Large Star Mail Route From Juneau To City Alaska Established
A long distance mail service connects Juneau to City Alaska covering about nine percent miles. The piece recalls an Irishman failing a civil service exam for a letter carrier, unable to guess the distance from New York to Constantinople. Trinity Church in New York, rebuilt 1839 and under repair, recalls the site’s prior structures dating to 1606. A Wagner Palace Car rule bans travelers from carrying luggage into sleeping cars beyond a small bag, forcing coach travel. Kansas northern district court rules divorce becomes operative six months after grant to curb post decree separations into probate court.
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Juneau
City
Alaska
Thie
New York
Constantinople
Tae Joo
Court of Appeals
Northern
Department of
Kansas
Pneumatic straw stacking tube gains novelty at royal party
The new straw stacking tube uses dull sections and metal straps to draw straw through at high speed and distribute it evenly on a stack. After a garden party for the queen ends, police search marquees for missing jewels, turning found trinkets and letters over to the ford chamberlain’s office.
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Ford Chamberlain
London to Paris trip in six hours thirty two minutes
A summary of rapid cross channel travel reports a London to Dover leg in 1h22, the Dover to Calais channel crossing in 1h15, and Calais to Paris 3h34 averaging 16.0 miles an hour with stops. The piece mentions death sentence procedures in England, New Orleans nuns, and various curiosities in science and industry including fish eggs cocoons, silver lace, and a giant hotel mirror in New York.
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London
Paris
Dover
Channel
Calais
Mystery of Des Moines River death solved in Eldon area
A partly submerged body found near Eldon in the Des Moines river resolved the long mystery of Walk Humphrey's disappearance. An engineer on a Rock Island freight train aided the find, with the coroner noting a head wound and evidence he fell from the Eldon Bridge or a train. Humphrey had been seen in Ottumwa and Davenport before vanishing.
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Indy
Des Moines
Eldon Ridge
Walk Humphrey
Cian
Rock Island
Humphrey
Tryan
Ottumwa
Eldon Bridge
Eldon
Selge
Sensational confession links uncle to old murder in Burlington
A Burlington police report reveals Young Henry Buscher 24 confesses to killing his grandfather over money and implicates his uncle Henry Krekel as an accessory after the deed. The crime involved dragging the body to an old well, cleaning a bloodstained room, and disposal in the same well. Trial set for tomorrow amid broad public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Henry Bugeret
Ndgather
Polvns
Henry Krekel
Buscher
Henry
Weil
Silver conference to shape future of silver men
Washington November 18 a conference of silver Republicans and populists is planned after Congress convenes. Leaders like General A J Warner and Senator Jones discuss non partisan aims to unite pro silver forces for the next four years, with Bryan and McKinley era stakes on the line.
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Washington
Nav
Congress
A. J. Warner
Union
Bryan
Legislative Department
Butler
Sliver
Bimetallic Union
Jones
Etlef
Etty
Free Ecaliave
McKinley
Charmin Burley
Blind boy claims vision through cathode ray in San Francisco
Lucien Bacigalupi, a totally blind boy, says he can see objects using a cathode ray after visiting his father Caetoscope establishment with Dr. Waverly Clark. In the ray room he distinguished objects while wearing the fluoroscope, but remained blind without the X ray apparatus.
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San Francisco
Gat
Lucien Bacigalupi
Waverly Clark
Bacisalupi
Clark
Dropped From the Church at Spiritua l Basis
Rev G F Robbins of Cincinnati Park Baptist Church announced that 119 members of its flock were dropped from the church roll marking a pruning of membership. He cited worldly conduct and failure to meet church standards, stating the roll is now reduced to a more spiritual body. Other Baptist ministers praised the action as prudent.
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de. Robpine
Cincinanel
Cincinial
G. F. Robbins
Incely Park Baptist Church
Robbing
Anld
Fifty Mile Record Lowered at Memphis Coliseum
At Memphis Coliseum John Lawson known as the terrible Swede lowered the world five mile indoor mark to 2 16 03. He beat the previous 2 20 30 set by W J Becker of Chicago. James Michael, a Welsh runner, also lowered an indoor five mile record to 9 44 2 5 at last night’s meeting.
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Roane
Frazer
Hiram Brown
En Boyle
Archie Knox
Boyle
John A. Boyle
Fred
Ed Boyle
John Boyle
Boyles
Arcide Knox
Memphis
Tenn
Coliseum
John Lawson
W. J. Becker
sRicago
Lawson
Hite Welshman
James Michael
Haasel
Freight rate disputes threaten major rail lines
The article surveys legal challenges to railroad rate structures affecting key routes. It notes discrimination claims favoring Philadelphia and New York over Boston and Chicago, plus arbitration rulings from judges and senators. It highlights terminal charges on live cattle by Chicago and disputes over seaboard versus inland routes, with states like Texas and Georgia cited.
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Wwe
Amnaliss
Liv Poul
New Fork
New
Texas
Claiveston
Thea Men's League
St. Louis
Trate
Teal Paints
Dt Phe
Dallas
Coulplzin
Texas Rominen
Chicago
Stevk Yard
Chile
Catemen
Grosseup
Court of Apledia
Atantic
Seaboard
West from Missouri predicts Dingler bill blocked in senate
Senator West arrived in Washington from Missouri and said Republicans cannot pass the Dingler bill or any table bill in the coming session. He believes most Republican senators who sided with Democrats previously will align again, barring Carter. He doubts silver Democrats will survive to vote, fearing a tight silver Democrats’ margin in the next Senate.
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Congress
Washington
West
Missouri
Senate
Carter
Blackburn
Yourhees
Ailver
Bryan Advises Missouri Voters for Silver Ahead of 1900
William J Bryan and his party arrived in Springheld at dawn and spoke to about three thousand people at the Metropolitan hotel. He urged continued work for free silver, predicting silver votes will decide the 1900 election, and said converts come with experience. They left for Chadwick at nine and plan a week in Taney county hunting grounds.
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Missouri
Springheld
Willam
Bryan
Hyere
Metropolian Hotel
Daelock
Bryoah
Atvany
Silvey
Chadwick
Here
Taney County
Colonel Wetmore
Burglar Foiled by Revolver in Leavenworth Store
In Leavenworth Nebraska? no Leavenworth Kan early yesterday morning a burglar threatened the Oderfield store keeper and son who slept there. The burglar named John Ginestedt a Topeka tailor was chased off after a revolver was fired. The assailant fled.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Charles Oderfield
Oderfield
John Ginestedt
Shipwrecked Crew Risked by Spaniards After Cuban Capture
The British steamer Coyla ran ashore off Colorado reef. Captain Nelson and twelve crew abandoned ship and were captured by Spanish soldiers near Havana. They were harshly questioned, whipped, and held on a sugar estate before being sent to Havana and then repatriated to New York. Henry W. Delored described being attacked and nearly shot as Americans were suspected.
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New York
Dumane Lite
Besom Beer
Ward Line
Stramer
Iran
Iarann
Nelson
Colorado Reef
Atrait
Key West
Cuban
Havana
Conrt
Henry W. Delored
Cloula
Cuba
Merial
Spaniarea
Rumor of Cuban battle found baseless
Jacksonville November 19. No foundation for the Juri story of a sanguinary battle in Cuba. The dispatches cited are fictitious, no cipher dispatches can be sent from Havana under censorship, and no Oleagga location appears on official Cuba maps.
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Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Havana
Activity in Navy Yards Noted as Preparations for Sea
In Brooklyn Navy Yard officials deny explanations for increased activity but many believe Washington ordered ships ready for sea. Experienced commanders expect no conflict with Spain and view yard work as winter cruising preparations. Over 200 workers repair the monitor Puritan to commission soon while the battleship Texas is being repaired and an inquiry into an accident nears completion.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
Spain
Navy Yard
Admiral Bunce
Texas
Murdered in His Room at Wind sor Hotel
Omaha dispatch reports Gay Minisonpiller murdered in his Wind sor hotel room by George Elliott. Elliott beat him with a coaming pin, stole over ten dollars, and fled toward the Burlington line after Huiotts earlier loaned him fifteen dollars for a railroad ticket. Detectives hunt Elliott as the body is found by a chambermaid.
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Buffalo
Jie
Omaha
Gay Minisonpiller
Windsor Hotel
George Illiott
Maberly
Hutsonpilier
Marquette
Wyo
Talliott
Autsonpiller
Puld Elliott
Hilliott
Vietint
Hutsonpiller
Filliogt
Wulcatt
Burlington
O'Olook
Hutson Miller
Eliott
Deputy Shoots Wife in Stillwater Oklahoma
Official Charlie Hyatt, a deputy sheriff, fatally shot his wife in Stillwater last night. He says he mistook her for a robber aiming to steal horses. A second theory suggests he killed her to prevent incriminating testimony in a murder case near Morrison three months earlier.
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Perry
Okl
Charlie Hyatt
Stillwater
Hyatt
Torthul
Morrison
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