Letter on McKinley plot cites unnamed conspirator
New York police report a letter claiming an anarchist plot against President McKinley. The writer names a fugitive conspirator and says the name can be verified by Paris authorities. Police say the author has been located and under investigation.
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New. York
Spolice
Ing
McKinsey
Aldewed
McKinley
Paris
France
Francois
Scranton
Declaration of Bank Capital and Krupp Armor Royalty Prices
The article discusses old law capitalizations for 1905 1909 bank conditions including deposits bonds and circulations and reports on executive actions and director responsibilities. It also covers Krupp armor process royalties Harvey patent and government price caps plus bid details since 1900s.
Paris welcomes Kruger on royal progress through France
President Kruger arrived in Paris after a rapid stateside tour with grand crowds cheering from Lyons to the Place de la Bastille. Ceremonies at the rail station and the Elysee, with Loubet greeting him and police keeping order, marked a smooth yet tense romp through nationalist currents.
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Paris Cabie
Kruger
Marseilles
Paris
Keruger
Lyons
Place de la Bastile
M. Crozer
Protocote
Department of Foreign Office
Loubet
Grebauval
Kruacc
Taveler
Paris Horr
Europe
Mr. Kruger
Kamles Angiatsen
Transvaal
England
Elysee Palace
M. Loubet
McKinley Visit Highlights Union League Event in Philadelphia
President McKinley, visiting Philadelphia with Governor Roosevelt and financiers like J Pierpont Morgan, addressed Union League members after a Republican victory. He stressed loyal support for the gold standard, open markets, and U S strength abroad while praising the people’s government and national unity.
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Vhlladelphia
William McKinney
United States
Union League of Phil‘dlphia
Republican Party
McKinley
Gov. Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Road
Carlisle's Views on Democratic Reorganization
Ex Secretary John G Carlisle, in a New York interview, criticizes the push to reorganize the Democratic party. He argues the party faced two national defeats since Chicago and must bury old issues to unite on new ones. He says leaders to blame want offices. voters have decisively settled the issues.
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John G. Carlisle
New York
South
Carlisle
Chicago
Democrats
Boers Hit In Outpost Skirmish Near Balmoral
A Middleburg dispatch reports Boer forces losing sixty men killed or wounded in a surprise southwest of Balmoral on Nov 19 as they attacked a Buffs outpost. Simultaneous Boer assault on a Wiige river fusilier garrison failed with 120 killed or wounded. General Bruce Hamilton’s columns reached Kroonspruit after patrolling Linley and Heilbron. prisoners were taken.
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London
Middleburg
Transvaal
Buffs
Balmoral
Wiige River
Bruce Hamilion
Kroenspruit
Orange River
Lin
England
Botha
Pietermaritzburg
de Wet
Cape Colony
Farmer
Lord Roberts
Hellbron
Indirect Lability of Directors and Officers Reported
The text notes indirect lability of directors and officers at about three tenths of one percent, equating to roughly one third of the capital.
Navy Report Warns of Officer Shortage Amid Wartime Strain
Secretary of the Navy John D. Long presents the annual report noting growing need for sea duty officers and a serious shortage to man vessels ready for service. He urges expanding the seamen class, to twenty-one and twenty-six, to fill higher naval ratings as building programs finish. London cables also report Cape Colony tensions and calls for martial law amid anti-British sentiment.
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Washington
John D. Longs
The
Weasels
Eee
Wader
Chhtragt Bans
T. A. M. Crareb
Large
Kentucky
London
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Grange River Colony
Transvaal
Remarkable Escape Of Politician In Charleston Illinois
Prominent Democratic figure T N Goffer Jr narrowly survives an apparent assassination attempt in Charleston Illinois. The incident leaves details unclear as investigators examine the scene and motive.
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Charleston
Ieee
Plot to Kill Roberts in Johannesburg Uncovered
London Evening Standard reports a plot to assassinate Lord Roberts during church service in Johannesburg. Ten men, mostly Italians, arrested. details unverified by the paper. The War Office dispatches from Johannesburg notes five Italians, four Greeks and one Frenchman arrested Nov 16 awaiting trial, intent to explode a mine at St. Mary's Church during morning service.
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London
Evening Standard
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
War Office
St. Mary's
Ambushed by La Drones Near Malolos
A detachment of the Third United States Infantry was ambushed Sunday near Malolos. La drones fired a volley, killing two privates and wounding three. Insurgent bands were dispersed and stores destroyed in Bulacan by General Grant’s mounted scouts. Thirty three insurgents were captured, six of whom killed seven persons last spring.
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Manila
United States Infantry
Malolos
Ladrones
Fami
Bulacan
Grant
Bates
San Vincente
Palestina
Heston
Gold Fields Run Rush Through Lynnville after Gold and Silver Discovery
Excitement spreads in Warrick county as claims erupt near Lynnville with women staking rights and landowners paying back taxes to secure titles. Dr. G C Wilkie organizes a $100000 capital company to smelt ore in Cincinnati while hotels and saloons boom and residents flock to the area amid a long held local prophecy of gold and silver.
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Evansville
Lynnville
Warrick County
Knobs
G. C. Wilkie
Cincinnati
Clash of Authority Prompts State Attorney General Opinion
In Anderson, a justice of the peace office dispute prompts Attorney General Taylor to issue an opinion. County Commissioners had appointed J. J. Bravy as constable for Anderson township after Joseph Eads resigned. When township candidates were nominated, Bravy’s commission kept him on the ballot, with Democrat George Hallis receiving substantial votes.
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Justice of the Peace
Anderson
Taylor
J. J. Bravy
Anderson Township
Joseph Eads
Bravy
George Hallis
Bravy to stay in office. Dunham writs contested
Bravy sought Attorney General Taylor's opinion on his term lasting until Eada’s elected period ends. Taylor advised Bravy’s term extends to that end and that the last general election was not for constable selection. Judge Dunham ordered writs to Bravy despite party differences. Hallis plans Supreme Court review.
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Hallis
Supreme Court
Recluse Phoebe Meeks Buried After Fifty-Year Solitude
Brookville notes tell of Phoebe Meeks a lifelong recluse buried in a Tuesday ceremony attended by her sole surviving relative. Her distant lover Hadley Johnson pursued reconciliation but she remained obdurate, a secret behind her self-imposed isolation that began after a sunned afternoon in the thirties when she left her sweetheart and never returned.
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Brookville
Phoebe Meeks
Court House
Franklin County
Hadley Johnson
Utah
Phoebe ‘Meeks
Insurance Legislation Proposal Aims at Fire Safety Rules
Auditor states State Mart has begun work on preparing insurance bills to prevent issues for the coming Legislature. Chief among these are two fire marshal patterns modeled after a case against and any rebate law.
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Rt ‘Btate Mart
Siberia Abolished as Penal Colony Following Rail Route
The decree abolishing Siberia as a penal colony results from the Siberian railway project and the rapid settlement of vast plains. The ad promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for constipation indigestion dyspepsia and flatulence.
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Siberia
Engine Men Die in White Pigeon Train Crash
Lake Shore engineer George W. Rollins and fireman Charles Lund, both Elkhart men, were scalded to death in their cab at White Pigeon Michigan Sunday night. Their engine, the rear unit of a two engine freight trio, crashed into the end car at twenty miles an hour after stopping on a curve. The tender telescoped the cab sealing the men against the boiler head as escaping steam scalded them.
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Elkhart
Lake Shore
George W. Rollins
Charles Lund
White Pigeon
Mich
White Eee
Dr C F Harter Dies During Patient Call
Akron physician Dr C F Harter aged 63 died while on a professional call ten miles east of Rochester. He arrived at a patient’s home and after asking to rest on the floor, and declining to bed down, he collapsed and died shortly after.
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Rochester
C.F. Harter
Akron
Here
Three Corn Shredder Victims in Pulaski County
On Saturday last in Winamac Pulaski County a corn shredder injured three men. Charles Stiles lost two fingers of his right hand while James Moran had his left arm mangled to the elbow and Henry White lost his right hand. John Parrall had his coat and vest torn away before the machine was stopped but escaped injury.
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Pulaski County
Charles Stiles
James Moran
Henry White
John Parrall
Indiana Lead Glass Company to Open New Factory at Matthews
Work has begun on the largest lamp chimney manufactory in the West at Matthews, fifteen miles north of Muncie. The Indiana Lead Glass Company will employ about four hundred men and produce lamp chimneys along with plate glass novelties and fruit jars. The plant will use thirty eight pots, aiming for completion and operation by the first of the year.
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Mathews
Muncie
Matthews
Indiana Lead Glass Company
Wei
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Roberts
Eecepe
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