Interesting Collection of Sleme From the Hemispheres
A condensed report of global events notes Bryan's four Southern Illinois speeches, European and Asian political shifts, unrest in South Africa, and military movements. It covers railway orders by Pollan for Baltimore & Ohio, native policing in Tutuila, Chicago speakings by Roosevelt, a near-retirement of the battleship Texas, a deadly Minnesota tornado, New York dock fire losses, and census figures for Tacoma and New Hampshire. It also mentions Eddie Mebride’s death, POW discharge rulings, and Carnegie philanthropy.
United States answers French note and world events
The report notes Roosevelt denouncing militarism, British ministers winning 357 seats, upheavals in China, and various accidents, deaths, and political moves. It highlights naval movements, congressional registrations in Chicago, awards at an exposition, and broader imperial and domestic concerns.
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United States
Roosevelt
Klondike Crown Claims Put Up For Sale In Fall Auction
Advices from Dawson dated September 25 say sale of crown claims in the Klondike will start October 2 and run several weeks, with relocation openings 40 days after the list is published. The district gold commissioner estimates 5,000 to 10,000 claims to be sold from about 20,000 titles. Some claims may be rich, with possible thousands or millions. Victoria reports the government also will offer all reverted crown government claims, estimated at 8,000 to 10,000 in the Klondike, for sale.
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Seattle
Dawson
Klondike
Victoria
B. C
Dominion
Yukon Valley
Lost in the Desert Narrow Escape of Three Men and Two Others
A Phoenix dispatch reports Hanna cousin of Mark Hanna forest reserves official A F Hermann brother of Land Commissioner il Hermann and W E Price nearly perished in the Arizona desert near Lee s Ferry. After losing their horses they staggered 40 miles to safety with searches locating Hanna unconscious and Hermann returning with water. Pierce was found later driven to Flagstaff by a rescuing party.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Phoenix
Aria
BR. Hanna
Mark Hanna
Arizona
New Mexico
A. F. Hermann
Kinger Ilermann
W. E. Price
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Utah State Line
Lee's Ferry
Vierce
Hanna
Hermann
Pierce
Flagstaff
Conger lists Chinese officials for punishment in Pekin crisis
Washington cabinet meets mainly on the Chinese situation with debate over the French note. Conger submitted to the state department a list of 10 to 12 Chinese officials tied to the Boxer movement and the Pekin legation attacks, urging their punishment alongside Prince Tuan. Other items note a London auction of Krager relics and a plague report from Bombay.
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Washington
Conger
Hay
Mountain Telegraph Company Incorporation in Denver
Denver reports the Mountain Telegraph Company formed with 1,000,000 capital. Incorporators are John L. Jerome hh A. Chappel and J. A. Kepler. Jerome treasurer Kepler vice president and general manager of Colorado Peel & Iron Company Chappel president of Vietor Company. The new firm will build lines to connect the mines and compete commercially.
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Denver
Mountain Telegraph Company
John L. Jerome
Hh. A. Chappel
J. A. Kepler
Jerome
Kepler
Colorado Peel & Iron Company
Chappel
Vietor Company
Pew Company
Aguinaldo Proclamation Denied as Forgery by Sixto Lopez
Louis R. Ebrich of the Anti-Imperialist League received a Boston telegram from Sixto Lopez denying the January 1899 Aguinaldo proclamation. Lopez says the document is a clumsy forgery likely created by Spaniards or monks to sow American Filipono hostility. He adds no such policy was issued by Aguinaldo.
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Colorado Springs
Cal
Louis R. Ebrich
Natonal
Anti-Imperialist League
Sixto Lopez
Boston
Aguinaldo
Aguinsldo
Manila
Lopez
Edrich
Magn
Ebrich
Peculiar Insurance Suit Over Wife Murdered in Media
Professor 8. OC. Shortridge, of Kennett Square, files suit against Provident Life and Trust to recover 77022 for the life of his wife killed December 31, 1895. The case follows the Media academy founder’s marriage to Dixon Jones and subsequent trial where he was acquitted by insanity. He was confined to an asylum until a year ago.
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Philadelphia
Shortridge
Kennett Square
Chester County
Provident Life & Trust Company
Professor Shortridge
ROW AT MATANZAS GENERAL FIGHT IN CAVALRY POLICE
In Havana on October 13 Cuban police clashed with two U S cavalrymen at Matanzas. Trooper Torey was shot, another soldier and a civilian wounded. Capt Daltz ordered troop L and M to skirmish order to prevent weapon seizure. Lieutenant Willard was minorly hurt. Cavalrymen vow revenge. all troops confined to barracks. Authorities call it a pay day fight. investigation ordered.
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Havana
Matanzas
United States Cavalry
Torey
Troop D
Doalts
Willard
Notes
Explosion at Keis saloon kills Stoltz in Albany Oregon
In Albany Oregon Stephen Stoltz a 24 year old plumber dies after an acetylene gas tank in Keis saloon basement explodes as he and Fred Reis move the tank a candle lighted gas. Stoltz died thirty minutes later Reis injured but recovering. Stutta leaves a wife.
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Albany, Or
Stephen Stoltz
Amd
Fred Reis
Keis
Stoltz
Reis
Stolla
United States replies on Chinese negotiations with France
Washington reports the state department memo outlines concessions on Chinese reparations and guarantees, including punishment of guilty parties, arms embargo continuance, indemnities, a Pekin legation guard, dismantling forts at Takoo, and limited military road occupation. It notes US aims to begin negotiations promptly and praises France for seeking a satisfactory solution.
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Pekin
Washington
State Department
Thiebaut
United States
France
China
International Court of Arbitration of the
The
Legislative Branch
Legation
Laku
Tien Tsin
Yekin
Department of State
M.thiebaut
Hay
South China turmoil and Chinese capital shift report
A dispatch to the German navy league says the South China crisis is dire with Chang Weih Hong named governor of the new Chinese capital Sinau Fu and claims of decapitations at Chin Kiang in Kiang Su. It also reports Yuan Shi Kai expanding his army to 40,000 men.
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Berlin
German Navy League
China
Chang Weih Hong
Sinau Fu
Chin Kiang
Kiang Su
Yuan Shi Kai
Ladrones of Leyte roam amid island turmoil
Manila reports battle sweeping the west coast of Leyte with rebels plundering and attacking garrison towns as Americans pursue them into the mountains. General Majica’s officers surrender and guerrillas captured while attempting to flee to Samar. Additional reports cite killings in engagements in Camarines and Batan provinces along with fiscal measures debated by the Philippine commission led by Judge Taft.
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Manila
Leyte
Majica
Samar
United States
Anarchist Confession Ties Plots to U S Warns Kings Cheated
A Rome dispatch cites Bertollani's confession linking American based anarchist plots to killings of monarchs and presidents. He claims involvement in letters warning Naples of assassination attempts and notes a Paterson New Jersey meeting planning to kill leaders including a president during a campaign.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Rome
Bertollani
Milan
Liresei
Naples
America
Paterson
N. J
McKinley
Bryan
Chicago
United States
Maine Returns to Wei Hai Wei with American Hospital Ship
Oct 15 report from London says Maine has steamed into Wei Hai Wei with many invalids on board. Two officials and 69 Americans among the 19 of the latter belong to the Ninth Infantry. The Ma rne’s voyage follows from Takao amid war theater movements.
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London
American Ladies’ Committee
Wei Hai Wei
Maine
Taka
Ninth Infantry
Marne
Nagasaki
Fear outbreak rattles Wei Chou in Canton precincts
News from Hong Kong reports a fearsome outbreak in Wei Chou on the East River within the Canton prefecture. Military observers fear the move aims to strip Canton of troops, while officials debate suppression and potential strategic consequences.
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H Kong
Dina
Canton
Wei Chou
East River
London
Hong Kong
Roxbury Shanty Fire Kills Five In Early Morning
Boston dispatch reports a fatal blaze in Roxbury at 20 today claiming three men a father and two sons of the Tousealin family aged 45 27 and 14. The elder conducted a wood peddling business from the dwelling and a shed nearby where he prepared wood fire. The bodies of the father and one son were nearly consumed. The fire echoes a prior tragedy when Tousealin's wife perished in a similar blaze at the same location years before.
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Boston
Pera
Roxbury
Tousealin
Edwarl Tousealin
James Tousealin
Explosion cripples train near Caneville. injuries reported
A derailment and explosion on the St Louis and San Francisco line near Caneville, 30 miles east of St Lonia, injuring porter John Maron and others. Fifty yards of track buckled. trains delayed for hours. Cause of the blast unknown. Also reports from Chicago and Monterey about war and grain speculation, with officers expelled and securities arrests.
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St. Lonia
Mexico
Post Dispatch
St. Louis
San Franciso
Caneville
John Maron
Roadhouse
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Trades Council
Wepner
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Porkhoff
Se. Petersburg
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Pollan Company
Pullman
Krourke Cochran
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Kansas
Texas
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Minnesota
Atlantic Transport Line
North River
Tacoma
Wash
Census Bureau
New Hampshire
Li Hone Chang
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Li Huong Chang
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Eddie Mebride
Mebride
War Department
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Prowia
Ud Tome
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Andrew Carnegie
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George Willard
Reformed Church
Dayton
Watson
Louisville, Ky
Florida
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Myr
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Hazleton
Ann Jane Darrah
Liberty, Or
Gay's Mills
Wis
Thomas Sheridan
Fairhaven
Taku
Indiana
Cavite
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Kane
Danish West Indies
Copenhagen
Daily Telegraph
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Cecil Rhodes
Roberts
Colville Indian Reservation
Brooke
Idaho
American Bible Society
Hoxere
John Q. Packard
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MacArthur
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Argyle
M. Seventh Artillery
G. I. Greenough
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Elizabethport
William Schneber
George Hamilton
India
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American Bridge Company
Kore
Japan
Hore
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Mass
James Flies
Tucker
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United Lakes
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Monitor Wyoming
Union Iron Works
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Little Published
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W. J. McCauley
Case
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Ohio
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New York Tribone
Visque
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Bombay Presidency
Toons
Belmaum
Abemedagar
Kijupur
Krager
New Telegraph Company
Mato Lopez
Shanghai
Cheng
Taotai
Kwang Se Province
Simla
British India
E. Bertner
Ward
Koffman Island Yesteray
Swinborne Island Hospital
Lamgow
Icial Bulletin
Nao
Helena
Mont
Batista
Montana
Leavenworth
Kaw
Flion
Astoria, Or
Warrenton Thisvening
Harry Twilight
Astoria
Columbia River
Connecticut
Reau
Ladrones
Biressi
Telle
Rublen
Singapore
Dodwell & Co
Hranewieck
St. John
New Brunswick
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vanceboro
St. Andrews
St. Stephen
Fredericton
Woodstock
Vatican
Paris
Alar
Siz
Count von Walderses
Shan Tung
Porto Rigg
Porto Rico
Dumbey
San Juan
Pog
Juan
Ponce
Eupelied
Monterey
Mex
Bernardo Reve
Army
Caret Glass
Ops Board
Caries
Berteon
Ott
Gamabilat Fm Grain
Calleds Carmcas
Venezuela
Marina Company
Copany
Bariiac
San Francisco
Oe OF Man
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