Rebels Routed at Noveleta in Cavite Advance
General Schwan's column including Thirteenth Infantry and cavalry pressed from Bacoor to Cavite Viejo and Noveleta. American losses were officers and 9 men wounded with one mortally. Marines and naval forces supported with gunboats Wheeling Petrel and Callao as 450 marines under Colonel Elliot attacked trenches and drove insurgents from fortifications along the road to Noveleta.
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Schwan
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Reilley
Fifth Artillery
Lowe
Bacoor
Cavite Viejo
Safford
Thirteenth Regiment
Fourteenth
Tangalos
McGrath
Combe
T Cavalry
Reilly
Petrel
Callao
Santa Cruz
Elliot
Cavite
San Antonio Street Railway strike ties city transport
In San Antonio on October 9 a nine hour work dispute halted fifty three miles of electric street railway. Motormen and conductors demand better conditions with wages from 1.35 to 1.50 dollars per day, while workers now labor twelve hours daily.
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San Antonio
Tex
San Antonio Street Railway Company
Bridge jumper fatally injured in Ohio fall
James Brady of Pittsburg, touring with a wild beast show, dived from a high platform at Stratsburg and struck the tank bottom. He was unconscious, dragged from the water by his Newfoundland, paralyzed, and doctors fear his death.
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Uhrichsville
James Brady
Pittsburg
Stratsburg
Brady
Spanish government sells floating dock to Vera Cruz syndicate
Havana dispatch reports the Spanish government has sold a floating dock for 600000 dollars to a syndicate linked to Vera Cruz merchants. Several New York firms were asked to submit terms for conveyance.
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Havana
Oct
Vera Cruez
New York
Fire destroys block in Huntsville causing heavy loss
A disastrous fire in Huntsville on Sunday night swept Bennett livery stable and adjoining buildings. The blaze spread quickly destroying a whole block with estimated loss around 75000 dollars. Purchasers plan to remove the dock to Vera Cruetz at the beginning of next month.
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Vera Cruez
Huntsville
Ala
Bennett
Chicago Festivities Gather Elite for Corner Stone Ceremony
Chicago on October 9 hosts a large gathering for the corner stone laying of the federal building. Attendees include President McKinley and staff, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Senor Mariscal, and numerous governors from eight states and territories plus Florida's Colonel T. Wright.
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Chicago
Llewellyn Powers
Maine
A. E Lee
South Dakota
T. T Gear
Oregon
D.P. Richard
Wyoming
John R. Tanner
Ilinois
M. A. Otera
New Mexico
C. M. Banning
Oklahoma
N.O. Murphy
Arizona
Resi
McKinley Lays Cornerstone of Chicago Federal Building
President McKinley formally laid the cornerstone of Chicago’s new federal building during Chicago Day ceremonies. Thousands gathered on Jackson Boulevard while dignitaries from Mexico, Canada, and Washington attended. The event featured a military escort, remarks by Secretary Gage, prayers by Rev Gunsaulus, and a benediction by Archbishop Feehan.
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Chicago
McKinley
Federal
Steel Appleton New
Federal Building
Jackson Boulevard
Dearborn Street
Union League Club
Mariscal
Mexico
Laurier
Canada
Emonies
S McKinley
Washington
Illinois
Mason
Feehan of
Federal Committee
Gage
Frank W. Gunsaulus
Smith
C. E. Elmer
Cobb
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Purcell Mills Elevator
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