England Faces Diplomacy Over Venezuela Policy
Lord Salisbury’s reply to Secretary Olney arrives in Washington amid debate on Venezuela affairs. Ambassadors and officials expect a diplomatic but evasive stance, offering arbitration on parts of the dispute while denying U S rights to arbitrate ownership. England fears tariff retaliation if anti English sentiment grows.
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Lord Salisbury
Olney
Washington
United States
Great Britain
England
Arizona Indian Trouble Of More Import ance Than at First Supposed
Pupernix Arizona dispatch reports that Apache unrest near the San Carlos agency is deadlier than first thought. Four white men’ bodies found in Lower Gila valley about 45 miles from Ash Springs, suggesting another Indian raid by a larger band. Troops from Fort Bayard Grant and Huachuaca sweep the area while settlers stay under arms.
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Pupernix
English Marines to Protect the British Embassy
Special dispatches from Constantinople report that H M 8 Imogene and Cockatrice landed bluejackets at Peru to guard the British embassy. A Vienna dispatch notes Sultan Murad not fled but killed by his own entourage for liberal leanings. Colonel Jared Smith says elevating Lake Erie's level by a Buffalo dam is practicable with no engineering obstacles.
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Lonpoy
Constantinople
H. M
Imogene
Cockatrice
Peru
Chronicle
Vienna
Sultan Murad
Lake
Cleveland
Jared Smith
United States
Brice
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Death by His Own Hand Ends Hargrove Career
Had Been in Poor Health Some Time in Tubba Soosa Alabama Colonel A C Hargrove ex president of the state senate and noted Alabama lawyer committed suicide at his home by blowing out his brain with a pistol. He had been in failing health for some time and this is thought to have temporarily unbalanced his mind.
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Brevicuam
Ala
A. C. Hargrove
State Senate
Alabama
Tubba
Soosa
Dr. A. J. Hobart Dead After Illness at 67
Dr. A J Hobart a prominent Eastern Iowa physician died at age 67. He served as a surgeon with the First Michigan infantry during the war and for 17 years afterward was surgeon for the Chicago and Northwestern railway.
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A. J. Hobart
Otnion
A.J. Hobart
Iowa
First
Michigan Infantry
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Railway Edict Orders Pekin to Tien Tein Line
An imperial edict orders the building of a double line railway from Pekin to Tien Tein. Rails weigh 85 pounds per yard. Estimated cost runs to 8,000,000 taels.
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Pekin
Tien ‘Tel
German Detective Tracks Case Across United States
A German government detective named Johnee is said to be in the United States for six months pursuing the Bob Kneebs horse racing ring case. He arrived last May, met with the German consul in Chicago, and visited every race track in the country in search of evidence. The officer’s experience has not been pleasant as he continues his inquiry.
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Bronx City
Dea
John Ee
Dindong
Bob Kneebs
Hag
Beini
America
Chicago
Sioux City
Kanon
Rail rate ruling cites railroad competition limits
A historic decision outlines that rail charges must reflect the rights of localities and persons, not serve as a trade regulator. It calls for reducing rate disparities from Chicago to Sioux City and Sioux Falls and ending special conditions that keep Duluth to Sioux City and Sioux Falls rates high.
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Eatexstate
Anil
WaAsamarox
Taipeetaie ‘Commerce Co
Aunonhodd
Ark
Commission
Chicago
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Duluth
Eastern lines join in 16 dollar rate to New York
The Eastern railroads except the Erie have agreed to pro rate with Western lines at 16 dollars from St Paul to New York, aligning with the eastbound steamship business. Negotiations with the Soo and other lines largely ended without agreement, and Erie is expected to follow the common practice.
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Twin Cities
New York
Cuttago
Erie
St. Paul
Soo Line
Boo Line
Erle
Hastera
Mint
Treasury nearly empty in Wisconsin November balance
Madison December report shows the state treasury almost drained. The general land fund stood at 19,860.87 at December start as the board of control issued about 50,000 in checks and other expenses were paid from the fund. Money was borrowed from the school fund to cover costs, with a special tax already levied to restore funds within 60 days.
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Madison
Wis
Board of Control
Free From the Trust Omaha Distilleries Planned
QuaHA Dec 7. The reorganized whisky trust shutting Nebraska distilleries has driven grain prices down. A movement aims to build two new distilleries in Omaha free from the trust. Local capitalists back the plan with cash pledges, including a $15,000 offer toward capital stock, with wealthy farmers contributing to the fund.
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Quaha
Reorganized
Whisky Trust
Nebraska
Omaha
King presses land deal case before Congress
Hon John J King state agent for South Dakota has been presenting cases at Washington seeking 5 percent on all Indian lands disposed of and held as permanent reservations in the state at 91.25 per acre. He claims the amount sought is about 1,000, and says he has good success, aiming to push the case to Congress if the department does not rule in his favor.
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John J. King
South Dakota
Department
Washington
Congress
Relatives May Be Implicated In Murder Case
Stevens Point Wis Dec 70 A Cole subpoenaed in Stillwell murder case at Bowling Green Mo. Former electrician Cole says he overheard a telephone exchange conversation on the night of the alleged murder that may show relatives are implicated.
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Stevens Pont
Wis
A. Cole
Stillwell
Bowling Green
Cole
Soul Party National Convention Arrangements Revealed
Nenator Aliéator's president Br. 23 Souls Des. T-Chairman Roszelle of the People's Party state executive committees are making arrangements for hotel accommodations for delegates to the party's national convention to be held here. The party indicated Senator W. Sorey is pre and the platform ready.
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Nenator Aliéator
Des
Roszelle
People’s Party
Wwnittes
Tle
Yad
Dunraven to Sail for New York in Pursuit of Immersion
Lord Dunraven will sail for New York on Thursday to regain an inquiry into the degree of immersion at the festival aboard the America. The notice appears in a mangled OCR segment dated September.
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Dunraven
New York
America
Business Men's league backs convention fund drive
The Business Men's league in St. Louis has raised 550,000 in cash or guaranteed pledges to secure the Republican national convention and entertain delegates. A special meeting approved further funding and plans for a 15,000 seat exposition building hall. A committee will use league guarantees to push the effort from the Arlington hotel Washington.
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Louis
Dee
Business Men's League
St. Louis
Arlington Hotel
Washington
Business Men’s League
Chicago Raises Offer for Republican National Convention
Carcago December 7 Chicago has raised up to fifty thousand dollars as an offer for the Republican national convention. A committee will leave for Washington this afternoon to press Chicago’s advantages before the national committee next Tuesday. The sum may rise to sixty thousand or seventy five thousand, per a capital telegraph hint that the committee favors one admission ticket per subscribed amount.
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Chicago
Washington
National Committee
Geides
Armenian Citizens Committee Sparks Tense US Turkey Dispute
In Washington the Armenian citizens committee presents statements to top officials alleging Turkish refusal to allow naturalized Armenians to return home or bring relatives to the United States. It also accuses Turkey of forcing naturalized Armenians doing business in America to remit taxes to the sultan’s officers, signaling potential congressional action.
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Turkey
America
Washnaroy
Washington
Fen
Hitt
United States
Congress
Said Pasha Would Have Been Murdered If He Entered Palace
The Times correspondent reports Said Pasha declined the grand vizier post citing ill health. The sultan grew angry and feared Said Pasha would join malcontent elements if he entered the Yildiz palace. Said Pasha, renowned and popular, has long been seen as anti English among officials.
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Pasha
London
Constantinople
The
Times
Yildiz Palace
Yehuda Brotherhood Counterfeiters Convicted in Minutes
In Philadelphia on December 7 a United States jury convicted Moses Rosengarten Max Frank Jacob Fineburg and Everly Greenberg of counterfeiting. The group known as the Yehuda Brotherhood was described as one of the most daring gangs coins known to the secret service for years.
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Ladelphia
Yehuda Brotherhood
United States
Secret Service
Moses Rosengarten
Max Frank
Jacob Fineburg
Everly Greenberg
Cooperative store movement stalls in early effort
A garbled 7 December note reflects the challenge of launching a large cooperative store. It hints at organizational hurdles, weak signals of backing, and questions about scale. The fragment offers no clear names, places, or dates beyond the month.
German Knights of Pythias Lodges Must Aid English Ritual
In Curiaco on December 7 an appellate court reversed a lower ruling in Waldeck Lodge Knights of Pythias versus Grand Lodge of Illinois. Waldeck was suspended for using a German translation of the ritual and seeking its restoration of rights and password. The decision remanded to dismiss, affecting 14 Chicago German lodges and prompting Grand Chancellor J. J. Brown to compel obedience or suspension.
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Curiaco
Waldeck Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge of
Ilinois
Brentano
Waldeck
Chicago
J. J. Brown
Vandalia
Illinois
Meeting in Crookston on Red Lake Reservation opening
A Crookston meeting on December 18 gathers Northwestern Minnesota and North Dakota leaders to discuss opening the Red Lake Indian lands. The event aims to align local views with Interior Department recommendations to open surveyed timber and agricultural lands, with prominent speakers, reduced rail and hotel rates arranged.
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Crookston
Minn
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red Lake
Pessia
Baldwin
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Red River Valley
Two Warships Grounded in Chinese Waters
Washington reports two U S warships grounded in Chinese rivers. The Machias ran aground in the Wu Sung river on October 1 and the Concord touched bottom below Hankow on October 3. No damage occurred, but officers cite unreliable Chinese river maps.
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Washington
Navy Department
Machias
Wu Sung
Concord
Hankow
Exoneration Likely for Marshal in Krippner Case
In Owatonna Minnesota on December 7 investigators report the coroner's inquest into George Krippner's fatal shooting by Marshal Stewart has only half its evidence heard and adjournment for the day is ordered. Stewart faces probable exoneration. In Riceville Iowa a hunting accident kills Ernest Foster when a sleigh box triggers a shotgun discharge injuring him fatally. he recently wed.
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Marshal
Owatonna
Minn
George Krippner
Marshal Stewart
Stewart
Krippner
Box
Ernest Foster
The Transgressor and a Conspiracy Tied to Stations
Fragmentary OCR notes reference agents at Rolfe and Grenville and stations on the Chicago and Northwestern detaching in a conspiracy. The text is incomplete but suggests criminal plotting involving railway personnel and lines in December.
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Rolfe
Grenville
Chicago
Northwestern
Pardons and School Tales Hover in Illinois Dispatch
Governor Altgeld pardoned Donald H. Chaps May and Simon McNulty of Chicago for election frauds and censured Cook county commissioners over partisan juror selection. A Blaine school teacher recalls a six year old’s funny responses during student registrations, including a child claiming to be born on Tyler street.
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Altgeld
Springfield
Ills
Donald H. Chapsmay
Simon McNulty
Chicago
Cook County
Child's clever cooking tale from a New York Adver tiser excerpt
A seven year old Margery boasts of inventing a salad. She describes chopping a rose, parsley, and cold potatoes, dressing it, and using sewing machine oil as a pantry substitute, prompting laughter from her mother and observers.
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Margery
New York Advertiser
Monocle Misunderstanding Sparks Street Banter
A street exchange jokes over a man seen making a regular monocle of Himself, while a second speaker clarifies the term and mocks language accuracy. Quotations from Pearson's Weekly and Galveston News echo on patience and advice in remedying evils.
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Winona
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Ory
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Geo. Hillyer & Son
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Malis
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Maher
Philadelphia
Poeter Maher
Bob Fitzsimmons
Mexico
John J. Quinn
San
Jefferson City
Daniel Parce
Co-Operative Unionists
Red Lake Reservation
East Third St. Winona
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Church & Augustin
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Northg Streets
Baxter
Bill
Tyler Street
Philadelphia Record
Balad
Johnson
Galveston
Winona Opera House
Chas. H
YALE
Hastings Bros
A.P.T.L
American Protective Tariff League
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Mammia
Papa
Merry
Papi
Ruck & Beheng
West Third Street
Winuna
Winona Business
ST. Charles
Wester
Winona County
UNION
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Pub
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Odd Fellows’ Block
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Galbreath & Hess
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