Naval Display Aims to Move Sultan on Armenian Crisis
Constantinople reports late Saturday despite talks among ambassadors the powers plan a fresh protest to Tewfik Pasha urging swift steps to restore order in Armenia. Observers fear only a bold naval demonstration may compel Abdul Hamid to act as massacres continue in Erzeroum and surrounding districts with Armenian civilians killed and towns attacked.
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Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
Said Pasha
Armenia
Anatolia
Abdul Hamid
Marquis of Salisbury
London
Erzercum
Shakir Pasha
Trebizond
Erzeroum
Baiburt
Druses
Harisa
Ti Thakir Pasha
Ig Uihable
Armeniers
Powers discuss joint action to restore order in Armenia
In Constantinople sources claim a coordinated plan involving naval and possibly military show of force has been agreed to pressure the sultan to implement reforms. Ambassadors report Britain Russia France Germany Austria Italy seek prompt updates while Turkey cites delayed notes without satisfaction.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Armenia
Porte
Asia Minor
Germany
Austria
Italy
Great Britain
Russia
France
Abdul Hamed
Bahri Fasha
Turmoil and Threats Reach Near East Regions
News reports indicate Turkish forces and Italian fleet movements near Cyprus and Turkish actions amid rioting near Caesarea close to Jerusalem. Panic in Maash Kurdish uprising drives fleeings with robberies and murders feared. US Ambassador Terrell seeks safety assurances for missionaries as Harput notes they are alive but in extreme danger.
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Tive
PAM
Firacus
Caesare
Jerusalem
At Maash
United States
Terrell
Darnham
Harput
Tewfik Pasha
Mr. Terrell
Fleets Gather for Joint Action Near Salonica
Constantinople reports the Italian fleet moving to Salonica to join about twenty British warships already stationed there with French and Russian fleets expected soon. Informal talks at the French embassy precede a potential united action by the four squadrons. Meanwhile Armenian massacres intensify in Van Marash and Kharput as American missionaries receive protection from Turkish gendarmes under Porte orders.
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Zeltoun
Philip Currie
Marash
Bitlis
Sivas
Zeitoum
Zeituun
Zeitum
Zeitoun
Arabgher
Aleppo
United States
Terrell
Darnham
Harput
Hadjin
Hadjiv
Constantinople
Salonica Bay
Van
Kharput
Malitich
Arabkir
Erzeroum
Orfah
Porte
Alexander W. Terrell
Russia
Turkey
Massacre in Erzeroum Reported with High Death Toll
A dispatch from Constantinople cites a letter from Erzeroum confirming Armenian massacres. Estimates range up to 2,000 killed, with accusations that Turkish forces ordered the violence and looting occurred under officer command. Winter will worsen Armenian suffering.
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Constantinople
Erzeroum
British Ambassador to Turkey to Return as Eastern Crisis Looms
Sir Philip Currie, British envoy to Turkey, will travel from England to Constantinople via Vienna to resume duties amid Armenian Turkish tensions. Lord Salisbury and wife visited Windsor Castle. a Foreign Office inspired article argues reform timing amid crisis, delaying action until stronger Turkish authority returns. The Sultan is questioned for potential mental instability by Anglo Armenian leader.
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Turkey
London
Philip Currie
England
Lord Salisbury
Constantinople
Vienna
Windsor Castle
S. Post
Foreign Office
Sir Philip Currie
Francis Seymour Stevenson
M. P
Anglo-Armenian Association
Murad
Europe
Murder suspect Lamont linked to missing Norman McMillan
Police connect Henry Lamont to Norman McMillan disappearance after McMillan traveled from Two Harbors to St Paul with a trunk. McMillan had $52, and a Minnesota hotel guest used his name to claim the trunk at United States Express with clerk J. T. Moyer identifying Lamont from a photo. A pursuing murder case centers on Lamont’s suspected involvement in T. McCarthy’s Oct. murder.
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Lamont
St. Paul
Navy
Norman McMillan
McMillan
Fwo Harbors
Minnesota
United States Express Company
MecMillan
J. T. Moyer
Moyer
Ign
Witten
Ex-Clerk Smith Charged in Panton & Watson Fraud Scheme
Duluth reports detective to return with Henry Smith a former Panton and Watson shoe clerk under indictment for grand larceny in the second degree. He allegedly organized a scheme to let customers take goods without paying and later collect half price, then expanded to three more clerks. Smith fled after a confederate warned him, aided by an Omaha road worker who was fired, and police suspended an officer. Several arrests are expected with implicated clerks set as witnesses.
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Duluth
Benson
Chicago
Henry Smith
Panton & Watson
Smith
Omaha
Curran
Fate of a Deadwood Banker Dude? Murder Suspected
G R Kimball, a Deadwood banker missing since Sept 7 while carrying 100000 in cash and securities, is believed murdered near Alliance Nebraska Oct 18. Authorities identified a skull‑bashed body found by the roadside after his photograph matched a man they heard of from friends. He was 31, arrested at Tecumseh Sept 11, and last seen toward Kansas City with shabby clothes and mining stock.
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Lincoln
Neb
Navy
G. R. Kimball
Deadwood
S. D
Alliance
Kimball
Tecumseh
Kansas City
Medora
Durango
Chippewa LANDS: Appraisements May Be Sold
The commission reports further work in examinations and inspections related to appraised lands in Minassote. The appropriation is exhausted, and the commissioner will recommend a legal change to permit sale of the appraised lands.
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Minassote
Iowa Officials Accused in Border Insane Patient Scandal
Des Moines reports the state executive council uncovered a scheme where insane patients from Illinois counties were sent into Iowa and treated as state patients. Scott county officials allegedly profited from fees, with similar border county abuses. A thorough investigation is planned.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Executive Council
Illinois
Scott County
Border
National Grange Reception Attended by Thousands in Worcester
The national grange reception at Mechanics hall in Worcester Massachusetts drew about 2000 attendees. Dr George A Rowan state grange master Connecticut and general committee chairman presided with speeches by Mayors and Governors from Maine Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire Indiana Vermont Minnesota and other leaders including Col J H Brigham master of national grange.
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National Grange
Worcester
Mass
Mechanics Hall
George A. Rowan
State Grange
Connecticut
Henry A. Marsh
Cleaves
Maine
Wolcott
Massachusetts
N. J. Bachelder
New Hampshire
Board of Agriculture
Gov. Coffin
Goodell
J. H. Brigham
Delta
Ohio
Aaron Jones
Indiana
Alpha Masser
Vermont
Sarah G. Baird
Minnesota
Neighbor Feud Ends in Fatal Gunshot in Rockport
In Rockport Indiana on November 16 Mrs. Sarah Davis shot and fatally wounded neighbor Mrs. Isabel Goodman after a chicken dispute. Mrs. Davis is jailed.
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Rockport
Ind
Sarah Davis
Isabel Goodman
Davis
Depot Burned in Ottawa Fire Destroys Station
Ottawa Ont November 16 The Canadian Pacific railroad station in Ottawa was destroyed by fire this morning along with all its contents. The loss is expected to be heavy though the final figure is not yet known.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Minnesota miners return to work without wage increase
The striking machinists linemen and pumpmen at the Minnesota mine Went Back at Old Wages Tower Minn Nov 16 have resumed work without the pay raise they sought.
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Old Wages Tower
Minn
Minnesota
Deserted by His Bride Disappears in Chicago Hotel
New Orleans theatrical manager Raymond Dominick Pochelu returned to his Chicago hotel to find a note from his wife of five weeks saying she had disappeared. The incident was reported on November 16.
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Chicago
Raymond Dominick Pochelu
New Orleans
Death of Arch Eaton in Colorado and Denver
Arch Eaton, formerly of President Harrison’s circle, died in Colorado Denver on November 16 from consumption. The obituary notes his age and ties to prominent figures of the era.
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Colorado
Denver
Ohio
Arch Eaton
Harrison
Six Berry detectives jailed in Chicago shooting case
An inquest into Frank White’s killing in a West Polk street buggy led to the detention of at least six Berry Detective agency members and possibly a seventh. W J Dix and nine others face police headquarters custody as authorities pursue one more suspect.
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Chicago
Frank White
West Polk Street
Winthrop Place
Shea
Fitzpatrick
Berry Detective Agency
W. J. Dix
Clarence White
Charles A. McDonald
Joseph Well
Daniel McLain
Joseph Macdonald
Jacob Fischel
Charles Poole
John Frew
Hall Caine Arrives in New York After Canada Tour
Hall Caine the famed British author now in New York after a stay in Canada where he pursued the settlement of the international copyright question. Born in 1853 in a northern England village, his father was a simple tradesman.
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America
New York
Hall Caine
Canada
England
Manx author Caine rises as notable writer
As a youth Caine apprenticed to an architect but left at fourteen to teach on the Isle of Man while engaging in socialistic journalism. He wrote reviews and poetry and gained notice with The Shadow of a Crime (1884) and later The Deemster and The Manxman, becoming recognized as a leading writer.
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Caine
Isle of Man
Dakota County Girl Arrested for Horse Theft
Mollie Malloy, fourteen, was captured after riding a stolen horse about 100 miles from South Sioux City to Brunswick. Authorities say illness and a wish to be nursed by her mother drove the act, with no money for fare.
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Towa
Sioux City
Iowa
Dakota County
Neb
Mollie Malloy
South Sioux City
Brungwick
Editor jailed for contempt over grand jury queries
Nashville and Davidson County notes say editor W. S. Brooks of the Daily Herald was sent to jail by Judge Anderson for contempt of court after refusing to answer grand jury questions about alleged Sunday law violations and openly run pool rooms. He would not reveal his information source.
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Nashville
Tenn
Criminal Court
Anderson Today
W. S. Brooks
Daily Herald
Brooks
Murderous Madman Faris Riot Ends With Siege
A wine merchant M Domergue of this city has turned violently insane. He shot his wife and mother, then fired in the street killing three and wounding others. He barricaded his house and shot at gendarmes during a siege.
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Faris
M. Domergue
Comte Castellane Among Paris Bourse Losers
A Vanity Fair dispatch from Paris reports that Comte de Castellane, husband of Miss Anna Gould, was among the heavy losers in the recent bourse collapse.
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Gould
London
Vanity Fair
Paris
Comte de Castellane
Anna
Jay Gould
Sympathy for Cubans Moves by Cleveland G A R Chapter
J B Steadman head of Cleveland Post G A R announces resolutions expressing sympathy with the Cubans and urging Congress to take measures to end the struggle, even by forcible intervention if necessary.
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Cleveland
Ohio
J. B. Steadman
Congress
Accident claims life of farmer near Hammond
Ed Murphy a prosperous farmer living near Hammond was thrown from a wagon last night and killed in Baldwin Wisconsin. He was known as a respected local resident and his death is reported as accidental.
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Baldwin
Wis
Ed Murphy
Hammond
Electric Car Plunges From Cleveland Bridge With Many Dead
In Cleveland on November 19 an electric streetcar carrying between twenty and thirty people plunged 100 feet from the central viaduct draw into the dark river below. Several killed or missing include James McLaughlin and Henry Mecklenburg. Rescue attempts followed as police, ambulances, and patrol wagons rushed to the scene.
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Cleveland
Ohio
South Side Street Railway
Market Reports from Grain and Live Stock Centers
Market notes from Yincago Minneapolis Milwaukee Chicago and St Paul on November 19 show mixed grain quotes and steady provisions. Wheat prices ranged from No 2 spring at 57 1 2 to No 2 red at 61 cents, with on track values for No 1 hard at 54 7 8, and pork around 8 10 to 8 20 per barrel. Relying markets indicate quiet mood in flour, oats and barley with various lot prices.
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Yincago
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Paul
United States v Osborn Heydlauf McCord Cox Broderick
Madison Wisconsin November 19 United States faces a major land fraud case. Prosecution alleges Arthur R Osborn Robert C Heydlauf Warren E McCord H J Cox Richard Broderick and about thirty others acted as agents to defraud the government of pine lands near Ashland. The demurrer was overruled at the spring term and trial on the merits is set with expected heated legal arguments.
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Madison
Wis
United States
Arthur R. Osborn
Robert C. Heydlauf
Warren E. McCord
H. J. Cox
Richard Broderick
Ashland
Bunn
Boiler Explosion at Stamper Mill Kills Two in Kentucky
A boiler at the Stamper mill near Vanceburg Kentucky exploded injuring several workers. Two men were killed instantly and others were seriously hurt in the incident reported November 19.
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Vanceburg
Here
George W. Stamper, Jr
Armless baby born in Stewartville Minnesota
A male child without arms was born to Mrs. L. C. Brooks of Stewartville Minnesota yesterday. The child is still alive.
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Stewartville
Minn
L. C. Brooks
Noble Work Report on Life Saving Service Stations
Washington reports Kimball the life saving service superintendent gives annual figures for the previous fiscal year. The establishment had 251 stations across the Atlantic lakes Pacific and Louisville falls. Disasters involved 5482 aboard vessels with 5402 saved and 20 lost.
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Washington
Kimball
Life Saving Service
Atlantic
Lakes
Pacific
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