W C T U Women Raid Anthony Saloons Demolish Four Joints
Twelve women armed with axes and hammers conducted a dawn raid in Anthony Kansas destroying fixtures and liquor in four saloons. Led by Mrs Sheriff of Danville the group declared their temperance crusade with a prayer meeting to follow.
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Associated Press
Anthony
Kan
Dan
W. UT
Mrs. Nation
Sheriff
Danville
Bchoggs
Nation
Negotiations in Pekin Reach Indemnity Stage
Washington dispatch reports that despite a grim outlook, the State Department has sent detailed instructions to Mr. Conger on the indemnity issue in the Pekin talks. The note warns against forcing terms that could topple the Chinese government and invites a cautious, lenient approach to avert imperial partition.
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Asasetutett Press
Washington, D. C
Pekin
Department of State Haa
Conger
State Department
St Louis Approves 5 Million for World’s Fair 1903
A municipal assembly in St Louis passes a measure authorizing 5 million dollars in bonds bearing 34 percent interest for the world’s fair to be held in 1903. The plan complements 5 million already subscribed locally and another 5 million from Congress, with the measure now heading to the mayor for signature.
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Associated Press
St Louis
St. Louis
Congress
Nation forms band of fifty six women for reform
Carrie Nation organized a group of forty six volunteers at a mass meeting held at the Presbyterian church in Topeka to assist in anti liquor work. The women pledged to follow Nation and act as directed, with a pledge to avoid violence.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Duke of Cornwall Ill. Funeral Arrangements For Queen Under Guard
The Duke of Cornwall and York are ill with German measles and will not attend the queen's funeral. Precautions are stepped up at Cowes as the royal fleets prepare, with military rehearsals and guarded routes to Osborne. Emperor William visits Osborne grounds while London suspends business for funeral week. Window seats along the route fetch high prices.
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Associated Press
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Duke of Cornwall and York
Duke of York
Alberta
Duke of Connaught
King Edward
William
Lord Lonsdale
Osborne House
Emperor William
Medina
Edward
Alexandre
Osborne
Victoria and Albert
London
Privy Co Ei
United Kingdom
Two Lives Lost in Jefferson Hotel Fire
Two people died in a hotel blaze at the seven story Jefferson Hotel located at 102 106 East Fifteenth Street. Fire damage is estimated at 50000 dollars. Elnora Downing, twenty five, a nurse, jumped from a sixth floor window. Elizabeth Reynolds, thirty, a waitress, suffocated in her seventh floor room.
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Associated Press
New York
Hotel Jefferson
Fast Fifteenth Street
Elnora Downing
Elizabeth Reynolds
Mosquito Fleet Safe Reaches Canary Islands En Route to Manila
The Navy Department reports the arrival of the mosquito fleet at the Canary Islands led by the cruiser Annapolis with the converted yacht Frolic and tugs Wampatuck and Tiscatagm. They proceed to Manila for patrol duty in the Philippines amid concerns over merchant shipping in the area.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Canary Islands
Annapolis
Frolic
Wampatuck
Tiscatagm
Manilla
Philippines
Department
Ha ugen Confirmed and Reapportionment Board Named
The senate unanimously confirmed Nils P. Haugen as assistant state tax commissioner and Hatford Erickson as state labor commissioner. Assembly members Orton Owen Stevens Benson Holland Smalley Keene Eline Spratt Schellenberg Sarau Middleton Gilman Ray Hodgins Overbeck McGill Sturdevant Anderson named to the apportionment committee. General appropriation and several tax bills discussed. Manuel advocates exemptions on household goods and farm machinery plus a new two- column assessment plan.
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Madison
Wigan
Senate
Nils P. Haugen
Hatford Erickson
Ray
Assembly
Orton
Owen
Stevens
Benson
Holland
Smalley
Keene
Eline
Spratt
Schellenberg
Sarau
Middleton
Gilman
Hodgins
Overbeck
McGill
Sturdevant
Anderson
Waupun State
Green Bay
State Livestock Board
Assemblyman
Saran
Board of Physical Culture
University Regents
Weed
Manuel
Cooke Winss
Assembly Committee On Privileges
Cook
Vandercook
Winnebago County
Hmfanuti
Thun
Milwaukee County
Committee On
Another saloon keeper pays penalty in Neenah
Michael Roland pleaded guilty to selling liquor to a minor Otto Erdman. He was fined plus costs totaling about $80 after a jury of six Neenah citizens found him guilty. The case was heard by Justice D. Baird on Monday afternoon. A second item notes a Neenah home quarantine for Dr. Whitenack family as a scarlet fever case is treated by Dr. Ozanne pending proper disclosure.
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Northwestern
Neenah
Wis
Michael Roland
Otto Erdman
D. Baird
Air
Roland
J. Whitenack
Kaukauna
Whitenack
Dr. Whitenack
Ozanne
More Gold Going to Paris Shipment
New York January 3 Heidelberg, Ickelhecimer and Co have arranged for 1 250 000 dollars in gold for shipment to Paris this month.
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New York
Heidelbach, Ickelhecimer & Co
Paris
Boxers Raise Doubt Over China Crisis Beliefs
Pekin December reports the Boxer movement divides foreign observers. Sir Robert Hart once doubted the Boxers but now predicts they could overrun the country. His losses include a mansion full of art valued at over a million dollars (Mexican).
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Associated Press
Pekin
China
Robert Hart
Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs
Robert
Naval pageant draws warships to Solent harbor
Warships assemble for Friday pageant in the Solent with the main squadron moored two and a half miles apart from Cowes to Spithead. Minute guns fire as the Alberta departs the pier. Bands will play Chopin and Beethoven funeral marches, no national anthem. Guards will man ships and present arms as the Alberta passes.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Cowes
Spithead
Solent
Alberta
Chopin
Beethoven
Mutiny on St. Helena Guards Prisons Amid Island Turmoil
West Indian troops on St. Helena mutinied on January 2, raiding the town and terrorizing residents while Boers and General Cronje remained imprisoned. Troops injured several civilians and were only subdued after officers faced their rifles. Censor had suppressed the report until the Associated Press learned of the affair by mail.
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Associated Press
London
Island of
St. Helena
Cronje
Senate Action Shapes McMillan Woolson Credentials
In Washington on January 30 the Senate heard credentials for Woolson from Minnesota and McMillan from Michigan, each for a full six year term starting March 4. The army bill conference report yielded to the subsidy bill, with notice that the army bill will be called up again tomorrow.
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B. Associgies Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Clapp
Minnesota
Woolson
Burrow
Michigan
McMillan
United States Courts Execute Four Chinese Officials
Washington reports Mr. Conger with US approval agrees to the execution of four mid level Chinese officials from last summer outrages. Two named are Prince Chwang and Yu Hsien, while Prince Tuan and General Fu Stong resist decapitation. Russia and Germany press for Manchuria indemnity and other compensations as the court considers appeals for Chinese funds.
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Associatey Press
New York
Herald
Washington
Prince Tuan
Fu Stong
Conger
United States
Prince Chwang
Yu Hsien
Shansi
China
Tung Fu Hsiang
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Japan
President McKinley to Attend Victoria Memorial Service
President McKinley and all cabinet members will attend the memorial service for Queen Victoria at St John’s Protestant Episcopal church next Saturday morning. The program is arranged to proceed unless unforeseen circumstances intervene.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
McKinley
Queen Victoria
St John's Protestant Episcopal Church
President to resume official dinners in health recovery
The president plans to resume official dinners citing health improvements. The first event will likely be the annual dinner for the diplomatic corps on February 1, with new invitations already issued and the memorial service for the late queen scheduled for next Saturday.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Ed D. Cornell Dies by Own Action in Philadelphia
Ed D. Cornell at seventy eight, longtime hat maker and former president of the Hatters' union, died by hanging after stock market losses prompted the act in Philadelphia last night.
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Philadelphia
Ed D. Cornel
The
Hatters’ Union
Cornell
New Marriage Law Proposed Limiting Intermarriage
The bill by Senator Chilton would bar any man or woman with epilepsy imbecility feeble mindedness or chronic insanity from marrying while the woman is under forty five. It carries severe penalties. The senate backed a house joint resolution favoring the passage of the Grout Olenmaragrine bill by a vote to compress the measure.
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iBy Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
Senator Chilton
Senate
House
Fire guts Platky's dept store in Grand Forks
A basement fire at Platky's department store in Grand Forks spread to gut the building from basement to attic within an hour and a half. Early reports tied the blaze to the nearby bank and shops, but department officials prevented further losses. Loss is about 75000 dollars with 639900 dollars insured.
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Associated Press
Grand Forks
Platky's Department
Paddy Donovan Acquitted in Manslaughter Trial
Paddy Donovan, Philadelphia pugilist, was acquitted today of manslaughter in the death of Frank Welch after Welch collapsed in Phillippsburg, North Dakota, on New Year’s Eve. Physicians testified a blood clot at Welch’s brain caused the death.
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Associac! Press
Easton
Paddy Donovan
Philadelphia
Courtship in Mexico Says New York Writer Describes Open Love
A New York writer depicts Mexico's courting as public and free, noting men use pocket telephones to speak to lovers at second story windows. Some lovers improvise by shouting from boxes or barrels, then retreat when witnesses approach, before reappearing to resume their display.
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Mexico
New York
Romeo
New York Paper
Travel a English Girl Education Abroad Emphasizes Language Arts
The excerpt stresses that an English girl's education includes extensive foreign travel to learn dressmaking, millinery, Parisian cut, and the languages and accents of Germany and France. It notes daughters of all social classes send their girls abroad for holiday trips, reflecting a cosmopolitan curriculum.
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Germany
Francs
Ladies’ Home Journal
Banking Law Amendment Moves To Treat Surplus as Capital
Washington D C Tan 80 The house committee on banking and currency acted favorably on a bill to amend the national banking law. It would allow national banks to treat surplus as capital for loan restrictions and designate public depositories under the act.
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Washington, D C
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Daa
De Wet and Knox in Natal Thabanchu Area Reported
London dispatch says De Wet was engaged by Knox forty miles north of Thabanchu with no details. De Wet plans another invasion of Cape Colony. Smith-Dar rivyn returns from Carolina after dispersing Boers. a Boer force enters Bemsburg damaging two mines and Commissary Artamais is among captured. Calcutta notes Lord Kitchener to send prisoners to India with a thousand captives to Nilgira in Orissa Dengal province.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Pretoria
de Wet
Knox
Thabanchu
Cape Colony
Smith-Darrivyn
Carolina
Bemsburg
Aiarais
India
Calcutta
Lori Kitchener
Nilgira
Orissa
Dengal
Funeral of Harry L Battis Draws Large Oshkosh Crowd
The late Harry L Battis was laid to rest at the Masonic Temple in Oshkosh in a large ceremony attended by police, firemen, city officials, Knights of Pythias and Elks. The service featured a Maganic ritual led by J. D. Carr and a Congregational hymn. Floral tributes and organized groups reflected Battis's municipal and fraternal ties.
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Harry L. Battis
Masonic Temple
Oshkosh
Batils
Masonic Hall
Gathering of Friends
Luther Devies
Bessie Lou Daggett
Homan H. Powers
Fung
F. R. Haff
Trinity Episcopal Church
J. D. Carr
Centennial Lodge No. 23
E. HD. Beals
Algoma Street
Main
Common Council
Knights of Pythias, Els
Knizhdts Templar
Masons
Knights of Pythias
Knights Templar
Knights of Pushing
Elks
Elmer Leach
H. M. Clark
R. J. Hume
Adolph von Kaas
F. H. Liebey
George W. Athearn
Battis
Badies
Moet Sencplevnie Tsé
George M. Pullman
Chicago
Oshkosh Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
BP. Q. E
Wisconsin
AJA, & R
Battls Brothers
Oshkosh Faeht Club
Oshkosh Fire Department
Oshkosh Lale
Oshkosh Land and Investment Ass Ton
Centennial Lodse
German American Bank
Winnebago Traction Company
Sta
Nights Templar
Gustavus
Charles Nevitt
China May Act on Death and Accession Condolence Mission
Native papers report Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang memorandum to send a high official to England to convey condolences to the king on the queen’s death and to congratulate his majesty on the accession. The note notes the offer as honorable despite critical phrasing in the original text.
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Shanshai
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
England
Venezuelan Ex-President Eyes Armed Return From Cuba
A Venezuelan consul in San Juan Puerto Rico reports a formidable filibustering expedition to sail for Venezuela led by former president Ignacio Andrade, with a German steamer to convey rebels to the Delta of the Orinoco. Andrade sails incognito. insiders doubt he seeks the presidency again. President Castro braces as instability grows.
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Associated Prena
New York
Herald
San Juan
Porto Nico
Santiago
Cova
Venezuela
Ignacio Andrade
Castro
General Andrade
Orinoco
Andrade
Washington
General Pietri
San Juan de Porto Riso
Sefior Andrade
Santiago de Cuba
Havana
Cuba
Porto Rico
In Favor of Rhea House Report on Walker V Rhea
Washington January 30 The committee reported on the Walker versus Rhea contest from Ninth Virginia district finding frauds and irregularities did not change the result They recommended that Democrat Rhea retain his seat The report will be called up soon The house then resumed consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Taylor
Ohio
Committee of Elections No. 2
Walker
Rhea
Virginia
Great Terminal System Planned for Chicago
Chicago plans a single terminal system for all entering roads from the east south and west to be formed as part of a broader plan. The first step toward this goal is the purchase of the Chicago terminal transfer property by the B H Harriman syndicate.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
the Post Today
B. H. Harriman Syndicate
Dan Murphy Secures Attorney in Burglary Case
Dan Murphy alias Cheyenne Red awaiting examination on burglary charges at Quinn Rogge store. He engaged Earl P. Finch to defend him after a lengthy jail consultation. Murphy is held in a first floor cell with others deemed dangerous in a secure compartment.
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Dan Murphy
Cheyenne Red
Quinn & Rogge
Earl P. Finch
Finch
Murphy
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