Venezuela war ends amid talks and cabinet departures
Caracas dispatch reports special envoy Matos met insurgent Gen. Castro and assured US minister Loomis no new hostilities unless complications arise. Rumor says President Andrade will resign to permit Castro's peaceful election, avoiding dictatorship. Cabinet members leave. two French warships and the German training ship Nixe arrive at La Guaira.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Matos
Andrade
Capriano Castro
Castro
United States
Loomis
Gen. Castro
la Guayra
Nixie
Forward Movement Report From Gen Otis Dispatch
War Department dispatch dated October 11 from Gen Otis notes Gen Schwan's column moved from Santa Cruz de Malabon toward San Francisco de Malabon facing resistance. Gen Young with column heads north from San Fernando. Col Bell cleared area west of Guagua to Florida Blanca capturing officers, men, and property.
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War Department
Otis
Schwan
Santa Cruz de Malabon
San Francisco de Malabon
Imus
Young
San Fernando
Col. Bell
Guagua
Florida Blanca
Press Censorship Unjustly Ended in Philippine Dispatches
Admiral Dewey persuaded President McKinley to drop Manila press censorship as unnecessary. The War Department took charge and Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn issued the order in Secretary Root's absence. Major General Otis has removed censorship over press dispatches and telegraphic matters in Manila and other Philippine offices.
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Dewey
McKinley
West
Manila
War Department
Root
Meiklejohn
Otis
Philippine Islands
Disorder in Johannesburg Sparks War Hesitation
The London Evening Standard Berlin correspondent reports that natives backed by lawless elements threaten order in Johannesburg. Lord Salisbury hesitates to enter war with the Transvaal, with a peaceful solution seen as unlikely but not impossible.
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Johannesburg
Berlin
London Evening Standard
Lord Salisbury
Transvaal
Teacher Burned to Death at Indiana Home
During the family absence, Miss Gertrude Ticen 18, daughter of William Ticen, was burned to death at her home near Middlefork Indiana. Her charred body was found in an orchard in the evening, all clothing burned off except her shoes. She used an oil can to start a fire and ignited her clothing. Miss Then was a popular school teacher in the west end of Howard County.
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Gertrude Ticen
William Ticen
Middlefork
Ind
Then
West End
Howard County
Death by own action Hall claims more suicides on Bowery
McGurk's dance hall on the Bowery in New York is dubbed death by own action Hall due to a rising number of self destruction cases. Two more women, Madge Davenport aged 71 and Mamie White aged 26, took carbolic acid saying they were tired of life. Davenport died while White cannot recover.
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McGurk
Bowery
New York
Madge Davenport
Mamie White
Davenport
Fire destroys large part of Estorage drug store
A lamp explosion at Estorage's drug store in New Iberia Louisiana caused a major fire that leveled a large part of the business district from Iberia to Julia streets and Main to St Peter. Loss is estimated at 200000. In Morgantown West Virginia a jeweled sword was presented to Capt Chadwick of the cruiser New York by the State.
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Estorage
New Iberia
Iberia Street
Julia Street
Main Street
St. Peter Street
Chadwick
Morgantown
W. Va
New York
West Virginia
Elevator Burns at Bowling Green Leaves 20000 Dollar Loss
A fire damaged the Royce and Coon elevator in Bowling Green Ohio causing an estimated loss of 20000 dollars. Authorities suspect an explosion of dust as the cause while firefighters battled the blaze through the night.
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Royce & Coon
Bowling Green
Ohio
Train Collision Near Auburn Claims Several Lives
A head on crash between a New York Central passenger train and a freight train west of Old tat Bottombridge about half a mile west of Auburn New York leaves four dead one fatally injured and four seriously injured.
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New York Central
Old Tat Bottombridge
Auburn
N. Y
Eastern gift to Admiral Dewey sparks jewel watch bid
Eastern Boston plans a jeweled gold watch with chain and charm to honor Admiral Dewey, priced from seven hundred to one thousand dollars.
Missouri Arsenic Food Law Tightens Penalties
A Missouri provision makes it illegal to place arsenic calomel bismuth ammonia or alum in any food with fines not less than 100 dollars. The item lists other incidents including deaths from hydrophobia in Chicago and a series of fires and incidents across Illinois Iowa California Indiana and New York with various casualties and legal actions.
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Missouri
Helen Yott
William Yott
Oakley Avenue
Chicago
Little Rock
Ark
Deaf Mute Institute
Indiana
Albert V. Roe
Postal Telegraph Company
New York
San Francisco
Kansas banks post record deposits after three months
State and private banks of Kansas at the close of business Sept 7 show deposits over 26 million dollars, a three month rise of 2 million, the largest sum ever held by the state institutions. John C. O Melveny, chief engineer of the Oregon Short Line, was shot and killed at Salt Lake City by Capt. Fred J. Mills, formerly Idaho’s lieutenant governor and a veteran of the Spanish war with the Second United States volunteers.
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Kansas
John C. O'Melveny
Oregon
Salt Lake City
Fred J. Mills
Idaho
United States Volunteers
Multiple local and national 1911 news items collide in Louisville
Fire destroys W H Hoskins sawmill in Louisville Kentucky with losses listed at seventy five thousand dollars and insurance of fifty thousand. Three men white farmers are arrested at Pleasanton Kentucky on murder charges in the Barber family case with one confessing. A Texas cattle trust aims to cover twelve million acres and six hundred thousand head of cattle backed by twenty five million dollars. In Norfolk rumors claim Britain has chartered seventy ocean steamers to move men and munitions to South Africa. D E Converse founder of Converse College dies at Spartanburg aged seventy two with generous contributions to the college totaling seven hundred fifty thousand dollars. New Orleans cotton exchange may bar Western Union Telegraph Company after false figures caused market havoc. Judge Floyd Estelle denies bond for Julia Morrison James who killed Frank Seidenheimer at the opera house, calling the murder willful and deliberate. Amos Brown, an old bear hunter in New Mexico, fends off Apache raiders using his cabin logs.
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Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Burlington
Iowa
Conrad Knopped
Henry
First Baptist Church of
San Francisco
National Baptist Convention
W. H. Ogan
Tipton
Ind
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Lime Trust
Cisco
Emigrant Gap
Cal
New Albany
James Harlan
United States
South Bend
South Africa
Margaret Babcock
Fay
Rochester
N. Y
Reedville
Ark
John J. Boles
W. Edgar Reed
Reed
Moses Smith
St. Paul
Evanaville
Smith
W. H. Hoskins
Louisville
Pleasanton
Barber
Texas
Norfolk
D. E. Converse
Converse College
Spartanburg
N. C
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Western Union Telegraph Company
Floyd Estelle
Chattanooga
Julia Morrison James
Frank Seidenheimer
Opera House
Amos Brown
West Fork
Gila River
New Mexico
Dated items and notices from a 1900s era newspaper snippet
The report lists diverse items including a Dewey home fund total of 49381 dollars, completion of the Canadian telegraph line to Dawson Alaska, Canada observing Thanksgiving on Oct 19, a Havana yellow fever report showing 53 cases and 16 deaths, the Thirty-fifth regiment sailing to Manila, the old Dismal Swamp Canal opened as a waterway, James M. Anderson's arrest for claiming marriage to Helen Gould, War Secretary Root reorganizing the Gulf and East departments, John N. Stewart nominated to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Bay State wreck survivors rescued by the Greyhound, Cuban generals Miro and Sanchez threatening revolution if Americans evacuate.
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Dawson
Alaska
Dominion of Canada
Havana
Manila
Rio de Janeiro
James M. Anderson
Helen Gould
Root
Department of the Gulf
Department of the East
John N. Stewart
Illinois
McKinley
Calhoun
Interstate Commerce Commission
Warren Line
Bay State
Cape Race
N. F
Greyhound
Miro
Sanchez
Cuba
Market Report Roundup from Chicago to New York
Market summaries list livestock and grain quotes across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis and Detroit. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and more with varied ranges for each item and city.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Gée
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Corner Stone Laid At New Federal Building Parade
President McKinley laid the corner stone of Chicago’s new federal building in an Indian summer parade watched by about 15,000 including dignitaries Secretary Gage Rev Gunsaulus and the Michigan cruiser Michigan fired a salute as the stone was lowered into place sealing a copper box with documents and coins.
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Chicago Federal Building
United States
McKinley
Federal Structure
Gage
Union League Club
Great Northern
Monadnock
Federal
First N Artillery
Michigan
Battery D
Lake Front
Ilinois
Frank Gunsaulus
Gunsaulus
Chicago
Grand Civic and Military Pageant Led by President in Chicago
Led by the President, a grand civic and military pageant followed the corner stone ceremony for Chicago’s new post office. Thousands formed two long walls of spectators as veterans from three wars received applause and leaders from Canada Mexico and the U S surveyed a sea of faces along downtown streets. The parade, with Laurier Mariscal and McKinley among the honored guests, drew one of the city’s largest crowds and strong patriotic display under clear skies.
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Chicago
Court of Honor
Buena Vista
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Richmond
Canada
Mexico
Mcinley
Mariscal
Wilfred Laurier
Premiser
Dewey Back in Washington Honored By Townspeople
This feature notes Admiral Dewey’s welcome back to Washington and his unchanged bearing despite fame. It also covers military court authority in peace, President McKinney’s newspaper reading, and the growing size of the Official Register with its value for government reference.
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Official Register of the
United States
Congress
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