Collected World News Highlights From The Day
A broad roundup covers events from bankers and soldiers to politics and disasters. Emperor Francis Joseph approves Austria’s cabinet. William Waldorf Astor pays nearly $500000 in New York taxes. Mexican affairs ripple through battles and indictments. Dewey receives a sword from Congress. the Bay State rests ashore off Cape Race in fog. Pasteur methods curb plague in Portugal. and McKinley pushes a trans Pacific cable plan amid naval surveys.
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St. Paul
Francis Joseph
William Waldorf Astor
New York
Eagan
Congress
Chicago
Joseph Kirk
Inez
North Beach
Washington
Sheffers
Ouray
Colo
Admiral Dewey
McKinley
Long
Warren
Bay State
Liverpool
Boston
Cape Race
N. F
Cape Fuller
Pasteur
Portugal
Japan
China
Corea
Thmas Lipton
Admiral Dewey to Receive Welcome Funds in Boston
Boston will present Admiral Dewey with a 1000 dollar batch and the city will spend 12500 dollars for a grand welcome. The Marquette Club of Chicago hosted McKinley at a Saturday night banquet with 3500 guests. The report covers further naval, military, and international notes from Chicago, Portland, and beyond.
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Admiral Dewey
Boston
Marquette Club
Chicago
McKinley
War in South Africa Drives British War Preparations
London dispatch details Britain mobilizing for possible war with the South African republic. Parliament to reassemble. 25,000 reserves issued with travel and provisions. Mafeking fortified as 6,000 Boers concentrate near the border. talks of unavoidable conflict with no chance to avert war.
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London
Great Britain
War Office
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Balfour
Admiralty
Woolwich
Westminster
South Africa
Mafeking
Woman Attempted Hatpin Suicide in Bucoda
A Polish woman Mrs. Leo Prabuski aged 48 attempted self harm by driving a six inch hatpin into her stomach near Bucoda. She later confessed and was taken to Seattle where Dr. Redpath removed the pin and a rusty needle. She has 19 children, five living, and doctors expect she will survive.
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Seattle
Bucoda
Leo Prabuski
Largest Corn Crop Forecast by Agriculture Secretary
Secretary Wilson announced Chicago on October 9 that this year’s corn crop ranks among the largest. He estimated a total yield between 2.5 and 2.8 billion bushels and noted high meat prices should push farmers toward feeding uses for their harvest.
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Chicago
Wilson
SP Adds Through Train From Portland To San Francisco
The Southern Pacific Company introduces a through train between Portland and San Francisco starting Sunday October 15. The new service departs Portland at 8 30 A M and arrives in San Francisco at 8 15 P M. Northbound departures from San Francisco remain at 7 A M and the existing Portland to San Francisco train at 7 P M keeps its schedule.
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Portland
Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco
Death sentences for rebel leaders in Nicaragua
A Nicaraguan court martial condemned General Pablo Reyes and several insurgent officers to death in absentia. The ruling follows months of trials tied to the February Bluefields uprising, with few public accusations offered and no broader uprising evident.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Revolutionary Movement
Bluefields
Pablo Reyes
Zelaya
San Francisco Board Urges Pacific Coast ICC Representation
The San Francisco board of trade telegraphed President McKinley urging appointment of a California representative to the Interstate Commerce Commission to fill a vacancy affecting west of the Rocky Mountains.
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Pacific States
San Francisco
San Francisco Board of Trade
McKinley
Board of Trade of
Rocky Mountains
California
Pacific Coast
Interstate Commerce Commission
Crocker Estate Gifts Sacramento Homestead to Railroad Hospital
The Crocker Estate Company heirs donate the Crocker homestead at Sacramento to the Southern Pacific for use as a hospital for its employees. A forthcoming census livestock schedule by Statistician Powers will be released for discussion and corrections, with the June 1 1900 count to align with the 1890 livestock tally.
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San Francisco
Crocker
Charles Crocker
Central Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sacramento
Southern Pacific
Leona Burns and Sinks at East River Wharf
The Mallory steamer Leona was burned and sunk at her East river wharf on October 7. Its cargo of tobacco and 8 000 bales of cotton, valued at 250 000 to 300 000 dollars, was a total loss and the boat is a wreck.
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New York
Leona
East River
British steamer wreck witnessed off Staten Island
Captain Bowen of the Arctic Stream reports sighting the Gifford off Staten Island August 11. The British ship rescued five Tekoa crew members from an open boat after Tekoa wrecked near Staten Island days earlier, with signals confirming the rescue.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Bowen
Hamburg
Staten Island
Straits of Magellan
Gifford
Great Northwest Oregon Exposition Opens in Portland
The Oregon Industrial Exposition in Portland runs September 28 to October 28 with a grand scale display of Northwest grains, grasses, minerals, mining exhibits, fish hatchery, Multnomah Falls replica, and a war museum. Leaders Dosch Judson and Spieg formed the exhibit. J. P. Marshall and J. F. Batchelder contributed mining scenes. The fair showcases Bull Run water, 80 foot falls, and a railcar route directly to the Exposition with 8500 electric lights.
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Oregon
Northwest
Portland
H.C. Dosch
R. C. Judson
Louis M. Spieg
J. P. Marshall
J. F. Batchelder
Portland Railway Co
Multnomah Falls
City & Suburban
Washington Street
War Museum
E. §. Edwards
D. M. Dunne
O. Summers
Dan McAllen
Estimates for the Navy and a New Naval Academy
Acting Secretary Allen presents the naval estimates totaling 73,034,083 dollars for the next fiscal year, up 24,537,157 from this year, including 12,268,474 for public works and yards and 2,021,000 for a new naval academy. Duke D Arcos praises Admiral Dewey, calling him brave and noble and applauding his global recognition for valor and service.
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Washington
Allen
Congress
Naval Establishment
Naval Academy
D'Arcos
Dewey
Boston
Duke D’arcos
Manchester
Admiral Dewey
Surprising Chartering of 85 Trans-Atlantic Vessels
In New York on October 9 the Tribune reports the British government has chartered about 85 ships in the last three days for periods of three months or longer. The vessels include several large passenger and freight lines, though a full list is not yet available at the offices in New York.
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President Andrade
Venezuela
New York
Cyrus Wakefield
San Francisco
General Otis
Philippines
Island
Negros
the Tribune
Cannibalism in New Hebrides Tale Reaches Sydney Steamer
A sensational report describes natives of Noumea and a New Hebrides island tribe in an account of torture and ritual killing aboard a ship near Vancouver. A prisoner tied to a stake suffered savage injuries before being killed and eaten, with the incident allegedly witnessed by a marine detachment.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
Aorangi
Jeanette
Hawaii
Imm
Noumea
New Hebrides
Ace
Manila Actions Drive Insurgents from West Bank
Reports from Manila describe Grant advancing from Imus with infantry and scouts, driving insurgents from the west bank of the Imus River near Bacoor and Binacayan. Filipino forces were routed with several wounded on both sides and heavy shelling by Riley's Battery.
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Manila
G Grant
Imus
Binacayan
Bacoor
The
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