Crisis in negotiations over Cuban debt and Philippines surrender
A London dispatch reports crisis at talks as Judge Day threatens US demands on Cuban debt and insists on Philippine surrender. Spaniards propose debt cuts or repudiation but would yield only if Spain gives up the Philippines. Day warns the Philippines’ surrender likely demanded regardless. Madrid contemplates adjournment as Washington signals irritation at Spanish delay.
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Philippines
Day
Burrender
Loxpon
London
Judge Day
United States
Spain
Banda
Madrid
McKinley
Porto Rico
Havana
Washington
Fortifications of Havana Reported by War Department
Washington, Oct. 18. The War Department received a detailed description of Havana fortifications. There are 43 new guns alongside old pieces, mainly Hontoria and Ordonez patterns with a few Krupps. The Spanish garrison strength is about 100,000, evenly split between volunteers and regulars, with potential gains from provincial troops. Armament totals 292,989 rifles and carbines plus 6,000,000 cartridges, though only 80,000 rifles are believed to be new. Sunken masked batteries conceal works excavated in coral rock, leaving little visible from nearby, and trenches are easily cut in.
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War Department
Washington
Havana
Ordonez
Island of
Cuba
Internal Revenue receipts rise as stamp tax yields grow
Hon. Nathan B. Scott reports stamp tax receipts for internal revenue show continued growth with daily receipts at 887 444 dollars and monthly total over 11 million. He notes the wealthy and corporations pay the largest shares and public complaint remains low despite heavy payments. A Yukon survey adds 2 800 square miles to U S. domain and shifts coast line further west.
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Amanite
Wreruixa
W. Va
Nathan B. Scott
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
National Republican Committee
Chiccago
Scott
Bureau
New York A
Siatrie
the Post-Intelligencer
Yukon River
Pratt
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Uncle Sam
Yukon
Bering Sea
Cape Dyer
St. Michael
Manager Lukens on Stand in Virden Riot Inquest
The coroner s inquest into the Virden riot resumed with manager Fred W Lukens of the Chicago Virden Coal Co testifying He said miners fired first at the train and guards did not shoot until the train neared the stockade He denied shots from the tower and noted differences in scale and pre riot matters Officers sent to Chicago for a peace Jubilee are expected back despite orders to remain in Virden Meanwhile Commander Ballington Booth plans a non sectarian Federation of Christian workers to extend religious teaching among working people with leaders from major denominations
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Virden
Sprinerigxp
Fred W. Lukens
Chicago-Virden Coal Company
Lukens
Chicago
Volunteers
Cleveland
Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Organization
Christian Workers
Federation of Christian Workers
Booth
Crooked preacher arrested in Marshalltown forgery case
Rev. George R. Parrish pastor of the Congregational church in Marshalltown was arrested by Sandwich detectives on charges he forged a $200 check three years ago under the name Rev. Mark Thompson. He is also accused of issuing a $500 draft on the Watertown and Elkhorn bank without cashing it. Parrish identified as Thompson and moved from Constantine, Michigan three weeks ago.
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Parrish
Marshalltown
Marsha Lurowy
George R. Parrish
Congregational Church
Sandwich
Ill
Mark Thompson
Illinois Home Missionary Society
Watertown and Elkhorn
Wis
American Board of Missions
Thompson
Constantine
Mich
Mustering Out Men of Third Nebraska Regiment in Florida
War investigating committee visits camps near Jacksonville under General A. K. Arnold. They inspect headquarters, regiments including First Brigade and Forty-ninth Iowa, interview officers and privates, inspect kitchens and hospitals. All patients appear well cared for. only Colonel Jones of South Carolina offers a climate complaint.
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Jacksonville
Fla
War Investigating Committee
A. K. Arnold
Les
Lloyd Wheaton
Bryan
War Department
Forty-ninth Iowa
Dodge
W. G. Dawes
Jones
South Carolina
Bashful Groom Calls Off Boone County Wedding
In Columbia Missouri on October 18 Joseph Roberta and Miss Nancy Jones planned to wed with her mother present. A crowd gathered at Recorder Hodge’s office embarrassing the bashful groom who finally said he could not endure the scene and the marriage was canceled. The couple left toward Perche township hoping to overcome his modesty later.
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Columbia
Joseph Roberta
Nancy Jones
Boone County
Hodge
Perche
Troops embark for Manila aboard Senator from San Francisco
Eight hundred men from Camp Merriam marched through San Francisco to board the steamer Senator for Manila. The Third battalion of the Twenty third infantry recruits for the Second Oregon and Battery D of the California heavy artillery formed the force. They sailed as seven transports motored to sea with Zelandia and Pennsylvania joining to consolidate departures.
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San Francisco
Camp Merriam
Manila
Twenty-third Infantry
Oregon
California Heavy Artillery
Pacific Street
United
Zelandia
Pennsylvania
Presidio
Victoria Would Abdicate Shocks London Officials
News from Loxpon dated October 18 reports rumors of Queen Victoria wishing to abdicate. The Prince of Wales allegedly urged her to remain on the throne, citing dangers of changing rulers amid unsettled colonial issues and ongoing Eastern crises. The conversation emphasized avoiding war near the end of her reign.
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Prince of Wales
Loxpon
Victoria
England
Great Britain
Woes of the Spanish Army Published at Omaha
General Linares letter from Santiago details dire conditions in Cuba. Sickness, hunger, and exhausted troops plus a need to break enemy lines define a surrender seen as unavoidable. Holguin and 11 battalions face a doomed, prolonged struggle amid rain, forage shortages, and declining morale.
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Linares
Omaha
Omana
Cuba
Madrid
Santiago
General Shafter
W. J Galbraith
Helguin
Holguin
Wm B Allison at Atlantic Opera House
Senator Wm B Allison to speak at the Atlantic opera house on Thursday October 20 at 2 PM. Also on October 20 Saturday evening Hon John N Baldwin and Hon Smith McPherson will address voters.
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Opera House
Atlantica
John N. Baldwin
Council Bluffs
Smith McPherson
Red Oak
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