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A New York bank teller steals $700000 and escapes. Boer guerrilla actions trouble Britain. A Paterson NJ crime case is unearthed. Miners strike in the US nears end as Oklahoma Territory seeks single statehood. Russian and German diplomacy, ship launches, and economic forecasts dominate.
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New York
Vicksburg
Miss
Gloster Barnes
Barnes
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Wagoner
I. T
New York Democrats Welcome W J Bryan Amid World News
A digest of events including W J Bryan receptions in New York, plots against President Louvet, the death of Portland pioneer George W Shaver, Roosevelt’s New York tour close, mining strikes in Hazleton, and various international incidents from Mukden to the Transvaal.
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Louvet
France
George W. Shaver
Portland, Or
Roosevelt
New York State
Binghampton
Miners press for 10 percent wage rise as strike nears end
Hazleton Pa October 27 officials of the United Mineworkers announce near victory after a 39 day strike. They report wages will rise about 10 percent and the sliding scale may be suspended in Schuylkill and Lehigh regions until April 1 1991 with semi monthly payments guaranteed by state law. The union urges disciplined conduct, joint grievance committees, and rapid mobilization to maintain gains. Separately 2000 recruits head to the Philippines in three weeks with Buford and Kilpatrick transports.
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Hazleton
Mitchell
United Mineworkers
United Mineworkers of America
Stazleton
National
tWe
Schuylkill
Leigh
Pennsylvania
Dodson & Co
Beaver Brook
Scranton
Moren
William Colleries
Schuylkill County
Philippines
New York
Kimballs
United States Army
Buford
Kilpatrick
Jacob Kline
Twenty-first Infantry
Tully McCrue
State Boundary Shift Prompts West Florida Annexation Move
Secretary of State McDavid reports Alabama’s eastern boundary extends a mile farther south, revealing a wedge of land not previously owned and increasing southern territory by about 100 miles. In St Thomas cautious response to Danish Antilles sale, colonial council prepares protest. Newspapers note public reluctance to join the United States.
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Montgomery
Ala
McDavid
West
Florida
Alabama
St. Thomas
Denmark
Danish Antilles
United States
Colonial Council
St. Croix
Daw son City Conditions Reported by U S Consul
Washington reports on Daw son City and Yukon in Alaska from Consul McCook. He notes a shift from mud streets and mining crowds to a bustling commercial center with city dress, electric railways promised, schools opened, and claims reverting to Ottawa likely to be auctioned. Output valued at 15 to 26 million annually if costs stay low. A stampede to new placer finds on Stewart river district 100 miles from Dawson follows.
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Washington
Dawson City
Yukon
Alaska
State Department
United States
McCook
Dawsen
Dawson
Ottawa
Consul McCook
Stewart River
Explosion at Indian Head proving grounds rocks Maryland coast
An explosion and resulting fire at the Indian Head proving grounds caused windows to shake in Alexandria and beacons across the Potomac. Reports say powder mills may have been destroyed as several shocks rattled homes, with activity at Quantico and nearby forts.
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Bryan
St. Paul
Washington
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Alexandria
Indian Head
Proving Grounds
Potomac River
Quantico
Forts Hull
Iriton
Navy Yard
Philippine Transport Service Upgrades Two Transports
Washington October 28 orders call for completing and repairing the Wright and Ingalls at New York to deploy them in the Philippine service. Built during the Spanish War, these ships ferried troops and freight US to the West Indies and later patrolled Tampa and Puerto Rico. they are deemed too small for regular troopship duty to the Philippines but suitable for cruiser work in the area.
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Philippine Transport Service
Washington
Wright and Ingalls
New York
United States
West Indies
Tampa
Porto Rico
Philippines
Bank President Sentenced In Insolvent Trust Case
William A. Paulson, president of Central Trust and Savings Bank, was sentenced to an indefinite prison term for receiving a deposit while knowing the bank was insolvent. A 30 day stay was granted to prepare a bill of exceptions for the supreme court.
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Chicago
William A. Paulson
Central Trust & Savings Bank
Supreme Court
Boers Attack Jacobsdal. Kimberley Garrison Fights Back
Boers captured Jacobsdal after stiff resistance from a Cape Town highlander detachment, with 34 of 52 garrison men killed. Separately Hans Botha cut off a train near Heidelberg and Greyl ingstad, tearing rails. several officers and men wounded and captured. Later reports said Jacobsdal remained under garrison control and 14 Highlanders were killed with 20 wounded. The news coincided with the City Imperial volunteers returning home from South Africa.
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Cape Town
Boere Fave
Jacobsdal
Kimberley
London
South Africa
Imperial
Riot at Valley Field Exposes Mounting Strife in Quebec
At Valley Field Quebec a strike by 200 Montreal Cotton workers seeking 25 cents extra daily led to clashes with militia. One worker dies and many wounded as Royal Scots, later reinforced, restore order after mobs throw stones and damage property. Coal embargo resolved as troops approach.
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Montreal
Valley Field
Quebec
Montreal Cotton Company
Royal Scots
Empire Mill
Tift
Kruge plans in Europe target Nice stay likely
Paris reports Dr. Leyds questioned about Kruger's European plans. He denies plots and says Kruger may land at Marseilles and stay near Nice for the winter. Leyds notes no meeting with Delcasse and no fixed reception arrangements.
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Kruge
Paris
Dr. Leyds
Transvaal
Kruger
Marseilles
M. Delcasse
Europe
Nice
Transvaal Proclaimed Part of British Empire in Pretoria
On October 29 the Transvaal was proclaimed a part of the British empire in Pretoria. The ceremony featured the royal standard raised in the main square, Grenadiers firing, massed bands playing the National Anthem, Sir Alfred Milner reading the proclamation, and 200 troops from Britain and colonies marching past.
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Transvaal
Pretoria
Grenadiers
Alfred Milner
Great Britain
Tragic Carbolic Acid Death in New York Apartment
Mrs. Mariel Hanson aged 28 living with her mother and two sisters on West Sixty first street died from carbolic acid after buying a small amount at a drug store minutes before. Husband Charles Hanson is in San Francisco in the fur trade. she had been visiting for about three months.
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New York
Mariel Haneon
West Sixty-first Street
Hanson
Charles Hanson
San Francsco
Bribery allegations rock German interior ministry
Berlin reports a letter alleging Count von Posadowsky-Wehner accepted 12 000 marks for aiding the penal servitude bill of 1898. Krupp allegedly gave 6 000 marks, and press unity calls for resignations. An interior department statement seemingly corroborates charges toward Posadowsky-Wehner and Director von Woedtke.
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Berlin
Count von Posadowsky-Wehner
Interior
Herr Krupp
National Zeitung
Count von Posadowsky-Weliner
Minister of the Interior
von Woedtke
Imperial Department of the Interior
Bueck
Central Association of Manufacturers
Secretary of State For the Interior
Berliner Post
Kreuz Zeitung
Berliner Nachrichten
Boxers threaten foreigners as revolt spreads in China
Dispatches from Hong Kong report Boxers in Lien Chau threaten American mission properties and vow to drive out foreigners while rebellion expands along East and North rivers and across Kwang Si. In Minonk Illinois a boiler explosion at Chicago & Minonk Coal injuries four workers, with one possible fatal outcome and extensive scalding.
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Hong Kong
Lien
China
East River
North River
Kwang Si
Canton
Minonk
Chicago & Minonk Coal Company
William Jackson
Samuel Hayes
George Hayes
Ed Liston
Jackson
Hayes
George
Liston
Structural Ironworkers Adopt Universal Wage Scale
The National Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers in Pittsburg adopted a universal wage scale of 50 cents an hour for ten hours a day starting next May and voted to send an organizer to South Africa and Egypt. The meeting also addressed labor organization in other regions.
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Pittsburg
National Association of Bridge and Structural Ionworkers
South Africa
Egypt
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Paterson
N. J
Oregon
Royalist
Pacific Coast Company
Lulu Jones
Jefferson, Or
Baron von Richthofen
Count von Bulow
Germany
Kentucky
M. de Witt
Russia
Charles M. Serra
George Gould
Atlanta
Cramps
Spokane
Wash
America
First National Bank
Union, Or
Aguinaldo
Weyler
Madrid
Japan
Nagasaki
John Sherman
House
Senate
Thiee
Washington, D. C
Macnila
Argyle
Manila
Taku
Arao
Kobe
Thomas
Breconshire
Sumner
Athenian
Pak Ling
Port Albert
Cripple Creek
Atlantic
Democrats
W. J. Bryan
Mukden
Frederickstad
Dewet
Cuba
Edward Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Montpelier
Everett
South America
Spangle
Fischer Bros
Seattle
Behring Sea
Port Clarence
W. S. Robson
Texas
Brazos
Colorado
Doniphan
Kan
Dalton
Ark
War Department
McArthur
Pekin
Dunayant
Kansas
Thomas Walsh
King Leopold
Belgium
Constantinople
London Daily Mail
Clay County
Philpots
Davidsons
David Davidson
Felix Davidson
Philpot
David Philpot
Amur
Blagovestschensk
Blagovestchensk
Tesilsikar
Picquart
Fhe
le Journal of Paris
Dreyfus
M. Pouch
M. Possiden
Galli
William Hammer Piper
Zion Church
McKinley
Nash
Ohio
Mansfield
Piper
Italy
Patterson
Sculthorpe
Jennie Bosschieter
Sik Mill
Kerr
McAllister
Campbell
Death
Southrope
New York Yacht Club
Commodore Ledyard
Thomas Lipton
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Joseph Mandelot
French Lumbering Company
Gaz
Jacobsdat
Natal
Steyn
Fourle’s
Burg
Chigi
Rome
Prince Chigi
Botticelli
Posadowsky-Wehner
Muilhan
Laurence Mareques
Fred P. Litchfield
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