Balkan dispatches on Smyrna exequatur and Norton case
Reports from Constantinople indicate Smyrna authorities refuse to grant an exequatur to Dr. Thomas H. Norton as U S battleship Kentucky looms in the area. Washington notes no Turkish proposal to pay missionary claims via a U S shipbuilding order, with diplomacy aiming to resolve all outstanding differences.
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London
United States
Kentucky
Smyrna
Constantinople
Harpool
Porte
Thomas H. Norton
Legation
Reuter
Russia
Norton
Asia Minor
Armenia
Washington
Turkey
State Department
Lingayen execution set for four Guardia de Honor members
General MacArthur confirms the hanging sentence for four natives convicted of murder at Lingaywen. The condemned, members of Guardia de Honor, kidnapped and raped victims and will be hanged on December 21.
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Hong Kong
United States
Indiana
Isla de Polillo
Luzon
Binangonan Sound
Pennsylvania
Twenty-second Infantry
Baler
Neuya Caceras
Biola River
Province of
South Camarines
Cody Hunting Party Heads Toward Big Horn Mountains
A large hunting party led by Colonel W. F. Cody passed through Edgemont South Dakota en route to the Big Horn mountains. Other members include Hake of Omaha M R Russell of Deadwood J H O Brian of Buffalo New York Bi Compton of Sheridan Wyoming John Martin of Cody Wyoming and F N Pearson and C H Morrill of Lincoln Nebraska.
Train Plunges Into Ohio River Killing Three Men
BEAVER Pa November 28 A Cleveland and Pittsburgh flyer ran late into the Ohio River at Beaver killing Engineer Gouch eour Fireman Allen and Express Messenger Casey. Nineteen others are reported dead and the entire train is said to be in the river.
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Beaver
Clevelania
Pittsburgh Flyer
Ohio River
Cleveland
Goucheour
Allen
Casey
Gwere
Cuba Company Organized
Sir William Van Horne with his party sails to Cienfuegos this evening en route to Santa Clara and Havana and plans to return in February. The Cuba company is now fully organized with Sir William's son remaining in Santiago as assistant superintendent of construction. He expressed disappointment with local businessmen over plans for immediate Central railroad construction.
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Santiago DE Cuba
William van Horne
Jeff Santiago
Live Stock Market at South Omaha Opens Week Quietly Strong
At Union Stock Yards in South Omaha cattle demand remains firm as scarce supplies boost prices across cows, heifers, and feeders. A single run of excellent steers topped around 9.04, with overall trade steady to higher amid light receipts. Hog and sheep listings were light with prices holding steady or improving slightly as packers bid and buyers cleared pens.
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South Omaha
Catil
Market Receipts and Prices For Cattle Hogs Sheep
Kansas cow steer receipts show native steers at 1.95 to 5.35 and Texas steers around 3.00 to 5.09. Native cows and heifers fetch about 115 to 465, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 64.15, bulls 2.25 to 4.60. Hogs receipts 12,000 steady to slightly lower with bulk sales near 4.76 to 4.14. sows and gilts around 4.50 to 4.80. pigs about 4.25 to 7.0. Sheep receipts 1,000, lambs 3.23 to 3.25, muttons 1.50 to 1.10.
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Kansas
Texas
Truce Proposed With Boers Amid South Africa Crisis
The Statist will today urge the British government to open negotiations with Commandant General Botha and General Dewet to end the war. It suggests civil leaders in Capetown begin talks, citing military failings and a shift toward conciliation to avert further distress and loss of prestige.
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London
Botha
Dewet
Capetown
Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
J. F. Hoffmayer
South Africa
Japanese Officials Arrive to Inspect War Vessels
A party of distinguished Japanese officials arrived in San Francisco aboard the Nippin Maru. Captain T Matsue and Commander K Yamada will inspect modern war vessels and seek terms to build one or two gunboats or cruisers. They will then proceed to the east and England to view torpedo boat destroyers under construction for Japan.
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San Francisco
City
T. Matsue
K. Yamada
England
Japan
German farmer dies in emigrant car fire near Glad brook
Peter Peters a German farmer from Reinbeck was burned to death in his emigrant car on a side track near Glad brook en route to South Dakota where he had purchased a farm. Six head of cattle three horses and his household goods were burned. Peters leaves a widow and several small children.
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Reinbeck
Peter Peters
Gladbrook
South Dakota
Peters
Smallpox Scare Reaches Gothenburg Nebraska
Gothenburg Nebraska reports a smallpox scare with no local cases but measures include vaccination requests from the school board and a ban on North Platte ticket sales to prevent spread.
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Gothenburg
Neb
North Platte
Montana Growth Records Big Population Rise
Montana's official population is 243,829, up from 132,159 in 1890, a gain of 111,170 or 84.1 percent. Texas also increases to 3,048,710 from 9,255,523 in 1890, a gain of 813,187.
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Washington
Montana
Texas
Mrs McKinley and Mrs Hobart Visit New York for Christmas Shopping
Mrs William McKinley and Mrs Garrett Hobart arrived in New York City this afternoon to do their Christmas shopping. They are staying several days at the Manhattan hotel.
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New York
William McKinley
Garrett M. Hobart
Insi
New
York
Dome
Manhattan Hotel
The Death List Mounting
Four persons died yesterday at the glass works factory and the death toll reached eighteen with several more injured likely to die. Crowds gather at the morgue as relatives await identification while the coroner views the bodies before release.
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San .Francisco
Roof Collapse at San Francisco Glass Works Kills and Injures Dozens
A roof failure at the San Francisco and Pacific glass works on Fifteenth and Bryant streets during a Stanford vs. California football game leaves at least ten dead and about sixty injured. Victims, many crushed near furnaces, were rushed to hospitals as crowds gathered.
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San Francisco
Pacific Glass Works
Fifteenth
Bryant Streets
Stanford
University of California
al Essmann
Southern Pacific Hospital
St. Luke's
Glass Works
United States Criticized Over German Opinion
Berlin papers denounce U S policy as China’s chief defender with Russia. They note alleged U S Germany tensions after Ambassador White met Germany’s foreign minister and president. White says he offered informal suggestions not requiring an answer and doubts Germany will respond.
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Berlin
United States
Washington
Berliner Neueste Nachrichten
Rusegia
China
Freisinnige Zeitung
White
Foreign Office
von Holleben
McKinley
Hay
Germany
Baron von Richhofen
Conger
Utah Forest Lands Withdrawn for Forestry Purpose
Washington November 30 The General Land Office withdraws 250000 acres of Utah public domain from entry to protect the watershed feeding Salt Lake City for permanent forestry reserves.
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Washington
Hermann
General Land Office
Utah
Salt Lake City
Gold Mine Trust Formed Rumor Circulates in London
The Daily Express reports a rumor that a massive gold mine trust has been formed including John D. Rockefeller Cecil Rhodes Alfred Betts and Joseph Benjamin Robinson.
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London
The
Daily Express
Messrs
John D. Rockefeller
Cecil Rhodes
Alfred Bett
Joseph Benjamin Robinson
Funeral arrangements set for Cushman K. Davis
The late Senator Cushman K. Davis is receiving messages as plans for his funeral are finalized. The service will be a quiet 11 o'clock Saturday morning at the family residence with notable attendees including James J. Hill and Judge Walter H. Sanborn among others.
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St, Paul
Cushman K. Davis
James J. Hill
Walter H. Sanborn
Charles EB. Fiandrau
John S. Pillsbury
Washburn
Samuel ‘R. Thayer
Minneapolis
Robert
ScBovans
Kruger Denies One Story Might Make Law Visit
In New York Michael Da vitt cables report Kruger says he has no plan to live in America though invited to. He may visit the United States briefly to aid his oppressed country despite winter travel hardships. Mrs. Wavitt says a visit is unlikely and South African cabinet opposes the idea.
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New York
Michael Davitt
Pars
Eveing Journal Today
Kruger
United States
America
To Seek the North Pole
Captain Bernier of Quebec wins backing from Sir Clements Markham of the Royal Geographical Society for a polar expedition. He plans from Vancouver with six sailors and five scientists aboard a wooden or steel ship to enter the polar basin in August and drift 300 miles east of Nansen, with a winter in the ice.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Montreal
Bernier
Quebec
Clements Markham
Royal Geographical Society
North Pole
Lpernier
Vancouver
Polar Basin
Nansen
Revenue Bill Faces Democratic Action In Shifted Tactics
Washington Nov 27 The ways and means sub committee continues work on the war revenue reduction bill. Former Speaker Reed attends as visitor. Democrats have yet to decide their program while Republicans may move the bill with a rule that blocks amendments.
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Washington, D. C
Ways and Means
Reed
Vote totals in Wisconsin and Utah presidential canvass
The Wisconsin canvass reports Republican 265,865 Democratic 169,285 Prohibition 10,124 Social Democratic 7,905 Social Labor 524 with Republican plurality 106,581. Utah totals show 92,038 national votes with McKinley 47,089 and Bryan 44,949 giving a 2,140 McKinley majority.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of
McKinley
Bryan
MccKinley
Davenport man bail for trial on barley sulphur charge
D H Stuhr of Davenport, indicted in Chicago yesterday for purifying barley with sulphur, posted bail today and defended the charge as ridiculous. He has 27 years in the grain business and says the process sweetens barley for malt and preserves its qualities after thorough experiments.
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Chicago
D. H. Stuhr
Davenport
Federation of Railway Employees to Form Midwest Union
In Indianapolis on November 30 the Big Four Railroad workers plan to unite into a federation within ten days. Brakemen will lead a city gathering, followed by conductors telegraphers and engineers to link grievances across departments.
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Federation of Railway
Indianapolis
Big Four Railroad Company
Middle West
Potatoes Set for China Shipment From Tacoma
A Tacoma dispatch reports Washington will ship 500 tons of potatoes to North Yokohama for Shanghai. This marks a shift as China previously imported mainly flour and now shows a growing appetite for potatoes.
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Chicago
Ill
Tacoma
Wash
China
Yokohama
Shanghai
Cincinnati Clerk Reveals Large School Board Defalcation
Cincinnati on November 30 reports the discovery of a $1600 error in the books of George Griffiths deceased late clerk of the Board of Education. Investigation shows Griffiths was a defaulter to about $100,000, having served thirteen years with the community’s full confidence. His estate will likely cover only a fifth of the shortage.
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Ooksa
Cincinnati
George Griffiths
Board of Education of
Griffiths
Cedar Rapids man slain in Burlington hold up
W H Linter of Cedar Rapids and his wife were attacked by a footpad as they walked to the depot after Thanksgiving. Linter was shot and killed. Mrs Linter was shot in the back and is dying. A suspect identified as George Anderson was captured at Patterson six miles south of Burlington.
Captain Henry A. C. Darley Returns on Furlough
Captain Henry A. C. Darley of the British army comes home to Cody Wyoming on a six month furlough from his ranch on the Stinkingwater. He was wounded in the body by a Kruger bullet while fighting Boers and still suffers from the injury. He believes the English will clear South Africa of Boer guerrillas.
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Cody
Wyo
Henry A. C. Darley
Hig Ranch
South Africa
Darley
Kruger
Army Bill Debates Aim at 100000-Strong Force
Washington nov 28 the house military affairs committee discussed a new army bill proposing a maximum strength of 100000 with a minimum of 50000 and general officers at one for 4000 men. Secretary Root may join discussions as Hull outlines the draft. The war department bill envisions 96000 maximum and 58000 minimum with 150 men per infantry company and diverse staff provisions.
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Washington
House Committee On
War Root
Hull
Root
War Department
T.e
Engineers
Note Reaches Washington on Pekin Treaty Talks
The State department has been informed of a preliminary treaty understanding reached by foreign ministers at Pekin. Publication of details is not yet considered expedient. The arrangement has a poor chance of sanction by all powers unless material amendments are allowed.
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Washington
State Department
Pekin
Cashier Brown's Steal
Tucker reports the German National Bank of Newport Kentucky has cash enough to cover about ninety percent of depositors' claims. Defalcation totals $191,000, matching the examiner's initial estimate as stockholders and directors seek to restore solvency.
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Washington
P. Tucker
German National Bank of
Newport
Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis Dies in St Paul
United States Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis chairman of the senate foreign relations committee died at his home in St Paul after a two month illness. He sank gradually, was unconscious for hours before death, and suffered no pain according to reports.
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ST. Paul
United States
Cushman Kellogg “Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Indemnity Draft Sent Over Pears Killing
The State Department received a cable from Ambassador Hunter in Guatemala City announcing Honduras has sent a draft for 10000 dollars in American gold as indemnity for the killing of Frank Pears in San Pedro Sula in May 1899. A settlement had stalled due to differences among the claimants.
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Pear
Washington, D. C
State Department
United States
Hunter
Guatemala City
Frank Pears
San Pedro Sula
CadetDismissed for Gouging at Naval Academy
The secretary of the navy dismissed a naval academy cadet last week on the superintendent’s recommendation for gouging. He copied a classmate’s theme and lied about it. Fifty six classmates petitioned for clemency and were placed in the third conduct grade for insubordination permitting liberty only once every four weeks.
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Secretary of the Navy
Naval Academy
When Her Luck Changed Actress Finds Break After Struggling
An actress once near to quitting due to scarce roles inherits an unexpected small fortune. The money enables a change of career and she moves to New York where she achieves unprecedented early success as a performer.
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New York
Lern
Indian Pupils in New York City Public Schools
Two Indians, Buelah and Bessie Dark Cloud, become the first native pupils admitted to New York City public schools. Buelah, 16, has studied in Montreal, while Bessie enters kindergarten. The Dark Cloud family has artistic associations and a mother who is a full-blood Abenehf. In Orange, New Jersey, lawyer David R. Swoyner, convicted of embezzling 1875, is sentenced to six months in prison.
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New York City
Buelah
Bessie Dark Cloud
Montreal
Bessie
Sierras
Dark Cloud
Remington and
Deming
W.o
David R. Swoyner
Orange
N. J
Catherrine Brofit
Rockport
Ind
Woman Chosen as State and National Anti-Drink Organizer
Laura J. Smith of Minneapolis has been named State Organizer for the Independent Order of Good Templars of Minnesota and National Organizer for the American Anti-Drink League. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing a kidney disease that threatened her health, and promotes the remedy at 60 cents a box as a simple, affordable aid.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Order of Good Templars of
Minnesota
Laura J. Smith
West 33d
Smith
Dodd
Population booklet for 1900 census of large U S cities issued
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway publishes a 1900 census booklet listing populations of all U S cities over 256 000. To obtain a copy send your address with a two cent stamp to the General Passenger Agent in Chicago Illinois.
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United States
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago
Ill
Nebraska Carbide Sales Ad from Union Carbide Partners
Nebraska selling agents for Union Carbide Co makers of Calcium Carbide for Acetylene Gas offer supplies. Pacific Storage and Warehousing Co. 912 914 Jones St Omaha. It is far easier to sell a dog than it is to give him away.
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Nebraska
Union Carbide Co
Pacific Storage and Ware Neues Co
Jones St
Omaha
Allen's Foot-Kase promotes relief for sore feet
An old advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Kase powder for uncomfortable, damp feet and sweaty toes, offered by druggists for 25 cents with free samples from Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy New York, alongside other tone ads about indigestible foods and Garfield Tea.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
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