West Africa tensions and Afghan edge feared in 1910 reports
Paris dispatch notes British Niger question tactics and French troop movements in Nikki Borgu amid alleged British attempts to delay settlement. London warns France to respect territory. Odessa column cites Russia’s naval growth threatening India. Simla reports British troops raid Rimadhan village. tribesmen fight, nine wounded, insurgents gain momentum.
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India
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Government withdraws postponement in Union Pacific sale
Attorney General McKenna directs no delay in the Union Pacific sales. The government’s lien is guaranteed, with the main line to be sold in Omaha next Monday and the Kansas division sale postponed to December 15. Master Commissioner Cornish announced the plan, while a syndicate offers to bid the full government claim of 58 million dollars.
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McKenna
Union Pacific
John C. Cowin
Omaha
George F. Hoadley
New York
Cornish
Cowin
Kansas
Washington
Conservatives Oppose Sagasta Cuban Autonomy Policy
Havana reports conservatives urge against autonomist rule for Cuba and vow to block Sagasta cabinet plans. A four hour meeting condemned Madrid’s autonomy push while praising loyalists amid the war and criticizing reformists who became autonomists.
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Madrid
Sagasta
Su#sasta
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New York
Paris
Campisino de Antonio
Yellow fever swirls through New Orleans with cases rising
New Orleans reports 59 new yellow fever cases and 7 deaths, bringing totals to 1,269 cases and 145 deaths. Authorities note germs spread without geographic limits as Memphis and other cities log new cases and patrols brace for cold weather.
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Bald Knob
Winner Ark
Mobile
Montgomery
Ala
Scranton
Miss
Bay St. Louis
Biloxi
McHenry
Meridian
H. &. Gulley
New Albany
Died at the End of Her Prayer in Cadillac Armory
Mrs. Mary McKinnon died of heart disease in Cadillac Michigan while delivering a prayer at the Volunteer armory The sermon-like prayer urged youths to prepare for the world to come and ended with the plea Jesus save me as she collapsed and died.
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Cadillac
Mich
Mary McKinnon
Jesus
Senator Morgan in a Fever Arrives in San Diego
United States Senator Morgan reached San Diego on Monday evening and proceeded to Coronado. He was taken ill with a cold believed to have been caught on the battleship Oregon, with a high fever reported by the hotel.
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Senator Morgan
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Morgan
Coronado
Oregon
Man Threatens President McKinley Over Demands
In Chicago on October 27 George Scholder of Ottercreek Ta is quoted saying he may become a second Charles Guiteau if he does not receive his just deserts. He sought Senator Mason in his law offices to pressure the senator to help obtain what he desired from the president.
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Chicago
Charles Guiteau
McKinley
George Scholder
Ottercreek
Mason
Scholder
Newton Kempfer shoots wife in Donaldsonville tragedy
Brazil Ind October 27 Newton Kempfer 28 killed his wife at her grandmother’s Donaldsonville home. The couple married a year ago and had separated recently after a unhappy marriage. He asked her to live with him again she refused and he fired three shots.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Benjamin Johnson
Jeffersonville
William E. Hinshaw
Johnson
Boggstown
James Powers
Dastard
Brazil
Newton Kempfer
Donaldsonville
Kempfer
Gether
Fragmentary OCR note hints at violence absence
Readable fragment contains lines about violence not occurring and notes uncertainty. Mentions appear to refer to a BO item and unclear references but no explicit incident details or outcomes are provided.
General Harrison Arrives Home From New York
General Harrison and family reached Indianapolis at noon from New York and spoke on the campaign there. He said he trusted news from New York papers and noted Republicans he met believed in victory though he could not judge their prospects. He praised General Tracy as secretary of the navy and denied allegations of him being anyone's tool. He declined to estimate Henry George's strength and commented on a tangled, evolving race with possible shifts in voter support.
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Indianapolis
Harrison
General Tracy
Navy
Henry George
Low
Tracy
Unclear Historical Receipts Recorded in 19th Century Ledger
Fragmentary OCR shows daily receipts for various goods with inconsistent formatting. Entries include values like $2.60 and $3.25 for light and rough packing, totals around 6,000 with estimates near 4.70 to 4.80, indicating a dated mercantile ledger snippet from Chicago.
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Chicago
Fire destroys Garret saloon row with child dead
A fatal fire in Garret Indiana caused about 100000 in damage to buildings and contents. Baby Wilson, child of Eugene Wilson, died. his father was severely burned while trying to rescue him. The blaze started behind Peter Behler's saloon and wiped out the livery barn, Linconhett's saloon, Jacobsen's dry goods, Hotel De Queen, and homes of Dr F B Wood and J D Paul.
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Dr.f. B. Wood
J. D., Paul
Pinkerton Murder Trial Reveals Threats From Father
Laporte Ind Oct 27 Sensational scenes marked the Pinkerton murder trial as Pinkerton’s daughter testified to a threat by her father to kill young Pinkerton. His son described the tragedy in which the father killed his son in law and nephew, with the state arguing this evidence could send him to the gallows for the February killing of Charles Pinkerton.
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Laporte
Ind
Pinkerton
Charlies Pinkerton
Garnishee Law Declared Unconstitutional in Evansville
Evansville Indiana October 27 an attempt to garnish wages of Mace Boyd an employee of the Evansville and Terre Haute Railway company on a 25 claim failed as the court ruled the garnishment law unconstitutional noting no legislative enactment allowed exemption for a single man.
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Horace Heffron
Salem
Washington County
Morton
Oliver P. Morton
Horsey
United States Circuit Court
Hovey
United States Supreme Court
United States
James A. Garfield
J.D. McDonald
John S. Black
David Dudley Field
Stephen Horsey
Evansville
Ind
Mace Boyd
Terre Haute Railway Company
Campbell sues B and O ex-general manager over contract claim
Campbell, former general manager of the Baltimore and Ohio, sues Oscar G. Murray and J. K. Cowan, receiver, in U S court for 10000. He says he was to act as general manager for a fixed term and was removed before the agreement expired. Indianapolis, Oct 27. Robert nd
Miners in Brazil Ind Threaten Walkout Over Dues
Black coal miners order a Saturday stoppage unless operators adopt the United Mine Workers check off dues plan. Operators refuse, arguing some members do not belong to the union and dues taken from pay would be unjust.
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Brazil
Ind
United Mine Workers
Presidential Appointments Fill Navy and Legal Posts
The president named William B. Sorsby of Mississippi as consul at San Juan Del Norte Nicaragua. William K. Van Reypen remains surgeon general and chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery US navy. Wilson R. Gay is named United States attorney for the district of Washington.
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Washington
William B. Sorsby
Mississippi
San Juan del Norte
Greytown
Nicaragua
William K. van Reypen
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
United States Navy
Wilson R. Gay
United States
District of Washington
Weather outlook by region for twenty four hours
The forecast covers Indiana and Illinois with fair to threatening conditions and possible colder temperatures tonight. Lower Michigan faces cooler weather, light to brisk easterly winds, while Upper Michigan and Wisconsin expect threat of rain turning to snow and much cooler conditions with increasing winds. Iowa may see rain turning to snow with clearing and much colder air tonight.
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Washington
Indiana
Clinois
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago Grain and Produce Prices on Oct 26
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show wheat December 93 94 cents, May 91 1 8 cents. Corn December 25 1 2 cents, May 29 3 4 cents. Oats December 18 4 cents, May 20 cents. Pork December 7 77 3 4 dollars, January 8 70 8 60 dollars. Lat December 4 27 1 4 dollars. Butter extra creamery listed under produce.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
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