Disaster near Bethel leaves many dead and wounded
Lord Kitchener reports severe attack on Benson’s column near Bethel in Eastern Transvaal. Two guns lost, 654 enlisted men killed and 160 wounded, plus several officers killed or wounded. Colonel Benson mortally wounded, later reported dead. 13 officers wounded, four of whom die later.
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Benson
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Bethel
Transvaal
Pretoria
Brokenlaagte
Barter
E. Guinness
F. D. Murray
M. W. Lindsay
I. T. Thoroul
W. L. Brooke
R. BE. Shepperd
A. J. Corlett
Eyre Lloyd
Loss of Jenson and officers in close quarters battle
A message from Benson notes the loss of Jenson and two officers and men, praising his gallant leadership and stating fighting remained close throughout with heavy Boer casualties and a retirement to the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Sterrenberg
Jenson
Benson
Woman claims child theft by Chicago banker family
Miss Minnie Gardiner a Troy waitress says she was stolen as a baby from her Chicago parents and that banker Loeb is her father. Loeb denies the tale saying no child was ever taken from his family or relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Gardiner
Troy
N. Y
Charlies W. Gardiner
Chicago
Loeb
Miss Gardiner
Banker Loeb
Indian smallpox decimates Winnebago tribe in Nebraska
Reports from the Winnebago Indian reservation indicate 53 of about 1,000 tribal members have died from a raging smallpox epidemic. A lack of adequate medical staff endangers the community as towns within 90 miles establish guards to keep Indians away, with many sick receiving no care on the scattered 1,196 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago Indian Reservation
Nebraska
Keith's Last Hope Gone
The Indiana Supreme Court in Indianapolis has upheld a murder verdict against Joseph Keith. He must be hanged at Michigan City State Prison for the killing of Nora Kifer in Eberfeld. Keith, a wealthy man, allegedly hid the victim in a well and later cast her body into a creek. Execution set for November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph Keith
Michigan City
Nora Kifer
Eberfeld
Keith
Weathy
Schley under cross examination shows no discredit
The naval court of inquiry transcripts show Admiral Schley fending off rigid questions by Captain Lemley. Schley counters with side lights on his Santiago campaign actions while the cross examination aims to reveal indecision, yet yields no damaging new testimony. Also: J M Fisher & Co of Boston collapses after allegedly bilking public funds near a million, officials seek firm members and indicate lavish living by two partners.
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Schley
Admiral Schley
Naval Court of Inquiry
Lemley
Santiago
J. M. Fisher & Co
Boston
Mass
Miss Stone Captured by Bulgarian Brigands in Salonica
A letter dated October 7 from Gregory M Tsilka describes about 30 bandits overpowering a party and murdering a Turk near Salonica. The captors demand over 100000 dollars, and Tsilka expresses doubt about securing the ransom while asking for prayers for his wife’s freedom. The note mentions execution by a gang led by Wilkie of the secret service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stone
Gregory M. Tsilka
Wilen M. Stone
Salonica
Turkey
Howard A. H. Briggs
Waverly
America
Counterfeit Penny Ring Busted in City Crime Sweep
Freshly captured gang of counterfeiters flooded New York and Chicago with bogus pennies, circulating about 1 percent of coins as counterfeit. After a decade of Secret Service work, five suspects are arrested: Weiner, Usher, Lerner and his daughters Rose and Fanny in this major case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Secret Service
Weiner
Usher
Lerner
Rose
Fanny
Winter Arrivals From Nome Bring 1200+ Passengers to Port Yowngend
Two steamers, Senator with 525 and Garonne with 700, arrived at Port Yowngend Wash from Nome carrying over 1,200 passengers. The Senator left Nome Oct 19 with $500,000 in gold. Snow and ice foretell a long cold Klondike winter as Agen Valencia and Roanoke are slated as the last Nome steamers, with about 2,000 more to come and many destitute to remain for charity.
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Klondike
Port Yowngend
Wash
Nome
Senator
Garonne
Agen
Explosion Wounds Five Men at Fort Leavenworth Test
A Colt automatic firing gun at Fort Leavenworth, Cas., overheated during a test and exploded as the shell breached the chamber. Captain Charles Tl. Menoher and five men of the Twenty-eighth battery of field artillery were wounded, three severely, by flying fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Leavenworth,Cas
Charles Tl. Menoher
Race War in the South at Balltown camp meeting
In Washington parish Louisiana near Balltown a violent clash left three white men and eleven Black individuals dead. The violence followed a prior burning of a Black man linked to an assault on a white woman, with authorities noting the shooting as a probable sequel to that event at a negro camp meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Washington Parish
Balltown
Morris
Wild West Show Horses Perish In North Carolina Wreck
In a railroad wreck near Lexington North Carolina Buffalo Bills Wild West show loses 110 ring horses including Old Pap Cody's saddle horse and Old Eagle a star ring horse. Colonel Cody mourns the slaughter and places the loss at sixty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Bill
Lexington
N. C
Police Break Up Unlicensed Irish Demonstration
Police dispersed a United Irish meeting at Kilmain Mayo though not proclaimed. Officers refused speaker access to MP John O'Donnell and organizer Peter Regan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Irish
Kilmain
County Mayo
John O'Donnell
M. P
Peter Regan
League
Russia and China Agree on Manchuria Pact
A special dispatch from St. Petersburg states that Russia and China have concluded an agreement regarding Manchuria. The report emphasizes the official nature of the announcement from the Russian capital.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
China
Manchuria
Multiple U S News Bits From National Wire
A sweeping roundup from several states reports misdeeds and misfortunes. Embezzlement trials and recoveries appear alongside unusual accidents and political notes from Illinois Indiana Ohio Georgia and Utah with fatalities and a variety of local incidents.
Shootings and bank closure dominate Nebraska news
A. A. Grenshaw, Newton county farmer, and his daughter were shot by lawyer Foy during service of an attachment writ. Grenshaw likely fatally hurt. daughter recovering. Foy uninjured. National Bank of Commerce Omaha folds, deposits $220,000 to Omaha National Bank. The Interstate association confirms the 1902 grand American handicap will move west, with Columbus, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago and Kansas City bidding. event set for early April with $1,500 guaranteed.
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A. A. Grenshaw
Newton County
Foy
Grenshaw
National Bank of Commerce At
Omaha
Omaha National Bank
America
Interstate Association
Columbus
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Chicago
Kansas City
From Auburn Prison to Buffalo Fire and Fair News
A missive from Auburn shows letters to a prisoner mostly lost, one from a Cleveland sister. Fire near Chicago, Ti, saves a family. Cummings families refuse to evacuate. A Lansing hunter dies from a gun accident caused by a dog. Julia Grant's health improves slightly. Mitchell Day honors UMWA president with a 15,000 miner parade in Hazelton. Pan American Expo both artistically praised and financially failing, with Buffalo’s future uncertain. Thomas Maton, a 2 steeple jack, falls asleep 120 feet above street in Pittsburgh. George Rowe, wanderer for 20 years, returns to Kokomo to discover family upheaval. Bear rescue attempt ends badly for William Sheppard in Upper Sandusky. Helen Kimber and Abbie Welch call for Kansas Equal Suffrage meeting at McPherson on Nov 7–8. Bishop Conaty receives honorary titular appointment of Samos by Rome.
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Auburn
N. Y
Cleveland
Mead
Chicago
Cummings
Lansing
Mich
Hunter
Julia D. Grant
General Grant
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Hazelton
Jan
Buffalo
Thomas Maton
Pitsburg
George Rowe
Kokomo
Indie
Rowe
William Shepnard
Upper Sandusky
Sheppard
Shepard
Helen Kimber
Abbie A. Welch
Kansas Equal Suffrage Association
McPherson
Thomas J. Conaty
D. D
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Rome
Samos
Ionian Archipelago
Grecian Sea
Rhodes
Collision on a Grave: Freight and Work Train Fatal Crash
A wreck near Plymouth on the Pennsylvania line between a local freight and Clifford Construction work train killed two men and injured about a dozen. The dead include Joseph Clifford and Conductor Tompkins. Charles Coyer and Brakeman Johnson were gravely hurt. Rescue teams and wreckers were dispatched. traffic halted for hours.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Pennsylvania Road
Clifford Construction Company
Joseph Clifford
Tompkins
Charles Coyer
Clifford Company
Johnson
Plymouth
Locomotive Blows Up Near Shanopin Station Killing One
A Lake Shore & Michigan Southern locomotive leased by Pittsburg & Lake Erie blew up near Shanopin station killing Harry Walters of Sheraden Pennsylvania and injuring J F Sullivan of Cleveland who may die W H Porter of Ashtabula and B S Joy of Youngstown Ohio are not reported as fatally hurt Walters was the Pittsburg & Jaeke Erie engineer piloting the Lake Shore crew A passenger train on the Little Rock & Fort Smith railroad was telescoped at Mayflower Arkansas by a westbound freight six passengers were injured
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Pittsburg
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Lake Erie
Shanopin Station
Harry Walters
Sheraden
J. F. Sullivan
Cleveland
W. H. Porter
Ashtabula
B.S. Joy
Youngstown
O. Walters
Pittsburg & Jaeke Erie
Lake Shore
Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock & Fort Smith
Mayflower
Saloon Explosion Wrecks Warsaw Establishment
An explosion of gas wrecked Robert Hickman's saloon in Warsaw Indiana. Several people were injured and Hickman is likely dead. Glass shattered, liquor flowed into the gutter as stock and building losses reach about $6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hickman
Warsaw
Ind
Hickman
News of Foreign Lands Summary of Events Across Nations
Mme Wu Ting Fang arrives in America aboard the Gaelic with her daughter Miss Wu Su Ching. Reports note continued efforts by Russian and U S officials to secure Miss Stone's release. Liverpool records two plague deaths in October. North German Lloyd delays three freighters for a year due to abundant tonnage. In Poland near Witebsk, wolves kill twenty three workers. The Countess of Strathbrooke’s death ties to Edmund Yates’s arrest in London. The Duke of Abruzzi plans a U S visit next February for a polar expedition with Dr Nansen. France approves a 265 million franc perpetual loan to cover costs of the Chinese expedition and related indemnities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Wu Ting Fang
United States
China
Wu Su Ching
Miss Stone
Liverpool
North German Lloyd
Neue Wiener Journal
Witebsk
Poland
London
Journal and Advertiser
Countess of
Edmund Yates
London World
Duke of Abruzzi
Paris
North Pole
Duke of
Abruzzi
Nansen
Plans Big Scheme Plate Glass Breakthrough
The Pittsburg Plate Glass plant at Koko mo completed the world’s largest plate glass on Tuesday. The rough weight stood around 2,500 pounds with 1,300 pounds ground and polished. The finished plate measures 18 feet one inch long and 18 feet one inch wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Race for Life Ends as Children Reach Chicago Institute
Ill light children and their parents completed a 1500 mile race at the Chicago Pasteur Institute with another party arriving Saturday. Names include Charles Gregory Catherine Lamb Nellie Chester Margaret McAuliffe Hezel Agnes Vanderverter Hazel Meech aged 4 to 9. They were bitten last Sunday and received their first serum injection on arrival to prevent rabies. Eyesays of the children had not arrived today. without serum rabies could have progressed to death. The children came from Colorado Springs.
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Chicago Pasteur Institute
Charles ‘Gregory
Catherine Lamb
Nellie
Chester
Margaret McAuliffe
Hezel
Agnes Vanderverter
Hazel Meech
Colorado Springs
Hurst Called Into Court Over Contempt Action
In Chicago on October 21 Judge Elbridge ordered William R. Hurst manager and owner of the Chicago American plus six employees to appear next Monday and show why they should not be punished for contempt. The case cites news items editorials and cartoons reflecting on the judge’s motives in a recent decision involving the People's Gas Light and Coke Co. of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Elbridge
Chicago American
William R. Hurst
People’s Gas Light & Coke Company
Porto Rican Delegation Seeks Open Market at Banquet
At a board of trade banquet honoring the Porto Rican delegation to the United States the members urged free trade with the United States and Europe. Bizmen welcomed the call and cheered the push for an open market.
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United States
Europe
Board of Trade
No Strike at Fall River Mills
The Textile council at Fall River Massachusetts decided not to order a strike next Monday. Resolutions state the votes needed to strike were not secured, leaving the wage question settled for the time being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
May Lead to a Boycott Over U S Goods in Ey
The Spectator notes agitation in Central Ey against the United States and Argone Republic as conservative blocs including Agrarians and peasantry push for a boycott. It warns of broader enmity and economic protection moves, with English and American interests at stake and Germans forming groups to strengthen ties with Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
West Coast Asphalt Plant Fire Claims One Life
A blaze at the West Coast Asphalt factory in Waukegan Illinois on Friday kills Joseph Steinmetz and damages Wilder tanning and Porter Batts company facilities. Total loss about 50,000 dollars with insurance covering part. neighboring Uniontown Pennsylvania suffers major fire destroying twenty buildings and a 50,000 dollar insured loss, primarily impacting The No Standard newspaper which sustains 20,000 dollars in losses.
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West Coast
Waukegan
Ill
Joseph Steinmetz
Wilder 1Ning Tannery
Porter Batts Company
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Squais
No Standard
Turk Prepares for Fight As France Warns of Mobilization
Constantinople correspondent reports the sultan orders rapid defense measures for Nalonika and Smyrna heading to the Dardanelles. Submarine mines to be placed and troops mobilized at likely disembarkation points. Violent anti French sentiment rises and fears for French residents grow in Turkish cities, Constantinople spared.
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Nalonika
Smyrna
Ranece
Dardinelles
Constantinople
Echo de Paris
Pol
Turi
Record-Breaking Liquor Revenue for Peoria District
October revenue across the Peoria district totals 3,375,428 with Rock Island pending. The figure reflects 3,000 gallons of spirits and hints at a year end around 40,000,000. The Peoria district leads in the world in this measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Rock Island
Factories Resume At Hartford City After Shutdowns
From Hartford City Indiana all factories in the American Dow Glass and the Independent Glass Company resumed tonight. About 100 plants represent 95 percent of U S capacity and 15 000 men who had been idle since last May return to work, boosting employment nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
American Dow Glass Company
Indepent Glass Company
Late Markets by Wire Chicago Grain Nov 1
Chicago grain market quiet and steady for flour and wheat with light trade and firm prices. Corn and oats show mixed movement with inquiries, openings, highs and lows noted, receipts and shipments listed for flour wheat corn and oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Asiyae
N. W
Chicago Live Stock Market Report Nov. 1
Cattle receipts heavy with varied grades, prices weak to steady. Hogs active after Friday with prices around 5.85 to 6.25 for heavies and 5.75 to 6.14 for lights. Sheep and calves show firmer demand. lambs 2.75 to 4.73, cows and heifers 1.25 to 4.50, Texans noted among cattle. Minneapolis grain markets steady with No 1 hard December at 7.15 to 7.16.
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Chicago
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Pella Printing Co
BCERS
Iowa
Troy Girl
Tripe
Indian Reservation
North Ca Ionta Reservation
Major McLoughlin
Interior Department
Fort Indians
Hansborough
Indaman
News OF
Associated Press
Wilkie
Minneapolis
Blackleg
Emporia
Kas
Ormsby
George Fifer
Frederick, AL
Interstate Building and Loan
Texas
Haskell
Tex
Charles H. Faulkner
New Britain
Hartford
Conn
John Mortz
St. Croix
Thomas Conley
Mortz
George W. Smith
Hamilton
F. W. O’brien
New People’s Church
Bath
O’brien
Frederic Harrison
Jin
Pattles
National Association of
Window Glass Snappers
American Federation of Labor
Knights of Labor
New Albany
Jia Bullock
Bullock
Yates
Illinois
Joseph C. Garrigus
Livingston County
Patton
Garrigus
New York Life Insurance Company
Henry Manning
Ober
James Lucas
Fannie Lawrence
Aycock
Raleigh
Wis
Asassin Czolgosz
P. D. Scott
Helen Miller Gould
St. Louis Fair
Roy
Fred Marvin
Raymond McVeta
Ddie McKee
McKee
John Alton Harris
Sir Thomas Lipton Company
Georgia
Athletic Board
University of Iowa
Captain Williams
Williams
Myron Beard
Terre Haute
Lyman Abbott
Harvard
Abbott
University Board of Preachers
John Segrist
Rush
Ohio State University
Western Reserve
Omahia
Neb
J. F. Hailey
Hailey
Highland Bay
Bingham
Utah
Charles Nutting
Uive
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Carrie
Grand Trunk Road
Hlurst
London Spectator
English Speaking Alliance
East Asiatic Sct
Berlin
Asiag
Asig
Waukegan, Ill
Louis
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