Turbulent Start Delays Lipton Cup Yachting Race
Fog and calm winds halt racing off Sandy Hook as Lipton and rival yachts delay until Thursday. Officials announce no race today with plans to run daily thereafter except Sundays, awaiting clearer seas for the Cup series.
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Thomas Lipton
Regatta Committee
Walter Luckenway
Sandy Hook Bay
Kane
Griswold and Grinnell
Sherman Crawford
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
J. Pierpont Morgan
Laurier and Canadians hosted at Chicago luncheon
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Premier of Canada and party joined by Canadian Americans for a formal luncheon at the Great Northern Hotel in Chicago. Over a hundred guests toasted President McKinley and Queen Victoria with Laurier replying to the Canada toast amid applause. Mayor Prefontaine outlined Canada United States trade links as traders cheered in grain pits. Laurier spoke of progress toward better social and commercial relations, calling Canada the best purchaser the United States has. The day ended with a drive through city parks and boulevards.
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Chicago
Ill
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Great Northern Hotel
McKinley
Queen Victoria
Prefontaine
Montreal
United States
Board of Trade
P. 8
Lyon
Stone
Laurier
Pauncefotes new British ambassador title revealed
The diplomatic list from the State Department shows Sir Julian Pauncefote now The Right Honorable the Lord Pauncefote of Preston G C B G O M G ambassador and plenipotentiary of Great Britain. Mrs Pauncefote will retire in April, making Baron Favs the Italian ambassador the dean of the diplomatic corps in Washington. Shelburne prices and other market quotes follow. Admiral Dewey arrived in Shelburne and will visit Montpelier as a state guest later this week.
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Washington, D. C
Suite Department
Julian Pauncefote
Lord Pauncefote
Preston
Great Britain
Lora Pauncefote
Baron Favs
Washington
Baseball Scores From New York and Nearby Parks
Baseball games listed show New York 6 Brooklyn 2, Baltimore 5 Washington 6, with Philadelphia 0 Boston 6. The Philadelphia game ended due to darkness after six innings.
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New York
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Boers Defy Britain as War Looms Over South Africa
London dispatches relay Sir Alfred Milner's note to Chamberlain, citing London 1884 convention rights for Uitlanders. Transvaal argues British suzerainty violated, disputes over franchise and representation escalate tensions. Reports from New York and Lisbon discuss a massive British troop parade and potential diplomatic moves as war fears rise.
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London
Colonial
Ofice
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Joseph Chamberlain
South African Republic
Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom
Volksraad
Philadelphia Cricketers Defeated by English Visitors
The Gentlemen of Philadelphia lost to Prince Ranjitsinhji's XI by 131 runs with an inning to spare. England scored 363 in their first innings led by 68 by the Prince and 74 by Stoddart, while Philadelphia could manage 5 in their first innings and 147 in the second for a total of 22.
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Philadelphia
Gentlemen of
Prince Ranjitsinhji
Prince
Stoddart
Road swap talks at center of Great Northern bid
WANTS ANOTHER ROAD James J Hill of the Great Northern aims to buy the Central Washington branch of the Northern Pacific. Local railroad men say the deal is on and Hill plans an exchange for a Red River Valley branch, with President Mellen to decide. The Halifax notes cover a separate mine rope contract and a Cairo dispatch on Kitchener leading a 6000 man expedition with no English troops.
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James J. Hill
Great Northern
Central Washington
Northern Pacific
Spokesman-Review
St. Paul
President Hill
President Mellen
Mellen
Hill
Red River Valley
Hall Mines, Limited
James D. Sword
Dominion Wire Rope Company, Limited
Montreal
Sword
Dominion Wire Rope Company
London
Cairo
The
Daily Mail
Lord Kitchener
Vanderbilt Interests Behind Cape Breton Mail Route Plan
Plans underway for a Cape Breton rail link to cut Europe to New York mail time by 48 hours. Cape Breton Railway Extension Company, backed by Vanderbilts and promoter Dr. Seward Webb, to connect Louisburg to Hawkesbury with a bridge ferry section over the Canso Straits and extend toward York City.
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New York
the Tribune Today
Cape Breton Island
Nova Scotia
Europe
Cape Breton Railway Extension Company, Limited
United States
John Cramp
Charles Corfield
Philadelphia
Joseph Shute
Atlantic City
N. J
Lorenzo Shute
Herbert Dix
Stanwick
Ttig
Seward Webb
Vanderbilt
Louisburg
Cape Breton
Liverpool
Hawkesbury
Straits of Canso
Dominion of Canada
York Cito
Simaits
Canso
Press Censorship Abolished in Manila
Adjutant General Corbin announced that Manila censorship had not existed for a month after General Onis abolished it on Sept. 9. No restriction remains, allowing full reports by reputable correspondents.
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Washington
Corbin
Manila
Onis
Benjamin Evans Dies In Victoria After Long Service
Benjamin Evans longtime Supreme Court usher in British Columbia died at Jubilee Hospital in Victoria at age retirement. He served thirty years and had joined Chief Justice Begbie and Justice Crease on circuits in the province.
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Victoria
B.C
Benjamin Evans
Supreme Court
Jubilee Hospital
Evans
Begbie
Crease
English Pug KOed by Sentry in Lenox Club Bout
Eddie Sentry of Chicago knocked out Ben Jordan the featherweight of England in sixteen rounds at the Lenox Athletic Club in New York on October 10.
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New York
Eddie Sentry
Chicago
Ben Jordan
England
Lenox Athletic
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Pauncerote
Dewby
Shelburne
Dewey
Montpelier
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Kruger
Doppel
the Sun
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State Department
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Macerum
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South Asean
Stat Department
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Lisbon
Telliger
Kitchener
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