Norse vessel Arab Steed sinks. 22 drowned in North Sea
London dispatch reports the Norwegian bark Arab Steed of 826 tons net sank in a North Sea storm after departing London December 9 for Christiania. Twenty two persons drowned. other wrecks feared as Danish seas roar. Owner Captain Pedersen and partners named. Cork elections defeat Eugene Crean and United Irish League nominees following Crean's anti monarch speech at Cork exhibition event.
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London
Copenhagen
The
Daily Mail
P. Pedersen
Christiania
North Sea
Denmark
Hyalys
Norway
Pedersen
Cork
Ireland
Eugene Crean
Roche
United Irish League
Crean
Edward
Boers Seek Peace Prompts London Stock Rally
London financial circles report revived peace talks between Boer leaders and Britain. Stocks in South Africa rose on rumors while officials in Brussels deny firm negotiations. Cecil Rhodes expands logistics for South Africa, amid tensions with local cold storage interests. None of the reports yet verified, and Dutch government pressure to intervene noted.
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London
Associated Press
Transvaal
Orange River
Stock Exchange
Cecil Rhodes
Brian Sterling
South Africa
Vnally
Rhodes
Vienna
Netherlands
Grussels
Leyds
Per
Kuypers
Berlin Diet Debates Agriculture Amid Tariff Talks
In Berlin on January 16 the Diet discussed Prussian agriculture and the tariff bill. Critics argued agriculture’s weak mood drives current financial strain, while proposed tariffs were seen as insufficient. Count Von Buelow affirmed government backing and warned against extreme policy, urging balanced measures to sustain national industry through practical legislation.
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Berlin
Diet
Count von Buelow
Herr Richter
Onance
Emperor offers sacrifices at Temple of Heaven in dawn visit
In Peking the Emperor moved from the Forbidden City to the Temple of Heaven before daylight to offer thanks for his safe return. British occupation signs vanished and streets were lit. A military escort and nobles accompanied him as Manchurian talks continue slowly. Russia may concede on concessions amid opposition to full control of mines and railways. A clash between Japanese soldiers and an Austrian sentry left one Japanese dead and the sentry bayoneted.
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Peking
Forbidden City
Temple of Heaven
Russia
Min
New London Meeting Reports Bactitinen Cure Claim
London academy of medicine hears a report on a new remedy named bactitinen for consumption. The liquid preparation is said to derive its active agents from plants in Chile and Colombia, tested at Roufits where it is locally known as bathens.
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New York
Journal and American
London
London Academy of Medicine
Chile
Colombia
Earthquake interruption halts Pan-American talks in Mexico City
At the Pan-American conference in Mexico City delegates paused as a shallow quake shook the hall. Chilean speeches delayed discussions on The Hague convention while rulers sought reassurance from calm Mexican hosts. No formal action occurred as the building stabilized and delegates returned to the floor.
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Mexico City
Buchanan
United States
Senor Macedo
Mexico
Senor Bermejo
Argentina
Four Strong Earthquakes Jolt Mexico City Today
Four distinct shocks rattled Mexico City at 5 20 pm local time shaking tall buildings and bending telegraph poles. Thousands fled offices and homes to the streets as residents knelt in prayer seeking safety amid the severest quake in years.
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Mexico City
Constitution Amended by United Brotherhood of Railway Employes
The union in San Francisco adopts amendments to its constitution. It allows temporary out of work railroad workers to join and elects its president by popular vote. Local lodges nominate candidates who must be seconded by four divisions. Division votes are canvassed separately and sealed to headquarters. The board holds appellate power except for initiation or officer conduct. Members include engineers firemen conductors train crews telegraph operators and more. A fifth division forms in Chicago.
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San Francisco
United Brotherhood of Railway
Board of Directors
Sie
Chicago
McKinley Memorial Day Observances Spread Nationwide
Telegrams and letters to Ryerson Ritchie show broad McKinley day observances. Illinois Governor Yates suggests Sunday church services and Monday school exercises. Chicago officials to issue proclamations. About 400 Illinois churches planned services. Cook County Methodist Episcopal ministers to collect. South Dakota Governor Herried reports full state quota. California to raise its share. Executive committee meeting in Cleveland scheduled for next Monday.
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Cleveland, CO
Ryerson Ritchie
McKinley National Memorial Association
Yates
Ilinois
City Council of
Chicago
Wll
Carter H. Harrison
Illinois
Methodist Episcopal
Cook County
Herried
South Dakota
California
National Association
Cleveland
Marriage Follows Jest After Unseen Meeting in Chicago
Dr Andrew Stewart Hackney of Kansas City, aged 56, wed Milas Josephine Mulock, 34, whom he had never met before, after a mutual friend linked them. Mulock traveled from Middletown, New York, to St Pauls Church, Chicago, for the ceremony. A correspondence sparked by a test of suitability led to the marriage tonight.
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Chicago
Andrew Stewart Hackney
Kansas City
Milas Josephine Mulock
Middletown
N. Y
St. Paul's Church
French Proposition Examined By Panama Canal Commission
Admiral Walker chaired an Isthmian Canal Commission meeting to review the Panama Canal Company offer to sell its property to the United States for 41 million dollars. French officials and Panama Railroad executives spoke as some American stockholders refused to part with their shares. Senator Morgan sought information at the White House, promising to brief his committee.
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Washington
Admiral Walker
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal Company
United States
M. Lampre
M. Boeufve
William Nelson Cromwell
Panama Railroad Company
E. A. Drake
Road
Morgan
Aftermath of Vienna bombardment and U S political moves
Debris clogged streets as roofs vanished and horses were killed in Vienna amid a bombing. In Washington, mass dismissals begin at the Census Bureau with hundreds discharged and many more slated for February. Key envoys and appointments surface as Roosevelt contemplates army officers for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and other federal posts.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Senate considers commerce department bill and passes several measures
Senate eyed the proposed commerce department not for long as amendments loomed. A flood of bills followed including Hammond public building funding, lighthouse and fog signal stations Alaska to Washington, and grants to officials for decorations. The session adjourned after an executive meeting with passage of a deeds bill for Porto Rico and the Philippines and other minor acts.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
Hoar
Bermuda
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
United States
House
McKinley
Congress
House of Representatives
Messrs
Mallory
Clay
New York
Hammond
Charleston
D. C.) Exposition
Eugene Wasdin
H. D. Geddings
United States Marine Hospital Service
N. M. Brooks
Postoffice Department
Germany
James M. Miller
Oliver D. Norton
Edwin V. Morgan
Samoan Commission
Legation of the
Seoul
Korea
Stephen H. L. Slocum
England
Alaska
Cape Blanco
Ore
Southeast Shoal
Point Au Pelee
Lake Erie
South Manitou Island
Lake Michigan
Semiahmoo Harbor
Burrows Island
Battery Point
Wash
Customs Service
Astoria
Philadelphia
National Cemetery
Dover
Tenn
Southland
Porto Rico
Philippines
District of Columbia
Naval Assignments Shuffle High-Raced Officers
The Navy Department struggles to fill senior sea duty posts at major stations as captains are reassigned. Capt Phillip Cooper contracts typhoid in New York before relieving Admiral Wildes. Admiral Summer may take the South Atlantic post while the Iowa sails from Chile to Montevideo. Capt George Wadleroba heads League Island yard. Capt Joseph Eaton is chosen for the Oregon, now being fitted on the Pacific coast.
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Washington
Navy Department
Navigation Bureau
Phillip Cooper
New York
Navy Yard
Pensacola
Frank Wildes
Kempft
Asiatic
Cooper
George W. Summer
League Island Navy Yard
Long
South Atlantic
Iowa
Cape Horn
Montevideo
George H. Wadlerobaeae
League Tales Navy Yard
Joseph B. Eaton
Boston Navy Yard
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Pacific Station
Ex-Postmaster General Smith decision on second-class papers
Washington report states that former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith and Mrs Smith left for Philadelphia. His last acts before leaving office included upholding the Madden ruling excluding The Official Guide of the Railways from second-class privileges. The publication was deemed not to possess essential characteristics of a newspaper under new rules as time tables were considered non news.
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Washington
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia
Smith
Payne
Madden
Official Guide of the Railways
Knox argues federal authority over forest game preserves
Attorney General Knox writes Representative Lacey that Congress has absolute power to legislate for federal lands within states. He argues the government acts as proprietor with full rights to manage protect and control lands including forest preserves. He suggests Congress may ban and punish hunting on these preserves.
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Washington
Jan. Wi
Knox
Lacey
Iowa
Committee On Public Lands
Congress
Senate committee weighs military promotions and law gaps
Washington January 16 report states the Senate military affairs committee did not report generals Gillespie Davis and Crozier. They will seek to fix a law defect that omits provisions for future assignments when terms expire. No other nominations were discussed. Also January 16 coverage notes President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted a state dinner for Supreme Court justices in the East Room with crescent table, elaborate floral decorations, and guests including Representative Overstreet Indiana John W Foster and Mrs Foster Thomas B Reed and Mrs Reed.
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Washington
David R. Francis
Missouri
Adolph Busch
St. Louis
Henry B. Davis
United States
Pan-American Congress
Mexico
Roosevelt
Davis
Congress
R. C. Kerens
Republican National Executive Committee
Cockrell
West
Senate Committee On Finance
Ben
West Hus
Eity
James Brown Potter
State Department
Clayton
Representative Broussard
Louisiana
Thomas R. Morse
New Iberia
Broussard
Durand
Morse
Mason
Senate
Illinois
Morgan C. Llewellyn
New Mexico
Vance
Llewellyn
L. H. Llewellyn
Rough Riders
H. D. Bowman
General Land Office
Las Cruces
Leland
Cyrus Leland
Kansas
Roswell
M. R. Otero
Solomon Luna
Santa Fe
Senate Committee On
Gillespie
Crozier
Supreme Court
Overstreet
Indiana
John W. Foster
Foster
Thomas B. Reed
Man seeks identify as New York jewelry thief in New Orleans
T B Manners, jailed in New Orleans on suspicion of being Edward Kern sought to prove his innocence denying the theft of Mr Thebaud’s jewelry. A trunk discovery and testimonies from Klein and Rogers tie to an $8000 reward. New York detectives, Sheriff Marrero, and the Thebaud family await identification.
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New Orleans
T. B. Manners
Edward Kern
New York
Thebeaud
Klein
Manners
Rogers
Kern
Atlanta
Marrero
Mr. Thebaud
Detective bureau cites Louisiana arrest as Kern valet case
Captain Titus says the man held in Louisiana is Edward Kern former valet of Paul G Thebaud. Kern stole Jewel from the Thebauds two weeks ago. Thebaud plans to travel to New Orleans if Kern does not come forward. Indictment and extradition papers needed first.
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New York
Titus
Detective Bureau
Louisiana
Edward Kern
Paul G. Thebaud
Kern
The
Thebauds
Tr. Thebaud
Mr. Thebaud
New Orleans
Mr. Titus
Nominations sent to Senate and storm injures reported
In Washington on January 16 the President forwarded nominations to the Senate for customs collectors in Florida including Warren and Stillman and J Ramsey Nevitt as DC coroner and naval constructors posts for E G Gilmer Hen G Smith and Richard M Watt. in Vienna a windstorm injured over a hundred people, many severely.
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Washington
Senate
Collectors of Customs
Tip Warren
District of Apalachicola
Fla
John E. Stillman
District of Pensacola
J. Ramsey Nevitt
District of Columbia
Naval
Naval Constructors
E. G. Gilmer
Hen G. Smith
Richard M. Watt
Even Barker
Massachusetts
Revenue-Cutter Service
Vienna
Chicago Merchants Eye Spanish Market Expansion
Chicago merchants press ahead to enter Spain's markets with American products. Negotiations with Sener Bartolome Ortol of Alemany & Co Barcelona seek agency setups in Spain. Other Chicago firms, including dry goods wholesalers and street-lighting firms, are consulted about Barcelona and beyond. Ortol will consult the Spanish ambassador in Washington on a proposed new trade treaty. Spain offers a prime field for American merchants.
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Chicago
Spain
Chicago Packing Houses
Sener Bartolome Ortol
Alemany & Co
Barcelona
Senor Ortel
Washington
America
Philippine tariff bill amendments adopted by committee
The House Philippine tariff bill was under consideration by the committee on the islands but adjourned without report upon Democratic request for more time. Republicans pushed several amendments including a 25 percent duty reduction on Philippine imports, a further export-duty offset, and allowance for foreign vessels in interisland traffic. The panel also removed the net-deposit requirement for the Philippine fund and added Treasury backed provisions for bonded goods. Senator Lodge indicated a report would be secured Monday and noted a substantial sugar duty cut. Democratic members met to decide on a minority Senate recommendation.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Philippine Islands
United States
Philippines
Philippine Archipelago
Act of the United States Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Interisland
House
Treasury Department
Philipine
Treasucra
T. Senator Lodge
Senate
Pacific Comet
Kahn
Insular
Islands Trade Debate Prompts Hearings on Bill
The territory trade proposal seeks free trade between the islands and the United States and urges an independent status for the islands at the earliest feasible date. Democrats push the committee to grant hearings on the measure as it contemplates Philippine import rates.
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United States
Cuban Reciprocity Debated Before Ways and Means
Representatives of Cuban interests and sugar and tobacco groups filled the Ways and Means Committee room in Washington asCubas reciprocity policy faced renewed scrutiny. Ewan Thomas urged duty reductions to dodge Cuban financial collapse, while Louis Place spoke of targeted tariffs to shape U S market control. The hearing closed with plans for further sessions and calls for General Wood from Cuba. The War Department reports heavy demand for the Cuban census and the Insular Affairs Bureau cannot meet it.
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Washington
Ways and Means
New York Produce Exchange
Ewan Thomas
Cuba
Produce Exchange
United States
Louis Place
Representative Long
Kansas
Place
Havana
Representative Richardson
Tennessee
Senate
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Payne
Wood
War Department
General Sanger
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Philippines
Government Ownership of Telegraph Lines Proposed in Senate
Washington January 16 Senator Harris introduced a bill to place telegraph lines under government ownership. Other measures included foreign language copyright extensions, raised salaries for life saving station superintendents, and a department of commerce plan excluding some surveys. The house acted on Hawaii silver recoinage and a war department reorganization draft was outlined.
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Washington
Harris
United States
Platt
Connecticut
Copyright League
Senate Committee On Commerce
Department of Commerce
Geological Survey
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Revenue Cutter Service
Navy
House Committee On Agriculture
William M. Springer
National Live Stock Association
Hawaii
Hil
House Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
San Francisco
Secretary of War
Congress
Army
Schley Testimony Printing Debate in Congress
Secretary Long informs the naval committee he has received many requests for Schley testimony copies. He suggests a navy edition and a senators and representatives edition if Congress approves printing. Rep Heatwole will review the proposal. Rep Watson notes possible action on Schley measures, once agreement and court testimony access are secured.
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Washington
Long
Naval Committee of the House
Schley
Congress
Navy Department
Heatwold
Minnesota
Watson
Indiana
Maryland
Union Traction schedules for Anderson Muncie Marion and more
Union Traction Co Indiana lists station to station train times from West Maryland Street with hourly departures from early morning until 4 pm and late evening connections. Limited trains serve Anderson Muncie Elwood with morning and evening links. Passenger cars depart from Georgia and Meridian streets from 6 am onward and freight and combined services operate on separate intervals with set arrival and departure times.
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Union Traction CO
Indiana
Union Block
Maryland Street
Anderson
Muncie
Marion
Kineod
Exandria
Pike
A. m
Elwood
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Peru
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Mkinley
Dr. Hackney
Isthmian Commission
Lampre
Beeufve
Walker
Panama
Morzan
White House
Dr. Curry
J. L. M. Curry
Curry
Virginia
National Capital Notes
Commerce Department
Committee On Ways and Means
Sumner
Lantic
MR. Smith
Mr. Madden
T. BE
Valet Kern
Sag Zn &Co
Ws B. Burpord
Reece M
Jon Ste
Bout City Ticket Ofice
Linf Angerson
Union City
Meveland
Boston
Fort Wayne Express
Unionity
Boston United
Bos “ Menigharbooker
Nton Harbor Ling Bent
Harver Express
Sasti Express
Greensburg
Cincinnati
Peoria
Bloomington
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Springfield
Ohio
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M. Ham
Dayton RY
Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Phononaccom
Lake Erle & Western K. R
Toledo
Michigan
Detroit
Lim
Lafayte
Laporte
Decatur
Decatur & St Louis
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Etalon
Ilinow
Washington Streets
Sitimore
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Pigea
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Xenia
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Vandals
St Louis Limited
Terre Heuve
Terre Haute
St Louis
Wee
Western Express
St Lou
All
Sundar
Greenfield
Georgia
Indian
Ang Sa. m
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Combinat
Meridia
Sunday Journal
Mrs. Winslow
Fe Sure
Aalient Disease
Andy
Whale
Hale
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