Perilous on the rail experiences of a few trains
Cyclone wrecks telegraph lines south and west of Denver delaying trains and stranding passengers. Most engines ran with no orders, lights blown out, and crews guiding by guess as wrecks and collisions were narrowly avoided. No fatalities reported but property damage widespread.
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Denver
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Denver and
Rio Grande
Colorado Southern
Santa Fe
Union Station
EE. F. Desmond
Fountain
Guess
Storm Hits Rail Lines In Colorado Pages
A fierce sandstorm blinds trains No. 2 No. 3 and No. 4 as they clash with winds and downed telegraph poles. Engineer George Gray reports the worst storm he has seen and No. 2 later safely passes through to Monument after stopping near Kelkey to inspect a long bridge. No injuries are reported.
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Monument
Palmer Lake
No. 4
No. 3
Colorado and Southern
George Gray
Colorado Springs
Rio Grande
William Cook
Pueblo
Sand Creek
Kelker
Kelkey
Wife seeks receiver for husband estate in Elkhart suit
Elkhart Indiana November 23 Mrs Alfred L Ward sues in circuit court for a receiver for her husbands estate claiming Chicago property valued at 20000 Chicago banks 5000 and Elkhart area property 9000 totals 34000 She says he is a successful contractor earning 5000 yearly abandoned her last May and is disposing of assets to defeat alimony in a possible divorce case.
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Elkhart
Ind
Alfred L. Ward
Circuit
Chicago
Skeletons Unearthed During Sidetrack Excavation in Sheboygan
In Sheboygan Wisconsin on November 23 six human skeletons were found while workers dug for a sidetrack on Thirteenth street between Erie and St Clair avenues. The site sits on a hill washed away by rains, noted as the citys first cemetery established in the early 1840s.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Thirteenth Street
Erie
St. Clair Avenue
Farmer Loses Arm In Burlington Corn Shredder
Racine Wisconsin November 23 Fred Vorpagel a farmer near Burlington was brought to Racine with his hand and arm torn off above the elbow after it was caught in a corn shredding machine.
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Racine, Wis
Fred Vorpagel
Burlington
Identification of a thug and arrest in Beloit
Woman Whom The Misused Has a Cinch on fin. Heperadee Beloit Wis Nov 23 Two Beloit men Michael Tobin and Edward Dey gra Were arrested Wadnesday afternoon charged with being parties to
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Heperadee
Beloit
Wis
Michael Tobin
Edward Deygra
Richmond
Iton
H. Hall
Knapp
George H. Ray
LaCrosse
Republican Voice
Hall
Officer Beats Contractor in Anderson Incident
Burke and Peters Chicago contractors building the Bg Four yards say Patrolman Hensley beat flank Burke with a mace and club after an objection. Burke was jailed two hours with funds refused and no charges filed. Hensley dismissed. Police chief Robbins condemned the action and apologized. Hensley to be prosecuted. Burke paid a fine for Mat Kelley.
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Robbins
Burke
Hersley
Mat Kelley
Woman Burned by Air Tight Coffee Can Explosion
Mrs. Robert W. Miller of Dillsboro Indiana was severely burned about the head and chest when an air tight coffee can exploded. The container belonged to a regular dinner bucket used by railway employees who leave their buckets for warming coffee. Initial fears of permanent blindness eased as she recovers.
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Dillsboro
Ind
Robert W. Miller
Sycamore to get library from General Dutton estate
Sycamore Illinois residents will gain an elegant public library soon. The gift comes from the late General Everett F. Dutton, a longtime figure in the city. His widow Rosina Payne Dutton asks trustees to carry out the will immediately.
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Sycamore, Ills
Everett F. Dutton
Sycamore
Rosina Payne Dutton
Sycamore Public
Dairy and Food Departments Move National Convention
Milwaukee reports the National Association of State Dairy and Food departments will hold its next convention in Buffalo instead of New York City, aligning with a previously agreed plan from a year ago. In Atlanta, Georgia, women protest the legislature’s failure to raise the age of consent from ten to twelve, fearing misuse by blackmailers.
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Milwaukee
National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments of the
United States
Buffalo
New York City
Atlanta
Schooner St. Lawrence Sinks Near Lorain In High Winds
A Lorain message reports the schooner St. Lawrence has gone down off Lorain. Cleveland life saving crew are to be rushed to the scene as winds reach sixty miles per hour.
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Cleveland, O
Lorain
St. Lawrence
Cleveland
Burglary at Mack & Co. Store in Ann Arbor
One of the smoothest burglaries on record occurred early Monday at Mack & Co.'s big department store in Ann Arbor Michigan. Thieves stole between 1500 and 2000 dollars worth of furs and silks. The burglars appeared to know the layout of the building.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Mack & Co
Death by Suicide in Weyadwega Barn
Weyadwega Wisconsin November 22 George Washington Taggart Sr. hanged himself with a halter in the family barn. He was in his sixty ninth year and had become deaf and nearly blind. His wife died last year at age 84.
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Weyadwega
Wis
George Washington Taggart
Taggart
Sir Arthur Sullivan Dies Suddenly at 81
London reports the death of Sir Arthur Sullivan from heart failure after a cold. Born May 18, 1842, in London, he trained under his bandmaster father and became famed for light operas and other compositions. His Mikado and Pinafore earned him international renown.
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London
Arthur Sullivan
Sir Arthur
England
Kruger Receives Violent Welcome in Marseilles
In Marseilles on November 23, Paul Kruger sparked a furious surge of pro Boer sentiment with cries of Vive Kruger and Vive les Boers. Police prevented a widening anti British outbreak after coins were thrown into the crowd. Kruger pledged the Boers would be a free people or die and later spoke in Paris of resisting barbarism.
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Marseilles
Paul Kruger
France
Major Marchand
Toulon
Fashoda
Kruger
Fischer
Wessels
Grobler
Transvaal
Kruger Arrives in Paris to a Frenzied Welcome
Kruger passes Gelderland landing to hotel with Dr Leyds amid Boer officials and Marseilles reception crew. A police escort clears the route while crowds wave hats and handkerchiefs. He bows from the balcony as bands play a Boer hymn and he holds the French flag secreted from the balcony to his heart.
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Kruger
Gelderland
Ile
Dr. Leyds
Marseilles
Leyds
Transvaal
Free State
Which One Died First Insurance Case Upheld
Chicago November 28 The appellate court reversed a lower court ruling on the proper heirship to life insurance proceeds after Frederick H Marty and his wife perished in a 1908 house fire Relatives on both sides claimed the money The circuit court had awarded it to the wife’s relatives The high court held no determination can be made on who died first and directed payment to Mr Marty’s sisters
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Chicago
Frederick H. Marty
Circuit
Marty
Losses by the storms
Memphis reports telegram and telephone service largely restored after Tuesday's storm. Early dispatches indicate limited loss of life in Mississippi and Tennessee while financial damage nears 200000 dollars from wind. Colorado Springs notes ongoing wire debris and delayed streetcar service with no fatalities recorded.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Tennessee
Colorado Springs
Colo
Man Fined for Manslaughter in Pollock Case at Soldiers Home
Milwaukee reports Dav’d Anderson, an inmate at the National Soldiers' Home, found guilty of manslaughter for the Aug 4 killing of Captain Thomas M. Pollock. Sentencing soon before Judge Seaman. defense to seek arrest of sentence over US court jurisdiction. Jurisdiction questions to be elevated to Judge Jenkins and possibly the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Dav'd Anderson
National Soldiers’ Home
Thomas M. Pollock
United States Court
Anderson
Seaman
Jenkins
United States Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Czar death rumors swirl amid mixed signals
Multiple cities report conflicting rumors about the czar's death with no confirmation from embassies in Berlin and Paris. Separately, Senator Davis shows no material change in health as kidney illness persists. Grand River Transportation plans an all water freight route with three steamers.
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St. Petersburg
Livadia
Brussels
Paris
London
Berlin
Grand Rapids, Mich
Miles B. Campbell
Chicago
Grand River Transportation Company
Grand Rapids
Milwaukee
No Faith in Ah Sin for Dark Ways and Vain Tricks
Letter from Lyman to Rockhill dated Oct 28 1900 argues against Chinese reactionaries and calls for strong measures to save the emperor from boxers. It warns of renewed uprisings and foreign hostility and questions the imperial edict aimed at deceiving powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Department
Yuieo Roys
Tuan
Congressional Notes on Peking Peace Talks and Press Reactions
Reports from Washington, Berlin, and Wisconsin detail Conger’s silence on the Boxer indemnities and the fragility of a multi power accord in Peking. German and British backing of a German plan tests US stance as Japan’s role looms. other notices report local politics and a tragic railroad accident in Michigan with a bereaved family.
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Washington
State Department
Conger
Rnposse
Peking
Department
Russia
France
United States
Japan
Setion
Berlin
China
Vossische Zeitung
Berliner Tageblatt
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Sir Arthur Sullivan
Sara Bernhardt
Alvord
Ling Beet
Rand
Plugtla Lao
Aganiet
UOM Paul
Kruger's
M. Flaissiers
Mar Seilles
Africa
Orange Free State
Alimakong
South
Czar
Shanghai
St. Paul
Davis
Darmetadt
Workwiek
Wham
Breda
American Society of China
James
Prom
Donger
Kwang Hau
Si Nean Pu
Hay
Conger Tn
President Adams
Madison
Charles Kendall Adams
Trafalgarry
Iron Mountain
F. Ross
Milwaukee Road
Fredonia
Ghoon Hay
Aweanae
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Citizens’ Savings Bank
Josrim Keek
Chas
H. Kee
Carl
Frank Stewart
I. M. Sprouts
Asst
M. Keer
M. L. Logan
Curpe
A. S. Hays
Temple Holhding
Baird & Bailey
OFP
Haight
Evening Journal
Store
Ashby
Nicola
H. Knecht
Johnson
Bakery
Johnson'sy Bakery
Harwood
South Side
Bailey
T. J. Dempsey
Copffer
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Qoffior
Kear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Orn's
Washington Town
W. E. Anderson
Klein's Clothing
Oor
Iowa
Hotel Allen
B. OR &N. Ry
Jaok Farster
GP &Ta Bors&n Ry
Cedar Rapids
Frank Rogers
Marsh W. Bailey
Frick
City
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
W. ER. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Ass't Cash
Washington County
Ings Bank
A. HH
Wallace
Press
A. Warr
Cashier
Wm. Blatk
C. M. Keck
Cash
First National Bank
Lows
Be, BE
Babe BN Nabinton,” and Rawers
Dayton, Prop
Kratehwil
I la Crosse
Gunther
Rhe
Kemble
Kemble Flower Co
Oskaloosa
Madison Medicine Co
R. F. Riley
Pantaloon
Posto
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