Chinese Peace Delegation Opposed to Forts and Guards
Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching conferred with the emperor Kwang-Su and objected to reducing forts and permanent legation guards. British forces bolster Yang-Tsun garrison as 1,600 cavalry scour the region. Boxers blamed for killings near the Temple of Heaven. A U S cavalry detachment sails to investigate alleged burning of native Christians.
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Pekin
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Parle
Kwang-Su
Yang-Tsun
Tien-Tsin
Waldersee
Tullock
Temple of Heaven
Sixth United States Cavalry
Ninth Infantry
Fifth Artillery
Mr. Kelly
Theodore J. Wint
Sixth Cavalry
Shanghai
Universal Gazette
Tung Fu Hsiang
Prince Tuan
Taku
Pat Crowe Sails Away With Suspect Kidnappers
Boston police believe Pat Crowe and another man implicated in the Cudahy kidnapping may be aboard the steamship Michigan bound for Liverpool. A cable to Scotland Yard is to meet the vessel on arrival in Liverpool docks, after two suspicious men with large baggage boarded the ship near its departure.
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Boston
Pat Crowe
Cudahy
Warren Haer
Michigan
Liverpool
Scotland Yard
Crowe
Police
Michael Maloney Dies at 107 in Lenox Township
Michael Maloney of Lenox township died at his home at age 107 in Montrose Pennsylvania. The death was recorded today by the Susquehanna county register and recorder, the oldest recorded age in county history. A native of Ireland, Maloney lived through three centuries.
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Montrose
Michael Maloney
Lenox Township
the Register and Recorder
Susquehanna County
Maloney
Ireland
Runaway Accident Kills Doctor Howland in Vivit Michigan
Exclusive report from The Associated Press details a runaway horse collision in Vivit Michigan at noon. Dr. George W. Howland died within half an hour, and G M Quigley sustained fatal head injuries after the carriage overturned on a reel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Dee
George W. Howland
G. M. Quigley
Howland
Quigley
Congress of Archaeological and Philological Societies Opens
Learned men and women from across the United States gather at the University of Pennsylvania for the opening session of the Congress of the Archaeological and Philological Societies of America. Seven societies represented. delegates number eight at the call to order. groups include American Oriental Society Archaeological Institute American Philological Association Modern Language Association Dialect Society Society for Biblical Research Spelling Reform Association. Each society holds separate morning meetings and plans work for the congress.
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Congress of the Archaeological and Philological Societies
Philadelphia
Associated Press
United States
University of Pennsylvania
Congress of the Archaeological and Philological Societies of America
American Oriental Society
The
Archaeological Institute
American Philological Association
Modern Language Association
Dialect Society
Society For Biblical Research
Spelling Reform Association
Congress
Small War in Dutch Guinea
The steamer Miowarba reports a Tugeri raid from Dutch New Guinea. Police battled pirates at Moorhead river, capturing or sinking five junks with no government casualties. about forty pirates were killed or drowned. Tugers later raided Moorhead villages, killing fifteen. Six months earlier the tribe had made peace with the whites.
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Preen
Victoria
B. C
Miowarba
Dutch New Guinea
Tugeri
Moorhead River
Tugers
Lawyers' Club Organized for Midwinter State Bar Session
About fifty prominent lawyers from across Pennsylvania met at the Lawyers' Club for the midwinter session. Bedford Springs was chosen for the next annual meeting on June 25 to 27 with H. A. Fuller of Wilkes-Barre as toastmaster. The committee approved cooperation with the Lawyers' Club for John Marshall Day and reported steps toward compiling county legal histories with funding of 400 dollars. Burton A. Kunkle will lead the compilations under J. Hampton Carson on the Supreme Court bench.
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Philadelphia
Lawyers’ Club
Pennsylvania State Bar Association
Bedford Springs
H. A. Fuller
Wilkes- Barre
Victor Guillou
John Marshall
Committee On
Crawford
Allegheny
Bedford
Washington
Burton A. Kunkle
J. Hampton Carson
Supreme Court
Fire in London Docks Destroys Five Sheds
A major fire in the East India docks destroys five large sheds housing hemp bales and jute. Shipping and surrounding warehouses are saved by firefighters’ concerted effort as flames threaten the east end in the latest ten year scare.
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East India
Prova
London
East India Docks
Murder Suspects Arrested in Rathbun Case in New Haven
Exclusive wire report states Anna Hath and John FP Mart were arrested under coroner’s direction for alleged complicity in the murder of William Rathbun. No bail set as investigators probe poison-tinged discrepancies surfacing at Rathbun mansion since inquiries began.
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New Haven
Conn
Anna Hath. Ton
John FP. Mart
Willian Rathbun
W Wonton
Mra. Rathbuy Hil Main
Arrests in Ohio Murder Case Involving Noble Family
Ephriam Noble, son of Ales Arbaugh, son-in-law, and two grandsons were arrested in Ironton, Ohio, charged with the murder of George W. Noble. The victim, a stockman, was beaten with clubs last August and found in his farm yard where hogs ate part of his head.
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Ironton
Ohio
Ephriam Noble
Ales Arbaugh
George W. Noble
Noble
Valley Men Resume Strike at Tohigh Valley Coal
About 2,500 miners at Heidel berg Dorrnce Prospect and Frankup collieries returned to work after a strike that began last Friday. They demanded regular pay and now the company agrees to semi monthly wages.
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Associated Preas
Pittston
Tohigh Valley Coal Company
Heidelberg
Dorrnce
Prospect
Frankup
Booz Case Hearing Highlights Hazing Debates At West Point
Horace C Booz and P C Phillips testify at the military court of inquiry amid claims about Oscar L Booz and prior hazing at West Point Cadets describe Breth’s exhaustion and possible stimulants used after hazing The court expects to complete hearings by Saturday with additional cadets due for examination
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Associated Press
West Point
Military Court of Inquiry
Military Academy
Horace C. Boos
Buffalo
P. C. Phillips
East Cleveland
Congress
Oscar L. Booz
Bristol
Booz
Keller
Coe
Boot
Bustleton
Oscar
Breth
T. J. Smith
Carbondale
Academy
Satruday
Walsh Arrives to Aid January National Committee Meeting
Charles A. Walsh secretary of the Democratic National Committee arrived in Chicago today to help arrange the January meeting. He dismissed reports that the party plans to name W. J. Bryan as the 1904 presidential candidate, stating the committee’s address says it is not designed to advance any man or faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Charles A. Walsh
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
National Executive Committee
W. J. Bryan
Deaths of a Day Exclusive Wire AP Philadelphia December 27
Dying after an operation for appendicitis Joshua D. Baker longtime Hotel Lafayette manager in Philadelphia dies aged about 65 He leaves a widow and two children Born in Perry County Pennsylvania his career spanned Marrinburg and various Philadelphia hotels Chicago agent John Howard Jones dies at 61 famed for fire reports Royal Institute list includes Kidui Morison Win painter Mariott Mrs Mice Eu war actress dead Brown ovalist Dr Ulyssee Tigi Brown found dead in a New York street areaway at Forty Second Street
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Joshua D. Baker
Lafayette
Marrinburg
Perry County
Chicago
Howard Jones
Northwestern Associated Pres
Western
California Associated Pres
London
Kidui
Morison Win
Peris
Royal Institute of Painters In Water Colors
National Federation of Graduate Clubs Holds Sixth Convention
The sixth annual convention of the National Federation of Graduate Clubs met at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Delegates from Columbia Ratcliffe Cornell Chicago Bryn Mawr Western Reserve Clark Brown Yale Harvard Princeton Kansas Barnard New York University Tow a Columbian and Penn attended. Key speakers included Horace Howard Furness and Ewald, with papers by Prof F Lewis and Miss Laird.
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Associated Prom
Philadelphia
National Federation of Graduate Clubs
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia
Ratcliffe
Cornell
Chicago
Bryn Mawr
Western Reserve
Clark Brown
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Kansas
Barnard
New York University
Towa
Columbian
Horace Howard Furness
Pennsylvania
Federation
Ewald
New York
F. Lewis
Maine
A. H. Shearer
Bertin
Miss Laird
Rioting female prisoners assault matron and warden in Brooklyn jail
Twenty mad dened inmates at the Ray mond street jail in Brooklyn attacked Matron Fennie Handy and Warden McGrath during a transfer. Handy was beaten and bloodied but triggered an alarm. deputies and officers subdued the riot, placing two prisoners in straight jackets while others were isolated for treatment.
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Associated Press
New York
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
Fennie Handy
McGralth
Misa Handy
Nellie Jones
Miss Handy
McGrath
Mrs Nation Breaks Glass in Kansas Saloon Raid
Carrie Nation, W C T U leader, smashed a $100 painting and a $200 mirror at the Carey hotel bar in Wichita. She is jailed on malicious destruction of property charges and has demanded Governor Stanley defend her, seeking support from ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson after his refusal.
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Wichita
Kan
Carrie Nation
Barber County
Carey Hotel
Kansas
State Music Teachers hold annual meeting in Philadelphia
The State Music Teachers association began its annual meeting in Philadelphia on December 27 with sessions through Friday. Officers nominated include A. Herg of Reading as president Edmund Wolsleffer as secretary and treasurer and an executive committee of Bendow Unger and Fulmer. The next conference is set for Reading December 26 27 and 28 1901. The secretary reports about 600 names on the membership roll and wide county representation.
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Philadelphia
State Music Teachers’ Association
A. Herg
Reading
Edmund Wolsleffer
William Bendow
O. H. Unger
BE. J. Fulmer
Society Belle Arrested for Conspiracy to Kill Ex-Husband
Carrie Sinclair Huntoon, once a New Hampshire society belle, was arrested on four charges of conspiracy to kill her divorced husband Walter Huntoon. She was declared insane today and ordered sent to an asylum for the mentally ill.
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Concord
N. H
Dee
Myre
Carrie Sinclair Huntoon
Walter
Huntoon
Missouri blockers seek capital crime for kidnapping
At a Missouri prosecuting officers meeting in St. Louis on December 27 a resolution was adopted urging the state legislature to pass a law making kidnapping a capital offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Louie
Missouri
Philippines tariff bill questions church control of San Jose College
Philippine commission completes tariff bill and sends it to Washington for approval. The first issue concerns whether San Jose Medical College remains under government or church control, with Archbishops Chapelle and Nozaleda presenting the church position. Historic control shifts trace to Jesuits Spanish rule and later Dominican and U.S. involvement.
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United States
Chapelle
Nozaleda
Associatedross
Manila
Philippine Commission
Washington
San Jose Medical College
Philippines
San Jose College
University of Santo Tomas
Paris
Otis
Nozaledo
Local News Briefs and City Updates
Cloudy warm conditions forecast with general weather notes. Officials report on tariff bill for the Philippines and Boer surrender willingness. Green Ridge Baptists plan dedication of a new church. Court to hear viaduct injunctions and local trolley crew rough handling. Death of Councilman Linstone noted. Northeastern Pennsylvania briefs and industrial news roundup.
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Green Ridge Baptists
Viaduct
Loval
Linstone
Inquest Opens Into Hilliard Death at Bellevue Hospital
New York December 27 Inquest into Louis H Hilliards death at Bellevue Hospital Insane pavilion began before Coroner Fitzpatrick Three Mills training school nurses J K Davis Edward C Dean Clinton L Marshall accused of causing death Mrs Hilliard testified he was not bruised before entry Witness Thomas J Minnick reporter said Dean seized Hilliard by the throat struck him and held him down The nurses allegedly beat kicked and bathed him to force nourishment Autopsy by Dr Donlin found three broken ribs abrasions and lungs congested Death attributed to asphyxiation and rib fracture Inquest adjourned to tomorrow.
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Associated Res
New York
Louis H. Hilliard
Bellevue Hospital
Fitzpatrick
Mills Training School
Edward C. Dean
Clinton L. Marshall
Hilliard
Henry B. Anderson
Ogden Mills
Hillard
Davis
Dean
Donlin
Paderewski Duel Rumor Denied by Paris Police
Paris officials say they have no knowledge of any duel or death involving pianist Paderewski on a small island in the Beibe. Music publishers Chandens and Durand, tied to Paderewski, doubt his presence in Paris.
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Paris
New York City
Paderewski
Bebe
Chandens
Durand
Transatlantic Steamship Movements From Hamburg To New York
Exclusive wire reports list mail and passenger traffic with ships and routes. Vague entries show arrivals at various ports including Liverpool Glasgow Hamburg New York and Rotterdam and mention vessels Kaiser Wilhelm II Graf Walderne Spaarudam Sagres and Potedam among others.
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New York
Teutonic
Liverpool
Trave
Hremen
Nebrake
Glasgow
Houlogne—Kalled
Cap Price
Hamburg
Moville
Ethiopia
Herbourg
Graf Walderne
Jameburg
Lisard
Spaarudam
Rotterdam
Sagres
Kaiser Wilhelm Hl
Gibraltar
Naples
Gones
Potedam
Breidenstein Held After Waiving ID in Baltimore Case
Clement L. Breidenstein, a defaulting clerk in Baltimore's engineering department, waived identification and was escorted to Baltimore this evening by a detective who arrived with inquisition papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muffalo
Clement L. Breidenstein
Baltimore
Mysterious murder shocks Indianapolis lodge secretary
William H. Smythe longtime secretary of the Grand Masonic lodge of Indiana was shot in his Masonic Building office. A blonde woman is alleged by Smythe to have fired. police have not found her. Attorney Lewis A. Coleman found Smythe, who spoke briefly and suggested the shooting by a woman, though suicide is considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Masonic Lodge of
Indiana
Associated Press
Indianapolis
William H. Smythe
Grand Masonic Lodge
Masonic
Tt 4S
Smythe
Lewis A. Coleman
Mr. Smythe
White House denies London yacht race invitation report
Exclusive wire from Washington reports no White House knowledge of a London cabled claim that the New York Yacht Club would invite Emperor William and the Prince of Wales to attend America’s Cup races next summer and that President McKinley would invite both to visit the United States. The Prince once visited during Buchanan’s administration.
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Washington
White House
London
New York
Trout Fry for Planting in Pennsylvania Waters
Philadelphia Dee 27 The Pennsylvania fish commission announced readiness to receive brook trout fry applications for public waters. A rule from last annual meeting bans submissions after April 1 and directs shipping by the hatching station superintendent when beneficial to the fish, not applicants’ convenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Dee
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Northeastern Pennsylvanias Superintendents Meet in Wilkes-Barre
The annual meeting of public school superintendents from Northeastern Pennsylvania was held in Wilkes-Barre. Attendees included J. Taylor Lackawanna Thomas Be Moxley Susquehanna Frank H Jarvis Wyoming J. B. Miller Columbia and Frank Hopper Luzerne. They dismissed vertical penmanship as impractical and adopted a resolution urging the state department to develop an elementary rural school course of study.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
J. ©. Taylor
Lackawanna
Thomas BE
Moxley
Susquehanna
Frank HH
Jarvis
Wyoming
J. B. Miller
Columbia
Frank Hopper
Lugerne
State Department
Forty One Children Reported Drowned Near Forter
An Exclusive Wire dispatch from Des Moines Iowa reports that eleven to nineteen school children were skating on a river near Forter when the ice broke and forty nine drowned. No independent confirmation could be obtained.
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Associated Pron
Des Moines
Washington
Fopter
Point Wright
New York Republican Chairman Elected at County Meeting
The Republican county committee met tonight and perfected its organization for 100. Robert Clark Morris was elected president and permanent chairman of the committee.
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New York
Dec
Republican County Committee
Robert Clark Morris
General Macdougall Named U.S. Marshal for Northern New York
Exclusive bywire reports General Clinton B. Macdougall will replace Theodore C. Peale as United States marshal for the northern district of New York. The decision was announced today by officials in Washington.
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Theodore Peale
Associated Prom
Washington
Clinton B. Macdougall
New York
Theodore & Peale
Downaagd
Conference Reported Between Steyn De Wet and Hansbroeck
Unconfirmed reports from Bloemfontein say General De Wet ex President Steyn and General Hansbroeck held a conference and offered surrender if colonial rebels are spared and leaders not deported. Christmas clashes followed in Natal with repulsed Boer assaults on British garrisons.
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Steyn
Hansbroeck
Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
de Wet
De Wet in Battle Again Near Leuwkop Fight
Telegraphic despatch from Pretoria reports Knox with Barker Pilcher and White engaged with De Wet near Leuwkop. De Wet aims to break through and move south. Boers in eastern Cape Colony appear headed toward Restport Spruit while western column splits toward Prieska and Strydenburg, pursued.
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Leuwkop
Kitchener
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Knox
Barker
Pilcher
White
de Wet
Cape Colony
Restport Spruit
Prieska
Strydenburg
Boer Invaders Headed Off In South Africa War Dispatch
London dispatch reports from Pretoria dated December 27 that the eastern Boer force in Cape Colony moved toward Venterstad and the western force was driven north through Strydeensbursh. Colonel Grenfell trades with Kruitzinger's 700 men holding British prisoners as Kruitzinger abandons Maxims. An attack by the Ninth Lancers on Kruitzinger's flank near Plaister heuvel produced eight casualties among the Lancers, including Lord Frederick Blickwood wounded.
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London
Pretoria
Lomi Kitchener
Cape Colony
Venterstad
Strydéenbursh
Burghersdorp
Grenfell
Kruitzinger
Kruitzsinger
Plaisterheuvel
Dee
Frederick Blickwood
Masons Install Officers in Philadelphia Grand Lodge
The grand lodge of Pennsylvania Free and Accepted Masons installed officers elected Dec 1 during the St John the Strangelat festival marking a new Masonic year. George B. Wagner is grand master and William A. Linn is grand secretary. Patrick Patton, longtime grand treasurer, was made an honorary member after 27 years. He presented $50,000 for a memorial charity fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
George B. Wagner
Edgar A. Tennle
James W. Brown
George W. Kendrick
William A. Linnhomas
Patton
Grand Lodge
Pate Ton
Erond Lodge
Croker Returns to Wantage on Way to Continental Report
Exclusive wire reports Richard Croker, long absent from Carls Hall and Nice, has returned to Wantage two days before Christmas to answer inquiries about income tax. He left Wantage yesterday, likely heading to the continent, and his house remains closed with no anticipated return until next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dee
Richard Croker
Carlshall
Nice
Wantage
Hs House
Mill accident claims life at Belleville plant
In Ulvingbury last evening Rufus Exh, 40, was killed instantly at a saw mill when a high speed circular saw bearing failed and struck him in the head. Frank Warner, 18, was badly injured by flying timbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nluvingbury
Rufus Exh
Belleville
Mittin County
Exh
Frank Warner
Timbes
Weather forecast for eastern Pennsylvania turns warmer thenrain
Eastern Pennsylvania will see increasing clouds and warmer temperatures Friday with rain arriving at night and persisting into Saturday. A colder spell follows Saturday as a freak southerly wind gusts affected the area.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
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