Not One of Our Harbors Safe
Washington, Nov. 12. The annual report of General Miles, commanding the army, urges immediate coast defense upgrades and warns that no port on the Atlantic or Pacific is properly defended. He argues for stronger batteries, warns of potential blockade within ninety days, and recommends expanding army strength tied to population.
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General Miles
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England
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Battlefields to National Park Work Under Way at Chickamauga
The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park commission reports 42 miles of roads built within the park now covering 6,568 acres with 7,820 dollars spent. Twenty three monuments and 118 foundations prepared for state monuments. 208 monuments completed. Ohio leads with 55 monuments and 53 markers as northern states mark troops and southern states begin. The commission forecasts over 100 monuments next year. Also notes 212 tablets, 286 distance markers, 51 battery tablets, and 164 guns placed for battlefield marking. the site may become the world’s best marked battlefield. A fast mail service to Detroit via Canadian territory is planned, with postal cars and clerks to run about December 1, after Buffalo arrangements by James F. White.
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission
Ohio
Chickamasuga
Chattanooga
Supreme Court Rules Homestead Timber Sale Prohibited
John D. Shiver vs United States ruling states that lands entered under homestead laws are not automatically segregated from the public domain to grant timber- selling rights. Home steaders who sell timber on entry render themselves liable to criminal prosecution per Justice Brown's opinion.
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John D. Shiver
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Supreme Court
Justice Brown
Supreme Court Denies Moving Forward in Chapman Case
The United States Supreme Court refused to advance the case of Elverton R. Chapman a New York broker indicted for refusing to testify before the Senate committee during the sugar trust investigation.
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United States Supreme Court
Elverton R. Chapman
New York
Senate Committee
Sugar Trust
Near Miss: Eugene Field Narrowly Saved From Burial
Kansas weather official T B Jennings recalls a 1871 Louisiana cholera scare during a hunting trip. Field appeared dead, was placed in a coffin, but a moan from inside led Jennings to pry it open and carry Field to camp, while two companions died.
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Eugene
Case of the Russian Czarina at Darmstadt
Report from Darmstadt indicates no corroboration of the czarina illness rumors from the United States. Officials say only that the czarina, formerly Princess Alix of Hesse, may be near confinement and no further details are known locally.
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United States
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Grand Duchy
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Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Education Society Meets in Chicago
In Chicago on November 12 the general committee convened at the First Methodist church. J C Hartzell reading secretary reported the society in debt yet financially hopeful, noting southern institutions run by the group largely support themselves while doing substantial good. He also criticized Florida’s anti Negro statutes.
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J.C. Hartzell
South
Florida
Polish church excommunicates four leaders in Mo clash
In Sr. Joseph Missouri a Bishop Burke order read excommunicating four men blamed for church dissensions. Three of the expelled leaders attended service as tensions rise in the long running church feud. Nearby Milwaukee reports a major dock fire injuring no one and destroying a large coal shed valued at 15 to 20 thousand dollars. In Hurley Wisconsin a hunter shoots his friend Mistaking him for a deer killing him instantly.
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Menominee River
B. Uhrig & Son
Menominee Slip
Muskego Avenue
Judicial Convention in Illinois selects delegates for supreme bench
The county judicial convention met in Rockford on November 12 and chosen six delegates to favor Judge H Cartwright as successor to the late Judge J M Bailey at the Rockford convention for the supreme bench.
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Mr. Carroll
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H. Cartwright
Supreme Bench
J. M. Bailey
Supreme Court Upholds Minnesota Back Tax Law
The Winona and St. Peter Land company vs. Minnesota case ends with the U S Supreme Court upholding a back tax law. Justice Brewer writes the decision, ruling the law valid despite constitutional concerns over contract obligations. Farmers Demand Lower Rates from Des Moines Road Commission.
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Minnesota
United States Supreme Court
United States
Brewer
Agnostic Letters and Iron Hall Report Featured
A church in Columbus reads letters to Robert G. Ingersoll challenging a public debate on Christianity versus atheism. In Indianapolis, Iron Hall receiver Farley reports assets and pending claims, while officials pursue civil-service reform of Mayor Taggart. Elsewhere a Doo little’s mill pest swarm alarms locals and professor Hazen Sturms notes the bug’s harmlessness.
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Iron Hall
Indianapolis
Farley
Order of the Iron Hall
Iron Hall Bank
Philadelphia
State Civil Service Association
Taggert
William Dudley Foulke
Richmond
Dogs Ravage Sheep Sparks Payouts and Suits
News from Eckerly reports dogs killing many sheep with Cyrus Leonard Peter Curl Patrick Walsh and Henry Stroud among the listed losses. Consequently, many dogs were killed and many lawsuits threaten. A separate Crawfordsville item notes an arrest of Fred Walker after stealing from Robbins House and fleeing by train. In Rockfort a father from Spencer county seeks clemency for his son Jesse Jones with a stay of execution until December 6 granted by Governor Clarke.
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Cyrus Leonard
Peter Curl
Patrick Walsh
Henry Stroud
Crawfordsville
Robbins
Fred ‘Walker
Aspen
Colo
Rockfort
Charles
Jones
Spencer
Little Rock
Jesse Jones
Senator Voorhees
Clarke
Shanks Mentioned as Republican Congressional Candidate
Gen John Peter Cleaver Shanks of Portland is prominently named as a Republican candidate for Congress from this district. Shanks, age 70, remains in Portland and is described as hale and hearty despite his advanced age.
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Shanks
Congress
Portland
John Peter Cleaver Shanks
Aged Twins McCord Brothers Lose John in Death
In Vincennes on November 12 the aging McCord twins Robert and John have died as the elder brother John McCord passed his 85th birthday two weeks ago. Robert survives but is very feeble.
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Vincennes
Robert
John McCord
Italian ambassador libeled by court ruling in Rome
Don Clar Celso de Moreno has been sentenced to ninety days in jail for criminally libeling Baron Fava the Italian ambassador. This action was announced in Washington with details of the ruling and the parties involved.
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Don Clar Celso de Moreno
Baron Fava
Weather Outlook Across Midwest and Great Lakes
The Weather We May Expect reports 24 hour indications from 8 p m yesterday. Lower Michigan shows fair weather with warmer temperatures and southwest winds. Upper Michigan fair with westerly winds. Wisconsin fair with southwest winds and warmer in the south. Iowa fair with southerly winds and warmth in the east. Indiana and Illinois fair and warmer with winds shifting to easterly and southerly.
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Ilinois
Financial markets report cold November trading across currencies and commodities
New York reports money on call at 2 percent and sterling firm with demand bills quoted. Board of Trade quotes show wheat and corn movements from Cuicani and Chicago markets, with oats, lard and butter prices noted. Chicago live stock at Union Stock Yards lists hogs, cattle, and sheep with varied ranges and regional receipts.
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Sterling Exchange
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Chicago
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Board of Trade
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Union
Texas
Methodist Tract Society Anniversary in Cincinnati
The Methodist Tract society anniversary drew a large crowd in Cincinnati with speakers including Rev. C. J. Little of Garrett Biblical Institute and Rev. J. L. Hulburt. Other officials named were Rev. J. M. Freeman Rev. F. L. Naylor H. R. Doherty and the recording secretary of the Sunday School Union.
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Methodist Tract Society
C. J. Little
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Hvanston
Ills
J. L. Hulburt
J. M. Freeman
F. L. Naylor
H. R. Doherty
Sunday School Union
Great Detective Byrnes Linked To Gambler Profits Scheme
Testimony before the Lexow committee ties ex police chief Thomas Byrnes to a blackmail and gambling profit scheme in New York. Christian Schafer, a longtime gambler, testified that Byrnes received one fourth of keno profits for ten months, with monthly payments totaling at least 22000. Other officials including Sydney Nichola and ex-Inspector Williams were named in related payoffs.
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Commission of Accounts
Dock Board
Lexow
Thomas Byrnes
Christian W. Schafer
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Fifteenth
Sydney Nichola
Nichola
Keno
Schaefer
McLaughlin
Illinois Day at Exposition Grounds in Atlanta
Illinois Day celebrations at the Georgia Exposition featured Governors Altgeld and Atkinson meeting with local regiments. Altgeld praised fellowship, denounced carpet baggers and corporations, urged Cuba support, and called for peaceful reforms. The program included music, prayers, and welcomes from Atlanta officials.
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