Epitome of Telegraphic News of the World
France may send a large force to Canton. China seeks a 40 million dollar indemnity. Ex President Cleveland backs sound money. Kruger to travel incog in Europe. US 1900 population 76,295,220. Nicholas II to call another conference on China. D M Frost dies in St Louis at 77. Henry J Hearty dies in New Orleans aged 60. Hancock arrives at Manila with units. Mead reaches San Francisco with sick, dead, and disabled. Smallpox fears on western reservations. Train wreck near Mitchell Illinois injures several. Russia imposes Red Cross taxes on travel licenses and rail tickets. Alvord arrested in Boston. Japan seeks balance of power in the Orient. Tampa cigarmakers strike. Columbia fishing season ends. Venezuela earthquake fatalities 15. Flood damage in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Max Muller dies in London at 77. Coal boom in Pennsylvania. Baker County gold rich. Idaho to vote Bryan majority per leader. Chicago post clerks join AFL. Boers 15000 in Oranges River. Chinese looting and Boxers in Pao Ting Fu. France demands execution of Yi and Ying Nien. Seattle vaults $20m gold. Northern Pacific wreck near Livingston. Spokane suicide of Edith Strobel.
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Cleveland
Kruger
Europe
United States
Nicholas
Russia
D. M. Frost
St. Louis
Henry J. Hearty
Daily States
South
New Orleans
Hancock
Manila
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Marine Corps
Mead
San Francisco
Venezuela
la Crosse
Wis
Winona
Minn
Max Muller
London
Pennsylvania
Baker City
Idaho
Bryan
Pao Ting Fu
Prince Yi
Ying Nien
France
Seattle
Northern Pacific
Livingston
Mount
New York
Spoakne
Wash
Edith Strobel
Great Northern
Harvard Defeats Penn in Football by Seventeen to Five
The Harvard team defeated the University of Pennsylvania 17 to 5 in a college football game. Other items note a Jamaica street railway strike, a Manila hospital letter claiming Aguinaldo is dead, and a 37,000 strong Republican parade in New York City marking the campaign close.
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Harvard
Pennsylvania
Jamaica
Manila
Aguinaldo
New York City
Sarolla Wins First Class Medal at Paria Exposition
The Spanish painter Joaquin Sarolla earns a first class medal at Paria exposition. Madrilenos nickname him the painter of the sun for his three outdoor scenes in full sunshine with brilliant light and deep shadows where light fails to reach.
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Joaquin Sarolla
Paria
Sarolla
Two More Chinese Leaders to Be Executed
Washington reports indicate plans to execute Prince Yi and Yang Nie while General Wilson is recalled from China. Wang Wen Shao, imperial treasurer, dies of natural causes after flight. War Department updates confirm Americans killed at Pao Ting Fu and clarify status at Ching Ting Fu.
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Washington
Pekin
James K. Wilson
Chaffee
Wilson
Conger
China
Prince Yi
Yang Nie
Board of Censors
Legation
Wang Wen Shao
Pao Ting Fu
War Department
General Chaffee
Taku
Pitkins
Simcox
G. Y. Taylor
Four Italian miners stage bold payroll robbery in Mount Pleasant
Four Italian miners attempted to rob a pay clerk bearing $4000 for the Alverton & Tarr Works. Hostler was killed, Burgess wounded, two robbers killed, one fatally wounded, and the fourth jailed after a hilltop ambush near Alverton. Burgess drove the body and safe to Alverton to raise help.
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Mount Pleasant
William Nestler
Connellsville
Alverton
Alverton & Tarr
Hostler
Harry Burgess
Burgess
Ape
Coke Company
Durstine
Train Wreck Near Dehart Siding Claims Seven Dead
A Northern Pacific passenger train wreck at Dehart Siding near Livingston Montana killed seven people and injured seven others as cars derailed after a switch rod snapped. Doctors arrived but most victims were dead on impact. a coroner's jury absolved the railroad of blame.
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Anaconda
Mont
Livingston
Northern Pacific Railway
Dehart Siding
Northern Pacific
Big Timber
Railroad
Seattle man shot during arrest on Wellington line
William Murphy a laborer was brought to Seattle tonight from Wellington with a bullet wound in the neck. He was shot this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Dan Grafton while resisting arrest for assault and battery. He is expected to recover.
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Seattle
William Murphy
Wellington
Great Northern Railway
Sherif Dan Grafton
Sultan Presents Gifts to Emperor William
Shakir Pasha special envoy of the Sultan of Turkey presented to Emperor William a collection of gifts including a valuable necklace for the empress.
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Sultan
Kaleer
Berlin
Shakir Pasha
Turkey
William
Duke of Abrorsi chartered Capella for Franz Josef Land search
Stockolm reports the Duke of Abrorsi has chartered the Gothenburg whaler Capella to join in locating the three missing Arctic exploration expeditions.
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Stockolm
Duke of Abrorsi
Gothenburg
Franz Josef Land
Opposed to Annexation Stirs Danish West Indies Council
At St. Thomas the colonial council denounced US consul Blackwood's interview claiming Danish West Indies favor annexation. A resolution sent to King Christian expressed desire to remain under the Danish crown and opposition to U S annexation. A torchlight protest marched through the town.
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St. Thomas
Colonial Council
St. Croix
A. J. Blackwood
United States
New York
Blackwood
Danish West Indies
Christian
Aenmark
Grain Elevator Fire Destroys Maron Willer Plant
Grain elevator and plant of Maron Willer & Company burned at Henderson Kentucky causing an estimated loss of 120000 with insurance indicated. Other items note Times Democrat cargo reports and a bank robbery in Chicago, plus a federal court decision involving Alvord in New York.
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Henderson
Maron Willer & Company
Revolt in Spain Seen as Premature and Controlled
Madrid reports the Carlist movement fading with Berga band negotiations for pardon. Government vows vigorous action and no pardons, while troops patrol Igualada and nearby country remains calm. Paris dispatches note press censorship and larger Carlist bands, catalan unrest linked to industrial crisis. Weyler named captain general of Madrid to curb Catalan trouble.
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Madrid
Berga
Peninnula
Igualada
Paris
Temps
Barcelona
The
Catalonia
New York
Biarritz
Times
Weyler
Colombia turmoil and political shifts cited by minister Hart
U S minister to Colombia C B Hart arrived in New York and warned that Colombia faces a second Liberal revolution with fierce fighting. He cited 30 000 dead or wounded, a government led by General Irospero Pinzon against General Rafael Uribe, and tensions in Cauca. He noted San Clementi and Marroquin as president and vice president amid health issues and currency instability.
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Senator
Seattle
Nome
Vermont
Berrysberg
W. Va
Booth-Tucker
Salvation Army
Mount Vernon
Army
Navyl Department
Remey
Cavite
Hall
United States Marines
Conger
Pekin
Chicago
New York
C. B. Hart
United States
Colombia
South America
Wheeling
Irospero Pinzon
Rafael Uribe
Department of Cauca
San Clementi
Senor Marroquin
Bogota
Villeta
Marroquin
Papal See
Benito Scamala
Carnegie Founder’s Day Honors Minister Wu Ting Fang
Pittsburgh celebrates Carnegie Institute Founder’s Day with over 5000 attendees. Minister Wu Ting Fang lauds learning from the United States and urges peaceful progress. He praises American wealth as a public good and praises the Institute as a beacon of art and education. A reception followed with about 1000 guests.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute
Andrew Carnegie
Wa Ting Fang
Wao
China
America
Freemen Horner Green of Hempstead dies at 125
A former enslaved man born January 1, 1777 near Elisabethport New Jersey died in Hempstead alms hospital Long Island aged about 125. He was freed in 1812, worked 40 years for George Green, later poorhouse resident, and fathered many children. Another note reports Socialist Labor speakers arrested in New York and released on bail after clashes with police.
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Pullmans
Chicago
Gustave Pullman
New York
George
Pullman
George Washington
Horner Green
Hempstead
L. I
Green
Elisabethport
N. J
Horner
General Washington
George Green
Long Island
Sonid
Bootaliate
Socialist Labor Party
Seventh Street
Avenue C
Three Chinese political questions in Pekin negotiations
Western sources outline three major issues in Pekin talks beyond indemnity. They seek removal of the empress dowager from government influence, creation of an indemnity fund by boosting customs revenue or resuming gold payments, and replacement of the Tsungli Yamen with a foreign affairs minister. The empress dowager is blamed for the Boxer uprising but faces no personal punishment.
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Washington
Pekin
China
Tsung li Yamun
German Troops in China Accused of Cruelty
Berlin reports muting news from China as German censorship bites. Privates’ letters claim German troops show no quarter, with Pekin sources describing mass executions and bayoneting prisoners to save ammo.
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Berlin
Newarm
China
Niemen Buergber Zeitung
Pekin
Halberstadter Volks Zeitung
Tialive
Escaped From Alcatraz Reveals Desertion and Rebellion
Three prisoners fled the U S military prison on Alcatraz Island Nov 5 Frank Kinne held 16 years for desertion and treason and once led rebels He was brought from Manila in irons and claimed to be a Filipino prisoner The other escapees are F Huntington serving 10 years and J M Potts with a five year sentence.
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Alcatras
San Francisco
United States
Alcatraz Island
Frank Kinne
Kinne
Irons
Manila
Kione
Skeleton scare in Allegheny County Halloween tale
Rochester authorities hunt those who built a bone skeleton rig that frightened Mary Oldfield and two companions near Karrdale. After a Halloween party they heard rattling bones overhead and saw a gigantic skeleton descending, causing Mary to collapse. A search team found a wire from the ground to a tree with a pulley attached to the skeleton.
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Rochester
New York
Allegheny County
Mary Oldfield
Karrdale
Mary
Forsythe sues Chicago asylum officials over alleged illegal detention
Andrew Forsythe, released from the asylum yesterday by Judge Dunne, has brought suit against the asylum superintendent and other officers, alleging he was illegally detained.
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Chicago
Andrew Forsythe
Dunne
Ooyle Bros Grant 10 Percent Wage Increase
Hasleton Pa November 5 Ooyle Bros stripping contractors today granted their men a ten percent wage raise.
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Hasleton, Pa
Ooyle Bros
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United States Volunteers
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