Collections of terse news from distant shores and conflicts
A wide roundup notes signal corps surprise in Neuvelicija province, a possible Chinese interpreter station at Muget sound, and Bryan's Madison Square Garden address. It covers Library funding, a Welchback lamp owner’s death by gas, rail wrecks, fires, yellow fever, Boxers in China, and global political shifts including Germany France and Cuba.
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Treasury Department
Muget Sound
Bryan
Madison Square Garden
New York
Peace Offer From Li Hong Chang and Prince Ching
The Pekin dispatch says Li Hong Chang and Prince Ching propose to treat for peace and accept indemnity for the legations destroyed. They offer to hand over Boxer accomplices to Chinese courts and seek an interview with the Tsungli Yamen on October 21.
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Paris
Havas
Pekin
Li Hong Chang
I'hvave Ching
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Tsung li Yamun
M. Pichon
Chaa
Prince Tuan
Prince Chwang
Kang Yi
Toone Po Hsiang
Count von Waldersee
Vryon
Coal Mine Operators Reach Agreement on Wages Notice
Representatives of major coal firms in Scranton met to amend posted notices confirming a 10 percent wage advance but delaying payment until April 1, 1901 and continuing until further notice. They also stated powder price cuts from 2.75 to 1.50 would be considered in miners' pay.
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Scranton
Nho
Wilkesharre
Lehigh Valley
Wyoming Valley
Trike
Yellow Fever Victim Major Peterson Dies in Havana
Washington reports Major Matt R. Peterson U.S. W. died of yellow fever at Las Animas on October 19. His wife, Mrs. Peterson, killed herself an hour later. The couple were buried with military honors as public buildings flew flags at half mast. Peterson, a West Point graduate from North Carolina, served as mustering officer during the Spanish American War and rose from captain to major in the regular army.
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Washington
War Department
Havana
Matt R. Peterson
U.S. W
Las Animas
Indianapolis
Ind
Peterson
Indiana
Govenor
Indian Gold for America
London reports a rumor that gold valued at 500000 pounds from India is booked to arrive next week for shipment to the United States. The potential transfer reflects financial ties between Britain, India, and American demand.
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London
India
United States
McVey Charged With Mayhem in New York
Don McVey the California pugilist was held in 1000 bail for examination on a mayhem charge. Hotel porter Thomaslinton testified McVey attacked and bit his ear with a hound pup tooth as a joke. The incident follows McVey's 1898 ring interference.
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New York
Don McVey
California
Corbett Sharkey
Thomaslinton
McVey
Hound Pup
Eight Die in New York Tenement Fire on Hester Street
A three story and attic tenement at 45 Hester Street burned in the early hours. Eight residents died from burns or smoke in the crowded stairways and rooms. Mary Murray was severely burned and hospitalized. Property loss is estimated at $6,000.
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New York
Hester Street
Sarah Sass
Samuel Sass
Lena Sass
Moris Sass
Mrs. Horowitz
Rosa Lewis
Mendel Strauss
Samuel Strauss
Mary Murray
No. 47
Charles Sass
Horowitz
Sass
Samuel
Oth
Mary Martin
Strauss
Martin
Mrs. Murray
Dowie meeting breaks up amid student riot in London hall
London reports crowd disruption at John Alexander Dowie Zionist gathering with students clashing over chairs and sticks. Police entered, arrested several rioters, and restored order as ringleaders faced police court. Separate obituary notes General J W Fisher dies at 86 in Cheyenne after a long Wyoming career.
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London
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Dowie
St. Martinstown Hall
Dow
Italian linked to Carnot Bresci plots Brazil president
New York Oct 20 dispatch says Rio Janeiro police arrested Italian Angel Manetti, friend of Caserio and Bresci, accused of plotting to kill Brazil’s President Campos Salles. The background ties to European royal and republican crimes.
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New York
Rio Janeiro
Herald
Angel Manetti
Caserio
Carnot
France
Bresci
Humbert
Italy
Manetti
Campos Salles
Brazil
Idaho approves huge Snake river irrigation project
Boise Idaho Oct 19 the state has segregated 275000 acres of land on the Snake river near Shoshone Falls to be reclaimed under the Caray act by a canal to be taken from the river at the head of the canyon leading to the falls. The undertaking will cost 1500000. B Milner of Salt Lake is president of the company. This is the greatest irrigation undertaking projected in the state and one of the largest in the country.
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Boise
Idaho
Snake River
Shoshone Falls
B. Milner
Salt Lake
Germany recalls minister amid China policy clash
Berlin recalls Baron Speck von Sternberg the u s chargé d affaires after conciliatory proposals to resolve the Chinese question offend Berlin officials. Washington notes say his recall stems from Berlin’s hard line while U S favored peaceful settlement. Officials mourn current strain in German U S relations and Sternberg’s role in easing tensions.
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New York
Germany
China
Berlin
Washington
The
Herald
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Baron von Sternberg
Deutschland
State Department
United States
Caroline Islands
Spain
Nevada bank robbed by masked men with dynamite
Nome deputies report three masked men entered the Farmers Bank at dawn in Nevada Missouri. They detonated the safe, taking about 5000 dollars. A constable heard the explosion and alarmed the town. A deputy sheriff and posse pursued the robbers after a volley of shots.
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Nevada
Farmers’ Bank
William Maron
Ewing
Population of Arizona Surges 104 Percent in Ten Years
Census figures released in Washington show Arizona’s population rising from 59 620 in 1890 to 122 219 in 1900, a 104.9 percent increase. The report notes 28 628 persons counted on Indian reservations in 1890 were not included in the territory’s general total.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Territory
Arizona
Navy weighs Subig bay for station favoring Iloilo Olongapo
Reports from the navy department say Subig bay in the Philippines is unsuitable for a major naval station due to shallow water. Manila bay is also disfavored with similar drawbacks. Alternatives include Iloilo and Olongapo while Hobson proposes a large Subig bay establishment. A naval board may be formed to pick the best location.
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Washington
Navy Department
Subig Bay
Philippines
Navy Yard
Manila Bay
Resignation of Japanese Cabinet and Ito’s Rise
In Yokohama on October 22 the Japanese cabinet resigned and Marquis Ito eyed to take power amid a shifting party, with pro Russian leanings noted as he faces early internal strains and a tougher China policy. Also in New York a verdict of 37000 for Elizabeth Rhoades as administratrix against the Metropolitan Street Railway in the death of George Rhoades, with O’Brien’s conviction for stealing the captain’s watch linked to the case.
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Yokohama
Marquis Ito
China
Japan
New York
Elizabeth Rhoades
Supreme Court
George Rhoades
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Rhoades
Thomas F. O’brien
Sing Sing
Indiana doctor in double murder case at Waymansville
Columbus dispatch reports Dr Conda Beck shot and killed William Barton in Waymansville Indiana after Barton objected to Beck's relationship with his daughter. Beck had killed Grace Cohee two years earlier and was acquitted. He remained at large.
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Columbus
Ind
Waymansville
Here
Conda Beck
William Barton
Barton
Beck
Grace Cohee
Strike talks reveal miners blame operators for protracted feud
President Mitchell defends Scranton convention terms and 10 percent wage advance as miners insist on full payment guarantees before any settlement. He cites major Lehigh region firms and lack of universal acceptance, urging no partial agreement and warning of no return to mines without official notice. Two hundred starving Indians reported in Pem berton Meadows near Agassiz with flood devastation worsening conditions. La Bretagne steerage list held up in New York awaiting bond to cover manifest irregularities.
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Hazleton
Mitchell
United Mineworkers
Scranton
Lehigh
Coxe Bros. & Co
G. B. Markle & Co
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Company
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lackawanna
Wyoming
New York
Mexican Town Swept Away by Rio Grande Cloudburst
Guadalupe in the Rio Grande Basin forty miles below El Paso was washed away by a cloudburst on Wednesday night. Four hundred residents lost all possessions. An old man and two children were killed along with many goats, cattle, horses, and fowls.
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el Paso
Texas
Guadalupe
Mexico
Rio Grande Basin
Opera House Fire Destroys Paducah Dry Goods Store
Fire at Morton's opera house in Paducah Kentucky started at 1 20 this morning and spread beyond control. The adjacent dry goods store owned by L B Ogilvie Company on the ground floor was leveled along with offices and small shops. Estimated loss reaches 300 000 dollars.
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Paducah
Morton
Opera House
L. B. Ogilvie & Company
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Neuvelicija
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San Francisco
Welchback Lamp Company
Smolensk
Russia
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Wis
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Challoner's Sons Company
Granthis
Manila
Detroit
Mich
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Boller
England
Alaska
East River
Kroonstadt
Amur
Lord Alvarstone
Captain Shields
Vancouver
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Herrick
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Oregon Insane Asylum
Dewet
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Port Simon
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Red Sea
Kamaran
Joresy City
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Field Columbian Museum At
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Weyler
Cuba
Madrid
Shun Li Province
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Charles Dudlery Warner
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New York Herald
McKinsey
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United States Census Bureau
Alabama
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Shanghai Mercury
Fontosati
Henan
Fogota
Hui Chow
Alvarez
Mindanao
Cleveland
Lake Assai
Africa
O. M. Carter
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von Bulow
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Canton
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Panay
Lord Roberts
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Long
Allen
Porto Rico
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Australia
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James W. Clark
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Earl Li
Major Peterson
America
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J. W. Fisher
Cheyenne
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Father Land
Maunderer
Plaquemine
Mikey Johnson
Will Jordan
Texas & Pacific Road
Baton Rouge
Johnson
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Mavana
Frank W. Hayes
North American Trust Company
William L. Wilson
Lexington, Va
Nome
Bank
Phillipine Naval Station
Ao Indians
President Mitchell
B. C
Agassiz
Pemberton Meadows
Harrison
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