Castro flees before rebels near Caracas in Venezuelan conflict
News from Willemstad reports 6,500 revolutionary troops under General Mendoza and 4,000 government troops under President Castro clashed near Camatagua. Castro’s forces retreated to Los Teques as rebels threaten Caracas. Deserions rise, Caracas recruits on streets, provisions scarce and prices high. A second revolutionary column under General Rolando sits at Cua, Miranda, 25 miles south of Caracas, with Barcelona planned for attack.
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Venezuela
Matos
Mendoza
Camatagua
Miranda
Caracas
San Juan de Los Matos
Villa de Cura
Castro
Los Teques
Barcelona
Rolando
Cua
Too Liberal to Cunard Line Britons Object to Action
London observers condemn government subsidies to Cunard Steamship Co arguing that funding new ships sets a dangerous precedent and may provoke retaliatory subsidies from the United States and other nations. Public sentiment centers on whether state aid should continue.
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London
Cunard Steamship Company
Zola’s Will Said to Leave All to Widow Madame Zola
Madame Zola fainted as Emile Zola’s body lay in state while a will found in his bedroom reportedly leaves all to his wife. The document was sealed and not opened until late, with no literary directions or funeral instructions revealed.
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Zola
Paris
Madame Zola
Emile Zola
British Subjects Fearful Over Bay Islands Cession
Mobile Alabama October 2 Captain Coe of the British schooner Clara L. Dyer reports intense unease among British subjects in the Bay Islands of Ruatan Bonacca and Truxillo after Great Britain ceded the is lands to Honduras. Islanders doubt allegiance and fear impressment as revolution looms with Honduras election near. German tariff bill second reading completed by Reichstag committee.
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Ala
Coe
Clara L. Dyer
Ruatan
Bonacco
Truxillo
Great Britain
Honduras
Manual Bonilla
Juan Angel ‘Arias
Avemma
Farewell for Chaffee and Wright in Manila
General Chaffee and Vice Governor Wright sailed for San Francisco aboard the Sumner after a long Philippine service. A large farewell greeted them at the Manila landings with troops and cheering crowds as Fort Santiago fired a salute. Wright plans to stay home about five months.
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Manila
Chaffee
Wright
San Francisco
Sumner
Davis
Division of the
Geral Chaffee
Mr. Wright
Fort Santiago
Psychic elements dominate ninth congress of criminalists
St Petersburg reports that the ninth congress of the International Society of Criminalists centers on the psychic elements of crime. Delegates from countries including Germany discuss definitions of attempts, punishments for attempts, complicity, and reforms urged by Liszt Van Hamel. فرانس گروپ debate penitentiary reforms and anti white slave trade.
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Associated Press
International Society of Criminaliste
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Berlin
Liszt Ia
Germany
United States
von Mayer
Guilcotne
von Liszt and
van Hamel
Amsterdam
M. G. Fentilely
Court of Cassation of Paris
Muravief
Russia
Council of the Empire
Siberia
Ministry of the Interior
Justice
Austria and Hungary Near Renewal of Union Act
Vienna reports that well informed persons expect an accord between Austrian and Hungarian ministers on renewing the Ausgleich act concerning administration costs. Documents are anticipated to be signed soon at Budapest.
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Austria
Hungary
Vienna
Budapest
Weyler to resign amid Alfonso decrees dispute
Madrid reports General Weyler the minister of war will resign his portfolio at the chamber reopening as King Alfonso refuses to sign certain military decrees Weyler presented for the king. This crisis follows Weyler’s push for the decrees and Alfonso’s refusal.
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Alfons
Madrid
General Weyler
Chamber of Deputes
Ang Alfonso
Weyier
Heir Gladdens Manchesters in Ireland Birth Tale
Belfast reports the duchess of Manchester Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati Ohio gave birth to a son at Panger dgee castle County Armagh. Both mother and child are well. London notes bells rang at Kimbolton castle as the duchess’s birth inspires rejoicings. The child becomes Viscount Mandeville.
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Ireland
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Manchester
Helena Zimmerman
Cindinneti
Ohio
Pangerdgee Castle
County Armagh
London
Duchess of Manchester
Kimbollton Castle
St. Neots
Duke of Manchester
Viscount Mandeville
Poles Flee Russia Two Million Leave Homes Annually
St Petersburg dispatch notes massive migration of Polish laborers from central and northern provinces to Prussia and other regions in Europe. It cites 2 137 000 peasants leaving yearly, driven by scarce arable land and scarce funds, usually borrowed from usurers. A proposal calls for an information bureau to relay government crop reports to migrants.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Prussia
Rt. Petersburg Vodomosti
Avesia
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promised Digestive Cure
An ad touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion and stomach troubles. The tablet form with vegetable and fruit essences plus pepsin is said to digest food fully and relieve gas sour stomach and bloating after meals. They are promoted as superior to tonics pills and bitters and available at drug stores.
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Ruggists
Stuartis
Stuart
Btuart
Former Tammany Boss Refuses To Discuss New York Convention
Croker says he has read reports of the convention and finds them interesting but is done with politics. He declines further comment, speaking at Wantage after gathering reports for the press.
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Croker
Wantage
New York
Democratic State Ton
Spratega
Mahan on Naval Expansion in The Times London
London editorial discusses Captain Mahan's US article Why We Must Have a Greater Navy. The Times calls the argument cogent and broadening, suggesting naval growth affects every great commercial power and could pressure a global balance in trade. It notes commerce should unite, not exclude, though friction may arise when one nation’s expansion marginalizes others.
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London
the Times This
Captain Mahan
United States
the Times
M&han
Mealy Loses In Mexico Supreme Court Decides Against Him
In Mexico City on October 2 the Supreme Court ruled against W H Mealy in two cases. The first involved his dispute with Norias de Baján Mining Company over ownership of mining properties. The second concerned Mealy’s appeal to Coahuila’s legislature over failure to prosecute judges who issued a sentence adverse to him. Crops in India are promising as monsoon rains improve prospects despite some districts needing more rain.
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Mexico City
W.H. Mealy
Qne
Mr. Mealy
Norias de Bajan Mining Company
Meaty
Coahuila
India
London
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Mrs Cornwallis West Decorated at Balmoral
King Edward conferred the Royal Red Cross on Mrs George Cornwallis West for services aboard the hospital ship Maine during the South African war. She was formerly Miss Jennie Jerome of New York and Lady Randolph Churchill.
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London
Balmoral
Castle
Edward
Order of the Royal Red Cross
George Cornwallis-West
Maine
Cornwallis- West
Jennie Jerome
New York
Lady Randolph Churchill
Turpentine Camp Fatal Fight Over Rations
In Tifton Georgia two Black workers at Norman's turpentine camp quarreled over rations. Kid Utley accused Tom Gay of stealing, Utley chased by Gay who struck him with a scrape iron, killing him instantly. Gay is at large. officers plan arrest. An inquest jury returned a verdict matching the event.
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Norman
Obe
Kid Utley
Tom Gay
Utley
Gay
Iim
Cross Plains constable dies after apoplexy at election
Special dispatch from Cross Plains Carrollton Ga October 2 Constable Isaac W Bates of Cross Plains 8 miles east of here was stricken with apoplexy during the election precinct hours and died after severe convulsions. He was about 37 a prominent farmer and officer with a family.
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J. W. Bates
Cross Plains
Carrollton
Isaac W. Bates
Here
C. W. Mills
Ensley
Ala
Columbus
Miss
W. Mills
Iinsley
Pagley
Cheering Report by the Secretary of the Treasury
Fragmentary note references the secretary of the treasury and a call to address a “Cheering Report” in Atlanta. The text is garbled and provides no clear event, date, or identifying details to confirm a full summary.
Cuban treasury report shows September customs rise
Sencer Montes reports island wide customs receipts for September at 1 307 102 with total receipts including post office revenue internal revenue and sundries 31 606 401. August 31 cash 1 089 247 yields a grand total of 2 695 618. September payments 1 228 912 leaving 1 406 736 on hand. News notes sugar price and crop optimism boost confidence while senate debates Cuban artillery expansion and agriculture secretary appointment. Diario de la Marina criticizes delayed measures.
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Sencer Montes
Treasury
Cuba
Post Office
Money Order Department
Internal Revenue and
Senate
Palma
Diario de la Marina
Congress
Tifton Seeks City Court For Local District
Citizens in Tifton Georgia held a meeting to pursue a special act in the upcoming legislature to establish a city court in Tifton. The plan would grant jurisdiction over district No. 1914 in Berrien County, centered near Tifton, reducing travel and expense to reach the county seat in Nashville and easing witness attendance and legal administration.
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Tifton
Barnesville
Berrien County
House Mover Injured in Express Office Move
Allen Stovall a White laborer was fatally injured today while moving the Southern Express office to make way for a new brick building. The structure slid catching him and crushing his chest in Decatur Alabama on October 2.
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Decatur
Ala
Allen Stovall
Southern Express
Rock Thrown Into Train Near Madison Alabama
A rock was thrown through a westbound Southern railroad newsbay train window near Madison Alabama. No passengers were injured. Traveling representative W D Parseley of The Commercial Appeal narrowly escaped harm. A motive was not determined. The incident follows Meil Baptist Association proceedings in Tifton Georgia and a Macon Sunday School Institute at Tattnall Square Baptist Church.
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Decatur
Ala
Newsbay
Southern Railroad
Madison
W. D. Parseley
Commercial Appeal
Macon
Tattnall Square Baptist Church
Quarrel Over Dixie Bates Special Meeting Passenger Agents
A special meeting of passenger agents was convened in Cleveland to settle a dispute involving the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsy railroads over issuing the same fare permit and routing through Cincinnati and Washington for southern rates. The Big Four were also involved in discussions. Officials indicated a general passenger rate decision was anticipated.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Pennperiranta
Baltmore
Cincinnati
Balimers
New York
Curing Men for 19 Years with Electro-Chamber Biot
Fragmentary ad-style text promotes a device named Electro-Chamb Biot Od claiming cures for varicose vein blood issues in short time. The readable fragment is promotional with dubious medical credibility and lacks verifiable details.
Flower lines sale eyed by Southern railway
Chattanooga Tennessee October 2 Special President Spencer of the Southern railway is in Europe to close a deal for acquiring the Flower lines, including the Queen and Crescent system. The Flower lines total 510 miles and would complete the shortest route to New Orleans and the west. The sale is expected to be announced soon. Colorado Iron Company's case in Denver follows. Judge Caldwell signs the order, mandating officers issue a call and hold the annual election December 10.
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Tenn
Spencer
Southern Railway
Europe
Southern
Queen and Crescent
Seliifted
New Orleans
Great West
Colorado Iron Company
Denver
Colo
Caldwell
United States
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Gates
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