List is Out Has Many Surprises at Coronation
Washington January 14 The secretary of state announced names of U S officials designated as special representatives at King Edward's coronation. Whitelaw Reid is special ambassador Gen James H Wilson is army representative Capt Charles E Clark is navy representative commander of the battleship Oregon J P Morgan Jr and others named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Wilson
United States
King Edward
Whitelaw Reid
Army
James H. Wilson
Navy
Charles E. Clark
Oregon
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Gorman Elected Senator in Annapolis and Kentucky
Annapolis Jan 14 Arthur Pue Gorman elected United States senator to succeed George L. Wellington. Gorman 64 Jackson 152 Vandiver re elected state treasurer. Frankfort Jan 14 James D McCreary elected senator by legislature. joint session tomorrow to ratify. Columbus Jan 14 Joseph B Foraker caucus GOP nominee led with 87 votes to 53 for Baker. joint session Wednesday to formalize selection.
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Annapolis
Arthur Pue Gorman
United States
George L. Wellington
Gorman
Jackson
Murray A. Vandiver
Frankfort
James D. McCreary
Columbus
House
Senate
Joseph B. Foraker
Charles W. Baker
Cincinnati
Foraker
Due honor to Schley in Maryland House
Annapolis Md Jan 14 delegates Broening presented a memorial to Congress urging adoption of the Schley court of inquiry verdict. Delegate Griffith introduced a joint resolution enabling the governor to commission a Maryland artist to bronze bust Rear Admiral W S Schley for placement in the statehouse at Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
House of Delegates
Broening
Congress
Dewey
Schley
Griffith
Maryland
W. S. Schley
Statehouse
Iowa Mystery in Congress on Veteran Preference Bill
Washington Jan 14 The house debated the pension appropriation bill amid disputes over a G A R report criticizing veteran preference provisions. Grosvenor Hepburn argued the clause would favor Spanish war veterans over Civil War heroes, while Hepburn noted many Spanish volunteers never faced hostilities. Confederates gain sympathy in Homes debate but no action ensued. Des Moines Jan 14 Charles Thomas arrested for administering knockout drops to Mabel Schoefield in Oct 18 86, body dumped in river. Prosecution cites chloral purchased before death and confirms drugs found in stomach with chloral and chloroform. several doctors testify to lethal amounts.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Grosvenor
Hepburn
Congress
G. A. BR
Rixey
Virginia
South
Richardson
Tennessee
Des Moines
Charles Thomas
Mabel Schoefield
W. A. Spurrier
Schoefield Thomas
Hansen
Eighth and Locust Streets
Wells & Bates
Chicago Drainage Canal as a National Waterway
Washington Jan 14 The house rivers and harbors committee discussed giving Chicago drainage canal a national role linking the Great Lakes to the gulf via a lake in water connection. Chicago delegations urged navigation improvements including turning basins in the Chicago river with a proposed federal survey costing 200 4100? The project aims to extend to the Mississippi then to St Louis with a survey now under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Great Lakes
Gulf
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Sanitary District
Adams
W. H. Baker
Canal Trustees
Mississippi
St. Louis
Baker
Schley
Electricity replaces steam on Second Avenue elevated
New York, Jan 14Electricity displaced steam as motive power on the Second Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan. The experiment proved a complete success and the system may soon be fully electric. The Battery to One Hundred Twenty Ninth Street run now takes under half the time with greater passenger capacity and improved cars. Six car trains during rush hours increase carrying capacity by about 20 percent. The six car train carries four motor cars with two trailers, each motor car with two motors delivering 300 horsepower per car.
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New York
Second Avenue
Manhattan Elevated Railway Company
Ake
Robbers Take 1500 to 2500 in Kansas City Pool Room Heist
Two masked youths entered Harry B. Chick's pool room at 907 Baltimore avenue and forced patrons to lie on the floor while another guard watched the entrance. They secured 1500 to 2500 dollars and fled. An employee was struck with a revolver during the robbery. In Washington, Representative Babcock introduced a bill to place many iron and steel articles on the free list, cutting duties on others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Harry B. Chick
Baltimore Avenue
Jimmy Driscoll
Washington
Babcock
Wisconsin
Ten Miners Die In Dow Mining Explosion
Ten miners lost their lives in an explosion at the Dow Mining Company's mine in Dow I T last evening. All bodies were recovered and none burned. Death attributed to after damp. The shaft was unharmed and the ensuing fire was quickly extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South McAllister
I. T
Dow Mining Company
Dow
Rathbone Heard Makes A Very Good Impression
Havana January 14 The Cuban postoffice frauds hearing resumed with E G Rathbone unexpectedly called by the government He chose to testify and impressed the court as he explained the posts department operations He testified about appointments Neely Reeves and whether he issued an order for monthly postmaster accounts and the meaning of ordered in June 1809
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Rathbone
Department of Posts
Neely
Reeves
Department
Washington
J. D. Lawshe
Ngely
Lipton orders Shamrock III yacht in 1903 readiness
London January 14 Sir Thomas Lipton contracted William Fife to build Shamrock III with delivery slated for early 1903. The agreement was accepted and work begins. The Danville window glass factory opened its doors in Danville Illinois on January 14 as the town celebrates a new industrial plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
William Fife
London
Danville
Ill
Danville Window Glass F.y
Ville Street
Insult From Chili Germany's Stand at Pan American
Dull Pan American session rose to excitement over an amendment to suppress the final protocol to enable arbitration reports. Senor Martinez of Chile called the adjournment a trick and walked out claiming chicanery. The chair adjourned after courtesy requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mexico
Senor Pardo
Department of Foreign Relations
Walker Martinez
Chili
Rurgosa
Senor Martinez
Brest Gana
Is Legally Dead Elzin Atony Morrow Seeks Estate Claim
James Morrow of Elgin travels to New York to prove he is alive and entitled to a share of his uncle William McMahon estate worth 100,000 dollars. He disappeared in 1872 after a divorce, and his son had him declared legally dead under New York law. Attorney R Egan of Elgin represents Morrow Sr.
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Elzin
James Morrow
New York
William McMahon
Morrow
Elgin
New York State
R Egan
Morrow, Sr
Omaha Jury Bribery Probe Shocks City Officials
Omaha Nebraska January 14 Systematic bribery of juries by franchised corporations is under investigation by the Douglas County Bar association. Findings will go to the grand jury. Attorney T W Blackburn alleges corruption in personal damage cases against corporations. Affidavits show a juror promised future employment to keep a damage award at $100. Corporations secured representatives on panels likely to hear their cases.
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Omaha
Neb
Douglas County Bar Association
T. W. Blackburn
Rev William Whitehead fined in postal card case
In United States district court the jury found evangelist Rev. William Whitehead of Aurora guilty of sending a postal card to I P Bullis of Orchard Iowa with scriptural quotations calling Bullis a hypocrite and charging him with disinheriting his daughter. Whitehead was fined 50 dollars and costs. Prosecution actions against diseased meats in the six district have been revived with the arrest of Fred Hess at 6203 Halsted street for removing government tags from condemned beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States District Court
William Whitehead
Aurora
I. P. Bullis
Orchard
Iowa
Bullis
Whitehead
Fred Hess
Halsted Street
Hess
Euinst Ple
True Bill Against Dr. Kraus
London January 14 The grand jury yesterday found a true bill against Dr Krause the former governor of Johannesburg on the charge of inciting Cornelius Broecksman the ex public prosecutor to over order John Douglas Foster an English lawyer who was attached to Lord Roberts
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Kraus
London
Krause
Johannesburg
Cornelius Broecksman
W. Johannesburg
Ovorder John Douglas Foster
Lord Roberts
Fixes Crane Without Sacrifice
Washington reports Gov. Winthrop Murray Crane of Massachusetts is slated to succeed John D. Long as secretary of the navy after the Massachusetts legislature adjourns. Crane would remain governor until then, then resign to take the cabinet post, avoiding sale of his paper interests. He has been connected with a possible 1904 presidential bid, and Roosevelt would gain a rival-free field. Crane called at the White House for talks with the president and secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Winthrop Murray Crane
Massachusetts
John D. Long
Gov. Crane
Long
Treasury
Navy
Roosevelt
Crane
White Hoe
Secretary Long
Honor for Straus appointment to Hague committee
Oscar S. Straus, formerly minister to Turkey, is named permanent member of the arbitral committee at The Hague to fill the vacancy from ex-President Benjamin Harrison's death. The appointment was announced in Washington on January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oscar S. Straus
Turkey
Committee On Arbitration
The
Hague
Benjamin Harrison
Policeman shoots wife and mother in Brooklyn
Police officer William H. Ennis killed his wife and her mother Mrs Magee at the latter’s home in Brooklyn on January 14. Ennis fled the scene amid domestic trouble reports.
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Brooklyn
William H. Ennis
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Secretary of State
J. Pierpont Morgan
Edmund Lincoln Boylies
William Wetmore
Senator Wetmore
Rhode Island
Grand Army
Chicago Drainage
Mable Schoefield
Macy
Highland Park College
Admiral Schley
Senator McComas
City
Henry A. Rayne
Peperal
New York Road
Aaa
Shamrock III
Germany
Pan-American Congress
von Buelow
Berlin
Count von Buelow
Diet
Prussia
Court von Bulow
Wreschen
Polish Colonization Commission
Eastern
Prince Bismarck
Morris
Warren Wayne
Fiiday
Samuel D. Holderman
Holderman
Ray
Ind
Col. Campbell
Flora
James R. Campbell
Twenty-fourth
Cuba
Philippines
St. Joseph, Mich
St. Joseph
Edwards
Pally
Nebraska
Straus
Hong Kong
Hanning
Hong Kong, Canton and Macao
Rina
Kalamazoo
A. P. Hooker
American Express
Michigan Central
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stephen Townsend
Dr. Burnett
J. King
Niles
Mich
Catherine
Springfield
Fr. Cullinan
St. Mary's
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