Explosion sinks British bark Wienfell near Margate
A Naptha laden bark Wienfell from New York exploded near Margate. The ship burned to the waterline after the blast, nine people including the captain his wife and daughter and the pilot perished. Twelve crew later landed at Dover. The Havana note cites Spanish troops’ evacuation delays in Cuba as a matter for Paris Peace Commission.
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London
Wienfell
New York
Margate
Dover
Cuba
Havana
Spanish Military Commission
Peace Commission
Paris
America’s Stand Clear on Cuban Debt Status
American Commissioners refuse to assume the Cuban debt by treaty or contract and reject cession of sovereignty to the United States. Spain would argue such cession creates obligation for the debt by force. Paris reports emphasize the firm U.S. position.
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America
Paris
Spain
United States
Three Children Cremated in Fequaming Fire
Three children of Michael Anderson aged 2 and 6 years died in a house fire at Fequaming Michigan. The blaze started while the father was away and the mother was milking. The fast fire trapped the children who could not save themselves or each other. It is believed the eldest may have started the fire with kitchen flames.
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Michael Anderson
Fequaming
Mich
Lake Steamer Sibley Sunk After Collisionat Stag Island
Port Jlucon report says the lake steamer H. W. Sibley lies sunk at the foot of Stag Island in the St Clair River after a three corner collision with steamers Lansing and Northern King. Bows badly damaged, crew escaped in a boat to shallow water on the Canadian shore before the vessel went down.
Brother shoots father. Tennessee captain killed by son
Capt. Joe Dye, a section boss, was killed at Hel fast, Maraball County, Tennessee, by his son John Dye. Report says Dye came home drunk and abusive, threatened the boy, who then shot him twice in the head. The son has been ill and nervous for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Dye
John Dye
Helfast
Maraball County
Tenn
Mohegan Wreck Off English Coast Kills Many
Dispatch from Falmouth reports the Mohegan wreck with 94 passengers and 65 crew lost. Survivors blame the captain for steering off course toward land, causing the disaster.
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Meohegan
Falmouth
England
Mohegan
Porto Rico Government Placed Under Brooke Rule
General Brooke will have sole charge of Porto Rico Government until new arrangements are made. The island formally passed to the United States on Tuesday and all Spanish authority was withdrawn.
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Brooke
Porto Rico
United States
Dangerous Counterfeit and Tragic News In Brief
A dangerous counterfeit two dollar silver certificate circulates in Toledo as merchants accept it. A Chicago letter carrier, Harry True, was shot and fatally wounded while sorting mail by Henry Lipkindt amid domestic troubles. Jordan Webb, a colored man in Suffolk Virginia, was sentenced to hang December 9 for criminal assault on Mrs. Bowden on September 28. Fort Wayne’s Masonic Temple attractions promote the Weston Lyric Opera Company with Pratt’s Bank of Tioga National Bank of Owego closed by the Comptroller, revealing a cashier’s complicity. Senator Thomas C. Platt is noted as bank president and major stockholder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harry True
Letter Careler
Henry Lippildt
Suffolk
Jordan Webb
Bowden
Pratt’s Bank
Tioga National Bank
Owego
Assiatgut
Thomas C. Platt
New York congregations raise funds for missions
The Gospel Tabernacle in New York collected 112000 for missionary work Sunday. In Coaldale Pennsylvania five men died and eleven were hurt in a colliery gas explosion near Tamaqua. Uncertain who will replace the late Dr. John Hall at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian. Plainfield New Jersey saw a factory blaze costing about 40000. The International Typographical Union in Syracuse rejected a sick benefit fund plan. Augusta Nack in Auburn is gravely ill awaiting cataract surgery after murder conviction.
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Congregation of the Gospel Tabernacle
New York
Coaldale
Tamaqua
John Hall
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Plainfield
N. J
Barge Cycle Company
International Typographical Union
Syracuse
Augusta Nack
Auburn
William Guldensuppe
J. McD. Scott & Co
Pittsburg
Platt
Tioga National Bank
Gov. Buck
John Y. McKane
Victor Coal and Coke Company
Colorado
People’s ‘Telephone Corporation of
Albany
Howard Gould
Catherine Clemmons
Tioga National Bank of
Owego
N. Y
Thomas C. Platt
Samuel P. Swartwood
Mountain Top
Vast World News Roundup From 1900s America
A sweeping Western news digest reports enslaved workers smuggled from Alabama to St Louis, fires destroying six buildings in Albuquerque, and a national convention opening in Cincinnati. It notes a deadly shooting in St Louis, fatalities on Ohio tracks, a murder in Glendale, and a brutal asylum boiler blast in Michigan. Reports cover church politics in Chicago, a burglary sentencing in Kansas City, and a Minnesota request for Springfield rifles amid Indian tensions.
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Alabama
Springfield
St. Lewis
Albuquerque
N. M
Main Street
Metropolitan Hotel
National Protective Association of America
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Episcopal Church
St. Louis
John W. Edwards
Alexander Charlton
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Trondale
Ohio
Frank Sass
William Scbueht
Toledo
Glendale
James Donovan
William Cearns
Frank Levi
Hebron
Asylum For Dangerous Criminal Insane
Tonia, Mich
Plymouth Church
Chicago
Fr. W. Gunsaulus
A. J. Haynes
Kansas City
Frank HR. Mison
West Point
Visalia
Colo
Phoenix
Ariz
Garcia
Mardwood Manufacturing Company
Minneapolis
United States
War Department
Minnesota
Donmyer
Solomon City
Kan
Joe Sullivan
J. F. Watson
Internatonal Oil Company
Miners Clash With Guards in Virden Dispute
Conspiracy to murder and murder charges filed against Chicago-Virden Coal Company officials and guards after a daytime robbery by two men at 500 Wabash. President McKinley arrived in St Louis, greeted by 200,000, then a ship foundered near Waukegan. Fifty-seven Black laborers aboard a train bound for Virden were abandoned in St Louis, with no money or friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Avenue
Chicago-Virden Coal Company
McKinley
St. Louis
Burlington Road
Virden
Birmingham
Union Station
Yarda
Hot Springs horseman robbed in Chicago for 1500
Southern J. A. Sullivan of Hot Springs Arkansas was robbed of 1500 dollars by two women in Chicago. The annual convention of the American Christian Missionary Society opened at Chattanooga Tennessee. Orders were received at corps headquarters at Camp Hamilton Kentucky instructing that no regiment be sent south until yellow fever is completely eradicated.
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J. A. Sullivan
Hot Springs
Ark
Chicago
American Christian Missionary Society
Chattanooga
Tenn
Camp Hamilton
Washington News Roundup From The Supreme Court To Navy
Ex-Minister Phelps fainted during a Supreme Court argument and was carried out. Episcopal services were held in Washington by visiting bishops. War records seek Maj. Frank Gordon who vanished after arriving from Santiago to New York. Dutch East Indies proclama tion threatens privateering on American yachts with war correspondents aboard. Citizens seek share of captured cannons to be shipped north for city distribution. Secretary Long praises Rear Admiral Dewey and urges promotion to vice admiral. Soldiers petition to be mustered out as war lingers until peace treaty ratified. Navy plans sale in New York of damaged Spanish money from the Almirante Oquendo. Chaplain McIntyre of the Oregon is dismissed by court martial for criticising officials. Ordnance board approves 6.2-inch field guns and the King Jorgenson arm. Springfield rifle favored with smokeless powder.
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Phelps
United States Supreme Court
Washington
General Council
War Department
Maj
Frank Gordon
United States Volunteers
New York
Santiago
Treasury Department
Dutch East Indies
United States
Long
Dewey
Spain
Congress
Bim
United States Senate
Navy Department
Chaplain McIntyre
Oregon
Denver
McIntyre
Admiral Sampseo
Evans
Board of Ordnance Officers
Dien. Flagier
King Jorgenson
Foreign intrigues and naval plans dominate European news
The Spanish pretender Ton Carlos travels to London to seek a loan while Sweden plans a credit over 20,000,000 kroner for naval needs including three first class ironclads. London reports shifts in British diplomacy as St John Broderick becomes under secretary for foreign affairs and various titles change hands amid India’s viceroy appointment chatter.
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Ton Carlos
London
Riksdag
London Chronicle
Norking
India
Levi Z. Lekter
Kedleston
George N. Curzon
St. John Broderick
Guildford
Surrey
Lord Curzon
Parle
France
M. del
British policy on Major Marchand drawn Feshoda reply
Floods in Japan devastate crops and cost lives as Aichi prefecture bears the brunt with hundreds displaced and dozens injured. In Egypt, Alexandria police arrest nine Italian anarchists thwarting a plot against Emperor William during his Holy Land visit. a cafe keeper home hosts powerful bombs.
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Marchand
Feshoda
Japan
Aichi
Alexandria
Egypt
Wil Nam
Holy Land
General Greene assigned to Cuban occupation army division
Major General Francis V. Greene is ordered to report to General Fitzhugh Lee to command a division in the army of Cuban occupation. He fought at Manila and this move follows the grand encampment where a proposed amendment to relocate headquarters was defeated. Financial and military updates follow, including rail concessions and Halifax reserve activity.
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Francis V. Greene
Fitzhugh Lee
Seventh Army Corps
Greene
Manila
Knights Templar
Washington, D. C
Helen Leighton
Nellie Malcolm
Hiram 8
Maxim
Market Reports From Major Cities Cattle and Grain Prices
A compilation of livestock and grain quotes across multiple markets. Cattle prices range from eight to five dollars, hogs from four to five, sheep up to five. Grain notes include wheat No 2 red around 65-66 cents, corn No 2 about 30-31 cents, oats 23-26 cents, rye about 47-50 cents, with regional variations in Indianapolis Detroit and New York.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louisa
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Record of the Week: Farmer Fights Rail Line Crossing
Farmer Patterson seven miles west of the city attempted to wreck the construction train on the Muncie to Converse line as the C I B Ime faced right of way delays. A ditch and rails blocked the engine until crew refilled and Patterson departed. A gas explosion at Hazelwood blew W H West’s barber shop skyward when a match dropped into a gas sink. At Knights town a buggy was struck by a Panhandle train killing Ollie Stevens and injuring George Waldron and Hugh McFadden. In Gosh en two burglars were found in a hardware store. one escaped with $4400 believed to be taken by the caped thief.
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Muncie
Converse
Fairmount
Farmer Patterson
Patterson
W. H. West
Hazelwood
David Bouteell
Houtsell
Franklin Street
Knightstown
Ollie Stevens
George Waldron
Hugh McFadden
Carthage
Stevens
Waldron
McFadden
George Eddy
Go~shen
Monroe
Ci&caped
Within Our Borders: Local Deaths and Burglary Notes
A sequence of brief items reports murders and suicides including Garrett Chaney killing his ex wife before taking his own life, Bert Moorhead drowning at Lake Maxinkuckee near Culver Military Academy, and various burglaries. Also noted are farm hog cholera measures in Vigo County, a fatality of Otley Jones in Union City, a Whiteland shoe store burglary worth about 400 dollars, and a jailhouse confrontation in Elwood sparked by a wife’s accusation. Richmond and Crawfordsville court actions noted along with multiple injuries from a runaway in Lafayette.
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Garrett Jesse Chaney
Bert Moorhead
Lake Maxinkuckee
Culver Military Academy
Newport Milling Company
New York
Harry F. Kain
Indiana Regiment
Richmond
Mra
Ida Howard
Vandalia Railroad
Crawfordsville
Waveland
Otley Jomnes
Chicago
Howard Street
Union City
W. E. Fitzpatrick
Whiteland
A. G. Lupton
Startford City
Sugar Creek Township
Vigo County
W. T. Moore & Co
Mitchell
Louis Brown
Lizzie
Lafayette
Louis Thelan
Howard Clark
Mattie Mahoney
Spencer County
Hockport
Owensboro
Clark
Oe Hefferman
Louisville
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Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Ind
Weston Lyric Opera Com+ Company
Western
Southern
A. E. Ort
Tied Cross Relief Committee
Sternberg
Army
Inguaran Copper Mining Company
Paris Rothschilds
Halifax
Leinster Regiment
Royal Canadiana
Imperial Defense Commission
Quebec
Montreal
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Battle of
Las Guasimas
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Market Reports
Indiana
Bourbon
John Winebrenner
Elwood
William Houck
Orestes
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