Paris Musicians Vote General Strike Over Pay Issues
The Paris theater musicians, twelve hundred strong, vote unanimously to strike tomorrow noon over wages and rehearsal extras. Grand Opera and Opera Comique exempt due to government subsidies. Theaters plan piano substitutions or replacements. public voices fear Paris could lose music.
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Paris
Grand Opera
Opera Comique
d’Orfeuil
Theatrical Association
Clunyeater
Dramatiques
Nouveau Circus
Fight at Carupano Engulfs Venezuelan Town
Severe engagement at Carupano in Bermudez state as rebels attacked Sunday and Monday, government forces repelled them with casualties and damage. Rebels deny setting houses ablaze. government accuses them of arson. In Port of Spain Velutini forced to apologize aboard the French cruiser for arrest actions at Carupano.
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Willemstadt
Curacao
Carupano
Bermudez
Venezuel
Castro
Port OF Spain
Trinidad
D'Estres
Velutini
Venezueli
France
Government gunboat Zamora sails to reinforce Castro forces
MARACAIBO Venezuela Oct 3 The government gunboat Zamora departed with 10 soldiers aboard bound for Lagudayra to reinforce President Castro who remains inactive at La Victoria in the ongoing political situation.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Zamora
Lagudayra
Castro
la Victoria
Governor Yates Stricken With Typhoid Fever
Springfield, Oct. B-Dr. L. C. Taylor, governor Yates attending physician, says the 80 year old governor has a well developed case of typhoid fever. The illness is due to heavy campaign work in southern Illinois over the past two weeks. No immediate danger. bed rest expected for about four weeks.
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Springsfield
L. c. Taylor
Yates
Wouthern Tllinois
Taylor
Moody and Long address tariff and trusts at Brockton rally
In Brockton Massachusetts on October 29 William H Moody secretary of the navy and his predecessor John D Long spoke at a Republican rally. Long argued tariff revision may be needed and condemned stump speech trickery on the tariff while defending protection and the Sherman act. Moody said free raw material is possible only with national protection and noted protection enabled the capture of global markets.
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Brockton
Mass
William H. Moody
Navy
John D. Long
Roosevelt
Pee
Moody
Speech to Marylanders urged support for Republican candidates
Former Post master General Charles Emery Smith and Senator Louis A McComas addressed 5,000 at Music Hall Baltimore urging support for Maryland's Republican congressional candidates. They argued for continued administration policies praising McKinley and the current government while warning against obstruction and discontent.
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Baltimore
Charles Emery Smith
Philadelphia
Louis A .McComas
Maryland
Music Hall
General Smith
William McKinley
Methodist Missions Meeting Opens With $500000 Goal
In Minneapolis the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened its 34th annual session at Wesley Church. Secretaries expect about 500000 in appropriations. Central China was discussed as work continues. Milimous Leads in Gifts to Missions reports Illinois top donor status in 180 contributions and notes India and Europe programs.
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Minneapolis
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Wesley Church
James 8. Montgomery
China
Chicago
Illinois
E. Hurlbut
Woman's Board of Missions
First Congregational Church
A Lown
Anna L. Millard
India
Bombay
Ellen M. Stone
European Rey
Eruption Clouds Smoke Santa Maria Volcano Near Mexico Frontier
Reports from the southern area say clouds of ash now spread across the region. Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala near the Mexican border is in full eruption.
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Mexico City
There
Santa Maria
Guatemala
Humorist in Prison Punished for Burlesking Berlin Landrath
An odd Berlin trial ended with three men punished for disreputable burlesque verses read at a Liberal banquet on Emperor William's birthday. Herr Brandt received a month in prison, Herr Stechert paid a seven dollar fine, and Dr. Wendorff was fined twelve dollars and fifty cents. The case drew wide attention in the Prussian Diet.
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Berlin
Get
Landrath von Maltasahm
Grimmen
Mecklenburg
William
Landrath
Herr Brandt
Wendorff
Dr. Wendorff
Herr Stechert
von Maltsahm
Herr Becker
Morgan tube scheme blocked in Commons debate.
In London on October 2 the Morgan tube railway plan failed to gain recommitment as MPs debated the bill’s scope and the London United Tramway Company. The motion, urged by Thomas G. Ashton, was opposed by Sir John Dickson-Poynder and others and eventually withdrawn.
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London
Morgan “Tube
House of Commons
Morgans
London United Tramway Company
Yerkes
Thomas G. Ashton
London United Company
Ashton
John Dickson-Poynder
James W. Lowther
Morgan
Lewis McIver
House of Commons Railroad Committee
Panama Canal Talks Prompted by Knox Opinion
Secretary of State Hay received two visitors. Cromwell of the Panama Canal Company sought guidance on steps after Attorney General Knox’s canal title opinion. Captain McLean, former Cincinnati commander, briefed on isthmus conditions and noted cordial relations with Colombian officers while US treaty powers ensured free traffic. Berlin tariff votes set minimum duties on cattle sheep pigs meat and bacon.
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Washington
Hay
Panama Canal
Cromwell
Panama Canal Company
United States
Knox
McLean
Cincinnati
Cowles
Eed Nes
Berlin
Reichstag
Tariff Committee
House
Shipyard strike over wage cut prompts walkout on northeast coast
About two thousand joiners in northeast England strike in protest against a five percent wage reduction. British and European business notes include amalgamation of Stewart and Menzies with Lloyd and Lloyd in UK steel tubes, a Berlin loan for gas works and a wholesale meat market, two new fast British cruisers ordered by the Admiralty, and an Sligo Champion editor McHugh appealing a two months hard labor sentence for conspiracy after a boycott ban.
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England
Prince von Pless
Emperor William
New York
Tegel
Berlin
Sligo
McHugh
M. P
Sligo Champion
Army Orders Highlight Transfers and Leaves
Washington October reports show First Lieut Samuel Loffre assigned to the Army Medical Museum for instruction. Several officers receive leaves of absence ranging from one to three months due to sickness or other duties. Capt Joan A Mills newly appointed and assigned to the Third Cavalry will be stationed at Fort Warren after a sequence of duties.
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Washington
Samuel Loffre
Army Medical Museum
G. L. Goodale
B. O. Lenoir
Signal Corps
J. W. Beacham, Jr
Twentieth Infantry
Robert J. Binford
Fifteenth Infantry
William N. Blow
P. W. Corbusier
Fourteenth Cavalry
Joan A. Mills
Third Cavalry
Fort Warren
Massachusetts
Simmon J. Fraser
United States
Presidio of
San Cal
General Hospital
Fort Bayard,n. M
Army orders list promotions and assignments at key posts
The Army released orders detailing officers ordered to join regiments in the Philippines and at Washington barracks for observation or promotion exams. Several lieutenants and captains from infantry and artillery are assigned to Fort Totten and other posts, with extended leaves for Maj Witherspoon and First Lt Roads.
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EB. B. Baltt
James A. Lynch
Plattsburg Barracks
New York
Philippines
George A. Dodd
Fourteenth Cavalry
General Pital
Washington Barracks
Morris M. Keck
Twelfth Infantry
David A. Snyder
Sixth Infantry
Wills Finds Daughters in Missouri Orphans Home
Henry M. Wills a professor at the National University Washington D C located his two little daughters after a three year search spanning three states. He sought a writ of habeas corpus to restore custody claiming court action in Gibson county Tennessee and that the children were moved out of state. The daughters now in the Methodist Orphans Home in St Louis were returned under the writ issued today with a hearing set for tomorrow.
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ST. Louis
Henry M. Wills
National University
Washington, D. C
Wills
Tennessee
Indiana
Circuit Court
Gibson County
Fear Organized Labor Urges Builders Unite for Self-Protection
Washington report notes National Association of Builders officers re-elected. John B. Stevens of Philadelphia remains president, with Charles A. Cowen of New York as first vice president and Samuel B. Sexton of Baltimore as second vice president. Frank Harris urges employer solidarity to resist unions, warns there is no safety without organization. A Connecticut New York plan for employment cards is endorsed by Alonzo Guest. others oppose unions and seek stricter contract enforcement. The group plans a St Louis meeting next year.
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National Association of Builders
John 8. Stevens
Philadelphia
Charles A. Cowen
New York
Samuel B. Sexton
Baltimore
William H. Hayward
Boston
St. Louis
Frank Harris
Alonzo Guest
New Rochelle
N. Y
Connecticut
A. M. Struck
Louisville
Builders’ Exchange
W. F. Reed
Wilmington
Del
Bank Robbery at Gardner Illinois Sparks Multiple Incidents
Six men dynamited the Gardner bank vault early this morning and stole between 3000 and 4000 dollars. Town Marshal Edmundson was seized, tied to a chair at the bank, and later moved to a schoolhouse with a rope around his neck. The robbers fled by train to Chicago, aided by bloodhounds tracing from Archer Avenue. A separate incident near Prairie City and another in Appleton involved masked bandits stealing up to 8500 dollars in total, while in Miles City a convict recovered 2500 from a past theft, possibly influencing a parole reconsideration.
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Gardner, NL
Edmundson
Chicago
Gardner
Alton
Archer Avenue
Thirty-eighth Street
Bank Vault in Sodus Blown Open by Dynamite
Rochester dispatch reports burglars dynamited the private bank vault of Charles K. Knapp in Sodus early today. Approximately $5,000 is believed missing, though the owner will not disclose the amount. The blast wrecked the vault and the bank building.
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Rochester
N. Y
Charles K. Knapp
Sodus
Post Office Appointments Hit Record as Rural Free Delivery Expands
Washington reports 2,370 presidential postmasters appointed in the last year, the highest in postal history, as many fourth-class offices advance to presidential grade. Total postmaster appointments reach 16,970 with 3,083 new offices and 4,069 discontinued, driven largely by rural free delivery growth and consolidation near large presidential offices. The bureau notes rising post office burglaries and mail theft, urges bond requirements for officials, and backs legal changes to curb lottery scams tied to mail and express services.
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Washington
J. L. Bristow
Postal Service
United States
Cuba
Telegraph and Express Companies
Banker Missing After Funds Depleted At Iowa Bank
SHARPSBURG I a Oct 29 H E Christensen president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank has been missing since Sunday morning The bank is said to be short between 25000 and 50000 with deposits notified and a meeting held to locate Christensen He left for Omaha to secure a better rating but did not return and the bank subsequently closed its doors
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Sharpsburg
H. E. Christensen
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
L. Bundy
Omaha
Christensen
Fanshawe Sale Yields $540 in Boston Auction
Boston October 2 at a library sale of Edwin F. Coneley’s books Hawthorne’s Fanshawe edition uncut copy fetched 310 dollars. The lot included notes and a fragment from The Gentle Boy and a short poem by Hawthorne. The pieces marked a rare early Hawthorne collection.
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Boston
The
Lnte
Edwin F. Coneley
Hawthorne
Telegraphic Brevities Highlighting 1900s World Events
The New York subtreasury paid out 2.22 million for gold from Australia via San Francisco. Yale's 22 Japanese students prepare a campus celebration for the Mikado’s 50th birthday on Nov 3. North American health boards censure San Francisco on bubonic plague handling. Lord Minto injures his leg in Ottawa. St Louis grand jury to probe fraudulent registrations and possible election fraud. Actors' Church Alliance closes meeting in New York electing Potter president. Plano Texas man Jacob Holmes shot dead by brother-in-law Riley Hauswright after a marriage dispute. Cleveland morphine poisoning death of John Mahoney linked to Goldie Lewis. Chicago Manufacturers’ Hay Press Association urges price hikes amid rising material costs. Blew & Armstrong senior Edward Blew convicted of accepting a bribe. seven-and-a-half years. Ernst Lederle calls York health department meeting.
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San Francisco
Australia
Yale
Boards of Health of
North America
New Haven
Conn
Bubonic
Ottawa
Lord Minto
Folk
St. Louis
Actors’ Church Alliance
Henry C. Potter
Joseph Jefferson
George T. MacIntyre
V. Walter E. Bentley
Mary E. Wilson McWater
Jacob Holmes
Plano
Tex
Riley Hauswright
Holmes
Hauswright
John Mahoney
Boston
Cleveland
Goldie Lewis
Lewis
Manufacturers
Hay Press Association
Chicago
Edward Blew
Blew & Armstrong
Minpec
Armwill
Ernst Lederle
York Health Department
Trachoma plans and Knights Templar officers elected
Dr Lederle reports 18 percent of borough school children with trachoma and 10 percent previously operated on. Knights Templars of Illinois elect Holman G Purington as Grand Commander and other officers, with details of positions and cities. Michigan Supreme Court rules on sureties for Frank C Andrews bail, allowing multiple sureties. Omaha cigar dealers form a branch to oppose trust-made goods. P H Philbin elected president. 86 cigar stores 68 drug stores 300 saloons join, pledging to favor independent goods.
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Lederle
Knights Templars of
Illinois
Holman G. Purington
Chicago
Alonzo St. Clair Iiderman
Belleville
George E. O'Hara
Cairo
Alfred A. Whipple
Quincy
Albert F. Schoch
Ottawa
R. Smith Crooke
Thomas A. Parker
Mason City
Michigan Supreme Court
Frank C. Andrews
Detroit
City Savings Bank
Judge Murphy
Omaha
South Omaha
Cigar Dealers’ Association of America
P. H. Philbin
Eixty
Kruger Memoirs Open With Personal View of South Africa
London reports the first installment of Kruger Memoirs as a sketchy, psychological look at the ex-president’s career, stressing prewar Boer tensions among the Transvaal Orange Free State and Cape Colony, and Kruger’s wish to avert war while condemning Rhodes and Milner. The memoirs offer personal comments rather than new diplomatic insight.
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London
Kruger
Times
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Cape Colony
Sir Bartle Freer
Freer
Freers
Blue Books
Mr. Kruger
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
Lord Milner
Chamberlain
Transvaal National Union
Cecil
Three Girls Fatally Harmed in Arkansas Crime
In Wynne Arkansas three Gibson sisters aged seventeen twelve and ten were found fatally harmed at their home. Thomas Gibson a Black man was blamed as the suspect as whites and Blacks formed posses. David Cross initially confessed to a serious incident and named a Black man Johnson. A mob sought to take Cross, forcing sheriffs to move him to safety.
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David Cross
Cross
Johnson
Aloe
Dynenforth condemned as split looms in Union Veterans Union
In Boston a state convention in Chelmsford today moves toward reorganization of the national Union Veterans department. Robert St George Dynenforth heads a new group that critics call a fracture of the Battlemen, admitting new members lacking service. A commission of eleven is to be appointed to lead Massachusetts in any future national convention.
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Boston
Union Vi Union
Chel
National Department
Robert St. George Dynforth
Whith
Daniel W. Gould
Wood
Commando Gould
National Organization ‘Battlemen
Robert St.own Dyrenforth
Illness Report Of U S Commander In Venezuela
Dispatch from Caracas reports Commander W B Diehl of the United States Navy aboard the Marietta at La Guayra is seriously ill with fever. The message confirms his condition and location amid ongoing operations in the region.
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NEW_YORK
W. B. Diehl
United States
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