U S note to Germany on Chinese punishment ties
The United States filed a note through Secretary Hay to Baron Speck Von Sternberg praising Germany’s latest measures against Chinese criminals. It states Washington has given Conger instructions to identify those involved and verify punishments, aiming to align actions between the two nations. The move is seen as a step toward closer cooperation on the Chinese issue.
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Vie
United States
Hay
Matthrs
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Germany
Conger
Minster Conger
Fire devastates large shoe factory in Withinas PA
A major blaze swept the J. E. Payton & Co four story factory in Withinas early Thursday, destroying the building and its stock. Loss estimated at 800000 with 250000 charged to Dayton & Co. Several firemen injured by falling debris. adjacent buildings including the First Baptist church chapel suffered serious damage.
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Withinasport
J. E. Payton & Co
Neece
Fourth
Kirwin
Elmira
Dayton & Co
Storms wreak heavy damage across French vineyards
Widespread storms in France bend property and livestock, flood rivers, and devastate vine districts. The Haut Pyrenees reports disaster as vines are beaten down and crops at risk. Burgundy Auvergne Sagade vineyards face critical losses. troops led by General Aire move to assist harvest efforts.
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France
Haute Pyrenees
Burgundy
Auvergne
Sagade
General Aire
Sugar Rivalry Escalates With Sugar Price Cuts
The sugar trust and independents ended a truce by lowering refined sugar by 15 points and fine granulated sugar by 20 points. Arbuckles followed with a 5 point cut to 545. Other independents trimmed 25 points as the market grew demoralized. Business is dull despite aims to raise prices during the busy season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust
Professor Dachnowski Seeks New Path After Expulsion
Prof. A. E. Dachnowski of Taylor University taught German before returning to the Father in Berlin to finish studies. Upon identity discovered he faced thirteen days to depart or enlist. He left for Switzerland to pursue college studies.
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A. E. Dachnowski
Taylor University
Upland
Ind
University of Berlin
Switzerland
Train robbery near Council Bluffs ends in escape
Two men held up a Kansas City passenger train on the Burlington road three miles south of Council Bluffs Iowa. Express Messenger Baxter refused to open his car door and dynamite blew it open. He grabbed his gun and escaped from the door on the opposite side. He crept around the front of the train and killed one robber. the other escaped.
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Kansas City
Burlington Road
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Baxter
United States
Chicago and Northwestern
Tower W
Texpress
Missouri
Kansas
Dock Junction
Erie
Southern Express Company
Branidsville
S.C
St. Joseph
Yosemite
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Mayfield Creek
St. Paul
Raymoor
Wis
Union Pacific
Pennsylvania Express
John Lane
Klondike and Nome Gold Deposits Reported
The Klondike gold receipts at the San Francisco mint and Seattle assay office from July to September 189? totaled 16 097 555 dollars with Cape Nome gold adding 2 01 801. The combined deposits at both offices for the period were 38 234 Sit.
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San Francisco
Seattle
Fierce Fight Report From Kau Kau Men Clash
Word reaches of a fierce engagement between a German contingent and Chinese forces at Kau Kau Men. The Chinese attacked but were repulsed by German units, with 490 reported killed and five German soldiers killed.
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Kau Kau
Explosion at Komatipoort Kills Twenty Highlanders
An explosion at Komatipoort during British operations against Boer ammo dumps caused the deaths of twenty Gorden Highlanders, with reports noting heavy casualties and ongoing military actions in the area.
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Komatipoort
Gorden Highlanders
Gunboat Villalobos Safe Denial From Admiral Kemyitf
Admiral Kemyitf cables the Navy Department denying reports that the gunboat Villalobos was captured at Mariduque by insurgents. He states Captain Shields and crew were captured, and the Manila paper of Sept 25 published a false report.
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Kemyitf
Navy Department
Villalobos
Mariduque
Shields
Manila Paper
Salisbury Approves German Note Replied By Salisbury
Berlin correspondent of the London Post reports Lord Salisbury has replied to Germanys latest note with approval.
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Salisbury
Lord Salisbury
Berlin
London Post
Ger2y
Notable Deaths and Incidents Across Cities in 1900s Era
Col John C Wyman once saved President Grant dies at Providence R I. Brooklyn contractor Cady offers to build Ha vana sewerage and paving for 10 million. Helen Southgate exonerated by Brooklyn coroner after Barbour murder suicide. Rev Gilbert H Gregory dies at pulpit in Kingsbridge N Y at 68. Insane man at St Pauls Cathedral seizes crucifix in Pittsburg. Thomas Gaskell Shearman dies in Brooklyn after operation. Robert McCurdy Lord found dead in Mount Vernon N Y. Major Bar rett sinks Fleetwood tug. two crew drown. Batting the great grandson of a millionaire blamed for downfall due to alcohol. Body of young woman found in Lutheran Cemetery Newtown awaiting ID after carbolic poisoning. Mrs Orn Horsman worth about 1 million due to Mrs William Porter care. Edwin Cottrell, once heavy wheat pit plunger, commits suicide in Central Park. George A. August suicides in New York Hotel George. Marion Christy, 15, swims across Lake ontonau noted by thousands. Josiah R Adams Philadelphia chair and lawyer dies by own act in hotel. wife unaware of motive. Mrs Frank Leslie resigns editorship of Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly. John E M Studson of American Bell Telephone dies of apoplexy at Beverly Farms station.
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John C. Wyman
President Grant
Providence
R. I
Cady
Brooklyn
Havana
Helen Southgate
Henry Grosvenor Barbour
Gilbert H. Gregory
Kingsbridge
N. Y
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Pittsburg
St. Peter
Thomas Gaskell Shearman
Henry Ward Beechee
Tilton
Robert McCurdy Lord
Mount Vernon
Major Barrett
Fleetwood
Schuylkill
Delaware
Sylvester
Batting
Jdr
Newark
N. J
Newtown
T. L
Orn Horsman
Lynn
Mass
Willian Porter
Boston
Porter
Ora Thorsman
Edwin Cottrell
Central Park
New York
T. D. Cottrell
Chicas
George A. August
Topeka
Kan
Marion Christy
Greenville
Philadelphia
Frank Leslie
Popular Monthly
John EE. Sfudson
American Bell Telephone Company
Beverly Farms
Dowie elders driven from Mansfield and mobs thwarted
A West/ern report details four Dowie elders expelled from Mansfield Ohio. A vigilance committee in Charleston Missouri paid 100 rushes each to two wife beaters. Authorities halted a plot to mob Roosevelt and his party at Pueblo Colorado. Other incidents include a Milwaukee cataract operation success and various accidents and crimes across the nation.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Vigilance Committee
Charleston
Multiple Fatal incidents and crimes cross several states
In Avondale Alabama Lee Clark killed his mother in cotton mill quarters. In Bowling Green Kentucky the post office was broken into and robbed of 4500 to 5000 in money and stamps. In Frankfort Kentucky a motion for a new trial in James Howard’s case was overruled and Howard was sentenced to hang. Archie Kinsauls died by strangulation in Charlotte after two failed scaffold drops. Paul Sloan, deputy sheriff in Lake Charles Louisiana, was fatally wounded by a mob attempting to lynch Pierce Scott. Gov J C Beckham and Miss Jean Fuqua of Owensboro Kentucky will wed November 21 in Owensboro. Warner Newbold, railroad executive, died by suicide in Birmingham Alabama. Charles A Collier was found shot in Atlanta Georgia uttering burgalars before losing consciousness. Pastors Young Meeder and Henry Williams were shot in Belmont Baptist Church in Newberry County South Carolina during a prayer meeting. The shots came through a window.
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Bowling Green
Frankfort
James Howard
Howard
Dee. T
Archie Kinsauls
Charlotte
N.C
Kinsauls
Paul Sloan
Lake Charles
Ala
Newbold
Charles A. Collier
Atlanta
Mr. Collier
Young Meeder
Henry Williams
Belmont Baptist Church
Newberry County
S. C
Mr. Reeder
Irish-Americans in Boer service moved to Portuguese transport
Irish-Americans recently serving with the Boers are removed to a Portuguese transport at Lorenzo Marques. Thieves entered the Vatican, stole securities, and caused a fire incident. The Russian minister and troops are withdrawn from Pekin as a protest. Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts is named commander in chief of the British army succeeding Vield. Winston Churchill, son of an American woman, is noted among the successful.
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Lorenzo Marques
Vatican
Pekin
Frederick Sleigh Roberts
Vield
Garnet Joseph Wolseley
British elections influence and Boer War casualties reported
Article notes candidates in British elections with American wives and mentions Boer disturbance with two Gordon Highlanders killed and twenty injured. It also covers the Manchu murder trial of Beron von Ketteler in Pekin, where no new evidence led to a sentence. the prisoner remains held pending further information.
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Didates
Members of Commons
Komatipoort
Gordon Highlanders
Beron von Ketteler
Pekin
Populist nomination and global events headline
A roundup of diverse noting Aduai Ey Stevenson’s vice presidential nomination and various global incidents. Robbery in Alaska Dust worth 10500. Port-au-Prince indemnity 23000. Wisconsin battleship in dry dock. Solomon City storm devastation. Violence in Vera Cruz. Desertion seen near San Mateo. Quarantines in Murray Bay. US flags insulted in Chihuahua. Porcupine district claim by Britain. Bradstreet weekly market, September closes with mixed signals. wheat and corn trade figures provided.
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Aduai Ey
Stevenson
Alaska Commercial Company
Judge Day
Hayti
John D. Metzger & Co
Port-au-Prince
Wisconsin
Port Orchard
Golden Gate
Washington
Solomon City
Solomon River
Alaska
Henry W. Hollingsworth
Third National Bank of Chicago
Nobras
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Carmona
Hollingsworth
Leon Mayauc
Eleventh
United States Cavalry
Philippines
Henry W. Lawton
San Mateo
Murray Bay
Lower St. Lawrence
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
United States
W. W. Mills
Chihuahua
San Antonio
Texas
State Department
Porcupine
Porcupine City
Archer Martin
Supreme Court of
British Columbia
Porcupine District
International Boundary Commission
Bradstreet’s
Market Report Summary of Midwestern and Eastern Livestock and Grain Prices
Chicago and other markets show cattle at 3.00 to 5.75 dollars, hogs 3.00 to 5.85, sheep 3.00 to 4.10, with grains and goods: wheat No. 2 red 0.78 to 0.80, corn No. 2 0.39 to 0.48, oats No. 2 0.21 to 0.28, butter 0.18 to 0.22, eggs 0.13 to 0.21, and potatoes 0.31 to 0.34 per bushel. regional variations include Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo and New York price ranges for cattle, hogs, sheep, wheat, corn, oats, rye, clover seed, and pots.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Ste
New York
Many Trains Robbed by Novices, Veterans Passive Incarcerations
Detectives report a rising flood of train and express car robberies with losses totaling at least $100,000 in under a year. Incidents span Chicago, Sherman, Branidsville, Mayfield Creek, Burlington and Keokuk among others, with dynamite blasts and safes blown open.
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National State Bank
Burlington
Iowa
Commercial National Bank
Chicago
Adams Express Company
Keokuk
Express Company
Diplomacy and war news across continents and empires
The article surveys global reactions to German Peace proposals in China and the Far East, noting Austria and Italy accepting, while the United States and Britain reject yet demand punishment for attackers. It reports on the Boer War progress, Kruger's cabinet sailing, British troops at Koomatie Poort, and the Delagoa Bay to Pretoria rail line nearing full operation. It also mentions Filipino casualties after Capt. Shields’s party engagement, the Ottoman Empire’s fate amid Turkish unrest, and New Zealand’s plan to issue workmen tickets at two shillings weekly to suburbs up to twelve miles away.
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Far East
China
Pekin
Austria
Italy
Whaiser
United States
Great Britain
Kruger
Europe
Transvaal
Koomatie Poort
Delagoa Bay
Pretoria
Condition Of Crops Across Regions This Week
The weekly crop report notes generally favorable conditions east of the Mississippi with rain needed in the South Atlantic and east gulf areas. Excessive moisture in parts from Arkansas to the Dakotas slowed farm work. Frosts touched Minnesota and Missouri valleys while late flax suffered in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Cotton and corn progress vary by region with harvest timelines around Oct 10 in central and eastern cotton belts and Texas picking improving except for the Brazos bottoms. Plowing for fall seeding advances west of the Mississippi and in the Ohio valley, but dry conditions hindered some southern areas.
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Mississippi River
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Dakotas
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain
North Pacific Coast
West Gulf States
Mississippi
Ohio Watlers
Pacific Coast
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Brazos
Middle Atlantic
East
Ballot length and campaign tours headline national politics
The article notes the Georgia ballot record length, Roosevelt's West Virginia tour starting October 27 in Wheeling, and Debs addressing Chicago. It cites Populists endorsing the Democratic ticket in Missouri, Cochran speaking to 12 000 in Chicago and 3 000 in Aurora Illinois, and McKinley exercising in Canton. Gibbons declines to state voting plans.
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Georgia
J. Sterling Morton
Bryan
Missouri
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Wheeling
Rourke Cochran
Aurora
Ill
Daly
Montana Democrats
McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Beveridge
Peoria
Eugene V. Debs
Chicago
Hanna
South Dakota
Senator Allison
Des Moines
Iowa
Smith
Washington
Senator Burrows
Michigan
Lincoln
Neb
Cardinal Gibbons
Stone
New York State
Stanehfield
Perry Heath
Nick Sevens
West
Charles K. Wheeler
Kentucky
Court House
Pranksfort
Theodore Roosevelt
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Indiana
Thomas & Ellis, Publishers
Sugar
Klondike
Nome
Western
Pueblo
Colo
Judge Jenkins
Gov. Sayers
Galveston
Ashland Avenue
Vitty-first Street
Lloyd J. Smith
Chicago Board of Trade
Northwestern Elevator Company
William V. Wolcott
of Wolcott
Wall Street
Southern Pacific
Gartner Siding
Utah-Nevada Line
Ontario and Burns
Ontario
Idaho
J. C. Pickett
Minneapolis
Omaha
Edward Beebe
William Matthews
First National Bank
Duuth
John Haas
Upper Sandusky
Sharp
Iin
Chisholm Creek
Wichita
Charley
Lac du Flambeau
Negunigifig
Causa
Chillicothe
David Brooks
Amos
David
FL W. Lee
Beatrice, Tech, Plasiatan
W. J. Slurn
Slurn
Dr. Lee
Tturn
Detroit, Grand Wagon and Milwaukee Railroad
Durand
Mich
Thomas Mamlin
John Linden
Tonin
Shelden
Kankakee
Tn St. Louis
Jacob Klein
Robert Willian Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Cuyahoga Falls
Mullen
Bhicksmith Shop
Charitou and Indianola
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey
Lacona
Southern
Avondale
Lee Clark
Winston Churchill
Bandits
MacArthur
Twenty-ninth Volunteer Infantry
Asiatic
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Russia
Constantinople
New Zealand
Abbott
Terre Haute
Rho
Topgallant
Burster
Dexter
Goldsmith Maid
Goldsmith
Maud
Maud S
Ney Hanks
Nancy Hanks
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