Peace talks near end of Cuban and Philippine debate
War investigators report ongoing Paris peace commission discussions on Cuba and Porto Rico nearing conclusion while Philippine issues loom. Spanish case praised by officials but largely unchanged. London and Washington dispatches note possible Cuba debt complications and arbitration as a fallback. Sick soldiers in Santiago endured ration shortages. Michigan surgeon testifies hospital care and removals strained by logistics.
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Washington
Paris
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States
Spain
London
the Times
Cuba
Europe
America
Cubans Consider Replacing U S in Island Rule
From Santiago de Cuba Oct 27 Major Pettit in Manzanillo reports General Rios offers 200 armed men to aid American troops in keeping order in return for rations General Wood refuses pledging disarmament and disbandment as the condition. Cuban officers argue Americans should share power while radicals cheer the prospect of Cuban control.
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Santiago de Cuba
Pettit
Manzanillo
Rios
Wood
United States
Macia Rodriguez
President McKinley Reviews Philadelphia Military Parade
President McKinley attended a dinner at the Union League in Philadelphia with sixty directors. He planned to review a 26,000 strong parade and expressed regret he could not stay for the civic parade Friday. Merrimac crew members were presented to the crowd amid cheers.
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Philadelphia
Iast
Union League
Hotel Bellevue
J. C. Kellogg
Hay
State Department
McKinley
League
C. Stuart Patterson
United States
Merrimac
The
Fatal Wreck on the Rail in Omaha Oct 27
A rear end collision on Union Pacific near Omaha killed three men and left one seriously injured. The dead are engineer Samuel Hindman, fireman William Ranan, and brakeman B Shannon. Fireman John Griffing was seriously injured. An empty fright train stood on the side track with a switch left open.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Samuel Hindman
William Ranan
B. Shannon
John Griffing
Shannon
Army of the Tennessee reunion opens with 150 in attendance
Toledo dispatch reports the first business session of the Army of the Tennessee reunion at the Boody House with 150 members from across the country. General J C Black of Chicago reviews the Civil War as the greatest ever fought at the camp fire last night.
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Toledo
Army of the Tennessee
Boody House
J. C. Black
Chicago
Simple Remedy for Ivy Poison in North Carolina Mountaineers
A practical tip from North Carolina mountaineers claims fresh whitewash made from quicklime provides immediate relief from poison ivy and poison oak. The remedy is said to be always effective if applied promptly, even for long-standing cases, and is widely used among local boys and families.
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North Carolina
Hall's Catarrh Cure ad offers $100 reward for cure guarantee
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. that Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh. the firm guarantees $100 for any case not cured. Notarized December 6, 1886 in Toledo Ohio. The remedy is taken internally and claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces.
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Enerate
Frank J. Cuenrey
F. J. Cuenry & Co
Toledo
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
Tic
Sardine Shortage Prompts French Relief Plan
A clipped notice lists Hariet M. Burbank as music teacher and studio at 169 West Street amid a broader text about a sardine shortage in France. Government relief is proposed to ration five to ten sardines daily for soldiers, alongside coffee and grain based beverages marketed as sleep aids.
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Hariet M. Burbank
Studio
West Street
Thompson Hardware Opens in Freeport With Full Fall Stock
On October 22, 1898 a Freeport hardware store announces opening with a full fall stock and competitive prices. The shop offers tin work gal galvanized iron roofing and all tin shop services. It invites customers to visit for builders' hardware and a square deal every time from H Thompson located at 418 Galena Ave in the Billerbeck block.
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H. Thompson
Galena Ave
Billerbeck Block
Freeport
France Fashoda Crisis Update In Paris
London reports a rumor of President Faure's assassination proved unfounded. Paris hosts Major Marchand’s dispatches via Captain Baratier with General Kitchener arriving incognito. Baratier receives a hero’s welcome and a gold medal. Soir notes France may evacuate Fashoda with compensation. Harcourt affirms Liberal support for imperial rights amid the crisis.
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Cecil Rhodes
Great Britain
Lord Rosebery
Egypt
Uganda
The
Patriotic League
Marcel Habert
Chamber of Deputies
Captain _Baratier
Captain Baratier
France
Paris
the Soir
Fashoda
Soir
Lord Salisbury
Marchand
Major Marchand
Quai D’orsay
M. Hanoteux
M. Delcasse
Harcourt
Rosebery
London
House of Commons
William Vernon Harcourt
Aberystwith
Wales
William
Fashoda Question Stirs British Speakers in Oct News
London reports a large audience heard leaders including Hon. Charles T. Ritchie Sir John Gorst George Wyndham Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice and Alfred Lyttleton discuss the Fashoda question. They warned Salisbury cannot retreat despite war risk while Paris voices a calmer view amid Dreyfus affair tensions with police guarding courts.
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Paris
London
Charles T. Ritchie
Board of Trade
John Gorst
Committee of Council
Cambrigde University
George Wyndham
Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice
Alfred Lytleton
Parlament
Leamington
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Baron de Courcel
Thomas Sanderson
France
Fashoda
Faure
M. Brisson
Chanoine
War Office
Portfoli Gut
General Staff Committee
Army Corps
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Miners Honor Governor Tanner in Unusual Parade Stunt
In Murphysboro on October 27, Governor John R. Tanner arrived at the station in a strange vehicle pulled by fifty bareheaded miners using long ropes. The procession reflected miners’ support for his stance on labor and the Virden case while he defended foreign laborers and decried corporate greed and murder.
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John R. Tanner
Virden
Illnois
Rough on the Sail Craft Gale Hits Lake Michigan Fleet
A gale on Lake Michigan churned through Tuesday into yesterday, sinking canvas craft but causing no loss of life. Vessels missing include Aberdeen Delta Biwabik Staf ford McWilliams with others drifting or waterlogged near Racine and off Grosse Point as crews were rescued or abandoned ships to the sea. In other reports Danville court tosses bonds forfeiture case, Pittsburgh miners inch toward a full Fourth pool return, Manitoba ferrying U S volunteers home from Porto Rico sees no sickness, and in Blackstone a man shoots his wife then dies by suicide.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Aberdeen
Delta
Cheboygan
Biwabik
Grain
Stafford
McWiliams
D. L. Filer
L. Pahlow
Port Washington
Pahlow
Filer
Racine
Ikenosha
Alpha
Kalkaska
Grosse Point
West Virginia reports no debt and surplus sugar sum
Abbreviated telegraphs note West Virginia has no debt and a surplus of $1,000,000. Other items include Bavaria mines yielding $2,700,000 in 1897, Lipton's failed Americas Cup bid costing about £60,000, a Danish consul appointment in Chicago, Spain protesting battleships heading to the Philippines, Canada canals opening Sundays after month’s end, a Italian divorce case, a college fire with student escapes, a Vancouver sawmill destroyed with job losses, a risky inoculation proposal for drinker cure, a bantam boxing match canceled due to health, a tax refund for Chicago cyclists, a New York governor hopeful accused of passing bad checks, and a mail obscenity arrest in Wisconsin.
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West Virginia
Bavaria
T. J. Lipton
America
C. H. Hansson
Chicago
Andrew Peterson
Spain
Oregon
Towa
Philippines
Mme
Sofia Scaleht
Count Lolli
Italy
Ryan
J. T
Hastings
Vancouver
B. C
San Francisco
Palmer
England
Billy Rotecford
Rotechford
Henry M. McDonald
New York
Frank P. Meehan
Clint Vaughn
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Vaughn
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