Doings of the Week and Global News Digest
Manzanillo Cuba comes under American control as Pacific and world events unfold. Europe discusses dismembering Switzerland, and Oregon governor elect’s wife Nancy Geer dies in Omaha. Philippine courts now under U.S. control, 65 ships building for the navy, and a plan to deploy Fifth Illinois troops over coal strikes. A Reina Maria Christina voyage sails to Spain with troops and archives. Tragic seafood poisoning kills two Knights and sickens a third in Oregon. Prize money for warship crews outlined with payments from $50 to $200. China grants a London syndicate road rights in the empire. Timber fires destroy over 11 billion feet in 25 years. Treasure of the khalifa allegedly found. Khartoum troops report illnesses on return. Jesse James Jr. arrested in Kansas City train robberies. Parnell death anniversary observed in Dublin. Marquis Ito expects China policy to soften with foreign representations. A mystery white man burned in a La Flore Miss church. Bear Island Indians to surrender after negotiations. Cuban dungeon tale of Samuel Ensign recounted. Guam sees two bloodless uprisings under American rule. Train collision near Portland. no lives lost as crew escape.
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Sampson
Dewey
Schley
Peking Syndicate
London
Empire
Hermann
Land Office
Khalifa
Khartoum
Cairota
Alexandria
Jesse James
Kansas City
Charles Stuart Parnell
Dublin
Marquis Ito
China
Global headlines sweep through a volatile world
Reports of political upheaval, military moves, and disasters fill the page. From Brazil to Canada and Europe, events include a Cuban president-elect, Havana fortifications, a naval attache in Washington, and a blaze shipping losses in Margate. The era’s tensions touch diplomacy, crime, and industry.
Dentist Dr Colton Pioneered Laughing Gas in Practice
Obituary notes Dr G Colton, famed American dentist who died in Rotterdam, credited with pulling over one million teeth. He was the first to use laughing gas in practice. Robert Roberts, English religious writer and editor of the Philadelphia, Birmingham publications, died in San Francisco from heart disease.
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G. Colton
Rotterdam
Robert Roberts
The
Christadelphia
Birmingham
England
San Francisco
Paris Peacemakers Settle By The Protocol
Paris delegates in two weeks of talks with the American and Spanish peace commissions report progress mainly by negative action. The first protocol article relieves Spain of Cuba sovereignty while the U S refuses to assume Cuban debt, signaling continued deadlock but potential concession on sovereignty.
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Paria
Spain
Cuba
United States
Senor Montero Rios
United States Commission
First at San Juan as 47th New York lands in Puerto Rico
Washington reports the 47th New York Infantry arrived at San Juan on October 18 and is likely allowed to land before formal possession. The regiment is noted as the first American unit to enter San Juan. Brigadier Generals Fred Grant and Guy V. Henry receive district commands in Porto Rico.
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Washington
War Department
San Juan
New York
P. M. Eddy
Porto Rico
Ponce
P. R
San Juan Thoreday
Fred Grant
Arecibo
Bayamo
Humacoa
Guy V. Henry
Hobson Aims to Raise Spanish Cruiser Cristobal Colon
Naval Constructor Hobson, fresh from the Cristobal Colon wreck at Santiago de Cuba, expects to raise the ship from shore work near Guantanamo using a trolley line and air pump. He plans to complete the operation before month end and reports confidence in salvaging the cruiser with a specialized shore setup. Electric shock kills miner Louis Kayser in Seattle while installing a lamp. barge Churchill sinks off Waukegan with Captain Kane and deckhand John Hanson drowned.
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Hobson
Santiago de Cuba
Cristobal Colon
Guantanamo
Infanta Maria Teresa
United States
Chicago
Churchill
Duluth
Waukegan
Kane
Detroit
John Hanson
Mohegan Wreck Death Toll Grows Near Lizard
London report says 80 Mohegan crew saved and 51 missing with 14 bodies recovered among crew and cattlemen. Additional passengers identified among 38 bodies, as rescuers search in rough seas near Falmouth and St Keverine. Cause remains unknown with compass or light may have failed.
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London
Atlantic Transport Company
Mohegan
Lizard
T. W. King
Edna King
Master King
Mrs. Weller
James Blackey
N. M. Cowen
M. Fallows
B. Franklin Fuller
Mra
Charles Doncan
Falmouth
St. Keverine
Gailora
Gomez at Odds as Cuban Leaders Clash with Massa
A Havana dispatch reports a breach between the Cuban executive and military leaders. Massa urges disbanding forces while Gomez resists and Ducasse travels to seek unity with anti interventionists. Waring inspects Havana as fever deaths surge, now about 100 daily.
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New York
Havana
Wood
Massa
Gomez
Joan Ducasse
Ducasse
Cuba
Waring
Anarchist Plot Targeted Emperor William Across Cities
The Daily Mail Cairo dispatch reports a widening anarchist plot against Emperor William. Arrests reveal new ramifications and a plan to assassinate the Kaiser in a Cairo street, with later schemes to send conspirators to Jerusalem for a church dedication. Fifteen Italiana arrested. In Manila, mutineers bar entry of the German steamer Germanos and bars U S Navy landing without Aguinaldo’s approval.
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London
Alexandria
Daily Mail
William
Humbert
Emperor William
Cairo
Jerusalem
Peace Jubilee Opens in Chicago With Thanksgiving Service
The national peace jubilee in Chicago began with a thanksgiving service at the Auditorium. President McKinley attended and heard speeches from a Jewish rabbi a Roman Catholic priest a Presbyterian minister and a prominent colored orator. The audience gave the president a thunderous reception.
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Chicago
McKinley
Mohegan Wreck Off The Lizard Drowns Many At Sea
London October 17 The Atlantic Transportation steamer Mohegan formerly Cleopatra struck the Lizard during a gale. Of 200 aboard including 50 passengers and 150 crew only about 31 saved. Lifeboats reached shore with several fatalities, bodies washing ashore, all amid dangerous seas and disabled machinery.
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London
Atlantic Transportation Company
Wilson-Furness-Leyland Line
New York
Lizard
Coast Guard
Anothe
Falmouth
Mohegan
Coast Guards
Port Houstock
Trade growth forecast for Pacific routes hinges on ties to Orient
D F Brown of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Hong Kong says Pacific trade could double in five years due to better transport and closer links with the Orient. He expects Philippine matters to drive growth and envisions Northwest ports as China’s gateway once rail lines reach the region. In Alexandria, police arrest nine Italian anarchists amid a plot tied to Emperor William’s Jerusalem consecration, uncovering two large wire bombs and bullets.
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Seattle
Waeh
D. FE. Brown
Canadian Pacific Railway & Steamship Company
Hong Kong
Orient
Philippine Islands
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
China
Emperor William
Alexandria
Egypt
William
Troly Land
Jerusalem
Cairo
Port Said
France joins Abyssinia alliance in treaty talks
Rome reports France has concluded a treaty with Abyssinia to counter England amid tensions in the Fathoda affair. The action signals a shifting balance as European powers realign in colonial disputes.
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France
Rome
Abyssinia
England
Wilmingtons Sailing Orders Put Urgent Rush on Warship
Boston October 17 shipyard officials ordered the gunboat Wilmington prepared for sailing by Tuesday and warned overtime in all departments if needed. The steamer Helena already under orders to sail for China the next Tuesday, with priority given to her completion over the Wilmington.
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Boston
Wilington
Todas
Threister
Helena
China
Wilmington
Shafter in Omaha Praised After Santiago Victory
Major General William R. Shafter received a warm welcome in Omaha as his train arrived. He spoke at the exposition grounds and in the auditorium about the Cuban campaign saying El Caney’s recapture signaled the campaign’s end and Spaniards surrendered likely due to news of broader capitulation. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn praised Nebraskas role, while Chinese minister Wao Ting-Fang and Senator Thurston attended and received friendly remarks.
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Omaha
William KR. Shafter
Santiago
Exposition
General Shafter
el Caney
Meiklejohn
Nebraska
Wao Ting-Fang
Thurston
Dawson Quartz Mines Sees Gold Strike Near Friday River
J N Hold of Chicago reports a gold strike on Friday river with three men taking out 85 dollars each in a week. H M Sinclair of Los Angeles notes Dawson's future hinges on quartz mines as 400 claims are filed nearby. C Black, back from Peach river, says prospectors stole provisions from friendly Indians, who retaliated by setting fires and starving several incautious white men before they fled to Omineca.
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B. C
J. N. Hold
Chicago
Cagaiar
H. M. Sinclair
Los Angeles
Cal
Dawson
C. Black
Peach River
Omineca
Bostonan Thomas Nowell Urges Territorial Representation and Liquor Reform
Thomas H. Nowell of Boston, back from Alaska after four months abroad, calls for a congressional representative for the district and urges stronger land laws. He argues the prohibitory liquor law, once meant to protect Indians, now fails due to evasion by a growing population and extensive coast, proposing high license to fund territory expenses.
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San Francisco
Thomas
Nowell
Boston
Alaska
Congress
Dark days for France threaten war with England
In Paris the political crisis deepens as reports warn a peaceful military revolution could replace the Brisson cabinet with generals nominees. The issue of Bam bel Ghazal and Franco British tensions loom, while English papers doubt negotiations. In Ashland Oregon a Southern Pacific brakeman, Charles Snyder, was killed near Zeleka after being struck by moving train parts, his head severed and body mutilated.
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Paria
St. James's
Brisson
England
France
Major Marchand
Fashoda
Babr el-Ghazal
Southern Pacific
Ashland
Charles Snyder
Zaleka
Siskyoun
State Line
California
Burglary At Milling firm Seizes Bonds Worth 56000
Burglars broke into the Consolidated Milling and Hardwood Company office in Minneapolis last week and escaped with bonds valued at 56000. President George Christian received a letter offering to retain the bonds if a reward was advertised locally. Local authorities are handling the case.
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Minneapolis
Consolidated Milling & Hardwood Company
Jane
United States
George Christian
Armament Expansion at Harbor Defenses and Camp Thomas Sanitation
General John M Wilson testified on wartime harbor defenses noting upgrades to fortifications at 26 harbors with plans for 80 mortars and 79 rapid fire guns, plus 400 miles of cable and 28 harbors mined. He reported total gun and mortar expenditures of 4.8215 million dollars and harbor defense costs of 1.661 million. At Chickamauga, Lt. Col. Hoff described camp sanitation as improvable under wartime strain with tent shortages and bed shortages leading to some patients on floors, but no confirmed suffering.
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Washington
John M. Wilson
Willet's Point
Chickamauga
L. J. Hoff
Ile
Third Army Corps
Hoff
Tenta
Masso Bids Cuban Forces Be Disbanded At Request
Senor Bartolomé Masso and two aides visited Manzanillo from Puerto Principe to urge disbandment of Cuban troops under General Rios near Manzanillo. Colonel Ray welcomed the talks, hoping orders will ease field work, while Masso predicted future prosperity for Cuba in two years. He sails back aboard the Fernando.
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Kay
Santiago de Ocuba
Senor Bartolomé Masso
Manzanillo
Santa Cruz del Sur
Puerto Principe
Ray
Senor Maseco
Rios
United States
Senor Masso
Caba
Fernando
Statue Unveiled Honors Michigan War Governor Blair
In Lansing on October 14 a statue honoring Governor Austin Blair was unveiled with more than 80 000 residents from across Michigan in attendance General Shafter attended and received an ovation at the ceremony
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Lansing
Mich
Austin Blair
Michigan
General Shafter
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