The Register Colorados Peculiar News Summary
The piece notes annual sale proceeds from worn British Army uniforms nearing $150,000. Cincinnati undertakers form a trust planning boycotts of acquaintances who stay alive. It reports Mexico’s census at 12,491,573 with over two-thirds illiterate and over 80 percent of mixed or Indian heritage. France foresees abundant wine yield with Moniteur Vinicole predicting 55,000,000 hectolitres versus 48,000,000 in 1899.
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France
Moniteur Vinicole
Roberts urges Boer truce and arrest question
Gen Roberts appeals to Boers to end fighting after annexing the Transvaal and raises the idea of arresting them as subjects of Queen Victoria. Lord Rowton visits the queen amid rumors she delays Beaconsfield memoirs publication until after her death. A new hybrid fruit, a cross between raspberry and blackberry, is shown to the Royal Horticultural Society.
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Transvaal
Gen. Roberts
Queen Victoria
Lord Rowton
Earl of Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield
Royal Horticultural Society
London
Gas from trees and wood across nations claimed
It is said that gas for lighting purposes is obtained from the leaves of the Australian gum tree and in Germany Russia Norway and other countries gas made from wood has been introduced. Almost every tree may be said in a way to produce gas, for they all give off carbonic acid gas in greater or less quantities during the night.
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Germany
Russia
Norway
Colorado
Routt
Waite
McIntyre
Adams
Thomas
Secretary of the
Washington
Fornia
Weld County
North Park
Denver
United States Senate
Denver Republican
Silver service for Rear-Admiral Schley from Christobal Colon coins
Work begins in Baltimore on a silver service for Rear-Admiral Winfield Scott Schley crafted from coins captured on the Spanish cruiser Christobal Colon. The set includes eighteen dinner plates, a gravy boat, a ladle, four vegetable dishes, a game platter, a fish platter, an entree platter and a soup tureen weighing 2000 ounces and costing between 7000 and 9000 dollars.
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Baltimore
Winfield Scott Schley
Christobal Colon
Java Fossil Find Attracts Eminent Scientists
The so called missing link may lie in Java as Dr. Dubois reports fossil remains of a creature intermediate between apes and prehistoric humans. Professor Haeckel endorses further excavations and plans to visit the district to study the find.
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Java
Dubois
Haeckel
Professor Haeckel
Kruger coins and stamps command rare market prices
The complete Kruger coin and stamp sets are scarce in regular markets. A $1.25 piece sells for about 12.50 while an extraordinary crown reaches 50, with 1892 dies misstriking cowbow shafts instead of a pole causing half sovereigns and similar coins to be 50 struck and now worth over 65. A Pretoria official claims overprinted stamps may reach 1.5 million dollars in value.
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Kruger
Transvaal
Pretoria
Deaft Mute Missionary Expert Penman Demonstrates Rapid Writing
The Rev A W Mann a deaf mute missionary travels to deaf mute churches both in the United States and abroad. For twenty five years he has used a rapid communication method with reporters by writing answers upside down on a pad placed between them.
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A. W. Mann
Mann
Rotten administration of fusion office holders
Senator Wolcott denounces Colorado governance, detailing alleged overspending and corruption across Routt Waite McIntyre Adams and Thomas administrations. He cites deficits, high salaries, questionable land deals and schemes to raise taxes, plus hints of patronage targeting the U S Senate.
Bryan's Deal With Croker Puts Up 82 Million for Patronage
The Times Herald reports a Chicago meeting where William J. Stone presented Mr. Croker's terms for backing William Jennings Bryan. Croker would fund and promote Bryan, with promises to secure federal patronage and a cabinet seat for Senator Murphy, per details from New York sources dated September 25.
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New York
Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Croker
New York City
the Navy
Murphy
Mr. Iiryan
Messrs. Croker
Tammany Hoss
Senator Murphy
Times-Herald
Mr. Stone
Mr. Croker
William J. Stone
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Jones
Johnson and Campau
Stone
Farmer proves Bryan wrong on farm price gains
A Nebraska farmer compares 160 acre farm outputs from 1896 and 1900 showing a 50 percent increase in income for the same quantities of products. The author taunts William Jennings Bryan to study the exhibit and stop misrepresenting farm prices.
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William Jennings Bryan
United States
Nebraska
Bryan
Everett
Imperialist labels across American presidents
The Colorado Springs Gazette notes political opponents labeled several presidents from Washington to McKinley as imperialists, with recurring claims of overreach and tyranny. The piece argues such accusations reflect partisan rhetoric rather than definitive judgment.
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McKinley
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Grant
Colorado Springs Gazette
Fellow- Workers and the Rough Rider Greeting
A governor from Idaho and Theodore Roosevelt meet as working men when Roosevelt’s train arrives at Backfoot. A laborer asks to shake hands, and Roosevelt replies that both are toilers with shared interests. The governor emphasizes that most people are workers and deserve common concerns.
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Roosevelt
Idaho Statesman
Emperor of China Degrades Four Princes in Edict
Pekin dispatch reports an edict issued at Sinan Fu on September 25 blaming the emperor for sparking a clash with foreign powers by backing Boxers. Three Manchu princes lose rank. Prince Tuan, Duke San, and the censorate chief face punishment. Other officials are to be punished as directed by the tribunal. The edict is seen as inadequate for harsher foes in exile.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Sinan Fu
Tuan
Duke San
Yang Yi
Board of Punishment
Chao Shu Chiao
Board of Civil Offices
Shansi
Tung Fuh Siang
Tornado devastates Biwabik Minnesota with fatal toll
A violent late evening tornado cut a 150 foot wide path through Biwabik wrecking multiple buildings. Nine killed and scores injured, with extensive mining property damage including the Duluth Mesaba and Northern railway engine house. Remnants threaten nearby Pike Lake Flemish settlement and mine pits flooded by rain.
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Biwabik
Minn
Pike Lake
Marowitz
William Hilstrom
Duluth, Mesaha & Northern Railway
Murray
Anderson
Duluth
Conference of Strike Leaders in Hazelton Sets Stage for End of Miners Strike
At Hazelton Pennsylvania a United Mine Workers conference of leaders including President Mitchell and district chiefs meets amid talks of a joint convention in Scranton. They discuss representation and a possible ten percent wage increase while aiming to unify an annual wage scheme and end the four week long strike.
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Hazelton
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Fred Dilcher
Ohio
T. D. Nichols
Lackawanna
Wyoming Valleys
James Duffy
Lehigh Valley
John Fahey
Schuykill Valley
Scranton
Red Cross plea for lumber and shelter in Galveston storm
Miss Clara Barton appeals to U S manufacturers and dealers in lumber hardware builders materials and business men nationwide to donate materials for housing the storm survivors. She notes 8000 or more homeless in Galveston and surrounding areas with winter imminent and tents ineffective.
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Galveston
Clara Barton
National Red Cross Society
United States
Johnstown
General Relief Committee
Red Cross
Fears a Spanish Revolution in Madrid Speech
Madrid October 6 Senor Romero y Robledo former minister of justice under Canovas del Castillo stirred the capital with a violent speech on Spain political and economic woes He warned revolution would be inevitable if the current state persists While loyal to monarchial principles he hinted at supporting the Republican cause in certain eventualities He praised the Union Nacional a broad movement pushing drastic reforms in public administration and economics in public service
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Madrid
Senor Romero Y Robledo
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Spain
Union National
Boundary Dispute Settled Between Nations
Managua Nicaragua Oct 7 The special commissioners appointed by Nicaragua and Honduras to fix the boundary have concluded their work amicably with a satisfactory result for both governments President Zelaya and the cabinet prepare to return to Managua after a two week visit to the city of Jola
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Managua
Nicaragua
Honduras
Zelaya
Congress
Jola
Boers Retreat from Pilgrims Rest Reported
A Pietermaritzburg correspondent estimates that 4000 to 5000 Boers have retreated from Pilgrims Rest northeast of Lydenburg. They abandoned four Long Toms and twenty two other guns as their Long Tom ammunition nears exhaustion.
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London
Iit
Pietermaritzburg
Lydenburg
Sheriff Issues Ultimatum to Striking Marchers
Philadelphia Oct 7 Sheriff Harvey of Luzerne County via President Mitchell delivered an ultimatum to marching strikers. He says he has been lenient but they must refrain from marching or face consequences. Mitchell vows to help keep the peace.
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Philadelphia
Harvey
Luzerne County
Mitchell
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