Peace talks at Peking shape Chinese settlement
Cologne Gazette reports a favorable trend in Peking negotiations on key points. Powers agree on punishing main culprits mandarins and princes and on witnessing executions. Damages for expeditions and private losses, guarding Beijing legations, Taku forts action, and secure coast communication are settled. Other demands remain under discussion.
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Cologne
Peking
China
Peking Legations
Taku
London
Péking
Daily Mail
Tien Tsin
Belgium
Denmark
Holland
Spain
Russia
France
Rome
The
Tribuna
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Prince Tuan
South China Rebellion Guards Frontiers as Rebels Clash
News from Victoria British Columbia reports the South China rebellion with the Triads in Kwang Si. Marshal Su requests 80 000 imperial troops while British forces guard Kowloon. Encounters near San Chuan and Kuangning yield casualties and a Boxer defeat near Shan Tung Chi Li.
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Victoria
B. C
South China
Kwang Si
Marshal Su
Imperial Forces
Kowloon
Andy
San Chuan
Kwang Sing
Kuangning
San Tsou
Shan Tung-Chi Li
Yuan
Sang Chou
Mei
Chen
Consul Goodnow
Shanghai
Shan Si
Dewet Defeated and Boer Forces Break Up in Pursuit
Lord Roberts reports heavy fighting from Nov 6 to 10 with the defeat of the Boers at Le Gallias where Knox reinforced and drove them back. Dewet and Steyn fled southeast as Boer detachments scattered. Le Gallias killed and Steyn's secretary Devilliers wounded and captured. Separately, Judge Melhorn overruled a new trial motion in Marysville for Rosslyn Ferrell, sentenced to electrocution March 1, 1901. Ferrell accepted fate calmly.
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Bothaville
Bnergy
Loy
Lord Roberts
le Gallias
Knox
Dewet
Steyn
Devilliers
Smith-Dorrien
Dalamanutha
Komati
Marysville
Melhorn
Rosslyn Ferrell
Express
Charles Lane
Terrell
Merrell
Ohio Penitentiary
Irrigation storage meeting urged in Denver
The Denver chamber of commerce calls a mass meeting of business men Monday to discuss irrigation storage and federal aid. The National Irrigation congress meets in Chicago Nov 21 to debate government support with a $15 million start.
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Denver
Deliver Chamber of Commerce
National Irrigation Congress
Chicago
West
Congress
Storm Rages On Lake Erie With Ship Sightings
Cleveland reports the Lake Erie storm continues with fierce seas. The City of Erie captain sights the mast of a sunken vessel about 25 miles offshore while the Kaliyuga remains missing about 35 miles from Cleveland. The adrift steamer was observed laboring.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
City of Erie
Whey
Gardener Executed for Murder of Ethel Long in Ohio Penitentiary
Richard Gardner colored was electrocuted at 12 05 a m in the annex of the Columbus penitentiary. He had been convicted for the murder of little Ethel Long at Austin on May 22. Gardner maintained innocence until about two weeks ago when he confessed. The girl was fetching water when he struck her with an iron bar and then cut her throat.
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Columbus
Richard Gardner
Gardner
Little Ethel Long
Austin
Strike Against American Workmen in Tampa
Spanish speaking cigarmakers in Tampa launched a strike against American workers. Official reports to the International union in Chicago indicate the dispute is growing, with about 1,000 English speaking workers idled and a clash possible at any time.
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Chicago
Tampa
Fla
The
International Union
Heirs Sell Stewart Mansion on Fifth Avenue
New York reports the heirs of Alexander T Stewart have sold the family mansion at Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street. The price is about $1.5 million. The buyer is a syndicate of wealthy real estate operators and bankers, names withheld for now.
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New York
Alexander T. Stewart
Prince
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Knapp Stout Lumber to Leave Dubuque for St Louis
A Dubuque announcement states the Knapp Stout Lumber Co. with 200 workers will close its local yards and shift all operations to St. Louis. The firm, oldest in the Mississippi Valley, has been in Dubuque for about 50 years.
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Dubuque
Knapp-Stout, ‘Lumber Company
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Four Die In Hotel Fire In Missouri Toll Rises
A hotel blaze at midnight in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, trapped forty five guests. Dead include Heck Clark and Rebecca Owens. three others fatally injured and a listed missing person. Many more suffered burns and smoke injuries as guests jumped from windows.
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Poplar
Gifford
Heck Clark
Doniphan
Rebecca Owens
Poplar Bluff
Shelby de Hart
Curly Berry
Etta Hargrove
Winslow Stowe
Tennessee
Eugene Dalton
Hot Springs
Ark
Morocco declines U.S. indemnity in Essagin murder case
Washington reports Morocco has again refused United States demands for indemnity over the mob killing of Marcus Essagin, a naturalized American. The State Department plans to back Consul Gummmere with naval support and a U.S. warship may visit Sez to press the claim as a passenger on a navy vessel.
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United States
Essagin
Washington
Morocco
Marcus Essagin
U. United States
Gummmere
Spain
State Department
Sez
Navy Department
No Change in Philippines After U S Election
Manila reports no notable change in the Philippines after last week's scouting and four Americans killed with ten wounded. Filipino sentiment remains noncommittal while insurgent leaders await more definite results and assurances of Bryan's election.
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Manila
United States
Bryan
Senator Davis Relapses as Complications Worsen
In St Paul on November 13, Senator C K Davis deteriorated with new complications. Dr Murphy the Chicago surgeon has been telegraphed for and will arrive today.
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Davis
St. Paul
C. K. Davis
Murphy
Chicago
Chicago Market Highlights Wheat Corn and Live Stock Prices
Wheat weakened by statistics yet firm on Antwerp export demand with December futures over Saturday. Corn and oats posted slight gains while pork lard and ribs rallied for January contracts. Cattle and hog receipts at Chicago show varied levels with mixed stockers and feeders steady to weak and live cattle prices largely steady to lower.
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Chicago
Antwerp
Kansas City Market Cattle Hogs and Sheep Report
Kansas City cattle receipts reach 10 800 natives 3700 Texans 1200 calves with steers steady to 10c lower and heavy trade active. Hogs receipts 7100 with prices up 5 to 10 cents and strong demand. Sheep receipts 8200 with lambs steady and muttons easing slightly.
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Kansas City
Cattle Receipts Steady to Mixed at South Omaha Market
South Omaha market reports 4,200 cattle receipts on November 12 with steady to lower bids on common native beef cattle and mixed prices for steers and cows. Best quality beef steers bring about 4.25 to 5.05, western steers 4.00 to 4.70, Texas steers 3.00 to 4.00, and cows and heifers up to around 1.50 to 3.00 with some upside on select lots.
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Chicago
Texas Fed
Texas Enginteers
Texas Bulls
Tohaere
Texas
South Omaha
Raising Razorbacks in the Western Range
The Kansas City Times notes the razorback hog thrives in the cedar and scrub oak country south of the stake and west of the Colorado river. Pigs feed on abundant cedar berries and woodland forage, multiply rapidly, and ranchers tag them by roundups where dogs chase hogs and sows protect their young before marking and releasing the animals.
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Colorado River
Kansas City Times
Pasture Management to Sustain Soil Fertility
The American Cultivator advises rotating cattle between two pastures to prevent overgrazing and root damage. Overstocking is best avoided. if feed is scarce, spreading manure or fertilizer is costly but can boost pasture quality. Regular weekly moves help maintain forage, encourage regrowth, and preserve soil fertility through balanced grazing and manure return.
Wool Sorter’s Skill Reveals Sheep’s Homeland
A wool sorter works at a table sifting dirt and sorting wool from fleeces. He identifies two grades per fleece and can even tell national origins and territories by texture, color, and soil cues from the sheep’s grazing lands.
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Philadelphia Record
Fattening Cattle Weights and Fertilizer Content
An old note states a 1000 pound fat steer contains about 500 pounds of water, 25 pounds nitrogen, 18 pounds phosphoric acid, and two pounds potash. The American Cultivator says buying nitrogen to return to soil would cost about 3.50 dollars and phosphoric acid about a dollar.
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