McCalla Incident Described On Way Toward Santiago
Admiral Schley recounts meeting Captain McCalla near Cienfuegos, the Eagle, Scorpion, and Du Pont dispatches, and the approach to Santiago. He recalls hearing guns at Cienfuegos, night bearings, and negotiations about coaling, with details of Sigsbee’s visit and pilot Eduardo Nunez.
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Admiral Schley
Key West
Captain McCalla
Cuban
Cienfuegos
McCalla
Admiral Schrey
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
San Antonio
Chester
Cuba
Schley
Dupont
Sampson
Iowa
Santiago
Wood
Sigsbee
St. Paul
Dons
Yale
Minneapolis
Eduardo Nunez
Nunez
Santiago Harbor
Missionary Ellen Stone still in Bulgarian hands
Washington reports no news on Ellen M Stone the American missionary abducted by Bulgarian brigands. Officials say efforts continue to secure her release with fresh messages to Consul General Dickinson in Sofia and Spencer Eddy in Constantinople. Volume of cipher dispatches increases but progress remains undisclosed. Cuba revenue dip noted in war department report shows nine month customs receipts at 11.58 million dollars versus 11.83 million a year earlier.
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Washington
State Department
Ellen M. Stone
Dickinson
Sofia
Spencer Eddy
Constantinople
Miss Stone
United States Legation
Legation
Cuba
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
ArmSurrender Urged in Samar Massacre Case
Dispatches report General Smith demands surrender of those implicated in the Batangas massacre by November 6 or risk Guam exile, village destruction and confiscation of property. Marines patrol Batangas and nearby towns as insurrection pressures grow amid food shortages.
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Manila
Catbalogan
Samar
Smith
Batangas
Guam
Littleton W. T. Waller
Basy
Nava
Loveman Noa
Mariveles
Nava Nipa
South Samar
Louis J. van Schack
Jingoism in Germany Sparks Fleet Speech Response
Berlin reports Captain von Weltheim of the German navy told Hanover Fleet Society members that Germany must maintain a strong fleet to deter American competition in Central America. The remark drew stormy applause, while Freisinn Zeitung warned of dangerous political mischief not punishable by law.
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Dewey
Admiral Schley
Schley
Harlow
Clarke
The
Oregon
Berlin
Fleet Society
Hanover
von Weltheim
Germany
Central America
Freisinung Zeitung
Delay in Rome Delays Sioux City Diocese Bishop
Washington reports that Rome has not named a bishop for the new Sioux City diocese formed from Dubuque. Cardinal Martinelli sent three names to the pope last March, but no word has arrived since, with speculation about objections to candidates or to the diocese division.
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Washington
Rome
Sioux City
Dubuque
Martinelli
Japanese Sealing Vessels Circling Closed Season
Victoria B C Oct 30 captains report schooners flying the Japanese flag sealing in the closed season using shotguns. Japan not party to sealing agreement so vessels not molested if kept three miles from islands. Reports of seizures of Japanese schooners off Russian islands are numerous.
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Victoria
B. C
Behring Sea
Japan
Powers Convicted Again in Goebel Murder Case
Ex Secretary Caleb Powers was found guilty again as accessory before the fact in the January 1900 Goebel murder. A life sentence was imposed for the second time after a prompt verdict and a new-trial motion denied. Powers was jailed in Frankfort awaiting appeal.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Powers
B. S. Calvert
Arthur Goebel
Frankfort
Iowa liquor import ban struck unconstitutional
Declared unconstitutional by Judge Wheeler in Clarinda Iowa the law from the Twenty eighth general assembly prohibiting sale of liquor shipped into Iowa in original packages. Omaha liquor agents faced arrest and fines across several counties as Law and Order League of Iowa pressed prosecutions. ruling grounds include interstate commerce interference with appeal likely.
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Clarinda
Wheeler
Twenty-eighth General Assembly
Iowa
Omaha
Law and Order League” of
Murdered wife and himself in Chicago tragedy
James Kennedy, a laborer, killed his wife after a separation and then shot himself. He had asked to see their two children, who were hidden but came to their father when his wife claimed they were at church. The mother died from three gunshots and Kennedy died next.
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Schley
Key West
Santiago
Cotton
Sampson
Chicago
James Kennedy
Kennedy
Ainsworth Reports 181,928 Cases Handled In Year
Brigadier General Fred C. Ainsworth, chief of the record and pension office, filed his annual report with the secretary of war detailing that 181,928 cases were received and disposed of during the fiscal year.
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Washington
Fred C. Ainsworth
Record and Pension Office
Secretary of War
Wanted Horses to Winter in South Dakota Range
Samuel Birks of Pitroche Post Office South Dakota seeks to winter about twenty horses. He notes access to good range and spring water and offers wintering at his location.
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Samuel Birks
Pitroche P. O
South Dakota
Caroline Hoge
Isaac Hoge, Jr
Charles M. Stevens
Som Street
Aberdeen
Brown
Beadle
Velma Gertrude Story
Mabel Eugeni
Beadle Comnakota
O le Pyle & Tash
Huron
Guardian
John L. Pyle
Rtv
Velma
Gertrude Mabel Eugenia Story
Pyle &Taylor
Agents Wanted to Represent The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Recruitment notice for agents in Huron area to sell teas coffees spices baking powder extracts and more. Opens with special inducements for farmers sending orders and invites writing for catalogue and particulars from The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
St. Paul, Minn
Farm for sale near Huron south east
For Sale or Rent. Farm about six miles south east from Huron. Convenient to both creamery and cheese factory. Enquire of Mrs. L. N. BATCHELDER, Huron, 8. D.
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Huron
L. N. Batchelder
Very Low Rates to New York City and Return
Daily service to New York City and return offered by the Chicago and North-Western railway. Tickets on sale through October 20 with a return window limited to twenty days. Apply at Chicago and North-Western railway agents.
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New York City
North-Western
Chicago and North-Western Railway
Ummons
State OF
South Dakota
Beadless
Circuit Court
FJ Judicial Circuit
A. Biewel
Joseph N. Valentine
M B. Valentine
D. L. Stick
E. L. Emery
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Beadle
Huron
S. D
A. D
L. C. Kemp
Huron, Beadle Co
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Lorega
Hughes
Maxilot
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Kentucky
Isaac Hoos, Jr
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W. H. Starkey
Geo. W. Sterling
Hauron
T. M. Steuben
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Age & Territoy Vod
L. L. May & Co
Bind
Fiuvistead Scot A.m
Radiant
Charles H. Smith E. Smith
F. T. Walker
Mortisa
Eveas
Andrew Riel
South Kota
Nee
Pene Saeundred
Andrew Riegel
Aera St
Xodol
John W. Marsh
Annie S. Marsh
Beadle County
Dakota Huronite
Dakota
Pye & Taylor
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Wesleyerguson
John H. King
Wesley Ferguson
John Hing
Joan H. Kino
Ey Ferguson
Ida M. Smith
R. B. Smith
Charles F. Sanborn
Register of Deeds
Beadlery
Nera
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Carl
Foster
Office of the Register of Deeds
Morty
Ay Huron
D. Foster
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Harvey J. Rice
Agnes E. Wilson
City of Huron
Harvey J. Ric
Wilson
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