Dewey Fights Rebels Over Flag in Philippine Action
Manila dispatch to Paris reports an engagement between insurgents and American ships after Admiral Dewey forbade hoisting the Philippine flag on insurgent vessels. Washington received no confirmation from Otis. Separate notes from Havana state troops move to Cienfuegos as Blanco orders trocha evacuation. Reports also mention street fighting in Hong Kong, a Narcissus robbery, and other international notes.
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Maprio
Paris
Manila
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Havana
Senor Benitz
Blanco
Trocha
Jucaro
San Fernando
Cienfuegos
Placetas
Hart
Tara
Victoria
B. C
Major Tilden
First
California Volunteers
Dr. Lewis
Red Cross Society
Japan
Hong Kong
W. C. Laké
Chémulpo
Narcissus
Blue Jackets
Yokohama
Borneo
Singapore
Hebrides
Work Of Industrial Commission Discusses Procedure
Six of seven committee members met in Washington to plan how to tackle the vast inquiry into labor. They will rely on European studies and prior reports, avoiding original-source statistics, and will seek input from labor organizations on proposed legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Industrial Labor Committee
Royal Mixed English Industrial Committes
Gardner
Procedure Committes
Jubilee Banquet in Auditorium for McKinley reception
Chicago hosts a grand national peace jubilee banquet in the Auditorium with 1200 guests including business and military leaders. President McKinley speaks after a gala program featuring generals Miles and Shafter, Captain Sigsbee, and college leaders, before departing to Washington.
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Miles
Shafter
President i
Washington
United States
Chicago
Franklin McVeagh
McKinley
Frank Crane
MacVeagh
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Stevenson
Army
General Shafter
Navy
Charles D. Sigsbee
Angell
Michigan University
Lyman J. Gage
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Gage
Northrop
University of Minnesota
Lafayette McWilliams
Colorado Supreme Court rules for anti Teller Silver Republicans
Colorado Supreme Court voices a verbal decision favoring the anti Teller faction of the Silver Republican party in Vin Denver. The ruling backs a straight ticket headed by Simon Guggenheim and denies National Chairman Towne the power to remove state chairmen. Justice Goddard dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Supreme Court of the
State of Colorado
Simon Guggenheim
Goddard
Towne
Home Missionary Convention Opens in Minneapolis
The seventeenth annual meeting of the board of managers of the Women s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church opened here on October 20 and will continue through October 26. A large eastern attendance will add interest to sessions with Mrs Clinton B Fiske of New York delivering the opening address.
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Home Missionary Convention
Women's Home Missionary Courty
The
Methodist Church
Clinton B. Fiske
New York
Society
Machinery and Labor Report Highlights Efficiency Gains
Thirteenth annual report of the commissioner of labor shows machinery slashes time and cost across agriculture, farming, and publishing. Self-binder cuts harvest time to one eighth, threshing favors machines by over 32 to one, and bread and dairy costs plummet with mechanization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comam Aisoner of
Washington
Congress
Commissioner of Labor
Why Do We Mourn and Why Do We Weep
A composite news item reflects public concern over a reform school case in 1898 with letters from officials and residents. It cites a mayor’s defense of his stance, a sailor’s note from San Francisco, and remarks from Jacksonville about military movements and a hospital, plus an advertisement for a patent medicine.
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Stadies Cane
Des Moines
Jennie Stadle
Joseph Stadle
Waterloo
Mamie
Atlantic
Raeu
Randolph
Reform School
RB. Randolph
R. D. Wilkin
J. B. Jones
Gaur Martam
San Francisco
Cal
Red Oak
Henry J. Horrman
Co. M. Dist Iuwa Vo
Jacksonville
Fla
Savanah
Cuba
Papera
W.E. Lana
Third Division
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Dewey
Manila Bay
Tagloe
Boaviards
Peace Commission
South Dakota
Huron
D. D
Missouri River
Black Hills
Crete
Oanea
Suda Bay
Turkey
Constantinople
Vancouver
Li Hung Chang
China
Walker, Minn
Work OF Industrial Commission
Frye
Fila
Investigation Commission
Denby
Detxoirt
Mich
General Passenger and
Turk
St. Louis
South Norwalz
Conn
Norwalk
Bridgeport Sound
Rosedale
Wilson Point
Sappho
Fleischman
Schley
Washincton
Admiral Schley
San Juan
Porto Rico
Olinda Rodriguez
Pot
New Orleans
Sergio Lare
Spain
France
Santiago
Berlin
Yale
Brown
Haven
Brown University
Benjamin
Washburn
Peice
Pittsburg
Natalie Coal and Coke Company
Boston
Patrick Roche
John O. Rice
Hudson Street
Pav
Burwine Toy
Jacob Dill
Chris Hollenthal
Vermont Senate
House
Redfield Proctor
Latham
Manchester
Brighton
Eng
Pettit
Michigan
Esther
Montevideo
Cape Santa Maria
Order of Elks
Cincinnati
Galvin
National Protective Association
Purcell
St. Michaels
Andree
Harriman
Tenn
Chattanooga
Knoxville
John Banfield
Bright
Haymarket
War Department
Third Cavalry
Philadelphia
Augusta
Second Army Corps
Camp Meade
Information Bureau
Department G
Mamie Howlett
M. E
F. Pardons & Co
Munn & Co
California
and North Pacific Coast
Rock Island
Portland
Oregon
Alaska
Klondike Region
Bor
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
John Sebastian
Chicado, Ill
John H. Wood
Fifth Street
Postoffice
Ueninhe
Audubon
lArrive
Griswold
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