Greek and Russian Squadrons Gather at Smyrna in Stage Set
Dispatches from Rome report the Italian second division heading to join the first in the eastern Mediterranean while Greek ships Psara Hydra Spetsai and Eurotas meet at Smyrna with the Russian fleet. Britain may deploy the Be irut squadron as France presses Turkey over the Lorando claim and capitulations. Admiral Caillard’s movements remain unconfirmed.
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Smyrna
Italy
Caillard
Paris
Rome
Mediterranean
Psara
Hydra
Spetsai
Eurotas
Ttig
Piraeus
Greece
Beirut
Syria
Foreign Office
Bonifacio
Corsica
Strait of Messina
Rebels Carry Off Ruler to Mountain Hideout
In Honda on Nov. 4 Dr. Manuel Antonio Sanclemente president of Colombia was kidnapped by political leaders. He is being moved by sedan chair through Andean valleys from Villeta to his hacienda in Cundinamarca and Cauca, with secrecy to thwart rescue efforts.
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Honda
Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
Republic of Colombia
Villeta
Department
Cundinamarca
Causa
Andes
Manizales
Cartago
Tulua
Buga
Sanclemente
Bogota
Pro-Boer Riot Breaks Out in Peckham Suburb
A small pro-Boer protest in Peckham, London, sparked a riot as 20,000 assembled locals hooted and assaulted marchers. Police protected pro-Boer leaders after stabbing amid clashes, then the crowd held a nationalist meeting and sang Rule Britannia.
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London
Peckham
The
Democratic League
South Africa
Fire destroys Milwaukee storage warehouse and damages nearby plants
A large blaze ruined the Metropolitan Storage company warehouse at 177 179 Second Street in Milwaukee. The fire caused partial damage to the American Laundry plant and the Westlake Delahunt Smith printing office next door. Total losses are estimated around 100000, largely from the storage facility contents.
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Milwaukee
Metropolitan Storage Company
Second Street
American Laundry Company
Westlake, Delahunt & Smith
John L. Sullivan to Return to Stage in Bridgeport
John L. Sullivan former American heavyweight champion is in Bridgeport waiting to start a road tour with an Uncle Tom's Cabin company. Local showmen express interest as Sullivan is cast as Simon Legree in the production.
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John L
Bridgeport
Conn
John L. Sullivan
America
Tom’s Cabin
John. L
Simon “Legree
Violent Lynching of Silas Esters in Hodgenville Kentucky
A mob of determined citizens seized Silas Esters, a Black man, at the Hodgenville jail. After a failed escape, he was dragged to the courthouse steps and hanged, with gunfire from the mob during the assault. The mob dispersed after completing the act.
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Hodgenville
Silas Esters
Granville Ward
Upton
Court House
Nurse Denounced in Mass Poisoning Murder Charge
In Barnstable Massachusetts on November 1 professional nurse Jane Tappan is jailed on a murder charge for poisoning Mrs Mary Gibbs. She was arrested in Amherst New Hampshire after a Nashua police court appearance and traveled to Barnstable without requisition papers. Tappan nursed four Davis family members at Cataumet last summer and all four died prompting Prof Wood to find poison traces in two stomachs. The Gibbs case is the formal basis for the charge.
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Barnstable
Mass
Mary Gibbs
Jane Tappan
Amherst
N. H
Nashau
Wood
Miss Tappan
Alden P. Davis
Cataumet
Harry Gordon
Chicago
Cables for Glasgow Tramways Bid From New York Firms
World reports a New York conduit and cable company will supply cables for Glasgow tramway extension. The contract nears 250000 dollars. Cables to be made at Hastings on the Hudson. British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co Ltd has contracts with American firms for equipment of its new Manchester works, totaling about 300000 dollars.
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New York
Glasgow Corporation Tramways
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
Westinghouse l Eilectric and Manufacturing Company, Limited
Manchester
Cummins resumes Iowa campaign tour after illness
A. B. Cummins republican candidate for governor resumes his tour of major Iowa towns starting at Maquoketa after several days of illness. The campaign nears its close with a Saturday address by Congressman Robert Cousins at the Grant Club event in Des Moines and a Monday final rally in Des Moines featuring a parade and torch-light demonstration.
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A. B. Cummins
Des Moines
Maquoketa
Robert Cousins
Grant Club
Cummins
Pauncefote Arrives for Talks on Canal Treaty Abrogating Clayton Bulwer
British ambassador Lord Pauncefote arrives in Washington to meet Secretary Hay at the state department for conferences on the canal treaty. The English draft concedes U S rights to build and police the waterway and seeks abrogation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty, aligning with Senate contentions.
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Washington
Lord Pauncefate
United States
Connecticut Avenue
National Capital
Great Britain
Senate
Congress
Lord Pauncefote
State Department
Hay
South America
New Victim of Brigands In Salonika Region
Vienna correpondent reports brigands have abducted the mother of the Seres police chief in Macedonia near Salonika, same area where Miss Stone is detained, according to the Daily Express.
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London
Salonika
Vienna
The
Daily Express
Seres
Macedonia
Miss Stone
Holland and Vatican Resume Ties With Papal Nuncio
Brussels and New York Times reporting that Holland and the Vatican will renew diplomatic relations after the Pope's representative was excluded from the Hague peace conference. A new papal nuncio is to be appointed at The Hague signaling restoration of ties.
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Holland
Vatican
New York
Brussels
London Times
New York Times
Hague
Brigand Envoy Sent in Effort to Free Miss Stone
Vienna reports a Macedonian brigand has been sent to prove Miss Stone is alive for use in negotiations with her abductors. Two other men known to the region are to contact the kidnappers, while Sofia officials dispatch two more on a similar mission.
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Vienna
Politische Correspondens
Miss Stone
Dickinson
Sofia
A P Dutton Dies Pioneer of Southern Wisconsin
Racine Wisconsin November 1 A P Dutton pioneer of southern Wisconsin died in Racine He built the first piers and elevators and was active in grain handling and shipping He was born in New York state in 1822 and came to Wisconsin in 1841.
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A. P. Dutton
Racine
Wis
Wisconsin
Mr. Dutton
New York State
Prince Chun Arrives in Hong Kong Meets Governor
Prince Chun arrives in Hong Kong and visits Governor Sir Henry Blake. He receives a royal salute but no guard of honor besides a few police, according to dispatches to the London Times and New York Times.
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Prince Chun
Hongkong
New York
London Times
New York Times
Henry A. Blake
Woman killed in hog attack near Ridgetown
Ridgetown Ontario November 1. Mrs Jas Robertson was knocked down by a ram and while prostrate was attacked by a drove of hogs and killed. When found both arms had been eaten off.
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Ridgetown
Ont
Jas. Robertson
London SW elconies Sipten sarty pe Saree
Fragmentary OCR reads as a local note or notice with unclear names and details. The readable bits reference a place likely in London and a dated event, but specifics are obscured. No clear persons organizations or actions emerge to verify.
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London
Dutch dockers seek end of war via propaganda
A Marseille dispatch says the dockers syndicate resolution is academic and aims to end the South Africa war through propaganda. Dutch dockers express disappointment and will return to Amsterdam abandoning further visits. Commercial circles oppose the boycott amid Marseilles trade, as eleven British lines control a quarter of the port's tonnage.
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New York
London Times
New York Times
Marseilles
South Africa
Amsterdam
What Shall We Have for Dessert
A family note suggests choosing dessert with quick Jell O as a ready option. It highlights lemon orange raspberry and strawberry flavors and mentions preparation in two minutes before chilling. A quirky aside mentions grocery prices.
Will Limit Immigration New Pact With Canada
Commissioner General Powderly signs a new agreement with Canada’s steamship and rail lines for regulating immigration to the United States via Canada. Aliens arriving in Canada bound for the U S will be inspected at Halifax Quebec Levis Vancouver St John and Victoria by U S commissioners. Certificates issued grant entry at these ports without further examination.
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Canada
Washington
Powderly
Immigration Bureau
United States
Halifax
N.S
Quebec
Point Levis
Vancouver
St. John
N. B
Victoria
B. C
Peril in Balloon Flight Ends With Safe Landing
Eight men and one woman escaped severe danger after a balloon flight from San Francisco to Pescadero reached the ground unharmed. The craft drifted at about 1000 feet with the car reportedly empty at dusk, then settled near the coast as rescuers anticipated a fatal fall. The seven-mile trek to Pescadero followed a harrowing night aloft.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pescadero
Santa Cruz Mountains
Schoens Leave Car Company in Pittsburgh Resignations
Charles T. Schoen founder of Schoen Pressed Steel and organizer of Pressed Steel Car resigns from the Steel Car company directors with his son HE A Schoen disposing of most holdings. W H Schoen remains first vice president. Charles T. Schoen plans a new $5 million venture with Charles M. Schwab to manufacture rolled steel car wheels.
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Schoens
Pittsburg
Charles T. Schoen
The
Schoen Pressed Steel Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
HE. A. Schoen
Steel Car Company
W. H. Schoen
Wreck at Midlothian Club Grounds Injures Many
At Midlothian Country Club grounds a special train carrying golfers failed its air brakes. The cars ran past the station, stopped against an embankment, and hurled passengers from seats onto floors or against others. More than a dozen were severely bruised and about a hundred frightened.
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Chicago
Midlothian Country Club
Bus Crash Injures Eighteen Near Pewaukee Wisconsin
An omnibus carrying eighteen people returning from a social at George Mon Collom's place fell down an eight foot embankment near Pewaukee Wisconsin. The upper portion was crushed to splinters and all occupants suffered bruises or shocks. Severe injuries were reported for Mrs Partridge Mrs Walter Clark Ray Lobdell Miss Cora Adams Mrs Anderson and Miss Amy Jones.
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Pewaukee
Wis
George Mon Collom
Partridge
Walter Clark
Ray Lobdell
Cora Adams
Anderson
Amy Jones
President Appoints Army Officers in New Round
The president announced several army promotions and appointments in the War Department. Charles B. Nichols becomes a major surgeon of volunteers, Joseph S. Herron is named captain of cavalry, James B. Mitchell captain of artillery corps, George C. Broome to provisional infantry, Charles Andrews surgeon of volunteers and major, Eurene Van Bissell promoted to second lieutenant.
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Washingon
Charles B. Nichols
Joseph S. Herron
James B. Mitchell
Artillery
George C. Broome
Charles Andrews
Eurene van. N ‘Bissell
Jey
Death of Edward Stokes in New York Home
Edward Stokes, the slayer of Jim Fisk and former prison inmate, died at his sister Mrs. Howard McNutt’s residence at 731 St Nicholas Avenue New York after slipping from unconsciousness to death without pain in early November. The Fisk murder, tied to Jay Gould’s era, was one of the city’s most startling tragedies with wide interest among millionaires. He had recently left prison and moved to that home.
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New York
Edward &. Stokes
Jim Fisk
Howard McNutt
St. Nicholas Avenue
Stokes
Fisk
Jay Gould
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Richard D. Harien
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