Emperor William Urges Army Reform in New Century Parade
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William addressing garrison officers on New Year’s parade. He laments Frederick the Great era and praises self sacrifice, vows to modernize navy, and establishes a new century army badge signaling unity of empire. The speech links past trials to duty and training.
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Berlin
William
Frederick the Great
Frederick
German Empire
Frederick William
Rescript from Czars Aims at Naval Armament Peace
The Vorwaerts reports a czar directed rescript to Hague participants promising renewed international deliberations on ending naval armaments. It laments a fresh war and urges parliaments to seek a better path to preserve peace as the new century begins.Judge Woods fixes EB Hopkins salary at 250 a month Back dated to May 1 1896. The payment continues after Jan 1 charged to the western rail section.Hoodoo in the Position Water front reporter Hillyard F Johnson found dead in a bath tub at his San Francisco lodgings. The Chronicle notes his predecessor was drowned.Charles H Cole banker charged with misappropriating 900000 leaves Los Angeles for Boston in U S Marshal custody with wife and son.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
Count Muravieff
The
Hague
Indianapolis
W. A. Woods
United States Circuit Court
EB. O. Hopkins
Louisville
Evansville
San Francisco
Hillyard F. Johnson
Water Front
Chronicle
Johnson
Indiana Representative Weighs Swearing Utah Man
Bloomington reports R. W. Miers of the Second Indiana district and a member of the house committee discusses sworn status for a Utah man. The item outlines a political stance and potential procedural action in early January.
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Indiana
Utah
Bloomington
Ind
R. W. Miers
House
Regiment of Mollanders Equipped Sent to Krager
Reports circulate of a regiment organized by wealthy Hollanders in Sioux Center and Sioux County and sent to fight English forces in South Africa. Recruits reportedly chosen for fitness. many officers and privates wore uniforms. alleged colonel Albert C. Weust, a former German army captain.
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Sioux Center
South Africa
Sioux County
Albert C. Weust
Grand jury finds no indictment against Gallinger
Concord New Hampshire January 2 The grand jury reported to Judge Aldrich no indictment was found against Senator Gallinger over civil service law violations in soliciting subscriptions for campaign purposes from federal officeholders. Marquette Michigan December 30 Bob Fitzgerald foreman in B J Goodmans logging camp near Champion was arrested for a serious charge after he and companions hanged a stranger Moses Peterson until unconscious. He says it was a joke to see if they could teach him a lesson.
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Concord
N. H
Aldrich
Senator Gallinger
Civil Service
Marquette
Mich
Bob Fitzgerald
B. J. Goodman
Champion
Fitzgerald
Moses Peterson
Peterson
Embezzlement charge dropped in Washburn case
In Washburn Wisconsin Judge Ward dismissed Fred C Cowie who faced embezzlement charges from Bayfield and Western railroad president ID M Sabin testifying that all funds Cowie handled were supplied by him. Prosecution offered no case.
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Washburn
Wis
Warden
Fred C. Cowie
ID. M. Sabin
Bayfield and Western Railroad
Dr. Rice
Waukesha
Cowie
Son in Chippewa Falls Severely Wounded in Knife Accident
A 14-year-old son of Patrick O Neil, a farmer in Eagle Point, was injured when a large carving knife in his possession pierced his left breast, entering the lung and heart lining. He remains in critical condition.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Patrick O'Neil
Eagle Point
Jackson Day dinner set for January eight in Toledo
The Jackson League of Toledo plans a dollar dinner at Memorial hall on January 8. Speakers will include Judge James P. Tarvin of Kentucky and Hon. Timothy Tarsney of Michigan. Report says W. J. Bryan and Governor Hogg of Texas are training two ostriches for a race.
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Toledo
Jackson League of
Memorial Hall
James P. Tarvin
Kentucky
Timothy, Tarsney
Michigan
W. J. Bryan
Governor Hogg
Texas
Colesberg Captured as Boer Forces Routed in Cape Colony
General French defeats the Boers at Colesberg and pursues them as weains advance. Troops march by night to turn the Boer right. the Boers flee eastward leaving Colesberg in British hands. Casualties light for the British. wagons and stores seized. other dispatches note Boer guns silenced and rumors of a Dutch rising in Paarl and Richmond.
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Rensberg
Cape Colony
French
Colesburg
Kruger
Colesberg
Frevch
London
Daily Mall
Rensburg
Achtertang
Norval’s Pont
Cape Town
Alfred Milsner
Paarl
Afrikander Bund
Richmond
Yeomanry
Lord Chesham
Leyds
Thornycrofts’ Horse
Small Affair as to Numbers Engaged in Dordrecht Skirmish
London reports focus on a limited engagement near Dordrecht as Captain Montmorency leads 120 lancer troops in a patrol and later a relief force of 110 men with four guns under Captain Goldsworthy. Turner’s party is rescued, losses include two British wounded and about thirty Boers killed, amid wider war coverage and dispatch stories from Mafeking to Durban.
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London
Dordrecht
Montmorency
Twenty-first Lancers
Dee
Goldsworthy
Montmorenncy
Warren
Brabant
Milford
Turner
Frontier Mounted Rifles
SVCC
Cape Mounted Rifles
Baden-Powell
Edward Cecil
Maxse
South Africa
Charles Cavendish-Bentinck
Duke of Portland
Lord Salisbury
Mafeking
Count Gleichen
Grenadier Guards
Grenadier Guards, and A Distant Relative Ofueen Victoria
Modder River
Cape Town
New Year Reception At White House Draws 3550 Guests
Washington January 2 More than two thousand citizens stood in line at the White House gates to honor the president at the New Year reception. By 1 15 pm 8354 guests had passed the receiving line with Mrs McKinley attending in blue parlor. The army led by General Miles, navy by Admiral Dewey, and the diplomatic corps headed by Lord Pauncefote formed a striking display of uniforms and ceremony.
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Washington
Cuba
Arctic
White House
United States
McKinley
Navy
Miles
Corbin
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Melville
Dewey
Diplomatic Corps
Lord Pauncefote
Supreme Court
Kid McCoy defeats Peter Maher to claim boxing title
New York reports Kid McCoy defeating Peter Maher in five brisk rounds at Coney Island Athletic Club. The match, originally set for twenty-five rounds with a $20,000 purse, ends with Maher KOed in the fifth as McCoy lands a final left to the jaw. Both fighters appeared in peak condition and drew loud applause.
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New York
Kid’ McCoy
Peter Maher
Coney Island Athletic Club
White
McCoy
Maher
Peter
Pete
Swindle Artist Palmes Nets Over Ten Thousand
Chicago police report Gustav Palmes a Woodstock migrant using dozens of aliases duped large firms. He befriended managers, borrowed small sums on weak orders, then disappeared, leaving shipments and costs to employers. He claimed ties to Walters & McLean and Whitson Bros. and listed Woodstock firms.
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Chicago
Gustav Palmes
Woodstock
Grand Pacific Hotel
Palmes
John HH
Whitson
J. K. Herman
John McLean
John Hos Lemmer
Omcer Almacher
Tie
Walters & McLean
Whitson Bros
Woodstock Bottling and Brewing Company
Tle
Victims linked to Palmes scheme span Chicago to Woodstock
Reports describe Palmes deceiving firms in Chicago and Woodstock with orders for carriages, caskets, pies, and hardware, plus shipments and freight errors. Several Woodstock exchanges caused large losses as Chicago firms recovered goods and funds amid freight chaos.
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Kaiser
Germany
Czar
Roberts
Utah Statesman
Congress
Cole
Boston
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles H. Cole
Globe National Bank
Osborne
Miers
Iowa
Mollanders
Krager
Hammond
Wabash, Ind
Augustus N. Hammond
This City
Perry, O. T
B. Donnelly
International Typographical Union
Charleston
W. Va
Mitchell
John Glass
John
William Gregganos
Glass
Moody
Springfield
Mass
W. R. Moody
Dwight L. Moody
Lansing
Assumption
Tus
A. Puer
Gallinger
H Mo
Charles van
Logansport
Amanda Staley
Ill
Carrison
Ugod Ouf
Spled
Dordrecht Fight
Bundesrath
Durban
Magicienne
Del
Dispatch
ROYAL
Queing
Staver Carriage Company
Seventy-sixth
Wallace Streets
FP. U1
Hill Cottin Company
Washington Boulevand
New England Pie Company
Lake and
Green Streets
Fond du Lac
Company Kf
Yale
Milwaukee
Company E
Grand Rapids, Mich
A. B. Rodgers
Pere Marquette Railroad
Rodgers
Dexter, Mich
Springfield, Ill
Allen
Continental Wire Company
Granite City, Ills
Peoria District
Peoria
Internal Revenue District
Lanois
Pullman Company
Secretary of State
Pullman Palace Car Company
Thomas Mackellar
MacKellar, Smith and Jordan
Germantown
Rondon
Wilhelmina Hitzky
Argust Peguth
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keok
Chash Keok
Frank Stewart
Vick
C. M. Keck
I. M. Sproull
Casey Bros
Reed and Sale Stable
Viret
Hotel Allen
R E. M. McConaughy
Ourion
Klein's Clothing Store
P.W. McElwain
Washington Lawn
J. R. Burroughs
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Washington, la
W. E. Anderson, M.D
Klein's
Corner of Square
Washington, Towa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
Flrst National Bank
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
Orrick
Downstatia
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Lowa
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
Jos. Pollard, JR
Washington, IA
Cc. S. Lemmon
Pricrahn
L. D. Robinson
C. S. Lemmon
Mr. Lemmon
Leo
Rocky Mountain
Burlington
Philadelphia
KE. G
Fox
W.R. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Ana't Ca
Washington County
Avings Bank
Dwa
Do & General
Jon. Knox
A. Warm
O. H. Kmowx
V. P
M, Kom
Asa't Onsh
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. M. Wallace
Joseph Keck
D. H. Keck
Frank Awart
J. ¥. Henderson
E. C. Keck
P.O
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
City Feed Store and Feed Yard
Mason
Om Frank Rogers
R. F. Riley
Sthouse’s
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