Alpine Avalanche and World Tidbits from The Globe
A rapid miscellany notes Indianapolis carnival, King Leopold’s nonvisit to America, Captain Wilder’s rank, martial rule in Ville, Spain. a Dubuque fisherman finds a $1000 pearl. typhoid fears around Vincennes. ex president Cleveland’s Princeton trustee role. multiple twin births in Kansas. abduction case in Philadelphia. fatal rail collision in St Louis injuring fourteen. Pecos bridge project costs. Dr Samuels confined in asylum. numerous deaths and sensational events. bank vault robbery near Tyre with nitro glycerine. religious and educational leadership moves. a large Chinese plenipotentiary indemnity. Duke of Alba’s death. prairie dog population estimates in Kansas.
Present Method of Arranging Tariffs at Issue in Rail Rate Debate
Waco Texas October 2 rail road commission work urged uniformity in freight tariffs and a plan to relieve home enterprises. Voters and candidates for the railroad commission debate rate making duties with a clear plan to curb outside invaders and shift power from railroads to fair public policy.
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Rail
Road Commission
Waco
Texas
Senate
Crane
N. W. Finley
Reagan
A Deliberate Action in New Haven Dining Scenario
New Haven hosts a dinner as President Hadley plans a republic gathering with President Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. Miss Alice Roosevelt attends, debuting in Washington society next month, while Southern society reacts to a Negro at the table.
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New Haven
Conn
Hadley
Yale
Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Washington
Miss Roosevelt
Farmingto
National Capital
White House
Society of Washington
Buller Relieved as First Army Corps Commander
London October 23. Sir Redvers Buller has been relieved of command of the First Army Corps after his October 10 speech at a luncheon in his honor by the King's Royal Rifles. General French is appointed to succeed him, to take effect when his services are no longer required in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Redvers Buller
First Army Corps
King's Royal Rifles
French
South Africa
Palmer Robbery Attempt at Local Furniture Store
An attempt to rob a local furniture store was thwarted when the cracksman was discovered and fled, leaving the scene before authorities arrived.
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Palmer
Mayor Harrison Pushes Ordinance Against Winerooms
Chicago on October 22 reports Mayor Harrison urging the city council to direct the license committee to draft an ordinance banning winerooms and private apartments in any shop within Chicago. He argues public morals suffer and that such action will bring far-reaching, salutary changes without hardship to reputable saloonkeepers. The committee is expected to report a proposed ordinance.
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Chicago
Harrison
Committee On License
Leyte Stirred Up General Chaffee Sees No Samar Open Fight
Manila October 25 General Chaffee expects no extensive engagement on Samar Island and believes operations there will avoid open combat. Rifles captured at Balangiga are said to be in Leyte as bolomen move from Samar. Reinforcements aim to boost garrisons to thirty eight men and provide field-working detachments against insurgents. General Wheaton reports bolo bands entering Tarlac province in Luzon through Bulacan province.
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Leyte
Manila
Chaffee
Samar
Balangiga
General Wheaton
Tarlac Province
Luzon
Bulanfan
A Steadfast Anarchist
Auburn N Y October 23 Leon Czolgosz McKinley assassin awaiting electrocu tion in prison here next week asked for spiritual consolation and received a visit from Rev Szradinski Polish priest of the Roman Catholic church He is pastor at St Stanislaus Rochester and was in town for forty hours devotions and visited the prisoner for about an hour.
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Auburn
N. Y
Leon Czolgosz
McKinley
Szradinski
Szadinski
St. Stanislaus Church
Rochester
St. Alphonsus Church
John Pearl Hanged for Murder in Coleman Texas
John Pearl was hanged in Coleman Texas for the murder of Ed Tusker. Just before death he told witnesses he died game and, from a jail window, gave a rambling address denying sole responsibility while stating another party fired the fatal shot. He prayed at start and end. He showed little emotion except brief remarks about his wife.
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John Pearl
Coleman
Texas
Ed Tusker
Jewelry and Gold Vanish From New York Real Estate Dealer Home
Jewelry valued at 10000 dollars and 300 dollars in gold vanished from the residence of Harris Mandelbaum a real estate dealer in Bolen New York Det The money and valuables were kept in a safe at the house A servant who slept in a room adjoining the safe room is also missing with the case under investigation by local authorities.
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Bolen
New York
Harris Mandelbaum
Killing at Waco shows duel ends with double shooting
In Waco Texas on October 22 Dr J T Lovelace and his stepson Z T Reynolds killed William Harris ex sheriff and his son William Harris in the Turf saloon over family quarrels. The elder Harris died from gunfire while two others were wounded as Lovelace and Reynolds surrendered to authorities.
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Waco
Texas
William Harris
J. T. Lovelace
Z. T. Reynolds
Austin Street
Young Harris
Lovelace
Reynolds
Speegleville
Young Warris
Harris
Beaten Socialist Speaker Taken Across River to Orange County
Frank D. Lyon, a Beaumont linotype operator arrested during a Pearl Street speech, was abducted from the calaboose last night and whipped in the woods across the Neches into Orange County. He reached Terry, telegraphing that he was assaulted. no affidavits or arrests have been made. Lyon, from Houston, had given many socialistic talks without evidence of anarchism.
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Beaumont
Texas
Frank D. Lyon
Pearl Street
Calaboose
Neches River
Orange County
Lyon
Terry
Houston
Will Not Give Up Taylor in Kentucky Extradition Case
Indianapolis October 22 Governor Durbin is not likely to announce a decision on the last requisition from Governor Beckham of Kentucky for the extradition of Taylor and Finley until Caleb Powers trial concludes at Georgetown. It is understood at the State house that the governor will not honor the requisitions after reviewing the records. Mr Finley visited the attorney general today and spoke with the official.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Durbin
Beckham
Kentucky
Taylor
Finley
Caleb Powers
Georgetown
State House
Souvenir of Galveston Storm Reaches New York
The British steamship Roma, blown broadside by the current during the Galveston hurricane of Sept 8, 1900, arrives in New York on October 22. Charles Clark & Co. had previously floated six other stranded steamships. Roma to enter the Pacific trade.
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New York
Roma
Charles Clark & Co
Stamps Stolen From Chicago Post Office Vault
Burglars escaped after stealing 16068 dollars worth of stamps from the Chicago post office. A weeklong tunnel led to a hole drilled through the vault, near the cashier’s area where over 300000 dollars in cash lay, suggesting the cash was the target.
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Chicago
McHugh Released From Kilmainham Jail Iro
Dublin October 22 Patrick A McHugh MP for Leitrim north was freed from Kilmainham jail after a six month sentence for publishing sedition in his paper The Sligo Champion. He received an enthusiastic crowd reception and plans to sail for New York with John Redmond and John O'Donnell on the Majestic, leaving Queenstown Thursday.
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McHugh
Irom
Dublin
Patrick A. McHugh
Leitrim
Sligo
Justce
Kilmainham
New York
John Redmond
John O'Donnell
Majestic
Queenstown
Circus Draws Oil Field Workers In Beaumont Tragedy
Operations at a Beaumont oil field stalled as workers took the day off for a circus. A drilling derrick accident occurred when gas overwhelmed drillers A. J. Larcomb and he fell from height. His brother in law McGilvray rescued him from the spray and they were revived with effort.
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Beaumont
Texas
A. J. Larcomb
Mr. McGilvray
Legislative Investigation Authorized by Texas Legislature
October 22 Austin. The governor signed a joint resolution for a legislative investigation of state departments and institutions. A committee of three representatives and two senators will conduct the inquiry. The act takes effect December 29, ninety days after adjournment, with the speaker and lieutenant governor barred from naming committees until then.
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Austin
Texas
Getting Ready to Strike at Singer Sewing Machine
In Elizabethport New Jersey 400 workers strike at the Singer Sewing Machine plant while 1200 idle due to no machines. Over 300 more women have been laid off. The company warns that strikers must accept reemployment individually or never return.
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New York
Singer Sewing Machine Works
Elizabethport
N. J
Singer Company
Plague Ravages Foo Chow as Coffins Leave City Gates
The Church Missionary Society reports bubonic plague in Foo Chow and surrounding area with about fifteen hundred new cases daily. For weeks, over a thousand coffins have been removed daily from city gates. In Washington, President Roosevelt and New York guests dined on chile con carne and tamales at a White House restaurant recently.
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Foo Chow
London
Church Missionary Society
New York
Roosevelt
Chile
White House
Washington
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Prop's. Alpine
Thdianapolis
Leopold
America
Frank Wilder
Se Ville
Spain
Dubuque, Ia
Vincennes
Cleveland
Princeton University
Jon Sherman
Mc.Kennia, Kan
Philadelphia
Mabel Good- Tich
St. Louis
Pecos River
Roswell
N. M
Reuben Samuels
Jene
Frank James
St. Joseph
Lion Henry
Parmenter
Washin
Carthage
BE. McCarty
Toonevett
Mra
Tne
Atres Va Seenl
S¢hanton
F Fenn Bank
Tyre
Henry Power
Norwalk
San Juan University
Noman Catholic
Porto Rico
JD & Sawmill
Tipton
Edward Nolan
Thomas Sanger
Washington, Ind
Hannah Powderly
Tor
Powderly
Genigration
Neral
Knights of Labor
Joshua Gilfillan
Kekaree
Joseph Parker
Congregational Union of England and Wales
United Congregational Church
Lebanon
Richard Po. Bland
Pe ‘Kin
Duke of Alba
Holland House
Thomas Lipton
Tt Ia
Kansas
Vienna
London Times
New York Times
Pester Lloyd
Hague
Kruger
Leyds
Messrs. Wessils
Wolmarans
Fischer
Villa Caraisasa
Dregent
Mr. Kruger
Nader Mac
J. D. Lovelace
Meepson
Justice Williams
Schley Haveen
Navy Department
Schley
Raynor
R D. Lyons
Galveston
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