Leaders in Pittsburg robbing gang arrested
George Laney his wife and their 14 year old daughter and 18 year old adopted son were jailed in Pittsburg Kan amid accusations of heading a year long local robbery ring. Nearly 21000 in stolen goods were found in their home after an undercover confession by the boy who hid inside stores to unlock doors. In Kansas City two robbers knocked out four in Armourdale including a saloon keeper, his bartender and a customer stealing 350 dollars and starting a fire that did little damage before being extinguished.
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George Laney
Kansas City
Adelph Colson
Armourdale
Porter
Tragedy on a Steamer in Queenstown
On the Caymbric coming down the channel this morning Thomas Halliday of Ohio attempted to kill his wife then killed himself His mind was unbalanced. In other items Canada offers 600 mounted troops for South Africa accepted by the war office.
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Caymbric
Liverpool
New York
Thomas Halliday
Halliday
Canada
London
War Office
South Africa
Plot to rush Yukon posts uncovered in Dawson operation
Police at Dawson under Superintendent Woods shadowed a suspected man who disclosed a plot tied to Skagway and Seattle to seize Yukon posts. News spread to Whitehorse, surveillance broadened, and Canadian and U S officers prepared coordinated action while monitoring those involved.
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Toronto
Skagway
United States
Has Two Wives Now in Chicago Bigamy Case
George Heck of North Chicago faces charges of wife desertion and bigamy after Lil bin Praden, age 20, claims she is his first wife. She says they married June 17 in Chicago and kept it secret until recently. Heck allegedly obtained a marriage license and later disappeared with Fannie Hoffman of Libertyville, who is also said to be married in Chicago.
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George Heck
North Chicago
Lilbin
Joseph Praden
Heck
Chicago
Justice
Libertyville
Lcense
Fannie Hoffman
John Hoffman
Erevolt
Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacoa
Puerto Cabello
Ramon Garra
Castro
Matos
West Indies
Shaw Would Know Iowa Governor Seeks Smallpox Quarantine Aid
Washington reports Governor Shaw of Iowa telegraphed Secretary Hitchcock seeking authority to act against smallpox among the Sac and Fox Indians on Tama county reservation. The state health board doubts quarantine authority while Indians refuse to stay. Hitchcock replies the department will cooperate and direct the Indian agent.
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Shaw
Iowa
Hitchcock
Leslie M. Shaw
Tama County
State Board of Health
Des Moines
Tama
Indian policy aims at self support for tribes
Washington reports Commissioner Jones proposes a nation wide shift toward self support for Indians. He calls for teach and aid to start homes and small businesses, with ration cuts to push independence, while noting costs exceed 240 million over 33 years for a population under 180 thousand. He warns of slow progress and stresses the home as the key to the plan.
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Washington
William A. Jones
Jones
Aged criminal found guilty in Missouri trial
In Butler Missouri Dr J J Garretrell and D B Donegan a Colorado er were on trial today for murder in the first degree. The prisoner seven years of age and a difference. Chinese sentiment favors larger women feet. Madame Wu says change nears in China. Supreme Court New York hears 6000 a year as a living minimum for a rich fathered youth. Rail officers’ average pay noted at 3050. Scotland deer numbers estimated with 90000 to 100000 grazing and 4000 stags killed yearly.
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J. J. Garetrell
D. B. Donegan
Colorado
Chin
China
Mme. Wu
Washington
Oriental
Supreme Court of
New York State
New York World
Insurgent Leader Caballos Commands 1500 Forces in Luzon
Reports state Caballos leads about 1 060 insurgents with supplementary units, including American blacks, in Laguna province Luzon. An officer captured with papers dated November 18 at Mauban confirms plans to attack Mauban, explaining telegraph lines were cut near Mandan and poles removed in several places.
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Genet Hatee
Caballos
Laguna Province
Luzon
Mauban
Mandan
Thanksgiving Day Outlook Across Nation Amid Trade Reports
New York reports a Thanksgiving mood with claims of unprecedented U S strides in commerce and finance. Markets show strength in iron, steel, leather, cotton, wool, and farm goods while rail and transport lag. Notable incidents include a Springfield shooting, a bank heist follow up, and a Nebraska court ruling on franchise grants impacting Omaha Water works.
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New York
R. G. Dan & Cols Weekly
Reviety of Trade
United States
Jone
Canada
Out After Ducks Near Quantico Duck Hunt Party Aboard President
The government vessel Sviph with the president and party aboard dropped anchor at 6 20 last evening half a mile south of Quantico in the mouth of Chappawmah creek near a small island owned by the Metropolitan club of Washington. The party are on a duck hunting expedition.
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Sviph
Chappawmah Creek
Metropolitan Club of Washington
Western Reserve Freshmen Hazed After Mass Meeting
Three Western Reserve University freshmen were subjected to severe hazing after a foot ball mass meeting. They crawled through an aisle formed by seniors, offered prayers, yelled, and ran a gauntlet of seniors with a wooden slab. One climbed to safety, another escaped, and the third was hauled into a street hole. An officer investigation followed.
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Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Ors
Heirs Claim Massive Estate From James McClintock
East St. Louis Illinois November 23 heirs of James McClintock claim a third of the citys business and residence property valued at about 50 million dollars. McClintock founder died twenty years ago leaving much to a Mrs who had three sons James Sam and George Washington. The three heirs include Mrs M McDowell of Finney Avenue and Sw Streets who says she is the daughter of Alexander McClint and a direct descendant. A meeting of the heirs is set for today in East St. Louis.
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East St. Louis
Als
James McClintock
McClint
This* Y
James
Sam
George Washington
M. McDowell
Finney Avenue
Alexander McClin
Inheritance taxes quoted for Vanderbilt estate
The brief outlines various notes from news items: Vanderbilt inheritance taxes amounting to 882,801 dollars in New York state and nationwide. Jennie Scott injured by a horse in Chicago. divorce suit by Mrs. Jennie H. Schintz of Chicago against an ex convict husband. Pennsylvania Governor Stone replaces a local recorder in Pittsburg with another Brown. New York allows scalp tickets, per a supreme court remark. Also mentions appointing William Crozier as chief of ordnance, a textile wage strike prep for New York, launch of Chile’s first iron steamer at Valparaiso, Mrs. Emeline Dale accused of poisoning a child in Hoboken, Epworth League convention in Hampton, Iowa. Burchfield convicted of manslaughter in Charlotte. Banrigh released as suspected Boer filibuster, bound for Hamburg.
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New York State
United States
Jennie Scott
Chicago
Jennie H. Schintz
Stone
Pennsylvania
Brown
Pittsburg
New York
Supreme Court
William Crozier
Buffington
No Educational Association
Minenapolis
Corrigan
Roosevelt
Chile
Valparaiso
Emeline Dale
Hoboken, N. J
Eight Mine Officials Believed Dead After Forked River Disaster
Pocahontas Va Nov 23 Due to fear of black damp no one entered the Baby mine today to search for the eight officials who descended yesterday to investigate the fatal explosion. All are dead, with strong doubt that any survived. Every man in the party was a prominent local figure.
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Pocahontas
Dublin Riots After Galway Election Revelry
Dublin reports violent rioting after Galway celebrations for Col Arthur Lynch election. Nationalists and unionists targets attacked, doors wrecked, police struggled to clear streets as baton charges sparked stone clashes and injuries.
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Dublin
Galway
Col
Arthur Lynch
Plunkett
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