Port land Missing Steamer Tales From Halifax and Paris
In a string of brief dispatches, officials in Boston report no tidings of the Portland steamer missing with thirty four passengers and crew. Halifax notes an unknown four masted vessel ashore at Herring Cove with one body recovered. Dispatches from Paris mention Count Esterhazy sailing to the United States and notes on Don Carlos and Don Jaime. A Santa Barbara oil strike is reported in California and tax collector Findley is a fugitive. Wheat and other grain prices are listed in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga
Kinessina
Russia
France
Mme. Bianchini
Paris
Charles Bianchina
Lyman Abbott
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
James Gray
Cleveland
Lake Shore Railroad
Franklin
Newton County
Miss
Gorge
S. Willits
Chicago
San Juan
Porto Rico
Quay Demurrers to Indictments Over State Funds
Senator Quay and co defendants faced indictments alleging consu te misuse of state funds held in the People’s Bank. Shapley and Shields argued four demurrers and a motion to quash the fifth, contending indictments lack specificity and fail to prove unlawful acts or misused state money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Navy
Senator Quay
People’s Bank
Findletter
Shapley
Shields
Strike Costs Repudiated by Winnebago Board
Winnebago County board in Oshkosh refuses to pay sheriff and deputies for woodworkers strike duty totaling 5378 for wages and expenses. District attorney says deputies are only owed arrest fees. a local bank had cashed time checks to 37500. Also reports large buck shot in Iron Mountain Michigan and a Chicago forged check arrest, plus a Grand Rapids child solo trip to San Francisco and Charley Harding found dead in Farlville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Wis
Winnebago County
Clinton
Frankie Hull
Grand Rapids
Mich
San Francisco
Farlville
Tus
Navy
Charley Harding
Chicago Journal
Journal
Abandoned Winnebago jail and other early 1900s items
The report covers varied incidents including Winnebago county jail emptiness for the first time, Count Esterhazy’s voyage to the United States, Henry Spoeneder’s fatal fall in Chicago, a $250,000 fire at Robert Keith & Co. furniture in Kansas City, and the death of elderly F B L Harris in Delavan Wisconsin.
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Winnebago County
Wis
Count Esterhazy
Antwerp
United States
Henry Spoeneder
Chicago
Kansas City
Robert Keith & Co
FB. Ll. Harris
Delavan
Ripley
Harrison Street
Twenty Million Grows With the Don for Cuba Deed
Paris and Washington report Spain accepts twenty million dollars and relinquishment of Cuba and cession of Puerto Rico Guam and the Philippines. Spain insists on its principles, rejects arbitration, and donors seek a general pledge for future negotiations, with talks on a Ualan cable station and German attitudes observed at the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Paris
United States
Spain
Ualan
Caroline Islands
Caroline
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Germany
Hay
Baron Speck
Sulu
That Is the Way Politics Now Does Not Seek the Man
In Indianapolis on November 29 the article notes a shift in modern politics toward pursuing outcomes rather than pursuing individuals. The piece frames this as a parallel to contemporary business practices and hints at broader strategic approaches in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Peace terms debated as Spain and U S near accord
The article outlines Spain’s willingness to cede Cuba and accept American proposals to end the conflict, while the United States insists on conditions it deems just. Officials draft articles to formalize the cession of Cuba and territories of Porto Rico and the Philippines, with submission expected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Stain
United States
Peace Commissions
Cuba
Porto Rico
Guam
Philippine Islands
Spain
Sam
Philippines
Senor Ojeda
Secetary
Spanish Commission
Moore
American Commission
Norris
Mainland dispatches and distant events from late November
Reports recount storm driven losses along the coast with ships sunk and increasing fatalities. Military orders project mustering out up to eighty thousand volunteers while 75,000 regulars advised. frontier duties remain. Dispatches note funding to Col Warning widow and Carlton Club aid. An agricultural study on the Philippines is ordered from Berkeley. Ida Hall funeral set for Elm Grove Cemetery tomorrow.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evening Journal
Boston
Mass
The
Portland Steamship Company
Halifax
Herring
Halifax Harbor
Brussels
Ester
Hazey
Dreyfus Scandal Fame
Rotterdam
Santa Bardena
Calif
Madrid
the Herald Today
Carlos
Gov
Ernment
Don Jaime
Don Carlos
Premier Dupuy
the Figaro Today
Dupuy
San Luis Obispo
Cal
Samuel L. Findley
Justice
Grain Market
Quay
Iron Mountain
Wm. Warner
Ludington
Upper Peninsula
Channing
Warner
Osgood
Albert M. Osgood
West
Madison Street
Trafton
Central Station
Printer
Pennington
Oneida County
Gagen
Jacob Beck
National League of Musicians
Cape May
N. J
Heriefer— Rios
Temps
America
Iloilo
Bana
Island OF
Panay
Aguinaldo
Loilo
Manila
Washington
Indiana
Mount
Lew Wallace
Steele
Fairbanks
Iowa Central
Des Moines
Central
Wabash
Pella
Union Station
Gove Tanner
Springfield
Ills
Tanner
James R. B. van Cleave
C. S Rannells
Republican State Central Committee
Morgan County
Kokomo
Ind
Milton Hopkins University
Shawman
Havana
Telegram
Ceived
North
Truro
Portland
the Surf By the Life Saving Service
Trunks
Pinar del Rio
Ing
Savannah
Second Artillery
Ment
New York, N. Y
London
Erous
Col. Warning
Volunteer Army Force
Carlton Club
Hooley Estate
Berkeley
Aphayno
Agri
California
Investi
Ida Hall
Elm Grove Cemetery
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
G.H. Pratt
Optician
Kilne's
Postofice
Vienna
Win Smouse & Co
Win. Smouse & Co
Gall
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
Billiard
National Bank
Capital
Suurplus
J H Young
W. Ieverby
A. Awe 8On
Oh Anderson
Washington County Savings Bank
Jos. Kok
A. Wars
Cashier
I. Kee
W. P.O. M. Keok
Ass't
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Joseph Keck
O. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Frank Stewart
J. F. Henderson
J. J. Kellogg
Pension and
Treasury Departments
East Side Square
Chas. J. Wilson
Alderson’s Grocery
W. H. Butterfield
Crail’'s
Iowa
R. F. Riley
Com
Ase
Yale
Seog Lae
Candy Kitchen
Jervita Medical Go
Jackson Sts
Carris & Co
Casey Bros
Hotel Allen
Eeley
Washington Street
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