Americans and Spanish commissioners dine together in Paris
Paris October 20 General Horace Porter U S ambassador hosted a banquet at the American embassy for the United States and Spanish peace commissioners. The dining room was richly decorated with tapestries and bunting. The two commissions sat at the same table marking a notable shift in sentiment about their meeting.
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Porter
Paris
Horace Porter
United States
London Times
Spanish premier sends dispatch as cabinet council adjourns
Maprio reports Premier Sagasta delaying a long dispatch to peace commissioner Montero Rios as the cabinet council does not meet. Advices from Porto Rico indicate high officials have begun steps to become naturalized Americans.
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Maprio
Senor Sagasta
Senor Montero Rios
Spanish Peace Commission
Porto Rico
General Lawton Arrives From Santiago With Staff
The transport Michigan reports off the Highlands bound in with General Lawton and his staff aboard after leaving Santiago. Also aboard are the bodies of Brigadier General Wikoff, killed at San Juan, and Captain M A Wetherill of the Sixth Infantry, killed in the Santiago assault.
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New York
Michigan
Highlands
Santiago
Lawton
Wikoff
San Juan
M. A. Wetherill
Sixth United States Infantry
Schooner Golden Rod Brings 65 Negroes to SanTiaGeo
The schooner Golden Rod arrives from Jamaica with 65 enslaved people aboard. They are not allowed to land and will be sent back to Jamaica. British consul Mason protests General Wood's stance but concedes policy wisdom.
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SanTiaGeo DE Cubaa
Golden Rod
Jamaica
Mason
Wood
Fifty Seven Guns Sent to United States by Chester Transport
In Santiago de Cuba on Oct 20 fifty seven guns, mostly obsolete, will be sent north aboard the transport Chester. Two rapid fire guns once belonging to the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror have been received.
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United States
Santiago DE CuBa
Chester
Terror
Fourth national purity conference to be held in St Paul
The W. C. T. U. will stage its fourth national purity conference at Plymouth Congregational church in St Paul on November 9 and 10. It will be the first in the Northwest and will feature16 eminent women in social philanthropy. Mrs. Mary Wood-Allen, president, has arranged a notable program now published.
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St. Paul
Department of Christian Labor
Plymouth Congregational Church
Northwest
Atlantic
Purity Movement
Plymouth Church
Mary Wood-Allen
Minister Charged With Forgery in Iowa Arrest
MARSHALLTOWN Iowa October 19 Reverend G O Parish pastor of the Congregational church was arrested after officers from Sandwich Illinois charged with forging a $300 check three years ago in the name of Rev Mark Thompson drawn on the Illinois Home Missionary society He was identified as Thompson and taken to Sandwich for pending action
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Marshalltown
Rev
G. O. Parish
Congregational Church
Sandwich
Ills
Mark Thompson
Illinois Home Missionary Society
Thompson
Russian Troops Mass at Port Arthur for Pekin Emergency
The Odessa correspondent of The Standard reports Russia has hurriedly concentrated 40,000 men at Port Arthur in readiness for any emergency at Pekin. The move signals heightened military alert and potential action regarding the Chinese capital.
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Port Arthur
London
Odessa
the Standard
Russia
Pekin
Notable Banquet Ends in Brilliant Peace Jubilee
Chicago hosts a Peace Jubilee banquet at the Auditorium drawing about twelve hundred guests. Among the attendees were many men noted for public service and civic achievement. The event featured speeches, music, and a celebratory mood marking the successful gathering.
Great Peace Jubilee Marked By Chicago Audience
Chicago witnesses a vast peace jubilee at the Auditorium with 1200 guests including prominent officials and scholars. Franklin MacVeagh presided, McKinley sat at his right, while Gage Wilson Bliss and others attended. the event showcased diplomatic tone and national unity amid global tensions.
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Mr. McKinley
Macveagh
Gage
Wilson
Bliss
Archbishop Ireland
Clark Howell
Miles
Tanner
Frank Crane
Stevenson
Admiral Brown
Sigsbee
Emory Speer
The Banquet Commends McKinley At The Capitol
At a formal event Chairman Mac veagh introduced President McKinley after a full evening of toasts. Clark Howell spoke for Our Reunited Country and Stevenson for The President. The Times reports Spain rejects U S sovereignty over Cuba yet keeps order before a new republic.
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Macveagh
McKinley
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Stevenson
Army
General Miles
General Shafter
Navy
Sigsbee
Angell
Michigan University
Our
Gage
Northrop
University of Minnesota
Filipino Envoy Rooms With Americans in Paris
Senor Agoncollo, envoy for the Philippine insurgent government, arrived in Paris aboard the La Touraine and has taken quarters on the same hotel floor as the U S peace commission. He intends to meet them to discuss the Philippines but has not yet had a meeting.
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Maprip
la Epoca
Philippines
Senor Sagasta
United States
Paris
Senor Agoncollo
Havre
la Touraine
United States Peace Commission
Heroic nurse dies of typhoid at Camp Wikoff
Miss Rubina Walworth, a Vassar alumna and nurse who served at Camp Wikoff Montauk Point, died after five weeks of typhoid fever contracted during wartime duty. Her mother, Mrs Ella Hardee Walworth, leads the Woman's National War Relief. A cabinet meeting in Maprio noted no major shift in Paris peace talks.
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New York
Rubina Walworth
Ella Hardee Walworth
Woman's National War Relief Association
Miss Walworth
Vassar
Montauk Point
Remodeling the Currency and Banking Systems of Porto Rico
London, Oct 20 The Times correspondent reports that remaking Porto Rico currency and banking is a major US challenge. The attempt to set exchange at two Porto Rican dollars to one American failed. Switching from silver to US currency would curb production across industries and provoke widespread discontent among inhabitants.
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Porto Rico
London
San Juan
The
Times
United States
Preparations to Raise the Cristobal Colon Under Way
Naval Constructor Hobson arrived in Santiago de Cuba from the wreck of the Cristobal Colon and plans to raise the hull from shore. He has built a 150 foot trolley line with a suspension bridge and set up compressed air pumps. the Infant Maria Teresa will sail to the United States by month end. Hobson aims to complete the operation despite heavy swells and remains confident the hull can be raised uninjured.
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Santiago DE CuBa
Hobson
Cristobal Colon
Guantanamo
Infanta Maria Teresa
United States
Enlist Spaniards in U S Army for Cuba Relief
Havana officers discuss enlisting 75 000 to 100 000 Spanish soldiers under a special act of Congress to serve in Cuba until a stable government is established and then choose to stay as citizens or return to Spain. San Francisco reports the transport Pennsylvania arriving from Manila after 33 days, carrying nine soldiers from Manila and sixteen from Honolulu.
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Havana
Spain
United States
Congress
Cuba
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Manila
Honolulu
Emperor's Health Satisfactory In China
Pekin dispatch reports Prince Ching acting for the Tsung Li Yamen has given Sir Claude MacDonald assurances that the emperor’s health is satisfactory. The move comes as British relations seek stability in the region.
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PEKIN
Prince Ching
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Claude MacDonald
Bonds Recovered After Theft From Hardwood Co Office
Minneapolis police recovered about 51000 in government bonds stolen from the Hardwood Manufacturing company two weeks earlier. Officer Thompson found the bonds in an old South Minneapolis closet, left behind by the thieves who could not use them.
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Minneapolis
Thompson
The
Hardwood Manufacturing Company
Filipinos Troublesome Refuse Arrival of American Officers
Insurgents at La Gaspi prevent the Bermoso from loading or unloading, with Spaniards aboard. They also refuse landing to an officer of the United States cruiser Raleigh without permission from General Aguinaldo, as of October 11 in Maniza.
Guests of Helen Gould Resettle Porto Rico Soldiers in New York
In New York on October 14 a detachment of about 160 soldiers from Porto Rico, including units of the First Kentucky Fourth One Second and Third Wisconsin and First United States Volunteer Engineer Company, were placed in Camp Walworth on East Fifteenth Street by Miss Helen Gould's agent and are now housed comfortably.
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New York
Oodam
Porto Ric
Hies Gud
Camp Walworth
East Fitreenta Street
Kntucky
Wisconsin
F.rs
United States Volunteer Engineer Co
Minister Strauss Sees the Sultan
Constantinople on October 18 reports the new United States minister Oscar Strauss received an audience with the sultan. The formalities were traditional and cordial as the two leaders exchanged greetings and exchanged ceremonial courtesies.
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Constantinople
Oscar Strauss
United States
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