Notable deaths and world events in brief
Dr. Robert Graham, aged 69 and longtime president of Kentucky University, dies in Pittsburgh. A Baldwin Automobile Manufacturing Company assignment in Connellsville. Union Pacific awards a Cheyenne to Denver cut off for about two million dollars. Plague reportedly spreads among British troops in Cape Colony per Brussels paper. Vanderland brings US commission to Paris Exposition to New York. Various legal and business notes including West Point hazing reform, Puerto Rican loan bill, and business changes in glass and coal sectors. Numerous obituaries and notable incidents with named individuals and places across the US and abroad.
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Robert Graham
The
Kentucky University
College of the Bible
Pittsburg
Baldwin Automobile Manufacturing Company
Connellsville
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Denver
Cape Colony
Vanderland
New York
Antwerp
Southampton
United States Commission
Tuscaloosa
Ala
O. B. Wilson
Tom Arbuckle
Lving
Pijo
J. T
Independent Manufacturers’ Association
Shephard
Sierra Madres
Mexico
Washington, D. C
West Point Military Academy
Smith
Arkansas House
John I. Russell
Russell
Charles Jr
Woyt
Hoyt
State Hospital
Middletown
N. Y
W. J. Bryan
Europe
Kruger
British Isles
Ireland
Commoner
Samuel Gao Moy
Sam Moy
Chinatown
West
United States District Court
Chicago
George West
Queen Victoria
New York City
Grand Street
Bowling Green
Broadway
George M. Galbraith
C. E. Cox
Colorado Springs
Philadelphia
J. P. Morgan & Co
Green County
Pennsylvania
John Sheridan
Money Order
Havana
Cuba
Sheridan
Boston
L. C. Sutton
St. Joseph
Berlin
Steve Gage
Green
Senate Eyes War Revenue and Ship Subsidy Debate
A heavy Senate week looms with Towne’s Philippine questions speech and early push on the war revenue bill. House action centers on seven of fourteen general appropriation bills while the post office and pneumatic tube funding spark clash over special mail facilities.
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Washington
Senate
Towne
Philippines
Minnesota
Taft Commission
Aldrich
Finance Committee
District of Columbia
Post Office
House
Revenue Cutter Service
Joint Postal Commission
Iowa Veterans Encampment Set for Dubuque in June
Col. M B Navis announced the annual Iowa Grand Army encampment will be held in Dubuque during the first week in June with June 4 5 and 6 noted as possible dates. The council of administration must approve the final schedule before it is settled.
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Slouxn City
Col. M.b.navis
Iowa G. A. HL
Dubuque
Iowa
Council of Administration
Grand Army of the Republic
Famine Relief Ordered Amid Chinese Suffering
Distress in Shan Si province from famine has caused thousands to die. The court ordered rice relief to be issued in large envoys, but it would discriminate against native Christians suffering and punish those who begged for food.
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China
PFKIN
Shan Si
Kruger Seriously Ill in Amsterdam Report
Amsterdam reports Kruge is gravely ill and doctors fear for his life. Three physicians attend him daily as the ill health alarms observers in London and abroad.
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Kruger
London
New York World Cablegram J
Amsterdam
the Express
Kruge
Maritime Congress to Near 150 Attendance in Brunswick
The Brunswick maritime congress opens Wednesday with nearly 150 expected attendees. Senator Hanna and Governor Candler are anticipated to attend to support or oppose the shipping bill. The Board of Trade aims to keep the gathering free of political content while hosting the meeting.
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Brunswick
Maritime Congress
Hanna
Candler
Board of Trade
Boers Bring Fight to British Forces in South Africa
Dispatch from Pretoria dated January 26 reports engagements at Middlefontein Kopperfontein and Lichtenburg. Cunningham’s force suffers two officers killed or wounded and 41 men wounded. five hours of Smith Dorrien action yields one officer killed and 15 wounded. British train with stores captured near Fourteen Streams. Boers retreat on armored train pursuit.
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London
War Office
South Africa
Pretoria
Lichtenburg
Kome
Lord Kitchener
Slijkupp
Favoring the Spooner Bill in Philippine Petition
The federal party executive committee petitions President McKinley through the Philippine Commission urging swift passage of the Spooner bill. They argue it enables a civil government, regulates mining claims and land disposal, and authority not held by military or executive arms, hoping to win insurrection foes and stabilize governance under American sovereignty.
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Manila
Federal Party
Philippine Commission
McKinley
Archipelago
Philippines
Spioner
MckKinley
Congress
Kidnaping of Crazy Snake by U S Marshals
Deputy Marshal Grant Johnson and Bonnie McIntosh rode into Chitto Harjo known as Crazy Snake near Bufala thirty five miles from St. Louis and captured the insurgent leader. He was brought to St Louis under guard with Troop A, Eighth Cavalry. Officials expect a wider sweep to end the insurrection and capture other leaders.
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ST. Louis
Republic
Henrietta
I. T
United States
Grant Johnson
Bennett
Bonnie McIntosh
Chitto Harjo
Crazy Snake
Bufala
Eighth
United States Cavalry
Dixon
Marshal Bennett
Doctor Ro dermund’s smallpox actions trigger chase
Dr Rodermund, who spread smallpox to argue non contagion, fled quarantine on Saturday, with H W Rathbun aiding by driving to Waupaca and catching a train to Chicago. Rathbun returned and was arrested and placed in the pest house. Rodermund faces prosecution if captured.
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Appleton, Wis
Rodermund
H. W. Rathbun
Waupaca
Chicago
Rathbun
Train derailed by dynamite near Middelberg clash
A train carrying Lord Kitchener and troops was derailed by dynamite near Middelberg. Boer forces opened fire as the armored engine led the advance. British troops returned fire and drove them off with no British casualties reported.
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Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Middelberg
Armoral
Lincoln appoints C. Watson deputy labor commissioner
Governor Metrich named C. Watson of Omaha to succeed Sydney Kent as deputy labor commissioner and head of the state bureau of statistics. Watson has long been active in Omaha labor interests and was endorsed for the post. appointment takes effect February 1.
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Lincoln, Neb
Metrich
C. &. Watson
Omaha
Sydney P. Kent
State Bureau of Statistics
Watson
Spain Can Keep Rer Dry Dock in Havana Harbor
The naval board led by Judge Advocate General Lemley reports that repairing the large floating steam drydock in Havana harbor would cost over 500000 dollars and that a new dock could be built for less, leaving Spain with the option to retain the existing dock.
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Washiington
Naval Board
Lemley
Havana
Spain
Nebraska Senators Push Freight and Phone Rate Bills
Lincoln reports four bills in the state senate led by Senator Weber. The telephones measure lowers rates by 25 percent with penalties. the maximum freight bill sets 85 percent of 1899 tariffs for lumber and livestock. Sections deny secret rates, favoritism, and allow penalties up to 10,000 dollars for repeated violations.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Senate
Weber
Paschal
Supreme Court
Accident with Air Gun Hurts Child Near Osceola
A six year old child was accidentally shot at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Christianson near Osceola Nebraska while playing with an air gun. The weapon exploded and the child suffered facial injuries, with the left eye certain to be destroyed and the right eye possibly affected.
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Osceola
Neb
Nels Christianson
Smallpox report from Angus Nebraska area
Smallpox cases reported in Angus a town six miles south of Edgar Nebraska with several families affected most cases mild two persons affected only current cases have not progressed for over a month local health note confirms no new cases since prior month end
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Angus
Edgar, Neb
Here
Nebraska Congressman Pushes Santee Sioux Land Purchase Bill
Congressman Robinson of Nebraska presented a measure before the Indian affairs committee to grant the Santee Sioux at the Knox county agency in Indiana county Nebraska the right to buy land housing their homes. The committee agreed to report the bill favorably.
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Washington
Congressman Robinson
Nebraska
Committee On
Indiaa Affairs
Joseph M. Campbell
Stephen Blacksmith
Indiana
Knox County
Livestock Market Report Shows Steady Cattle and Mixed Hogs
Fairly active cattle sale with Chicago quoted generally steady. demand for good beef steers high and finished cattle priced near yesterday. Cows and feeders steady. hogs open 5 to 10 cents higher, then choppy with heavy weights premium and lights hard to move. sheep market slow with prices mixed from yesterday and mutton demand weak due to soft eastern markets.
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Kansas City
Texas
Sheriff James Summers Ambushed and Killed in Morgan Gulch
James Summers sheriff of Madison county was shot and killed at a cabin in Morgan Gulch twelve miles south of Ennissi. He had left Butte to serve a search warrant on John Woolf aged 18 who is accused of breaking into cabins in the area. Woolf reportedly fled after ambushing Summers.
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Butte
Virginia City
James Summers
Madison County
Morgan Gulch
Ennissi
John Woolf
Summers
Woolf
Nation's assailants found guilty and fined in Enterprise
Mrs. Na tion's assailants at Enterprise were tried today, found guilty and fined $1 each. The joints reopened and did a big business. Injunctions were begun against eight jointists of the county to close their places. The owners of the buildings are included in the actions. The County Temper ance union has begun a crusade to close all joints in the county.
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Abilene
Kan
Patterson seeks missing son Alonzo amid city kidnap fears
Atlanta report states T Patterson asks police to locate his 13 year old son Alonzo Patterson who vanished from home last Tuesday and is believed abducted. Meanwhile Bass Frazer remains missing from Georgia School of Technology with his family losing hope of recovery of $500 paid to a presumed fixer.
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Atlanta
T. Patterson
Alonzo Patterson
Candy makers pledge to keep hand work over machines
SIOUX CITY Iowa January 26 candy makers from six states agreed not to introduce a chocolate drop manufacturing machine that could replace forty workers and to continue using hand processes. The pact covers Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska and South Dakota and affects more than 10 000 girls employed in numerous cities.
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Sioux City
Illnois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Squatters Seize Saline Lands Near Salton Desert
In Los Angeles on January 25, report says George Durbrow of Standard Salt, with workers, has occupied government lands near Salton in the Mojave desert while awaiting presidential signing of a bill extending mineral laws. Liverpool Salt Co. reportedly depends on these lands for supplies, prompting anticipated trouble.
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Los Angeles
George Durbrow
Standard Salt Company
Salton
Mojave
Liverpool Salt Company
Anapolla May Be Probed
Representative Sherman of New York introduced a resolution to appoint a five member House select committee to investigate hazing at the naval academy in Annapolis.
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Anapolla
Washington
Sherman
New York
Naval Committee
House
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Arsenic in Beer Discussed by New York Chemists
At a Chemists' Club meeting in New York the Manchester beer poison panic was examined. Dr. E Hentke of Milwaukee presented a paper on the presence of arsenic in beer, read by secretary Dr. H Seweit zer.
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New York
Chemists’ Club
Society of the Chemical Industry
Manchester
England
E Hentke
Milwaukee
Wis
H. Seweitzer
Seem to He the Right Sort Rockefeler's Lesson
Young John D. Rockefeller told a Bible class in Tarrytown that work is worth more than money. He recalled earning 16 cents an hour cutting wood and crushing stone and choosing self support over Dean’s hospital fees. He said college friends who worked for laundry or janitorial pay inspired him.
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John D. Rockefeler
Tarrytown
Ife
Young Rockefeller
Ruskin Opposes Bicycle Use in Scathing Critique
The fragment preserves John Ruskin’s 19th century stance condemning bicycles and other pedal cycles as "damnable" supersessions of walking. He argues walking, running, leaping and dancing are natural joys and asserts no contrivance can replace God’s ground of movement.
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John Ruskin
Informer's Fighting Son Returns Home to London
James Carey known as the Invincible informer left a son who served with an Irish regiment against the Boers in South Africa. He is now recovering in London from an attack of enteric fever after the grave was found by a shot from Patrick O'Donnell's revolver.
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James Carey
Patrick O'Donnell
South Africa
London
Garfield Tea Promises Quick Recovery From Grippe
Advertisement claims Garfield Tea cleanses the system of impurities after grippe and speeds restoration to health with several doses.
Russell Sage as a Long Island Farmer
Russell Sage on his Long Island estate embodies a typical farmer persona. He wears a simple straw hat and comfortable clothes as he tends crops and monitors field developments across miles from his home.
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Russell] Sage
Long Island
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Ysma
Forn Maritime Congress
Soflit
Spooner
Deputy
United States Marshal
Johnson
Lladina
Doctor
Kull
Lord Kitehner
Par
Ty Dorabled
New Labor
Secretary Long
Todiana
South Omaha
Kansna City
Russel Sage
St. Jacobs Oil
Oreen'r Sons
Bor F
Auada
G. W. Dchen & Company
Veu
Dotatoce
Ontaria
Sure Hatch
Sure Hatch Incubator Co
Clay Center
Heller Chemical Caps
Dept. 2
Oklahoma Lands
Kiowa
Comanche
Jain
A. W
Giffin
Atty
Butto
Okia
Salser
Gut
Stark
John Acsalzer Seed Co
W.N. U
Couniintn
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