Gordon Highlanders storm Dargai ridge in deadly charge
London reports recall of the October 20 assault on Dargai ridge where the Gordon Highlanders led a bold crossing under heavy fire. Colonel Mathias and Piper Findlates inspired the attack with the pipe tune Cock of the North. Captain Robinson of the Ghurkas died leading a second rush.
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London
Dargai Ridge
Gordon Highlanders
Biggs
Ghurka
Derbyshire Regiment
Dorsetshire Regiment
Dargai
Kempster
Mathias
Highlanders
Piper Findlates
Robinson
Ghurkas
Montana suffragists form political party aims
Helena report says the state convention of suffragists voted to form a political party with a state central committee led by Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskell. The group remains a party without votes, pushing equal suffrage for both sexes under a concise platform.
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Helena
Mont
Ella Knowles Haskell
Sovereign Removed as Knights of Labor Leader in Louisville
Jas R Sovereign longtime general master workman is relieved by the Knights of Labor general assembly in Louisville along with three executive officers. Henry A Hicks chosen to replace Sovereign and I D Chamberlain named general worthy foreman. Change surprise to labor circles, said to be a prearranged move with Sovereign's consent. He said he wished retirement and rest from the office.
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Louisville
Jas. R. Sovereign
Knights of Labor
General Assembly
Sovereign
Order
T. B. McGuire
Worthy Foreman
Amsterdam
N. Y
Daniel Brown
Montana
H. B. Martin
Minneapolis
Henry A. Hicks
New York City
Mr. Sovereign
I. D. Chamberlain
Pueblo
Insolvency case over Bank of Genesee assets
Supreme court reverses Lewiston term ruling in Bank of Genesee insolvency matters. Assignee John H. Gaffney challenged orders allowing attorney fees totaling 2292.50 paid between December 1896 and May 1897, issued without assignee notice and deemed excessive.
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Boise
Idaho
Supreme Court
Lewiston
Latah County
Bank of Genesee
John H. Gaffney
Denning
Piper
Chambers
Branding to be resumed for U.S. animals
Washington reports Major General Smith issues a regulation to brand all public animals with U S on the left fore shoulder two inches high. Cavalry horses assigned to units will also be branded on a fore hoof and below the coronet. The practice, halted earlier for humane reasons, is revived for clear identification.
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Washington
United States
Smith
U. S
The Threat of Russia Demands Crimean War Indemnity
In Constantinople on November 14 the Russian embassy warned the Turkish government that unpaid arrears from the Turko Russian war amount to 1,300,000 pounds. It said Turkey should not use part of the Greek indemnity for armament increases and that Russia will demand payment if such policies continue. The note unsettled the diplomatic corps and is seen as pressuring Turkish military reforms.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Russia
Three Banks in Leavenworth Closed Amid Deposit Losses
Leavenworth Indiana three banks in Leavenworth Marigo and English closed their doors with deposits estimated at 160000 dollars. R H Willett cashier of the parent bank and major stockholder in the others has left for parts unknown.
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Leavenworth, Ind
Marigo
English
R. H. Willett
Boycott Not a Legal Weapon In Court Ruling
In St Louis on November 15 an opinion by the United States circuit court of appeals states that the boycott is not a legal weapon. The ruling narrows the means to protest and enforces limits on organized economic pressure.
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St. Louis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Redwood Grove Trees Span Vast Sizes and Ages
In Cala veras Grove California ninety two redwood trees are described. Ten exceed thirty feet in diameter while eighty two measure fifteen to thirty feet. Ages range from 1000 to 3500 years and heights from 150 to 237 feet.
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Calaveras Grove
Cal
Progress of News From All Quarters
The survey covers diverse items a day’s brief New World page: German jurist Dr. Heinrich Wiener dies. Georgia seeks to criminalize football with fines or imprisonment. Lovejoy monument in Alton dedicated. several bank dividends declared. new patents granted for mining tools and a baling press. Fort Custer and Fort Assiniboine recommended for abandonment. Iowa businessmen push to deny exemptions for married men on bills. Dr. Von Hollenden named ambassador to US. Rev. Dr. Collyer likely to fill Oakland pulpit. Great Northern annual report shows earnings and deficits. prairie fire burns 3000 sheep in Crosby County. Mormon elders assign missionaries in Ohio. Yale’s gifts reach record levels. Charles Page Bryan picked for China post. Thorn murder trial developments and a witness’s testimony. Wieboldt’s department store fire in Chicago. Robert T. Lincoln leads Pullman Car Co.. Bryan donates to memorial fund. Frances Willard plans sizable donation for temple fund. Pacific Steam Whaling aims to open Yukon route. Dover murder case pleads guilty. Jones Nixon Publishing head Gilliam shoots self. Barcelona police seize rifles for Carlists. Riverview Hotel fire in Kanakee. McKinley grants tonnage duty exemption to Mexican vessels. mutiny rumors in Puerto Principe. Buenos Aires sugar export bounty set. steel tubing cartel formed. Knapp inherits $75,000. Pesky of Mrs Beresford fame dies.
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Heinrich Wiener
Georgia House of Representatives
Lovejoy
Alton
Ill
Merchants’ & Miners’ National Bank
Phillipsburg
Mont
Northwestern National Bank
Great Falls
National Bank
Pendleton
John Jekiin
Spokane
Alfred Barrett
Puyallup
John D. Campbell
Leesburg
Idaho
War Department
Wade
Department of Dakota
Fort Custer
Montana
Fort Assinaboine
Iowa
von Hollenden
United States
Baron von Theilmann
Imperial Treasury
Brennan
Collyer
Brooklyn
First Unitarian Church of
Oakland
C. W. Wendt
Great Northern
Crosby
Texas
Leyman
Crowley
Ohio
Yale University
State Department
Charles Page Bryan
Chicago
Charles Denby
China
Thorn
Long Island City
N. Y
Agusta Nack
Martin Thorn
William Guldensuppe
W. A. Wieboldt & Co
Robert T. Lincoln
Pullman Car Company
William Jennings Bryan
Henry George Memorial Fund
Frances E. Willard
Pacific Steam Whaling Company
St. Michaels-Yukon
San Francisco
Copper River
Cook's Inlet
Five masked men rob Missouri Pacific train near Independence
Five masked robbers halted the Missouri Pacific St. Louis fast mail at the Chicago and Alton crossing near Independence. They held the crew at gunpoint, forced the express to open, and escaped with only $2.05 after seizing the engine and baggage cars.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Dennis O'Brien
Michael
Williams
Miner Killed in Snowslide at Red Fox Mine
London B C November 15 Joe McCribbin 25 died in a snowslide on a steep trail to the Noble Five range mine as a companion survived, body not recovered under 100 feet of snow, parents living in Oakland California.
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London
B. C
Joe McCribbin
Red Fox
McCribbin
Noble Five Range
Silver Bell
Oakland
Cal
City Free To Travelers Opens New Orleans Quarantines
The city board of health abolishes all quarantines within its jurisdiction, removing guards and opening New Orleans to travelers. Reports show 12 new yellow fever cases and six deaths yesterday, with Alabama noting one case and one death and Montgomery raising its quarantine against Mobile and New Orleans. Mississippi reports one new Edwards case.
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New Orleans
City Board of Health
Alabama
Montgomery
Mobile
Mississippi
Edwards
Editor Har rison stabbed to death in Ashland
Hot Springs Miss Nov 15. At Ashland twenty miles west W H Harrison editor of the Ashland Register was stabbed to death by J L McDonald. The two argued over a newspaper notice about an approaching lecture McDonald claimed the notice would have been more extended if the speaker had been a Methodist instead of a Baptist Harrison answered through his paper and the tragedy followed
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Hot Springs
Miss
Ashland
Here
W. H. Harrison
Ashland Register
J. L. McDonald
McDonald
Harrison
Missionaries Sail for Pitcairn Islands on Hyderabad
Five Seventh Day Adventist missionaries bound for Pitcairn Islands depart San Francisco aboard the British ship Hyderabad. They will head to England first and stop at the islands briefly to land their effects. The group includes J. C. Smith N. A. Hanford F. A. Taylor H. H. Christian and Miss Rose Young.
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San Francisco
Pitcairn Islands
Hyderabad
England
J. C. Smith
N. A. Hanford
F. A. Taylor
H. H. Christian
Rose Young
Fire destroys two Nutriment Co. buildings in Chicago
A blaze at the Nutriment Company factory at Court and Halsted streets damaged two buildings last night. Loss estimated from 75 000 to 100 000 with 50 000 insured. The Philadelphia based chemical firm suffered the fire’s impact in Chicago.
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Chicago
Nutriment Company
Philadelphia
Court and
Halsted Streets
Artesian Wells Boost Australian Agriculture
The official report on artesian wells in Australia reports successful irrigation efforts and a stimulus to farming. The note adds a curious line about hawks flying up to 150 miles per hour.
Northwest in Paragraphs Shipments and Shifts Across Regions
A compilation of regional notes reports Vancouver shipping six car loads of prunes weekly and a planned summer steamship line between New Whatcom and Dawson City. Seattle merchants fret over rising rents while Chehalis women clean streets. Wheat flows to Garfield and Mabton, with 25 carloads shipped from Mabton in October. State pasture lands leased in Columbia county fetches 12 to 20 dollars per section yearly. Everett customs records a historic month of receipts at 16 268 21.
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Vancouver
New Whatcom
Dawson City
Seattle
Chehalis
Garfield
Mabton
Yakima County
Columbia County Auditor
Everett Customs House
Superior Court
W. H. Brown
King County
San Jose
Portland
Tacoma
Northern Pacific
President Hill
The
Great Northern
Anaconda Loosens From Cage Injuring Watchman
A large anaconda exhibited in a Philadelphia museum yesterday severely injured Samuel Masher, the museum watchman, and killed a trick pony tied near its cage. The serpent escaped its cage after a board gave way and wrapped around Masher, who fainted as ponies frightened by the snake jumped. Workers secured the snake with a rope, and Masher was hospitalized with broken ribs.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Masher
Masher
Losso
Postmaster Gary Pushes Postal Savings Depositories
Washington reports the first annual postmaster general's review urging postal savings depositories as a national boon. The document outlines projected revenues for 1897 and 1898 and a 7500 balance with a $6,048,112.63 deficit for 1898.
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Washington
James A. Gary
Gary
Congress
Trial of H C St Clair in Idaho City Murder
In Idaho City on November 15 the trial begins for H C St Clair charged with murdering John Decker on October 22. Decker, a Spokane mining man, picked up by St Clair during a private trip, was shot while asleep in a deserted cabin near Van Wyck and dragged into brush after being robbed. St Clair later became intoxicated at Van Wyck.
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Boston
Idaho
Idaho City
H. C. St. Clair
John Decker
Spokane
St. Clair
Decker
van Wyck
Long Valley
van Wyek
Boycott ruled illegal in Kansas City stave case
In St Louis on November 14 a court declared the boycott in the Oxley Stave Company versus H C Hoskins and 12 others illegal. The defendants, members of Coop ers Union No 18 and the Trades Assembly, protested a hooping machine installed by the company in January 1896 and then organized a boycott after the request to withdraw the machine was refused.
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St. Louis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Oxley Stave Company of
Kansas City
H. C. Hoskins
Coopers’ Union No. 18
Trades Assembly
Oxley Stave Company
Stave Company
Bank Officials Arrested Over Insolvent Deposit Scheme
On warrants charging officers of the defunct Citizens' National Bank with taking deposits totaling 8110.44 from postmaster Howard T. Mallon while knowing the bank was insolvent, Mayor E D Olmsted Eugene B Hyde Daniel F Wetzel A A Newbery and W J Dwyer were arrested November 21 1894. Hyde was president and Newbery cashier with the others as directors. the case revives the bank’s troubled history.
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Citizens’ National Bank
Aving
Howard T. Mallon
E. D. Olmsted
Eugene B. Hyde
Daniel F. Wetzel
A. A. Newbery
W. J. Dwyer
Hyde
Newbery
Brazil President Moraes imposes 30 day martial law
A Rio Janeiro dispatch to the Times reports President Moraes has issued a decree establishing martial law for 30 days amid rising evidence of a political conspiracy linked to the recent assassination attempt. The police prefect, a prominent Jacobin, has resigned and street gatherings are prohibited. overall, the situation is said to be improving.
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London
The
Times
Rio Janeiro
Moraes
Prefecto
Insurgents Bomb Train Between Nuevitas and Puerto Principe
A Cuban insurgent attack detonated a mine and derailed a train between Nuevitas and Puerto Principe. The blast overturned the engine destroying several cars killing the engineer, fireman and 10 others and wounding many soldiers and passengers.
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Havana
Nuevitas
Puerto Principe
Fleshers' trade circular targets import livestock shipments
Rosecotton Cattle Glasgow reports the Fleshers' protective committee will not purchase United States or Canadian livestock carried by ships for importers outside the organization after December 1. The circular urges ship owners to avoid transporting such livestock to non members.
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Glasgow
Fleshers’ Trade Protective Committee
United States
German Demands Redress Over Hayti Lueders Case
Berlin threatens to sail Gefion to Port au Prince to secure indemnity after the arrest and imprisonment of German subject Herr Lueders. Lueders fled, Haiti faced mob threats against the German legation, and German minister Schwerin pressed for compensation. Lueders returned to New York on October 30 and sailed to Europe.
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Berlin
Wa Gefion
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Herr Lueders
Count Schwerin
Lueders
Germany
Legation
Foreign Office
Augustin Simon Sam
Sam
United States
Haiti
New York
Europe
Contest Filed Over James G. Fair Will in San Francisco
Charles L. Fair sues to overturn the will of James G. Fair alleging fraud and undue influence. He cites an alleged agreement with sisters Mrs. Herman Odrichs and Miss Virginia Fair and claims the decedent was mentally weak when the will was made. The estate valued at over ten million dollars.
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San Francisco
Charles L. Fair
James G. Fair
Herman Odrichs
Virginia Fair
Charles Fair
Fair
Senator Fair
Lawyer J F Kerman suicide after card debts in Leath Kansas
J F Kerman a longtime Leath attorney who was to face trial in Lawrence on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses killed himself this morning by taking carbolic acid. He had been involved in numerous shady financial schemes and was known as an active Sunday school worker after losing heavily at cards.
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Leath
Kan
J. F. Kerman
Lawrence
Langston Dies a Virginia Black Leader at 68
Ex Congress man J A Langston of Virginia, a prominent colored figure, died yesterday at age 68. Born a slave in 1829 he was emancipated at six and educated at Oberlin graduating in 1854. He studied law and practiced before his death in Washington. Portland Oregon updates note grain buyers McNear and Eppinger from San Francisco plan large wheat ventures in the Northwest.
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Washington
J. A. Langston
Virginia
Oberlin
Portland
George W. McNear
San Francisco
J. Eppinger
McNear
Eppinger
Northwest
Miner Nelson Claims McKinley Presidency Free Silver Bill
Helena Montana November 16 John Don Nelson a Marysville miner startled friends by declaring he was President McKinley and had signed the free silver bill. He was brought to Helena and jailed likely to be sent to the insane asylum.
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Helena
Mont
John Donnelson
Marysville
President McKinley
Donnelson
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