Vast array of world events from many nations
Signal corps men faced a surprise in Nueva Ecija. Bryan spoke in Madison Square Garden. Queen Wilhelmina betrothal announced. Carnegie donates £10000 to Hawick library. Welchbach Lamp manager Ewing dies by gas. Smolensk holds quarterly lottery for couples. Freight derailment near Lawn Dale kills two, injures one. Oshkosh lumber fire destroys mills, losses reach 300000. Grant sails to Manila with 507 casuals and recruits. Detroit rubber cement explosion kills two, injures eight. Oregon Short Lines fast mail wreck near Topas injures crew. Tramp killed, Bauler to return to England. Germany accepts France proposal. Alaska coal field found. East River reformers defeat imperial army. Boers active near Kroonstad. Amur river first steps by Russians. Lord Alverstone named lord chief justice. Mexican campaign against Indians continues. Shields and 51 rescued from Filipinos. Vancouver milk combine formed. Roosevelt speaks in Covington. Southern China rebellion anti-dynastic. Havana yellow fever risk as sewers dug. Herrick fire destroys 10 houses, $50000 loss. Adams at Oregon asylum hanged himself. Li Hung Chang regrets, thanks Americans. Dewet vows prisoners of war. Possible bubonic plague in Stepney. Boxer movement evidence in Chinese records. Port Limon fire destroys prominent buildings. Turkish sultan leases island Uroan to Germany. German wine harvest robust. Bresci’s daughter born in Jersey City. Minneapolis churches clear debts. Field Museum finds life on Earth over 10 million years old.
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Bauler
England
Germany
France
Alaska
East River
Kroonstadt
Amur
Lord Alverstone
Shields
Vancouver
B. C
Roosevelt
Covington
China
Havana
Herrick
Ill
Roosevelts Baltimore Speech and Global News Roundup
A wide array of items from the era includes Roosevelt's Baltimore visit, yellow fever in Havana, and US political forecasts. Other notes cover missionary deaths in Shan Si, Dutch Gelderland voyage with Kruger aboard, a fatal Northern Pacific wreck near Missoula, and Warner’s Hartford obituary. Also: Alabama population rise, Armenian massacres in Diarbekir, and various colonial and financial updates.
Germany not sincere in China policy Baron von Sternberg recalled
Washington dispatch reports distrust of Germany after recall of Baron von Sternberg the Berlin envoy to Washington for pursuing conciliatory China policy. Berlin sought a tougher stance and delayed settlement, while American officials noted Sternberg aided good relations and Samoan问题 peaceful ties. Miners in Wilkesbarre invite 10 percent wage increases as Wyoming valley plants push for worker return despite powder dispute delaying settlements.
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New York
Germany
China
Berlin
Washington
The
Herald
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Baron von Sternberg
Deutschland
State Department
Baron von Steinberg
United States
Caroline Islands
Spain
Negro Murderer Lynched Near Baton Rouge
Mikey Johnson, a Black man who wounded Conductor Will Jordan of the Texas and Pacific, was lynched at 2 o'clock this morning near Baton Rouge after authorities briefly held him at the state capital. A mob overpowered sheriffs and hanged him as he was being moved to Port Allen.
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Plaquemine
Mikey Johnson
Will Jordan
Texas & Pacific Road
Baton Rouge
Johnson
Port Allen
Fever Spreads in Havana and Bank Dynamited in Missouri
Fever cases rise in Havana with 1 to 17 reported and risk of exodus if not improved. Havana branch manager Frank W. Hayes and his wife isolated as Hayes battles illness. In Kentucky, postmaster general William L. Wilson dies in Lexington. Nome reports first snowfall. In Nevada Missouri, three masked men dynamite Farmers Bank, steal about $3,000. Constable William Maron is killed as robbers return fire. Sheriff leads pursuit with bloodhounds.
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Havana
Frank W. Hayes
The
North American Trust Company
Nevada
Farmera’ Bank
William Maron
Maron
Ewing
Tenement House Fire Kills Numerous In New York
Early today a three story and attic tenement at 45 and 459 Hester Street burned, killing eight residents and injuring one. Victims include Sarah Sass 36 Samuel Sass 138 Lena Sass 9 Morris Bass 2 Mrs Horowitz 46 Rosa Lewin 52 Mendel Strauss 60 Samuel Strauss 20. Mary Murray 40 was burned. Fire alarms and heroic efforts failed to save many, with several fatalities on the stairs and in the attic. Loss is estimated at 6000 dollars.
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New York
Hester Street
Sarah Sass
Samuel Sass
Lena Sass
Morris Bass
Mrs. Horowitz
Rosa Lewin
Mendel Strauss
Samuel Strauss
Mary Murray
No. 47
Charles Sass
Horowitz
Sass
Samuel
Mary Martin
Strauss
Martin
Mra. Murray
Dowie meeting broken up by police at Zionist rally
London reports show medical students disrupted John Alexander Dowie’s Chicago Zionist meeting with jeers and thrown chairs. Police arrested rioters, and further clashes occurred as Dowie fled and order was restored. Tomorrow leaders face arraignment as authorities weigh further gatherings. General J W Fisher dies in Cheyenne at 86. Wyoming pioneer, judge, and Civil War brigadier general with notable service at Bethesda Church.
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London
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Dowie
St. Martinstown Hall
Anarchist Plotter Arrested in Brazil Case Ties Manetti to Assassins
Rio Janeiro police report the arrest of Italian Angel Manetti, tied to Caserio and Bresci, suspected of plotting to kill Brazil’s President Campos Salles. The dispatch notes Manetti as a friend of the two famous assassins and details the allegations.
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Brasil
New York
Rio Janeiro
Herald
Angel Manetti
Caserio
Carnot
France
Bresci
Humbert
Italy
Manetti
Campos Salles
Brazil
Great Irrigation Undertaking in Idaho Opens Vast Project
Boise Idaho Oct 19 The state segregates 278000 acres on the Snake River near Shoshone Falls to be reclaimed under the Carey act by canal fed from the river. The undertaking will cost 1500000 dollars. 8 B Milner of Salt Lake is president of the company. This is the largest irrigation project in the state and among the biggest in the nation.
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Boise
Idaho
Snake River
Shoshone Falls
B. Milner
Salt Lake
Strike leaders blame operators over powder concession in 10 percent wage boost
Hazleton Pa Oct 23 President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers defends the Scranton convention terms saying miners met operators halfway but the strike continues because many coal firms refuse to guarantee the 10 percent advance to April 1. He cites Coxe Bros Markle Co Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co and others withholding accord. Mitchell notes no partial settlement and says miners will not return until officially notified.
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Hazleton
Mitchell
United Mineworkers
Ne Scranton
Lehigh
Scranton
Coxe Bros. & Co
G. B. Markle & Co
Lehigh & Wilkesdaire Company
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lackawanna
Wyoming
No. 9
Schuylkill District
Starving Indians reported near Agassiz Meado ws
A dispatch from Agassiz says 200 Indians are starving at Pemberton Meadows with 650 Indian families at risk. Calamities include failed potato crop, no salmon, drowned stock, and Harrison river flooding. Supplies are being rushed from Vancouver to the affected area.
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Vancouver
B. C
Agassiz
3. C
Pemberton Meadows
Harrison
Immigrants Held Up Over Manifest on La Bretagne
New York October 28 1913 the entire steerage list of the French liner La Bretagne numbering 716 was held on the registry floor amid claims most names were mismanifested. The hold up ended when a bond of 5000 was posted to cover fines for improper manifests.
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New York
Mexican Town Swept Away
Guadalupe in the Rio Grande Basin south of El Paso was wiped out by a flood Wednesday night. Four hundred villagers lost all possessions. An old man and two children perished alongside many goats cattle horses and fowl.
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el Paso
Texas
Guadalupe
Mexico
Rio Grande Basin
Opera House Burned in Paducah Fire Disaster
Paducah Kentucky October 23 a fire at Mortons opera house at 1 20 in the morning spread rapidly before discovery. The adjoining large dry goods store owned by L B Ogilvie Company on the ground floor was destroyed along with offices and smaller shops. Estimated total loss around 400 000 dollars.
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Paducah
Morton
Opera House
L. B. Ogilvie & Company
Population of Arizona Nearly Doubles in a Decade
Census returns show Arizona territory population rising from 59 620 in 1890 to 122 212 in 1900. The gain of 62 592 people equals about 104.9 percent, influenced by counting Indians and others on reservations in 1890 but not in 1900. The report notes prior decade growth, and presents density figures across 112 920 square miles.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Territory
Arizona
Naval board to pick site for station in the Philippines
Reports say Subig bay in the Philippines is unsuitable for a large naval station due to shallow water. Manila bay, Ilo Ilo, and Olongapo are also considered. Naval Constructor Hobson favors Subig bay, and a naval board may be named to decide the best available site.
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Washington
Navy Department
Subig Bay
Philippines
Navy Yard
Manila Bay
Japan’s Cabinet Falls as Ito Emerges in Turbulent Politics
Yokohama reports the resignation of the Japanese cabinet and the likely rise of Marquis Ito. The shift aims at a tougher foreign policy amid tensions in China. Ito faces internal party discord as the country pivots toward a stronger stance with pro Russian tendencies noted.
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Yokohama
Marquis
Ito
Marquis Ito
China
Japan
Marquia Ito
Verdict for Heavy Damages in Rhoades Case
Mrs. Elizabeth Rhoades, as administratrix of George B. Rhoades, won a 37 000 verdict against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company in New York Supreme Court. Rhoades died after being hit by a car on July 10, 1899, and the suit cited a large city verdict against a surface railroad. The case also links to Policeman Thomas F. O'Brien, convicted of stealing the captain’s cap and watch from the injured man.
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New York
Elizabeth Rhoades
Supreme Court
George B. Rhoades
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Rhoades
Thomas F. O'Brien
Sing Sing
Indiana Tragedy Involving Dr Beck At Waymansville
In Waymansville Indiana Dr Conda Beck shot and killed William Barton after Barton objected to Beck keeping company with his daughter. Beck previously killed Grace Cohee two years earlier and was acquitted. As of latest reports Beck remained at large.
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Columbus
Ind
Waymansville
Conda Beck
William Barton
Barton
Beck
Grace Cohee
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E. E. Ewing
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Grant
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Li Hung Chang
Dewet
Stepney
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Father Land
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Cheyenne
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President Mitchell
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