Celebrated American Silver Trust Truss Promises Easy Rupture Care
Exclusive sale promotes a novel truss used by major hospitals in the United States and Canada. It sits over the hips with a gentle wire support, allows full movement, and claims lightness and adjustable pressure for lasting, painless use. Dr. C B Alford is cited for further information.
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United States
Canada
Guy’s and Westminister Hospital
London
England
C. B. Alford
Chandler Sees McKinley on International Bimetallism
Senator Chandler met with President McKinley and reported the president remains firmly in favor of international bimetallism. Negotiations with European powers are paused due to India's condition. the president plans to resume envoy talks when favorable.
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Washington
Jam
Chandler
McKinley
St. Louis
India
Europe
Cuban insurgent General Funston Arrives for Treatment
Frederick Funston, Cuban insurgent general and Alaskan explorer, arrived on the City of Washington from Havana seeking medical care. Once chief of artillery on General Garcia’s staff for over a year, he was captured near Puerto Principe about four weeks ago after using a fictitious name. He suffered a thigh wound and is expected to be crippled for life. son of Kansas ex-congressman Funston, he fought in 24 battles and has been wounded multiple times.
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New York
City of Washington
Havana
Frederick Funston
Funston
Garcia
Puerto Principe
Kansas
Cuba
Balfour Delivers General China Policy Remarks in Manchester
Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour spoke to constituents in Manchester on Monday. He offered no concrete policy announcement, stressing that British interests in China are commercial rather than territorial and that trade rights must benefit the world, not serve England alone. Editorials praise the principles but seek specifics.
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London
Arthur J. Balfour
Treasury
House of Commons
Manchester
China
England
Balfour
Far East
Uganda Front Reports Renewed Fighting and Fatalities
A Mombasa dispatch dated Dec 19 says renewed fighting in Uganda has claimed the lives of Lieutenant MacDonald, brother of Major MacDonald, and missionary Mr Pilkington. Troops rush toward the Usoga front from Macnakos station as Fort Lubwas reports the advance.
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London
Mombasa
Coast
British East Africa Protectorate
Uganda
Grand jury urged to return true bill in Terriss case
At the Old Bailey the recorder directed the grand jury to return a true bill again against Richard Arthur Prince, the suspect who previously faced charges in the December 14 murder of actor William Terriss, with further proceedings sought in January.
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Bill Lonxpox
Old Bailey Court
Recorder
Richard Arther Prince
William Terriss
Debate on Hawaiian Annexation Treaty Behind Closed Doors
In Watatox January 12 Senator Davis led a senate debate on ratifying the Hawaiian annexation treaty. The session centered on whether to consider the treaty in open or executive secrecy, with a decisive tilt toward closed doors. Senators Gray Caffery White Mason Morrill urged openness, while Morgan Hoar Spooner argued secrecy was warranted due to executive advisory limits.
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Wasat Atox
Davis
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Gray
Delaware
Mr. Gray
Caffery
White
Mason
Morrill
Morgan
Hoar
Spooner
China
Civil service debate shifts to mood in house
In Washington on January 12 the civil service law debate favored the opposition. Nine speakers were from that side while supporters push to end debate with Speaker Reed and the rules committee backing. Moody warned of a motion to close debate, and the opposition mobilized to block it.
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Washington
House
Friends of the Law
Reed
Rules Committee
Moody
Iowa session begins with Funk urging economy in line
Des Moines report states the Iowa session opened with Speaker Funk calling the assembly to order. He urged cutting the state debt of 500000 and advocated economy along all lines as spectators filled the galleries. The regular session began with a temporary organization and a formal address.
Pueblo Casts to Join Field Museum Collection
The Field Columbian Museum will display the only series of authentic Pueblo casts in existence. The casts, created in the last month under Field Museum director George A. Dorsey and sculptor F. B. Melville with Professor Starr, mark a major addition to the museum's anthropology holdings.
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CuicaGco
Field Columbian Museum
Field Museum
George A. Dorsey
F. B. Melville
Starr
Chicago Woman Aids Conductor in Robbery Fight
Jan 12 Curiaco. Miss Sadie Williams a Woodstock passenger grabs her hat pin to strike a robber during a struggle with two men attempting to rob Conductor Warren Symington on a Biceland cable train. The robbers flee, others retreat, and the woman fainted afterward.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Warren Symington
Sadie Williams
Miss Williams
Corbett makes $35,000 finish fight offer to Fitzsimmons
In St Louis Corbett after a play at Havlin's theater proposed a $35,000 finish fight with Fitzsimmons if Corbett fails to stop him in ten rounds. Fitzsimmons, contacted via dispatch, dismissed the offer, deferring to his manager for discussion while amused by the idea.
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St. Louis
James J. Corbett
Haviin
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Pavut
The
Inquirer
Go Out on Monday Strikes Loom in New Bedford Mills
In New Bedford Massachusetts and Providence Rhode Island operatives vote 398 to 4 to resist a 10 percent wage reduction posted December 31. A state arbitration visit to New Bedford is scheduled with a millmen and operatives conference. Both sides appear unwilling to yield.
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New Repford
Mass
State Board of Arbitration
New Bedford
State Board
Weavers Reject Compromise. Strike at Wanskuk Mills
The weavers of the Wanskuk worsted mills rejected Superintendent Metcalf's compromise and voted to strike. They demanded restoration of the 1893 schedule and abolition of the double loom system, as in effect at Olneyville mills.
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Pickovipenck
R. L
Wanskuk
Metcalf
Olneyville
Discovery of Klondike placers vein reported in Seattle
W J Jones of Port Townsend arrived on the City of Topeka with news of a mother lode type discovery in the Klondike district. The vein is about 18 inches wide and 30 feet below the surface under muck. Samples suggest ore identical to Southeastern Alaska rock and free gold is present at four points recently found.
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Seattle
Wash
W. J. Jones
Port Townsend
Alaska
Topeka
Klondike
Seth D Tripp Dead In Lynn Mass Inventions for Shoes
Seth D Tripp died in Lynn Massachusetts at age 72. He began work on a pegging shoe machine about age 20 and it proved a success, transforming early shoe production. He later invented a counter shiver and held patents on rolling machines sole moulders shank cutters heel polishers sole dyers welt cutters and beating out machines.
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Lynn
Mass
Seth D. Tripp
Grand Niece of Marshal Ney Found Dead in Paris
Madame Marie Louise Ney, granddaughter of the famed Marshal Ney of the Napoleonic era, was found asphyxiated at her Paris residence on January 12. Details of the circumstances were not disclosed.
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Marshal Ney
Paris
Marie Louise Ney
Motion to Strike Out Civil Service Commission Fund
The civil service debate in the house ends with a forecasted defeat for the motion to strike the appropriation for the maintenance of the Civil Service Commission. Supporters of the reform remain few in number, and the current contributions to the literature on the issue are not expected to change.
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Wasu Hi
Timber disposal limited to already dead timber on ceded lands
In Washington the general land office, via Commissioner Hermann, ordered the White Earth agency to publish that timber disposal on ceded Indian lands will be restricted to timber already dead. The notice aims to curb vandalism such as killing burning girdling or other injury to growing timber on Chippewa lands.
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Washington
Hermann
General Land Office
White Earth Indian Agency
Minnesota
Land Office
Creek Council Appropriates 20000 for Legal Fight
Muskocer Jan 11 The Creek council ignores Bliss warning and passes an act to appropriate 20000 to hire attorneys challenging Congress jurisdiction law. Agent Windom wires Secretary Bliss of the action, signaling a legal battle over federal court authority after January 1.
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Muskocer
I T
The
Creek Council
Bliss
Windom
Congress
United States Courts
Miss Ging Loses Insurance Suit Over Sister Murder
In Minneapolis on January 11, Miss Julia Ging twin sister of Catherine Ging lost a suit against Travelers Accident Insurance Co to recover the policy face on her sister life. Judge Mc Gee ruled the murder by Harry Hayward not an accident and that Miss Ging did not act in defense of her own life.
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Minneapolis
Julia Ging
Catherine Ging
Harry Hayward
Travelers’ Accident Insurance Company
McGee
Iowa Justice of the Peace Shoots Wife in Beprorp
Justice of the Peace John McCowan shot his wife four times at their Beprorp home and fled after the attack. The couple had separated for a third time about two weeks earlier. they had two prior divorces and three marriages.
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Beprorp
John McCowan
Dan Smart to Seek Fitzsivicus Signature for July Corbett Fight
Dan Smart arrived in Chicago and will depart for St. Paul to secure Fitz-Silvicus signature on articles calling for another bout with Corbett to be staged in July or August.
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Chicago
Dan Smart
St. Paul
Fitz- Silvicus
Corbett
Yukon relief bacon contract awarded to Seattle vendor
Vancouver Barracks Washington January 11 Captain D L Brainerd awards C L Frey of Seattle the contract to furnish 75 000 pounds of bacon at seven dollars ninety cents per 100 pounds for Yukon relief.
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Vancouver Barracks
Wash
D. L. Brainerd
C. L. Frey
Seattle
Swollen Neck and Heart Trouble Cured by Sarsaparilla
Mrs Emma Thomas of North Solon Ohio reports her daughter suffered a swollen neck and severe heart trouble with breathlessness and bloating. After about six bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla she recovered with no recurrence. The advertisement promotes Sarsaparilla as the true blood purifier sold by druggists at $1 or six for $5.
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Emma Thomas
North Solon
Ohio
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