Diplomatic Ties Between U S and Turkey Sterner
Rumors of a rupture in relations are unfounded. The porte and the United States legation maintain excellent ties. Lloyd C. Griscom, the U S charge d affaires, has met with officials six times this year. The Kentucky’s visit to Smyrna prompts tighter U S indemnity discussions but does not alter relations.
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Constantinople
United States
Turkey
Porte
Legation
Lloyd C. Griscom
Kentucky
Smyrna
Nicaragua Canal Treaty Seen Before U S Senate
Secretary Hay and Senor Correa signed a treaty granting the United States rights for Nicaraguan canal construction. The agreement awaits congressional action and ratification by the Senate. Its terms will not be made public until submission.
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Hay
United States
Senor Correa
Senate
Toll of Nanking Powder Explosion Reported
The Energia steamer brings details of a massive powder explosion at Nanking China. A thunderstorm struck a powder magazine storing half a million catties, obliterating a small valley and killing over 800 people. Rescue efforts continued for a week by Chinese soldiers.
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Tacoma
Energia
Nanking
China
Berlin wary over Kruger visit amid cautious talk
The semi official statement that Mr Kruger may visit Berlin is discussed cautiously with predictions of a possible reception by Emperor William considered premature. Papers warn against sentiment that could clash with policy as Germany weighs the Transvaal fate amid limited public demonstrations. The report notes no clear signs of a public display. In Jeffersonville Indiana, Thomas O Neil 75 marries Elizabeth Wharton of Louisville. During the feast O Neils sons enraged opposed marriage drive three large mules into the dining room destroying furniture and forcing guests to flee. the groom plans to prosecute the sons.
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Berlin
Kruger
William
Germany
Transvaal
Thomas O’neil
Jeffersonville
Ind
Elizabeth Wharton
Louisville
O’neil
Wreck Found Off Clinton Harbor By Captain Tubble
Captain Tubble reports discovery of the sunken barge Gypsy off Clinton Harbor four years after it sank in a gale. He had been salvaging in Long Island Sound for weeks seeking the vessel and its copper hold valued at about $30,000.
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Tubble
Longe Island Sound
Gypsy
Clinton Harbor
Mrs Van Liew Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter
Emma Van Liew on trial at Van Wert Ohio pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Alice Hummell after accusations of vitriol thrown in her face. She was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary and taken to Columbus prison immediately.
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Emma van Liew
van Wert
Ohio
Alice Hummell
Columbus
Railway Workers Protest U S Labor Import Move
Ottawa report notes Canadian railway employees complain to the government about allowing United States labor to enter while Canadians are barred from entering the United States. The dispute centers on cross border job access and trade policy affecting workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
United States
Berlin Visit Cancelled by Kruger After Imperial Regret
Mr Kruger abandons plans to visit Berlin after an official notice from Emperor William stating he cannot receive the visit due to prior SADE events and related concerns. The action reflects diplomatic strains and discomfort over existing tensions.
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Kruger
Berlin
William
Tragedy on Spokane River Claims Dozens Drowned
A raft upset on the Spokane River in Spokane Washington throws twenty men into the water with three or more feared dead. Survivors scramble to shore as authorities investigate flotation and rescue efforts continue.
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Spokane River
Spokane, Wash
Diplomat Ill in Berlin as U.S. Official Dies in Crisis
A United States embassy third secretary in Berlin is gravely ill. A boiler explosion near Bellefontaine Ohio killed three farmers aged 40, 22, and dying 22, all shredding fodder. Toledo real estate dealer I N Poe reports a $25,000 theft from his desk while absent from office. a crew is not present.
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Til
Samuel Morrill
United States
Berlin
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Upton Moore
Henry Heaton
Charles Mohr
Toledo
I. N. Poe
Ohio
Flood Ravages Rivers Across Region Amid Strong Storm
Disaster along the Monongahela Allegheny and Ohio rivers causes hundreds of thousands in damages across Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio. Reports detail wrecked property lost lives and mass disruption as trains bridges and mines suffer and residents abandon low lying areas.
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Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Atlantic Seaboard
Eastern Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Columbus
Chagrin Balls
Cambridge
Ohio River
Chauncey
Phace
Tennessee
Paducah
I.y
Nashville and
Chattanooga
Main
Charleston
Guyandotte Valley
Guyandotte Valley Railroad
Barboursville
Salt Rock
Secretary Long seeks new ships in annual naval report
Secretaries Long annual naval report asks Congress for two new battleships two armored cruisers six gunboats and six smaller vessels with at least ten million dollars in funding. He also urges revival of the rank of vice admiral creation of a national reserve and a public records hall plus a large Philippines dry dock and a statue for Admiral Porter.
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Long
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
General Board
The
Mavy
Admiral Dewey
Board of Construction
Alabama
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Albany
Navy Department
Philippines
Admiral Porter
Veteran voters span ages in Maine and Iowa
Uncle Eben Lancaster of Bowdoinham Maine is 101 and voted first for James Madison in 1817. William Zimmer of Clinton Iowa is 127 and cast his first vote for James Monroe in 1820. Zimmer was born April 1799 in Schoharie County New York and remains active in town life.
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Maine
Iowa
Bowdoinham
Eben Lancaster
James Madison
Eben
William Zimmer
Clinton
James Monroe
See
Schohiarie County
New York
Edgerton Fortune Sacrificed for Farmhand Husband
Mrs. Lillian T. Edgerton of Plantsville Ohio gave up an $80,000 estate and $10,000 in life insurance to wed farm hand Frank Baredon, for whom she left everything if she remains single. If she remarries, most wealth passes to their children, and the couple wed this week. Brig. Gen. George R. Sternberg notes in the annual army report that modern small-caliber bullets are less deadly than Civil War muskets.
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Lillian T. Edgerton
Plantsville
Ohio
George R. Sternberg
Agricultural Department Report Highlights Weather Service Growth
Secretary Wilson outlines annual gains in weather forecasting, wireless experiments, cattle and sheep inspection, and hog cholera research. He notes successful quarantine handling of cattle, dairy product shipments to Cuba and Puerto Rico, food adulteration laws, and rising public interest in forestry and foreign markets for U S farm goods. The report cites potential US farm income increases from wheat yield improvements and warns on risks from new animal pests.
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Wilson
Agricultural Department
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Bureau
Texas
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Russia
Hungary
Austria
Asia
Orient
British Defeat Deepens Fears After Dewetsdorp Surrender
Dispatches report the Dewetsdorp garrison of two guns and 400 men surrendered at 5 30 p m on November 23. Gen Dewet's force captures 400 British prisoners as 15 killed and 42 wounded, amid news of a broader Boer war endgame causing alarm in England. Also details of a muddy boots divorce in Omaha.
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Trondon
Dewetsdorp
Dewet
England
Johannesburg
Lord Roberts
Denetsdorp
Knox
Steyn
de Wet
Vaalbank
Great Britain
New Fast Mail Train Adds Quick Chicago to Council Bluffs Run
The new daily fast mail train for the government operates on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy line. It leaves Chicago at 8:00 in the morning and 9:30 in the evening for Council Bluffs. A second morning run at 8:48 goes to Lincoln, Nebraska, delivering to the Burlington express toward the North Pacific coast via Billings. The service includes a passenger coach and offers fast day travel from Chicago to Council Bluffs, Omaha and Lincoln.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington’s Express
North Pacific Coast
Billings
Mont
Omaha
Western football chaos as several teams contest title
Thanksgiving day results leave no clear Western football champion with Iowa claiming now, while Minnesota Wisconsin and Northwestern dispute. Mixed outcomes include Chicago beating Michigan and Chicago tying Iowa, Northwestern vs Illinois and Wisconsin, and varied claims from Stagg and Michigan men. Fatalities and injuries from 1500 season noted.
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Chicago
Michigan
Northwestern
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Gophers
Millers
Luwa
Stagg
Maroons
Nebraska
Iowa State
Iowa University
Lawrence Pierson
Lake Forest
A.D. Price
Asheville
N. C
Calhoun Duff
Berkeley
Cal
Wilcox Named Hawaii Delegates First Congressional Bid
Robert W. Wilcox defeats Samuel Parker to become Hawaii's representative, claiming a pathways to Congress. At 45, he is a former legislator and monarchist leader who opposed U S rule. His past includes studies in Italy, marriage to a princess, and a prison term after the 1895 rebellion.
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Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Robert W. Wilcox
Samuel Parker
Congress
Wilcox
Seca
Newport
R. 1
Honolulu
Kalakaua
Italy
United States
Liliuokalani
Powers seek moderation in Pekin agreement change
A Washington report outlines instructions to Conger not to approve the Pekin accord as is and notes ongoing diplomacy with the powers to modify terms. It references Count von Buelow's stance, calls for a moderate policy, and lists proposed conditions affecting indemnities purges and foreign influence.
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Conger
Pekin
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Japan
France
Germany
Count von Buelow
Reichstag
China
Miinisters
Baron von Ketteler
Berlin
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Sea
Mrs. Mary E. Lease Files Divorce Suit in Wichita
Mary E. Lease plans to petition the District Court in Wichita for divorce from Charles Lease on grounds of non support and incompatibility. He offers no contest. The couple has not lived together for three years. she pursued politics and lectures, earning little money, while he reportedly grew tired of being known as her husband and of her public activism.
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Marie Schramm
Omaha
Mary E. Lease
District Court of
Wichita
Charles Lease
New York
Lease
John J. Ingalls
United States Senate
Gen. Weaver
Aguinaldo enters long distance race reports in spoofed news
The item parodies current events with jumbled notes about Aguinaldo in a long distance foot race and a fictional Chicago crime crusade. It mocks police, railroads, and public works plans while referencing Britain and American social issues.
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Mahila
Aguinaldo
Telegraphic Brevities Highlight Mixed Global News
Ex Judge T H Caswell of San Francisco is dead. Amos Shalle ss, 13, of Philadelphia, remains missing. The Fourteenth Infantry returns to Manila from China. Censorship on Manila dispatches to the United States ends. Annie Roeilde, 28, San Francisco nurse, dies of bubonic plague. Finnish Gazette notes emigration to the United States has ceased.
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T. H. Caswell
San Francisco
Amos Shalle
Philadelphia
Fourteenth Infantry
Manila
China
United States
Annie Roeilde
Finnland Gazette
Laura J. Smith urged in Minnesota anti drink work
Laura J. Smith of Minneapolis, active as State Organizer for the Independent Order of Good Templars and National Organizer for the American Anti-Drink League, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing kidney trouble that nearly ended her work. The notice touts the pills at 50 cents a box and cites other health ads alongside random items about laws and fashions.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Order of Good Templars of
Minnesota
Laura J. Smith
West 35d Street
Dodd
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Satesville Publishing Co., Publishers
Mrs. van Liew
Kaiser
WM. Zimmer
Agricultural Bureau
Weather Service
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Charles Henabry
Boston
Mass
Preston Todd
Captain Watson
Williamstown
William Jaber
Aurora
Ill
Edgar L. Newschwander
Stipon
Wis
John McQuade
D. C
Quarterback Tenny
Cornell
Indiana
Purdue
Detroit
A. C
Yale Consol
Beloit
Teevee
Notre Dame
Columbia
Carlisle Indians
Stanford
California
Talesman
Anoka
Chas
Ache
Siea
the. News
Duke of Manchester
America
Cable
Lane
India
E. W. Grove
New York City
Teward
Wobrac.w
Frank Phelps
Maiden Lane
Wooster
Edward Mullen
Parkman St
Warren
E. Sherman
Court St
D. H
J.J. Breuter
S. Wayne
É ’ Samuel Wright
Central Iron & Steel Co
Brazil
Charles Bailey
McFarlan
Connersville
Chas. Shearer
Parkhurst St
Pontiac
Mich
Mra
J. Stevenberg
Cathe Tine
Muskegon
Edward Flanders
Simon’s Dry Goods
Lansing
Morrow
John Morrow
Springfield
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