Senator Stairbanks Outlines Senate Agenda for Currency and Philippines
Indianapolis dispatch quotes Senator Charles W. Stairbanks stating the first after holiday recess will be the currency bill with about a month of debate starting January 4. He notes possible discussion on the Philippine question during the next presidential campaign and outlines aims to end hostilities and subjugate the islands, plus later annexation debate. He also covers the Roberts case, Alaska boundary talks, and predicts strong Philippine sentiment in Washington.
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Indianapolis
Charles W. Stairbanks
Senate
Ele
Hoar
United States
Roberts
Utah
England
Fairbanks
Philippines
Washington
Gathering of Democrats in St Paul and Des Moines
In St Paul, Senator J I Jones chairman of the Democratic national committee and Ex Vice President Adlai Stevenson spoke with local leaders. Jones urged restoring order in the Philippines and condemning the administration as criminal aggression. Stevenson and General Hardin echoed optimism for Democratic success. In Des Moines, the senatorial fight resumes this week with Gear and Cummins supporters confident their candidates will prevail.
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St. Paul
J. I. Jones
Democratic National Committee
Adlai Stevenson
P. Watt Hardin
Kentucky
Jones
Chicago
Bryan
Philippines
United States
Stevenson
Tardin
Des Moines
Waton Mn Rowen
J. W
J. J. Blythe
Gear
Gear and Cummins
Kentucky governor and commissioner clash over appointing rights
In Frankfort on December 27, Governor Taylor asserts he may appoint successors to Pryor and resigning commissioners. He names W. H. Mackey of Covington and A. M. J. Cochran of Maysville. Commissioner Poyntz, advised by Democrats, appointed John A. Fulton to one vacancy. Fulton and another ally meet tomorrow to choose a third.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Taylor
Poyntz
Pryor
W. H. Mackey
Covington
A. M. J. Cochran
Maysville
John A. Fulton
Fulton
Battle Creek Woman Acquitted in Husband Murder Case
Mrs Mary B Sanderson was acquitted at Glasi shawl Michigan of murdering her husband. She regrets losing social position, says her withdrawal was voluntary to spare friends embarrassment, and she will remain in Battle Creek rather than move to Chicago or Baraboo Wisconsin.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Mary .B. Sanderson
Glaishall
Chicago
Baraboo
Wis
Funeral of Dwight L Moody in Northfield Mass
Funeral services for evangelist Dwight L Moody were held in Northfield and Cavalry Baptist Church with a large crowd attending. The body lay in state at Congregational Church and at the residence, the service featuring a 150 member choir and eulogies by Rev. C J Schofield and Rev A I Pierson. Memorial services followed in Cavalry Baptist Church.
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Northfield
Mass
Dwight Lb. Moody
A.I. Pierson
Brooklyn
C. J. Schofield
New York
Dwight L. Moody
Cavalry Baptist Church
Sortie Report Details Boer Guns Blown Up
London reports a Ladysmith dispatch noting a sortie in which General Hunter's 500 volunteers destroyed a 6 inch gun a howitzer and a Maxim with one British fatality. Other items include engagements at Ladysmith Dec 22 Jouwbert return Modder river wireless tests and Marconi instrument seizures.
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South Africa
London
Aespatch
Daily News
Ladysmith
Heliograph
Hunter
Cape Town
Lord Methuen
Modder River
Pretoria
Cape
Fawcett
Joubert
Marconi
Demeillon
Hlandslaagte
Simonstown
Penelope
Christmas Tragedy Claims 3 Year Old Dreiss
Hustatia Dreiss the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dreiss of Green Bay Wisconsin died from severe burns suffered when her clothing ignited from candle flames near a Christmas tree. The incident occurred Monday afternoon in the Comstock home where her grandfather J H Comstock manages the Diamond Match plant.
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Green Bay
Wis
Hustatia Dreiss
C. A. Dreiss
J. H. Comstock
Diamond Match Plant
Germans drop plan to seize the Danish West Indies
Berlin reports the German government has abandoned any attempt to acquire the Danish West Indies. The American view is that such a move would offend the Monroe Doctrine, with Denmark not selling the islands. In Manila, Santa Ana insurgents attack Subig Bay, reinforced by Marines, repulsed with no American casualties. In New York a trolley car riot leaves one man dead and three wounded among 47 black men and women.
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Berlin
Danish West Indies
Denmark
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Subic Bay
Manila
Santa Ana
Subig Bay
Olongapo
Mioudy
New York
Woonen
Morrisania
Dudley Smith
Howard Lambert
George Worrend
First white child born in the Sandwich Islands dies in Wisconsin
Mrs. George H. Stafford of Wisconsin, aged 80, died Saturday. She was born in Hawaii, the first white child born in the Sandwich Islands. She leaves a husband and two children A L P Loomis of Windsor Wisconsin and Cornelius G Peck associate editor of the Champaign Daily News.
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Viest White
Hawaii
Pardon Sought for Oleomargarine Convicts
Washington reports an application for clemency to President McKinley and the attorney general for Joseph Wilkins and Howard Butler, imprisoned in Movamensing prison Philadelphia for violating oleomargarine laws. They faced fines and short terms after a long legal fight. the case reached the Supreme Court, which upheld the original verdict.
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Ava Ifard
Work
Washington
Joseph Wilkins
Howard Butler
Movamensing
Philadelphia
McKinley
West
Wilkins
Butler
United States Supreme Court
Internal Revenue
Parson Chases Thief Stealing Gifts from Parsonage
Dr Schepler pastor of St Pauls Episcopal Church in Marinette chased a thief leaving the parsonage with gifts. He tackled the man, handed him to police, and returned to finish Christmas services.
Chicago Extradition Bid Fails In Armstrong Case
State's Attorney Deneen vows to exhaust all feral rights to bring William H Armstrong back from Seattle after his extradition was refused. Armstrong, arrested there on jury bribery charges, now faces adultery charges with a woman he calls his only wife Edith Armstrong. The Seattle woman is identified in Chicago as Lizzie Murphy and uses several aliases.
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W. H. Armstrong
Chicago
William H. Armstrong
Seattle
Deneen
Armstrong
Edith Armstrong
Lizzie Murphy
Louise Holmes
Lou Knight
Lou Cullenbach
Found Dead Christmas Morning in Arcola
Mrs. J. C. Joslyn was found dead in her Arcola home on Christmas morning. She had sold newspapers in town for over thirty years with her husband, who died about a year ago, and the cause of death is given as heart disease.
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Arcola
Ill
J. C. Joslyn
Wall ace arrested in $5,000 subtreasury theft in Chicago
Clyde H. Wallace, a United States sub-treasury clerk in Chicago, was arrested yesterday on charges of stealing 5,000 in gold from the office on Nov 15. He reportedly confessed to secret service investigators after a clue from a finery purchase. An arrest tied to the case emerges.
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Chicago
Clyde H. Wallace
United States Sub-Treasury
Secret Service
Defalcation at Port Jervis Bank Soars to $101,987
Defalcations by Assistant Cashier Louis J. Goldsmith of Port Jervis National Bank, initially reported as 25000 dollars, have been revised to total 101,987 dollars by the bank examiner.
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Middletown
N. Y
Louis J. Goldsmith
Port
Market quotes and grain prices from Chicago and Milwaukee
Chicago board of trade quotes show wheat at about 65 to 69 cents, corn around 80 percent, oats near 22 cents, and futures for December through May. Hog and cattle figures list ranges for receipts and prices, with pork around 10.00 and cattle 4.00 to 6.90 for various grades. Milwaukee reports No. 1 northern wheat 66 to 66.4 cents, rye steady at 55 cents, and barley around 43 to 44 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Esseee Cerete Neenes B
Bata Data
Cape Cod
Texas
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Northern
Robert G. Allen Named New Cincinnati Manager
Robert G. Allen, a seasoned National League veteran and former Philadelphia star, is appointed manager of the Cincinnati team. He previously led Indianapolis to the Western league pennant and is noted for scientific play. his on-field position plans include potential shifts if McPhee retires.
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Robert G. Allen
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Allen
Philadelphia
Ife
Detroit
Vanderbeck
Herman Long
Jie
Boston
McPhee
Short Field
Corcoran
American and British universities prep for Olympian games
Princeton and Pennsylvania will send track teams to the Olympian games at the Paris exposition. Oxford and Cambridge plan entries, with Yale or Harvard likely following Princeton and Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania loses two stars but teams remain strong. Princeton loses none. Three top American cyclists Gardiner Kiser Cooper will race in Paris with $55,000 in prizes, training in Genoa before Paris’ three day meet.
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Princeton
Pennsylvania
Oxford
Cambridge
Yale
Harvard
Tewkesbury
Baxter
Athens
Garrett
Lane
Tyler
Jamison
Burke
Paris
Arthur Gardiner
Earl Kiser
Tom Cooper
Gardiner
Kiser
Cooper
Genoa
Golfer Tufts Scores Unusual Hole in Two
Ed Tufts of Los Angeles hit a bizarre drive that landed in a cow's mouth. After untethering the cow, he drove the animal to the third hole and claimed a two, but his opponent counted eighty nine strokes before Tufts conceded the hole.
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Ed Tufts
Los Angeles
Tufts
Move to bring national regatta to Harlem river next year
A national rowing regatta movement aims to host the event on the Harlem river next year marking the first time since 27 annual regattas began that New York would host. The speedway course has also been favorably considered as part of the plan.
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Harlem River
National Association
New York
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