Indians Accept Bacon Terms After Viking Pillagers Crisis
MINNEAPOLIS Minn A Walker dispatch reports a council with Chippewas where Gen Bacon urged Pillagers to surrender those with warrants and return to the agency Runners were sent to notify hostiles Officials in Washington suggest the Minnesota uprising may be over but warn against assumptions The Fourth Infantry at Columbus Barracks is available to assist and both regiments stand ready to move at a moment’s notice
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Minneapolis
Minn
Walker
Bacon
Wasn Hingvon
War Department
Interior Department
Minnesota
Adjt
Corbin
Fourth Infantry
Columbus Barracks
Duluth
Bog-Ah-Ma-Ge-Shig
Friendly Dinner in Cuba Between U S and Spanish Commissions
United States Evacuation Commission hosted a luncheon for the Spanish evacuation commission at Hotel Trocha el Evado in Havana. Twenty eight officials attended with a banner color centerpiece. Speeches avoided politics and subsequent conversations remained cordial as escorts saw the Spaniards to the station.
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United States Evacuation Commission
Havana
Trocha el Evado
Camp Hamilton Outbreak Suppressed by Prompt Measures
In Lexington Kentucky a mob from the Thirteenth New York regiment formed night of the killing of a private by Provost Guard Kitchen. Four hundred to eight hundred men mobbed a train aiming to reach town and loot the county jail to lynch Kitchen. Gen Wiley and Col Leonard halted the uprising with radical rapid action. Jail guarded and city provost force doubled. quiet restored by midnight.
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Lexington
New York Regiment
Camp Hamilton
Kitchen
Wiley
Col. Leonard
Spanish Prisoners Blamed For Harvard Riot
Col Dudley reports to the secretary of war on the Harvard incident after the Santiago naval fight. About 500 of 690 Spanish prisoners were aboard under Massachusetts and Michigan guards. A riot broke out and soldiers shot several Spaniards. Dudley blames the Spanish prisoners rather than American officers.
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Harvard
Washington
Col. Dudley
Secretary of War
Santiago
Massachusetts
Michigan
Col
Dudley
Botkin extradition writs and naval news mix in parade of 1900s items
Gov Budd signs Botkin extradition warrant. Judge Hawley missing delays habeas corpus bid. Admiral John Carson Febiger dies at 77 near Easton. A G Widber convicted of embezzlement. sentencing next Saturday. Chaplain McIntyre court martial verdict due for release. Albert Perkey shot dead near Ottawa fair. Fred Winkler arrested. Ernst Lambert fails for one million pounds. Dr Nancy Guilford extradition sought from London. Winnie Davis no successor chosen by Virginia Confederate veterans.
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Gov. Budd
San Francisco
Botkin
rcIntyre
Denyen
McIntyre
Washington
American Tobacco Purchases Drummond Plant for 3 475 590
The American Tobacco Company bought the Drummond Tobacco Company plant in St. Louis for 3 475 590 in cash. Certified checks drawn to Harrison S Drum mond were delivered by 6 pm Saturday. The sale included real estate buildings stock in trade and goodwill. no stock was exchanged. Possession was taken immediately and operations began under new management Monday morning.
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American Tobacco Company
St. Louis
Drummond Tobacco Company
Farlee
Harrison S. Drummond
Drummond Company
Drummond
Two Suspects Shot Dead While Resisting Arrest
Howard Clark, wanted in Louisville for murder and burglary, and Mattie Mallory were killed on the Indiana side of the Ohio River when officers from Owensboro closed in after Clark tied his skiff and fled. The pair opened fire, both were armed, and were killed in the ensuing gun battle.
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Howard Clark
Mattie Mallory
Indiana
Oweensporo
Louisville
Here
Clark
Hefferman
Ohio
Owensboro
Wreck in Omaha Yards Kills Waiter and Wounds Six
A freight collision with a passenger train in the Elkhorn yards injures six and leaves a dining car waiter dead. The crash occurred on a downgrade as the freight failed to stop on the assumed clear track.
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Omawa
Elkhorn Yards
Suits Move Against Elevator Lessees After Fatal Fire
The Union elevator fire that killed fourteen prompts large suits against Paddock, Hodge & Co. as coroner's findings show prior warnings. Insurance groups threaten to withdraw policies and contest $800,000 in claimed payments.
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Teixpo
Ohio
Union Elevator
Paddock, Hodge & Co
Withdraw from Crete Tugs to British Demands
Ismail Bey civil governor of Crete reports the sultan will withdraw Ottoman troops as demanded by Great Britain Russia France and Italy. The powers on February 5 presented a collective note to the Porte requiring a withdrawal and an answer within one week.
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Canea
Island of
Ismail Bey
Mussulmans
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
Porte
Spanish Reinforcements Reach Singapore for Philippines
Rear Admiral Dewey reports Spanish troops have arrived at Singapore bound for the Philippines to reinforce the garrison in the Nisayas islands. The Buenos Ayres transport reportedly carries munitions of war, raising questions on imminent offensive action versus defense amid hostilities with insurgents.
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Singapore
Dewey
Washington
Navy Department
Philippines
Nisayas Islands
Luzon
Spain
Admiral Dewey
Buenos Ayres
Disarm Miners Ordered by Lieut. Governor
Sheriff of Carlinville Illinois received orders from Lieut. Gov. Northcott to disarm about 2000 striking miners who have controlled Virden and to drive them from town limits. He may visit Virden if needed and is to swear in farmers as deputies. Manager Lukins and 32 deputies remain in the stockade awaiting Alabama workers. The sheriff says he cannot control the strikers.
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Carlinville
Carlinvilee
Ill
Northcott
Virden
Lukins
Alabama
Delagoa Bay Talks Delayed to 1899 Amid US Demands
Lisbon dispatch reports the Delagoa Bay negotiations postponed to 1899 as the United States presses Portugal to strictly honor the agreement preventing alienation of Lorengo Marquese railroad harbor and public lands until the pest award is finished. The US interest ties to the estate of the late American Col. McMurdo.
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Delagoa Bay
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Lisbon
Portugal
United States
Lorengo Marquese
Col. McMurdo
Morgan in Washington Eyes Territorial Hawaii Report
Senator Morgan of the Hawaiian commission arrived in Washington and said a committee would meet around November 20 to prepare a report for the president and Congress. He refused to discuss specifics but supported a territorial form of government without stating the exact plan. In Santiago de Cuba the US transport Berlin arrived from Ponce carrying 176 convalescents with some typhoid relapses. the ship will depart after discharging army supplies.
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Washington
Hawaiian Commission
Congress
Santiago DE Cuba
United States
Berlin
Ponce
Evacuation Order Urges Puerto Rico by October 18
The president directs the United States commission in Porto Rico to evacuate the island on or before October 18 and to inform the Spanish commission. If the Spaniards fail to complete evacuation by that date, the U S commission is directed to take possession.
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Wasuin Gron
United States
United State Commission
Porto Rico
United States Commission
Convalescent western soldiers arrive at Dearborn station
One convalescent group from Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa arrives at Dearborn station under Lieuts Whiting and Wilson. Another report from Jacksonville Florida says no yellow fever cases in Florida this year according to State Health Officer Porter.
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Tlighty
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Dearborn Station
Jaccksonville
J.B. Whiting
Wilson
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Porter
Tampa
Market Quotations from City and State Fairs
A compact report lists live cattle hogs and sheep prices across cities from Chicago to New York, with grain and dairy quotes. It records varying grades and prices for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes in several markets including Annapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with ranges and averages.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Battle on Bear Island sparks calls for troops in Minnesota
Reports describe a two day clash at Bear Island Lake Leech where Major Wilkinson, Sergeant Cobb, six soldiers, two friendly Indians and many Pillagers died or were wounded. Indians retreat through pine trees and rumor of reinforcements spreads as Deer River and Walker fear a wider war. The War Department orders three more Minnesota companies and a liaison with agency leaders.
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Bear Island Lake Leech
Chird Infantry
Wilkinson
Cobb
Deer River
Ball Club Lake
Leech Lake
Walker
Tinker
Secretary of the Interior
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Harbach
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Bear Lake
Cass
Red Lakes
Minnesota
War Department
St. Paul
Minnesota Volunteers
Fear an uprising as Indians threaten Minnesota towns
Panicky crowds along the Northern Pacific line from St Paul to Brainerd flock to trains seeking war news. The Fourteenth Minnesota volunteers gear up at St Paul while residents urge Washington for 1000 troops to stop possible slaughter near Leech Lake and Cass Lake.
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Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Brainerd
Leech Lake
Fourteenth
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
Washington
Bear Island
Cass Lake
Troops to Protect Settlers in Leech Lake District
Minnesota artillery batteries A and B were ordered to Walk er in the Leech Lake district to protect settlers fearful of Pillager Indian attacks. The units carry Gatling guns, rifled cannon, Napoleon field guns, sabers, carbines, rifles and ammunition under Captains Bennett and Avery. Soldiers fought bravely under fire, praised by Gen. Bacon. Captain Wilkinson killed nobly. A Ky storekeeper claims a giant woman’s shoe, and Ohio villagers saved from fire by a bucket brigade in Incasville.m
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Leech Lake District
Walker
Incasville
Ohio
Murder of Saxton in Canton shocks city
Gropeny Saxton, brother of Mrs. Marine President's wife, was shot near his home in Canton Ohio. A widow, Mrs. Bya B. Althouse, is held on suspicion of the murder as investigators compare witnesses and trace a long era of disputes over Saxton's property. Police report Saxton had faced legal and domestic tensions, with several suits involving his wife and her former husband.
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Ohio
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Cers
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