Eruptions, politics, and empire in a chaotic world
Mount Vesuvius erupts as global tensions surge worldwide. Prince Chine completes a mission while Abdul Hamid’s health declines. Ali Joseph Dimedale wins London's Lord Mayor race amid banking ties unraveling. War rumors flare as Can tro readies for conflict with Columbia. A sprawling broadcast across nations notes diplomacy, reforms, and colonial shifts with a backdrop of upheaval.
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Vesuvius
Prince Chine
Tiert Mony
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Eid
Ali Joseph Dimedale
London
Massacre in Philippines and Alaska mine finds reported
Telegraph reports brutal killings of American soldiers by Filipino forces near Balangiga with many bodies mutilated and a town leader said to have led the attack. In Alaska, investigators uncover ancient mining works in the Kougerok district near Nome with stone drains and rock coffers indicating long history of Russian involvement.
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Manila American
Baloogiga
Samar
Ninth
States Infantry
Aenault
Isaac T. Deuray
Eleventh Infantry
Contell
Kougerok
Nome
Alusia
Use of the Mails Denied Anarchist Paper
Mayor Marrano of Chicago orders police to block Emma Goldman conducted activities for the Free Society. Abraham Isaak, Free Society editor, denied use of U S mails to distribute the paper. Also notes warnings about quarantine and Japanese treatment and a Dublin Irish League meeting where William O Brien sends a letter of apology for absence.
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Marrano
Chicago
Ena Goldman
Herrlaon
Emma Goldman
Sbarchist
Free Society
Coolgess
Abraham Isaak
United States
Souls Work
Dirien
Edward
United Irish League
Dublin
William O'Brien
M. P
Reland
League
Arma
England
Montana man lynched for outraging girl
James Edward Brady, an ex convict, was hanged at Haymarket square after being identified as the man who abducted and assaulted two year old Ida Puglesey in Helens. About 200 men gathered, forcibly obtaining the jail keys, and Brady appealed that he was wrongfully accused before the mob hanged him. The child had been missing five hours and later told of the atrocity.
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James Edward Brady
Ida Pogaley
Helens
Tom
Haymarket
Lavoy
Noward
Montane Central Railroad
Hrady
Pugsley
Aon
Quemadon
Havana
E. Beda
Hospitag Corpa
Seventeen Miners Die in Explosion at Wellington Collier Pit
Seventeen men are dead after a fire and explosion at Victoria BC’s Wellington Colliers No 2 mine. Flames leaped from a curtain sparked by a miner lamp, trapping workers as rescue teams searched the slope. Explosions continued through the afternoon and evening as crews fought to reach the doomed miners.
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Wellington Colliers Company
Victoria
Manlal
Rebels and College Hazing Sit In at Columbia NY
Columbia University students in New York rebel against hazing resolutions imposed by faculty last year. Amid weakened classes campus leaders impose stricter rules on freshmen as upperclass privileges are curtailed. President Seth Low issues a note urging undergraduates to uphold the resolutions and continue cooperation.
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Colombia University
New York
Argu
Ani
Seth Low
Textile officials in Fall River mull strike as talks stall
Fall River textile leaders threaten to strike after the Manufacturers' Association refuses a 5 percent wage advance. Textile council says a citywide walkout could affect 100,000 workers, with action set to begin Monday if no concession is reached.
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State Thousand
Fall River
Muse
Textile
Mass
Manufacturers’ Association
Textle Council
Indian Tension and Smallpox Stir Mille Lacs County
Sheriff Claggett reports serious unrest among Mille Lacs Indians, with smallpox rampant and a threatened clash between settlers and native groups. Authorities had moved to curb the Todiacs from circulating among farmers, but were driven off after a threatening demonstration, as arrivals and conflict appear likely.
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Amietes Witt
Vaulet Rare Called Of Tuesday Race At Sea
The race between the Colombia and Shamrock II was called off on Tuesday due to not meeting the time limit. Shamrock II edged ahead briefly near the finish with a fortunate gust of wind. The drifting match lacked excitement throughout.
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Colombia
Geral Cortin to Marry in Washington on Nov sixth
Announcement states Major General H. C Corbis, adjutant general of the army, will wed Miss Edythe Patten in Washington on November six. The notice confirms the upcoming marriage of the high ranking officer and the bride in the capital city.
Fight Yellow Fever Enclosing That of Mixa Maus
Miss Clara A Maas, a nurse from Newark, N J, died in Havana after joining yellow fever experiments led by Dr Walter Reed. The article details mosquito transmission research and early field trials in Cuba, noting the role of mosquitoes in spreading the disease and the mixed results of immunity serums.
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Mixa Maus
Bowd
Havana
Clara A. Maas
Newark
N. J
Las Animas Hospital
Mane
Walter Read Lo
Herbert EB. Dortiam
Walter Myers
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Brazil
Clara A
Reed
Sannrelli
Hayang
Cuba
Houplaia
Miedhical Department
The
Army
Biatory
Porteites
Civilizations in Uganda progress with sewing skill
The New York Press notes rapid “civilization” of Uganda under King Dindi and his prime minister who now pursues plain sewing under missionary wives. A fourth birthday banquet for the king impressed British officials with orderly seating and English style service, followed by a cathedral thanksgiving where the congregation sang Onward, Christian Soldier.
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Uganda
Dindi
Dandi
Mengo
New York
Monga
Sir Arthur Sullivan
New York Press
The Misting Link From McClure's Magazine
A passage discusses southeastern A tle jungles and surrounding islands home to primitive humans and animal cohabitants. It argues the pithecanthropus existed about 270000 years ago, with 250 generations separating it from modern humans. It links early hominid history to the Last Glacial Epoch and notes 17000 generations since then.
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A‘tla
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