Kruger in France receives hero’s welcome across cities
Ex president Kruger toured France from Marseilles to Dijon amid mass receptions. Crowds cheered as he condemned British aims, vowed to fight to the end, and sent thanks to President Loubet.
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Marseilles
Kruger
Pauliat
Paris
Gelderland
Alte Apie Ilies
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Loubet
France
Dijon
Krur
Tarascon
Avignon
Valance Macol
Lyons
Victor Col o Referendum Coins Draw Protests
Jos Leaper of Victor Cole plans a new issue of silver “referendum dollars” after securing assurances from the U S district attorney that the coinage is not illegal. He orders ten thousand copies, costing 6500 for 1500 coins, to be sold for 12000 with redemption on demand. The coins bear the name of a Victor grocer who agrees to redeem them in merchandise or money.
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Jos
Victor
Nebraska Official Count Shows McKinley Lead
Lincoln Neb November 23 The official vote tally for Nebraska lists Me y as the state winner with 7 852 plurality from a total 251 998 votes McKinley stands at 121 855 and 14 013 vote in other races Governor Deitrich fusion Deltrich Republican ticket marks lowest count amid a fragmented result The text contains garbled phrases and incomplete names.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Mey
McKinley
Deitrich
Poynter
Fusion
Deltrich
Ublican
Sioux county officers sue over Titus amendment test
The incumbent Sioux county officers filed contest papers in Orange City to challenge the Titus amendment. P D Vanosierhaut Democrat county attorney Harry Melrose Republican county clerk and 68 X Jones Republican auditor seek to hold office against Clerk-elect Tepaska Auditor-elect Jongrewaard. The case tests whether the amendment must be accepted as written.
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Sioux County
Titus Lay
Sioux City
Orange City
P. D. Vanosierhaut
Harry Melrose
X’. Jones
A. Tepaska
Brewer
Jongrewaard
Police Desk Sergeant Kent Shot While Shooting at Dog
Ottumwa reports Desk Sergeant J. L. Kent accidentally shot himself in the right leg while attempting to shoot a dog. After a search party found him unconscious on the sidewalk, he was taken to the police station where doctors located the bullet six inches above the knee. He remains in critical condition.
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Ottumwa
J. L. Kent
Kent
German Robbed in Box Car Hold Up Near Oskaloosa
In Oskaloosa on November 24 two African American suspects assaulted a German named John Lendramer in a box car on Iowa Central tracks. They stole two dollars sixty five cents and a silver watch before fleeing toward Illinois. The victim was left unconscious but later recovered and aided police, who arrested the suspects and recovered the stolen items.
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Oskaloosa
John Lendramer
Iowa Central
Illinois
Des Moines Daily News Adds AP Wire Service
Des Moines Daily News announces full leased wire service from the Associated Press improving market reports and telegraphic news. Subscription remains 1 dollar yearly 75 cents for six months and 50 cents for three months the lowest daily price worldwide.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Des Moines Daily News
Associated Press
Hedrick Fire Destroys Stores. Loss Near Thirty Thousand
Ottumwa reports Hedrick suffered a disastrous blaze yesterday wiping out store buildings and contents valued at nearly 30 000. Insurance covers about one third. Fire began from a gasoline stove explosion in the Charles Wil…
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Hedrick
Ottumwa
Charles Wil
Fire Rages In Hedrick. Ottumwa Brought In For Help
A blaze raged for three to four hours before the Hedrick Fire Department could gain control. Ottumwa was summoned for aid but lacked an engine, making assistance impossible.
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Hand
Hedrick
Ottumwa
Tramp Convicted of Murder
John Gray found guilty of manslaughter in the jail murder case of Joseph Williams in Marshalltown. Gray and Pat Dunn, both strangers, were among tramps drinking from a keg when Williams confronted them. A dispute led to Gray firing three shots, one fatally wounding Williams as he ran away.
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Marshalltown
John Gray
Pat Dunn
Joseph Williams
Gray
Dunn
Williams
Robbery case ends with eight year penitentiary sentence
Roscoe Sewell of Shell Rock aged 19 was sentenced by Judge Clifford Smith to eight years in the Anamosa penitentiary for rape. The victim, 15, was an inmate of the Lutheran Orphans Home. Citizens petitioned for leniency on Sewell's behalf.
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Waverly
Roscoe Sewell
Shell Rock
Clifford Smith
Anamosa
Lutheran Church
McIntire
Haywood sues Rock Island for damages over 1898 injury
Maydle Haywood files a $25,000 damage suit against the Rock Island railroad claiming personal injuries from negligence of the railway's employees on November 4, 1898. The accident occurred at Six Mile Place between Burlington and Sperry, Iowa.
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Des Moines
Maydle
Mangled man dies attempting to board freight train
Creston Nov 25 Valentine Kiebasea a 40 year old man was killed while trying to board a freight train in the Burlington yards. His lower limbs were mangled. Relatives live in Austria.
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Creston
Valentine Kiebasia
Burlington Yards
Kiebasia
Austria
Jury convicts Lee Wood of rape in district court
In Marshalltown on November 25 a district court jury found Lee Wood guilty after about an hour of deliberation. The verdict aroused strong indignation at the time and is generally approved.
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Marshalltown
Lee Wood
Mabel Salser Found Dead in Vault Shaft
Cedar Rapids reports the seven year old daughter of grocer Salzer fell fifteen feet into a vault shaft and died. Salzer discovered the body in the vault of their residence. Lifeless upon discovery.
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Mabel Salser
Cedar Rapids
Salzer
Mabel
Albia Mob Foiled as Guardsmen Move In
Guardsmen from Ottumwa arrived in Albia to prevent a lynching of Alva Booker, a Black man charged with rape. The court hearing shifted to Wapello county after a swift, tense march from the Albia depot, with Sheriff Conor and armed troops keeping the crowd at bay.
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Iowa National Guards
Albia
Alva Booker
Sarah Hayel
Fort Madison
Conor
Monroe County
Mt. Pleasant
Ft. Madison
Albias
Wapello County
Ultimatum to Salons in Sioux City Exacts Compliance
The Anti saloon league in Woodbury County issues an ultimatum to Sioux City saloons to fully follow the Martin mulet law after December 1. If violations occur they will be closed by injunction, citing the Kennedy saloon as an example. Tension rises as lawyers and league pressure grow.
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Sioux City
Martin Mulet
Conleague
Woodbury County
Kennedy
League
Fortified insurgent stronghold at Pin auran taken in Luzon battle
U S and Philippine forces under Col Thompson captured and destroyed the fortress of Geronimo at Pin auran thirty five miles north of Manila. The assault from four sides lasted about three hours. several hundred insurgents fled and a thousand uniforms were destroyed along with buildings and documents. Private Hart and Private Koppner were killed and twelve other Americans wounded.
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Manila
Geronimo
Pinauran
Forty-second
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Fourth Cavalry
Thompson
San Mateo
Montalban
Novaliches
Fnally
Luzon
Carry
Atkinson
Atkinson, of the Twenty-seventh
Castell
Sloan
Hart
Koppner
U S Seeks Harpoot Consul Exequatur Still Denied
In Constantinople on November 25 United States Charge d Affaires Griscom urged Tewfik Pasha to settle the dispute over granting exequatur to Dr. Thomas H. Norton for a Harpoot consulate. The Porte remains firm against the request while American officials defer public comment to the State Department.
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Constantinople
United States
Griscom
Tewfik Pasha
Thomas H. Norton
McKinley
Harpoot
Porte
New York
Oscar 8. Strauss
Turkey
Harpool
State Department
Diocese Split Creates New Catholic See at Sioux City
In Dubuque a papal encyclical orders a division of the diocese with a new see established at Sioux City. Archbishop Keane confirms the move as bishops meet to select candidates including Bishop Meehan of Cheyenne and Father Heer of Dyersville. Fort Dodge likely joins the new diocese.
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Dubuque
Keans
Sioux City
Meehan
Cheyenne
Father Heer
Dyersville
Fort Dodge
Hoot Receives Ten Year Sentence for Attempted Dynamite Plot
Waterloo verdict: Jerome W. Hoot is sentenced by Judge Blair to ten years in the penitentiary for attempting to dynamite his wife. Hoot proclaims innocence but respects the court. Attorneys Mullan and Picket plan an appeal to the supreme court.
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Waterloo
Blair
Jerome W. Hoot
Hoot
Mullan
Picket
Supreme Court
Dietrich Deemed Ineligible by Nebraska Fusion Leaders
Fusion leaders in Nebraska allege governor elect Charles H Dietrich rendered himself ineligible under the 1889 anti corruption law after an affidavit claimed he paid 25 dollars to E F Moriarty and partner for a banquet and barbecue. Dietrich admitted the contribution and his aides say the event was a picnic for poor children. Democratic and Populist leaders said an investigation would be considered.
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Lincoln
Neb
Fusion
Nebraska
Charles H. Dietrich
E. F Moriarty
Omaha
Dietrich
Hall
Edmistin
Engineer Accidentally Shot Near Clinton
Charles Combs, an engineer on the Q., went hunting alone northwest of Clinton. At noon his gun was accidentally discharged, the load entering his left arm below the shoulder. He was brought home and doctors deemed it necessary to amputate his arm.
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Clinton
Charles Combs
Water Works Stand Collapses In Cedar Falls
A standpipe at the Cedar Falls city water works collapsed from its central location, plummeting about 100 feet. The full tank held 100 000 gallons and the loss is estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Cedar Falls
City Water Works
Smooth Game With Checks Among Sioux City Merchants
Two bogus check workers, a man and a woman, preyed on Sioux City retailers for several days. They made small purchases at many stores, used altered initial letters on checks from various banks, collected change, and vanished. The scheme likely affected a dozen or more merchants.
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Siooux City
Sioux City
Twenty six Perish in the Water
News from Quebec reports the steamer St Olaf wrecked off Seven Islands with all hands lost. Nineteen crew members perished along with seven passengers. The iron steamer valued about 40000 dollars was insured for around 20000.
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Quebec
St. Olaf
Turks Perish on Black Sea Crossing from Russia
Odessa report via the Daily Express says thirty eight Turkish refugees tried to flee Russia by night from Tsehuruksu for the Black Sea. A storm sank the boat after baggage and passengers were thrown overboard, with one lad surviving by clinging to a mast and reaching shore.
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London
The
Daily Express
Odessa
Russia
Tsehuruksu
Black Sea
Porte Refuses Recognition of US Consulate at Harpoot
The Porte rejects exequatur for the United States consulate at Harpoot, a move the US legation calls a treaty-right violation. Dr. Thomas H. Norton is ordered to proceed to his post, while the Kentucky’s visit to Smyrna is linked to this issue. Turkey’s grounds cite no commerce at Harpoot and Erzincum, contrasting Britain’s granted privilege under treaty terms.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Porte
United States
Harpoot
Legation
Thomas H. Norton
McKinley
Harpool
Kentucky
Smyrna
Suarpool
Erzercum
State Department
Great Britain
Envoys Upset Over Chinese Governance Changes
London reports from Peking that Yu Chang’s appointment as Hu Pei governor was canceled after British protests. Ching rising, new treasurer of Tio Nan, is also opposed. Foreign envoys vow to condemn bad faith in the joint note preamble while word arrives of a German expedition clash and calls to punish guilty officials.
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London
Dr. Morrison
The
Times
Peking
Yu Chang
Hu Pei
Ching Rising
Tio Nan
Lng
Avine
Morning Post
Wirting
Tung Fu Hsiang
Mummy von Schwartzensten
Li Hung Chang
New Basis for Peace Proposed in China Settlement Talks
Secretary of State delivers identical notes to powers in interest in the Chinese situation outlining goals for a new basis to ministers in Peking. Early responses are favorable and indicate progress toward a more business-like settlement addressing punishments and indemnities.
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Tay
Washington
United States
China
Peking
State Department
Sir Arthur Sullivan Dies in London
London, Nov. 23. Sir Arthur Sullivan, renowned musical composer, died of heart disease. He collapsed at 9 a.m. while talking and laughing at his home and died within minutes. He had been ill recently but had shown improvements.
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Sir Arthur Sulivan
London
Ir Arthur Sullivan
Sullivan
McKinley Leads Kansas With 25,844 Margin
Topeka reports official county returns show McKinley ahead by 25,844. Stanley trails by 8,474 behind McKinley. State total 349,917 with McKinley at 187,881 and Bryan plus populist votes totaling 162,037.
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Kansas
Topeka
T. T. Kelly
Republican State Committee
McKinley
Stanley
Bryan
Roosevelt declines to remove New York mayor
Governor Roosevelt announces he will not remove Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck of New York City. He finds no proof of willful violation of the law restricting public officers from holding stock in a company dealing with the municipality despite his stockholding in the American Ice Company.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Robert A. van Wyck
New York City
American Ice Company
Stoneware jug dated 1566 sold for 135 pounds
An old mottled stoneware jug dated 1566 fetched £135 at a London auction, reflecting its historical value and age.
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London
Just a Little Hint to the Salter
The battleship Kentucky now in the Mediterranean is ordered to touch at Smyrna on its way to the Philippines. Washington says the Turkish government must pay indemnity funds for the destruction of missionary property, with claims totaling about $100,000.
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Washington
Kentucky
Smyrna
Turkey
Philippines
United States
Smallpox Prevalence and Political Action in Des Moines
Notes from the Capital report a growing smallpox presence in Iowa towns with at least a dozen cases statewide and light severity in most communities. The Titus amendment plan seeks to enjoin the governor from issuing election certificates, elevating the issue to the supreme court for a timely ruling before year end.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
Hocking
Monroe County
Washington
Supreme Court
Theif Court
Remsey
Senator Mullan
Judge dissolves restraining order in government by injunction case
Judge McPherson nullified the restraining order issued Nov 2 against the Tri City Labor Congress. He ruled the court lacked jurisdiction and that the order was issued under a misapprehension of facts. The case grew from clerks strike by clothing merchants resisting Retail Clerks union demands.
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MePkoerson
Tri-City Labor Congress
McPherson
United States
City cigarette dealers ordered to pay quarterly mulet tax
City Assessor French demands all cigarette dealers appear at the county treasurer to pay a $75 quarterly mulet tax. The move follows the US Supreme Court ruling invalidating the original package law that started three years ago, with liability extending to periods of adherence or noncompliance.
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French
Eupreme
Governor Shaw and Remley differ on 1902 1903 regular sessions
Governor Shaw and Attorney General Remley favor regular biennial sessions in 1902 and 1903. Lawyers split over Titus amendment effects. AG expects 1903 and future sessions, while others see 1902 unchanged. Provisions on state appropriations debated. special session possible if needed.
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Shaw
Remley
General Assembly
Titus
Boardroom Expectation: Men Plank Down
A concise note on financial expectations in a board setting urging men to contribute funds or resources, underscoring a duty to participate financially in organizational actions.
Republicans Propose 30 Million War Revenue Cut
Washington November 22 republican members of the ways and means committee advance a bill to amend the war revenue law proposing a reduction of 30 million dollars per year. The move reflects Secretary Gage and president aligned views, with prior discussions held before the secretary testified.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Gage
Ways and Plans Committee
Cage
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