Oxford Sheriff Murder Case Ends in Charred Home
Deputy Marshal John A. Montgomery and Deputy Hugh Montgomery were killed while attempting to arrest alleged counterfeiter and moonshiner Will Mathis. Mathis fled. his house was burned with two bodies found among the ruins. A posse of Oxford citizens vows to pursue Mathis.
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Oxford
Miss
John A. Montgomery
United States
Hugh Montgomery
Pontotoc
Will Mathis
Curdy Hall
Mathis
South Carolina Exposition Opens December First
Charleston reports progress on the Interstate and West Indian Exposition with key buildings completed or nearing completion. Opening religious exercises December 1 feature clergy prayers and a concert, followed December 2 by Senator Chauncey Depew's opening address and a military parade with a pyrotechnic display.
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Charleston
S. C
South ‘Carolina
Illinois
Maryland
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
South
Ellison Capers
Episcopal Church of South Carolina
M. C. Duncan
South Carolina Methodist Conference
Mer. D. J. Quigley
H. P. Northrop
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
B. R. Tillman
J. L. McLaurin
South Carolina
Miles B. Mc
Labor Riot Breaks Out at Providence Coal Mines in Kentucky
In Madisonville Kentucky on November 8 a mine riot left James H. Smith dead and George Crouch fatally wounded with several guards wounded. The 75 to 80 attackers bombarded the engine house stable tipple and housing of nonunion workers for about an hour and a half before fleeing. County authorities ordered an inquest and two state troops were deployed to assist local guards under Capt H Thomas and Lt Robert Bellamy.
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Madisonville
James H. Smith
George Crouch
John West
Hut Dawson
Nathan Bush
Providence Coal Company
Smith
Crouch
Hall
Providence
Adjt
Murray
Hopkinsville
Kentucky State Guard
H. Thomas
Robert D. Bellamy
brigands in Sofia delay response on Ellen Stone ransom
In Sofia on Nov 18 the abductors of Ellen M. Stone and Mme. Tsilka have not replied to US diplomat Dickinson’s latest proposals. The delay is blamed on internal brigand disputes and the risk to Miss Stone’s health as time passes. An ultimatum restricting ransom increases is suggested to force a decision, though it could endanger Stone.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Ellen M. Stone
Mme
Tsilka
Dickinson
United States
Ranssom
Miss Stone
Little Girl Killed in Wreck Near St Charles Station
One person died and five others injured when a through train from St Paul collided with a milk train near St Charles station on the Chicago Great Western line. A Sycamore girl was killed instantly as two coaches telescoped. The milk train coaches caught fire and were burned. A wrecking train was sent from St Charles.
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Chicago
Chicago Great Western Road
St. Charles
St. Paul
Gue
Sycamore
Gift of silver service presented to battleship Illinois
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Hackett accepted a silver service gifted by the people of Illinois for the battleship Illinois in a ceremony at Newport News. Senator William E. Mason spoke, presenting the set on behalf of Illinois, as Captain Converse of the Illinois accepted for the Navy. The ten piece display includes a large and small punch bowl, two candelabras, fruit dishes, epicurean dishes, a centerpiece, a ladle, and crests with the state emblem and an ear of corn.
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Newport News
Hackett
Navy
Illinois
United States
William E. Mason
Mason
Converse
Wheat Exports to Mexico Break Records Amid Tariff Hope
From the western United States wheat floods Mexico City markets with shipments rising toward 1500 cars by December. Buyers and railroads foresee continued imports beyond tariff removal if corn remains scarce and the proclamation remains in force.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Republic
Oldest South Dakota resident dies at 104 in Sioux Falls
Mrs Margaret Stringham aged 104 died in Sioux Falls South Dakota from injuries suffered in an accident Friday. She was born in Kentucky and moved with her son to the state 19 years ago. Two sons survive her.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Margaret Stringham
Kentucky
Canal Treaty Advances U S Control and Neutralization
Washington reports Lord Pauncefote received authority to sign the Hay treaty granting the United States exclusive military and civil control of the isthmian canal. The pact requires open access to all nations, preserves neutralization, and allows defense and fortification by the United States.
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Washington
Lord Pauncefote
Hay
United States
Great Britain
Lord Lansdowne
Ambassador Choate
Lord Pauncefere
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Isthmian Canal Commission
Walker
Nicaraugua
Empress Edict Honors Li Hung Chang with Memorial Arch
In Peking the empress dowager issued an edict praising Li Hung Chang and ordering a memorial arch near his birthplace. The edict states that his eldest son’s marquis rank will descend through 23 generations and grants high rank to other sons, grandsons, and their lucrative offices.
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Peking
Li Hung Chang
Baltimore and Ohio to order 1902 rolling stock
Baltimore and Ohio railroad will place orders for 1902 delivery including fifty locomotives thirty eight passenger cars and six thousand freight cars. Estimated cost seven million dollars and the order covers fifty five thousand tons of rail.
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Baltimore, Md
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Queen Liliuokalani Visits America on China Arrival
Former Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii travels from the Orient aboard the China and arrives in San Francisco for a protracted visit as the steamer reaches the West Coast.
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Liliuokalani
America
San Francisco
China
Hawaii
Post Office Robbed at Ross Wisconsin
Robbers entered the Ross Wisconsin post office near Viroqua at night. The safe was blown open and overturned with about 100 dollars in money and stamps taken. The incident occurred November 18. Local authorities investigated and searched for clues.
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Milwaukee
Ross
Wis
Viroqua
Worker Buried in Molten Slag At Howard Axel Works
One man dies and two are seriously burned when workers are buried under a mass of molten slag at Howard Axel works in Homestead Pennsylvania on Sunday. The victim is John Ruska, 50, of Homestead, who leaves a wife and four children.
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Homestead
Howard Axel Works
John Ruska
Fatal Fire in Franklin Destroys Block and S Supplies
Fire in Franklin Pennsylvania damaged the Printz block and stock worth about 50000 dollars. Edward Henderson a colored janitor sleeping in the basement suffocated in the blaze.
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Franklin
Printz
Edward Henderson
Bank Robbery Sparked Sioux County Fight and Capture
Bandits blew the Greenville bank vault near Sioux Rapids and fled to Albert City where a gun battle wounded C. J. Lodine and Sundland. Sundland died later. another robber died from the fight. Robbers were captured near Albert City and storm Lake. Police recovered $435 and found $500 hidden in a cornfield. search continues.
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Sioux City
Bank of Greenville
Sioux Rapids
Bank of
Albert City
C. J. Lodine
John Sundland
Laurens
Storm Lake
Sundland
Mike Conlin
Conlin
Plan A Revolt Rumor Stirs Northwest Alaska
An undated Call report from Skagway alleges a vast conspiracy to topple Canadian rule in Alaska and form a Dawson backed republic with Dawson as capital. It claims 5000 miners, arms movement via rail, and ringleaders among Skagway residents. Seattle officials dismiss the tale as credulous.
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San Francisco
Skagway
Alaska
Dawson
Victoria
Vancouver
Seattle
Northwest Territory
Wash
Skaguay
United States
Shoup
MacNeills Island
Insurgents Attacked Ninth Infantry Near Tarangan Samar
Company E of the Ninth Infantry under Capt. F. H. Schoeffel repelled a bolo assault six miles from Tarangan on Samar. One corporal and a scout were killed. one private wounded. Sixteen insurgents died. riflemen escaped. Capt. Herman Hall reports 30 to 50 rebels per band in Batangas with four engagements. Hall’s scout captured one insurgent officer and 50,000 pounds of rice. Ten Hotchkiss guns slated for southern island operations.
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Manila
Ninth Infantry
F. H. Schoeffel
Many Pulpits Filled in Fort Worth Churches
On Sunday in Fort Worth Texas thirty four WCTU women occupied as many pulpits across city churches preaching morning and evening. They avoided doctrinal debates and covered broad religious topics with Methodists in a Presbyterian pulpit and Unitarians addressing a Methodist Episcopal South congregation while Baptists and Congregationalists united under temperance themes.
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Fort Worth
Tex
W.C.T.U
Methodist Episcopal South
Temperance
Records Fall as Beef Prices Hit high at East Liberty Show
Pittsburg hosts the third annual East Liberty stock show ending with a banquet for shippers breeders and dealers. Behoud cattle set price records with a load of first prize beef selling for 2114 cents per pound and a 2190 pound steer fetching 4280 dollars. Prizes awarded include 500 sweepstake to Charles E Scheer and 300 first prizes for Aberdeen Angus and short horns with multiple 200 and 100 dollar prizes to other bidders and sellers across Ohio Indiana and West Virginia.
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East Liberty
Pittsburg
Simon O’donnell
Charles E. Scheer
T. McBaine
McBaine
J. & D. Funk
Bloomington
Ill
A. Armstrong
Camargo
J. H. Cable
Westfield
W. I. Wood
Piqua
L .F. Funk
R. B. Gordon
South Salem
J. A. Black
Lisbon
Kirk & Porter
Holland
J. D. Hammet & Sons
Jenera
Leader Brothers & Levan
Signal
J. M. Adams
Coshocton
J. F. Milton
Waynesburg
Lockjaw cases after Camden vaccination alarm officials
Nine tetanus cases linked to vaccination in Camden New Jersey trigger health and education board meetings. Seven deaths reported with two patients in danger. Philadelphia officials note prior tetanus cases but no action. Coroner plans inquiry. Atlantic City reports a nine year old girl’s death and two prior in two weeks.
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Camden
N. J
Philadelphia
Board of Health
Board of Education
H. H. Davis
Dugan
Atlantic City
Bessie Kessler
Bergman Anarchist Seeks Liberty From Prison
Alexander Bergman the anarchist who in 1892 broke into H C Frick’s Pittsburg office to shoot him and was sentenced to prison petitions the superior court for liberty under a new cumulative law. The court ordered the warden to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be issued with the rule returnable December 26. Bergman says three indictments charged no offense and he has served time for others, less the time off by the new law.
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Bergman
Raid on Fishing Tugs Drops Nets In Offseason Battle
St Joseph Michigan deputy state game warden Brewster raided six fishing tugs on Lake Michigan for off season net use. One tug was rammed twice, three surrendered and two escaped as authorities move to enforce seasonal fishing rules.
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St. Joseph, Mich
Brewster
Lake Michigan
Two Frightful Accidents in Canadian Mines
News from Sault Ste Marie reports two dynamite accidents near the Canadian Sea. At Helen iron mine James Ryan was killed by a 5000 pound dynamite explosion while drying it by a fire. At McMillan copper mine four miners were badly injured in a premature blast while thawing dynamite.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Helen
Michipicoten
James Ryan
McMillan Copper Mine
Rock Lake
Counterfeit 20 notes case links Camden lawyer to Lancaster plot
John L. Semple of Camden enters trial in federal court for aiding Arthur Taylor and Baldwin Bredell in making and circulating counterfeit $20 notes. The Lancaster conspiracy involved stamps, plates, and a hidden press in a Snow Hill jail cell with nightly work and concealment tools. Witness Taylor described prisoners using a hood to shield light and hiding plates in a magazine.
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Philadelphia
John L. Semple
Camden
N. J
United States District Court
McPherson
Arthur Taylor
Baldwin Bredell
Semple
Lancaster
Jacobs and
Kendig
Holland
Taylor and Bredell
Sawyer Semple
Snow Hills
New York
Harry Taylor
Arthur
Bredell
Taylor
Wreck on Great Northern Kills Ten and Injures Many
A Great Northern collision near Blair Montana on Sunday killed ten men and seriously injured 28 more. An extra freight struck a work train carrying forty one Japanese laborers at a sharp curve, trapping occupants under burning wreckage. Most on board perished. only three escaped.
Rich ore strike at Mesaba range in Minnesota
J R Waller and partners show Bessemer ore samples from Section 36 near Virginia on the Mesaba range. They leased 320 acres from the state on August 26 and found a promising bed, with experts estimating a potential 10,000,000 tons if mineralized to 20 feet deep and 400 feet wide, yielding $2,500,000 in state royalties.
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St. Paul, Minn
J. R. Waller
Capitol
State Auditorium
Bessemer
Virginia
Mesaba Range
Waller
Milwaukee Road
C. H. Nicholls
Burt
H. C. Nichols
Minneapolis
Policeman Sherwell Charged With Murder in Evansville
Wilbur S. Sherwell a policeman was arrested charged with the murder of Lena Renner last week. He claims an alibi though testimony against him is circumstantial. Police believe he acted with an accomplice in the slayings of Lena Renner and Georgia Bailey after a visit to a road house.
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Evansville
Ind
Wilbur S. Sherwell
Lena Renner
Sherwell
Georgia Bailey
New Canal Treaty Signed By United States And Britain
Washington reports the Hay Pauncefote treaty signed by Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote. The agreement removes British guarantee of canal neutrality, leaving the United States sole guarantor while fortification rights remain optional for the US. The treaty remains secret until Senate release.
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Washington
Hay
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Mississippi
Posse
Bank Bureglars
Minn
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