Soldiers Capture Nortonville Union Camp in Kentucky
Madisonville Kentucky November 25 The notorious union miners camp near Nortonville is destroyed with four tents and camp paraphernalia seized. About twenty five to thirty campers are arrested for breach of the peace unlawfully assembling and banding together. Arlie Oates and twenty two others detained. two escapees unrecaptured. Federal judge Walter Evans to hear injunction case tomorrow at Owensboro.
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Madisonville
Nortonville
Hall
Judge Yost
Judge Hall
David R. Murray
General Murray
Oates
Jim Platt
Walter Evans
Louisville
Federal Court
Owenboro
Commission clarifies expo opening date for Louisiana purchase
The national commission for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis asserts the expo will open to the public on April 30, 1903, and that no postponement is planned or considered despite inquiries.
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St. Louis
National Commission For the
Ex-President Cleveland Improves From Cold
Princeton, N J Nov 25 Ex President Cleveland shows marked improvement as he recovers from a cold. Dr Wikoff reports he is getting along nicely and appears entirely out of danger after a comfortable day and restful night.
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Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Wikoff
Roosevelt Returns From Potomac Outing to Washington
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt sailed back to Washington at around five this afternoon after a river excursion down the Potomac. Local officials and onlookers greeted the party near the waterfront as they arrived back in the capital.
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Washington
Roosevelt
City
Potomac River
General Wood Buys San Juan Battlefield for Park
General Wood bought the principal portion of the San Juan battlefield in Santiago de Cuba including San Juan Hill and Bloody Bend. The two hundred acre tract cost 815000 and will be a United States reservation with plans for a park on the historic site.
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Santiago, de Cuba
General Wood
San Juan Battlefield
San Juan Hill
Bloody Bend
Death of Judge M A Rogers At Steamboat Springs
Denver report says Judge M A Rogers former supreme court justice and noted Colorado lawyer died by his own hand at Steamboat Springs. He reportedly laid with a dynamite ender, lit a cigarette, fired a blast to his face, then calmly smoked until the explosion ended his life.
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Denver
Colo
M. A. Rogers
Supreme Court of Colorado
Steamboat Springs
Rogers
Ender
Ting
Lieutenant Van Schaick Leads Charge Against Insurgents
Manila reports Second Lieutenant Louis J. Van Schaick of the Fourth Infantry charged 150 insurgents at Siaraca near Cavite. Mounted he reached them first, killed three, fought hand to hand after a rifle misfire, was wounded twice, rescued by his men, and is in Manila hospital. He has been recommended for a Medal of Honor. General Hughes says surrender talks with insurgent Samson on Bohol Island near completion, likely ending revolt there.
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Manila
Louis J. van Schaick
Fourth Infantry
Siaraca
Cavite
van Schaick
Hughes
Department of the Vissayas
Samson
Bohol
Death by Liquor Strangulation Near Blair Neb
Blair Nebraska November 26. Adolph Sandall seventeen years old died after drinking excess liquor during a Rankin ranch visit. He collapsed in a wagon on the way home and was pronounced dead by a doctor. An inquest by the Burt coroner ruled death by strangulation while under the influence of liquor from unknown sources.
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Blair
Neb
Adolph Sandall
L. C Sandall
Herman
Rankin Ranch
Sandall
Fulton
Burt Soroner
Oakland
Catholics Proffer Aid to Indian Schools in U S
The Catholic archbishops of America at their annual meeting adopted resolutions to raise funds for Catholic Indian schools and to extend Catholic training to Catholic children in government schools. The Indian bureau roster includes Cardinal James Gibbons as president and William H. Ketcham as director.
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Washington, DC
America
Catholic Indian Bureau
Cardinal James Gibbons
William H. Ketcham
E. R. Dyer
D. D
Charles S. Lusk
No Bombardment of Colon Aims to Protect Rail Line
Washington reports that there will be no bombardment of Colon by either side. Commander McCrea has wide discretion and the state department set a precedent last year in warning insurgents at Panama. If Pinzon troops press the attack, warships would need to withdraw foreigners and bombard with precision to spare railroad assets and train passage.
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Washington, D. C
Colon
McCrea
State Department
Gudger
Panama
Rayner Refuses Fee For Schley Court of Inquiry
Baltimore November 26 It was learned that Isidor Rayner chief counsel for Rear Admiral Schley in the court of inquiry refused any fee for his services A mutual friend said the admiral recently sent Rayner a valuable gold watch and a diamond and pearl brooch to Mrs Rayner
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Baltimore
Isidor Rayner
W. S. Schley
Court of
Rayner
Ransom or Death Threat Looms in Lady Stone Case
Dispatches report brigands in Sofia have not replied to Mr Dickinson’s ultimatum. They threaten to kill Miss Stone if the full ransom is not paid by January 1. Mr Dickinson, U S diplomatic agent, arrived in Constantinople after negotiations.
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London
Boiler Explosion Kills Twenty at Penberthy Plant Detroit
Twenty men are dead and twenty seven injured after a boiler explosion at the Penberthy Injector Company plant in Detroit. The rear building housing the boiler collapsed, trapping workers. flames followed and ambulances rushed in as relatives flocked to hospitals. Property loss is about 180000 with 70000 in fire insurance, relief subscriptions opened.
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Detroit
Mich
Penberthy
Abbott Street
Brookwin Avenue
Emergency
Grace
Harper
George W. Childs
Childs
Wabash Train Collision Leaves Dozens Dead at Seneca
Detroit dispatch reports a wreck near Seneca Michigan when westbound No 13 collided with eastbound No 4. The emigrant train burned with many killed, estimates ranging from sixty to one hundred fifty, survivors taken to Peru Indiana.
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Mead-Ead
Wabash
Wabash Railroad
Michigan
Seneca
Mich
Detroit
No. 13
President to Open South Carolina Exposition in Washington
In Washington on November 27 the president will open the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition. After Senator Depew speaks, greetings pass between the president and expo managers and at 2 38 oclock he will press the button to start the machinery.
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Washington, D. C
South Carolina
Depew
Brigands Delay as Snow Hinders Move on Ellen Stone
In Sofia on November 27 brigands delay action awaiting snow melt to ease movement. They plan to resume negotiations over the fate of Miss Ellen M. Stone once winter conditions permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Ellen M. Stone
Liberals Surrender in Colon Under Multinational Mediation
Colon, Nov 30. Surrender terms agreed aboard the US gunboat Marietta with officers from Colombia and allied ships. Senor de la Rosa handed over liberal troops and arms to Captain Perry, who will pass them to General Alban for guaranteed life and liberty of rebels.
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Colon
United States
Marietta
Tribune
Suchet
McCrea
Machias
Perry
Iowa
Alban and
Jeffries
Colombia
Senor de la Rosa
Liberal Party
General Alban
Columbia
Alban
Panama
Domingo Diaz
General Pinzon
General Pinzon. When General Alban
Pinzon
General Albao
Blue Jackets
Canal Company
Peirs
de la Rosa
Washington
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
State Department
Gudger
Nation divorce grants end to Carrie Nation joint smashing era
David Nation wins divorce from Carrie Nation in Medicine Lodge. Court clears Carrie of cruelty charges and allocates the Kansas home to Nation with other property to his wife. Nation cites a letter calling him a hellbound hypocrite and says she fights to keep pension money. Judge Gillet grounds ruling on gross neglect of duty.
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Kansas City
Star
Medicine Lodge
Kan
David Nation
Carrie Nation
Nation
Gillet
Indiana
Long Overdue Schooner Ralph J Long Stranded Near Unalaska
Advices from theorth report the schooner Ralph J Long from Nome is stranded at Unalaska with 115 passengers and no food. Rescue conditions remain uncertain.
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Seattle
Wash
Oorth
Ralph J Long
Nome
Unalaska
Pensacola Strike Ties Up Local Fishing Fleet
Nine schooners from E. E. Saunders & Co and Warren Fishing Co lie at the Pensacola wharves as 700 Konighs of Labor fishermen strike for a higher share of catches. More ships will join as they arrive, and fish houses refuse to concede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola, Fla
E. E. Saunders & Co
Warren Fishing Co
Indians Killing Hunters in Wisconsin Rumors Rise
Rumors claim Indians may have intentionally shot white hunters amid alleged accidental killings by companions. The report notes a fall spokeman invasion and a deer slaughter near the Indiana wigwam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
Pew
Indiana
Honolulu Plan Seeks 10 Million For Island Improvements
Victoria reports from the Mionera carry extended accounts of Congressman Wilcox’s plan to seek a 10 million dollar appropriation for improvements in Hawaii. Lepers accuse the Hawaii board of health of neglect over food and water supply and request a taste commission investigation.
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Victoria
B. C
Honolulu
Mionera
Congressman Wilcox
Washington
Hawaii
Board of Health
Shorter winter mail route cuts transit to Alaska
Washington dispatch reports a new western route shortening winter mail transit between Seattle and Nome from about 60 plus days each way to 24 days. The contract, signed by Assistant Postmaster General Shallenberger, avoids the usual upper Yukon winter route and improves intermediate point delivery.
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Washington
Seattle
Wash
Nome
Alaska
Generaal Shallenberger
Yukon
Bulgarians Attend Varna Meeting Amid Stone Dispute
In Sofia on December 2 3 Mihtalowsky head of the Macedonian committee denounced Sarafof and Macedonians as kidnappers murderers and blackmailers. A Sofia gathering echoed his attack while praising Sarafof as hero of Macedonian youth. Authorities in Rubnitza report heightened police vigilance as U S. government pressure grows.
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Sofia
Mihtalowsky
Varna
Bulgaria
Mr. Sarafof
Ellen M. Stone
M. Micialowsky
M. Sarafof
Rubnitza
United States
Strike Ends as Switch Men Return in Pittsburg District
Officials say the switch men strike is over except for Allegheny Valley while Valley lines report normal service soon. Freight handling is at a historic low pace with mills on the Monongahela operating at peak strain and Homestead yard storing twenty six thousand tons of plates. If relief is delayed, plants may shut down and manufacturers face severe transportation shortages.
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Pittsburg
Nec
Allegheny Valley
Monongahela River
Homestead
Aguinaldo to be brought to United States for treason trial
A letter from Fort Leavenworth reports General Chaffee recommended bringing Aguinaldo to the United States. He is accused of treasonable correspondence and stirring insurgent activity. Chaffee believes his and leaders presence in the islands fuels recent moves. Aguinaldo likely faces trial and a sentence of two to three years. The Buford transport from Manila arrived with two battalions of the Twenty third Infantry.
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Aguinaldo
Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth Bays
Chaffee
New York
United States Army
Buford
Manila
Singapore
Colombo
Gibraltar
Twentythird Infantry
Sympathy for the Seers Rally Supports Boer Cause
Four thousand Boer sympathizers gather at Light Guard armory in Detroit under the Transvaal league. They praise Commandant Jan Kirge and Rep. J. J. Lentz and pass resolutions denouncing horse and mule exports to Britain, condemning reconcentration camps, and urging Roosevelt to offer mediation.
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Detroit
Mich
Transvaal League
Jan Kirge
Botha
J. J. Lentz
Ohio
South Africa
Roosevelt
Miners to be rescued from Cape Nome stranded at Unalaska
The U S government prepares relief for 115 Cape Nome miners stranded at Unalaska. Captain Healy of the revenue cutter service is ordered to ready the cutter Mc Culloch to proceed at once. It would take ten days for McCulloch to reach Unalaska.
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San Francisco
United States
Cape Nome
Unalaska
Healy
Revenue Cutter Service
McCulloch
Captain Mayo Reaches Grand Haven Safely After Voyage
Muskegon Michigan December 2 Captain D Mayo who left Chicago yesterday to his life saving device arrived safely at Grand Haven at 10 o clock today. The voyage was made without accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon, Mich
D. Mayo
Chicago
Grand Haven
Burlington abandons plan to lower Mississippi River bridge
Plattsmouth Nebraska reports circulated among railroad men that the Burling ton company has abandoned the idea of lowering its large steel bridge over the Mississippi River. A new bridge is planned with the truss work beneath the bridge rather than above it, and work is expected to begin before spring.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Burlington Company
Mississippi River
Collision toll at ferry plunge near San Rafael Sausalito
San Francisco report on last nights ferry collision between the San Rafael and Sausalito. Three persons are known missing and about twenty injured. One body identified as Crandall washed ashore. officers claim many more may be lost. Fate of others remains conjectural.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Rafael
Sausalito
Crandall
Nebraska Notes: Official canvas of Nov 5 vote
On Monday afternoon Governor Savage Secretary of State Marsh Treasurer Meserve and Auditor Weston met in the secretary of state's office to certify the tally from November 5. Judge Sedgwick led Hollenbeck by 12 659, regents by about 15 000 with Ernst ahead by a few votes. Holcomb defeated Reese two years ago by about 15 000 while TeetEVs lost by over 1 000. The year’s totals follow.
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Savage
Marsh
Tresurer Meserve
Weston
Serretary of State
Sedgwick
Judge Hollenbeck
Regents
Carl J. Ernst
Holcomb
Reese
J. L. Teet- Evs
Local notices and community developments in Nebraska
A Callaway farmers club organized. Lincoln asylum addition finished. Freemon t Baptist church dedication December 1. State Teachers association to meet in Lincoln in January. Omaha post office carriers form library and gym. Adolph Landau died by whiskey strangulation at about 18. Mrs. Dorrington adjudged insane to be treated in Lincoln. Nels Anderson shot in leg by Herring during hunting near Wahoo. wound not serious. Denver ore test at Plateau mine yields 1157 per ton. Adams as principal owner. John Wendell found dead near Wausa. neck broken after wagon incident. wife and several children survive.
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Omaha
Adolph Landau
L. O. Landau
Herman
C. F. Reavis
George E. Dorrington
Falls City
Lincoln
Nels Anderson
Wahoo
Anderson
Superior
Denver
Plateau
C. EK. Adams
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Himsell
Corpece
Penberthy Injector Company
Peru
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Geeraniee
Coleen
Seth Low
John N. Partridge
Greater New York
Partridge
Stone
Nebraska
H. Sedgwick
Soadle
Conrad Slollenbeck
Clark
J. BR. Randolph
Carl J Ernst
Ric
E. C Calkins
G. Hawxby
H. Bayston
Walker
James M Dilworth
Burla M. Wilkie
William Schram
Hollenbeck- Adams
Antelope Pete
Banner Wenn
Blaine Ae
Easeen
Boone Awe Erase
Box Butte Eeeeeres Oy
Htamilton Poe
Harlan
Hayes Seaeeae
Hitchcock
Keith Pare
Keya Paha
Kimball
Knox Ee
Lancaster
Nemaha
Ceese
Sewar Ceer
Callaway
New Baptist
Fremont
State Teachers’ Association
John Wendell
Wausa
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