Naval battles in Panama harbor during Jan clash
Insurgents led by Padilla, Darien, and Gaitan clash with government ships Lauro, Chienito, and Boyaca in Panama harbor. The Philadelphia is near the fight as shots fly near Padilla and Chienito, with reports of ships sinking and a government boat lost.
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Colon
Jan
Panama
Padille
Darien
Gaitan
Lucana
Lautaro
Chienito
Boyaca
Lasbo
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Meade
United States
Philadelphia
New York
Panama Railway Company Today
Calon
Panama Harbor
Mine Workers Meet in Indianapolis For 13th Convention
Nearly a thousand members from twenty four states attend as President Mitchell opens the thirteenth annual convention in Indianapolis. The sessions run through January 20 with a joint conference against operators from Ohio Pennsylvania Illinois and Indiana scheduled to begin that day.
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Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Sexss
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Indiana
United Mine Workers of America
Tomlinson Hall
Occidental Hotel
Lewis
Wilson
Tacoma
Wash
Moriarity
McNells
Wealthy Illinois woman dies in Bloomington
Bloomington today reports the death of Mrs. Abram Rokaw at age 87, noted as one of Illinois’ wealthiest women. In New York, Albert M. Patrick’s trial for murder begins today amid public attention.
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Bloomington
Til
Abram §Rokaw
Albert M. Patrick
New York
Albert T. Patrick
Illinois Central shifts to telephone telegraph network
The Illinois Central Railroad will equip principal stations with telephone wires for officials and employees to send orders and messages. Installation costs about 100 dollars per mile, totaling around 40,000 dollars for the road and branches. Chicago, New Orleans, and St. Louis are early centers for the rollout.
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the Record-Herald
Illinois Central Railroad
Yazoo and
New Orleans
St. Louis
Insurrection in Formosa Grows More Serious
Tacoma report says 2500 Formosan natives in southern Formosa have taken up arms against Japanese rule. In a recent battle the Japanese suffered 21 dead and 20 wounded. Twelve insurgent leaders and 156 followers were killed or captured.
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Tacoma
Wash
Formosa
Colima Volcano Active After Quakes Affects Chilpancingo
A government observatory telegram says Colima volcano is active linking to seismic activity. Updates report renewed quake shocks across Mexico and tremors felt in Chilpancingo where troops guard ruins as bodies are recovered. Death toll estimates vary. at least sixty killed in Barcelona boiler explosion.
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Government Observatory
Colima
Mora
Guerrero
Chilpsndugo
Tom Wrens
Clipa
Titha
Marichitlan
Igula
Zompango del Pio
Barcelona
Janu
Manresa
Puenta de Vilamara
Death of Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett in London
London reports the death of Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett on Saturday following an appendicitis operation. Born in Plymouth Massachusetts in 1849, he served as MP for Suffolk, later civil lord of the admiralty, and was knighted in 1902. He married Frances Walsh.
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London
Ellis Ashmead- Bartlett
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
The
SI Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
United States
Plymouth
Mass
Ellis Bartlett
J. K. Ashmead
Philadelphia
Bartlett-Coutts
Sir Ellis
Christ Church
Oxford
England
Suffolk
Admiralty
Frances
H. BE. Walsh
Wessel's Boers Route Town Guard on Tarkastad Road
In Cradock Cape Colony on January 20 Wessel's command cut up a patrol of fifty men from the local town guard on the Tarkastad road. New stragglers have returned and the remainder of the party is missing.
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Wessel
Cape Colony
Cradock
Tast
Tarkastad
Prince Henry visit plans limit to major cities
The committee arranging Prince Henry’s reception has decided it is impossible to satisfy requests from many cities. Besides New York, Washington, and Niagara Falls, the journey will likely include Chicago as the only large city.
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Chicago
Washington
Prince Henry
New York
Niagara
Falls
Acquittal Near in Cuban Postal Frauds Trial
Havana judges hear cross examination of ex finance chief Neely as Reeves and Rathbone dispute forged warrants. Neely denies conspiracy and claims warrants were drawn in Reeves office. Reeves and court push for signature tests. Rathbone's letter from 1900 argues for his innocence and cites a Jacksonville note to Reeves.
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Havana
Audiencia Court
C. F. W. Neely
Bureau of Finance
Neely
O. K
Rathbone
el Cerro
C. M. Rich
Postal Department
Reeves
United States
Hamilton
Albert Pfel
Estes G. Rathbone
Jacksonville
Fla
W. H. Reeves
New York Banquet of Order of Foreign Wars Honors Military Leaders
The eighth annual banquet of the New York commandery of the Order of Foreign Wars was held Saturday night. Guests included Lieutenant General Nelson A. and Colonel Albert Mills with General Alexander S. Wells and other notable figures. Berlin grants money to Countess von Limden to study butterfly wing pigments at Bonn University.
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Order of Foreign Wars
New York
Berlin
Jan
Academy of Sciences
Dr. von Limden
Bonn University
Isthmian Canal Route Endorsed by Commission
President transmits supplemental Isthmian canal commission report backing the Panama route as the most feasible for a U S canal under federal control. The unanimous document, signed by all members, accompanies the president's transmission letter to Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal Company
United States
Panama Canal
Commission
Schofield Murder Trial Highlights Drug Evidence
In Des Moines on Saturday A T Ham is a druggist testified about drugs like those found in the victim’s stomach and about selling chloroform and chloral hydrate the day before the murder. Garments of the murdered girl were entered as evidence. Maggie Hammond testified Thomas was at home 4 30 to 10 p m, and at 6 a m he lay in the front room. A buggy pair seen near the river at 5 p m with the victim complicates the state’s case.
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Des Moines
Mabel Schofield
Thomas
No Peace Overtures Found From Boers
London January 20. In the house of commons Chamberlain stated there was no foundation for reports that Boer envoys had made overtures for peace in South Africa. Foreign Secretary Cranborne said before the Spanish American war Britain agreed to join President McKinley in hoping for peaceful negotiations but later declined to back proposals seen as pressuring the United States.
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London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
South Africa
Cranborne
McKinley
United States
Banquet in Paris Bridges US France Ties Amid Toasts
American Chamber of Commerce in Paris holds a banquet praising Franco American trade and fraternity. Francis Kimbel voices pride in Roosevelt and Loubet, Gowdy lauds prosperity and McKinley tribute, De Constant urges tighter ties and U S industrial school aid.
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Paris
France
American Chamber of Commerce
Francis Kimbel
Chamber
Roosevelt
Loubet
Kimbel
United States
Gowdy
John K. Gowdy
McKinley
Re Ott
London
de Constant
Sam
M. Westournelles de Constant
Speer
Chicago
Ile
Ameria
le France
Prince Hed
Trip
Effects of cocaine linked suicide in Grand Rapids case
In Grand Rapids on January 20 a 21 year old waiter Guy Winters died by his own hand. A letter found in his possession revealed a tender relationship with another man from Chicago last November. The letter writer described affectionate terms and claimed to have become addicted to cocaine alongside Winters.
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Mic
Guy Winters
Canal Street
Winter
Chicago
McKinley Day Proclaimed by Gov Yates
Springfield report Gov Yates issued a proclamation designating January 29 as McKinley day.
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Springfield
Yates
Thief Identified in $60,000 New York Jewelry Heist
New Orleans report states P G The baud of New York identifies T E Manners, jailed at Gretna, as Edouard Kern Jr, the former valet who robbed Thebein in New York of jewelry worth sixty thousand dollars.
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New Orleans
P. G. Thebaud
New York
F T. E. Manners
Gretma
Edouard Kern, Jr
Thebein
Repudiates Miracles Shock at Northwestern Professor
Northwestern University English chair Charles W Pearson issues a statement denouncing Biblical infallibility as superstition and questioning Methodist teaching. He accuses church leaders of inactivity and evasive Sunday school instruction, asserting a clash with core Methodist beliefs.
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Manston
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Record-Herald
Charles W. Pearson
Northwestern University
Evanston
Pearson
Methodist Church
Sugar beet raisers plan push for sugar duty cuts
Nebraska beet raisers announce a planned protest to Washington to urge lower Cuban sugar duties. They will hold a meeting in two weeks to send representatives before a congressional committee, arguing current prices make the industry unprofitable. They seek duty reductions to force terms from manufacturers.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Washington
Congressional Committee
Four Detroit wholesale buildings collapse on Sunday night
Four four story structures in Detroit’s wholesale district collapsed at 8:30 p m on Sunday. Stocks worth about 152000 dollars were lost along with 50000 dollars in building damage. No injuries were reported and cause remains unknown.
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Detroit
Mich
Jefferson Avenue
Seblby and Griswold Streets
Shelby Street
Maddocks Glove Company
Imperial Cap Company
Madgocks Glove Company
F. B. Neuhoff & Co
Neuhoff
Hills Bros
New York
Michigan Produce Company
Crusoe Bros., Limited
J. F. Crusoe
Flax Mills Collapse Bury Workers in Belfast
The Wall Smith field flax mills collapsed today in Belfast burying workers including many women. Ten bodies have been recovered already from the wreckage.
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Belfast
Smithfield
Hoff Theatre Gutted in Fire No Casualties Reported
Stuttgart reports the Hoff theatre was gutted by fire with no loss of life. In Ann Arbor financial officers disclosed athletic association funds from Sept 24 1901 to Jan 10 1902 totaled 16111 12 with season balance of 2949 and football receipts 12162 80. Omaha council rules sugar in transit not taxable canceling 30000 taxes on American Sugar Refining. St Paul receives a 1000000 life insurance check for Frank H Peavey policy.
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Stuttgart
Wartenburg
Ann Arbor
Mich
Floyd
University of Michigan Athletic Association
Omaha
Neb
American Sugar Refining Company
St. Paul
Jan
Frank H. Peavey
Minneapolis
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