World News Briefs Reach Across Oceans and Continents
A garbled international update notes tensions with Venezuela, Japanese emigration limits, and naval movements near Amoy and Magdalena Bay. It mentions Boston anti-collusion actions, Governor Pattison’s case in Tennessee, a California school incident, and Rockefeller planning future development. Reports of political shifts, labor leaders, and Prohibition debates accompany updates on fires, a murder case, and a long voyage race between two ships.
Russia Alerts On Annexation Fears and Balkan Moves
Russia warns against Austrian expansion as Berlin talks with M Iswolsky and Prince von Buelow continue. Russian officials see Austria seeking more territory while the planned international congress awaits Germany's full consent.
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Russia
Austria
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Berlin
M. Is. Wolsky
Prince von Buelow
Germany
M. Iswolsky
Novoe Vremya
Khomykoff
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
May Fair Reception in Amoy Clouded by Plot
Chinese officials fear a revolutionary plot to assassinate high leaders during the public reception for the American fleet. Viceroy Song arrives aboard Hai Yung as strict security measures and orderly arrangements are set to host officers and men, amid typhoon damage and revised entertainment plans.
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Song
Fukien
Hai Yung
Seven Cholera Cases Reported in Manila
Seven new cholera cases were recorded in Manila for the day ending Sunday night. Officials attribute the rise to weekend gatherings and feasts. The health department says the situation is under control and may tighten restrictions on crowds and dangerous foods. Cockpits in suburban areas are blamed for difficulty in monitoring food sales.
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Manila
Health Department
Sheep perish in Canadian storm as three flee
Donald Cameron a sheepherder and two others were forced to abandon their sheep after a severe storm. Cameron died after 60 hours without sleep or nourishment while the other two reached safety at Medicine Hat after trains resumed from the East.
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Medicine Hat
Saskatchwan
United States
Donald Cameron
Cameron
Mine Fire Overcomes Company Executive In Cannonaburg
H P Jones general manager of Pittsburg Buffalo company was overcome by smoke while directing firefighting at the Hazel mine near Cannonaburg Pa. Three shifts of 50 men each battled the blaze but intense heat limited work to five minutes at a time. Firefighting crews hoped to regain control by tomorrow.
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Cannonaburg
Pittsburg- Buffalo
Hazel
Here
H. P. Jones
Revolt In Corea Near End As Insurgents Dwindle
Tokio reports the Corea insurrection is practically ended with troops still on duty and insurgents reduced to a disorderly element. Two thirds of the Japanese in North China will be withdrawn in a few days.
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Corea
Tokio
Corea Ia
China
Internal Revenue Opposes Grape Wine Use in Medicines
The internal revenue bureau rejects California grape growers’ bid to overturn a March 25 1908 ruling that bars fortified American Sweet wines in proprietary medicines. Officials warn reversal would violate law and cut government revenue by replacing taxed spirits with non taxable wines and brandy. Commissioner Capers has received support from Senator Perkins and California trade groups urging reversal.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
California
Capers
Perkins
Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association of California
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
San Francisco
Rainbow Leads Gun Boat Squadron in Navy Practice
Scores from target and battle practice show all records broken. The Rainbow topped the gun boat squadron, surpassing the Wilmington, the current trophy holder, with results not yet released to the public.
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Manila
Navy Department
Washington
Rainbow
Wilmington
Deep Channel Project Promises Fast Payback
Illinois aims to build a deep water channel in six years and repay the $20,000,000 bond from water power earnings in 11 years. Engineer Lyman E. Cooley says voter approval next Tuesday would create a strong public investment with high returns.
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Chicago
Illinois
Lyman E. Cooley
Navy Yard at Mare Island gets push for big appropriation
Rear Admiral Richard C. Holliday chief of the bureau of yards and docks left Mare Island Cal for Washington after an official inspection. He indicated he will ask Congress for a large appropriation to develop the navy yard when the winter session begins.
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Navy Yard
Mare Island
Mare Island Navy Yard
Cal
Richard C. Holliday
Bureau of Yards and Docks
United States Navy
Washington
Holliday
Congress
Negro Soldier seeks Supreme Court hearing on Reid case
Attorneys for Oscar W. Reid, one of the Black soldiers discharged over the Brownsville affair, asked the Supreme Court to advance the hearing of his case. The decision stood against Reid in the U S Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Washington
Oscar W. Reid
Brownsville
Supreme Court
Reid
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
Willet to Stay at Yard During Dodd Court Martial
A telegram from the Navy department in Washington orders Paymaster P. J. Willet to remain at the navy yard until Lieutenant E. H. Dodd's court martial concludes. The hearing will be completed as rapidly as possible.
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Willet
Dodd
Mare Island Navy Yard
Cal
Navy Department
Washington
P. J. Willet
Navy Yard
E. H. Dodd
Chester Completes Endurance Test At Sea
Newport R I Oct 27 The cruiser Chester arrived after two days of endurance testing off the coast. She exceeded contract speed by logging 23 knots for 12 hours with winds over 40 mph and 26 knots for four hours under milder conditions.
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Newport
R. J
Chester
Buffalo Leaves Bremerton For Mare Island Then Panama
The auxiliary cruiser Buffalo arrived Saturday with a draft of enlisted men for the cruiser Charleston. It will depart today for Mare Island and then proceed to the Panama transit. The ship makes regular trips between Pacific coast yards and the isthmus, carrying service men and naval supplies.
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Buffalo
Bremerton
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Wash
Charleston
Mare Island
Panama
Pacific Coast Yards
Isthmus
Mining Stock Tabooed in Government Survey
Washington October 29. George Otis Smith director of the geological survey bans members from owning stock in any mining company whose property lies in the United States or Alaska to avoid estoppel or evasion of legal requirements.
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Washington
George Otis Smith
The
Geological Survey
Survey
United States
Alaska
Cabinet Meeting Short Handed
Washington reports a brief cabinet session with only the treasury secretary present as other members campaign for Judge Taft while Secretary Metcalf is ill.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Taft
Metcalf
Verdict of compromise in land fraud conspiracy trial
The DC Criminal Court judge took under advisement motions for new trials for Frederick A. Hyde and Joost Schneider after their spring convicción in a land fraud conspiracy. Defense argued jurors struck a compromise by trading votes to acquit Dimond. prosecution claimed daily compromise verdicts.
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Washington
Frederick A. Hyde
Joost
Schneider
West
Justice Stafford
Criminal Court of
District of Columbia
Hyde
Benson
Dimond
Plans for greater navy expand ships and bases
The president plans to ask Congress in his annual message to grant four battleships yearly. He will push for more funds for Pearl Harbor base and Hawaiian coastal defenses, Mare Island facilities, and the Guantanamo base near the Panama Canal.
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Washington
Congress
Pear Harbor
Hawaiian
Mare Island
Guantanamo
Navy Department
Panama Canal
Sailor Leave Curtailed in Manila Ahead of Fleet Arrival
Sailors of the American fleet face a 10 pm curfew on shore leave in Manila and are forbidden to drink water from native wells during the fleet stay. The first squadron arrives November 1, with the Emory-led second squadron expected November 8. Health officials aim to stamp out cholera but will not take risks.
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Manila
Emory
Amoy
China
President Roosevelt Turns 50 with Quiet White House Birthday
Washington reports President Roosevelt reached his fiftieth birthday on October 27 1888 born. No special observance noted beyond routine daily life with a birthday dinner at the White House attended by family and a few friends in the evening.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress Only Route to Reinstate Sanders
Secretary Wright said Congress must pass a special act to reinstate Mingo Sanders formerly sergeant of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, dismissed without honor for alleged participation in the Brownsville disorders. No executive action can reinstate him.
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Congress
Washington
Wright
Mingo Sanders
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Army
Brownsville
Congres
Wright Leaves Fort Meyer for Dayton in Recovering Health
Orville Wright will depart Fort Meyer hospital for Dayton Ohio on Saturday if his condition improves. His sister Catherine Wright has nursed him at the army hospital and will accompany him. Wright wishes to vote despite possible need to be carried to the polls.
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Wright
Washington
Orville Wright
Fort Meyer Hopital
Dayton
Ohio
Catherine Wright
Army Hospital
Warships Leave Yokohama for Manila and Amoy
Admiral Sperry reports the fleet departing Yokohama. The first squadron will return to Manila by October 31. The second squadron heads to Amoy, China, expected to arrive next Thursday.
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Japan
Washington
Navy Department
Sperry
Yokohama
Manila
Amoy
China
Frank Kiggins Dies Suddenly Chief Examiner of Civil Service
Frank Kiggins of Tennessee, chief examiner of the Civil Service Commission, died suddenly Monday from anaemic convulsions in Washington. John Kiggins of Vancouver, B C, is noted as a brother.
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Frank Kiggins
Washington
Tennessee
Civil Service Commission
John Kiggins
Vancouver
B. C
Treasury Buys Silver for New Orleans and Denver
The Treasury department bought 7,5000 ounces of silver for delivery at New Orleans and 60,000 ounces for delivery at Denver at 51,670 cents per fine ounce. The purchase reflects government action to secure silver supplies for specified regional deliveries.
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Washington
Treasury Department
New Orleans
Denver
Whistler Takes Command At Puget Sound Fort Worden
Whistler assigns to Fort Worden Washington and assumes command of the artillery district of Puget Sound in late October. Colonel Garland N Whistler leads the post and district during ongoing coastal defense operations.
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Whistler
Fort Worden
Washington
Garland N. Whistler
Wash
Puget Sound
Rural Carrier Appointments for Oakland Route
Rural carriers at Oatland Washington announce K L Thornton named regular and Jeremiah L Thornton as substitute on the Oakland Oregon route.
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Oatland
Washington
K. L. Thornton
Jeremiah L. Thornton
Oakland
Ore
Mining Congress Called for 11th Annual Convention in Pittsburg
The American Mining congress executive committee issued the call for the 11th annual convention in Pittsburg from December 2 to 5 1908. It aims to press for a bureau of mines, miner safety investigations, mining stock scrutiny, federal aid for schools, rare mineral resources, and unified state mining laws. A coal mine gas testing plant will be featured, with open forums and invitations to the president, governors, and commercial leaders.
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Denver
American Mining Congress
Pittsburg
Bureau of Mines
United States Senate
Congress
United States
Enormous Loss In Coal From Cotton Lockout
London reports 500 idle mills cut engine coal use by 700000 tons weekly, costing about 1500000 dollars in lost trade each week. Oldham town centers the impact with 20 of 320 mills operating, affecting shopkeepers and dressmakers as relief meetings plan aid.
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London
Oldham
Gambling Wins in Reno City Election
Reno votes on a license ban for gambling games with about 3,100 ballots cast. The gambling element wins by a margin of 566 votes, defeating the anti gambling ordinance despite a two month campaign. The result keeps Reno wide open and shifts focus to state level action in the upcoming legislative session.
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Reno
Anti-Gambling League
Moros Battle With Laborers At Mindanao Plantation
Nine Filipino laborers and their American superintendent were killed when Moros attacked the Shepherds sugar plantation near Iligan Mindanao last week. Laborers repulsed the assault in a final rally, with Moros reported to have about 20 killed and many wounded.
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Manila
Shepherda
Iligan
Mindanao
Blizzard Kills Thousands of Sheep Herders Missing
In Rio Arriba County near Santa Fe New Mexico twenty thousand sheep perished in a three day blizzard with snow five to ten feet deep on the Cum br es range. Six herders are missing and believed frozen to death.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Cumbres
Rio Areiba
Here
Nicaragua in Shattered Wake of Last Night Storm
A great storm has swept Nicaragua from yesterday morning with heavy losses reported. Tel and telephone lines are down and railroads damaged, making full extent of devastation unknown from Managua on October 26.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Laurier Wins Big In Ontario Conservatives Fall Short
Ottawa Oct 27 results from across Canada show Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Liberals likely to form the next government with a large parliamentary majority. Ontario did not meet Conservative hopes as most seats stayed Liberal while Nova Scotia and Quebec shifted support. Borden wins Halifax by a solid margin. Inland Revenue Minister Templeton loses by five votes.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Canada
Dominion
Rouville
South York
Wilfrid Laurier
Quebec
Ontario
Nova Scotia
R. L. Borden
Halifax
William Templeton
Victoria
B. C
Inland Revenue
Night Rider Arrests Increase at Camp Reno Tennessee
Fourteen prisoners were brought into Camp Reno at Reel Foot Lake Tennessee on October 27 in connection with night rider outrages. Total in custody now stands at 61 as three mounted scouting parties operate locally. Major R E Martin leads a detachment prepared to search Obion tonight.
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Reno
Reel Foot Lake
Tenn
R. E. Martin
Obion
Tattam
Union City
Samburg
Inspectors finish Star of Bengal wreck testimony
San Francisco reporters say hull and boiler inspectors completed testimony on the Star of Bengal wreck off the Alaskan coast in which 111 lives were lost. Captain Wagner accuses tug captains of cowardice for cutting loose the Bengal and awaits the inspectors ruling likely influencing federal grand jury action.
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San Francisco
Star of Bengal
Wagner
Bengal
United States District Attorney of
Alaska
Hattie Gage
Will forged signature in Ambrose Burbank estate case
In New York a handwriting expert testified that a signature on a will disposing of about 31 million was forged. The will of Ambrose Burbank, who died in 1904, is at issue in the suit brought by Caleb H. Burbank, his nephew and executor, who is residuary legatee and also receives a direct bequest of 600000.
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New York
Ambrose Burbank
Alfred H. Hamilton
Auburn
N. Y
Caleb H. Burbank
United States
Monument to President Harrison Unveiled in Indianapolis
A parade and ceremonies mark the unveiling of the Benjamin Harrison memorial in Indianapolis. Vice President Fairbanks will preside with speakers including John L. Griffiths the American consul to Liverpool and General John W. Noble former secretary of the interior.
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Harrison
Indianapolis
Benjamin Harrison
Fairbanks
John L. Griffiths
Liverpool
John W. Noble
St. Louis
Interior
Venezuela-Holland dispute seen as Castro bluff
Willemstad reports letters saying Venezuela expects a quick settlement with Holland. The refusal of President Castro to revoke the May 14 decree is viewed as a bluff to distract attention from the revolutionists.
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Castro
Willemstad
Pse
Venezuela
Holland
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