A CLOOMY VIEW AN INSUFFICIENT FORCE
A Spectator view argues the Chinese Empress may win, despite Western powers. It notes force on the civilized side failed and predicts Russia and the United States influence outcomes. Shanghai dispatches report viceroys sending supplies, remonstrances seen as a farce, with the Emperor’s need driving aid.
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London
the Spectator
Inia
Russia
United States
China
Germany
Great Britain
Iti
Shanghai
Seymour
Hankow
Nankin
Confessed Her Chime Mrs Van Liew Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter
In Van Wert Dee Mre Emme Van Liew indicted for murder in the first degree for throwing vitriol at Miss Alice Hammell on Sept 12, yesterday pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to ten years in the Ohio penitentiary. She was taken to Columbus with her husband, who is local tailor. The case was settled after relatives and the prosecuting attorney arranged a plea.
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van Liew
van Wert
Dee
Emme
Alice Hammell
Ohio
Columbus
Eheriff
John van Liew
Cossier
Astonishment over alleged defalcations and graft
Read like a dated school board annoy, the report details alleged defalcations involving George R. Griffiths, with funds mismanaged amid weak controls. The piece notes insolvent estate, a $35,000 bond in question, and doubt about investigative value, while tying a separate case to a suspected ex-governor linked to carpetbagger notoriety. It also reports a separate gas plant fire in Kearney threatening candle reliance and a $50,000 loss.
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Griffiths Waa
George R. Griffithe
Board of Education
Griffiths
Favor the Maximum Number
Washington December 1 The house committee on military affairs began a consideration of the army bill basing it on the measure proposed in the war department It is understood that sentiment is strongly in favor of the maximum number of men asked for in the war department bill.
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Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
War Department
Printers Will Not Join Strike In Tampa
In Tampa a second time the Typographical union declined to join the general sympathetic strike now in progress. President Bell of the Trades Assembly says the American Federation of Labor will send immediate funding of $25,000 to sustain the strike. In Nashville a bank bookkeeper, W Lea, formerly of First National Bank, is charged with defrauding the bank of $56,000 in connection with Thomas Brady. detectives brought him in last night. In Shelbyville a 10 year old named William Pile died at the Conrey Blerley factory after a veneering machine toppled, crushing his skull.
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Tampa
Fla
Bell
The
Trades Assembly
American Federation of Labor
Nashville
Dee, LW
W. Lea
First National Bank
Thomas Brady
Lea Jett
Shelbyville
Ind
William Pile
Conrey-Blerley Factory
File
Fourteen Dead and Wounded in Thanksgiving Day Incident
San Francisco reports a Thanksgiving Day disaster left seventeen dead and many injured. The tragedy drew crowds as authorities describe a chaotic scene at the last works accident. Further details sketch the scope of injuries and the ongoing response.
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San Francisco
Dee
Reveral Mors
The Statist Urges Negotiations to End the War
London December 1 The Statist proposes government negotiations with Boer leaders Botha and De Wet to end the war It urges civil authority in Cape Town Milner or the chief justice to begin talks and argues Britain loses prestige and life in South Africa urging conciliatory terms and inclusion of Boers in talks
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Botha
Dewet
Cape Town
Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
J. T. Hofer
Financial Journal
South Africa
J. B. Robinson
Devwet
Lord Kitchener Takes Command in South Africa Affair
Lord Kitchener is named lieutenant general with command in South Africa as Lord Roberts retires. Queen approves the promotion amid cautious Allied optimism, with Cape Colony posts strengthening and Bloemfontein preparing for possible attacks. In Berlin discussions circle around Kroger’s arrival and Germany’s stance on Transvaal policy. In Indiana, missionaries Reese and Stalker plan a global tour without funds, trusting aid will come.
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War Office
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Lord Wolseley
Lord Roberta
Kitchener
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Bloemfontein
Orange River Dritty
Furse
Weattiald
Ind
Myron W. Reese
Charles Stalker
Fey
Society of Friends
Mr. Stalker
Witnesses Intensify Dramatic Testimony in Castle Murder Trial
The trial of Mrs. C. Olin Castle proceeds with 115 witnesses planned. Bettie Moberly and Ruma R. Spangler testified for the state, describing screams, a severed throat, and Morrison over the victim. The courtroom filled with anxious spectators as proceedings began.
Death from hazing prompts federal inquiry in Bristol
A Bristol man, 21, Oscar Boose and a young man tied at Cedar Street faced death after hazing at West Point admission hearings. The incident, dated about a year ago, led to patent claims that hazing was atrocious enough to endanger their son’s life. Federal officials may investigate the sequence of events and the role of Congressman Wan in the admission process.
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Bristol
Oscar
Boose
Lowe
Cedar Street
Toese
Wanget
West Point Military Academy
Oscar Wilde Dies in Paris Mystery Past Middle Years
Paris reports the death of Oscar Wilde in a Latin Quarter house. He expired after a period in obscurity living under an assumed name Manmoth. His deathbed companion and arrival destination are noted, with later reception into the Catholic church.
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Oscar Wilde
Paris
Latin Quarter
Wifner
Ruedes
Beaux: Arts
Manmoth
Victoria Borough Men Charged in Diphtheria Death Case
Victoria authorities commit Dees 1 Eugens Brooks and W Maltby a follower for trial on charges they caused the death of Maltby’s year old son by withholding medical attention during diphtheria illness. The case centers on alleged medical neglect while the child suffered.
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Victoria
B.C. Dees
Eugens Brooks
W. Maltby
Maltby
Czar Health Improves as Regnant Bulletin Extolled
Reports from St. Petersburg say private sources confirm the regent favorable bulletin on the czar health. His majesty has shown genuine improvement and the condition seems to promise recovery. Also, in Lowell a high school football captain Laula Gi more died from injuries sustained in a Thanksgiving scrimmage. Spokane reports four ties lost in a ferryboat capsizing on the river. Market notes cover grain, provisions, and livestock prices across Indianapolis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, and New York exchanges with varied activity and steady readings.
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St. Petersburg
Lowell
Misa
Dee
Laula Gimore
Thankeglv
Trade Review Signals Mixed U.S. Markets and Labor Tales
Trade reports from New York and Chicago show unsettled weather and labor tensions shadowing a still active economy. Iron and steel, boot and shoe, hardware, and lumber trades face tepid demand while textiles reflect modest strength from raw materials. Stock stockyards at Dexter Park anticipate a record livestock display valued over 2 million dollars as buyers gather. In Burlington a man shot his companion in a fatal incident after a drinking dispute, the suspect remains at large.
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Bradstevet’s
New York
Cera
Provisional Order and Fever Figures in China News
A provisional order discussion notes contract funding and cancellation issues. Dispatches from Berlin report typhoid fever and other diseases rising despite denials. Volunteers for reserves grow scarcer as fever intensifies. Also noted is Peter Dunnis of Chicago and a pension law violation case in New Albany, Indiana. Weather forecast fragment and a Laxative Bromo Quinine mention conclude the item.
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Berlina
China
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