Cuban Census Shows American Rule Boosts Cuba
Special correspondence argues that American occupation under Gen J P Sanger benefits Cuba. The piece praises Cuban cooperation, notes the census aimed to be Cuban-led, cites economic gains from farm machinery, and warns independence would risk instability. highlights sanitation advances and education as keys to future prosperity under U S governance.
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Cuba
Spain
United States
America
J. P. Sanger
War Department
McKintey
Tsland
United States Army
Sanger
Secretary of War
Gen. Sanger
Census Bureau
Victor H. Olmstead
Havana
Saenger
A Matter of Foresight in Chicago Record
A brief Chicago Record quip notes Mrs Jinks aged 50, calling herself middle aged. The remark ponders life expectancy suggesting she may anticipate living to 100.
Mind and Matter in a Humorous Exchange
A lighthearted comic exchange shows Bridget Sniffwell-Why admits to onions while her mother notes the aroma. The gag continues with a quip about an office clock that is so unreliable it lets clerks come and go at will, reflecting inexact daily life.
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Chicago Daily News
Mob Lynching After Barber Slaying Shocks Indiana Towns
Report of a brutal Sunday murder of Hollie Simons a Rockport barber and a mass lynching of two Black suspects Jim Henderson and Bud Rowlands by about 1000 angry residents. A third suspect John Rolla was later hanged in Booneville, with authorities unable to restrain mob violence.
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Rockport
Ind
Jim Henderson
Bud Rowlands
Hollie Simons
Rowland
Clements
Union County
Rowlands
Anderson
Court House Yard
Debruler
Simons
Booneville
John Rolla
Rolla
Sheriff Anderson
Fighting in Panay Report Narrows to Northward Movements
Advices from Troilo Panay say American troops move northward and westward with detachments of the Sixth Eighteenth and Twenty-sixth regiments active near stations. Insurgent losses over ten days total five killed seven wounded and forty captured while American casualties were two killed and three wounded. Many natives swear allegiance to the United States.
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Manila
Troilo
Panay
United States
Freight wreck at Kittaning Point injures many
One killed and thirteen injured in a freight wreck at Kittaning Point Altoona Pa. on December 17. William Pritchard died in the incident and his body was sent home. George Shafer and James Falon remain hospitalized with severe burns. The remaining eleven victims were sent to Galitzia with minor burns and cuts.
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Altoona
Kittaning Point
Frank
William Pritchard
George Shafer
James Falon
Galitzia
Boers Release 321 Prisioners and Williams in South Africa War
Dispatch from London reports Lord Kitchener stating that five officers and 316 Magaliesberg prisoners were released. Boers attacked Bra bant's Horse near Zastron, while Col Blomfield defeated Boers at Scheeper's Nek. Casualties cited include British 6 killed, 19 wounded, 30 missing.
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Mingaliesberg
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Magaliesberg
Brabant
Zastron
Col. Blomfield
Vryheid
Scheeper
Nek
Rustenburg
Clements
Rietfontein
Lord Methuen
Lichtenburg
Transvaal
Lord Salisbury
Lord Roberts
War Office
de Wet
Thaba N’chu
Vrvheid
Magralfesberg
German training frigate Gneisenau sinks near Malaga
The German training ship Gneisenau foundered off Malaga Spain 65 miles northeast of Gibraltar during a storm. Estimates put losses between 100 and 140 with about 40 drowning and 40 badly injured as cadets, including Captain Kresthmann, tried to reach safety and rescue boats capsized.
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Madrid
Gneisenau
Malaga
Spain
Gibraltar
Kresthmann
Famous Lawyer Beaman Dies Sudden in New York
Charles C. Beaman of the firm Farts Choate Beaman died suddenly at his New York residence from heart disease. Born in 1840 in Houston Missouri, he once served as private secretary to Charles Sumner and in 1874 married William M. Bearts’ daughter. He was consulting attorney to many corporations, a director in several concerns, and general counsel of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Co.
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New York
Charles C. Beaman
Farts, Choate & Beaman
Mr. Beaman
Houston
Charles Sumner
William M. Bearts
Beaman
Wisconsin Central Railroad Co
Delays in Peace Parley Prompt New British Demand
Pekin December 17 Sir Ernest Seton British minister has received definite instructions and seeks a modification of a point in the joint note. The objection delays further communication as ministers must again confer with their governments. The exact nature of Britain’s objection is not disclosed but it will require more diplomatic procedure.
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Cuba
Pekin
Ernest Seton
Great Britain
Tragic Squall Capsizes Boat. Five Adrift on Lake Michigan
The steamer Manhattan arrived in Manitowoc with William Shields and William McCauley, lighthouse keepers on Squaw Island, and the bodies of Mrs. Shields and her niece Mary Davis. They were found lashed to an overturned yawl after capsizing Friday amid a lake squall. Lucien Morden of Montague, Mich. also died in the accident.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Manhattan
William Shields
William McCauley
Squaw Island
Fire claims seven in Fredonia State Normal disaster
From the Fredonia State Normal and Training School fire in Dunkirk New York seven people died including janitor Phineas J Morris and six female students led by Bessie Hathaway Ruth Thomas Cora Storms Maude F Fizzell Mae Williams with $200000 in losses. Fire started in Morris room though no prior blaze was reported and escape routes failed leading to multiple deaths.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Fredonia State Normal and Training School
Phineas J. Morris
Trene Jones
Busti
Bessie Hathaway
Cannonsville
Ruth Thomas
Pike
N.Y
Cora Storms
Boston
Mae Wiliams
Lake Como
Maude F. Fizzell
Bradford
Miss Storms
Board of Managers
Morris
Charles Gibbs
Miss Fizzell
Bank Robbers Captured on Bridgeport Train Ride
In Bridgeport Ohio two gang members were seized after a struggle with officers and trainmen aboard the Massillon accommodation. One captive held $360 in cash and a bank-stamped sack. others escaped amid a riot of fear aboard the moving train.
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Srndgeport
Wheeling
W. Va
Pdoerschnek
Shaneaville
Bridgeport
Massillon
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
Holloway
Meister
Wheeling Creek
Judge Gibbons Urges Deep Probe of Chicago Departments
In his final instructions Judge Gibbons asks the December grand jury to rigorously investigate city departments, with focus on the police. He condemns prize fighting as illegal and links Chicago vice to child labor and underpaid women workers in factories and stores, urging safer homes for them after dives closed.
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Chicago
Gibbons
Allen Bounty Bill Seeks Agricultural Export Aid
Washington December 15 Senator Allen of Nebraska proposes a substitute for the ship subsidy bill. It would pay bounties on U S farm exports including ten cents per bushel wheat up to fifty cents a barrel for wheat flour ten cents per bushel rye fifty cents per barrel rye flour five cents per bushel corn seven cents per cwt corn ground one cent per pound cotton two cents per pound hops two cents per pound tobacco.
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Washington
Sennator Allen
Nebraska
United States
Osman Pasha outlines uprising plans for Kurdistan Armenia
London dispatch reports Osman Pasha the Ottoman general and relative of the hero of Plevna pledges to return with partisans to Kurdistan to rally armed populations. He seeks to free Kurdistan and Armenia from Turkish rule and unite locals to march against the oppressor.
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Paris
Mafin
London
Osman Pasha
Turkey
Plevna
Kurdistan
Armenia
National Conference Favors Voluntary Arbitration
In Chicago Steinway hall last night both labor and capital speakers urged voluntary arbitration to curb strikes at the conciliation and arbitration conference. The sessions discussed a national board whose work would likely emphasize voluntary arbitration, with leaders Carroll Wright John Mitchell John Tobin Henry Hoyt Martin Fox Samuel Gomper and John Garrett among the speakers.
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Chicago
Steinway Hall
Carroll YD. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
John R. Tobin
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Henry Hoyt
National Founders’ Association
Martin Fox
Tron Molders’ Union of America
Samuel Gompera
Reapportionment Bill Keeps House at 357 Seats
Washington reports the house census committee will report the Hopkins reapportionment bill preserving 357 total members and redrawing several state delegations. It adds an amendment to require contiguous compact districts to curb gerrymandering. States losing one seat include Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maine Nebraska Ohio South Carolina Virginia. Gains occur for Illinois Louisiana Minnesota New York New York City and West Virginia with Texas gaining two. No party advantage expected.
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Washington
House Committee On Census
Hopkins
House
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Nebraska
Ohio
South Carolina
Virginia
Illinois
Louisiana
Minnesota
New Torpey
New York
West Virginia
Texas
Denver Loses bid for 1901 G A R Encampment site
St Louis December 18 The G A R Executive Committee rejected Denver as the next national encampment site by an 8 to 1 vote. Other contenders Washington Cleveland and Pittsburg compete as Denver fights the decision claiming railroad rate assurances. A new date January 21 is set to reassess and a meeting place is to be announced.
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St. Louis
G. A. RK
Denver
Washington
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Legislative Knockout in Michigan Senate Adjourns Bill
The Michigan senate adjourned after indefinitely postponing a blanket taxation measure taxing railroads and other corporations at ad valorem values. Senate also refused Gov. Pingree space for a banquet amid judge and lawmaker honors. In New York Nellie Moffatt, 15, was arrested for forging checks at Mechanics and Traders Bank and placed in Children's Society care.
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Lanning
Mich
Senate
House
Pingree
Supreme Court
New York
Nellie Moffatt
Mechanics and ‘Traders’ Bank
M. Kk. Leary
Centre Street
Children’s Society
Miss Lillian Beatty Fights Burglar For Life
Chicago police report Miss Lillian Beatty lying between life and death after a burglary at Dr Lyman Denis residence. She fought the intruder unaided for a half hour through three rooms until blood loss weakened her. The thief tried to chloroform her, then struck her with shears and escaped with $50 worth of surgical instruments.
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Chicago
Lillian Beatty
Lyman Denis
State Street
Norton cup defender contract signed by Lawley and Lawson
The Globe reports that all trouble over the Norton cup defender’s build is resolved as George F. E. Lawley signed the contract yesterday afternoon with Thomas W. Lawson to construct the boat.
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Boston
the Globe
George FE. Lawley
Thomas W. Lawson
Paris Purge Drives Police Action After Exposition Clone
Paris reports a sweeping police campaign to cleanse the city following the exhibition incident. By December 18 about 480 arrests have been made as authorities intensify measures against crime and disorder in the capital.
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Paris
Booz Hazing Case Opens as Family Testifies at Inquest
Philadelphia reports the Booz inquest into the West Point cadet’s death begins with testimony from Oscar Booz’s parents and sister. They recount Oscar’s letters accusing upperclassmen of brutal hazing and forced abuse including taBasco sauce and wax. A classmate refused to detail hazing, citing West Point rules.
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Philadelphia
Oscar L. Booz
West Point
West Point Military Academy
Board of Inquiry
Secretary of War
Bristol
Booz
Gens
Brooke
Claus
Bates
Dean
Allison
Bristol Presbyterian Church
Sarah "Booz
Nellie Booz
Weaver
Oscar Booz
Corpn
Oscar
Mr. Booz
Albert
Tle
Anthony Burnham
Kentucky
Tobasco
Cleveland urges Democratic Party rehabilitation
Atlanta Journal prints interview with ex-President Cleveland from Princeton. He says the Democratic Party needs rehabilitation on purely democratic lines and has wandered after strange gods. Democrats should aid in party rehabilitation.
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Atlanta, Ga
The
Atlanta Journal
Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Goetz Case on Porto Rico Status Taken Up by Supreme Court
The Goetz versus United States case on Porto Rico status was reviewed by the Supreme Court. Attorney General Griggs represented the government, Edward C. Perkins urged combining Porto Rican and Philippine status suits, and both sides were allocated five hours. The Goetz opening argument began.
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Washington
John H.goetz
United States
Porto Rico
United States Supreme Court
Griggs
Edward C. Perkins
Goetz
Philippines
Vigilance committee to ferret out vice in Chicago
A central ANT Vice association committee to appoint a vigilance group of prominent citizens will conduct slumming to purge vice in Chicago. The plan envisions dedicated anti vice work by this civic body. Steamer and a Vancouver report follow in the same column.
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Chicago
The
ANT Vice Association
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