News in Brief: December 1900 overseas and domestic items
A compact recap of varied 1900 happenings including Chicago Great Western weekly earnings up $8,458.21, Kaiser's Berlin visit, Judge Canfield’s death in Ohio, Brazil wheat exports, naval transport moves to the Philippines, Rockefeller's philanthropy, and other notable notes on royalty, politics, and industry. The wide array spans rail, war, agriculture, finance, and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western Railway
Berlin
Kaiser
D. W. Canfield
Chardon
Ohio
Garfield
Brazil
Secretary of War
James
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Volunteer Army
Philippines
United States
Wildman
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company
J. E. Martin
St Iarke
Jackson
Benjamin L. Crocker
Sacramento
William
Boursen Courier
New York & Forto Rico
Hawaii
London
War Department
Port Stephens
Nagasaki
Seattle
Connemaugh
Frederia
Westminster
Henry DB. Lyman
Roswell Bardsley
North Lakemng
Tempiing County
N. Y
President McKinley
Washington
Post Office Department
Israel Noel
Alaha
Fayette, Wis
Croker
British Tax Commission
Herr Krupp
Krupp Works
R. N. Batchelder
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Schloss Bellevue
Whiergarten
Sam Loates
Reiff
New York
California
W. P. Frya
Republican Joint Legislative Caucus
Augusta
L Fe
Alaska
Oregon
Seattla
Cadmus Kelly
Missouri
Tennessee
H. M. Turner
College of
African Methodist Episcopal Bishops
Grand Duke of Hesse
Nicholas
Burleigh measure passes to increase House seats
The House approved the Burleigh reapportionment plan by 166 to 102, lifting the next decade's total to 886 members. Illinois New York and Texas gain three seats each, with many states netting one or two. Critics warn of power shifts from rural to urban areas, while Hopkins and Dalzell urged broader national interests.
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Washington
Jan
House
Hopkins
North Dakota
Colorado
Florida
Crumpacker
Illinois
New York
Texas
Minnesota
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Dalzell
Bingham
Hopkinson
Burleigh
Grosvenor
Ohio
Germans Kill Many Chinese in Bayonet Engagement
A German expedition in northern China fought 3,000 Chinese at Sze Haikong near the Great Wall. Chinese defenders used ten cannons, four Krupps, and a mountain battery. After a dawn wall assault and three hours of combat, Germans seized the valley village, then burned dwellings and withdrew toward Ten King with one German dead and four wounded, Chinese losses about 200.
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Pekin
Sze Haikong
Great Wall
Lui Tin Fu
National suffrage law proposed by Michigan representative
Washington Jan 9 Representative Smith proposes a constitutional amendment: the House shall be composed of all members chosen every second year by the people of the several states and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications prescribed by act of Congress, uniform in all states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smith
Michigan
House of Representatives
Congress
Probably Vatally Hurt at Towa Falls Yard
Jan 9. Iester W. Rockey yard clerk at the Burlington yards in this city was struck and run over by moving cars. He had a leg and an arm cut off and his injuries are probably fatal. Rockey is about 30, with a wife and child.
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Towa Falls
Iester W. Rockey
Burlington Yards
T Rockey
President Koops remains ill at Hume Washington
The president is still suffering a bad cold and, on Dr. Rixey's advice, will remain in a large room for three or four days. No cabinet meeting today and diplomatic reception invitations have been recalled. The White House says the illness is not serious but a precautionary postponement is planned.
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Koops
Hume
Washington
Jan. T
Rixey
White House
Orman Inaugurated Colorado Governor Seeks Tax Reform
Governor James B. Orman was inaugurated in Denver with a simple ceremony. He delivered a inaugural message urging financial law reforms including inheritance, income taxes, and higher mining property assessments. He criticized nonuniform taxation, citing express companies and the Standard Oil trust as paying little tax while profiting from state protections.
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Colorado
Denver
Jon
James
Orman
Campbell
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Capitol
Ese
Standard Oil Trust
Express
Itg
Titus Amendment Void Declared by Judge Dewey in Iowa
Judge A P Dewey of the Sixth Iowa district ruled the biennial election amendment to Iowa's constitution void citing improper form of submission. The decision, based on a 10 000 word opinion, concludes the amendment was not lawfully adopted as it was not entered upon the journals. The case involved Remley Mullan and Senator Titus, author of the measure, and affects terms expiring in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Des Moines
A.P. Dewey
Iowa Judicial District
Washington, Ta
Supreme’ Court
Remley
Mullan
George Titus
Twenty-Eighth
General Assembly
Iowa
Paterno Seeks Paternal Gov ernment in the Philippines
Manila reports say insurgent camps are being captured or destroyed across Luzon with a scouting party taking drones near Silang. Arrests of suspected insurgents continue in Manila and surrounding areas as Paterno and other independents push to split the federal party and seek fuller Philippine independence while maintaining a relationship with the United States akin to Australia and Canada with Britain.
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Paterno
Philippines
Manila
Luzon
Larce
Marinduque
Forty~ Sixth Regiment
Silang
Federal Party
Patérno
America
United States
Australia
Canada
Great Britain
Rochester Holocaust Sets City Abuzz In Frieghtened Wake
Twenty eight people are reported dead and twelve injured in a catastrophic morning fire at the Rochester orphan asylum. The dead include twenty six children and two adults. The blaze left many at city hospitals in critical condition tonight. Local authorities are investigating the origin of the disaster.
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Dena
Rochester
Rochester Orphan Asylum
Contests Filed Over Montana House Seats
In Hilena Montana today January 9 contesta were filed against the seat of one Republican senator and two Republican house members. Tomorrow contesta will be filed against five independent or Daly Democrats in the house.
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Montana
Hilena
Mont
Daly
Pension for Mrs. Stanton Reported Favorably
WASHINGTON Jan 9 Senator George L Shoup from the committee on pensions favorably reported Senator Thurston s bill to pension Mrs T H Stanton fixing the amount at 50 dollars This action by the pensions committee advances the widow s pension measure toward possible passage in the Senate.
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Stanton
Washington
George L. Shoup
Committee On Pensions
Thurston
T. H. Stanton
Northern Pacific Lands Sold in North Dakota to New York Syndicate
The Northern Pacific has sold all its North Dakota lands totaling 1,400,000 acres to a syndicate of New York and eastern capitalists. The purchase foreshadows the creation of ranches under the new ownership, signaling a major shift in land use and development in the state.
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Golf
North Dakota Landa
Jamestown
N. D
The
Northern Pacific
New York and
Eastern
Des Moines grocer's son kills self in Nebraska
Harry Prouty, son of Des Moines wholesale grocer C. O. Prouty, shot himself near a Wilcox store in North Platte Nebraska. He left Des Moines after Christmas with his uncle for a trip to Honolulu when illness struck him in San Francisco. He died at 3 32 p m after being found unconscious with a bullet wound in the left ear.
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Harry Pronty
Des Moines
North Platte, Neb
Harry
C.C. Prouty
Wholsale
Prouty & Pratt
Wilcox House
Dewey Street
Wilcox Department Store
Kelcher
H. L. Prouty
St. Luke's Hospital
San Francisco
Cal
Lucag
S. B. Warner’s
Harry Prouty
North Platte
C. 0. Prouty
Whalsale
Charles Prouty
A. Tp
Honolulu
Changes In Iowa State Offices In Des Moines
Iowa officials reshuffle with Treasurer Herriott and Secretary Dobson resignations accepted. Gilbertson and Martin appointed as successors under election certificate and appointment. Morning receipts expanded the balance to 913,847.58. Endowment bond receipts totaled 628,750. Six years prior Herriott had 485,613.71 in bonds with 10,807.17 interest. cash received from predecessor 109,890.97. State notes no bonds or floating warrants. only permanent debt remains pending constitutional change.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Herriott
Dobson
Shaw
Gilbertson
Martin
Sioux City’s elusive “Jack the Hugger” terror
A persistent prowler in Sioux City has worn the moniker “Jack the Hugger.” Police report he has frightened numerous women over weeks. He fled a Berry woman who threatened a gun, dodged after a head strike with a medicine bottle, and escaped when confronted by husbands protecting walking partners.
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Sioux ‘City
Jack
Sioux City
Chretien sow records spark reader letter in Iowa paper
A reader from Clearfield Iowa responds to a State Center item titled A Chrifty Sow. Mrs W P Sherwood describes her Chester White sow producing a litter of thirteen with eight living piglets and pork sales totaling $289.10, noting a pig weighing fifty pounds at two months old.
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Clearfield
State Register
State Center
W. P, Sherwood
Grinnell Congregational Society Donates Lot for Library
Grinnell January 9 The Congregational society voted unanimously to give the lot north of the church on Broad street to the city for library purposes fulfilling Joel Stewart’s condition for building a library. The subscription for books totals 3200 dollars with half funded by H W Spaulding.
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Grinnell
Congregational Society
Broad ‘Street
Joel
Stewart
H. W. Spaulding
Explosion at Chariton Iowa mine claims three lives
An explosion at a Cleveland mine near Chariton Iowa on a January day killed three workers and seriously injured several others. After the day shift departed, rescue crews recovered victims and battled fires while property damage was reported. ten men remained unaccounted for and involved in ongoing search efforts.
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Chariton
Cleveland
W. A. Bennett
Plese
Receivers file their report on Officer & Pusey bank
Beresheim and Murphy, appointed receivers of the Officer & Pusey Bank at Council Bluffs, filed in district court their report covering transactions from appointment to December 29, 1900 and an inventory of receipts and disbursements. Cash on hand at appointment was 143,450.60. total receipts 186,605.88. disbursements 7,564.48. cash on hand 179,041.38. Claims approved total 600,690.03 including time and demand certificates and deposits. Initial report showed 624,458.08 in claims. 23,768.05 not yet filed. Receivers note unpresented claims and seek court directions. notices to creditors were published and mailed. filing deadline expired December 26.
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Officer & Pusey Bank
Council Bluffs
Sid
Beresheim and Murphy
District Court
Beresheim and
Murphy
Bane
Officer & Posey
Complaints About Railroads in Des Moines Area
The Des Moines Board of Railroad commissioners reports a high level of activity with more complaints last year than ever, and fourteen complaints since December first indicating a busier year ahead. Interlocking switches were inspected at Spencer Laurens and Greenville, and officials are being sent new annual reporting blanks requiring sworn actual values for railroad property.
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Des Moines
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Spencer
Laurens
Greenville
Navy recruiting drive to recruit apprentice sailors in Des Moines
A naval officer will open headquarters in Des Moines from January 28 to February 4 to recruit for the United States Navy. The Navy seeks apprentices aged 16 to 21, who will receive nine dollars per month from muster, plus clothing, rations and medical care.
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Washington
Des-Moines
United States Navy
Retired Northwestern Railway official Walden ends 37‑year service
Clinton Iowa January reports W D Walden 76 resigns after thirty seven plus years as superintendent of the bridge and building department of the Northwestern Railway. He supervised the Main line and several branches employing nearly 500 men. His final achievement was the roundhouse construction, retired under a new pension of 100 per month.
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Clinton
W.D. Walden
Bridge and Building Department
Northwestern Railway Company
Walden
Northwestern Company
Iowa
Northwastern Roundhouse
Fugitive Joseph Dolan Arrested for Forgery Near Danbury
Joseph Dolan, long sought for forgery, returned to his Danbury, Iowa farm and was arrested after a year as a fugitive. He faces a grand jury indictment for uttering a forged note for 200 dollars, bought by Albert Wendell for 170, who will prosecute. Also noted is a movement to enlarge the Internal Revenue Third District to include South Dakota.
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Sioux
City
Joseph
Dolan
Danbury
Pote
Albert 9
Wendell
Dubuqur
Internal Revenue District
Submarine Plan for Atlantic Crossing by Holland Boat
Holland the submarine boat man proposes a four craft voyage to cross the Atlantic. The itinerary runs Bermuda, Azores, Lisbon and Cadiz with much travel under water. He claims the voyage is now safe and feasible and will follow the owner’s plan.
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Rurape
Holland
Atlantic
Tion
Bermudas
Azores
Lisbon
Cadiz
Spain
Budapest's Up-to-Date News Service A Telephonic Link
A Budapest telephone news service provides subscribers with reports of major events, with 28 daily editions read into a transmitter between 7:90 am and 9:20 pm by loud-voiced workers in shifts. Mineral production in the US rose from 619 million dollars in 1880 to 976 million in 1899.
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Budapest
Haing
Bervica
United States
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Culzan
Des Moinea
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Slade
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Mt Wor
Jean
Ron Iliousnees
Key
Cuba
Bermuda
Mexico
Pan Ad Orient
Hot Springs
Ark
Aus Water Report of
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Farnam
Paxton Hote
Harry’r, Moores
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