Broad Collected Items From Around the World
A sweeping roundup notes Bryan’s Illinois tour Cecil Rhodes politics return empress dowager in view Roberts to name successor Colville reservation opening Roosevelt speaks in St Louis crown mining dams in Klondike MacArthur reports ships arrive at Manila Boxers list of missionaries killed in action bankers defaulter case crops famine relief Indian secretary Curzon lines tallies on Yunnan and Manchuria British Trade Council strike in Seattle Poets and churches in Russia railcar orders for B&O natives policing Tutuila and Pango Pango 미국 coal mines boost Canada apple crop holds promise
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MacArthur
War Department
Rosecrans
Argyle
Manila
Seventh Artillery
G. G. Greenough
P. H. Gilhooley
Elizabethport
N. J
William Schrieber
Lord George Hamilton
India
Lord Curzon
Bombay
Lat e r News Roundup From Pekin To Honolulu
Li Hang Chang remains in Pekin while battles rage near San Chun. The American marines reach Taku to join forces for Cavite. A Sicilian colony heads to Hawaii to work sugar, building church and school. The U S and France clash over notes as Roosevelt denounces militarism. Disasters and deaths include an eight year old Roseburg boy, a Wis. aeronaut, and a Kan. minister’s wife.
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New Orleans
Hawaii
Father Nausen
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Roosevelt
Oregon
China
Mgr. Chapelle
Philippines
Roseburg, Or
Gay’s Mills
Wis
Thomas Sheridan
Fairhaven
Wash
Pekin
Taku
Indiana
Cavite
Atchison, Kan
Chicago
Sun Yat Sen Flags Reform in Wei Chou and Canton City at Risk
The dispatches report Sun Yat Sen unfurling the reform flag in Wei Chou on the East river, triggering alarm in Canton military circles that rebels hold six districts in Wei Hai prefecture and may threaten Canton if unrest spreads.
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Hong Kong
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
Wei Chou
East River
London
the Times
Wei Hai
Census of Porto Rico shows limited literacy voting base
The census reports 201,071 males of voting age in Porto Rico but only 25 percent educationally qualified to vote. White and colored natives predominate, with literacy rates of 29.4 and 17.2 percent respectively, constraining suffrage mainly to literates, notably affecting San Juan and Ponce where foreign-born presence concentrates. In San Juan natives and colored groups outnumber foreigners. in Ponce natives exceed the foreign element and the colored population is double the foreign group.
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Washington
Porto Rico
San Juan
Ponce
Mexican Major Expelled from Army
Monterey Mexico reports an official order from Secretary of War Bernardo Reyes expels Major Carlos Glass from the army for making public statements deemed derogatory to the institutions of Mexico. The expulsion stems from comments observed by superiors.
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Chicago
Monterey
Mex
Bernardo Reyes
Carlos Glass
Mexico
Grain Gamblers Arrested In Chicago Board of Trade
Twelve prominent speculators at the Chicago Board of Trade were arrested in a police raid on the open board. Among those taken into custody was Charles Albertson, president of the open board. The charge is gambling in grain. Authorities say 80 more warrants are issued tied to the crackdown on grain and provisions gambling.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Open Board
Charlies Albertson
Aguinaldo Proclamation Denounced as Forgery by Lopez
Louis R. Ehrich, key Ant Imperialist League figure, received a telegram from Sixto Lopez in Boston declaring a January 1899 Aguinaldo proclamation a clumsy forgery. Lopez blamed Spaniards or monks for the false document that urged attacks on American soldiers in Manila.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Louis R. Ehrich
Anti-Imperialist League
Sixto Lopez
Boston
Aguinaldo
Manila
Lopez
Ehrich
Mass
Peculiar Insurance Suit Over Mrs Shortridge’s Death
Professor S C Shortridge, widow’s husband, sues Provident Life and Trust Co for 77022 dollars on the life of his wife whom he killed December 31 1893 in Media Pennsylvania. The case follows Shortridge’s acquittal on insanity and his recent confinement ending a year ago.
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Philadelphia
S. C. Shortridge
Kennett Square
Chester County
Provident Life& Trust Company
Shortridge
Matanzas clash between Cuban police and U S cavalry
In Matanzas yesterday a Cuban policeman halted two members of the Second United States cavalry leading to a broader brawl. Trooper Turey of Troop D was shot, one soldier and a civilian wounded. Captain Foltz ordered skirmish formations to block access to weapons. Lieutenant Willard was slightly hurt. Troopers vow revenge. all troops confined to barracks as authorities order an investigation into the pay day riot.
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Havana
Matanzas
Second
United States Cavalry
Turey
Troop D
Foltz
Willard
Notes
Explosion Kills Stephen Stoltz in Albany Saloon Basement
In Albany Oregon on Oct 13 a acetylene gas tank exploded in Reis saloon basement. Plumber Stephen Stoltz 24 died within half an hour from severe injuries after removing the tank with a lighted candle. Fred Reis is badly injured but expected to recover. Stoltz leaves a wife.
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Albany, Or
Stephen Stoltz
Fred Reis
Reis
Stoltz
Rebellion in Kwang Se Province Draws 100000 Troops
Cheng reports General Lu says a serious rebellion has erupted in southwestern Kwang Se province. He warns 80,000 troops are inadequate and at least 100,000 are needed to counter the danger aimed at Manchus, with the Tai Ping rebellion cited as a worse potential outcome. Yangtze viceroys have dispatched 20,000 troops.
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Shanghai
Cheng
Taotai
Kwang Se Province
Secretary of State completes silver purchase for rupee coinage
Simla reports the secretary of state has completed a £1,000,000 silver purchase for rupee coinage and £1,000,000 in gold is en route to London. The silver replaces gold in the reserve under the new act, and once the last purchase is coined eight and a half crores of rupees have been added since February.
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Simla
British India
London
Temple Iron Company Chief Sees End of Anthracite Strike Near
T H Watkins president of Temple Iron Company outlines views on the mineworkers response and notes multiple companies hold influence, not a single trust. He urges miners to return as disputes persist among operators, indicating the strike has cost money and time while soft coal mines fill the gap.
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Scranton
United Mineworkers
T. H. Watkins
Temple Iron Company
Mitchell
Morgan
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Lackawana
Wyoming
Stormy at St Lawrence and Nova Scotia wrecks
Halifax reports 80 vessels ashore across Nova Scotia and Newfoundland with vast losses from storms. Capradian Pacific line cables broken at Canso Strait. washouts disrupt rail and Sydney express. Mystery schooner reports one missing at sea. Manila rescue saves Captain Shields and 51 men from Marinduque. Navy eyes $400,000 repair cost for Constitution restoration.
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Halifax
N. S
Newfoundland
Capradian Pacific
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Straits of Canso
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Sydney Express
Cape Kreeton
Te Gloucester
Mystery
Canso
Postmaster Agreement Keeps San Francisco Mail Service
Wellington reports the House approves the postmaster general's deal with Spreckels to run the San Francisco mail service. Vessels sail every three weeks instead of monthly starting November 1, with San Francisco to Auckland service under 16 days. A Vancouver service amendment passes without division.
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Wellington
N. Z
House of Representatives
Messrs. Spreckels
San Francisco
Auckland
Vancouver
Leyte Rebels Denounced as Guerrillas Sweep Coast
Reports from Manila describe Leyte coast turmoil as ladrones loot towns and flee to mountains while Americans pursue. General Majica’s forces surrender and some troops attempt to reach Samar by boat, with captures mounting.
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Manila
Leyte
Retel Ladrones
Majica
Samar
Camarines
Thirty-second Infantry
Batan
Philippine Commission
Taft
Wright
Spain
International Chamber of Commerce
United States
Anarchist Confession Links US Plots to Assassination
An Milan arrest report quotes Bertollani confessing on anarchist schemes. He claims warning letters to Naples warned of Americans aiming to kill a king. Paterson NJ planned to target monarchs and a U.S. presidential figure. He says Chicago plot was separate and notes broader conspiracies.
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New York
Rome
Bertollani
Milan
Bresci
Naples
America
Paterson
N. J
McKinley
Bryan
Chicago
United States
Maine Returns With Invalids From Taku aboard Maine
A dispatch reports the American hospital ship Maine has returned to Wei Hai Wei from Taku with many invalids aboard. Among the 69 American servicemen are two officials and 19 from the Ninth Infantry. The Maine will sail for Nagasaki.
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London
American Ladies’ Committee
Wei Hai Wei
Maine
Taku
Ninth Infantry
Nazgamki
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Tlinois
Cecil Rhodes
Roberts
Succes
Sor
Colville Indian Reservation
St. Louis
Canada
Klondike
Brooke
Conger
Idaho
The
American Bible Society
American Bridge Company
Kure
Japan
North German
Lloyd Steamship Company
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Ilinois
France
Yunnan Province
Manchuria
Chamberlain
Salisbury
Trades Council
Seattle
Wepner
Rouxville
Ficksburg
Orange River Colony
St. Nikande
Porkhoff
St. Petersburg
Thore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pullman Company
Pullman, Ill
Baltimore & Ohio
Tutuila
B. F. Tilley
Pango Pango Harbor
Congress
Tilley
Pango Pango
Lousiana
Prussia
Li Hang Chang
San Chun
Russia
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Brooklyn
Charles Fargo
American Express Company
Loraine
Federal Steel Company
Peru
Chile
Blair
Neb
Tien Tsin
Illinois Steel Works
Vatican
Panay
Cotmnpany D
United States Volunteer Infantry
Hazleton
Ann Jane Darrah
Liberty, Or
Peck
Paris
Coute
Germany
Great Britain
Danish West Indies
Copenhagen
Daily Telegraph
St. Croix
Lorin Pease
Hadley
James Ellis Tucker
Honolulu
Berlin
Count von Waldersee
Revolutionary Movement
Shan Tung
Census OF
Roxbury
Edward Tousealin
Jamey Tousealin
Tousealin
Post- Dispatch
Curryville
John Mason
Roadhouse
Sixto Lopez Branda II
ST. Lawrence
Devereaux Shields
Twenty-ninth Reigment
Marinduque
Naval Board
Navy Department
Boston Patriotic Society
New Zealand Mail Service
Ladrones
Breasi
Ruhlen
Singapore
Dodwell & Co
New Brunewick
St. John
N. B
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vanceboro
St. Andrews
St. Stephen
Fredericton
Woodstock
Nagasaki
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