Kimberley Besieged by Boers and Rhodes Threat
The Cape Town dispatch reports Kimberley besieged with Boers massing and rail links cut. Fortified stations at Belmont Spyfontain Modder bridge and Orange River bridge defend against possible Cecil Rhodes seizure as Kimberley becomes isolated.
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London
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Kimberley
Belmont
Spyfontein
Modder Bridge
Orange River Bridge
Cecil Rhodes
McKinley Keeps Sunday Quiet in Sioux City Visit
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley visited the First Methodist Church and Whitfield Sunday school in Sioux City as crowds gathered. He declined receptions and public functions, preferring a quiet day. dust and rain plagued the town, and he headed east with Governor Shaw and Senator Allison aboard a private car.
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President
Sioux City
First Methodist Church
Robert Bagnell
Whitfield Methodist Church
George D. Perkins
McKinley
Union Station
Perkins
East
Shaw
Allison
Dubuque
Milwaukee
Battle report from Modder River train attack near Mafeking
CAPE TOWN reports firing heard toward Kimberley as Boers advance southward from Belmont. Flowerdew, engine driver for Captain Nesbitt's derailed train, describes attempted rescue, heavy shelling, and capture of passengers and cargo. A rumor of imperial forces clashing with Transvaal Boers at Spytsfontein Station near Kimberley is unconfirmed.
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Cape Town
Modder River
Kimberley
Belmont
Flowerdew
Nesbitt
Maribogo
Mafeking
Boers Reported Sieging Kimberley as Wars Uneven
The War Office acknowledged uncertain reports of Kimberley siege activity with communication cut off in the north. Newcastle’s occupation featured minimal force, and Boers were said to take supplies only if paid for. In Tennessee, Constables James Gilmore and L H Ladd were killed. Horace Campbell captured as a mob looms for lynching.
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Commercial Tribune
London
War Office
Kimberley
South Africa
Newcastle
Mt. Pleasant
Hite
Bosse
Columbia
Nashville
Tennessee Phosphate Company
Ladd
Gilmore
Weckler
Train in danger as Boers derail hospital expedition
A hospital train bound for Maribogo returned after an adventurous run. Near a culvert south of Maribogo the engine observed the rails ahead had been tampered with as the train slowed, signaling an intended attack by Boers.
Free Thought Church Forms to Free Religion from Hypocrisy
Articles of incorporation to be filed for a new religious sect named the Church of Free and Independent Thought in Springfield Ohio. Founders say it welcomes believers and unbelievers of any religion and aims to free religion from superstition while accepting Psalms Proverbs and Christ's words for mankind's betterment.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Church of Free and Independent Thought
Galton
New Church
Old Settlers Meet at Salem Annual Reunion
Six hundred people gathered in Court Park for the Old Settlers annual meeting in Salem Indiana. Letters were read from notable natives including John Hay Whitney King J M Allen and J H Butler. Speakers included Joseph Moore Samuel Moore Elijah Moebdbs and others. Elizabeth Hall aged 98 was the oldest attendee. Marmaduke Coker 89 the oldest man. Fred Sauders 81 and wife 81 the longest-married couple.
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Commercial Tribune
Salpm
Ind
Court Park
Earlham College
Samuel Moore
Lafayette
Elijah Moebdbs
Dubois County
Elizabeth Hall
Mary A. Cauble
Marmaduke Coker
Fred Sauders
Thomas Williams
GOEBEL AND BRYAN TOUR KENTUCKY BEGINS IN CAIRO
State Senator Goebel Democratic candidate for Kentucky governor travels with Kentuckians and press to Bardwell Fulton Mayfield Benton Hopkinsville and Central City. William J Bryan and Kentucky National Committeeman Woodson join as the party departs at 7 am for a week long eastern tour with daily speeches. Ex US Senator Blackburn will join at Frankfort.
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Cairo
Ill
Goebel
Kentucky
City
Louisville
Wm. J. Bryan
Woodson
Bardsewell
Covington
Women to Form a Union for Striking Street Railway Men
In Cleveland Ohio on October 15 wives and daughters of Big Consolidated Street Railway strikers plan a union meeting Friday to bolster the amped morale. A preliminary gathering at Street Railway Union HQ outlined steps to organize and a benefit social and banquet with Eugene V Debs as star attraction. Women recounted strikers’ table support from home gardens and urged the men not to return to work.
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Cleveland
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland, CO
Big Consolidated Street Railway Company
The
Street Railway Union
Eugene V. Debs
No Vanderbilt Conference On Probate Date
Senator Chauncey M. Depew said the probate timing of Cornelius Vanderbilt's will is unknown and no conference has occurred recently with those interested. He noted no plans to meet the Vanderbilt family and spent Sunday in town.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Depew
Newport
Vanderbilt
Harrison Honored by Emperor at Berlin Reception
Berlin reports recount the reception of General Benjamin Harrison by Emperor William with high honors. The emperor even disregarded court etiquette by seating Harrison at the table of honor reserved for royal family members.
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Benjamin Harrison
Berlin
William
Harrison
Robbers gag, bound Mrs Wandrei at Columbia Hotel
Masked intruders entered the Columbia Hotel and Restaurant in Loganport at midnight and bound and gagged Mrs. Louis Wandrei. They looted jewelry silverware and cash then released gas to feign escape, leaving police with no solid clues.
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Commercial Tribune
Logansport
Ind
Columbia
Railroad Street
Panhhandle
Louis Wandrei
Wandrei
Father Takes Life After Domestic Turmoil in Troy
Lewis Wymer, a Lincoln Avenue mechanic in Troy Ohio, shot himself after a day of family strife. Earlier that night his fifteen year old son returned home drunk in a wheelbarrow. Wymer’s wife was absent and neighbors aided in reviving the boy, events that left the father mentally unhinged before the fatal shot with a 44 caliber revolver. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Commercial Tribune
Troy
Lewis Wymer
Lincoln Avenue
Wymer
President Betrayed Forces Move on Caracas
Advices from Petare near Caracas report the people rising against President Andrade as forces allegedly betray him. The revolutionary army poised to advance on Caracas without a fight, with Andrade likely to retire and relocate government to Maracaibo or Puerto Cabello. Tucacas seized by the revolutions.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Petare
Andrade
Maracaibo
Puerto Cabello
Tucacas
Riot at Polish christening ends in Hungarian death
At a Polish family christening in Auburn near Springfield on Oct 15 a riot broke out between Hungarians and Poles. Stephen Roskie a Hungarian was killed and several others were injured. Authorities pursue suspects amid warnings of resistance from the foreign workers.
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Springfield
Ill
Auburn
Stephen Roskie
Chicago-Virden Coal Company
Roskie
Woods
State Register
Manila
Tonds
Porte Denies Sultan Drowning Rumor In Bosporus
Constantinople dispatch reports the Porte denying a Bucharest telegraph claiming the Sultan drowned in the Bosporus and that several harem ladies were implicated with Young Turkish Party members.
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Constantinople
Porte
Bucharest
The
Bosporus
Young Turkish Party
Lieutenant Caldwell to Receive Silver Cup in Quincy
Quincy Illinois October 15 Lieutenant Harry H Caldwell secretary to Admiral Dewey returns home to be presented with a silver loving cup modeled after the gold cup given to Admiral Dewey in New York. Caldwell commanded a secondary battery aboard the Olympia during the fight on May 1 1898.
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Quincy
Harry H. Caldwell
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
New York
Caldwell
Olympia
Windsor Hotel Fire Claims Porter Heroic Work
Fire at the Windsor Hotel in Hudson New York destroyed the building in the early hours. Wallace C Hall a drummer for a Philadelphia publishing firm suffocated while others escaped in night clothes losing their baggage. The porter saved ten women as flames trapped guests. Property loss estimated above 60000 dollars.
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Hudson, N
Windsor Hotel
Wallace C. Hall
Philadelphia
Senator Scott Improves Rapidly From Illness
Friends of Senator N. B. Scott of West Virginia report from Morgantown that he has recovered quickly from serious illness and is now considered out of danger.
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Senator Scott
Washington
N. B. Scott
West Virginia
Morgantown
W. Va
Stamped It Out Another of Aguinaldo's Plots To Murder and Pillage Fails
A new plot attributed to Aguinaldo to murder and pillage is thwarted by authorities. Investigators report the plan was halted before action could be taken. Officials warn of ongoing vigilance against insurgent schemes.
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Aguinaldo
Three Manila Native Policemen Charged With Uprising Plot
Uprising plan halted by patrols and guards in Manila as United States troops in Honolulu prepare for possible Philippine action. Three native policemen were arrested for allegedly plotting the daylight revolt. comrades alerted authorities, showing loyalty within the force.
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Manila
Troops Anxious to Reach Front from Honolulu
San Francisco dispatch reports October 8 arrival of the Gaelic with word that troops including hospital corps deserters and the Sixth Artillery face delays and risk as they seek to board transports to Manila. Deserters from Hawaii surface, while the Antiope remains in port under dispute with W R Grace & Co. The Centennial ferrying 300 horses arrives exhausted, many near death, to be pastured until ships return.
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Honolulu
Dai
Tacoma
Shea
Grant
Manila
Murray
Sound
W. R. Grace & Co
Centennial
Nevada
Oregon
Equal Wage Union Calls for Equal Pay by Ballot
The American Equal Wage Union organized in Missouri with Kansas City HQ adopts a constitution and begins work. It omits strikes from its platform and seeks equal pay for equal work for women, aiming to offset corporate lobbying through ballots. Officers include R. D. Kathrens as President and George S. Battell as Vice President.
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Kansas City
Equal Wage Union
Missouri
Supreme Council
R. D. Kathrens
George S. Battell
Roberts. Owen
Arthur
Lyman
Hogg Urges End to War in Philippines
Ex-Governor J B Hogg tells an Austin interview the United States must finish the war with the Philippines. He argues the U S already expanded its holdings after $20 million payment to Spain and now controls the islands, leaving future Congress to decide policy.
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Commercial Tribune
Austin
Tex
J. 8
Hogg
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Spain
Philippines
First Electric Street Cars Arrive for Mexico City
The Federal District Street Railway Company reports arrival of the first batch of electric cars from the United States. Electric plants for interior cities where lines have been bought will be ordered from the United States.
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Mexico City
Federal District Street Railway Company
United States
Comord
United Sea
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