Gillett Rumors Stir Spain Return and Cattle Crisis
Descriptions depict Gr Gillett heading toward Cadet and possibly Mexico while his ranch collapses. At Woodbine a deserted woman and infant amid 20 carloads of Hereford cattle stranded on a switch, with the railroad barred from moving them. Reports claim $2.9 million in forgotten or mortgaged cattle debts, and employees abandoned posts as investigators probe complex loans and fabrications.
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Woodbine
Gr. Gillett
Spain
Gillett
Cadet
Terrasana
Old Mexico
Chihuahua
Kansas City
Texas
O'd Mexco
New York
Ho Hoallinee
Gilliesmie Commision Co
Utah
Fort Worth
Gruillett
Kow
Dons Accept US Peace Terms Ceding Colonies
Paris reports Spain accepts US offer of twenty million dollars and agrees to relinquish Cuba Porto Rico Guam and the Philippines with the peace commission noting the terms and their government response. Madrid remains calm amid bitterness toward the United States.
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Paris
Spain
United States
Peace Commissions
Cuba
Porto Rico
Guam
Philippine Islands
Storm Ravages New England Coast Leaves Dozens Dead
The storm claims upward of seventy lives along the New England coast with casualties possibly reaching 140. Authorities race to assess damage and aid survivors as lingering tides complicate rescue efforts.
Kind Modest Man: A New View of the Czar Interview
A fresh portrait of the Russian ruler emerges in a new interview. The article reassesses his character hesitations and public proposals.
Mullah inciting an outbreak and other dispatches
Paris Times interview with Emperor Nicholas on disarmament. Simla reports the Mad Mullah defeats Dir tribesmen and moves toward Swat, arousing fanatical outburst against the British. Don Carlos delays manifesto until U.S.-Spain peace ratified. Reports of a massacre at Van circulate amid official denials. Louisiana Purchase anniversary expo design advances with a delegates meeting planned by state governors.
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London
Paris
the Times
Mafin
Nicholas
England
Russia
Europe
Austria
France
Simla
British India
Dir
Spain
Don Jaime
Don Carlos
Niversary of the
Louisiana
Committee On Design
St. Louis Century Celebration Plan Underway
St Louis officials report progress as a general committee of 50 meets to lay groundwork for the 1903 centennial celebration commemorating one hundred years since the city’s founding.
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St. Louis
English freed in Kansas horse theft case after double jeopardy ruling
William English was tried in Independence district court for stealing a horse and discharged when the animal proved stolen was a gelding. He was re-arrested and tried again for gelding theft, but discharged again on double jeopardy grounds.
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Independence
Kan
William English
Fourteen Year Old Boy Triggers Fatal Shooting of Officers
In Butler Georgia on November 29 officers R L Cooper Wesley Wainwright and John P Jones went to a Negro house with a warrant. The 14 year old son fired squirrel shot from inside. Wainwright was killed Cooper likely to die and Jones badly injured.
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Butler
R. L. Cooper
Wesley Wainwright
John P. Jones
Wainwright
Cooper
Jones
Explosion Hits Reina Battery Area in Havana
An early morning dynamite blast near the Reina battery in Havana killed and wounded about 40 people. Officials probe the cause as rescuers assist the injured and secure the area.
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Havana
Reina Battery
Frank Farnshaw Appointed Teacher at Terris Co
Frank Farnshaw of Kansas has been appointed a teacher at Terris Company in the laodian school.
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Frank Farnshaw
Kansas
Terris, Co
Spain Accepts US Proposals After Diplomacy Efforts
The note states Spain rejects American principles but seeks peace. It says Spain would accept conditions proposed by the American commission, after exhausting diplomacy and considering humanity and patriotism to avoid bloodshed.
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Spain
United States
American Commission
Storm Devastates New England Coast Wreckage Tests Vessels
The article details extensive wreckage from a nor’easter along Cape Cod to Boston harbor with at least 29 vessels ashore at Gloucester and many more driven ashore at Vineyard Haven Nantasket and Cohasset. It notes multiple ship collisions near upper harbors and reports the schooner Mortis H. Perry and Edgar S. Foster wrecked off Brant Rock. The Foster crew was rescued, while Captain Pike and four Perry crewmen perished as life-savers saved others and all crews showed heroism.
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Wenobscot
Newnonton
Massachusettts Bay
Boston Harbor
Cape Cod
New England
Gloucester
Vineyard Haven
Nantasket Beach
Cohasset
Scituate
Manchester
Boston
Plymouth
Salem
Portsmouth
Portland
Mortis H. Perry
Edgar S. Foster
Bucksport
Brantrock
Foster
Pike
Perry
Cotton prices sink as production hurdles sting market
The article notes January cotton at record lows around 5.10 to 5.32 cents per pound, with profitability only for manufacturers. It cites large growth in cotton output but under-marketed by poor picking due to bad weather and damaged quality from rain and wind, causing lower grades. It recalls 1894-95 yield shifts and a rise to over 11 million bales last year.
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Cotton
Tugboat Captains Risked All to Save Lives at Sea
Standed vessel rescue saw tugboat captains put life and property on the line as they battled dangerous conditions to save people stranded aboard the vessel.
Three Men Slain After Bull Creek Feud
In Christian county Missouri near Bull Creek three men were killed and a fourth wounded after a longstanding fence dispute between Steve Billyeau and Bud Meadows escalated into a gun battle. Billyeau and two of his sons Otis and Peter were shot dead by Meadows and his companion fired back with a Winchester. Tabor was wounded twice but Meadows escaped unharmed.
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Springfield
Bull Creek
Christian County
Ozark
Steve Billyeau
Bud Meadows
Billyeau
Meadows
Billyeaus
Winchester
Lillyeaus
Otis
Peter
Tabor
Riot at Camp Waites Over Food Quality Causes Uproar
A riot erupted at Camp Waites in Leavenworth Kansas on November 29. soldiers attempted to demolish the Green and Co cook house of Topeka under contract, driven off by officers with swords after dissatisfaction over meals.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Camp Waites
Twenty-first
Kansas
Green & Co
Topeka
Experiment Stations Report Progress and Funding Rise
Dr. A C True director of the office of experiment stations reports stations are working more thoroughly for American agriculture than ever before. Congress appropriated 720000 dollars for station support, with over 400000 dollars in state funds supplementing.
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Washington
A. C. True
Office of Experiment Stations
Congress
Shipping Losses on the Lakes Record Break Year
A Chicago report estimates Great Lakes shipping losses for 1898 at 2 500 600 dollars with possible further increases. The figure would set a historic high in navigation losses even if no more storms occur.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
WILL MUSTER OUT TROOPS
The war department plans to muster out 30,000 to 40,000 volunteers as soon as regiments can be selected, with no troops drawn from the Philippines unless replaced. Many Manila volunteers petition to return home, but no detailed replacements have been decided.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Philippines
United States
Ex-convict Kirby sentenced to 20 years for assault
Marshall Missouri November 29 Judge Ryland sentenced Alexander Kirby an ex convict to twenty years in the penitentiary for assaulting Mrs Susan Ford an aged invalid at her house in the county four months ago He had earlier served time for a similar crime and was released after fifteen years Kirkbys age 34 is described as a mental wreck and physically ruined The Times notes a U S bargain comment from London on peace settlements and a forgery arrest in Keokuk Iowa plus a Volga ferry disaster with twenty nine drowned
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The
Sentinel
Marshall
Ryland
Alexander Kirby
Susan Ford
Kirby
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