Prince Tuan Punished Life Imprisonment in Edict
Washington reports an imperial decree of November 16 assigning life imprisonment to Prince Tuan and degrading several other high Qing officials in connection with the Boxer uprising. The edict targets princes and ministers tied to anti foreign actions, while noting deaths and survivals among the named figures. The punishment stance will influence how Chinese envoys present the edict to foreign powers.
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Washington
Chai Bhu Chiao
Yu Hsien
China
Prince Tuan
Tuan
Prince Tuans
Hay
Armor Plate Contract Reached With Krupp Armor
Secretary Long announces agreement with Carnegie and Bethlehem for Krupp armor at $420 a ton, up to $455.52 with royalties, covering 24,950 tons for seventeen ships under construction. The plan includes Harvey and Krupp royalties and U.S. license fees, with bids previously at $490 and initial asks at $545.
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Washington
John D. Long
Carnegie
Bethlehem
Navy Department
Carnegie and
Bethlehem Companies
Krupp
United States
Czar Relieved by News of Typhoid Recovery
London reports the czar’s typhoid fever is following a favorable course. European leaders fear any prolonged illness could unsettle peace, as the czar is seen as a counterpoise to Emperor William. Public anxiety grows until the monarch improves, with Times noting shared regard for Queen Victoria.
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London
Europe
William
the Times
England
Governor Beckham Inauguration Set For December 11
Chicago November 14 The latest election figures show McKinley’s popularity leads Republicans by 1,454,10 in states carried while Bryan’s Democratic votes total 614,120. McKinley’s overall plurality over Bryan stands at 840,390.
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McKinley
Chicago
Bryan
MccKinley
Iowa sheriff salary dispute over criminal fees tested
Des Moines reports Attorney General Remley and Assistant County Attorney Cheshire clash over sheriff fees. Mattern argues civil fees fund his salary, Cheshire says criminal duties suffice. AG upholds combined collection with salary deducted from total, county officials delay on bills. Likely court suit in January to settle rights and prisoners’ care costs.
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Des Moines
Remley
At- Cheshire
R. Cheshire
Mattern
Cheshire
Attorney General
Board of Supervisors
Fire at Hopkinton destroys seven buildings
Dubuque reports Hopkinton struck by a destructive fire. Total loss about $30,000 with $15,000 insured. Halls in two buildings housed secret societies. Partial loss list includes Reed & Moulton groceries $3,000 insured $2,500, Alex Kirkwood undertaker $3,000 insured $2,000, F M Wheeler restaurant and bakery $700 insured $250, Mrs Anna Riley millinery $500 insured $300, Hucker Bros hardware $2,500 insured $1,500, C C Mor groceries queensware crockery $3,500 insured $1,500, F B Thorpe groceries and dry goods $3,900 insured $1,500.
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Dubuque
Anna Riley
Hucker Bros
C. C. Mor
F. B. Thorpe
Saloons May Be Closed In Woodbury County
Sioux City November 17 Prohibitionists win first round in saloon petition fight as referee Stason disqualifies 1500 of 2500 names for lacking proper affidavits. If judgment is declared, saloons stay closed until January 1 1901 when a second petition will be reviewed. anti saloon convention set for November 26 under the Sioux City Anti-Saloon League to push stricter Martin law enforcement.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
E. J. Stason
Eferee Stason
Board of Supervisors
Victory for Saloons In Sioux City Legal Fight
Sioux City saloon men won a county challenge to prohibitionists over the petition of consent. Judge Hutchinson refused injunctions against sixteen liquor dealers, ruling the board of supervisors approval valid until an appeal. In Woolbury county prohibitionists pursued the petition route instead of targeting saloons.
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Sioux City
Board of Supervisors
Hutchinson
Woolbury County
Death of Hon W H M Pusey in Iowa
Council Bluffs reports the death of William H M Pusey a partner in Officer and Pusey private bankers now under receivership He died yesterday at the state insane asylum in Clarinda where he was confined since October 10 Pusey arrived in Iowa in 1856 and played a leading role in western Iowa business and politics He served as state senator in 1858 and was elected to Congress in 1882 from the Ninth district.
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W. H. M. Pusey
Council Bluffs
William H. M. Pusey
Officer & Pusey
Clarinda
Pusey
Iowa
Congress
Nothing to Live For. Emil Blackman Feigns Death Wish
Des Moines reports Emil Blackman a 56 year old carpenter living alone attempted suicide by swallowing laudanium. He was discovered and saved by a physician. He cites bachelor status and having nothing to live for as motive, and has been drinking recently.
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Des Moines
Emil Blackman
Lumber Firm Quits Dubuque to Consolidate in Louis
Dubuque reports Knapp & Stout Lumber Co will abandon its local yards and shift all operations to Louis. The firm, oldest and largest lumber company in the Mississippi valley, has served Dubuque for nearly fifty years.
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Dubuque
Knapp & Stout Lumber Co
Louis
Mississippi Valley
Arm Lost in Hunting Accident in Worthington Minn
Gordon Culver chief clerk for Robert Braden superintendent of the Northwestern road, caught in a hunting accident near Worthington Minnesota and lost his right arm. The incident occurred while he was pursuing game in the area on a November day.
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Mason City
Gordon Culver
Robert Braden
Worthington
Minn
Titus Amendment Causes Officals to Serve Extra Year
Des Moines reports a drafting error in Iowa’s Titus biennial election amendment may extend the terms of about 2,000 township county and state officers by one year. It could delay the seating of successors elected November 6 and affect officials including Secretary Dobson Treasurer Herriott and Attorney General Remley. Attorney General Remley issues an opinion that only officers elected in 1899 have terms extended, not those elected in 1900.
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Titus
Des Moines
Iowa
Dobson
Herriott
Remley
Martin
Gilbertson
Mullan
Stati
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Navy
Ing
J. J. Crossley
Winterset
Madison County
Thanksgiving Proclamation by the Governor of Iowa
The governor proclaims Thanksgiving for November 29 a day of worship and gratitude. He notes a prosperous year for lands, mines, factories, and herds, urging people to assemble in worship and homes to give thanks and seek providential guidance for future achievements. Signed November 12, 1900, by Governor Leslie M. Shaw and Secretary G L Dobson.
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Commonwealth of Town
Iowa
United States
Leslie M. Shaw
G. L. Dobson
Death of Another Student at Iowa State College
Ames, Nov. 16. The second typhoid death at the Iowa State college is Marion Witter, a freshman in mechanical engineering from Roscoe, 8, dD. Parents were with him at death. Remains taken to Mt. Vernon for burial, the family’s former home. Witter was among the first to fall ill. recovery for others in hospital is reported as improving with no serious cases remaining.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Marion Witter
Roscoe
Mt. Vernon
Witter
They violate pledges in China crisis, 1912 report
Washington protests that Germany Russia and Great Britain have broken faith with the United States over China. Czar and Kaiser accused of violating the July 3 circular. Russia and Germany blamed for dragooning natives, threatening uprisings, and dismemberment plots as Peking siege horrors are noted. The piece urges protest against barbarous actions contradicting civilized powers.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
United States
International Alliance
China
Czar
Kaiser
Count von Waldersee
Peking
Prince Turn Arrested and Yu Haien Arrested in China Crisis
A Nov 16 dispatch reports Britain protests the transfer of Yu Chang to Wu Chang’s governor, Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching memorialize the throne, Yu Chang may be barred from a new post. Shanghai notes Prince TuanArrest. Yu Haien and Yu Haien governor of Shan Si detained. An edict condemning Yu Haien to death is anticipated. Paris ministers discuss adding six points to a joint peace note.
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London
Britain
Yu Chang
Wu Chang
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Nig Haiarovince
Yu Haien
Shan Si
Pinan Sheng
Paris
M. Delcasse
Peking
Count Kills Wife in Paris Shooting Affair
Count de Cornulier shot his wife the Countess de Cornulier on a stairway at Rue de Providence in Paris. She died en route to hospital. he was arrested. The couple, long prominent in Paris society, had been legally separated pending suit. The Count is 43, the Countess 31, formerly Mile. Genevieve Dineau de Viennay.
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Paris
Count de Cornulier
Countess de Cornulier
Genevieve Dineau de Viennay
Boers Attack Edenburg Railroad Fails Heavy Loss
Bloemfontein reports a Boer assault on the Edenburg railroad on November 15 as forces were badly cut up. One account says seventy five Boers were killed or wounded in the engagement.
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Bloemfontein
Edenburg
Over a Hundred Bodies Found Near Galveston Island
United States surveying corps located more than 100 corpses in a swamp west of Galveston island near a county road. The remains, left after the September 8 storm, had not been found by burial parties. In Washington, Attorney General Griggs announced his retirement from the cabinet effective March 4 for business reasons.
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Galveston
Texas
United States Surveying Corps
Griggs
Washington
Large Outlay on Navy Report Details Big Expenditures
Washington reports Admiral Bradford, chief of the naval bureau of equipment, notes unprecedented spending by cruising ships in the last fiscal year and large freight costs for maces. He urges a Guam naval station, cites Cavite improvements, Pago Pago storage, and a new dry dock at Algiers. He forecasts rising coal costs, backs depots, and endorses wireless telegraphy on ships and an all American trans-Pacific cable route to connect the Pacific with possessions, China, and Japan.
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Admiral Bradford
Washington
Naval Bureau of Equipment
Bradford
Guam
Cavite
Pago- Pago
Tutuila
Samoa
Algiers
Navy
Bureau
Marconi
United States
Nero
Honolulu
Philippines
Pacific
China
Japan
Estimates on corn crop yield for 1900 report
Washington reports preliminary government estimates for 1900 showing corn average yield at 25.5 bushels per acre, with state figures. wheat at 15 bushels and potatoes at 80.8, hay at 1.28 tons, and crop quality percentages. An updated wheat estimate will be issued by December 10.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Ohio
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Emperor William narrowly escapes ax attack in Breslau
An assassination attempt in Breslau nearly struck Emperor William and the hereditary prince of Saxe-Meipingen as a hatchet hurled from a crowd missed by a carriage. Police promptly restrained the assailant Selma Schnopke, whose sanity is questioned. The brief incident caused no injuries.
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Breslau
William
Saxe-Meipingen
Selma Schnopke
WILL RETURN TO PEKING emperor edict amid Boxer crowd
Tien Tsin November 15 a royal edict says Emperor Kwang Sa and the empress dowager will return to Peking. A Russian column that left November 4 returned November 9 after clashing with Chinese forces near Hsi Tsang. Russians fought about 2,000 Chinese troops, dispersed them, killed 200, with no Russian casualties. Tien Tsin population about 600,000, two thirds said to be Boxers, allies strengthening the garrison against possible surprise.
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Ager
Tien Tsin
Kwang Sa
Peking
Hsi Tsang
Empress Executions Reported in Shanghai Telegraph Plot
Berlin reports from Hankow natives claim the empress ordered beheadings of telegraph officials who took a secret message from Emperor Kwang Su to Count von Waldersee. The note said the emperor was prisoner and unable to return to Peking. Other executions were said to follow. No accountability noted for those lying about candidates.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger Zeitung
Shanghai
Hankow
Kwang Su
Count von Waldersee
Peking
Stori ettes and Witty Quips From Public Life
The piece recollects John M. Palmer as a witty former senator who joked about fashion returning every decade in Illinois. It shares barrel anecdotes about an Irishman’s whisky labeled load and Pat Duffy, then notes Mark Twain’s emphasis on pauses in humor from Artemus Ward and Riley, and ends with Kipling on a sea voyage where the yard-arm rescue story amuses Mr. Kipling and a ship officer.
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John M. Palmer
Senate
Illinois
Mark Twain
Artemus Ward
James Whitcomb Riley
New Zealand
Oldest Banknote and Stomach Medicine Mentioned in Odd Spoof
A dated December 19 1699 banknote for 555 pounds is noted as highly valuable due to age. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is praised as a long standing remedy for various ailments. A Salina Kansas resident is accused of fraud over a nonexistent $40 bill, prompting police to chase a false lead.
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Bank of England
Hosttter
Salina
Kam
Shah buys paste jewelry for princesses at Paris exposition
A paste jewelry maker says the shah was his best customer at Paris, buying for daughters and mothers while deeming imitation pieces adequate for lesser rights of his family. In Neodesha Kansas a 1,500 population town, many men weigh under 100 pounds due to local petroleum and gas. Switzerland remains popular for women students with 850 total. 218 are women, with Russians leading foreign enrollments.
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Persia
Neodesha
Kan
America
India
Switzerland
Europe
Zurich
Near a Break Down Lady Tells Remarkable Story
Albert Lea Minn Nov 19 Mrs Henriette C Olberg of this city known from World Fair Chicago and Expositions Omaha 1898 as Secretary of National Flax Hemp and Ramie Association Assistant Editor of Distaff recounts kidney troubles from demanding duties. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with rapid and lasting improvement after three boxes. Dealers offer pills at 50 cents for a box.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Northwest
Henriette C. Olberg
Olberg
Chicago
Omaha
Nebraska
National
Flax, Hemp and Ramie Association
Distaff
Dodd
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