Anxiety Over Cuban Convention Outcome Sparks U S Concerns
Havana dispatch reports high American officials alarmed by the Cuban constitutional convention election. They fear a revolutionary majority threatening stability, with figures like Juan Gualberto Gomez and Salvador Cisneros y Betancourt seen as turbulent influences. General Wood denies interfering in delegate selection and insists Rivera resigned to focus on Honduran business.
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Salvador Cisneros Y Betencourt
Miguel Sanguilly
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Wood
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Ruis Rivera
Pinar del Rio
United States
Russ Rivera
Honduras
Babcock Sees McKinley Victory But Hurdles In Congress
Wisconsin congressman and Republican campaign chief Y. W. Babcock predicts McKinley’s election but warns of a tough path to a GOP majority in the next House. He cites solid Southern Democratic delegation, limited contestability in 10 states, and required gains in the North Missouri and border states.
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Corrected Casualties in Engagment at Sinilan Manilla
Corrected list shows 24 Americans dead or dying from wounds and missing after the Sept 21 engagement at Siniloan east Laguna de Bay with 134 Americans engaged from the Fifteenth and Thirty-seventh Infantry. Captain John E. Morgan of Company L is among the wounded. Enemy losses not reported.
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Laguna de Bay
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Thirty-seventh Regiment
Emies
Roosevelt in Utah Sets Five Speech Limit
Governor Roosevelt restricts appearances to five talks including a night meeting in Capen Utah. The train reached Ogden in the evening where plans were made for the night.
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Bohemian Mine Disaster in Dux Bohemia
An explosion at the Frisch Gluck mine in Bohemia near Dux on Wednesday killed 35 workers and injured 15. Five miners remain missing.
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Quiet Avery Tring Reports on Anthracite Strike Calm
In Philadelphia on Sept 31 reports say the strike region remains quiet and orderly. A few more miners join the strikers, while mine owners oppose arbitration despite efforts by Father Phillips and Archbishop Ryan to seek a peaceful settlement. Coal scarcity worsens as dealers struggle to obtain supply.
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Archbishop Ryan
Second Day at Milwaukee Municipal League Convention
The Mil waukee convention continued with Charles J. Bonaparte presiding. A bylaws amendment allowing election of 11 or more executive committee members by the board was adopted. Principal speakers included Charles Richardson of Philadelphia and Professor Samuel E. Sparling of Madison, Wis.
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Lord Salisbury Likely to Remain Premier After Polls
In Loxyon on September 21 observers say the dissolution of parliament spurs Liberal alarm over South Africa policy. Reports claim Lord Salisbury will again head government with the current cabinet retained unless defeated at the polls, marking a fourth premiership for Salisbury.
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German Loan Allotment Nears to Subscribers in U S
The syndicate financing the German government loan allocated treasury notes. Small subscribers will receive full amounts, while large subscribers get only a small portion. Officials state nearly the entire issue will go to subscribers in the United States.
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New York
Treasury
United States
Tin Plate Prices Reduced By 65 Cents Per Box
The American Tin Plate company cuts tin plate prices for delivery in Q4 1909 by 65 cents per box compared to prior levels. The move, announced in New York on September 21, reflects a market shift and aims to spur orders before year end.
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American Tin Plate Company
Price Cut Prompted by Outside Mills Competition
The quote moves from 4.65 to 4 per box for 14 by 20, 100 pounds, free on board the cars at mills. The reduction results from competition among outside mills.
Martial law ends civil authorities take control in Galveston
Mayor Jones announced martial law would cease at noon and civil authorities assume municipal direction. General Scurry said conditions allow civil control though militia will remain on duty to aid in enforcing order and cooperate with city officials.
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Tex
Jones
General Scurry
Many Bodies Still in the Ruins in Gaverston Texas
Captain Page of the Dallas Rough Riders reports a thorough survey showing about 1000 bodies remaining to be recovered from the ruins surrounding Gaverston after the disaster.
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Captain Page
The
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Dewey defends Hobson remark on Manila ships
Admiral Dewey, stopping at Sayville, says Hobson may not have meant harm and did not imply sinking ships. He notes Isla de Cuba Isla de Luzon and Don Juan de Austria were the only ships worth mentioning and that three were raised for temporary repairs at Cavite before returning to Hong Kong. He stresses he reported destroying, not sinking, the Reina Christina.
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Admiral Dewey
Sayville
L. L
Hobson
Hong Kong
Cavite
Christian
Census Bureau ends city bulletins for towns under 25 000
Director Merriam states the population announcement for cities is nearly finished and no bulletin will be issued for towns under 25 000. Next week the bureau will publish state populations starting with Arkansas and Alabama, with all states released before Congress convenes. Returns will also show populations of smaller cities.
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Merriam
Arkansas
Alabama
Congress
Bryan Plans Northwest Campaign Itinerary
Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan releases his campaign schedule for September 29 in North Dakota with stops at Hankinson Wahpeton Fargo Grand Forks Grafton and more. He will speak in Crookston Minnesota at 7 10 p m September 29 and then in Duluth on September 30 before Wisconsin and Michigan appearances.
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Better Conditions in India From Simla Report
Simla dispatch notes the monsoon continues and the cotton crop is generally excellent. Prospects of a damper harvest in food grains are certain in most parts of the country. There is a great reduction in the number on the relief list.
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Telegraphic Brevities Plate World News Note
Polonius a noted sire of track and road horses and son of Risdicks Hambletonian dies at Walden Wis foaled in 1872 William Watson Penning of Madison Wis appointed secretary of the grand lodge of Masonic bodies of Wisconsin to succeed J W Laflin deceased
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Walden
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National Learns Games In Incomplete Report
In Boston the score reads NationalLearns 5 to Philadelphia 2. Brooklyn 3 and New York tied 3. Pittsburgh 10 to St. Louis unknown. The fragmentary text provides few clear details about teams or outcomes.
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Philadelphia
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Pittaburg
St. Lows, Ye
Allied Forces Advance Toward Pei Tai Chan in China
General James H. Wilson leads 800 American and 600 British troops with 6 guns as forces move to retake Pei Tai Chan. Germans join from the east while Chaffee plans to feed hungry Chinese rather than burn loot. Evacuation of Peking considered as Japanese and French operate northeast of the capital.
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Costly Silks and Curlos Taken by Soldiers at Tien Tsin
Revenue officers seized 154 cases of rare oriental goods from Mare Island navy yard, brought to the country on the hospital ship Solace. Duty near 60 percent. Staff including loot from Tien Tsin likely abandoned to the government. Cases of silks and ethics addressed to people nationwide.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
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Tien Tsin
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Distrust of Russia prompts talk of alliance with China
Yokoyama reports from Victoria British Columbia on September 21 that Japan fears Russia may ally with the Chinese government. The debated proposal for withdrawal from Peking stirs political tension, even as direct fear of Russia remains tempered by deep distrust of its diplomacy. The nation’s political scene hinges on the Russian question and its possible implications for East Asia.
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Peking
Lloyds envoy to Peking thanks U S for consideration
Admiral Remey reports from Taku that Li Hung Chang arrived Sept 18 on a merchant vessel and will proceed to Peking. He asks to extend sincere thanks to the United States government for the consideration shown. The message was sent to Admiral Crowninshield, acting secretary of the navy, and dated Sept 19.
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Venezuela seeks restoration of good relations with France
Washington reports a Venezuelan effort to have U S intervene with France to ease heavy coffee taxes. The move aims to restore longtime fraternal ties between Venezuela and France, using the United States as a mediator in a broader objective. Separately in Curacao flour prices rise as spring wheat costs climb, with Minneapolis brand flour raising 20 cents a barrel now.
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France
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Curcaco
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Wrong Word Causes Embarrassment In Boarding House
A Kansas City Journal item tells of a woman who misinterprets a request about a quarter she left on the table. Unable to correct the speech she relies on another, George the dining room worker, who pockets the coin after being asked if he picked it up.
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Missus
Kansas City Journal
Unpopular author ponders unprecedented feat in journalist note
A French Journal quotes an unpopular author telling a friend he wishes to do something never done before and never repeated. The friend asks for guidance and the author replies to write a favorable notice of one of four Looks.
Bargain Basis Query Cited in Chicago Tribune
A dialogue sketches a lawyer and client negotiating a price of about five pounds. The exchange highlights a request for a firearm under a bargain concept and notes the client's inquiry in a Chicago Tribune context.
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