Excommunication of Father Crowley Shocks Chicago Diocese
Father Jeremiah Crowley once pastor of St. Mary's Oregon Illinois is excommunicated by Archbishop Feehan. The papal delegate Cardinal Martinelli ordered penance or monastic life or permanent dismissal. Crowley defied the order attending two masses and plans to appeal to the pope.
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Chicago
Father Jeremiah Crowley
St. Mary's Church
Oregon
Feehan
Father Crowley
Father Muldoon
Barry
Muldoon
Martinelli
Insurgents Captured Near Passi Panay Island
The constabulary reports a fight near Passi in Panay where 25 insurgents were captured along with arms. Lorega has surrendered with his forces and one cannon and seven rifles. General Hughes notes encouraging Cebu conditions and negotiates Maxilot's surrender to pacify the province. Food shortages and government rice rations hinder insurgents. Recent Samar developments referenced.
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Manila
Passi
Noilo
Panay
Hughes
Cebu
Lorega
Maxilot
Politico
Samar
Tariff pressures force factory closure amid price competition
The article notes labor and industry woes from the new tariff. A hat and umbrella factory with about 600 workers has closed due to costs. Lawyers challenge the tariff, arguing German goods can be sold at half the domestic production price.
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Commission
Germany
Miners Trapped In Highland Bay Mine Rescue Efforts Ongoing
A telephone from Bingham Utah states rescuers had not reached Charles Nutting and William Anderson by 10 p.m. Friday. Signals ceased after midnight. Tunnel walls crumble hindering rescuers and endangering trapped men.
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Salt Lake
Bingham
Utah
Charles Nutting
William Anderson
Highland Bay
King Edward’s Health Reported as Throat Cancer
Reynolds' Weekly Newspaper claims King Edward suffers throat cancer. It states three operations removed papilloma on the left vocal cord and another on the right last week. An emergency procedure followed breathing difficulty, with officials warning of serious developments ahead.
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Majesty
Efforts Launched to Grow Filler Tobacco in U.S.
Secretary Wilson announced that Agriculture Experts will search nationwide for soils and conditions to cultivate filler tobacco like Cuban varieties. The plan aims to produce all needed filler tobacco domestically, with inland possessions surveyed for suitable land and soil conditions to build up the crop.
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Washington
Wil Son
Agricultural Department
United States
Cuba
Department of Agriculture
War Records Published Reflect 181000 Cases Handled
Brigadier General Fred Ainsworth, head of the record and pension office, reports 181,175 cases processed in the fiscal year mainly for the army and pension bureau. He notes updates on medals of honor and the near completion of official Civil War records, totaling 125,730 pages of text.
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Washington
Fred ©. Ainsworth
Record and Pension Office
Secretary of War
Army
Pension Office
Ainsworth
Motor-bicycle record paced by Champion’s mile mark
Albert Champion set a motor-bicycle world mile record at Vailsburg New Jersey with a 1:122-5 time surpassing his prior 1:15. Frank Kramer won two heats over Bonnie Monroe in a mile colt. Freeman defeated Krebs in the half mile match race with 2:44 1-5 first heat and 2:30 second heat. Krebs took the third heat and race with 2:34 1-5.
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New York
Vailsburg
N. J
Albert Champion
Frank Kramer
Bonnie Monroe
Memphis
R. P. Freeman
Portland
Ore
Floyd Krebs
Newark
Freeman
Krebs
Boers Shot After Court Martial in London
The South African mail reports several Boers captured in khaki uniforms were court-martialed and executed. The incident occurred in London with details indicating swift military punishment for suspected rebels.
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London
American proposes electric streetcar system for St. Petersburg
Murray A. Verner of Pittsburgh offers to buy all municipal and private lines, electrify traction, and create a Russian company with 2,000,000 rubles capital to convert within four years. The city would unite private lines, pay for a new Neva bridge, use Russian labor, and expand bridges while modernizing rails and overhead lines.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Murray A. Verner
Pittsburg
Verner
W. A. Heydecker
Aid
Neva
Leininger Fatally Shot by Ben Kimber Near Townsend
Special Dispatch reports from Townsend say Ben Kimber shot and killed Jacob Leininger about five miles west of town over fencing of disputed land. Kimber began chopping Leininger’s fence, provoking a quarrel in which Leininger died instantly. Kimber surrendered to the sheriff in Townsend. Both men are well known ranchers in the valley.
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Standard
Townsend
Ben Kimber
Jacob Leininger
Kimber
Leininger
McKinley Memorial Arch Association Calls for National Fund
The William McKinley National Memorial Arch association announces a national memorial arch in Washington to honor President McKinley. President Roosevelt accepts honorary membership as funds are sought through nationwide subscriptions via postmasters banks and other outlets.
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Washington
William McKinley
McKinley
Roosevelt
Potomac
Arlington
Congress
William McKinley National Memorial Area Association
Lyman J. Ciage
Thomas F. Walsh
Washington, D
Sym
Memorial Proposal for Late President at Canton Grave
A proposal to erect a suitable memorial at the late president's grave in Canton Ohio is under discussion. Local leaders consider the project a fitting tribute and seek community input and possible funding options.
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Pathy
Canton
Ohio
Registration in Ohio Sets City Record for Voter Count
Cincinnati voters registered 76,602 for next Tuesday's election, the largest since last year's presidential vote. Two years ago the total was 74,106 with similar conditions, then as now for state officers and the legislature. John R. McLean opposed Governor Nash in 1897. The 1899 registration exceeded expectations.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John R. McLean
Nash
Catholics Gather for Columbus Memorial Vesper Service
In Washington the papal legation and church leaders joined about a thousand Knights of Columbus at St Patrick's Church for a Columbus memory service. Cardinal Mar tinelli Dr. Rooker Rev Dr Carrigan Bishop Bradley attended. The sermon titled Christian Manhood was delivered by Rev Dr D J Stafford with Warren Courier as deacon and Burns of Holy Cross as subdeacon. A 100 voice choir performed.
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Washington
Cardinal Martinelli
Rooker
Papal Legation
Carrigan
Catholic University
Bradley
New Hampshire
Order of the Knights of Columbus
St. Patrick's Church
America
D. J. Stafford
Warren Courier
Burns
Holy Cross College
Crooked work at Lexington track causes race-distance scare
Lexington Ky Oct 27 local breeders issued a call to meet at the Phoenix hotel Tuesday noon to determine the truth of reports that a pole marking three-eighths of a mile from the wire at the Kentucky Association track was moved. The action aims to expose and punish those responsible if the reports are correct.
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Lexington
Phoenix Hotel
Kentucky Association
H. A. Engman
Tevis Wilkerson
Milton Young
T. ¢. McDowell
P. H. Johnson
J. ©. Rogers
G. D. Wilson
B. G. Thomas
F. A. Dangerfield
T. J. Carson
O. H. Chenault
Ed Kane
Charles McMeekin
P. Hi. Headley
8. C. Lyne
W. S. Barnes
Kk. F. Clay
Campbell Scott
New York
Hill
Clarence Mackay
White and Black on the Same Gallows
In Poplar Bluff Missouri Stephen Lark white and Zeb Crite a negro were sentenced to hang on December 20 for murder and stabbing at large. Crite had killed Alice Giles last June and shot Thomas Graham in September. Will Gatlin and Ike Torrence both negroes were arrested as accessories. Gatlin was found guilty of murder in the first degree and to be sentenced next week. The jury reached a verdict against Crite in five minutes.
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Poplar Bluff
Stephen Lark
Zeb Crite
Clark
Alice Giles
Crite
Thomas Graham
Will Gatlin
Ike ‘Torrence
Progress toward opening Manchurian Siberian railway
A Vladivostok dispatch reported General Grodokoff with Russian assistant minister of finance M. Romenoff will soon open the Manchurian Siberian railway, enabling rail link from St. Petersburg to Siberia.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Vladivostock
Grodokoff
M. Romenoff
Hope the worst is over investors deceived by censored cables
English investors remain aloof from the stock exchange as censored South African cables distort perceptions. Berlin reports a quiet bourse with industrial securities holding steady amid mixed signals from Germany and the United States regarding iron, rail, and metal markets.
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South Africa
Dull Week on London Stock Exchange Signals Cautious Outlook
London faced a dull week with a marginal rise in the money market as gold drains to Paris pushed the open rate from 2% to 3%. With the gold reserve under £25,000,000 an official rate hike seemed likely but not timed. South African news spurred miscues, while home rails held firm and Americans saw modest gains. Consols slipped 11 1 16 points.
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London
The
Stock Exchange
Paris
Kierksdorp
Cape Town
Rustenburg
New York
Apex Oil Company Delivers World’s Largest Gusher
A Beaumont telegram reports Apex Oil Company strikes the world’s largest gusher at Spindle Top Height. Apex is a Kansas City organization.
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Kansas City
Beaumont
Tex
Apex O l Company
Apex Company
Street Railway Time Table for Connecting B A P Lines
Train listings show connections with the B A P railway lines. Schedules indicate transfer points and timing details for era streetcar routes linking with broader rail service.
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