Columbia Is The Winner In America Cup Race
The American boat Columbia defeated Shamrock in the first race for the America's Cup off Long Branch. Official times show Columbia nine minutes forty-seven seconds ahead at the outer mark, with continued leads during subsequent legs. Dispatches from boats Wanda Ellis and Albert H. Ellis tracked the finish and wind conditions as both vessels approached the finish. The official finish had Columbia at 8:54:59 and Shamrock at 4:05:10, with corrected elapsed times also reported. Police and military dispatches note a separate investigation into an alleged assault on peaceful Indians at San Carlos Agency, Arizona, ordered by General Merriam and Colonel McGregor.
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Silver Blate
Associated Press Dispatch
WANDA
Long Branch
Columbia
Shamrock
Long Beach
Associated Press
Far Rockaway
Short Beach
Albert H. Ellis
MOOSE
Western Union
Wight
Shamrock Cetiren
New York
Department
Merriam
San Carlos
Arizona
Denver
Merria
Trouble at San Carlos Reservation
The Silver State's Leased Wire reports trouble at the San Carlos Reservation. Washington dispatches on the War outlook and local tensions outline the situation and possible government action. Initial details indicate unrest and concern among residents and officials.
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San Carlos Reservation
Washington
Aguinaldo's Brother to Be Shot for Treason
Baldomero Aguinaldo, brother of the insurgent leader, is imprisoned at Filipino headquarters and is to be shot for treason by court martial. Mail advices from Hong Kong say he embezzled about 80,000 dollars from the treasury, fled to American lines, and was later captured after returning to Manila.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Tacoma
Hong Kong
Baldomero Aguinaldo
Aguinaldo
Baldomero
Manila
Cattle thief lynched by mob near Wilson Louisiana
A mob in Wilson Louisiana hanged J L Smith formerly from Buffalo Creek Mississippi after taking him from the town marshal. Smith was accused of leading a long running cattle stealing gang that plagued the area, with the lynching occurring Sunday near the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley line.
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Bilver
Chicago
Chronicle
New Orleans
Wilson
Louisiana
J. L. Smith
Buffalo Creek
Mississippi
Smith
Grass Valley Man Fined For Lantern Theft From Sewer
Retribution for James Coghlan as he purloined a contractor hung lantern warning pedestrians of a sewer chasm in Grass Valley. He was fined 20 dollars and later fell six feet into the open trench, allegedly recognizing the danger and receiving a double eagle fine.
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James Coghlan
Grass Valley
Coghlan
Rumors Of Battles In South Africa Reach Cape Town
London dispatches from Oct 16 report scant reliable news from the South Africa scene as Boers cut telegraph lines and threaten to invest Kimberly and Mafeking. Kimberley isolated, Dundee area menaced. Newcastle and Dannhauser engagements, with Bechuanaland tensions and possible martial law amid Dutch protests.
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London
South Africa
Kraaipan
Newcastle
Dainhauser
Dundee
Kimberly
Bechuanaland
Alsance-Loraine
France
Cape Town
Mafeking
Vryburg
Natal
George White
van Reenan
War Office
Firet
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Norvalspont
Dannhauser
Glencoe
Ladysmith
Wilson
Fatal collision in Wyoming claims two lives near Granite Station
A rear end crash at 1 A M today near Granite Station canyon on the Union Pacific line between a stock train and an eastbound fast mail killed two men and wounded three others. Deceased are H J Purple of Norwood Kansas and Thomas J Parker of Cigale Utah. Injured are William Sayles of Vermont Illinois Edward Parnell of Upton Illinois and Charles Morris of Laramie Wyoming. Parker, a wealthy stockman, was among those killed. All victims were aboard the caboose.
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Cheyenne
Granite Station Canyon
Union Pacific
H. J. Purple
Norwood
Kansas
Thomas J. Parker
Cigale
Utah
William Sayles
Vermont
Illinois
Edward Parnell
Upton
Charles Morris
Laramie
Wyoming
Democrats Meet at St. Louis Discuss Finances and Organization
In St Louis on October 16 Senator James K Jones chairing the Democratic National Committee met with vice chairman Stone J G Johnson and Sam B Cook to discuss the party finances and ways and means. Cook said there was nothing about the presidential nominee or platform and that Bryan was expected to be the nominee. A prior talk with B J Devlin yielded no result.
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ST. Louis
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Democratic National Committee
Stone
J. G. Johnson
Kansas
Sam. B. Cook
National Ways and Means Committee
Planters’ Hotel
Sam B. Cook
Bryan
Jones
B. J. Devlin
Chicago
Democratic Press Bureau
Killing Reported at White Plains Involving Joseph Schoeph
News arrives of a fatal shooting at White Plains with few details. Joseph Schoeph, who had been assigned to the White Plains section for months, is reported killed. His body was transported to Wadsworth by freight train.
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White Plains
Joseph Schoeph
Wadsworth
Bryan Tour Through Kentucky Reported
The Bryan party traveled from Cairo to Bardwell and Fulton on Oct 16 with W. J. Bryan, Mrs. Bryan, Woodson of Kentucky, William Goebel, James Blackburn, C. G. Coulter, and other Kentucky Democrats aboard. Bardwell greeted them warmly as Bryan spoke, then Goebel and Blackburn followed with brief remarks in Fulton amid a sizable crowd.
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Bardwell
Bryan
Cairo
W. J. Bryan
Woodson
Kentucky
William Goebel
James Blackburn
Blackburn
C. G. Coulter
Kentucky Democracy
Fulton
Mr. Bryan
Goebel
Joe Blackburn
Nebraska
President speaks in Iowa Falls and other early items
The President delivered his first Iowa address at Iowa Falls this morning. Queen Victoria has donated £500 to the lord mayor's fund for South African refugees, now at £75,000. A Caracas dispatch says President Andrade plans to depart and General Ciaprano controls the insurgency. William Wallace Thayer dies in Portland at 72. Stanford Newell to sign Peace Protocol in The Hague. Dysentery epidemic hits Japan with rising deaths and projected 100,000 cases by October. Ottmar Mergenthaler gravely ill in Baltimore. The Forty-sixth U S V Regiment sails from South Framingham for the Philippines aboard a long train of cars.
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Iowa
Iowa Falls
Queen Victoria
Lord Mayor
Wiliam Wallace Thayer
Oregon
Portland
Livingston County
New York
Hague
Stanford Newell
United States
Japan
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Baltimore
Wurtemburg
Germany
W. 8. Schuster
New England
South Framingham
Unss
San Francisco
Philippines
Steam Wagons a Failure in Nevada Mountains
Steam road wagons failed to prove successful in Nevada mountain regions. De La Mar Company in Lincoln County and an English unit at Cherry Creek, White Pine County, found roads too soft and steep for heavy traction engines. The Cherry Creek machine, deemed underpowered when lightened, will be shipped to Utah. Hood's Sarsaparilla is endorsed as a remedy.
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Nevada
de la Mar Company
Linecola County
Cherry Creek
White Pine County
Central Pacific Railroad
Utah
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McGregor
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Grant
Caracas
Venezuela
Andrade
Ciaprano
Hood
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