Peace talks in Paris reveal Merritt views and Faure welcome
American peace commissioners confer with General Merritt and Rear Admiral Dewey on Philippines conditions. Porter's dinners host both commissions. Faure receives the Spanish and American plenipotentiaries at the Elysee, with a cable from McKinley. La Patrie cites Corero J Jaenz on a broader European role for the United States after peace. Emperor of China plot details stay murky.
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Paris
Merritt
Dewey
Philippine Islands
Lotero Rios
Senor Rios
le Petit Bleu
Cuba
Philippines
The
Petit Bleu
United States
Horace Porter
Porter
United Sates
Faure
Elysee Palace
Senor Leon Y. Castillo
France
American Peace Commission
President Faure
General Porter
Court of Honor
Grand Salon
Judge Day
United States Commission
McKinley
Spain
Lafayette
Washington
Day
Orient
Russia
Germany
England
Japan
América
Young Emperor of China Drained It at a Gulp
London dateline reports from Shanghai that the Pekin correspondent describes a dramatic incident involving the young emperor of China. Details appear in dispatches highlighting rapid events and political implications.
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Young Emperor of China
London
Shanghai
Pekin
Emperor Francis Joseph Returns as Political Crisis Deepens
Vienna reports the emperor’s surprise return from Schoenbrunn after Empress Elizabeth’s funeral. He conferences with cabinet head Count Von Thun, fueling talk of ministry resignations as anti German demonstrations flare in Hungary. A clash near Deputy Zdenko Schuecker’s villa Hyde stones and windows. police intervene to avert riot.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Schoenbdrunn
Waldsee
Elizabeth
Austria
Schoenbrunn
Reichsrath
Count von Thun
Egers
Hungary
Zdenko Schuecker
Wood proposes retroactive city tax for Santiago de Cuba
Gen. Wood announces a plan to inaugurate municipal taxation retroactive to Sept. 1, aiming to raise about 150000 per month for local improvements. He says water costs are high, will bore artesian wells, and build boulevards to expand the city while avoiding undue tax burden. A mixed American and Cuban committee will study legal steps, with Gen Calixto Garcia seeking Washington support to disband the Cuban army. Wood departs for Manzanillo evacuation, continuing Spanish authority duties. Col Ray notes 70 percent of his regiment sick from lack of fresh beef.
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Santiago de Cuba
Wood
Customs House
Santiago
Gen. Wood
Calixto Garcia
Washington
Manzanillo
Col. Ray
Hobson's Mission Eyes Wrecks Vizcaya Colon Cuba
In Playa Del Este Cuba on October 4, Naval Constructor Hobson says calm seas favor divers to inspect the Vizcaya and Cristobal Colon wrecks. Plans call for carpenters to build a shore camp, wrecking crews transfer, air bags from Jamaica, and saving guns with a derrick. The Infanta Maria Teresa towed north by October 15.
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Playa del Estes
Cuba
Hobson
Vizcaya
Infanta Maria Teresa
Jamaica
Almirante Oquendo
Edgar
Sandoval
Vulcan
Fire in Hold Aboard Transport Obdam at Santiago Cuba
Fire erupted in the hold of the transport Obdam near Santiago Cuba on October 4. Officers and passengers praised the crew’s coolness while a cargo of ammunition raised explosion fears. Captain Barker mobilized 200 men to pump and control the blaze, which was likely caused by spontaneous combustion.
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Santiago
Cuba
Obdam
Barker
Turkey to be asked to indemnify American missionaries
President and Secretary Fay decide Turkey liable for damages to American missionaries and property from riots in Armenia over three years. State Department instructions will demand settlement or a proposition toward final settlement. Possible naval demonstration remains undecided.
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Washington, D. C
Turkey
Fay
Armenia
Angell
Porte
Hay
United States
England
Constantinople
Straus
Washington
Hus
State Department
Wheeler testimony highlights Santiago and Volkoff cases
Washington report on Oct 4 details Major General Joe Wheeler’s day on the war investigation stand. He cites Shafter’s efforts to protect troops, transport shortages, and seven days without tents, noting officers shared hardships and the rough coastal road conditions near Santiago.
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Washington, D. C
War Investigation Commission
Joe. Wheeler
Wheeler
Santiago
Volkoff
Shafter
Naval Orders Issued on October 4
Washington reports naval orders noting Turnbull retired and detached as senior board inspector at New York navy yard. Pillsbury named commander from August 10 at Boston navy yard. Gibson made senior member of inspection board at New York navy yard. Colby detached from Hannibal and assigned to inspector second lighthouse district in Boston. Green retired and sent home from Boston. Brownson’s command order for the Terror revoked.
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Washington
F. Turnbull
New York Navy Yard
J. E. Pillsbury
Aung
Boston Navy Yard
Comerusher
W. C. Gibson
New York Navy Yar
H. G. Colby
Boston
F. M. Green
W. H. Brownson
Refund Guarantee Card for Greene's Syrup of Tar
A printed card from G. C. Brock & Co and partners guarantees refunds on Greene's Syrup of Tar. A fifty cent bottle is promised to cure colds or coughs, with a twenty five cent bottle to prove satisfaction or no pay. Listed firms include Osgood Ellingwood and Co, Butler, Blanchard, and others in Middlesex Central and Middlesex.
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Greene
G. C. Brock & Co
Geo. C. Osgood
M. D. Ellingwood & Co
Central and
Middlesex
J. H. Butler & Co
Co. F. Blanchard
Engraving Services Offer Low Estimates and Quality
The Courier-Citizen offers low engraving estimates matching top firms in New York and Boston. See latest styles for personal and calling cards note heads monograms and more. Prompt service guaranteed.
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Courier-Citizen Company
New York
Boston
Empress of Austria at Sassetot in Normandy in 1875
The Empress and Archduchess Valerie arrived July 31 1875 at the Sassetot château in Normandy to take sea baths prescribed by her physician. She bathed 36 times over two months paying 2000 francs. She rode unaccompanied, spoke kindly to locals, and supported the poor, while her entourage spent freely. An accident on Sept 18 nearly ended her outings. she recovered and shortly after left Sassetot. The Empress later funded a relief subscription after the master bather drowned saving a swimmer.
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Austria
Normandy
Caux
Sassetot
Valerie
Pentes-Dalles
Rouen
Petites- Dalles
Chateau
Castle
Sasseto
Paris
Figaro
Hull House as a Model of Social Democracy in Chicago
Forrest Crissey highlights Hull house with twenty one afternoon clubs for children and eighteen evening clubs for families, plus classes, a 400 member children’s choral group, a sixty pupil kindergarten, and a large day nursery. The work supports residents, neighbors, and friends, focusing on intelligence, social democracy, and higher living. Hull house welcomes thousands weekly, with daily dances and weekly social events, notably Jane club activities. Dean's Ointment offers one remedy for skin itchiness.
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Hull House
Forrest Crissey
October Woman’s Home Companion
Jane Club
America
Probate Court Notice in Middlesex for John King Estate
To the heir at law and all interested in the estate of John King late of Lowell. A will is presented for probate by Charles M. Williams who seeks letters testamentary without bond. Court in Lowell, October 18, 1898 at 9 am to show cause why probate should not be granted. Public notice to be printed weekly for three weeks in Lowell Daily Courier and mailed to known parties at least seven days before the hearing.Witness Charles J. Intire Judge and Folsom Registrar dated September 20, 1898.
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Middlesex
John King
Lowell
Charles M. Williams
Lowell Daily Courier
Charles J. Intire
Esquire
Folsom
Register
Sarah Anderson
Charles Sanderson
Charles J. McIntire
S. H. Folsom
Tax Collector warns Lowell residents on 1895 poll tax notices
Assessors announce tax bills for Lowell 1895 at City Hall. Poll taxes due with 7 percent interest after October 29. Delinquent notices and warrants to be issued, with extended evening hours from October through December to aid payment. Taxpayers urged to retain bills and bring them to payment to avoid reissuing.
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Commonwealth
Lowell
Ofice
Charles F. Coburn
City of
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