Indian Affairs and Political Turmoil Highlighted In Miscellany
A jumble of reports notes a mass of events from Springfield Ohio to Manila and Jolo. It cites Filipino price charges, a death after a stroke, hospital fundraising, and tensions among Sacred Fox Indians in Iowa. Railroad and party politics figures surface, with labor wage talks and a vote tally in Ohio. International items include Lord Mayor of Dublin gifts, Bogota battles, and colonial conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Mudge
Santa Fe
Frey
Bussegue
Colorado
Madge
Ckefelier
Od Company
Rochjlogical Seminary
Ory Barmbarger
St Louie
Rom
Iowa
Jete
Ohio
Goras
George Kan
John R. Mecrat
Samuel M. Tison
Seth Ho
Prohibition
Robert
Socialistic Labor
Commerce Commission
Daniel Itn
John E. Red
Partell Homey
Split forms rival Spanish American War Veterans group
A new body named the Spanish-American War Veterans splits from the existing group in Washington on November 24. It pledges inclusion for all who served in the Spanish-American or Philippine wars, with Admiral George Dewey named commander in chief and Miss Helen M. Gould as sponsor. The roster includes Theodore Roosevelt as senior vice commander in chief and Irving Hale as junior vice commander in chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Washington
Luer
Heral
Ohio
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Georgie Dewey
Adjutant General
George Dewey
Theotore Roosevelt
New York
Irving Hale
Colorado
William Christopher Liller
Pennsylvania
W. P. Lane
Last of State Volunteers Musters Out After War
The First Tennessee regiment ceased to exist as 621 men and 44 officers received final pay. Of 1,360 at start, 195 remained in Manila with the Thirty-seventh infantry. 21 died, 3 were killed. Townspeople packed the camp as the unit left for home at 9. Townsend gave a 50,000 check for transportation, declined. A priest defended officers against charges, denying desecration by troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Tve
Manila
Thirty-seventh
Volunteer Infantry
Mia Townsend
Tennessee Regiment
Father McKinnon
United States Army
Funston
Metcalf
Philippines
Ex-United States Officials Sentenced in Stamp Counterfeiting Case
Ellery P. Ingham ex United States district attorney and Harvey K. Newitt were sentenced by Judge McPherson to two years and six months in prison and a $1 fine plus costs for conspiracy involving bribery of a secret service operative tied to a large revenue stamp counterfeiting plot led by Lancaster cigarmakers William Jacobs and William J. Kendig. The judge stressed the offense warrants strong punishment though the maximum is five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ellery P. Ingham
United States
Harvey K. Newitt
McPherson
Secret Service
Ingham and
Newitt
William Jacobs
Willam J. Kendig
Lancaster
Cotulla Devastated by Sudden Cloudburst Submerging Town
A Star dispatch reports Cotulla Texas sixty miles west of San Antonio was washed away by a cloudburst early today. Four inches of rain fell in thirty minutes drowning a merchant named Walker and his wife. Buildings were wrecked and livestock and ranch property sustained heavy damage.
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Yexas
Kansas City
San Antonio
Texas
Cotulla
Walker
Hobart Funeral Fosters Nation Mourns Garret A Hobart
In Paterson New Jersey on November 25 a grand funeral for the late Vice President Garret A Hobart drew President McKinley the Secretary of State John Hay Chief Justice Fuller former officials and lawmakers to the Church of the Redeemer. Clergy readings a sermon by Rev Dr David Magie and choir performances marked the service as a formal tribute to Hobart’s life as statesman neighbor and friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Presbyterian Church
Garrett A. Hobart
John Hay
Fuller
Levi P. Morton
Alger
Hitchcock
Supreme Court
Senate
Congress
Church of the Redeemer
Charles S. Shaw
Job
David Magie
Orpheus Club
Chwatal
Magie
British Victory Report From Gras Pan Engagement
General Forester-Walker reports Lord Methuen’s forces pressed 500 Boers and multiple guns near Gras Pan ten miles north of Belmont. The naval brigade and infantry led the assault while suffering heavy losses. Thirty-one Boers were killed and forty-eight wounded. over fifty horses died. The force to rest at Graf Pan before resupply.
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London
War Office
Cape Town
Forester-Walker
Lord Methuen
Mounted Corps
Gras Pan
Belmont
Kimberly
Graf Pan
Royal Marines
Ght Infantry
North Lancashire Regiment
Consolidated Montana Sheep & Lamb Company Formed
Representatives of the American-English syndicate explored Montana all summer and fall securing options on 500000 head of sheep and 500000 acres of land to create the Consolidated Montana Sheep & Lamb Company with a $10000000 capital. Colonel E C Waters Edward J Morrison Bert Reiss named as counsel and organizer.
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Montana
Billings
Mont
E. C. Waters
Edward J. Morrison
Bert Reiss
New York
Consolidated Montana Sheep & Lamb Company
England Admits War With Dutch republics of South Africa
Russian notices report that Britain informed Moscow it has been at war with the South African Dutch republics since August 12. The Svet says Britain withdraws the claim of merely subduing rebels. Novoe Vremya suggests powers may intervene with Red Cross and military agents as Afrikanders lean toward the Boer side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Great Britain
South Africa
Svet
England
Novoe Vremya
Red Cross
Senator Hayward’s Condition Worsens as Week Ends
Nebraska City reports Senator Hayward fading rapidly with a accelerating pulse. Dr. Whitten expresses concern as relatives fear he may not survive the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska City
Neb
Hayward
Whitten
Busy Baltimore and Ohio lines show heavy railroad expansion
The Baltimore and Ohio lines west of the Ohio River are filled with bridges and construction crews. About 53 bridges bought last January are yet to be erected and 20,000 tons of 85 pound rails have largely been laid. Sidings with 100 car capacity are under construction, and vast grade reductions span from New ark to Chicago Junction with thousands employed. Between Chicago Junction and Chicago, nearly twenty sidings are planned to enable future double tracking. Most will be long enough for three 50 car trains.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio River
Newark
Chicago Junction
Chicago
A Hig Mail Train
The Pacific and Oriental mail train of the New York Central, leaving New York at 9 15, started with ten cars packed with bags and letters for Asiatic countries, Hawaii, Australia and the Philippine Islands. It will add cars at Buffalo, Chicago and Omaha, reaching San Francisco with thirteen or fourteen cars and the heaviest mail tonnage ever hauled by a locomotive. It is expected to set the fastest regular cross country time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pacific and Oriental
New York Central Railroad
Hawaii
Australia
Philippine Islands
Buffalo
Chicago
Omaha
San Francisco
New C C C line opens offering quick health path
Chicago reports the C C C line now open to the public, praised for direct access to health and happiness. Publishers highlight Cascarets as the remedy, urging trial with price details and a call for the genuine tablet marked with C C C to avoid fraud.
Bridge Ferryboat Across the Seine at Rouen Tested
Engineers describe a combined bridge and ferry system across the Seine at Rouen. Steel towers 25 feet high on both banks anchor bound cables that lift a horizon track 1½ feet above water. A 60 wheel truck runs the track with thirty cables supporting a ferry platform carrying tram cars. The upper car provides propulsion while the lower car rides with minimal motion. The system also operates in Bizerta and Bilbao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seine
Rouen
Bizerta
Bilbao
Wanted to Fold Circulars at Home for $12 Weekly
Classified notice seeking both sexes to fold circulars at home with a $12 weekly salary. Send particulars to The Non Medicine Cure Club Lock Box 802 Los Angeles Cal. The item includes a joke about Congressman Roberts and bigamy in dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Non-Medicine Cure Club
Los Angeles
Cal
The Cornfed Philosopher Says Happiness Is Doing Good
The cornfed philosopher notes true happiness comes from devoting life to helping others and doing good for others. He argues this is the only occupation where people permit one to have his own way.
Electricity for Brain Apparat Is Cited By Scientist
A scientist claims discovery of an apparatus to stimulate brain activity using an electric band. The ad compare such device to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, touting natural stomach relief and system build up for fifty years. It ends with a humorous remark about manicured nails from the New York Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
New York Press
Do It and Stick to It Rheumatism Cure Ad
An advertisement touts Hood s Sarsaparilla and Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co products as cures for rheumatism catarrh grippe and blood impurities. It promises dramatic relief with faithful use and markets trial and bulk bottles from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
All America
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
E. Lake St
Chicago
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Asiatic
Turkey
Tng
National Ij
Springfield
Teas Filipino Prico
D. B
Rose
Owa
Montejo
Manila Bay
Henderson
Joes Brown Potter's
Wales
Duke of Camp
Christian of Schrles
Maine
Jolo
Hobert
C.C.C
C. C. C. Nets
Andy
Sterling Remsey Cos
Montreal
Can
Congressman Roberts
Melissa
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Winchester Avenue
New Haven, Connee
W. L. Douglas
Uglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Mass
Ole & Booth. Sheep Com. Co
U. S
Anthony Pollok
D. Mason
Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D.C
W.morris
Ate Princeis Stee J
Pension Bureau
Graineml
Madison ST
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