Fire at midnight damages R C Peterson Co stock
A midnight blaze destroyed the dry goods stock of the R C Peterson Co in the Haradon Block causing about 10 000 in property damage to the block plus over 1 000 for other tenants Petersons loss reached 21 000 with 12 000 covered by insurance Separately in Independence smallpox patient moved to pest house and Empire house quarantine continues
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Evening Journal
Marshalltown
Iowa
R C. Peterson Co
Haradon
Peterson
Independence
Empire House
Alger Watching The War In Transvaal
Former Secretary of War Alger says America did better than Britain in mobilizing for war. He notes the U S lacked ships funds and an organized army yet sent more troops to Cuba Porto Rico and Manila than the British sent to Africa. He argues Congress provided $50 million and the U S needed to equip enlist and muster troops.
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Detroit
Alger
Transvaal
British War Office
England
War Department
Congress
Cuba
Porto Rico
Manila
Africa
Indian knife duel ends in young Winnebago death
William Blowsnake, a Winnebago brave, died days after a knife fight with a fellow warrior near a Wisconsin Indian village. The drunken quarrel led to a shoulder wound, and despite tribal medicine and incantations the wound proved fatal. The tribe may administer its own justice.
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Black River Falls
Wis
William Blowsnake
Blowsnake
Kinney Identity Sparks Chicago Police Mystery
James Kinney, believed killed in a Chicago brawl, has reappeared, prompting police to question the burial and identify the man. The incident follows broader local unrest as others speculate on the true fate of Kinney.
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San Francisco
Pee
Royal Arcanum
Medinah Temple
Chicago
June W. Gayle
Goebel
Kentucky
New York Presbytery
A. C. McGiffert
James Kinney
Kinney
Escape of J H Morton Sparks Wife Claim of Spur of Moment
Mrs J H Morton says her husband acted on impulse when escaping from Sheriff Davenport by leaping from a moving train near Farley Iowa. She traveled with him from Boston toward Sioux City with funds and new clothes, claiming no premeditation and ignorance of alleged forgery until his arrest.
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Marshall, Mich
Sioux City
J. H. Morton
Davenport
Farley
Boston
Towa
Morton
Illinois Supreme Court voids Chicago anti department store ordinance
The Illinois Supreme Court voided Chicago’s anti department store ordinance and upheld a Cook County criminal court verdict fining Charles Netcher for selling certain merchandise. The court ruled the ordinance interfered with constitutional rights and deprived property without due process. The decision quotes protection of ownership and sale rights under the U.S. and Illinois constitutions.
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Springfield
Ills
Ilinois Supreme Court
Chicago
Criminal Court of
Cook County
Charles Netcher
Boston
United States
Illinois
Lawton Killed Leading Charge in Philippines
General Lawton was killed instantly at 9:50 am near San Mateo in Luzon while leading a thrust against insurgents. His death follows a day of hard marching and bitter combat as American forces drove toward Mariquina and cleared the valley before Manila.
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Washington
War Department
Lawton
San Mateo
Luzon
Manila
Otis
Mariquina Valley
Ger
Onimo
Mariquina
Fourth Cavalry
la Loma
Enmy
Lockett
Tie
Turmoil at Opening of the Stock Exchange
New York December 20 Wall Street drew crowds to the Stock Exchange galleries as the opening bell rang. Traders traded heavily with wild, irregular fluctuations in the first hour as large blocks moved and bears covered shorts. Bond buying supported prices while some railroad and steel stocks breached resistance before activity cooled in the second hour.
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New York
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Metropolitan
Sugar
Peoples Gas
Mentor tenement fire claims seven lives in New York
A blaze at the Mentor tenement on One Hundred and Second Street and Third Avenue killed five occupants and left six others seriously injured. Among the dead were John Barrett and his wife, Julia Barrett, and six year old Julia. A second fire on Tenth Avenue near Thirty-eighth Street killed Mrs. Marhalox and her child George, aged two percent.
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New York
One Hundred and Second Street
Third Avenue
John Barrett
Barrett
Julia Barrett
Aannie Farrey
Richard Nickerson
Delia O'Connell
Kate Farrey
Susan Madee
Mary Barrett
Mamie Leary
Kate
State aid for colleges meeting to change Indiana policy
A conference in Indianapolis on December 20 gathered men and women from across the state to oppose current state college funding. The group urged diversifying support beyond one college, one law school, and one normal school, claiming fewer than one-fifth of educated applicants are served. They expect another meeting to plan further action.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Dennison Hotel
Denver Aldermen Adopt Sympathy Resolution for Transvaal War
The Denver board of aldermen approves a joint resolution expressing sympathy for the Transvaal Republic in its conflict with Great Britain. Dillaway and Starr of Boston have assigned. The Hindis supreme court denies a rehearing in the glucose trust case, heading to the US Supreme Court. Captain George W. Melville is nominated engineer in chief and chief of the bureau of steam engineering with rear admiral rank.
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Board of Aldermen of
Denver
Transvaal Republic
Great Britain
Dillaway & Starr
Boston
Hlindis Supreme Court
Glucose Trust
United States Supreme Court
George W. Melville
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Department of the Navy
Regulation of Lake Erie level via Niagara discharge study
Detroit reports a US board survey on controlling Lake Erie by a fixed weir and sluices near Niagara Falls. It details a 2000 foot concrete weir, thirteen 80 foot sluices, and a canal with lock on the American side. Estimated total cost is 4 124 800 dollars.
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Ap International
Detroit
United States Board of Engineers
Great Lakes
Secretary of War
Lake Erie
Hudson River
Congress
Niagara
Niagara River
Lake St. Clair
Lake Huron
United States
Will Probate for Selina Winslow's 1800 Wisconsin Will
The will of Selina Winslow, who died in Racine on February 17 1800 is admitted to probate in Racine County Court with $20 000 estate. Bequests to relatives in Racine Chicago New York and England, a codicil giving $1500 to the old ladies home faces questions of validity. A contest over incapacity was withdrawn Yet the codicil was challenged because witnesses signed after her death.
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Racine
Wis
Selina Winslow
Chicago
New York
England
Old Ladies
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Pest House
Uncle Sam
Winnebago
Ruhlin
Conroy
Gus Ruhlin
Akron, D
Giant
Troy
N. Y
Broadway Athletic Club
Peoria
Elmwood Coal Company
Henry W. Lynch
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Manistee
Mich
Lutz & Cosier
Bear Lake
Muscatine, Ta
Albion, Mich
Karl Kopp
Ill
Milwaukee
Edward Schuengel
Bishop
Chicago Grain and Produce
Texas
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis Grain
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Northern
Becon
C. Roye
John B. Biscoe
Charleston
Iws
Francis J. Dewes
Brave Lawton
Geronimo
Miles
Arizona
Root
Fort Wayne
Fiitt
Tennessee
Chickamauga
Spain
Oho
Chicago Board of Trade
H. W. Lawton
Dowie
Zion
Benton Township
Waukegan
Disciples of Divine Healing
John Alexander Dowie
The
Board of Engineers
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Chase& Jon Cashter
Frank Stewart
Casey Bros
Reed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
E. M. McConaughy
Orfice
Ll. Klein's Clothing
P. W. McElwain
Washinaron Lowa
J. R. Burroughs
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Wasminton, TA
W. E. Anderson, M.D
Klein's Clothing
Cormmnerce Square
Office
Washington, Towa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
Marsh W. Bailey
Orrick
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
Atore
Garmen
West Delong's
C. S. Lemmon
L. D. Robinson
Mr. Lemmon
Will
Kendrick
Citizens’ Bank of
Sioux Center
American Surety Company
State Department
France
China
Porter
Corbett
Racine, Wis
Milwaukee Picture
Rev
D. B. Cheney
West Point
Hague
Antwerp
Rocky Mountain
Burlington
Philadelphia
Fox
H. Sanford
Tssuane
Pries
T. J. Dempsey
National Bank
W. BR. Jeffrey
Pres
A. Ee
J. T
Ande Ikon
Washington County Savings Bank
Jon. Knox
A. Warrm
Cashier, Co
H. Keow
V. P
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
D. H. Keck
LD. Robinson
Frank Howart
J. ¥. Henderson
E. C. Keck
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
City Feed Store and Feed Yard
MASON
Frank Rogers
RE. F. Riley Flas
Smouse
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