Notable Movers in Rail, Finance and Politics Across Nations
James B. Forgan and ex Governor Francis named directors of Chicago & Alton railway. Charles Dick elected president of a new national fraternal society based in Akron Ohio. Longtime Wall Street agent Owen Murphy dies in Brooklyn aged many decades. Several Illinois fire losses include Etna business district. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe declares 2 percent dividend on preferred stock. Reports on Gould heir countess income and Rockefeller wealth. Carnegie statement gains proof with $800 offer for Standard Oil stock. Tommy Ryan signs to fight Jack Root in Cincinnati. Proctor cites Captain Clark honors for Spanish American War service. Kansas City contractor John Brosnahan dies at 73, Illinois lawyer George S. House dies at 65. Grover Cleveland again declines office. South Africa war perspectives stirred by J M Robertson. Paris commission expenditures charted. Falmouth Kentucky tragedy. Virginia lawyer William Wirt Henry dies. Turko German coaling station talks advance. Minnesota prize for oration announced. Gen Fitzhugh Lee arrives in Omaha. telegraph lines extend near Yukon. Atlantic cable bid awarded at nearly $8.98 million. Pacific cable plan advances under British control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Francis
Missouri
Chicago & Alton Railway
Charles Dick
Chealiers
Akron
O. Owen Murphy
Rufus Lord
Wall Street
New York
Brooklyn
Jay Gould
Vickers’ Son & Maxim, Limited
England
Midvale Steel Works
Cramp Ship Building Company
Philadelphia
Senator Proctor
Senate
Vermont
Charles E. Clark
Oregon
Spain
John Brosnahan
Kansas City
George S. House
Illinois
Joliet
Senator Davis
House
Grover Cleveland
United States
New Jersey
William Wirt Henry
Patrick Henry
Virginia Bar
Richmond
Red Sea
Germany
Cyrus Northrop
State University of Minnesota
Chicago
Fitzhugh Lee
Omaha
Lee
Department of the Missouri
London Daily Express
South Africa
Frankfort
Beckham
Greely
Yukon
Nome
Alaska
Diplomats Move Toward Peace Talks With China
Pekin reports indicate all foreign envoys except Sir Ernest M. Lato w have accepted the joint note and a new meeting may be held Tuesday. Prince Ching says Emperor Kuang Su will return only under safe conditions as Tung Hsiang is removed. Washington notes say the next step is presenting the Boxer reparations agreement to Chinese plenipotentiaries for final settlement.
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Tung Hsiang
Fu Hsiang
Legation
Washington
Pekin
Conger
State Department
China
Vessels Built in U S Reach 495 in Late 1900
United States shipyards produced 495 vessels from June 30 to November 30, 1900, totaling 149,963 gross tons. The standout items include seven large steel steamers of 34,933 tons and four smaller steel steamers of 8,456 tons that could pass the new Weiland canal, plus one steel schooner barge of 2,799 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Weiland Canal
Mrs. Mary McLean Dies in Washington at 1:30 A M
Mrs. Mary L. McLean mother of John R. McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer died at her Washington residence at 1:30 A M after a brief illness. At her bedside were daughters Mrs. Dewey and Mrs. Ludlow wife of Rear Admiral Ludlow, son John R. McLean, and Admiral Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mary L. McLean
John R. McLean
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chief Rebel Caught Near Su Chau in Che Kian Province
Pao Ho Nien tao tai of Chu Fu in Che Kian, blamed for the July massacre and who fled, has been captured near Su Chau and sent to Hang Chau Fu. Mr. John Goodnough, United States consul general in Shanghai, plans to start for the United States on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Pao Ho Nien
Tao Tai
Chu Fu
Che Kian
Su Chau
Hang Chau Fu
John Goodnough
United States
Persian Minister Arrives in Washington from New York
General Isaac Kahn, newly appointed Persian minister to the United States, arrived in Washington from New York and is expected to be presented to the president during the coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Isaac Kahn
United States
New York
Oklahoma Affray in Mountain View Wounds Five
Five men were wounded in a gunfight at the Cattle Exchange saloon between Hughes gang members and City Marshal Jesse Morris and Deputy Ayres. Morris was shot in the abdomen, Ayres in the knee, Williams was wounded multiple times, Frank Hughes was shot through the chest, and a Cherokee man identified as Palmsley was shot in the head. Morris Hughes and Palmsley are expected to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View
O. T
Hughes
Jesse Morris
Ayres
Cattle Exchange
Morris
Jesse Williams
Touer
Frank
Palmsley
Senate and House Await Week of Tax and Treaty Debates
Washington dispatch details Senate focus on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and ship subsidy bill with the canal issue sidelined. House plans legislative, executive and judicial appropriations and war tax reduction, while brewers push for beer tax cuts as debates loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Morgan
Clay
Vest
Berry
Insurgent Actions In Philippines Slow Despite Many Supplies Captured
Manila dispatch reports numerous captures of supplies and new positions with few actual fights. A detachment from the Forty-seventh U S volunteer infantry attempting to land near Pandan clashed with sixty riflemen, then withdrew after sinking anchor chain. Captain Richard T. Ellis’s unit found Krag Mauser and Remington ammunition and a signal outfit, all destroyed, while rifles and banana cartridges were seized at Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Forty-seventh
United States Volunteer Infantry
Catandunes
Luzon
Pandan
Catanduanes
Richard T. Ellis
Thirty-third Volunteer Infantry
Barbara
Victoria
Great Bill Passes House on Oleomargarine Reform
The House approved the Great oleomargarine bill by 196 to 92. A minority substitute to tighten sale restrictions failed 113 to 178. The bill subjects oleomargarine products to state police powers for consumption or sale across states and territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Agriculture
Duke of Westminster to Wed Miss Shelagh West
London dispatch reports the duke of Westminster engaged to Miss Shelagh West daughter of Colonel Cornwallis West. The match would make him brother in law to Mrs George Cornwallis West Lady Randolph Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Westminster
Shelagh West
Cornwallis West
George Cornwallis West
Randolph Churchil
Lord Roberts to arrive in London for thanksgiving service
Lord Roberts is expected to reach London on January 5 and be greeted by the prince and princess of Wales. He will lead a triumphal procession to St. Pauls cathedral for a special service of thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Roberts
Prince and Princess of Wales
St. Paul's Cathedral
Barge S.H. Foster Sinks in Lake Erie Gale
In a fierce Lake Erie gale the barge S H Foster sank ten miles from Bele eight people drowned. Names given include Captain John Bridgeland and first mate, with two unknown deck hands and a Detroit cook Mrs May. One crew member listed as from Port Austen Michigan.
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Erie
Lake Erie
S.H. Foster
Ethe
Bele
John Bridgeland
Kal
Robert Wood
Port Austen
May
Detroit
Reformer Kang Yu Wei Urges Watch Over Empress and Officials
Kang Yu Wei, Cantonese reformer and former adviser to Emperor Kwang Su, writes to Mr. Conger and foreign envoys urging that the empress dowager and her advisers be restricted from violating peace. He calls for arresting reactionary officials, monitoring southern viceroys, and restoring the emperor with foreigners' support to settle China’s international relations. He notes his 1898 secret imperial mandate and warns that without action, foreigners remain powerless.
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Pekin
Conger
United States
Kang Yu Wei
Kwang Su
China
Prince Tuan
Prince Ching
Yang Lu
Yang Yi
Chao Shu
Chian
Muang Ru
Moyn Kuen
Hiang
Legation
Baron von Ketteler
Pushing Rebels in Luzon Report Details Skirmishes
Manila December 8 The war brief notes intensified operations in northern and southern Luzon. General Funston led Troop A and scouts to engage rebels on the Mexico river crossing leaving four dead. Lieutenant Morrow attacked Bulacan driving back entrenched forces after capturing Major Flores. Minor clashes and captures are reported with very few American casualties.
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Manila
Luzon
Funston
Fourth Cavalry
Mexico River
Fagin
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Morrow
Forty-seventh Rgiment
Bulacan
Victoris
Flores
San Roque
Ark Secretary Gage to Remain
President Homer of the Baltimore clearing house and thirty prominent Baltimore bankers and merchants urged Secretary Gage to accept a four year continuation as head of the Treasury department after a Treasury meeting in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Homer
Baltimore Clearing House
Clearing House
The
Savings Bank
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association of Baltimore
Treasury Department
Gage
President's Nominations Sent to Senate From Washington
The president sent nominations to the senate including John F. Weston as commissary general of subsistence with brigadier general rank and Captain Frank B. McKenna of the Forty-seventh Infantry to be inspector general of volunteers with major rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
John F. Weston
Frank B. McKenna
Forty-seventh Infantry
U. 8
First
Leutenant Fifteenth Infantry
Taylor proposes federal prohibition of polygamy plan
Representative Taylor of Ohio, linked to the effort to unseat Brigham Roberts, introduces a measure aiming for a constitutional amendment to unify marriage and divorce laws nationwide. He says the proposal goes beyond mere uniformity to directly target polygamy and end the practice.
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Washington
Taylor
Ohio
Brigham Roberts
Utah
Congress
Live Stock Market Rail Shot Quiet Demand At Kansas City
At South Omaha Union Stock Yards cattle held steady on better fat cattle and feeders with strong demand for high quality. Hog prices rose with buyers paying 4.82 to 4.95 for most hogs, and sheep and lambs showed light activity with native lambs around 5.25 and western lambs lower. Receipts totaled 6,500 cattle, 9,900 hogs, and 4,000 sheep and lambs with overall steady to slightly weaker tones for low grade lots.
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Kansas City
South Omaha
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Fed
Immigration rise reported in annual U S arrivals
Washington December 8 The annual report of the commissioner general of immigration shows 448 572 immigrants arrived in the last fiscal year with 304 148 males and 144 442 females. Cabins brought 65 635 extra arrivals, and steerage could lift totals to 514 207. European births total 424 700 with Asia 17 946 Africa 30 and others 5 895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Commissioner General of Immigation
Canada
Asia
Africa
Switzerland
Spain
Spanish Islands
Austro- Hungary
Russian Empire
Finland
Italy
Japan
White Denies Interview In Berlin China Talks
Berlin papers publish an AP interview with United States Ambassador White. He formally repudiates the piece, saying U S and Germany work harmoniously and nothing more divides them since Pekin diplomats’ conditions may be amended to fit changing Chinese affairs.
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White
Berlin
United States
Germany
China
Associated Press
Pekin
Library of Congress reports year adds nearly million items
The annual report to Congress shows 38,110 books and pamphlets added, totaling 995,166. Of these, 10,599 came via copyright law, with 16,605 music prints, 14,048 maps and charts, 3,536 other pieces, and 778 manuscripts added during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressions Library
Washington, D. C
Librarian of Congress
Honorable Retirement of Boutelle
The house committee on naval affairs favorably reports Boutelle of Maine on the retired list of the navy upon his resignation from Congress. Boutelle presided over the committee until his affliction and his retirement is noted in Washington.
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Boutelle
Washington
Dec
Representative Boutelle
Maine
Navy
Congress
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Foss Chosen Chairman of Naval Affairs Committee
The committee on naval affairs selects Representative Foss of Illinois as acting chairman today by unanimous vote, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Mr. Boutelle of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Naval
Representative Foss
Illinois
Gaip
Boutelle
Maine
Military Academy Bill to Be Taken Up Next Tuesday
Washington December 8 The House committee on military affairs will take up the military academy appropriation bill next Tuesday. A resolution requesting the secretary of war to investigate hazing of Cadet Booze at West Point is expected to be favorably reported, with Secretary of War Hull already conducting an inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Academy
Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
West Point
Hull
Saya
House
New York Banker’s Estate Reveals Generous Employee Provisions
The late Abraham Wolff of New York left about 20 million dollars from an estate totaling 820 million, though he was not listed among the era’s heavy millionaires. He began as an office boy, rose through the ranks, and in his will he remembered every employee in his banking house from top to bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Wolff
New York
Garfield Tea Purifier Promoted for Cleansing Cure
An advertisement promotes Garfield Tea as a blood purifier made from herbs and advised by physicians. It claims rheumatic and gouty affections disappear after cleansing the system, warning against counterfeit wisdom.
Secret Share Sparks Small Town Recollection
Short letter from Joan F Boren of Trinity Springs Indiana dated February 15 1900 proclaims Piso's Cure for Consumption superior for coughs and colds and ends with a proverb about secrets no longer remaining secret.
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Joan F Boren
Trinity Springs
Ind
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J. M. Rbbertson
League of Liberals
Robertson
Peck
Paris Commission
Falmouth
Wm. Poor
Fred N. Gulick
Gulick
Diplomate
Uncle Sam
Mary McLean
Oklahoma
Allen Doard
MR. Conger
Little Brown
Ark
Commissioner
Foes
Noutelle
America
Peruna
Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Tex
Per Yuna
Hartman
Ignac Brock
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, O
Bright
Oreont
Nebraska
Iowa
Lilly Pratt
U_ St
Lincoln
Hot. Henderson
W. Market St. O
Beatrice
H. J. Small
Ohio St
William Zimmerman
Bi Dubuque
Frank Rand
East Dubuque
Emma Mancock
Dubuqne
N. D. Nagie
Iowa St
Dubuque
Conte
MRK
Poulfry
G. W. Ficken & Company
Webrasks
Strvenn & i
Aa Street
Wan Ineton
D.C
Obicanos Eveland
N. U
Ni Agivievbs O
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