Week's News Summary with Cuba Mexico Poland and Fires
A broad condensed briefing covers Cuba reciprocity pending in the Senate, abolition of slavery in the Philippines, a new army canteen proposal, and adjournment plans. It notes Fitzsimmons vs Gardner boxing results, a fatal house fire in Asheville, a nitroglycerine tank explosion in Indiana, trials in Lansing, a Chicago streetcar strike ending, and New York evacuation anniversary events.
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Senate
House of Representatives
House
Philippines
Notable Deaths and Political Shifts Across States
Justice John C. Pollock of Kansas Supreme Court named successor to U S District Judge Hook who moves to federal circuit seat. Iowa governor vote shows Cummins with 79 090 plurality and 59 644 majority. Massachusetts reelects Gov Bates by 35 984 plurality. Harriet Ayer dies of pneumonia at 67. David Hollister dies at 101. William Co Wyman dies at 79. Illinois delegation backs Cannon for VP. Rev Dr Roberts dies at 71. Grover Cleveland states he will not run. David Brunner dies at 68. Jules Levy, famed cornetist, dies at 65.
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John C. Pollock
Supreme Court of
Kansas
United States District
Hook
United States
Iowa
Cummins
Massachusetts
John L. Bates
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
New York World
David Hollister
Mapleton
William Co. Wyman
Baltimore
Mich
Illinois
Cannon
William Charles Roberts
Central University
Danville
Grover Cleveland
Brooklyn Eagle
David Brunner
Congress
Reading
Jules Levy
Chicago
Police Battle With Desperate Bandits in Chicago
Desperadoes Harvey Van Dine Peter Niedermeier Emil Roeski and Gustav Marx fought police after a six‑life crime spree. One brakeman died two officers wounded, bandits captured near Tollestown and Aetna Indiana after a night of gunfire and a long chase.
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Chicago
Harvey van Dine
Peter Niedermeier
Emil Roeski
Gustav Marx
Tolleston
Ind
Roeski
Aetna
Indiana Constabulary
T. J. Favie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph B. Driscoll
Matthew Zimmer
Miller’s Station
John F. Sheehan
Joseph Driscoll
Twelfth Ward
Sheehan
Schuettler
O’neill
East Tolleston
Liverpool
Michigan Central
van Dine
Niedermeier
Adolph Jensen
LaGross
West North Avenue
Jensen
Otto Bauder
Ashland Avenue
John Quinn
Marx
Navy
Neidermeier
Indiana
Chicago Street Car Strike Ends After Arbitration Agree ment
The Chicago street car strike ended at noon on Wednesday with strikers returning to work. Key terms include arbitration on wages, two car routing options, a union access policy, and the company resuming most workers except those proven violent since November 1. The strike began November 12 and ended November 25, with vast costs detailed for both sides and the city.
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Chicago
Notable Yet Disparate 19th Century Items From This Page
J Wayne Amos dies at Redlands California. Owing to tariff restrictions Canadian livestock will not exhibit at St Louis. An agent for the Louisiana Purchase exposition heads to Africa to recruit exhibitors. Queen Liliuokalani returns to Washington to press compensation for Hawaiian crown lands. Albert D James returns from seven months in the Andes recounting encounters with cannibals and a 1000 mile river float. The Anti saloon league aims for 400 workers and 1 million dollars annually. General Booth proposes a nonaggression pact between two nations to seek universal peace. An international physical culture exhibition in New York offers 1000 prize for best physical man and woman. Secretary Wilson proclaims pure food standards. Six Louisville firemen are accused of looting the Masonic temple fire. Carter says foreign patronage of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will exceed Chicago 1893. Former Queen Natalie of Servia declines gifts from King Alexander’s government. A $400,000 gold mine is renounced.
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Arthur T. Kemp
Newport
R. I
Hollis P. Hanniwel
Joseph Weber
Lew Fields
Mme
Patti
Harlem
N. Y
Gen. Bates
Colorado
Roosevelt
John J. Brennan
Chicago
Calumet
John Fogle
St. George
D. C
Miss Ross
Winnetka
William Elkis
Jackson
Miss
Miss. the Grand Jury
Peter Niedermeier
Harvey van Dine
Gustav Marx
Emil Roeski
National Business League
Congress
Henry Mortimer Durand
Washington
International Live Stock Association
Globe Smelter
Denver
Col
J. Wayne Amos
Abraham Lincoln
Redlands
Cal
United States
St. Louis
Africa
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Albert D. James
New York
Andes
P. A. Baker
Ohio League
Gen
Booth
Salvation Army
Wilson
United States Commission
National Association
Louisville
Masonic Temple
President Carter
National Commission of the
Natalie
Servia
King Alexander
Alexander
Draga
Noted Figures and Global Events Update From London and Beyond
In London Foreign and literary figures marry quietly as Israel Zangwill weds Edith Ayrton. Global tensions rise with British Thibet moves and Manchurian disputes involving Russia and Japan. Panama opens a canal treaty ratification path amid junta consensus. Chinese viceroys offer troops for Manchuria conflict. A Victoria hangings and typhoons in Swatow claim many lives. Canada eyeing Miquelon St Terre. Decan plague death toll exceeds two million.
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Israel Zangwill
Edith Ayrton
W. BR. Ayrton
Institute of Electrical Engineers
East End
London
England
William J. Bryan
American Society
St. Petersburg
Russia
Panama
Manchuria
Alfred J. Frith
Frederick J. Bailey
Squimalt
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Colombia
Beaupre
Emperor William
Berlin
Swatow
China
North Sea
Canada
Miquelon
St. Terre Islands
United States
Decan
Cleveland declines third term bid in letter
Grover Cleveland declares he would not accept a third presidential nomination under any circumstances. In a hand written Princeton letter to St Clair McKelway of the Brooklyn Eagle he states his decision is final. An accompanying McKelway editorial says the move makes Judge Alton B Parker the logical Democratic candidate.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
United States
St. Clair McKelway
Brooklyn Eagle
Cleveland
Senator Die trich Secures Attorney in Omaha Defense
Senator Die trich arrived in Omaha from Hastings and immediately engaged Gen. John C. Gowin to conduct his defense after calling at Gowin's office.
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Omaha
Neb
Dietrich
Hastings
John C. Gowin
Fire Devastates Hill City South Side in Kansas
A Hill City special reports a large fire destroying most of the town's south side starting at daylight. Loss estimated above 100000 dollars with insurance covering about one third.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
State Journal
Hill City
Bliss urges reform at Army War College on war game study
Tasker H. Bliss proposes removing the college's duty of collecting military information and creating a rotating group of officers to develop and run a major war game. He also urges expanded study for organized militia officers to train Regimental leaders for wartime mobilization.
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Washington
Tasker H. Bliss
United States
Gen. Bliss
College of
Bliss
Eral
Tary
Indian Affairs Report Urges English Education For Indians
The annual report by Commissioner Jones calls for teaching Indians English and the necessity to work or starve. It notes 257 Indian schools with 24,357 pupils and 2,282 employees, plus details on dances and lands paid under the 1902 act.
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Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones
Ohio and Big Ten extend shutouts in Thursday football
Michigan blanked Chicago 28 to 0 while Northwestern fell to Carlisle 0 in a 28 point line. Minnesota beat Wisconsin 17 to 0 and Pennsylvania routed Cornell 42 to 0. Dartmouth overwhelmed Brown 62 to 0 and Knox defeated Beloit 23 to 0.
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Michigan
Chicago
Carlisle
Northwestern
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Nebraska
Illinois
Dartmouth
Brown
Knox
Beloit
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cuba
Bob Fitzsimmons
George Gardner
San Francisco
Ernest Pettit
Asheville
N. C
Aetna Powder Works
Miller Station
Albert Hoenscher
Charles L. Potter
A. Fisher
Lansing
John Holbrook
Eli R. Sutton
New York City
Allen Bros
Cincinnati
James J. Payne
Fairmount
Harry “Red” Hooper
Otero
New Mexico
Territory
Michi-gan
Corneil
Manhattan
Corporation of
New Harlem
James King Gracie
Frank Miller
Pulaski
Portsmouth
John K. Duke
Royal Building and Loan Association
William E. Hinshaw
Indiana Northern
Belleville
Joseph P. Hickey
Williamsberg
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Army
Fort Leavenworth
Chicago City Railway
Dun’s Weekly Review
Peter Niedermeyer
Panama Republic
San Andres
Providence
Albuquerque
Department of Bolivar
Chemulpo
Santo Domingo
Wosy Gil
Porto Rico
William
Buena Ventura
Gen. Reyes
America
Dreyfus
Paris
Thibet
India
Gen. Macdonald
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Board
United States Supreme Court
State of Kansas
Jewell Lutheran College
Jewell Junction
Iau
Art Melang
Randall
Armenia
New England
New Bedford
TSO
Augusta Siroux
Army War College
the Indian Bureau
Commissioner Jones
Fitzsimmons
Gardner
Honolulu
Gov. Carter
Capitol
Army
Telluride
Guy Miller
Telluride Miners’ Union
Western Federation of Miners
Unno
Miller
Miss Whittaker
Savannah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dean
Prrcnam
Miss Easy Whittaker
39Th St
Carter
Carters Ver
Tia Aosta
Fifa
Webster’s International
New Gazetteer of the World
New Biographical Dictionary
C. Merriam CO
Springfield
Mass
U.S. A
Shiloh
Telus
D.C
Feu
Railway and
Lana
Western
Western Canada
Ottawa
A. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo
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