Miss Stone Reported Freed in Turkey on Jan 1
London reports unconfirmed rumor that US missionary Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka were released by brigands in Turkey on January 1. Sofia sources say American negotiators agreed to silence on the capive, else dangerous reprisals. Washington officials say no current confirmation but note ongoing talks and ransom funds.
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London
Sofia
Daily Telegraph
Miss Stone
Mme. Tsila
Turkey
Capri
Washington
Detment
Cuba Elects Palma With 55 Electors in Dec 31 Vote
Cuba’s board of scrutiny releases results from December 31 elections. Tomas Estrada Palma wins 55 electors to eight for Bartolome Maso who withdrew. Civil governors named Perez in Pinar del Rio Nunez in Havana Lecuona in Matanzas Gomez in Santa Clara Recio in Puerto Principe and Echevarria in Santiago.
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Cuba
Maso
Havana
Board of Scrutiny
Tomas Estrada Palma
Bartolome Maso
Perez
Pinar del Rio
Nunez
Lecuona
Matanzas
Gomez
Santa Clara
Recio
Puerto Principe
Echevarria
Santiago Province
Argentine Chile protocol approved and reserves postponed
Valparaiso correspondent reports the Argentina Chile protocol was conveyed to Buenos Aires by Senor Portella and will be accepted. The call for Chilean reserves has been postponed according to the Times dispatch.
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Chile
London
Valparaiso
The
Times
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Senor Portella
Boiler explosion kills five in Mason Georgia
A freight engine freshly out of repair exploded at the Central Railroad of Georgia round house in Mason killing five men and injuring others. Witnesses say the blast blew the engine to atoms and shook the city seven miles away. The cause remains unknown though one theory cites a sudden water injection on a red hot crown.
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Mason
Central Railroad of Georgia
W. Hodges
J. M. McDonald
A. Cornelius
J. J. O'Neill
Henry Fox
Cornelius
John McDonald
Mutineers on Trial in First Degree Murder Case
In Leavenworth Kansas on January 3 a court in the prison library arraigned 17 mutineers from the November 7 uprising and the killing of Guard Waldrupe. Turn er Barnes Bob Clark Frank Thompson Gilbert Mullin and Fred Robinson pleaded not guilty as others yet to be captured are also charged. Trial set for 3 p m today before U S Commissioner Bond.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
United States Penitentiary
Waldrupe
United States
Bond
Edward McKeever
Turner Barnes
Bob Clark
Frank Thompson
Gilbert Mullin
Fred Robinson
Fatal arsenic tragedy claims Detroit debutante
Miss Beulah Wheeler a 22 year old Detroit society woman died from arsenic poisoning after taking a medicine she believed to be antipyrin. She retired to her room and called for help to her mother before passing from the poison despite physicians efforts. Wheeler was born in Rome New York.
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Detroit
Miss Wheeler
Rome
N, Y
Fire at Keith's Theater in New York Dies Down
A large blaze at Keith's theater in New York was brought under control after a hard fight. The fire caused an estimated $30,000 in damage and twenty two firemen were overcome by smoke during the effort.
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New York
Keith's
Governor W Murray Crane Begins Third Term in Massachusetts
Sparks from the wires report W Murray Crane taking the oath Thursday to begin his third term as Massachusetts governor. Other items note a Hartford Indiana dry goods store fire with $60,000 loss, Judge Eugene Elliott of Milwaukee dying, Miss Ellen Stone reportedly released, Dr. Royal Prescott claiming to be first Union soldier at Richmond, and a drowning in Providence. Also mentioned are a Masonry superintendent killed near Watson Illinois, Cuba’s new president Tomas Estrada Palma receiving felicitations, Anaconda stay from Montana Supreme Court, and Great Northern’s farming outreach to Indiana Illinois to recruit settlers for Minnesota and North Dakota.
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W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
E. IL
Hartford
Ind
Eugene S. Elliott
Circuit Court
Milwaukee County
Wisconsin
Sofia
Ellen Stone
Royal B. Prescott
Nashua
N. H
Richmond
Joseph
Mamie Kelly
Providence
R. L
Masonry Stephens
Llionis Central
Watson
Ills
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Montana Supreme Court
Anaconda Company
Clancey
F. A. Heinze
Anaconda
Great Northern Railway
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
North Dakota
Everett Moore Syndicate Faces Financial Strain Across Railways
The Everett Moore syndicate whose urban and interurban electric railways and telephone lines span Ohio and Michigan fell under control of a seven banker committee in a move due to temporary financial distress. The syndicate’s total capitalization is about 130 million dollars amid a broad money-market squeeze. A run on the Dime Savings Bank of Cleveland followed the news, though all demands were promptly met.
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Concern
Ohio
Michigan
Dime Savings Bank
Cleveland
Jan
Everett-Moore
Talien
Baverett-Moore
Dime Savings and Banking Company
Messrs. Everett and Moore
Omaha Kansas City rail lines sold to Burlington Rock Island
Journal reports authoritative claim that the Omaha Kansas City and Eastern and Kansas City and Northern Connecting lines have been sold to the Burlington and Rock Island railroads and will be operated jointly. Officials are instructed to turn over Omaha freight to the Burlington at Osborn. The O K and Northern Connecting lines had routed Omaha business via Wabash at Pattonsburg.
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Kansas City
the Journal
Omaha
Eeastern
Kansas City and Northern
Burlington and
Rock Island
O. K
Burlington
Osborn
Northern
Pattonsburg
That City
Bound Over in Iowa Assault Case T: Oscar K. Miller Dies After Brutal Attack
Oscar K. Miller of Meredosia Illinois died in Shenandoah Iowa after severe injuries from an assault two weeks earlier. He suffered nine head gashes and frostbite to his feet leading to amputation. Dennis Mason and Irwin denied bond and bound over to district court in $500 as preliminary hearing established their involvement.
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Oscar K. Miller
Shenandoah
Meredosia
Dennis
Mason
Irwin
District Court
Disasters to Shipping in Nova Scotia Gale
The schooner Marion ashore at Cape D'Or broke up in last night’s tide with wreckage scattered along the Yarmouth shore. The schooner Bobs dragged ashore on Porter's Island in Weast port harbor and is in danger. Southern Cross, from St Johns harbor, lost an anchor and gear, hoisted sail, then drifted, was lifted at Yarmouth, and filled with water near a wharf.
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Halifax
Marion
Cape D'Or
Yarmouth
Porter's Island
Weastport Harbor
Southern Cross
St. Johns Harbor
Life Savers Keep Busy Off Chatham Coast
Life saving crews from Chatham Old Harbor and Monomoy stations aided disabled vessels yesterday. The schooner Emma D Endicott was near sinking and was towed to Portland by the tug Buccaneer. The Commerce, blown to sea on Wednesday, was brought ashore by life savers after rescue by the tug Lackawanna.
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Chatham
Mass
Old Harbor
Monomoy
Emma D. Endicott
Endicott
Portland
Buccaneer
Commerce
Lackawanna
Postmaster Elect Henry C Payne Honored in Milwaukee
Henry C Payne received a reception at the Hotel Pfister in Milwaukee on January 3. The Milwaukee Merchants and Manufacturers Association hosted the event to honor his esteem among citizens and reflect his upcoming postmaster role.
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Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee
Jan
Pfister
Milwaukee Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Payne
Coast strewn with wreckage near Caramanah lighthouse
Victoria reports that wreckage covers the coast near Caramanah lighthouse though no vessel identity is yet determined. The lighthouse keeper notes debris but no survivors or clear evidence of the craft.
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Victoria
B. C
Caramanah
Stout, Noted Nebraska Figure, Dies in Washington
W. H. O. Stout, once prominent in Nebraska business and politics, died suddenly of heart disease at his Washington home on January 1 after a career in public life.
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Stout
Washington
Nebraska
Tife
Trouble in sight for Castro as Liberador sails with Venezuelan leaders
The British steamer Tunrigh, renamed the Liberador, leaves Fort de France bound for Venezuela with General Matos and other Venezuelan leaders aboard. It carries volunteers and is expected to join forces on the Venezuelan coast to oppose President Castro. Local papers anticipate swift success and Castro’s downfall. The ship’s armament and armor are described as modern.
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Fort de France
Jeland
Martinique
Tunrigh
Liberador
Hie
Ita
Senor Matos
General Matos
Venezuela
Bouldea
Liberator
Castro
Matos
Hieht
Tis
Governor Hunt Praises Porto Rico Legislature in 1801 Message
Governor Hunt reads to the Porto Rico legislature praising its 1801 work as wise and progressive. He notes free trade with the United States seven months before the tariff receded duties, plus growing schools railroads commerce exports agriculture roads and debt payments. Tolerance of opinion is rising and antagonism fading.
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Juan
P. O
Hunt
Porto Rico
Porto Ribo
United States
Porto Nico
Russia at the Bottom and Tuberculosis Not Contagious
The Times in London reports alleged documents purporting a Li Hung Chang Russia bargain to support the Boxer movement and gain control of Manchuria and Mongolia. In New York Dr Knopf asserts tuberculosis is not contagious and that proper precautions allow affected individuals to work normally.
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London
The
Times This
Ular
Europe
Manchuria
Mongolia
Li Hung Chang
Russia
New York
A. Knopf
Academy of Medicine
United States
Indian education convention set for Minneapolis next July
Miss Latelle Reel government superintendent of Indian education announced the annual convention for those interested in Indian education will be held in Minneapolis next July in conjunction with the National Education Association session.
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Minneapolis
Latelle Reel
National Education Association
Notable Deaths and Appointments Among American Figures
Senator Depew and Mrs Depew left Nice for the United States. Silas M Moore of Chicago, a pioneer in insurance and real estate, is dead in Pasadena. Stephen D Fessenden of Mississippi named department of agriculture statistician. Paul Blouet Max O Re ll underwent appendicitis surgery in New York. A broken flywheel at the Chesapeake and Ohio shops in Huntington wrecked planing shops and injured workers. Lawton to White Sulphur Springs railway charter granted to Lawton and Wichita Mountain Railway. Bacteriologists warn some germs hate water and perish to escape it. Fire in Memphis destroys Merriwether Co and Kramer Co buildings, losses 175000. Western Union linemen arrive in Anacapa from St Paul, stringing new wire.
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Silas M. Moore
Chicago
Pasadena
Cal
Stephen D. Fessenden
Mississippi
Department of Agriculture
Paul Blouet
Max O'Rell
New York City
Chesapeake and Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
Territorial
Grimes
Lawton
Wichita Mountain Railway Company
White Sulphur Springs
American Society of Naturalists
Memphis
Tenn
Merriwether & Co
Kramer Co
Western Union Telegraph Company
Anacqgada
Mon
St. Paul
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Ree
Collier
Frank Collier
Thorthstein
University of Chicago
Edde
Queen
Evansville
Vanderburg County
Wilbur &. Sherwell
Fannie Butler
Naval
St. John's Episcopal Church
Francis A. Roe
U. 5S. N
Arlington Cemetery
Beardeweel
Papillion
Greb
Jon
McAvoy
Joe Beardeweel
Theyrian
Neeb Baldy
Omaha Noy
Everett-Moore Syndicate
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Governor Hunt
Mrs
Chauncey M. Depew
Nice
Niss
E. J. Bender
Norfolk
Auchola
Meneldent
Alexanden Hear View Provident KK. W
Zuty
Canhier
National Bank
Jees
Europor
A. Beam
Dirhotores
P. Hanlon, HJ. Hale, NA. Kainbolt
Gratin
Sweetwater Rock Spring
Scranton
Norfolk Building and Loan Ass
Sugar City Cereal Mills
Bon Ton
Sun Shine
Reading Bakers
Uhle’s Grocery
South Side
Main St
Union Pacific
PETO
San
Francisco
Missouri River
Overland Limited
J. B. Elseffer
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