Assailant Chambers Kills Two Men in Williamsport
A dramatic shooting in a Williamsport store ends with James H H Chambers killing Dr Thompson and Adam Bailey after a dispute over furniture sale. Bailey rushes in, confronts Chambers, and is shot in the store. Both bodies lie in the street until a coroner's inquest. Chambers, brother to a local judge, is released at preliminary hearing.
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Ron Panther
W. Vassay
Thompson
Williamsport
Adam Bailey
James HH. Chambers
Panither Lumber Company
Pennsylvania
Chambers
Bailey
Dr. Thompson
Judge Chambers
Increase of Immigration Report Shows Large Yearly Rise
The commissioner general of immigration reports 448,572 arrivals last fiscal year, with 304,148 males and 144,424 females. Canada supplied 23,200, cabin passengers 65,635, and total arrivals from Europe 424,700. Notable increases occur in Austria-Hungary, the Russian empire, Finland, Italy, and Japan, while Switzerland and Spain dip slightly.
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Commissioner General of Immigration
Canada
Asia
Africa
Switzerland
Spain
Spanish Islands
Austria-Hungary
Russian Empire
Finland
Italy
Japan
The Cape Dutch Alarmed over Possible Conscription
Dispatch from Cape Town reports Cape Colony Dutch greatly disturbed by rumors of conscription to fight the Boers. Officials doubt Britain would levy in extraordinary way as few Boers remain armed. Mostly Dutch loyalists viewed as unlikely to be drafted.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Oérs
Census shows Berlin population and world news items
The census reports Berlin at 1,384,345 and 1805 at 1,677,301. Queen Wilhelmina receives Kruger of the Transvaal. Holland and Portugal sever ties over Lourenzo Marquez. Insurgents hold Buena Ventura. Sweden poisoning tragedy at Sandviken. Norway reports declines in customs and internal revenue 1809 to 1900. Borlaenge fire renders 150 homeless. Schnaebel dies in Paris. Lords Salisbury on Boer independence. Christiana Gjovik railway opening December 15. Spanish rail wreck: seven dead, twelve injured.
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Berlin
Kruger
Transvaal
Wilhelmina
Holland
Portugal
Lourenzo Marquez
Buena Ventura
Colombia
Sandviken
Sweden
Norway
Borlaenge
Alun
M. Schnaebel
Metz
France
Germany
House of Lords
Lord Salisbury
National Edict Bans Private Use of Yellow for Buildings
An imperial edict declares all structures of the emperor must be yellow and prohibits private individuals from using the color. The offense is described as a cap ital offense, reflecting strict enforcement against noncompliant owners.
GIVES HIS IDEA OF NORMRITY
Secretary Hay estimates a minimum cost of up to 200 million dollars for China’s conflicts and expects about 300 million if all powers set high prices for expeditions. He argues terms must be fair and moderate to enable a workable treaty and foresees little trouble in reaching agreement.
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China
Hay
Celestial Kingdom
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Japan
Jon
Insurgents retreat as US units report gains in Philippines
Telegrams from Manila on Sunday describe insurgents falling back at contested points while American forces capture supplies and land near Pandan. A detachment of the Forty-seventh US volunteer infantry lost two men killed and two wounded after an anchor chain incident off Catanduanes. Captain Richard T. Ellis’s patrol seized Krag Mauser and Remington arms and equipment near Bargar, later destroyed, with rifles and ammunition also recovered at Victoria.
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Manila
Forty-seventh
United States Volunteer Infantry
Catanduanes
Luzon
Pandan
T 66
Richard T. Ellis
Thirtythird Volunteer Infantry
Bargar
Victoria
Branded with Hot Poker Torture in Currysville Mining Town
In Currysville Indiana a tramp color boy was subjected to savage torture by drunken miners Saturday night. He was branded with a red hot poker on his head and body and feared to be burned in a stove. Mock trials preceded the abuse, and other punishments were proposed but sober heads averted further harm.
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Currysville
Ind
Crisis in Germany Opens New Reichstag Session
Consul General Mason reports from Berlin that the winter Reichstag session marks a pivotal legislative campaign. The year is expected to bring a new import duties schedule and debates on renewing or amending treaties expiring in 1903, amid protectionist pressures.
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Reichstag
Mason
Berlin
State Department
Washington
Germany
China
Postal Work of the Year Report by Postmaster General
The Postmaster General's report for the year ended June 30 shows receipts of 102,354,579 dollars and expenditures of 107,740,267 dollars. It projects 110,023,172 dollars in revenue for the current year and 116,633,042 dollars for the year ending June 30, 1902, with a deficiency of 4,634,307 dollars. Last year's deficiency was the smallest since 1893.
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Smith
Dutch Alarm Over Anglo German Portuguese Alliance
Dispatches from The Hague describe alarm over a potential Anglo German Portuguese alliance that could threaten the Dutch seaboard or seize Java. Reports say the cabinet council has even discussed the possibility of war with England.
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Hague
Java
England
Cabinet Council
Ex Consul John W. Coppinger Dies in Alton After Illness
John W. Coppinger former United States Consul at Toronto and a notable Democratic figure in Southern Tennessee died Saturday evening at his Alton home after an eight day illness from a carbuncle on his neck.
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John W. Coppinger
United States
Toronto
Can
Timois
Alton
Pardon for Two Michigan Generals by Gov Pingree
Gov. Pingree announced pardons for Gen. W T L White and Gen. A D P Marsh of the Michigan National Guard. Both were convicted in state military clothing frauds and fined $5,000 each. Fines are to be paid $1,000 on January 1 in 1901 and each January 1 through 1905.
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Gov. Pingree
W. TL. White
A. D P. Marsh
Michigan National Guard
Global unrest and industrial strikes ripple through 1900s America
Notes report tensions between nations, rising wheat fears from Holland Portugal, and a wave of labor actions. United Mine Workers mobilize in West Virginia while coal deals reshape Eastern Ohio. Mine workers strike in Lafayette Colorado and repairs begin for public works in Washington Pennsylvania. A barge wreck near Erie, a Washington heat plant trial, and a series of fires and fatalities color the scene along with political and social shifts in New York and Chicago.
Boxers Alive in Western China
Telegrams from Peking report Captains Wingale and Ryder returned from Balgan after visiting areas untouched by Germans. They learned twelve Europeans mostly Swedish and Norwegian missionaries were killed at Kwet Hut Cheng by taotai orders, with 100 native Christians also executed. They note sieges at the Belgian station and reports of deserrged stations west, while warnings of a rising date December 19 circulate but troops are ample to quell any outbreak.
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Peking
Wingale
Ryder
Balgan
Watts Jones
Kwet Hut Cheng
Pensions Granted and Local Incidents Across Pennsylvania
Pensions awarded to residents in Blairsville Somerset Dayton Blairsville Bellefonte Colum biana West Elizabeth and other towns range from $6 to $17. The Pittsburg Coal Company closes the White coal mine near Washington after long operation. Funds raised for Penn Plate Glass at Irwin exceed one third of $25,000. A large Murray Simpson barn near Huntingdon burns with livestock and grain, losses total $8,000. New steel mill at Tarent in boosts local property values. City of New Castle seeks power to place wires in conduits and tax them. Courts delay defamation suit in New Kensington. Diphtheria closures, mine and ventilation inquiries, and a fatal oil lamp explosion near Latrobe are noted. Coal land purchases near Brothers Valley and Somer set activity. damages awarded in Uniontown. prison terms for Quaker healers. accidental shooting near Oil City. New rail line charter granted in Warren county. Safe robbery thwarted at Apollo mill. Rural routes prompt post office closure at Badger. Thousands of mine accidents reported. new Connellsville library and Natrona bank planned. Chester Military Academy closed for scarlet fever scare. Scranton council bribery cases resignations. Altoona site offer to Central Pennsylvania College.
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Eilizabeth Lowman
Blairsville
William M. Schrock
Somerset
Samuel Schroongesh
Dayton
Adam Sides
William Reed
Bellefonte
Steele Hunter
Emanuel Kurtz
Coraopolis
Samuel B. Laird
Coal Center
Catherine Gesner
Berlin
Susan McGowan
West Elizabeth
Pittsburg
Murray Simpson
Huntingdon
Tarentin
New Castle
J. S. Hahn
New Kensington
Greensburg
First Presbyterian Church of
Titusville
Elm Street
Board of Health
Stein
Mill Creek Coat Co
Mountain
Shrum
Latrobe
Brothers Valley Township
Somerset County
New York
Eliza Patterson
Uniontown
Cambria Steel Company
H. E. Sollenberger
Harry Sheets
Philadelphia
Faith
Ralph Osneider
Oil City
Sharon
Sharpsville
Washington County
Canonsburg
Hyndman
Warren & Sheffield Street Railway Company
Capital Stock
Glade Run
Warren County
Carnahan & Co
Apollo
Harry Carnahan
C. H. Arb
Badger
Lawrence County
Davis
Carnegie Library
Connellsville
National Bank
Natrona
First National Bank of
Pennsylvania Military Academy
Chester
Kitchener Dispatch Details Boer Attack and Pursuit
Lord Kitchener reports from Bloemfontein that General Delarey and Boers attacked a Pretoria to Rustenberg convoy at Buffelspoort, burning half the convoy and killing 15 men with 23 wounded including Lieutenant Baker. Boers suffered losses as forces pursued from Rustenburg and Commando Nek, while De Wet crossed the Caledon at Kareepont Drift toward Odendal. General Knox trailed, the drift held by guards and the river flooded.
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Lord Kitchener
Bloemfontein
Delarey
Soa
Pretoria
Rustenberg
Buffelspoort
Baker
Case
Rustenburg
Commando Nek
DeWet
Caledon
Kareepont Drift
Odendal
Knox
Persia Adopts Russian Policy After Shah Visit
A Russian correspondent in Tehran reports the Shah’s Europe journey and greeting in St Petersburg have encouraged Moscow to push for Persian Sofication. A new loan of 1,000,000 pounds funds fortifications, arms, and army reorganization under Russian instruction to strengthen Persia against possible English pressure along the Persian Gulf.
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Persia
Theran
Europe
St. Petersburg
England
India
Russia
Persian Gulf
West Virginia Land Sale Involving Elkins Davis
Wilson Lee Camden of Baltimore negotiates sale of 14 000 acres in Barbour and Upshur counties West Virginia to ex Senator Henry G Davis and Senator Stephen B Elkins. The tract reportedly contains coal deposits and mines will be opened. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad traverses part of the field with plans for West Virginia Central Railroad extension from Belington. Property adjoins Century Coal Company holdings.
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Wilson Lee Camden
Baltimore
Henry G. Davis
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Barbour
Upshur
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Central Railroad
Belington
Century Coal Company
Beheading of Hungarian Killer in Berlin Prison
August Goenczi, a Hungarian who murdered a wealthy widow Schulz and her daughter in Berlin in 1897, was beheaded Friday at Ploetzensee prison. The motive traced to Brazil. Goenczi claimed a supposed ally named Loewy existed for his defense and convinced several people they had seen him.
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August Goenczi
Schulz
Berlin
Germany
Ploetzensee
Brazil
Goenczi
Loewy
Bridge Collapse Kills Five in Luxemburg
A bridge at Differdingen in Luxemburg collapsed as an express train passed over it. The train plunged into the stream killing five and badly injuring eight passengers.
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Differdingen
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
Famous Guerrilla Insane
William Halley once Quantrel’s chief lieutenant during the Civil War has been confined to the St. Joseph insane asylum. A physical wreck, he is believed to have only a short time to live. Halley, born in Independence, Missouri, saw his father, a wealthy resident, after the war’s outbreak. He was hanged for disloyal acts following his son’s involvement with Quantrel in bloody raids such as the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas.
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William Halley
Quantrel
St. Joseph
Halley
Independence
Lawrence
Kas
Insanity Among Indians Reported Among Papago Tribe
A Papago woman was sent to the territorial insane asylum in Phoenix after developing madness weeks ago from the influence of a Phoenix healer whose claimed divine powers have swayed many Indians. Authorities suspect emissaries in other tribes, and the community has given the healer most of its money.
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Territorial Insane Asylum
Phoenix
Ariz
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