Western Irrigation Plan Stressed by Senator Dubois in Interview
Senator Fred J. Dubois advocates federal development of western arid lands via government funding. He cites 100 million acres unused, proposes using land sale receipts to fund reservoirs and canals, and aims to halt flood risks while boosting homesteads across California Idaho Wyoming Montana Utah and the Dakotas.
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Sioux City
Journal
This Morning
Fred J. Dubois
Blackfoott
Idaho
Dubois
Congress
United States
Snake River
Ohio River
Southlands
Mississippi
California
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
Dakotas
Nebraska
Packera Win Damage Cane Case Dismissed in Abatement
In Onawa Iowa October 26 the Ralya Market company of Sioux City sued Armour and Company for 175000 dollars for breach of pork sale contract. The action was abated by law because Armour and Company was a partnership and Philip D Armour Jr. had died. The motion to abate the suit was sustained in district court.
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Packera
Onawa
Ralya Market Company
Sioux City
Armour & Co
Philip D. Armour
Hall Caine Wins Ramsey Seat in Manx Parliament
London Oct 26 Hall Caine elected to represent Ramsey in the Manx parliament with 348 votes against 191 for opponent Ker mode, a local lawyer.
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Wall Caine
London
Hall Caine
Ramsey
Kermode
New French Loan Dominates Paris Markets
Paris stocks focus on a new French loan worth 250 to 280 million francs secured by Chinese annuities as reported by Le Temps. The discussion centers on the impact and terms shaping the financial outlook.
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Paris
Temps
Corn exports lag as ocean freights fall nationwide
New York observers note a glut of floating grain elevators and 124 berthed steamers behind Governor's Island signaling unprecedented freight dullness. Corn exports trail 1900 by 30 million bushels, with about 100 thousand tons of cargo space tied up in New York and other ports.
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New York
Atlantic Basin
Governor's Island
Lanham
Lanham & Moore
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Norfolk
New Orleans
Europe
Gulf
Denmark
Czolgosz to be electrocuted at Auburn prison
The jury condemned assassin Leon F. Czolgosz will die by electric chair at 7 am on Tuesday October 29 at Auburn prison. Warden Mead chose the date to allow Monday preparations and to keep the time secret and avoid delays. The court had granted the warden latitude to schedule the execution within the week beginning October 28.
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Albany
N. Y
Leon F Czolgosz
McKinley
Auburn
Mead
Czolgosz
Auburn Penitentiary
Hammond company to restart South Omaha plant after Chicago fire
Charles S. Felch of the St Joseph house arrives in South Omaha to reopen the Hammond plant. Workers clean boilers and power systems as renovations proceed. Kiling will resume within a week to ten days and full capacity is expected once operations restart.
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Omaha
Hammond Company
Chicago
South Omaha
Charles S. Felch
St. Jozeph
Finans to oppose Russia
London reports an official telegram from Wu Chang cited by the Times Shanghai correspondent stating that Emperor Kwang Su asks what measures the southern viceroys would propose to oppose Russia and what is the outlook for effective British and Japanese support.
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Russia
London
Wu Chang
Shanghai
the Times
Kwang Su
Kasson Delivers Reciprocity Speech at Kasson Banquet
Chicago October 25 six hundred business firms attended the annual banquet of the Illinois Manufacturers association at the Grand Pacific hotel. John A Kasson of Iowa diplomat and tariff expert gave the sole address on reciprocity.
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Chicago
Linois Manufacturers’ Association
Grand Pacific Hotel
John A. Kasson
Iowan
McGovern Corbett Set for Twenty Round Thanksgiving Fight
Terry McGovern featherweight world champion and Young Corbett of Denver signed for a twenty round title bout on Thanksgiving day in Hartford Connecticut at the Empire Athletic Club.
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New York
Terry McGovern
Young Corbett
Denver
Hartford
Conn
Empire Athletic Club
Donaghue Brought to Sioux City for Mortgage Cattle Case
J M Donaghue of Sioux Rapids Iowa was arrested in Kansas City and brought to Sioux City where he faces charges of disposing of mortgaged cattle.
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Donaghue
Sioux City
J. M. Donaghue
Sioux Rapids
Kansas City
Altoona Iron Co Closes Indefinitely Over Coal Shortage
The Altoona Iron Company the largest industry outside of the Pennsylvania Railroad shops has shut down indefinitely due to an inability to secure coal amid a car famine on Pennsylvania lines. Hundreds of workers are idle while local car shops work double time to meet demand.
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Iron Company
Altoona
Altoona Iron Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Fire damages Armour fertilizer plant in South Omaha
Fire at Armour’s South Omaha fertilizer department destroyed the building and threatened nearby property. Firemen from multiple crews fought two hours as cattle on viaducts were driven back to stockyards pens. Estimated loss around 40 000 dollars, covered by insurance. plant operations to continue normally.
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Omaha
Armour’s
South Omaha
Kenyon
Stock Yards Company
R. C. Howe
Armour
Big Production Of Hard Coal In Pennsylvania This Year
Philadelphia October 25 Major anthracite output in Pennsylvania will be the largest in trade history, about 10 million tons above 1900. Nine months output reaches 40,309,786 tons versus 34,202,710 last year. Shipments exclude mine and company use. Demand this year has been greater than ever.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Morgan Silver Service Presented by New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club met last night and appointed a committee to present a silver service to J P Morgan as thanks for his gifts of the yachtond and for the club house foundation. The resolutions recall Mr Morgan's gifts including the Yand on which the club house stands and his lending of Columbia in 1899 and 1901 to defend the America's Cup.
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New York
New York Yacht Club
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Club of Columbia
Samar Quiet After Gandara River Fight
Manila telegraphs report no trouble in Samar since the Gandara river engagement. General Hughes notes Cebu is quiet and General Smith increases garrisons in Samar preparing for active measures.
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Samarin
Manila
Hughes
Cebu
Samar
Gandara River
Smith
Will Not Wait for Howard Court orders testifying from jail
Georgetown Ky Oct 25 Attorney Smith for Powers sought a writ to bring Jim Howard from Frankfort jail to testify for the defense in Goebel murder case. The judge granted removal but warned he would not delay after the defense closes if Howard is absent.
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Howard
Georgetown
Smith
Powers
Jim Howard
Frankfort
Goebel
High Prices For Live Cattle At South Omaha Sale
A shipment from A. W. Clark at Papa Hon topped the season as nineteen head of Whitefaces and Shorthorns averaged 1,257 pounds and sold for 6.30 a hundredweight. Ten of the animals were heifers, marking the sale as the highest of the season and possibly the highest price ever paid for that number of heifers at South Omaha.
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Omaha
South Omaha
Papa- Hon
A. W. Clark
Clark
Minister for the Assassin Attends Czolgosz in Last Hours
In Auburn New York on October 23 Rev John J Hickey Catholic chaplain names Rev Father Szandinski to attend Czolgosz before death They report Czolgosz baptized in the Roman Catholic faith in Detroit but abandoned it early in life and remained an anarchist who denounced its tenets The interview in Polish proved unsatisfactory to both sides
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Auburn
N. Y
Czolgosz
John J. Hickey
Church of the Holy Family
Father Szandinski
Detroit
Booker T. Washington Denies Interview Claims at Yale
Booker T. Washington, in New Haven for Yale bicentennial events, tells the Associated Press that some papers have published alleged interviews with him. He states he has given no interview and has avoided discussing what occurred at Washington, despite efforts to misquote him.
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New Haven
Conn
Booker T. Washington
Yale
Associated Press
Washington
Calcium on Anti-Toxine
Dr Jaques Loeb of the University of Chicago reported findings on an anti-toxine for poisonous salt solutions in animals. He said adding calcium to the salt solution allowed about 80 percent of segmented embryos to live during early development studies.
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Chicago
Jaques Loeb
University of Chicago
University Medical Association
Coray Again Named For State Treasurer Ticket
Harrisburg Pennsylvania October 23 The Democratic State Committee filled the vacancy created when Dauphin County Court declared invalid the nomination of E A Coray Jr Pittston for state treasurer Corays name was restored to the Democratic ticket and he also carries the Union and Municipal League party nominations.
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Harrisburg
Democratic State Committee
Dauphin County
E. A. Coray, Jr
Pittston
Coray
Union and
Municipal League
Stone sighting reported from Sofia frontier area
From Sofia the Vienna correspondent of the Daily Mail reports United States Consul General Dickinson has received word that Miss Stone was seen at Jakoouda on Turkish territory about two hours from the Bulgarian frontier.
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London
Sofia
Vienna
The
Daily Mail
United States
Dickinson
Sheperd
Miss Stone
Jakoouda
Pillsbury Dies Without Will In Minnesota
Minneapolis Oct 22 No will was left by John S Pillsbury former governor of Minnesota He said he would support any worthy institution or movement and accept Minnesota laws to settle his estate His fortune is estimated around 5 million dollars with higher figures cited
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Minneapolis
John S. Pillsbury
Minnesota
Rain aids abbduction inquiry as brigands hold Miss Stone
In Constantinople rains hinder mountain brigands guarding American missionary Miss Stone. The treasurer W. W. Peet expects ransom, weighing 300 to 400 pounds, before the captors release her and disperse. Paris reports deny links to former Macedonian committee head Saratoff. A Sardinia mail robbery ends with two gunners wounded and a woman killed.
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Constantinople
Miss Stone
W. W. Peet
Mr. Peet
Paris
M. Saratoff
Temps
London
Cassari
Sardinia
Rome
Daily Express
Malvar Emerges as Aguinaldo's Heir in Philippines
In Manila on October 24 reports say Malvar is confirmed as Aguinaldo's successor by the central Filipino committee. Samar Island communications are down after a typhoon, with only one cable message and mail reaching. Admiral Rodgers reports arrival on the New York at Catablogan and warns troops after Balangiga massacre.
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Manila
Island of
Samar
Admiral Rogers
Balangiga
Pambujan
Central Filipino Committee
Malyar
Aguinaldo
Washington
Rodgers
Navy Department
New York
Catablogan
Take Arms to Insurgents Big Consignment Ships for Colombia
Reports from Laguira Venezuela dated October 21 describe a first shipment of arms and ammunition totaling 1500 rifles and 400000 cartridges on a steamer towed by a Venezuelan gunboat. Generals Pedro Rodrigues and Francisco Lieva led the venture bound for Llanos de Gasanare to aid Colombian liberals against the conservative government. The expedition, dispatched by Caracas, left openly.
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Orinoch
San Juan
Porto Rico
Laguira
Venezuela
Pedro Rodrigues
Francisco Lieva
Miss Stone Captured by Turkish Cavalry at Sultan’s Instigation
Vienna dispatch reports Miss Stone was seized not by brigands but by a detachment of Turkish cavalry acting at the instigation of the sultan. The Sofia correspondent of the New Wiener Journal relays the claim.
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Vienna
Sofia
Nues Wiener Journal
Tolstoi Hospitalized Again Near Aloupka Crimea
Count Leo Tolstoi remains seriously ill at the estate of Countess Palin near Aloupka in Crimea, as reports from St. Petersburg recount his condition during October 24 communications.
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Count Tolstoi
ST. Petersburg
Leo Tolsto
Palin
Aloupka
Crimea
Carnegie Gift Funds Dundee Libraries
London reports that Andrew Carnegie has given 37000 pounds to establish libraries at Dundee. The donation aims to support public access to reading and education in Scotland's city.
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Carnegie
Dundee
London
Andrew Carnegie
Hammond plans South Omaha plant re opening
Officials said the Hammond company will reopen its South Omaha plant soon after transferring workers from Chicago. the facility has been closed since last spring and will resume operations once staffing is completed.
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South Omaha
Chicago
Hammond Company
Lipton Sails for Home from New York
Sir Thomas Lipton sailed for home today on the steamer Celtic from New York. His steam yacht Erin is slated to sail tomorrow, keeping a brisk pace on the return voyage.
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Lipton
Game
New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
Celtic
Erin
Smallest NYC Lot Sells for Big Price
The smallest parcel in New York City at Third Avenue and East 149th Street measures 6 by 14 inches. Builders offered $200 for the plot, owner Frederick Uhl requests $1,000 and is likely to fetch the sum.
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New York City
Third Avenue
East One Hundred and Fortyninth Street
Frederick Uhl
Webster's Slave Autograph Sells Freedom Note
A Buffalo collection of books by negro authors shows an 1847 autograph from Paul Jennings's freedom purchase. It records $120 paid for Jennings's freedom with an agreement to work out $8 monthly including board clothes and washing, and notes his papers are recorded in the district. Jennings, Madison's former body servant and author of A Colored Man's Reminiscences of President Madison, was of Madison’s slave family descent.
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Buffalo
Webster
Paul Jennings
Jennings
Madison
President Madison
London School Board Opens Cripples School
The London school board opens the first in a series of schools for cripples. Children are transported by ambulance to and from school and receive a substantial midday meal as part of the curriculum.
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London School Board
Dodd's Kidney Pills Relieve Widow and Mother’s Aches
Mrs Clara Keys of Clarissa Minnesota reports long lasting relief from chronic back and neuralgia pain after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Her 74 year old mother also gains freedom from years of aches, confirming the remedy's healing effect for both generations.
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Clarissa
Minn
Clara Keys
Charles Keys
Dodd
Marion Crawford a journalist turned novelist
The article notes Marion Crawford began in journalism and rose to a novelist. It mentions his first novel Mr Isaacs published twenty years ago, that he spends much time in the United States, and that he was 47 years old on August 2.
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Marion Crawford
Mr. Isaacs
United States
Cervera Fund Drive Ends in Protest
The effort to raise funds for a loving cup for Admiral Cervera collapsed after his remarks on America related to Mr McKinley’s death displeased the Cer vera Memorial Association of Sidney New York. The group has declared Cervera undeserving of a testimonial.
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Admiral Cervera
America
Mr McKinley
Cervera
Walter Baker and Co Cocoa and Chocolate Makers
Walter Baker and Co of Dorchester Massachusetts have studied cocoa and chocolate to perfect their process. They have developed unique machinery and treatment methods that preserve purity palatability and nutrients. Their preparations are globally recognized and endorsed by doctors nurses and discerning housekeepers and caterers.
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Didette and Hygienic Gazette
Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mass
Edward's Chum and the Portuguese Ambassador
Edward's chums include M. de Soveral the Portuguese ambassador famed for his wit and perfect English. A striking figure with black eyes a heavy mustache touched with gray and near balding, he ranks among the king's most favored foreign envoys. He is noted for inexhaustible wit and cultural finesse.
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Edward
England
M. de Soveral
Defiance Btarch Ad Promotes Unmatched Quality
An advertisement touts Defiance Btarch as superior to competitors, claiming a unique process and one third more product for 10 cents, highlighting distinct quality advantages.
Mrs Blackburn Resigns to Wed Kentucky Senator-Elect
Mrs Mary Blackburn a longtime Washington war department clerk resigns to marry Senator-elect Blackburn of Kentucky. She is widow of the late Judge H H Blackburn of Martinsburg West Virginia and a distant relative of the Kentucky senator.
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Mary Blackburn
War Department
Washington
Blackburn
Kentucky
H. H. Blackburg
Martinsburg
W. Va
Senator Blackburn
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William McKinley
Kasson
Stock Yards
Ambler
Morgan
Czolgocs
Brooker Washington
White House
Pillsbury
Malvar
Baltan
Mrs. Blackburn
Sciatica and
Lumbago
St. Jacobs Oil
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