House Chamber Renovations Amid Congress Preparations
Workmen prepare the House of Representatives hall for the upcoming session with new carpeting and brighter walls. The press gallery is enlarged and redecorated, and access through the old doors is closed to improve crowd control. Archbishop Chapelle, diplomat to Cuba and Porto Rico, surprises officials by noting a mission to the Philippines as well.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Archbishop Chapelle
New Orleans
Cuba
Porto Rico
State Department
Hay
Mar. Chapelle
Philippines
Spanish West Indies
Three Men Die After Altercation at Hughes Springs
In Cass County Texas, Edward Wilson, a prominent local youth, cut a button from Benjamin Boone's coat as a prank. Boone, intoxicated, assaulted Wilson. Constable James Driver, his son, and son-in-law Marcus O'Neal tried to quell the fight. Boone shot them. Driver and his son were killed. O Neal returned fire, killing Boone.
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Hughes’ Springs
Cass County
Tex
Edward Wilson
Benjamin Boone
Boone
Wilson
James Driver
David
Marcus O'Neal
Driver
O'Neal
Queen Lil En Route to Washington for Hawaiian lands claim
Ex Queen Lilioukalana of Mawan and her party recently passed through St. Louis on the way to Washington to present a claim for 1,000,000 acres of Hawaiian lands to President McKinley. She will offer to dispose of the property to the United States for 6,000,00 dollars.
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Queen Lil
Washington
Lilioukalana
Mawan
St. Louis
McKinley
United States
Indiana ministers push to change divorce laws
The Indiana State Ministerial Association meets in Anderson with A C Wade presiding. Delegates discuss urging ministers to refuse remarriage to divorced persons and advocate revision of Indiana divorce laws.
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Indiana State Ministerial Association
Anderson, Ind
A. C. Wade
Mansoie
Methodist Church
Forester Trouble: Times Praises U S Army Expansion
An editorial in The London Times lauds United States government foresight in boosting army strength. It argues Alger's 100,000-man estimate is too low, noting substantial forces will be needed to subdue new populations.
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Forester
London Times
United States
Alger
Cuban Provisional Government bankrupt claims rise
Kingston Jamaica report notes Masso former president of the insurgent government visiting a family and warning that without support for the Cuban army grave complications may arise. Separate Fort Wayne listings announce Masonic Temple concerts in December
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Kingston
Jamaica
Masso
Major Count Easterhazy Sails for America Dispatch
A Paris Journal dispatch confirms reports that Major Count Easterhazy sailed for America and embarked at Rotterdam. Wiltshire Clerk Milton Majors, 60, city clerk, was killed instantly by a Clover Seal train. an old soldier and prominent local citizen.
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Paris
Res
Count Easterhazy
America
Rotterdam
Wiltshire
Milton Majors
Ohio
Fight for the Poor Contemplates Christmas Gift Bout
Corbett and Sharkey discuss a potential rematch with proceeds intended as a Christmas gift to the poor. A Paris cafe blast near Havas offices kills one woman and injures eight others, suspected gas ignition amid anarchist rumors.
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Corbett
Sharkey
Patal
Paris
Cafe de Champeaus
France
Havas Agency
Treasury Loot Strikes Kansas Governor and Officials
Private deposit boxes in the Kansas state treasury at Topeka were looted. Governor Leedy found his box empty with about 1056 dollars inside. Widow J. M. Herrington sought funds for her husband’s box and found it empty. Herrington’s stepson Barhee lost 80 dollars. other boxes showed similar losses as investigators noted several locks were shared and a single key opened multiple boxes.
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Leedy
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Geedy
J. M. Herrington
State House
Treasury
Terrington
Williams
W. H. Barhee
Herrington
Missouri Bride Vanishes With Funds After Lawyer Scheme
W H F Schroeder of St Louis recently married. a few days later his wife and 27000 dollars vanished. Lawyer Jefferson TD Storts says she acted on his advice to seize money and be all she could lay hands on. Schroeder reportedly wealthy but frugal, offered only 10 cents for necessities before she left for Washington, Missouri.
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Missouri
W. H. F. Schroeder
St. Louis
Jefferson TD
Storts
Tragedy Ends Groom's Night With Fatal Shot
Elmer Munsell, newly married to Myrtle Oden, was shot by his brother-in-law during a charivari at the Oden home in Dry Grove township. The revolver spiked his brain. Oden, 18, fired the weapon. Munsell, 20, died about an hour later. Also reported forty girls injured in a Paris church panic after lights failed in a cinematograph display. Ethel Bodish, 4, and Blanche Troward, 8, were arrested in Little Rock for burglaries, with goods and clothing found linked to the Provident Relief Association theft.
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Elmer Munsell
Oden
Dry Grove Township
Myrtle
Munsell
Ethel Bodish
Blanche Troward
Little Rock
Ark
Provident Relief Association
Tragic Fire Claims Two Children in Chicago Home
Hattie Fuchs, two, died after fire from a lamp toppled by her play. Her four year old brother Willie and their mother were away briefly. the lamp ignited clothing in the children’s room at their parents’ home in Chicago.
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Hattie Fuchs
Chicago
Willie
Fatal Burlington wreck and other early 1900s incidents
A three-coach train on the Burlington line derailed six miles north of Burlington Iowa, killing two, injuring many as cars rolled down an embankment. Other reports include a Denver and Rio Grande explosion killing a fireman, eighteen freight cars burning, a Kansas City embezzlement case verdict unresolved, bequests to colleges, trouble with Negro soldiers in Alabama, a major San Francisco hotel fire, and a Philadelphia physician's suicide by gas.
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Iowa
Hurlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Road
Burlington
Towa
Rio Grande
Denver and Rio Grande
Swallows, Colo. J
Perkey
Eugene Pennington
Guy Lavinegesnui
Heavy trade despite hindrances and strong Thanksgiving outlook
hk. G. Dun & Co. notes industries perform well amid weather delays. Wool sales reach 35,975,000 pounds over four weeks with 5,000,000 exported. Bessemer ore market strengthens in Pittsburg. Wheat prices rise slightly. Weekly failures total 188 in the U S and 21 in Canada, down from last year.
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Hk. G. Dun & Co
California
Bessemer
Fittsburg
United States
Canada
Robbers Torture Ohio Couple For Hidden Hoard
Toledo detectives hunted three men after an early morning violent home invasion in Toussaint Ohio. Jacob and Mrs Mominey were tortured to reveal 46 000 dollars and negotiable paper hidden in a cistern and barn. A grandson raised an alarm. pursuers tracked suspects to a marsh north of Rocky Ridge where a gunfight left one suspect wounded.
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Ohio
Toledo
Toussaint
Jacob Mominey
Mominey
Gift by Ex Mayor Mast Endows Methodist College
The will of P P Mast of Springfield Ohio leaves 940 shares of Mast & Co and Mast Foos stocks to Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware to build a library and endow a ministry professorship. The last residence is given to the university for its use. An additional 300 shares go to the Cincinnati Methodist Episcopal conference for superannuated preachers.
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P. P. Mast
Springfield
Ohio
Mast
PPL Mast & Co
Mast, Foos & Co
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cincinnati Methodist Episcopal Conference
Kansas cattle king vanishes over large debts
Grant Gillett of Woodbine, reputed Kansas cattle king, signs away assets and disappears owed between 600000 and 900000. The cattle paper is held by 25 plus Kansas City commission firms. Reports say 20000 corn fed cattle exist to cover liabilities, but duplicates of mortgages raise fear that the cattle may shrink to about one hundred thousand.
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Grant G. Gillett
Woodbine
Grant C. Gillett
Kum
Kansas
Commission
Kansas City
Gillett
Abilene
Mystery Of Pittsburg Girl's Sudden Death
Miss Edna West of Pittsburg Pennsylvania complained of a severe headache and bought headache powders at a drug store. She took one, went to bed, and died within an hour as her mother heard moaning. Three physicians tried to save her, but she died.
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Edna West
Pittsburg
Smallpox Epidemic Warned in Colorado Tourism Areas
The Colorado State Board of Health secretary warns of smallpox in the state with an epidemic, citing well defined cases in Colorado Springs Cascade Boulder Denver and other locations during the tourist season.
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Colorado
Colorado State Board of Health
Colorado Springs
Cascade
Boulder
Denver
Explosion kills and injures aboard California steamer Walker
A boiler explosion on the river steamer PLO Walker near Fourteen Mile Slough Cat Escaping steam raises the toll to six dead ten severely wounded and fifteen to twenty others injured in a disasterful incident in California waters on an unspecified date.
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California
Fourteen Mile Slough
Prairie fires devastate Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Fire across prairie regions in Oklahoma and Indian Territory damages hay stores and homes. Millions of tons of hay burned. at least 100 residences destroyed and several lives reported lost. Strong winds fueled the blazes as crews battled the fires and farmers faced extensive losses.
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Oklahomaa
Indian Territory
Pueblo Attorney James Meecham Falls From Train
James Meecham a prominent Pueblo Colorado attorney was killed when he fell from a Denver and Rio Grande Railway train while attempting to move between cars. His neck was broken and he died within minutes.
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James Meecham
Pueblo
Cub
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
Remembers Long Lost Name and Fateful Trials
A memory returns gradually for a man once nameless after illness. Gustav Zending surfaces in Kansas, recalling a 1881 marriage to Rosa Ritter in New York and a past life with unknowns. Separately, Shaw is convicted for swindling in St. Louis with James Wilcox turning state's evidence.
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Gustav
Rosa Ritter
New York City
William Shaw
United States District Court
St. Louis
United States
Shaw
James Wilcox
Indianapolis
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Chicago to New York markets show cattle shipping from 2.50 to 6.00 dollars, hogs 3.00 to 5.75, sheep 2.50 to 9.25, and grains with No 2 red wheat 6.0 to 0.80 dollars, corn 28 to 68 cents, oats 25 to 30 cents, rye 50 to 68 cents and assorted creamery butter and eggs prices across major cities including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and Toledo with regional variations and no single trend.
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Chicago
Choice
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Spain Cedes Philippines to United States for 20 Million
Spain agrees to relinquish the entire Philippine and Sulu groups to the United States for 20 million dollars and to purchase the Caroline group as part of peace terms in Paris. The move comes under pressure from powers, with Europe resenting American control.
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Cedea
Philippines
United States
8Uth
Europe
Spain
Paris
Madrid
Cuba
Senor Montero Rios
Judge Day
Carolines
Canaries
Day
Rios
Eurons
Plague Scare Hits San Francisco Chinatown
A historical report describes a sudden disease outbreak in San Francisco Chinatown prompting quarantine measures. Authorities withhold details amid suspected Asiatic cholera or bubonic plague, while health officials seek to confirm the illness and contain the spread among over 20,000 residents.
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Chinatown
San Francisco
Mysterius
Health Department
Schley Claims The Glory At Brooklyn Banquet
Admiral Schley at a Brooklyn Club banquet asserted sole command of the victory off Santiago over Cervera’s fleet. The speech stirred strong commentary as it marks the first explicit taking of full credit by Schley for the battleships’ destruction.
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Santiago
Admiral Schley
Brooklyn Club
Cervera
Hostile to Missionaries at Tien-Tsin Sparks U S Landing
Navy reports fighting near Tien-Tsin as Marines sail from the Boston to guard American missionaries. The Hostaun remains the only U S warship in the port after the Petrel was sent to Shanghai to aid in stabilizing the area.
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United States
Tien- Tain
Navy Department
Tien-'Tsin
Boston
Hostaun
Tien-Tsin
Petrel
Shanghai
Officers Called Cowards Stirring New York Regiment
Seventy-first New York Volunteers face internal turmoil with cowardice and neglect charges against field and staff officers. Hundreds of soldiers who fought bravely on San Juan Hill mutter threats to resign unless accused officers depart. officers deny the claims while daily developments reveal growing trouble within the regiment.
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Seventy-first New York Volunteers
Seventy-first New York Regiment of Volunteers
San Juan Bill
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