Allies in Peking Move Toward Crisis and Punish Officials
London reports that allies in Peking seek stronger measures to push China toward crisis. The Empress Dowager warns governors and viceroys, while the Chinese edict outlines harsh penalties for anti foreign officials and lists several princes to be imprisoned or banished.
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Peking
China
London
Shanghai
Morning Post
Nankin
Daily Telegraph
Washington
Foreign Office
Tokio
Than
Chwang
Shengking
Tsai Yung
Kai Lien
Sai Lin Shail
Ying Nien
Yu Tsien
Shansi
Oflice
Tsai Lien
Lon Yung
Agriculture Department Estimates for Next Fiscal Year
The Agriculture Department estimates $4,059,050 in appropriations for the coming fiscal year. Of this total $760,000 is for agricultural experiment stations not subject to department control, $1,096,320 funds the weather bureau, and $334,230 covers salaries. This marks a ten percent increase from the previous year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Proposals Called to Remove Maine Wreck in Havana Harbor
Commander Lucien Young, head of Havana port, invites bids to lift the wreck of the Maine from Havana harbor bottom. Bids open December 15. contractor has until April 1 to remove material and must use no explosives.
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Washington
Lucien Young
Havana
Maine
Havana Harbor
Vermont to Portrait Gen Liscom in State House
The Vermont legislature adopted a joint resolution authorizing the governor to commission a portrait of Gen. E. H. Liscom, a Vermont native killed in China. The painting will hang in the state house.
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Montpelier
House of Neprone Na Gees
E. H. Liscom
Vermont
China
State House
Notable Alabama jurist Kell dies after brief illness
Huntsville Alabama November 21 Robert C Kell former chief justice and leading southern jurist died Tuesday night after a short illness. Kell served long years on Alabama's highest court and shaped state jurisprudence. His death ends a prominent legal career.
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Huntsville
Ala
Robert C. Kell
Alabama
South
Expansion of Rural Free Delivery Urged in Post Office Report
Washington reports an enthusiastic plea for broadening rural free delivery. W M Johnson first assistant postmaster general cites rapid development funded by 450000 for 1819-1900 and 1750000 for 1900-01, aiming to extend service to all well settled rural communities with routes about 25 miles long and pay for carriers at 400 to 500 dollars annually.
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Washington
W. M. Johnson
Ile
Postal Administration
Congress
United States
Postal Service
Johnson
Congressional
Ex-President Kruger to Land in Marseilles Amid Preparations
Marseilles reports indicate former President Kruger will likely reach the port by Wednesday evening aboard the Gelderland after weather delays in the Mediterranean. Police and military stand ready for a large reception along the Canebiere, despite officials abstaining from formal ceremonies.
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Marseilles
Tformer
Kruger
Mediterranean
Gelderland
Gulf of Genoa
Krugers
Three Men Loot Baltimore Jewelry Store in Broad Daylight
Three men entered John J. Stubbard's jewelry shop on North Street and assaulted him, leaving him bound and gagged in a grain bin. They looted every article of value, near police headquarters and city hall, with no loss estimate possible as the proprietor's condition is grave.
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Baltimore
John J. Stubbard
North Street
L Lubbard
Embezzlement Case Set for December Grand Jury
New York newsmaker Cornelius T B Alvord Jr former note teller at Kirst National Bank held for grand jury on charges of embezzling 690000. Indictment expected and case to be calendared for the December term beginning the second Wednesday.
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New York
Cornelius TB. Alvord, Jr
Kirst. National Bank
Alvord
Jefferson McDonald engagement announced in Theatre world
The engagement of William Jefferson the son of actor Joseph Jefferson and Christine McDonald the comic opera singer is announced. Miss McDonald is the leading lady with Slodge, Podge & Co.
London Plans Electric Car Service Across City
London officials on November 21 decided to institute an electric car service throughout the metropolis. The London county council will pursue steps to implement the grid based transit system across the metropolitan area.
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London
London County Council
A Unique Prohibition Plan From Indiana Doctor
Dr Spurgeon president of the state medical board will push a bill in the next legislature barring saloon licenses to those who have never previously held one. The aim is to ensure saloons are run by experienced men and to advance prohibition once current saloon keepers are gone. The temperance movement appears poised to push drastic measures.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Spurgeon
State Medical Board
Indiana
Dent in Adam Sherer's head after buggy accident
Adam Sherer a 62 year old Indianapolis businessman died two weeks after a buggy accident that caused a dent over the forehead. He was treated at a hospital but trephining failed to save him. The incident occurred as his horse shied at a paper fragment.
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Adam Sherer
Indianapolis
Ind
Sherer
Shelbyville pair wed by Greenfield mayor
Taecob Barnhart of Shelbyville drove to Wilkinson and abducted Pretty Ethel Gibbs from school and married her in Greenfield by Mayor Egan. Gibbs is the twin sister of Mabel Gibbs who eloped to Kentucky and wed John Garriott. Laporte reports editor A J Jowser says Crumpacker will run for US Senate in place of Puellbanks in two years.
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Greenfield
Ind
Taecob Barnhart
Shelbyville
Wilkinson
Ethel Gibbs
Egan
Mabel Gibbs
Kentusky
John Garriott
Laporte
A. J.T. jJowser
The
Chesterton Tribune
Crumpacker
United States
Puairbanks
Eagle shot and captured near Gunpowder creek
A gray eagle shot three miles west of Rising Sun Measured seven feet one inch wingspan. Only wing tip damaged the bird will be sent to Cincinnati. Anderson divorce records note Wesley Lurber and wife remarried after separation. She reclaims Robinson name. He 47 she 56 with multiple marriages.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Gunpowder Creek
Cincinnati
Tornado Strikes North Mississippi Area Killing and Destroying
A midday tornado in North Mississippi and across the Tennessee line caused widespread destruction. Three churches and eight residences were destroyed with three deaths reported in Grange and nearby towns. Injuries included Edward Smith, a Southern railroad agent, seriously hurt. cotton damage noted as well. Reports from Sulus and Tunica indicate three Black residents killed and bodies carried three miles by the wind. Thirteen fatalities are reported between Love Station and Coldwater along the Illinois Central line.
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Grange
Tenn
W. C. Moody
Edward Smith
Southern Railroad
Memphis
Mississippi
Sulus
Tunica County
Love Station
Coldwater
Fred Stone Denies Meeting Brown in Indiana Bank Case
Fred Stone telegrammed his father from Panther West Virginia stating he was not in Indiana for a month and did not meet Brown the Newport Ky cashier at Fort Wayne. A cipher message to the U S controller of currency estimated the shortage at about 195000 with enough assets to pay a first dividend. Depositors consider a reorganization with 40 percent of deposits left for a year.
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Cincinnati
Fred Stone
Panther
W. Va
Indiana
Brown
German National Bank
Newport
Ft. Wayne
United States
Forrest Unearths Spanish Half Dollar at Lafontaine Site
In Tintington Indiana on November 21 V H Forrest found a Spanish half dollar dating to 1776 at the confluence of the Wabash and Little rivers, ancient Lafontaine Indian headquarters. Numismatists value the coin at about $1500.
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Tintington
Ind
Union miners quit at Prospect Hill mines over nonunion staff
Vincennes Indiana November 24 all union miners have quit work at Prospect Hill coal mines due to employment of nonunion men State Mine Workers union president D H L Vanhorn could not settle the dispute
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Vincennes
Ind
Prospect Hill
D. HL. Vanhorn
Mine Workers’ Union
Steuben County to Vote on Electric Railroad Tax
Angola Ind November 21 The county commissioners of Steuben County set November 28 as the election date to vote a tax in aid of a proposed electric railroad planned to pass through the northern part of the state.
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Angola
Ind
Steuben County
Steer Show Prize Won by Knightstown Händler
Knightstown Indiana contestant Charles Stewart captured first prize at the East Liberty stock yards fat stock show in Pittsburgh for the best individual steer. E A Moulton of Laporte accused of swindling hotelkeepers in Indiana and Michigan City. arrested in Elkhart and jailed. Miss Phoebe Meeks of Brookville dies at 85 after seventy years as a recluse since a failed romance.
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Knightstown
Ind
East Liberty
Pittsburgh
Charles Stewart
Laporte
E. A. Moulton
Michigan City
Elkhart
Brookville
Phoebe Meeks
Jove
Divorce case delays witness as alimony tensions surface
In Columbus Ohio on November 21 the Sells divorce trial stalled when Mary Kell the domestic in the Fish family failed to answer a summons. With no other witness available Fred Johnson the former household hostler testified from 1896 to 1899 about spying from a barn window on Sells family rooms and noting visits by Harry Lyons.
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Columbus, C
Sells
Mary Kell
Fish
Witnega
Fred Johnson
Johnson
Florence Sells
Lyons
Attempted Lynch Mob Forms in Chicago
A mob of men and women faced 20 police officers in Chicago on Tuesday night in an attempted lynching of Harry Evans a Black man accused of assaulting 7 year old Freda Guendal. Evans was brought for identification amid a crowd fearing the child’s death and shouting Hang the black scoundrel.
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Chicago
Harry Evans
Freda Guendal
Evans
Fattening Watermelons and a Tornado's Aftermath
Article blends a farming tip about using sugar water in melons to increase size with a sequence of disaster reports. It describes a method via a bottle and string, then details several tornadoes near Batesville Lavergne Nashville and Columbia causing deaths, injuries, and extensive property damage. It ends with a crowd clash and mob control in an unrelated arrest.
Playwright Charles H Hoyt Dies in Charlestown
Charles H Hoyt of Charlestown New Hampshire died at his home Tuesday night from paresis after months of illness. He had returned from Hartford asylum earlier in August with little chance of recovery and funeral plans were set for Saturday. In New York Gen Fitzhugh Lee arrived from Cuba and will beard plans after brief stay. A wrecking train from Columbia is expected soon with more details to follow.
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Lavergne
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville & Chattanooga
Here
Robertson
Birmingham
Ala
Columbia
United States Arsenal
Charlestown, N. H
Charlestown
N. H
Chas
H. Noyt
Hartford
Hoyt
New York
Fitzhugh Lee
Cuba
Washington
Omaha
Department of
Gen. Macabolo prepares pursuit of Aguinaldo with volunteers
Manila reports Gen. Macabolos plans to lead 100 picked natives backed by American troops in pursuit of Aguinaldo. Former rebel Filipinos may join the campaign, pending official acceptance of their services. Aguinaldo is believed to be in Northern Luzon. Aglipay seeks election news and church state relations, with replies confirming separation of church and state and religious freedom.
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Manila
Macabolos
Aguinaldo
Luzon
Aglipay
Illinois Population Rise Toward Two Million Growth
Washington reports Illinois population figures with 1900 at 4,821,550 and 1890 at 3,826,351, marking a 26 percent increase since 1890 and noting 1880 population as 3,077,871. The data update comes from Tuesday.
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Washington
Illinois
Population figures for Rhode Island in 1900 and 1890
Washington reports Rhode Island population 1900 at 428 556 up from 345 506 in 1890 a 24 percent rise. Earlier census shows 1830 population 276 531 indicating long term growth.
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Washington
Rhode Island
Markets Report From Cincinnati and Chicago Grain and Livestock
Flour prices across grades are listed for Cincinnati with 3.90 to 4.30 for patent and 2.10 to 2.30 for low grade. Wheat and corn futures trades shown for Chicago with December at 70s to 71 cents and various percentages. Live stock markets in Cincinnati and Indianapolis price ranges for hogs, cattle, sheep, veal calves, and stockers. East Buffalo notes dull trading to close.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Cate Tle
Indianapolis
Ind
Fenier Thales
East
Buffalo
N. Y
Pretty Woman Spy Entraps British Officers in War Secrets
A London Daily News war yarn by A G Hales tells how a 30 year old German or Swedish labeled Madame spied for the Boers in the South African War. She charmed officers, gathered maps and numbers, and passed them through Delagoa Bay to Boer leaders, until confronted by General Kitchener who outmatched her.
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London, Daily News
A. G. Hales
Kruger
Mr. Hales
Free State
Johannesburg
Natal
Cape Town
Delagoa Bay
Delilah
Kitchener
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