Hepburn Opens Debate Urges Nicaragua Canal Route
In Washington on January 8 the House debate on the Nicaragua canal bill opened with Hepburn leading the discussion. He denounced the Panama Canal company's $40 million offer as a delay tactic and criticized the price drop from $109 million. MorrisMinn. signaled a future amendment to authorize purchase if terms with Colombia and Walker Commission conditions are met. Barthold proposed repealing all increased taxes from the war revenue act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hepburn
Panama Canal Company
Panama Company
Morris
Minn
Colombia
Senate Debates Panama Route Monopoly in Isthmian Canal Fight
In Washington on Jan 8 the senate heard Morgan press a resolution urging a study of ties among the Panama Canal Company, Panama Railroad, and U S rail lines with Pacific Mail. He called these relations a wicked monopoly costing the Pacific coast millions. The body adjourned to noon today for the wedding of Miss Foraker Mehis, delaying duties briefly.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Panama
Senate
Morgan
Committee On Interoceanic Canals
United States
Canada
Panama Canal Company
Pacific Coast
Panama Railroad Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Feryker
Miss Foraker
Schley Appeals to Roosevelt for Review of Court
Admiral Schley met with President Roosevelt in the White House on January 8 to seek an appeal of the court of inquiry ruling against him. Raynor and Teague will help prepare the appeal, which promises new facts and arguments unseen in the navy department submission. The admiral left assured the president he had presented his case and details not known previously.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Admiral Schley
White House
Secretary Long
Messrs. Raynor and Teague
Court of Inquiry
Admiral Schiey
Navy Department
Woman Suffragists to Meet in National Convention
Washington dispatch reports the National Woman Suffrage Association plan to hold a February convention with a national character. Fourteen nations have defined suffrage groups and invited and accepted delegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Woman Suffrage Association
Roosevelt Host and Wife Open First White House Reception
President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a diplomatic corps reception at the White House marking the season’s first formal evening levee. A full representation of diplomats attended, making the affair notably brilliant.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Diplomatic Corps
Royal Party Enters Peking After Return of Chinese Court
The imperial court returned to the Forbidden City with a lavish 4 mile procession. The emperor, empress dowager, Prince Chun, and princesses rode in yellow chairs as thousands of gorgeously attired nobles on glittering horses followed. Foreign observers thronged the Chien gate to witness the spectacle.
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Peking
Imperial College
Forbidden City
Prince Chun
Yuan Shi Kai
Pe Chi Li
Chien
Chien Gate
Fighting in Progress Reported Across Colombian Regions
From Colonbia Jan 8 reports place General Castro at Pese with revolutionary forces at Las Tablas. A captain of a sailing vessel says fighting near Los Santos as he left Agua Dulce. The US cruiser Philadelphia arrived at Panama yesterday with unsettled conditions described there. Ships of the revolutionaries were sighted about 60 miles from Panama last Friday.
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Colon
Colombia
Castro
Pese
Las Tablas
Agua Dulce
Los Santos
United States
Philadelphia
Panama
Suicide and murder pact ends in Knox double tragedy
Henry Clements aged 19 killed Mrs. Edward Davis at her Knox home yesterday then fatally shot himself. The two had been engaged to marry but she broke the engagement a week earlier and wed Edward Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Ind
Henry Clements
Edward Davis
Clements
Tutuila Declared Foreign Territory in Duty ruling
The secretary of the treasury sustained the Honolulu collector of customs in assessing duty on merchandise from Pago Pago Tutuila, ruling that Tutuila is foreign territory under U S revenue laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tutuila
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John Effinger
Honolulu
Pago Pago
United States
Cleveland's Health Improves But Not Yet Strong
Former President Cleveland shows health improvement in Princeton New Jersey though still weak from illness. Mrs. Cleveland says he can leave the room and go downstairs but cannot venture outside until the weather warms significantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Guard Ordered to Oxford Amid Lynch Threats
Jackson Mississippi January 8 Governor Longino orders the Capital City guard to hold in readiness to move to Oxford. The local sheriff fears a lynch mob may attack prisoners including William Mathis Orlando Lester Jackson and Whit Owens in jail there. Three men had recently been convicted of murdering the Montgomerys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Longino
Oxford
William Mathis
Orlando Lester
Whit Owens
Montgomerys
Kentucky Senatorship Fight
In Frankfort Kentucky four Democrats McCreary Wheeler Smith and Cantzill met to decide when to take the first ballot for the United States Senate nomination. The conference aimed to set the timing of the initial vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Frankfort
McCreary
Wheeler and
Smith
Drudge Cantzill
Municipal league to meet in Des Moines for canvass
President W. H. Wray of the Municipal league of Iowa and mayor of Oskaloosa has called a league meeting for January 22 in Des Moines. The session aims to prepare an active canvass before the state legislature and committees have been appointed by the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal League
Oskaloosa, Ja
W. H. Wray
Municipal League of
Iowa
Oskaloosa
League
Des Moines
James O'Brien Dies. La Porte Attorney and Benefactor
James O'Brien a wealthy attorney and real estate man died in La Porte Indiana yesterday at age 58. He held county offices in Indiana and Kansas was superintendent of the Indian reform school and had been offered the presidency of a Nebraska college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
James O'Brien
Holton
Kan
Indian Reform School
Nebraska
Five Hundred Dealers Attend Nebraska and Western Iowa Meeting
In Omaha on January 8 five hundred dealers attend the annual convention of the Nebraska and Western Iowa Retail Implement Dealers association. After committees were appointed the session adjourned for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska and Western Iowa
Retail Implement Dealers’ Association
Miners Believed Dead in Nishanee Mine Cave-In Tragedy
At the Negaunee iron mine in Michigan a cave-in buried 13 to 17 miners. Only one body, Hunlalla, has been recovered. Rescue crews face flooded shafts and crushed timbers as they work to reach the buried men, many believed to be Italians and Finns. One survivor, Basco, described the surprise collapse and rescue attempts.
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Negaunee
Mich
William Williams
John Sullivan
John Pascoe
John Pearce
Jacob Hunlalla
James Piper
No News From the Missing Walla Walla Passengers
San Francisco reports no word from the missing Walla Walla passengers feared dead. Lookout Johnson's coroner's jury statement that he saw lights on the bark Max and warned bridge officers is denied by them. Other crew members corroborate Johnson's claim that lights on the French bark were visible.
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Walla Walla
San Francisco
Johnson
Eureka
Max
Walla Walla,s
Three Killed in Wreck in Dense Fog in West Virginia
In a head on collision on the Norfolk and Western railroad at Alwick West Virginia three men died Hugh N. Smith express messenger Flag man John Turner and Engineer Baile. A passenger train collided with an extra freight in fog the passenger engineer failing to see the warning flagman. Turner moved onto the track to warn others and was struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Alwick
W. Va
Hugh N. Smith
John Turner
Baile
Revenue Cutter Grant Sails for Coast Wreckage Cruise
Port Townsend Wash Jan 8 The revenue cutter Grant sets out on an extended cruise along the coast south of Cape Flattery to inspect wreckage reported over the past two weeks. The steamer Alice Gertrude reports last night's strait storm as extremely violent with winds near hurricane force driving vessels seaward.
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Cape Flattery
Port Townsend
Wash
United States Revenue Cutter
Grant
Alice Gertrude
Neahb Bay
Captain King Granted New Trial
Captain Cyril W. King, U.S. volunteer army officer and assistant quartermaster, was granted a new trial by the circuit court of appeals in New Orleans. He had been sentenced at Mobile for accepting bribes related to the rejection of barracks at Fort Morgan near Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
New Orleans
Cyril W. King
United States Volunteer Army
Mobile
Fort Morgan
Circuit Court of Appeals
Explosion kills worker at Murphy oil wells near Lander
Archibald Carter died in a boll er explosion at Murphy oil wells ten miles southeast of Lander Wyoming. He was blown about 30 feet, one leg torn off, body badly bruised. Cause of the blast unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boller
Lander, Wy
Archibald Carter
Murphy
Lander
Carter
Masked Bank Robbers Loot National Stock Yards Bank
Six masked men robbed the National Stock Yards bank near St Louis after overpowering two night watchmen and a fireman. They blew vaults with dynamite and escaped with about 35000 in coins and currency after nine hours inside the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
National Stock Yards Bank
Hest St. Louis
Ills
Lee Philpot
Roosevelt
Exchange Building
Philpot
Daily National Stock Yards
Albert Estep
Exchange
L. W. Clark
Deny Complicity In Murder As Desperadoes Are Held
Clarence Woodard and Jess Franklin protest innocence after capture in Casper Wyoming. They claim they stayed in a cabin 12 miles east of Casper after breaking jail and split up next morning, Woodard heading south and the others west. The coroner's jury investigates Sheriff Ricker's death as mob tension remains high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Clarence Woodard
Jess Franklin
Charles Woodard
Woodard
Ricker
Banker's Attack: Acid Flung In Bank Office
Alfred M. Snydacker senior banker is injured in Chicago when carbolic acid from a syringe is flung into his face by Paul Mueller dealer in artificial flowers. He may lose sight in one eye. Mueller allegedly placed goods in a building leased by Snydacker and failed to insure them, leading to a fire and a dispute over responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alfred M. Snydacker
Bankers
Michael Reese
Paul Mueller
Snydacker
Mueller
Immigrants Settle in East Across U.S. Ports
Eben E. McLeod head of the Western Passenger association reports that 487 198 immigrants arrived in the United States through all ports in the year ending June 30. Contrary to common belief most did not move west but settled in eastern states along the Mississippi valley region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eben E. McLeod
Western Passenger Association
Mississippi River
Ex-Senator Snyder Suffers Paralytic Stroke in Loup City
J M Snyder former senator suffered a paralytic stroke yesterday afternoon in Loup City while trading. He was moved to his farm home six miles south of town for care and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loup City
J. M. Snyder
Multiple Fires and Political Moves Dominate Wires
A Cameron Tobacco factory in Richmond burned Tuesday causing $125000 in losses. Warden Jewett ends lockstep for convicts. Hereford bull Perfection 92 1891 sold for $9000 in Chicago. Lumberman A E Gifford dies in Ashland Wisconsin. Logansport Louisiana fire destroys 33 business blocks with $125000 loss. Navy plans lakes training station. McKinley postal franking privileges bill advances. George W Dixon named receiver of Silver Flake Cereal Co with plants in Cragin Illinois and St Louis closed. Governors urged McKinley Day January 29. Glass manufacturers sign to regulate output and prices in Muncie.
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Cameron
Richmond
Jewett
Kansas Penitentiary
Union
Chicago
A. E. Gifford
United States
Ashland
Wis
Logansport
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Lakes
McKinley
House Committee On Post Office
George W. Dixon
Silver Flake Cereal Company
Cragin
Ills
St. Louie
Nash
Ohio
Muncie
Interstate Commerce Board Eyes Prosecutions of Packers
The Interstate Commerce Commission signals prosecutions against major western packing houses for violating the anti rebate provisions. The probe also reveals a railroads packers alliance seeking a pooled rate regime and calls for leaders like J. P. Morgan James J. Hill and B. H. Harriman. Rebate practices cited could bring fines up to ten thousand dollars per violation.
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Chicago
West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
Community of Interests Idea
J. P. Morgan
James J. Hill
BE. H. Harriman
Roads East
Paul Morton
Santa Fe
Prouty
Iowa Legislators Assemble in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts arriving lawmakers as more reach the capital before week’s end. Clerical and minor post candidates mingle with members. no contest for speaker or senatorial nominations reduces tension from prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Death of Colonel Hoyt veteran of two wars
Colonel Samuel Hoyt died in Washington last night from injuries after a fall. He was 70 and a veteran of two wars, with campaigns among Indians and the 49ers. An intimate friend of Sam Houston and Kit Carson, Hoyt spent the last 80 years of his life in Washington.
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Hoyt
Washington
Samuel Hoyt
Sam Houston
Kit” Carson
Rough West
District of Lake Michigan Sold in Sheriff Auction
The Lake Michigan district, a tract of several hundred acres valued in the hundreds of thousands, was sold at sheriff's sale to satisfy a $7,500 judgment against a claimant. The sheriff warned he did not guarantee title before the sale.
Liberty Bell Sparks Rousing Welcome in Asheville
The historic Liberty Bell arrived in Asheville North Carolina from Philadelphia on its journey to the Charleston exposition. A large crowd at the railway station cheered the relic amid fluttering flags and enthusiastic greetings at every station along the route.
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Asheville
N. C
Philadelphia
Laborers Lynch Murderer Near Chicksha Oklahoma
A lynching occurred last night on the grade of the Oklahoma City and Southwestern railroad west of Chicksha. A laborer shot a companion while the men were in camp, and the rest hanged the murderer to a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
O. T
Oklahoma City and Southwestern
Chicksha
Rock Island to Build line to Fort Smith via Indian Territory
Rock Island Railroad announces plans to construct from Anadarko through Indian Territory to Fort Smith Arkansas once government right of way is secured. The project aims to connect major routes and expand western traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Guthrie, O. T
Rock Island Railroad’ Company
Anadarko
Indian Territory
Fort Smith
Ark
Train Wreck Injures Three Recruits On Rock Island Special
A Rock Island special carrying 300 recruits from Columbus barracks Ohio to the Philippines was wrecked in the Twenty second street yards in Chicago yesterday. Three men were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rock Island
Philippines
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Twenty-second Street
Illinois Central offers Cuba excursion and Dixie Flyer routes
Illinois Central markets Cuba excursion starting January 1902 with round trip Chicago to New Orleans plans and a six day Cuban visit. The line promotes through Dixieland sleeper service from Chicago to Jacksonville and quarterly tours to California via New Orleans and Cincinnati. Also touts New Orleans winter rates and Mexico tours under the American Tourist Association with home seekers folders available.
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Illinois Central
Cuba
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Gulf Ofexico
Havana
Matanzas
Valley of
Yumuri
Bella Mar
American Tourist Association
Wiinuis Central
Jacksonville
Florida
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Dixie Flyer
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New
Orleans
Omahs
New Orleans
Ask Ioe
Mexico
Ilinois Central
Notice of Probate for J R Letts Will in 1902
A notice from Hamilton County Iowa states that the last will of J R Letts, deceased, is on file with the district court clerk. A probate hearing is set for 2:00 pm February 17, 1902 at Webster City Court House. Previous steps ask any interested party to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Hamilton County
J. R. Letts
Webster City
W. McAdow
Administrator's Notice in Hamilton County Iowa
The district court appoints P C Stone as administrator of Bartlett Stone deceased on January 2 1908. Creditors must pay debts and claimants present legally authenticated claims to the court within the legal timeframe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Hamilton County
Iowa
Bartlett Stone
Attack of Pneumonia Warded Off by Cough Remedy
James Prendergast of Amity Bay Jamaica reports his daughter’s severe cold with chest pains did not turn into pneumonia after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He claims the product has kept his family well for seven years and sells everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
James Prendergast
Amato Bay
Jamaica
West India Islands
All Druggiata
For Sale Bulls Wood and Seed Corn Near Webster City
For sale two Durham bulls and choice cord wood plus a quantity of early yellow dent seed corn the same seed sold in 1900. Farm five miles south of Webster City on Route 6. Contact W. O. McConnell.
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Durham Bulls
Webster City
Té&F Tf
W. O. McConnell
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B.R
Hammond
Louisiana
J. F. Merry
R. RB
Dubuque
A. G. P. A. C. R. R. Dubuque
Jows
Tennessee
Mississippi
Central
A. H. Hanson
J. PF. Merry
P. C. Stone
Paltmonia
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