Liberals Gain Ground in Colombia Amid Isthmus Tensions
Reports from Colon Colombia Nov 23 state Liberal General Lugo has arrived near Panama with about 1000 men and controls the railway up to two miles from Panama. Insurgents claim victories over Alban’s forces near Chame and near Chorrera. Marines guard the railroad, and the Town will land forces if needed. Colombia says it cannot protect the isthmian line, prompting U S intervention under the Granada treaty.
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Colon
Colombia
Lugo
Empire Station
Panama
Domigo Diaz
Buenaventura
Paeiic Coast
Lorenzo
Alban
Chame
Chorrera
Dugo
Machias
Washington
Gudger
United States
Granada
Governor Shaw seeks action on smallpox among Sac and Fox Indians
Governor Shaw of Iowa asked Secretary Hitchcock for authority to quarantine Sac and Fox Indians on the Tama county reservation as smallpox raged. With 35 deaths reported, the state board of health debated quarantine authority while Indians resisted confinement. Hitchcock replied the department would cooperate with state authorities and instruct the Indian agent.
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Washington
Shaw
Iowa
Hitchcock
Lesiie M. Shawantine
Indiana
Tama County
State Board of Health
Leslie M. Shaw
Des Moines
Tama
Revolt in Venezuela Not Smashed, Accord ing to Latest
Dispatch from Willemstad reports the arrest of Ramon Garcia, Venezuelan minister of war and recent vice presidential elect, sparks talk that the Matos revolution is unfolding. A steamer with 5,000,000 cartridges and 15,000 Mauser rifles is expected mid December to aid Venezuelan revolutionists.
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Willemstad
Curacoa
Puerto Cabello
Ramon Garra
Republic
Venezuela
Castro
Matos
West Indies
Journalist shot after leaving chamber in Madrid
A Madrid dispatch reports Senor Romeo, a journalist who had criticized legislators, was fired on by three deputies as he left the chamber. He received two bullets in the head and is dying. The attack is viewed as revenge by his critics.
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London
Daily Express
Madrid
Senor Romeo
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Indiana Y M C A Convention Opens in Richmond
About 200 to 300 delegates attend the thirty second annual Indiana Young Men Christian Association convention at the First English Lutheran church in Richmond Indiana. Most delegates are local business leaders active in civic affairs.
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Indiana
Steamer E. C. Pope Runs Aground in Mackinac Straits
The steel steamer E. C. Pope carrying iron ore ran aground on St Helena Island in the Mackinac Straits yesterday and remains there at this time.
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Mackinaw City
Mich
E. C. Pope
St. Henela
Mackinac
Eldest US Man Abram Ephraim Elmer Dies in Utica
Abram Ephraim Elmer died at his Utica home on Wednesday believed to be nearly 120 years old. Relatives say he was the United States' oldest man.
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Utica
WN. Y
Abram Ephraim Elmer
United States
That Klondike Conspiracy Revealed as Real Plot
Toronto reports that Dawson police under Superintendent Woods uncovered a Yukon plot traced to Skagway and Seattle. The plan aimed to rush southern Yukon posts and seize the country with Canadian and U.S. officers coordinating to monitor suspects and safeguard papers.
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Toronto
Ont
Dawson
Woods
Skagway
Seattle
Yukon
White Horse
United States
Husband of Two Women Sequel Reports Bigamy and Desertion
In Waukegan Illinois on November 23 George Heck of North Chicago is charged with wife desertion and bigamy by Lilian Praden, who claims she is his first wife. She says they wed in Chicago June 17 and kept it secret until recently, then Heck disappeared after visiting Libertyville. A license was issued to him and Fannie Hoffman, and both women are unaccounted for.
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Waukegan
Ills
George Heck
North Chicago
Lillian
Joseph Praden
Heck
Chicago
Neck
Libertyville
Fannie Hoffman
John Hoffman
Rathbun Indicted for Murder in Indiana Case
Jeffersonville Indiana November 23 The special grand jury investigating the Rathbun insurance conspiracy and murder case returned an indictment charging Newell C Rathbun with murder in the first degree The body of the alleged victim presumed to be Charles Goodman arrived from Little Rock Arkansas and was taken by Coroner Coots
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Rathbun
Jeffersonville
Ind
Newell C. Rathbun
Charles Goodman
Little Rock
Ark
Coots
Widow Acquitted After Self-Defense Claim in Murder Case
After six hours of deliberation the jury acquitted Mrs. Anne Allen in Youngstown Ohio of murdering her husband James Allen. She testified on her own behalf admitting the shooting but claiming self-defense with no other eyewitnesses present.
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Youngstown
Anne Allen
James Allen
Smallpox Epidemic Quarantined In Lincoln City
Secretary Harry of the state board of health reports a smallpox epidemic in Lincoln City Spencer county. The town population is about 500 and the county board has quarantined it. Estimated cases may reach seventy five though exact numbers are unknown.
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Indianapolis
Harry
State Board of Health
Lincoln City
Spencer County
County Board of Health
New Jackson Prison Warden Plans to Retain Force
Alonzo Vincent, newly elected warden of Michigan’s state prison at Jackson, arrives home in St. Joseph and says current prison officers will be kept on. He will assume duties December 1 and move to Jackson.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Jackson
Alonzo Vincent
Vincent
Aged Woman Burned to Death in Payson Fire
Mrs Lafay ette Boyer aged 70 of Payson was burned to death in Quincy Illinois after her clothing ignited from a stove fire. She perished Thursday as help was slow to reach her.
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Quincy
Tils
Lafayette Boyer
Payson
German ambassador to Britain dies at 70
Count von Hatz feldt Wildenberg, who recently retired as German ambassador to Great Britain, died yesterday at the British Embassy. He was 70 years old.
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London
Count von Hatzfeldt-Wildenberg
Great Britain
Have You Calling Cards
Local office offers engraved or printed calling cards and urges immediate orders for the proper card format.
Friday Evenings Lecture Series and Ticket Info
The remaining lectures for the course by C. H. Wilson are scheduled on Fridays including Dec 13 and Jan 3 and Jan 24 with performers Frederick Truman Fredrick Musical Co and Passion Play. Season or single tickets are available at Wilson Beamer Hardware Store.
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Frederick Truman
Fredrick Musical Co
C. H. Wilson
Wilson- Beamer Hardware
Indian Policy Urges Self-Support For Indians
Commissioner Jones proposes a shift from reliance on rations to self support through home life and local day schools. He says current education and lump sum payments fail to advance independence, noting $240 million spent over 33 years for about 180000 people without major progress.
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Jones
Royal Baking Powder Endorsed as Pure and Strong
Advertising copy asserts Royal Baking Powder is the purest and strongest baking powder, free from alum and ammonia, and suitable for making the best and most wholesome food. Royal Baking Powder Co., 100 William St., New York.
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Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
New York
Monroe Doctrine Debate Splits The Spectator and Press
London discussions weigh Britain joining the Monroe Doctrine and pledging not to infringe it. The Spectator favors public law adoption to ease wars and notes high praise for Roosevelt and Hay while Saturday Review criticizes Hay policy and Lansdowne’s retreat regarding canal influence.
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London
The
Spectator
Great Britain
the Spectator
America
Brazil
Spanish-America
Hay
Roosevelt
Saturday Review
Ilay
Tord Lanssdoewne
United States
Lord Lansdowne
Chicago Post Office Plan to Use Station U for Dispatch
A federal commission in Chicago reviews Postmaster Coyne's idea to convert Station U on Canal near Jackson Boulevard into a first assistant post office hub. If successful, it could save hours by routing 40 percent of outgoing Chicago mail from the Union Station through this substation.
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Post Office Department
Washington
George W. Beavers
Better Chicago
Allow
Ance
J. T. Mason
James E. White
Railway Mail Service
Chicago
Coyne
Canal
Jackson Boulevard
Union Station
Northwestern Depot
Omaha Supreme Court affirms injunction on city franchises
The Lincoln supreme court upholds a four year old district court injunction barring Omaha from granting valuable franchises. The case centers on Omaha Water Company's bid for extension of franchises and a City Council grant under challenge by W. S. Popleton who sought to stop the mayor and council from issuing the franchise.
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Omaha, Neb
Supreme Court At
Lincoln
District Court
Omaha Water Company
W. S. Popleton
Indictments in Greenville Bank Robbery Case
Buena Vista county grand jury at Storm Lake returns new indictments against Louis Brooks and Albert Phillips for murder in the first degree in the Greenville bank robbery. Constable Charles Lodine of Albert City shot by robbers is sinking and not expected to survive.
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Sioux City
Buena Vista County Grand Jury
Storm Lake
Louis Brooks
Albert Phillips
Greenville
John Sundblad
Albert City
Charles Lodine
Markets Report Chicago and East Buffalo Livestock Prices
Hogs receipts about 49 000 with prices 4.00 to 6.00. Cattle receipts 3 000 with ranges from 3.90 to 7.35 for various grades. Sheep and lambs about 8 000 with western, native, and lamb price ranges listed. East Buffalo reports mixed cattle and hogs with prices from 4.00 to 7.35 and notable declines in hogs.
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Chicago
Navy
Texas
East Buffalo
N.Y
Dunning & Stevens
N. Y
Deputy Brewster Seizes Major Net and Fish Haul in Great Lakes
Deputy Game Warden Brewster of St. Joseph Michigan reports the largest seizure on the Great Lakes. Eighteen miles of new trout nets owned by A Booth & Co of Chicago valued at ten thousand dollars were captured in Michigan waters for illegal setting. Five thousand pounds of fish were confiscated and stored aboard the tug Harrow.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Brewster
Great Lakes
A. Booth Company
Chicago
Michigan
Harrow
Booth
Chicago Contractor One of Four Extradited on Bribery Charges
Gustav L. Clausen, a Chicago contractor and defendant with three Kenosha aldermen on bribery charges, was arrested on a governor's extradition warrant Thursday. Judge Kavanagh released Clausen on a writ of habeas corpus returnable Monday.
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Chicago
Gustav L. Clausen
Kenosha
Wis
Clausen
Kavanagh
Trial of Mrs Bonine in Ayres Murder Case
Washington, Nov. 23 Five witnesses testified in the trial of Mrs Lolanda Bonine for the murder of James Ayres Jr Four were police officers who described wounds body position and room arrangement The hotel owner Warfield testified briefly and defense sought to recall him The case adjourned until Monday The bloody undershirt worn by Ayres was identified by Officer Brady Emotions appeared once when the shirt was shown
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Washington
Lolanda Bonine
James 8. Ayres, Jr
Ayres
Kenmore Hotel
W. W. Warfield
Warfield
Fulton
Insurgent Leader Caballos Commands Large Force in Luzon
Official reports to General Chaffee state Caballos has 1000 men, about 500 fully armed, in Laguna province. An insurgent officer captured with papers dated November 18 from Mauban confirms Caballos’s forces and plans to attack Mauban. Telegraph lines were cut near Mauban as a result.
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Caballos
Luzon
Manila
Chaffee
Laguna Province
Lagon
Mauban
Epworth League Convention Opens in Sampton Iowa
Hampton Ia Nov 28 The state Epworth League convention opened in Sampton with a very large attendance. Rev Dr Flemming presiding elder of the Decorah district was greeted with a full house and early signs point to one of the largest and best conventions in the state.
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Hampton
Epworth League
Sampton
Flemming
Decorah
Great North Dakota Land Sale Sets State Record
In Devil's Lake North Dakota on November 23 the state conducted a trio of land sales of state selections and school sections. Land valued at over ten dollars per acre brought as high as twenty six dollars per acre for some tracts marking the largest sale in state history.
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North Dakota
Devil's Lake
N. D
Omaha Weighs Consolidation of City and South Omaha
A mass meeting of Omaha and South Omaha leaders was held Thursday night to discuss uniting the two municipalities under a single government. The session explored potential benefits and steps toward consolidation.
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Omaha
Neb
South Omaha
Burchfield Convicted of Manslaughter in Saloon Brawl
Howard Burchfield aged 21 was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in Charlotte Michigan for a June incident in a saloon row when a glass bottle he threw struck Leonard Green and caused his death.
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Burchfield
Charlotte
Mich
Howard Barchfield
Leonard Green
Archbishop Corrigan Dines With Roosevelt
A high profile luncheon occurred yesterday as Archbishop Corrigan met with President Roosevelt. In New York a planned strike by shirt waist workers seeks union wages for about 40 000 men and girls. Chile prepares to launch its first iron steamer at Valparaiso on Sunday. Mrs Emeline Dale of Chicago faces poisoning charges in Hoboken New Jersey regarding her five year old child.
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Archbishop Corrigan
Roosevelt
New York
Chile
Valparaiso
Emeline Dale
Chicago
Hoboken
N. J
City Bus Line Call Up Orders Noted
City transit notice directs calls to phone No 1 for urgent orders. Allen is named, with Frank Rogers positioned to promptly handle arrangements.
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Hate
Allen
Frank Rogers
Banrigh Steamship Released for Hamburg Trip
The steamer Banrigh, detained by British authorities over Boer filibuster suspicions, has been released and will sail to Hamburg en route to the Colombian government.
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London
Ban Righ
Hamburg
A M E Church Dinner Planned at Armory Hall
Members of the A M E church announce a Thanksgiving Day dinner in Armory Hall to benefit the church. The event promises a glorious meal and hopes for strong patronage. Dinner price is twenty five cents.
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A M. E Church
Armory Hall
Praise for Chamberlan's Cough Remedy
A Wheeling reader credits Chamberlan's Cough Remedy with curing a severe cold and chest pains after two doses. The letter, signed by Ralph S. Meyers of 64 Thirty Seventh Street, notes the product was sold by Stewarts Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman.
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Chamberlan
Ralph S. Meyers
Wheeling
W. Va
Stewarts Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
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J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Attorney-At-Law
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Velvet
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