Stone Missionary Letter Amid Sofia Negotiations
Miss Stone writes to a Sofia pupil and Miss Stone and Mame Tsilka are well with a baby due in three weeks. Consul Dickinson reports the brigands distrust his terms and seeks secrecy to secure release while Bakmeteff's messenger delivers the note and transfers its contents. Negotiations stall after disclosure of progress.
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Sofia
Bakmetoff
Miss Stone
Bakmeteff
Dickinson
Bulga A
Mame
Mr. Dickinson
Dickins
Miss Ellen Stone
Clash Over Switching Charges Sparks Rail Tie Up in Arizona
In Deming New Mexico the Southern Pacific refused to switch nine freight cars to the Bisbee El Paso and Southwestern line until five dollars per car was paid. An armed SP employee group seized a switch engine to move the cars. SP summoned officers from El Paso as tensions rise with no bloodshed yet.
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Arizona
Paso
Tex
Southern Pacific Railroad
Deming
N. M
Bisbee, el Paso and Southwestern Railway
Southern Pacific
Bisbee
Bisbee Road
Li Paso
Carter seeks civil trial to prove innocence in Chicago suit
Oberlin M. Carter ex captain of engineers in regular army now in Fort Leavenworth prison has been notified of a civil trial in Chicago brought by the government to seize his property. His lawyers aim to admit evidence denied at court martial that they say would prove his innocence. The decision follows a separate case in Hamilton Ohio where Judge Thompson voided a mortgage tied to Rathbone’s Riley block assets, clearing the last of Rathbone’s estate once valued at 250000 dollars.
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Leavenworth, Kans
Oberlin
M. Carter
Fort Leavenworth
United States Circus Court
Chicago
Carter
Ullen SC Rathbone
Hamilton
Thompson
Kate
Minor
Estes C. Rathbone
Rathbone
Riley
Rayner's Moving Conclusion at Schley Court of Inquiry
The Nov 7 report details Rayner's three hour closing argument praising Admiral Schley. He evokes the Brooklyn on the bridge fighting the Spanish fleet, Oregon emerging from smoke, and the adulation in the courtroom as Schley wept. The defense praised honesty while singling out a few officers for ridicule.
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Washington
Schley
Rayner
Admiral Schley
Brooklyn
Commodore Schley
Oregon
Mr. Rayner
Admiral Dewey
Wood
Potts
Bristol
Schley court of inquiry concludes arguments in El Paso
The Schley court of inquiry in Washington wrapped up with Judge Advocate Lemly’s navy side address. The court refused a request to strike Parker’s remarks about the Spanish steamer Colon at Santiago from the record. In El Paso, Alamogordo dispatches report a clash between Southern Pacific Bisbee forces at Deming with no casualties, later contradicted by word that Bisbee seized a switch engine and moved building material.
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Washington
Schley Court of Inquiry
Advocate Lemly
Navy Department
Theall
Admiral Sampson
Parker
Colon
Drbor
Santiago
el Paso
Tex
Alamogordo
N. M
Southern Pacific-Bisbee
Deming
Bisbee
Southern Pacific
Bisbee Company
Kitchener Reports Drakenlaagte Fight Details
London dispatch says General Kitchener sends supplementary details of the Drakenlaagte encounter in eastern Transvaal. Boer losses given as 44 killed including General Opperman and 100 wounded, with only two guns captured. Attack repulsed until Louis Botha arrived with 600 men.
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London
Kitchener
Drakenlaagte
Transvaal
Opperman
Louis Botha
Knight of Maccabees Treasurer Admits $57000 Shortage
Charles D. Thompson, treasurer of the supreme finance keeper of the Knights of Maccabees supreme tent, confesses his accounts are short $57,000 and writes to Supreme Commander Markey acknowledging the shortage.
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Port Huron
Mich
Charles D. Thompson
Supreme Tent of
Knights of Maccabees
Markey
Fires destroy part of Tyler Foundry plant in Texas
Fire in Tyler caused about 15000 dollars in damage to the Tyler Foundry and Machinery company with 17000 dollars in insurance, but only 8000 on the buildings. The plant will be rebuilt promptly. In Hillsboro Texas fire destroyed one of the milk a sleeping...
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Texas
Tyler
Tex
Tyler Foundry and Machinery Company
Hillsboro
Fire at Rose Hill Dairy Destroys Rooms and Valuables
A fire at the Rose Hill dairy destroyed rooms a separator and other valuables. Loss estimated about 800 dollars. In Trenton Texas on November 7 thirty seven bales of cotton belonging to A Paton and Co were burned. In Leui Minden Louisiana on November 7 J J Allen a Sarepta merchant was shot and wounded by a man named Baker. Sykes brother in law of Allen then killed Baker. Allen's wounds are not dangerous.
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Rose Hill
Trenton
Tex
A. Paton & Co
Leui
Minden
J. J. Allen
Sarepta
Baker
Joseph Sykes
Allen
May Run for Congress
Col James R Campbell visits Harrisburg Illinois to explore a bid for Congress in the 24th district. He urges voters to hold primary elections to choose their representative and says he is a candidate receiving encouragement beyond his expectations.
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Congress
Harrisburg
Tll
James R. Campbell
Beco
Col. Campbell
Onto Market: West Town Homes and Lots for Sale
For sale listings describe four room houses and two lots on the west side with a well and stable at 650 dollars with easy terms. A six room house with one lot on the west side priced at 1250 dollars, brick cistern on premises. Two lots and an old five room house in southwest town for 300 dollars. Also other city property offered.
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Price
Ain Street
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Central Texas
Howell Brothers
Tedin d
Just
Tyler Haswell
Rent
Oor
Bryan
Washine
Ee Worley
State Department
Constantinople
ANCE
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Franklin Brothers
D. Mike Jr
Telephone
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