New York Honors Dewey With Massive Naval Pageant
In New York on September 30 Admiral Dewey stood on the Olympia at the head of a grand fleet and 1 000 ships, watched by millions as crowds filled harbors and riverfronts. The parade honored Manila Bay heroism with a tumultuous reception, flags, and a dawn to dusk spectacle that impressed the nation.
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Chicago
South Atlantic Squadron
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Manila
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Navy hero procession in New York honors Admiral Dewey
A four hour land parade in New York honors Admiral Dewey with a loving cup presentation and a procession led by Olympia jackies. Dewey and Rear Admiral Schley receive sweeping ovations as crowds line streets with flowers and cheers. Dewey, tired, rests at a friend’s home afterward.
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Admiral Dewey
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Olympia
Dewey
Schley
National Capital Welcomes Admiral Dewey Homecoming
Washington observes a grand welcome as Admiral George Dewey returns to the capital becoming its future resident. The parade along Pennsylvania Avenue features elaborate decorations, searchlights, and public honors from officials and citizens alike as Dewey receives a national tribute.
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Washington
George Dewey
New York
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Peti Dee
Fire destroys warehouse and bridges near station
A major blaze damaged a warehouse formerly serving as a Union passenger station and the nearby Chesapeake and Ohio railway approaches. The fire spread to the new station area and injured passengers in the yards. Loss is estimated over 1 million dollars.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Robbers Bind Family in Portsmouth Home Invasion
Twelve masked robbers burst into the Mead residence in Portsmouth on Saturday night firing revolvers and forcing the family into bed. George Gallagher, a Mead nephew, resisted and was beaten unconscious while others were tied. The raiders looted about 2500 in valuables, set the house on fire which burned out, and Gallagher later died.
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Mead Homestead
George Gallagher
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Mead
Gallagher
Strawboard plant in Toledo resumes after health board closure
The American Strawboard Company of Tiffin restarts operations with a full workforce after two months idle. The plant had been shut by the state health board due to mill refuse killing fish in the Sandusky river and creating unhealthy conditions.
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Toledo
State Health Board
American Strawboard Company
Tiffin
State Board of Health
Sandusky
Bishop Galloway to Speak at Rook Raves Conference
Chicago, Sept. 30. Bishop Charles B. Galloway of Jackson Mass and a bishop of the Santinmrn S. J. church will address the Rook Raves conference Tuesday at Burst Methodist church. The talk will focus on reuniting the northern and southern churches.
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Chicago
Charles B. Galloway
Jackson
Mass
Santinmrn S. J
Burst Methodist
Yachts Columbia and Shamrock Set for Cup Race
New York on October 2 reports that yachts Columbia and Shamrock will meet in their first race for the American cup tomorrow. Experts predict a contest as earnest and interesting as any prior to the international yachting trophy.
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New York
Columbia
Shamrock
Cripple Creek Gold Output Tops Records in September
Cripple Creek district in Colorado reported September gold production of 1.731 million dollars, the highest on record. Since 1891 total production for the district reached 62.057 million dollars, marking a long-term gain for the Cripple Creek mining area.
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Student dies from football injuries in Muscatine
Muscatine Iowa September 30 Will F McGaughey a student at the Muscatine agricultural school and son of Sheriff Meghey died from injuries sustained while playing football last Monday.
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Will F. McGaughey
Muscatine Ag
Sheriff Meghey
War Looms as Colonial Fronts Brace for June War Fight
Reports from the Transvaal Natal and Cape Colony describe escalating military activity along borders. Boer camps form near Vryheid and Scheepers Nek as 2 000 men under Cronje mobilize in the Muliani gold fields. British camps near Dundee hold 5 000 troops with two guns bracing for action while rail communications are diverted to military use.
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London
Transvaal
Natal
Cape Colony
Majuba Hill
Scheepers Nek
Vryheid
Buffalo River
Dundee
Cronje
Muliani Gold Fields
Moar Miaficking
Baden-Poyreidi
Commandeering Orders Nearing Completion in Johannesburg
The commandeering orders are completed and the burghers ready for the field. Business has virtually ceased as merchants close premises and saloon owners await closure notices. A party of 200 Germans is notified to leave while the Irish corps under Blake will move early in the week. Mines pay a daily rate for staying men. Three armed burgher trains for the Natal border could not depart Braalfontein due to a line blockade, disrupting service and prompting mass city departure.
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Johannesburg
Blake
Natal
Braalfontein
Police Called In From Borders At New Castle
Refugees report the Johannesburg mail train was diverted at Standerton to clear way for burgher trains to the Natal border. A police body arrived from Charlestown as Boers are reported near Gaodansint and Vouksrast. Natal police and local troops mobilize for New Castle defense.
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Natal
Oet
Johannesburg
Standerton
Transvaal
Charlestown
Gaodansint
Vouksrast
Gost
Five Thousand Boers Concentrated Near Dundee
Five thousand Boers are concentrated near the frontier with reports of an impending attack on Dundee. Complete precautions have been taken, Charlestown is deserted with women and children gone and only about ten men remaining. A locomotive is ready to evacuate the railroad staff.
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Dundee
Natal
Charlestown
Boer Forces Plan With Joubert At Laings Nek
Charlestown dispatch says Commandant General Joubert will command the Boer forces at Laings Nek. The move is seen as Transvaal’s reply to British troop movements and sparks considerable unease in Cape Town.
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Cape Argus
Charlestown
Joubert
Laings Nek
Transvaal
World News Roundup of Disasters Debates and Strikes
Yellow fever reports surge in Key West with 46 new cases as a Denver dispatch notes Tommy Ryan illness delaying a title bid. Gov candidates Nash and McLean decline Toledo debate while Chicago announces a new racetrack. A union carpenters strike near Omaha succeeds raising wages. Sanchez, a former Spanish captain, jailed in Santa Clara.
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Helen Gould
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Dewey Home Fund
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Southern Stove Manufacturers’ Association
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Manuel Guzman Alvarez
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John R. McLean
Ohio
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Abe
Jim Tall
Dainetray Tie Gecress
London
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Greenville
Miss
Eliza Brown
Denver
Tommy Ryan
Joe Choyaski
Jack Root
Cairago
Senor Sanchez
Caer Pilla
Santa Clara
Sanchez
Omaha
Francis Joseph accepts Austrian cabinet resignation and more
In brief items Walter Clyatt of Albina Oregon fatally shot his wife and then killed himself. Four New River coalfield collieries grant miners a decent wage advance. The Pan Presbyterian alliance plans its next meeting in London in May without a fixed date. Dr A B Richardson named superintendent of the National Hospital for Insane in Washington, succeeding Muassilon state hospital chief. General A G Warner declines to campaign for John J McLean for governor. The US attorney general sends a special agent to Louisiana to probe the killing of five Italians at Valley? Tah, seeking data for Congress.
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Walter Clyatt
Albina
New River
GW. Va
Pan-Presbyterian Alliance
Washington
London
A. B. Richardson
Muassilon (Q.) State Hospital
National Hospital For Insane
A. G. Warner
Marietta, O
National Bimetallic League
Ohio
John J. McLean
Warner
McLean
United States Attorney General
Louisiana
Yailautah
Congress
Streetcar Strike Shuts Havana Transit
Havana streetcar conductors and drivers are on strike. Other items note Queensland backing federation, a Houston bank safe robbed for 20000, a Minneapolis Sash and Door warehouse fire with 350000 loss, and various international dispatches about Nile levels and irrigation challenges.
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Cuba
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Queensland
Bank of Houstonia
Minneapolis Sash and Door Company
JF. Loud
California
New York
Southampton
Dubuque
Chicago
Thomas Lipton
Sheyachs Shamrock
A. Cairo
Nile
Zinc mines shut down in Missouri amid war era strain
Tuesday reports indicate ninety percent of Missouri zinc mines have closed. New Orleans reports two yellow fever cases but no quarantine. The Twenty eighth infantry lands in San Francisco en route to Manila. Pittsburg iron molders strike for three dollar daily wages. De Queen Arkansas suffers fifty four building losses and $250000 fire damage. Venezuela suspends duties 60 days to admit corn and beans. Boston bank treasurer embezzler arrested in Valparaiso. Scottsman crew members arrested in Montreal with money and jewelry.
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New Orleans
Twenty-eighth Infantry
San Francisco
Manila
Pittsburg
de Queen
Ark
Venezuela
Fred T. Moore
National Bank of Commerce of Boston
Valparaiso
Chile
Scottsman
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