House investigates Brigham H. Roberts case in Utah
Washington January 18 the special committee to investigate Brigham H Roberts reached a final conclusion on polygamous status. The majority favored exclusion at the outset while Littlefield and De Armond may report in favor of seating him then expelling. The committee details establish Roberts as a married man with three plural wives and six children with Celia Dibble producing twins in 1897. The report will be released Saturday with House action next Tuesday.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
Mr. Roberts
Littlefield
Maine
de Armond
Missouri
Messrs
Roberts
B. H. Roberts
United States
Louisa Smith
Celia Dibble
Margaret C. Shipp
Taylor
Gubernatorial contest hearings focus on tissue ballots
In Frankfort on January 18 twenty one witnesses testified at the state contest boards. Democrats introduced the witnesses who described tissue ballots used in Pike Martin Johnson Knox and Magoffin counties as transparent. Republicans on cross examination showed that the recent votes in those districts did not differ from prior averages.
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Frankfort
Boards of Contest
Pike, Martin, Johnson
Knox
Magoffin
Savage Returns After 35 Years Missing in Bloomsburg
Alexander Savage, thought dead after vanishing from his Bloomsburg home 35 years ago, reappears announcing he is an officer of high rank in the Spanish army in Madrid and that he has acquired a large fortune. his brother has received his letter.
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Bloomsberg
Alexander Savage
Madrid
Savage
Prisoner Overpowers Jailer in Howell County Jail
In West Plains Missouri on January 18 county jailer Alfred Henry was killed while feeding prisoners. Two inmates Ben Richardson and Ed Grady overpowered him. Richardson, a burglary convict, was awaiting transfer and is an escaped Tennessee penitentiary prisoner.
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West Plains
Alfred Henry
Howell County
Ben Richardson
Ed Grady
Richardson
Tennessee
Rosebery Resigns From Eighty Club Presidency
London dispatch reports Lord Rosebery has resigned the presidency of the Eighty club, which succeeded Gladstone and was founded in 1880 to mobilize young liberals for Parliament through university and professional work.
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New York
London
Lord Rosebery
Eighty Club
Gladstone
Toledo Life Insurance transfers to Cleveland Life
The Toledo Life Insurance company, led by former secretary of the treasury Charles Foster as president, has transferred its business to the Cleveland Life Insurance company and will wind up its affairs.
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Toledo, O
Toledo Life Insurance Company
Charles Foster
Secretary of the Treasury
Cleveland Life Insurance Company
North western broom makers raise prices again
Minneapolis notes broom manufacturers after a conference here have decided to advance prices from 25 to 50 cents a dozen. This marks the second run up in three months as broom corn trades around 200 dollars a ton.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwestern
Milwaukee officers held in contempt over street railway vote
Mayor Rose City Clerk Schuengel and 24 aldermen who backed the street railway ordinance are found in contempt of court by Judge Ludwig according to a filed decision.
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Milwaukee
Rose
Schuengel
Ludwig
Clark Case Reopens Senate Bribery Inquiry
Washington sources report the senate privileges and elections committee resuming its probe into Clark’s Montana senate election after a four day recess. Witness William J. Cook testified about Bank of Helena accounts linked to Davidson and Toole while accountant William Rector described suspicions of a $100,000 payment to a Clarkbacker supporter.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
W. A. Clark
Senate
Montana
William J. Cook
Thomas Cruse Savings Bank
Helena
A. J. Davidson
J. K. Toole
Davidson
Clarke
Cook
William A. Rector
Clark
Rector
Colson Held Responsible in Kentucky Tragedy
In Frankfort on Tuesday three men died from gunfire. Ethelbert Scott Luther W Demaree and Julian were killed by David G Colson according to coroner witnesses and jury verdicts. The bodies were shipped to Lexington Shelbyville and the suspect described as tall and handsome with a long pistol and revolver.
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Frankfort
Ethelbert Scott
Luther W. Demaree
Colson
Lexington
Shelbyville
Julian
Demaree
Scott
David G. Colson
OBJECT TO FRIARS
Manila reports say Archbishop Chapelle’s visit stirs Catholics as Filipinos fear a return of friars to parishes. Maj. Gen. Otis releases a public statement promising no forced acceptance of friars and upholding individual liberty under the American constitution.
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Manila
Archbishop Chapelle
Philippines
Mgr. Chapelle
McKinley
Otis
Rebels Hard Pressed by American Forces in Philippines
Cablegrams from Gen. Otis report Batangas province under rebel pressure as troops move toward Tayabas and Laguna with navy support. Wheaton advances on Lemerk and Taal. Kobbe sails for northern hemp ports. Gen Hughes polices Panay's western coast. Byrne defeats Tagalos in Negros mountains with 19 dead and 28 rifles captured. Troops in northern Luzon pursue robber bands with good results.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
Schwan
Batangas
Tayabas
Laguna
Wheaton
Lemerk
Taal
Kobbe
Hughes
Panay
Negros
Byrne
Negros Mountains
Luzon
Sanitarium Planned at Fort Bayard for Army Pulmonary Care
Washington Jan 18 Fort Bayard New Mexico is discontinued as a garrison post and its buildings will be turned over to the surgeon general for use with the general hospital to treat officers and enlisted men of the army suffering from pulmonary troubles.
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Washington
Fort Bayard
New Mexico
Surgeon-General of the Army
General Hospital
Medal Instead of Cash for Saloman Heirs
The present congress is expected to award a medal to the heirs of Haym Salomon for financial aid to the country during the revolutionary war. The medal is viewed as a compromise of a $300,000 claim before Congress since 1848.
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New York
Congress
Haym Saloman
Wage Rise For B&O Firemen And Rail Staff
Firemen and possibly conductors and engineers across the Baltimore and Ohio system will receive a near ten percent wage increase retroactive to January 1, a substantial raise confirmed in Pittsburgh. The move affects frontline railway workers nationwide within the B&O network.
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Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Navy hero Henry Hughes admitted to county almshouse
Chester Pennsylvania January eighteenth report Henry Hughes aged ninety five and a veteran of the old navy has been admitted to the county almshouse.
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Chester
Henry Hughes
County Almshouse
Canal Gates Open In Nebraska? Opening of Des Plaines Canal
Drainage canal fully opened with water flowing from Lake Michigan through the Chicago river to the Des Plain es and out to the Mississippi. Final connection completed at Joliet after dam was lowered at noon to release the torrent into the Des Plaines tailrace. Canal trustees secured gubernatorial permission and rushed to the site.
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Lockport
Ill
Lake Michigan
Chicago River
Desplaines River
Illinois River
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Great Lakes
Gringle
Joliet
Tanner
Anarchy Reported in Venezuela During Caracas Turmoil
Dispatch from Caracas says anarchy prevails as bank directors including M. Montauban are arrested for refusing to advance government funds. French charges d affaires ignored and Caracas French colony demands dispatch of the French Atlantic squadron to Venezuela.
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Paris
Caracas
Venezuela
M. Montauban
Boers Repulsed at French’s Post as Ladysmith Rumors Persist
Lord Roberts reports from Cape Town that on January 15 Boer forces attacked French’s post held by the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and the First Yorkshires. The Boers were repulsed with unknown casualties, preceded by long range shelling, while overall situation and Ladysmith prospects remain unsettled amid circulating rumors.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Cape Town
New Zealand Mounted Rifles
Ladysmith
Canal project gains start as gates ready to lift
President Boldenweck introduces Col Isaac Taylor who says the canal opening begins a larger work linking the great lakes with the Mississippi. Gov Tanner signs permit to lift gates at Lockport bridging the Chicago drainage canal. Threats from St Louis spur urgent action to avoid injunction.
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Trustees’ Board
Col Isaac Taylor
Cana Commission
Col. Taylor
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Springfield
Ill
Tanner
Lockport
Ilinois and
Mississippi Canal
Joliet and
St. Louis
Chicago Drainage Canal
Danish Islands Sale Topic Discussed With Secretary Hay
Captain Christ mas Dirknich Holmfeld of Denmark visited the state department to offer information on the possible sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. He presented himself as an expert without credentials, and Hay thanked him but did not commit to any action.
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Washington
Christmas Dirknich Holmfeld
Denmark
State Department
Hay
Danish West Indies
United States
Department of State
Mrs. Patterson of Andrew Johnson kin critically ill
In Greenville Tennessee on January 18 Mrs. M Patterson aged over eighty, the sole child of Andrew Johnson, is critically ill at her home and not expected to survive.
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Greenville, Tenn
Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein in Worser Health
From Dresden on January 18 the empress mother the dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein is reported in worse condition with irregular sleep and difficult breathing.
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Dresden
Dudess
Schleswig-Holstein
Boers Open Artillery Duel as British Silence Battery
Reports from Rensberg Cape Colony dated January 16 describe Boer forces initiating an artillery duel with a captured 15-pounder, which British gunners eventually silenced. The British responded with continuous fire aimed at the Boer kopje and brought another gun to the Coleskopf summit.
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Durba
Pietermaritzburg
Buller
Rensberg
Cape Colony
Coleskopf
Gen Wood subscribes to Havana newspapers on tour
General Wood has subscribed to every daily Havana newspaper and ordered monthly bill presentation. The Diaro de la Marina notes this as a historic step for a governor general. Wood travels through Pinar del Rio with Generals Lee and Chaffee to inspect conditions and visit smaller towns on a limited timetable.
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Havana
Wood
Diaro de la Marina
Pinar del Rio
Lee
Chaffee
Subpoenas Enforceable By Court Martial Misde meanor Bill
The secretary of war sent to the senate a draft bill by the judge advocate general making it a misdemeanor to refuse a subpoena from a court-martial. The aim is to prevent failures in military justice by curing a defect in the existing law.
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Washington
Jan
Secretary of War
Senate
Nine men run down in tunnel wreck near Oxford New Jersey
A section gang of nine men was struck by a train in the Delaware Lackawanna Western tunnel near Oxford New Jersey. Two were instantly killed and a third died shortly after. The remaining six were seriously hurt.
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Easton
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Tunnel
Oxford
N. J
Electric wire accident claims life in St Louis
In St Louis on January 18 Charles Dough erty a lineman was killed and Edward Elms and William Kaiser were seriously injured while removing a crossing electric light wire.
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St. Louis
Charles Dougherty
Edward Elms
William Kaiser
Senate to vote on urgent deficiency bill in February
Washington reports show the Senate agreed to vote on the financial urgent deficiency bill on Thursday February 15 with no hour set. The Hague treaty and extradition pacts with Peru and Argentina moved favorably, while the Mexican boundary commission continuation was also approved. The Philippines inquiry resolution passed after debate, with Pettigrew charging administration suppression of facts.
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Washington
Tho
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Peru
Mexican Boundary Commission
Hoar
Mass
Lodge
Philippines
Pettigrew
S. D
South Dakota
McKinley
House
Hopkins
Ill
Barney
Wis
Committee On Appropriations
Sampson Arrives in New York in Custody of Chicago Detectives
Michael Sampson reached New York aboard the Oceanic in custody of two Chicago detectives who traced him to a small town in County Tipperary Ireland after he allegedly secured $25,000 with a forged check in the name of John D. May chief of Chicago's bureau of special assessment.
Tragic Beheading of Virden Woman by Rail in Carlinville
Mrs. George Sabal wife of a Virden resident was killed in Carlinville when her clothing caught in a train wheel while attempting to cross with her husband. She had just arrived from Germany and was dragged under the engine.
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Carlinville, NL
George Sabal
Virden
Germany
Bank Robbery Hits Philippi Bank. Loot Estimated
Robbers forced entry to the Tygart Valley Bank in Philippi West Virginia during the night and blew open the safe, securing between five and six thousand dollars. Initial reports cited as much as one hundred thousand. No crew to the robbers were found.
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Philippi
W. Va
Tygart Valley Bank
Russian Academy of Science pushes English as universal language
The Philadelphia Press notes that if the Russian Academy of Science succeeds in making English a universal language, conductors might use it when calling off stations.
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Philadelphia
Russian Academy of Science
Rail schedule details for Montezuma and Wilton branch
The notice lists passenger and freight times for B N Muscatine division to Montezuma, plus L&N and RB lines east and southwest routes with train numbers, stops, and daily services. It includes Wilton branch timings, main line schedules at Wilton for east and west trains, and flag stop note for Nos 2, 52 and 21 at Wilton.
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Wilton
Muscatine
Mivenss
Muscatine N Y Railroad R M Darley General Passenger Agent
The note identifies M R Darley as the General Passenger Agent for the Muscatine N. Y. Railroad. No further context or details are provided in the readable text.
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R. M. Darley
Davenport and Clinton Railroad Opens New Route
The Rock Island Davenport and Clinton timetable shows improved rail access for Muscatine residents to reach points north and east beyond Rock Island and Davenport. The line promises enhanced travel facilities and faster connections for local citizens.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Clinton
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