Roosevelt to Refer Panama Canal Sale to Congress
President Roosevelt is expected to send a special message to Congress today or tomorrow presenting the Panama Canal Company offer to sell its property to the United States for 199,000. The letter will transmit the proposal without recommendations, leaving the decision to Congress and signaling a trend to refer the matter to the president for final determination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama Canal Company
United States
Harvard Union approves on campus German drinks policy
Harvard and MIT will have German kamarers with beer ale and claret in union rooms. Trustees and house committee allow undergraduates to drink during organization meetings with no limit on keys bottles or cases. All fluids must be consumed given or discarded before the last student leaves.
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Boston
Mass
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
House
Harvard Union
Brigands fight among themselves over Miss Stone capture
In Constantinople on January 6 serious trouble erupted among the brigands holding Miss Stone captive now in Turkish territory. The band is split into two hostile factions with some deserters seeking Bulgarian territory while locals pressure them to move on. Anxiety grows over the possible outcome.
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Constantinople
Miss Stone
Silent critique of Kaiser cited on Roosevelt yacht christening
Berlin reporter notes German reticence to Kaiser's christening message to Roosevelt for his new yacht shows restraint as a quiet criticism. The correspondent suggests the Kaiser's impulsive acts mask careful political thinking and prudent planning.
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London
Berlin
The
Daily News
Roosevelt
Alice Rosevelt
Remarkable Proclamation Invites Desertion in Philippines
The War Department received from the Philippines copies of a proclamation signed by nine Americans, seven of whom are said to be in U S military service, inviting American soldiers to desert and join Filipino ranks.
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Philippines
Washington
War Department
United State Military Service
Man killed in Sioux City quarrel over child
Leonard Shelgren of Cherokee Iowa was killed by blows from Frank B Ferguson in a dispute over his child in Sioux City Iowa Ferguson, who had come from Chicago, surrendered to police claiming self defense and saying he struck Shelgren with his fists Ferguson told officers he acted in self defense and that the fatal blows ended a quarrel over custody.
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Sioux City
Leonard Shelgren
Cherokee
Frank B. Ferguson
Shelgren
Ferguson
Chicago
Langan Granted Supreme Court Practice Rights
Special Senator Dolliver presented Clinton Democrat Raymond Langan to the United States Supreme Court, enabling him to practice before the high court in Washington on January 6.
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Washington, D. C
Dolliver
United States Supreme Court
Raymond Langan
Clinton
Langan
Hospital plans move forward in Iowa Falls
Iowa Falls officials begin steps toward a city hospital with a petition to secure grounds. A donor committee works on a fund to erect the building and another group raises money for a charity ward. Indications point to construction in the coming summer.
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Iowa Falls
Sudden Death in Keota Iowa
Mrs. Della C. Hamilton wife of Ralph Hamilton a local druggist died Friday evening at 8 30 of hemorrhage of the lungs aged nearly 28 she had been in poor health for years but was able to be about funeral at her residence Monday January 6 at 1 30 conducted by Rev H H Brownell and Rev J R Payne interment in Keota cemetery she was the only child of Mr and Mrs William Charlton of Keota
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Keota
Della C. Hamilton
Ralph Hamilton
William Charlton
H. H. Brownell
J. R. Payne
Keota Cemetery
Minnesota Officials Prepare Supreme Court Mandamus Bid
Washington January 6 M D Munn with Minnesota Attorney General’s office arrived in Washington to seek permission to file a mandamus motion against railroads in the merger case The Minnesota Attorney General Douglass arrived later and said the writ application would be filed in the Supreme Court tomorrow if permission is granted.
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Washington
M. D. Munn
Attorney General of
Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Supreme Court
Douglass
Captain Benoist Blames Walla Walla Officers For Disaster
San Francisco reports Captain Benoist of the French bark Max accuses Walla Walla officers and its lookout of careless actions before the collision. He says Max's lights were visible and signals ignored, and claims his crew had to pump and seal compartments. Walla Walla’s Captain Hall refutes the charges as against company rules on liquor aboard. Ninety two survivors arrived from Eureka aboard Pomona. dead and missing tallies range from thirty seven to forty seven.
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San Francisco
Benoist
Max
Walla Walla
Hall
Eureka
Pomona
Doctor Pracicing at 100 Oldest Physician in Kansas
Coffeyville Kansas January 6 Dr John P Wood the oldest practicing physician in the world celebrated his one hundredth birthday yesterday He was born in Dublin Ireland and has lived in Kansas forty years He served as a soldier in the Mexican and Civil Wars and has been married three times He walks without a cane reads without glasses and sleeps soundly He is seen daily in Coffeyville tending the sick and offering hope and cheer
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Kansas
Coffeyville
Kan
John P Wood
Dr. Wood
Dublin
Ireland
Soffeville
Butterworkers Organize in Eastern Iowa
The Eastern Iowa Buttermakers association formed in Manchester with 25 members from nearby counties. C. D. Elder was named president, D. A. Palmer vice president, P. H. Kiefer secretary, and A. L. Landis treasurer. The group aims to educate buttermakers and creamery patrons to improve butter quality.
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Manchester
Iowa
C. D. Elder
D. A. Palmer
Monticello
P. H. Kiefer
Strawberry Point
A. L. Landis
Colesburg
Jealous Lover Shoots Fiancée at West Union Hotel
Herman Neff shot and killed Rose Falk his fiancée at the Commercial Hotel in West Union and wounded her companion E T Sullivan. Neff then fatally shot himself, dying from the wounds. The involved are described as young and prominent.
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Dubuque, Ja
Herman Neff
Rose Falk
Commercial Hotel
West Union
E. T. Sullivan
Paris Paper Opposes Rockefeller Gas Franchise
La Liberte reports Rockefellers seek concession to supply gas to Paris and argues the plan would harm national production and aid American ambitions to control industries, calling the proposal mental aberration and disastrous.
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Paris
la Liberte
Rockefellers
Ouster ruling upholds oleomargarine labeling law
The Supreme Court denied Captain Carter’s habeas corpus plea in Savannah harbor fraud cases. It also affirmed the Ohio Ouster ruling against Capital City Dairy makers of oleomargarine, upholding state labeling laws for sale and delivery to customers. Senate adjourned for memory of Senator Sewell. Extradition treaty signed with Denmark. Representative Kern proposes army canteen bill of 41 words.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Carter
Savannah Harbor
Superior Court of Ohio
Capital City Dairy Company
Senate
Sewell
House
United States
Denmark
Kern
Illinois
Boer Leaders Discuss Ceding Land While Preserving Independence
Amsterdam January 6. Boer leaders meet daily. Boer Agent Wessels says if forced they will cede territory but not surrender sovereign independence. He notes Kruger favors ceding some land for a settlement.
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Amsterdam
Wessels
Kruger
Mormons Assemble in Berlin Under Cannon Leadership
German Mormon conference meets in Berlin with Hugh J. Cannon directing about 125 missionaries. The group reports 2000 followers across Germany and over 100 missionaries in attendance at the current conference.
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Berlin
Hugh J. Cannon
George Q. Cannon
Germany
Two Steamers Foundered After Fog Collision
Liverpool reported that the steamers Alfonso and Bulbo Espanola collided in fog about 100 miles south of Cape Finisterre. Both vessels sank with all aboard lost on the Alfonso except its captain. the Alfonso crew totaled 19 men.
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Liverpool
Alfonso
Bulbo Espanola
Cape Finisterre
Mrs Depewan Heiress Tied To $80 Million Dutch Estate
Dowagiac Michigan reports that Freeman and Finley Cronk are among heirs to a Holland estate valued at 80 million dollars. The bride of Sentnor Chauncey Depew is named as an heir and may involve husband in the claim. Other heirs include Frank Cronk M L Wood Chicago Fred Cronk Elkhart Indiana Mrs Charles Mason Argentine Kansas and others in New York and Pennsylvania.
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M. L. Wood
Chicago
Fred Cronk
Lake Shore
Elkhart
Ind
Charles Mason
Argentine
Kan
New York
Pennsylvania
Magistrates Stand Firm as Brooklyn Courts Face Crisis
In Brooklyn four magistrates barricade in their court rooms and risk confrontation to hold office. Food is delivered via ropes from the street as the stalemate continues while the legislature debates empowering Low to make new appointments and resolve the dispute.
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Brooklyn
New York
War of the Bench
Woman Falls From Streetcar With Diamonds in Chicago
A fashionably dressed woman died after falling from a west bound Maison streetcar at Elizabeth street. Witnesses say the train did not stop in time and she struck her head on the asphalt. She wore a black tailor made gown, three diamond rings, and a plain gold band, and carried a silver pocketbook with 120 dollars. A letter to Miss Mabel I. Sisson of Beatrice Nebraska, postmarked Chicago January 3 and signed James Doonan, was found.
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Chicago
Ill
Elizabeth Street
Mabel I. Sisson
Beatrice
Neb
Nebraska
James Doonan
Fifth Avenue
Trouble in Corea as Nickel Money Triggers Unrest
Tacoma reports Korea faces serious financial trouble from indiscriminate nickel coinage by the emperor’s political allies. Citizens form mobs, plunder goods, and talk of rebellion to overthrow the government.
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Tacoma
Korea
Roosevelt order denied investigation into Payne and mining leases
Officials of the interior department deny a report that President Roosevelt ordered an interior inquiry into alleged links between Payne the recently named postmaster general and Florence Mining Co seeking leases in the Uintah Indian reservation Utah.
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Washington
Interior Department
Roosevelt
Department
Payne
Florence Mining Co
Uintah Indian
Utah
Schools Re-Open After Short Vacation
Public schools reopened this morning after a two week holiday. Students and teachers return refreshed and ready to resume work. The second quarter ends mid month with quarterly exams and promotions. Attendance remains about the same as before the holidays.
Foraker for Senator in Ohio Senate-House Power Split
Columbus Ohio January 6 The seventy fifth general assembly opens with Gov Nash to be inaugurated for a second term next Monday. A week from Wednesday Senator Foraker is to be re elected in joint session in the Foraker Hanna power struggle Foraker controls the senate and Hanna the house.
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Columbus
Seventy Fifth General Assembly
Gov. Nash
Foraker
Foraker- Hanna
Senate
Hanna
House
Insanity Cured by Love in Fort Scott
D W Thurston about 70 recovered from recent insanity after his divorced wife, separated for over thirty years, arrived. His mind grew clear at her sight and he is now fully recovered, ending his planned transfer to the state insane asylum.
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Fort Scott
Kan
D. W. Thurston
Thurston
State Insane Asylum
New Asylum Ready for Use Opening Date Set
At the January board meeting of the incurable insane asylum trustees in Peoria plans were likely made to formalize the opening of the state institution. The probable opening date is February 1.
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Peoria
Lil
the Incurable Insane Asylum
New York Stocks Daily Journal Update
The Daily Journal reports on New York stocks with a weekly rate of 1 percent, noting market movements and investment implications for readers. The item presents a concise snapshot of daily trading activity and the publication’s weekly earnings claim.
Passing of Josiah B. Polk Actor Found Dead in Baltimore
Josiah B. Polk, a veteran actor of forty years who later led the Chesapeake Brewing company, was found dead in his bed at Brevis Hotel on Sunday. Aapoplexy is listed as the cause of death in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Josiah B. Polk
Brevis Hotel
Polk
Chesapeake Brewing Company
Fair and Warmer Weather Outlook Iowa Tonight
Chicago January 6 Special Indication for Iowa: fair tonight and Tuesday. Warmer conditions are expected in the eastern portion tonight while the western area will be colder on Tuesday.
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Chicago
Iowa
Death of Mrs Gravatt at Burlington Road Home
Mrs Katie Gravatt wife of Stuart Gravatt died yesterday morning at 4 40 at the country home on the Burlington road four miles below the city She had been ill nine months and death was due to a complicated illness She is survived by her husband seven children and many relatives The funeral will be held tomorrow at 830 at the residence Rev Joseph N Elliott of First Presbyterian church officiating Interment will follow at Swank burial grounds in Johnson county
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Katie Gravatt
Stuart Gravatt
Burlington Road
Joseph N. Elliott
First Presbyterian Church
Swank
Johnson County
Clerk's Union Meeting At Assembly Hall Tonight
The clerk's union plans a meeting at Assembly Hall this evening to elect officers for the year. Ongoing holiday overtime delayed a prior election, but expected strong attendance signals clerks' renewed interest amid after rush business. Miss Hattie Kane and Miss Stella Dealing of the Boston store are on vacation.
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Clerk’s Union
Assembly Hall
Hattie Kane
Boston
City urged to flood Brunner pond for skating area
A suggestion urges the council to flood Brunner pond on Eighth Street between Locust and Spruce to create a larger skating area. The plan notes a nearby fire plug and claims water from city supply would not affect surrounding property.
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Locust Street
Eighth
Locust and
Spruce
Brunner
Eighth Street
Duel in Franklin County Leaves One Wounded
Jackson Mississippi January 6 a dueling duel occurred in Franklin County between two well known young men Co P Shell and Robert Thomas several shots were exchanged strictly under code duello Thomas was wounded in the right arm He is a leader in the Thomas Avhleyvy feud which has long troubled the area A bystander was shot and killed in a recent melee between the factions
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Jackson, Miss
Franklin County
Co. P. Shell
Robert Thomas
Thomas
Thomas- Avhleyvy
Belgian Princess Louise Declared Insane in Germany
Princess Louise daughter of King Leopold of Belgium and ex wife of Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha has been pronounced hopelessly insane after years under restraint at a retreat near Dresden.
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Berlin
Louise
Leopold
Belgium
Philip
Saxe Coburg-Gotha
Dresden
McKinley Memorial Bill Aims to Erect Arch
Washington January 6 The McKinley national memorial arch association will present a bill to Congress this week that pledges the government to erect a suitable monument to the memory of the martyred president.
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Washington
McKinley National Memorial Arch Association
Congress
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