Time in the Aberdeen era and world notes
A column of short observations and quips on current affairs. Discusses Havana cigars and germs, anarchists in Europe, Count Esterhazy, the Cuban war, Paris exposition plans, and a proposed seawater lake at Longchamp with water drawn from Dieppe. Mentions Emperor Francis Joseph and Prince Rudolph, and a bicycle run to Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Joseph
Prince Rudolph
Meyerling
Paris
Longchamp i
Bois de Boulogne
Dieppe
Pipace
Wongchamps
Porto Rico’s fertile lands and tropical wealth described
The article extols Porto Rico as a rich tropical island with central mountain ranges, abundant rivers, fertile lowlands, and diverse crops including maize yucca sugarcane bananas coffee and tobacco. It notes potential wealth from minerals and ideal climate for health and enterprise under new governance. It contrasts Alaska’s Klondike rush and warns of the harsh winters scarcity and isolation faced by prospectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
United States
Dlielo Sam
Porto Riveo
My. Ober
de Leon
Miles
Istand
West Indies
Alaska
Yukon
Rocky
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Klondike
Alaska Placer
Kondike
Weekly Review of Global News Throughout the Week
A survey highlights events from Manzanillo to Oregon, noting American control in Cuba, Europe’s plan to dismember Switzerland, a fatal riot in Virden Illinois, and the Oregon governor elect’s wife’s sudden death. It covers Spain’s courts under U.S. control, navy expansion, Irish leader Parnell’s anniversary, and various international political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manzanillo
Cuba
Republic of Switzerland
Europe
Virden
Alexandria
London
Khartoum
Jesse James, Jr
Kansas City
Charles Stuart Parnell
Dublin
Marquis Ito
China
Many World News Items From 1890s Dispatches
The report surveys diverse events from Europe and Americas including a Polish priest suing the Catholic Church for 50000, a French withdrawal threat at Fashoda, a German naval attaché to Washington, a ship fire off Margate with fatalities, a massive naphtha blaze at Astrakhan, fortifications for Havana and Canadian cities, Paris charity salons opened to strangers for funds, Cuban leadership rumors, and multiple incidents from fires to politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin
Cathehurch
London
Fashoda
England
Washington
Blengfelt
New York
Margat
Astrakhan
Russia
Noted dentist Dr. Colton dies after long career in Rotterdam
Dr G Q Colton American dentist who died in Rotterdam was famed for pulling over 1,000,000 teeth and pioneering laughing gas use. English writer Robert Roberts, author of 100 plus books and editor of the Philadelphia in Birmingham, dies in San Francisco from heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Q. Colton
Rotterdam
Robert Roberts
The
Christadelphia
Birmingham
England
San Francisco
Paris Peacemakers Narrowly Decline Cuban Debt
Paris reports that after two weeks of talks, the American and Spanish peace commissions show progress mainly by negative actions. The United States refuses to assume Cuban debt, while Spain concedes sovereignty over Cuba, leaving a cautious, unresolved path forward in the protocol talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Cuba
Spain
Senor Montero Rios
Spanish Commission
United States Commission
Forty seventh New York lands at San Juan first
Washington reports the Forty seventh New York arrived at San Juan on October 15 and may land before formal possession. The regiment is described as the first American unit to enter San Juan, Puerto Rico, with Brigadier General Fred Grant to command the San Juan district and Brigadier General Guy V. Henry to lead the rest of Porto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
San Juan
Fortyseventh
New York
Eddy
Porto Rico
Adi _ Shei
Havana
Wood
Presi Et Mador Ae
Celg Ree 69
Catt gon-Fur
Gomez
Juan Ducasse
Haga
Ducasse
Seattle
Cuba
Waring
Humbert
Matt Peror
Ontalian
Mseer
Cairo
Jerusalem
Church of Our Redeemer
Overdorx Ital
Manila
Ooan Lagaspi
Hermanos
Bussi
Raleigh
Woda
General Agul
Hobson Confident in Raising Cristobal Colon Hull
Naval Constructor Hobson, arrived from the wreck at Santiago de Cuba, plans shore based operations to raise the Cristobal Colon after establishing a trolley line and suspension bridge 150 feet to the ship. He expects to move to Guantanamo then return to continue work before month end. A naval board credits the Oregon and notes the battle off Santiago was essentially a captains fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
Santiago de Cuba
Cristobal Colon
Guantanamo
Infanta Maria Teresa
United States
Cervera
Santiago
Sampson
Oregon
Electric Shock Fatal to 88 Year Old Engineer in Seattle
Louis Kay Ser an engineer aged 88 was killed in the Seattle steam laundry after receiving an electric shock while installing an incandescent lamp. In Chicago a Duluth bound ore barge named Church ill sank off Waukegan with Captain Kane of Detroit and deck-hand John Hansen drowned. the vessel valued at $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Flore
Misa
Sweenie
Chicago Fire Department
John Meldrum
Ingrain
Pennsylvania
White Lake
Forestport
N. Y
Seattle
Wash
Louis Kay Ser
Chicago
Churchill
Duluth
Waukegan
Kane
Detroit
John Hansen
The Lizard Wreck Bodies Recovered of Stuny and Vy
Rescue crews recovered the bodies of Stuny and Vy after the Lizard wreck incident. Investigators confirmed the fatalities and began identifying the remains while authorities cautioned about dangerous conditions at the scene.
Mysterious Lizard disaster with fragile rescue report
Reports from Oct 15 detail the steamer Mobeson wreck off Lizard Point after collision with the Lizard Rocks. Of the passengers, many saved and 33 missing. several bodies recovered including Edna King and others. Rescue efforts continue as authorities identify 38 bodies.
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London
At Transport Company
Mobeson
Lizard
Atanacles Apylands
Vondon
Theopoheman
Edna King
Master King
James Blackey
H. M
Fallows
Franklin Fuller
Luke
George Seymour
Min King
Puy
Britain
Tye
Falmo
Charles Duncan
Fale
Theyngerous
St. Keverine
Amerous
Horn
Falmouth
Ohegan
Peace Jubilee Opens in Chicago with Diverse Addresses
The peace jubilee in Chicago opened with a thanksgiving service at the Auditorium on October 18. President McKinley attended as speakers included a Jewish rabbi, a Catholic priest, a Presbyterian minister, and a noted African American orator who praised the president, drawing applause from the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
McKinley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aberdeen Eerald
Aberdeen
H?e
Alps
Boston
Li Tung Chang
Esterhazy
Wwe
Luvn
Texas
du Paty de Clam
Pando
London Figaro
Berlin
William
Wilhelmshohe
Ponce
Sandnan
Georg Ebers
London Quarterly Review
Quarterly Review
Nancy Geer
Omaha
Philippine
United States Navy
Alger
Tanner
Illinois
Fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Mavana
Knights of Pythias
J. I. Jones
Charles Young
Rainier
Walter Farrow
Dewey
Schley
Sone
Peking Syndicate
Empire
Hermann
Land Office
Bear Island
Samuel Ensign
Guam
Uncle Sam
Sullivan’s Gulch
Portland
Middle Western States
Ordonez Patte
Great Falls
Mont
Charles Goddard
Robert T. June
A. L. Ritchie
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Dalton
Imperial Defense Commission
Colombia
Italy
Maximo Gomez
International Typographical Union
Syracuse
Cape Colony
South Africa
John Miller
San Quentin
Cal
James Childs
Sann Francisco
Figaro
Senor Navarre
Macabalous
Philippine Islands
Aguinaldo
Ecuador
Panama
Han Ky
Corean
Lieutenan Briands
Forto Rico
New York Regiment
Commanda of the Diatricta
the Cristobal Colon
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