Charges of Bribe Offered to New York Representative
A naval affairs sub committee probes a claim by Representative Lessler of New York that he was offered 544,000 for backing torpedo boat funding. Lessler testified at a naval committee meeting, prompting creation of a special sub committee to investigate. The panel named Poss of Ilingis, Butler of Pennsylvania, Taylor of Ohio, and Vixey of Kentucky to lead the inquiry.
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Naval Affairs
Representative Lessler
New York
Naval Committee
House
Lessler
Naval Affairs Committee
Poss
Ilingis
Butler
Pennsylvania
Taylor
Ohio
Kentucky
Lesster
Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Faces Senate Debate Over Isle of Pines
Washington report notes Callum, head of the Senate committee on foreign relations, met the president to discuss Cuba reciprocity. Republicans expect ratification despite opposition tied to the omnibus statehood bill. Residents of the Isle of Pines claim US interest and threaten to resist Cuban taxation, seeking US ownership for freer trade, while Cuba asserts de facto control and tax authority.
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Callum
Senate Committee On Foreigh Relations
Senate
Cuba
Yavana
United
Isle of Pines
End of J. H. Tillman’s Official Career in South Carolina
Columbia officials announce the end of James H. Tillman’s governorship as Sloan is sworn in as lieutenant governor to succeed Tillman. The inaugural ceremonies are described as brief and simple in the state capital.
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Columbia
S. C
Clinch
Teyward
South Carolina
Goon
R. Sloan
James H. Tillman
Miners Demand Pay Rise At Indiana Convention
Indianapolis January 21 United Mine Workers convention saw several locals submit resolutions for wage hikes of 18 to 23 percent for miners. A proposal to create a permanent $10 residence in Indianapolis for President Mitchell was rejected by the committee.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Mitchell
Twelve Men Killed in Great Northern Wreck
An extra from Skagit loaded with lumber and three cars with laborers collided with a rotary snow plow five miles west of Chilk_wakum. Twenty five workers were killed or injured as ten cars piled up. Names of the dead were not obtainable.
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Leavenworth
Wash
Dan
Great Northern
Chiwakuim
Skimomish
Iowa mob baffled at jail for Crandall arrest
Perry Iowa mob of more than 3000 armed men gathered at the jail and at the sheriff’s residence to storm the jail and seize Stephen Crandall in connection with a bank cashier shooting. The local military company and Sheriff Holmes escorted Crandall to Adel for safety as attempts to obtain a confession were made.
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Perry
Isaeh
Stephen Crandall
Harry Patee
Mol
Sherif Holmes
Adel
Crandall
Grand Jury Indicts Toledo Coal Exchange Officers
Toledo January 21 The grand jury today indicted the officers of the Toledo Coal Exchange on charges related to a coal combine intended to keep up prices and restrain competition. The proceeding marks a major action against alleged price fixing within the local coal market.
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Toledo
Toledo Coal Exchange
Senate and House in Brief Washington Jan 21
The Senate yesterday passed the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill. Quay called for an immediate vote on the statehood bill amid dispute as executive session was held. The House approved the District of Columbia appropriation bill and began Philippine coinage debate. The Alaska boundary dispute was not the focus of general debate. A partisan tone and a strange anti British sentiment during Wing Cochran’s remark sparked attention. Miss Martha Hoy, daughter of Paymaster Hoy, U. U., wed Pierre Rogestvensszy, second secretary of the Russian embassy, at noon in Washington in a ceremony led by Rev. Father Hotovitsky at the Church of St. Nicholas in New York.
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House
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Wing Cochran
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Toshington
Martha
Orphans' Asylum Burns in Benson Suburb Fire
Omaha reports a Mondl ing blaze at Jones Orphanage in Benson destroying the north wing with an estimated loss of 55000, partly insured. About one hundred children were inside but all were rescued safely.
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Jones
Benson
Car Load of Coal Stolen Near Theodore Street Crossing
Grand Trunk officials told Detroit police that a car carrying twenty five tons of anthracite coal was raided near the Theodore street crossing and all the coal was stolen. The company asked police to guard other coal cars.
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Grand Trunk
Theodore Street
Prominent Business Man Charles Playter Dies at 50
Cedar Rapids Iowa January 21 Charles Playter a prominent business man died yesterday at age fifty He led the customs department division under President Cleveland and later served as doorkeeper of the national House of Representatives The obituaries note his roles and influence in public service and business affairs.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Playter
Cleveland
Deeegh WL
Montana
Dubuque
Iowa
President nominates Richards for land office chief
Washington January 21 The President sent to the Senate the nomination of William A Richards of Wyoming currently assistant commissioner to be commissioner of the General Land Office.
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Washington
Senate
William A. Richards
Wyoming
General Land Office
Hastings Accepts Carnegie Library Offer
Hastings Nebraska residents at a mass meeting voted to accept Andrew Carnegie's offer to fund a new library building valued at $15,000. The decision marks a pivotal civic project for the town as plans move forward for construction and community use.
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Hastings
Carnegie
Hastings, Neb
Andrew Carnegie
Sulu treaty tale by two American reporters in Manila
Cable reports from Manila recount how Hadji Mohammed Jamalul Shah, the sultan of Sulu famed for his U S treaty and echoed by George Ade, died of cholera. Journalists Johnny McCutcheon and John Bass crossed jungles from Jolo to meet the sultan, enabling a formal reception with the American flag. Their perilous voyage might have altered Jololand history.
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Chicago
Manila
Hadjil Mohammed Jamalol Sham
Sulu
United States
George Ade
Bates
Johny T. McCutcheon
John Bass
Jolo
McCutcheon
Mohammedan Manuarely
Mr. Bass
Jot
Maidon
Saltie
Jolo- Land
Sultan’s Presence Described in Manila Mission to Jolo
Frank Moalan recounts a perilous journey with General Bates aboard the Manila to meet the Sulu sultan. A Nubian guide faltered under threats, natives crowded, and armed security remained hidden as the party persuaded the sultan to sign a treaty and promise to travel to Jolo to meet General Bates. The sultan finally agreed to visit Jolo after the tense encounter.
Venezuela Seeks Lifting of Blockade for Talks
Venezuela demands the blockade be raised as a condition for formal negotiations with the powers. Minister Bowen presented the proposition to city representatives, with cables sent to London Berlin and Rome. Progress hinges on replies from foreign offices.
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Washington
Ising
Venezuela
Bowen
London
Berlin
Rome
Chicago Man Missing in Fremont Neb
W Parks of Hirsh Wickwire Parks Chicago, a wholesale dry goods worker, is missing after Dec 28 in Fremont and Dec 20 in Lincoln. Authorities and firm representatives fear foul play as searches yield no clue to his whereabouts, with baggage left at the Lincoln hotel and no recent contact.
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Neb
W. Parks
Hirsh, Wickwire & Parks
Chicago
Rauman
Jensen
Parks
Hhis Firm
Lincoln
Lincoln Hotel
Parkes
Higderk Hotel
Mystery letter links Chicago murder to Evie Pa case
An anonymous letter claims a recent Chicago murder ties to a fall crime near Evie Pennsylvania. It alleges Liuhan workers on a railroad were robbed by several countrymen who killed a man with thirteen knife wounds to cover their escape. The writer suggests the victim knew too much.
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Chicago
Evie
Miardé& Vine
North Carolina murderer sentenced to thirty years
In Hertford North Carolina a jury convicted James Wileun of murder in the death of Ella Mined. The punishment fixed is thirty years in the penitentiary at hard labor.
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North Carolina
Hertford
N.C. Day
James Wileun
Ella
Hard Wye
Illness delays royal ball as King’s son falls ill
Fragmentary World News brief notes illness delaying a royal ball connected to JF King. Other items include Ballard’s death at Yonkers after a four month illness, his rifle team fame and Wimbledon medal, and various shorter reports from Chicago, Pend, Milwaukee, Bay View Zion work, a pugilist dead in Camden, and Bryan installed at Indiana University.
Western war news and a poet reporter dead
Denver and New York dispatches report United States Senate voting on a senator with Teller near election while party factions clash and militia pressures rise. Julian Ralph, war correspondent and author, dies in New York after a career with several papers. Ralph had covered the Boer War and later served as eastern representative for the Louisiana Purchase exposition. He leaves a wife and five children.
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Ralph
St. Louis
New York
London Daily Mail
Trial of Col. Lynch Commences in London
London January 21 The trial of Arthur Lynch MP on treason charges for aiding the Boers during the war began today with the prisoner pleading not guilty.
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Col. Lynch
London
Arthur Lynch
Career of an Indians Woman in Louisville Jan 21
Three times in the insane asylum and thrice married, Anna L Tennington of near Marysville Ind is now charged with killing her six months old child while in a demented condition. An application has been made for her recommitment to the Central Hospital for the Insane at Indianapolis. French Lick gambling suit dismissed in Paoli. Lod, Jan 21. Prosecution dropped the case to dissolve the French Lick Springs Hotel company for overstepping corporate privileges by permitting and leasing buildings for gambling. Conscience Was Hard on Him Battle Creek Jan 21 Frank Bridge a Detroit plumber shot Frank Binkman in the leg then drank carbolic acid and tried to hang himself in jail.
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Insane Asylum
Anna L. Tennington
Marysville
Ind
Central Hospital For the Insane
Indianapolis
French Lick
Paoli
Lod
Orange
French Lick Springs
Battle Creek
Mich
Tan
Frank Bridge
Detroit
Frank Binkman
Nebraska
Chicago Bank Settle with Niles Receiver for 6000 Claim
The Chicago National Bank, correspondent of the defunct Niles bank in Michigan, agreed to settle a 6000 claim with the Niles receiver after prior adverse rulings. Following a Supreme Court references and court decisions, the case ended when the bank permitted the receiver to prove the claim as a general creditor, suspending judgment. The second piece discusses warnings against snap judgments in personal judgments, emphasizing the value of patient evaluation.
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Niles
Niles, Mich
Chiles
Federal Court of Apuse
Niles Institution
Supreme Court
Liege Bank
Reer
Chicago Bank
Lincoln Saws a Way: a gallant sergeant to captain
A young sergeant at Donelson distinguished himself by gallantry and faced a military board in Washington. West Point graduates questioned his knowledge, but Lincoln endorsed the report and awarded a captain's certificate, noting the man did not know the fortification's technical name yet could win battles. The Argus.
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Donelson
Washington
West Point
A. Lincoln
French Liner La Touraine Destroyed In Fire Disaster
Historic maritime mishaps unfold as La Touraine from New York arrives Havre Dee 25 reports vast fire wreckage on deck saloons and hold. Abiel Abbott bark runs aground near Ship Ladle Light with five crew rescued dying. salvage unlikely. Lahn steamer grounded near Gibraltar sand bank, floated at daybreak.
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Abbott
Atlantic City
Abiel Abbott
Lettom Light
Teday
He Woo
Falleh
Lahn
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
New York
Tamara
Rock of Gibraltar
Aged Woman Killed In Chicago Apartment Fire
Chicago, Jan 21 Aged woman Mrs Elizabeth Sin was killed when she jumped from a second floor as fire swept the Oakenwald apartment house Police rescued several residents and reported multiple escapes Fire losses initially placed at 25 000 with the blaze now threatening the Ph American company 75 000 in damage
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Chicago
Oakenwald
Elizabeth Sin
Plea Change Noted in Pittsfield Case and Local News
A Pittsfield area plea changes with Euelid Madden and James Kelley linked to an accident last August that involved William Roosevelt’s bodyguard. The case details include retracted guilty pleas and varying imprisonment or fines for Madden and Kelley.
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Mass
Tan
Euelid Madden
James VL Kelley
Willian Cr
Silent
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