02 Dec 1898
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1898
Page
1
The Sentinel features Eli Jackson Stubblefield known as the Big Man of the Georgetown train robbery. The profile notes his preaching past, growing gunplay, frequent armed bravado, and a home roof full of bullet holes, with relatives blaming his wife for his downfall.
United States sources discuss foreign trade with Spain and its colonies. The open door policy for the West Indies is urged while Spaniards argue long standing commercial relations with Puerto Rico and Cuba should not be abruptly cut off.
United States and Spanish peace commissions postponed a joint session as Spain pushes five year trade privileges for its ships to Porto Rico and Cuba. Secretary Wilson reports on agriculture notes dipped meat export standards and butter branding.
A long Chicago meeting features Mrs. Carse pushing for a monument to Miss Frances Willard as the W C T U continues its struggle over the temple.
Chicago December 2 temple trustees lay plan for Willard memorial circles to raise funds to buy all outstanding stock and bonds of the Women's Temperance Building association and to create a Frances E Willard monument funded by temple revenues. Circles will use the Appeal as official organ and may elect officers and entertainment events to support the fund. Promoters named for Mississippi, Eastern, and national zones with organziers appointed to push the effort.
In Kansas City a man named Joseph Feetterer was ordered to raise his hands by two highwaymen near a blacksmith shop on St. Louis avenue between Bell and Wyoming streets. He was shot at twice but escaped injury as the assailants relieved him of a gold watch and 70 cents.
Provincetown Massachusetts December 2 reports a storm toll with 150 deaths and $510,000 in property loss around the coast including the Port land wreck. The piece links maritime disaster to long standing coastwise trade ties and cites 1819 and 1803 treaties as part of a broader political argument. It also notes U S butter export experiments and comments on agricultural education for farmers amid calls for improved science in schools.
City authorities reaffirm a Sedalia style rule barring women from saloons. Police to monitor compliance with license forfeiture for first breach. Testimony recounts a soldier escorting a woman into a saloon leading to a rough assault.
The report highlights expanded post-graduate facilities in agricultural sciences, large plant distribution nationwide, and ongoing experimental garden work expected to yield broad benefits. It notes improved cattle dipping, hog cholera serum, and government control of serum manufacture for several years.
The public debt statement for November shows a rise of 16 505 565 dollars for the month. The report details the total national debt and the month’s change, reflecting government borrowing and fiscal activity across departments.
Grant Gillett, the Woodbine Kansas cowboy band stockman who failed for 1 million dollars last week and vanished, is reportedly a prisoner in Chihuahua Old Mexico. An extradition process is under way to return him to Kansas City to face forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses charges. Also, Secretary Albert J. B. Al ger allocates 40000 to Gen Greene for Havana street cleaning.
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