War dept reports on Santiago Cuba garrison trials
The War Department released reports to Gen. Wood from Santiago detailing June 30 1899 officer and enlisted counts 104 commissioned and 2004 enlisted, four general courts martial 4429 total, 4712 inferior courts martial, and a note on no acclimation to Cuba for North American soldiers with yellow fever risk.
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Mvabhington
Wood
Offic
Department of Santiago
Puerto “Principe
Department of, Santiago
George M. Dunn
Sargeon
Havard
Cuba
Victor Shepferd
British ramp steamer Flintshire arrives from Japan
The Flintshire arrived in San Francisco after a 13 day typhoon ordeal. Her deck swept, boats carried away, and hull strained, the ship lost fresh provisions with only pickled salt pork aboard for the crossing.
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San Francisco
Flintshire
Japan
Pacific
Tee on the Track Causes Conductor’s Hair-raising Debut
Car 151 on the stock yards line struck and hurled Conductor Snyder over the dashboard as it ran backward during repairs. Snyder landed on his head but escaped serious injury. The Morris street track incident left officials baffled by the wreck attempt.
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Stock Yards
Struck &Tironi
Morris St
Snyder
Purse Snatchers Charged After Front Street Theft
Alleged purse snatchers John Hicks and Thomas Riley were believed to match descriptions of two men who stole a pocketbook from Mrs T A Goodwin at the New York Store area Tuesday afternoon. The case’s coverage extends through Friday with ongoing café details in the report.
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John Hicks
Thomas R.¢ley
Maryland St
Leitering
T. A. Goodwin
Col “Lege-Ave
New*York
Palatial Hotel Site Sold for Frisco Development
San Francisco reported the Baldwin Hotel site, destroyed by fire a year ago, was sold on Wednesday to James L. Flood for 1 700 000. Flood plans a large modern hotel on the site at an estimated cost of 2 000 000.
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San Francisco
James L. Flood
The
Com
Jail Delivery Threat Halts Transport in Indiana
Sheriff Hollingshead of Hartford City intercepted a jail transfer in Indianapolis and broadcast a lookout for an attempted jail delivery. Prisoner Charles Harrigan, being moved to Jeffersonville, revealed the plan en route that a delivery was planned for Tuesday night.
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Hollingshead
Hartford City
Indianapolis
Charles Harrigan
Jeffersonville
Receiver Sought for Buckeye Swindow Trade Company
Anderson Ind November 1 J E B Longaker has filed application to appoint a receiver for the Buckeye Swindow trade company. Report says trouble among stockholders prompted the action.
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Aske
Births Deaths Marriages in Local Column
Birth notices list: Mulligan twins Frank and Ruth Thompson girl Porter and Bertha Brooke girl Lancaster girl Strate boy Boren girl. Deaths note Elvera Kent 43 Hoyt Avenue malignant stomach case for Keyes 47 San Francisco. Marriages license issued to Snyder and Jones Pence and Garstang Rickshott and Patter jeurancd and Tutts Burget Wray and Ellaw.
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Ohn
Julia’ Mulligan
Pearl
Frank
Ruth Thompson
Mizigouri
Porter
Bertha Brooke
Huron
Charles
Maggie Lancaster
Harles
Mary Strate
McLainboy
Edward
Mary Boren
Westgir
Elvera ‘Kent
Hoyt Ave
Keyes
San Francisco
Ste Vincent's Hospital
Sherley
Blanche Snyder
Lor
Jennie’ Jones
Lark
Emma May Pence
W. Garstang
Friede Bebank
Essie May
Rickqgshott
Henrietta L.patterjeurancd
Bessie M. Tutts
Mattie Nean
Sophia ‘Burget
Ellaw Wray
Detectives Hunt Suspect After College Avenue Robbery
Detectives search for a woman who held up Lemon Brewer at 815 College Avenue near Senate Avenue and Georgia Street Tuesday night. Brewer reports a black-clad, wide-brimmed hat wearing suspect pointed a gun, demanded compliance, rifled the counter, took 96 dollars, and vanished into a nearby house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College-ave
Ate-Ave
Georgia-st
Steamer George L Colwell Sinks Off Charleston During Storm
The steamer George L Colwell bound from New York for Fernandina with lumber foundered at sea during a storm Monday night. Seven men were drowned by the capsize of a raft and five others drifted away and are presumed lost. Captain John H Gaskill was rescued by the Clyde steamer Nava hog and landed here Wednesday.
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Charleston
D. C
George L. Colwell
New York
Fernandina
John H. Gaskill
Colwell
New York Actress to Join Grand Stock Company
Miss Chanez Olney will arrive from New York Wednesday night to join the Grand stock company and perform light comedy roles. She is not replacing anyone now in the company, and rumors of an upcoming marriage to J Henry Kolker are denied by both. Olney, a pupil of Miss Monte Donico, is noted for her clever ingénue work and previous stock success.
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Chanez Olney
New York
Grand Stock Company
Miss Olney
J. Henry Kolker
The
Grand
Three Wives and One Husband Try Suicide in New York
In New York on Tuesday night a man killed himself and three wives attempted self destruction. Clara Freeman cut her wrist, May recover. Johanna Turburt, 21, took carbolic acid and is dying. Annie Barry, about to become a mother for the fourth time, drank carbolic acid and cannot recover. Victor Legereau ended his life with illuminating gas.
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New York
Clara Freeman
Max Freeman
Rounders” Company
Johanna Turburt
Annie Barry
Victor Legereau
Feud Threats Grow as London Kentucky Reporters Targeted
Clay county feudists renew threats against newspaper correspondents in Manchester. All but one have left town. the remaining writer must submit manuscripts to the feudists before sending. Couriers are warned to handle documents with extreme caution. No trials yet, as locals prefer delaying clashes.
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London
Clay County
Manchester
Boy Rider In Bicycle Collision Suffers Arm Injury
A 15 year old, Herman Smith of Meridian street, rode his bicycle Tuesday evening and hit a boy crossing the street. He was thrown over the handlebars, landed on his left shoulder, slid along the ground, and walked home. He then went to a doctor's office where doctors found a broken arm, displaced shoulder, and a snapped ligament.
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Herman Smith
Meridian Sr
Jones confronts Halloween revelers at Garfield statue
In Cincinnati on Halloween night Golden-rule Jones of Toledo spoke from the Garfield statue pedestal after revelers removed the platform. Beans rained down as he continued his speech, a red false-face pinned to his coat tail. Both major parties noted the unusual reception.
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Cincinnati
Hallowe'’en
Jones
Toledo
Garfield Place
Garfield
Independent Movement
Chicago Mystery Woman Found Dead in Apartment
Mrs J Rush Branch was found dead with a bullet through her heart in her Chicago apartment on Forty second avenue. Blood smeared walls and carpet suggest the body lay there over a week. last seen Oct 22 when a stranger approached her room. She claimed to be the wife of a traveling man. letters indicate a dual life as police investigate.
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Chicago
J. Rush Branch
Vié
Forty-second-ave
Two Overcoat Thieves In Police Court
Charles Dickerson was fined 100 and given 120 days in the workhouse after being arrested Tuesday for stealing an overcoat from W. R. Clinton at 301 W Maryland St. Charles Branch also admitted taking Frank Then’s coat and received the same penalty in police court Wednesday.
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Charles Dickerson
W. R. Clinton
Maryland St
Charles Branch
Frank Then
Ex Governor Alvin Saunders Dies in Nebraska Folklore Era
Ex Gov Alvin Saunders a Lincoln era political figure dies at Omaha residence on Wednesday. He was Nebraska's last Civil War era governor and a personal friend of Lincoln. He leaves a wife and daughter Mrs Russell Harrison.
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Omaha
Neb
Alvin Saunders
Lincoln
Nebraska
Russell Harrison
Death of 10 year old Louisa Rafferty in Boston tragedy
In Boston on Tuesday Louisa Rafferty 10 died instantly when a falling beam struck her head as she waved a farewell kiss to her mother from the doorway of their home. The event occurred about 100 feet from the mother, who witnessed the fatal accident.
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Boston
Louisa Rafferty
Louisa
May Musical Festival Directors Convene in Beveridge Office
A full board meeting of the May festival directors took place in Senator Beveridge's office on Wednesday afternoon. Notes were compared and all indicators point to the most successful festival yet attempted.
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Senator Beveridge
Fire destroys Ladoga Odd Fellows building and stocks
A fire in Ladoga Indiana on a Wednesday morning caused an estimated loss of 20000 dollars to the Odd Fellows building and contents plus other stocks. The Roachdale fire department aided the blaze after the Ladoga engine broke down, preventing a total town fire.
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Ladoga
Ind
Odd-fellows
Oddfellows
George Case & Co
Edgar Ashby
Masons
Eastern Star
Woodmen
Roachdall Fire Department
Trial Dramatics Highlight Hammond Murder Case
In Chicago, Harry Hammond faces a dramatic courtroom climax as Gertrude Montgomery, his former sister in law and Hammond’s confidante, testifies about his fixation on his divorced wife. She recalls him quoting Hosea to justify longing and possible reconciliation.
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Chicago
Harry Hammond
John T. Shane
Hammond
Auditorium Annex
Gertrude Montgomery
Montgomery
Gertie
Hosea
Syndicate of Sin sparks Paris press anti English thrust
The Patrie denounces Britain for the Ladysmith defeat calling it the price of Chamberlain's syndicate of sin. It accuses England of responsibility for the Lake Chad massacre of a French expedition and urges European intervention in the Transvaal.
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Paris
Patrie
Ladysmith
Chamberlain
England
Lake Chad
Transvaal
Snow Fells in Duluth and War News From Home Front
Snow fell at Duluth Minnesota on Tuesday. Tug firemen in Cleveland won their demands and returned to work. Key West reports four new yellow jack cases and one death. 140 marines left Brooklyn for Manila. First Washington and Fifty-first Iowa regiments mustered out at Frisco. Inspector general Breckenridge on official visit to Gen Shafter in San Francisco. James Dugan 17 of Allentown did not know it was loaded. Riley Kulp 22 is dead and Mrs Phoebe Williams 102 of New Bedford died. Union veterans’ lesson in Washington will endorse buying a home for Schiey. Roland B Molineux of New York to stand trial November 14 for killing Mrs Adams. Beidler’s building in Chicago burned Tuesday night, losses $60 000. Boiler explosion at Sheffield England kills four, injures 24. Storms raise Trinity and Red rivers 20 feet in northern Texas. Ugo Talbo famed tenor dies in Stockton California Tuesday night. Two hundred Story and Clark Chicago plane workers strike for better wages. Vanderlip hosted dinner of Admiral Dewey. Gen J R O Beirne in Washington upbeat over Tadysmith setback. C S Dodge 73 San Francisco saloonkeeper arrested for killing Private Charles Hall. Mrs Vaehti Tuttle of Williamson NY celebrates birthday aiming to live to 1900. Religious wave in Penn Yan NY with daily meetings and a thousand converts. Thirty-ninth infantry and part of the Forty-fifth to Manila from Portland on ships Pennsylvania and Olympia. Rumor Democrats and Republicans in Ohio to announce Jones has withdrawn. Jones claims he will be back in the fall.
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Duluth
Minn
Cleveland
Key West
Fla
Brooklyn
Manila
Washington
Iowa
Frisco
Breckenridge
Shafter
San Francisco
James Dugan
Allentown
Riley Kulp
Sheffield
Eng
Texas
Trinity
Red Rivers
Ugo Talbo
Patti
Stockton
Cal
Story & Clark Company
Chicago
Vanderlip
Navy
Dewey
J. R. O'Beirne
Transvaal
Tadysmith
Dodge
Charles Hall
Nebraska Regiment
Vaehti Tuttle
Williamson
N. Y
Pennyan
Portland
Ore
Pennsylvania
Olympia
Ohio
Jones
Narrow escape from death on Cleveland cross-town car
Forty passengers on a Willson-ave cross-town car faced a near catastrophe when the vehicle jumped a track on a temporary bridge over a 75-foot gully. It teetered on the edge before landing back on solid ground. all aboard escaped with shaken nerves and were able to alight safely.
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Cleveland
Willson-ave
Costello Fined and Suspended After Domestic Assault
Mrs. John Costello was fined one cent and costs and suspended from the fire force by Laurie Smock after she struck Lillian Price with a stone on Wednesday. The incident followed Mrs Price sending a letter and lunch to Costello’s wife’s husband.
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John Costello
Laurie Smock
Lillian Price
S. South St
Costello
Price
Rural-St. Subway project moves toward start after rail supply
City engineer Jeup reports the Pennsylvania railroad has secured the first installment of supplies for Rural-st. crossing works and that construction will begin soon. The promise was reiterated shortly before the election.
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Jeup
Pennsylvania Railroad
Peaceful Conditions Reported in Negros Island
Gen. Otis received an encouraging report from Gen. Hughes on Negros where the Visayan district under Hughes shows improved quiet after robber bands are dispersed and planters can work without paying tribute.
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Manila
Otis
Negros
Hughes
Visayan
Florida Republican Judge Named Consul General to Cairo
Judge Jas G Long, a national Republican and Florida committeeman, was appointed diplomatic agent and consul general to Cairo on Wednesday, in Washinton.
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Cairo
Washington
Jas .G. Long
Florida
Jennie Howland Charged Over Gown Theft and Character Issue
Jennie Howland is charged with stealing a dainty blue dressing gown with white lace from Marie Preston of 124 South Senate Avenue. She was given until Thursday to think over her deed and explain to Judge Daly, with an additional charge of being a bad character.
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Jennie Howland
Marie Preston
S. Senate Ave
Quickly Smashed Promise Nora Kelley Back in Court
Nora Kelley, arrested Sunday for drunkenness and freed by Judge Daly on a year pledge, returned Tuesday on the same charge. She was fined $1 and costs on Wednesday.
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Nora Kelley
Daly
Bankruptcy petition filed in Elkhart County court
A bankruptcy filing lists debts of 205 in assets of 180 and names Eberhardt, a harness maker, as involved in the case. The document notes a petition and seeks relief under bankruptcy provisions.
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Elkhart County
Eberhardt
Blacksmith Seymour Gephart Dies on Porch
In Shelbyville Indiana on Halloween night Seymour Gephart a Mount Auburn blacksmith stepped to his door to disperse a crowd and suddenly collapsed dead on his porch. The report notes no further details.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Seymour Gephart
Mount Auburn
Atlantic storms pound Virginia and North Carolina coasts
Reports from Virginia and North Carolina indicate Monday night’s storm matched the August hurricane in intensity with extensive property damage. The schooner Kate Darlington wrecked at Oceanview, the Cape Charles lightship blown off moorings, the Johannes ashore at Cape Fear, and Wrightsville Beach Virginia Beach boardwalks and homes damaged while wreckage washes ashore.
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Norfolk
Virginia
North Carolina
Kate Darlington
Atlantic City
N. J
Oceanview
Cape Charles
Johannes
Cape Fear
Wrightsville
Carolina
Virginia Beach
Insurgents Move Toward Lawton Forces Near Tarlac
A dispatch from Gen. Otis reports insurgents advancing from Tarlac to meet General Lawton's troops, signaling a planned confrontation in the field.
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Lawton
Tarlac
Otis
Washington
Boers Lose 150 as British Add Gun to Ladysmith Battery
In Durban Natal on November 1 another 40 pounder from the Powerful ships to Ladysmith giving White three such weapons. Boer casualties from Monday’s action estimated at 150 killed and wounded. A Texan boy, Reuber Ransom, 8, was thrown from a buggy into a barbed wire fence and died. Robert P Porter, president’s special commissioner, has returned to Washington from a European trade study tour.
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Durban
Natal
Ladysmith
White
Reuber Ransom
Cleburne
Tex
Robert P. Porter
Washington
Wheat and Corn Prices From Wednesday Inspections
Market notes list wheat and corn bids with multiple grades and car counts. Wheat No 2 red around 67 to 71 cents earlier. November futures around 68 cents. Corn steady to higher with No 1 white around 38 to 41 cents and mixed grades quoted 20 to 33 cents. Oats firm with No 2 white near 26 cents. Hay steady to strong with timothy prices around 9 to 10 dollars.
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Timothy
Interstate Live Stock Market Report at Interstate Stock Yards
Cattle receipts steady to fair with export and shipping cattle quoted from good to prime and various weights. Hogs and sheep receipts described with price ranges for good to choice and common to medium classifications, reflecting mixed bids and shipments.
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Interstate
Interstate Stock Yards
DMG Upwan Co
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