Towns Demolished in Greek Earthquake Toll Rises
Athens reports entire towns destroyed along the western Peloponnese coast with many lives feared lost. Kyparissia Philiatra and Pyrgos are listed as severely damaged while Navarino and Zante see heavy effects. Government moves to provide tents and aid to refugees.
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Peloponnessus
Greece
Gulf of Arcadia
Kyparissia
Philiatra
Pyrgos
Andrusa
Kutiphari
Gargaliani
Tavia
Staso
Navarino
Kalamata
Zante
Peloponesus
Philsiatra
Messenia
Ionian Coast
Germany and Samoa tensions widen global response
Berlin and London report discuss Samoa crisis with Germany seeking calm relations with the United States and Great Britain while considering a possible conference. Congo fighting intensifies with Belgian troops and rebels. Russian armament talks show limited optimism as the pope's illness alarm grows.
Nicaragua Canal Bill Passes Senate With Broad US Control
The Senate approved the Nicaragua canal bill amid amendments and long debate. The measure creates a Maritime Canal company with 1,000,000 shares, authorizes treasury warrants up to 5 million, calls for a US stake of 925,000 shares, and sets a six year completion timeline. The president can alter terms, seek new routes, abrogate or negotiate treaties, and reserve canal neutrality while safeguarding US commerce.
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Washington
Senate
Maritime Canal Company
Canal Company
Nicaragua
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Costa Rica
Atlantic
Pacific
Farmers seek freight rail on Appleton Seymour electric line
Farmers between Appleton and Seymour shift from passenger cars to a freight train plan to move grain to Appleton Elevators. The project aims to connect transit with cargo services, an innovation in electric street car proposals.
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Appleton
Wis
Seymour
Tragic Toledo wife commits suicide after attempting family harm
Mrs J McCollough of Toledo killed herself after trying to poison her three children following a weekend outbreak of illness from spoiled meat. One child died and the others fell gravely ill. neighbors stopped further harm as the mother died minutes later.
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Toledo
J. McCollough
Will of Isaac Staples Set Aside in Stillwater
In Stillwater area a jury verdict favors contestant E S Bronson, declaring Isaac Staples not of sound mind when he drafted a will worth 1 300 000. The decision overturns the 1 300 000 bequest. Archbishop Ireland, returning from Rome, plans talks with French bishops on Heckerism. The Orleans bishop invites the American ecclesiastic to preside over Joan of Arc celebrations.
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St. Paul, Minn
Isaac Staples
Stillwater
E. S. Bronson
Staples
London
Paris
The
Daily Chronicle
Ireland
Rome
Trench
Orleans
Joan d’Arc
Fire Kills Twenty at Egloibar Deva Site West of San Sebastian
News from San Sebastian reports a devastating fire at Egloibar-Deva ten miles west of the city claiming twenty lives. In Fort Worth, Texas, Ed Lewis a Bowie bank clerk who recently fled with seven thousand dollars.
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Madrid
San Sebastian
Egloibar-Deva
Ratification of Peace Treaty Hinges on Extra Senate Session
Washington reports the peace treaty faces 33 to 34 anti votes in the Senate. If defeated, an extra session is required. supporters may delay a vote to avoid reopening the entire Congress. A conditional $20,000,000 payment or three month extension to Spain could trigger an extended session. Opponents may yield to avoid adjournment.
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Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Friends of the Treaty
Spain
United States
Body found near Boca Ratone identified as wreck victim
A richly dressed woman’s body was found by Capt. Rickardo near Boca Ratone after the naphtha launch Paul Jones wreck. The clothing description sparked speculation it could be Miss Florence Taggart of Indianapolis, though Taggart family disputes the attire.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Times Union and Citizen
Miami
Paul Jones
T. M. Rickardo
Boca Ratone
Gulf Stream
Gulf
Florence Taggart
Indianapolis
Ind
Taggart
Colonial Commission Formed to Govern Newly Acquired Territories
The secretary of war established a colonial commission to manage insular affairs in Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines. Gen. Robert P. Kennedy C Curtis Guild and George W Watkins head the body which will handle franchises public improvements and funding. It operates under the secretary of war and requires his approval for any actions.
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Washington
United States
Robert P. Kennedy
Bellefontaine
C. Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
George W. Watkins
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Rebels seize Ku-Yung and threaten further sieges
Dispatch reports Au Houi rebels led by Nui capture Ku-Yung on January 10 and order executions of officials. Rebels from Ho Nan also seize another city and district. They advance toward Shau-Chau and Kan-Chau as forces gather.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Shanghai
Shau-Chau
Kwang-Tung
Kan-Chau
Kiang-Si
Bodine Glass Company President Dies Under Strain
J Alfred Bodine president of Bodine Glass company in Williamstown collapsed and died in his office amid threats of a large scale strike. The incident is linked to rising labor tensions as 3 000 glass blowers and 6 000 other workers were set to walk out. In London a bank report notes £60610 in bank notes missing from Parr's Bank Bartholomew Lane, with theft suspected.
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Millville
N. J
J. Alfred Bodine
Bodine Glass Company
Williamstown
London
Hbank
Parr’s Bank
Bartholomew Lane
Army officer Eagan faces court martial over Miles beef remarks
Washington reports specify two charges against Brig. Gen. Charles P. Eagan commissary general of subsistence. The accusations allege unbecoming conduct and conduct prejudicial to military discipline for using harsh language about Maj. Gen. Nelson Miles during testimony before a commission investigating the war department. A vigorous legal contest is anticipated.
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Washington
Eagan
Charles P. Hagan
United States Army
War Department
Spain
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
Charles P. Eagan
Gen
Gen. Eagan
Gen. Kagan
Samoa Trouble Held Pending Washington Instructions
Berlin reports no conference suggestion from governments on Samoa. White has not received new instructions. Disruptions at Apia cited. German consul not present. no extra German ships ordered. U.S. may relinquish coprospectorate when Samoa conference occurs.
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Berlin
United States
Andrew D. White
Washington
Samoa
National Zeitung
Foreign Office
Supreme Court
Apia
New York
Cologne Gazette
Germany
Gold Standard Bill Advances In House Committee
Washington January 22 The house coinage weights and measures committee reports favorably a substitute for Hill's bill to fix value of money, adding a gold standard with a gold dollar and retirement of greenbacks. The plan includes a treasury issue and redemption department, a 23 percent gold reserve, and limits on silver and subsidiary coinage.
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Washington
House Coinage, Weights and Measures Committee
Representative Hill
United States
Committee On Banking and Currency
Coinage, Weights and Measures Committee
Bland
Treasury
Department of
Secretary of the Treasury
Bridge Ice Collapse at Niagara Falls Strands Sightseers
Nearly 100 people watched as big ice mass broke loose from riverbanks on a Sunday at Niagara Falls. A man and a woman crossed toward Canada while others reached shore. three remained stranded. The ice threatens the upper steel arch and nearby docks and railway.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Great Ic
Niagara River
New York
Court Martial for Commissary General Eagan Ordered
The president announced a court martial to try Commissary General Charles P. Eagan for abusive language about Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. The 13 member panel includes Wesley Merritt and other generals. trial set for Jan. 25 in Washington. Charges allege unbecoming conduct and issues arising from Eagan’s testimony before the war investigation commission.
New Naval Station At Mission Rock In San Francisco Bay
The president issued an executive order to set apart Mission Rock in San Francisco Bay as a naval reservation to be used as a coaling station. Experts say it will be the best station in the bay, closer to the entrance than Mare Island, saving time and risk for large ships. The Navy directs Mare Island to take possession in the United States name, despite private claims from California grantors. government asserts title. The site is valued at a quarter of a million dollars.
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Washington
Mission Rock
San Francisco Bay
Union Iron Works
Bay
Mare Island
Navy Department
United States
California
Cockrell for President in Democratic Nomination
Kansas City editorial urges United States Senator Francis Marion Cockrell as the Democratic presidential candidate for 1900. The Times credits him with long-standing adherence to Chicago platform principles and notes his fifth Senate term after Missouri legislature reelection.
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Kansas City
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Francis Marion Cockrell
Cockrell
Missouri
Senate
Chicago
Roosevelt to receive brevet brigadier general of volunteers
Gov Theodore Roosevelt of New York, former Rough Rider colonel, is nominated for the brevet of brigadier general of volunteers for gallant conduct in the Santiago campaign. The nomination awaits Senate confirmation among about 500 officers recommended by the army brevet board headed by Gen Schwan.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
First
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Rough Riders
Santiago
Senate
Roosevelt
Army
Gen. Schwan
Cuba
Klondike Gold Rush Report From Dawson and Atlin
The steamer Danube brought about 60 men from Dawson and Atlin with roughly 400000 in gold dust. Upper Dominion creek pans yield 2.5 to 4 per pan. Tagish awaits 15 tons of Canadian and American mail. Typhoid fever reportedly grips Dawson with as many as 800 cases. Seven men have frozen to death in the Klondike this winter.
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B. C
Dawson
Atlin
Upper Dominion
Tagish
Klondike
Confederate veterans urge pension bill support in Senate
Senator Butler received a petition in the Senate from 55 ex Confederates of Muscogee county Georgia urging him to keep his pension bill for former Confederate soldiers. They claim citizenship and contend the Civil War was not a rebellion, praising President McKinley for care of the southern dead as a "truce patriot."
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Butler
Senate
Muscogee County
United States
McKinley
Palmer
Cullom
John M. Palmer
Illinois
Aguinaldo Proclaims Philippine Republic at Malolos
Washington reports Aguinaldo publicly proclaimed the Republic of the Philippines after a Malolos ceremony witnessed by his cabinet. Manila dispatches note demonstrations, Cebu clashes, and ferment in Luzon, with risk to safety if hostilities with the Americans begin.
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Aguinaldo
Republic of the Philippines
Malolos
Manila
Cebu
Luzon
Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Philippine Islands
Spain
Philippine Republic
Vatican
London
Agoncillo
United States
Morphy Escapes After Two Legal Battles in New Orleans
Mexican bank embezzler Santiago Morphy wins habeas corpus challenge over extradition. He is then freed by Maj. Juan Solares and, after a dinner stop on Canal Street, escapes in a cab with trainers’ housing the chase. Police seek Morphy. treaty expiration looms and may hinder return to Mexico.
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New Orleans
Santiago Morphy
Southern Pacific Railway
Canal Street
Murphy
Solares
Morphy
Mexico
United States
May Go Free in Asheville Fraud Case
Lawrence Pulliam, who surrendered in Stockton California, is wanted in Asheville North Carolina for defrauding as cashier of the Asheville National Bank in 1893. Report says nothing has been done and state action is doubtful. He is not believed to have the money. returning him may be a waste of expense. He may go free unless the federal government prosecutes.
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Germany
United States
Great Britain
Samoa
Chambers
Baron von Holleben
Hay
Apia
Julian Pauncefote
Berlin
London
the Times
Iltis
Cormeran
Congo
Brussels
le Patriote
Knoxville
Tenn
Lawrence Pulliam
Stockton
Cal
Asheville
N. C
Asheville National Bank
Pelliam
The Turk Loses to Burns and Rooney in Chicago Match
Hali Adali lost to Farmer Burns and Jack Rooney in a Monday night wrestling bout. He planned to throw each twice in thirty minutes, but failed. He pinned Rooney in thirty minutes, beaten Burns in eight minutes twenty eight seconds, then Rooney again in two minutes forty seconds before the limit was reached.
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Chicago
Hali Adali
Farmer
John Daly Elected Mayor of Limerick under Local Government Act
Dublin reports John Daly, the Irish political prisoner released in 1896 after a life sentence for alleged dynamite plot, has been unanimously elected mayor of Limerick under the new local government act.
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John Daly
Portland
House of Commons
Strangers’ Gallery
Limerick
Archbishop Chapelle Receives Powers for Cuba and Porto Rico
Arch bishop Chapelle has left New York for New Orleans after receiving from the pope special powers to readjust the Catholic Church in Cuba and Puerto Rico to new conditions. He is in contact with church heads in those colonies about a plan.
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Chapelle
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Cuba
Porto Rico
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