Transnational tensions and a plea for peace voiced
A European and American audience hears a finance drive and political appeal as Bourke Cochran urges England to abandon arms and urges the United States to speak a single word to avert war between Britain and Argentina over Chilean roads. The discussion includes arbitration prospects and a relief fund surpassed five thousand five hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bourke Cochran
Transvaal
England
United States
William Allen Hanged at Wilontown Jail Pa
William Allen, a Black man, was hanged in the Wilontown jail yard for the murder of Hiram McMillan. He cried My God as the scaffold released, life extinct in about twelve minutes, with around one hundred witnesses present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Allen
Wnlontown
Alien
Hiram Mc‘Millan
Alen
Papers Burned in Goebel Case at Cincinnati Store
Fire destroyed the Lowry and Goebel store in Cincinnati. Arthur Goebel lost papers relating to his brother William Goebel and to trials and indictments in Kentucky for the Frankfort tragedy nearly two years ago. The documents included affidavits confessions and volumes of testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goebel
Lowry & Goebel
Cincinnati
Arthur Goebel
Wmn. Goebe
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Henry Youtsey
Kentucky
Frankfort
Merrymakera Run Down by a Train in Kokomo
A bay wagon carrying around two dozen merrymakers from Kokomo Indiana was struck at a Main street grade crossing by a Pennsylvania Railroad train. One person was killed, three seriously injured and about twelve slightly hurt in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymakera
Kokomo
Ind
Main Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mrs McKinley Slipping Toward Mental and Physical Decline
Canton reports Mrs. McKinley is in a melancholy condition nearing collapse. Her best friends fear she may not survive the winter unless her condition improves soon.
Schley Court Reports Verdicts From Inquiry
The court of inquiry into Rear Admiral Schley's conduct during the Santiago campaign has reported to Secretary Long. The majority faults Schley on eleven points while Admiral Dewey supports him on most matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schley
Santiago
Secretary Long
Dewey
Ian
Burglars damage M J Wales store at New Augusta Indiana
Burglars smashed the gate of the M J Wales general store in New Augusta ten miles north of Indianapolis. They rifled the cash register but failed to reach the burglar proof box and fled when frightened away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
M.J. Wales
New Augusta
Indianapolis
Bank Robbery Strikes Sturgis KY Bank
The Bank of Sturgis in Union County Kentucky was entered between midnight and dawn loot reported at 385000 in cash. The money was to pay miners. The safe was blown open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
Sturgis
Union County
Mrs Bonine Found Not Guilty In Washington Case
The jury acquits Lolaldo Henry Bonine of murdering James Seymour Ayres Jr. at the Ken spore hotel in Washington D C on May 13. The defendant is released.
Train Wreckers Caught in Pittsburg Switch Act
Railway police arrest Patrick Finn and John Garing as they attempted to throw a switch at Twenty eighth street Pittsburg PA. The action would have caused a collision between the Allegheny Valley accommodation and a freight train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick ‘Finn
John Garing
Twenty Eighth Street
Pittsburg
Allegheny Valley
Chief of Police Shot in Niles Ohio Standoff
An intoxicated tramp challenged Chief Nutheimer of Niles Ohio and was ordered from the premises. He shot the chief in the side and fled. The chief is in critical condition and the assailant remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutheimer
Niles
Ohio
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple Attractions Schedule
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple lists a week of entertainment starting December 19 with The High Rollers on December 20 and Floradora on December 23 plus the King Dramatic Co performing during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Attractions
Fort
Wayne
Ind
Floradora
King Dramatic Co
Foster child burned to death in Indiana blaze
A fire in Gansport Indiana killed a girl identified as Rah Gehring and seriously injured her foster mother Bennie Daily and uncle Joseph Daily. Investigators classified the incident as fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foman
Rah Gehring
Gansport
Ind
Bennie
Joseph
Work of the Mints Reports Large Coinage Totals for 1901
The director of the mint details the fiscal year ending June 30 1901 coinage totaling 176 959 132 pieces valued at 136 340 751. Gold coinage reached 99 065 715, silver dollars 24 208 850, fractional silver 16 996 648, and minor coins 2 009 568.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mint
Philadelphia
Costa Rica
Great Britain
Australia
Japan
United States
North America
Idaho Prospector Claims Rich New Klondike Hope
Gol. W. H. Dewey of Idaho, recently in Chicago, predicts Idaho will soon rival the Klondike with quartz yielding 14 000 dollars per ton. He cites a bet that a pound of rock could fetch 60 to 80 dollars and shows a gold filled vaseline bottle as proof. The veteran westerner, a self styled multi millionaire, hopes for trumpet tidings within months confirming Idaho’s mining boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gol. W. H. Dewey
Idaho
Chicago
American Transvaal
United States Klondike
Cripple Creek
Col. Dewey
Cape
Horn
Rockefeller
Senate Nears Ratification of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Senate leaders push the Hay-Pauncefote canal agreement with emphasis on U S control and isthmian rights while Congress debates committee assignments and nominations. Other items include a proposed executive building bill and notable domestic incidents as the nation faces foreign policy and political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
Senate
Hoar
United States
Lodze
House
Congress
Mc Winley
Foraker
Ohio
Allison
Iowa
Fairbanks
Indiana
Kean
New Jersey
Additch
Rhode Island
Nelson
Minnesota
Perkins
California
Jones
Arkansas
Morgan
Alabama
Cockrell
Missouri
McEnery
Louisiana
Senate Foreign Committee
Henderson
Ways and Means
Parqae
New York
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Hopkins
Grosvenor
Russell
Connecticut
Steefe
Tawney
McCall
Massachusetts
Long
Kansas
Babcock
Wisconsin
Metcalfe
Richardson
Tennessee
Robertson
Swanson
Virginia
McClelan
Newlands
Nevada
Cooper
Texas
Appropriations
Cannon
Bingham Pennsylvania
Hemenway
Barney
Moody
van Voorhis
McCleary
Littaver
Brownlow
Gardner
Michigan
Burkett
Nebraska
Livingston
House Commerce Committee
Crampacker
Tilman
McLaurin
Roosevelt
Cornelius van Cott
Philippines
Miss Stone
C. H. Darling
Vermont
Ap Isthmian Canal
Culberson
Bacon
Cullom
Carnegie
Senate Committee
Interstate Commerce
Charles A. Pronty
Multiple Crime and Public Notices Across States
Western anarchists ejected from meeting hall by police. Allen Nixon, 70, found murdered in Blanchester Ohio. James G Green hanged at Stevenson Wash for murder. Mrs Stanford gives 30 million to Leland Stanford Jr University. John Doniphan, Missouri leader in 1800s died in St Joseph. Tim Notts in St Louis offers freedom for sight. Kansas farm output valued at 350 million, up 177 million from last year. Mrs C A Baker dies in Columbus hospital from anesthetic. McCowan and Buckner duel in Lincoln. McCowan killed, Buckner under arrest. Northern Pacific freight collision near North Yakima claims engineer and fireman. brakeman injured. Brea Davis convicted of manslaughter in St Peter for killing William Young. sentenced to St Cloud re indefinite period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Allen Nixon
Blanchester
Ohio
James G. Green
Y Benjamin
Stevenson Wash
Stanford
California
Leland Stanford, Jr
University, Co
John Doniphan
Missouri
St. Joseph
Tim Notts
St. Louis
Kansas
C A. Baker
Delaware
Columbus
Will McCowan
Willis Buckner
Lincoln
Neb
McCowan
Buckner
Cooper
Northern Pacific
North Yakima
Wash
J. J. Peters
Fire destroys seventeen business houses at Sweetwater Texas
A fire razed seventeen business buildings in Sweetwater Texas causing an estimated loss of 150000 dollars, with partial insurance coverage. The report also notes a series of homicide and legal cases from various cities including hangings and trials across the South.
Coronation date fixed. empire intel and distant woes
Privy Council sets June 26 1902 for King Edward VII coronation. Dispatches report Gen Denning’s column raids in Waziristan with ten killed and sixteen wounded. King’s yacht concerns and Antarctic expedition ship Gauss news raise anxieties while a royal marriage in Amsterdam appears clouded by peritonitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privy Council
Edward
England
Allahabad
India
Denning
Jandola
Waziristan
David
O’ Keefe
Yap
Caroline
Islands
Savannah
General robbery report notes $200 loss
A brief police blot indicates a hold up robbery claiming a loss of $200. The report provides minimal details on suspects or location and emphasizes the incident as a simple theft.
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Fqkar M
Peps
Chili
Santiago de Chili
the Mints
Klondike
Weil
Orange
N.S
Madison Avenue
Lawson
Amalgamated
Butler & Alger
New Haven, Conn
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston Copper King
Moriches
L. I
Eagle
Williamsport
Elenry Watterson
Students’ Lecture Association
Ann Arbor
Abraham Linecolo
A. Letete
C. L. Magee Pathological Department
Mercy Hospital
Ohio Wesleyan University
E. J. Matthews
American District Telegraph Company
Valley Forge
Big Lick
Lykens
Williamstown
W. J. O’kelly
Rockaway Beach
Elizabeth Howe Dale
Emiline Date
Mary Johnson
Buffalo
Binghamton
N. Y
L. H. Radford
Indian Territory Luminating Oil Company
Capital
Trenton
N. J
Phoenix Oil Company
Osage Oil Company
Osage Indian Reservation
Herbert’ - Wranaeé
Torrey
Rough ‘Riders
Copper Wing
Tie Lidg
Wye
Ben Sager
Custer
S. D
Ferguson
Sherry VW. Marshall
National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
Lacygne
Kan
J. N. Dick
Wharton
Miss Dick
Fred Upon
Standard Slaughtering Company
George M. Pullman
Sarah Lander Pullman
Redwood City
Cal
Dunne
Chicago American
Haneey
Homer
Licking County
Fulton Farm
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Moore-Hirerett Syndicate
Painesville
Port Huron
Mich
Charles W. Belk
Toledo
Armory Park
Patterson
Edward Wood
Galena
Strawberry Gulch
Larry Ross
Sandusky
Bucyrus
Agnes Frizzell
J. C. Root
Woodmen of the World
Omaha
H. R. Penny & Co
Omaha Board of Trade
H. R. Penny
Henry J. Fleishman
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of Los Angeles
City Savings Bank
Omaha Loan and Trust Company
Richmond and Muncie
Peru
Melville Ritchie
Municipal Reform League
Nicholas
Reehl
Buesrug
Oregon Railway and Navigation Pany
John Homayer
Illinois
Washington
Makonsky
Southern
Sweetwater
James J. Hampton
Fore White
Fla
Lake City
South Side City
Birmingham
Alm
Waco
Anderson Norris
Emma French
Scott
Berry Howard
Corbin
Middlesboro
Howard
G. L. Powell
Zolfola
Overstreet
Powell
Newport
Higgins
Joseph Creelman
Eddie Armineo
Edward Armineo
Gauss
von" Drygalski
Jad
Amsterdam
Jonkberr
N Ry
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