Dons Stand In Havana As US Flag Replaces Spain’s
Havana celebrates sovereignty transfer with the raising of the US flag atop the palace. Troops march into Plaza de Armas under Capt Van Vieit while guards secure the area. Crowds cheer from roofs as Spanish colors come down and US ensign rises. Mild heat as blue troops stand in extended order around the square.
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Havana
Cuba
Spain
United States
Oelock
Tenth Infantry
Plaza de Armas
van Vieit
Castellanos
TERRIFIC 500 MILE RACE
Northwestern and Burlington competed for mail contracts in a Monday night race. The Burlington train left Chicago at 8 30 PM, Northwestern left 9 00 PM. Burlington aimed for 7 55 AM Omaha, Northwestern 8 05 AM.
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Northwestern
Burlington
Steel
Steam
Chicago
New Flyer
Omaha
Pacific Coast
Big Coal Strike Likely Requires Pittsburg Convention
A general strike in the bituminous coal region seems likely as the interstate miners and operators agreement expires April 1. Avertance hinges on a nationwide convention in Pittsburg, Pa., next week where miners and operators may reach an amicable accord. Operator Thomas G Young predicts higher coal prices but notes supply from other fields prevents famine. he says operators are likely to win if the strike proceeds.
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Pittsburg
Thomas G. Young
Ilannaarines
Chicago
Boston Globe
Admiral Sampson
Washingston Post
England
Pittsburg Post
Yerkes
Washington Post
Philadelphia Times
Bob Witzsimmons
Chauncey M. Depew
Memphis
Philadelphia Ledger
Havana
Werler I
Obisko
Milwaukee Sentinel
Don Carlos
Paul du Chailly
Clark Street
Boston Herald
Senator Quay
John Wanamaker
Kansas City Journal
France
Germany
Spain
United States
Turkey
Boston
Herald
Great Britain
Europe
John Bull
REJOICING AT SANTIAGO CUBANS CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE BIRTH
Crowds in Santiago celebrate Cuban independence while General Leonard Wood hosts a ceremonial reception in full dress as bands play. Reports from Fall Five Hundred Feet describe mining disasters in Lake Superior and Jamestown with multiple fatalities. A Chicago grand jury ends bribery probe without indictments. Governor Brady travels to Washington aboard the Collage City for legislative help.
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Santiago
Cuba
United States
Leonard Wood
Anl Ishpemine, Mich
Lake Superior Tron Company
Great Diplomat Dead Mexican Ambassador Romero Dies in Washington
Mexican Ambassador Don Matias Romero died at 4 Friday morning in Washington at age 62 after complications from an appendicitis operation. Once a leading figure in the Washington diplomatic corps, Romero had long served as minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary, with a career spanning 1859 to 1892 and beyond, making him a prominent Mexican statesman and writer.
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Washington
Romero
Mexico
Senor Romero
Great Britain
Julian Pauncefote
Ambassdor
Don Matias Romero
France
Mrs Botkin Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Mrs Cordelia Botkin was found guilty in San Francisco of first degree murder for sending poisoned candy to Mrs John P Dunning in Dover Delaware. The jury imposed life imprisonment instead of the gallows, in what is said to be a surprising compromise verdict. Botkin displayed calm upon verdict but fainted briefly after the decision.
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Cordelia Botkin
San Francisco
John P. Dunning
Dover
Del
High Jumper's Daring Fall From Six-Story Plank
Harry Harmon a fridge jumper leaped from a roof plank on Rush Street Chicago plunging into the river last Friday afternoon. Spectators witnessed the private wagered stunt as Harmon fell nearly perpendicular toward the water then was saved by a rope hauled to the landing. He suffered minor injuries.
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Chicago
Harry Harmon
Rush Street
Harmon
Work on big Warship begun in San Francisco
Ohio will be the largest ship built on the Pacific coast and among the three biggest in the U S Navy. Construction starts at Union Iron Works San Francisco. The battleship will exceed Wisconsin by about twenty feet in length and Oregon by forty feet, with greater displacement and higher speeds. Vienna reports Franzeska Hofer found dismembered in her apartments by an apparent Jack the Ripper. Police fear a maniac woman killer roams Europe after similar recent crimes in Amsterdam and Brussels.
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Ohio
Pacific Coast
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Wisconsin
Oregon
Vienna
Jack the Ripper
Franzeska Hofer
Amsterdam
Brussels
Europe
Buffalo Arrives at Port Said on Long Midship Voyage
The cruiser Buffalo reached Port Said on Wednesday en route to Manila, 16 days out from New York, breaking naval speed records. It sails to Manila with 700 sailors to relieve Dewey’s fleet as Philippine duties loom. A Sanitarian for Nagasaki proposal gains favor but awaits approval. King Humbert grants amnesty to rioters, freeing hundreds. Milwaukee chicken fight arrest spree nets 22 men, 16 warrants. Keystone Mutual Benefit assigns assets to Schantz at Allentown for creditors.
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Buffalo
Port Said
Manila
New York
Dewey
Millionaire Hoyt Locked in New York Bellevue Hospital
Jesse Hoyt, heir to the Hoyt estate and longtime New York figure, was taken from his West Seventy-third Street home on Thursday and admitted to Bellevue Hospital's alcoholic ward in the insane pavilion. His wife claims heavy drinking and threats to her and their children led to the confinement.
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Millionaire Hoyt
New York
Jesse Hoyt
Hoyt
West Seventy-third Street
Bellevue V Hospital
Insane Pavilion
Hoyts
New York City
Northwest
W Hoyt
Flint and
Pere Marquette
Winona and
St. Peter
Chicago and Northwestern
Milwaukee and Northern
Confederate Veterans Camp of New York Denounces Butler Pensions
A meeting of the Confederate Veteran camp of New York passed a resolution condemning Senator Butler of North Carolina for seeking pensions for ex Confederates from the United States. The camp declares any similar move by a southern congressman abhorrent and uncondemned.
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New York
Butler
Beasley
North Carolina
Senator Butler
South
United States
Congress
War Department orders iron ship to lay cables in Philippines
Col. Kimball in New York has orders to secure at once an iron ship of 1000 to 1200 tons to serve as a cable ship linking Philippine islands. The department has already ordered 166 miles of marine cable weighing 525 tons. The forward deck must carry diving out machinery weighing 15 to 20 tons and accessories 5 to 10 tons.
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War Department
Col. Kimball
Quartermaster’s Department
New York
Philippines
Department
Cattlemen Preview Cuba Excursion For Texas Herds
A Gulf Coast cattle surge shows 120000 head feeding for market along the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe line with many headed for Cuba. An Texas cattlemen excursion to Havana after the Galveston meeting already has over 200 names booked. The card also notes a reciprocal mailing-card agreement between the US and Canada for private mailing cards. Carlinville coal strike ends as topman Alva Witt resigns. Milwaukee fire hits a dry kilns complex causing major losses. Philadelphia shipbuilder Hillman firm enters assignment without disclosed finances.
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Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Cuba
Havana
Galveston
Gould Pays $30,000 for NYSE Seat Highest in Years
The youngest Jay Gould son Frank Jay Gould buys a New York Stock Exchange seat for $30,000, a record price for many years. The report also lists market quotations across Chicago and other hubs for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and more with varied prices and grades.
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New York Stock Exchange
Frank Jay Gould
Jay Gould
Chicago
Choice Creamery
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Week's Happenings: Hills District Sees Record Prosperity
The Black Hills district reports its most prosperous year with bullion output over last year by $1,000,000. Homestake surpassed prior totals by $250,000, aided by new mines Holy Terror Boley Gilt Edge Ragged Top and others. Homestake milled 495,000 tons. Highland under same management ran 140 stamps processing 147 tons. Home stake bullion valuation reached $3,205,170.20 as mining camps continue opening up.
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Hills
Black Hills
Homestake Company
Holy Terror
Boley
Gilt Edge
Ragged ‘Top Mines
Homestake
Highland Company
President of Huron College Found Dead in Pierre
Dr William Blackburn president of Huron College was found dead in his room at his Pierre home on December 20. The prominent educator likely died of heart failure after years of service to the state.
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Blackburn
Huron College
William Blackburn
Pierre
Ife
Exciting Wolf Hunt Near Miller Farm
John Wilson, a farmer boy north of Miller, chased a wolf that tried to steal a sheep. After exhausting horses, he pursued on foot, stoning the animal until hunters arrived and shot it. The valiant pursuit ended with the wolf dispatched by local hunters.
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John Wilson
Miller
Ile
Marvelous Escape at Lead Mine Level 800
Henry Jacobson narrowly escaped death at the Homestake mine Lead while preparing eight sticks of giant powder. A spark from the fuse ignited a burning stick in his pocket as he descended a sixty foot ladder. A companion seized the burning stick before it exploded.
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Homestake
Lead
Henry Jacobson
Meteor Falls Near Aberdeen South of Aberdeen
A meteor of considerable size fell a few miles south of Aberdeen recently. George Monroe saw it and found the aerolite penetrated the frozen earth about twenty inches and still smoking. The 55 pound irregular mass and scattered fragments were dug from the ground after tool retrieval. The lava-like meteor is very hard and resembles a prior Bath fall nearby observed years ago by scientists.
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Aberdeen
George Monroe
Bath
Plenty of Moisture on Ranges Improves Cattle Condition
Cattlemen report stock in good shape as snowfills water holes and drifts wash out ravines making distant water accessible. No feeding yet and ranchers say cattle can endure a January cold spell and emerge strong in spring. Sheepmen note flocks finding own feed and holding steady on the range.
Rehearing of Yankton election cases scheduled January 10
The contest over county offices for auditor register of deeds and sheriff ends with Pierson Siebert gaining four six votes and Hickey losing one. A rehearing set for January 10 may challenge results on illegal voting grounds. Vacating 400 to 100 tree claims west of Aberdeen eyed as land office steps up action. Thieves Kline and Morris escape Stanson County jail pending circuit court term. Rapid City Indian school opens with eighteen students enrolled. forty seven pupils total soon attend.
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Yankton County
McDunn
Lien
Rathgeber
Messrs
Pierson
Siebert
Hickey
Register of Deeds
Sheriff
United States Land Office
Aberdeen
Patrick Kline
Peter Morris
Petit Kreeny
Stanson County
Hanged in Effigy at St Lawrence Protest Meeting
An indignation meeting was held at St Lawrence near Miller to oppose moving their buildings. Prominent politician John Baldwin was hanged in effigy as part of the protest.
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St. Lawrence
Miller
John Baldwin
Leasing of State Lands Expands in South Dakota
The land commissioner reports an increase of 165,252 acres leased this year amid idle state lands not yielding revenue. In 1898 state lease income rose to 30,286 dollars, up 10,270 from 1917. Brown County leads with 52,000 acres leased. Spink 288,000. Butte 30,000. Union has 820 acres due to sales of most land. Clay County has no leases as all interests are sold.
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South Dakota
Brown County
Spink
Butte
Union
Clay County
Taylor
Reversed lower court in Hills case shocks state court
The supreme court reversed the lower court in P B McCarty vs Franklin Blair Fagel and Amesbury. The McCarty side sought a quarter interest in the Holy Terror Keystone No 4 claims, with the issue whether a nonperforming claimant can relocate and exclude co owners or act as trustee for partners. The valuation runs into several hundred thousand dollars. Also Judge Campbell ruled Beadle County vs D C Medbury sheriff in favor of the county over a ballot box delivery bill of 635 50, allowing mileage only for actual travel, setting the bill at 325 50.
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Supreme Court
P.B. McCarty
Franklin
Blair, Fagel
Amesbury
William Gardner
Pennington County
McCarty, Franklin, Blair and Associates
Keystone District
Holy Terror
McCarty
Mc- Aim
Campbell
Beadle County
D. C. Medbury
Huron
Burned to Death in Crown Hill Cabin
Burned to death details emerge in Crown Hill Mills district as two men Michael Hennessey and John O Connell died in a miner s cabin after a fire possibly started by a stove pipe accident The dead are identified and circumstances traced to a wind blown pipe ending at the roof Deadly disease among sheep spreads across the line in Wyoming resembling sallivation with sulomel Core details note loose teeth rot of jaw bones and high sheep mortality A shooting affray in Lead sees James Harding wounded by Adolph Webber amid a wife pursuit state bonds redeemed to save interest oil inspector reports a seven month kerosene inspection yielding a small salary deficit Initiative and referendum poised for trial in Sturgis with a petition to place artesian well at Main and First Streets
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Michael Hennessey
John O’connell
Crown Hill
Mills
Wyoming
Lead
James Harding
Adolph Webber
West Lead
Webber
Harding
Sturgis
Main
First Streets
Iona Man Schultz Purchases 1000 Acres Near Wheeler
Schultz of Iona completes a 1000 acre land purchase in Charles Mix County near Wheeler. valued around 15000 dollars, aiming to enter the stock business, marking a major transaction of the season. Also notes Miss Signa Setterstrom of Aberdeen attempted suicide with laudanum, saved after hours of medical effort.
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Iona
Schultz
Wheeler
Charles Mix County
Chicago Aldermen Under Fire Over Boo dler Allegations
Reports in multiple papers discuss Chicago aldermen amid a wave of criticism and reform talk. Editors note graft concerns linked to Yerkes philanthropy and municipal politics as public anger grows over venality and payoffs.
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Chicago
Yerkes
Washington Post
Kansas City Journal
Chicago Aldermen
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Memphis Commercial-Appeal
Arcs
St. Louis Republic
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Alaska
Mrs. Botkin
Orient
Sternberg
Nagasaki
Japan
United Was
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Humbert
Italy
Milwauht
Wis
Benefit Association
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Allentown
Charles O. Schantz
Canada
Carlinville
Carlsville
Ill
Alva Witt
John Schroeder Lumber Company
Charles Hillman Shipbuilding Company of
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Meyers
Pounseret Press
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Peoria Herald
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Peoria Transcript
Galesburg Mail
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