China Accepts Note Instructs Plenipotentiaries for Best Terms
Dispatches from Pheiin and Paris report Chinese plenipotentiaries ordered to sign the preliminary joint note and seek best terms on disarming forts rather than destroying them. Emperor’s health and Li Hung Chang’s condition affect signing, with Prince Ching taking lead and Wu reporting uncertainty over interpretation.
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Phein
Li Hung
Prince Ching
Ndalao
Ias
Hung’ Chang
Benov .de Cologan
Paris
United States
Taku
Conger
Mgr
Tribute to American Woman Praised by Hall Caine
Hall Caine writes to Sorosis from Greeba Castle praising the higher status of women in America. He notes progress over 100 years and credits American independence and chivalry of men for the positive position of women in the republic of art and nations.
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Chillicothe
Hall Caine
The
Sorosis
Greeba Castle
Isle of Man
Republic of Art
America
End of Century Services Invite Gloomy Forecast
London reports religious groups held services marking the end of the century. Archbishop Thordice Triar preached at Westminster Abbey, warning England may face a coalition of European powers early in the new century.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Thordice Triar
England
Pat Crowe Not Yet Found
Police and detectives failed to locate Pat Crowe and his companion Ralston alias Mea after a raid on a city building. Capt Henry Frans led officers who searched the premises but found no trace of the suspects this evening.
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Joseph
Pat
Crowe
Henry Frans
Ralston
Mea
Dillon
Carson
Cudahy Letter Threatens Boy's Life in Omaha Kidnapping Case
The Omaha Bee publishes a new ransom letter from the Cudahy kidnapers urging withdrawal of the reward or else they will kill the boy. Public reaction splits over whether the bandits are bold or desperate, with police remaining silent. Mrs. Cudahy gains broad motherly sympathy amid threats to children.
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Omaha
Neb
A. Cudahy
Packer
Bee
Cuddy
Ohne D. Cuddy
South 37Th Street
Cudahy
Cchildren
Mrs. Cudahy
Helvetia Post Captured by Boers in Lydenburg District
Dispatch from Lord Kitchener dated December 30 reports that Helvetia on the Machadorp Lydenburg railway was captured by the Boers. About fifty killed and wounded and 200 taken prisoner. Reeves retook Helvetia with reinforcements from Belfast. Kimberley isolated. Zeerust besieged. Otomhage garrison moved to Lichtenurg.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Lytleton
Helvetia
Kitchener
Reeves
Belfast
Machadorp- Lydenburg
Liverpool Regimnerm
England
Dewet
Kimberley
Lydenburg
Cape Colony
Zeerust
Ottomhage
Lichtenurg
Suit for Millions in Cleveland Heirship Case
In Cleveland on December 31 a suit over ownership of millions in city property and $1.5 million damages for exclusion from rents was filed by heirs to Leonard Case, who died in 1880. About 500 defendants named. The nine plaintiffs claim rightful heirs to the property.
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Cleveland, O
Leonard Case
German Cable in China Opens for International Service
New York Dec 31 The Commercial Cable Company reports the German administration with Great Northern Telegraph and Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph have laid a cable for the German government between Tsing-Tau and Shanghai. International service opens January 4.
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New York
Commercial Cable Company
Great Northern Telegraph Company
Australasia
China Telegraph Company
Town Man Ground to Pieces Near Otis City
A man was murdered and his body ground to pieces by passing trains on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Big Four near Otis City Indiana. A memorandum book found near the body bore the name William Golore of Ottumwa Iowa. The victim is believed to have been killed by companions and placed on the tracks.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Baltimore &Ohio
Big Four
Otis City
William Golore
Ottumwa
Foraker Replies On Porto Rico Policy In Ohio Speech
Senator Foraker defends Porto Rico tariff policy amid Harrison criticism, noting congress allowed Porto Rico to keep internal revenue and payer duties locally while funding its government. He cites court review looming and broad support for continued tax provisions.
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Cincinnati
J. B. Toraker
Ann Arbor
Mich
Harrison
Manufacturers’ Club
Foraker
Supreme Court
Congress
Porto Rico
Louisiana
Florida
California
National Treasury
Washington
United States
Boer Leader Now in Trap Captured Reports Stir London
London dispatches and continent rumors say General Dewet has been captured though the War Office has not confirmed. Capetown reports place Dewet near Senekal with a large commando barring advances, while Knox holds between Ladybrand and Winburg. Yeomanry freed after capture near Britstown. Johannesburg reports Boer damage to Kleinfontein and Chinese batteries.
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Dewet
London
Capetown
Senekal
Fecksbrug
Winburg
Knox
Ladybrand
Orange River
Britstown
Johannesburg
Kleinfontein
After January 1 Indian Territory Hawaii Alaska counted in wealth per capita
Washington report notes that starting January 1, the per capita wealth calculation will include the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska and the Indian Territory. This change is expected to slightly reduce the U S per capita wealth, currently about 27 dollars.
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Washington,d. C
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Indian Territory
Cuban Extradition Request From Michigan Governor
A state department letter reports Governor P ingree of Michigan requesting extradition of Charles J. Thompson charged with forgery in Detroit. Thompson is in Cuba. The department sent papers to the War department while noting Cuba is under U.S. military control, without ruling on merits.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Pingree
Michigan
Charles J. Thompson
Detroit
Thompson
Cuba
United States
War Department
Mail pouch containing 100000 dollars stolen at Wyandotte station
A mail pouch with 100000 dollars in negotiable paper and an unknown amount was stolen from the Michigan Central station in Wyandotte last night. The pouch was left in the waiting room after the train arrived at 10 28 p m and discarded by a night operator. A second pouch was later found emptied behind an old tanks.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Central Railroad
Wyandotte
Michigan Central
Richard
John McCleary
George Bessy
Archbishop Opposes Saloon Use in Church Property
From Dubuque and Minneapolis reports Archbishop Keane opposes intoxicants on church property since his arrival. He has preached temperance to match John B. Gough’s zeal and a saloon run by ex mayor Olinger on property at Seventh and Main faces eviction. The Archbishop forbids church property use for saloon purposes.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Dubuque
Keane
John B. Gough
Olinger
Women Raid Blind Pig in Mattoon After Repeated Offenses
About twenty women from Longview raided a blind pig in Mattoon at midnight, breaking in, seizing bottles and jugs, and smashing them on the street. The owners had been arrested several times but reopened after paying fines, prompting the women to act themselves to close the establishment.
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Mattoon
Longview
Rittman Named Fourth Auditor of the Treasury
The president has named Fred Rittman of Cleveland as fourth auditor of the treasury to fill the post left by the death of Auditor Morris. Rittman, about 50, has long been in Cleveland banking and is a lifelong friend of Senator Hanna. He is known to President McKinley and is expected to start January 1.
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Washington
Fred Rittman
Cleveland
the Treasury
Morris
Navy weighs transfer of Cavite station to Subig Bay
May Chengre reports from Cavite as the general board of the navy led by Admiral Dewey discusses moving the U S naval station from Cavite to Subig Bay. A special board in the Philippines requests full equipment for boring apparatus to test the bay’s shore foundation suitability.
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Washington, D. C
General Board of the Navy
Admiral Dewey
United States Naval Station
Cavite
Subig Bay
Philippines
Washington
Sublg Bay
Counterfeit Note Collections Seized in Philadelphia
Secret Service Agent Griffin confiscated several large collections of counterfeit notes in Philadelphia. The finest collection, owned by a bank cashier, was declared prohibited by law and taken amid protests. Several other cashiers also reported losses of smaller counterfeit note collections.
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Philadelphia
Secret Service
Griffin
American Appointment Notices From Bogota
United States Charge Beaupre informs the State department that Carlos Martinez Silva, Colombian minister for foreign affairs, is appointed minister to the United States and will sail within two weeks. Mr. Thomas Herran is named secretary of legation at Washington.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Beaupre
Bogota
State Department
Carlos Martinez Silva
Thomas Herran
Washington
Cabinet Meeting Ends In Empty Show Of Unity
Washington December 29. The cabinet convened for two hours and issued a united claim of no results. One member quipped that if future meetings are as barren as this century’s last, reporters will have little to write about.
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Washington
Thrifty Farmer’s Wife Prompts Smoke Ham Change
A thrifty farmer’s wife convinced her husband to abandon his pipe and switch to smoking hams, turning a social habit into a rural joke.
Paving the Pingree Line
Ex Quartermaster General W L White pardoned by Governor Pingree pays $1,000 of a $5,000 fine under the pardon condition. The payment goes to Ingham County treasurer as installments until January 1 each year for five years to reimburse the county for convicting White.
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Pingree
Detroit
Mich
W. L. White
Ingham County
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