Isthmian Waterway plan cited with $200 million cost
A government commission report endorses the Nicaraguan route for an Isthmian canal and estimates a cost of 200,640,000 dollars, noting Panama results may differ and that work could finish in about ten years. The document cites comparisons, concessions by Colombia, and implications for U.S. ownership and rights. Several injuries are reported after a related explosion near a Milwaukee railroad station.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Congress
United States
Panama
Yavoricaraguan
Commission
Colombia
Panama Canal Company
Becan
Greatest Stock Show Opens in Dexter Park Pavilion
Chicago reports the grand opening of the nation’s greatest live stock show at Dexter Park pavilion. The venue was packed beyond capacity with large crowds turned away at admission. Hall of Exa delivered the opening address, followed by John W Springer of Spriustiel, Us, as specators marveled at the display of animals from nearly every state. Judging continues through Thursday with Mayo College representatives judging. The event hall marks a milestone in American stock exhibitions.
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United States
Chicago
Dexter Park
Stock Yards
Hall
Exaa
John W. Springer
Spriustiel
Ue Amiabie
Vrida Ubiral College
Surybay
Bribe Seeker Sent Up by City Court
Indianapolis man Henman HTceine, charged with offering a bribe to a city council member, was sentenced by the criminal court to an indefinite term in the state prison between two and fourteen years. Judge Jona Higgins presided. outcome centers on bribe offer and promised influence.
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Henman Htceine
Indianapolis
Dinesty Ben Indianapolla
Tulay Jona M. Higgins
Wity Counell
Higgins
Dee
United States Supreme Court
Harlan
Stalin
Kentucky
Dager Skehler
Tihard
Peeticipaling
Temperance Union targets arm y capten and anti opium policy
The Woman Christian Temperance Union in convention adopted a resolution against the army captain and prepared petitions to the president and Congress and to great powers opposing the opium and heroin trade in the Philippine islands. Local speakers addressed the assembly about reform and policy.
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Washington
Woman Christian Temperance Union
Congress
Philippine Islands
Army Cao
Railway Crash in Susan City Claims Five Lives
A freight train collided with a passenger train of the Southern Pacific five miles from Susan this morning. Five persons were killed and twenty two injured were brought into Susan for treatment. Local authorities investigate the wreck as responders reach the scene.
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Mennetruet
Tien Ba Wen
Sajsan
Embezzled $15,500: Chicago Clerk's Crime
Chicago's William E. Dun erk admits embezzling about 15,500 from Union National Bank. He pleads guilty as the case prompts sentencing and police records indicate official misconduct within the city’s financial office.
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Chicago
William E. Dunerk
Tom
Awtiti Union National Bank
Explosion Kills Five in Chicago Rail Yard Disaster
Five workers died and several others were badly injured in a boiler explosion at a Chicago and Northwestern railway lighting and heating plant yard. Names and details are unclear due to damaged text, but multiple section foremen and workers are reported among the casualties.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Dingh McGregor
Fragmented Local Food Report With Odd Chickens Aboard
A garbled note from Seysione State Mulhation details odd poultry issues near an asbestos works and flawed cooking claims. The piece mentions raw consumption effects, mis-cooked meals, and unusual chick behavior, with stray mentions of suspects, financials, and political figures in a jumbled national context.
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Stisburz
Berkline
Kon Hsien
Perkins
Fragmentary 1920s Notes Describe Various People and Places
The text lists scattered names and places including Chicago, Seattle, New York, and Washington. It references Victor, Elmer Witlin, Emeiish ju tie, miners, Pearson Hobson, and Siberian hopes, with fragmented phrases about poems, laws, and estate staples.
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Victor
Rem
Elmer Witlin
Tient
Chicago
Waite
Wirshington
Sant Pearson Hobson
York
Siberian
Osee
Europe
Reapportionment Leads In Senate and House Actions
Washington reports a busy day as Senator Dolliver was sworn in to replace the late Gear of Iowa, Oklahoma statehood bills progress, and Meiklejohn awarded Sweden’s chevalier decoration. House and Senate clash over ship subsidies, army reorganization, and credential votes, with persistent talk of Carter and Connor seating.
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Washington
Senate
Jonathan Pointess Dolliver
Gear
Iowa
Fame Banks
Indiana
Oklahoma
George D. Meiklejohn
Sweden
Norway
Clark
Montana
Frye
House
Hepburn
J.P. Connor
Deliver
Connor
Hull
Sulzer
New York
Ube
Tndics
William
B. Dillinstin
Ekaien
Cariunne
Leal
Cotsieius
Araser
Tie Ruil
Weedents
Beth Site
Heruterson
Te House
Twa
Mdatiri
Eatler
Albee Dy Straw
Allen F
Perk
McDermott
New Jersey
Walter J. Hoffecker
Delaware
Eabward Uev
Morrett
Pennsylvania
William Richardson
Alabama
W. Ho Jackson
Maryland
Samuel D. Woods
California
Babcock
Wisconsin
Ware
Dolliter
Reve Eenialites Hotte
Teele
Daly
New Jeraer
Ant Muatore
Tawa
Prarie
Minnecete
Rexter
Crnotparker
Congress
AUKA
Illinois
Massachusetts
Missouri
New North Dakota
Aylvania
Texas
Virginia
Likefield
Maine
Trenyhe Jadivkars Committee
Hower
Securins
Peter Aus Petien
Beit Palliet
Pitt
Chalena Hindlat
British Parliament Opens As World News Dominates
Paris dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm’s telegraphic stance on Kruger and Boer affairs remains central to comments in the press. The British Parliament opens with election of a speaker and debates over colonial policy, while reports from Cologne and London echo diplomatic tensions and unresolved questions with Germany and China.
Invasion Proves Easy amid Chinese Retreats Decisive Executions
London reports Kalgan expedition ineffective as Chinese flee and occupy towns unopposed. Cavalry seize retreating baggage at Swen Hwa Fu, kill 30 guards, seize 20,000 taels. Three mandarins linked to massacre of converts and 23 Boxers executed. Interior unrest continues. missionaries fear further outrages. Shanghai notes Germans suffer 20 dead and many wounded near Pao Ting Fu after Boxer attack. Decapitation parade of Tang Wen Husan in Tien Tsin precedes transfer to provisional government.
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London
Suth
Swen Hwa Fu
Tsi Ming
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Pao Ting Fu
Tang Wen
Husan
Victoria Road
Lloyd J. Smith Expelled by Board of Trade
Lloyd J. Smith, acquitted in criminal court on shipping grain from the Chieno Elevator warehouse without canceling receipts, was found guilty by the board of trade directors and expelled from the organization in Chicago today. The expulsion marks a swift corporate action following prior legal proceedings.
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Chicago
Lloyd J. Smith
Chieno Elevator Company
Ofard of Trade
Org
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