Vast News Snapshot From Seattle to Paris Headlines
A wide range of events fills the day from Boston arrests to Japan’s balance of power aims. Reports cover Tampa cigarmakers strike, Columbia fishing end, Venezuela earthquake deaths, U S flood damage, Max Muller death, coal revival, and Baker City gold. Boers in Orange River, Boxers in Pao Ting Fa, and French executions loom.
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Japan
Orient
Tampa
Florida
Venezuela
la Crosse
Wis
Winona
Minn
Max Muller
London
Pennsylvania
Baker City
Diverse global events and incidents dominate late news
The report surveys wars and uprisings from Africa to Europe, including British troop movements in Africa, Roumania tax riots, Montenegrin clashes, and a Pretoria- Botha setback. It notes Venezuelan debt resumption after earthquakes in Venezuela, and a string of accidents and deaths in coal, steel, rail, and public services. It also covers US military movements to Manila and San Francisco, smallpox fears, and political shifts in Russia and Georgia. The item closes with aphorisms and reflections on national growth toward manufacturing.
Two More Chinese Leaders Executed Reported
Washington reports indicate Pekin ministers may execute two more officials, Prince Yi and Yang Nie, signaling doubts about the emperor edict. Wang Wen Shao, imperial treasurer, dies naturally after aiding the imperial family during the Pekin flight. Chaffee reports on murdered missionaries at Pao Ting Fu and Americans at Ching Ting Fu.
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Washington
Pekin
James K. Wilson
Etal
Chaffee
Wilson
Conger
China
Prince Yi
Yang Nie
Board of Censors
Wang Wen Shao
Pao Ting Fu
War Department
General Chaffee
Taku
Hutchinson
Ching Ting Fu
Deadly Northern Pacific Wreck At Dehart Siding
A Livingston dispatch reports seven killed and seven injured in a Northern Pacific passenger wreck at Dehart Siding near Livingston, when a switch rod snapped and three coaches toppled. Cars dragged 200 feet. survivors and bodies were recovered as doctors arrived. a coroner's jury in Big Timber cleared the railroad.
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Prince Yi
Ying Nien
France
Seattle
Way
Northern Pacific
Livingston
Mont
New York
Anaconda
Northern Pacific Railway
Dehart Siding
Dehart
Big Timber
Railroad
Laborer Murphy Shot by Deputy Sheriff in Arrest
Seattle dated report says William Murphy, a laborer from Wellington, arrived tonight with a bullet wound in the neck after being shot this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Dan Grafton during an attempted arrest for assault and battery. He is expected to recover.
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Seattle
William Murphy
Wellington
Great Northern Railway
Sherif Dan Grafton
Turkish envoy presents gifts to Emperor William
Berlin on November 1 Shakir Pasha the sultan's special envoy presented Emperor William with several gifts including a valuable necklace intended for the empress.
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Berlin
Shakir Pasha
Turkey
William
Duke of Abrozai funds Capella voyage to Franz Josef Land
Stockolm dispatch reports the Duke of Abrozai chartering the Gothenburg whaler Capella to travel to Franz Josef Land in search of three missing Arctic exploration expeditions. The plan reflects renewed Nordic interest in locating expeditions whose fate remains unknown.
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Stockelm
Duke of Abrozai
Gothenburg
Franz Josef Land
Surgeon Peerley Sends Tokyo War Death Toll List
Washington November 1 Surgeon Peer ley in charge of the hospital at Nagasaki today cabled a list of deaths from October 25 and October 26. The names include Nathan Moffmaster of the Fourteenth Infantry and Avelite Charles Crister also of the Fourteenth Infantry, with nephritis listed for October 25.
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Washington
Peerley
Nagasaki
Nathan Moffmaster
Fourteenth Infantry
Avelite
Charles Crister
Turkish minister quits Madrid post over unpaid salary
A Turkish government minister in Madrid resigned and shut his office after his salary remained unpaid. Separately, observers estimate about 3,000 marriages are performed daily worldwide, reflecting ongoing global life events.
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Turkey
Madrid
Four Italian miners attack Pay Clerk on payroll run
In Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania four Italian miners tried to rob a payroll of 4000 dollars from South West Connellsville Coke Company as William Hostler and Harry Burgess traveled from the city toward Alverton. Hostler died, Burgess wounded, two robbers dead, one fatally wounded, one captured. another not yet accounted for. Local posse pursued and engaged the outlaws, with one gunman killed and another wounded.
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Mount Pleasant
William Hostler
Connellsville
Alverton
Alverton & Tarr
Hostler
Harry Burgess
Burgess
Julians
Firet
Coke Company
Durstine
Remain Danish Rule Opposed by St. Croix Residents
At a colonial council meeting in St. Croix the vice-chairman denied United States consul Blackwood's claim that Danes favor annexation. The council adopted a resolution to cable King Christian asking to stay under the Danish crown, arguing annexation would contradict inhabitants wishes. A torchlight protest followed as a large, orderly crowd marched with a band.
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St. Thomas
D. W
Colonial Council
St. Croix
A. J. Blackwood
United States
New York
Blackwood
Danish West Indies
Christian
Denmark
Cotton Crop 1900 Output Tops Ten Million Bales
Times-Democrat dispatches indicate the 1900 cotton crop reached 9,970,000 bales. In Chicago, a bank depositor was robbed of $700 at First National Bank by two men, one distracting him while the other took the money. In New York, District Attorney Gardiner announced that Alvord would be turned over to federal authorities. In Round Head, robbers blew open the Mertz and May store safe, taking $400 and fleeing after a brief gun exchange with locals.
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William Penn
Homestead Steelworks
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Michael Donder
John Harnett
Dolikiv
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Vienna
Moster
Herzegovine
Pretoria
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New York
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Socialist Labor Party
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Avenue C
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Yokohama
Japan
Siam
Five Children Burned to Death in Canadian Fire
A dispatch from Edmonton reports a settler named Hueske at Egg Lake in Manitoba lost five children when his house burned down days ago. The tragedy occurred at the dwelling near Egg Lake with the fate of the children confirmed.
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Winnipeg
Man
Edmonton
Hueske
Eggo Lake
Revolution in Spain Premature Carlists Implicated
Madrid reports the Carlist movement waning with government troops pursuing bands near Igualada and Herga. The Temps notes censorship of Carlist news, while Barcelona authorities tighten information flow. Catalan unrest linked to church influence and industrial crisis. Weyler named captain general of Madrid to avert Catalan trouble.
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Berga
Herga
Pensinela
Igualada
Paris
Temps
Barcelona
The
Catalonia
Liberals Start Second Revolution in Colombia News
A New York dispatch reports C B Start says Colombia’s Liberals recently began a second revolution in Cauca with heavy casualties, while the government under General Prospero Pinzon fights Uribe. San Clementi and Marroquin were elected leaders. Marroquin’s rebellion left him president briefly as salaries of 36000 pesos continue. Also notes Benito Scamala’s exile, and unrelated Alvord bank case and Manila news on Major Davis. Sardonic tone reflects era priorities and currency instability in Colombia.
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New York
C. B. Start
United States
Colombia
South America
Wheeling
W. Va
Prospero Pinzon
Kafael Uribe
Department of Cauca
San Clementi
Senor Marroquin
Bogota
Villeta
Marroquin
Papal See
Benito Scamala
Burglar Cracks Fremont Post Office Safe In Seattle
In Fremont, a Seattle suburb, the United States post office safe was cracked early this morning. About 200 in money and 300 in stamps were stolen as burglars, described as experts, used black powder. The building was wrecked but no guards were present.
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Seattle
United States Postoffice
Fremont
Fire destroys bank note lithographing plant at Wilkesharre
Wilkesharre Iowa reports a blaze tonight that consumed the Ww L Raster bank note lithographing and printing house causing estimated losses of 125000 dollars. Sparks intense and building is a total loss with firefighters battling flames.
Carnegie founder's day honors Wu Ting Fang visit
Pittsburg reports the fifth founder's day at Carnegie Institute attended by over 5,000 people including Minister Wu Ting Fang who spoke on peace, wealth as public benevolence, and the institution as a beacon of education and culture. A reception followed in the art gallery with about 1,000 guests.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute
Andrew Carnegie
Wu Ting Fang
Wao
China
America
Effects of a Tetras Storm Hits North Texas
Reports from Northern and North Central Texas say Tuesday night storms wrecked houses in Kaufman Ellis Hill Collin and Grayson counties. Three people were killed and several seriously injured. Crops were severely damaged.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Kauffman
Ellis, Hill
Collin
Grafeon
Indemnity and government affairs in China discussed
Washington outlines negotiations on indemnity terms after the Boxer uprising. Proposals include an indemnity fund, gold payments versus deprecited funds, or doubling silver duties. A ministerial reform replaces old systems and the empress dowager is kept from Pekin while advisers remain away from the seat of government.
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Washington
China
Tsung
Pekin
Ial
German Troops in China Accused of No Quarter
Berlin reports say private letters to Democratic papers accuse German troops in China of cruelty. A Pekin soldier describes 68 captives tied by their hair and shot after digging graves. Pek authority claims no prisoners are taken and prisoners are bayonetted or shot.
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Berlin
China
Bremen
Buergber Zeitung
Pekiy
Halberstadter Volks
Pek
Three escapees from Alcatraz prison flee into San Francisco
Surviving reports detail three inmates slipping from the U S military prison on Alcatraz Island. Frank Kinne, serving 11 years for desertion treason, is named along with C F Huntingwo and J M, both with sentences of 10 and five years respectively. Authorities seek the pair as investigations continue. Also noted is a separate casualty scare near Rochester where a skeleton hoax frightened a party, and a Chicago asylum case where Andrew Fort was released after suing officers for alleged illegality.
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U States
Alcatraz
Pri
Frank Kinne
Kinne
C. F. Huntingwo
J. M
Allegheny County
Mary
Karrdale
Mary Oldfield
Mary Dropper
Rochester
New York
Greed Rises As Tacres Haunton Wages Push Rise
Nov 5 report from Tacres Hadestown notes car contractors see wage gains of ten percent as workers strike for higher pay. A Chicago dispatch mentions a robbery at a Neb bank by Spearman Co. burglars who blew open a safe stealing about $50.00 in cash and papers. They escaped, with two sites used for the break in and safe access.
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Specia
Umass
Spearman & Co. Bank
Mos R
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