Escort of Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton’s Remains Ordered
War Department orders Maj. Gen. Shafter to escort the late Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton’s body from San Francisco to Washington. Arrival from Manila expected about February 1. Remains to be interred with full military honors at Arlington. President and Cabinet to attend.
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War Department
Shafter
Henry W. Lawton
San Francisco
Washington
Manila
National Cemetery
Arlington
Germans Against Britain and US Germany talks on Britain Seizures
Berlin dispatch notes anti British coalition appeal with Russia seen as option and urges initiative. London special reports US and German embassies seeking common ground over Delagoa Bay seizures. Prairie Depot Ohio oil town hit by fire destroying eleven businesses and one home. loss estimated 100000 to 150000 dollars. insurance unlikely to cover more than one third. town sparsely equipped with old hand engine.
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Britain
Berlin
London Daily News
Russia
United States
Germany
London
Great Britain
Delagoa Bay
Prairie Depot
Ohio
Two Women Cremated In Fire At Pulitzer House
Fire swept Joseph Pulitzer's East Fifty-fifth Street dwelling in New York. After the blaze, two badly burned bodies were found in the ruins identified as Mrs Jerrett the housekeeper and Miss Elizabeth Montgomery the governess.
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Joseph Pulitzer
The
New York World
Fifty-fifth Street
New York
A New Champion Crowned at Broadway Club
Terry McGovern defeated George Dixon to claim the featherweight world title. Dixon’s manager Tom O Rourke stopped the bout in the eighth round to spare him a knockout as Dixon fought on valiantly despite bleeding and fatigue. Senator Beveridge of Indiana delivered his maiden Senate speech drawing a crowded gallery and strong applause. Mayor Jones of Toledo and Albert S. Dulin of Philadelphia formed the Association of Altruists planning a cooperative community in Moorestown New Jersey near Philadelphia.
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Terry McGovern
Broadway Athletic Club
New York
George Dixon
Dixon
Tom O’rourke
Beveridge
Indiana
Senate
Philippines
Jones
Cincinnati
Samuel M. Jones
Toledo
Albert 8. Dulin
Philadelphia
Association of Altruists
Moorestown
N. J
Adelbert Hay Denied Entry at Pretoria Consulate
A Washington special reports that Adelbert Hay, son of the Secretary of State, will be told by President Kruger he is persona non grata on arrival in Pretoria to take charge of the U S Consulate. He may return to Washington at his convenience. Also noted are events: McFadden's Flats in Fort Wayne on Jan 19, Rose Coghlan in The White Heathen on Jan 20, and a Mendota Illinois stock train collision killing one unknown stockman and injuring three.
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Kruger
Washington
Adelbert Hay
Pretoria
United States
South African Republic
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Ind
McFadden
Rose Coghlan
Mendota
Obituary notes and incidents from early New York papers
Maj general Zenas Bliss and ex congressman Edwin Osborne die in Washington. Dyn amite blast injures six at Duquesne iron works. A Brooklyn church burns, losses total fifty thousand. Naval Captain Sigsbee injured in New York. Dr Edward McGlynn dies in Newburg. Pardons granted to Chiara Cignavale. Lehmann founder of Chicago fair dies in White Plains. Jewelers Descio identifies suspect in 1897 theft. Dewey arch fund reaches two hundred thousand. Rockefeller pledges five thousand, banker two thousand. A New York citizen dies after choking on a two dollar bill found in Park Row. Torrens land act ruled constitutional in Massachusetts.
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Zenas R. Bliss
Washington
Edwin T. Osborne
Pennsylvania
Carnegie
Duquesne
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Juniata
William H. Putnam
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
New York
Jerome Descio
Washington, D. C
Pittsburg
Charles E. Hoyt
New York City
John D. Rockefeller
Park Row
Supreme Judicial Court
Boston
Court of Registration
Western News Highlights and Local Disasters in 1899
A sprawling summary notes Minneapolis wheat receipts for 1899 totaling 87,961,630 bushels, surpassing any year. It reports divorces suit in St Louis, a Milwaukee vagrancy sentence, a fatal cow strike near Wellsville Missouri, a Logansport editor’s suicide, a Wabasha bank closure, near-destruction fire in Hill City South Dakota, and a Belpre Ohio chemical spill investigation. Also listed are murders, train and industrial accidents, and various legal actions across multiple states.
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Minneapolis
Minnie Seligman Cutting
St. Louis
Robert Cutting
New York
Ross Raymond
Milwaukee House of Correction
Wellsville
John Robinson
J. K. Sutton
Daily Reporter
Logansport
Ind
St. Paul
People’s Bank of
Belpre
Ohio
Samuel Wilecoxen
Brass
Illinois Steel Company
Chicago
Oil
Eisler
Lima
Frank Trembly
Bellefontaine
Ernest Austin
Ohio Penitentiary
William
Ernest
Duncan Kennedy
Eleventh
Detroit
Mich
Key West
Eagle River
Wis
Fox Farm
Hamilton
Olie
Wolf Lake
Noblesville
District Court of
Dallas
Texas
Oak Cliff
Michael Kerrick
Little Falls
Mina
Fatal turkey shoot fight near Jackson Kentucky
Southern News reports a fatal clash at a turkey shooting event on Lost Creek about sixteen miles from Jackson Kentucky. Jim Noble and Irvin Fugate were killed, Jerry Noble wounded in the mouth. Additional fires in Richmond Virginia blamed on disasters include a tobacco warehouse and a cold storage plant gutted, totaling roughly 400000 dollars with 850000 dollars insurance.
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Lost Creek
Jackson
Jim Noble
Irvin Fugate
Jerry Noble
Richmond
Kingan
Jerome Henson
Thomas Jones
Walker County
Georgia
Cedar Grove
Jones
Henson
Newport News
W. W. Watts
Lynchburg
Norfolk
New York
Old Dominion Line
Jamestown
Glenvech
Lambert's Point
Southern Presbyterian Board of Missions
Nashville
Key. L. C. Vass
Rev. H. P. Tlaunkins
Luebo
Congo Free State
Africa
German demand for reparation over Delagoa Bay seizures
The German minister in London is instructed to press for ample reparations for German ships seized at Delagoa Bay and the insult to the German flag. The Ibex mail steamer sunk after striking Black Hook near Guernsey. all passengers saved, one sailor drowned. Russian writer Dimitri Grigorovitch, a leading figure in modern literature, dies in St Petersburg at 76. A landslip wrecks 500 yards of the Bellegarde tunnel near Geneva.
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London
Delagoa Bay
Great Western Line
Ibex
Black Hook
St. Sampson's
Island of Guernsey
Dimitri Grigorovitch
St. Petersburg
Bellegarde Tunnel
Geneva
Switser
Train Avalanche Wounds Passengers In Mountain Tunnel
An avalanche struck a through tunnel as a train passed, wounding many passengers. Paris high court convicted Deroulede of conspiracy with extenuating circumstances. Canton reports battle near Wang Chaum as Chinese forces rout French. French losses include 30 dead. Ambassador Choate informs Britain US rights in South African waters must be respected. Patria steamer fire in Channel, later foundered with two drownings. St Petersburg journal hails Hague peace conference acts and anticipates rapid ratifications.
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High Court
Senate
Paris
M. Deroulede
Canton
China
Wang Chaum
Choate
United States
South African
Great Britain
Patria
English Channel
New York
Hamburg
de St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Hague
Toronto Woman Dies After Robbery Then a Suicide Note
Miss Rachel Ferguson, a well known Toronto woman, was knocked down by an unknown man and robbed on her way home. She died from the injuries. A ten year old registered at Rossin House in Toronto as A Finberg of Chicago and was later found dead after his room door was forced. He shot himself twice, leaving no explanation for his action.
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Great Western Railroad
Northern Pacific
Mississippi Street
St. Paul
Minn
J. F. Crennan
Topeka
Kan
Standard Oil Company
Santa Fe
Crennan
J. H. Morely
Minneapolis
Fargo, N. D
P. C. Simmons
Morély
Congregational Church
Minnesota
W. H. Curtis
Butler, Ind., Canning Company
Chicago
Charles Root
Texas Township
Mich
Root
Mary Patrick Stanton
Cleveland
Mary
Marshall Field
Woman's Temple Trust
Matilda B. Carse
Ohio
Karg
Pioneer Steel Elevator Company
Duluth
Enterprise
Walter Douglas
G. F. Piper
W. 8. Archer
C. E. Thayer
American Linseed Oil Company
Cudahy Oil Company
Muncie
Ind
Blackford County
Rachel Ferguson
Toronto
Ont
Miss Ferguson
National Association of Red Mill Workers
American Steel and Wire Company
Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern
John W. Gates
Federal Steel Company
Mississippi
Davenport
Rossin House
A. Finberg
Finberg
Braidstreet
Barrett
Congress Reopens as Bipartisan Debates Face Bills
Both houses resume sessions after recess with Senate debates on currency and war policy. Chandler pushes bimetallic changes to the currency bill while Pettigrew’s Philippine resolution looms. House members seek Gage correspondence with major banks and discuss trust regulation and Philippine aid. Eulogies for Hobart and others are scheduled through the week.
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Congress
Senate
Chandler
Republican Finance
Hoar
Pettigrew
Hobart
Allen
Gage
National City Bank
Hanover National Bank of New York
Aldrich
Secretary of War
Gen. Otis
Foraker
Porto Rico
Sulzer
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hawaiian Islands
McKinley
War Investigating Commission
Philippine
House
Secretary Gage
Treasury
New York
Levy
Dem
N. Y
Lentz
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Torres
Otis
Lodge
Mr. Morgan
South
John C. Graham
Provo
Utah
Orson Smith
Logan
Gen. Merriam
Wardner
Idaho
Danford
Ohio
Greene
Nebraska
Odde and Enda Sydney Visit Noted For Global News
Sydney N W reports a hot wave affecting the region while India allocates famine relief to nearly 3 million people. Wheat prospects in Australia look favorable as news of various global conflicts and events emerges. The Liberty Alliance in Chicago forms with 500 members amid imperial and colonial concerns.
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Odde and
Enda
Sydney
India
Glacier
B. C
Great Britain
Kerewani
New Guinea
New Hebrides
Colville Reservation
Washington
Dixie
Liberty Alliance
Chicago
Lord Bennet, Evangelist
Leonora van Marter
Tacoma
Wash
Earl of Tankerville
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