Navy officials warn against German coaling station in Venezuela
New York dispatch reports U S opposition to Germany leasing a Margarita port for a coaling station as a Monroe Doctrine violation. Officers say such a base would threaten the United States and could aid operations near the Caribbean and potential canal routes.
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Germany
United States
New York
Venezuela
Port Au Spain
Margarita
Berlin
Danish West Indies
Santa Catharina
Brazil
Pulido
Island of
Caracas
Valencia
Carribbean
Orinoco River
Mother's Awful Deed in Tragedy at Chattanooga
Firefighters found 16 year old Clifford Cawthon murdered in a locked bedroom with a hatchet, a fire started to conceal the crime. His mother Effie Cawthon confessed she killed him for bad conduct and smoking cigarettes, aiming to kill the rest of the family.
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Chattanooga
Effie Cawthon
Clifford
Attempt Escape Ends in Prisoner Deaths in New York
Two negro prisoners attempting to escape from the Seventh district court jail on West Fifty-fourth street killed keeper Hugh McGovern 51 and fatally wounded George Wilson 59 a trusted who tried to aid the keeper One prisoner Arthur Flanagan escaped while Frank Emerson was killed in the yard both suspects faced burglary charges
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seventh District Court
West Fifty-fourth Street
Hugh McGovern
George Wilson
McGovern
Arthur Flanagan
Frank Emerson
British Imperial Volunteers Parade Through London Streets
London crowds line the capital as imperial volunteers arrive from Southampton and march through the city to a tumultuous greeting unseen for so small a force. In Madrid, a clash near Palabona leaves a Carlist chief dead and another wounded as gendarmes pursue the retreating band toward Mogada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Imperial
Southampton
South Africa
Madrid
Suncay
Padolona
Moncada
Duel Challenge Between Silvela and Count de Lasalmenos
Madrid dispatch reports Senor Manuel Silvela has challenged Senator Count de Lasalmenos to a duel after Silvela resigned as premier. A longstanding grudge fuels the dispute. Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets Nov 2 as Thanksgiving Day in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Don Manuel Silvela
Count de Lasalmenos
Madrid Dispatch
Senor Silvela
Washington
Poisoned by chloral in New York murder case
Police seek the purchaser of the drug in Jennie Bosschiefer's chloral poisoning. Investigators say W. C. McAllister tried to refill a bottle at Kent's drug store the night of the tragedy, but clerks refused to sell. Authorities survey McAllister's friends at area drugstores. No New Jersey law bans chloral.
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Hall’s Drug Store
New York
Jennie Bosschiefer
W. C. McAllister
Kent
McAllister
New Jersey
Harbor Improvement Estimates in Chief Engineer Wilson Report
Estimates for harbor and river works across several sites include Sabine Pass Texas 356000 Galveston 59000 Galveston ship canal and Buffalo bayou 300000 Brazos mouth 120000 Velasco to Richmond 100000 Aransas Pass 250000 Red river regions 335000 Ouichita and Black rivers 40000 Yazoo river 90000 Mississippi river between Ohio and Missouri 750000 and several other projects including St Paul and Minneapolis depots 157853 and reservoirs headquarter 222500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Sabine Pass
Texas
Galveston
Galveston Ship Canal
Buffalo Bayou
Brazos River
Velasco
Richmond
Aransas Pass
Red River
Louisiana
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Ouichita
Black Rivers
Yazoo River
Mississipi
Yazoo
Vicksburg Harbor
Mississippi
Arkansas River
White River
Mississippi River
Ohio
Missouri
Missouri River
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Oldest Minister Henry Pritchard Dies in Indiana
Indianapolis report says Rev Henry Russell Pritchard the United States oldest Christian minister died in Chesterfield Indiana. Born January 1819 near Georgetown Kentucky he moved to Newport Kentucky in 1829 and had lived in Indiana for 54 years. In Mansfield Ohio on October 29 Deacon Kessler and Elder R N Bouck Doweites were forcibly deported by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Henry Russell Pritchard
United States
Chesterfield
Ind
Pritchard
Georgetown
Newport
Indiana
Cathedral Dedication in Savannah Marks St John Baptists Feast
Bouck stayed nearly a week and held services then resisted boarding a train. In Savannah on the feast of St Simon and St Jude the cathedral of St John the Baptist was dedicated by Monsignor Sebastiano Martinelli with 59 priests and 10 bishops in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouck
Savannah
St. Simon and St. Jude
Immigration Stream Reaches Lamar and Nearby Counties
Immigration has set in to Lamar and surrounding counties from the southern states in a steady stream. Several families have arrived from Mississippi to settle near Sulphur Bluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
Lamar
Mississippi
Sulphur Bluff
Increased Cotton Acreage in Indian Territory
Ardmore Oct 29 C E Blankenship reports from the Indian Territory an acreage rise for cotton. The territory is expected to yield about 225000 bales this season based on his extensive travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
L. T
C. E. Blankenship
Indian Territory
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Howell Brothers
Bryan, Texas
Ben S. Read
Qld
Liza
Dray Line
F. A.lee
F. A. Lee
Bryan Water, Ice, Light & Power Company
M Allister
Produce Exchange Grain Trade
Buffalo
Corsicana
William Pannill
Rice
Congressman Southard
Toledo
James Southard
Mansfield and the Doweites
China
Haviland
Limoges
English
Harder & Chatham
Paul M. Baylor
James Drug Store
Dee Mike, JR
T. J. Pugh
Philan
Asad Cedar
Christian Church
Pry
Brogdon's
Trant
R. L. Brocdon
B. E. Hawes
Bryan Marble Works
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