Record of the Week: Wars, Disasters and Accidents Abroad
A Telegraph-Latent summary reports Fifth United States cavalry captured at Binangonan Rizal Luzon by ladrones. escapees reach Morang. General Gomez declines a pension in Havana. Tacano volcano eruption near Guatemala kills over a thousand, destroys half of Ratanhulen. Nebraska Courtland wrecked by cloudburst. seven inches rain and many buildings damaged. Rail accident near Bellefontaine Ohio injures several and kills a brakeman.
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Manila
Fifth United States Cavalry
Binangonan
Rizal Province
Luzon
Fifth Cavalry
Morang
Ratanhulen
Guatemal A
San Francisco
Palana
Valparaiso
Katanhulen
Quezaltenango
Nebraska
Courtland
Neb
Beatrice
Kruger No Longer Feared In London Dispatch
London special reports the Colonial Secretary’s stance, allowing Kruger to avoid admission of British sovereignty over the Transvaal and ensuring Boer delegates safe conduct home. Also notes a Chicago teamsters strike settled with wage gains, Kitchener grant approved, a Richmond man’s suicide, and a Georgia mill fire destroying lumber and cars.
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Kruger
London
Birmingham Post
Chamberlain
Transvaal
Europe
South Africa
Chicago
Ilinois State Board of Arbitration
Yaqui Uprising Escalates With Ambush Slaughter Near Hermosillo
Mexican forces under Gen. Torres suffer a deadly ambush as Yaqui attackers reportedly kill thirty three soldiers and overwhelm two dozen more. Survivors flee toward Hermosillo while Yaqui forces reportedly number about a thousand in the Mazatán foothills.
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Mexico
S Tventy
Torres
Mazatlan Mountains
offLermosillo
Hermosillo
Cen. Torres
Sonora
Luis Torres
Lorenzo Torres
Mazaton Mountains
Telephones From a Train Test Drama Sparks Interest
Inventor Dr. A. D. Jones of Louisville tests a traveling contact device on a moving train, enabling telephone communication while train speed nears ten miles per hour. The test is witnessed by A. M. McCracken and Atilla Cox as part of a patent backed venture on the Louisville Henderson and St Louis route.
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A. D. Jones
Louisville
A. M. McCracken
Louisville, Lienderson and
St. Loulis
Dr. Jones
Dr. Jones On A Train Going At A Speed of Ten Miles An Hour, Dr. Jones
Washington
Atilla Cox
Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis
Menderson
Lincoln Packing Plant Sold to South Omaha Manager
Yo O. Kenyon, general manager of the South Omaha stock yards, purchased the Lincoln Packing Company stock yards and packing plant at Lincoln Nebraska and 3000 acres of farming land nearby. Harry J. Carpenter will run the property with immediate possession. The packing lease will not operate now but yards will be expanded over time.
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South Omaha
Yo O. Kenyon
Rtn
Secret US fortifications on Culebra Island raised West Indies fears
Report notes four six inch muzzles and three siege guns secretly mounted on Culebra Island and aimed at the Virgin Passage between Porto Rico and St. Thomas. A Marine captain and 100 troops labored eight months amid rough terrain to complete the emplacements. Local Danish West Indies residents fear US plans to seize the four islands and control the area similar to Culebra.
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Virgin Passage
Porto Rico
St. Thomas
United States
West Indies
Culebra
Orto Rico
Promoter Balliet Convicted in Mail Fraud Case
Letson Balliet was found guilty in Des Moines federal court of using the mails to defraud investors in the White Swan Mining Co. near Baker City Oregon. Prosecutors say about $220,000 was raised from stock buyers while only up to $25,000 was invested in the property. The government accused Balliet of spending $25,000 on a Baker City newspaper, about $35,000 on advertising, and other personal outlays while failing to develop the mine for stockholders. Penalty could reach eighteen months in prison and a $500 fine.
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Letson Balliet
Des Moines
White Swan Mining Company
Baker City
Balliol
Cecil Rhodes
America
White Swan
Texas Cattle for Velnts Restocking South Africa
Texas cattle shipments lead a major deal of 650 head from Pensacola by Maud & Carrow intended for restocking South Africa farms. The firm reportedly holds a contract to supply young breeding cattle to the British government in South Africa.
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Porto Rico
Texas
Beer Farma
South Africa
Pensacola
Fly
Maud & Carrow
Five Shot During Riot at Granite City Strike
Early morning clash between striking molders and nonunion workers at American Steel and Foundry Company in Granite City DL left five men wounded, including two Black nonunion workers and three white strikers. Shots were exchanged as nonunion workers arrived for work. two strikers were fatally wounded, others fled to safety.
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Granite City
American Steel and Foundry Company
Steel Company
Toyo Nonunion
Secretary Root Cuts Army Strength and Reorganizes
By presidential directive Secretary Root lowers the permanent army to 66,497 men from 77,287, reducing cavalry regiments from twelve troops of 85 to twelve of 75, infantry company size from 104 to 80, and shrinking the 30 regiments of twelve companies to a total infantry force of 29,880 from 38,520 under the May order.
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Root
Lhe
Morgans Gates Control Chicago Great Western in Rail Merger
Kansas City reports J. Pierpont Morgan and John W. Gates now control the Chicago Great Western. Gates, for the Moores, also controls the Kansas City Southern, with plans to consolidate the two under Rock Island control and extend lines to major markets between Canada and the Gulf.
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Kansas City
Chicago Great Western
J. Tierpont Morgan
John W. Gates
Gates
Moores
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Britain Proclaims South Africa Peace End of Boer War Declared
King Edward announces peace after Lord Kitchener cables terms of surrender to the War Office. Terms include Boer autonomy, repatriation of prisoners, land grants, and resettlement options across the empire. Victory brings 167,465 square miles of new territory with 350,000 population, new economic prospects, and hoped prosperity.
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War Office
Edward
Britain
South Africa
London War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
South African Republic
Kitchener
Milner
Great Britain
Alfred BE
Fel
Apri
Schalk-Burger
Heitz
Transvaal
Steyn
Orange Free State
London
Downing Street
St. Helena
Ceylon
West Indies
United Kingdom
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Cape-to-Gairo
Afric
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Ribune
Denver, Indiana
Alfred Wooley
Ford
Cay P.M 'L
Gomez
Maximo Gomez
Havana
House of Representatives
Cuba
St. Louis
Buffalo
Mix Siding
Bellefontaine
Ohio
John Borders
Ansonia
G. F. Boyer
House of Commons
William Redmond
William Armatrong
Richmond
Ind
J. 8. Bailey & Co
McDonald
Lincoln Packing Plant
Windsor
Ont
John Redmond
Anderson
Teamsters
Indiana
Mercer County
Godfrey
Miami
Grant Counties
Monongahela River
Fayette City
Theodore Booth
Nation
Carrie Nation
Shawnee County
Kan
Gov. Stanley
United States Supreme Court
Peter C. Deiming
Federal
Leavenworth
Joliet
St. Joliet
Bryan
Silver
John H. Barrows
John Henry Barrows
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Balliet
Texas Cattle
Jewals
Charles I. Kingdon
George Jay Gould
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
California
Oregon Express
Clear Creek
Cal
J. M. White
Fred Taffel
James Laurier Rogers
Santa Cruz
Oregon
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Treasury of
New York City
North Livver
Booth Tarkington
W. Howry
Boston
Philadelphia
Maria
Vajiravitdi
Siam
Labor
Western Labor Union
Denver
American Labor Union
East
Harriet Liane Johnson
Harriet Lane
Buchanan
Miss Lane
White House
Prince of Wales
Wells
Edwards Whittaker
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
Atrato
Colon
Colombia
Bucas del Toro
Bocas
Maj
Kk. C. Camp
Coal Creek Coal Company
Frater Valley
Clinton, Tenn
Tines
John Linnett
Belle Brown
Milwaukee
John Mulaney
Lake Beulah
Erie
Sugar Grove
Jamestown
8. A. Knopf
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Detroit
North Carolina
Elizabeth City
N. C
W. IX
Carter
Benjamin Ward
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