President McKinley’s Message on Philippines and Open Door Policy
President McKinley has completed his congressional message. It emphasizes keeping the Philippines as U S territory under an emergency liberal government. He supports the open door in China and endorses the Hay Pauncefote canal project while signaling ongoing military needs and Cuba’s future independence.
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China
Trauncefote-Hay
Cuba
Washington
McKinley
Congress
Philippines
Taft
United States
Conger
Senate
Alderman Van Riper Goes Underwater in Submarine Dive
Alderman L. O. Van Riper, chair of the committee approving such matters, volunteers to inspect Highland Park water works under Lake Michigan in a 30 minute dive. He describes breathing, weight, and the sensation of descent, noting lead weights, a heavy helmet, and the buoyant suit while locating the intake pipe and joints amid fish.
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Highland Park
Chicago
L. O. van Riper
Lake Michigan
Alderman van Riper
Crib
Johnson
Ind
Blood Bitters Promise Strength From Bur Dock
An old drug store pitch touts Blood Bitters as building up the system delivering rich blood and health for men and women, claiming strength through the product available at any drug store.
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Burdock
Fleecing Missionaries Provokes Soldier's Harsh Charge
Private Robert W. Lyon of Portage Wisconsin writes from Pekin detailing alleged misdeeds by Chinese capital missionaries during the relief of foreigners. He says missionaries bought the best provisions at government prices and sold them to soldiers at high markups while denying supplies to enlisted men. Lyon, a Grand Rapids youth enlisting at Portage, asserts the accusations come from firsthand wartime hardship.
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Pekin
Portage
Wis
Portage Friends
Robert W. Lyon
Fourteenth United States Infantry
Fourteenth
Tientsin
Legation
American Board
Byon
Grand Rapids
Odd Numbers in House Construction Belief
The Siamese superstition states all counts in a house must be odd. This includes rooms per house, doors per room, windows per room, and the total house number.
Cloak Room Tales of Pennington and Sherman
A Washington letter recounts John Sherman's selfless surrender of the speakership to Pennington, aided by Thad Morris. It recalls Pennington's frail but honorable tenure, the comic missteps of parliamentary ruling, and Sherman’s later Senate service.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
House of Representatives
Clark
Ohio
John Sherman
Senator Harlan
Iowa
Harlan
Sherman
Grant
Halleck
Pittsburgh
Fort Henry
Belmont
Fort Donelson
Pennington
New Jersey
House
Thad Morris
Arthur Pue Gorman
Senate
Gorman
Maryland
Nere
Thad
Speaker Pennington
M Twe
D. B. Henderson
Henderson
Carlisle
Dave Henderson
Congress
Smith D. Fry
Swindler Henry Seelig Arrested After Four Year Chase
Henry Seelig a famed swindler accused of fraudulently obtaining goods from Chicago merchants and across the nation was captured in New York after a four year pursuit. Known as B Blank, he exploited a forged firm name and shifted activities from New York to Brooklyn and western cities. He faces arraignment in general sessions with hundreds of victims ready to testify.
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New York
Henry Seelig
Chicago
Court of General Sessions
Seelig
America
B. Blank
Brooklyn
McClusky
Frank
Murray Street
Adam A. Cross
Frank Seelig
William Matzner
Justice Fitzgerald
Cure the cough and save the life promise
Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is advertised as a universal remedy curing coughs and colds and claimed to avert consumption with a strong health tonic. The message presents the product as a life saving cough remedy and cold remedy.
Three Killed by Explosion in Detour Lighter Stewarts Boiler
Detour Michigan November 26. While lighting cargo on the stranded steamer Isaac Ellwood in Mud Lake the forward boiler of the lighter Stewart exploded killing three men and injuring several others. The dead include Rankin Workman Louis Carpenter and William McKenzie. John Henderson had a fractured skull and may die. Frank Milder is missing feared drowned. John Werner is badly scalded and leg fractured. The injured also include Thomas Melvine William McGregor John Cairns Captain Rawlings all of Sault Ste Marie awaiting recovery.
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Detour
Mich
Isaac Ellwood
Mud Lake
Stewart
Rankin Workman
Louis Carpenter
Sault Ste. Marie
William McKenzie
John Henderson
Frank Milder
Sault Ste Marie
John Werner
Thomas Melvine
William McGregor
John Cairns
Rawlings
Farmer Is Heir to 880000 But Ainsworth Receives 80000
In Binghamton New York on November 26 Franklin B Ainsworth a poor farmer becomes heir to eighty thousand dollars after saving a man from drowning twenty five years ago. The rescued man later sent a Philadelphia lawyer word that a benefactor died leaving him the money.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Franklin B. Ainsworth
Ainsworth
Philadelphia
Root and Wood Arrive in Jacksonville En Route to Washington
Secretary of War Root and General Wood arrived in Jacksonville on the dispatch boat Kanawha and planned to depart for Washington at 10 20 a m. The stop occurred en route to the national capital.
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Root
Washington
Jacksonville
Fla
Gen. Wood
Kanawha
Wreck Scene on Seven Islands Shrouded in Snow
Report from Quebec indicates the steamer St Olaf wrecked near Seven Islands with 26 dead. Survivors fear many perished in deep snow on Isle Boule. Wreckage includes three boat hulls and an empty provisions keg. tracks show shore escape but no signs of life.
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Quebec
Que
St. Olaf
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf
Buffeld
Lemfaistre
Esquimaux Point
Boule Island
Lemaistre
Navy
Doan's Ointment touted as cure for itching piles
An ad claims ten thousand demons gnawing at vitals describe itch relief from Doan's Ointment and asserts the product never fails to cure painful piles.
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Doan
Oriental Union formed by UC students in Berkeley
Native Japanese and Chinese students at the University of California have formed the Oriental Union. Led by Prof. John Fryer and Japanese consul O. Yoshioka the group aims to extend to other colleges and unite intellectuals of their races. It seeks social and intellectual culture, accurate knowledge of oriental affairs, and mutual understanding between orientals and occidentals.
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Oriental Union
Berkeley
Cal
University of California
United States
The
John Fryer
O. Yoshioka
San Francisco
Amnesty Bill Passed in Senate After Chamber Approval
Paris reports the senate approved the amnesty bill already passed by the chamber. Senator Gustave de Lamarvelle asked if it includes those condemned by the senate High Court and the Assumptionists. Premier Waldeck-Rousseau replied amnesty cannot cover those threatening the government.
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Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
M. Gustave de Lamarvelle
Department of Morbihan
High Court
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Noted German saloon man Otto Lipp dies by self fatal shot
Otto Lipp 54 prominent German citizen of Bloomington illinois committed suicide by shooting himself today at o'clock. Longtime saloon operator who lost his building and stock in a June fire and had recently purchased a farm he planned to move to.
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Kills Self
Bloomington
Otto Lipp
Lipp
King Oscar Improves Speed of Recovery
Stockholm November 27 King Oscar is steadily improving and took a long walk today in the royal garden signaling continued recovery for the monarch as observers note gradual health gains.
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King Oscar
Stockholm
Royal Garden
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Porto Rico
Hawaii
Nicaraguan Canal
Illinois
Mr. McGinty
M’ginty
Wisconsin
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