Continual volcanic activity and global unrest across regions
Dispatches report Samim Maria volcano active in Guatemala and Stromboli erupting with shocks. Earthquake felt near McPherson Kansas with no damage. Spain endures floods crippling rail and telegraph. Bulgarian cabinet resigns, Daneft may form new ministry. Hawaii elects Prince Cupid over Wilcox. Bolivian military expedition against Brazilian revolutionists delayed. Several violent incidents including a fatal hotel shooting in Manchester and boiler explosion deaths in Lebanon Pennsylvania.
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Retalhilen
Guatemala
Samim Maria
McPherson
Kan
Spain
Itia
Senor Montero Rios
Senate
Bes
Daneft
Time
National Good Roads Association
St. Louis
Soth
Hawaii
Prince Cupid
Wilcox
Congress
Tudlo
Cal
Eaward Beddington
Wilkesberre
Injoriea
Hart
Opersie
Manchester
James Master
M. FP. Hrittinghaim
Hotel
Bratt
Kiuvelt
Drought Water Kills Prospectors in Nevada Spring
Henry Arnell leads a Nevada mining party discovering a spring near Tinber Mountain. Bodies of several prospectors are found along the site after they drank the water. A chemist later identifies the cause as water heavily charged with Besenic poisoning the group.
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Sao Bernardino Amyst
Henry Arnell
Desert
Sowthers Nevada
Prospecturn
Nevada
Norman Springs
Tinber Mountain
Arnell
Besenic
Army in Philippines Inspects War Hardships and Duty
General J G Hredenridge, inspector-general of the army, reports on his Philippine tour. He notes soldiers endure hardships, subsist on questionable water, and face hostility away from home. He defends officers as kind-hearted, praises the army’s performance, and cites public confidence in its duties and sacrifices.
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J. G. Hredenridge
Ormy
Philippines
Eruption of Mont Peine Buries Towns in Ashes
Cable reports from Guatemala City dated November 6 detail Mont Peine's powerful eruption. Volcanic ash covers homes, destroys property, and ruins coffee estates owned by United States citizens and Germans. New craters form on the volcano while pumice and ash drift south and west. Sea water contaminated by volcanic debris extends for miles.
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Santa Marie
Gouatemala City
Salvador
United States
Sum
Sea
Han
Battle reports amid Colombian revolt near Agih Dulce
Colombian revolutionary sources claim a clash occurred between government forces and insurgents at Agih Dulce. Government vessels Chucelie and Lingo sought to capture the warship Poas, previously Costa Rican bought, but the ship remains at risk of seizure as Costa Rica bars arming it. General Uribe Uribe’s fate eludes confirmation while General Herrera holds fourteen government generals as prisoners.
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Agih Dulce
Chucelie
Lingo
Poas
Wn Costa
Bogota
Adilinis
Costa Ican
Colomin
Urite-Urite
Perdomo
Herrera
Revolutionary Army
Uribe
Confederate Pensions Reported Totals and Pains
Comparelier-General Derham reports this year’s Confederate pensions total 200,227 dollars with 9,750 pensioners. Eighty-seven veterans received 1,009 dollars in lieu of artificial limbs as pensions rise yearly, potentially shrinking future sums.
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Derham
Unclear wartime dispatches from distant front
Fragmentary news from an overseas theater reports insurgent forces holding Comand after a raid by Venera troops under General Vilevial. Messages cite inland movements by General Maloy and warnings of further action near Vatosute Eruption. Reading is difficult and many names are uncertain.
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le Goayre
Carupann
Setordey
Vilevial
Comand
Hende
Hidden Aztec Treasure Reported From Tepic Mexico
Reverend Pablo Martine reports to authorities in Tepic that a party of Americus led by archaeologist Maverick discovered Aztec treasures in a cavern near Yesva. Guides aided the expedition, artifacts were shipped to San Francisco via San Itlas, with bases of natural gas lighting preserved in the chamber.
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Tepic
Mexico
Pablo Martine
Yesva
Americus
Meverick
Yenlem
Wenes
Weburt
Minntais
Yesem
San Itlas
San Francisco
London after coronation joy sparks crime wave
Protracted royal rejoicings give way to a surge of crime in London. Reports include murder trials and tragedies, with deaths by self harm rising. Many murders target the lower classes, and this week a young woman deliberately killed a stock exchange member in a busy city street.
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London
Dust Storm Balls Fall Over Victoria and New South Wales
A extraordinary dust storm from Sydney to Melbourne caused panic as balls of fire or debris dropped from the sky. Residents reported glowing balls igniting structures and fears of the end times amid the noon Saturday phenomenon.
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Gydney
N. W
Victoria
New South Wales
Melbourne
Sydney
King of the Belgians Shot At In Brussels Te Deum Walk
Three shots were fired at King Leopold II as he headed to a Brussels cathedral for a Te Deum. No one hurt. bullet shattered a carriage window and grazed the grand marshal. An Italian, Rabiso, was arrested after claims of motive tied to royal conduct.
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Brussels
Marie Henriette
Compte D'Outrement
Grand Marshal
Hrunsels
Rue Royale
Rabiso
Rubing
Leopold
Stephanie
London
Edward
Train collision toll in Chicago area disaster
A rail collision between an electric train and a freight train near a Chicago suburb left one dead and several dozen injured. Emergency crews battled wreckage as a motor car trailer caught fire and bystanders aided victims, while investigators sought the cause of the calamity.
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Arallision
Chicago
Burlington & Quinny
Big County
Vroselag
Swallowed by Cave-In at Joplin Missouri Mine
A miner was swallowed by a cave-in at the Clif mine in Joplin. The mine stands abandoned though multiple cracks appear in the hillside as clinicians describe a volatile, unstable entry. Several serum-related tools were used in the operation, and workers fear further collapses could occur at any moment.
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Clif
Joplin
Grandby
Thy Alam
Noted Confusion on Helmund Track Incident at Local Venue
A garbled report describes a track incident at a Helmund venue involving a maker of goods named Tamar and a Georgia Lamar family member, with a death by self harm and a claim of a train accident near a church. Details are unclear due to OCR damage.
Labor unrest prompts federal inquiry into Tampa events
A garbled report notes that fourteen leaders of a Cuban cigar industry revolt in Tampa drew attention from New York's Central Federation of Labor. The federation asked President Roosevelt to appoint a commission to investigate alleged striker sympathies and related labor tensions affecting Canadian lumber and trade policies.
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Uolon Cigarmacs
Tampa
Maror
Central Federation of Tabor
New York
Rousavelt
Mentivan Gretc
Canada
Levriog Bole
Disorder in Austrian lower house and labor warning
Reports from a brawl in the Austrian lower house over language policy end with German deputies assaulting Herr Sehos. Separately in New Orleans, Samuel Gompers warns Labor Federation members to curb violence and seek moderation to avert a civil clash. In Tennessee, John Davis, a Black man, is hanged by a 500-strong mob for the murder of farmer Robert Adair, after bloodied evidence is found and authorities urge lawful process.
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Velohwrmth
Herr Sehoal
Sebos
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
New Orleans
Trade and Labor
John Davis
Court House
Lewisburg
Tenn
Robert Adair
Adair
Davis
Twlos
Jobo
Wreck of Elingamite Looms Over Search Efforts
Forty aboard the British steamer Elingamite remain missing after wreck near the Three Kings Islands off New Zealand. Survivors rescued after three days on a barren island survived on Abel fish until aid arrived. A separate incident reports Archibald Bryant and wife Berkita Portisad clashed at home, burning injuries to both sides and pending assault charges. Lalande death will probate in Judge McClernan’s court, with a sizable estate listed.
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London Daily Mail
Wellington
Three Kings Islands
Penguin
New Zealand
Abel Fish
Archibald Bryant
Bertha
Portisad
Ore
Seth
Trywode
Abouk
Fhoth
Lalande
Venezuelan War Proclamations and Aftermath Report
Fragmentary Caracas dispatch describes proclamations from President Castr and figures like Hernandez. It cites detentions, revolutions, and casualties including thousands of mercenaries and orphans. The text condemns violence, vows pursuit of rebels, and frames the conflict as a moral struggle for Venezuela's fate.
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Mall
Caracas
Venezuela
Ate
Carlos
Hersandes
Castr
Hernandez
Theo
Castro
W Yi
Chaffee Report on Philippine Campaign and Insurrection
The annual report notes General Chaffee's actions in Samar Batangas Laguna Mindanao Jolo and the suppression of insurrection. It defends military measures, arrests, and measures taken to ensure fair treatment and public order, citing orders and authorities and discussing Mindanao Moro tensions and related figures.
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Adna R. Chaffee
Philippines
Samar
Chaffee
Batangas
Lagonao
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