Multiple 1900s News Briefs From National and Local Wires
Diverse items report bank presidents and a Missouri ex-governor elected to railway boards, a new fraternal society head, urban fires destroying businesses in Newark and Brooklyn, rail dividends, a Gould trust payout, steel and shipyard deals, Rockefeller wealth claims, boxing title talks, war veterans honored, Kansas City’s first railroad arrival, lawyer deaths in Illinois, Grover Cleveland’s political stance, South Africa views, Paris commission spending, a Kentucky murder, pension-era notes, and a Pacific cable contract reflecting British reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Forgen
First National Bank of Chicago
Francis
Missouri
Chicago & Alton Railway
Charlies Dick
Chealiers
Akron
Owen Murphy
Rufus Lord
Well Street
Newark
Brooklyn
Jay Gould
Wall Street
Vickers’ Son & Maxim, Limited
England
Midvale Steel Works
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia
Andrew Carnegie
Charles E. Clark
Oregon
Spain
Tohn Brosnahan
Kansas City
George S. House
Illinois
Toliet
Davis
House
Grover Cleveland
United States
New Jersey
J. M. Rboertson
South Africa
League of Liberals
Lord Roberts
Robertson
Peck
Paris Commission
Senate
Falmouth
Wm. Poor
Fred N. Gulick
Gullick
William Wirt Henry
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Omaha
Lee
Department of the Missouri
London Daily Express
Frankfort
Beckham
Greely
Yukon
Nome
Alaska
Tt8
Great Britain
Australis
Canada
German Chancellor Defends Arbitration Note In Europe
Berlin dispatch reports Count von Buelow explaining Germany did all to avert war over Kruger's rejection of mediation. He notes Britain and the U.S. would risk war if mediation advanced. He cites French stance and warns against Don Quixote policy. In Reichstag, Baron von Thielmann warns of gradual budget strain and outlines planned fiscal measures including taxes on sparkling wines and saccharine.
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Berlin
Count von Buelow
Kruger
William
Republica
Europe
M. Detcasse
France
Germany
Great Britain
Reichstag
Imperial Treasury
Baron von Thielmann
Austria
Labor Federation Endorses Initiative and Referendum
The American Federation of Labor resolutions committee reported endorsing the initiative and referendum after debate. It also urged Congress support for a bill aiding blind education, an eight hour post office workers bill, and municipal ownership of public utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Labor
Louisville
Resolutions Committee
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Manley to See President on Internal Revenue Post
Hon Joseph Manley of Maine will meet President McKinley at 2 P M to decide on accepting the commissioner of internal revenue role. Reported legal objections to leaving the vacancy unresolved may lead Manley to decline the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Washington
Joseph Manley
Maine
McKinley
Manley
Li Hung Chang Secretary Arrested in Shanghai
A Shanghai dispatch reports Li Hung Chang's secretary Yiko arrested by order of Field Marshal Count von Waldersee for alleged communication with the Boxers.
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London
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Yiko
Count von Waldersee
Troops Occupy Tsang Chou After Chinese Resistance
Berlin dispatch from December 11 reports Field Marshal Count von Waldersee telegraphing from Pekin that detachments from Tien Tsin led by Colonel Lohrscheidt and Major Falkenheyn seized Tsang Chou, ninety-five kilometers south of Tien Tsin, after facing a Chinese force. The troops are retreating back toward Tien Tsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Count von Waldersee
Pekin
Ulder
Tien Tsin
Lohrscheidt
Falkenheyn
Tsang Chou
Tien Tein
Centennial of the Capital Celebration in Washington
Governors of states and top officials arrive for the centennial of the national capital held in Washington. President McKinley will host and review the parade with dignitaries, followed by speeches by Richardson Payne McComas Hoar and Daniel, ending with a reception for governors and territorial leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weahington
Washington
Shaw
Iowa
Dolson
Byers
Remley
Schfield
Wisconsin
Barnes
Oklahoma
Markham
California
McKinley
Theodore A. Bingham
McFarland
Capitol
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
States
District of Columbia
Najal
Diplomatic Corps
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Dewey
Miles
House of Representatives
Richardson
Payne
McComas
Hoar
Daniel
Martial Bead Brought Home Transport Hancock Returns Bodies
The Hancock arrived from Manila with about 1,500 sailors and soldiers who died in the Philippines, China, Guam and Honolulu. It marks the largest cargo of remains since the Spanish American War. After quarantine, bodies go to the Presidio or to relatives. The voyage covered twenty five days from Manila and seventeen from Nagasaki with eleven deaths among passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Ballors
San Francisco
Manila
Nagasaki
Philippines
China
Guam
Honolulu
Presidio
Ministerialist Re-elected In Three Somerset Surrey and Suffolk Divisions
London readers report three Conservative MPs elected without opposition. Sir A Ackland Hood is re-elected from Wellington Somerset. St John Broderick from Guildford Surrey. Captain E B G Pretyman from Woodbridge Suffolk. All faced no opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. Ackland- Hood
House of Commons
West
Wellington
Somerset
St. John Broderick
Guilford
Surrey
EB. G. Pretyman
Woodbridge
Suffolk
Walter D. Glenn Held On Trial Charge In Cashier Shortfall
Walter D. Glenn, once cashier of the Trad eus Loan and Building association, confined in county jail on a charge of being over $20,000 short in bus accounts. He vanished last summer, then worked as a hotel clerk in Rawlins Wyoming before his arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Vaught
Rawlink
Chicago
Walter D. Glenn
Tradeus Loan and Building Association
Glenn
Rawlins
Wyo
Clark
Accuses England of Spite
The Novoe Vremya, citing Dr. Morrison's Pekin dispatch to the London Times, says that Russia's entente credit belongs to America and that England begrudges President McKinley his prestige for stressing American friendship with Russia.
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England
St, Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Morrison
Pekin
London Times
America
McKinley
Russia
Enda o Murderer's Career Beheaded in Sweden
In Vesteraas Sweden on December 11 Philip Nordland the man who on May 17 killed seven men and wounded others aboard the Prins Carl was beheaded after being convicted of murder. He reportedly chanted psalms while his head was struck, ending his life sentence.
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Enda
Vesteraas
Sweden
Philip Nordland
Prins Carl
Quicksand
Keeping
Four Masked Men Rob Mentor Mills Office
In Painesville Ohio, December 10, four masked robbers entered the Mentor Knitting mills office, bound the watchman and his wife, blew the safe with nitro glycerine, took 850 dollars, escaped, and were later discovered after the wife freed herself and alerted others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robhers
Binalt Haus
Painesville
Mentor Knitting Mills
Andrew
Treasury Balances Show Strong General Fund
Washington December 11 report lists general fund balances with cash at 410,022,553 dollars and gold holdings at 97,921,548 dollars excluding the 150,000,000 dollar gold reserve in the redemption division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington, D. C
Cagh
Hobson Out of Danger in Presbyterian Hospital
New York December 11 Lieutenant Hobson was reported greatly improved and out of danger at the Presbyterian Hospital after his condition stabilized following injuries. His recovery progress was noted by medical staff and briefed to reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
New York
Presbyterian, Dospital
Western diplomats push for Chinese peace talks and envoy actions
Pekin dispatches report foreign envoys agreeing to a joint note with China and plans for further meetings. Emperor Kwang Su may return once dignified terms are assured, while Tung Hsiang's removal signals government willingness to concede. The International club opens to foster diplomacy as legation buildings are debated.
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Tung Hsiang
Hsiang
International Clib
Legation
Washington
Pekin
Conger
State Department
China
Mr. Conger
Teele sams Moat Building
Washington dispatch reports vessels built in the United States officially numbered from June 36, 1900, to November 30, 1900 totaling 495 vessels and 149,962 gross tons. Major items include seven steel steamships of 34,933 gross tons and four smaller steel steamships of 8,456 tons capable of passing the new Weiland canal, plus one steel schooner barge of 2,799 tons.
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Washington
United States
Weiland Canal
Mary L McLean Dies in Washington at 1:30 AM
Mrs Mary L McLean mother of John R McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer died in Washington at her residence from acute heart affection. She had been ill since Friday. At her bedside were her daughters Mia Dewey and Mrs Ludlow wife of Rear Admiral Ludlow, her son John R McLean and Admiral Dewey.
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Aire
Mary McLean
Washington
Mary L. McLean
John R. McLean
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Oblet Rebel Captured Near Su Chau
Shanghai dispatch reports Pao Ho Nien tao tai of Chu Fu Che Kian, responsible for the July massacre and fugitive, captured near Su Chau and sent to Hang Chau Fu. Mr. John Goodnough, United States consul general in Shanghai, plans leave of absence to start for the United States.
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Shanghai
Pao Ho Nien
Tao Tai
Chu Fu
Che Kian
Su Chau
Hang Chau Fu
John Goodnough
United States
Persian Minister Arrives in Washington from New York
General Isaac Kahn, the new Persian minister to the United States, arrived in Washington from New York and is expected to be presented to the president during the coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Isaac Kahn
United States
New York
Five Die? Shootout Injures Marshals and Gang Members
In Mountain View C T last night a gunfight at the Cattle Exchange saloon wounded five men including City Marshal Jesse Morris and Deputy Ayres. Morris was shot in the intestines, Ayres in the knee, Jesse Williams and Frank Hughes shot, Palmsley shot four times in the head. Morris Hughes and Palmsley doomed to die per report.
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Mountain View
C. T
Hughes
Jesse Morris
Marshal Ayres
Cattle Exchange
Marshal Morris
Ayres
Jesse Willams
Frank Hughes
Palmsley
Morris
Senate Plots Week on Hay-Pauncefote and Ship Subsidy
Washington December report shows the Senate set to press the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and the ship subsidy bill, with Nicaragua canal action paused until treaty issues clear. Expected speeches by Clay, Vest, Berry and West spotlight opposition and free ships advocacy, while House plans proceed on appropriations and war revenue tax cuts amid anticipated brewery tax amendments.
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Washington
Dee
Senate
Congress
Morgan
Friends of
Clay
Vest
Berry
West
Soldiers Capture Without Contest In Philippine Fighting
In Manila on December 10, reports say insurgents retreat at contested points while Americans gain supplies and territory. A detachment of Forty-seventh U S volunteer infantry abandoned a landing near Pandan after rifle fire, returning to Catanduanes with two killed and two wounded. Captain Richard T. Ellis seized Krag Mauser and Remington rounds plus a printing press and signal gear, which were destroyed. Thirty rifles and cartridges were taken at Victoria.
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Manila
Forty-seventh
United States Volunteer Infantry
Catandunes
Luzon
Pandan
Grout oleomargarine Bill passes in House today
Washington December 8 The House passed the Grout oleomargarine bill by 196 to 92. A minority substitute adding stricter sales restrictions and higher penalties failed 113 to 178. The bill subjects oleomargarine butterine imitation butter and imitation cheese to state police powers for consumption or sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Committee On Agriculture
To Marry Duke of Westminster in Dec Is Reported
LONDON December 10 authorities say the duke of Westminster will wed Miss Shelagh Weal daughter of Calone Cornwallis West. By the marriage he would become brother in law to Mrs. George Cornwallis West Lady Randolph Churchill.
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Duke of Westminster
London
Shelagh Weal
Calone Cornwallis West
George Cornwallis, West
Randolph Ghurehill
Lord Roberts to Arrive in London for Thanksgiving Service
Lord Roberts is expected to arrive in London on January 5. He will be met by the prince and princess of Wales and proceed in triumphal procession to St. Paul’s Cathedral for a special service of thanksgiving.
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Lord Roberts
London
Lord Roberta
Prince and Princess of Wales
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Barge Sinks in Bitter Erie Gale. Eight Feared Dead
BRIE, Pa. December 10. In one of the fiercest gales to sweep Lake Erie, the iron ore barge H Foster of the Tron Duke sank ten miles off Erie at dawn. Eight men are missing or drowned: Captain John Bridge of Cleveland. first mate and second mate unnamed. Robert Wood of Port Austin, Michigan. May of Detroit. and four deckhands unnamed. The disaster occurred during a violent storm that left the lake littered with wreckage.
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Allen
Brie
Lake Drie
H. Foster
Erie
John Bridge
Cleveland
Robert Wood
Port Austen
Mich
Detroit
Deek
Wealthy NY figure leaves generous will to all employees
New York financier, once a modest office boy, amassed about 20.9 million dollars yet avoided ostentation. In his will, he remembered every employee in his banking house, from top to bottom, with generosity.
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New York
Secret Cures and Phrases in a Delaware Era
An oblique fragment mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption and a name Jo an F Bors in Trinity Springs Indiana, with a price of five dollars in 1900. It notes a maxim that revealing a secret ends its secrecy, hinting at advice or advertising language from an era of patent remedies and moral sentiments.
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Piso
Coide
Joan F Bors
Trinity Springs
Ind
Fed
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