Will Fight Hard Chicago Chinamen Engage Attorneys
Government agents from Chicago travel to Fargo North Dakota to aid in the prosecution of eighty Chinamen charged with violating the Chinese exclusion act. Attorneys Milchrist and Brothers accompany the defense along with Treasury Department staff and a government interpreter. The case marks the largest Chinaman custody batch and a fierce deportation fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
United States
Chicago
Fargo
N. D
T. H. Milchrist
Plague Reports Roil Honolulu and Hilo Revolt Fears
The steamer Miowera from Australia reports 39 deaths from bubonic plague in Honolulu with one white woman among the victims. Hilo closes its doors and orders to shoot dockers from Honolulu as panic and inter island trade paralysis spread. Immigrant ships from Japan continue to arrive, straining quarantine facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Australia
Honolulu
Hilo
Japan
James J Hill Addresses Grain Growers Convention
James J Hill of the Great Northern delivers the last day feature address at Fareau North Dakota. He stresses the Oriental trade, calls for killing the Payne shipping bill, and urges farmer unity and support for experimental stations and agricultural schools. Congressman Spalding adds brief remarks before a resolution asks Hill to press opposition in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fareau
N. D
Grain Growers’ Convention
President Hill
Great Northern
Hill
Payne
Spalding
Mr. Hill
Washington
Congressional
Eulogies Honor Late Vice President Hobart in House
Washington reports the house devoted most of its session to praises for the life and public service of the late Vice President Hobart. Speakers included Gardner Stewart Parker Fowler Daly of New Jersey Payne of New York Dalzell and Brosius of Pennsylvania Richardson of Tennessee and Griggs of Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Hobart
Gardner
Stewart
Parker
Fowler
Daly
New Jersey
Payne
New York
Dalzell and Brosius
Pennsylvania
Richardson
Tennessee
Griggs
Georgia
Manila
Dewey
Roy Secor Brought Back to Milwaukee on Embezzlement Charge
Roy W. Secor was arrested in New York on embezzlement charges by Goodrich Transportation and brought back to Milwaukee in the custody of Detective Koeller. He is expected to face trial soon in criminal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Secor
Milwaukee
Roy W. Secor
New York
Goodrich Transportation Company
Koeller
Secor
Mississippi Legislature Invites Dewey to Address Assembly
The Mississippi House passed a resolution inviting Admiral George Dewey to speak to a joint session during his southern visit. William J. Bryan has accepted an invitation to address the General Assembly soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
General Assembly
Admiral George Dewey
South
William J. Bryan
Nashville Receives 1-Pound Hotchkiss Gun From Navy
Secretary of the Navy Long, at Representative Gaines request, has given Nashville Tennessee a 1 pound Hotchkiss gun from the gunboat Nashville. It marks the first American gun fired in the Spanish war and is presented to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinggton
Long
Gaines
Nashville
Tenn
Many Schools in Operation in Havana Reports Rise
Havana January 29 reports by Mr. Frye superintendent of public schools show 879 schools already organized with daily influxes and projections reaching 2,000 schools serving about 100,000 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Frye
General Greely Slowed by Cold Contract During Visit
Jan 29 report states General A W Greely’s recovery stalled by a cold contracted while visiting the war department. he is bedridden. Joliet Prison fire alarms 1200 inmates as guards and a prisoner bucket brigade extinguish flames after about half an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Ilis
Emperor Kwang Su Declared Deceased in Dispatch
London reports from The Times Hong Kong correspondent that a dispatch indicates the de thronement and death of Emperor Kwang Su. The note places the event on or before January 29. The report frames the change as a formal removal of the throne and the emperor's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hong Kong
the Times
Kwang Su
Open Rebellion in Hilo Over Plague Rules
Reports from Hilo indicate open rebellion against government orders to stamp out bubonic plague. Troops may be sent to enforce health rules as residents resist entry of freight and passengers from Honolulu. Local authorities seized mail from the steamer Kinu and barred shore communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HoloLony
Victoria
B. C
Hilo
National Board of Health
Honolulu
Cooper
Wreck of Dynamite Car Kills Three in Ashley Yard
A Jersey Central freight train from Mauch Chunk derailed in Ashley Pennsylvania at 9 o clock causing a dynamite car explosion. Three brakemen Frank McLaughlin Michael Dird and William Buckley were killed and several workers were seriously injured. The wreck wrecked ten engines and collapsed a 10 000 gallon water tank as the train plowed into the switching engine and dynamite exploded. The total loss is not yet estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Jersey Central Railway
Ashley
Frank McLaughlin
Mauch Chunk
Michael Dird
William Buckley
John Roughley
John Rehrig
William Brown
Vessel Ashore at Foxtail Point and Other News
News from St Johns reports a large unknown vessel ran ashore at Foxtail Point on January 17 with wreckage alongshore and no sign of crew due to ice and seaway. Other items note the dowager empress meeting officials in Pekin to plan defenses. Influenza ravages Rennes with 15000 cases, including 1200 soldiers, and a major disruption to government departments. A severe blizzard hits Marquette Michigan with about a foot of snow and rising violence from the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jonns
N. F
Foxtail Point
Upper Michigan
Marquette
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Doctor Fenner
Fenner
DR. Fenner
Celestials
Fargo, N. D
Pano
Ple
The
James J. Hill
Brie
Arlor Cem
Metropolitan National Bank
Corn Nat. Bank
Leung
German Exchance Bank
Jraud
Chi San
Aetna
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears, Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Fulton, Desplaines and Wayman Srs
Chicaco, Ill
Mg Ao
NEW York Arms Co
SEARS
Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Feight
Examina Pier Caine
Saishas
Burdick
Ethors
Valiuas
Bien Burdick
America
SRE
neSmyth
Chicago, Ill
NEW York Weekly Tribune
Vice
Marine Hospital Service
Wyman
Joliet Prison
Jersey Central Railroad
Pekin
Rennes
Paris
Post Telegraph
Dunninge
Lowestaft’s
Sherwin-Williams
Xenes
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!