Refuses to Slay a Captive Bear
A hunting party in Smedes Mississippi failed to kill a 235 pound black bear trapped by hounds. The president, Mr Foote, and guides pursued the quarry but halted after Holt Collier advised the exact exit point. The bear expired at a water hole after being slain by Mr Parker with a knife when the president refused to shoot. The group then returned to camp with the animal.
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Smedes
Miss
Winchester
Foote
Parker
Holt
Collier
Holt Solller
Mr. Foote
Brain
Coitler
Mangum
Cortelyou
Dr. Lung
State Troops Return Home After Eldorado Patrol
Colonel Theodore Ewert reports that conditions in Eldorado have improved, with both white and colored citizens agreeing there is no longer danger from the lawless element in Saline county. Troops are withdrawn and ordered home. telegrams confirm the movement from Eldorado to their home station.
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Eldorado
Springfield
Theodore Ewert
Saline County
Rudy
Smith
Grand Duke Michael Ill. Crimea Trip May Save Him
The czarowiteh Grand Duke Michael is in weak condition and has abandoned exercises guided by American athlete L. J. Phelan. Russian doctors say his fate hinges on a miracle from Crimea climate, otherwise hopeless.
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Crimea
St. Petersburg
Grand Duke Michael
Czarowiteh
L. J. Phelan
Sacrifices Life for the Flag Swedish Sailor Drowns
In San Francisco on November 17 John Nystrom, a Swedish sailor with the U S Army transport Sumner, lost his life while trying to recover an American flag torn from the stern launch. He dived, retrieved the flag, but was swept away by an ebb tide before rescue.
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San Francisco
John Nystrom
United States Army
Sumner
Speyer & Co Employees Gift One Month's Pay
In New York on November 17, employees of the Speyer & Co banking house received a month's salary as a gift from James Speyer to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his marriage. The total gifts amount to 98,000 dollars.
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New York
Speyer & Co
James Spever
Man Kills Hotel Proprietor Then Takes Life in Ongoing Dispute
In Manchester Ohio during a board bill controversy James Masterson fatally shot H. P. Brittingham, proprietor of the Hotel Bratt, and then killed himself. The incident highlights a deadly domestic dispute tied to unpaid charges. Separately, Berlin reports Emperor William’s inheritance of about 2,000,000 marks from a private Citigen of Dreaden.
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Manchester
Navy
James Masterson
H. P. Brittingham
Bratt
Kaiser
Berlin
Willam
Aldermen Disobey and Jail Awaits Them
Denver news reports aldermen to be arrested after ignoring an injunction from Judge Mullins. County commissioners faced a similar order as the Denver Tramway Company sought a twenty year franchise with covert clauses. Municipal league attorneys uncovered the ruse and secured an injunction before aldermen passed the ordinance. Arapahoe County commissioners, exiting office soon, had arranged to levy about $60,000 in taxes on railroad firms, boasting revenge for past defeats. after the injunction, they moved to decline waiving the taxes.
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Denver
Colo
Mullins
Denver Tramway Company
Municipal League
Arapahoe County
Ile
Marines to Leave Isthmus for Culebra Island Move
Washington reports the marine battalion will be moved from the Panama Isthmus to Culebra Island to escape yellow fever. The Panther will transport them to the camp where they will remain. The Wisconsin may sail toward San Francisco while the Boston could be sent if Panama needs reinforcement.
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Culebra Island
Washington
Panama
Wisconsin
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Boston
Montgomery
Colon
Panther
Grand Canyon visit and varied 1900s headlines
The article bundles diverse items from a Grand Canyon sighting to arrests in Dunkirk and Elyria, a fatal wounding in a four robber incident, Pennsylvania governor results, mine fire losses in Indiana, a suicide at Highland Falls, and multiple other actions including a Hillsboro accidental death, a University of Michigan professor illness, a Bolivian expedition, a Tennessee burn death, a St. Louis pension case, a Niles pardon movement, and Daughters of the Confederacy reports.
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Frank Seenhauer
Hillsboro
W. Kelsey
University of Michiwan
Ann
Chattanooga
Fenn
Paduah
Adamis
St. Louis
John W. Holfeck
Niles
Mich
Roosevelt
Johnson
Yailona Bank
Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
New Orleans
So_ciety
New York
Hail facilities found insufficient for rising industry
Enormous crops and continued activity in manufacturing promise unprecedented business as of Monday in New York. Despite stock declines, Dun and Co notes that railways and mills lack capacity to meet demand while holiday trading heats up and profits rise in several sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Col Butler Gets Three Years In Penitentiary
St Louis reports Col Edward Butler, a millionaire, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary after a jury found him guilty of trying to bribe a Dr Chapman on a city garbage contract to enrich himself. In Asheville, N C, relatives of the late John Gibson say they will contest the will that purportedly leaves $1,000,000 to the widowed bride and weekly allowances.
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St. Louis
Columbia
Edward Butler
Dr. Chapman
Board of
Healt
Gibeon Wiii
Asheville
N. C
John Gibson
A! 4
London
Tunbridge Wells
National Telephone Company
Adams
W. W. Chinn
Verona Matrimonial Bureau
Missouri ‘Penitentiary
Reichstag Abandons Roll Call For Card Voting
Berlin reports the Reichstag adopted card voting after 197 to 78 votes, abandoning roll call. The change mirrors the French chamber of deputies.
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Berlin
Reichstagz
Ecard
Chamber of Deputies
Volcano Stromboli Eruption Grows Violent
The Stromboli volcano eruption intensifies with earthquakes and detonation shocks. Ash falls on boats at sea near the coast, alarming maritime observers and residents in Bone on November 17.
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Bone
Boata
Pea
First Agricultural School for Women in Europe Opens Soon
St. Petersburg reports Russia will open Europe's first agricultural training school for women. A three year curriculum covers farming, gardening, dairying, beekeeping, poultry, sheep and cattle care. Graduates will gain equal status with male graduates and qualify for ministry posts. Some 325 young women are already enrolled despite no opening date set.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Europe
Ministry of Agriculture
Justice Harlan to Celebrate Twenty Fifth Anniversary
Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court will mark the twenty fifth anniversary of his accession to the Supreme bench on December 10. He was appointed by President Hayes and at 89 remains energetic, with colleagues planning appropriate honors.
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Harlan
Washington
Johba Marshall Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Justice Harlan
Hayes
Persuna
David Meekison
Congress
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Oy
Central National Bank Closed in Boston
The Central National Bank at 141 Devonshire Street Boston Mass was closed by order of the comptroller after the clearing house committee declined aid. A receiver will be appointed with deposits totaling about 3.5 million dollars cited as the bank’s excess loans and slow paper as causes of failure. In London Ambassador Choate unveiled a memorial window to Bishop Simpson in Westminster Chapel presented by American Methodists.
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Central National
Boston
Mass
Central National Bank
Devonshire Street
Clearing House Committee
Alda
Bishop Simpson
London
Ambassador Choate
Noblem en retire from army to join stock exchange
Prince Francis of Teck quits the army to enter the Stock Exchange in Manchester. Lord Acheson plans to leave the Cold Stream Guards for a "Nice" purpose. Count Hermann Hatzfeldt intends to follow.
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Stock Exchange
Manchester
Eng
Prince Francis of Teck
Lord Acheson
Earl of Gosford
Hermann Hatzfaldt
Poorest Whale Catch Reported In Okhotsk Voyage
Captured One Whale reports the whaling bark Andrew Hicks arriving at San Francisco from the Okhotsk sea with 83 barrels of oil from a single sperm whale. This catch is described as the poorest yet reported, while other items note the death of George L Rauch and a crane men strike ending in Pittsburg.
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San Francisco
Andrew Hicks
Okhetsk Sea
Tetuan Governor Defeats Kabyle Insurgents in Five-Hour Battle
The Tetuan governor led 1,000 troops against Kabyle rebels and routed the tribesmen after a five hour fight, sealing a notable victory in the region near Madrid on November 17.
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Madrid
Tetuan
Woman's Federation Elects Jamestown Resident President
Mrs Charles M Dow, 77 Allen Street Jamestown New York, elected president of the Woman's Federation in New York on November 17.
Armour Plant Destroyed in Fire Totals $900,000 Loss
Bronx city dispatch reports Armour & Co packing plant covering 3 1/2 acres at the south stock yards district was totally destroyed by a fire that began on the second floor of the fertilizer building at 12 50 yesterday. Loss estimated at $900,000 with $721,600 insured. Firemen fought the blaze as the ammonia drums exploded, nearly the entire plant incinerated including the hog house and meat processing facilities. 600 workers lose winter employment. Ottawa and surrounding areas observed the spectacular conflagration as flames spread through the beef and oleo sections, with the ammonia danger Heightening the danger to responders. The Sioux City plant is to be rebuilt larger and finer.
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Bronx City
Armour & Co
Stock Yards
Charles W. Lennon
Lennon
Armour
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis and Omaha
Mr. Lennon
Kellogg
Sasaea
Foungajan
Kansas City
A. W. Armour
the Packing Company
Sioux City
Omaha
Chicago
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Dunkirk, Inc
Union City
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Parke County Coal Company
Rosedale
Ind
Alonzo Ryan
United States Signal Corps
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N. Y
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Ite
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Choate
National Good Roads Association
George
Rauch
Belleville
George L. Rauch
Rauch Milling Company
Helleville
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Little Rock
Shoenberger
American Steel and Wire Co
Ques
Sofia
Bulgaria
Daneff
Charles B. Faeth
Faeth Hardware Company
Daum [Ron Works
Faeth
Frank Kaspar
Cedar Rapids
Keener
Kaspar
Board of Control
Buchanan County Hospital
State Hospital
Independence
Board of Supervisors
Judge Robinson
Robinson
Srvetoria
Dom Paul
Mark Twain
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Marr Méokison
Pesrusna Ta Hlah
Dr. Caldwell
Pepsih Syrup CO
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Iowa
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