Discharges and Deaths Highlight Telegram Notes
Lieutenant Colonel Russell B Harrison receives honorable discharge effective December 1. Prof W H Rosenstengel dies of apoplexy at University of Wisconsin meeting. Many brief items cover railroad transfers, starved Indians, wills in Spain, typhoid death of Mrs McKinley’s nephew, and census figures across states.
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Liet
Russell B. Harrison
United States
William McKinley
Delaware County
Ind
Edward Keane
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
St. Louis
Toledo, St. Louis & Western
W. H. Rosenstengel
University of Wisconsin
Germany
Iowa Central Road
Western Passenger Association
James Smith
Tacoma
Wash
Cook Inlet
Alaska
Haverhill
Miss
George W. Lasd
Nord
Spain
Newark
N. J
General Assembly
Joseph Flory
Secretary of State
Missouri
Tottal
John Edwards
Royal Artillery
Halifax
N. S
Carrie Allen
Trinity Church
Edwards
Cergyman
Bermuda
Miss Allen
Washington
Mount
Indiana
San Francisco
Australia
Charles A. Tyler
New York
Tyler
Post Office Department
Kentucky
Washington Post
Department of the Interior
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Tammany Board
Tammany
Murphy
Congress
Mark Smith
Arizona
Smith
Louisiana
Robert M. Higby
Ripon
Wis
Minneapolis
Minn
BR. J. Sheridan
Paola, Kas
Western Spirit
Asheville
N. C
Lord Wolsely
Canada
South Africa
Egypt
Pekin Peace Talks Emerge as Cavalry Disperses Bandits
The diplomatic body meets to finalize terms of a preliminary treaty with China. The main points include punishment of the guilty, indemnities, and occupation zones between Pekin and Taku. American cavalry reported attacking a fortified village near Pekin, killing seven Chinese. Delicate notes from Secretary Hay and various foreign ministers point to a cautious progress toward a satisfactory understanding.
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Pekin
Taku
Lian Fu
Washington
State Department
Hay
United States
China
Conger
London
Ha-Tu- Men
Tsten-Men
Imperial
Tartar
M. DeGiers
Morning Post
Wang Wen Chao
Robert Hart
Sian Fu
Kwang Su
Tien Tsin
The
Standard
Henderson in Washington Ahead of Congress Session
Speaker Henderson arrived in Washington from Iowa to prepare for December’s opening of Congress. He said Republicans are workers not talkers and noted both houses have fixed sittings. The House will take up the oleomargarine bill as a third-day special order and the Senate will consider the Nicaraguan canal bill in December.
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Congressional Action
Washington
Henderson
Iowa
Congress
House
Senate
Wisconsin Official Vote Totals From Madison Election
Official canvass shows presidential results Bryan 159,291 Woolley 10,080 McKinley 265,292 Debs 7,084. Governor Bohmrich 160,674 Smith 9,712 Follette 264,420 Tuttle 6,527 Wilke 504.
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Wiscons'n
A Follette
Tuttle
Wilke
Root Starta for Home
ST AUGUSTINE Florida November 26 The steamer Kanawha with Secretary of War Root and General Wood lay off the port all day hoping to cross the bar that evening but sailed for Jacksonville Instead Root will travel by rail to Washington Governor General Wood will join Mrs Wood and the children and depart for Havana tomorrow
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Root
ST. Augustine
Fla
Kanawha
General Wood
Cuba
Jacksonville
Washington
Wood
Great Coal Deposits Traced Along Chignik Bay
Coal outcrops traced seventeen miles along Chignik bay about 325 miles from Unimak Pass Alaska. Miners employed by Thomas Magon filed claims covering the deposits. Apollo gold mines manager at Unga reports veins four and a half to nine feet thick with lignite and bituminous coal. Diamond drills planned in spring to measure depths and continuity.
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Tacoma
Wash
Chignik Bay
Unimak Pass
Alaska
Thomas Magon
Apollo Gold Mines
Unga
Cubans Protest to Elstop Over Bishop Sbarretti
In Havana on November 26 opponents of Bishop Sbarretti urged municipalities to telegram the bishop declaring he is not wanted by Cubans and should retire in favor of a Cuban ecclesiastic. Speakers accuse him of pro American views and favoring U S annexation.
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Havana
Sbarretti
Haana
Gomez
Mgr. Sbarretti
United States
Bankruptcy law abused claims spark nationwide report
Brandenberg reports to the attorney general on the July 1 1898 bankruptcy act noting abuse by varying classes across the country. Voluntary petitions total 20 128 through Sept 30 1900 with Illinois New York Iowa Ohio Minnesota and Pennsylvania leading. Liabilities total 264 979 102 with assets 33 098 771 and 11 107 cases listing assets while 7 917 show no assets.
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Washington
E. C. Brandenberg
Illinois
New York
Iowa
Ohio
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Nevada
Delaware
Wyoming
Idaho
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Florida
Rhode Island
United States
Louisiana
Alaska
Georgia
New Jersey
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Battle at Bugason Islet yields US losses in Panay action
From Iloilo reports tell of October 30 clash on Bugason Islet, Panay, where 200 bolomen and 50 riflemen attacked US forces. Three Americans died Lieutenant H M Koontz Sergeant Kitchen Corporal Burns. Forty nine attackers were killed. insurgents lost 103 in all. First Lieutenant Albert E McCabe named inspector in the forestry bureau.
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Manila
Iloilo
Bugason
Panay
H. M. Koontz
Kitchen
Corporal Burns
Burns
Koontz
Spers
Albert E. McCabe
Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry
Forestry Pureau
Death of Czar Reported Rumor Circulates
A private telegram from Paris claims the Czar is dead but there is no independent confirmation. Reports in London say the czar's death rumor is unfounded with no embassy confirmations or new bulletins received.
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Brussels
Paris
London
Berlin
Casualty report from General Chaffee released
The War Department received a General Chaffee casualty list dated November 26 noting deaths since the last report. It lists Clifford R. Bedford of Company E Fourteenth Infantry as dying from typhoid fever on November 3 at Tientsin and Edward J. Jennings a civilian tetamster with chronic leprosy on November 14 at Pekin.
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Washington
D. C
Chaffee
War Department
Taku
Adjutant General
Tientsin
Clifford R. Bedford
Fourteenth
Pekin
Edward J. Jenn
Ngs
Emperor Nicholas Said to Suffer Lung Complications
May Have Lung Trouble. It was moved here this afternoon that Emperor Nicholas is threatened with lung complications which, if they exist, would diminish his chances of recovery. Inflammation of the lungs is a common complication of typhoid fever in Russia. Thus far there is no official confirmation of the rumor.
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ST. Petersburg
Nicholas
Russia
Dietrich
Methodist Church
Nebraska
Iowa
Aloot
Board of Control
Figaro editor dies in Paris at age sixty two
M Valfrey foreign editor of the Figaro died last evening in Paris from pneumonia. He was 62. Valfrey rose to minister plenipotentiary in the diplomatic service and his behind the scenes knowledge gave authority to his signed articles as Whist.
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Figaro
Paris
M Valfrey
the Figaro
M. Valfrey
Agnew Drafts Anti Trust Bill for Indiana Legislature
Senator Nathan L. Agnew is drafting an anti trust bill for the upcoming Indiana state legislature. The measure is described as drastic and reflects Governor Mount's views, with Agnew noted as a friend of the governor.
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Laporte
Ind
Nathan L. Agnew
Agnew
Mount
Relatives found for Seattle bachelor’s $300,000 estate
John Sullivan, who died in Seattle leaving $300,000 with $150,000 cash, is revealed to have a nephew Dennis Sullivan a miner and his sister Mrs. Charles Cramer in Butte as the only surviving relatives. The family traced from Berhaven Ireland, departed thirty five years ago.
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Yuck
Butte
Mont
John Sullivan
Seattle
Dennis Sullivan
Charles Cramer
Berhaven
Ireland
Want Annexation
P C O Rourke, in Nicaragua, has bought land to plant 42000 coffee plants and expects part of a crop next year. He admires the Nicaraguan republic and says natives would welcome annexation to the United States, viewing the U S as the mother country. They call themselves Americans and follow events in this country closely.
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Tacoma
Wash
P. C. O’rourke
Nicaragua
O’rourke
Nicaraguan
United States
Nebraska Gubernatorial Race Shapes Up In Dietrich Era
From Our Special Correspondent in Lixcony Nebraska details the GOP outlook as Governor elect Dietrich faces scrutiny. The piece weighs the board of control idea and stresses independence, while outlining Rosewater Thompson and Allen as key senatorial players and the rival factions shaping the party.
Republicans Move HQ to Lindell Hotel in City
The Republican state central committee has transferred its headquarters from Omaha to the Lindell Hotel in this city and welcomes visitors. They plan to maintain the HQ here indefinitely while continuing to organize the state. ROBERT M REYNOLDS.
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Republican State Central Committee
Omaha
Lindell Hotel
Robert M'Reynolds
Nebraska Supreme Court Invalidates Railroad Regulation Law
Chief Justice Norval and two other Nebraska justices rule that the board of transportation is void and the 1887 rail rate law is dormant. The decision invalidates the act for improper passage and requires a new law or a constitutional amendment by the next legislature.
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Lincoln
Neb
Norval
Board of Transportation
Nebraska Supreme Court
Secretary of State
City of Hastings
N. W
House Journal
Totals on State Officers in Nebraska Preliminary Vote
In Lincoln the preliminary canvass lists for Secretary of State George W. Marsh 115 546. C. V. Svo boda 110 775. D. L. Whitney 4 077. W. C. Starkey 1 408. Frank Newman 661. For State Auditor Charles Weston 115 250. Theodore Griess 110 852. Wilson Brodie 3 931. James Taylor 1 548. C. V. Aul 831. For State Treasurer William Stuefer 115 974. Samuel B. Howard 111 838. C. C. Crowell 3 988. C. Lipton 1 373. T. S. Jones 879.
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Lincoln
Neb
George W. Marsh
C. V. Svoboda
D. L. Whitney
W. C. Starkey
Frank Newman
Charles Weston
Theodore Griess
Wilson Brodie
James Taylor
C. V. Aul
William Stuefer
Samuel B. Howard
C. C. Crowill
C. Lipton
T. S. Jones
Governor Dietrich Names Key State Appointees
Lincoln details from November report show Dietrich appoints H. C. Lindsay Pawnee City private secretary and O. G. Smith Kearney assistant superintendent at State Industrial School. He also names five Lincoln women to advisory boards for Home of the Friendless and Milfor Milfora Industrial Home. Members are Mrs. W. J. Bryan, Mrs. A. J. Sawyer, Mrs. G. M. Lambertson, Mrs. D. E. Thompson and Mrs. C. H. Gere.
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Lincoln
Dietrich
H. C. Lindsay
Pawnee City
Lindsay
O. G. Smith
Kearney
Milfora
Fremont student overcomes odds to pursue education
At Fremont Normal School 700 students include a seventeen year old American girl with no relatives to help. Last fall she found farm work husking corn, earning the usual rate per bushel and working alongside male field hands to keep up with them.
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Fremont
Neb
Fremont Normal School
Nebraska
Mortgage filings and cattle disease hit Cuming County
WEST POINT Neb Nov 26 The county's mortgage records show 3000 filed in the past week versus 7100 released. A peculiar cattle illness strikes locals with animals becoming sick and dying after grazing cornstalks. Farmers report significant stock losses in the area.
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West Point
Neb
Man Charged With Larceny in Plattsmouth Theft
Charles Sheppard, a colored janitor, faced district court in Plattsmouth Nebraska after allegedly stealing $50 from employer John Schiappicasse a fruit dealer. The verdict hinged on evidence that a sack containing the money was stolen.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Charles Sheppard
John Schiappicasse
Sheppard
Norfolk Hospital for the Insane budget request filed
The Nebraska Hospital for the Insane in Norfolk has submitted to the state auditor its two year expense estimate seeking a 96 400 appropriation. Only Beatrice Institute for Feeble Minded Youth remains to report and the combined totals approach 4 million. Governor Poynter issues Kansas governor’s requisition for James H Worley as part of the state’s latest transfers.
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Lincoln, Neb
Hospital For the Insane
Norfolk
Institute For
Beatrice
Poynter
Kansas
James H. Worley
Ear-severing accident in York hunting party
W L Kirkpatrick, a late county attorney candidate, was accidentally shot in York on November 26. A hunting party including Charles Stroman Fred Bodie and Homer Hatfield found Kirkpatrick’s gun had exploded, severing an ear. He was taken to York hospital with good recovery chances.
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York, Neb
W. L. Kirkpatrick
Charles Stroman
Fred Bodie
Homer Hatfield
Kirkpatrick
York Hospital
Irving Story Reveals Banquet Banter with Lord Russell
Sir Henry Irving returns from America to a banquet with Lord Russell presiding. Russell asks Comyns Carr to propose Irving’s health, and Irving quips about Russell’s speeches before the Parnell commission. The lord chief justice agrees he had material to discuss.
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Sir Henry Irving
America
Lord Russell
Sir Henry
Comyns Carr
Parnell Commission
Peruna Credited By Mrs Theatre For Curing Catarrh
A Minneapolis woman and Rebecca Lodge member says Peruna cured her chronic catarrh after six years of trouble. She notes relief began before meals and that health improved for over twenty years. The ad promises Peruna removes the cause of catarrh and invites readers to request books from The Peruna Medicine Company.
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Mrs. M. A. Theatre
Minneapolis
Minn
Pertina Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Company
Ohio
Tac rose has its thorn, each foun tain its mud
The fragment hints at a proverb-like line about dualities and hidden flaws. No reportable names, places, or events are readable to form a news item.
Best for the Bowels with Cascarets Candy Cathartic
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a universal remedy from headaches to cancer, promising natural bowel movements and quick health, priced at ten cents to start. It warns to beware of imitations and notes each tablet bears C. C. C. stamped on metal boxes.
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Cascare
When Society Throws People Overboard They Are Not in the Swim
A terse remark on social ostracism noting that those discarded face isolation and loss of standing, with emphasis on the exposed vulnerability of individuals left adrift by collective judgment.
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