Foraker Defends Porto Rico Policy At Cincinnati Meet
Senator J B Foraker told the Manufacturers' Club of Cincinnati that Congress liberalized Porto Rico's civil government and allowed local tax use. He noted tariff duties, remitted 85 percent on many articles, and said Porto Rico would keep revenues for its own government. A mass meeting of property owners was called Saturday to oppose poles and encroachments on Wisconsin street.
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Cincinnati
J. 7B
Foraker
Manufacturers’ Club
Harrison
Ann Arbor
Supreme Court
Congress
Porto Rico
Louisiana
Florida
California
National Treasury
Washington
United States
Wisconsin Street
Twe
Paroled convict Millspaugh faces Joliet confidence scheme
Joliet prison officials seek J R Mills paugh a paroled convict tied to a confidence game targeting Chicago merchants. He posed as a deputy purchasing agent for the penitentiary securing about five thousand dollars in advances from firms including Machinists Supply, American Wringer, and Frost Bros. Desks and office furniture were ordered to the prison. In Indianapolis a separate update reports William H Smythe of the Masons of Indiana shot. doctors see improvement and detectives probe the case for the alleged brone woman shooter.
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Joliet
Uls
J. R. Millspaugh
Chicago
Machinists’ Supply Company
Canal Street
American Wringer Company
Lake Street
Frost Bros
South Water Street
Millspaugh
Tremont House
Indianapolis
William H. Smythe
The
Masons of Indiana
Smythe
Telephone Company Men Evade Racine Peril
In Racine Wisconsin on December 2 the telephone crew kept clear of danger as a perilous incident unfolded. The workers avoided the area amid a tense situation affecting local property and public safety.
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Racine
Wis
Dee
the OiUeens
Ripley County Lynchings Case Ends With Compromise
In Osgood Indiana on December 29 the Lula C Jenkins suit against Sheriff Henry Busching bondsman and sixty Ripley County citizens over the 1897 lynching of William Jenkins was settled for four thousand dollars. The case drew national attention as the governor found negligence by local officials. Elsewhere trustees of Grand Prairie seminary Onarga Illinois raised seventy five thousand dollars for an endowment and secured twenty five thousand more from D K Pearsons of Chicago after two years of effort.
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William Jenkins
Gilman
Grand Prairie Seminary
Onarga
D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
Governor Tanner to Host Farewell Banquet in Wellington Hotel
Tonight Governor Tanner is to be feted by about twenty staff members at a Wellington hotel farewell event described as a social sendoff with no political aims. The report also notes a false disaster rumor in What Cheer and updates on hog losses in Wisconsin and a Michigan forgery extradition request sent to the War Department.
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Chicago
Tanner
Wellington
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Middleton
Cross Plains
Verona
Washington
State Department
Pingree
Michigan
Charles J. Thompson
Detroit
Thompson
Cuba
United States
War Department
General Wood
Havana
Chicago sealing a mixed day on grain and livestock markets
Chicago quotes show wheat and corn moving in narrow ranges with December values around .69 to .70 and 86 to .71 on futures. Oats steady, pork and lard bids firm with hogs trading near 12.20 and cattle at 4.60 to 6.10, while East Buffalo and St. Louis rundowns mirror cautious activity and steady to softer tones.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Steess Sas
Chicago Livestock
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
De Wet In Defeat As Kitchener Pursues Boer Forces
Cape Town reports General De Wet failed to break southward and is now at Senekal with a large commando, while Knox holds the region between Ladybrand and Winburg. Kitchener travels across South Africa to pursue De Wet, vowing to follow until captured and minimizing raids in Cape Colony.
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Cape Town
de Wet
Senekal
Fecksburg
Windburg
Knox
Ladybrand
Winburg
Orange River
Briistown
Kitchener
London
Pretoria
Deaar
Naarwpoort
Cape Colony
DeWet
Bola
Delarey
Veld
Colville
Gibraltar
South Africa
Methuen
Broadwood
Sanna
Imperial Yeononry
Lindley
the Times
Lord Landsdowne
Brodrick
Empress Dowager Names 15 Year Old Emperor in China
Wires from Shanghai report that while the court stayed at Tai Yuen Iu the empress dowager secretly appointed a new emperor, a 15 year old taken to Sian Fu in the imperial yellow chair. This move follows permission for Emperor Kwang Su to return to Peking.
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London
Shan
Nation Trial Delayed In Wichita Case
Disjointed OCR notes indicate a postponed trial involving a woman named Nation in Wichita Kansas. The fragment mentions the W or BU entities and a date noted as December 20, with garbled phrases about medical or cavey terms and a cavey hate bay phrase.
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Wichita
Kan
Dee
Carte Nation
Cavey Hate Bay
Uniform Legislation Movement Reports Third Biennial Update
Three commissioners Libby Higgin s Hamlin report on uniform legislation for divorce procedure across states. The draft bill limits residence changes for divorce, requires personal service where possible, and open court hearings with six month nonfinal decree for absentees. Also details a reference to judiciary committee. Meanwhile Nebraska teachers meet with Chancellor Andrew defending modern teaching facts and record attendance. Beach jailed in Indiana for attempted child kidnapping. copper found near Michigan lumber camp weighing 186 pounds.
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Augusta
Dee
Charles I. Libby
Portland
Frank M. Higgins
Limerick
Hannibal S. Hamlin
Ellsworth
Mattie
United States
Committee On Judiciary
Lincoln, Neb
State Teachers’ Association
Andrew
University of Nebraska
Association
Notable Deaths and Crises Across Cities From July Night
Reports detail Vester Griffin’s execution in Danville after killing Georgia King on July 30. Gottlieb Lawrich, dying of paralysis, lies imprisoned in Chicago. deaths from morphine and carbolic acid follow. Samuel McDonald’s condition worsens after a botched suicide attempt following Auditor Morris’s murder in Washington. Paris reports the death of Louis Bonaparte, a Paris tailor who claimed royal lineage. The French government eyes coal imports, and Lieutenant Gibson, Derby winner, is dead. Terrible storms lash the British coast with property and life losses. A Chicago wagon accident ends abruptly with a horse left behind.
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Vester Griffin
Georgia King
Danville
Gottlieb Lawrich
Chicago
Kittie Frank
Martha Zwaisler
Samuel McDonald
Auditor Morris
Washington
Charles Gustave Louis Bonaparte
Paris
Duke of
Reichstadt
L’aiglain
Lieutenant Gibson
Bold mall robbery at Michigan Central station in Wyandotte
The Wyandotte suburb near Detroit reports a daring Thursday night heist at Michigan Central station. A pouch with about 100000 in negotiable papers and checks vanished from the waiting room after two mail sacks and a second class matter bag were left behind. Night Operator Richer, unaware of the theft, learned of the loss from a fellow operator and a local oil peddler who found the rifled bag near a Standard Oil tank.
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Detroit
Dee
Michigan Central
Wyandotte
Richer
Col
Carl
Bessy
Standard OL Company
Identifies Pony Buried Link to Crowe in Omaha Case
Daniel Burris positively identifies a pony left at Mrs Mack's barn near Pacific Junction Iowa as the one sold to a man matching Pat Crowe. Mrs Thomas B Cooper selects Crowe photos from a gallery, linking Crowe to the crime. Police seek Lizzie Burns to glean more about Crowe. Burns last seen in South Omaha and Chicago.
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Omaha
Crowe
Lizzie Burns
Burns
South Omaha
Cudahy
Aince
Chicago
Holiday Round Trip Fares By Bh and N W Ry
The Bh and N W Ry offers round trip tickets at one and one third fare on December 22 25 24 25 and 31 and January 1. Tickets are valid until January 2 1901. Tickets sold to all points within 200 miles of selling station at the same rate.
One Way and Return Rail Fare to All Points Within 200 Miles
One and one third fare to all points within 200 miles on sale December 22 to 25 and January 1 to 2 for return. Tickets issued by Stewart, Agent, with fastest, first class service emphasized.
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All Pointe
Isk Stewart
Church Faction Vandalism Shocks East St Louis
St Patrick's church doors locked and windows nailed after vandalism blamed on church faction hostile to Bishop Janssen and Father Sweeny. Sexton guards the building with a revolver as glue filled organ and wax sealed keys damaged the instrument.
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East St. Louis
Hls
St. Patrick's Church
Sexton
Michael Slattery
Janssen
Father Sweeny
Fort Dodge
Johnnie Tonhose
Lew Tonhose
Judd
Neff and Myrtle Wright Freed in Pagosa Springs Case
A Pagosa Springs dispatch reports W. Kt. Neff and Mrs. Myrtle Wright, charged with murdering G. A. Barber of Iowa to cash his life insurance, were discharged at a preliminary hearing in Denver.
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Denver
Pagosa Springs
Colo
W. Kt. Neff
Myrtle Wright
G. A. Barber
Iowa
Wealthy Brazilian farmer found dead at home
Joel R. Drake one of the county’s wealthiest farmers was found dead on the floor of his Brazil Indiana home on Thursday. Authorities say he was in good health and the cause of death is not yet known with a coroner’s investigation pending.
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London
Spragge
Lindley
Ivor Guest
Ivor Churchill Guest
Lord Wimborne
Dorsetshire Yeomanry
Plymouth
Johannesburg
Kleinfontein
Botha
Rome
Major Grove Botha
Hague
Kruger
South Africa
Steyn
Cape Colony
Marschal Roberts
Gibraltar
Canada
Lord Roberts
Portugal
St. Vincent
Cape Verde Island
Roslin Castle
Halifax
Brazil
Ind
Joel R. Drake
Elderly Grant sburg man perishes in Welter fire
Andrew Lund an aged widower and former resident of Grantsburg Wisconsin died in a fire that destroyed his dwelling at Welter. Only a few charred remains were found, and no others were reported injured.
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Grantsburg
Wis
Dee
Andrew Lund
Jersey
Welter
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Ottumwa
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Evening Journal
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New York
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War Office
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Sarah
Lou Cunningham
Cumberland River
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J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Bear Alberson's Grocery
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Ora Aatore
W. E. Anderson
Klein's
Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
Marsh W. Bailey
J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Madison Medicine Co
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M. Lombardo
North
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Peg Teen Ein
T. J. Dempsey
IssiDe Square
W. R. Jeffrey
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J.T. Anderson
A. H. Wallace
A. Wurm
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First National Bank
Washington, Jows
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Columbian School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
Dixon & Matthews
Postoffice
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Kemble Flower Co
Oskaloosa
R. F. Riley
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