Evens of the Day: flooding, fires, and conflicts loom large
Floods wash towns in Texas while tor nadoes kill eight in Michigan. Cialveston lists 3,559 dead. Navy ships rush to Asia as unrest spreads in Colombia and China. Spokane windstorm, coal strikes, and Boxers clash in Pei Ta Chu. A Montana coroner dies. Havana yellow fever raises alarm but U S troops face no outbreak. Port Albert carries 500 cavalry horses to the Philippines. Grant returns with wounded and dead. August records heat. Lincoln boasts a giant creamery.
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Carthagena
Colombia
Colon
Ceneral
Uribe
Buat
Phil A. Julien
Silver Tow County
Mont
Batte
Ile
Washington
D. C
Washington Republican
Capital
Montana
War Department
Havana
Sternberg
Hoodlums Attack Governor Roosevelt at Victor
Lather news notes a raid on Governor Roosevelt by Hoodlums in Victor Colorado. Reports mention 400 Filipino attackers near Manila dispersed with 50 casualties. Parkland Fishing & Packing Co incorporated in Washington with 20000 capital. Train wreck near Rock Creek Texas leaves 1 dead and 8 injured.
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Colo
Roosevelt
Conger
Manila
Parkland Fishing & Packing Company
Parkland
Pierce County
Wash
Fort Worth & Kiosrande
Rock Creek
Texas
Tide Wave and Storm Kill a Schooner and Save Nome
Shipping reports from Port Townsend describe the steamship Tacoma arriving from Nome with 524 passengers while the Dollar line ship Safe, all on board, reaches Nome. Captain Giese of the Prosper drowned near Cripple River. The Sequoia wrecks after the September 14 gale. Nome survives due to St. Lawrence Island's protection, but Solomon City is wiped out. A bottle message from Port Clarence precedes a rescue. White Horse sees a freight boom as Dirigo reports massive Dawson freight accumulation. Dreyfus seeks legal revision in Paris. Over 4,000 immigrants processed in New York with sailors aboard Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and others. In Minneapolis, Mrs. Ward’s family mourns a Boxers’ murder in China.
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Port Townsend
Tacoma
Nome
Robert Dollar
Giese
Rosper
Zenith
St. Lawrence Island
Solomon City
Solomon River
Port Safety
Port Clarence
Jack Danley
G. L. Myers
Sam Mark
Mack
John Dolan
George Thomas
A. M. Dean
Jarvis
Dirigo
Lyne Canal
Pasengers
White Horse
Dawson
Outpost fighting and executions near Manila in 1900s
Fighting rages near Zapote bridge Las Pi nas Paranaque Bacoor and Imus with an estimated 400 rebels armed with rifles. Americans say they killed or wounded 50. Skirmishes extend to Laguna Cavite Zambales and Leyte with reports of captured money rifles and stores. Howard found guilty of Goebel assassination. death penalty set. Russian forces in Manchuria described as destroying villages and killing civilians. Kai Chan upheaval noted.
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Manila
United States
Zapote Bridge
Las Pinas
Paranaque
Bacoor
Imus
Poe
Twenty-fifth
United States Infantry
Samar
Paete
Pagsapgan
Santa Cruz
Laguna
Neuva
Clja
Timilar
Indang
Silang
Cavite
Iba
Subig
Zambales
Leyte
Veneral Mojica
Henry N. Allen
Forty-third Infantry
Senora Arollay
Leon Pepperman
Feburmann
Taft
Higgins
Philippine Civil Service
Bureau of Statistics
War Department
Philippines
Belgian King to abdicate before end of parliament
Paris reports from a confident source that King Leopold of Belgium plans to abdicate before the current parliament closes in favor of the prince of Flanders. The move aims to calm rival parties and unite under the new regime amid ongoing political strife.
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Paris
du Soir
Flanders
Leopold
German transports and torpedo boats arrive in Hong Kong
Hong Kong reports that the German transports and three torpedo boats have arrived. Advices from the West River warn piracy and brigandage are rising and may worsen to soldiers’ insecurity in winter. Several minor piratical acts are noted and villages near Kum Chuk are said to have been burned by brigands.
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Hong Kong
West River
Kum Chuk
Rivers In Texas Show Mixed Movements As Floods Persist
Dallas reports that the Lower Colorado and Lower Brazos rivers fall slowly while Larange rises 24 feet since yesterday. No confirmation of Menardville being swept away due to lack of railway or wire communication. The Trinity River at Dallas also fell one foot in the last 24 hours but remains dangerously high.
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Tex
Larange
Austin
Menardville
San Saba
Trinity River
Missing Expedition of Fifty-Three Men Reported Captured
Washington reports a cable from General MacArthur stating Captain Devereaux Shields and 41 men of Company F Twenty-ninth United States Volunteer Infantry plus one hospital corpsman left Santa Cruz Marinduque by gunboat Villalobos for Torrijos and have not been heard from. The Yorktown and two gunboats were sent to Marinduque, with orders to move relentlessly to rescue Shields and his party amid reports of capture, with uncertain casualties and no return details.
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Washington
War Department
MacArthur
Manila
Devereaux Shieldy
Twenty
United States Volunteer Infantry
Santa Cruz
Marinduque
Villalobos
Torrijos
Shields
Boac
Yorktown
George Anderson
Thirty-eighth Volunteer Infantry
Anderson
Logan
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Second
Mississippi
Natchez
Mies
Luzon
United States
Sipmson
Navy
Ile
Brooklyn
Landis
Asiatic Squadron
Vincent
New Orleans
Partition of China Turmoil Deepens Says Shanghai Dispatch
A Shanghai dispatch warns of a deepening Chinese crisis as Boxer influence grows. Russia holds key forts from Taku to Pekin while northern rail lines hint at dominance. Germany France and Japan shift positions with Britain face setbacks as Americans fear trade impact.
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The
Herald
Shanghai
China
Sheng
Taotai
Russia
Taku
Pekin
Husia
Germany
Japan
France
Seymours
Gas Tank Explosion Roars Through New York Works
At 1 45 this morning a gas tank exploded at the Central Gas Light Company works on East One Hundred Thirty Eighth Street. Flames 70 feet high endangered the gas holders as naptha burned along the street. Fireboats fought the blaze with two alarms issued and no loss of life reported. In San Antonio a U S consul reported Mexicans insulted the American flag at the Chihuahua consulate on September 16, tearing down the U S colors.
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New York
Central Gas Light Company
East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Street
San Antonio
Texas
United States
W. W. Mills
Chihuahua
Mexico
Washington
Fire devastates Albion Lumber plant and nearby structures
Mendocino California October 1 fire wiped out Albion Lumber Company plant with 400000 feet of lumber and 1000 cords of tan bark. Dry kiln store hotel and all company dwellings burned. Loss estimated 125000 to 150000 dollars. Other fires reported in Hamburg and Mexico City with heavy damages and alarms.
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Cal
Albion Lumber Company
Albion
Industrial Crisis Signals Hard Times Ahead in Europe
A report from Acting Consul-General Hanouer in Frankfurt cautions that Europe's industrial and financial boom is receding. Signs point to a crisis within two years, potentially triggered by political upheaval. Coal remains strong, but iron, steel, and small ironware industries cut back. Electrical works in Germany face uncertain future after current contracts. Building is suffering from speculative overbuilding and rising rents.
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Washington
Europe
Hanouer
Frankfort
State Department
Germany
Miracle cure story from Mapleton man praised by Dr Wil liams pills
Le Roy Bowen of Beauford Minnesota narrates a dramatic medical ordeal from spring 1895. After collapsing with severe stomach pain and eventual paralysis, doctors declared hopeless illness until he tried Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He credits the remedy with rapid recovery, bed rest, and a return to health, urging inquiries at his Beauford address.
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Coria Township
Bluearth
Bowen
Mapleton
Chan
Rush Medical College
Cucago
Dr. Williams
Makato
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LE Roy Bowes
J. A. Biddesoo
le Roy Bowen
Mr. Bowen
Beauford
Minn
Ile
Nature
William
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