Spain to yield to United States demands and resist renewal
Paris Telegraph dispatch reports Spaniards deny renewal of hostilities with the United States and offer the Philippines for a lump sum. Spain would recall home missioners but rupture is said unlikely. French editors advise yielding to avoid bombardment. new cabinet announced with Lebret, Dupuy, De Freycinet, Lockroyd, Del Gasse, Peytral, Leygues, Detonel, Guillaine, Vigrad, Krantz.
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Spain
Paris
London Daily Telegraph
Philippines
London Times
United States
M. Lebret
Interior
M. Dupuy
M. DeFreycinet
M. Lockroyd
M. del Gasse
M. Peytral
M. Leygues
M. Detonel
M. Guillaine
Pittsburgh Woman Burns Herself After Spouse Refuses Exposition
Mrs. John Cassidy of Pittsburgh killed herself by pouring oil on her clothes and setting it ablaze after a quarrel with her husband who would not take her to the exposition. Cassidy returned home late, refused to accompany her, and she ignited the fire, screaming as it consumed her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cassidy
Pittsburgh
Cassidy
Ohio farmer shoots Halloweeners in crowd killing teen
Thomas Randall, a farmer near Kirkersville, Ohio, fired into a Halloween crowd in his cornfield killing 19-year-old tarney Smoke, son of Jacob Smoke. Randall used a revolver and surrendered to Newark authorities after the incident as villagers recall a chaotic scene with girls waiting at the fence.
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Thomas Randall
Kirksersville
Ohio
Tarney Smoke
Jacob Smoke
Kirkersville
Ransdall
Smoke
Randall
Newark
Oregon and Iowa Arrive in Bahia for Brazil Republic Anniversary
The Oregon and Iowa anchor safely in Bahia harbor Brazil a dispatch to the Navy Department announced their arrival on Tuesday the ships completed the voyage in nineteen days praised as good time From Bahia they will proceed to Rio de Janeiro to take part in a November 35 celebration marking the founding of the Brazilian Republic
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Oregon
Iowa
Bahia
Brazil
Navy Department
Rio Janvito
Fan Republic
Medals to Be Awarded for Santiago Porto Rico Actions
The Secretary of War orders a Board of Officers including Generals Schwann and Boynton and Lieutenant Colonel Carter to meet in Washington. They will recommend brevet promotions and awards of Medal of Honor and certificates of merit for officers and enlisted men who served at Santiago in the Philippines and in Porto Rico.
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Secretary of War
Bones Found Under Trees in Statehouse Yard
In Columbus Olio the digging for a Statehouse addition uncovered human bones beneath a large shode tree. The identity and origin of the remains are unknown to the current generation. Nearby at Sisteraville West Virginia a paper hanger named Morgan killed his wife by slashing her throat and was arrested. doctors say she will not recover, no cause for the act is known.
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Statehouse
Columbus, Olio
Sisteraville
W. Va
Morgan
Spain
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Tte Creditera
Diobe
Cuba
Detroit
United States
Caba
Pittsburg Dispatch
Masonic Temple Slots Hogan's Alley Shenendoah Shows
Fort Wayne venue announces November acts with Hogan's Alley on November 9 and Shenendoah on November 10 while Hanary Miller headlines November 2 at the Masonic Temple.
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Fort Wayne
Sud
Hogan’s Alley
Shenendoah
Hanary Miller
Purger of the Family Killed by Wi Coombs
Lunt of His Family is described as a notorious figure who ran a moonshining saloon on the Kentucky Tennessee state line and had been involved in multiple killings. He was reportedly the sixth brother slain, marking the end of the family violence.
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Lunt
Wil Will
Purger
Wi Coombs
Turner
Kentucky
Tennessee
Desperate Fight Between Whites and Indians in Oregon
A Canyon City posse engaged a renegade band of Indians in a fierce clash. Nineteen whites and five warriors exchanged fire at close range. George Cuttings was wounded in the left arm as a search party found a fallen man near a spring. The posse killed five Indians and settlers were sent for more ammunition as Indians gathered nearby.
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Edskins
Oregon
Sherif
Canyon City
Ore
George Cuttings
David Cuttings
Flo
M. Mosier
Inco
Mana
Zee
Boy Used as Beasts Burden In Chicago Slavery
Six year old Willie Steps worked as a cart puller through the West Side alleys dragging old iron rags and junk while a hard-hearted father urged him with a teamster’s crack. Justice Levitt presided at the West Chicago avenue station. The Illinois Humane Society prosecuted, and the parent was fined twenty five dollars and warned to treat his child better.
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Willie Steps
Parente
West Side
Chicago
Justice Levperson
Chicago Avenue
Ilinois Humane Society
Three Die In Wreck On Union Pacific at Omaha
A rear end collision on the Union Pacific at Omaha left three men dead and one severely injured. The deceased were Samuel Hindman engineer William Ranan fireman and B Shannon brakeman. Fireman John Griffing was among the injured as freight No 27 struck an extra freight car left on a side track with the switch open. The engine and several cars were wrecked.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Samuel Hindman
William Ranan
B. Shannon
John Griffing
Immured in a Madhouse Samuel Nissley Returns After Disappearance
Samuel Nissley a farmer near Unicorn Pennsylvania vanished on April 1 1897 after taking a westbound train and being claimed by two men to an insane asylum. He reappeared recently to a startled family. his tale of kidnapping and misdirection sparked wide search and a sheriff sale of his farm during his absence. He said he went to Lancaster Harrisburg for business and ended up in an asylum before being released. Meanwhile cases unfold of a Susquehanna engineer found dead after a fast eastbound run on train No 12 and a California fasting fanatic, plus Cordelia Botkin indicted in Dover Delaware murder.
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Samuel Nissley
Unicorn
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Henry Kingsley
Susquehanon
Binghamton
Cowen
New Life Saving Superintendent Appointed at Holland
Charles Morton, keeper of the Holland Michigan life-saving station, is named superintendent of the eleventh life-saving district covering all of Lake Michigan. Armour's Kansas City Hereford sale draws breeders from across the country, with many cattle sold high and several deaths reported in the mix.
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Charles Morton
Holland, Mich
Lake Michigan
Armour
Kansas City
Equipping the Navy Chief Constructor Reports Work
Commodore Hichborn, head of the Navy’s construction bureau, details naval outfitting over recent months. Ten vessels were accepted from builders, including Town and Nashville, amid progress on ships yet hampered by armor shortages. future needs emphasize coastal stations, stores, and about 25 000 dollars per case for plant maintenance.
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Dan
Hichborn
Navy
United States Navy
Spain
Construction Bureau of
The
Alpendy
Town
Helena
Nashville
Wilmington
Annapolis
Marietta
Newport
Vicksburg
Foote
Wheeling
War scare slows trade and shifts markets, Dun reports
R G Dun & Co. notes foreign affairs drive early wheat gains and London confidence, with French money flight and London accounts moving US gold and securities. Despite world events, US domestic activity remains small with 226 US failures this week versus 219 last year and 24 in Canada, down from 25.
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R. G. Dun
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
London
Paris
New York
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Australia
United States
Canada
Soldier Kills Another in St. Louis After Domestic Dispute
John F. Coyle of the Nineteenth Infantry was fatally shot by John Derr of the Twenty-first Infantry during a home dispute in St. Louis. Derr, on furlough and visiting Miss Fannie Saal, fired after Coyle threatened him with a knife during a pool hall altercation. Coyle died within hours. Separate incident reports drunken brawl at Donaldson's saloon ends with bartender Mike Moore charged with murder after he shot two men. one, James Mullen, died. James Ryan may recover.
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John F. Coyle
John Derr
St. Louis
Nineteenth Infantry
Twenty-first Infantry
San Juan
Derr
Fannie Saal
South St
Mike Moore
Frank Moore
Newark
Ohio
Donaldson
Moore
James Mullen
Geneva
N. Y
James Hyan
Third Avenue
New York
Ryan
Captain Alone Saved From Sodus Northwest Wreck
The three masted schooner St Peter of Toledo foundered seven tiles northwest of Sodus Point Ontario in twenty fathoms of water carrying 250 tons of coal for Toledo. Captain John Griffin owner. his wife and seven crew perished but Griffin was saved. Value of the schooner $4,500. Another item notes Shoshone uprising fears easing as sixty to ninety mounted policemen remain on duty in Nye County Nevada. Fate of Texas train robber: George Moore sentenced to ninety nine years for Santa Fe holdup with two accomplices jailed awaiting trial. Tonkin River builder wrecked by fire at Cawego New York causing $105,000 loss. night watchman Otto Sieder perished. Yellow fever reported with two cases in Monterey and ten suspected in Nova Seon, Mexico. A general strike by boot and shoe workers in southeastern Massachusetts factories has been declared off.
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St. Peter
Toledo
Sodus
Ontario
John Griffin
Grit
Texas
George Moore
Fort Worth
Moore
Triad
MacCord Award Settles Peru Controversy by Arbitration
The chief justice awarded Victor MacCord $40,000 for damages from imprisonment during a Peruvian revolution. Once paid, the long diplomatic dispute between the United States and Peru ends. MacCord had been US consular agent at Arequipa in 1885 and railroad superintendent. His initial claim was $200,000.
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United States
Peru
Canada
Victor MacCord
MacCord
Arequipa
Devoed by Polar Bears in Klondike Strike Fate of James Spiers
Vancouver reports say prospector James Spiers of South Carolina was killed and eaten by polar bears in the Peace River district after he left camp to find stray horses. Los Angeles men returning via Edmonton trail brought the news. Bones were found ten days later near a mountain cave where a party shot two large bears. Spiers had no weapons to defend himself.
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James Spiers
Klondike
Vancouver
B. C
Los Angeles
Edmonton Trail
South Carolina
Peace River District
Spiers
Copper Discoveries and Railway Plans Across North America
Steamer Cottage City reports slush ice in the Yukon delaying travel to Dawson from Skaguay. A new lake in Atlin country rivals Lake Atlin and a North Vancouver to Lake Atlin railway via Bridge River and LiNiolet is planned with strong financial backing. Indigenous copper prospects near Chitna river prompt winter prospecting. Chief Nichols Kunst claims to know a copper deposit location. Joseph Leiter reportedly buys Rhode Island locomotive works to start locomotive manufacture under existing patents. An interoceanic canal project links Cragin Eyre Washburn with Zelaya to build a Nicaragua canal. Gibraltar awards a £2 million dock contract. McKinley proclaims Thanksgiving for Nov 24. Canadian canals to open on Sundays.
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Alaska
Victoria
B. C
Skaguay
Yukon
Dawson
Atlin Country
Lake Atlin
North Vancouver
Bridge River
LiNiolet
Thores
Chitna River
Copper River
Nichols Kunst
Market price recap for cattle hogs and grains across cities
The report compiles live market quotes from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York for cattle hogs and sheep with grain futures. Prices show wide spreads across cities with No 2 red wheat around 6d to 7d, corn 30 to 40 cents, oats 20 to 28 cents, rye 50 cents to 1 dollar, and butter eggs and pork ranges noted.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
France in crisis seen through editorials from many papers
A collection of 19th century commentary cites France as demoralized, warns against civil collapse, and discusses Dreyfus, military influence, and republican ideals. It notes Spain's debt issue and U S aims in Cuba, with references to Brisson ministry and French governance.
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Sath Renoth
Tdians
Boy
Beast OF Burden
Cal
Misa Nell Thompson
Minerva Willing
Christ
Thompson
Botkin
Cordelia Botkin
Superior Court
John BR. Dunning
Dover
del Lhe
Lins
Dehiware
McVey
Nye County
Nev
Hawkne
Tonkin River
Cawego
Laws
Otto Siyder
Mexico
Nova Seon
Monterey
Massachusetts
Adwin I. Cragin
Edward Eyre
Frank S. Washburn
New York City
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Gibraltar
Admiralty
McKinley
Thanksgiving Ciy
France
Boston
Washington Post
Republic
Congress of France
Kansas City Times
Brisson
New York Times
Atlanta Journal
Cleveland Phin
French Republic
Washington Times
New York Press
Actoad
Prunes
Philadelphia Times
England
Marehand
George KE. Waring
Waring
New York Journal
Fite
Philadelphia
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