Pacific Cable Will Touch British Soil at All Points
New York dispatch from London reports the British empire cable project advancing toward a nearly 9000 mile direct wire. It will connect British colonies plus landing sites at Hawaii. Parliament openings and imperial policy debates frame the story as engineers outline routes and funding.
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Pacific Cable
York
Tribune
London
Weill
Lord Voneberg
Hey
Beilin
Asad
Te Nationallis Caniveauarn
Belden
Taraway
Wit
Asim Fry
UyHuedt
Orler
England
Pretoria
Kruger
Ptohyns
Diplomatie Rreien
Prenth Goversi
Ee Gariian
Peror
Germany
South
New York Wholesale Grocers Debate Sugar Sales Strategy
A New York wholesale grocers meeting of the association discussed loosening restraints on refined sugar purchases and sales. President G Waldo Smith indicated no final action on sugar readjustment, pledging executive study while members would buy from refiners at low prices and set selling prices for business interests. The discourse referenced the sugar plan favored by refiners and past proposals on cost reduction and trade discounts.
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New York
York
Dee
Whilesale
G_ Waldo Smith
Association Pahs
Petrie B
Sigar
Stolin
He Aize
Monitor's Companion Reveals Naval Craft and Crew Details
Fragmentary notes describe a monitor named Amphitrite with Cunier-training and a shop, plus references to divers returning and a birth notice. The handwriting is unclear but suggests a naval inquiry and equipment fitting discussions alongside time references and various names.
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Howton
Dee
Wythe Ewe
Etiasn
Fexton
Cunier
Death of Col Allen Buckner Sparking Memorial Order
The death of Col Allen Buckner of Baldwin in Town a month ago prompted a departmental memorial order by G A R commander W W Martin. Buckner, a longtime chaplain of the Kansas G A R and a Civil War fighting parson, served from 1861 to 1865 and survived wounds at Missionary Ridge and Chickamauga before later roles in Kansas veterans affairs.
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Allen Buckner
Baldwin
Metlon
G. AR
Kansas
W. W. Martin
Gal. Buckner
Col. Buckner
Holton
G. A. Fi
Col Buckner
Bret
Iinois
Poa
Wrankiin
Naghville
Louis Armsby
Council Grove
Kansas Galr
George Adams
Junction City
German Force Loses Twenty Soldiers Near Pantingfi
Dec 4 report states German troops west of Pantingfi suffered twenty killed with many wounded after 260 Boxers attacked. A powder magazine in the arsenal exploded, suspected to be caused by two Chinese in the area. The blast was felt four miles away at Then Tein.
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Pantingfi
Shanshal
Tien
Bussling
Tree
Tein
Mies
Board of Trade Exiles Director Over Grain Receipt Fraud
Chicago December 4 The Board of Trade expelled a director after a criminal court acquittal in a case alleging grain theft from the Chicago Elevator Company warehouse. The decision, taken near 2 am by an almost unanimous vote, aimed to remove the director despite lack of receipts cancellation. Evidence suggested the elevator operator also stored grain at the facility without canceling receipts, triggering the removal.
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Chicago
Poyd
Smith
Chicago Blecstor
Hosed of Trade
Almot Ununinet
Joe Hat
of Grain
Thom Thevaters
New York Poor Report Details Causes of Distress
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor releases its seventy seventh annual report. It records $26,000 spent by the relief department for 19,513 people. Investigated as causes are shiftlessness in 248 cases illness 198, intemperance 312, old age 207 and desertion 32. Public critique notes the house tone and broader social evil of overcrowded housing.
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New York
New York Association For Imgreviss
Relief Department
Board of Managers
T. #2 Cutting
Suffrage Bazaar Opens at Madison Square Garden
New York December 4 Miss Susan B Anthony opened a National Suffrage Bazaar at Madison Square Garden last night. Notable guests included Mrs Isabel Beecher Stowe Mrs Antoinette Brown Blackwell and Mrs Charlotte Perkins Gilman among others. The event followed the withdrawal of Mrs Lilian Devereux Blake from hosting duties at the National Suffrage Association.
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New York
Susan B. Anthony Wee
Madison Square Garden
Tsabelia Beecher Mooker
Brown Rackwell
Charlotta Hsilgar
Mariana
Robert Iste
W. Schieffelove
Trussell Sage
Henry
Roasted to death in Dallas saloon fire mystery
A man named Pat Rain, longtime Garland constable, was burned and blinded when turpentine was poured on him as flames engulfed a Dallas saloon. He died at 6 pm after being identified by two men from the bed room. Suspects Faulkner and Chapman were guarded. a mob demanded them at the jail. The incident sparked outrage and no motive yet known. The report also includes a presidential note about the Isthmian canal commission.
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Dallas
Tex
Ibogene Faulkner
J. W. Chapman
Pat Rain
Garland
Imp
Faulkner
Chapman
Panama or Nicaragua Canal Debate Shapes 20th Century Route
The article weighs whether the United States should purchase or gain rights for a Panaman route versus a Nicaragua route. It compares distances, ship passage times, and maintenance costs, noting Nicaragua’s potential shorter locks and more direct path but Panama’s easier political access. Governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica favor favorable terms, while Colombia’s stance complicates a Panamanian alternative.
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United States
Nicarazua Canal
Panam
Ourstar
Nicaragul
Nicatigua
Joneer
Colombi
Aaron Canal
Rha Coma Sion
Uch Mn
Niemigaa
Conta Rica
Ane Uptram
Ted We
Ate
Nicsragas
Costa Rios
Hamilton Blocks Witness Fee Claim at County Court
County commissioners on Monday refused to approve BE Good as a witness fee claimant for $40 in the city court. Auditor Hamilton ruled the county cannot pay such fees unless the court makes a specific finding that the prosecuting witness should cover them. The four preliminary criminal cases cited were all dismissed with no explicit ruling.
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Good
Hamilton
I Hamilton
Blobbs
Market Report Covers Wheat Corn and Livestock Prices
Chicago daily market notes show January wheat dip then recovery amid mixed signals from reports of damages to an oil refinery. Corn demand steady with weather aiding planting prospects. hogs and cattle receipts mixed as traders weigh futures and cash markets amid thin country offerings.
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Chicago
Hanenpalid
Tmlath
Anit
Boron
Seana
Gery
Mt. Stas
Receipta
Pulte
Wiis
SAGE
Cuinekers
Peery
Nelfers
Hanners
Uber
Stooneas
Heceipts—Catthe
Ihg
Hors
Sheen
Hows
Goi Commiantings Commission Samping
Kausan Iiverpool
Igher
Liverpool
Fareten
Rusti
Thiers Et Jaues
Antwerp
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Hawaii
Highting Parson
Len Buckner
Board OF Trade
WHATH
Linyd J. Smith
Susan B. Anthony
Presbyterain Dijon
New York City
Hotel Savoy
Frank £. Shyer
Mmenese
Eg R Ervin
Charles A. Hilekes
Philadelphia
Mary E. Woolley
Mount Howels Seminary
James H. .Ganneld
Phancellor
University of Ene
University of Ohio
Russelle
Topeka
Topeka Hotel
Sixth and
Jackson Streets
Texas
Sted
Comn
United State
Nicaragua
Senate
House of Representaen
Congress
Isthiluneuhal Commission
Isa Wat
Executive Mansion
Poday’s Market Report
Eaness City
Saud
Sarse Nee Ee
Batic
Kansas City
Wasa Es Byestyyn
Topeke
Elgin
Galveston
Paria
Chisago
Jocal Oper
Chicaee
Sutter
Yeamery
Aijitaened
Erste
Ian Porke
Jon
Aguigatyd
Putatonl
Minneapolia
J.C. Prinean
Iouac
Poe
Serge
Carreupwindntin
Minnespolla
J.C. Goings Commission Co
Hambers
Chicago Board of Trade
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