Joint Note Signed by Powers on China Oversight
The joint note to China was signed by envoys of all powers at 11 a m. Saturday and will be delivered to Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching once Li recovers. It demands severe punishment for anti foreign rebels and promises continued occupation of Pekin and surrounding provinces until China complies with conditions. An answer is expected by Thursday.
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Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Europe
America
China
Senor
B. J. Cologan
Doyven
Diplomatic Corps
Kwang Shin
Chili
Kitchener Reports Progress in Cape Boer Movement
Lord Kitchener dispatches from Pretoria on December 22 stating the Boer movement into Cape Colony has been checked. Eastern Boer force remains north of the Zoutpansberg range while western column heads toward Britstown and Prieska. colonists armed to assist, rail and telegraph disrupted by weather. General French and Clements engage Beyers south of Magaliesberg. pursuit continues with captures of Kreuz and others and Colville’s forces clash near Vinkfontein.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Cape Colony
Zoutpausberg Range
Britstown
Prieska
Magaliesberg
Potchefstroom
Gordon
French
Clements
Oliphant
DeAar Junction
Beyers
Delarey
Magallesberg
Murder verdict in Sigourney links poisoning to husband
Sarah Kuhn found guilty of murder in the second degree for poisoning her husband in Sigourney Iowa. The verdict followed a trial on the poisoning charge with the jury recommending life imprisonment at hard labor. In Scranton Pennsylvania the Wyoming valley faced a strike by electric railway workers, leaving the area tied up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney, Ta
Sarah Kuhn
Scranton
Wyoming Valley
Glen Flora town site sold for 4500 dollars
Chippewa Falls Wis Dec 22 The town site of Glen Flora population 400 on the Soo railroad in Chippewa county a logging railroad six miles long and timber tract belonging to W P Switzer was sold to T J Connor The sale was handled by T B R Leonard and William Bowe attorneys of this city The consideration was 4500 dollars
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Glen Flora
Soo
Chippewa County
W. PF. Switzer
T. J. Connor
T. BR. Leonard
Willian Bowe
Burglars Hit Holcomb & Hoke Plant In Sullivan
Early Thursday burglars wrecked the office safe at the Holcomb and Hoke Manufacturing Co in Sullivan Indiana with an explosive believed to be dynamite. No money was taken and beds in the office were damaged.
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Sullivan
Ind
Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company
Clerk-Elect Keller Looses Finger in Unusual Ice Fishing Accident
Baraboo Wisconsin December 22 A C Keifer clerk of court elect for Sauk county lost a finger while ice fishing at Loddes mill. He and companions caught a pickerel that slipped through a hole and Keller reached to grab it. The fish clamped its jaws and bit his finger.
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Baraboo
Wis
A. C. Kefier
Sauk County
Metler Matt
W. J. Bell
Lodde’s Mill
Keller
War Official Murdered in Washington Office
Frank H. Morris of Ohio, auditor for the War Department, was shot and killed by Samuel Macdonald, also of Ohio, in Morris’s office on Seventeenth Street. Macdonald wounded the watchman, then shot himself and died later. motive cited include pay grievance or possible intoxication. Morris, 49, served as auditor.
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Washington
Frank H. Morris
Ohio
War Department
Samuel Macdonald
the Treasury
Winder Building
Seventeenth Street
Morris
MacDonald
Thomas Cusick
Hard Case of Miss Condit Smith Baggage Confiscation
Miss Mary Condit-Smith’s baggage was confiscated after being removed from the steamship St Louis and sent to the appraiser’s stores. She claimed lost clothing from Pekin and purchases in Paris, but officials said they must apply the law, not interpret it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Condit-Smith
St. Louis
Mss
Condit-Smith
Pekin
Paris
Berriman
Dowling
Two In The Kidnaping And The Cudahy Case
A Chicago report details two ban dits in the Cudahy kidnapping. One dark man is eliminated after Eddie Cudahy identifies the wrong suspect. A second man, described by three witnesses, remains at large. police press on while Pat Crowe is mentioned in relation to the case. Carnegie helps Fort Dodge secure a library site and funds.
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Omaha
Neb
Cudahy
Maud Munshaw
Donahue
Eddie Cudaly
Ed Johnson
Cudahy Packing Plant
Twenty-sixth
Walnut Streets
Grover Street Boase
Johnson
Hhis
Schneiderwind
Ekdine Cudahy
B. K R. Munshaw
James Schneiderwind
Frank Glynn
Thirty-sixth
Grover Streets
Glynn
Wat Crowe
BE. A. Cudahy
Pat Crowe
Crowe
Packer
Carnegie
Fort Dodge
Shoreham
Hanna
Solicitor O'Connell
Mint
Roberts
Treasury Department
Rockefeller Cures Deafness in Vienna Bride-to-be Alicia Rockefeller
Miss Alta Rockefeller returns from Vienna reportedly cured of deafness after Dr Isidor Muller inserted a gold plate and performed tympanum replacement. The engagement to Terrence Prentice is confirmed as the couple appear with family at the pier. Rockefellers celebrate a joyous reunion with plans for a quiet wedding next month in Vienna.
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New York
Cunardar Campania
Alta Rockefeller
Terrance
Bb. Parnalee Prentice
L. N. Spelman
John DD. Rockefeller
Johns
Miss Rockefeller
Percy Rockefeller
Prenthen
Rockefellers
Vienna
Isidor Muller
Muller
Society of Physicians
Tax Ferrer Law Valid. Towns May Seize Back Taxes
Polk county district court Judge Prouty ruled the tax ferret law valid enabling towns to collect back taxes on concealed personal property for five years with penalties. Retroactive provision upheld, while a Kosouth County judge had found it unconstitutional. Other items note Cullom in Chicago and Powers case adjournment, plus editor Porter’s death and Roy Roosevelt Mason election.
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Des Moines
Prouty
Polk County District Court
Supreme Court
Quarton
Wkosouth County
Diehl Found Guilty in Death Case of Miss Farwig
John Diehl, Anderson manufacturer, found guilty of complicity in the death of Miss Mary Farwig of Richmond after a criminal operation. Trial moved from Anderson to Newcastle on venue change. Jury returned verdict at 10:30 pm. sentence three to fourteen years at Michigan City penitentiary. Defense plans a new trial or appeal to the supreme court.
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Muneie
Ind
John Diehl
Anderson
Mary Farwig
Richmond
Newcastle
Farwig
Diehl
Munele
Leach
Indianapolis
Frank Diehla
Michigan City Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Fathers fall and boy scalded in Camden boiler tragedy
In Philadelphia a 6S year old Camden man and his son died at a machine shop after a boiler leak caused steam to escape. The father fell onto a cog wheel while attempting to rescue the boy, who had died earlier from scalding. The boiler safety valve had failed under 40 pounds of pressure.
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Philadelphia
Edward Clark
William
Camden
N. J
Clark
Young Clark
So Efficiently That He Agreed to Build Fort Dou rary
December 24 The Star says Andrew Carnegie of Intervaty and of dbravles left the Hereham hotel and began a journey toward Mane.
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Washington
Star Foye
Andrew Ocarnegion
Intervaty
Dbravles
Hereham Hotel
Mane
Rail Line Sells Round Trip Tickets at One and Third Fare
The kh and N. W. Ry. offer round trip tickets at one and one third fare on December 22 24 25 and 31 and January 1. Tickets valid until January 2, 1901. Tickets to all points within 200 miles of selling station at above rate.
One and one third fare to all points within 200 miles
On sale December 22 to 25 for return by January 2. Time the quickest and first class service. Agent E Stewarr promotes the special deal to travelers making short trips.
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All Pointe
E Stewarr
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LI Hung
Kitchener
South Africa
Edward H. Conger
Kreuz
Colville
Vinkfontein
Generat
Dupont
Augusta
New England
Quebec
Rene Dupont
Maine
Menominee, Wis
George Leona
Wallace
Menominee County
Waucedah
Mich
John Tone
Jehell Tone
Memios
Tane Broa
Dark Man
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Louis Tonhose
Judd
Here
Chicago
Peter Baggio
Canal Port Avenue
Centerville
James Kilroy
Harry Jarress
Hoosier
T. Henry Davis
Indiana Health Board
Allen County
Daniel Doods
Brook
Boon
Pwhiin
the Citizens' Savings Bank
Josefh Kreck
Frank Stewart
Citas
H. KeeKk
I. M. Sprout
Carl M. Krex
Towa
Senator Cullom
Shelby M. Cullom
Virginia Hotel
Yates
Frankfort
Dee
Court of Appeals
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Illinois
Emporia, Kas
H. D. Porter
Geneseo
Lis.) Republic
Oscar Aaronson
New York Hospital
Madison Square Garden
Gov. Roosevelt
Masons
Roosevelt
Matinecock Lodge
A. M
Oyster Bay
Hoodoo
Kokoma
Jerry Kirkman
Wisconsin Statesman
Cleveland
Herman B. Dahle
Wisconsin
Central
Ihiastings
Inez Gibson
T. 1
Gibson
Malvern
Linnglog
Carnegie Was
Dou
M. L. Logan
A. S. Hays
Temple Huoilding Dental
Evening Journal
Baird & Bailey's
O. F. Haight
Johnson's ‘Bakery
Johnson's Bakery
Harwood
South Side
Ashby
Nicola
H. Knecht
Baird & Bailey
Nu. AE
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Qofficr
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Orn C
W. E. Anderson
Klein's Clothing
Iowa
Hotel Allen
Frank Bowers
Marsh W. Bailey
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Madison Medicine Co
Madison
M. Lombardo’s
North Side
M. Lombardo
North Aide Square
T. J. Dempsey
National Bank
R. Jeffrey
Nan Whit
Bdu Waser
J.T. Anderson
Cotorer
A. H. Wallace
Press
A. Warre
Cashier
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
0. H. Keck
D. Robinson
J . H. Arann
F. EB. Townsend, D. D
Columbian School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
Dixon & Matthews
Postoffice
Kemble
Kemble Flower Co
Oskaloosa
R. F. Riley
Pantaloon
Sunta
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