Filipinos surrender at Bontoc and Manila reports
Aguinaldo's wife and relatives surrender with Filipino officers and others. New Year movements include Cabuyao occupation by Thirty-ninth Infantry with casualties and prisoners taken. Uprising was thwarted by American precautions. provost marshal seeks two more regiments for Manila. about 3000 troops now in the city.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Bontoc
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Cabuyao
Laguna de Bay
Stupendous Robbery in Havana Linked to Appraisal Frauds
Report from Havana notes Senor Arturo Arestegui, deputy collector, suspended amid fraud inquiries by appraisers. Officials estimate daily theft of 10 000 to 20 000 dollars as customs revenues rise without shipping increases. While officials doubt Arostegui’s guilt, evidence prompts investigation. Widespread merchant conspiracy alleged in Havana.
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Havana
Wood
Custom House
Senor
Arturo Arestegui
Senor Arostegui
Bliss
McCoy Defeats Maher In Five Round Clash At Coney Island
In a brisk five round battle before the Coney Island Athletic Club on January 1, Kid McCoy outboxed Peter Maher. The bout was scheduled for twenty five rounds with a $20,000 purse but gate receipts determined the winner. McCoy showed ring generalship and tactical superiority while Maher struggled with footwork and control.
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Coney Island Athletic Club
New York
McCoy
Peter Maher
Maher
Pope Leo’s informal pick for successor Girolamo Gotti
Rome reports Pope Leo XIII after the St. Peter’s door opening praised divine grace and named Cardinal Girolamo Maria Gotti as his likely successor. Gotti, 64, famed Genoese monk, heads indulgence and relics. known for ascetic life and sleeping in a cell. Lancaster brief notes county treasurer Hershey has $65,000 deficit and fled to Canada after stock losses and gambling losses.
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Leo
Girolamo Maria Gotti
Rome
St. Peter’s
Congregation of Indulgence
Cardinal Gotti
Lancaster
E. K. Hershey
Hershey
Canada
Alderman George Hill Ends His Life in Milwaukee
Milwaukee alderman George Hill of the first ward died by suicide, shooting himself as worry over a street railway ordinance grew. Hill, a Democrat, supported the ordinance. In Shanghai a telegraph from the Do Yen diplomatic corps confirms the ratification of the extension decision for the Chinese foreign settlement in Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
George Hill
Hill
Shanghai
Pekin
Robber Shot Dead On Seattle Street Car Holdup
Eight passengers aboard a Ballard Street car fought two masked highwaymen as they attempted a hold up in Seattle Washington. One robber was killed by a passenger shot and the other fled into the woods. Plympton was wounded in the arm and chest as shots rang out. bullets also struck two other passengers. Police found the unidentified dead robber near the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Ballard
Plympton
Nebraska Shooting Scrape Ends in Mortal Wound
Joseph Kime and C. E. Clough two prominent ranchmen near Alliance Nebraska had a quarrel over ranch affairs. Kime fired a revolver wounding Clough in the neck. Clough received the injury at age over 60 and was taken home. Kime is under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kime
C. E. Clough
Alliance
Clough
Kime
Lawyer Cason Recants in Clark Bribery Case
Helena Montana Zachary T Cason a Butte lawyer who testified in the Wellcome disbarment case says United States Senator Clark offered to pay for votes. Cason now signs a statement to Clark’s friends asserting his testimony was false bought for 400 dollars to feed his starving family. He expresses deep regret and hopes the retraction helps.
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Clark
Helena
Mont
Zachary T. Cason
Butte
Wellcome
United States
Cason
Port Jarvis Cashier Surrenders Over Bank Robbery
Lewis E. Goldsmith assistant cashier of the Port Jarvis National Bank surrendered to U S Marshal Heneel in New York. He is accused of stealing 540000, falsifying bank books, and fled four days before a warrant. He waived examination and was held on 10000 bail for the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsmith
Port Jarvis
New York
Lewis E. Goldsmith
Port
Riot at Mitchellville industrial school reported in Des Moines
Telegram received December 29 said another riot erupted at the Mitchellville industrial school. Police were asked to watch for two girls who had escaped from the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchellville Industrial School
Des Moines
Johnson
Sheriff Killed by Negro in Florida Posse Raid
Will Gorman a negro shot and killed Sheriff T B Simpkins at the Scurry place six miles north of Monticello Florida as Simpkins and a posse closed in on his cabin Gorman fired twice killing the sheriff instantly The incident followed a pursuit for murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Fla
Will Gorman
T. B. Simpkins
Famine Relief in India Reports No Rain Increase
Calcutta telegraphs the viceroy Lord Curzon that there is no rain increase and 8,451,000 natives are now receiving famine relief. In the Philippines Funston to join MacArthur, brigade not yet named, likely to Wheeler. Natal ex Premier Harry Escombe dies suddenly on December 28.
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India
London
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Calcutta
Natal
Durban
Harry Escombe
Deo
State Dept. Unperturbed by British Seizure Actions
Washington reports equanimity in the State Department over British warships stopping British and Dutch merchant vessels bound for Delagoa Bay with cars exported from the United States. Officials expect full reparation if acts prove illegal and say English actions risk no broad American opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Dept
Washington
State Department
Delagoa Bay
United States
America
Des Moines Woman's Child Kidnapped in Missouri
In St Joseph Missouri on December 28 a man and woman entered the sickroom of Mrs E Holland and abducted a 2 year old adopted girl from the bed. The child is the daughter of Mrs Lillian Hammond formerly Miss Lillian Lemon of Des Moines and is believed taken at the urging of her husband. Mrs Hammond works as a traveling saleswoman for a Chicago wholesale house and left the child with relatives in St Joseph.
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Des Moines
St. Joseph
E. Holland
Bartlett Street
Mrs. Holland
Lillian Hammond
Lillian Lemon
200000 Irishmen Ready Fenian Meeting in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia a secret December twenty eight gathering of Irishmen supported the Fenian movement and the Boer cause. T E McVeigh of Dublin a candidate for Michael Davitt's seat in parliament gave the keynote address and confirmed preparations for a Fenian movement with 200000 Irishmen ready to strike England at any opportunity.
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T. E. McVeigh
Dublin
Wheeling
W. Va
South Africa
Michael Davitt
England
Daring Robbery Strikes Prominent Stockman in Walsenberg
Walsenberg Colorado reports prominent stockman W. J. Milsap seized by two men when about to enter his hotel on December 28 and robbed of twelve thousand dollars. The money was mostly in his coat and vest, garments torn from him, no trace of the criminals yet. Milsap was en route to Mexico to buy cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsenberg
Colo. Walsenberg
Colo
W. J. Milsap
Milsap
Mexico
Pope May Urge Peace To End Transvaal War
Berlin reports pope Leo intends during the holy year to seek an end to the Transvaal conflict by appealing to Catholic powers. Vatican circles note Austria may cooperate. In Wisconsin William Scarborough, a U S infantry private tried for a serious Philippines charge, has had his death sentence commuted to twenty years by President McKinley.
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Berlin
Leo
Transvaal
Vatican
Austria
McKinley
Oshkosh, Wis
William Scarborough
Third United States Infantry
Philippines
Professor Shoots Wife Mistaking Her a Burglar
Alfred Morrison a language professor at Mt. Vernon New York fired at his wife during the night mistaking her for a burglar. The bullet entered her left shoulder and lodged near the lung.
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Yook
New York
Alfred Morrison
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Wreck on Union Pacific Claims Baggageman Life
Denver reports the Cheyenne flyer on the Union Pacific collided with the Bowlder Valley train near Bright. Baggageman William Rukel was killed and about a dozen people injured. Hail Insurance Company Fails in Wahpeton with liabilities over $50,000 and assets of $8,000.
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Union Pacific
Denver
Bowlder Valley
Bright
William Rukelman
Hail Insurance Company
Fargo, N. C
Red River Valley Mutual Hail Insurance Company of
Wahpeton
Market Quotations From Major Midwest Cities
Trade figures cover cattle hogs sheep and grains in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with bid ranges for each item including wheat corn oats rye and dairy eggs butter and clover seed. Notable price bands show cattle mostly $2.50 to $7.75 and hogs $3.00 to $4.75 across markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Watertown Hosts Annual State Teachers Association Meeting
The seventh annual meeting of the state Teachers Association opened in Watertown on Dec 26 with officers elected for the coming year. President S. C. Hartranft. recording secretary May H. Cowan. corresponding secretary G. H. Dixon. treasurer Alice J Spouse. Notable addresses by E. P. Hall, E. T. Fitch, and others highlighted sessions. The next session will be held in Yankton.
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State Teachers’ Association
Watertown
B. L. Brown
Centerville
Cowan
Iroquois
Frank Crane
Martha J. Turney
Mitchell
Brown
Clutton
E. T. Fitch
Aberdeen
E. P. Hall
H. B. Mathews
Brookings
W. J H. Dempster
Madison
D. F. Small
Armour
E. F. Tucker
Deadwood
E. J. Quigley
Geo. M. Smith
Vermillion
W. D. Brucalow
E. B. Boggess
J. W. Heston
Agricultural College
South Dakota
H. D. Warren
Yankton College
J. R. Byers
Parker
C. E. Muller
Springfield
Cora Vern Stein
G. A. Fry
Kimball
S. C. Hartranft
May H. Cowan
G. H. Dixon
Yankton
Alice J Spouse
Plankinton
Indians to attend Deadwood court in wagons
Judge John Burns arranges for Pine Ridge and Rosebud witnesses and officials to travel to United States court in Deadwood by wagon, saving about twenty dollars per person and roughly two thousand dollars per court session. Nine women joined the Sisterhood at Presentation Academy Aberdeen with services led by Very Rev. Dean Mensing and multiple priests. B. P. Smead, father of Walter Smead of Homestake, died in Lead on December 28 from appendicitis.
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Pine Ridge
Rosebud
United States
Deadwood
John Burns
Sisterhood of the Presentation Order
Presentation Academy
Aberdeen
Dean Mensing
O’hara
Sheehan
Elkton
Desmond
Huron
Cosgrove
St. Stephen’s Church
St. Paul
B. P. Smead
Walter Smead
T. J. Grier
Homestake Company
Ranch Sale Near Pukwana Sells 480 Acres for 4800
D. H. Henry of Chamberlain sold his 480 acre ranch one mile east of Pukwana for 4800. Kendall & Dowd of Pukwana bought the property as stock dealers. Rockefeller funds Baptist college payroll for Rev. E. H. Lovett as secretary.
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D. H. Henry of
Chamberlain
Bank of Chamberlain
Pukwana
Kendall & Dowd
Rockefeller
Baptists
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
E. H. Lovett
First Baptist Church
Bapiist College
Sioux Falls
Devastating Fort Pierre Fire Destroys Main Street Businesses
A major blaze in Fort Pierre on the 26th wiped out most of the south side of Main Street with $10,000 to $15,000 in losses and minimal insurance. William Hayes suffered about $7,000 in damage across three buildings, while A C Van Meter Mrs E Ludlow Hopkins Pain Gordon Bradshaw John Phillips Thomas Finn and Robert Barkley sustained substantial hits to structures and stock. Fire protection was nonexistent, leaving insurers unwilling to cover risks.
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Fort Pierre
William Hayes
Robert Barkley
A. C. van Meter
Will Get His Money From State Troop Fund
C A Jewett of Sioux Falls advances $500 to Jewett Bros. & Jewett for mustering state troops. The legislature directed reimbursement to C A Jewett, who refused to sign the voucher. After a year he assigns his claim to an attorney and will receive the funds for a fee, instead of signing.
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Cc. A. Jewett
C. A. Jewett
Sioux Falls
Jewett Bros. & Jewett
Jewett
Yankton Hints of Foul Play in Peterson Death
The body of A. W. Peterson, drowned at St. Louis, arrived in Yankton December 26 and was escorted home by delegations from the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Ancient Order of United Workmen. Many in Yankton doubt the death was suicide and suspect foul play. the funeral was held December 27. Tubbs Sentenced to Two Years Each in Mail-Obscene Case.
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Yankton
Peterson
A. W. Peterson
St. Louis
Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Tubbs
Carland
United States
Sioux Falls
Richard A. Tubbs
Alcester
United States Court of Appeals
Sanford Bound Over After Forged Check Attempt
Harvey Sanford was bound over to the district court in $500 bonds in Beresford for attempting to pass a forged $25 check. He sought part of the money from lumberman A. D. Loffler, using a check drawn on farmer S. L. Whitlow. Sanford waived examination as several merchants have recently fallen victim to small forged checks on farmers.
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Harvey Sanford
C. W. Wolbert
Beresford
A.D. Loffler
S. L. Whitlow
Sanford
Royal Gift From Mrs Eddy to Son in Lead
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy of Boston gives her son George Glover of Lead a Christmas gift of a $10,000 check and a clear title to a $15,000 dwelling, described as the Black Hills’ most palatial residence.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Boston
George Glover
Lead
Black Hills
Sold Liquor on Reservation Case Before Grand Jury
Walter Bullman a full blood Indian from the Rosebud Agency faced a liquor sale charge on the Indian reservation in Deadwood. He was bound over in 300 dollars bond to await action by the United States grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bullman
Rosebud
Deadwood
United States
Grand Jury
Another McClellan Claimant Emerges in Sioux Falls Case
A new claimant to John McClellan's property arrives in Milbrook. Joseph McClellan asserts he is the deceased’s nephew. Meanwhile farmer J Gudda near Coleman is robbed of 70 dollars in a highway hold up, possibly tied to the escaped post office robbers who know the county.
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McClellan
John McClellan
Sioux Falls
Joseph McClellan
Milbrook
J. Gudda
Coleman
Washington weighs Fenian raid plan amid neutrality stance
Officials focus on a possible Holland and Irish society raid on Canada similar to the 1865 66 Fenian effort. The administration will enforce neutral law, prevent American organized invasions, and monitor any arrests if plots are uncovered. President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley spent a quiet Christmas at the White House with no formal invitations.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Great Britain
McKinley
Abner McKinley
White House
Executive Mansion
President weighs clemency push amid butter fraud protests
The President faces widespread protests against pardoning two butter dealers Joseph Wilkins and Howard Butler sentenced for removing labels and selling oleomargarine as butter. Dairy groups and the National Dairy Association oppose clemency, arguing it harms butter interests.
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Washington
Joseph Wilkins
Howard Butler
National Dairy Association
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