Miss Stone Still Alive Amid Ransom Talks in Europe
Reports from Washington and Constantinople confirm Miss Ellen M. Stone remains alive as negotiations continue for a ransom. Bulgarian police dispute captors’ status, while Turkish troops are pulled back to avoid endangering her. The American board urges rapid payment of the remaining fifty thousand dollars.
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Washington
State Department
Miss Stone
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Baird
Waskell
London
Daily Express
Vienna
Todaroff
Sofia
New York
World
Miss Stoned
Miss Taiska
Ellen M. Stone
Spencer Eddy
United States
Legation
Tewfik Pasha
Eddy
American Board
Roosevelt
Boston
Lfe
East Twenty-second Street
Creegan
Bucharest
Daily Mail
Herr Rosenthal
Silistria
Great Chinese Flood Devastates Yangtse Valley
Washington reports from the Helena describe floods in the Yangtse valley near Nanking with water at a fifty year high. Thousands drown as villages and farmhouses are swept away, crops perish, and famine looms with extensive losses of rice and other staples. Riots and theft arise amid hunger while U.S. missions and around 300 American subjects face disrupted relief efforts.
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Washington
Navy Department
United States
Helena
Yangtse
Nanking
China
Kiukijang
Kiukiang
Wuhu
Shanghai
Kinkinang
Lieutenant Williams Killed in Accident on Tar-lac Line
Adjutant General Corbin received a cable from General Chaffee in Manila reporting that Second Lieutenant James C. Williams of the Twenty first Infantry died instantly after falling from a train near Tar-lac on Sunday. He was the son of the late General Robert W. Ham, former Adjutant General of the Army, who died a few weeks ago.
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Washington
Adjt
Corbin
Chaffee
Manila
James C. Williams
Twentyfirst Infantry
Tar- Iac
Williams
Robert WH Hams
Army
Marconi Sends Wireless Messages Record Distance
London reports a new wireless advance as the Daily Telegraph says Marconi has transmitted messages through the air for nearly 350 miles, a distance far greater than any previously recorded. This marks a significant leap in telegraphy and communication technology.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Marconi
Adoption of Marriage Canon by Episcopal Deputies
San Francisco reports the house of deputies approving a canon prohibiting remarriage of divorced persons for causes arising after marriage. The vote was 182 to 14 with amendments rejected. the committee's results were sent to the house for possible final action. Also adopted resolutions creating a standing joint labor capital commission.
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San Francisco
House of Deputies
Episcopal Church of America
Huntington
New York
Committee of
McKim
Washington
Boer Escape Fragments Reach Pongola Forest
Heavy rains disrupt field communications as Boer forces split into groups while General Botha and three commandants reach Pongola forest near Luneburg in Transvaal. Pro Boer South African News suspended under martial law. Aldershot orders 20 000 troops ready for active service.
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New York
Dundee
Natal
Times
Botha
Pongola Forest
Luneburg
Transvaal
London
Cape Town
Pall Mall Gazette
Aldershot
Cent
Cole
Firet Armys Corps
Mourning period extended and public notices across regions
The article notes official mourning and flags at half mast following a death in the executive circle, with public notices for posts and consular duties on hold until September. It also reports a boiler explosion at Detroit Copper Company killing workers and injuring others, and King Leopold planning a visit to New York to discuss shipping arrangements benefiting Belgian ports.
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Antwerp
Leopold
New York
United States
Belgium
Miners Vote Favor General Strike in Paris Referendum
In Paris on October 15 the coal miners held a referendum on a general strike. Forty thousand voted for it, ten thousand against, with about 110,000 abstaining.
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Paris
Praise for Admiral Schley in Court of Inquiry
The court of inquiry hearings feature Capt Cook detailing the Brooklyns loop, his assessment of Schleys conduct under fire, and discussions of dispatches and signals. He recalls the May 19 Key West visit, the Mesa de Clenfuegos dispute, and the Texas near miss, with scarce details on other ships.
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Washington
Schley
Hanna
Cook
Commodore Schley
Brooklyn
Santiago
Spain
Admiral Schley
Chadwick
Admiral Sampson
Court of Inquiry
Key West
Cervera
Mr Hanna
Canary
Havana
Gore
McCalla
Dupont
Clenftuegos
Cammonodore Bciley
Cienfuegos
Thas
Caryt Cook
Dewey
Texas
Lieut Hodgson
Weasion Hodgson
Yehu
Hodgson
Train wreck on Alabama and Vicksburg line injures six
Meridian Mississippi October 15 dispatch reports passenger train No 2 derailed on the Alabama and Vicksburg road. Six coal cars jumped the track and Steve Low a Black man was killed by scalding. six others sustained injuries in the wreck reported at the scene.
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Meridian
Mias
Pissenger
Alabama & Vicksburg Road
Steve Low
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American Board of Foreign Missions
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Dayton, O
Mary Selle Witwer
Frank McBride
Nona
Pogh
Uted Pros
Arkenn
Woower
Pugh
St. Petersburg
Russia
Moscow
St Petersburg
Neva
Marconia
L.dteat Achievement
Committee of Whole
Tramnsvaal
Roosevett
Ngdl Uetubeer
Wash
Wro
McKinles
Pam
Clifton
Ariz
Detroit Copper Vomany
W Wo Mor
F A Adams
Horr
Davidson
Jose Antiveras
King
Capt. Cook
Ook
MecCalla
Hawk
Clenfuegos
Hanna Becauess
Sabeam
Colon
Teresa
W F Fulham
New Orleans
Mr Beale
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Nunez
Mie
Sidney
Albert Lea
Minn
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First National Bank
Raglan
Nullane’s Department Store
15Th Street
4Th Avenue
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