Justice Freedman Rules Puerto Ricans Not Citizens by Treaty
New York Oct. 30 Justice Freedman denied Frank Juarbe a peremptory writ to force registry to enroll him as a voter. He held that US treaties acquiring Puerto Rico did not grant citizenship. Article 14 requires birth or naturalization in the United States, and Congress must act to define civil and political status.
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New York
Frank Juarbe
Board of Registry
Puerto Rico
United States
Spain
Justice Freedman
Juarbe
Overdue Steamer Arrives With Gold Dust and Passengers
The steamer Robert Dollar arrived in Seattle from Nome with 350 passengers and $1,000,000 in gold dust after delays caused by storms. Separately in New Orleans, Major Henry J. Hearsey, editor of the Daily States and founder of The States in 1880, has died.
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Seattle
Wash
Robert Dollar
Nome
New Orleans
Henry J. Hearsey
The
Daily States
South
States
Democrats Aim to End cattle land leases in Texas
Austin reports a forthcoming Texas legislative bill to end all state land leases for cattlemen and put lands up for homesteaders. The move is framed as “evening up” with cattlemen aiding McKinley, while bankers influence and department heads compile data for the governor’s January message.
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Austin
Texas
McKinley
Alvord Arrested in Boston for Bank Embezzlement
Cornelius Alvord, accused of siphoning 690000 from New York First National Bank, was captured in a Boston lodging house by Chief Inspector Watts and Detective Armstrong. He agreed to return to New York with no papers, dressed only in his underclothes, then was photographed and booked before departure.
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New York
Cornelius Alvord
First National Bank
W. B. Watts
Boston
Armstrong
Alvord
Explosion at Canton Tests Reformers Threats
Reports from Canton say a Sunday explosion near the governor's yamen destroyed four houses, likely harming reformers. Six killed, two wounded. lessee missing, guarantor arrested. authorities seek names of implicated sympathizers. Also includes notes on Pekin talks, Russia’s stance, and other brief items.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Yamen
Reform Movement
Official Population: 1900 Census Total 76,295,220
Washington Oct 30 The official population of the United States for 1900 is 76,295,220 with 74,629,907 in 45 states. Indians not taxed total 134,158. The 1890 population was 63,069,756, showing a gain of 13,225,464 in ten years, about 21 percent.
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Washington
United States
Perjury claim tops Goebel case testimony
Louisville reports Finley Anderson swears his Georgetown stand story was perjured and that Campbell and the Goebel brothers paid him. Also notes Choctaw extension plans from Tecumseh into Chickasaw Nation and a murder in Morrillton with a German farmer killed by an ax. a white suspect named Barney Newman arrested. A Paris note says Spain will entrust fleet rebuilding to French builders.
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Anderson
Caleb Powers
Louisville
The
Evening Post
Finley Anderson
Goebel
Georgetown
Campbell
Morrillton
Ark
George, Walters
Here
Barney Newman
Paris
Mat
Government orders 8 ironclads 12 000 ton ships
A long shipping order was issued for eight ironclads of 12 000 tons burden each four armored cruisers of 8000 tons burden and 100 torpedo boats all to be completed within ten years. Guadalajara Mexico October 30 earthquake shocks felt Colima district and Pacific slope south of there volcano showing renewed activity smoke pouring from crater Oklahoma storm Guthrie October 30 home of Napoleon Thomas wrecked injured his wife Leroy area three houses damaged
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Guadalajara
Mex
Colima
Pacific
Here
Oklahoma
Guthrie
O. T
Napoleon Thomas
Moore
Leroy
Central Asia's Cotton Crop Increase Reported
St. Petersburg reports the area under cotton cultivation in Russian Central Asia rose 30 percent this year.
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Central Asia
St. Petersburg
Russian Central Asia
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