Congress at work in early session and McKinley death to follow
The opening senate session was brief after the death of Senator Kyle. The president's message will be read Tuesday and remarks on McKinley's death will follow with committees formed for eulogies. House opening featured re-elected Speaker Henderson and oath administrations. No major business until after holidays.
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Henderson
Reed
Washington
Senate
Kyle
McKinley
Lincoln
Garfield
House of Representatives
Bingham
Grosvenor
House
Moley
Clark and Walsh Join to Build New Transcontinental Line
Denver reports rumors that Senator William A. Clark and Thomas F. Walsh plan a major railroad project to construct a new transcontinental line with the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific. The proposed route would connect Los Angeles and Salt Lake City interests with Clark and Walsh, while giving Rock Island a direct short path to California.
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Clark
Walsh
Denver
The
Post
William A. Clark
Montana
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Senator Clark
Mr. Walsh
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Colorado Mountain
George Gould
Rock Island
California
Captain Tilley Acquitted as Charges Found Baseless
The United States naval court at Tutuila Samoa acquitted Captain Benjamin F. Tilley naval governor of Tutuila of all charges. No evidence supported the accusations raised by missionaries in Samoa about his moral character. Commander Uriel Sobree succeeds Tilley as naval governor.
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Auckland
N. Z
United States
Tutuila
Samoa
Benjamin F. Tilley
Uriel Sobree
Captain Tilley
Home Again From Manila Transport Buford Returns to New York
The transport Buford arrived from Manila with eight companies of the Twenty third United States infantry totaling 901 enlisted men plus staff and 37 officers under Colonel Milton Thompson. Also aboard were 115 discharged soldiers and government employees. The returning troops are reported in good spirits and eager to be home.
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Buford
New York
Manila
Twentythird
United States Infantry
Milton Thompson
Funston Remains in Manila Hospital As War News Trickle
In Iola Kansas on December 3 1900s report says General Frederick Funston plans to stay in Manila hospital until next spring. Lieutenant B J Mitchell reports Funston is still hospitalized after an appendicitis operation and fears cold weather could be dangerous if he returns home soon.
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Funston
Iola
Kan
Frederick Funston
Manila
B. J. Mitchell
Mitchell
Wabash Disaster Death Toll Rises to Seventy Five Italians
Detroit reports confirm at least 75 Italian immigrants killed in the Wabash wreck near Seneca. Deputy customs collector Thomas Moran says about 110 Italians were aboard, with 67 confirmed dead after eight other bodies were recovered and identified.
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Detroit
Thomas E. Moran
Wabash
Seneca
Detroit River
Canada
Great Western
Moran
Burns
The
St. Louis
Peru
Ind
Adrian
Mc Govern Falls in Second Round to Young Corbett
In Hartford on Nov 29 Terry McGovern loses his featherweight title in the fifth meeting with Young Corbett of Denver. The referee declares the KO occurred at one minute forty four seconds of the second round, as Corbett defeats the Brooklyn champion at the Nutmeg Athletic Club.
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McGovern
Young Corbett
Hartford
Conn
Denver
Terry McGovern
Brooklyn
Georgy Dixon
Nutmeg Athletic Club
Corbett
Reynolds Held Without Bail In August Murder
Justice Black at Ireton yesterday bound W F Reynolds a piano and organ salesman from Sioux Falls South Carolina over to the district court without bail for the murder of Samuel Crafton last August Crafton was a negro preacher.
Chicago grain market sees wheat prices rise on heavy buying
Heavy country demand lifted wheat in the Chicago pit though movement remained dull after Saturday. December wheat closed higher with May also advancing. oats inched up. Provisions closed mostly firm with gains. Cash quotes listed for various wheat corn and oats grades.
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Chicago
Chicago cattle and hog market totals with mixed receipts
Cattle receipts at 21 000 including 200 Texans and 500 westerns with steady to strong prices. Hogs receipts at 60 000 with mixed to lower bids, heavy ranges around 5.74. Sheep receipts 34 000 with lambs weaker and wethers steady to 10 cents lower.
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Chicago
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Kansas City market data shows cattle receipts around 8 400 with steady to 10 cents lower values for export and dressed beef steers at about 5 800 to 5 25, hogs receipts about 11 000 with prices mainly 5 80 to 6 20, and sheep receipts near 2 000 with native lambs around 4 50 to 4 75 and wethers near 3 10 to 8 00.
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Kansas City
South Omaha Live Stock Market Summary
South Omaha on December 2 reports cattle receipts at 2600 with native beef steers 3.74 to 6.75, western and Texas steers to 4.40 and 4.40, stockers to 4.40, calves 3.00 to 5.50, hog receipts 9200 with heavy 5.90 to 6.05, mixed 5.90 to 5.95, light 5.75 to 5.95, sheep receipts 2800 with fed muttons 3.50 to 3.80, grass wethers 3.00 to 8.40, lambs 4.25 to 4.94, ewes 2.50 to 3.00, common sheep 2.00 to 3.25.
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South Omaha
Texas
St Joseph Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Cattle receipts at St Joseph total 4 200 with cattle steady to 10 cents higher. Natives priced from 3.35 to 5.00, cows and heifers 1 255.40, veal 2.50 to 5.25, bulls and stags 2.25 to 5.00, stockers 2.00 to 4.20. Hog receipts 6 500 stronger to higher with light to mixed 5.70 to 6.25, medium to heavy 5.90 to 6.30, pigs 3.85 to 5.10.
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St. Joseph
Command Shifts In Philippine Forces As Alarm Grows
Major General Wade designated to lead American forces on Cebu Island while Major General Wheaton takes command of the North Philippines. Small engagements occur in Batangas as Caballos’ forces are demoralized and hold two American prisoners. Finance officials discuss a potential shift to a two Mexican dollars per gold dollar parity amid a restricted money order exchange. Patterson, aide to Aguinaldo, awaits deportation after refusing U.S. allegiance.
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Ppl
Luzon
James F. Wade
Southern Department
Manila
Cebu Island
Lloyd Wheaton
Northern Department
North Philippines
Batangas
Caballos
Philippine Islands
Henry C. Ide
Department of Finance and Justice
United States Post Office
United States Philippine Commission
Congress
Mr. Patterson
Sixto Lopez
Aguinaldo
United States
Shot by another Pat Crowe in Great Falls case
Fred Dalkins of Mapleton Iowa says he was shot by Pat Crowe in Cascade county. A posse captured a man believed to be Crowe but officials say the suspect is Harry McBride and not the real Pat Crowe.
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Iowa
Pat
Great Falls
Mon
Fred Dalkins
Mapleton
Cascade
Pat Crowe
Dalkins
Calkins
Crowe
Harry McBride
Alliance for Mutual Labor Protection Urged in Chicago
Francis Chandler of Manchester urged an international labor union alliance between American and British unions at a Chicago Federation of Labor meeting. He noted 2,000,000 British organized workers and called for more than formal exchanges of fraternal delegates amid similar court procedures in both nations.
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Chicago
Great Britain
Francis Chandler
Manchester
England
Chicago Federation of Labor
Chandler
American Federation of Labor
United States
Ferguson Found Guilty in Monticello Doctor Poisoning Case
The jury in Jacksonville finds William Webb Ferguson guilty of murder in the poisoning of Dr J L Barnes at the central hospital for the insane last May. The verdict carries a 20 year penitentiary sentence, with alleged instigation by Mrs Mamie Barnes and Mrs McWilliams.
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Ferguson
Jacksonville
William Webb Ferguson
J. L. Barnes
Monticello
Central Hospital For
Mamie Barnes
Quincy
McWilliams
The Magnetic Burro Leads Prospectors to a Mystery
A Denver bound pair recount a trek from Denver with a burro load that turns into a wild tale. They follow a magnetic stone after losing their bearings, freeing the mule and discovering a supposed mine while the burro wanders east, leaving them to search the region for the animal.
Notable career of Mr McCallum and kinship to John Sherman
The text recalls the connection of a son in law to John Sherman and his rise from a supreme court stenographic clerk to editor of the Federal Statutes. It notes Sherman family moves abroad then back to Washington, the consul general and exchanges of offices, and McCallum as a multilingual, cultured reader with musical talents.
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United Area
Gull Rite Land
John Sherman
Supreme Court of the United States
Sherman
Capitol
State Department
The Art of Skipping
A reflective piece on skipping words and retracing steps in prose. It muses how to prune phrases and describe a scene with restraint, noting crimson sunsets and vaulting clouds while urging careful, concise writing after long digressions.
Desert Land Notices Filed in Montana Claims
U S Land Office Helena Mont November 6 1901 notices filed by George Stover of Dillon and Elgan and Susanah Andrus of Jackson to prove desert land claims. Witness lists include Nela Nelson Al White Duncan Wadams and others for irrigation and reclamation tasks with dates set in December 1901.
Desert Land Proof Notice Publication Helena MT 1901
Frank M. Andros of hive Be Montana files intention to prove desert-land claim No. 3805 for BW and SEM NW Sec 11 Tp 13 S 2 W before L J Price A S Commissioner in Helena on the ith day of 1902. Witnesses named include Regen Symee Thaophios Craver See ait Bel p SHEEN Bagister.
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United States Land Office
Helena
Montana
Frank M. Andros
of Hive Be Monts
L. J. Price
A. S
Sictilon
Ment
Witnensea
Thaophios B. Craver
Ait Bel P Sheen
Bagister
Land office survey notes in Helena 1901 patent record
Public land office records show a survey description in Helena for a parcel in unsurveyed township. The document lists bearings and distances, beginning at a red corner and ending at the initial point, with references to Silver survey No. 1380 and adjoining landowners. First publication October 4, 1901.
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Helsha
Falas
Rees
Heaverhead
el Boscette
Leone
Grozce
D. Grienr
Firat
Survey description of Bob Ingersoll lode claim in Beaverhead County
Legal survey record for survey No. 1275 describing corner coordinates, courses, distances, and the net area of 17.50 acres for the Bob Ingersoll lode in To.75 R.11 W. This record notes conflict with Silver Rose lode and mentions neighboring lodes Colonel Ingersoll and Contact with Grange D. Gazenr as registrar.
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Aleo
Bob Ingersol
Silver Rose Lode
Beaverhead County
Bob Ingersoll
Beaverhead
Montana
Amede Bessette
Colonel Ingersoll
Grange D. Gazenr
Regieter
Notice of U S Patent Application Gladstone Lode Amede Bessette
In Helena Montana October 1901 Amede Bessette of Bannack Beaverhead County Montana applies under the 1872 act for a patch on the Gladstone lode gold silver and other metals. The claim covers 1800 feet along the vein with 600 feet wide and 800 feet on each side of the vein in Beaverhead County Montana. Description and survey data filed. First publication October 18 1901.
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Colonel Ingersol
Jodes Amede Bessette
U.8
Helens
Montana
Congress
Amede Bessette
Bannack
Beaverhead County
Blue Wing
Towl
Colonel Ingersoll
Discovery Shaft
Register of the Land Office
Helena
U. S
Land Office of the
United States
Beaverhead
Sonny
Gladstone Lode
Office of the Register of the Land Office
Bee
Ontana
George D. Gaerne
Register
Desert Land Final Proof Notice for Helena Montana
Lillie M Oliver of Dillon Montana filed notice to prove desert land claim No 4446 for the Ey SEM Sec 29 E44 NE and NEN SEX Sec 32 Tp 98 R 5 W uns before L J Price US Commissioner Blaine Montana on December 28 1901 Witnesses listed include Isidore Guidici J Lea Belway Fred H Oliver all of Dillon Montana to prove irrigation and reclamation. Groner Greene Register William O Rourke for homestead entry No To act the W4% NE and WiSEX Rec 82 Tp 128 R9 W Names witnesses James T Farley George Back Lewis E McNinch Pearl T Bryent all of Dillon and Pell Montana with GroraE OREE Register
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United States Land Office
Helena
Montana
Endore Guidici
Dillon
Mont
Madison
L. J. Price
Blaine
Isid
James Paxton
Frank Guidici
J. Lloyd Selway
Jaetin E. Morae
Dillon, Mont
Grovos D. Greene
Register
U. S. Land Office
George Stover
U. S
Said
James BK. Heflin
Jeidore F. Guidiel
Edward L. Call
Nela Nelson
Grance
D. Greene
Elgyn
Jackson
Grews
Susanah Andrus
Mother E
Eldorus P. Andros
al White
Duncan M. Wadams
Martin Quigley
George D. Grene
Lillie M. Oliver
U.S
Isidore Guidici
J. Lea Belway
Alon
Fred H. Oliver
Groner D. Greene
William O'Rourke
Reece
James T. Farley
George Back
Lewis E. McNinch
Pell
Mont Pearl
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Promote Quick Relief
Patent medicine advertisement claims to stop cough and fight cold with Bromo Quinine tablets sold for 25 cents. It pledges cure in one day with a no cure no pay guarantee and urges use for immediate relief.
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Shiloh
ODEN
C. Walls & Co
le Roy
Karl
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Waterloo
Pittsburg
Switchmen’s Union
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Pat G Crowe
London
Pretoria
Greenfield
Robert Glasscock
William J. Lampton
Zucks
Atlantic Ocean
Sam Perkins
St. Louis Republic
Bieve Weile
James Davidson
Martha L. Davidson
W. 8. Barbour
Mee Marthin L. Davidson
W. 8
Bannoce
Executrixz
Fifth Judicial District
Jno
G. Willis
Desert Land
Ingersol Lode
Department of the Interior
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