Diaz Takes the Oath in Mexico City Ceremony
Gen. Dias took the oath as chief magistrate at 10 am in the hall of deputies in Mexico City. A grand square serenade followed at the palace. Diplomats, including Sir Henry Dering, attended. American minister Ransom was absent due to his son's death. A ball is planned for January 1, and Weyler’s forces reported actions in Cuba. Severe cold and trains of officials marked the day.
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City of
Mexico
Der
Dias
National Palace
Diplomatic Corps
Henry Dering
Ransom
United States
Legation
Sepulveda
Europe
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Mexico Nova
Diaz
Republic
Gen. Diaz
Mexican Central
Ameeh
Chihuahua
Grayman
Frederick Bartlett
Chicago
Salvation Army to Feed 3000 in St Louis Christmas Feast
St Louis churches join Salvation Army in planning a grand Christmas feast for 3000 people. Preparations seek a spacious hall to seat all, with tickets granting meals and basket lunches for picket holders. The plan envisions wide community support and charitable assistance across churches.
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St. Louis
Salvation Army
U S Gunboats Move After Salt Trade and Fires
The Bennington finishes coal loading and sails for Callao after the Philadelphia incident. The Marion faces orders to head north from Peruvian waters. Petrel commissioned at Mare Island with officers assigned. Concord due for commissioning next. Pensacola, Baltimore, and Charleston undergo repairs. A Bradford Eng fire in Forrester Square causes over 1 million dollars in damage. Two Everett firemen were killed by a train recently.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
Bennington
Callao
Philadelphia
Marion
Petrel
Mare Island
Concord
Navy Yard
Pensacola
Baltimore
Charleston
Forrester Square
Bradford
Eng
Receipts and Expenditures in November 1896
Washington reports a comparative statement showing November receipts at 25,210,696 and expenditures at 32,960,720. For five months, receipts total 131,650,489 with expenditures 171,597,335, yielding a November deficit of 8,050,024 and a five month deficit of 29,048,046.
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Washington
United States
Blizzard and snowbound trains devastate plains region
Reports from St Paul Mandan Devils Lake Williston and Duluth detail a brutal blizzard, trains stalled, snow depths up to fifty feet in cuts, 600 sheep perished near Grand Marais and cattle losses feared across prairie ranches. Cold further grips North Dakota as weather blocks movement and fuel shortages rise. A deadly noncontagious disease spreads in Glasgow Ky with high fatality and urgent public health action. Near Middlesboro Ky a man was shot. a steamer carried 600 horses from New Orleans for Cubs.
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St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific
Duko'a
Bismarck
N. D
New Salem
Mandan
Devils Lake
Grand Marbor
Here
Cascade
Mont
Williston
N. C
Minot
Duluth
Weather Bureau
New York
Suicide at Kimball Hotel Described in Notebook
Chicago Nov 30 A man who gave the name EH L Bryan said to be from Pittsburg Pa committed suicide at the Kimball hotel early yesterday morning by taking laudanum A notebook found on a table contained a twenty minute account of the sensations as he died and was addressed to a doctor or medic.
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Sulcide
Chicago
EH. L. Bryan
Pittsburg
Kimball Hotel
New York
Stephen A. Dutton
Valenti McLaughlin
Hoboken
McLaughligh
Amon
Bal Wall Street
A. A. Dutton
KF. Zelig
M. Wickster
Hamlin
W. Va
McLaughlin
Kentucky
Hampton Park City
Mecklenberg Gold and Copper Company
Baltimore
Chesapeake Fire Insurance Company
Louisiana
Pierre-Phosphate Mineing Company
Platte Canyon, Mining Company
Washington, City and Mining Company
William Williams
Oriental News From Formosa to Tokyo in Brief
Steamship Dorie brings Formosan plague news and a dramatic Yokohama murder case. Mrs. Carew faces murder charges over arsenic poisoning in a tale of veiled witnesses and a vanished black-clad woman. Li Hung Chang in disgrace with four years’ loss in pay. cholera rising in Tokio.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dorie
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Formosa
R. H. Carew
Yokohama United Club
Mr. Carew
Annie Luke
Mrs. Carew
Pekin
Pe Chi Li
London
Kung Chow Yuan
Tokio
Maniac Escapes asylums Turns Violent Near Marion C
Henry Powers, a farmer five miles north of Marion C, escaped from Columbus asylum on Oct. 30. He returned home at around 6 am and fatally shot his wife with a musket before killing himself in a potato patch. An infant was left unharmed in bed as the 15 year old daughter fled to safety.
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Marion
Henry Powers
Here
Columbus
Shaw
Powers
Froze to Death at New Orleans Duck Hunt Tragedy
In New Orleans on November 30, John Barker head bookkeeper at Christopher Crowley and Co died after a boating accident during a cold duck hunting trip at the rigoletts. He lingered in the marsh as a chill overtook him. a dozen ducks lay in the failed boat.
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New Orleans
John Barker
Christopher, Crowley & Co
Baker
Rigolets
Tremendous Floods Drive Families From Homes in Night Robes
Ice gorge blocks Chippewa River causing rapid backwater across Durand and Pepin areas. Hundreds flee to rail lines and higher ground as basements flood on Spring Street. rescuers race to reach trapped residents amid deteriorating conditions. Mexico City and other regions report Diaz’s oath, rail expansion plans, and broad economic activity amid flood and other crises.
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Chippewa
Wis
AML
River Street
Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company
Little Falls
Mau Claire
Badger Mills
Chippewa Falls
Fan Claire
Durand
Chipppewa
Spring Street
Pepin
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Chipppewa Valley
Smith's Slough
Kline Junction
Chicago, Burlington
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Degado Werje
Cartillo
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San Jose de Los Balog
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Mank
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Visiga
Manuel Peres
Valanillo
Piazzaro
Linares
Santiago de Cuba
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la Gazpia
Cape San Antonio
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Man
Far del Rio
Weyler
Cristobal
Santa Cruz de Los Pinos
Taco Taco
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San Diego
Passig
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Palacios
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Aldino
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Maceo
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Key West
Florida
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Mariel
Colazzo
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Hudson
New. York
Swan
New York and New Jersey
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Everett
Mass
Glasgow
Coral Hill
State Board of Health
Board of Safety
Middlesboro
Johnny Branham
Cubs
Li Mung Chang Jin
Perry
N. Y
Luther Greenman
Mrs.Greenman
Chippewa River
Field
Kansas City
Emma Layton
Independence
Ridgeway
Bentonville, Ark
M. B. Hill
China
Methodist Episcopal Church
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Memphis
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L. J. Williams
J. V. White
D. L. White
Williams
Will Hame
Willams
Board of Control of the State Dispensary
Conway
Ark
San Henderson
Charles Howell
Bixford
Ind
Jali
J. Fount Tilliman
Register of the Treasury
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