Multiple World and Local Updates From October 22 Dispatches
Special to Evening Journal reports shipping and military notes from across the United States and abroad. Wheat and corn prices closed modestly higher amid market news while the British admiralty orders crews mobilization to fall complement. President McKinley’s presidential train arrived in Pittsburg briefly and departed east with no sign of life aboard. The Armenian steamer rescued its stranded companion Augusta after a gale on Lake Ontario. In Missouri four died from poisoned well water near Aurora as investigators search for the culprit. Minnesota soldiers arrive in San Francisco aboard the Rio Janeiro to meet nurses and officials. Admiral Schley is ordered to Tompkinsville as the Porto Rican commission completes its work. Rio Janeiro brings sick troops to San Francisco for quarantine at Angel Island. Farmers in northern North Dakota anticipate a $5 million loss from continued wet weather. An inquest into the death of Harold Fredric in London is postponed. Petitions will be sent to the president urging immediate Cuban intervention. A South Bend train wreck near Marysville, Missouri, follows a broken rail with one injury mentioned.
Cuban Debt Debate Stalls as Peace Commission Adjourns
London notes report the peace commissioner's session lasting 2 to 4:50 pm with Spaniards pressing the Cuban debt issue. American members maintain their refusal to assume the debt as talks pause until Monday. The article also clarifies US Spain understandings on the Philippines and protocol scope.
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Paris
Long-Distance Debate over Cuban Debt and Philippine Policy
A composite dispatch reports critiques of U.S. Cuban debt policy and the Spanish rule in Cuba, arguing debts incur by tyrants should not bind successors. It also notes Chief topics on railways arbitration, bank closures, and state and national land policy across several U.S. and international locales.
Foreign demand active boosts wheat and cereal trade
Bradstreet's notes a strong foreign demand for wheat flour and cereals, with forward business and improved shipments by American manufacturers partly offsetting declines in some exports. Warlike Franco British tension, better southern trade due to reduced yellow fever fears, and robust prices for cereals lard pork cotton print cloth and raw sugar are observed amid 213 US business failures this week.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
United States
Death at San Francisco Prison Miller Hanged for Murder
John Miller the Brass hunchback was executed at the Alameda jail yard after a grim and bloody scene. Witnesses and observers recounted a fearless, unmoving resolve as the death drop ended his life.
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San Francisco
John Miller
Nat B. Sutton
Alameda County
California
Fox Miller
Zola
Sienkewicw
Grimold Amos Lunt and the Miller execution details discussed
The article recounts a California execution with hangman Grimold Amos Lunt, deputy turnkeys, and prison doctor Dr Lawlor adjusting the rope length for Miller. It notes Miller’s weight and the neck injuries, the fatal drop, and subsequent verification of instantaneous death. Also covered is the 1896 Clementia street murder by Miller and a separate Cedar Rapids murder discovery near Ely with two bullets in the chest.
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Grimold Amos Lunt
Turnkey Jamieson
Dr Lawlor
Miller
Lawlor
John Miller
Eternity
van Patten
United States
Jas. Childs
Clementia Street
Fifth
San Francisco
Nellie Ryan
Childs
California
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