War scare on Pine Ridge ends with no Indian outbreak
Report from Hines Acexey describes conflicting accounts about Sioux at Pine Ridge. No imminent war fears as Indians reportedly face hunger and fear soldiers, while troops pour in with heavy ordnance. Chief Big Bond pleads for his people and calls for peace talks amid agency tensions.
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Jack Nelson
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Arizona
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Tunners
Rosebud Agency
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General Brooke
Big Bond
Hostilities Opened at Fort Keogh Montana Fierce Battle Enjoined
A Fort Missoula dispatch reports a fierce battle near Fort Keard with three Fort Missoula companies ordered to the scene. Skirmishing continues along the line as Little Wound and Rosebud Indians burn friendly Indians houses on Medicine and Porcupine creeks. Governor Mellette sends arms to Black Hills tribes as General Mizner warns vast forces may be needed to quell the war.
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Montana
Little Wound
Black Hills
CarcaGo
Fort Missoula
Mont
Fort Keard
Pine Ridge
Mellette
Mizner
Fort Russell
Riot at Mannington Leaves Two Dead in Marion County
A November riot at the Baltimore and Ohio depot in Mannington Marion County injures two fatally and twelve others with minor wounds. About 200 participants liquor fueled the clash after a trip to Fairmont for a grand jury. A target at Calvert family member and a man named Johnson sparked shootouts as revolvers flashed and panic spread among travelers.
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Mannington
Marion County
Baltimore and Ohio
Fairmont
Mat Calvert
Calvert
Frank Johnson
John Helly
Claysville
Johnson
Illinois Canvassing Board Confirms Election Totals
The State Canvassing Board completed the official count. Wilson Democrat leads State Treasurer with 351,837 votes, Alberg Republican 321,000, Link Prohibitionist 22,306. Raab Democrat wins Superintendent of Public Instruction with 345,912 votes, Edwards Republican 311,369, Jobsen Prohibitionist 14,225. Constitutional amendment for Chicago tax passes. Assembly split remains 77D-73R in House, 24D-27R in Senate. joint ballot 101D-100R and 3 Farmers' Mutual Beneficial Alliance.
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Alberg
Link
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Edwards
Jobsen
Prohibition
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Alabama Swindlers Recover Cash From Pistol Point Case
New York dispatch reports Corporation Counsel Clark ordered the return of $1,759 to J. H. Haf ley and R. D. George of Mooresville Alabama who seized money from green goods men at gunpoint in October. The Alabamans faced pistol fines, hired Purdy and McLoughlin as counsel, and arrangements were made for legal fees from the recovered funds.
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R. D. George
New
Green Goods
Mooresville
Ala
Sam Davis
Purdy and
McLoughlin
Clark
George
Harley
Mr. McLoughlin
McLaughlin
Vardy
Harriott
Alabama
The Festive Con Man In St Louis Scams
Cecil H H Cook, famed for duping buyers with false representations to obtain typewriters, is again sought by St Louis police on multiple charges. Detectives warn he may have left town after posing as Wabash Railroad engineer staff at 713 Olive Street to procure a valuable watch, then vanished.
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Cecil H H. Cook
Olive Street
Wabash
Wabash Road
Engineer Department
Winter Forecast Says Severe Season Ahead
Horace Johnson of Middle Haddam, famed Connecticut weather predictor, issues a stark winter forecast. Based on animal and crop indicators the forecaster warns of a harsh season with heavy snow and ice ahead.
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Coxx
Horace Johnson
Middle Haddam
Connecticut
Johnson
Great Northern Sidelined on Pacific Short Line Control
President J J Hill of the Great Northern Railway is in New York and unavailable for comment on reports that his road has secured control of the Pacific Short Line. The line runs toward the coast from Sioux City through Aeden, with Milwaukee and St. Paul and Burlington interested after the Union Pacific Northwestern deal. No confirmation was given during Hill’s Chicago interview.
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J.J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
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Pacific Short Line
Sioux City
Aeden
Milwaukee
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Burlington
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Chicago
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World's Fair Funding Notification Delays Stir Explanations
Secretary Blaine faced criticism over plans to secure Latin American exhibits while Thomas M. Waller of Connecticut defended the committee. The World’s Fair directory reportedly has up to 10 million dollars ready, and Blaine signaled withdrawal from foreign exhibit efforts pending commission action.
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Waller
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Chicago
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England's Aged Churches Chosen From Saxon to Norman Roots
A survey of early English churches notes Saxon remnants at Earl's Barton Worth Monkwearmouth and other sites while claiming the Dover garrison church as the oldest in Britain at over 15 centuries. St Martin's Canterbury and Glastonbury Abbey are highlighted for historic foundations and relics. St Lawrence Bradford on Avon, dating 675 to 709, is a rare intact Norman-era survivor.
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Monkwearmouth
Great Britain
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Dover
England
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Canterbury
Bertha
Luedhard
Ethelbert
Glastonbury Abbey
Britain
Henry I
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Bradford-on-Avon
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Sherborne
Use of the Geological Survey in The Chautauquan
Cyrus Adams defends the Geological Survey against critics in The Chautauquan. He cites New Jersey surveys that boosted state wealth through artesian wells and clay properties, noting vast capital influenced by geological reports and praising western surveys under Director Powell.
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Chautauquan
National Geological Survey
Geological Survey
New Jersey
Atlantic
Far West
Powell
Conemaugh Dam Report Warns of Flood Risks and Failures
Chief Engineer Freley of the Aqueduct Commission completed a written inspection of the Conemaugh dam after the Joliettown disaster. He describes the dam and watershed conditions, noting rainfall could produce enormous flows requiring lengthy spillways far beyond current channel capacities, urging preventive engineering safeguards.
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Freley
Aqueduct Commission
Conemaugh
Jolinetown
Tie
Conematch
Fastest Vessel Afloat The 3209 ton 21 de Mayo Sets Speed Records
The 3209 ton warship built for Argentina by Armstrong Mitchell Co. is hailed as the fastest afloat. Named 21 de Mayo after independence, it has twin crews and two eighth inch guns. In a six hour trial it reached 21.327 knots. with forced draft at 13,800 horsepower it achieved 22.43 knots.
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Argentine Republic
Armstrong, Mitchell & Co
Koch Cure Trials Begin at London Hospital
In a London hospital King's College Hospital begins experiments using Prof Koch's curative lymph. Dr Chryne administered the first injections to four patients with tuberculosis of the hip and foot, lupus, and phthisis. Watchers and a large medical gathering observe effects.
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Koch
King’s College Hospital
Chryne
Prof
Ans Sss
Controversy Over Play The Fifth Commandment in Vienna
Austrian pulpit leads crusade against The Fifth Commandment play produced in Vienna. First sermon in Vienna Cathedral as Bishop of Gratz orders condemning sermons across the diocese. Congregations petition for prohibition follows.
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Vienna
Gratz
Doctor in danger as crowd blocks attendance for guaranteed pay
In Chicago on November 26 Dr. Ransom Dexter narrowly escaped violence from a crowd in the Builders' and Traders' Exchange Building after refusing to treat a 13 year old boy injured in an elevator until his fee was guaranteed. The incident followed debates over payment with arguments and threats amid a display of anger from members and others.
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Chicago
Ransom Dexter
Putnam Publishing Company
O'Donnell
Lake Shore Sand and Gravel Company
Dexter
Clark
Madison Streets
R. W. Maxton
Arcade Court
John Hurley
John Place
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Clerical families and the strain of ministers lives
Spare Moments notes the common claim that ministers families turn out poorly. An Edinburgh minister cites home religion as hollow and formality in parental teaching. The piece argues clerical austerity widens the gap with congregations, hindering social instincts, though true human warmth benefits ministry.
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Church of England
Himsel
Naval Welcome in New York Harbor for Brazilian Fleet
Brazilian warships Aquidaban and Guanabara entered New York Harbor to a full naval welcome. Spectators filled the river, Fort Wadsworth fired a salute, and the Philadelphia waited to greet Admiral Baltumar da Silveira. A banquet followed at the Fifth Avenue Hotel hosted by Admiral Walker.
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Dolphin
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Tracy
Baltunar da Silviera
Gherard
Admiral da Silviera
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Farmers' Alliance Session in Mitchell Sparks Political Debate
National Treasurer Ashbey of Iowa attacked political tests and government loans, arguing against class legislation. President Louckes is re-elected as the Independent radicals push for contesting the Republican State ticket with claims of large campaign spending.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Ashbey
Iowa
Alliance
Independent Party
Louckes
Case
Goodfellow
Independent State Committee
Pierre
Disease Among Horses Spreads Across Tennessee
In Nashville on November 26 reports say a fatal horse disease, blamed on rotten corn, is sweeping certain Tennessee localities. Wilson county alone saw seventy five horses die in one neighborhood as farmers grow alarmed. A colt that never ate corn also died, despite farmers banning rotten grain.
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Nashville
Tenn
Wilson
Wilson County
Jealous Husband Shoots Wife Then Ends Own Life
Petersburg report states Lige Mallet, a dairyman, in a jealous fit shot his wife wounding her lightly and then killed himself by a shot through the breast. The couple run two bars.
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Exp
Lige Mallet
Contents for December series in THE FIRST OF THE SERIES OF AR
Contents describe diverse articles from December on topics in science technology and culture. Features include The Development of American Industries since Columbus, race relations, physics discoveries, Amazon bore, spider defenses, architecture, diving experiences, Eskimo dress and physique, late autumn prairie flowers, and related essays by noted authors and professors.
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Hewatt Hertz
Amazon
J. AC. Braxner
Claims he broke the record on American railway
Charles Watts, superintendent of the Chicago division of the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago road, asserts the fastest time on an American railway occurred last week. An official report states a special train covered 53 miles in 45 minutes, 11 miles of which took seven minutes, averaging 84 miles per hour. The train sheets support the claim.
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St. Lewis
Charles Watts
Chicago
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
Chicago Road
Scribner Magazine Prospectus Highlights Strong Year Ahead
Scribner Magazine publishers unveil a robust coming year with major features. Henry M. Stanley contributes two articles on Africa and a rear column piece. Sir Edwin Arnold’s Japonica papers continue with illustrations by Robert Blum and drawings by John H. Wigmore. Bryce plans four India articles. Stevenson and Osbourne collaborate on a modern serial The Wrecker. Ocean steamships and explorations by N S Shaler accompany new writers and snort stories.
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Japan
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John H. Wigmore
Tokio
Blum
James Bryce
M. P
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American Commonwealth
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lloyd Osbourne
Wrecker
Jerry
Tor SeasHore
N. S. Shaler
Carl Lum Hortz
Mexico
Snort
Frank R. Stockrox
Tuomas Nelson Pace
Octave Thanet
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