Liberal Gen Lugo Near Panama With 1000 Men Expected to Attack
Colon Colombia November 22 reports say Liberal General Lugo arrives at Empire Station about 12 miles from Panama with up to 1000 troops. Liberals gain recruits along the railroad, control the line within two miles of Panama, and may attack soon. Buena Ventura rumored captured, Marines guard rail/power, Iowa will land if needed. Ad valorem duties in Colon cut to 10 percent, stores reopen, gunboat Gen Pizon rumored nearby.
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Colon
Colombia
Luge
Empire Station
Panama
Jeader
Domingo ‘Tia
Buena Ventura
Pacific Coast
Pan
Suba
Machias
Iowa
Calon
Gen. Pinzon
Threat of Destruction If Colon Is Retaken by Alban
Advices from Colon report the norther passed and ships returned to port after the storm. Panama Railroad fears Colon would burn and millions in property could be destroyed if Gen Alban retakes the city after the Cherrera fight. Men from the Machias guard American property.
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Alban
New York
Panama Steamship and Railroad Co
Colon
Cherrera
McCall
United States
Important arrest uncovers stolen goods across four states
An arrest in Carbondale Illinois led to recovery of merchandise tied to burglaries in Illinois Kentucky Tennessee and Missouri. At Harry Kellys premises clothing from Martin Tennessee jewelry from Schell City Missouri revolvers and cutlery from Wickliffe Kentucky were found with other identifiable items. Value of the plunder estimated in the thousands.
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Carbondale
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Harry Kelly
Martin, Tenn
Schell City
Wickliffe
Health concerns for colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain
In London on November 23, reports note that friends worry about Joseph Chamberlain's health. He declined to distribute prizes at Handsworth School, citing the need to focus on public work.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Roosevelt Heads Aboard Yacht on Potomac Cruise
President and Mrs Roosevelt with their children depart Washington on the yacht Slyph for a brief Potomac cruise. A 21 gun salute welcomed the party as they left the city. They plan a day or two away before returning.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Potomac
Evansville Coroner Hears No New Murders Testimony
In Evansville Indiana the coroner heard no new testimony on the murders of Mrs. Georgia Bailey and Miss Lena Renner. A key Carmi Illinois witness is expected Saturday to identify the man believed to have been with Policeman Sherwell the night of the crimes. Authorities say a crew will likely provide details on the second man in the case.
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Evansville
Ind
Georgia Bailey
Lena Renner
Carmi
Sherwell
Hhis
Ife
Kailey
Renner
Jarze
Prospect Hill coal mine strike persists in Vincennes
The Prospect Hill coal mine in Vincennes remains at impasse as union demands non-union workers be fired. Operators refuse but invite union membership. unionists reject joining non-union workers. State Labor Commissioner McCormick arrived from Indianapolis to mediate while operators reorganize and employ non-union workers to run the mine cooperatively. Union workers returned to work Friday, but insist the mine stay shut until the union scale is adopted.
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Vincennes, Inc
Prospect Hill
Renuns
McCormick
Indianapolis
Organizing Rolling Mill Workers in Indiana District
Clem Jar vis, head of the Fifth or Indiana district of the Amalga mated association of iron and steel workers, reports a victory in Terre Haute and Hartford City for organizing rolling mill workers. He visited Hartford City Saturday to organize the local mill men and will proceed to Terre Haute to organize Highland mills.
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Anderson
Ind
Clem Jarvis
Indiana
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Terre Haute
Hartford City
Highland Rolling Mills
Self confessed forger John Vernall may plead guilty
Indianapolis on November 23 reports that John Vernall also known as West and Adams, a self confessed forger and embezzler, may plead guilty to any charges due to his suspected mental strain and penitence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Vernall
West
Adams
Gas supply near in Delaware county as pressure drops
Muncie Indiana November 22 reports from a city officials committee show natural gas pressure in Delaware county is extremely low as the investigation continues.
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Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
Surprised a Negro Burglar in Chadwick Street Home
John Lyons of Chadwick street surprised a Negro burglar in his room. Mrs. Lyons screamed and the intruder leaped through a second story window and escaped. Neighborhood seeks details as police investigate the break in.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Lyons
Chadwick Street
Indian Question Plan Aims for Self Support and Home Building
Commissioner William A. Jones releases a policy proposal to grant Indians equal protection of person and property, promote labor dignity, and foster home ownership. He urges establishing accessible schools, ending broad rations and large cash sums, and resettling those on unproductive reservations to integrate Indians into the broader society, noting billions spent without independence.
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Washington
Nev
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
William A. Jones
Ting
Denes
Commissioner Jones
Jones
Polish Children Flogged by Prussian Teachers
London reports shocking accounts from Cracow via Daily Mail of wholesale flogging of Polish children at Wrzesnia for refusing German catechism and prayers. Parents and relatives protested outside the school as authorities arrested many, with sentences from one month to two years and chains.
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London
Cracow
Daily Mail
Wrzesnia
Peru Steel Casting to Build Frame Church for Colored People
The Peru Steel Casting Co. plans a frame church for the community of colored workers after staffing shortages in its mills forced imports of black labor. The project aims to provide a place of worship for local African Americans in Peru Indiana.
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Peru
Ind
Peru Steel Casting Co
Lime City Hospital Team Beats Kendallville 11–0
Huntington Indiana November 23 The Lime City hospital team defeated Kendallville first team 11 to 0 at the fair grounds Friday afternoon. Spach scored both touchdowns.
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Huntington
Ind
Lime City Hospital
Kendallville
Fairgrounds
Spach
Canadian Pacific sells 209000 acres in Assenebola region
The Canadian Pacific road and the Canada Northwest Land Co have sold 29 townships totaling 209000 acres to a syndicate. The land lies in Assenebola near the Soo Pacific line along the U S border. The syndicate will market it immediately. No price is given.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Canadian Pacific Road
Canada Northwest Land Co
Assenebola
Judge Permanently Halts Gas Waste Near Alexandria
Anderson Ind Nov 23 Judge Ry bn Friday made permanent the injunction restraining the Consumers' Gas Trust Co of Indianapolis from wasting gas at oil wells near Alexandria. The action follows a court filing challenging gas waste and seeks enforceable curbs on operations affecting surrounding resources.
Elwood Masons Back Plan for New Temple
The masonic bodies of Elwood Indiana have voted unanimously in favor of erecting a new masonic temple in the city.
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Elwood
Ind
Clem Studebaker Showing Small Improvement
South Bend Indiana reports Clem Studebaker showed some improvement Friday but there are no hopes of his recovery.
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South Bend
Ind
Clem Studebaker
Federal Prisoner Escapes From Leavenworth Quarry
Leavenworth Kan Nov 23 John Morgan a convict at the federal prison escaped while working in the quarry. He was sent up from Leavenworth on the charge of unlawfully sealing government property.
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Leavenworth, Kan
John Morgan
Federal Prison
Leavenworth
Secretary Cortelyou visits Canton for Mrs. McKinley social visit
Secretary to the President George B. Cortelyou and Mrs. Cortelyou left Washington Friday night for Canton to pay a brief social visit to Mrs. McKinley. In Washington Navy Yard dispatches United States training ships Buffalo arrived at St Thomas from San Juan while Alliance departed for homeward bound.
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McKinley
Washington
George B. Cortelyou
United States
St. Thomas
D. C
Buffalo
San Juan
Alliance
Fisher convicted of burglary in Rockville case
Kokomo Indiana reports Dug Fisher a Greentown tough convicted of burglary for robbing Carrie Nation's husband at a Marion cafe. Fisher faces charges in 14 burglaries as part of the probe. Also noted Henry Eport found dead near Wadesville and Adm Schley invited to Chicago dinner by the Hamilton Club president.
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Kokomo
Ind
Dug” Fisher
Greentown
Carrie Nation
Marion
Rockville
Young Fisher
Schley
Chicago
Washington
Hamilton Club
Edwin A. Munger
Conspiracy Nipped in the Bud in Johannesburg
Johannesburg police arrested twenty people at midnight Tuesday in various parts of the city. The sweep surprised residents and dismayed conspirators as authorities reported successful disruption of planned actions.
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Johannesburg
Vari Aig
Miners Refuse to Disband at Earlington Camp
In Earlington Kentucky on November 23 Judge Hall issued an order to disperse the striking miners with Adjutant General Murray and Sheriff Hawking to act if the camp is not removed. Officials expect no violence as the camp grows with another big tent rising and leaders from the United Mine Workers and attorney Yost arriving for talks.
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Earlington
Judge Hall
Adjt
Murray
Sheriff Hawking
Judge Trall
President Woods
United Mine Workers’ District
Attorney Yost
Central City
Recovery of Smuggler Union mine victims closes after 25 dead
Telluride Colorado reports the last body, John Nevala, recovered from the seventh level slope as the death toll rises to 25. The mine will close about 30 days for $50,000 in repairs with 700 to 1,000 workers planned on reopening.
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Telluride
Abducted Miss Stone Negotiations Move to Constantinople
US diplomatic agent Mr Dickinson sails to Constantinople to confer with Secretary Spencer Eddy on the deadlock over Miss Stone’s release. He likely brings ransom cash in Turkish gold. A witness says Stone and other captives moved near the frontier after leaving a village near Dubnitza and she was drenched crossing the Struma River.
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Sofia
Dickinson
United States
Constantinople
Spencer Eddy
Legation
Miss Stone
Dubnitza
Struma
Conspiracy to Loot Dawson Linked to Midnight Sun Order
A Canadian and American plot, centered in Dawson and Skagway, aimed to seize Dawson, seize Northwest Mounted Police arms, loot banks, and pillage northern gold fields. James Seely of the Northwest Mounted Police secret service warns the plan could have succeeded without intervention. The Daw son based Order of the Midnight Sun formed from several American Fenians who drifted to the Yukon town.
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Dawson
Northwest Mounted Police
James Seely
Secret Service
Yukon
Skagway
Seattle
United States
Order of the Midnight Sun
The
US Legation Stability in Peking Amid Korean Tensions
Washington reports no danger to the United States legation in Peking as Koreans threaten no eviction. The general legation compound already includes a substantial land tract, partly enclosed, with $49,000Allocation for a permanent legation building slated for completion before current lease expires.
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Washington
United States
Peking
Congress
Wounded Two Men Named In Tennessee Shootout
In Sneedville Tennessee on November 23 James Wright and John Templeton, alleged murderers of Sheriff Clinton Levear, shot and wounded Enock and John Gil lem, deputized to arrest them. The Gil lem group, heavily armed, fired about 40 rounds as Wright and Templeton escaped. They have been pursued since August when Legear was killed and vow they will not be captured.
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Sneedville
Tenn
James Wright
John Temrieton
Desamty Sherif Clinton Levear
Enoch
John Cillem
Gillems
Wright
Templeton
W T
Legear
Cleveland ill at home amid pneumonia threat in Princeton
Reports from Princeton say former President Grover Cleveland is at his home recovering after a recent hunting trip. He was taken ill with a chill and threatened with pneumonia, but his condition is not serious. In Richmond, a contract was closed for a tank steamer by the William R. Trige Co. for Standard Oil to haul 1,500,000 gallons of oil at a cost of $439,000.
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Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Trenton
Cleveland
Richmond
William R. Trige Co
Standard Oil Co
Knoxville man kills son in law after wife abuse
A Jecllico special reports John T. Smith killed his son-in-law Frank Starr in Knoxville after Starr allegedly whipped Smith's wife while drunk. Smith surrendered to authorities following the incident.
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Knoxville
Fenn
Jecllico
John T. Smith
Frank Starr
Smith
Miners Tragedy Ends in Death as Appetite Overwhelms
In Bloomington Illinois on November 23 Alexander Woolfolk aged 24 a member of a wealthy Chicago family killed himself after a battle with his appetite for intoxicants. Also a report from New Orleans shows the world visible supply of cotton at 3259900 with 2907990 American cotton.
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Bloomington
Alexander Woolfolk
Chicago
New Orleans
Hester
Insurgent Leader Caballos Commands 500 Men in Laguna
Reports reach Gen. Chaffee that Caballos leads 500 armed insurgents in Laguna with American Negro troops among them. An officer captured near Mauban dated November 18 admits Caballos has 1,000 men and planned an attack on Mauban. Telegraph lines were cut and poles removed in the area.
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Manila
Chaffee
Caballos
Laguna Province
Tayzon
Mauban
Double Tragedy at Sea and Nome Steamship Fines
The Birman Wood reports its captain Morris killed the steward then leapt overboard after sighting Sand Island light. The body was buried at sea and the mate given the course. In Seattle fines totaling 24060 dollars were imposed on the Rencoxe Portland and Valenteia for passing too many passengers northward beyond the Keerse limit.
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Mobile
Ala
Birman Wood
Rio Janeiro
Poe
Mobile Quarantine Station
Morris
Sand Island
Seattle
Wash
Treasury Department
Nome
Rencoxe
Portland
Valenteia
Keerse
National Educational Association selects Minneapolis for annual convention
The executive committee of the National Educational Association has chosen Minneapolis for the annual convention to be held July 7 to 11. Also noted are weekly failure counts in the United States and Canada for the period, with 218 and 31 failures respectively, compared to last year’s 238 and 29.
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National Educational Association
Wirona
Minn
The
Minneapolis
Vwocook
New York
United States
Canada
Pillory revival at Illinois reformatory shocks Chicago
A 10-year-old boy, Charles Miller, alleges he was punished by a pillory at Pontiac State Reformatory for whispering. He says he stood 20 hours, with 10 minutes relief at noon for bread and water. Superintendent Mallory corroborates the account.
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Illinois State Reformatory
Chicago
Bishop Fallows
Pontiac
Chas. Miller
Mallory
Reformatory
Young Miller
City of St. Louis Sued Over Smoke Nuisance
In St. Louis on November 23 a mandamus suit seeks to force abatement of a smoke nuisance. The action names the city and Charles H. Jones, the chief smoke inspector, after smoke irritates Ferdinando Avendano, lead tenor of the Southwell Opera Co., preventing him from singing the opening of La Gioconda.
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St. Louis
Ferdinando Avendano
Southwell Opera Co
LARCENY OF DIAMOND RINGS A Chicago case follows arrest in St Louis
Percy W. Vance aged 19, formerly employed at a Chicago department store, was arrested in St Louis on an indictment charging larceny of 40 diamond rings valued at $3,000. He allegedly sold the jewels to fund gambling in Chicago, after the rings were stolen from his former employer.
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Percy W. Vance
Chicago
St. Louis
Vance
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