War Talk Wanes in Europe on Transvaal Crisis
London and Berlin debate a possible wider European war as Transvaal tensions ease. Reports from Johannesburg note Jameson and officials headed for Natal, with arrests and passport bans affecting travel. In Berlin the press urges restraint while fearing broader European conflict. Pretoria reports Jameson and officers staying for deportation, with arms in burghers near Johannesburg.
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Associated Press
London
Transvaal
Great Britain
Germany
England
John Bull
Europe
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Jameson
Natal
Cape Town
Hercules Robinson
Cape Colony
Mashonaland
F. J. Newton
Bechuanaland
Berlin
Dr. Jameson
Farrar
Rand
Walter Hely-Hutchinson
High Court
Wreck of the Jeanette Cowan Claims Crew on Vancouver Island
A Seattle report recounts the sinking of the English four masted ship Jeanette Cowan off Vancouver Island. Ten days of cold privation left seven dead, including the captain and mate, after the vessel struck New Year’s and was driven onto the reef. Ninety crew members were rescued to shore by the tug Tyee, with harrowing details of the survivors gathered around a fire on a bluff.
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Seattle
Wash
Jeanette Cowan
Vancouver Island
Pacific Ocean
Port Townsend
Thompson
Charles Legall
Hall
Tyee
Cowan
Cape Town
South Africa
Royal Roads
B. C
Flattery
Cape
Barclay Sound
Thompson Recovers After Gunshot Wound In St Paul
Charles Thompson has recovered from a December 27 bullet wound enough to walk outside for the first time yesterday. He attended the Gospel Tabernacle service on Market Street with his wife Mrs. Thompson. Pastor Rev. Thomas C. Horton has shown strong interest in the case and believes Thompson may be innocent and credits Thompson's own story.
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Market Street Church
Thompson
c.Ory
Oklahoma Race War Flares Over School Desegregation
In Perry Oklahoma on January 14 a volatile standoff builds after the state supreme court ordered desegregated schools and the local board suspended classes. A mandamus forced reopening as rumors of imminent clashes circulate amid the whites and blacks likely to attend together tomorrow.
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Oklahoma
Perry
Okla
Supreme Court
Fire at Bankers Keough Home Near Misses a Holocaust
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin January 14 Fire at the residence of banker James Keough nearly caused a disastrous blaze. Four family members and a servant were burned and one severely cut while Mr Keough and others saved two daughters and a third occupant. The lamp explosion sparked the flames and heroic efforts by outside youths aided the escape. Mrs Keough and Mr Keough sustained serious burns and are feared in danger.
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Banker Keough
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
James Keough
Keough
Wisconsin’s Celebration Plan for Fiftieth Anniversary
About 400 to 500 Wisconsin men will meet in Milwaukee this week to discuss a big 1898 industrial exposition marking the state’s fiftieth anniversary of statehood. Delegates include county board commissioners mayors of cities and presidents of state and local associations across agriculture industry commerce and education.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Masked Robbers Hold Up Fort Scott Office
In Fort Scott on January 14 two masked men raided the Missouri Kansas & Texas night office. They detained agent G S Ixnox and two passengers J C Kinney of Harwood and Carl Fortnner of Olathe. Jewelry and cash were taken. the safe was robbed of £34 and the three victims lost a like amount.
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Fort Scott
Jan
G. S. Ixnox
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
J. C. Kinney
Harwood
Carl Fortnner
Olathe
Kan
Foreigner Bay arraigned on first degree forgery charge
Andrew J. Bay a well known real estate figure was arraigned in district court on a first degree forgery charge. He pleaded not guilty and bond was set at 1000 dollars with trial scheduled for February 3 due to likely bail failure.
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Minneapolis
Andrew J. Bay
District Court
Senator Davis Urges Alaska Boundary Not Arbiter Issue
Senator Davis of Minnesota argues the Alaska boundary dispute should not go to arbitration, contending the ten maritime leagues anchor line follows the main land with islands belonging to the adjacent shore. He warns Britain seeks vast Peace River lands via a western rail route, risking US control of Alaska.
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Washington
Davis
Minnesota
Committee On Foreign Relations
Alaska
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Alaskan
Northwest
Seaboard
North Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Peace River Country
Peace River
Cleveland letter sheds light on bond syndicate debate
Washington Jan 11 The leak reveals President Cleveland wrote Senator Caffery about bonds and a syndicate, denying any planned arrangement with financiers. The note discusses gold reserves, bond sales by popular subscription, and advertising bids as the Treasury weighs options for future issues.
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Weaehington
Presiveland
Caffery
Executive
Washington
Tan
Senate
Aancier
Treasury
Venezuelan Commission resumes sessions at State Department
The Venezuelan commission met in the diplomatic room from 10:30 to 3:30 with all members present. It chose the fourth floor of the Baltimore Sun building for offices and will meet daily at 1412 Massachusetts Avenue NW until offices are prepared, while Dr. Gilman showed a preliminary map of the disputed territory and no secretary was yet selected.
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Washington
State Department
Baltimore Sun
Massachusettts Avenue
Justice Brewer
Gilman
Disputed Territory
Insurgent Forces Cross Puentes Grande Bridge Near Havana
Tampa reports Roloff's band crossed Puentes Grande as Spaniards stretched chains to block cavalry. Havana theaters suspended and the Italian Opera company arriving will not perform. The produce exchange plans five battalions for city defense and government buildings are guarded.
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Tampa
Fla
Cuba
Roloff
Puentes Grande
Havana
Iitalial Opera Company
Hearing Postponed in Huron Water Works Contempt Case
Judge Thomas of the federal court visited Huron but declined to hear contempt cases against Mayor Myers Attorney Wilmarth Marshal Bussey and six aldermen connected to the city water works litigation. Defendants must appear before Judge Thomas in Pierre next week.
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Huron
Thomas
Federal Court
Myers
Wilmarth
Marshal Bussey
City Water Works
Pierre
Gotham Seeks Democratic National Convention at New York
A January meeting of the committee of 50 at Tammany Hall aims to secure New York as the Democratic National convention city. Ex Mayor Gilroy was elected chairman and DA Fellows along with Senator Thomas Grady were named to present New York as candidate city. The Tammany delegation will depart for Washington on January 14.
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New York
Committee of 50
Tammany Hall
Gilroy
Fellows
Thomas Grady
Tammany
Washington
Revolution Predicted In Haiti Threat Looms
A Port au Prince report says a sweeping Haitian revolution is threatened again with plans advancing toward action by the latter part of January if conspirators succeed. The warning comes to a New York paper from Haiti.
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New York
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Black Republic
Brown of Smalley gang jailed twelve years for 1893 Lake Shore robbery
Jas. Brown, leader of the four man Smalley gang that robbed a Lake Shore train at Kessler's Siding on Sept 12 1893 and netted $20 000 was sentenced to twelve years at hard labor at Albion by Judge Adair. Brown is the first of the gang to be convicted.
England Denies Troop Move Into Disputed Territory
The colonial office issued a denial of a report that British troops with a Demerara cannon had reached Cuyuni, the furthest British claim in the disputed area and site of the Uruan incident.
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England
St. London
Colonial Office
Caracas
Venezuela
New York
Demerara
Cuyuni
Uruan
Persian Earthquakes Kill Hundreds. Town of Goi Destroyed
Terrible quakes near Teheran in Khalkhal district destroy Janjabad and the town of Goi. Reports say 800 killed in Goi alone, with 300 in Janjabad and extensive destruction of villages. Khoi once a thriving trade town in Azerbijan, suffered major damage with many casualties and loss of livestock.
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Teheran
Persia
Khalkhal
Janjabad
Goi
Gol
Khoi
Azerbijan
Van
Armenia
Tabriz
Mount Ararat
Euxine
Kotura
Aras
Rivnous
Rand men urged to disarm as Johannesburg grows tense
The report notes about 30 000 Rand men having guns and 3 000 with field arms. Boers in the field grow impatient. A proclamation orders disarmament by 6 pm, with rebels facing prosecution while others may be pardoned. Berlin and Lisbon dispatches discuss alliance shifts and neutrality in the Transvaal dispute.
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Rand
Johannesburg
London
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Transvaal
France
William
Lisbon
Portugal
Great Britain
Delagoa Bay
South Africa
Reichstag
Count von Kanitz
Peculiar Nervous Afflictions from Locomotor Ataxia
Summary of Dr. Goncelin's account in Journel de la Saute describing five early symptoms of locomotor ataxia. Key signs include loss of balance with eyes closed, staircase fear, crossing legs with high leg lift, uncertain movement on command, and inability to stand on one foot, eyes open and closed. The piece notes the role of the eyes in maintaining equilibrium and the potential public alarm in France.
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New York Sun
France
Goncelin
Journel de la Saute
Tas Pveri
Iron Mine Combine Talks in Cleveland
Representatives of all Besemer iron ore mine owners in the Lake Superior region meet in Cleveland for a plan to form a fourfold combine. Mesaba participants attend this session while others aim to recruit them. Last year a similar agreement connected all mines except those in the Mesaba range.
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Iron Mine Combine
Cleveland
Ohio
Besemer
Lake Superior Region
Mesaba
Mesaba Range
Extraordinary Winter Weather in Minnesota
In Chamberlain South Dakota January 11 thermometers reached 60 degrees in the shade and no snow remains while dust blows as in summer. Sauk Center Minnesota January 10 rain has melted the snow and streets are nearly impassable.
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Chamberlain
Sauk Center
Minn
Campos Resignation Rejected as Cuba Force Reinforcements Planned
In Madrid a cabinet meeting presided by the queen regent decided not to accept Martinez de Campos resignation as captain general of the Cuban forces and governor general of the island. The meeting also authorized increasing naval and military forces in Cuba.
Fear of slipping on icy stairs noted
The text describes elderly and nervous individuals stiffening their ankles and fearing descent on a polished wooden staircase, highlighting danger on icy or slippery steps and the risk posed by stone stairs to older or anxious people.
Romance of the War Ends in Harlan Marriage
In 1862 Confederate Jesse Baker was wounded near Harlan Court House Kentucky and sheltered by John Calleen’s family. Calleen’s 13 year old daughter Fannie cared for Baker during a long illness and fell in love. After the war Baker married another woman, later learned of Fannie’s status as widow, and the two were wed recently.
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Harlan Court House
Jesse Baker
John Calleen
John
Fannie
Baker
Harlan County
Turned the Tables by a Yankee Deputy in Maine
A Maine deputy sheriff pursued a crook into New Hampshire and then onto a passenger train. Crossing into Maine the deputy stopped the train, removed the fugitive from his seat, and arrested him on the York county border.
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York County
Maine
New Hampshire
Tuberculosis Death Rates Rise With City Size
Statistics by Dr Peit across 662 French towns show Paris at 490 deaths per 100 000, while small towns vary from 181 to 863 per 100 000 depending on population. Larger populations experience higher rates of tuberculosis deaths.
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Peit
Paris
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