Evacuation of Cuba Progresses as U S to Occupy Island
Washington reports progress in evacuations and plans for American garrisons in Cuba by year end. Spanish troops return home, insurgents viewed with caution, and officials expect cordial Cuban support for temporary U S administration. Also covered is a War Department order on credit and enlistment for volunteers who join the regular army, detailing terms, allowances, and re enlistment rules.
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Washington
State Department
Havana
Cuba
United States
Thomas Ward
Regular Army
Volunteer Army
Spain
Soldiers Give Testimony On Tampa Camp Conditions
Huntsville reports the war investigating commission began work with Captain Augues from the Tampa quartermaster’s department. Officials described rail congestion, ambulance shortages, and bad camp conditions. Other officers cited food, clothing, and supply delays, with references to Santiago and Montauk camps.
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Huntsville
Ala
Augues
Tampa
Cutter
Ohio
Duffy
Sixty-ninth
New York
Charles Vv. Parkhurst
Second Artillery
Santiago
Conklin
Lebo
Sixth Cavalry
Cuba
Stretch
Tenth Infantry
San Juan
Montauk
General Hospital
Treatment Shortages Near New York City Prompt Doubt
A speaker cited a shortage of medical supplies and questioned the appropriateness of treatment methods for patients near New York City. He implied that current resources and approaches were insufficient to meet needs in the area.
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New York City
Progress of Peace Talks on Cuban Debt Split
After weeks of argument the Spanish peace commissioners give up the idea that the United States will assume Cuban debt. Spain yields Cuba without conditions. Philippines dispute may lead to US assuming debt for island improvements if US takes the islands. London dispatch notes Spain will resist Philippines terms without compensation and loan recognition.
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Paris
United States
Spain
Cuba
Philippines
London
the Standard
McKinley
Lost steamer Doty believed lost with crew of fifteen
Chicago reports the steamer L R Doty with a fifteen man crew is believed lost after a midlake storm off Kenosha. Known crew include Captain Christopher Smith Port Huron Chief Engineer Thomas Abernethie Port Huron First Mate Harry Thorpe Detroit and Steward Doss West Bay City. Prodigy found wreckage twenty five miles off Kenosha confirming probable loss. The Doty left South Chicago Monday with corn for Midland and all storm craft have since been accounted for.
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Chicago
L. R. Doty
Midlake
Kenosha
Christopher Smith
Port Huron
Thomas Abernethie
Harry Thorpe
Detroit
Steward Doss
West Bay City
Cleveland
Doty
Prodiry
Midland
Sheboygan
Yellow Fever at Gotham
New York reports Colonel George E. Waring Jr a sick with yellow fever contracted in Havana. William T. Jenkins of the health department says the case is not malignant and recovery is likely. He returned from Cuba aboard the Ward Line steamer Yucatan two days ago. No danger of spread in the city due to cold weather.
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New York
George E. Waring, Jr
Havana
William T. Jenkins
Health Department
Waring
Cuba
Yucatan
Col. Waring
Robbery and assault near Calumet leaves man unconscious
Frank Phoenix was robbed of $65 and beaten on a road two miles from Calumet toward the Phoenix farm. He was found unconscious with a badly cut head early yesterday morning and authorities have no clues about the attackers.
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Calumet
Frank Phoenix
Phoenix Farm
Phoenix
LaCrosse Plans Welcome for Porto Rico Soldiers
Citizens in LaCrosse Wisconsin held a mass meeting at city hall to welcome home companies B and M on their return from Porto Rico. The gathering was well attended and highly enthusiastic as plans began to receive the soldier boys.
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LaCrosse, Wis
LaCrosse
B and M
Porto Rico
Glass trust to hold talks with cutters on price rise
Pittsburg Oct. 28 Directors of the American Glass company known as the trust arranged for a special committee to confer with the cutters and flatteners again. A decision on advancing window glass prices will be deferred until after today’s expected leaders conference.
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Pittsburg
American Glass Company
The
Trust
Inauguration Planned for United Central America
The Herald correspondent from Managua reports the provisional federal government of the United States of Central America comprising Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras will be inaugurated at Amapala, the provisional capital, on November 1.
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American Republica
New York
Herald
Managua
United States of Central America
Nicaragua
Salvador
Honduras
Amapala
McIlraiths Complete World Wheeling Tour
Have Wheeled Around the World reports H Darwin McIlraith and his Chicago wife arriving in New York from Southampton aboard the Pennland. The couple began the journey on October 10, 1895, in Chicago and now return after completing a global wheeling tour.
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New York
H. Darwin McTlraith
Chicago
Southampton
England
American Line
Pennland
Mcllraiths
French woman shot by partner then kills self
Clara Dumont a 25 year old French woman was shot in the left breast yesterday afternoon by Paul Vincent with whom she was living Vincent then shot himself and died She is expected to die in Chicago on October 28 1900s report
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Chicago
Clara Dumont
Paul Vincent
Vincent
Carriage Company Assigns In Cincinnati
The Specialty Carriage company assigned to Union Savings Bank and Trust Company on Oct 28 in Cincinnati. Liabilities total 65,000 with assets and other holdings in excess of this amount. No refund of the liquor quor tax ruled by Des Moines Town Supreme Court after six months of liquor business.
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Des Moines
No Faith Cure Promoted For Digestion Relief
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claiming they aid digestion and nutrition beyond faith alone. The copy emphasizes that the tablets provide digestion in water at 98 degrees and when taken after meals, asserting benefits to blood and nerves. Availability is noted through druggists for 50 cents a full package, with mail order from the Stuart Co. Marshall, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
British Parliament complex spans nine acres and 1200 rooms
The article notes the British house of parliament covers nine acres and contains 1 200 apartments. It also mentions a Frenchwoman dying at age 110 leaving 1 382 descendants, and other statistics on cities and economies.
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House of Parliament
Wabash
Ind
Belgium
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Britain
Black Hills
Li Hung Chang
Henry Parkes
London
Paris
Peace Jubilee Parade Delights McKinley in Philadelphia
William McKinley watches 25 000 troops pass in review at Philadelphia Peace Jubilee. Generals Miles Shafter and Chaffee lead, with Hobson’s crew and the Merrimac crowd noted. Weather is fine. crowds cheer as the president greets officers and attends Clover Club banquet before returning to Washington.
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Philadelphia
William McKinley
United States Army and Navy
United States
Polles
Mervig
Clover Club
Academy of Music
General Miles
General Shafter
Miles
Shafter
Academy
Washington
Earliest Worsted Yarn Origin in England Found Near Norwich
In 1429 English woolen trade shifted to Worsted near Norwich where twisted double thread for worsted woolen cloth was first made or possibly invented. The note cites H J Moogh Beupert Burrell and Wm F Jungkunz as contemporaries referencing the march of wool production.
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H. J. Moogh
Beupert & Burrell
Wm. F. Jungkunz
England
Worsted
Norwich
Ely's Cream Balm Proves Cure for Catarrh says Readers
Alfred W Stevens of Caldwell Ohio and Fred Fries of Brooklyn New York report cures from catarrh using Ely's Cream Balm. The ad claims a 10 cent trial size and a 50 cent option, stocked by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street New York.
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Ely
Alfred W. Stevens
Caldwell
Ohio
Fred’k Fries
Hart St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ely Brothers
Warren St
French Sardine Shortage Forces Factory Closures
Demand for sardines has fallen short of supply prompting factory closures in France. The government is urged to relieve the sector by rationing five to ten sardines daily as part of the regular rations for French soldiers.
Grain-O replaces coffee in wholesome grains drink
Try Grain-O ask your grocer to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new drink that can replace coffee. It suits children and adults alike and is easy on delicate stomachs yet tastes rich like Mocha or Java. Priced 15c and 25c per package sold by all grocers. War Atlas 16-page colored plates 14x21 inches showing Spanish possessions postage paid 18 cents.
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Spanis
J.epeers
Cedar Rapids
Thompson Hardware Opens In Freeport With Full Stock
On October 22 1898 H Thompson announces the opening of a hardware store at 41 S Galena Ave in Freeport Illinois with a full stock and services including tin work galvanized iron work roofing and builders hardware They promise a square deal and economy seek local customers and business from the Billerbeck block.
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H. Thompson
S. Galena Ave
Billerbeck Block
Freeport
Heroic Ovations For War Heroes At Presidential Review
General Joe Wheeler and a host of commanders received long cheers as they rode past the president at the reviewing stand. Hobson and his Merrimac crew drew perhaps the loudest ovation while the Twenty-first Infantry, the President's Own, and the Fighting Musicians garnered notable praise. The colored Tenth cavalry, sailors from several ships, and GA R units completed the procession amid a scene of broad applause. A carriage carried Harry L. Mace Neal, who had commanded a Brooklynn gun, along the line.
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Philadelphia
Hobart
Alger
Wilson
Smith
Porter and
Cortelyou
Warwick
Broad Street
Miles
Bellevue
First
Lins
Emergency Corps
Broad
York Streets
Joe’ Wheeler
General Sumner
Bop" Evans
Commodore Philip
Sigsbee
Huntington
Guantanamo
Hobson
Merrimac
Twenty-first Regular Infantry
Grand Army of the Republic
Harry L. Mace- Neal
BrookKlyn
Tanner's Warning on Foreign Labor in Illinois
Governor Tanner declared he would not tolerate wholesale importation of foreigners into Illinois and warned he would meet any mob at the state line with Gatling guns. He spoke before 1,200 at the Knights of Pythias hall in Madison, defending his Virden mine riot stance and noting government limits on foreign labor importation.
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Chicago
Times-Herald
Madison
Till
Virden
State Line
Tanner
Knights of Pythias
United States
Vieden
Riot deaths ruled as unknown shooters in Virden case
Springfield reports fourteen days of inquest into nine riot victims at Viren on Oct. 12. Juries verdicts say deaths from gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown parties. Grand jury to reconvene Nov. 9 to probe riot causes. Also reports of Indiana soldier shot, college fire, forgery verdict, and an Ottawa earthquake.
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Springfield
State Register
Carlinville
Viren
Chicago-Virden Coal Company
Sycamore, Ills
George Parrish
Sandwich Bank
Notable Obits And Miscellany In Abrupt Telegrams
Pioneer R McLaren of Fairchild Eau Claire county dies at 72. August Rantach decapitated on Northwestern tracks in Chicago. William Cronken, 28, fatally injured jumping from a Chicago home window. Rubber overshoes and boots prices rise after next Tuesday. Tesla claims solution for wireless air conduction. Fire Marshal Fred Gabriel mourns loss of St Bernard worth 1000 in Chicago. Bill Anthony the Maine sailor marries in New York. Colonel J J Kempel joins Volunteers of America. Fire at Lewis school prompts 700 pupils to safety. Captain W A Chadwick dies en route home. Sealing industry totals 27,865 skins for 35 schooners. Privates Day, Schroeder, Elberts arrive in Augusta from Porto Rico weighing heavy losses. Garden of Gethsemane dust to be used in Apollo commandery burial rites. Jeruselam earth batch of 100 pounds obtained.
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August Rantach
Northwestern
Chicago
William Cronken
Nikola Tesla
Fred Gabriel
Engine Company 63
St. Bernard
Bill” Anthony
Maine
New York
J. J. Kempel
Pacific Coast
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Lewis School
W. A. Chadwick
Second Illinois Infantry
Jacksonville
Pla
Chattanooga
C. S. Day
Herman Schroeder
William Elberts
Augusta
Wis
Porto Rico
Garden
Gethsemane
Apollo Commandery
No. 1
Knight Templars
Jerusalem
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Bnake Michigan
Gotham
Great Sanitary Authority
Michigan
Tome
Philadalphia
Mites
Merrime
Indiana
Lexington
W. Ss. Saucer
One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana
Louis Gates
Mess
Snyder
Walton
Gates
Logansport
Appleton
Stephenson Science Hall
Lawrence University
Parrish
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
City
Sandy Hill
Gilmour Street
R. McLaren
Fairchild
Eau Claire County
Bears
Beege
Samuel Pitcher
Carn
Castoria the Centaur Company
Freeport Light & Fuel Co
Stephen
Palmer Gox
Inter Ocean
Ill
Pioneer Line
Rockford
Caledonia, Beloit
Janesville
Milton Junction
Kish
Koning
Jefferson Junction
Waukesha
Milwaukee
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
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