China Accepts Joint Note and Plans Unto Limiting Forts
Peking reports the Chinese plenipotentiaries have been ordered to sign the preliminary joint note and seek the best terms. Li Hung Chang, in poor health, may delegate powers to Prince Ching while awaiting another plenipotentiary. Dispatches confirm Emperor Kwang Issu’s intent to suspend hostilities and return to Beijing by February end. Meanwhile US Senate elections loom with nine candidates and three runners for speaker among Republicans.
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Peking
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Senor de Cologan
Lim
Havas
Paris
China
Emperor Kwang Isu
War Office Dispatch From Pretoria Reports Boer Gains
Lord Kitchener dispatches say Belvelia post captured by Boers with about fifty killed or wounded and two hundred taken prisoner. Helvetia retaken by Reeves with Belfast reinforcements. Zeerust siege and Nodhtgedad fight cited as burdens, Australians and Canadians urged for five months service in irregular corps. A mixed picture for Cape Colony as Boers seek peace. Local crime notes report Hubbyck shooting wife then suicide in Denver. Lawson Cup to have two masters Hank Haff sailing master and Nate Watson advising.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Lyttleton
Belvelia
Kitchener
Helvetia
Reeves
Belfast
Hlvetia
Machadodorp-Lydenburg
Liverpool Regiment
England
DeWet
Kimberly
Lydenburg
TardiKtchener
Cape Colony
Zeerust
Varnarvon
Clements
Nodhtgedad
Durban
Australasia
Canada
Natal
Johannesburg
Cape
Roston
Hank Haff
Nate Watson
Two United States Senators to Elect at Its Coming
Lincoln Nebraska reports only the upcoming election to fill two United States Senate seats. Voter interest rises as the state prepares for the November term and party candidates await formal campaigns.
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United States
Thurston
Hayward
House
Sears
Burt County
McCarthy
Dixon
Andrews
Frontier
Fuson
Strange disposition of Nashville will shocks locals
Nashville Tennessee December 31 news reports a will favoring broker Thomas J Felder and his wife of New York with a $3000 100 estate share, though Murphy had never met them. Murphy the wealthiest man in Tennessee made his fortune in Cincinnati liquor business during the Civil War. He left $50000 to each of his nieces if they do not contest the will and the remainder to Felder and his wife.
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Nashville
Tenn
Thomas J. Felder
New York City
Samuel M. Murphy
Murphy
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Felder
Felders
Elder
Velder
Populists Oppose Fusion With Social Democrats Reformers
In St Louis on Saturday the middle of the road Populist national committee and reform leaders debated allying with Social Democrats and Union Reform parties. The majority opposed fusion and backed pursuing Populist work independently, with a detailed party view to be issued. Chicago fire at Marshal Field store caused major damage costing about 25000.
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St. Louis
Populist National Committee
St. James Hotel
Social-Democratic
Union Reform
Chicago
Marshal, Field & Co
Churchill and Manager Beset by Illness and Strike
Ottawa reports a rupture between Winston Churchill and his New York manager Major Pond over pay. Churchill claims overwork. Pond says Churchill struck for higher pay. Churchill remains in Ottawa. a Brantford lecture was canceled as Churchill did not travel.
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Ottawa
Ont
Winston Churchill
Major Pond
New York
Churchill
United States
Brantford
Storms Across Plains And A Kentucky Bankruptcy Filing
A heavy snow storm began in St Joseph and spread across Kansas Nebraska Iowa and northern Missouri with falling temperatures. A Colorado blizzard persisted through yesterday. In Lexington Kentucky Judge Z Gibbons filed bankruptcy papers for Rev T C Stackhouse a noted Baptist preacher and horse breeder. In Washington Samuel McDonald who killed War Department auditor Morris died from wounds after shooting and self inflicted injuries.
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St. Joseph
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Denver
Colorado
Lexington
Z. Gibbons
T. C. Stackhouse
Stackhouse
Kentucky
Washington
Samuel McDonald
Hl. Morris
War Department
McDonald
Morris
Crusaders Against Crime Strike First Victory in Chicago
A Chicago grand jury returned true bills against seventeen men for gambling and disorderly houses. The sweep hits both notable and minor figures labeled as political operators. In Milbank South Dakota a brother’s Philippines reunion letter from a presumed dead soldier arrives home. A fire in Morristown Pennsylvania destroys the Carrie Opera House near Wichita causing about $25,000 in losses.
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Chicago
Crusaders Against Crime
Louix Falls
S. D
L. E. Morley
Milbank
H. A. Morley
Philippines
Michigan
San Francisco
Wichita, Kas
Morristown
Here
Scandalous Scenes at Zionist Meeting in Bermondsey
London reports a Zionist meeting at Bermondsey town hall last evening descended into a disturbance culminating in a free fight.
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London
Bermondsey Town Hall
Ashanti Rebellion Ended as Rebel Chiefs Surrender
London dispatch reports Colonel Willcocks cabled that the Ashanti rebellion is over with all rebel chiefs surrendering. The election riot in Spain caused fatalities and injuries, with reports of chaos and protests affecting voters.
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London
Dee
Willcocks
Spain
Muididid
Il Wa Pisikalia
Steven Periously
Gishada
Pat Crowe Identified Renting Scheniderwind House in Cudahy Case
Omaha reports broommaker John Smith positively identified Pat Crowe as the man who rented the Grover Street house used as a prison for Edde Cudahy during the $25,000 ransom case. A new threatening letter to Cudahy is believed same author.
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Omaha, Neb
John Smith
Schneiderwind
Pat Crowe
Grover Street
Edde Cudahy
Smith
Cudahy
Donahue
Mysterious Eloise Tarrell letter on Cudahy case and other notices
The Enquirer reports a second letter from Eloise Tarrell denying Lizzie Burns as her identity and promising to reveal facts about the Cudahy kidnapping. Other items note treasury officials at Baltimore ceremonies, a lost portrait of Chief Justice Marshall found in Illinois, and Mrs. Cornelia Fairbanks agreeing to allow her name as president general candidate for the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Cincinnati
the Enquirer
Eloise
Eloise V. Tarrell
Omaha
Lizzie Burns
Hell
Washington
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Cornelia Cole Fairbanks
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
Courts Decline Jurisdiction in Linating Case
A court, in a terse ruling, states it has no jurisdiction over the Linating matter. Det. AieeWhel and Judge Wisner are noted in the terse decision regarding the apt room dispute.
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Linating
Mith
Det
Pia
Dudge
Wisner
Saloons Close Tight in Chicago Under New Blue Law
Chicago shuts all saloons at midnight as Carter H Harrison begins his term. Police Chief Ripley released the order, officers read it at roll call, and citywide closures met laughter then obedience. Captains, lieutenants enforced the measure, leaving no liquor establishment open.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Joseph Ripley
Novelty in Newspaper World Prompts Harmsworth Day
Alfred Harmsworth takes charge of the New York World for one day to show a Twentieth Century newspaper concept. The move follows a rumored $20,000 charity offer from Joseph Pulitzer if Harmsworth could prove his ideas.
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New York
Alfred Harmsworth
London Daily Mail
New York World Today
Harmsworth
Joseph Pulitzer
Tharmasworth
Tharmsworth
Ex-Quartermaster General White Pays Pardon Fine
Detroit reports ex quartermaster general W L White paid one thousand dollars as first installment of a five thousand dollar fine tied to a pardon from Governor Pingree after a ten year prison sentence for state military frauds. Des Moines notes Dr A Y Hull father of Representative Hull dies in Kiowa Kaw. Funeral planned in Des Moines. Hull family travels from Washington.
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Detroit
Creneral W. L. White
Pingree
Ingham County
Des Moines
A. Y. Hull
Representative Hull
Les Moines
Kiowa
Kaw
Hull
John A. Hull
Washington
Lowa
Fire destroys business district in Hunter North Carolina
A fire in Hunter North Carolina wipes out the town’s business section with an estimated loss of 75000 dollars. Hamil tons drug store Wehlitz and Company general merchandise Mitchells harness store and other firms are burned out. William J Bryan visits Galveston and departs with Colonel Moody for the county hunt in planned pursuit of a party.
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Hunter
N. C
Hamiltons
Wehlitz & Company
Mitchell’s
Griffin's
Tribune
Gray & Company
McMillen
Galveston
William J. Bryan
W. L. Moody
Cuba Controversies Over Suffrage and Presidency
Havana readers confront the Cuban constitutional convention's debates on universal suffrage vs. educational and property qualifications, with racial balance shaping the vote. The eastern black majority and western factions clash while federal vs central governance is weighed. fear of a black-dominated state informs U.S. reaction and policy. In political maneuvering, two Gomezes reconcile over Cuba’s independent government and presidential eligibility principles.
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Havana
Senores Rivera
Quesada
Maura
Juan Gualberto Gomes
Aleman
Laeret
Jose Monteguedo
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Touerto Principe
Santago
Uited
San Domingo
Assembly
Gomez
Pouerto Principe
Gomezes
Juan Gaulberto
Cuba
Juan Gaulbert
General Rivera
United States
Maximo Gomez
Juan Guulberto
Maximo
Holiday Rate Round Trip Tickets From Bb. & N. W. Ry
The Bb. and N. W. Ry will offer round trip tickets at one and one third fare on December 22 23 24 25 and 31 and January 1. Tickets valid through January 2 1901. Eligible for all points within 200 miles of selling station.
One-Third Fare to All Points Within 200 Miles
On sale December 22 24 25 81 and January tat good until January 24 for return. Time the quickest and first class KF E Stewart agent.
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All Pointe
E Stewart
Postmaster General Declines Illinois Postmasters Visit
Washington December 31 The postmaster general declined the Illinois Postmasters association invitation to attend their convention in Brthá field and to discuss official business during the congressional session.
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Washington
Postmaster General
Ilinois Postmasters’ Association
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N. Y
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Lew Tonhose
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U. S
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Bailey
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J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Washington, Iowa
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Ore C'setore
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W. E. Anderson
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E. Mor Sq
Ocall
Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
Marsh W. Bailey
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Madison Medicine Co
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MWI
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T. J. Dempsey
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A. T. Anderson
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Ized Cotobar
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C. M. Knew
Cash
First National Bank
Wm Blair
H. Keck
L D Robinson
Hwaerndarann
FE E. Townsend, D. D
Columbian School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, MO
Dixon & Matthews
Kemble
Kemble Flower Co
Oskalonna, Towa
R. F. Riley
Pantaloons
Anita
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