Pan American aids Hague plan amid Chilean obstruction
Mexico City reports two plans to bind American republics to The Hague conventions. The Chilean delegation blocks progress with a separate plan, while Ecuador aligns with Chile. Proponents seek U S and Mexico negotiation authority and a possible broader arbi tration treaty, with closure rules discussed to limit endless debate.
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Mexico City
America
Hague
United States of America
United States of Mexico
Chili
Ecuador
Mexico
The
Americas
Netherlands
Permanent Arbitration Court
the Hague
Chill
Wilt Piead Insanity. Muncie Murder Case Shifts to Circuit Court
The remains of Mrs. Charles Pittser, murdered by her jealous husband, were sent home to Middle town yesterday. Pittser was bound over to the circuit court on the charge of murder after being refused permission to see his wife. He has spent time in jail and faced repeated confinement as the case proceeds.
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Muncie
Ind
Charles Pittser
Middletown
Pittser
Michigan City
John Rinkard
Marion
Rinkard
Joseph D. Keith
Supreme Court
Durbin
Saval plans for Prince Henry reception under way
Secretary Long met Rear Admiral Robley Evans to arrange a naval program for Prince Henry of Germany’s visit to the United States. Evans to be assisted by junior officers as needed. the War Department expects Major General Brooke to represent the Army, while the State Department has not yet been advised of the visit.
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Prince Henry
Washington
Long
Robley D. Evans
United States
Germany
Navy
Meatter
Admiral Evans
State Department
War Department
Brooke
Department of the East
United States Army
Jewelry Heist Suspects Nabbed Across New Orleans River
In New Orleans George S. Kline of St Louis and Robert L West of Cincinnati were arrested for robbing T E Manners of Chicago of about 2500 dollars in gems. They posed as Manners and a guest at the St Charles, fled by skiff but were caught before a return train. Manners and authorities suspect alias theft and link to a New York jewel thief. The haul includes fifty diamond pins a gold watch a diamond brooch and pearls.
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New Orleans
George S. Kline
St. Louis
Robert L. West
Cincinnati
T. E. Manners
Chicago
Manners
St. Charles
Kline
Kerns
New York
Titus
Three masked men dynamite two Canal Dover robbers
In Canal Dover Ohio on January 16 three masked men overpowered the night watchman and a boy binding and gagging them. They grabbed under thirty dollars from the Tuscarawas Electric Co safe where receipts lay in an iron box under the floor. The robbers fled. At Marysville Ohio the Big Four railroad office safe was dynamited but no money was taken.
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Canal Dover
Tuscarawas Electric Company
Marysville
Ohio
Big Four Railroad
Bristol survivors lost as steamer sinks off reef
Port Towns Wash January 16 All hope that Captain James McIntyre and comrades of the Bristol might be alive was dispelled on the Cottage City arrival. Captain Wallace, who rescued survivors, believes the others went down with the vessel when she slid from the reef. Even if they escaped, small boats could not have endured the raging seas.
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Wash
James McIntyre
Bristol
Cottage City
Wallace
Hazlett shifts stance on Philippines after Manila trip
Dr A L Hazlett member of McKinley moral conditions committee arrived from Manila and said he was anti expansionist before, but now believes the United States should hold the islands and aid them. He reports Morals in the country better than widely thought and that American efforts to suppress vice are advancing, though antipathy to Americans may last two generations.
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Colorado Springs
Col
A. L. Hazlett
McKinley
Philippines
Manila
Hazlett
Colombian government buys steamer Chucuito
Colon Colombia Jan 16 The Colombian government purchased the steamer Chucuito from the Pacific Steam Navigation company. Artilery from the gunboat General Pinzon will be mounted on the Chucuito which is slightly larger than the Liberal gunboat Darien.
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Colon
Colombia
Chucuito
Paclific Steam Nadigation Company
General Pinzon
Darien
Naval Reserve Debate Sparks Senate Fire Over Volunteers
In Washington on January 16 a spirited Senate debate arose over Maine Senator Hale remarks on naval reserve bills. His criticism drew quick defense from about half a dozen senators supporting volunteers and land militia. The clash highlighted tensions between federal reserve plans and state militia service.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Maine
Senate debates naval reserves amid routine business
Senators debated proposed naval reserve measures with no action taken as routine Senate business filled the day. A concurrent resolution approved printing 3 500 copies of Schley court of Inquiry proceedings. Hale announced naval reserve bills reflecting Navy Department and other views, but he did not commit to them.
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Senate
Schley Court of Inquiry
Hale
Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Pension Bill Passes as McKinley Memorial Plan Adopted
Washington reports the house approved the pension appropriation bill after three days of debate and adjourned to Saturday. A McKinley memorial exercise resolution calls for Secretary of State John Hay to give an address in the hall of representatives on February 27. In Mexico City Miss Charlotte Clayton, daughter of General Powell Clayton, and Baron fon cheur were married in a private chapel. In Evansville Mrs Laura Shields died after falling from a wharf boat while greeting a relative. she left three children.
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Washington
House
John Hay
Hall of Representatives
Miss Clayton
Evansville
Ind
Laura, Shields
Fatal Burn While Handling Back Log in Fireplace
Cecil Winkler of Bruceville, Indiana, died from burns sustained while attempting to place a large back log in a fireplace in Vincennes on January 16. The accident occurred during home heating, with Winkler unable to free himself from the burning wood.
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Vincennes
Ind
Cecil Winkler
Bruceville
Indiana Sportsmen Meet Sets State Roles in Feb
Indianapolis reports that sportsmen from across Indiana will attend the national gathering of the League of American Sportsmen in Indianapolis on February 12 at the Commercial club rooms. The event aims to promote fish and game protection and new legislation, with sessions that may finish in one day and a banquet featuring speakers from several states.
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Indianapolis
League of American Sportsmen
New York
Indiana
Hst
Frank Littleton
League
Supreme Court rules against contract shields in mining injury case
Indiana Supreme Court affirmed Samuel Polland's judgment against D H Davis Coal Co. The court held an employer cannot contract away duties and liabilities the law imposes. Polland was injured by coal falling from an inadequately propped, improperly inspected roof. The ruling disallows a worker's assumption of risk due to company negligence.
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Indianapolis
Samuel Polland
D. H. Davis Coal Company
Indiana Supreme Court
Polland
Klondike Return Brings William Ell Ett Fortune
William Ell Ett returns to Brazil Indiana after 20 years away from town lifting a fortune from the Klondike. He left the community long ago and only recently struck wealth. He plans to return to Alaska in the spring.
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Brazil
Ind
William Ellett
Klondike
Alaska
Hidden Treasure in Tin Cans Found on Rozella Wright Farm
Jeffersonville Indiana January 16. On the Rozella Wright farm investigators uncovered thirty four thousand dollars in twenty dollar gold pieces buried in old tin cans. The money was hidden by Miss Sallie Williams who had been raised by Mrs Wright and knew the secret location. The estate included four thousand dollar farm and six thousand in a local bank with bequests totaling four thousand eleven dollars. Mrs Wright died January 4 at age eighty four.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Rozella Wright
Sallie’ Williams
Miss Williams
John Potter
Explosion blasts nitroglycerin magazines near Marion
Fifteen thousand quarts of nitroglycerin stored at St. Mary Torpedo and Empire Nitroglycerin magazines exploded in a ravine southeast of Marion Indiana. The blast shattered glass and shook the region reaching Fort Wayne. A gas jet is suspected to have started the fire with no one nearby. In Muncie Herbert Reasoner, 19, looted a church for his sweetheart and was sentenced after confessing he intended to gift stolen property, including a gold clock.
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Marion
Ind
St. Mary
Empire
Fort Wayne
Gas City
St. Mary’s
Muncie
Herbert Reasoner
First Baptist
Reasoner
Civil War Veteran Pleads Guilty to Horse Theft
Noblesville Indiana January 16 William Rodgers aged 61 a Civil War veteran pleaded guilty before Judge Neal to stealing a horse and buggy in Noblesville last spring. He received an indeterminate sentence at the Michigan City penitentiary.
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Noblesville
Ind
William Rodgers
Neal
Michigan City
Two Indiana Deaths Reported In Separate Incidents
In Anderson a peddler named Bowman was crushed to death when a wagonload of potatoes toppled onto him. His body was recovered with gravel in his mouth and nose. In Bedford the body of 22 year old Bish Hamersley was found on Monon railroad tracks a mile south of town after being struck by a freight train while walking home.
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Anderson
Ind
Byran Bowman
Bowman
Bedford
Bish Hamersley
Monon
Jury convicts Whit Owens in second trial verdict
In Oxford Mississippi on January 16 the jury found Whit Owens guilty of the murder of Hugh Montgomery in a second trial. He was sentenced to hang on Friday February 14 the same day as Will Mathis and Orlando Lester, who face the same fate.
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Oxford
Miss
Whit Owens
Hugh Montgomery
Will Mathis
Orlando Lester
Multiple 1901 Terrible Headlines From American Telegraphs
A stream of terse items reports: Arapahoe in O T suffers total fire loss. William Fife bound to build Lipton’s next America’s Cup challenger. Hay seeks Seoul legation building at 810000. Canada’s 1901 census shows 6989000 population, up 456425 in a decade. Oscar Straus elected president of the New York board of trade and transportation. Rear Admiral Von Reypen to retire with senior rank. Scotland Yard warned of swindler gangs heading to London. robbers fatally shoot two farmers near Anarcick D N. Sheriff and deputy pursue. German naval officers seek commissions to accompany Prince Henry to the U S. over 4000 unemployed due to Dunkirk water intake pipe shutdown. pipe filled with slush ice.
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Arapahoe
Custer County
O. T
William Fife
Fairlie
Clyde
Sir Thomas Lipton
Hay
House of Representatives
Seoul
Canada
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Oscar 2. Straus
Turkey
Wm. K. von Reypen
Naval Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Scotland Yard
Commissioner of Police of
New York
Lake Erie
Dunkirk
Color Line In Oklahoma School Order Declared
Chief Justice Burford issues a territorial order requiring separate schooling for any district with a single colored child of school age, mandating a separate schoolhouse and teacher for that child across the territory.
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Guthrie, Okla
Burford
Destruction of Kennard Block in Manchester Fire
Hale Minion Blaze reports the Kennard granite office block in Manchester New Hampshire burned last night, described as the finest business office block north of Boston. The fire caused a total loss of about 500000 dollars, marking the worst blaze in years.
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Manchester
N. H
Kennard
New England
Boston
Daily Market Report for January 15 Grain and Livestock
Indianapolis grain and livestock report shows No 2 red wheat steady at 83 cents, No 2 mixed corn 43 cents, oats 49 cents. Cattle 27.51 to 16.50, hogs 50.10 to 56.65, sheep 15.00 to 3.50, lambs 42.50 to 65.
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Ogha
Agricultural Prices Roundup From Market Ledger
Wheat and corn futures show steady prices across grades No 2 and No 3 with No 3 mined and white varieties noted. Cattle and hog markets display active or steady trading with steers and feeders around 467.45 and hogs near 4.10 to 4.66, while lambs and sheep hold around 44 to 44.25 dollars.
Market Report Summary Unclear Financial Ledger
Fragmented OCR note lists livestock and grain prices with irregular spellings. Mentions East Buffalo Livestock with cattle and sheep prices, hogs, lambs, and a Toledo grain reference. Several words are garbled, leaving key entities and exact figures hard to parse.
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