Negro Arrested In $1900s Government Payroll Robbery
Major P C Stevens, a 17 year US government paymaster, reported $1900 plus missing after entrusting a valise to J H Alexander who carried it to Pensacola and back to the Empire Building office. The silver currency remained found while $4200 in pills vanished. Alexander claims innocence as detectives pursue recovery.
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United States
P C Stevens
J. H Alexander
George Steins
F M. Bimpson
Major Stevens
Pensacola
Stevens
Alexander
Union
Empire Building
Fla
Stevene
the Constitution
Washington
What the Paymaster Says
Paymaster Stevens of the United States army arrived from Atlanta with 4200 in paper money and 200 silver dollars for Port Barancas salaries. At Fort Barancas he found nearly 8000 in paper money missing, leaving only the silver dollars. He suspects a professional pickpocket followed him and removed the funds during or before the trip.
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Pensacola
Fln
Stevens
United States Army
Port Barancas
McRea
Paul Revere’s Great-Grandson Dies in New Jersey
Paul Revere’s great grandson and son of General Joseph Warren Revere, former vice president general of the Song of the American Revolution, died today in Morristown New Jersey at an unspecified age.
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Paul
New York
Paul Revere
Morristown
N. J
Joseph Warren Revere
Venezuelan minister resigns over Colombian question
Caetro reports from Curacao that Dr Eduardo Blanco resigns as foreign minister over the dispute with Colombia. Paced by a pan-American mediation U S proposal, reports say Castro’s answer reached San Cristobal without Blanco’s knowledge and stirred frontier troops. General Uribe Uribe and General Modesto Castro head toward San Cristobal for details amid rumors Celestino Castro sells cattle to the enemy.
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Curacao
Haytien
Eduardo Blanco
Pachano
Castro
pan-American Congress
Mexico
Bianco
Willemstad
Caspacho Viejo
General Uribe-Uribe
Colombia
Celestino Castro
San Cristobal
Tachira
Terrible gun accident on British battleship kills crew
A British battleship near Astoria harbor suffered a terrible gun accident when an artilleryman forgot to close the breech before firing. One officer and six artillerymen were killed outright, with the captain and thirteen sailors seriously injured. The incident underscores negligent handling aboard the Royal Sovereign.
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Athens
Royal Sovereign
Astoria
American schooner Nettle and Lottie seized
Lisbon dispatch says Portuguese gunboat captured the American schooner Nettle and Lottie at Horta in the Azores while allegedly carrying twenty six emigrants attempting to evade military service. The seizure was reported by the Exchange Telegraph Company from London on November 11.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Lisbon
Nettle and Lottie
Horta
Igland
Havana Council Accepts Sewerage Bid for 10 Million
The Havana municipal council agreed by a vote of 10 to 8 to accept the bid of 8 P Mc Givney and R T Rocky of Jersey City at 10 393 015 for sewerage and paying contract. Much discussion arose over a pamphlet alleging the bid was the engineer department’s.
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Havana
Ayain
Municipal Council of
P McGivney
R T Rocky
Jersey City
McGivney-Beckley
Engineer's Department
State official faces criminal libel charge in Washington county
Sheriff English arrives with warrant to arrest State School Commissioner R Glenn in Atlanta. He will be taken to Sandersville to answer criminal libel accusations in an action by John N Rogers, county school commissioner, tied to a salty letter about Peabody fund disbursements and unpaid work by a local negro institute staff.
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Capitol
Washington County
Sandersville
John N. Rogers
M. English
The
Constitution
Atlanta
Glenn
Rogers
Sherif English
T. J. Elder
Elder
Washington
Chatham
Peabody Fund
Dr. Curry
Georgia
Dr Curry
Mr. Rogers
Hitler
Mr Rogers
G .B. Glenn
Major Stevens Reveals Theft Discovery on Train
Major Stevens recounts misplacement of two satchels containing funds for Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens. After losing the messenger and recovering the satchel in transit, he found the currency missing upon opening at Fort Barrancas Saturday night, while silver from the office satchels remained. police notified and a suspect believed in custody.
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Department
Forts Barrancas
Pickens
Pensacola
Fort Barrancas
Atlante
Cc. Stevens
Rogers Fight Back Over Board Charging Short Accounts
Mr Rogers faced accusations of misrepresenting him for political motives. A September 23 check paid the institute’s balance due, and a October 14 board reply confirmed two experts found Rogers’ books correct. Commissioner Henn called the conduct undignified and withdrew grounds, while Rogers prepared to sue the state school commissioner for criminal charges, with a warrant sworn on Saturday.
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Rogers
Elder
Institute
Glenn
Washington
Bounty Board
Statiixg
Aes Board
Henn
Excommunicated Priest Reenters Cathedral Amid Standoff
Father Jeremiah Jrowley, excommunicated Roman Catholic priest of Oregon, returned to Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago for high mass. Ushers blocked the central entrance with tables, directing him to a side entry where he found a seat in a rear pew. The crowd filled the cathedral, many expecting a repeat confrontation from the prior Sunday.
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Ushera
Crawley
Chicago
Jeremiah Jrowley
Oregon
Tiage
Holy Name
Tamayo Challenged to Duel in Havana After Banquet Incident
Havana November 10 reports say Senor Tamayo senior official and ex officio head of state has been challenged to a duel by a member of the Union Club. The charge follows an alleged assault on Tamayo and a companion at the close of a banquet for visiting Chileans. Tamayo was detained by police then released by the civil governor. La Lucha condemns the episode and laments ongoing reconstruction troubles in Cuba amid distrust and blundering officials.
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Union Club
Havana
Senor Tamayo
Nolice
la Lucha
Great Decrease in the Vote in Ohio in 1900 Election
With about half the official returns in, Ohio shows a dramatic drop in total votes by roughly 100,000 from 1899. The decline is heaviest among Democrats outside cities, amid debates over silver, prosperity, McKinley’s death and endorsements of Roosevelt, Nish, and Foraker.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
McKinley
Roosevelt
Nish
Benater Foraker
Glenn defends himself against criminal libel charge
G R Glenn claims political motives behind the criminal libel warrant issued in Washington county. He says he wrote a severe letter to Rogers and sent copies to Washington county board of education. He plans to attend a preliminary hearing in Washington county if required.
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the Constitution
Glenn
Lbel
Rogers
Board of Education
Washington County
May Kill Miss Stone and Get Money Too
In Sofia Bulgaria November 10 Informa ton reports brigands holding captive Miss Elen M Stone an American missionary captured near Smetchevo and taken to the monastery of Rilo. Troops chased the brigands toward the frontier where they hide. The brigands threaten Miss Stone and her companion to force ransom. Consul General Dickinson demands surrender simultaneous with ransom payment and warns Bulgarian authorities will be blamed for Stone s death if their actions hinder negotiations.
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Bulgaria
Doubnitza
Miss Elen M. Stone
Smetchevo
Rilo
Miss Stone
Dickinson
Growth of Uncle Law's Navy Coal Use Reported
Washington November 10 A Bradford report shows the navy spent 2 273 111 last fiscal year for 824 108 tons of coal at 7 01 per ton, up from the prior year by 95 15 tons. Domestic coal cost 620 per ton foreign coal 850 per ton. The fleet has coal depots at Atlantic ports and Norfolk, with plans for improved stations. Wireless telegraphy remains experimental and no system is adopted yet. Interference issues were evident in yacht race trials.
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Bradford
Washington
R. B Bradford
Equipment Bureau of the Navy
Admiral Bradford
Atlantic
Norfolk
Hearing Open in Atlanta on Chattanooga Freight Rates
Citizens of Chattanooga Against Railroad Lines pursue reduced freight rates from eastern points. A hearing may be held in Atlanta before the Southeastern Freight Association on the petition, with the Supreme Court case potentially revisited if relief is denied. United States Supreme Court remanded the case on a technicality.
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Citizens of
Chattanooga
Tenn
L A. Shaver
Interarete Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlanta
Southeastern Freight Association
East
Fair Monday and Tuesday winds bring headlines big and varied
Washington county Sheriff narrows in on State School Commissioner G Glenn with a criminal libel warrant. Major Stevens and a paymaster’s clerk arrest accompany 24000 in currency. City stockade to receive showers and disinfectant to prevent disease. Two intoxicated youths rescued. Georgia events include Greenesboro fair support for the Georgia Normal Institute and a mayoral primary in Macon. Alabama crime and national issues loom large.
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English
Washington County
G. Glenn
John N. Rogers
Sandersville
P. C Stevens
States Army
Union
Mims
Columbia Theater
State of In
Greenesboro
Georgia Normal and Industrial Institute
Macon
Bibb County Superior Court
Escapes From Leavenarih Prison Hold Two Convicts
Topeka reports two escaped Fort Leavenworth inmates capturing Sheriff Cook and Deputy Williams at Pauline, holding Wooster and his family as shields for hours. A local posse, decoys, and Topeka officers pursued, with promises of immunity and a dawn chase as convicts finally slipped away along a railroad track.
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Kans
Sherriff Cook
Williams
Fort Leavenworth M
Paulime
Wooster
Mrs Wooster
Sherif Coot
Pauline
Cook
Deputy Williams
Farmer Wooster
Sheriff Cook
Sherif Cook
Willems
Stahl
Wooster House
Kansas City
Fort Leavenworth
Liberty
Manhattan
Kansas
Frank Thompson
John Greene
Nortonville
Norbergen
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