President Roosevelt Guarded as Crank Delivers Panacea Claim
In New York for James King Gracie funeral, President Roosevelt faced heavy protection yet a harmless crank identified as A B Deming slipped through. He offered a letter claiming a panacea for Emperor William's throat trouble. Deming was taken to police HQ, where he spoke rambling, but no harm was found. Police officials promise trials for captains and guards over church security lapses.
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New York
Roosevelt
James King Gracie
City
A.B. Deming
Broadway
Deming
Jersey City
Washington
William
Germany
God
Cenaures
Potter
Greene
Capt. Cottrell
Plea for Statehood in New Mexico Report
The annual report of Gov Otero urges New Mexico statehood. It notes continued railroad growth, strong finances for territory and counties, reduced indebtedness, and rising assessed value though true value remains higher. Counties adjust debts at low interest as double assessments end.
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Washington
Otero
New Mexico
Will Press Her Claim for Hawaii Crown Lands
Washington November 24 Former Queen Lilluokalani of Hawaii has returned to press her claim for compensation for the crown lands. Aged Women Dead Providence R I November 24 Mrs Phoebe Gilford the oldest minister in the Society of Friends died aged 100 years and Gyemontha. Marriet Hubberad Ayer Dead New York November 27 Hartje Ap bard Ayer a well known welter for the New York World died. Worthestiay ot poewuonla after four days fines.
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Washington
Lilluokalani
Hawaii
Providence
Phoebe Gilford
Society of Friends
Peri
Gyemontha
Marriet Hubberad Ayer
New York
Hartje Apbard Ayer, Bie
Worthestiay
Poewuonla
Sheyboyean
Wia
John M. Ewing
Hig Sister
Ewing
Treasury Department
Republican State Central Committee of
Wisconsin
Panama and Cuban questions dominate Senate session
Washington reports from November show the Senate focusing on Panama Canal matters and the Cuban Bill with Speaker Morgan pushing for a December 16 vote. House adjourned until Friday. committees appointed for Fifty-eighth Congress and Newlands annexation reconsidered. A patent office bill and measures on slavery in the Philippines and a military park commission were introduced in the House.
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Washington
Panama
Cubs
Senate
Morgan
House
Respec
Newlands
Daniel
Capitol
Philippine Archipelago
National Military Park Commission
Firemen Perish in Omaha and Other Fires
A string of late November disasters reports four Omaha firemen killed when a building collapse trapped them at Alles Bros Grocery. Separate fires in Cincinnati and London cause deaths and heavy losses, while wrecks in Crown Point and legal cases in Savannah and Valdosta detail further calamities and penalties.
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Omaha
Cincinnati
Neb
Alles Bros
Ninth and
Jones
Allen Bros
Smith Myers and Schnier & Co
Front Street
Greves
Galley
Savannah
United States
Edward J. McRee
Frank McRee
William McRee
Valdosta
Speer
Cleveland Refuses Third Term Nomination
New York dispatch reports Grover Cleveland stating he will not accept a third term for the presidency under any circumstances. He sent a letter to St. Clair McKelway of the Brooklyn Eagle confirming the stance. A separate Cairo Illinois item notes a severe earthquake at 3:20 AM on November 28.
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State OF
Minnesota
County of
Brown
Tee
Conrad Zeller
Peter Manderfeld
de Bouis
Inc
Thin Court
Court House
New Ulm
Fioretti
New Gin Review
New Uji
Said County
Yew Ulm
Minn
A. Ghorar
Cleveland Sayana
New York
Grover Cleveland
United States
St. Clair McKelway
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Barthunake
Timola
Cairo
First Railway Station of Chicago and North Western Legacy
The article reflects Chicago’s centennial pride in rail travel and traces the early North Western Railway lineage from the Galena and Chicago Union to the Chicago and Northwestern. It notes the 1903 tablet commemorating the site of Chicago’s first railway depot and the broader impact of railways on city development.
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Windy City
North| Western Railway
Chicago
Lincole Park
Chicago, St. Paul
Milwaukee Division
Northwestern Rod
Chicago & Northwestern System
Northwest
Galena & Chicago Union Road
Northwestern Railway
Railway Age
Pioneer Railways Shape Chicago’s Rise From Swamps to City
Before the first locomotive, Chicago’s pioneers pondered rail links northward. By 1836 leaders sought a Galena line, with Chicago chosen as the starting point for a watershed route. Despite delays from the 1837 panic, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad began in 1847, reaching Freeport by 1854 and expanding toward the Mississippi, shaping a future rapid transit hub.
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United States
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Galena
Galena & Chicago Union Railroad
Galend
Michigan City
Great Lake
Lake Erie
Waukegan
Kenosha
Racine
Milwaukee
Pioneer Railway
William B. Ogden
Hare
Harlem
Glgin
Freeport
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Galean& Chicago Union Company
Turner Junction
Mississippi
Pioneer Road
Balyidire
Foto Wisconsii
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St.paul
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Catharton Hammerschmidt
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