British suffer loss in Transvaal rear-guard ambush
Lord Kitchener reports a severe rear-guard attack near Bethel in eastern Transvaal. Two guns lost, 54 killed and 160 wounded, with Colonel Benson mortally wounded. Among the fallen are Colonels E Guiness and Lyrre Lloyd and Major F D Murray. Wounded include a long list of officers. The Boers withdrew east after close fighting.
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London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Bethel
Transvaal
Pretoria
Benson
Brokenlaagte
E. Guiness
F. D. Murray
M. W. Kindsay
F. T. Thorould
W. J. Brooks
R. BE
Shepard
A. J.corlet
Lyrre Lloyd
Sanderton
Trickhardsfontein
Delay in Selecting Bishop for Dubuque Diocese
Washington reports a papal brief appointing a bishop for the Dubuque Iowa diocese will not arrive before late November or Christmas time. The Rome mail shows no new developments and Vatican vacations delay notices. Candidates submitted by Cardinal Martinelli have been before Pope Leo, with Dr Garrigan from the Catholic University among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dubuque
Iowa
Rome
Vatican
Pontifical Administration
Cardinal Martinelli
Pope Leo
Garrigan
Catholic University
Cable Toll to Philippines Reduced Rates File
The Commercial Cable company announced reduced rates to the Philippine islands effective November 15. Luzon island will be 1.66 dollars per word from New York while all other islands cost 1.76 dollars per word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commercial Cable Company
Philippine Islands
Luzon Island
Islands
Bubonic Plague Traces Reported in Liverpool cable
United States Consul Boyle in Liverpool reports no new traces of bubonic plague at noon. Washington dispatch notes the cablegram from the Liverpool port confirms absence of fresh cases.
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Canaal Hoyse
Washington, D. C
State Department
United States
Boyle
Liverpool
Spain Quits Free Silver Policy
MADRID November 2 The Chamber of Deputies approves a bill banning free coinage of silver signaling a shift from silver standard and aligning with monetary reform moves in the country.
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Spain
Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
French Mediterranean Fleet to Demonstrate Near Turkey
Paris officials confirm a squadron of three battleships and two cruisers under Admiral Caillard left Toulon for the Levant to pressure Turkey. The plan includes a possible seizure of Smyrna customs as a demonstration of France’s readiness to enforce its engagements, with a Greek port first on the itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Paris
French
Foreign Office
Ander
Caillard
Toulon
Levant
Associated Press
Syra
Turkey to Refuse Payment for Stone Abduction
Constantinople reports Turks will not pay the United States for Ellen M. Stone's release. A Turkish official says the U S claim is invalid and asserts Stone ignored warning and traveled without escort. Turks insist the abductors were Bulgarians and the plot originated in Bulgaria with sanctuary there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stone
Constantinops
United States
Ellen M. Stone
Porte
Turkey
Associated Press
Socop
Bulgaria
Roosevelt to press button at Charleston Exposition
President Roosevelt was invited to attend the South Carolina Institute and West Indian exposition in Charleston starting December 9. He said he would attend if public business allowed and would open the exposition on December 2 by touching a button in the White House. The organizing committee was led by F. W. Wagner.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charleston
S.C
Arcola
White House
F. W. Wagner
Aid to Rebels Means Death Against Treason
The Philippine commission drafts an act against treason and sedition. Treason carries death. aiding insurgents, sedition, or writing rebels incurs fines up to $2,000 and ten years' imprisonment. Breaking allegiance oath faces the same penalties. Foreigners fall under the same laws as Americans and natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippine Commission
United States
Insular
Infantry Reinforcements to South Africa from Aldershot
It is understood that the cabinet has decided to send every available effective infantryman here to the front in South Africa between now and Christmas. The cavalry brigade will depart Aldershot mid November, leaving one regiment behind.
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Aldershot
England
South Africa
Cebu Island Insurgent Surrender Reported by General Hughes
Dispatches from Manila and Washington note the surrender of Cebu insurgents totaling 470 men and 61 officers with 150 rifles and eight brass field pieces. Troop movements to Samar and Bohol are discussed alongside praise for Sgt. Willford after a skirmish near San Antonio.
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Manila
Hughes
Cebu
Samar
Philippines
Washington
Surrecto
Cebu Island
Acius
Bohol Island
Boho
Chaffer
Miles
Eleventh Cavalry
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Department
Islands
Catabalogan
Island
Ninth Infantry
Willford
Bassy
San Antonio
Bookmiller
Company G
Swanson and
Vero
U S Treasurer Reports Strong Fiscal Year
In Washington on November 1 Hon Ellis H Roberts treasurer of the United States released a report showing the treasury at a peak, note worthy changes in paper currency, and growth of gold. Net ordinary revenues reached 587 685 337 dollars an increase of 20 444 485 over 1900. Expenditures totaled 509 967 353 dollars, surpassed only four times since 1863 to 1865 and 1899. The surplus stood at 77 717 894 dollars, and aggregate receipts and disbursements were 1 146 489 306 and 1 077 063 052 dollars respectively.
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Washington
Ellis H. Roberts
United States
Treasury
Treasury to Resume Bond Purchases on Specified Basis
The secretary of the treasury announced plans to resume purchasing short 3, short 4 and short 5 per cent bonds at 1.726 and long 4 per cent bonds at 1.906, effective immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Lipton Receives Warm Welcome in London Return
Sir Thomas Lipton landed in London returning from the United States to a hearty reception. Crowds gathered to greet the famed yachtsman as he stepped ashore, signaling a warm public welcome for his travels and endeavors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thomas
United States
Thomas Lipton
Live Stock Market Report From Soutidt Omailla
Cattle supply fair with strong demand for good to choice grades while common stock shows uneven pricing. Prices held steady or improved for premium cows, bulls, and yearlings. range cattle mostly steady. Hogs saw a lower start but finished with a firmer near end. Sheep and lamb quotes ranged from feeder to high value, with varied demand across grades.
Cattle and hog markets show mixed steady tone
Cattle prices varied with strong live cattle and steady other cattle. Hogs remained steady with top near a dollar and bulk trading around 5.90. Sheep and lambs also held steady with native and western offerings in the 3 to 4 dollar range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Ransom Prospects Cloud Stone Kidnapping Case
Miss Stone’s release remains the primary goal as Sama kov missionaries negotiate with captors in Sopla. U S officials note indemnity talks are secondary while the State Department assesses responsibility for the capture and detention amid fears captives could be harmed after payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stone
SOPLA
Ellen M. Stone
Samakov
Washington
United States
State Department
Interior Department budget seeks large pension funding
The interior department requests a total of 170 million dollars for the next fiscal year. Pensions and pension bureau administration account for 142,161,200 dollars, with 1,964,270 for bureau salaries and 250,000 for examiners in pension cases. Additional census appropriations total 1,972,120 dollars for the coming year, as 9,423,332 had been disbursed by August 31, leaving 4,092,578 unexpended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
Pension Bureau
Burea
Wiseman Freed to Face Murder Charge in Royal Oak Case
Henry Wiseman, who confessed to killing Mrs. Blien Huss and whose body was found buried near Royal Oak, is released from Jackson prison after Governor Bliss commuted his theft sentence. Oakland County officers promptly arrested Wiseman to proceed with murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mich
Henry Wiseman
Blien Huss
Royal Oak
Jackson Prison
Bliss
Oakland County
Wiseman
Roosevelt to weigh irrigation in first message to congress
Western lawmakers expect President Roosevelt to devote substantial space in his first address to Congress to irrigation for arid and semi arid states alongside reciprocity and the Isthmian canal. Irrigation expert Elwood Mead confirms the plan and notes talks with the president on reclamation and western upbuilding. Captain J H Culver reports orders for the Fifteenth Infantry to move to the Philippines, with his son among the regiment’s officers returning from nearly three years’ service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Elwood Mead
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Mead
J. H. Culver
Milford
Neb
War Department
Fifteenth Infantry
Philippines
Culver
Miss Gould Accepts Trust To Help McKinley Memorial
New York, Oct. 31 Miss Helen M Gould announced she had become vice president of the McKinley Memorial association and will serve on the committee to build the monument to the late president. She also accepted a board seat with the Louisiana Purchase exposition of 1903.
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Woman Philanthropiat
New York
Helen M. Gould
The
McKinley Memorial Association
Miss Gould
Carrying Coals to France Increases American Coal Exports
Consul General Skinner in Marseilles reports rising success of American coal in the French market. In the first half of 1900 English coal reached Marseilles 457,732 tons to 7,779 tons for American. From January to July this year English coal 289,203 tons vs 97,622 tons American.
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France
Washington
Skinner
Marseilles
State Department
German Waiters Ordered Deported from New York
Thirty German waiters who arrived aboard the Mongolian in October were ordered deported by the treasury department. They were arrested on landing under the contract labor law and found in violation after review. They appealed to the secretary of the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wome
Washington
Treasury Department
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Interior Abrogates Browning Ruling on Indian School Drafts
The Secretary of the Interior formally abrogates the Browning ruling, removing the duty of the service to fill regular government schools before allowing drafts on Indian children for sectarian school enrollment.
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Browning
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Cavalry Brigade Speeded to South Africa from Aldershot
The War Office ordered a brigade of cavalry from Aldershot to prepare and sail for South Africa by mid next month as part of renewed military deployments.
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London
War Office
Aldershot
South Africa
Perkins Praises Ila System
Charles T. Yerkes testified before the arbitrator on the electrical system for London underground railways. He reiterated he would not join any system but direct current and noted wiring 500 to 600 miles of Chicago street car lines with no deaths attributed to electricity.
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London
Charles T. Yerkes
Yerkes
Chicago
Autopsy Finds Czolgosz Brain Normal After Execution
Auburn physicians report Clinton assassin's brain normal or slightly above normal at autopsy. Drs. Spitzka MacDonald and Prison Physician Gerin state all organs examined were healthy. The three-hour autopsy confirmed mental state not a factor in the crime.
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Auburn N. Y
Carlos MacDonald
BE. A. Spitzka
Gerin
Czolgosz
Edward A. Spitzka
New York
John Gerin
Carlos F. MacDonald
E. A. Spitzka
Buffalo Bill Train Collision In North Carolina
A head on crash at Linwood NC between Buffalo Bill's train and a freight train injured the show’s master, with the engineer and fireman slightly hurt. About 100 Buffalo Bill horses died and tour cars were wrecked, while a freight car was demolished. The Buffalo Bill train had right of way but the freight conductor may have misread the second section.
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Cok
South Carolina
Washington
Linwood
N. C
Buffalo Bill
Southern railroad good roads train to teach road building
A special good roads train was sent out by the Southern railroad to provide practical lessons in road-building in southern states. National Good Roads officials led by President Moore and Secretary Richardson will conduct conventions in principal cities and towns along the route.
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Lessona
Washington
Minois
Southern Railroad
National Good Roads Association
Moore
Richardson
Cockran Thrown From Horse at Sands Point
Rourke Cockran was badly injured after being thrown from a spirited horse at Sands Point Long Island. He was found unconscious with head wounds and facial bruises. no witnesses were present at the accident.
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Cockran
New York
Rourke Cockran
Sands Point
L. I
Mr. Cockran
Shooting on De Soto Lake Ends in Accident
Milton McCoy and Earl Meyers duck hunting on De Soto lake near Blair Nebraska were caught in rain. McCoy stepped to shore to retrieve the gun muzzle first and was accidentally shot, dying within minutes. Meyers nearby, recounts the incident and confirms the fatal accident.
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Blair, Neb
Milton McCoy
Earl Meyers
de Soto Lake
Blair
McCoy
McLoy
Muzzie
President Roosevelt attends play at New National theater
President Roosevelt and party occupied two boxes at the New National theater to see Daniel Frohman's company perform Lady Huntsworth's Experiment. The President attended with Mrs. Roosevelt and their party, observing the stage production last night.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New National Theater
Daniel Frohman
Lady Huntsworth
Schoolmaster Painted Red In Plymouth Mob Action
Plymouth Wisconsin October 30 Herman Dormier a school teacher was roughed by a mob and given a coat of red paint for supporting President Mc Kinley’s assassin expressed sympathy sparked unrest in the town faced by Dormier after his remarks
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Plymouth
Wis
Herman Dormier
McKinley
Secluded Prisoner Czolgonz in Auburn Penitentiary
Czolgonz, jailed for a heinous crime, was kept completely hidden from public view under strict orders by Superintendent Collings. The prisoner remained secluded throughout confinement and execution, with no sensational publicity.
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Auburn
N. Y
Czolgonz
Auburn Penitentiary
Collings
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Diocess of
Cable Toll
Philippines Commission
Gen. Hughes
Buffer Joes
Chaffee
U. S. Treasurer’s Report
America
South Omrhe
Wankani City
Soutidt Omailla
Kansas City
WEST
Great Plains
Roosevelt Fawliier
Perkins
Phoebians
Crolgoss
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