World News Roundup of Battles Politics and Disasters
The column lists Allied victories near Shan Hai Kwan and a Boxer rout near Pekin, Roosevelt’s Nebraskan reception, Hanna in Chicago, Wu confirming Prince Tuan indictment, and hopeful Chinese settlements. Also covers British Conservative gains, a fire in Shantho Or, Montana nominations, a Wetumpka crime, Seattle growth, Peruvian cabinet resignations, Russian naval budgets, Klondike suit, British gun recapture, Bryan in Minnesota, German France Russia talks, Walla Walla excursion, and Los Angeles census growth.
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Roosevelt
Lincoln
Neb
Hanna
Chicago
Tammany He Trust
Prince Tuan
Shantho
Daily Democrats
Montana
Thomas S$. Hogan
Massachusetts
Wetumpka
Ala
Seattle
United States Census Bureau
Congress
Belgium
Senor Belamunde
Libau
Vladivostock
Port Arthur
Kate Carmack
George Carmack
Klondike
Hollister
Cal
San Francisco
Carmack
Boers Active in Orange River Colony and Global Updates
Roosevelts speaks at two Chicago meetings as Japanese troops pull back from China. A Great Northern collision near Seattle kills an engineer and injures another. A Biwabik Minnesota tornado leaves nine dead and $500000 in damage. Interior to dispose of 74125 acres of Chippewa lands in Minnesota.
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Great Northern
Seattle
Biwabik
Minnesota
Secretary of the Interior
Atlantic Transport Line
North River
New York
Tacoma
Wash
Navy showed fight as allied squads force Chinese fleet
London reports from St Petersburg that the Chinese fleet in Formosa strait tried to engage the Russian cruiser Rurik but was outsped. Allied squadrons will force capitulation or destroy the fleet. Shanghai telegrams cite famine in Tai Yuan Fu and discuss edicts to move the court and degrade high rank officials as delaying tactics.
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London
St. Petersburg
Times
Formosa Strait
Rurik
Shanghai
Sinan Fu
Tai Yuan Fu
Shun Si
China
Morning Post
Russia
Great Wall
Germany
Chi Li
Shan Tung
Millions for Levees on the Mississippi River
The article traces the levee-building history from the 1717 start of a one mile long four foot high structure protecting New Orleans to the post US period when construction expanded. By 1897 the Louisiana levees averaged 12 to 13 feet and engineers foresee a need for three to four more feet.
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Mississippi River
New Orleaner
Louisiana
United States
New Orleans
Plan for flood prevention by reservoirs at Missouri headwaters
A columnist argues that current flood-control spending is only palliative and cites Captain Hiram Chittenden's report proposing large storage reservoirs at the Missouri headwaters to divert floodwaters. The piece urges Congress to fund prevention and irrigation reclamation, highlighting potential eastern market benefits.
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Congress
Hiram Chittenden
Government Engineer Corps
Missouri
Guy E, Mitchell
Man Confesses Robbery in New York Cash Theft
In San Francisco on Oct 8 a man naming himself Frank W Travers surrendered to police claiming he robbed his brother D I Travers of 1000 dollars from a New York cash drawer last July after a loan refusal.
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San Francisco
Frank W. Travers
D. l. Travers
Park Row
New York
Lloyd McKim Garrison Dies in Typhoid Illness at 83
Lloyd McKim Garrison aged 83 a New York attorney dies after six weeks illness from typhoid fever in Springfield Massachusetts He was a relative of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
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Lloyd McKim Garrison
Springfield
Mass
New York
William Lloyd Garrison
Powder Explosion Kills Two at Asbury Mills
An explosion at Asbury Powder Mills near Shamoika Pa last night killed two men and badly burned a third who is not expected to survive.
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Shamoika
Asbury Powder Mills
Reading Company offers arbitration in miners strike
Philadelphia reports no major developments as Reading Company adds arbitration to its 10 percent wage increase offer. Strikers remain idle with about 5 000 at work out of 142 000. State troops oversee operations, one regiment sent home and Hazleton hosts miners officials.
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Philadelphia
Reading Company
Gobin
Schuylkill County
Miners’ Organization
Hazleton
Mitchell
Lackawanna Company
Battle in Ashantee and Boer Convoy Captured
Dispatches from London report heavy fighting near Abu Ashu in Ashantee with Colonel Willcock’s column retreating before reinforcements and later seizing Isnashu after burning three villages. British losses include Major Meliss and Captain Luard with 3 officers and 28 men wounded. A flying column pursued the Ashantees with 800 men and two guns. Also reported, a Boer raid attacked a convoy near Dejagers Drift. 12 men escaped and 5 Coldstream Guards were killed or wounded as Commandant Dirksen surrendered to secure Kruger’s move into Portuguese territory.
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McKinley
Council Bluffs
Nome
Alaska
Mount Baker
Corning
Santa Cruz
Cal
C. Merier
J. Valencia
Lourenco Marques
Kruger
Texas
London
Kumassie
Willcock
Abu Ashu
Willcocks
Isnashu
Meliss
Luard
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Dejagers Drift
Vryheid
Pan
Coldstream Guards
Dirksen
Paget
Komatipoort
Navy quiets reports on Villalobos crew after Marinduque action
Washington reports Captain Shields party disaster on Marinduque. Kempff at Cavite says no truth to unfavorable Villalobos crew reports. Also notes Russian gains near San Chakan and call for temperance for returning soldiers. Georgia election yields about 50,000 Democratic margin with light turnout.
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Washington
MacArthur
Shields
Marinduque
Villalobos
Torrijos
Navy Department
Kempff
Cavite
P. I
Navy
Villabolos
Manila
Pittsburg Plumbers Strike for Wages and Rules Reform
Fifteen hundred journeymen plumbers in Pittsburg, across 115 firms, walked out for uniform wages and revised trade rules. All shops owned by Mar ter Plumbers Association members are included in the action. Jealousy Motive Named in California killing of wife and wounding of constable.
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Pittsburg
Marter Plumbers’ Association
Tornado Rips Biwabik Area Causing Heavy Losses
A severe tornado devastated Biwabik Minnesota and a Finnish settlement near Pike Lake on October 9. The destruction included nine known fatalities, many injuries, and extensive mining building wreckage and equipment damage. An explosion at the Pruce mine near Eveleth followed the storm, injuring at least 200 and shattering nearby structures.
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Biwabik
Minn
Pike Lake
Marowits
William Hilstrom
Duluth, Mississippi & Northern Railway
Murray
Anderson
Duluth, Mississippi & Northern
Duluth
Eveleth
Pruce Mine
Devastation in Transvaal described in Cape Town dispatch
A August report from US Consul-General Stowe at Cape Town details postwar Transvaal and Free State conditions. Fencing is down, timber scarce, iron posts needed, agriculture revived, and American cereals expected to rise in demand. Meat imports continue. Johannesburg short on meat. railway and bridge material demand rising. advisory committee formed to reopen Johannesburg and lure miners back amid concerns about troublemakers returning.
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Washington
Transvaal
Free State
State Department
Stowe
Cape Jown
Cape
Johannesburg
Harrismith
Orange Colony
Netherlands
Lord Roberts
Boers Retreat from Pilgrim's Rest with Guns
Pietermaritzburg correspondent reports 4000 to 5000 Boers retreating from Pilgrim's Rest northeast of Lydenburg with four long toms and 22 other guns. Long tom ammunition nearly exhausted. Lord Roberts to leave South Africa in the last week of October. Colonial troops limited to 500 as guests in London.
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London
Pietermaritzburg
Daily Mail
Pilgrim’s Rest
Lydenburg
Lord Roberts
Dail Mail
South Africa
Tragedy in Manhattan: Mrs Smith Kills Two Children
Mrs Lillian Smith of Inwood Manhattan shot and killed two of her children and wounded a third before killing herself in the old Frank Leslie mansion. She was married to Walter N Smith of a large city grocery house for 21 years. Her recent poor health and long brooding are cited as factors in the mental breakdown.
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New York
Lillian Smith
Inwood
Borough of
Manhattan
Frank Leslie
Emir Sinks Then Floats, Reaches Suez Roads But Blocks Entry
The American steam collier Emir, which recently sank in the Suez canal on a voyage to Manila, was floated yesterday and has arrived in Suez roads. She cannot enter the port due to excessive draft. The cargo is being discharged and divers will inspect the hull to assess damage.
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Suez
Emir
Suez Canal
Manila
Suez Roads
Peary Windward May Miss Return This Autumn
Local observers in St Johns say the Windward failed to return from the north and fear Peary may not attempt a homeward voyage this autumn. If the season was open, Peary could push Windward toward higher latitudes for a future expedition.
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Peary
St. Johns
N. F
North
First Telegraph From Skagway Reaches Seattle
Seattle receives the first telegram from Skagway marking a milestone in Alaska trade. The seven hour transit will shorten to about three and a half hours once the line is complete. The route ran Skagway to Atlin to Lillooet to Ashcroft to Vancouver then Seattle. A temporary link bridged Lillooet and Ashcroft to deliver today. The Canadian line is due for completion around October 10 enabling through service for commerce.
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Seattle
Skagway
Alaska
Atlin
Atlin-Lillooet
Fraser River
Ashcroft
Vancouver
Lillooet
Ashcrot
Marines to Marinduque and naval collision report
Cable from Manila notes Fiests infantry to Marinduque on October 6 under General Hare with 12 infantry companies to stamp out insurrection. Earlier actions by Anderson yielded no results. Separate report describes a collision between Marion and Ranger off San Francisco and an investigation into the Columbia Berkeley incident.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Fiest
Marinduque
Sumner
Hare
Anderson
MacArthur
Shields
Twenty-ninth Volunteer Infantry
Colonel Anderson
Thirty Eighth Volunteer Infantry
Yorktown
San Francisco
Naval Reserve
Marion
United States
Ranger
Bolles
Bulger
Columbia
Berkeley
Andrup's Greenland Expedition Reaches Copenhagen
Lieutenant Andrup and his party arrive aboard the Antarctic in Copenhagen after exploring a new coastal stretch from Cape Town to Agassiz Land. The voyage mapped latitudinal points from 69 28 north to 67 23 north.
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Andrup
Greenland
Copenhagen
Cape Town
Agassiz Land
Dutch Warships Ordered South in East Asia
Dutch war ships Gelderland and Holland were suddenly ordered to Swatow and Amoy respectively from Shanghai on October 6 in a shift of naval deployments.
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Shanghai
Gelderland
Holland
Swatow
Amoy
Coroner's Inquest Indicates Rice Murder Charge
Wallace Idaho Oct 6 The coroners inquest into Matt Mailes murder concluded with a verdict charging Ed Rice with the crime Rice is in custody awaiting further action in the case Supporters include the inquest findings and the suspect's detention in Wallace Idaho weeks after the Monday morning homicide
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Maltley
Wallace
Idaho
Matt Mailey
Ed Rice
Rice
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Aberdeen
Pressi
Shan Hai Kwan
Pekin
Bryan
France
Walla Walla
McCook
Hermann
Los Angeles
Sumpter, Or
John E. Hudson
American Bell Telephone Company
Boston & Maine
Beverly
Reading Iron Company
Deauville
Lloyd
Sim Leep
Carson
Brown
North Missouri
South West
Buller Ie
Postal Service Establishment
Italy
Orange River Colony
Census Bureau
New Hampshire
Li Hung Chang
Pao Ting Fu
Trenton
N. J
Eddie McBride
McBride
Lieber
Ashantee
Arkansas
Wood
Cuba
Co. E. Gallaway
Denver
Colo
Portage County
Lawrenceville
Ind
Ohio
Illinois
Utah
Havana
Black
St. Francis Rivers
Richard O'Grady Haly
Canada
Siberia
The
War Office
Kharbarovsk
Kharbinsay
Tschitschagoff
Kopeiken
San Chakan
Tommy
Lord Wolseley
Atlanta
General Assembly
Rocklin
Ruussel
Landis
W. J. Clyde
Kate
Ras Stowe
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