French Force Defeated Boxers West of Pao Ting Fu
Shanghai reports a French force defeated a body of Boxers west of Pao Ting Fu with about 1000 killed. In Washington negotiations for terms proceed as powers seek swift settlement while Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching sign the joint note. Peking notes the signed agreement awaits imperial seal in the Forbidden City before presentation to envoys.
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Shanghai
San Mun Bay
Pao Ting Fu
Washington
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Taku
Legation
Hay
State Department
Senor de Cologan
Forbidden City
Kansas Governor Declares No Prize Fight in State
After taking the oath for a second term Governor Stanley of Kansas rejected a Cincinnati request to allow Jeffries versus Ruhlin in Kansas. He telegraphed there will be no prize fight in Kansas while he is governor. A parallel note from Minnesota reports Governor Van Lent similarly declining a planned Jeffries Ruhlin bout.
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Topeka
Kan
Stanley
Cincinnati
Geffries and Rublin
Kansas
St. Paul
Minn
van Lent
Jeffries-Ruhlin
Minnesota
Ohio
Jeffries
Ruhlin
Govenor
Daniel C. Van Brunt Dies at 83 in Moricon Wisconsin
Daniel C. Van Brunt, Moricon Wisconsin, died Monday at age 83. He served as a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1884 and helped pioneer the movement to modernize labor among western farmers.
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Moricon
Wis
Daniel C. van Brunt
van Brunt
Steamer Sinks After Rudder Loss Near Canton
Oriental advices report an overcrowded passenger steamer on the West river losing its rudder and being driven onto rocks near Canton. The ship sank within minutes with about 150 of the 500 passengers aboard drowned.
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Tacoma
Wash
West River
Canton
Death of Joseph Yates Paige Chief clerk of currency dies
Washington January 14 Joseph Yates Paige longtime chief clerk of the controller of the currency died Sunday morning from pneumonia He was a well known figure among the nations banking interests and served six years in his post.
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Washington
Joseph Yates Paige
Dowie Opens Three Day Meetings in Boston
Rev John Alexander Dowie General Overseer of Zion City plans a colony near Chicago and began a three day series of meetings at Odd Fellows hall in Boston on Sunday January 14.
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Boston
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Chicago
Odd Fellows Hall
Death of Commodore Henderson in Yonkers
New York Jan 14 Commodore Alex Henderson retired chief engineer United States Navy is dead at his Yonkers home He was born in Washington Delaware on July 12 1837 and served as a notable naval engineer and officer through a long career.
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Commodore Henderson
New York
Alex Henderson
United States Navy
Yonkers
Washington, D.el
Washington
Senate
House
United States
Secretary of War
James H. Wilson
Fitzhugh Lee
Shafter
Pettigrew
Representative Clarke
N. H
Bacon
Carter
Mont
Congress
Gen
Americus V. Rice
Catchings
Mississippi River
Boering
Philippine Islands
District of Columbia
Bank Robbers Surprised in Cumberland Md Heist
Officer Charles W. Goss surprised a gang attempting to rob the German Savings Bank in Cumberland Maryland on a Sunday morning. Goss fought three men inside the bank and fired from behind a telegraph pole, wounding two suspects. The five assailants fled down Baltimore Street toward the West Virginia Central railroad after terrorizing bystanders and firing at the railroad operator and another officer. No theft occurred at the bank. two later minor robberies occurred in South Cumberland. A $250 reward and $50 award to Goss were offered by the bank. the suspects remain at large.
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Cumberland
Charles W. Goss
Goss
Baltimore Street
West Virginia Central Railroad
West Virginia Railroad
South
Panic in Hall Causes Five Deaths in Chicago
Five people died and about twenty were badly injured in a panic at Twelfth Street Turner hall Chicago on January 14. Four missing persons were found safe Sunday while police investigate claims of malicious intent behind the false fire alarm. A crippled man reported being warned by a youth minutes before the panic and the hall manager suspects deliberate harm to his building.
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Chicago
Twelfth Street
Turner Hall
Hugo Oldstein
Rioting in Wichita Leaves Several Wounded
A riot in Wichita Kansas on January 14 erupted into a street clash between three colored and three white men. Over a dozen shots were fired injuring Wiley Schnell and Cash Johnson while a razor attack and broken ribs were reported. Seventeen arrests followed and a mob chased the principal Negro participant before police intervened and restored order.
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Wichita
Kan
Wiley Schnell
Cash Johnson
Schnell
Johnson
Herford
Improved Telephony Can Link New York to Europe by Cable
Professor Pupin explains a relay coil system to boost signal over ocean cables. He says Bell Telephone Co paid nearly 500000 for the invention, plus 15000 yearly royalties. Commercial feasibility hinges on financing and new cable construction.
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New York
Michael Idvorsky Pupin
Columbia University
American Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Pupin
Columbia
Europe
Prof. Pupin
Prof
Shoee
Picachits
San Francisco
Roosevelt Hunting Lion Portrait of a Mountain Chase
Gov. Roosevelt shot his first mountain lion after a two mile pursuit in Meeker Col. The lion leaped from a tree to attack guests and narrowly missed Dr. Webb before the governor fired and hit the animal in midair, sparing Webb from injury.
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Dr. Webb
Chicago
Meeker
Col
Gov. Roosevelt
Jamaicans and Italians to Work on Ecuador Railway Contract
Knoxville Tenn January 14 Thirty six men departed for Ecuador to serve as foremen timekeepers and related roles for James McDonald Contracting Co. The project will build 300 miles of railway from Guayaquil to Quito over the Andes. McDonald says 5 000 Jamaicans are at work and he plans to hire 5 000 more mainly Italians.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Ecuador
James McDonald Contracting Co
Guayaquil
Quito
Andes Mountains
Mosquito fleet ships sail from Hamilton on Sunday
United States war vessels Annapolis Frolic Wompatuck and Piscataqua, arriving January 2, left Hamilton Bermuda at 9 30 Sunday. Officers say they were charmed with their visit.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Annapolis
Frolic
Wompatuck
Piscataqua
Four Hundred Fishermen Missing After Jan Storm
Yokohama reports say four hundred fishermen are missing after a January 10 storm off the west coast. Official word confirms the disaster as crews search for survivors and assess losses.
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Yokohama
Prominent Confederate Dead in New York
Robert Maxwell Martin, once a Confederate colonel and a Morgan unit member, died in a New York sanitarium. He authored the plot to abduct Vice President Johnson on his way to the inauguration.
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New York
Robert Maxwell Martin
Morgan
Johnson
Samuel Lewis Dead, Notorious Money Lender Dies
London January 14 Samuel Lewis a famed and feared money lender and usurer once dubbed the greatest and meanest of modern Shylocks is dead in the latest development from the financial circles.
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London
Samuel Lewis
Fell From A Scaffold At Jamestown Water Works
Jamestown New York January 15 A scaffold over a deep reservoir collapsed as nine men worked above the water. They fell into shallow water. nine men injured with four named as fatally hurt Stewart Conant William Johnson Otto Lawson Abraham Johnson.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Stewart Conant
William Johnson
Otto Lawson
Abraham Johnson
F. J. Taylor
James Eggleston
Harry Cook
W. Gilmore
Leon Rider
Fight at Belfast adds to British losses tally
The official British casualty list from Belfast reports 29 killed 53 wounded and 72 missing. The count excludes losses at Wonderfontein Nooitgedacht and Wildfontein and suggests greater severity than Lord Kitchener's report.
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London
Belfast
Wonderfontein
Nooitgedacht
Wildfontein
Lord Kitchener
Miners strike at Colorado Fuel and Iron Co sites
In Florence on January 15, more than 1,500 miners at Coal Creek Rockvale Bear Gulch and Brookside stopped work in sympathy with Northern Colorado and Gallup New Mexico strikers after a mass meeting the day before. A small number returned to load coal and prepare for idle time.
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Col
Coloradoé Fuel and Iron Co
Coal Creek
Rockvale
Bear Gulch
Brookside
Colorado
Gallup
N. M
Presidents escort chosen for McKinley march
Washington January 15 It has been decided that President McKinley's personal escort to the capitol and return on March 4 will be Troop A of the 1st regiment of cavalry Ohio national guard. This organization was similarly honored four years ago.
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Washington
McKinley
Capitol
1St Regiment of Cavalry
Ohio National Guard
New Naval Station Chosen at Olangapo Philippines
Washington cables announce Adm Remey and a board selected Olangapo on Subig Bay as the site for a permanent naval station in the Philippines. Secretary Long asks Congress for 1 million dollars to begin work, aiming to move headquarters from Cavite and Manila Bay to the new location as Asiatic naval needs grow.
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Adm
Remey
Philippines
Olangapo
Subig Bay
Cavite
Manila Bay
Congress
Asiatic
Passengers and crew saved from steamer Russie wreck
Marseilles reports all 102 aboard the Russie rescued after four days of life saving efforts. A breeches buoy brought the ships company ashore as Br. Adm. Besson confirms every person landed, none injured. Children first, then women, then others on beach amid scenes of rejoicing.
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Faraman
Adm
Besson
Steamship Company
Algiers
La Grippe in New York Crowds Hospitals and Police
The board of health reports a serious grippe outbreak in New York with overcrowded hospitals. Police records show 420 officers off duty, about ten percent of the force, due to the disease, exceeding any previous epidemic.
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New York
Board of Health
Grand Army encampment rate reconsideration for Denver
Omaha dispatch notes the Grand Army decision against Denver for the encampment while the Chicago & Northwestern offers a one cent per mile fare to Denver if held there. Reconsideration of the Denver site is possible.
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Neb
Grand Army
Denver
Chicago & Northwestern
London Stock Firms Failings Cost Millions
London reports that liabilities of 16 stock exchange firms that failed total about 2 million pounds, with one case showing debts of 900 thousand pounds.
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London
Stock Exchange
Naval board backs Charleston for new South Atlantic station
Washington reports that a board of naval officers reviewing a South Atlantic coast naval station has recommended Charleston as the preferred site. The recommendation reflects strategic considerations for naval defenses and logistics along the Atlantic seaboard.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Charleston
Kansas to stage $50,000 Pan American exhibit at Buffalo
Topeka Kansas January 12 L F Randolph president of the Kansas commission of the Pan American exposition at Buffalo says Kansas will have a $50 000 exhibition there.
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Topeka
Kan
L. F. Randolph
Kansas Commission
New York Week of Failures Falls in U S and Canada
New York report shows weekly failures totaling 324 in the United States, up from 274 the previous year, and 37 in Canada, rising from 25 last year. This contrasts with prior period figures and reflects broader economic pressures across North America.
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New York
United States
Canada
Long Not a Candidate for Senate Against Hear
Secretary Long told friends he would not run against Hear for United States senator and urged Hear to seek re election. He conveyed support for Hear’s re nomination and indicated no bid for the seat himself.
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Washington
Long
Hear
United States
Townsend Saxton Bicycle Pioneer Dies at 70
New York January 15 Townsend Saxton aged 70 inventor of an early bicycle died Monday at his home in Babylon Long Island He was among the first to introduce bicycles into America and his death marks the end of an era in early cycling history.
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New York
Townsend Saxton
America
Babylon
L. I
City Council Bans Spitting on Public Areas
Chicago officials approve ordinance prohibiting spitting on sidewalks and in public places and conveyances. lawmakers cite grip and pneumonia outbreaks as justification for the measure.
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Chicago
Diamonds found in interior of British Guiana report
Kingstee Jamaica January 12 report from Demarara says large diamond finds have been made in the British Guiana interior. A company has been formed in England to work the claims.
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Kingstee
Jamaica
the Mail
Demarara
British Guiana
England
Punishment for Train Robbers Bill Sent Favorable Report
Washington Jan 12 The senate judiciary committee authorized a favorable report on Senator Hoars bill for train robber punishment The bill prescribes twenty years imprisonment and a five thousand dollar fine or both as penalties for the offense.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary
Hoar
Plague Deaths Reported On Steamer Highland Prince
Four deaths from bubonic plague occurred aboard the steamer Highland Prince which arrived at Shields harbor Monday from the River Platte. The incident highlights port health concerns as authorities investigate the outbreak aboard the vessel and quarantine measures are considered.
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London
Shields Harbor
Platte
Rufe Turner Stops Otto Sielom in Colorado Bout
In Denver on January 12, Rufe Turner of Stockton California knocked out Otto Sielom of Chicago in the fourth round of a ten round match under the Colorado Athletic Association rules.
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Col
Rufe Turner
Stockton
Cal
Otto Sielom
Chicago
Colorado Athletic Association
Surrender of Iloilo Commander Ends Organized Resistance
Washington January 15. Gen MacArthur reports the surrender of the Iloilo commander and four officers with 21 men, signaling the end of organized armed resistance in Iloilo province. The cable notes further surrenders likely in coming days, with officials hopeful for broader demobilization. The Manila direct line for telegraph links is expected to reach Mindanao and other large islands within weeks, expanding the archipelago’s military communications.
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Ton
Gen. Greely
Ken
Philippines
Ana
Signal Corps
Oslob
Cebu
Uete
Negros
Misamis
Lintogo
Manila
Mindanao
Tucuran
Jolo
Zamboanga
Melionaire Wedding in New York Society
Melionaire's wedding unites Miss Elsie French with Alfred Van e in Memorial Church of the Evangelist. Rich guests from New York high society attend, with a lavish dowry and gifts noted. The ceremony features Rev George F Beatty and Rev G Morgan, and a substantial wedding expense including a costly dress and presents.
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Briskie Memorial Church
E Evangelist
Francis Ormond
New York
Degroom
Cornelius Vanderbilt
George F. Beatty
G.morgan
Christ
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le Side
Reginald van
Messrs. Worthington Fitzhugh Whitehouse
Frederick Martin Davies
Robert Livingstone Gerry
Ord Preston
Ernest Iselin
Wm. P. Borden
Potter Imer, Jr
W. Bayard Cutting
Treasury balances detail in general fund report
Washington January 15. Monday's statement shows general fund balances excluding the 200 million gold reserve in the division of redemption. Available balance 138,298,894 dollars and gold reserves 88,335,316 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
General Fund
Capitol Exterior Illumination Bill Approved
In Washington January the House appropriations committee reported favorably a bill to provide 21000 dollars for lighting the exterior of the Capitol White House and public buildings for President McKinley's inauguration, aiming to illuminate the capital during the event.
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Jan
House
Capitol
White House
McKinley
Neely Case Extradition To Cuba Upheld
The U S Supreme Court ruled Neely must be surrendered to Cuban authorities under the 1890 extradition act. Cuba is treated as foreign territory and the war aims to free Cubans from Spain. The decision held the 1890 act constitutional.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Neely
Cuba
Spain
Dan ish West Indies sale to US near completion
Copenhagen dispatch reports imminent transfer of the Danish West Indies to the United States. Finance Minister H E Herring is finalizing arrangements with a convention hoped to be signed before March 4.
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Copenhagen
Danish West Indies
United States
H. E. Herring
Murderer Neufeld Executed in Sing Sing
William Neufeld, condemned killer of Mrs. Annie Gorman, was executed by electric chair at Sing Sing prison on Monday morning. He faced death calmly as the sentence was carried out.
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Sing Sing
N. Y
William Neufeld
Annie ‘Onman
Reported Lynching in Elko, South Carolina
Augusta Ga January 15 A unknown Negro is reported to have been inched Monday near Elko for criminal assault on Mrs Wilkin Hair Another Negro has been arrested but it is not known whether he has been sposed of
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Elko
S. C
Wilkin
Set Up in the Grip at Bellevue Hospital
New York reports on January 15 that influenza cases at Bellevue Hospital have eased with fewer ages affected, the grip seemingly checked, and space available for patients for the first time in several days.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
President Signs Navy Bill for Boutelle Retirement
Washington January 15 The president signed a bill that places Congressman Boutelle of Maine on the retired navy list with the rank of captain. Nashville January 15 May Overton sold his three year old pacing stallion Beauzant to J C McKinney of Terrace Stock Farm Titusville Pa for more than 20000 dollars. Beauzant by Bowbells dam Rosy Morn has a 2 07 percent mark.
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Boutelle
Maine
Nashville
Tenn
Overton
Beauzant
J. C. McKinney
Terrace Stock Farm
Titusville
Bowbells
Cervera’s Ilness Worsens at Puerto Real Dispatch
Madrid reports from Puerto Real near Cadiz say Adm. Cervera’s condition has grown worse and his recovery is almost hopeless as he lies ill under care. The bulletin notes his health remains unstable and uncertain.
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Puerto Real
Cadiz
Adm
Cervera
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