Elgin Geko and sweeping social snippets
A collage of anecdotes and notices from Elgin and beyond. Tales of love and rejection, a railway wife, and eight years past. Berlin bans Hallelujah, while Army officers now meet nightly. Jersey City children raise relief funds, and Sousa’s music conquers camps. A preacher’s reinvention, Princess Chimay’s troubles, and Rigo in Africa fill the page with colorful society items.
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Berlin
Jersey City
Galveston
Sympathy Across Nations in Science and Literature
The passage notes potential scientific and literary sympathy between nations with divergent politics. It cites a European proverb about Berlin and Paris, suggesting shared insights from France and Germany advance understanding of human history, and questions whether global harmony favors fraternization over estrangement.
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Europe
Berlin
Paria
France
Germany
Varying Ventilating Views and a Madrid Prophetess Riot
A Swiss factory inspector cites two years of worker objections to an improved Ventilating apparatus over rheumatism concerns and later laborers refuse a building lacking it. An Ohio minister halted a sermon after two fainting women were carried out, with an investigation suggesting a vandal janitor blocked memorial windows to curb air during substitutions. In Algalba Murcia a 24 year old Teresa Guillen led a religious surge causing clashes. five gendarmes died and many injured as police intervened. Kansas marks 50th statehood anniversary with a Topeka exposition planned for 1904 under a new organizing body. Britain to issue a silver service medal for South Africa operations, ribboned with orange center and blue-red edges.
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America
Ohio
Algalba
Murcia
Iis
Teresa Guillen
Sic
South Afica
Washington Notes from Romkie News
Washington Notes reports Capt Roiter to command the Dateship Winconsin near completion. Manila cable arrival aids Philippine telegraphs. Texas to be out of service November 10. Don Juan de Austria reaches Hongkong. Leyden and the Holland in New York. various global notices include Guatemala fruit duty relief and a series of obituaries and incidents across the United States and Europe.
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Washington
Roiter
Havy Department
Gen. Greeley
Manila
Philippines
Signal Corps
Iplands
Texas
Nashville
Hankow
Shanghai
Leyden
Holland
New York
Hongkong
J. M. Helm
Frolic
Doronbea
Helm
McNalley
Guatemala
State Department
National Legislative Assembly of Guatemala
Turbulent Global Briefs From War to Royal Matches
Yellow fever worsens in Tayvana as fears rise. A windstorm at Friedrichs hafen disrupts shipping. Chile forms a new cabinet led by Elias Albano. Gen Linares takes the Spanish war portfolio with sweeping reforms. Queen Wilhelmina proclaims betrothal to Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Sonneren. Banto Domingo uprising ends as rebels scatter and troops withdraw. Mrs. Manning loses a $2,500 sunburst diamond in Paria. Transvaal agent predicts Kruger tours Europe and visits McKinley. Boers active in Kroonstad. Gen Dewaet warns burghers against aiding war prisoners.
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Yortiga
Tayvana
Eppetfna
Al-Shin
Friedrichshafen
Chile
Elias Albano
Linares Haa
Wil
Wilhelmina of
Daniel Manning
Parle
Paria
Transvaal
Kruger
McKinley
Kroonstad
Dewaet
John Sherman Dies at 77 in Washington Leader in National Affairs
Washington dispatch reports the death of John Sherman at his Ki street home at 6:45 am age 77 after a long career as a representative senator and twice a cabinet member. He built wealth in Washington real estate and prompted a presidential proclamation of national grief. funeral plans place services at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington and later rites in Mansfield, Ohio.
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Washington
John Sherman
House
Senate
Sherman
Ki Street
State Department
I. J. Babcock
United States
Mackay Smith
St. John's Episcopal Church
Frenius
Sampson I8 Dying Over Sampson Schley Controversy
Atlanta reports Lieut Hobson quotes Admiral Sampoon dying of a broken heart from the Sampson Schley dispute after Santiago. Hobson recalls visiting Boston on Oct 18 and seeing Sampoon’s declining health and brooding state as Mrs Sampson notes his great distress.
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Nohwon
Schley
Atlanta
Alabama
Richard P. Hobson
Admiral Sampoon
Sampson-Schrey
Santiago
Admiral Sampson
Boston
Mra. Sampson
Denmark to Offer Danish West Indies for Sale
Copenhagen reports Danish minister C Brun will travel to the United States to present an offer from Denmark to sell the Danish West Indies for seven million dollars. In Chicago, three men including F L Wayland Brown are indicted for conspiracy to defraud insurance companies over Marie Defenbach’s death.
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Danish West Indies
United States
Copenhagen
C. Brun
Washington
Denmark
Pravda
Chicago
Wayland Brown
Frank H. Smiley
August M. Unger
Marie Defenbach
Kentucky legislature sends nonpartisan election law to governor
Frankfort Kentucky October 344 The Kentucky legislature adjourned sine die after sending the non-partisan election law passed Saturday to the governor to become law, succeeding the Goebel statute.
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Seeuceda Goebel
Alw
Frankfort
Kentucky
Mitchell predicts early end to anthracite strike
President Mitchell said the prospect for an early settlement brightens, noting operators near Hazleton region may post notices guaranteeing a 10 percent wage advance and its continuation to April 1, with elimination of the allding scale. Some firms hold back but leaders expect a final move soon.
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Mitchel
Haziiton
Mitchell
Wales
Reading Company
Lehigh Valley Company
Hazleton
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Delaware & Hudson
Mitchall
Fate of China Determined by Anglo German Pact
Washington Oct 24 officials say the Anglo German alliance safeguards China's open door and imperial integrity. Cabinet panels assess the deal as a strong move, with McKinley returning home to a China policy practically settled. The United States plans a formal reply, praising the agreement while signaling no alliance with European powers. Pekin peace talks likely to start within days.
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Regords Basle Questone
Dinpuic
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Hay
China
McKinley
State Department
Reuasia
Manchuria
Italy
Austria
France
United States
Pekin
Cook Islands Annexed by New Zealand At Local Request
Auckland dispatch reports Earl of Tanfurty governor of New Zealand landed October 4 at Cook Islands and formally annexed them by unanimous request of the chiefs and people.
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New Zealand
London
Times
Auckland
Earl of Tanfurty
Cook’s Islands
Steamer Wagendt Boiler Explosion Kills Fifty
London reports from St. Petersburg that a boiler explosion aboard the steamer Wagendt between Tomsk and Barnaul killed fifty people and scalded many others. The Daily Express dispatch notes the disaster occurred October 24.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Express
Tomsk
Barnaul
Death by Own Action in Leavenworth Prison
Samuel Lewis, a colored inmate and life convict in the Kansas State Penitentiary, died by his own action in Leavenworth Kansas after drinking a caustic soda solution. The incident occurred in October. He was known as a defendant in a murder case.
Anglo German alliance over China unsettles balance of power
London dated Oct 23 reports Germany and Britain forming a mutual policy on China. The accord, signed Oct 18 by Lord Ballsbury and Count von Hutzfeldt, aims to keep Chinese territorial integrity, keep ports open, and prevent any power from gaining advantage. It signals a major diplomatic shift and approval in Berlin, seen as a peace reassuring move.
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Germany
London
England
Lord Ballsbury
Count von Hutzfeldt
China
Austria-Hungary
France
Italy
Japan
Russia
United States
Europe
Paris
St. Petersburg
Baron von Ketteler
Russian
Great Britain
Berlin
Ermany
Youtsey Found Guilty in Goebel Shooting Case
Georgetown Ky Oct 23 The twelve jurors convict Henry Youtsey of being a principal in the shooting of William Goebel and fix his punishment at life imprisonment The verdict makes Youtsey the third man found guilty Caleb Powers and James Howard received life and death sentences respectively as the defense moves to arrest judgment before judge Cantril next February term.Youtsey then ordered moved to Frankfort jail
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Georgetown
Get
Henry
Youtsey
Gov. Taylor
William Goebel
Lfe
Henry Youtsey
Goebel
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Cantril
Turret Trouble Forces Kentucky Return to Anchorage
The battleship Kentucky, after sailing for China, returned to the government anchorage off Somerville due to turret damage. After passing the lightship the 48 inch guns were tested and the turret struck, failing to rotate back to its proper position.
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Kentucky
New York
Chine
Somplinaville
Eleven Pardons Restore Citizenship in Washington
Washington October 23. The president granted pardons in eleven cases to restore citizenship. The pardons came from all sections of the country. Altoona Pennsylvania October 25. A locomotive and several cars left the track near Howard in Center county on the Bald Eagle railroad after striking a cow. The engineer and fireman were killed. Pittsburg October 23. A Pittsburgh and Lake Erie sleeper was wrecked at Main Street South Side just after the bridge crossing, causing two instant deaths and seven injuries. No passengers were hurt. Kruger Sni1g Zourenzd Marques Got October 23. Dutch cruiser Gelderland with three destroyers on board sailed to call at Dar es Salaam, Jibutila and Marseilles.
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Altoona
Howard
Center County
Bald Eagle Railroad
Biyer
Pittsburg
Pittsbore & Lake Erie
Main Street
Kruger
Zourenzd
Marques
Got
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Dar Ba Selaam
Jibutita
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