American sewing machines drive out English and German brands in Harput
U S Consul Norton reports rapid American trade expansion in Harput Turkey. In fifteen months over 2,000 sewing machines sold, displacing English and German models. bicycles and life insurance rise as American goods gain trust. Strong demand for reapers and direct U S trade grows amid emigration and lack of European agencies. Live American traders urged to establish footholds now.
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State Department
United States
Norton
Harput
Turkey
Mamouret-Al-Aziz
Diarbekir
Mr. Norton
America
Harput District
Germany
Austria
Rich mineral lands offered for long lease by American capitalists
A Siberian newspaper reports American capitalists offered 26,000,000 roubles for a fifty year lease of a large Kirghiz steppes land strip rich in copper coal and silver between Pavlodar and Lake Balkash. Mentioned: Senator Clark of Montana linked to similar land interests. czars awarded a U S dentist. Kharkov Veterinary Institute students chained to a lecture dispute. 800 Moscow University students marched in streets.
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Associated Press
Petersburg
Kirghiz
Paviodar
Lake Balkash
Irtysh River
Omsk
Clark
Montana
Moscow University
Church laws changed granting women delegates and laymen votes
Chicago dispatch reports approval of the Methodist Episcopal Church new constitution by three-quarters. It provides for women to sit as General Conference delegates, grants laymen electoral meetings power to vote on constitutional questions, and lowers amendment votes from three-fourths to two thirds. The General Conference vote totals show 3 1/2 percent in favor versus 2,513 against, with 10,709 ballots cast across 121 annual conferences.
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Chicago
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Yeas
Church
Presbyterian Creed Revision Report From Washington Meeting
The Presbyterian creed revision committee, led by Rev. Dr. William Henry Roberts, met in Washington on December 4 and to Dec. 14. They produced a sixteen article statement of the reformed faith and a declaratory statement covering several chapters and sections of the Confession, plus notes on the gospel and the Holy Spirit. The work is tentative and to be reviewed in Philadelphia February 6, 142. A five member subcommittee was formed to draft a tentative revision. The plan is to report the declaratory statement to the next General Assembly and sidetrack the revision movement until 193. Some ministers expect the committee to push the declaratory statement as a quick remedy for the church.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
F. W. C. Humphrey
Drs. McKibbin
Fisher
Niccolls
Moffat
General Assembly
Assembly of 193
McKinley Memorial Association Warns Against Exploitation
In Cleveland on December 26 the McKinley National Memorial Association warns the public to avoid any commercial ventures exploiting William McKinley’s memory. Judge William R. Day urges that contributions be free will gifts and that no proceeds be diverted to other enterprises. The association states no ties to any other group or commercial project.
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Cleveland, CO
McKinley National Memorial Association
William McKinley
William R. Day
Diamond Chain Stolen In Transit From Washington to New York
A diamond chain valued at 3500 dollars disappeared en route between Washington and New York. The parcel, shipped by Adams Express or Shaw and Berry to Joseph Frankel & Sons in Nassau Street, was found missing upon delivery in New York today. The 54 inch platinum lorgnette chain contained 50 gems, all registered, with detectives in both cities investigating.
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Washington
Adams Express Company
Shaw & Berry
New York
Joseph Frankel & Sons
Nassau Street
Three Bodies Found in a Cabin in Millinocket
Three Italians were found dead in a burned cabin in the Italian settlement of Millinocket Maine. Authorities opened an investigation after reports of revolver shots heard before the fire and one body showing a head wound while the others were badly burned.
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Millinocket
Soldiers Rampage Near Presidio In Bloody Saloon Riot
A string of crimes ends in a deadly church fight as soldiers clash at Tarpey’s saloon near the Presidio in San Francisco. William Ross is stabbed. a riot ensues with stones, bricks, and gunfire. Provost guards restore order. fifty nine soldiers jailed.
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Presidio
William Ross
Coast Artillery
Ross
Brown
David Tarpey
Tarpey
White Man and a Negro Wounded in Race Clash at Childersburg
At Childersburg Alabama a white man J Bird and his son Reuben were killed in a clash with negroes after a craps dispute. Tom Holley a Black man died, George Bird and others were wounded. Whites captured the negroes and held them at Talladega as authorities moved to prevent a race outbreak.
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Childersburg
Talladega
J. Bird
Reuben Bird
Tom Holley
George Bird
Holley
Bird
George
Reuben
George Woods
Charner Woods
Panic in a church fight in Pike County church
Six men fatally wounded in a church melee at a Pike post office area after Charles and Orrin Day announced they had come to clean out the Leggs. Women and children fled as revolvers and knives sparked a panic. six men died and many others were wounded. In Jacksonville a separate shooting left two men hurt, one fatally, after an alleged robbery attempt at a streetcar line.
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Pike Post Office
Charles
Orrin Day
Leggs
Rowe
Orrin
Charles Day
Wesley Legg
Joseph Williams
John Durrant
Lebanon Williams
Idaho
Jacksonville
Fla
William N. Lloyd
D. Lloyd
Charles Michael
White Springs
Michael
Mysterious death found in Birmingham church steeple
The decomposed body of a well dressed man was found in the Mount Zion A M E Church steeple on the Gate City car line near Birmingham. Coroner may not identify race. A large knife lay beside the body and three blankets covered it. Entry appears only through an 18 inch belfry hole. Hunters who found it noted an odor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mount Zion A. M. E
Gate City
Merchant Murdered and Civil War Feuds Across States
Reports from several cities recount killings and violent disputes. Joseph Fincher, a leading Columbus merchant, was shot near Crawford Alabama. Uriah Porter is charged. Charlies Shaw, once Ohio based, found dead near Petroleum, with a bloody club at the scene. John Anderson wounds his son in Greensburg after a drunken quarrel. John Pipkin murders his brother in law Manus after Manus shot Pipkin’s store. T. L. Wilson dies in a feud with Tom Partin in Dwight Virginia. In Middlesboro, a free for all leaves Sam Wells and Henry Bass mortally wounded and other killings follow on Taggards Creek and Four Mile.
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Joseph Fincher
Crawford
Ala
Here
Uriah Porter
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Fincher
Belcher
Parkersburg
W. Va
Charlies Shaw
Ohio
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Greensburg
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Ark
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John Manus
Forest City
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Pkin
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Dwight
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T. L. Wilson
Tom Partin
Dan
Wilson Ead
Sam Wells
Henry Bass
Four Mile
Will Hendrickson
Nath Hendrickson
Taggard's
Thomas Haynes
Henry Bowman
Revenue Reduction Bill Tax Rate Decrease Noted
Feb 1 report notes a continued decrease in the rate of taxation under the revenue reduction bill passed at the last session of Congress.
Cotton mill output rises in United States in 1900
Census Bureau figures show cotton manufacturing in 1900 valued at 336,974,882 dollars, up over two percent from 1899. Establishments reached 1,051, capital employed 467,240,157 dollars, salaries paid 7,595,129 dollars, average wage earners 202,861, total wages 40,384,532 dollars, materials cost 176,561,527 dollars, with substantial gains across counts and salaries.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Roosevelt Family Vacation Near Quantico on Government Yacht
The White House will close for the week ending New Year’s Day and only urgent visitors will be received. Mrs Roosevelt and children, with Dr Rixey, traveled down the Potomac aboard the Dolphin to Quantico where they will stay at the Metropolitan Club island. Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Dr Rixey hope for duck shooting as the President remains in Washington.
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White House
Root
Knox
Randolph
Robley D. Evans
Senator Lodge
Justice Clarke
New York
Quantico
Dolphin
Roosevelt
Metropolitan Club
Guam officials send condolence on McKinley’s death
Assistant Secretary Darling received a dispatch from Commander Seaton Schroeder naval Governor of Guam with a letter of condolence from Guam’s leading citizens. He reports Guam officers, men and civilians share profound sorrow for the country’s loss. A deputation of Filipino prisoners of war visited the Governor and expressed sorrow for the late President.
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Washington
Darling
Seaton Schroeder
Guam
McKinley
Schroeder
Argentina Chile dispute settled with police withdrawal
Washington reports Argentine minister Garcia Merou received a Buenos Ayres foreign affairs dispatch announcing a satisfactory resolution of Chile Argentina tensions. The accord covers road openings in disputed lands and mutual withdrawal of police forces near Ultima Esperanza inlet, with arbitration looming on territorial ownership.
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Washington
Garcia Merou
Buenos Ayres
Chile
Ultima Esperanza
Argentina
Grand Master Warns New York Masons on Counterfeit Lodges
Albany dispatch reports Grand Master Charles W. Mead of the New York state Grand Lodge warning lodges about clandestine and spurious Masonic rites. He urges strict scrutiny in admitting visitors to prevent fraudulent es tablished lodges within the jurisdiction.
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Albany
N. Y
Charles W. Mead
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
State of
New York
Traditional Remedies Advertised for Children and Coughs
Old ad copy touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething diarrhea wind colic and bowel regulation in children. Hale's Honey of Horehound Tar claimed as a universal cough remedy. Toothache Drops allegedly cure toothache in one minute.
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Hale
Hand to hand fight leaves 20 Filipinos dead in Batangas gorge
War Department dispatch from Manila reports a desperate six mile gorge clash near San Jose Batangas on December 23. Twenty enemy troops were killed. second Lieutenant Odus Reeder of the Philippine Scouts died by his own pistol amid temporary insanity. The insurgent chief Samson surrendered at Mutasaron with twenty eight cannon and forty five rifles, likely on the island of Bohol after moving from Cebu. Beverly, West Virginia native Odus Reeder is named in the report.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
San Jose
Batangas
Patrick A. Connelly
Carney
Cable
Samson
Matasaron
Mutasaron
Bohol
Cebu
Odus Reeder
War deemed to exist in Philippines over Stickle claim
Secretary Root states the Philippine insurrection creates a state of war in the archipelago, affecting a Treasury claim by First Lieutenant Horton W. Stickle for $125.34 for books lost en route from West Point to Manila under Quartermaster shipment. The books were Stickle's personal property.
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Treasury Department
Root
War Department
Philippines
United States
Philippine Islands
Horton W. Stickle
Corps of Sueneeeys
West Point
N. Y
Manila
P. L
Quartermaster’s Department
Sickle
Cargo Included in Centen nial Loss Recommendation
The fragment notes that items were included in a larger cargo of the transport Centennial cast overboard to lighten the vessel after it ran aground near northern Luzon. It mentions P J Secretary Root urging treasury secretary to include Lieutenant Sickle's claim in Congress recommendations concerning the general deficiency Dill.
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P. J
Root
Secretary of the Treasury
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Philippine Free Quarter Rate Set for 1992
Manila reports the exchange ratio for 1992 free quarters as 2.10 Mexican silver per American gold dollar. General Wright, acting civil Governor, says the solution is unsatisfactory but the Commission deems it necessary and seeks Congress action. General eras notes daily improvement in military areas and endorses General Chaffee to end the insurrection. Washington notes Navy orders directing the cruiser Brooklyn to return to the United States, with Rainbow taking Brooklyn’s care and detaching seamen for European service. Admiral Remey will depart, leaving Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers to command the Asiatic station, followed by Kempff.
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Navy Department
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Remey
Nagaski
Japan
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Rainbow
New York
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Suez
Frederick Rodgers
Kempff
Alger Out of Danger After Illness in General Alger
Detroit dispatch reports Dr Howard W Longyear says General Alger has passed the critical period of his illness and is recovering. He has taken nourishment in broth and had a comfortable day, with recovery deemed practically certain at the time.
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Mich
Howard W. Longyear
R. A. Alger
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Apostle Brigham Young critically ill at Fruit Land
Apostle Brigham Young is reported critically ill with stomach and nervous troubles at Fruit Land a Mormon settlement near Farmington New Mexico He is sixty five years old and the eldest living son of the church president He left Salt Lake City about two weeks ago for winter in Mexico and stopped at Fruit Land for a few days
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Farmington
N. M
Brigham Young
Quorum of Twelve
Mormon Church
Church
Fruit Land
Apostle Young
Salt Lake City
Mexico
California Adjutant General Seaman Battling Serious Setback
Washington dispatch reports General William H. Seaman, adjutant general of California, suffered a serious set back this afternoon but rallied by night. Physicians departed at 11 o clock and announced he had shown improvement since the earlier critical period.
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Washington
William H. Seaman
California
Senator Sewell in Camden Reports Patient Weakening
In Camden New Jersey on December 5 the physician in charge of United States Senator J Sewell reported the patient is much weaker than yesterday. Doctors say unless improvement appears soon the senator may not live much longer.
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Camden
N. J
Dec
United States
J. Sewell
Intermountain Blizzard Rages Across Northwest Train Service Disrupted
Dec storm hits Montana Idaho and Washington with sleet and hurricane like winds. Telegrapher service is down in Spokane and Butte with trains delayed. Conductor Charles King blown from freight train into a gorge near Missoula. Fort Benton reports severe storms causing courthouse damage.
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Utah
Gome
Missoula
Meunt
Spokane
Wash
Butte
Mont
Seattle
Tacoma
Intermountain
Charles King
Fort Benton
Croker Belmont Feud Sinks Seventh District Nomination
In New York the Seventh district fights over a Congress seat to fill Muller’s vacancy. Protests target Perry Belmont and John E Bunnell, alleging illegality of the nominating convention. Belmont files objections. Croker and Belmont clash and Belmont threatens libel action. Greater New York Democracy backs Belmont. Protests also target John E B Bennett and Fritz Liedinger.
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Seventh Congressional District
Congress
Nicholas Muller
Friends
Joseph O'Grady
Asa Bird Gardiner
Perry Belmont
John E. Bunnell
Richard Croker
Tammany
Board of Elections
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