Griggs Offer Reported for Next Attorney General
Dec 4 Washington reports say Governor Griggs of New Jersey was offered the attorney general post to succeed Me Kinsey or McKinley appointees. Griggs refused to confirm or deny talk. Hobart urged the appointment. Close associates favor acceptance. Molklejohn praises General Miles after western post tour. Jones denies Wichita reservation invasion rumors. twenty congressional contests announced for the next House.
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Dec
Me‘Kensas
United States Supreme Bench
Jaatics Field
Griggs
New Jersey
Hobart
McKinley
Parenson
N. J
Washington
Hamilton Club
Molklejohn
General Miles
George D. Moiklejohn
Pacific
Miles
Wichita Reservation
Wichita Mountains
Washineton
House
President McKinley at Mother's Bedside in Canton
President McKinley arrives in Canton to find his mother, Mrs McKinley, gravely ill and unconscious. He prays by the bedside as the family gathers, doctors caution that death may come soon while a faint gesture suggests recognition by the son among slow, weak pulses. Yale wins intercollegiate contest in oratory against Harvard on the Hawaiian annexation question. Br Louis traffic bureau to oppose pooling law before Congress. Nebraska banking board calls for November reports from state banks.
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Canton
President McKinley
Phillips
Helen
William
Yate
Oratory
New Haven
Conn. Des
Yale Oratory
Achaters
Harvard
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Yale
Br. Louis
Traffic Bureau
Congress
Postmaster Fight Over Fort Office in Alabama
Mozitz Alabama December 4. P D Barker Republican appointed October battles to take the Fort office from Democrat Rapier. Rapier’s lawyers raise a new legal point and inspectors say removal notices and senate confirmation are required. Rapier remains postmaster awaiting next move.
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Barker
McKinley
Tate
Gary
Baker
Senate
Ives Beats Schaeffer For New York Billiards Title
At Madison Square Garden, Schaeffer defeats the defending champion Ives in a high level match. Schaeffer leads scoring with 500 to Ives 401 as a large crowd watches two experts highlight the tournament. In Fargo, Oliver Dalrymple mortgages 70 000 on 8 000 acres in the Red River valley to Grandin Bros., reducing a 250 000 debt to the syndicate.
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Schaeffer
Ives
New York
Madison Square Garden
Bonanza
Fargo
N. D
Oliver Dalrymple
Grandin Bros
Red River Valley
Dalrymple
Mail Box Robber Sentenced In U S Circuit Court
Gene H. Morgan alias W H Matthews led a gang of mail box robbers arrested in Bostor. He pled guilty and was sentenced by Judge Aldrich to six years in the state prison at hard labor. Hanna continues to improve with no date for return to Washington.
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Bostor
Gene H. Morgan
W. H. Matthews
Aldrich
United States Circuit Court
Ninth Annual National Live Stock Exchange Meet Opens in Sioux City
Sioux City hosts the ninth annual National Live Stock Exchange convention with top livestock and railroad delegates. President W H Thompson Jr urges dairy quality, beef profitability, hog marketing, and English sheep breeding insights as Omaha is slated for next year. A Chicago board of trade endorsement for Morrison is rejected. A special committee will study the federal quarantine line and tonight a livestock banquet was held.
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National Live Stock Exchange
P. m
Chicago
Live Stock
Kansas City
South Omaha
East St. Louis
Louisville
Fort Worth
St. Joseph
Pittsburg
South St.Paul
Omaha
Chicago Board of Trade
William R. Morrison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indian Agents Report Signal Change at Prairie Reserves
Reports from Indian agents detail potential sale of 16 000 acres of surplus lands on the Potawatomi and Great Nemaha reserves in Kansas and warn of future legal trouble over heirs as marriage in Nebraska’s Omaha and Winnebago areas dissolves without law. Cash payments urged, Crow Creek funds reallocated for self sufficiency. Kentucky distillers plan production limits to avert panic. Belgian minister questions Count de Latte amid lectures against Romish church in Pepin Wisconsin.
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Winnebago Reserve
Washington
Pottawattomie
Great Nemaha
Kansas
Prairie Band
Sprole
Fort Peck
Montana
Omaha and
Winnebago
Nebraska
Rosebud
Crow Creek
South Dakota
Congress
Louisville
Kentucky Distillers’ Association
Drs Moines
Count de Latte
Peter Seguin
Pepin
Wis
Death by own action found at Soldiers' Home
A veteran named Patrick Carr was found dead in a bathtub at the Leavenworth Soldiers' Home. The flesh was cooked to bone, suggesting death by scalding and self harm. Carr, married and said to have domestic troubles, was among several items in a scattered telegraphic news brief.
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Leavenworts
Kan
Patrick Carr
Farmer Hopkins Daughter Healed By Dr Williams Pink Pills
A Republican Columbus report details Clara Hopkins of Bartholomew County suffering years of neuralgic illness and nervous prostration. After doctors failed, she improved markedly using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, purchased locally for 60 cents a box or six for 2.50, with the company in Schenectady offering mail orders.
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Rugby
Clara Hopkins
Dennis Hopkins
Bartholomew County
Mr. Hopkins
Mr. Hopking
Clara
Williame
Williams
England Again Storm Swept Across The Coast
Fierce storms struck English coasts with heavy hail snow and rain. Dover Calais channel service suspended and several ships wrecked near Goodwins sands. Widespread snowfalls reported in parts of France amid unprecedented storm fury along Kent and Norfolk seaboards. Sweep ing reprimand for Lovering issued by General Lieber as War Department signals dissatisfaction with court martial leniency.
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London
Dover
Calais
Sweepiog
Lovering
Washinoton
Lieber
War Department
Alger
Bismarck Defies US Hatian Interference Claims
Reports from Hamburg say Prince Bismarck denounces American arrogance over Haiti and urges Germany to demand monetary damages while opposing U S interference. Washington notes indicate A J Sawyer’s term as Nebraska US district attorney will end in April with John O C Wharton slated as successor. Kaiser Wilhelm voyage may beat eastward record if timing matches. Death and appointment notices conclude the dispatch with obituaries for Dr Lafayette Campbell and Dr George R Horn, notable medical and scientific figures.
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Brxwin
Prince Bismarck
Hamburger Nouohrichten
United States
Hayti
Saya
Germany
Haiti
Wharton
Washington
A. J. Sawyer
Nebraska
Sawyer
W. E. Summers
William F. Gurley
John OC. Wharton
Thurston
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Orrumwa
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George R. Horn
American Philosophical Society
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