Measures by General Leonard Wood at Santiago Improve Care
The article notes General Leonard Wood stamping out yellow fever in Santiago and his methods yielding prompt attention at Campton, Virginia, with measures leading to immediate improvement. It mentions a Chinese emperor receiving a grand musical clock with automatic orchestra and reports on Canada's Parliament debate to revoke Indian enfranchisement due to bribery concerns.
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Leonard Wood
Santiago
Campton
China
Spanish court martial ponders Toral surrender in Santiago
A Spanish court martial tries Gen Toral for surrender at Santiago. The tribunal is expected to find him guilty and the report raises a question on alternative actions with Santiago. The Chicago Tribune hints Queen Victoria might pursue action against the United States over William Waldorf Astor’s change of allegiance, suggesting she fears a bad bill was passed to her.
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Gen. Toral
Santiago
The
Chicago Tribune
Queen Victoria
United States
William Waldorf Astor
Canada’s Willingness to Help Boers Sparks Alaska Frontiers Debate
The remark suggests Canada’s readiness to assist the British in fighting the Boers might be repaid by England in hubbub against the United States on the Alaskan frontier. It hints Canadians may prefer not to be drawn into such conflict.
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Canada
Englind
Walloping
Uncle Sam
Alaskan
Egyptian mummy seed grows pink and white sweet peas
At a Windsor flower show in England, sweet pea vines grown from seed taken from an Egyptian mummy tomb over two thousand years old were displayed. The blossoms proved delicate pink and white and appeared smaller than usual.
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Windsor
England
Admiral Dewey Sends Quiet Message On International Affairs
A Trieste correspondent claims Admiral Dewey may not reveal his views to any listener. The admiral reportedly keeps a large wastebasket where he discards slanders and falsehoods unread.
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Dewey
Trieste
Secretary of War Root Faces Critics on Experience
Mr. Root, the new secretary of war, has had no military experience, but many men nationwide feel capable of directing him. Any single misstep will be his responsibility, and he will hear about it.
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Mr. Root
World fleet and leads in merchant ships by nation
U Lloyds Register shows a world merchant fleet of 28,150 ships with Great Britain owning 11,100, the United States 3,010, and Norway 2,528. The note highlights Americas coast line and new islands as factors for rapid growth in American shipping.
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Great Britain
United States
Norway
New Islands
Farmers Hold Wheat, Cattle, and Loans, Press On
The article notes farmers weather a buoyant harvest with ample wheat and abundant cattle. It highlights surplus crops and large grain stores with bankers owing funds, signaling strong agrarian margins despite financial pressures. The tone favors resilience of the tiller amid economic strain.
First Nebraska volunteers excel in the Philippines campaign
The First Nebraska regiment, back from the Philippines, shows fewer disease cases than the Second and Third regiments which stayed at mobilization camps. Sir Alexander Armstrong died at 81, a rare circumnavigator who served as surgeon on Capt. Mccclure’s Investigator, later rescued by the Resolute and returned via the North Star.
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Philippines
Alexander Armstrong
American
MecClure
Investigator
Bands Land
Resolute
North Star
Arctic
Autoelektropolyphon to be shown at Paris 1900
Italian inventor Antonio Zibordi spent fifteen years building the Autoelektropolyphon, a monumental musical box featuring 80,000 concealed components. The device required an outlay of 0,000 francs and is billed as the greatest of its kind.
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Antonio Zibordi
Kite accident shocks Bass brothers on Holland Street
Henry Bass James Bass and Toney Bass, youths living on Holland street in Annapolis, were severely shocked when a kite they were flying touched a live electric wire. James, who held the string, was knocked to the ground and rendered insensible for several minutes.
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Benjamin Franklin
Annapolis
Henry
James
Toney Bass
Holland Street
Regiments urged to stress target practice in the Philippines
Gen Miles orders commanders to make target practice the chief feature of training for new regiments bound for service in the Philippines. Other items note probate filing for William A Piper estate valued above five million dollars, and a three year old killed by a travel car in Los Angeles.
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Philipines
William A. Piper
San Francisco
Lawrence Hanley
Los Angeles
Cal
Mrr
Tansey
St. Louis
Carmichael
Sir Thomas Lipton
Perthshire
Expositor’s Drowning and Ferry Disaster Reported
A swimming instructor Davis Dalton drowned near Hog Island New York while giving an underwater exhibition on the 6th. A trolley car carried 43 people careened from a trestle 40 feet high at Oronoque Connecticut killing many instantly. A crowd bound for Tar Harbor Maine slipped into the water with 109 rescued or drowned. Also: Count von Mohrenschilds alias Peter Peters arrested for embezzling 70 000 roubles in Kentucky and a murder verdict of not guilty in Clay county.
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Far Rockaway
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Hog Island
Rockaway
Oronoque
Bridgeport. Conn
Tar Harbor
Boat Cave Way
Pierre Alexander von Mohrenschilds
Peter Peters
New York
America
Barbourville
James Baker
Wilson Howard
Pakers
Clay County
U S Navy Ships Reach Rockford and Other 7th Action Notes
On the 6th the battleship Texas and the cruiser Brooklyn of the North Atlantic squadron arrived at Rockford Maine. There were no deaths or new yellow fever cases at Hampton Virginia soldiers home on the 6th and authorities feel they have checked the disease. On the 7th nearly 5 000 Cuban soldiers in Santiago de Cuba expected to be paid. remainder to be paid at San Luis Crista Songo and El Caney. Brutus sailed from Honolulu for Guam with coal and Glacier arrived at Hong Kong. Free delivery postal service to Prescott Arizona and Reno Nevada on November 1. Dominica swept by a cyclone heading toward Jamaica. US signal service warned shipping.
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Santiago de Cuba
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Honolulu
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Glacier
Hong Kong
Prescott
Ariz
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Nev
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Jamaica
United States Signal Service
Ten Tennsylvania Regt Invited To Parade Stop In Chicago
The Tenth Tennessee regiment, home from the Philippines, were invited to stop over in Chicago and take part in a parade. On the 7th, the annual schengerfest of the United Polish Singers of America began in Bay City, Michigan, with a business meeting. Delegates from several larger cities attended. The grand concert occurred at the opera house on the evening of the 5th.
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Tennsylvania
Philippines
Chicago
United Polish Singers of America
Bay City
Mich
Opera House
Millions of crickets invade Galesburg Illinois notes
Galesburg Illinois reports a cricket invasion described as millions of insects swarming the area. Other items include a Kentucky mob destroying a Mormon church, robberies and arrests in Missouri, and counterfeiting concerns in the Philippines prompting secret service actions.
Illinois State News Deaths in Various Illinois Towns
A list of recent deaths across Illinois states many ages and towns. Patrick Fox of Litchfield aged 66 Christina Cohlmeyer near Richview aged 73 Rebecca Jackson of Galena aged 84 pioneering settler native of Virginia died at home in Galena husband Alexander Jackson era businessman. William Crotty Rockford head injury after carriage fall Robert Tate Jefferson county pioneer Martha Ann Teel Rushville ex Representative James A Teel Grayville Benjamin Batson Wabash county aged 77 Dr N S Freeman Coles county veteran physician Wright Powell Morris city Benjamin F Page Harrisburg 76 Samuel Mitchell Assumption aged 85 wealthy pioneer settler.
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Litchfield
Christina Cohlmever
Richview
Cohlmeyer
Washington County
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Galena
Virginia
Edwardeville
Alexander Jackson
William Crotty
Rockford
Leckjaw
Robert Tate
Jefferson County
Martha Ann Teel
James A. Teel
Rushville
Benjamin Batson
Wabash County
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N.S. Freeman
Coles County
Wright Powell
Morris City
Benjamin F. Page
Harrisbore
Samuel Mitchell
Assumption
Akin Opinion Topics Taxation and Local Powers
Atty Gen Akin issued opinions on taxes for real estate held by a national bank and bonds held by state residents, and on majority rules for councils and boards. He also covered tax rules for real estate vendors and stockholders in building and loan associations. Assistant Adjt Gen Bell held stocks and bonds of Illinois Central Railroad taxable, and school board funding limits for warrants. The Peoria Young Men’s Christian Association denies racial discrimination, but white members object to colored baths, prompting Afro American Council discussion.
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Ife
Naional Bank
Building and Loan Association
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Bell
Illinois Central Railroad Co
Peoria
Association
Goats Traded in Chicago Markets for Mutton
Thousands of goats are bought and slaughtered for sale as mutton at Chicago stock yards. The traffic peaks in winter and early spring, extending to April. Angora goats from the northwest dominate, with a few common species from the south.
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Chicago
Crickets Swarm Over Galesburg City Streets
Great swarms of crickets invaded Galesburg at night with dense numbers near street lights. Residents were driven indoors and meals disrupted as tables filled with crickets. By morning bushels were swept from sidewalks into gutters and many stores covered in the insects.
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Galesburg
Doctors and others dairy cows found tuberculin positive
Doctors Loverjoy of Princeton Johnston of Springfield and Scott of Peoria killed three cows at the Peoria stockyards believed to be tuberculous. Their diagnosis was correct, each showing tuberculine affection. It is not believed the disease will spread to the rest of the herd.
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Princeton
Johnston
Springfield
Scott
Peoria
Mount Vernon Seeks Stock Sale of Southern Illinois Co
Mount Vernon businessmen aim to secure the annual stock sale of the Southern Illinois Live Stock Commission Co to be held in September. The event promises market activity and potential bids from local traders and regional buyers.
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Mount Vernon
Southern Illinois Live Stock Commission Co
Manitou men quarrel leaves Summers with dangerous wound
William Trent and George Summers of Manitou in Mason county fought and Trent struck Summers across the abdomen, inflicting a dangerous wound.
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William Trent
George Summers
Manitou
Mason County
Trent
Summers
Italian report details Talulah lynching of five Italians
The Italian ambassador's secretary Marquis Romano filed a full investigation with the state department. He portrays the Talulah lynching as unusually atrocious with three distinct mob actions against the Italians, including two lynchings after the first shot by Dr. Hodges and later the execution of an additional three while under arrest.
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Washington
State Department
Marquis Romano
Talulah
Dr. Hodges
Joe Difata
Charles Difata
Difata
Hodge
Hodges
Frank Difata
Joseph Feducio
John Geramis
Charles
John Gerami
Foreign Office
MacArthur Wins A Battle At San Fernando
General MacArthur’s force of 4,000 men advanced five miles beyond San Fernando and defeated a Filipino force of 6,000. The enemy retreated with many killed and wounded. American losses were 20 killed or wounded.
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Manila
MacArthur
San Fernando
Jossin
Secret Dreyfus court adjourns after morning sitting
The secret session of the Dreyfus court martial ended at 11 45 this morning with adjournment to tomorrow morning. Rennes Aup. &8.
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Aup
Dreyfus
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