Industrial world trots and modern marvels blend in one issue
The issue surveys advances from a giant stone lathe to slot machines charging car batteries and whaleback steamers on the Mississippi. It notes a proposed 260 mile electric Montana railway, the Journal du Mal de Mer, and deer harvest trends in Bangor. It also previews the Isthmian Canal commission report to Congress and the chance of large public work support.
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Montana
Billings
Great ‘Falls
Ome
Missouri
Yellowstone
Isthmian Canal Commissioners
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Moonth
Morocco Must Pay and US Consul to Visit Sultan
The United States plans to press Morocco to pay a 5060 penalty in the Bzagui case. Consul General Gummere will travel aboard an American warship to Mazagan and then proceed to Fez to meet the Sultan. The move aims to influence a settlement without immediate force, with an escort and formal state presentation.
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Washington, Dee
Bzagui Aise
Morocco
Gummere
Tan- Gice
Mazagan
Fea Thix
United States
Mazagen
Fox
Bad wreck in Mexico kills and injures many
Wreck on the Mexican Central Railway near Jumilico, fifty miles south of Jumilico, last Thursday killed more than twenty and left about sixty injured. A construction train of 150 men collided with a freight train of 55 empty cars. Three engines and forty cars were wrecked in a debris pile thirty feet high. Engineer Rees and firemen Reeves and Harveson died. Most victims were Mexicans riding to the cars near the engine.
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Peracas
Collizley
San Antonio
Tex
Mexican Central Railway
Jumilico
Tamanacha
Symon
Rees
Reeves and
Harveson
Bolowen Released After Surrender Delusions in Philippines
Manila Dec 2 1760 bolomen who surrendered to Capt Breen of the 23d Infantry at Vigan claim they served with Gen Tinto's insurgent band. Breen sends them back as not enough men to threaten rebels. Gen Young investigates surrendering peasants amid concerns some feign rebellion for rations. Gen Tinto allegedly compiles a swarm of bolomen along mountains crippling food supplies. Canare reports Filipinos have disappeared prompting expected attack. Lieut Col Goodrelt with 100 Marines heads to Bubig to relieve troops as rebels in the area remain active.
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Bolomen
Capt
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Vigan
Tinto
Grann
Ageil
Young
Tinfo
Canare
Goodrelt
6Th Marine Battalion
Bubig
Tragedy at a Dance Near Dresser Station
At a dance in Dresser station five miles east of Ramsey I I a feud lasting years ended in tragedy. Tom Stafford and a youth named Nim were shot fatally by Ernest Turner after Stafford challenged Turner to attend. Turner, son of farmer Tim Turner, is believed to be under 15. No arrest announced.
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Ramsey, I
Tom Stafford
Nim
Ernest Turner
Dresser
Floods in Rome Swell Tiber and Flood City Sites
The Tiber floods Rome after heavy rain swamping areas including the Forum and a Protestant cemetery. Access near St Pauls Basilica is limited, water fills the church, and locals fear for residents in low parts as packing houses gain amid rising egg prices.
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Rome
Tiber
Forum
St. Paul’s Basilica
Young Kansas woman wins divorce in court with minor husband
Osage county court decree granted a divorce to a young woman from her husband but it was found the husband is not of legal age, so he cannot be sued. The issue may require appointing a guardian for the boy to proceed. Brigadier Stephen Marshall will take charge of Salvation Army points in St. Bank.
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C Hina
James McGinniss
Burlington Building
St. Louis
Hoshand
Atchison, Kan
Osage County
Stephen Marshall
Salvation Army
St. Banik
Boer Emigrants Spur Railroads To Offer Free Transport
A Wakefield dispatch reports Boers may emigrate to the United States, with railroads vying to lure 700 families to settle on homesteads in Montana Arkansas Colorado South Dakota Wyoming and Montana. Officials note vast unsettled public lands and free 160 acre farms under homestead laws. Railroads pledge free transport for emigrants and their households as governments consider settlement options amid secrecy and competition.
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Hnes
Great Northern
Pacific
Western Railroad
Burlington
Northwest
Montana
Reitz
Transvaal
Great Britain
United States
Arkansas
Colorado
South Dakota
Wyoming
Western Railways
Kruger’s Visit To Germany Is Abandoned
Berlin reports that Kruger’s proposed visit to Germany has been cancelled for now. Emperor William sent a messenger to regret he cannot receive the visitor, citing Germany’s strict neutrality and political aims of Kruger’s trip. Kruger plans to proceed from Cologne to The Hague, avoiding an official reception.
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Kruger
William
Cologne
Hague
Hfe
Ingo
Germany
Beary Fighting In Colombia Suppresses Town Near Colon
Advices from Colon Jamaica report continued rebel activity across Colombia. Insurgents captured Chagres, 15 miles from Colon, prompting government troops to relieve the town. A sharp fight followed with heavy government losses. martial law is enforced in Colon and many people are imprisoned on suspicion.
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Colombia
Kingston
Jamaica
Colon
Chagres
Tehels
Police for Sugar Estates in Havana Decade
Havana December 3 Authorities to appoint special police to protect sugar plantations amid rumors of arson. Officers ordered to seize anyone caught setting fire. Sugar crop expected to be the largest since 1895 as dry fields risk rapid, uncontrollable fires.
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Havana
Ex-Governor McClurg Dies in Missouri at 83
Lebanon Missouri December 8 ex governor J McClurg former Republican Missouri governor died at his son in law C C Draper's home yesterday around noon after months of confinement to his house and bed. He was 83 years old.
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Lebanon
McClurg
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Hous
C. C. Draper
Typhoon Guam Storm Ranked Severest in 40 Years
Rear Admiral Remey cabled official reports from Guam and Manila noting the recent typhoon was the severest to hit the island in forty years. The storm caused extensive damage and prompted naval observers to assess its strength.
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Guam
Manila
Remey
News From China Report Of Boxer Drills And Looting
Advices from China describe Genmen visitors looting wealthy houses and pressuring magistrates for money in Ban Ho Nalaigo and Papgchum. Alleged killings and beheading threats emerge around Shang-Si and Tien Tain as Boxers drill locally. Relief efforts include ships and aid from Chinese societies and Japanese grain sales to assist distressed populations.
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Hsu Fu
Board of Civil Punishments
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Hru Fu
Li Hung Chang
Yu Heien
Shang-Si
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Tien Tamm
Shanghai
Congress Opens Short Session With Memorials
Washington December 2 Congress will meet at noon for the three month long Fifty sixth Congress. The Senate will adjourn after opening in respect to the memory of Senators Gear and Davis who died during the recess. The Presidents message is not expected to be sent today.
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Dee
Congress
Senate
Gear
Davis
Five London Paris routes linked by rail and sea
A compact clump of 1900 era items notes travel links from London to Paris, Africa’s Cairo population claims, Australia’s year to date output, Philadelphia street paving and an Apple harvest in Boston. It also mentions New Zealand considering joining Australia and daily Paris exposition gas costs.
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Africa
Australia
Philadelphia
New Zealand
Commonwealth of Australia
Boston
Parla
Parle Exposition
De Wet and Steyn Action Intensifies in South African War
London reports renewed hostilities as De Wet resists capture in the Orange River Colony while Commandant General Viljoen and Erasmus strike against British troops to the north. Observers say Kitchener aims to trap Boer forces by mobile columns, noting Boers’ use of hidden stores to sustain fighting and suggesting operations will narrow to districts with buried provisions.
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DeWet
Orange River Colony
Powder Explosion Destroys Nankin Valley Killing 300
A massive blast at a Nankin gunpowder magazine containing 500000 caddies of explosives obliterated the valley and left a smoking crater. Many houses nearby were destroyed and hundreds were killed or badly injured, including students from the nearby foreign quarter. Chinese soldiers began body recovery, with about 100 dead found on the first day.
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Tecoma
Wash
Baersia
Nankin
China
Footnotes on life and trust in daily habits
A collection of adages on life, order, and independence from the Indianapolis Journal. It contrasts orderly behavior with the trouble of not trusting others and notes how men seek wives’ advice only after purchases. It also quips about social judgment and practical decision making.
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Indianapolis Journal
Murder mystery leaves unknown man found near Kimmerick
A unidentified man, about 45, 5 feet 5 inches tall, was found outside Kimmerick with brains spilled and clothing stolen. The body was dragged about 20 feet into brush to conceal the crime. No investigators located at the scene. Police heavy with details scarce.
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Kimmerick
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