Empress Dowager Prepares Secret Manchu Army for 1904
Reports from Pekin indicate the Empress Dowager, angered by Western actions, is secretly enrolling 700000 Manchus aged 18 to 40. About 30000 are organized into regiments and half regiments, trained with modern rifles across northern provinces. The plan: a 500000 strong army led by Manchus, drilled for six months, with spring 1904 as a potential start.
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Tacoma
Wash
China
Peekin
Omnibus Statehood bill faces Senate showdown
Washington cover story notes Senate Republicans led by Quay back the Omnibus bill merging Oklahoma and Indian Territory with Arizona. Delegate Flynn shifts to Omnibus only, Democrats led by Smith back unity of all three territories. Beveridge, Bard, Otis cited as influences amid expected vote before end of next week.
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Washington, D. C
Medeas
House
Senate
Quay
Flynn
Oklahoma
Smith
Arizona
Platt
New York
Delegate Smith
Beveridge
Indian Territory
Bailey
Texas
Bard
California
Los Angeles
Congress
Gen. Otis
Los Angeles Times
Otis
Los Angeles Herald
Sims Ely
Phoenix
Mosby Charges Denied by Nebraska Senator Millard
Senator Millard of Nebraska denies involvement in land issues tied to Col. Mosby and fencing of public domain. He recounts interviews and notes, stating no advice to violate law and suggests possible leasing legislation with government approval. He also clarifies Omaha visit details and the Sand Hills cattlemen’s fencing disputes.
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Washington, D. C
Millard
Nebraska
Col. Mosby
Washington
Senator Dietrich
Omaha
West
Intel
Angry Father Foils Revolver Attack in Police Court
In Kansas City a tempers flare as Frederick Fender, 65, tries to shoot Robert Moore, 34, the man who ran away with Fender's daughter Emma Fender, 17. Jailor Emmons disarms the father after a brief struggle. Moore is jailed on a state charge and Fender returns to Iola with his daughter after consultation with humane society officials.
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Kansas City
Emons
Emma Fender
Frederick Fender
Iola
Kansas
Robert Moore
Moore
Fender
Palsey
Emmons
Branham
Britain and Germany to press Venezuela with naval power
A State Department report notes possible joint action by Great Britain and Germany against Venezuela during Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral Coghlan's Caribbean presence. The plan involves German cruisers Niobe Ariadne and Amazon and British ships near St Vincent, aiming to enforce debts while the U S upholds the Monroe doctrine.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Great Britain
Germany
Republic of Venezuela
Venezuela
Caribbean Sea
Dewey
Coghlan
Roosevelt
United States
Amazon
Geier
Falke
Tribune
St. Vincent
Caribbean
Kearharge
Illinois
Iowa
Alabama
Indiana
Massachusetts
Maine
Fourteen Die In Chicago Lincoln Hotel Fire
A blaze at the Lincoln Hotel on Madison Street in Chicago killed fourteen guests and left nineteen bodies recovered. Most victims, from Iowa Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan, perished from smoke as they tried to escape via stairs and fire escapes. The hotel, housing 125 to 150 guests for the Live Stock Exposition, was called a fire trap by authorities.
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Chicago
Ill
Lincoln Hotel
Madison Street
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Arbitration Board Hopes for Quick Settlement
SCRANTON Pa Dec 4 There were no developments toward a settlement outside the commission of the existing differences between miners and employers. Rumors of peace persist but attorneys offer no information. The commission hopes attorneys expedite hearings and may adopt rules to hasten evidence presentation if both sides fail to agree on a speedy method.
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Scranton
Reed in Washington Not Serious After Illness
Former speaker Reed, ill in Washington, had a reasonably comfortable night. Doctors report symptoms of appendicitis abated but kidney complications developed. physicians say condition not alarming.
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Tom Reed
Washington
Reed
Negress Feigns Injury With Needles to Fool Officials
Lexington reports Sis Carter, described as a hoodoo victim, confessed to inserting needles and pins into her flesh to gain sympathy and release. Doctors initially believed a mysterious ailment, but Dr Helm uncovered the ruse after investigating at the station and questioning her.
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Lexington
Sis Carter
Teles