Cuban Constitutional Convention Faces US Relation Clash
Havana reports the Cuban constitution committee may hold secret sessions after organization. Candidates Capote Tamayo and Vera vie for presidency. Debate centers on Cuba US relations with three points: no foreign ties, no loan power, no disruption of order. Immigration swells as steamboat lines plan to transfer arrivals to barracks for redistribution.
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Havana
Lenores Capote
Tamayo
Mrivera
LasLucha
Cuba
United States
A Further Flight of Imperial Forces Feared
London reports the Chinese court may not consent to Yu Hsien or Tung Fu Hsiang’s execution. Li Hung Chang says settlement is unlikely and that the court plans another move to Sze Chuan with an imperial army of 14 000.
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London
Li Hung Chang
Shanghai
Daily Express
Yu Hsien
Tung Fu Hsiang
Ile
Szechuan
German Atrocities Reported From China
Berlin papers publish letters from German soldiers describing a village capture in China. Bayonets fixed, a lieutenant ordered shootings and bayonet killings. During the night many Chinese were killed including a woman and a child.
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Berlin
China
Republicans Sweep Puerto Rico Delegates and Delegate Winner
Official returns from Puerto Rico show Republicans win the entire house of delegates and elect Senor Fredrico Degetau as commissioner of congress. About 151 federals voted with roughly 58,000 Republican ballots cast across the island. In Missouri, William J. Bryan plans a hunting trip to Col. Moses Wetmore’s south Missouri game preserve later this month with Governor-elect Dockery part of the party.
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Senor Degetuu
Congress
San Juan
P. R
House of Delegates
Fredrico Degetau
St. Louis
William J. Bryan
Col
Moses Wetmore
South Missouri
Col. Wetmore
Dockery
Arctic explorers reach Dundee with Eelipse party
The whaler Eelipse arrived in Dundee from Davis Strait with Arctic scientists led by Messrs Stein and Warmbath and Dr Kann an Austrian. They secured important information about Ellsmereland from the expedition members.
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Edinburgh
Eelipse
Dundee
Davis Strait
Messrs. Stein and
Warmbath
Kann
Ellsmereland
Parker elected president of Chi Rock Island Texas RR
In Fort Worth on Thursday H A Parker of Chicago was elected president to succeed M A ... at a greeting by the railroad's directors.
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Fort Worth
Tex
The
Chip Rock Island and Texas Railroad
H. A. Parker
Chicago
M. A
Kentucky Election Sparks Democratic Claim and Republican Denial
Louisville dispatch reports Kentucky races with Bryan and Beckham leading in unofficial counts while McKinley and Yerkes are contested. Republicans allege fraud and voter exclusion. Democrats defend results and anticipate official canvass in Frankfort.
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Beckham
Yerkes
Louisville
Kentucky
Courier Journal
Bryan
McKinley
Frankfort
Nebraska election results show Meckinley leading in state counts
Complete returns from Nebraska counties indicate Meckinley carries the state by at least 2000 votes while Gov. Poynter and the entire state ticket win by 500 to 1800. Douglass county’s count is close amid fraud charges. party claims differ on senate and house outcomes.
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Yerkes
Goebel
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Meckinley
Poynter
Douglass
the World-Herald
Dem
State Republican Committee
Bieterich
Douglass County
President McKinley Wins Big in Illinois Returns
Complete unofficial returns from the state show President McKinley with 593,023 votes and Bryan with 497,930. McKinley’s plurality stands at 95,093, while Yates, the Republican candidate for governor, leads by 65,114.
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Chicago
McKinley
Bryan
Yates
Russian government to study U S homestead laws
St Petersburg Nov 9 The Russian government plans to send an agent to the United States to study homestead legislation for possible partial adoption among peasant communities.
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St. Petersburg
United States
Last survivor of the Alabama crew dies in Atlanta
Jerry Lynch aged 72 long believed the last survivor of the Confederate ironclad Alabama died at his Inman Park home on Thursday after leaving a large estate.
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Erail
Prince George of Greece in Copenhagen Visit
Prince George of Greece now in Copenhagen as he travels to extend his European cabinet tour beginning with London. The high commissioner for Crete will visit key capitals and meet officials during the tour.
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Copenhagen
Prince George
Greece
Crete
London
Transatlantic Steamship Giants Reported to Plan Merger
Rumors say several trans Atlantic steamship groups including Atlantic Transport Co unite in a deal worth many millions. Atlantic Transport stock recently rose as talks proceed in New York with a methodical approach kept secret and stockholders poised for a payout over 200 dollars per share if the merger closes.
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Baltimore
Transatlantic Steamship Companies
Atlantic Transport Co
New York
Philadelphia
London
Lernard N. Laker
Three Designs Selected for Maine Monument Competition
Gen James Grant Wilson announces that Austin Hays with Donn Barber and O Piccirilli with H Van Buren Magonigle and George Julian Zolnay with Joseph Henry Freedland er are the top three in the Maine monument contest after evaluating 43 entries. The fund, about 100000 dollars raised by the New York Journal, supports a large memorial with tonnage ranging from 4250 to 13240. The Min tonka and Minnewaska ships under construction in Belfast will be launched next spring and join New York and London trade as 13240 ton vessels similar to Maryland Steel designs. more ships are planned at Camden and Norwich yards with contracts to follow in New York City. The top three designs will be refined and a final winner chosen.
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New York
James Grant Wilson
Maine
Austin Hays
Donn Barber
O. Piccirilli
H. van Buren Magonigle
George Julian Zolnay
Belfast
Ireland
London
Maryland Steel Co
New York Shipbuilding Co
Camden
N. J
Norwich
Mammoth Bridge Plant Planned for Pittsburgh
The American Bridge Co plans a vast 40 acre mammoth works in Pittsburgh with river frontage, a 24000 worker plant costing about 1 million dollars. It will manufacture steel barges and hulls for river traffic and may relocate executives from New York. Construction begins within three months with 120000 to 150000 tons of output yearly.
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New Works of the
American Bridge Co
Pittsburgh
Bridge Company
New York
Death of Dr. Jesse W. Brock in Leavenworth
Dr. Jesse W. Brock aged 70 died Thursday in Leavenworth Ixan. He was born in Flushing Ohio and served in the 66th Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War. He fought with the Army of the Potomac and Cumberland through Sherman’s Atlanta campaign and was present at Winchester Antietam and Gettysburg.
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Leavenworth
Ixan
Jesse W. Brock
Flushing
66Th Ohio Volunteers
Cumberland
Sherman
Atlanta
Brock
Winchester
Antietam
Gettysburg
Cuban Exhibit Plans for Buffalo Pan American Fair
Havana reports extensive preparations for a Cuban exhibit at the Buffalo Pan American exposition. Grounds have been secured for Cuban colonial buildings and a $10,000 appropriation will finance the project.
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Havana
Buffalo
Neeley v Henkel Reassigned for December 8 Argument
In Washington on November 9 the Supreme Court moved the Neeley versus Henkel case to December 8 at the request of Neeley's attorney J. D. Lindsey. The matter was originally set for November 12.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Charles F. W. Neeley
William Henkel
United States
Neeley
J. D. Lindsey
Revolution Predicted In Guatemala Near Tapachula
Reports from Tapachula Mexico on November 9 claim a long awaited revolution against President Estrada Cabrera is imminent. Foreign capitalists are said to back Gen Pinada and favor rapid Guatemalan resource development. Revolutionists reportedly have ample funds and support from influential regional figures.
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Tapachula
Mex
Estrada Cabrera
Cabrera
Pinada
William D. Holmes Dies After Collapse in New York
William D. Holmes, long employed by the Democratic national committee during the campaign, collapsed while seated at the Hoffman House Thursday evening. He was taken to a hospital where he died. His father is a member of N. Holmes & Co., Pittsburgh banking firm.
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New York
William D. Holmes
Democratic National Committee
Hoffman House
N. Holmes & Co
Pittsburgh
Boer Commander De Wet Wounded at Rensburg Drift
Gen De Wet reportedly wounded in the leg during a clash with Gen Knox’s troops at Rensburg Drift. Native reports say he narrowly escaped capture while traveling by rail to Charlestown near Pretoria.
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Pretoria
Charlestown
Natal
De.Wet
Knox
Rensburg
Striking Spanish-Speaking Cigar Makers Challenge Tampa Union
In Tampa Florida Spanish-speaking cigarmakers strike against English speaking workers. About 1000 English-speaking workers idled as a clash looms. English faction has controlled cigar making and barred Spanish-speaking workers from joining the union.
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Tampa
Chicago
Fla
International Union
Bankruptcy Ruling Clarifies Chattel Mortgage Timing
Judge Kehlsaat of the U S district court holds that a chattel mortgage given within four months of filing a bankruptcy petition is not a preference if the agreement to grant the mortgage was made more than four months earlier. The ruling concerns John Boetter, proprietor of the Germania garden, and clarifies national bankruptcy law interpretations.
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Chicago
Kehlsaat
United States District Court
John Boetter
Germania Garden
Imperial Budget Plans Two Pioneer Battalions and Harbors
Berlin reports the forthcoming imperial budget will fund two new pioneer battalions of three companies per army corps and allocate 3,500,000 marks for a Dantzic war harbor. Kiel will gain a large anchorage for warships and a harbor for torpedo boats for 60 vessels. Wilhelmshaven will receive two massive dry docks.
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Berlin
Dantzic
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Shamrock II contract awarded to Hendersons
Shamrock II. contract awarded to D and W Hendersons builders of the Valkyries. Completion date March 31 with first Clyde trial around April 15. Both Shamrocks may sail to the United States for testing in American waters.
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Glasgow
Messrs. D. and
W. Henderson
Clyde
United States
Mil ford water tank collapse kills two in Virginia
In Mil ford Caroline county a railway water tank toppled onto a pump house killing plumbers W. N. Gregory and John B. Clinely and injuring pump man I. W. Cox and laborer Harry Brown. The accident followed a foundation failure. A separate report notes Gen. C O Howard's 70th birthday dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York attended by 300 prominent figures.
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Richmond
Wva
Milford
Caroline County
W. N. Gregory
John B. Clinely
I. W. Cox
Harry Brown
Gen. Howard
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Gen. C. O. Howard
Markets Report Falls Into Breadth of Prices Across Regions
In Cincinnati and Chicago trade data show flour and grain prices with varied grades and lots. Wheat futures in Chicago edge around 73 to 74 cents, while Cincinnati hogs and cattle shift with Monday values across multiple grades. Indianapolis meat futures list prime steers and choice hogs with differing stocker and lamb figures. Buffalo market notes cattle trading activity with limited detail.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Ind
Buffalo
N. YY
Uncle Sam and the Debt Load Across Two Centuries
A narrative recounts Uncle Sam shouldering debt from early American history through 1890. It follows fluctuating war costs, English conflicts, and fiscal efforts by Columbia to trim the national burden, noting key totals and turning points across decades.
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John Bull
Sam
Uncle Sam
Columbia
Perry
Jackson
Samuel
Gosh
Scott
Texas
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