Fashoda Dispute War Talks and British Readiness
Headlines detail French yellow book on Fashoda siting with Velcasse and press reaction in Paris. London reports warrant for six destroyers and vital ships to sea, plus Halifax mobilization orders as part of growing tension. Second note mentions American Spain Cuba talks and Merritt marriage plans. A mix of unrelated anecdotes follows with light humor and oddities.
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Wheat 18 Easier as War Fears Hold Market
October 24 report shows wheat futures easing after an initial dip due to fears of sudden war developments. December opened near the prior price, then rose on shorts narrowing supply, with New York noting little export demand and more selling pressure. The article also covers a series of brief items including a shooting in Middlesboro, oath of allegiance in San Juan, a quiet race riot in Wilmington, and various political and social notes from across the country.
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Evacuation of Porto Rico Completed by Spanish Troops
Washington Oct 24 The Navy Department reports the final departure of Spanish troops from Porto Rico with the sailing of the last detachments yesterday. Ben Juan Oct 28 Secretary of the Navy notes the island is vacated and under U S control as General Schley confirms the completion of the evacuation.
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Chain of rails strike halts east division trains
News from Newil Colorado Springs reports no freight trains running on the east division of the Colorado Midland due to a crew dispute over a three engine train. Hobson is en route to Philadelphia for a peace jubilee with a heavy schedule planned. Additional dispatches note telegraph line trials in Porto Rico under US War Department control and a Kansas City appearance by Frank James as his nephew's trial looms. Local items cover temperance convention in Poplar Bluff, a Presbyterian pledge to prohibition, and a Guthrie homicide.
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Wide variety of early 20th century dispatches report near misses and notices
General Wood narrowly escaped a disaster when a green engineer near the water boiler could have caused tragedy aboard a launch near Santiago. A Spanish naval gift cruiser Rio de la Plata is being built in Havre to be presented to Spain by Argentine Spanish residents. The National Council of Women opened its executive meeting in Omaha with Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Anna Shaw among attendees. Fourteen soldiers died since October 15 per Otis dispatch. Quarantine lifted at Memphis and several Arkansas towns, and Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain resumed ticket sales. The Navy dismissed Chaplain McIntyre for remarks criticizing Sampson at a Denver lecture.
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Coal Firms Strained by Rail Car Shortage in Southeast Kansas
Southeast Kansas coal companies report booming orders due to the Illinois strike but face railroad car shortages. Weir City Durkee Coal manager Durkee says he must halt road sales, with 500 cars of coal on order but unavailable. Generating reader interest, the item notes broader regional impacts on supply.
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Supreme Court OKs Joint Traffic Association Case
Washington Oct 24 the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the government against railroads in the Joint Traffic association case declaring railroad joint action illegal under antitrust law. The decision, by Justice Peckham with five agreeing, holds railroads as semi public and subject to federal regulation, though three justices dissented on that point.
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Letter From Santiago Describes Sick Soldiers
A letter from Lillian M. Kratz writing from a military hospital in Santiago, describing conditions for sick soldiers. She notes light and air, meals and comforts, and says troops are treated well given circumstances. Also mentions Episcopal bishops discussing Christian education and the role of public schools and church schools in the north.
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Markets by Wire Kansas City Live Stock Oct 64 Markets
Kansas City live stock market reports show receipts and prices across categories including hogs cattle and sheep with flat to steady or mixed moves. Grain and Chicago livestock figures follow with higher or slower trends across wheat corn oats and butterfat notes.
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Pension Agency Allowances and Racial Lore
Washington October 24 Acting Secretary of the Interior Ryan has requisitioned treasury funds for pension agency allowances totaling Indianapolis 2700000 Knoxville Tenn 1900000 Louisville Ky 1450000 Topeka Kan 3500000 The article then veers into lengthy moral commentary on negroes and stereotypes, quoting National Review and discussing race teaching in schools, plus a separate note on glycerin and foreordination with Bradford Pa Era observations.
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