Agreement Reached On China Settlement After Long Dispute
Pekin dispatch reports a preliminary note on China agreed by all ministers reflecting British instruction changes. Washington notes outline a deal holding China accountable for damages, punishing instigators, disarming forts, maintaining foreign guards, and freer imperial intercourse with foreigners. A cipher error in Conger’s instructions caused weeks of delay before the U.S. policy aligned with McKinley’s stance.
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Germany
France
Tien Tsin
Pekin
China
United States
McKinley
Congress
Chnese
Mr. Conger
Holiday Ticket Sale for Christmas and New Year
Low holiday rates on C R I L P B C R N M S L Rys. Tickets within 200 miles of selling point at one and one third round trip fare. Sale dates Dec 22 234 25 31 1900 and Jan 1 1901. Return by Jan 2 1901. C M Gould Agent.
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C. M. Gould
Mrs Ruth McDonald Visits Wapello Friends
Ruth McDonald from Muscatine traveled to Wapello and nearby Bard to visit relatives. She reports the safe arrival of Vavada McCullough and Dr Twigg in California.
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The
Wapello
Brewers Control Davenport Saloon Trade Revealed
In Davenport on December 20, eight saloon license applications await approval, likely pushing the total to over 160. Each saloon pays a 600 mulct with half to the city plus a 10 license, while most venues are owned not by proprietors but by breweries, who employ salaried managers and may swap operators as profits dictate.
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Davenport
Hazing Testimony in West Point Court of Inquiry
Testimony from 35 cadets in the West Point hazing inquiry into the Booz death shows few deem the acts brutal or degrading. Notable witnesses include relatives of Hobson, Sheridan, and General Brooke. some endured standing on their heads in water and broomstick rides, but brutality is described as obsolete.
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West Point
N. Y
Military Academy
Booz
Richmond Vr. Hobson
Merrimac Fame
Phil. Sheridan
Mark Brooke
Pennsylvania
Brooke
Oscar JL
Hobson
Phil Sheridan
Postmaster appointed. rural routes and discontinues noted
Marlow Bel vile is named postmaster at Spring Valley Decatur county replacing Benton Barr. Island Park in Potta watamie county is discontinued with mail to Council Bluffs. Rural free delivery begins January 2 with Kensett and Northwood routes, Nordland and Tenold changes, Nordland to Kensett mail split, and Tenold supplied from Northwood. Iowa pensions listed for R. R. Porter and Erva E. Simmons. Thompson's Book Store promotes stationery.
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Washington
Marlow Belvile
Spring Valley
Decatur County
Benton Barr
Island Park
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs
Kensett
Worth County
A. E .Smedsrud
Nordland
Northwood
D. P. Heron
Tenold
Freeman Confesses to Wife Murder Fire Covering Crime
Etherville residents heard details of John A. Freeman who killed his wife after a quarrel. He confessed at a coroner's inquest after initial denial, detailing the head injury with a shoe, chloroforming her, binding in a blanket, and setting the house ablaze to obscure the crime.
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Etherville
John A. Freeman
A. Severson
Freeeman
Freeman
N. J. Lee
Theory of death by own action in Kuhn murder trial
Sigourney December trial closes with defense arguing Mrs Kuhn killed by suicidally driven impotency and possible homicidal tendency. Experts discuss melancholia and suicide probability while physicians note strychnine use in husband’s death and no prior melancholy observed. The defendant shows keen interest during rebuttal.
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Kuhn
Sigourney
Relief Corps members to fund Gettysburg memorial
Des Moines report that the Relief Corps of Iowa with 8,299 members will be asked to contribute ten cents each to a memorial fund for Jennie Wade the only woman killed at Gettysburg. The total could surpass eight hundred dollars.
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Des Moines
Relief Corps of Iowa
Jennie Wade
Opposition Builds to Hopkins Reapportionment Bill in House
Washington December 26 reports a major fight looming over the Hopkins reapportionment bill as the House returns after the holiday. Republicans in states losing seats organize while a minority report from census committee members argues for a basis that preserves representation. The proposed House size would be 387 with gains for Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Florida Illinois Iowa Louisiana Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi Missouri New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Pennsylvania Texas Washington West Virginia Wisconsin.
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Washington
House
Census Committee
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Illinois
Iowa
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Texas
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Attorney General to Seek Dismissal of Oil and Tobacco Trusts
Washington December 20. The attorney general announced plans to ask the supreme court to dismiss all cases against the oil and tobacco trusts due to insufficient evidence. The move effectively weakens Ohio anti trust enforcement.
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Washington
Omo
Supreme Court
Ohio
Local travelers pass through Davenport and Rock Island
Frank Ashcraft is a business passenger to Davenport. D C Berntheiser and B F Mull ride Firefly to Rock Island. A W Lee of Ottumwa ends a visit and sails to Davenport with Harold J Mahin. Frank Bowman builds a new exterior flight of steps to access the second floor office. Charles P McColm, recently ill in Salt Lake City, returns home improves and plans a few days with his parents.
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A. W. Lee
Ottumwa
Harold J. Mahin
Davenport
Frank Bowman
Charles P. McColm
Salt Lake City
J. L. McColm
Treaty Will Pass the Senate Today
Washington December 20 The Hay Pauncefote treaty will be ratified by the Senate this afternoon. Voting on amendments starts at three. The Foraker amendment likely to be adopted without formal vote, abrogating the Clayton River treaty.
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Senate
Ments
Foraker
Cudahy Boy Kidnapping Ends With Ransom Payment
Edward Cudahy Jr., 15, who was kidnapped Tuesday night in Omaha, was returned this morning after his father paid 25 000 in gold. A note demanded the sum and directions accompanied the payment. The boy was dropped at his home hours later with no information about the abductors.
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Omaha
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Edward A. Cudahy
Packer
Cudahy Packing Company
Michael Cudahy
Chicago
Cudahy
Football Captains for 1901 and Drake Grinnell Wrestling Plans
The Western big nine captains are Chicago James Henry Northwestern C E Dietz Illinois J M Lindgren Wisconsin Arthur Curtis Minnesota Walter I Knowlton Iowa Clyde Williams Indiana William Sparks Purdue John Miller. Eastern big four captains Yale Charles Gould Harvard David Campbell Pennsylvania Chariles Wallace Princeton H Williamson Pell. Drake Grinnell wrestling may occur this winter with three wrestlers from each side in a revived old style meet. Yale athletics profits discussed in Walter Camp’s report as Yale field corporation treasurer.
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Michigan
Chicago
James Henry
Northwestern
C. E. Dietz
Illinois
J. M. Lindgren
Wisconsin
Arthur Curtis
Minnesota
Walter I. Knowlton
Iowa
Clyde Williams
Indiana
William Sparks
Purdue
John Miller
Yale
Charles Gould
Harvard
David Campbell
Pennsylvania
Chariles Wallace
Drake University
Grinnell
New Haven
Conn
Walter Camp
Yale Field Corporation
Fair and Moderate Weather Indications for Iowa
Chicago December 20 report notes indications for Iowa call for fair tonight and Friday with moderate temperatures.
Athletics branches consolidate finances reveal yearly totals
The consolidated balance shows four main branches of athletics with receipts totaling 68 616 dollars and expenses of 43 656 dollars. This yields a net profit of 4 958 dollars for the year.
Lincoln State treasury attempted robbery ends in gunfire
In Lincoln Nebraska at two o'clock this morning two burglars tried to rob the state treasury. Shots were exchanged as bloodhounds pursue the fugitives. A watchman reported the break in and a revolver duel followed with bullets grazing a coat lapel and severing a watch chain. The safe contained an estimated one to two hundred thousand dollars.
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Lincoln, Neb
State Treasury
Good
Invasion and Skirmishes Reported Across Cape Colony Cavite
Dispatches from London and Cape Town detail Boer forces crossing the Orange river and occupying Colesburg as the invasion spreads in eastern and northern Cape Colony. Dutch forces clash near Krugersdorp while Cavite reports a Remey led skirmish with insurgents. casualties and captures noted.
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London
Kitchener
Cape Colony
Orange River
Rhenoster Hoek
Sand Rise
Cape Town
Colesburg
Kent and Palliette wed at Rose Lawn home
Rev. L B Hix joined Ernest Kent and Lucy Palliette last night at their newly furnished home 214 Rose Lawn avenue. Immediate family attended as bride wore white and carried roses with maid Nettie M Hidlebaugh and best man Wim H Fowler. An elegant repast followed.
Farm sells for Cedar county high price near Tipton
James Wakins sold his 160 acre farm southeast of Tipton for 15000 dollars about 94 dollars per acre. The sale marks the highest price known for a Cedar county farm of that size though improvements on the property are above average. The note hints Jim may buy more land in South Dakota away from Cedar county.
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Tipton
James Wakins
Cedar County
Jim
South Dakota
Desert Cedar County
Hopewell Visitor Claims Levee Raised on Island
X Grosjean of Hopewell reports a business visit on Muscatine Island last week and says a force on the island levee raised it from six to ten inches for a considerable distance.
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X. Grosjean
Hopewell
Muscatine Island
Wapetle
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R. R. Porter
Ute
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Erva E. Simmons
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Salonica
Bituck
Gruma
Ribaritz
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Miatriza
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D. C. Berntheiser
B. F. Mull
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Pauncefote
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Sports
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H. Williamson Pell
Iowa Intercollegiate Club
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Clements
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Krugersdorp
Magaliesberg
Delarey
Pretoria
Remey
Fourth Cavalry
Basco
Lindones
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