Illinois Battleship Illinois A New Great Warship Unveiled
Washington October 3 construction reaches a milestone as Newport News Shipbuilding Corp readies the Illinois for launch. The vessel, longer than the Oregon and Iowa, features a 368 foot load water line, 72 foot beam, 12 325 ton full load, four 13 inch guns and a heavy armor belt with extensive cofferdams and compartments. Completion targeted for October 5, 1899 with contract price $595,000.
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Washington
Newport News Shipbuilding Co
United States Navy
Illinois
Oregon
Iowa
Mad Dogs Plague Strikes Near State Hospital
Residents plan a mass killing of dogs after Dr. Todd was fatally bitten by a rabid hound a month ago. Two mad dogs were killed nearby, making six so far since the attack. The outbreak prompts drastic measures to remove rabid canines from the area.
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Toixgpo
State Hospital
Todd
Dr. Todd
Miners’ Mob Drives Negroes From Washington Indiana
In Washington Indiana on October 8 the Pana Illinois miners organized locally and, masked, forced Negro coal workers from town. Police failed to stop the mob, a deputy and a lone officer faced the threat, and reports say clashes may widen with potentially deadly outcomes at nearby mines.
Forest fires blaze through Eagle County Colorado
Forest fires sweep the western slope threatening homes and crops from Gypsum Creek to Minturn as high winds drive flames across vast timber lands. Settlers and residents of Upper Gypsum Gannon Collins race to defend property while game animals flee the burning area.
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Dexver
Col
Eagle County
Girard Mountain
H Creek
Apper
Bear Mountain
Minturn
Hoosier Mountain
Upper Gypsum
Gannon
Collins
West
Five Men Assassinated in Cannon County Barn
In Murfreesboro Tennessee on October 3 a masked ambush at a barn where a legal sale was to occur left four men dead and another badly wounded. James Hollingsworth was later shot and severely wounded by pursuing parties after the attack. A crowd of about 60 men surrounded him as authorities planned to take him into custody.
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Tennessee
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Cannon
Higgins
Hollingsworth
Woodbury
Cannon County
James Hollingsworth
Snow and Rain Help Check Colorado Forest Fires
Snow and rain have checked the main range fires in Colorado and may prevent further timber destruction. Threat to endangered towns is over, and temperatures have fallen. Damage estimates are not yet available and will take days to finalize.
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Colorado
Denver
Col
England Could Count on U S and Japan in China
Lennox Oct 3 editions report The Standard editorial states it is convinced England could confidently count on the support of the United States and Japan in carrying out required measures in China.
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United States
Japan
Lennox
the Standard
England
China
Aguinaldo Representatives Meet with President at White House
Aguinaldo's envoy Agoncillo and Lopez along with Gen. Greene called at the White House in Washington on Saturday for a private conference with the President in the cabinet room regarding the Philippine insurgent leadership.
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Wasuixeroy
Agoncillo
Lopez
Aguinaldo
White House
Gen. Greene
Woman Dies From Banana Choke in Berlin Township
Mrs. John Burkey, 60, wife of a prosperous Berlin township farmer, choked to death on a banana in Youxestown Ohio on October 3. Police report no other persons involved and no foul play suspected.
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Youxestown
John Burkey
Berlin
Philippine constitution translation reveals Aguinaldo as president
Washington dispatch reports Senor Agoncillo publishing a Philippine constitution where Aguinaldo renounces dictatorship and becomes president of the revolutionary government. The charter creates four secretaries and a congress, and divides the secretary of state into diplomacy, marine, and commerce departments to pursue foreign affairs, navy, and trade treaties.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Senor Agoncillo
Paris
Aguinaldo
Malolos
Department of Diplomacy
Department of Marine
Department of Commerce
Americans Press Demand for Full Cession of Leson Island
Paris Sept 30 The United States peace commission met with Spanish and French officials after breakfast with Spanish commissioners. French papers note the difficulty of reconciling divergent instructions. Spain insists on sovereignty over Manila Luzon and the archipelago beyond naval stations at Marianne islands. The American side received President McKinley’s guidance before leaving.
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Paris
United States Peace Commission
United States
Horace Porter
Foreign Office
M. Delcasse
Hegron
Elysee Palace
Gil Blas
Manila
Luzon
Archipelago
Spain
Marianne Islands
McKinley
Colorado wildfires threaten multiple camping grounds and reserves
Dispatches describe Wheyley's peak area near North and Middlepark engulfed in flames as fires spread across a 35 mile swath from the Grand River toward Dillon. Fears grow over Battlement and White River government reserves burning across Garfield Delta Mesa counties with Glenwood as a center and Cottonwood Four Mile creeks noted as brief fire breaks.
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Wheyley’s Peak
North
Middlepark
Grand River
Dillon
Summit County
Kremmlin
Grand County
Aspen
Battlement Government Reserve
Roaring Fork
Gunnison
Garfield
Delta
Mesa
Big White River
Garfield County
Routt
Rio Blanco
Navy Estimates Reach Record 47 Million for Coming Year
Secretary of the Navy Long has received department estimates for the next fiscal year totaling 47 million dollars, the largest peace-time request ever submitted. The figures came from subordinates overseeing each department’s needs for operations and support.
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Navy
Long
Railroad men jailed on $1000 bail for grand jury case
Dr. Rice and T. J. Harper, brakeman and conductor, are in the county jail under $1000 bail each. They face United States grand jury inquiry next December over an alleged attempt to pass a counterfeit $10 bill altered to look like a $20, with Sandusky druggist as the target.
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Tetxepo
Dr. Rice
T. J. Harper
United States Grand Jury
Sandusky
Very Mysterious Killing Near Oswego
In Oswego Til on October 1 Christopher Henney a poor farmer living on a Bristol leasehold was killed by an unknown cyclist on a lonely bush road a mile and a half from town. He had spent the afternoon in Aurora and returned about six o clock when the cyclist confronted him saying Now I ve got you fired point blank and rode off. Henney died from a bullet wound to the abdomen within hours.
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Washington
Ind
Pana
Ill
Union
Anderson Cannon
C. C. Rowland
Oswego
Til
Christopher Henney
Bristol
Lonely Wood
Henney
Aurora
Oswegon
Actor Scott Inglis commits suicide in New York boarding house
Australian actor Scott Inglis, 35, once dismissed from Julia Arthur's company, shot himself in a West Twenty-seventh Street theatrical boarding house after being refused reinstatement. He was without funds and had married Mrs. Yigton, connected to Mrs James Potter's company, who is ill in Thompson, Kentucky.
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New York
Scott Inglis
Julia Arthur
West Twenty-seventh Street
Inglis
Arthuyg
Mis. Yigton
James Potter
Tobacco Boom Expands in Owensboro Region
Tubsecco boom hits Owensboro Kentucky as two gigantic warehouses rise and many others expand capacity. Local tobacco crop described as the finest ever seen in this area.
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Owensbero
Owrnspono
Death by own action at Centerville claims Bert Scott
Bert Scott a 35 year old colored man committed death by own action at Centerville, 16 miles south of Jackses, by walking to a cornfield and shooting himself Thursday. The incident details indicate self inflicted gunshot wound and death occurred at the scene.
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Jackses
Bert Scott
Centerville
Here
Spain Demands Luzon Surrender and Islands Under Rule
The Gil Blas reports secret instructions for commissioners detailing Spain’s terms in the Luzon crisis. It calls for Spain to hold absolute sovereignty over Luzon and to place other archipelago islands under Spanish dominion if a liberal government is granted. It also demands church and state separation, prohibits ceding more islands without American consent, and guarantees equal commercial privileges for the United States. The piece warns negotiations opening October 1 may fail to satisfy unhappy Spain.
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Spain
Luzon
Philippines
America
United States
Gil Blas
Soldiers Sent North To Relieve Hospital Strain
The War Department directs that all sick at Rico be sent north as soon as travel is safe. President aims to relieve Gen. Brooke of sick care and provide treatment in better home hospitals. About 700 men departed Friday aboard the Relief and Missouri.
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Hisetos
War Department
Rico
Brooke
Santiago
Missouri
Insurance Claim Settlement in Johns Estate Case
Auditor Calvin Sturdevant guardian of Miss Bessie Johns announced a compromise with insurers holding W T Johns policies at his death after he was killed by a highwayman in Nostgeyguce Indiana last March. The deceased had pesemanas in 15000, and Bessie Johns is the sole heir.
Queen Louise of Denmark Dies After Long Illness
Queen Louise born September 7 1817 died at 5 30 am Thursday leaving King Christian IX and the royal family at her bedside. The queen influenced European politics earning the title mother in law of the continent and royal matchmaker due to marriages of her children to European royal houses. A telegram of condolence from President McKinley was sent to the Danish king.
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CopenaceEn
Louise
Denmark
Copenhagen
Queen Louise
Landgrave
Wilhelm
Hesse-Cassel
Christian
Schleswig- Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
London
Christian IX
Frederick VII
Europe
Prince Frederick
Princesa Louisa
Carl XV
Sweden
Norway
Alexandria
Prince of Wales
George I
National
Olga Constantinova
Russia
Marie Dagmar
Maria Feodorovna
Alexander III
Thyra
Ernest August
Duke of Cumberland
Waldemar
Marie d’Orleans
Duc de Chartres
Princess of Wales
Wasuinatoy
Wrecked Colon Vessel To Be Raised With Navy Aid
Assistant Secretary Allen supports Constructor Hobson’s plan to salvage the wrecked Spanish ship Colon. The navy ships 20000 dollars of rubber airbags from New York to aid lifting, believing the ship worth saving and potentially monetarily valuable up to four million dollars if raised.
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Hobson
Waspington
Allen
Teresa
Navy Department
New York
Spar in Allegheny During Knights Templar Conclave
Police Superintendent Muth says Corbett and McCoy may spar in Allegheny Pa during the Knights Templar conclave week but a fight to a finish will not be allowed. The city will host legitimate sports for visiting guests and efforts are under way to bring the big fighters to Allegheny at that time.
Hope for Dr Todd at Toledo Insane Hospital
Dr E A Todd assistant superintendent of the state insane hospital Toledo O is hospitalized at Presbyterian hospital in this city suffering hydrophobia He was reported Thursday to be slightly improved and more cheerful a favorable sign The crisis in the case is not looked for until Friday
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Cuicano
E. A. Todd
State Insane Hospital
Toledo
Presbyterian Hospital
Swindler Known as the "Famond King" Flees After Chase
In Greenville Ohio on September 30 Harold Lee, from Hamilton County, posed as a buyer and swindled Mrs. Sarah Aukerman at her boarding house out of 300 dollars for a deed to land that did not exist. Officers pursued three miles before he was captured and exhausted, earning the nickname the Famond King.
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Greenville
Harold Lee
Hamilton County
Ohio
Sarah Aukerman
Tie
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