Wisconsin Legislature Begins Session With Speaker McGillivray
The Wisconsin legislature opens with Assemblyman Ray McGillivray elected Speaker of the Assembly and Jr. McGillivray named President pro tem of the Senate. Senator Weed receives two notable committee assignments as Chief Clerk Nowell and Lieutenant Governor Stone preside at the opening.
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Ray
Assembly
Jr. McGillivray
Senate
Weed
Aladison
Wis
Jan
Wisconsin
Nowell
Stone
Wisconsin Republican caucus names for senate and assembly leaders
The GOP caucus selected leadership for both chambers. Senate choices include President pro tempore J J McGillivray of Jack River Falls chief clerk Walter L Houser of Mondays and sergeant at arms A Pettibone of Oconomowoc. Assembly picks Speaker George H Ray of La Crosse chief clerk Win A Novell of Milwaukee and sergeant at arms MM Anderson of Grainsburg. Democratic pairing names Frank Elme of Milwaukee as Speaker and Louis Large of Fond du Lac as clerk with Robert Weenberg of De Pere as sergeant at arms. In the speakership vote Assemblyman Cook of Unity supported Republican candidate Ray.
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Senate
J. J. McGillivray
Jack River Falls
Walter L. Houser
Mondays
A. Pettibone
Oconomowoc
Assembly
George H. Ray
la Crosse
Win A. Novell
Milwaukee
MM. Anderson
Grainsburg
Frank Elme
Louis Large
Fond du Lac
Robert Weenberg
de Pere
Assemblyman Cook
Unity
Mr. Ray
Ths
Gil
Senate Caucus Sets Committee Chairs and Appointments
The Senate caucus assigns chairmanships across committees including Judiciary Riordan and privileges Hatton. finance Roehe, state affairs Jones, corporations Devos. fish and game Green. claims Mills. public lands Whitehead. manufactures Hazemeister. apportionment Anson. education Riordan. special committee on apportionment Riordan. education Stout. Weed gets two seats on Judiciary and Corporations. Restrictions adopted for apportionment and the joint taxes committee. The first bill provides for an appropriation to furnish legislative committee rooms.
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Hatton
Jones
Whitehead
Martin
Miller
Riordan
Roehe
Devos
Green
Hazemeister
Anson
Stout
Weed
Senate
Hopkins Elected Chicago Democrats Chair For 1902 Campaign
Former Chicago mayor Hopkins, a leading figure in Illinois Chicago wing, was elected chairman of the Democratic state central committee at the biennial meeting to organize for the 1902 campaign. A Kansas City platform resolution was adopted with three dissenting votes, embracing party principles until the next national conventions.
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Sy Associated Press
Chicago
Hopkins
Galf
Democratic Party
Ulinois
Democratic State Central Committee
Kansas City
President Is Better After Illness Says White House
Washington January 9 The Associated Press reports at ten this morning the president passed a comfortable night and the disease yields to treatment. No unfavorable symptoms appeared and the president will remain in bed for several days but is not worse than yesterday. He follows his physician’s orders and takes no public work, with servants handling needs and no extra nurses.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Cortelyou
White House
River and Harbor Bill Advances in House
The House takes up another important measure, rushing forward the river and harbor bill as part of its agenda. The action signals a focus on infrastructure funding and coastal projects pending further debate and committee review.
Debate on river and harbor bill sparks protest over three hour limit
Washington dispatch reports Chairman Burton proposing three hour general debate limit on the river and harbor bill while Western members including Cushman and Baring protest. Senate notes numerous vacant seats and grip illness as reapportionment and a jagged day unfold with Lodge seeking state papers on Fiji lands claims.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
George Gray
Delaware
Board of Regents
Smithonian Institution
W. L. Wilson
Myr. Cushman
Washington
Baring
Kentucky
Hopkins
Ilinois
Burien
House of Representatives
Committee On Census
Lodge
Massachusetts
Department of State
B. R. Henry
Great Britain
Fiji Islands
Committee On Foreign Relations
Bowlers Busy at National Championships Hearings
The second day of the American Bowling Association national championships at the Wabash Avenue hall drew crowded crowds. Five-man team matches dominated the program with the Palace of Brooklyn Mechanics of Chicago Buffalo Interstate Imperial Brooklyn Metropolitan Cleveland and Jap Lac Cincinnati among the early starters. Women’s play resumed with five-woman teams competing alongside the five-woman matchups in the program.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Bowling Association
Big Hall
Wabash Avenue
Palace of
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mechanics of
Buffalo
Imperial
Metropolitan
Cleveland
Ohio
Jap-Lac
Cincinnati
Gro
New Filipino Agent Arrives to Succeed Agoncillo in Manila
Dr Apaciblo a Fulmiio arrives from the United States to replace Agoncillo as the Philippine agent in Manila. He was former chairman of the Philippine Joint Mission in Hong Kong. Reports say Agoncillo may go to Hong Kong to succeed Apaciblo. In Chicago, John B Laing, at age 100, noted as the oldest Free Mason in the United States, died. he joined the order in Scotland in 1876.
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Associated Press
Tondon
Apaciblo
Fulmiio
United States
Pama
Agoncill
Aguinaldo
Jimta Ait Flong Kong
Agoncilio
Apacblo
Hong Kong
Chicago
John B. Laing
Diel
Laing
Scotland
Wisconsin Legislature Opens With Prompt Dispatch Aim
Madison January 9 The Wisconsin legislature opened with promises of a short session and rapid work. Speaker Ray and leaders pledge no delays with committees tight control and plans for Saturday sessions if needed. Major bills planned include primary election reform and corporate taxation measures with Whitehead guiding the latter. Daggett briefly seeks sergeant at arms but departs, cited as a humorous anti corset crusader. Ex congressman Cock of Neenah and John Strange travel, while preparations for early adjournment continue.
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Madison
Wis
Ray
Albert J. Hall
Bellator
John A. Whitehead
Allis
Francis B. Keene
Assemblyman Hall
Senate
Assembly
Mumson
Whitehead
Daggett
Ontagamie County
Neenah
John Strange
Oshkosh
Fire Sweeps Beard's Store and Idlewild in Brooklyn Blaze
Early morning blaze at Beard's shipping store foot of Richards Street in South Brooklyn destroys part of the front and sets Idlewild excursion steamer ablaze. Fireman injured as about fifty sailors narrowly escape with their lives. total loss estimated at 500000 dollars. Cause of origin unknown.
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Associate. Press
New York
Erie Basin
Brooklyn
Beard
Richards Street
Idlewild
Honest Pugilists Debate Boxing Reform in Tribune Interview
In Chicago on January Roosevelts says boxing may be corrupted by club managers. The Tribune quotes him criticizing the sport and urging honest conduct among promoters and officials.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Roosevelt
The
Tribune
New York
Governor Roosevelt Defends Boxing Safety in McCoy Corbett Remark
Roosevelt criticizes promoters for not stopping brutal bouts and cites the Jeffries Sharkey fight should have ended after round twenty three. He brands the McCoy Corbett match a sell-out and laments the few honest fighters in the sport.
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Jeffries-Sharkey
Sharkey
Russian steamer Russie wrecked near Marseilles in storm
Dispatches from Fman say the French mail steamer Russie from Oran stranded Monday with fifty passengers and forty crew as high seas hinder rescue. Lifesavers may signal a line to the wreck as the ship remains partly above water. some aboard are feared drowned though no bodies have washed ashore. A signal from the Aussie reports all on board alive and seeking aid. rescues have failed amid rough seas.
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Associated Press
Marseilles
Fman
Oran
Algeria
Confederate Veterans oppose McKinley at Memphis reunion
A New Orleans camp of United Confederate Veterans passed a resolution protesting inviting President McKinley to the Memphis Confederate reunion next spring. General Stephen Chalaron said the resolution was a warning to Memphis not to invite him. Memphis will carry the invitation to the president despite the protest.
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Atlanta
New Orleans
Army of the Tennessee
United Confederate Veterans
Stephen Chalaron
McKinley
Memphis
Chalaron
Tenn
France and Russia Aims to Sustain Franco Russian Ties
Paris reports indicate Delcasse and Lamsdorff exchanged messages amid anti Republic press claims that the Franco Russian alliance is ended. Delcasse congratulated Lamsdorff on his appointment and voiced intent to deepen friendship. The term alliance is not used in the dispatches.
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Associated Press
Paris
Vnovce Vremya
St. Petersburg
M. Delcasse
Count Lamsdorff
Quail Planting Aimed To Revive Wisconsin Sport
Appleton sportsmen plan to plant several dozen quails in the area over the next months to establish breeding populations and revive quail shooting as a Wisconsin pastime. They seek cooperation from nearby gun clubs and note prior protection of birds since 1887 in Outagamie County, where coveys can be flushed near city limits.
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Appleton
Wis
Jan
Wisconsin
Outagamie
Two Negroes Hanged in Washington Pa Executed for Murder
George Ward and James Stone, both colored, were hanged at 10 38 this morning for the murder of Samuel Wustlich, an elderly German of Stockdale, Pa. They entered his house for robbery, shot Wustlich, wounding his wife who survived. About 200 spectators watched the execution as crowds collected outside the jail.
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Associated Press
Washington
George Ward
James Stone
Samuel Wustlich
Stockdale
Wustlich
U. S. Talks on China Troop Withdrawal Meet Mixed Signals
Ambassadors White and Choate discuss removing indemnity and commercial treaty issues from Pekin to Washington. Berlin hints at troop withdrawal but no final plan. U. S. seeks to end foreign occupancy in China without delays, while awaiting replies from Britain and Germany. No decisive changes yet in Pekin negotiations.
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Associated Press
Berlin
United States
White
Baron Vor Reichthofen
China
Washington
Washington, D. C
Ambassador Choate
Lord Lansdowne
Ambassador White
Baron von Heichthofen
Cable
Pekin
Inter- National Committee
U. S
Empire
State Department
Conger
Forty-Second General Assembly Opens in Springfield
The forty-second general assembly met today with a focus on electing a successor to United States Senator Shelly M. Cullom. Cullom seeks re election amid a tight field of candidates and predictions of an extremely close contest.
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Associated Press
Sprinsfield
General Assembly
United States
Shelly M. Cullom
Cullom
Tax Commission Proposal Introduced in Minnesota Senate
In St. Paul on January 9 the Minnesota state senate introduced a bill by Senator Underleak to establish a tax commission to revise the tax laws. The move comes before the governor's message in which he recommended such legislation.
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St. Paul. Minn
Senate
Underleak
Baptist fish tale from Charleston stirs club talk
A New York club hears a Charleston story about a dignified elder and a fisherman. The darky nets a large fish, then is told it is a Baptist fish because it spoils soon after removal from water. The tale ends with a moral about flattery and small sins.
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South
New York
Charleston
Darky
Massa
Missing bank employee in Sharpsburg case
Harry Ei Deer, messenger and assistant book keeper for the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Sharpsburg, Pa, is missing. Authorities allege a ten thousand dollar shortfall in his accounts, pending book examinations. public speculation links his recent stock trades to the disappearance. Deer, twenty five, was viewed as a trusted employee and police seek him.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Harry E.i Deer
Farmers’ and Mechanics Bank
Sharpsburg
Deer
Power struggle delays Chinese note signing in Beijing
Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching resist signing the joint note until court authorization is received, while anti foreign elements gain influence. Li and Ching urge acceptance, warning that delay could invite Allied intervention and further war across China. German naval forces reinforce the Ming tombs area as tension rises.
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Earl Li
Prince Ching
Associated Preas
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Dowsager
Li Chuan Lin
Tong Fuh Lian
Chang Chi Tung
China
Ming Tombs
Wilhelmhaven
Far East
Iron Clad Compact Unites Railroads in Major Pool
Milwaukee Wisconsin January 9 The Evening Wisconsin reports a decisive outcome in a key railway deal involving the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul system the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific The arrangement described as a compact binds principal owners with terms on earnings and business sharing creating a vast pool for east and west bound traffic and mutual control over routes.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Today
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Road
Alvord Pleads Guilty in Bank Embezzlement Case
Cornelius L Alvord Jr former First National Bank note teller pled guilty in U S Circuit Court criminal branch to three counts of a fifty seven count indictment charging him with embezzling about 700 000 from the bank He faces sentencing on Tuesday January 15.
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Associated Press
New York
Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr
First National Bank
Thomas
United States Circuit Court
Criminal Branch
Alvord
Porto Rican Cases Reach Supreme Court Arguments
Washington discussions on Porto Rico as not foreign territory continue before the U S Supreme Court. F R Coudert Jr maintains duties on Porto Rican imports into New York are unconstitutional. The piece closes with an unrelated farmer’s note about a corn field needing no plowing or sowing.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
F. R. Coudert, Jr
Porto Rico
New York
Armour Buried. Thousands See Simple Services in Chicago
Philip Danforth Armour, renowned Chicago packer, died Sunday. His private at home services were followed by public viewings at Armour Mission and simple funeral rites led by Dr Gunsaulus. The body then moved to Graceland cemetery amid widespread attendance and floral tributes from across the nation.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Philip Danforth Armour
Packer
Armour
Prairie Avenue
Armour Mission
Gunsaulus
Plymouth Congregational Church
St. John
Corinthians
Graceland
Fort Wayne
Thirty-third Street
Graceland Cemetery
Commercial Club
St. Andrews Society
Rom
Omaha
Kansas City
New York
Hill in New York to discuss railroad combinations
J J Hill arrives in New York to meet railroad men and financiers with the aim of cleaning up matters. He plans to consult shipbuilders about vessels for lake lines and denies any appointment with J P Morgan, saying none of his business is as momentous as newspapers claim.
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Associated Press
New York
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Railrad
J. P. Morgan
West Virginia Legislature Opens Biennial Session
Charleston January 9 189$ legislature of West Virginia meets in biennial session to elect a successor to Stephen G Elkins with no opposition to his reelection as United States senator. Both chambers organized with officers chosen from Republican caucuses as Governor White’s inauguration looms March 4. Governor Atkinson notes remarkable state prosperity in his message.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Stephen G. Elkins
United States
White
Atkinson
New Bridge Across Fox River Planned by Northwestern
Local railroad men expect the Milwaukee Road to refuse joining the Fox river bridge project at Appleton. The Northwestern will construct the span and aims to complete it within a year.
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Northwestern
Appleton
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Fox River
Tits Place
Northwestern Road
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