Happenings of the Week Reflect Fires Floods and Strikes
Fire destroys Union knitting mill in Hutson New Jersey endangering about 600 workers with losses exceeding 200000 and insurance of 100000. A cyclone devastates Chittagong in Bengal destroying half the houses blocking roads and sinking several vessels. Denver police court rules gambling laws unconstitutional. The Baltimore reports crew desertion as it nears Honolulu. Union of U S wire firms aims to form a 100 million dollar monopoly led by Pierpont Morgan. San Francisco food studied by university professors. Fort Randall reserve opened to settlers. China-Hong Kong loan talks shift to bank negotiations. Washington state wheat grade held at 59 pounds. Long Island coast suffers damage from high tide. Edmore hotel damaged 25000. Speedy the bridge jumper survives 130 feet jump. Derby Kansas deaths by asphyxiation in well. Navy recommends four drydocks and substantial yard funding. A Honduras trade syndicate prompts direct U S Russia trade drive. U S citizen Augustine jailed in Nicaragua. John Griffith jostles actor during scene in Butte. Boukler county miners strike affecting 1000 workers and nearby mines.
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Lafayette
German Minister Quits Hayti In Protest Over Arrest
Serious trouble brews between Hayti and Germany as Count Schwerein withdraws the flag and three German warships head to Port au Prince to demand indemnity for the arrest and imprisonment of German citizen Linders. The incident sparked threats against Germans and accelerated a strained diplomatic rift.
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Germany
Count Schwerein
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Linder
Central Police
Berlin
Legation
United States
New York
Six Miners Die in Scranton Mine Disaster
Six men were suffocated by smoke in the Delaware and Hudson Vonaterch mine fire in Scranton Pennsylvania. Rescue efforts recovered the bodies of Thomas Hill John Farrell John Francis Moran Mike Walsh John McDonnell and Thomas Padden as fire raged for hours and one worker Joe Yamashi was rescued.
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Lackawana
Wyoming
Pittston
Delaware & Hudson Company
Vonaterch
Thomas Hill
John Farrell
John Francis Moran
Mike Walsh
John McDonnell
Thomas Padden
Hickey
Scranton Fire Department
Joe Yamashi
Telegraph to Klondike Route Nears Reality
Pacific postal telegraph general manager says no insurmountable hurdles exist for a line via Ashcroft and Quesnelle to Dawson City and that construction could begin within months and operate by next year with stations every 40 miles. Lakme arrives with no gold or passengers, reports Yukon river steamers wintering, weather turning cold near St Michaels. Seattle receives 220 Yukon dog hauling teams from Chicago.
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Quesnelle
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America
Behring Sea
British Columbia
Telegraph
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Mounted Police
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Victoria
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Tacoma
Lakme
Anderson
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Dutch Harbor
Portland
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Carlson
Yukon
Egg Island
Blanco Takes Cuba Reins as Weyler Returns Home
The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII carried Marshal Blanco new governor-general of Cuba to Havana arriving at 7 AM. Weyler, Ahumada, Navarro and other officers met him. Weyler yields command to Blanco after a cordial conference. Weyler departs aboard the Montserrat with 600 sick soldiers amid cheering crowds.
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Alfonso XIII
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Weyler
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Blanco
Montserrat
Narrow escape as highway robbery attempt fails at Tacoma
John O Kieff, a bank recipient and stranger to the coast, faced two masked men near Wright Park when they ordered him to raise his hands. A revolver salvo tore past him but missed, leaving one robber with a powder burned hat. The report notes the incident and separately mentions Canton’s new Chinese mint producing over 14 million ten cent pieces last year.
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John O’ Kieff
O’kieff
Wright Park
Canton
Wanted A Cigarette
Spokane November 2. A west bound freight hit two men near Sprague. One man’s legs were severed, he begged for a cigarette as he was rushed to hospital. A second man, Thomas Kelly, lay dead farther along the tracks believed dragged from the scene.
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Sprague
Thomas Kelly
Versailles Marshal Fatally Shoots Farmer During Arrest
Versailles Kentucky November 2 City Marshal Ed Sterna shot and instantly killed Jason Miller a farmer and trader at Midway Miller resisted arrest The incident follows a local arrest attempt in the county Paris News French paper seized in Paris November 1 police seized a German comic paper the Lastigblatter ridiculing President Faure and the French republic.
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Ed Sterna
Jason Miller
Midway
This County
Miller
Paris
Lastigblatter
Faure
Court of Appeals Rules Labor Unions Own Label Rights
Judge Hagelrigg in Kentucky Court of Appeals opinion holds labor unions have property rights in their labels and other devices representing their labor and may enjoin others from using or counterfeiting them. This marks the first such ruling in the state.
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Frankfort
Hagelrigg
Court of Appeals
Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets November 25 as Day of Prayer
President McKinley issues the first Thanksgiving proclamation designating Thursday November 25 for national thanksgiving and prayer. He notes blessings of liberty, labor, and prosperity, urges reverence and charity, and calls for religious observances across the nation. The document is signed by William McKinley and Secretary of State John Sherman.
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McKinley
William McKinley
United States
William M’kinley
John Sherman
Postal clerk confesses to stealing registered package
Walter R. Houghton, a Denver based postal clerk, confessed to stealing a registered package containing 14 000 in hundred dollar bills mailed from Chicago to a Sacramento correspondent. Arrested in Cheyenne after fleeing from the route, he offered to refund all but 400 dollars if not prosecuted. Inquiry traced the disappearance to between Omaha and Ogden.
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Colo
Navy
Postoffice
Frederick
Loomis and Burlew
Cheyenne
Wyo
Walter R. Houghton
Ogden
Houghton
Chicago
Sacramento
Cal
Omaha
Secret Service
United States
T. J. Fisher
Clark
Fisher
Explosion at Grand Central mine kills thirteen in Mexico
In the Amarios shaft at Minas Prietas the blast of giant powder on the fourth level killed thirteen men and fatally injured three. Four workers 200 feet away were affected. six bodies recovered are unrecognizable. The Grand Central mine, recently bought for $1,000,000 by an English syndicate, is site of the disaster.
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Torres
Mexico
Amarillos
Grand Central Mine
Minas Prietas
Grand Central
Fire destroys Union Trust Company building in Pittsburg
The Union Trust Company building on Fourth Avenue Pittsburg caught fire from an overheated stack this morning and burned in under an hour. One fireman was killed and several others escaped by narrow margins. Estimated loss stands at 200000 dollars with half covered by insurance.
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Union Trust Company
Fourth Avenue
Tubercle Bacilli Found in Chinese Cigar
San Francisco November 1 Dr J Spencer bacteriologist of the board of health reports he has discovered the bacilli of tuberculosis in a Chinese made cigar he examined.
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San Francisco
J. ©. Spencer
The
Board of Health
Minnesota Anderson tax ruling upheld by Judge Holden
Braintree Minnesota November 1 Judge Holden upholds the Anderson law taxing land grant railroads on unused grants. The St Paul and Duluth and Northern Pacific argued only a three percent tax on gross earnings. The decision may rise to the United States Supreme Court.
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Holden
Anderson Law
Minnesota
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Nations Consider Joint Suspension of Behring Sea Pelagic Sealing
Washington reports a written proposition to suspend pelagic sealing on the high seas, supported by the United States Russia and Japan. The plan aims to protect seal herds with a broader international effort including Britain and Canada, awaiting final government action.
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Russia
Japan
United States
Behring Sea
North Pacific
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High Seas
Great Britain
Canada
Fujita
Tokio
Sudden Death of Henry George Looms Over New York Mayoral Race
Henry George author of Progress and Poverty and candidate for mayor by the Thomas Jefferson Democracy died at 6 10 this morning in Union Square hotel of cerebral apoplexy. He had declared he would run to the end and had spoken in Whitestone College Point and Flushing before returning to give a Central Opera House address. His death shifts the campaign dynamic as supporters recall his lifelong stance for democratic rights and a vow to enforce laws on rich and poor alike.
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Henry George
Thomas Jefferson
Union Square
Cooper Union
Queens
Whitestone
College Point
Flushing
Central Opera House
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Father
Remarkable ruling clears gelding of horse charge in Colfax court
Whitman county judge dismisses William Herbert’s horse theft case after ruling that a gelding is not a horse. Prosecutors argued theft and murder links to Wyoming peddler killer, but defense challenged the complaint over spelling and anatomy. Herbert remains detained for other alleged crimes.
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Colfax
Wash
William Herbert
Wyoming
McDonald
Whitman County Superior Court
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Herbert Je
Tragedy on Idaho Mountain Slope Claims Two Local Builders
Bonner’s Ferry Idaho officials report Murphy and Doon extra crew laborers for Great Northern were killed while rock drilling to riprap along the Kootenai river. Rock collapsed onto a cliff shelter, burying them as the crew spent 12 hours recovering bodies. Dann formerly served as civil engineer.
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L— Murphy
Doon
Great Northern
Katka
Kootenai River
Dann
Train Split Arrives in Denver After Snow Block
Two sections of the Rock Inland train arrived in Denver at noon after delays near Limon. Trainmen say six miles of track were buried under 20 feet of snow and wires were down, leaving the earlier section's whereabouts unknown for 48 hours.
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Colo
Rock Inland
Kanaue City
Limon Jo
Marie Van Zandt Insult Sparks March 1885 Protest Tale
A Paris rumor claims a huge 1885 demonstration against American singer Marie Van Zandt was contrived by followers of M. Ferry to blunt a radical rally after France’s Langson defeat. Police Chief Camercara allegedly advised a staged mob to attack Van Zandt, using detectives and theater crowds to prolong uproar past midnight.
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Marie van Zandt
M. Goron
Police
Indians on the Rampage near Cross Mountain
A report from Steamboat Springs notes Indians burned Thompson's ranch near Cross Mountain after a game law arrest attempt. One Gable, a messenger, was killed. five Indians died and Sub Chief Star was mortally wounded. Officials call for reinforcements as settlers gather. A separate Mentone box and barrel factory in Wareaw, Indiana, burned with $160000 loss.
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Times
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Couveir
Wilcox
Nieman
Thompson
Cross Mountain
Gable
Indiana
Star
Vaughn
Lay
Colo
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