Osage riches and back pay claims stir Congress
The Osages are described as among the wealthiest per capita, owning vast land and receiving annuities. a Fox delegation from Iowa seeks $20,000 in back annuities while New York Indians win a $1,869,400 judgment for lands donated in Kansas.
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Iowa
New York
Landa
Kansas
Washington
Pollock
Interior Department
Stephens
Cornish
Uintah and Ouray Agency
Utah
White River
United States
Colorado
Congress
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones
Oklahoma
Court of Claims
A German View on Philippine Question Settlement
A private Berlin dispatch claims British war preparations link to the Philippine issue with the United States and England. It suggests an inspired editorial asserts the U S will keep the Philippines as part of an understanding to trade the islands to England for Canada after full control is attained.
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Berlin
England
United States
Philippines
Canada
Diptheria Epidemic Raging In Kansas Towns
Diphtheria sweeps about a dozen Kansas towns with fatalities around half of cases. Topeka reports the contagion is unusually malignant and schools close as the state health board urges street and water system cleaning. A separate Kansas incident describes a bank robbery and assault near Hutchinson leading to injuries and a theft of 480 dollars.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Ellers
Niutchinson
Oklahoma
Ditchen
Ort
Hutchinson
Goodland
Mr. Hutchinson
Formidable Battleship Launch Delivers World Record Vessel
Thousands witness the launch of the Formidable ram battleship at Portsmouth dockyard in England. At 15,000 tons displacement and 400 feet long, this warship draws 26 feet 9 inches and costs over 5 million dollars while expected to reach 18 knots. Reports mention over 50 deaths in various towns tied to sewer fusion projects.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Stood Too Near the Stove
Greenfield Missouri November 18 Special to the Sentinel Mrs James Jones of Sylvania returned from a spring visit to find one child burned to a crisp and the other critically injured after their clothing caught fire from a hot stove.
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The
Sentinel
Greenfield
James Jones
Sylvania
Kansas Farmers Face Robbery and Attempted Murder Charges
Sheriff’s deputies arrest Peter Ort and Nicholas Ditchen near St. Mark’s on robbery and attempted murder charges. They allegedly shot at S. L. Hutchinson, a wealthy cattleman from Andale with Sherman county ranch holdings, during October.
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Peter Ort
Nicholas Ditchen
Kansas
the Sentinel
Wichita, Kan
Simmons
St. Mark’s
S. L. Hutchinson
Weathy
Andale
Sherman County
Witnesses Testify On Camp Wikoff Conditions In New York
The wartime inquiry told of plentiful beds and medicine at Camp Wikoff. Dr Forwood said water was pure and transport poor while noting rations came from the Waldorf Astoria. He claimed some complaints stemmed from surgeons selling filters and distilled water.
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Wheeler
Forwood
Montauk
Waldorf-Astoria
Cuba
Col. Denby
Washington
War Investigating Committee
Montauk Point
General Hospital
Camp Wikoff
Connor
M. W. Wood
Wood
Editor Murdered Near Southwest City in Missouri
Scott Yergain shot and killed Jeff Edge at Southwest City, thirty miles southwest of Neosho. Edge, formerly McDonald county prosecuting attorney, was editor of the Southwest City Enterprise. The quarrel over corn involved Joe Ver gain and his brother Scott, who joined the confrontation.
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Massouri
Neosho
Scott Yergain
Jeff Edge
Southwest City
Yergain
Edge
McDonald County
Southwest City Enterprise
Joe Vergain
Joe
Scott
Yale President Dwight Resigns At End Of Academic Year
At Yale University a meeting of the corporation heard President Timothy Dwight present his resignation to take effect at the close of the university year.
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Yale University
Timothy Dwight
Congress to consider deficiency bill for army and navy costs
Washington and Cleveland reports detail a planned Saturday meeting of the house committee on deficiencies to draft an urgent deficiency bill for extraordinary army and navy expenditures through July 1, 1899. Hanna defends the Dingley tariff while warning on war-time spending and total appropriations near 1.5 billion.
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Washington
Cannon
Appropriations Committee of the House
Army
Treasury Department
Spain
Reed
Kept a Fence for Thieves
Wichita Kansas November 18 Frank George a confectioner and fruit merchant his wife and two children were involved in a case related to guarding suspects and securing property.
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Wichita
Kan
Frank George
Three Miners Buried Escape From Lone Elm Cave-In
In Joplin Missouri on November 18 three miners Joseph Childress Trix Krokoskia and William Schmulback narrowly escaped burial at the Samson mine Lone Elm Forty men were at work when rocks signaled a cave in Hawkins escaped while 50 tons of earth trapped the others rescuers pulled them out after four hours of work all three survived uninjured.
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Joplin
Joseph Childress
Trix Krokoskia
William Schmulback
Sampson
Lone Elm
Hawkins
Peace Negotiations Brighten as Paris Talks Continue
Washington reports renewed confidence in the peace talks with Paris as the administration cites possible encouragement from the Spanish reply and private advices. The exact basis remains unclarified, but the outlook for a successful termination of the labor of the peace commissioners appears brighter.
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Washington
Paris
Interesting War Tax Ruling from Columbia Prosecutor
Columbia Missouri November 18 J D Robinson prosecuting attorney presented a check drawn by himself to himself at a local bank and refused due to no stamp Robinson appealed to the US attorney general who ruled in Robinsons favor that checks drawn on one’s own funds by oneself are not subject to the war tax and thus not taxable
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Columbia
J. D. Robinson
Robinson
United States
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FOX Tribe
Atchison
Paola
Amadsourned
War Investigating Commission
Fifth Avenue
Boston
Philadelphia
B. Young
Santiago
Young
Sam
Senator Hanna
Hanna
Cleveland
Associated Press
Republican Party
London
Kansas City
H. ©. Duncan
O.osborn, Mo
George L. Osborne
State Normal School
Warrensburg
Warrensburg Normal School
Missouri
Stockton
M.L. Todd
Filley
Ohio Street
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