Indians May Move To Mexico Over Land Seizures
The Weekly Capital reports a planned emigration of Indians to Mexico next spring as U S laws take effect in the territory. A E Ivry, secretary of the association, says the movement is under way with Cherokee Choctaw representatives in Mexico. They fear losing homes and pledge to seek protection elsewhere if lands and government are taken.
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Mexico
Chelsea, I. T
United States
A. E. Ivry
Congress
Roller Skating Revival Opens Largest World Rink in Chicago
Roller skating, newly termed foot cycling, returns to Chicago with a grand opening under Olympian Club auspices at Tattersall’s on Thursday November 4. A large crew works on refurbishing the hall into a vast cycle skating academy spanning over 40 000 square feet.
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Chicago
Tattersall’s
Olympian Club
Warship Ordered To Coast Of Guatemala Amid Revolution
A telegraph from the U S representative in Guatemala City warns that revolutionary gains along Guatemala's eastern region risk American interests and citizens. The Navy orders the Detroit to sail from Florida toward Livingstone on the gulf coast to protect nationals. The Berlin leprosy conference concluded with consensus: bacillus causes leprosy, humans are the sole host, disease is contagious, and isolation of patients should be enforced, especially in Norway.
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Guatemala
State Department
United States
Guatemala City
Secretary of the Navy
Detroit
Florida
Livingstone
Gulf
Berlin
Norway
Forest Fires Rage Near Austin Pennsylvania
Destructive fires burn in the Austin area causing heavy losses of logs and bark as about twenty camps are burned. Occupants escaped with their stock leaving behind household goods and outfits. More fires threaten unless rain stops them.
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Pennsylvania
Austin
Swims Across the Golden Gate feat by John Coughlan
John Coughlan of the Dolphin Swimming and Boat ing Club San Francisco swam the Golden Gate from Point to Point against a flood tide in 52 minutes. McKinley’s Doctor Dead Surgeon General Bates dies of renal trouble after two weeks in office. Chicago Alderman Haberkorn shot in a saloon quarrel amid various shifting claims. Four opera house disaster deaths reported in Cincinnati. Sir Edwin Arnold wed a Japanese lady in London on the 18th.
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Golden Gate
John Coughlan
Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club
San Francisco
Cal
Port Point
Lime Point
McKinley
Gen. Bates
Navy
Chicago
J. A. Haberkorn
George Jensen
Jensen
Arnold
Sir Edwin Arnold
Asia
London
Fatal Fire at Central Hotel in Iowa Hill California
Early Sunday fire at the Central Hotel in Iowa Hill California quickly consumed the building. Lodgers William Golden and William Owens died in the blaze. Authorities believe the blaze was incendiary in origin.
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California
Central
Iowa Hill
Cal
William Golden
William Owens
Registration in New York voter drive totals 462,818
Friday marked the third day of voter registration in Greater New York with a cumulative total of 462,818 across the five boroughs. The figure reflects ongoing efforts to expand participation before deadlines.
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New York
Greater
Five Boroughs
Lawlessness in London: Mob Attacks Golf Club Complex
A London mob of about 1000, joined by over 2000 others, attacked Honor Oak Golf Club on Sunday. They tore down fencing and demolished the golf links and club house, driving golfers inside as bricks and logs flew.
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Golf Club
London
Honor Oak Golf Club
Deptford
Charles A Dana Dies After Long Illness at 78
Charles A Dana editor of the New York Sun died at his home in Glencove Long Island at 1 20 Sunday afternoon after a protracted illness. Family and physicians were at his bedside as his condition declined and cirrhosis of the liver was given as the cause. He was 78.
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New York Sun
Charles A. Dana
The
Glencove
Long Island
Mr. Dana
New York
University Settlements Discussed by Civic Philanthropic Congress
At Battle Creek Michigan last week a session on university settlements featured Prof Henry Wade Rogers Northwestern University Evanston Ill. He argued universities must engage with people to avoid exclusiveness and that scholars should live among the masses. The talk centered on love, service, and self sacrifice guiding settlement work.
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Civic Philanthropic Congress
Battle Creek, Mich
Henry Wade Rogers
Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
Large Increase Shown in Treasury Imports Exports
The September treasury report shows domestic merchandise exports at 103,860,669, up from 83,746,862 last year, with nine month gains over the prior year exceeding 80 million. Imports totaled 42,410,018, over half free of duty, a drop from September last year. Gold exports were 54,787 with imports at 4,244,353, and silver exports 4,072,594 with imports 646,548.
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Treasury
United States
Lynched Negro Leader Hanged Near New Orleans
A mob hanged Douglas Bolt, a Black leader, at a Bayou Barataria settlement about fifteen miles from New Orleans on Saturday for running the quarantine gauntlet. The incident occurred as authorities attempt to enforce health restrictions.
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Douglas Bolt
Bayou Barataria
New Orleans
Durrant Crumbling as Supreme Court Decision Near
Theodore Durrant the San Francisco convicted murderer of Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont is reported to be breaking down. Jail officials say he shows nervousness irritability and loses interest in visits from his parents which once cheered him. They fear a Supreme Court ruling against him could trigger a total collapse.
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Supreme Court
Deadwood
Rawlins
Wyo
I. J. Earley
Henry Border
Dick Flick
Dauntless Sails Again Filibustering Steamer News
A Savannah dispatch reports the filibustering steamer Dauntless left Tybee Island in a southerly direction on Saturday and has not returned. It is believed to be bound for another mission to meet a vessel at sea to transfer a cargo of munitions of war for Cuban insurgents.
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Dauntless
Savannah
Tybee
Greenbacks Refused for Gold Exchange by New York Sub Treasury
The Bank of British North America in New York imported 590000 dollars in gold and sent it to the sub treasury asking for greenbacks in exchange. Sub treasury officials declined the proposition.
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Bank of British North America
New York
Great Nova Scotia Fire Devastates Windsor Historic Town
Historic Windsor in Nova Scotia was destroyed by a Sunday morning fire that raged for six hours, fueled by a northwest gale. Nearly 3,000 people are homeless as 400 buildings were affected and most residents opened their homes to evacuees while Halifax and nearby towns provide shelter and aid.
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Nova Scotia
Windsor
Halifax
Indian Territory farmer avenges brother by killing two desperadoes
In Muskogee County, spans Spaniel Creek twelve miles southeast of here, J. B. Jordan a farmer killed by a shot to the heart. he and his brother John killed two rough strangers, Moses Miller a noted desperado and Bill Watson a Cherokee outlaw, after recognizing them by the roadside. The incidents come as part of a bloody tragedy that left three dead. In Chicago the subtreasury reports big shipments of silver to western banks, about half a million dollars weekly, with vault stocks around 3 million and daily demand rising from 30 thousand to as high as 125 thousand, credited to western wheat crop needs and coin shortages.
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Indian Territory
Muskogee, I. T
Spaniel Creek
Here
J. B. Jordan
Moses Miller
Bill Watson
Jordan
Jordans
John Jordan
Chicago
West
Central West
Phelps
Prominent Ohio Student Fatally Shot Duck Hunting
Warren Reynolds 18, son of Ira Reynolds, treasurer of Wade Park Banking, and Case School of Applied Sciences sophomore, was accidentally killed when a gun discharged during a duck hunt on Monday. He was with Leslie Stair and William McClure. Stair attempted to shift guns when the discharge occurred, tearing off Reynolds's hand and striking his abdomen. Stair and McClure were badly prostrated and under physician care.
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Ohio
Warren Reynolds
Ira Reynolds
Wade Park Banking Company
Case School of Applied Sciences
Cleveland
Ife
Leslie Stair
William McClure
Stair
Reynold
McClure
Murder at Beaman House in Fond du Lac
John Beaman, 50, owner of the Beaman House in Fond du Lac Wisconsin, was killed early Sunday by William Payne a drunk African American man. Payne confronted Beaman behind the bar brandishing a razor and slitting his throat from ear to ear in front of witnesses. He fled during the ensuing commotion.
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John Beaman
Beaman
Fond du Lac
Wis
William Payne
Payne
Question Pullman's Whisky Adulteration Arrest
A Baltimore and Ohio train crossing into Ohio saw constable arrest C. T. Duvall, the dining car steward, on an Ohio food inspector warrant for selling adulterated liquor. Three brands on his car are alleged adulterated. Duvall held for trial.
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Pullman
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio
C. T. Duvall
Ohio Food Inspector
Duvall
West Side and East Side Urban Echoes
Fragmentary dialogue compares a father’s prowess to a “scorcher” with a cheeky urchin banter. A quip on hope and preparation ends with a line about bearing with equivalinity whatever may happen, reflecting whimsical street speech in a dated voice.
Cost of Carrying the Mails Post Office Expenditures
Figures from W S Shallenberger show postal service expenditures for the current year at 51 141 288 with a probable deficiency of 500 000 and total outlay 51 641 288 An 81 cent rise over last year The 1899 estimate is 53 237 260 up 1 796 021 from the current year Inland mail spending reached 49 862 074 and foreign mail 1 791 170 after deducting 258 029 for intermediary foreign service.
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Post Office Department
W.S. Shallenberger
United States
Postal Service
Spanish Vessel Wrecked Off Cuban Coast
Havana advices report the coasting steamer Triton wrecked on the north coast of Pinar del Rio in heavy seas. Only the purser and one passenger survived. among the dead were two navy officers, two army officers, a commissary, and seventy seven privates. The ship carried $31,660 in silver for military payments and was overloaded with groceries, ammunition, and ninety three rifles. The gunboat Christina attempted rescue but could not reach the scene until night.
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Havana
Triton
Pinar del Rio
Christina
Navy
Army
Andrus Merritt of Duluth Makes Voluntary Assignment
Andrus R Merritt of Duluth with his min unclear assigns for the benefit of creditors to Charles A Christopherson. Once among Mesaba iron range developers and formerly classed among millionaires he was a plaintiff in the Rockefeller suit later settled for 500000 and was recently implicated in alleged fraudulent coal land deals in Kentucky. Governor Clough reportedly declined a New York governor’s requisition regarding the case.
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Andrus Merritt
Duluth
Andrus R. Merritt
Mins
Charles A. Christopherson
Mr. Merritt
Mesaba Iron Range
J. D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Kentucky
Gov. Clough
Minnesota
New York
Illinois Woman Regains Senses During Her Iluneral
A Champaign area woman believed dead was found breathing during her funeral. Restoratives revived her and five hours later she expressed hunger and has since improved. The physician expects a full recovery.
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Illinois
Champaign
Ill
A.L. Hannah
Mahomet
Fight Off Monday Bout Due To Malaria Fever
A scheduled boxing match in New Orleans between Jack Everhardt and MacPartland was canceled after Everhardt contracted malaria. The crowd and promoters are left awaiting a rescheduled date as health concerns override sports plans.
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Jack Everhardt
MacPartland
New Orleans
Hunter survives bear attack during deer hunt in Lead
F A Van Blondin of Lead, crouched in a blind, faced a charging silver tip bear. After a misfired shot and a quick retreat to a log, a second shot killed the bear in the head. He proudly displays the large skin and head of the animal.
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A. A. van Blond
F. A. van Blondin
Brain
Massive Penitentiary Wall Reaches Completion at State Prison
The South Dakota State penitentiary features a new wall averaging 35 feet in height with a 9 foot base and 4 foot top thickness, extending 1,182 feet. Built mostly of Sioux Falls granite with Kasota white stone trim, it includes five guard towers and was partly quarried by convicts. The wall cost the state 12,000 while valued at 35,000.
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United States
South Dakota State Penitentiary
Kasota
Sioux Falls
Will sue Uncle Sam over glandered horse losses
Dakotan rancher R Rouseau of Cheyenne River has begun a damage suit against the Indian department for the killing of glandered horses this summer, seeking about 27090 dollars. He cites extensive range destruction between Moreau and Grand Rivers and reports many wolves and coyotes feeding on carcasses, with buffalo wolves causing further damage.
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R. Rouseau
Cheyenne River
Indian Department
Rouseau
Moreau
Grand Rivers
Cheyenne
Body Found on the Prairie Buried by Agent Ash
An unknown white man, about 25, found dead on the prairie, was buried about twenty five miles down the river from Pierre by Agent Ash of Lower Brule Reserve. The body showed no identification or distinguishing marks and had been dead for several days. A road to Mystic was filed for land office approval, with maps for the Dakota Pacific Railroad locating a five year right of way. The line is expected to boost the southern Hills with mining prospects unlocked by new transportation to mills.
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Lower Brule
Pierre
Mystic
United States Land Office
Rapid City
Dakota Pacific Railroad
Washington
Arrest After Robbery Charge In Groton Livery Barn
Telegram directed Marshal Detling to arrest a man being driven to Groton by Candel livery man on a robbery charge involving $1,000. A search recovered $990 hidden between stall studs at Basom’s livery barn after the arrest.
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Groton
Marshal Detling
H.R. Barnett
Basom
Aberdeen Hotel to be Renamed. Porter Leases Aberdeens Kennard
N Porter of Windom Minnesota, former Park Hotel proprietor, has leased the old Hotel Kennard in Aberdeen and will take over management November 1. The property will be renamed the Aberdeen with steam fixtures and new furnishings planned. Aberdeen joins the Ward and Sherman and Wisconsin to bolster city hotel facilities. Lumber trade in Gettysburg booms, one dealer sold forty loads in a day. Bank of Davis plans to move operations citing farmers’ money pressures. Judge Gaffy’s wife Mrs. Gaffy died at the Chicago sanitarium and was brought to Pierre for burial.
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Aberdeen
N. Porter
Windom
Minn
Park Hotel
Kennard
Ward
Sherman
Wisconsin
Gettysburg
Pay Off University Debt in Dakota Methodist Meeting
At Mitchell Dakota University a Thursday session raised 7290 dollars to clear 7200 debt. Principal creditors and professors reduced salaries and ministers pledged funds, with total gifts covering all obligations. Also reports on Palmer pay denial, suffrage plans, audits, a counterfeiting suspect, an insane fire, and notable deaths and incidents across South Dakota.
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Methodist Conference
Dakota University
Mitchell
Bishon Warren
Payne
Duncan
Pr. Graham
Stout
Iowa
Pardons Recommended by State Board for Three
The state board of pardons has recommended clemency for William G. Lawrence of Yankton County jailed for burglary Walter Parker of Fall River County for assault with a deadly weapon and Clarence Seelye Spence Scott and Lewis Koster of Spink County jailed for burglary in the third degree.
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State Board of Pardons
William G. Lawrence
Yankton County
Walter Parker
Fall River County
Clarence Seelye
Spence Scott
Lewis Koster
Spink County
Tremendous slide at Homestake cave crushes timber
Report on the Homestake mine near Lead showing nearly 300 sets of timbers destroyed by rock from a major cave-in that killed three miners last week. Article notes the timbers are about six feet square and thousands of tons of rock fell. Also mentions new mining company filings in Pierre and a jail break at Aberdeen with five escapees. Governor appoints G D Parry to state pharmacy board to fill unexpired term. Fred M Gauty listed.
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Homestake
Lead
Aberdeen
Edward Dixon
George Vanaiken
Will Perley
Edward Jordan
Gustavus Eder
Pharmacy
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Carrie Chapman Cat
New York City
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Hipple
Charles P. Anderson
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Huron
Omaha
Wm. B. Sterling
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Byron Barker
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