Admiral Walker Urges Strong Coast Defenses and Warships
Admiral Walker supports General Miles on coast defenses and warns the United States is unprepared for war with major powers. He calls for liberal funds for coast fortifications and more battleships, arguing readiness deters foreign aggression and preserves American preeminence on the continent.
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Walker
Miles
Washington
Ant
Japan
Moses
New York
San Lanensco
Congress
Atlantic
Britain
United States
Bible in Schools movement seeks Bible readings in public schools
A petition with about 1000 signatures from the Woman's Educational Union of Chicago asks the board of education to restore Bible reading in public schools. The union held a meeting to outline plans and indicated the document could be presented soon. The plan envisions non sectarian selections chosen by a multi denomination committee.
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Incasa
Board of Education
Woman's Educational Union of
Chiesto
Mre C If Wimball
Iile
Mer. Satolly
Bishop Fallows
Rogers
Northwestern University
Warper
Villago Universty
Mer Satolla
Telephone lines to New York heard in distant city
Kansas City engineers report progress on extending the American Telephone and Telegraph system from Boston to New York toward Kansas City. A link toward the coast is expected soon, with long distance communication reaching major eastern cities.
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New York
Kansas Ciy
Nanses City
Boston
Atlantic
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Chicago
Kansas City
Secon R
Kansans City
Irrigation convention plans outlined at Stovey Nebraska
Stovey Nebraska president of the State Irrigation association outlines the third annual convention in December. The executive committee is preparing to host more than 600 delegates and hundreds of visitors with railroads offering cheap rates. Emissaries will invite county and municipal bodies, irrigation groups, and newspapers. speakers from Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska will discuss water use benefits and education for farmers on irrigation management. Hotels will provide ample accommodations and Cheyenne county ladies pledge lavish hospitality.
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Stovey
Neb
TA Lort
Colorado
Wyoming
Plute Veliev
Cheyenne County
Pacific road debts and plans dominate annual reports
From Wasintsoros secretary Smith’s annual report is expected to propose a settlement for Pacific railroad indebtedness and a continuous Omaha to Pacific line. He has retained data on earnings and bond aided lands totaling 7 000 000 acres. Congress may act next session on Pacific roads financing. Morton’s up next with meat inspection system criticisms.
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Wasintsoros
Smith
Jie
Omaha
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Railroads
Congress
Morton
Forger From Choice Elliot Reynolda Wastes Fortune Through Crimes
Nov 16 Attor Wyott S Resnolds, jailed yesterday at Rich Hill, is a Bourbon county bar member from a prominent family. Described as handsome and educated, he faces a string of felonies blamed on mania. Six years ago he served part of a Missouri sentence for forging a note. his bond was forfeited and he was released. Now prosecuted by the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad Co for another forgery.
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Scott
Nan
Wyott S. Resnolds
Bates County
Rich Hill
Bourbon County
Missouri Penitentiary
W.T. Smith
Springfield
Kansas City
FortsScott and Memphis Railroad Company
Indian Thief Sentenced Under Creek Law
Lear ney Sochola, convicted of larceny for the third time in Eu faula district Indian court, was sentenced yesterday to vestiation under Creek law in Evuravuna Ind Ter. on November 16.
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Evuravuna
Ind
Ter
Learney Sochola
Eufaula
Wiil
Forty-Eight British Seamen Lost in Japanese Waters
A steam launch of the British cruiser Edgar disappears in Japanese waters and forty-eight crewmen aboard are reported drowned. The incident is noted as a wartime loss with no further details available.
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Swayowat
Edgar
Beet Sugar Boycott Targets Nebraska Output
Beetsugar boycott threats from the sugar trust warn Nebraska refiners that selling refined output will cut off the cheaper grades. About 1500000 worth of Nebraska sugar sits in Omaha warehouses as the Manufacturers and Consumers’ Association seeks western buyers to back local producers. Home patronage sentiment bolsters the Nebraska sugar makers in a fight projecting 1000000 in annual factory output from Grand Island and Norfolk, about a third of state consumption.
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Omahra
Neb
Sugar Trust
Nebraska
Oxnards
Omaha
Manufacturers
Consumers’ Association
Grand Island
Norfolk
Ingalls on Allison in Iowa speech praises Allison as ideal President
Ex Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas arrives in Iowa and endorses Senator Allison as a top presidential candidate. He predicts Republican strength, praises Allison’s honesty and experience, and notes Kansas favors a Western nominee while McKinley and Need support remain lukewarm.
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Towm
Iowa
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
Kinsits
Ingalls
Allison
McKinley
Congress
Juror Becomes Insane During Davis Rock Island Trial
In Lincoln Nebraska on November 5 a juror named C B Yates in the second trial of George W Davis charged with causing eleven deaths in the Rock Island wreck leaped from a window and fled to the county jail. He later was placed in hospital after doctors called it a temporary attack and could not resume duties. The jurors were discharged and a new venire ordered. The first trial ended in a verdict of disagreement.
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Lincoln
Neb
George W. Davis
Rock Island
C. B. Yates
Yates
Drooding
Schlatter disappears amid court warrant in Denver
Francis Schlatter the so called Messianic healer vanished last night after a U S court issued a warrant for his arrest. He had been summoned as a witness in a case accusing others of using the mails to defraud by selling blessed handkerchiefs credited to him. He left a note saying his Denver mission is ended. Over 3090 people gathered for treatment this morning. In Grune Iowa a detective arrived with Richard Rowe suspected of aiding Chester Rowe in a 38000 county funds embezzlement case. Rowe was extradited last week. In Wichita Falls Texas a jury found Harley Heath guilty of murder and sentenced him to forty days jail and a $100 fine for killing Mubert Oflie.
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Denver
Colo
Francis Schlatter
United States Court
United States Commissioner
Schlatter
Grune
Iowa
Mexico
Richard Rowe
Chester Rowe
Jie
Texas
Wichita Falls
Harley Heath
Meath
Mubert Oflie
Knights of Labor Address Calls for National Bank Note Boycott
A speech by Master Workman denounces money power and plutocracy. He urges labor unity against criminal conspiracies and declares a boycott on national bank notes, framing it as a righteous stand for liberty and workers’ rights amid growing wealth inequality.
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Bali
Lawor Landers
Asseuatea
Towwe
Bankers Convention
Atvruta
Amisad
Norrow
General Assembly
National Reform meeting called for Baltimore in December
Felix RB Brunot, president of the National Reform association, issues a call for a national gathering at the North Avenue Baptist church in Baltimore on December 12 and 13. The aim is to address reform proposals and advocate amending the U S constitution to acknowledge God and Jesus Christ, inviting all Christian bodies and youth unions to send delegates.
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Young People's Unions
Women's Christian Temperance Unions
Bering Sea Claims Stir BritishUS Diplomatic Row
The British government released correspondence with Sir Julian Pauncefote on Bering Sea compensation from 1894 to 1895. Lord Salisbury endorsed the British position in a August 13 memorandum, stating United States liability for compensation is acknowledged and will be recognized widely, countering Senator Morgan’s opposition.
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Loxnos
Julian Pauncefote
United States
Bering Sea
Lord Salisbury
John T. Morgan
Alabama
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Congress
New York Doctor Wins $15000 Insurance Suit in Mohican Case
Dr. Conyers Herring of New York won a $15000 verdict today in a suit seeking insurance payout on his yacht Mohican. He plans to sue others to recover an additional $10000.
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Herring Wing Wis Sault Inoxpon
Conyers Herring
New York
Mohican
School Girls In a Fight In Lannemp Kansas
Two 16 year old girls Emma Manderschied and Flora Campbell quarreled yesterday near Lannemp. Manderschied threw Campbell backward over a chest and beat her in the abdomen causing injuries that may prove fatal. Manderschied was arrested.
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Lannemp
Kan
Emma Manderschied
Flora Campbell
Here
Manderschied
Castellane's Heavy Losses on Paris Bourse
Vanity Fair reports Paris market losses with Count Castellane among the heavy losers after his marriage to Miss Anna Gould.
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Castellane
London
Vanity Fair
Pans
Count Castellane
Anna
Jay Gould
National Ornithological Society Meets in Washington
The National Ornithological Society holds its annual session in Washington with Secretary Smith proposing the Indian question as the feature of his report. General Wheaton is ordered to hold troops in readiness to move to Colorado if the reservation agents request. Dr. Wright, the chief missionary, sends a letter from Turkey defending the actions of the U.S. Minister A. W. Terrell.
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National Ornithological Society
Washington
Smith
Dr. Wright
Turkey
United States
A. W. Terrel
Wheaton
Colorado
Turmoil in the Ottoman Empire Threatens American Missionaries
United States Minister Terrell warns Turkish authorities that American missionaries face extreme danger as revolts spread among Turks. Tevfik Pasha pledges protection, while French and Italian naval movements gather in Turkish waters. Rioting reported near Caesarea and in Malatish as ambassadors await decisive European action.
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Constatrixvoork
Philip Currie
Great Britain
Europe
Nob Ody
Plac
United States
Alexander W .Terrell
Darnhaim
Slarput
Verrell
Tevfik Pasha
Terrell
Tewfik Pasha
Malatish
Society of Jesus
M. Cambon
Piraeus
Caesarea
Jerusalem
Carlisle for Judge to Succeed Jackson on Supreme Bench
Washington reports that Secretary Carlisle is expected to be named to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Jackson. A shift of Kentucky politics and changes in the Peckham plan affect Carlisle chances and presidential prospects. Carlisle is seen as loyal to the President and suited to a judicial post. Curtis of Kansas places Reed and McKinley in focus for the GOP at the National convention.
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Washineton
Carlisle
Supreme Bench
Justice Jackson
Peckham
New York
Kentucky
Arlisle
Senate
Mr. Carlisle
Supreme Court
Curtis
Kansas
Reead
Washsxcton
Reed Rooters
Reed
McKinley
White House
Maine
Indict Byrnes if corroboration found says attorney
Lawyer Frank Moss representing the Parkhurst Society and former Lexow Committee associate counsel urged that the Grand Jury indict ex-Superintendent Byrnes if corroborative evidence exists and the statute of limitations does not pose a bar.
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Byrnes
New Yomn
Frank Moss
Parkhurst Society
Lexow Committee
Mande
Gambler
Schaeffer
Maher challenges world to fight for title in New York
Peter Maher declares he will fight for the championship, offering $5,090 a side with broad conditions and public or private bouts. He notes four men with large backing could meet the stake. Brady, Corbett's manager, claims the champion has surrendered the belt to Maher and would back a $10,000 challenge against Simmons.
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Maher Yissues
New York
Peter Maher
Steve O'’Donnell
Maher
Brady
Corbett
Itz Simmons
Monotype Craze Spreads From Paris to America
The monotype craze gains popularity as Paris artists showcase single impression prints on zinc plates pressed to reveal delicate light and shade. Americans eagerly welcome the art form though it creates domestic quirks such as replacing a clothes wringer to operate a home press.
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Imart
America
Paris
Hinbert Herkimer
Tremendous Cargo From Layland Line Victorian Port Voyage
The New York Tribune reports the Layland Line steamer Victorian on its first eastward trip carried a vast cargo including 155000 bushels of grain 1800 tons of flour 1100 tons of provisions 500 tons of resin 5300 bales of cotton 600 tons of leather and leather goods 260 tons of dressed beef 100 tons of lumber 75 tons of hay and cattle feed 654 cattle and 1591 sheep. The load drew representation from across the United States east of the Rockies and Canada with Georgia sending over 4000 bales of cotton North Carolina resin trade Northwest cargoes of corn wheat flour walnut pork beef and lard Canada hay Old Bay State leather paint and Medford rum among items listed.
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New York Tribune
Layland Line
Victorian
United States
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Georgia
North Carolina
Northwest
Old Bay State
Chinese Strawberry Bird Sighting in Topeka
Dr. Eva Harding of Topeka Kansas owns a small Chinese strawberry bird described as having blood red bill and breast feathers with white flecks like strawberry seeds. She notes it is the only bird of its kind in town and the creature sings a delicate piping tune.
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Eva Harding
Topeka
Kan
Harding
Notes of the Day
Ocean steamers burn 190 to 220 tons of coal daily and the US uses about 12 million stamps daily. The butterfly collection of Prof Neumoegen is valued at 60000 dollars and a Spanish coin was found five feet underground in Rumford Falls Me. An international congress will be held in Berne in August 1896.
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Barren County
Kentucky
Italy
Silesia
Neumoegen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rumford Falls
Berne
United States
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