Missouri Senate Re-elected Francis M Cockrell
On the 17th Francis M Cockrell was re elected United States senator from Missouri. Up to January 1 seventy one thousand eight hundred sixteen Spanish troops had evacuated Cuba with forty five thousand awaiting ships at Matanzas and Cienfuegos. Estimates of a large Spanish army in the island appear not exaggerated.
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Francis M. Cockrell
United States
Missouri
Cuba
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Island
Record of train robberies in the United States
The history shows 246 robberies since 1890 with yearly totals from 1890 through 1898, including 1894’s peak. Among these incidents 88 people were killed and 77 injured in the robberies.
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United States
Beverages in New York Include Pulque and Poi
Mexican pulque and Hawaiian poi have appeared in the New York beverage list. Pulque is described as resembling buttermilk with a mawkish taste. Poi is a paste to be diluted with milk and sweetened or salted to taste.
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New York
Looting Relics in Columbus Casket in Havana
The casket bearing Columbus remains is said to be looted under Spanish rule in Havana. No registered relics have been found in the casket, and the time of disappearance remains unclear.
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Columbus
Havana
No good excuse for Canadian annexation problem now
The article argues against rushing Canada’s annexation issue as Washington politics are busy with current duties and the January invoice cycle, suggesting Canada can wait until U.S. government business settles.
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Washington
Canada
Blind justice questioned in jury bias claim
In a recent damage suit a defendant seeks a new trial alleging juror bias after the plaintiff, described as a pretty woman, flirted with the jury. The remark suggests blind men as jurors might be needed in similar cases.
Open letter outbreak in Havana on Gen Brooke advice
Spaniards and Cubans in Havana flood General Brooke with letters. The correspondence shows general satisfaction with American control and confidence that the United States will heed advice on various points without error.
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Brooke
Havana
United States
Diplomacy questioned after General Eagan’s recorded remark
General Eagan, known as a courtly soldier, faced dismissal risks due to a deliberately recorded quote about a superior officer. The remark was not spoken in passion but written, highlighting a lack of diplomatic schooling and raising tension within the army.
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Eagan
Du Puy's Dominant Stand Backed in French Chamber
Premier Du puy narrowly sustains his course in the Dreyfus case as 422 to 74 votes affirm his pursuit of justice. The result signals France's shift away from bowing to Jew haters and anarchists amid the divisive issue.
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Dupuy
Chamber of Deputies
Dreyfus
France
Dingley’s Final Interview Predicts Fiscal Turning Point
In a last published interview about a month before his death, Mr. Dingley forecast four points: revenues will cover expenses within two years, dependencies will be self supporting by 1900, expansion will not permanently raise costs, and an isthmian canal will open for commerce within ten years. His hopeful spirit was a strong trait.
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Mr. Dingley
Dingley
Admiral Dewey Avoids Home Amid Kissing Craze Rumor
The passage claims Admiral Dewey shuns returning home to dodge affectionate requests from American women and sensational newspaper reporting. It suggests Dewey recalls how reporters harmed Hobson and anticipates similar pursuit as coverage follows Shafter, choosing to stay away until the kissing craze and yellow journalism ease.
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Admiral Dewey
Ile
Hobson
Shafter
Cabinet backs court martial for Gen Eagan amid Alger opposition
The president, with cabinet support led by Attorney General Griggs, favors immediate court martial for General Eagan. Griggs argues the offense warrants prompt action, insisting the case be kept separate from other War Department matters.
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Gen. Eagan
Alger
Griggs
War Department
Eagan
Senate Debates Nicaragua Canal and Philippine Policy
News in brief chronicles congressional sessions from the 17th to the 20th focusing on the Nicaragua canal bill and related policy. It notes votes on a sovereignty clause, Morgan and Allison amendments, and House actions on rail, asylums, and post office funds. Also reports a Diamondville mine fire and a war department bid for transporting Spanish prisoners.
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Diamondville
Wye
War Department
Philippines
Manila
Spain
Maine House Endorses Expansion Policy and Invites McKinley
On the 19th resolution endorsing the administration’s expansion policy and inviting President McKinley to visit Augusta passed the Maine House by a unanimous rising vote amid much enthusiasm. Also noted are court martial charges against Commissary-General Eagan, a dispatch boat voyage to Honolulu, a troop train through Omaha with a fox terrier mascot, and the death of ex-governor Job A. Cooper of Colorado.
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McKinley
Augusta
Maine
House of Representatives
Eagan
United States
Troquois
San Francisco
Honolulu
Oregon
Islands
Samoa
Astor Battery
New York City
Omaha
Neb
Burlington
Manila
A. Cooper
Wolves attack monastery in Moldavian mountains report
A Bucharest dispatch says a pack of hungry wolves attacked a monastery at Lopevan in the Moldavian mountains and killed a friar. Chief-of-Police Crow of Sommerville New Jersey was shot and perhaps fatally wounded while pursuing a burglar on the 19th.
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London Daily Mail
Bucharest
Roumaria
Lopevan
Moldavian
Sommerville
N. J
Choate nomination to British ambassador backed by Senate panel
Senate committee on foreign relations on the 18th favored a favorable report on Hon. Joseph H. Choate for ambassador to Great Britain. Chicago brokers oppose continuing trading in puts and calls and warn clients they will accept no more such orders. Four 12 inch coast defense mortars from Niles tool works weigh 30,000 pounds and fire 500 pound shells ten miles. Treasury report shows cash balance 292,383,008 and gold reserve 30,456,053. Weekly failures total 249 in U S and 32 in Canada. Hawaii labor law extension urged, noting thousands of contract laborers mainly Japanese have arrived since U S flag was raised.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
Chicago
Commission
Niles Tool Works
Hamilton
United States
Government
Simdy Hook
N. J
R. G. Dun & Jr
Canada
Hawaii
House Committee On Labor
Senate. canal bill passes amid changes on 21st
The senate advanced the Nica Yapua canal bill after speeches and amendments, passing 33 to 21 as three more measures moved. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up but not finished before executive session and adjournment. The house was not in session. A Madrid interview claimed Britain seeks an alliance with Spain to further Africa interests. Seismic shocks hit the Veloponnesus with damage in Mesennia and nearby towns, but no deaths reported. Internal revenue regulator rules legacies paid from real estate proceeds evade legacy tax unless debts exceed personal property value. Oakland ferryboat struck the launch William D near Goat Island. both the engineer and a passenger died. John F. Lebaron claims a new route for the inter-oceanic canal while Port Antonio earthquakes rattled Jamaica.
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Senate
House
Madrid
England
Spain
Africa
Veloponnesus
Direcion Peninsula
Phillatra
Messenia
Tonian
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Oakland
San Francisco
Q Oalkland
Cal
William D
Goat Island
Waddles
Willian D
F. D. Orr
John F. Lebaron
Cleveland
Nicaragua
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Charitable Bequests And Public Welfare Across Nations
Public charity totals reached 1 303 720 pounds in England last year while a Cambridge Mass legacy to Harvard is valued at 1 000 000 dollars. A Boston millionaire forgives debts under 3 000 dollars. Ballston Spa resident notes 18 presidential votes with no winners. International League of Press Clubs plans Baltimore convention in April. New York savings banks hold 766 684 916 dollars for 1 805 880 depositors. US cotton share climbs to 85 percent from 70. Colored congressman is White of North Carolina. Carl Schurz nears 70 and exile anniversary. Sophia Dallas, daughter of former VP Dallas, dies at 75. Ben JUr sales surpass all US titles, according to publishers. Welsh coal strike devastates 1898. Welsh miners impoverished. St Louis liquor trade halves since 1887 to 2029 saloons. Missouri law bans liquor adulteration.
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Henry C. Warren
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Boston
Benjamin Bissell
Ballston Spa
N. Y
International League of Press Clubs
Baltimore
Savings Banks of
New York
United States
Mr. White
North Carolina
Howard University
Carl Schurz
Germany
Sophia Dallas
George M. Dallas
Polk
Philadelphia
Lew Wallace
Ben Jur
Wales
St. Louis
Illinois State News Pioneers and Elders Passed Away
A list of long lived Illinois figures from Mount Vernon to Bloomington honors George Till 86 and Patrick Goody 80, with notes on their church, trades, and pioneer status. Other obituaries include Whitfield Scott 87 of O Fallon, Nora Romen 83 of Macoupin, Eleneher Noyes 92, plus Mary Partridge 90 and Winston Wooten 81.
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George Till
Mount Vernon
Andrew Jackson
M. E. Church
Patrick Goody
John Moorehouse
Bloomington
L. C. Garwood
Champaign
B. A. Colt
Grip
Litchfield
Ashley T. Galbraith
Forty
Illinois
Flora
Hattie Christopher
Christian County
Ricks Township
Whitfield Scott
O'Fallon
Nora Romen
Macoupin County
Fayette
Eleneher Noyes
Mattoon
Marion County
Mary Partridge
Salem
Winston Wooten
Omega Township
Farmers Institute Papers Read at Menard County Meeting
A. D. Alkire of Sweet Water Mrs Lizzie Waring of Petersburg Homer J. Tice of Greenview Percy Stone of Bradfordton and Mrs L G Chatman of Nasalle County read papers on pertinent subjects A Davenport of Champaign delivered an address on Agricultural Education Thorace A Wood was re elected president Irving H Beard secretary The meeting was the most successful held.
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Menard County
Conductor Carolan Dies After Revolver Shooting
C. C. Carolan, a Chicago Burlington and Quincy conductor at Galesburg, died from a revolver shot by William Rippetoe. The incident followed an alleged assault on Rippetoe’s mother. Carolan made an ante mortem statement clearing Rippetoe. Carolan refused an operation and died.
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C. C. Carolan
Chicago
Burlington & Quincey
Galesburg
William Rippetoe
Carolan
Rippetoe
A Widow Bound and Robbed Near Essex Farmhouse
Aged widow Mary Feeley was found bound to a chair in her Kankakee county farmhouse after two masked men, who entered through a door she unbolted following a scratching she believed was her cat, bound her and robbed her of 500 dollars in gold coin hidden under the bed.
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Mary Feeley
Essex
Kankakee County
Blunt Indicted Over $3000 Shortage at Quincy L I A
George G. Blunt longtime manager at the Interstate Building and Loan association in Quincy has been indicted by the Adams county grand jury for an alleged $3000 shortage in his accounts after the association was placed in receivership last fall.
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George G. Blunt
Quincy
Interstate Building and Loan Association
Adams County Grand Jury
McKinley Gifts Portrait to Galena Library
The Galena public library directors received a fine portrait of President McKinley as a commemorative gift. It marks his visit to Galena for the Grant Memorial celebration on April 27, 1893, when he delivered the address.
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Galena Public Library
President McKinley
Galena
Grant
Grant Memorial Oration Set for Galveston
Dr. B F Fowler president of the Grant Galena Memorial association has received a telegram from Post master General Charles Emory Smith accepting an invitation to deliver the oration at the Grant memorial celebration in Galveston.
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B. F. Fowler
Grant Galena Memorial Association
Charles Emory Smith
Galveston
Galesburg Sets February 14 Special Saloons Vote
Galesburg city council calls a special election for February 14 on licensing saloons amid active Protestant church involvement, highlighting the anti saloon campaign.
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Galesburg
Runaway Wagon Fatality Claims Peoria Youth
James McGlynn aged 18 was thrown from a wagon in a runaway near Peoria. He wandered briefly then went to a hospital where he died.
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Peoria
James McGlynn
Chicago Men Arrested In Peoria Case Of Fraud
Chicago men Fr. J. Mathew and J. J. McCarthy are under arrest in Peoria charged with securing $100 from a tradesman by false confidence. The men are said to have used a bogus scheme to obtain the money.
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Chicago
Fr. J. Mathew
J. J. McCarthy
Peoria
Nu Confidence Bubie
Grim transfer of Huduuts grain and milling interests
James Barrett known as Chicago buys the Huduuts grain and milling holdings atop Chin. The Hudiuts are identified as Indiana homing men and become the latest owners of the large Midwest firm.
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James Barrett
Chicago
Indiana
Pastor Rev D M Brown Accepts Bloomington Call
Reverend D M Brown of the Congregational church in Alto Pass has received a call to lead the First Congregational church in Bloomington joining a wave of pastorate moves in the region.
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D. M. Brown
Alto Pass
Bloomington
School Boys Run Away From Palo Alto High School
Tra Noble aged 15 and Jesse Pax Irish 17, Palo Alto high school students, ran away from home and began traveling toward Tevrse. Local authorities and guardians alerted as missing youths' whereabouts unknown.
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Tra Noble
Jesse’ Pax Irish
Palo Alto
Illinois Legislature inactionand labor bill proposals
Springfield reports show no daily business as committees are being named with sessions resuming next Tuesday. New labor legislation aims to curb recruiting workers from other states through deceptive methods, with a $1000 fine or up to one year in jail for violations.
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Springfield
Drew
McLaughlin
Gov
Tanner
Ois
House
Senate
McAdams
Funderburk
Sherman
Page
Metropolis
Cullom
Mason
Spain
Moe Lauchlan
McNanbby
Dem
Philippines
Committee On Federal Relations
Cincinnati Hotel Fire Traps The Sherwood House Guests
A fire at the Sherwood house in Cincinnati on Walnut Street above Sixth destroyed the hotel after threats to guests. About 60 sleeping guests, many from theatrical companies, were endangered as women and men evacuated via stairs while firemen aided. F H Munch of New York survived after rescue. Loss estimated under $10,000 covered by insurance.
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Cincinnati
Sherwood House
Walnut
Sixth Street
F. H. Munch
New York
Valuable Immigrants Arrive Aboard Lake Huron at Halifax
The Lake Huron reached quarantine with 2000 of 5000 Quaker emigrants bound for the Canadian northwest. Passengers will ride to St John to board trains to their new homes. Doukhobouts welcomed by Prince Tiekoff and delegates Elkertin and Cildey. the crowd sang hymns led by the prince amid a festive scene of families and hopeful travelers.
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Halifax
Lake Huron
Canadian Northwest
St. John
N. Y
America
Prince Tiekoff
Messrs. Elkertin
Philadelphia
Cildey
Dartmouth
Mass
Prince
Casualties of the War Reported to House Panel
The war with Spain produced 26 officers killed and 257 enlisted men killed, with 113 officers and 1,467 enlisted men wounded. Disease deaths from May to December 31 totaled 111 officers and 4,854 enlisted men.
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Washington
Spain
House Committee On Invalid Pensions
Bodies of Cuba Dead to be Brought Home
The quartermaster general of the army is communicating with colonels of each volunteer regiment that served in Cuba to perfect plans for bringing home the bodies of soldiers who died or were killed in Cuba.
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Washington
Jan
Cuba
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Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
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Allison
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Indian Territory
Fort Supply
Oklahoma
Reed
Payne
Committee On Ways and Means
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