alicia Sturgis and Mr. Ed Dalman announce their engagement. William Murphy returns from Philadelphia to visit grandparents. A musical at H. Hartman’s home on Hanna and Wallace. Miss Tracy Guild hosts a thimble party for Bertha Maier of Chicago on Fairfield avenue. Poundmaster Brown searches South Broadway for an alleged mad dog. Ethel Homsher hosts 13th birthday party with Clara Fronefield May Kickley Bessie Glenn and others.
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Wiliam Murphy
Force Street
Philadelphia
H. Hartman
Hanna
Wallace
Tracy Guild
Fairfield Avenue
Bertha Maier
Chicago
Poundmaster Brown
South Broadway
Ethel Homsher
South Webster Street
Clara Fronefield
May Kickley
Bessie Glenn
Clara Owens
Grace Gates
Floy Gates
Jessie Tuckey
Mable Hamsher
Princess Collins
Flora Pothamus
May Whitney
Favor Freeland
Pearl Bond
Grace Chase
Myrtle Lewis
Flossie Blanchard
Grace Irwin
Anna Polhamus
Warlike sentiment cools as Transvaal crisis eases
London reports Berlin shows calmer mood and less hostilities in Transvaal dispute. British cabinet allegedly resolved key questions while Cecil Rhodes arrives in Kimberley and signals ongoing South Africa involvement amid Jameson affair fallout. Kruger’s stance and Jameson raid plots feature in debate.
Cabinet unity signals decisive course on empire questions
London January 13 cabinet meeting described as united on all pressing empire issues. It is unofficially announced that Lord Salisbury will soon publish the Venezuela and Transvaal cases. Reports from Pretoria quote President Kruger defending a Johannesburg municipality and urging a conciliatory stance to avoid conflict. The mood shifts against Germany and favors backing Russia in Turkey to avoid British territorial gains.
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Londpon
Great Britain
Lord Salisbury
Venezuela
Transvaal
Pretoria
Kruger
Volksraad
Johannesburg
Cecil Rhodes Telegraphs Views to World from Cape Town
The New York World publishes Rhodes dispatch dated Jan 12 from Cape Town. He notes Transvaal has 70,000 newcomers and an old population of 14,000 amid gold industry growth and political tensions.
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Transvaal
England
South Africa
America
South America
London
Kimberley
S. A
Cecil J. Rhodes
Cape Colony
New York World
New York
the World
Cape Town
Britain Hails Amity as Venezuela Papers Asserted
The Standard credits the American nation with magnanimity in the Venezuela papers issue and lauds cordial Anglo American friendship. Sydney reports New South Wales premier G H Reid united with Australian governments in backing Salisbury against foreign interference. Kruger case sees warrants for 200 leaders in mines and stock exchanges, including Americans Curtis and Hammond.
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London
The
Standard
Venezuela
Lord Salisbury
America
England
Sydney
New South Wales
G. H. Reid
P. O'Connor
the Sun
United States
Great Britain
Kruger
Johannesburg
Stock Exchange
J. 8. Curtis
Hays Hammond
Minnie Burke Dies in Tenement House Fire
Burre New York January 13 Minnie Burke dies in a tenement house fire. Firefighters battled the blaze as neighbors reported smoke in the stairwell.
Jack the Hugger in Terre Haute Case Sparks City Debate
Mayor reopens Charles Lutz case after saleswoman and factory girl complaints. Twenty five women identify him as the man who hugged or grabbed them on the way to work. Lutz asserts innocence. The case drew wide attention with his employer and wife defending him. In a separate note, James Jones faces a preliminary hearing for voluntary manslaughter after a stray bullet killed Nelson Webb.
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Terre Haute
Ross
Charles Lutz
Lutz
Elwoop
James Jones
Nelson Webb
Webb
Jones
Novel Conduct That Got a Postmistress Into Grave Trouble
Georgetown postmistress Miss Louisa Mottweiler was deposed and jailed after investigators found she held mail for over two years delaying two wagonloads of newspapers and many letters. Postoffice Inspector Vickery closed the Georgetown office and Joseph Clipp was named temporary in charge until a new postmaster is appointed. No dishonesty found, but the offense is a criminal violation of withholding mail. Other items note Oran Fathing planning a coffin from a walnut, a jailhouse detainer of a possible gang member, a San Francisco inheritance of 59 million, a derailment near Goldenshwait with one fatality, and related incidents.
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New Albany
Georgetown
Vickery
Louisa M. Mottweiler
Joseph Clipp
Chicago Commission
Indianapolis
Oran Fathing
Bartholomew County
Window glass plants shut down across United States
Jan 13 reports the closure of western window glass plants as part of a nationwide suspension. The stoppage is described as complete and without precedent, with resumption not before February 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouncik
United States
Rebels in Cuba Take Each Step Eastward With Attacks
Reports from Havana and New York describe ongoing insurgent activity around Managa Banes Matanzas and Cardenas as Gen Gomez advances eastward. Spanish troops fight a 600 strong rebel force near Havana while civilians suffer arson and killings. A Cuban raid is credited with igniting rebellion and burning cane fields.
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Havana
Managua
Maximo Gomez
Pinar del Rio
Guayra
Melena
Banes
Cidra
Santa Ana
Matanzas
Cardenas
United States
Tampa
Fla
Cuba
Roloff
Puentes Grande
Produce Exchange
Wages of Miners Uniform in Pittsburg District
The Pittsburg railroad district joint committee announced uniform mining wages after an all day session. About 20 000 miners in the district are affected with further gains expected in Ohio Indiana Illinois and West Virginia. The convention declared true uniformity has been practically established and covenants remain in force. More than 95 percent of the mines have conformed.
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Pittsburg
Joint Committee of
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Sturgeon Bay Banker Family Fire Near Tragic Loss
A fire at banker James Keogh’s residence in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin January 13 left four family members and a domestic badly burned, with one severely cut by glass. Keogh saved four children as flames engulfed the home and a ladder formed by local youths aided a trapped daughter in escaping. Mrs Keogh, ill in bed, may die from shock and burns.
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Stungkon Bay
Wis
James Keogh
Keogh
Mr. Keogh
Tess
Ten Days on a Rocky Bluff Wreck Off Vancouver Island
Seattle reports the wreck of the four masted British ship Jeanette Cowan near Vancouver Island. Ten days on a rocky bluff left seven dead including the captain and mate. fourteen survivors, Swedes Irish English and Scotch, rescued by the tug Tyee. Survivors endured cold and hunger from New Year’s Day until rescue.
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Seattle
Jeanette Cowan
Vancouver Island
Tyee
Port Townsend
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South Side News
Alicia Sturgis
Ed Dalman
Edgwater Ave
Everett & Doud
Nat. Bank
Calhoun and
Berry Sts
George Meyers
Hanna, Force, John and
Gay Streets
South Side Wall Paper Store
Kernan
Koons & Schlenk, Pst
South Calhoun Street
Turner
Frank Klotz
Calhoun ST
Phillip Graf
Lafayette Street
Emmett Martin
Besa
Germany
Berlin
Cecil Rhodes
John Bull
Dr. Jameson
Jameson
South Africa Company
Bulawayo
Taber St
West Side
Calhoun
Fts
Jack the Hugger
Goldthwaite
Oliver P. Worley
Dr. Worley
Hollis
G. C. Morris
Marion
John Ulrich
Spencer House
San Francisco
Australia
Hontinepure
Air Line
Goldéshwaite
Here
Yeater
George Bush
Sturgeon Bay
Drs Monks
Des Moines
Medical College
Barlewrilie
MBOYS
Frank Lessie de Popular
M ‘Monti
Frank Leslie
Sopular Monthly
Cts
Evening Post
M. E. Burns
East Berry Street
Fort Wayne
Ind
Acker
Acker Medicine Co
Chambers St
A. €. Gocke
Broadway
Washington Boulevard
Albert E. Bulson, Jr
Pixler
Lone Brook
Clifton House
Monroe Street
Wabash Ave
Palmer
GEO. Cummings Hotel CO
Geo. Cummings
Iil
Rescue Medicine Company
W. A. Hart
Hall
Evenine Post
Mockering’s
H. G. Sommers
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Lines
Seay, Denton
East Bound
S¢ Louis RR
N.Y
Boston
Cleveland Mail
Eastern Express
WEST
Chicago Ax Tess
Chicago Mail
Western Express
Tiocal Freight
A. W. Johnston
B. F. Hormer
Cleveland
C. Baker
Ft. Wayne
Gincinnati
Louisville
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Connersville
New Castle
Rushville
Canada
North Bound
Aerive
Philley
Ft. W
C. and
L. Railroad
F Daly
HC Parker
Boston ‘Limited
Toledo Express
Atlantic Express
Cocal Freight
At Lafayette
Pacific Express
Kansas City Express
Lafayette
St. Louis Limited
Pew Ve Wave
New York Palace
New York and St. Louis
Atlantic
Cannon Ball
R. G. Thompson
Col
Sagedu Deae
Faultless Chemical Co
Baltimore, MD
Hamilton National Bank
Mamiitom National Bank
Charles Riculloch
John Mohr
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
Embalmer
West Wayne St
Fort Wayne, Ind
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Cine
Grand Rapids
North
Richmond
Seaoees
Findlay
E & Western
A.M
Haviland
Cloverdale
Ottawa
Toledo
C. H
P.M
P.M West
P.ow
C.H
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