Colombian gunboat Pinzon returns to Colon harbor amid isthmus fighting
The Colombian gunboat Pinzon reappeared in Colon harbor with about 100 of its original 600 crew aboard while up to 500 rebels march overland toward Colon to join Gen Alban’s government forces. Battles raged from Culebra to Empire station with heavy losses, as US marines guard transit and prevent bombardment of Colon.
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Colon
General Pinson
Colon Harber
Porto Bello
Colun
Alban
Mamei
Iowa
Empire Station
Panama
Washington
Hierran
Legation
Yieting
Arjona
Culebra
Emperador
Chorrera
Herran
General Pinzon
United States
Marietta
Machias
Cartagena
McCrea
State board near to buying Indianapolis fair grounds land
At Indianapolis on November 26 the state board of agriculture is close to purchasing 134 acres of fair grounds land. The board has rented the land for 2460 dollars annually with an option to buy at 200 dollars per acre. Negotiations led by J E McDonald and others have arranged a three payment plan with later interest on unpaid balances. The board prefers full payment if 4 percent borrowing is available.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
Fair Grounds
J. E. McDonald
Ligonier
Learch
Wedding by long distance lines spurs improvised ceremony
A Georgia couple eloped from Horowson to Bowdon using telephone lines to speed a secret wedding aided by local operators and a justice of the peace. The incident prompted notes on isthmus transit while other items report high school injuries, a new railroad line in Sioux City, and calls for sturdier athletes at Northwestern.
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Carrolton
Horowson
C. W. McDonald
Mies E. V. Craben
Alabama
Bowdon
Supreme Court Reverses Kansas Stock Yards Law
Washington reports the US Supreme Court reversed a circuit ruling upholding Kansas to fix stock yard charges. Cotting and Higinson, stockholders, challenged enforcement as depriving property without due process. The piece also covers erroneous second class mail policies and Indian affairs proposals by Commissioner Jones.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Cotting and Higinson
A. A. Godard
State of
Kansas
Kansas City Stock Yards Company
Circuit Court
Cotting
Higinson
Stock Yards Company
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Madden
Washed Overboard Aboard Bergenland Off Nantucket
Captain Hill reports the Bergenland reached Philadelphia from Liverpool with tragic news. Near Nantucket light, Mrs H McNeal wife of Dr H McNeal of Ann Arbor Michigan was washed overboard by a heavy sea and drowned yesterday.
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Philadelphia
Hill
Bergenland
Liverpool
H. McNeal
Dr. McNeal
Ann Arbor
Mich
Eloped I with Indian Mary Lernard Seymour Marries Local Guide
A quarter Indian woman, Mary Lernard Seymour, granddaughter of Horatio Seymour, elopes with a 65 year old guide, Henry Starwould, in Marquette Michigan. The couple wed after her parents were informed. he is a widower with two older sons and a veteran land lookout.
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Marquette, Mich
Mary Lernard Seymour
Horatio Seymour
New York
Merton
Empire State
Marquette
Horatio Seymour, Jr
Grasseys
Mich
Death and Courtship Rivalry End in a Shooting
Nov 26 reports from multiple U S towns recount a fatal shooting near Pleasant Valley church as Elmer Dannenbarger, rival for a girl’s affection, is shot by John Hines who invited him for a buggy talk. Dannenbarger dying. Hines under arrest. crime follows a love rivalry.
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Fona
Uls
John Ames
Elmer Dannenbarger
Dannenbarger
Pleasant Valley Church
Dimmenbarger
Hines
Conte Ont
Irish Patriot Martin Hogan Dies at 93 in Chicago
Martin Hogan, an Irish patriot, died at the county hospital in Chicago at age 93 after a period of illness. In Sioux City, La, Ben Mc Knight, convicted of beating his wife to death, was denied a new trial and sentenced to twenty five years in prison.
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Sioux , la
S. J. Winegar
Bethany Shurch
Chicago
Winezar
Sioux City
Board of Health
Martin Hogan
Ben McKnight
General Dodge Installed as Abe Lincoln Post Commander
Major General Grenville M. Dodge, one of the Civil War Union Army’s surviving commanders, was installed as commander of Abe Lincoln Post G A R in Council Bluffs Iowa. The ceremony drew large crowds, was held outdoors, and included a camp fire reunion with Omaha veterans and Woman’s Relief Corps. Dodge thanked the veterans and presented a box of relief from the El River battlefield.
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Council Bluffs
Grenville M. Dodge
Abe Lincoln
Dodge
Omaha
Woman's Relief Corps
Ile
el River Battle Field
Nisurian
Veteran Chief Dies in Peoria Fire Dept Chief Carl Moeller
Peoria dated November 26 reports Chief Carl Moeller of the Peoria fire department died last evening from blood poisoning after a seven week illness. He contracted a carbuncle and a cold while battling a fire at the Woolner distillery cattles pens. He was 59 and had served as chief since January 1868. He is survived by his widow and family.
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Clem Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Quine
Chicago
Studebaker
Harrisburg
Travis
Ledford
Peoria
Carl Moeller
Woolner
Moeller
Massive famine risk in Yangtse valley prompts aid plea
Reports warn 500000 Chinese in the Yangtse valley may starve without international relief. Other items note a fatal riot in McKee's Rocks with Slav casualties, a shipwreck recovery, a birth at Vanderbilt home, and widespread urban fires and political moves in Cuba and Greece.
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Yangtse
China
Alexander Juarante
Rap 1
Sambrina
Niles
Count Tolstoi
William Milwirski
Frank Grandwaski
McKee’s Rocks
Detroit Boiler Blast Kills at Least Sixteen at Penberthy Plant
A massive explosion at the Penberthy Injector factory in Detroit demolished a three story brick building. Fifty workers were inside. at least sixteen dead and many more injured or missing as fires raged. Rescue crews searched ruins while city inspectors noted four boilers at the plant. Additional notices recount other local incidents and political notes from Indiana and Illinois.
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Detroit
Penberthy
Seventh and
Abbott Streets
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Royal Academy of Sweden
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Joseph Fischer
St. Johns
Atlantic Iig
Gen. Dodge
North Weymouth
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Brandley Fertilizer Works
Arctic Circle
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Jonestown
Miss
William M. Swift
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Earlington
Masters’ and Pilots’ Association
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Farmland Natural Gas Company
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Frank Nelson
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Charles Berger
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