United States Spanish peace talks move toward Cuba debt plan
Guam for United States under protocol confirmed by Spanish commissioners as talks merge Porto Rico and Ladrones with Cuban debt. U S reply written, future action uncertain. potential for Spain to share burden or resume hostilities discussed amid negotiations.
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Paris
United States
Joint Commission
Guam
Ladrones Islands
Porto Rico
Spain
Ladrones
Cortes
Cuba
War Investigating Commission Opens Session in Anniston
Major Otto H Falk testifies as chief quartermaster for the First division of the Third army corps recounting constant shortages of tents and transport equipment while noting he sometimes violated rules to obtain needed supplies. Dr Drake cites unforeseen sickness and notes hospital conditions. deaths were low. Major Heatwale praises ration quality, and a letter from Dr Seaman clarifies convalescent provisions aboard the Obdam and the Relief arriving from New York.
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David Vickers
Chickamauga
Vickers
Bisbee
First Infantry
Santiago
Montauk Point
Waring
Lutz
Quartermaster Katz
Feldus
Stahl
Houndell
H. M. Seaman
Wisconsin
Camp Douglass
James Pfyffe
Third
Tennessee
Chickamauga Park
Anniston
Ala
Otto H. Falk
Third Army Corps
Co. M. Drake
Signal Corps
Drake
Joseph Heatwale
Dotge
Seaman
New York
Washington
Porto Rico
No Union of Railways Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court ruled against the Great Joint Traffic Association, finding a Sherman Act violation. Thirty one major railways formed to set just rates. Justices Gray Shiras and White dissented as the decision examines contracts and the public nature of railway service.
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Washington
Great Joint Traffic Association
Supreme Court
Gray
Shiras
White
Congress
Hoosier visitors plan statewide tour in Wisconsin
Milwaukee Oct 25 Wisconsin will be visited by two prominent Hoosiers W D Bynum of Indianapolis and Stuart MacKibbon of South Bend They will remain from Oct 27 to Nov 4 and a few days longer covering the state s main centers especially cities with Democrats opposed to silver
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Badger
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
W. D. Bynum
Indianapolis
Stuart MacKibbon
South Bend
Bynum
MacKibbon
Apple crop smaller than prior records in United States
The Orange Judd Farmer reports the 1898 apple crop total supply at 27.7 million barrels, far below the 1897 crop and well under the 1896 peak of 70 million and 40 million in 1897, marking a notably reduced national harvest.
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Chicago
Orange Judd
United States
Merritt and Williams Weds Quietly at Savoy Hotel
General Merritt and Miss Williams of Chicago married at 6 p m in the bride's Savoy hotel rooms. Rev John Northcote rector of St Andrews officiated. Planned ceremony at St Andrews church canceled due to Miss Williams slight indisposition.
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London
General Merritt
Miss Williams
Chicago
Savoy Hotel
John Northcote
St. Andrews
Insular Cabinet Takes Oath and Bids Partisan Strife Farewell
In San Juan de Porto Rico the insular cabinet swore allegiance to the United States and pledged to publish a manifesto to avoid party politics. The last Spanish troops sailed for Spain as a U S effort winds down. Voyager Andrews, lost at sea, was found aboard the bark Friede after leaving Atlantic City for the Azores with meager provisions.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
Insular
United States
Spain
Voyager Andrews
Reedy Island
Andrews
Atlantic City
Azores
Friede
Indictment Against Jesse James Jr. Led in Kansas City
The report notes Jesse James Jr. is indicted in Kansas City for complicity in the September 23 Missouri Pacific train robbery. Also cited are a Duchess losing a jewel sachel on a Paris Calais journey and claims about gunboat origins in the fifteenth century.
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Jesse James, Jr
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Duchess of Sutherland
Paris
Calais
London
T. P. Gore
Congress
Russia
Port Arthur
Peking
Tragedy In Brazil As Sawlegs Crush Man
Jasper W. McLean of Brazil Indiana is crushed to death when two sawlegs fall across his body. The incident dated Thursday October 20 draws immediate local attention amid other news of the day.
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Jasper W. McLean
Brazil
Ind
International Convention of the Railroad
Fort Wayne
Wilson
Internal Revenue Bureau
Robert Knotts
Elwood
The
Order of Elks
Cincinnati
Galvin
Havana
Dewey battle tale judged false and other notes
The report of a naval clash with the insurgent navy in the Philippines is deemed false. Chaplain McIntyre is no longer chaplain. The court martial verdict is approved. The Roanoke arrived Seattle from St Michaels with 3 500 000 in gold. Snow seen in Kansas and a Chicago lampoon involved lassoing Patrick Cahill.
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Admiral Dewey
Philippines
McIntyre
Roanoke
Seattle
St. Michaels
Li Hung Chang
Ohio
Supreme Court
Kansas
Patrick Cahill
Chicago
Old News Fragments Span Losses to Deaths and Deals
Mrs Charlies Collins of Pennsville mourns a loss of 135 dollars kept in a store. John W Considine, new Dawson arrival, says there are no smallpox cases there. Ex Secretary Foster opposes expansion. Chicago names a Frances Willard School building. George Wing 14 dies of lockjaw after arm fracture. Empress death bed rose framed for emperor. Eleven Pillager Indians surrender to US marshal. Boston Rubber Shoe Co absorbed by US Rubber Co.
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Charlies Collins
Pennsville
John W. Considine
Dawson
Treasury
Foster
Chicago
Frances Willard
George Wing
St. Luke's Hospital
United States
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
United States Rubber Company
River tragedy and distant events echo across 1900s headlines
Lawrence Treu, a Cincinnati reporter, was found with a throat cut in the Ohio River near Aurora Indiana, death likely by his own hand. Reports also mention the emperor of China possibly suffering from a kidney disease, a poisonous well near Aurora Missouri caused several deaths, and the Manitoba transport sailed from Puerto Rico with the Third Wisconsin. Coal movement from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati rises by about 4 million bushels, Empress of Germany tours Constantinople’s harem, and a Des Moines fire in Perkins Brinsmaid’s block caused $100000 damage.
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Lawrence Treu
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Aurora
Ind
China
United States
Manitoba
Wisconsin Volunteer
Ponce
Porto Rico
New York
Pittsburg
Ohio
Constantinople
Perkins & Brinsmaid
Des Moines
resignations and losses span several regions
D A Twyman the colored post master at Junta Va forced to resign due to white residents boycott Absolom P Bachman a New York lumber dealer files bankruptcy petition Liabilities 68685 The barge Augusta moored safely at Gardiner s Island near Kingston Ont The president approves court martial dismissing Chaplain Mc Intyre Senor Gamazo resigns from Spanish cabinet John L Kennedy DC named to industrial commission Nine killed in a Cook Inlet Alaska sloop wreck one victim Scott of Scottsburg ls
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D. A. Twyman
Junta
Absolom P. Bachman
New York
Augusta
Armenia
Gardiner’s Island
Kingston
Ont
Naval Service
McIntyre
Senor Gamazo
John L. Kennedy
District of Columbia
Industrial Commission
Sargent
Cooks Inlet
Alaska
Scott
Scottsburg
Stripping Forts of Guns Sparks U S Spanish Tensions
In Havana the American commission cites lack of troops as key to enforcement as Spanish authorities remove guns and sell government brass. Protests go unheeded while Krupp cannon and other artillery are dismounted for shipment to Spain amid looming U S troop arrival.
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Havana
Santa Clara
Spain
Reina
BAD SITE FOR A PERMANENT CAMP
Aniston Alabama October 24 The investigating commission opened with a site inspection of Camp Shipp and then questioned General Frank and Major Henry F Hoyt The officers linked Chickamauga to past camps and criticized sinks drainage and water supply saying malaria typhoid and sickness rose after July due to ground sleeping wells and river water contamination
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Anniston
Ala
Henry F. Hoyt
Chickamauga
Admiral Sampson's Report Details War Fleet Operations
Washington reports release of Admiral Sampson's account of naval actions from the war's start. It notes the monitor's limited use for deep sea work and rejects claims of Schley's culpable errors about Cervera's squadron. Schley moved to Cienfuegos then to Santiago after Sampson ordered the shift.
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Washington
Sampson
Navy Department
Schley
Cervera
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Five Die In Plumas Hotel Fire At Clairville
A hotel fire in Clairville Plumas County Cal at 4 A M killed five people P Pedrina Carson Barney Mrs Cornado Florence Roberts seven years old and one unidentified woman Roberts escaped by jumping from a second story window and was injured others lost all belongings
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Susanville
Cal
Clairville
Plumas County
P. Pedrina
Carson Barney
Cornado
Florence Roberts
Chat Roberts
Roberts
Theer
Iowa Volunteer J M Stiteler Held in Wife Murder Case
Des Moines, Oct. 21. J M Stiteler, Iowa volunteer, suspected in his wife’s murder, is jailed after a warrant was served. He failed to post an $8,000 bond and was arrested while in a justice court on a petty offense. The wife died in an ambulance Sunday afternoon.
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Des Moines
J. M. Stiteler
Iowa
Stiteler
Fire Kills Man and Son at Miles Cross Roads Ky
Shives and his child perished in a cabin fire at Miles Cross Roads near Tompkinsville Kentucky yesterday. The rest of the family escaped the blaze.
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Tompkinsville
Shives
Miles Cross Roads
Race riots erupt in Mississippi and North Carolina note
A sheriff posse pursuit after a Harperville arrest leads to the deaths of nine Black residents amid white retaliation. The Ashpole robbery and arson at Stubbs store sparked the unrest in eastern Mississippi. In Alabama, a Black man named John Anderson was lynched at Lafayette after a murder accusation.
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Mississippi
North Carolina
Memphis
Tenn
Forest
Miss
Harperville
Scott County
Harpersville
Stubbs
Ashpole
Lumberton
Lafayette
Ala
John Anderson
Charles Holmes
Fredonia
West Point
Strained Ties Between England and France Reach Crisis
London and Paris face a near war dilemma as Brisson cannot retreat from Fashoda and Salisbury cannot grant any concession. British fleet readiness is claimed, with officials confident about countering the French fleet.
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New York
London
England
France
M. Brisson
Lord Salisbury
Marchand
Fashoda
Admiralty
United States
Torpedo Boat Davis Suffers Fatal Boiler Disaster
Astoria Ore Oct 21 The torpedo boat Davis on its official trial trip was disabled by bursting boiler tubes. Eight crew were badly burned and seven died, including C McNeeley P Luithlee H Wood W Woods B Ryan A Johnson and A Buehl. Six wounded later died as night fell.
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Astoria
Ore
Davis
C. McNeeley
P. Luithlee
H. Wood
W. Woods
B. Ryan
A. Johnson
A. Buehl
College football scores from Saturday fixtures
Principal college football results show Princeton 6 over Cornell 4 in Princeton, Harvard 39 over Cambridge A C 0, Pennsylvania 32 over Lafayette 0, Yale 18 over Carlisle 5, Minnesota 6 over Ames 0, Wisconsin 17 over Beloit 0, West Point 18 over Lehigh 0, Depauw 16 over Rose Polytechnic 0, Michigan 23 over Notre Dame 0.
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Chicago
Princeton
Cornell
Cambridge
A. C
Harvard
Philadelphia
Lafayette
Pennsylvania
New Haven
Carlisle
Yale
Minneapolis
Market quotes from Chicago Board of Trade and commodities
The Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat futures at December around .67% and May around .68% to .70% with corn near .31% to .36% and oats around 28%. Pork and cattle ranges are given for December, January, and various classes. Produce prices cover butter eggs poultry potatoes apples cranberries and more, with regional receipts and price ranges noted for hogs cattle and sheep.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Ees
Indmnhc
Texas
Milwaukee Grain
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