Navy Yards Run at Full Speed Preparations for War
At the Brooklyn navy yard work on all war vessels is pushed rapidly under navy orders. Officials cite routine haste, while two new ships, the torpedo boat Foote and the battleship Towa, near final trials. The composite gunboat New Port will sail to Nicaragua with Admiral Walker and a commission.
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Navy Yard
Bethlehem
Washington
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Department
Spain
Foote
Towa
Towa J
Footes
Newport
Nicaragua
Admiral Walker
A. 8
Young Girl Commits Suicide in East Orange
Cecile Guimaeres, 11, daughter of a wealthy East Orange resident, shot herself in the heart after a quarrel with her father. A brewery wagon driver barely avoided her body in East Orange as the search for the missing girl continued with a $50 reward.
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New York
East Orange
N. C
Cecile Guimaeres
Coulmaeres
Wheatland Teacher Beaten to Death by Pupils
James Allen a Wheatland Hickory county Missouri teacher was killed by students after school detention. He was attacked with stones and clubs on his way home after punishment for misconduct, suffering a fatal skull fracture. Youths have been arrested.
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Leilain Mo
James Allen
Wheatland
Hickory County
Allen
Wrath at the Reichsrat in Vienna Parliament Turmoil
The Reichsrat’s all-night session in Vienna finished amid unprecedented disorder. Anti Semite insults were shouted and personal slurs spread among members. Quotes ranged from drunkenness to obscene epithets as Herr Wolff challenged Dr. Lueger.
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Vienna
Reichsrath
Herr Wolff
Lueger
Temple Wrangle Over Miss Willard Resignation
In Buffalo the resignation of Miss Willard from the temple trustees sparked debate among the Women s Christian Temperance Union members. The board and national executive committee acted to distance themselves from responsibility while Willard pledges effort to raise funds to pay off trust bonds. Mrs Carse departed for Chicago after raising more than $2 0 toward the temple fund and expressing confidence the building will be saved for the union.
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Miss Willard
Buffalo
Temple
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Mise Willard
National Womer's Christian Temperance Union
Carse
Chicago
Temple Fund
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ellen Peck Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
New York news reports Ellen Peck once called queen of confidence women received a five year term from Judge Cowling for stealing jewelry worth 1.20 from Christopher Cini using a false claim to present items to her daughter. She had posted a 1000 bond that proved worthless and had prior prison history in swindles involving Halbit and Julius Columbian.
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New York
Ellen Peck
Cowling
Halbit
Julius Columbian
Competitor Trials Begin At Naval Court Martial
The crew of the schooner Competitor faces a naval court martial with a decision to be confirmed by the Madria government. Defense is led by Senor Masa Domingex. A palace reception showed autonomists in the majority among sixty attendees plus military and civil officials. General Fagoga, the intendente, sails back to Spain next week. Senor Fontanalls becomes interim intendente.
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Maveana
Madria
Senor Masa Domingex
Cireles
Fagoga
Spain
Senor Fontanalls
Adoption Offer For Cuban Heiress In Chicago Wealth Case
Mrs Celia Walace of Chicago offers to adopt Misa Evangelina Coslo y Cianeros to make her heiress to a 500000 dollar estate. Evangelina considers the proposal and awaits her father’s written consent, which is required for legality.
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Chicago
Celia Walace
Misa Evangelina Coslo Y Cianeros
Piake
Evangelina
Wounded by a Robber in Detroit
Detroit news reports shoemaker John Neiding shot in bed by a robber on Antonio Street early this morning. Neiding died from a chest wound after a revolver salvo aimed at him as his wife Mrs Neiding awakened to a lighted match in the doorway. the intruder fled.
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Detroit
John Neiding
Antonio Street
Wife Sues Over Lost Love In Indian Mission Controversy
Mrs. Millie Manore sues Grace Howard for 5000 alleging affair with her husband Joseph Manore. Howard, daughter of newspaper man Jon Howard, ran Grace Mission school on Crow Creek and Minnebago reservations and bought a cattle ranch on the White River. She denies knowing Manore and claims he spends time elsewhere.
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Mia
Chamberlain
Grace Howard
Jon Howard
Millie Manore
Joseph Manore
Manore
Miss Howard
Crow Creek
Minnebago
Grace Mission
Blacksnake in the organ shocks Milford church service
A blacksnake coiled around the organ pipes during a Milford Delaware service causing a panic. The organ failed to play as the congregation evacuated and the snake was removed after the organ was dismantled. The preacher eventually killed the snake with a collection plate blow.
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Milford, del
Shifoh
New Phase in the Seal Affair Involving Canada Leaders
Washington reports a new phase in the seal affair as Sir Wilfred Laurier and Sir Lewis Davies plan to travel to Washington to participate in broader talks. The move signals possible Canada United States reciprocity discussions amid previously limited expert exchanges.
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Washington
State Department
Wilfred Laurier
Canada
Lewis Davies
Marine and Fisheries
Laurier
Bering Sea
Lord Salin
Bury
Sherman
Thompson
MacCaun
London
Dry dock towed to sea from Cienfuegos
A floating dry dock built in England for Havana harbor was sighted off the southeast coast in tow of a British steamer. The Tyne built dock was towed the entire distance in sections across the Atlantic with a southerly course to avoid storms.
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Cienfuegos
Cuba
England
Havana
Thik ’Oast
Tyne
Athintle
Steamer Southwark Fire Disrupts Antwerp Voyage
The steamer Southwark, bound for Antwerp, returned to port with a fire in her hold. Firemen extinguished the blaze as grain, oats, and cotton were aboard about twenty miles east of Sandy Hook. Damages are undetermined. passengers were kept aboard pending final arrangements.
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New York
Southwark
Antwerp
Wemewday
Portalas
Sandy Hook
Tay
Damien
Hie
Bicycle Races Held in Macon Winners Named
In Macon Georgia on November h the day of bicycle racing produced finals with Tom Cooper taking first in the one mile professional and another event. Win Ett took second in time while Hurl Peabody of Chicago won the amateur star and swept all three races he entered.
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Macon
Tom Cooper
Winett
Hurl Peabody
Chicago
Death of Col Mussel in Chicago at 45
Colonel Henry T. Russell, vice president and general manager of the Union Drop Forge Co., died suddenly of heart disease during luncheon in Chicago. He was 45 years old and left a widow.
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Chicago
Henry T. Rumsell
Vicw
Union Drop Forge Company
Leaven
McConnell Knocks Out Elmer in Four Rounds in Oakland
In Oakland California tonight Prank Mc Connell of San Francisco defeated Billy Elmer by knockout in the fourth round in a boxing bout.
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Oakland
Billy Elmer
Prank Mc.Connell
San Francisco
Remains Identified as McKay Likely from Garrison Wreck
The body found in the river opposite Tom Island is identified as stenographer Mc Kay, believed to be the victim of the Garrison wreck. May He McKany is named in the report as the probable deceased, with the discovery made in Pougteepsie on November 6.
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McKany
Pougteepsie
N. Y
Toam Island
McKay
General Blanco Orders and Cuba News Sweep
The proclamation to Cuban troops urges discipline and humane treatment of the wounded and noncombatants and directs care for families in need. News notes 2,000 head of cattle arriving from the United States and reports on General Weyler’s position, Spanish government concerns, and officer unrest across Madrid, Toledo, Barcelona, and other cities.
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Havana
Navy
Blanco
Spain
Cobo
Adda
Pople
Vilage Ad
Montserrat
General Weyler
Cuba
Guara
Santiago de Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Madrid
Marshal Franco
Cui
London
The
Daily Mail
Weyvler
Eni
Alsin
Philippines
Military Club
Morrea
Toledo
Barcelona
Vittoria
Saragorsa
Logrono
Correspondencia Militaire
Georgia Senate Defeats Prohibition Bill
Georgia State Senate votes 18 to 32 to defeat a measure that would have made Georgia a Prohibition state. The bill had lingered in the legislature since last year after exhaustive debate and would likely have faced stiffer opposition in the House if it had progressed.
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State Senate
Atlanta
Georgia Senate
Georgia
House
Six Students Suspended for Halloween Prank at Delaware College
Six students at Delaware College in Wilmington were suspended for a week after a Halloween frolic. They tied the door of Professor Conovers room, saluted him with sticks on the porch, then broke into the college magazine, secured a cannon, and fired a salute. President Harter and Professor Wolf witnessed the incident and faculty conducted an investigation before suspensions were imposed.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware College
Conovers
Harter
Wolf
Dey
Steamship Arrivals and Departures at New York
Steamships arriving in New York include Caya nia from Liverpool and Werra via Naples from Genoa. Cleared vessels include La Touraine Darve Etruria from Liverpool and Naples later. Departures note Auguste Victoria and Naaples to Liverpool while ships named Nomidic and Naplie sailed to New York from Genoa.
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New York
Cayania
Liverpool
la Touraine
Darve
Etruria
Spaormdam
Rottersam
Auguste Victoria
Naaples
Nomidic
Naplie
Ems
Genoa
Werra
Naples
Rumors of Croker Death Circulate Denied
A New York report says rumors claiming Richard Croker died today at Murray Hill hotel are false. Croker is reported to be ill with a severe cold and prostrating weakness, with no confirmation of death from the source.
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New York
Richard Croker
Murray Hill
Yellow fever update from New Orleans and other cities
Yellow fever continues to claim lives in New Orleans with ten deaths and twenty five new cases reported amid warm weather. Mobile and Montgomery show a mix of new cases and isolated deaths. Selma reports clear health conditions while Jackson and Cayuga list new cases.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Mobile
Ala
Montgomery
Selma
Jackson
Miss
Cayuga
County Farm
Quadruple murder reported in Hawden Mont calm county
Montreal reports a farmer returning home to find his three daughters aged 18 16 and 14 and a one year old son murdered in Hawden Quebec. Three large parties search the woods for a suspected tramp killer after the Wednesday morning visit.
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Montreal
Hawden
Montcalm
Quebec
Gondifer
Tially
Interview with Jose Canalejas in New York details
The Herald plans to print an interview with Jose Canalejas editor of El Heraldo who is visiting New York to assess Cuban affairs. He states he has no official status yet aims to report truthfully on Cuba and to inform Spanish government circles and the press with his confidential findings. He discusses Weyler, Blanco, Sagasta, and the U S stance on Cuban matters.
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New York
Herald
Senor Jose Canalejas
el Heraldo
United States
Cuba
Spain
Cal
Weyler
Blanco
Tribune readers solve old coin debt puzzle
Seventy two people submitted answers to a problem printed in yesterday's Tribune. Eight were correct, many erred by misplacing two and a half percent. The solution shows A owed B 24 1/4 cents after equal division of items, with the final accounting detailing investments of 31 85 and 85 cents and equal shares of 92 45 cents.
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Tribune
John Daly Arrives in New York to Speak on Irish Prisoner Cruelty
John Daly, the alleged dynamiter once jailed in Liverpool and later sentenced to life, arrived in New York tonight aboard a steamer. He plans to tour the United States delivering addresses about the cruelty of British treatment of Irish political prisoners.
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New York
John Daly
Liverpool
Biortlend
Daly
Hritieh
Hope-Breaking Football Game Ends With Injuries in Delaware
In a Wilmington contest between St. Johns of Annapolis and Delaware College, Delaware captain John Mullins broke his collar bone and quarterback Pestepas sustained a 46 finger injury, while St. John and Delaware players left injured.
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Wilmington
Del
St. John's Oeflexe
Annapolis
Delaware College
John Mullins
Delawares
Pestepas
Delaware
Boeore
St. John
BALKY SUPERVISOR SIGNS ELECTION RETURNS DISPUTE
In Somerset county a Democratic election supervisor allegedly refused to sign the county returns. The move could allow Republicans to gain influence in the legislature despite Somerset’s vote. Murray Vandiver admitted Senator Gorman’s defeat on the face of the return.
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Baltimore
Newa
Somerset County
Murray Vandiver
Democratic State Committee
Gorman
Two Scranton Men in Fatal Saloon Stabbing Case
John Orgill, 67, stabbed Robert Elliot, 55, during a domino dispute at Ben Davis' saloon on North Main in North Scranton. Orgill, held at the North Scranton police station, admitted the act, but later showed remorse. Elliot's condition worsened as doctors said the wound tore the intestines. officers reported Elliot's last update before dying.
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John Orgil
Robert Elliot
Ben Davis
North Main Avenue
North Scranton
County
Edward Fidler
Elliot
W. D. Donne
John J. Sullivan
Orgill
Eiliot
Donne
Orcil
Finlay Rosa
Thomas Eh. Leyshon
P. Longstreet
Charles Corwin
Eliot
Marvine
Throop Street
School Street
Davis
Spellman
Scranton
the Tribune
Bullet
Scranton to Field Strong Local Basketball Team
Scranton plans a powerful basketball squad made of top players from the city’s teams of the past three years. Captain Zang and Tocots as manager will lead a lineup including Mc Doralid Khule Fahrenholt Mallett Cowles Teota Neuls Heusner Moir Woekroth Huber Murthy Koch Steele Coursen Wall. A January tour will face Philadelphia Turners Germantown Y M C A Camden N J Turners and Lafayette College.
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Scranton
Joseph McDoralid
Steve Khule
Thea Fahrenholt
Frank Mallett
Charles Zang
Arthur Cowles
Nelson Teota
Fred Neuls
Adolph Heusner
Wallace Moir
Willam Woekroth
Theo, Huber
Bert Murth
Young Woman Falls From Street Car on Laurel Hill Line
A young woman, unnamed, was admitted to Moses Taylor Hospital at 2 AM with a four inch gash on her head after falling from the last car from Dunmore onto Madison Avenue asphalt. Hospital officials would not disclose the extent of her injuries.
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Moses Taylor Hospital
Laurel Hill
Madison Avenue
Dunmore
Weather and politics mix in morning news digest
The morning bulletin notes showers and cooler weather along with general activity at Navy yards. It covers Civil War era topics such as promises of civilized warfare in Cuba and a sea controversy. It lists political candidacy news and local county reports with brief notes on various regional happenings.
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Navy Yards
Fuepubtlican
Blanco
Cuba
Swallow
Lawval—Positiie
Ohio Nears Final Count with Republicans Ahead in Legislature
Columbus, O Nov 5 The Ohio legislature stands 74 Republicans 70 Democrats with one doubtful. Wood County shifts may provoke court action as both parties contest county returns. Chairman Nash maintains a Republican majority on joint ballot while Democrats push for contests in close counties and Wood County.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wood County
Wood, Athough
McConville
Democratic Atate Committee
Cincinnati
John R. McLean
Nash
Board of Election
Supreme Court
Norris
Representative
Freedom Township
Mears
Norrie
Counsiel
Bowling Green
Eircuit Court
Toledo
Election Board
Center Township
Dayton
Montgomery County
Buried in the Same Coffin in Crown Hill Cemetery
Amelia Mendenhall died at age 11 in Indianapolis on November 1 after her husband Dr Elijah Mendenhall died 45 hours earlier. They were buried together in a double width coffin at Crown Hill Cemetery after a fifty six year marriage.
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Indianapelia
Amelia Mendenhall
Elijah Mendenhall
Crown Hil
Hammerstein’s Trouble Signals Theatrical Affairs
Oscar Hammerstein’s counsel stated the managers likely will not exceed 25000 in debts and that Hammerstein plans to resume management of his enterprises after the fever days. The schedule of the theatrical groups remains unsettled as talks continue in New York.
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New York
Weather Forecast for Meralds New York Nov
The forecast spans the middlestates and New England with cloudy to partly cloudy conditions, slightly warmer weather, and winds turning south to southwest then stronger off the coasts. Temperatures fall with local snows near the lakes and clearing by Sunday with frost in the interior regions.
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New York
New England
Clowdy
Werner Weether
Clhearne
Thia
Tholakow
Guncay
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