Endowment Push Aims to Hire Qualified Sunday School Teachers
The rector of a New York Episcopal church seeks a $100,000 endowment to fund salaries for properly qualified Sunday school teachers. A new watertight door and window design uses a pneumatic tube system that inflates for full air and water sealing. A telegraph wire bridge on the Jhelum river in Kohala replaces a flood destroyed span, similar to a prior wartime bridge. Melbourne experiences its first snowstorm, prompting novel winter play. The Dreyfus trial boosts France’s telegraph revenue by $120,000 and telephone receipts by $60,000 during the court proceedings.
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New York
Navy
Jhelum
Kohala
Punjab
Kokala
Dreyfus
Rennes
France
Republic
French officer crafts folding army bicycle invention
Captain Gerard develops a folding army bicycle that can be carried like a pack. At command, the rider dismounts folds the machine in two, deploys the handlebars, attaches straps, and slings it over the back, allowing seamless, lightweight transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerard
Russian noble builds giant paper house in Padolia
A large paper house with 16 rooms stands on a Padolian country estate. Built in New York by an American engineer at 80,000 rubles its designer claims the structure will outlast stone. The owner plans all furniture to be made of paper.
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Padolia
New York
Vanderbilts Plan Luxurious Nile Dahabeah Outing
Mr and Mrs Wa K Vanderbilt Jn engage the Nile’s most luxurious dahabeah for an Egyptian excursion. The flatboat features a house at one end and a long rail at the other. They will sail with friends under lilac skies as native musicians play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa. K. Vanderbilt
Nile
Labor Shortage and Overtime in New York Building Trade
Some 50 000 building workers in New York have steady work and overtime with higher wages. Carpenters earn 4 dollars for eight hours while portable hoisting engineers receive 4.50 dollars for eight hours, and several contractors offer up to 1 dollar extra per hour for first class bricklayers to secure crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry O'Donnell Bets 1206 Miles With Artificial Feet
During the 1887 New York Blizzard Henry O'Donnell had both feet amputated after frostbite. He learned to use artificial feet and, despite initial clumsiness, accepted a wager to walk 1,206 miles from Baltimore to New Orleans in five months. He has started the journey.
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New York
Henry O’donnell
Africa's Rail Network Expands Toward Cairo to Cape Town Link
Africa now has nearly 10,000 miles of railway with plans for a continuous Cairo to Cape Town line. About 1,100 miles operate in the north and 1,400 in the south, leaving roughly 2,500 miles to be built across the Dark Continent as the century turns.
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Africa
Cairo
Cape Town
Telegraph line from Skaguay to Dawson completes
Coxsus Dudley of Vancouver informs the state department that the Skaguay to Daw son telegraph line was finished September 23 and is operational. The southern nearest telegraph point to Skaguay is Cumberland or Comax. Arrangements allow steamers to call at Comax to deliver messages from Skagway, with northbound trips delivering messages at Skagway. Messages now reach Dawson in about two and a half days from Washington.
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Coxsus Dudley
Vancouver
State Department
Skaguay
Dawson
Cumberland
Comax
Skagway
Washington
Burial Under Leprosy Belief Led to Fatal Act in India
In India’s northwest provinces a gardener’s wife afflicted with leprosy urged burial alive to protect her children from the disease. Her husband and son dug a grave with four neighbors as witnesses, and the woman died. The case was investigated in a magistrate’s court and proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Northwest
Gardner
British Combat Odds Rise as Boers Close on Ladysmith
British forces near Ladysmith face a stronger Boer force of about 17 000 against 12 000 with superior Boer artillery. Delays in Boer attack linked to Gen Joubert's column. Reports say Boers mounted two large guns at Tinta Ingoni, 4500 yards from the camp, with an imminent assault anticipated.
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Ladysmith
Dundee
George Stewart White
Joubert
Kruger
Standard
Sir William Symons
Symons
Glencoe
18Th Hussars
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Daily Mail
White
Archbald Hunter
Tinta Ingoni
Chicago Transfer and Clearing Co. Buys Stickney Tract for Freight Yards
The Chicago Transfer and Clearing Co. announced Friday it acquired 8,300 acres known as the Stickney tract in Chicago for the site of the long proposed freight clearing house and yards.
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Freight Clearing House and Yards
Chicago
Chicago Transfer and Clearing Co
Stickney
Ong
National Pythian Press association names officers
The National Pythian Press association appointed H. Cronheim of Atlanta on finance and Nat Hyams of Cincinnati on membership counts.
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Pythian Press Association
Dersorr, Mich
National -Pythian Press Association
H. Cronheim
Atlanta
Nat Hyams
Cincinnati
Counnties
Insurgent Movements Reported Across Philippine Theatre
The dispatch notes insurgents living off the land near Cabags and at Angeles and Bamban with about 500 and 2000 rebels respectively. Spanish reports describe a gunboat engagement and a flag bearing insurgent party aground. Aguinaldo and the Filipino congress are said to be at Tarla c while Gen Bates is recalled to sail for the southern islands.
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Leieenando
Cabags
la Guna de Bai
Rous
Ah Tarlac
Aguinaldo
Filipino Congress
Tarlac
Angeles
Bamban
Bates
San Fernando
Floods and Landslides Hit Jamaica Ports and Railways
Reports from Jamaica on October 30 describe severe rainstorms causing Rio Cobre floods near Spanish towns and damage to power plants. Rail lines and highways are blocked by floods and slides, with Blackee shipping and wharves damaged and crops injured. delays affect a Ward liner and the US transport Burnside remains offshore amid concerns for Haytian schooners.
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Krxestox
Jamaica
Rio Cobre
Blackee
United States
Burnside
Hayti
Ing
Mine Cave-In at Isabella Mine Near Cripple Creek
A cave-in at the Isabella mine on Bull Hill near Cripple Creek burying about eight men was reported. Doctors were summoned, but mine officials deny the incident and the coroner and sheriff await confirmation and details.
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CoLoRaDo Springs
Col
Crippie Creek
Isabella
Cripple Creek
Bull Hill
Victor
Will Double Her Navy
The Berliner Tageblatt reports Germany plans to double naval strength by response to a surging American navy. It cites Washington's Sa mon question stalemate and hints negotiations with England may continue though earlier claims said broken off.
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Berlin
Berliner Tageblatt
America
Washington
England
Germany
Sailors and Marines Depart Boston for New York and Cavite
A squad of four sailors and Marines left Boston this evening bound for New York with the ultimate destination the Philippine Islands. The Marines, 56 inches in height, will be transferred to Cavite on the steamship Buffalo. They will travel overland to San Francisco after arriving in New York.
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Boston
New York
S Pine Islands
Cavite
Buffalo
Santisco
Bubonioc Plague Updates From Rio JaxEtRo Hospital
Oct 29 dispatch reports twelve bubonic plague cases at a Rio de Janeiro hospital. One patient is a physician, no deaths since Saturday.
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Seates
Rio
San
Coal and freight orders total 15000 cars worth 12 million
The Pennsylvania Company and the New York Central Railroad Co placed orders for coal and freight cars totaling 15,000 units at an aggregate cost near 12 million dollars. The move signals a major rail and material expansion in the industry.
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Prrrapureeh
Pennsylvania Co
New York Central Railroad Co
Cuba Gains Quiet Traction Under U S Protectorate
Gen Fitzhugh reported from Albington that Cuban life and property feel secure due to American military restraint. He said Cubans grow self respect and self reliance, though a free Cuban government is premature. He urged swift independence once pacification is achieved.
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Albington
Fitzhugh
Washington
New York
Cuba
United Tes
Gen. Lee
United States
Cotton Leaders Urge Asia Market Control and Trade Links
John Barrett, former U S minister to Siam, urged southern cotton manufacturers and planters in Charlotte to push development and control of Asiatic markets. He listed four interdependent conditions: a trans Isthmian canal, a trans Pacific cable, market protection in China under treaty rights, and permanent control of the Philippines. The crowd welcomed the remarks.
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Charlotte
N. C
Chamber of Ecommerce
John Barrett
United States
Siam
America
China
Philippines
Adm Schley to Be Feted in Atlanta Parade Escort
In Atlanta on November 4 and 5 Adm Schley will be guests of honor at a reception and parade. A telegraphed invitation invites the 1st regiment of Maryland the 1st battalion naval reserves and the Baltimore drum corps to serve as a special escort of honor during the event. He will depart for Birmingham on November 6.
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Atlanta
1St Regiment
Maryland
Naval Reserves
Baltimore
Adm
Schley
Birmingham
Coal famine threatens in state with 200000 ton shortage
Hurods October 30 report a coal famine with a 200000 ton shortage. Wholesale dealers struggle to fill orders as railcar shortages and heavy traffic on the roads hinder supply.
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Huros
20th Kansas Leaves for Home
The 20th Kansas volunteers, mustered out Saturday, left San Francisco for home Sunday in a special three section train provided by Kansas citizens. Brig. Gen. Funston and H J Allen private secretary to Gov. Stanley accompany the regiment.
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20Th
Kansas
San Francisco
Kansas Volunteers
Sunflower State
Funston
H. J. Allen
Gov. Stanley
Lawless Violence in Leake County After Gambrill Family Murder
In Leake county Mississippi a wave of mob violence follows the Gambrill family murders. Joe Leflore, colored, was burned at the stake and mobs seek evidence against his alleged accomplices. Several colored men were whipped and one tortured by firebrands to force confessions.
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Rosciusco
Miss
Leake County
Gambrill
Joe Leflore
Leflore
Amputation Ordered After Horse Bite at Shoulder
In Lawrence-suna Indiana on October 30 Jacob Heintz suffered a severe arm bite from a vicious horse. Surgeons and attending physicians ruled the arm must be amputated at the shoulder to save his life.
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Lawrencesuna
Ind
Jacob Heintz
Death by suicide in department store owner Chew of Campty
Christopher Chew 49, proprietor of the largest department store in southern New Jersey, died by shooting himself in the head in his Campty store on Sunday. He had faced a long day at the shop before the fatal act.
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Campty, WM. J
Christopher
Chew
New Jersey
Marconi Wireless Tests Aboard NY and Massachusetts
The Navy conducts continuous Marconi wireless tests on the flagship New York and the battleship Massachusetts in the North River off Thirty Fourth Street. Signals include naval and international Morse, with a 290 word newspaper article being the longest message. Two ships prepare for possible long distance trials toward Sandy Hook, with potential gun firings during tests.
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New York
Navy Department
Marconi
Massachusetts
North River
Thirtyfourth Street
Navy
Signor Marconi
Adde
Naval Board
Newton
Lieut
Hill
Bliss
Bureau of Equipment
Signor
Sandy Hook
Sizror Marcos
Farquhar
Memorial Park Plan Probed by Fredericksburg Commission
Fredericksburg national park commission members met with Secretary of War to present memorial park plans spanning Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Tebbs Tavern and other battlefields within twelve miles square south of the Rappahannock. They seek congressional approval and prior indorsement from Secretary Root to advance the project.
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Washington
Fredericksburg National Park Commission
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Tebbs Tavern
Rappahannock
Congress
Alger
King
Gen. Ruggles
Army of the Potomac
Root
Volunteers Forming South Africa Expedition Party
In Manila an informal meeting gathered over a hundred men including English, Australian, and American volunteers planning to travel to South Africa to fight for the British. They formed a party and aim to recruit about 200 more, drawing ex-soldiers, frontiersmen, English veterans of the Transvaal, and commercial clerks.
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Manila
South Africa
Transvaal
Died From an Operation
New York on October 28 Capt. Charles H. Lester United States Army retired died Friday night as result of an operation for cancer of the mouth. He fought in the civil war and spent much of his time since then with the army in Dakota and Texas. At retirement he was in the 8th artillery. The value of total imports into Great Britain from the United States in 1898 was 612 662 073 dollars a gain of 28 8 percent in five years. Canadian imports in 1898 were 99 161 544 dollars a gain of 38 7 percent in five years.
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New York
Charles H. Lester
Dakota
Texas
8Th Artillery
Great Britain
United States
Boston Sells Peddler Licenses by Number Parity
City issues licensing numbers with even figures for Boston residents and odd figures for non residents guiding who may vend locally in Boston.
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Boston
Londoner’s plaint on cane marks heavy grief for kin
In a somber note a Londoner vows to mourn deeply for a lost relative. The scene centers on a cane bearing the gesture of sorrow as a public mark of respect and remembrance.
Reprieve arrives too late at prison yard
A horseman bursts into the yard shouting reprieve but the warden says it is too late. The prisoner has already eaten a hearty breakfast as executive clemency is declared vain against the established order. The horse’s hooves grind on the ground as events unfold.
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Detroit
5 Drops Rheumatic Cure Advertisement Letter
Jason Crow of Oscarville Georgia writes of relief from years of rheumatism after using 5 Drops a remedy from Swanson Rheumatic Co Chicago. Dr Woodliff praises its efficacy and the firm offers a 25 cent bottle sample for 10 cents for 30 days.
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Jason Crow
Oscarville
Lake St
Chicago
Fox Terrier Tail and Ear Trimming Touches Society
A New York society dame, famed for her humane stance, defends keeping Snap the fox terrier’s tail and ears cropped. When asked how she could allow cruelty, she replies that in fox terriers the practice is expected, prompting the observer to reflect on noblesse oblige.
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New York Society
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Snap
Cincinnati Enquirer
Tourist Car Service Links Chicago to California for Families
A new through Tourist Car runs every Friday at 10 35 p m from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles and Southern California. The car travels via Omaha Colorado Springs Salt Lake City and serves Colorado Utah Nevada and California with a Pullman sleeper and a courteous courier. Berths for two cost 6 00 from Chicago to California. Contact Geo Heatford for a tourist car folder and tickets.
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Los Angeles
California
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Base Union
Chicago
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
All Paints
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Carornia
Heatford
General
Ill
Conversation Ends Quietly After Brief Meeting
A brief scene from the Somerville Journal shows two people sharing a half hour of talk. One party expresses delight in the conversation and relief at the restful exchange before departing, noting the other had not managed more than ten words.
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Somerville Journal
Greatly Reduced Rates via C. H. and D. Railroad
1899 offer cuts fare with tickets sold November 29 and 30 for return by December 1. Inquire at nearest C. H. and D. agent for full schedule and train times.
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C. H. & D. Railroad
Quote Sparks Debate On Gender Bias In Courts
A sharp exchange cited from the Indianapolis Journal notes a charged remark about aversion to women, prompting questions about the identity of the target and the broader implications for gender bias in legal contexts.
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J. D. Dennis
Carthage
Indiana
Melbourne
Jnmates
Gen.leeon
Island
Fredricksburg
Chancellorville
Thoroughbred
Southern California
Hanks
Vn. Howry
Indianapolis Journal
Ayer
Hickinahan
Dr.Kline
H. Kline
Williams
Fease
Cleveland
Mig Sas
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