Peril of the Kodak When Traveling In the Mikado's Neck
Yokohama dispatch reports an imperial carriage attack in Tokyo with a lone lunatic flinging his purse and wooden clogs to gain attention. Foreigners and Harvard club ties spark interest as two Boston youths are released after a camera incident near a fortification.
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Peril
The
Kodak
Neck O' Woods
Jap Ministry
Chicago
Associated Press
Yokohama
Tokyo
Imperial Household Department
Djipan
Harvard Club
Baron Kaneko
Shimonosek
Burden
Winthrop
Boston
Kaneko
Bostonians
Porto Rico schooling expansion and reform urged
Porto Rico education commissioner Brumbaugh says 800 teachers serve 388,000 pupils with 800,000 children still unaided. Calls for new school law, better teacher licensing, closer supervision, and more American teachers fluent in Spanish to cut illiteracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. G. Brumbaugh
Porto Rico
Brumbaugh
Groff
His Neighbors Hero Ally at Work Near Indiana Farm
In Iv an Indiana on November 15 a neighbor and ally worked at a farm near here trying to save a life after an incident described in noisy, fragmentary OCR text. The report notes bonis and a high effort at the bottom of a field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPheters
Lvan
Ind
Bonis
Springfield
William Wilson
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Justice Binkerhoff
Oliver Singleton
Singleton
Wilson
Temple Building
Fight to Oust Iowa Bell Company in Des Moines
On November 15 F M Hubbell and C B Campbell launched a suit to remove the Iowa Bell Telephone company from Des Moines streets alleging franchise expired and pole wire encumbrances harm property. The company counters that city officials have recognized its presence and that vested rights with over 100000 invested justify continued operation. In St Paul on the same date Senator Davis’ doctors reported a comfortable day with three hours sleep and improved condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Company
Des Moines
F. M. Hubbell
C. BE. Campbell
Iowa (Bell) Telephone Company
St. Paul
Wolverine Motor works plant to be built in Holland
Holland Michigan November 15 Snyder treasurer signed papers securing a site on Macatawa bay for Wolverine Motor works of Grand Rapids. The factory will be placed here immediately, soon followed by machine shops and engine works. One hundred men will be employed when the plant is in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland, Mich
Snyder
Macatawa Bay
Wolverine Motor Works
Grand Rapids
Double Track Secured Through Fond du Lac by CNW
Late yesterday afternoon all options had been secured for the double track through Fond du Lac Wisconsin by the Chicago and Northwestern. The line extends to Milwaukee and rights of way have been secured for the remaining portions of the system from Chicago to Green Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wis
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Market and price quotes for livestock and grains
Livestock receipts and bids listed for Hogs Cattle and Sheep with price ranges. East Buffalo New York markets report cattle hogs and sheep receipts and bids, while St Louis and Milwaukee grain markets show wheat corn oats rye and barley quotes with assorted futures and cash prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis Grain
St. Louis
Sane
Milwaukee
Typhoid Fever Sways Russian Imperial Health Update
St. Petersburg dispatch reports Tsar Nicholas II developing typhoid fever after influenza. Bulletin notes good night and satisfactory general condition with temperature 101.6 and pulse 92. Grand Duke Michael plans to return to Russia as British actions in South Africa draw comment from London and Berlin accords gratitude for McKinley reelection with steady US relations.
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St. Petersburg
Baron de Fredericks
Imperial Household
Ozar
Rissta Ture
Hirsch
Tichonoff
Baron de Frederichs
Fredensborg
Denmark
Grand Duke
Michael
Russia
Dowager Empress and Kwang Han Reported to Return to Peking
From Tien-Tsin on November 15 an imperial edict announces the return of Emperor Kwang Hsu and the empress dowager to Peking. A Russian column of 830 men with four guns returned after clashing with 2,000 Chinese troops at Hsia-Tsang, killing 200 with no Russian casualties. Berlin reports the Kaiser's Reichstag address urged punishment for China over attacks on envoys and alien dwellings. Washington notes British criticism of U.S. stance on China, with Conger told to press for swift agreement and agreeing with powers on punishment, indemnity, and future security.
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Tien-Tsin
Kwang Hsu
Peking
Hsia-Tsang
Berlin
Reichstag
China
Law of Nations
Washington
United States
London
Conger
Paoting-Fu
Naming His Own Terms in the Watter London Navy
Report from The Daily Mail in Pretoria quotes Commandant General Botha sending terms to Lord Roberts as war news from South Africa expands with eight to ten minor actions along the Orange River to Lydenburg. The Tribune’s London correspondent notes increased rank and variety of reports.
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DeWet
England
War Office
South Africa
London
Lisbon
Daily Mail
Herr Pots
Transvaal
Lourenzo Marques
Navy
Botha
Pr Toria
Lord Roberts
New York
the Tribune
Orange River
Lydenburg
Nder
Episcopal Canons Seek Stricter Marriage Divorce Rules
The general Episcopal conference in San Francisco next October will consider three new canons on marriage and divorce. If approved the church would condemn divorce and remarriage of divorced persons while both spouses are alive. A twelve member committee drafted the canons after extensive debate, detailing impediments and witness requirements for any marriage and requiring identity verification of both parties.
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New York
General Conference
The
Protestant Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Epscopal Church
General Episcopal Conference
State Constitutional Convention Vote Totals
Returns from eighty-five of ninety-nine counties show 150100 in favor of calling a convention for revision of the Iowa constitution and 647 in opposition. Other counts from eighty-eight counties give 161760 for Titus biennial elections and Whata against. Officials fear incumbents may stay in office if the amendment is construed literally, unless they resign and governors appoint successors.
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Des Moines
Titus
Remley
Muscatine
Iowa
Remely
Well Heeled Young Woman Goes to Right Some Wrongs
Miss Jennie Young a dentist armed with a horsewhip and revolver attacked clothing merchant John W. Goodwin and his clerk Oscar Franee in Rushville Illinois. Goodwin blocked the shot and the other man fled into an adjoining store. Miss Young says the men spread derogatory reports about her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Ills
Navy
Jennie Young
John W. Goodwin
Oscar Franee
Goodwin
Miss Young
France
Railway Collision Kills Conductor Near Gellivare Sweden
A railway crash near Gellivare Sweden killed one conductor and injured several passengers as trains collided. The incident prompted emergency response and investigations into railway safety practices.
Canon on divorce penance and church dispensation debated
A church conference adopts a three section canon restricting baptism, confirmation, and communion for divorced individuals who remarry while the former spouse is alive. The measure allows appeals to bishops, with possible dispensations after counsel. Also reported are a Sioux City rector dispute over Dutch preaching and a proposed new county in Wisconsin with Tomahawk as seat.
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Morgan Dix
Trinity Parish
Hoffman
New York
Mann
St. Louis
Alton
Philadelphia
Eccleston
Baltimore
Francis A. Lewis
Francis L. Stetson
Chas. H. Stanley
Washington
I E. G. Bradford
Wilmington
Del
California Cured Fruit Assoc Announces Prune Lead
The California Cured Fruit association declares it dominates the prune market. Twenty five English lacemakers imported by John Alexander Dowie, ordered deported, appeal their case to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Cured Fruit Association
John Alexander Dowie
Waskington
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Japan
Thomas McPheters
Palestine
Ill
Farmer Schichter
GiNs Prairie
Here
Racine, Wis
Fish
J. J. Harrington
Zetta R. Harrington
Lake Geneva
Root
Cuba
Havana
Wood
Cienfuegos
Santa Clara
Viking
Davis
Mark&ts
Chicago Grain and Produce
Milwaukee Grain
Fide
Chicago Board of Trade
Nicholas
Emperor
Germany
McKinley
Baron von Richthofen
White
Kwang Han
Episcopal Church
Alexandria
Michican
Lansing
Mich
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Michigan Sugar Company
Bay City
Gellivare
Sweden
Euperor William
Silesia
Ohio
Strong
Yale
Taft
Paris Figaro
Duke of Orleans
Paris
Prince George
Greece
Victoria
Wales
May Yoke
Hope
Duke of Newcastle
James J. Jeffries
Tom Sharkey
Hiamburg
Sioux City
Central Reform Church
Sioux Center
J. F. Heemstra
Hutchinson
Orange City
Wisconsi
Rhinelander
Price
Lincoln
Omeda
Tomahawk
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Josrpam Kren
H. Kren
Carr
Frank Stewart
I. M. Sprout
M. Keer
E.R. Powers
Egga
Bpootal
Opera House
Baird & Bailey's
Shoe Johnson’s Bakery
O. PF. Haight
Harwood
South Side
Evening Journal
Johnson's’ Bakery
Ashby
Nicola
LOUR
M. L. Logan
H. Knecht
Journal
Bailey
A. S, Hays
Reynolds Gallery
Beat
T. J. Dempsey
C.J. Wilson
Aquare
Attorney At Law
Qfelor
Alberson's Grocery
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Orat Aatore
W. E. Anderson
Quevice
Klein's Clothing
B. Cor. Sq
Norta the
Allenima
Jaok Farer
AGP &Ta Bcr&n Ry
Cedar Rapids
Phona No. 1
Hotel Allen
Frank Rowers
Marsh W. Bailey
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Bueinser
W.K. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Ass't Cash
Washington County
Don
A. H. Wallace
A. Watts
WM. Blair
C. M. Keck
First National Bank
Bobs
E. Dayton
Kratchwil
la Crosse
Gunther
Kemble
Kemble Flower Co
Oskaloosa
Madison Medicine Co
Madison
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