Spaniards Push For Rapid Cuban Evacuation Amid Unrest
Havana reports reveal Spanish residents urging Madrid to hasten Cuba evacuation as insurgents gain ground. Discontent spreads among troops over pay delays and poor rations while civil guards and engineer brigades seek discharge. Cuban leaders rally support, urging continued resistance despite American presence.
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Madrid
Havana
Key West
Fla
Paz Y Libertad
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Commission of Transportation
Spain
Puerto Principe
Nuevitas
Tarragona
General March
Neuvitas
Blenco
Guanabacos
Regla
Guines
Blanes
Orden Publica
Island
Irma May Be Wrecked Off Halifax Amid S terus gale
Halifax N 8 Oct 25 Tugs battled heavy seas for hours trying to reach a square rigged wreck on Thrum Cap shoals a mile and a half offshore Five men were seen on deck as the vessel broke her masts during a twelve hour gale with rain and high waves The British brig Irma of 232 tons owned in Liverpool and commanded by Captain Taylor may be the vessel stranded tonight rescue attempts were halted by darkness and rising seas with only five crew visible out of nineteen believed lost
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Life Bonita
Vesil
Mr. Crosby
Liverpool
N. 8
Taylor
Insurgent Desperation Flares Near Manila
Insurgent troops grow desperate as supplies run short and leaders promise to seize Manila. Filipino newspapers press for complete independence and reject annexation or a U S protectorate. American naval and military authorities take precautionary steps with no immediate trouble expected.
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Manila
United States
Delayed Decision on Botkin Extradition to Delaware
In San Francisco on October 2 a habeas corpus ruling on Mrs Botkin's extradition for trial in Delaware for the Mrs John F P Dunning murder was deferred. Five judges spoke en banc, with Judge Carroll Cook ordering a continuance until Monday noon when a decision will be announced.
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San Francisco
Photographer kills fiancée then dies at express grounds
John Melcher a Chicago photographer employed at the exposition grounds shot and killed Lillian S Morris his fiancée and then killed himself. Jealousy of the woman was given as the motive in Omaha today.
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Omaha
John Melcher
Chicago
The
Expression Grounds
Lillian Sl. Morris
Obituary of John HM dialogue in shipbuilding firm dies at 18
Camden, N J October 2 John HM dialogue an 18 year old senior member of the shipbuilding firm of John 1 Dialogue a Bons died this afternoon from heart failure in a brief city death notice recorded in local papers.
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Camden
N. J
Get
John HM
Dialoge
John
Dialogue & Bons
Report of Admiral Sampson Two Months Before Cervera Sinking
Washington reveals Sampson's dispatches from May to July detailing West Indies operations prior to Cervera’s destruction. The record covers monitors' inefficiency, coal limits, San Juan bombardment plans, and the Havana blockade as the fleet moved toward Santiago and the Cuban coast.
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West Indies
Cervera
Washington
Navy Department
Ampson
New York
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Cape Verde
Key West
Simpson
San Juan
Department
Cane Harden
Behley
Clenfuemos
Schley
Santiago
Sterling
Santigo
Sampoon
Bampton
Admiral Lampoon
Santiage
Sampson
Duck Hunters Drowned in Lake Michigan near Wilmette
A small skiff carrying Louis Hahn son of a wealthy Evans ton brick manufacturer William Schaffer and another man unknown capsized about five miles off Wilmette during a duck hunt. The men clung to the overturned craft for over an hour before sinking due to heavy life jackets and ammo. Schaffer’s body was recovered.
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Chicago
Louis Hahn
Evanston
William Schaffer
Lake Michigan
Wilmette
Schaffer
Plague Victim Dies as Nurses Improve in Vienna
In Vienna on October 2 Pr Mueller, who attended Herr Harlech the surgical assistant at Professor Nethingho bacteriological establishment, died Thursday from bubonic plague. Three nurses who had shown symptoms are somewhat improved today.
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Pr. Mueller
Herr Harlech
Nethingho
no foundation for alarmists on french marchand mission
Paris reports deny alarmist rumors of Anglo French tensions over the Sudan and Marchand’s expedition. Delcassé urges France’s equal claim to influence in Bahr el Ghazal and disputes Britain’s right to Khartoum, asserting parity with England.
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M. Delcasse
Fishoda
England
Rpashoda
Bent
Edmund Monson
France
Baron de Courcel
London
Lord Salisbury
Khartoum
Pashoda
Kitchener
Bahr-El-Gazal
Saitsburs
Baron de Courndl
M. Deleagse
Nile
Tahr-El-Gazal
No Change in Programme on Cuban Transfer Date
Washington reports say the United States will not extend the Cuba transfer deadline. December 1 remains the date for formal control, with Spanish troops to be moved from Havana and other occupied locations by then. The U.S. will assume control over customs and public business regardless of troop movements.
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Havana
Ego
Puerto Principe
Cuba
Torriente
Calixto Garcia
Torrente
Calizio Garcie
Washington
United States
Spain
General Mattox to Retire from Volunteer Army
Brigadier General Mattox prepared for retirement at the War Department and planned to return to his home in Maine. Brigadier General Hubbard was also reported en route to Minnesota to retire from service.
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Washington, Dct
Gener . Co. P. Mattox
War Department
Maine
Hubbard
Minnesota
Citizens' Party Mandamus Denied in Dauphin Court
Judge Stewart of Chambersburg authored the opinion in Dauphin county court late last night refusing the mandamus to force Secretary Martin to receive the Citizens' party nomination papers from Philadelphia.
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Harisburg
Stewart
Chambersburg
Dauphin County
the Commonwealth
Martin
Citizens’ Party of
Philadelphia
Unclear Pennsylvania Pension Notice Effects Handwritten OCR
Fragmentary OCR notes reference pensions and restoration actions in Pennsylvania with names William W. Allen Towanda Bradford and HH. Williams Wilkes Barre. Amounts or dates are unreadable, but imply a financial or administrative pension matter and potential action.
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Washington, Dct
William W. Allen
Towanda
Bradford
General-Spaniards in Cuba Trouble Reported
News notes rising temperatures and a general mood of concern as Spaniards in Cuba face mounting disturbances. Admiral Lampoon’s report, local discussions, and the funeral of Private Keith frame a morning of unsettled headlines across political and military spheres.
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Admiral Lampoon
Philadelphia
England
France
Bferman
M. Giitn
Keith
Jealous Husbands Kill Their Wives in Jersey City
New York Get first reports say two jealous husbands killed their wives and then killed themselves in Jersey City. Fenny Jones shot his wife on Van Horne Street then killed himself after a night of jealousy. Garrett Preach, 50, a Pennsylvania railroad engineer, wounded his wife and himself, dying to minutes later. Their son Clarence tried to intervene and was wounded. Mrs French survived after a pistol was used at their home following years of abuse.
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Jersey City
Fenny Jones
van Horne Street
Polles
Hodbey
Howe
Montgomery Street
St. Brutgets Church
Garrett Frenehl
Jonés
Clarence
Jones
Garrett Preach
Tip” French
Preach
Prench
Races Trouble at Ashpole
A Wilmington Star report from Lamberton North Carolina describes an early morning attack by a group of Black attackers on eight to ten guards around a fire at Ashpole. Three guards were shot with one seriously wounded. four attackers were captured near Ashpole and are in custody. Tension rises in Wilmington as reports from Ashpole and Lumberton fuel fear of broader violence.
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N. C
Lamberton
Ashpole
Nebingon County
Albert Floyd
Robert Inman W
Williar Pullared
Bullard
Aghipole
Lumberton
Drummer Fatally Shot by Governor in Albany
Houston, Oct. D. M. Pareira a drummer died instantly after Governor DeMoss shot him in a Albany store. Pareira allegedly insulted Mrs. DeMore prompting the confrontation. The body to Albany for burial.
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Tex
M. Pareira
Albany
N. Y
Gov. DeMoss
Pareira
Troop Advance Reported for Cherbourg Arrival
Orders issued at the military and naval arsenal of Cherbourg to prepare for tomorrow's arrival of a large body of troops. Barracks are being quickly organized to receive them.
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Cherbourg
Get. B
Transatlantic Steamship Arrivals and Sailings Noted
In October reports show Helgen land arriving at Southampton, Southward docking at New York, La Champagne arriving in New York from Antwerp, and Etruria sailing from Liverpool to New York. The postings list multiple ships alongside ports of call and destinations with emphasis on transatlantic traffic.
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Oct. S
Helgenland
Southampton
Antwerp
la Champagne
Queenstown
Etruria
Weather Forecast for Eastern Showings and Western Pennsylvania
Forecast for Monday shows rising temperatures in eastern regions with southerly winds. Western Pennsylvania will be warmer and fair then clouding over with south to southeast winds increasing and strong.
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Washington
Leunéyvivinia
Fale
Pennsylvania
Peace Jubilee Opens With Spiritual Services in Philadelphia
The city marks a three day peace jubilee beginning with prayers across churches, honoring war-era heroism. Officials from President to generals attend the formal program, while Broad Street decorates in white and gold for a grand naval parade.
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Punt
United States
Miles
Wheeler
Philip
Hobson
Merrimac
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