Columbia Defeats Shamrock For America's Cup Victory
In rough seas and gale like wind over 25 mph, the Columbia beat the British challenger Shamrock by six minutes and 18 seconds actual time to complete the series. Sir Thomas Lipton accepts defeat with sportsmanlike grace, promising to return with a better boat.
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Bandits Escape After Nighttime Picket Line Break
Atchison Kansas October 24 bandits who killed and wounded near Doniphan evaded a 500 man guard line by slipping away during the night after stealing a team of horses. Policeman Robert Dickerson was killed at the barricade and the robbers left behind a vest and empty cartridge box as they fled. A blood trail and wounded bandit indicated. Hundreds pursue as alarms spread. In Caracas Venezuela General Cipriano Castro returned to the city to a warm reception amid hopes for peace and no renewed fighting.
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Golden Medical Discovery Credited With Curing Consumption
A physician warns against impossibilities in healing lung disease while a man lifts a heavy flour barrel. The ad credits Dr. Pierce with curing consumption using Golden Medical Discovery, citing a 30 year track record and patient testimonials from New York and others who report weight gain, improved appetite, and restored health.
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Glencoe Ambush and Elandslaagte Victory Reported
Dawn dispatches describe the Glencoe to Ladysmith fight with British forces under General French routing the Transvaal at Elandslaagte. Major acts include capture of Boer guns, heavy casualties on both sides, and the capture of Joubert and Kock suspects with a large Boer camp and trains taken.
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Anxiety in London on War Office Bulletins
London crowds await war news as censoring restrictions and Boer advances shape the mood. Dispatches cite Dundee isolated, Glencoe under threat, and General Yule’s forces retreating to stronger lines with reinforcements and railway efforts ongoing.
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Convention Delays As WCTU Kills Suffrage Resolution
Seattle convention moves forward after morning session delay as the WCTU votes down a National Suffrage Association resolution led by Carrie Chapman Catt. Committees outline flag law anti divorce anti cannteen proposals while anti narcotic talks reach area schools. Telegrams congratulate on large attendance and progress.
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Insurgents Driven From Calamba Trenches
In Southern Luzon near Calamba insurgents pressed attacks on American forces. Major Cheatham's battalion with infantry, artillery, and a Gatling gun counterattacked, driving Filipinos three miles with heavy losses. One American killed, three wounded. Lt. Ferguson and scouts killed six, captured eight Filipinos, with ten rifles seized. A boat crew was lured ashore and one American killed, one wounded, one captured. Second battalion of the Nineteenth regiment sails for Iloilo to reinforce.
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Nine Die in Blizzard with Sheep Herding Peril
Nine men perished in the recent blizzard with five bodies recovered. H Herald, a sheep herder, is among the dead whose beard and clothing were eaten by sheep. Wandering bands of sheep without herders hint at additional fatalities in the region. The Hera carrying 200 passengers was reported in distress near Cape Flatery, awaiting relief. Deering and his wife, famed Chicago manufacturer, reached a White River ranch safely after being feared trapped near Hahn's peak.
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Prince Hosts Harrison in Windsor Audience
Lexpos October 24 reports the Prince of Wales received former President Benjamin Harrison in an audience at Windsor. Details of the meeting were limited and the atmosphere described as cordial.
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