Arbitration Pact Advances at Pan American Conference
Delegates at the Pan American conference in Mexico reached a substantial, nearly unanimous agreement on arbitration. The plan centers on The Hague convention with the United States and Mexico leading. signatories will join a broader compulsory scheme among others like Chile and Colombia, though not with Pan American endorsement. Volney Foster predicts a successful congress and a fixed closing date of January 5.
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City
Mexico
Argentina
United States
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Nicaragua
Volney Foster
Chicago
Congress
Foster
Tragedy In House Fire Ends In Fatality And Arresting Mystery
Miss James is found dead in the upper part of a house while Anderson, badly burned, is rushed to hospital where doctors fear he cannot survive. Police report a soot clogged chimney and smoke filling a tightly closed residence as the cause.
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James
Anderson
Chicago Real Estate Dealer Charged With Assault
State's Attorney Breece filed in circuit court affidavit charging John Christman a Chicago real estate dealer with assault and intent to commit murder. Governor Durbin will be asked for requisition papers for Christman's return to this county for trial. Christman allegedly entered the law office of F R Liddell and struck him with a notarial seal.
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Laporte
Ind
Breece
John (. Christman
Chicago
Durbin
Christman
F. R. Liddell
Boers Attack Firman Camp at Zeefontein
Lord Kitchener reports from Johannesburg that on December 24 Colonel Firman’s Zeefontein camp was rushed by DeWet’s force. The camp housed three Yeomanry companies and two guns. Casualties feared heavy. Two regiments of light horse pursue the Boers.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Johannesburg
Rundle
Firman
Zeefontein
DeWet
Coal famine hits St. Joseph and Benton Harbor
Scarcity of coal due to severe weather disrupts the St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Electric Street Railway. Officials fail to renew coal orders for ten days, resorting to burning old ties to power the system and leaving cars idle briefly while a new supply is sought.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Benton Harbor
Tramp Attacks Locomotive Engineer On Moving Train
Locomotive engineer L C Sherman was attacked from the tank by a tramp while his Burling ton train ran at full speed near Red Oaks Iowa. The grappling pair fell, Sherman unconscious on the ice, the tramp fled. Sherman transported to Lincoln Nebraska with poor recovery prospects.
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Burlington
L. C. Sherman
Sherman
Lincoln
Neb
Julius Mayer
Detroit
Victoria Hotel
Chicago
Charles Bartel
Trenton
N. J
Colombia Venezuela clash unsettles border mood
Reports from coast towns in Colombia and Venezuela say both sides blame each other for arming and invading. No war declaration reported. Interior Colombia sees little fighting, Liberal insurgents near Honda dispersed by government troops as General Castro fortifies towns around Lorenzo’s La Negrita retreat.
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Colombia
Venezuela
Honda
Magdalena River
Castro
Lorenzo
la Negrita
Guajira Peninsula
Colombian
Cauca
Coal gas killed them in Fort Wayne residence
Schaffer 65, German retired grocer, his companion Henry Anderson 60, and Anna James were exposed to coal gas in the Broadway home Tuesday night. Anderson died soon after. James and Schaffer were dead. A nephew forced entry Wednesday morning after Christmas gifts were found undelivered.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
George Schaffer
Broadway
Anna James
Henry Anderson
Schaffer
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promoted as Cure
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for stomach and digestive disorders claiming it heals digestion and nutrition diseases and even cures related liver lung and heart conditions. It emphasizes its temperance nature with no alcohol and cites a testimonial from J O Beers of Missouri. It also mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a remedy.
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Pierce
J. O. Beers
Berryman, Crawford Co
Dr. Pierce
Market Reports from Chicago East Buffalo and St Louis
Daily livestock and grain price sketches from Chicago East Buffalo and St Louis with receipts and bid ranges for hogs cattle sheep and lambs along with grain quotes for wheat corn and rye from major market hubs. Notable values include hogs at 4.25 to 6.60 per cwt cattle varying by grade and region and wheat at 86 to 91 cents per bushel.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Isles of the Blest: Dorn and Haag Plot Pacific Island Venture
A Chicago tale claims Dorn and Haag plan to create an independent Pacific government by seizing thirteen islands totaling 17 000 square miles with a native population. They allegedly secured 500 000 dollars with backing from a Washington cabinet figure and involve mining vastness rivaling Colorado California or the Klondike. The plan centers on a mysterious venture supposedly backed by German connections and American mining expert Avred Manag.
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Chicago
United States
Pacific
Colorado
California
Klondike
Washington
Dorn
Pacific Ocean
Emil Dorn
Ciy
New York
Germany
von Moltke
Haag
Avred Manag
Pacific Islands
Rich mineral islands lure Americans for 800 expedition
Haag reports vast copper gold silver and coal stores on mythical islands. An American venture seeks 800 men with ships and gear, backed by Detroit and New York financiers, to sail February 1 from San Francisco. Germans and French seek claims while arms may be used. many applicants refused.
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United States
South American
Abyssinia
Antwerp
Dorn
Detroit
New York
Germany
Haug
Europe
Chicago
San Francisco
Christmas at Joliet State Prison Observed Quietly
Joliet Illinois December 27 The usual holiday was observed at the state penitentiary with cooks not working and inmates spending most of the day in their cells. Best's Concert Company performed in the chapel and the Christmas dinner featured roast pig a whole pie per man and two cigars per inmate. Women inmates received an entertainment and an extra dinner.
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State Penitentiary
Best's
Thiele Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Villisca Stabbing
In Red Oak Iowa on December 27 S H C Thiele was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He killed his wife on a Villisca street last June after deserting her and six children at Clarinda two years earlier. She had filed for divorce and planned to marry a Villisca man.
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C. Thiele
Thiele
Villisca
Clarinda
Miles resumes duties at war department
Lieutenant General Miles has returned to work in his office at the war department. Simon Owens aged 102 was burned to death in his Guthrie Oklahoma cabin after a fire yesterday. Andrew Carnegie offers Kalispell Montana ten thousand dollars for a city library. The National Commercial Teachers Federation meets in St. Louis. Eighty infantrymen at Pherekhe Wwe suffer breakfast poisoning but all are expected to recover. The Order of the Golden Fleece is awarded to Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch of Russia.
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War Department
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Guthrie
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Order of the Golden Fleece
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Russia
Andrew Carnegie
Kalispell
Mont
National Commercial Teachers’ Federation
St. Louis
Eighteenth Infantry
Consul Norton Sees Great Opportu nity for U S Trade in Harput Turkey
Extracts from United States Consul Norton at Harput report a 1900 trade of about 4 million dollars in the Mamouret al Agis and Diarbekir district with equal exports and imports. Norton notes American schooling, reapers, sewing machines, life policies, and bicycles have boosted demand, while Germans and English lose market share. He urges American traders to move in now to secure a lasting foothold.
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Harpur
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Austria
England
Harput District
Ottumwa Wins Glee Choir Prize At Iowa Eisteddfod
In Ottumwa Iowa the singing prizes at the Iowa Eisteddfod were hotly contested with over 1 000 dollars awarded. The Ottumwa chorus led by Mrs Frances Clark won the sixty voice glee choir prize of 40 and a separate sixty voice choral prize of 100 plus a medal and 25 for the conductor in the night session.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Williamsburg
Frances Clark
Des Moines
Marriage Follows Breach Case Victory in Illinois
In Mattoon Illinois Barnett T Morrow and Miss Rose Ellen Graham of Grand View wed after Miss Graham won a breach of promise suit for 5000 dollars two weeks earlier. Engaged last June she prepared her trousseau while Morrow went to Oklahoma returning to refuse marriage. He faced 1000 dollars damages in Edgar county court before reconciliation.
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Barnett T. Morrow
Rose Ellen Graham
Grand View
Miss Graham
Morrow
Trousseau
Oklahoma
Edgar County
Friends
Express wreck near Hartwell injures six passengers and two trainmen
A foggy night caused the southbound Chicago express on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Day ton road to strike a freight train at Hartwell. Three freight cars were demolished. Four passengers and two trainmen on the express sustained injuries though not serious. The wrecking train en route to Hartwell then crashed, killing Patrick Mc Coy and fatally injuring William Nip per and Louis tenbrink.
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Chicago
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Hartwell
Patrick McCoy
William Nipper
Louis ‘Tenbrink
Colombian republi c finances slump under rebellion strain
Washington reports from the Colombian legation detail a dire financial condition tied to the rebellion. Paper money has depreciated severely with 45 dollars in paper money equaling only 1 dollar in gold.
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Washington
Washington Governor dies in Olympia
Governor J. H. Rogers of Washington State died at 8 p.m. yesterday after several days of illness.
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Washington
Olympia
Wash
J. H. Rogers
Factory Fire at Cudahy Plant Causes Big Loss in Omaha
Fire struck the pharmaceutical department of the Cudahy Packing Company plant in Omaha and caused damage estimated at 825 000 dollars or 40 000 pounds before firefighters quenched the blaze. Proceedings begin for a Roman pontifical mission to King Edward's coronation. The Navy Department starts steps toward wireless signaling on warships. The American Archaeological Quest meeting opens in New York at Columbia University, Bergen.
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Cudahy Packing Company
Omaha
Edward
Navy Department
Archaeological
Qestiente of America
Bergin
Columbia University
New York
Harlem Race Riot Ends With Arrests and Wounded
A Harlem clash between about 100 whites and 100 negroes left four whites and several blacks wounded. Police attacked rioters driving attackers back to tenements as stones, revolvers, and razors figured in the melee. Fifteen negroes were arrested.
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New York
Harlem
Wallace Hopper Heir Relinquishes Claim to Fortune
Thomas Wallace, brother of actress Edna Wallace Hopper, relinquishes his claim to the estate for 500 cash and 100 a month for life. The will left most of the fortune to Edna Hopper with 50 000 to Thomas payable at age 45. Thomas, longtime Chienage saloon man, agreed after consulting his sister and attorney.
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Chicago
Thomas Wallace
Edna Wallace Hopper
Chienage
Eight Men Likely Drowned In Parkhurst Schooner Loss
Gloucester Massachusetts December 26 Eight men are believed dead after the schooner Eliza H Parkhurst from this port with six crew and one passenger Lawrence McDonald of the city vanished in a gale that began November 28 near the Bay of Islands. The vessel carried a cargo of herring and was posted missing by its owners. Captain John D McKinnon commanded the Parkhurst setting out November 24 for Gloucester.
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Mass
Eliza H. Parkhurst
Parkhurst
John D. McKinnon
Bay of Islands
Lawrence McDonald
Lawyer shoots at Dodd in Birmingham trial room
W M Little a lawyer and former consul shot William L Dodd and his brother in a Birmingham room where Dodd faced trial on mail fraud charges connected to the Birmingham Debenture Redemption company. Little, deranged by mental strain, announced he would die and fired. only one bullet struck W J Dodd’s shoulder. Dodd is expected to recover.
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Ala
W. M. Little
Honduras
Cleveland
William IL. Dodd
Southern Mutual Aid Association
Little
Dodd
Birmingham Debenture Redemption Company
James L. Dodd
W. J. Dodd
North Carolina
Condition of Gen. Alger Shows Slight Improvement
Detroit December 25 General Alger who underwent surgery last Sunday has a stomach disturbance that raised his fever but the fever is easing. He has taken water by the stomach for the first time and Dr Jennings expects the worst to pass if the trend continues. The general remains in a serious condition for about a week more and is cheerful.
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Detroit
Mich
Alger
Jennings
Minshall Will Indicates $1 Million Estate Plan
Terre Haute Indiana December 25 The will of Delos W Minshall filed for probate lists a $1 000 000 estate He bequeaths 5000 to local organized charity 1000 to the day nursery 1000 to Allen Chapel A M E Church Two sisters receive the rent from business property and seven nieces get 1000 each
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Terre Haute
Ind
Delos W. Minshall
Society For Organized Charity
Allen Chapel
Furniture manufacturers seek national group for mutual protection
In Indianapolis on December 25 J Newton Nind of Chicago and C Loring of Boston spoke to local furniture men at the Denison hotel about forming a national organization. The promoters say the aim is mutual protection not price increases. In Kokomo Indiana on December 26 a medicine bottle exploded in an oven injuring Mrs Julia Welsh and a baby of Mrs Barclay Donahue.
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Indianapolis
J. Newton Nind
Chicago
C. Loring
Boston
Denison Hotel
Kokomo, Ind
Julia Welsh
Barclay Donahue
Bartender Charles Johnson Dies From Stabbing Wounds
Des Moines Iowa December 26 Charles Johnson a bartender died yesterday from wounds suffered in a stabbing fray by an unknown assailant during Tuesday night. The pursuit of the murderer is described as very slight.
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Des Moines
Charles Johnson
Man Ends Life After Christmas Dinner in Cleveland
John Van Eata, 41, reportedly shot himself after leaving the Christmas dinner table in Cleveland. Police say the death occurred in an adjoining room yesterday, and the exact motives remain under investigation.
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Cleveland
Dee
John Vaneata
Taylors Falls Man Kills Mother with Ax
Abe Nelson, an elderly Taylors Falls resident, killed his 80 year old mother by splitting her head with an ax. He was described as weak minded. Simp son Clothing in St. Joseph assigns. Jacques Francois Henri Poupier, noted French publicist and former chamber deputy member, is dead.
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Abe Nelson
Taylor’s Falls
Minn
Simpson Clothing Company
St. Joseph
Jacques Francois Henri Poupier
Chamber of Deputies
Prisoner’s brutal bath routine sparks inquiry at house of correction
A Chicago prisoner, Michael McGinnis, faced repeated baths and transfers in the yarn mill as staff insisted orders governed his treatment. The story also notes a peculiar letter about volunteers, a missing boy seeking money for a sick sister, Senator Mason’s visit to a Pure Food show, and a near-tragic track incident involving Nelson L. Stow.
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Chicago
McGinnis
McGlants
Pure Food Commission
United States Senate
Pure Food Commissions
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Johnson
Nelson L. Stow
Evanston
Chicago and Northwestern
Main Street
Bavinston
Clifford
Stow
Maude Miller Daughter of Joaquin Miller Dies in Oakland
Actress and Joaquin Miller's daughter Maude Miller McCormick dies in Oakland from heart trouble at age unspecified. Public attention notes her stage career and family name.
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Joaquin Miller
Oakland
Cal
Maude McCormick
Miss Maude Miller
Fire devastates Dead Wool Opera House and local factory
A blaze completely destroyed the Dead wool opera house in S, causing an estimated loss of 385000 dollars. The G Gra ham Machine Company factory in Rochester North Carolina was also totally destroyed by fire with a 100000 dollar loss.
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Rochester
N. C
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