Destruction of Grace Mines in Durango Sparks Fray
Syracuse dispatch reports Mrs Mary D Grace facing destruction of her Mexico mines valued from 1 million to 12 million. Mexican claimants seized the property seven years ago and wrecked equipment including a smelter pumps and ore cars. Grace’s son William J Grace oversees the mines. Guggenheimer Bros New York bankers contracted ore output. Names Louts de la Barra and Francisco O Rielly travel from Mexico City to settle with Grace. Mines near Nombre de Dios about 680 miles north of Mexico City.
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Syracuse
City of
Mexico
Louts de la Barra
Francisco O'Rielly
Mary D. Grace
Durango
Grace
Tempking School
San Francisco
Moxteana
Revean
Guggenheimer Bros
New York
No Money for Ferrets End of Tax Dodger Hunts
Sept 12 in Minnesota the supreme court ruled that county commissioners contracts to pay hunters who locate evaded taxes are valid. In Iowa known as tax ferrets have netted about 15000 dollars in one county and similar setups exist in most counties. injunctions will likely stop such payments statewide, ending the ferrets' work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedir Rapids
Tite
Iowa
Supreme Court of
Minnesota
Minn County
Bogus Mint Located In Racine Suburbs
Racine Wisconsin September 12 police locate the counterfeiters work room in a Lakeside hotel suburb. Officers found 17 50 in lead dollars 50 cent pieces plaster molds and lead and papers identifying suspects. The gang had operated for three weeks passing large quantities of bogus coins though the room was deserted when the raid occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Lakeside
Porto Rican seeks US citizenship amid sovereign questions
In Washington a Porto Rican man, not a US citizen, applies for naturalization. Clerk Young asks about allegiance and sovereignty, and the case goes to Judge Bradley. The certificate states intent to become a US citizen and renounce all allegiance to any foreign prince, state, or sovereignty, especially the kingdom of Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Young
District Supreme Court
United States
Porta Ftico
Mmédente
Bradley
Porto Rico
Kingdom of Spain
Melbourne MacDowell Arrested for Cruelty to Wife
Actor Melbourne MacDowell was arrested in New York on a cruelty charge from wife Wilhelmina Maria Brafman, the divorced wife of a Baltimore broker. He was sent to Ludlow Street jail with bond set at 2000 dollars. The wife filed for divorce and left him for Baltimore parental home. they wed in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Hoe
Jalil
New York
Melbourne
MacDowell
Wancy Davenport
Wilhelmina Maria Brafman
Baltimore
Ludlow Street
Norfolk
Remarkable Five Day Swim Survival Near Galveston
A U S batteryman on duty at the Galveston forts was picked up at Morgan's Point after five days in the sea. Wounded but alive, he endured a perilous ordeal offshore near Morgan's Point, about thirty miles from Galveston, during the recent storm or battle period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
United States
Forts
Morgan's Point
Requisition for Alice M Hamilton Aid by Governors
Governor Tanner honors a requisition from Governor Shaw of Iowa for the extradition of Alice M Hamilton accused of entering the room of F M Millard in Queston Iowa on June 25. She forced a valise, stole $2 200 cash, and fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Als
Tanner
Shaw
Iowa
Alice M. ‘Hamilton
F. M. Millard
Queston
Strike Order Shocks Anthracite Miners Averted Wages Clash
United Mine Workers declare a strike in the anthracite region starting Monday with an expected 142,000 miners leaving. President Mitchell and secretary Wilson will guide the action from Indianapolis. The union cites demands including cash wages, abolition of company stores, lower powder price, and arcing wage scales, while operators were urged to submit to arbitration.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Inxelton
Paw
Pennsylvania
Keehigh Valley
Delaware
Udion
Lackawansail Western
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Reding
Erie
New York
Susquehanna
Cateols
Anthraeite
John Mitchell
Ww. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
Dennis the Niners
Anany Cylin
Strike in anthracite region halts production in Pa
Philadelphia Sept 13 The order to call out miners in the anthracite region recalls the Lattimer tragedy when 21 miners were killed and over 50 wounded. About 145,000 workers are affected with an estimated 75 percent organized. Output could drop by 75 percent reducing regional production sharply and causing heavy wage and railroad losses.
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Philadelphia
Mitchell c
Lattimer
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Allfke
Luzerne
Lickawanna
Schuyl KH
Carbon
Northumberland
Lackawanna
Hazleton
Schuylkill
Shamokin
Lie Regia Coal
Reading Coal
Iron Vampany
Pacen
Lehigh
Guieurs
Miner's Union
Lreagsary
Frightful Railway Accident Wrecks Minstrel Car
A Duncan Clark minstrel special wrecked near Mounds as it carried sixteen aboard. Nine are dead and six seriously injured, including Etta Patterson with a wood fragment through her shoulder. Cook Patrick Patterson killed. coroner to handle the deaths. A hospital train with Dr Granskeal and nurses aided the injured. The manager Duncan Clarke expected to recover.
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Perias
Ning
Cairo
Duncan Clark
Mounds
Alice Willams
Ollie Enright
Etta Patterson
Patrick Patterson
Marguerita Campella
Anna Bell
Bert Ruby
Kittle Howard
Faith Hamilton
Ette Faye Elliott
May Martin
Otis Well
Duncan Clarke
W. W. Grans- Teal
Pulaski County
Reign OF Terror
McKinley Baer Wedding Noted in Somerset Pa
Somerset Pennsylvania September 13 The McKinley Baer wedding united Miss Mabel McKinley and Dr. Jermanus L. Baer in a society affair attended by President and Mrs William McKinley and other prominent figures from across the United States. The event featured superb appointments and notable ladies fashion. Colonel W C G Brown of New York served as master of ceremonics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennnsylvania
Somerset
McWinley-Baer
Mabel McKinley
Abner McWinley
Jermanus L. Baer
Wilam McKinley
United States
W. CG. Brown
New York
Market Report From Chicago and Buffalo Grains and Livestock
The markets section notes daily hog receipts at Chicago 23 000 with hog prices from 4.00 to 5.85, cattle receipts 11 600 with steer and heifer price ranges, and sheep receipts 10 000 with lamb and western/NATIVE quotations. East Buffalo reports hogs 5.40 to 6.80, cattle and calves, wheat and corn futures, and Milwaukee grain prices. The article closes with an odd line attributing a claim that the flat weeping willow in England was planted by poet Alexander Pope.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission Marchants
Uelg
England
Alexander Pope
Chicago Board of Trade
BM Park
Ctobe EL
Brook
Poison In Sardines Hits Grand Crossing Family
Six people in Grand Crossing suffer ptomaine poisoning after eating sardines bought Wednesday from James Valemia at 1084 Seventy Fifth Street. William Swain police officer and his wife Mrs Swain along with three Swain children Annie 9 Joan 8 and Margaret 11 and neighbor Nicholas Farrington all fell ill hours after supper. Swain, on duty, left home before symptoms began as neighbors heard groans and cries. The three cans reportedly caused the illness and were eaten at the Swain home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Crossing
William Swain
Sarah Swain
Margaret Swain
Annie Swain
Joan Swain
Nicholas Farrington
Swain
Mra
James Valemia
Seventy-fifth Street
Farrington
Tug Saves The Fishermen Near Peshtigo Bay Storm
The Mae Martel tug from Green Bay rescued two Peshtigo fishermen during a Green Bay storm. Four men went out four miles from Peshtigo to blue stake for a pond net and two returned ashore for more stakes. As the storm rose the two tried to reach the scow to aid companions but failed. A telegraph at 8 pm summoned the Mae Martel, arriving near midnight to pull the men from danger and land them safely amid rough seas.
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Green Bay
Wis
Mae Martel
Missing Brother Sought By Kansas City Woman In Oshkosh
Mrs. W. L. Lenzery of Kansas City arrives in Oshkosh seeking her brother J. O. Patterson, age 20, missing for some time. A letter she sent for money arrived back at the post office marked unclaimed, with the purchase not collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Wis
W. L. Lenzery
Kansas City
J. O. Patterson
Dying Husband Accuses Wife in Poisoning Death
Mrs Chas Ikaba of Delta has been jailed in Keokuk county for murder after her husband Kuhn died days after they bought beer in What Cheer. The inquest and post-mortem found strong evidence of poisoning with the husband’s last words to his wife saying she had poisoned him.
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Kun
Hoo Fatal Downs
Oluuaya
Chas
Ikaba
Delta
Hang
Keokuk County
Sigouney
Tuesaay Kuhn
What Cheer
Delta Kuhn
Vor Oher
Sigourney
Fuil
Patrolman Gales Shot Trying to Arrest Robbers
LaCrosse Wis Sept 16 Patrolman Perry Gales was fatally shot during an attempted arrest of three robbers who had held up a man on La Crescent road. The trio opened fire as they fled toward the wagon bridge, wounding Gales in the abdomen and chest. Gales died at the scene. Officer Schubert was unharmed but the robbers escaped on Fourth street. Meanwhile reports from abroad note honors for the Arctic explorer Duke of Abruzzi and public celebrations in Christiania. French observers say American wool goods flood markets. France contemplates protective tariffs. Plague reports from Shula indicate over 1,000 deaths in the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Relto Troy
Charles Trey
Willog
Third Street
Miss Troy
Captain Troy
LaCrosse
Perry Gales
la Crescent Road
Gates
Cates
Schubert
Fourth Street
Christiania
Duke of
Abruzzi
Cristi
Italy
Marco Polio
Columbus
Etaby
Wasie
Nansen
Houbalx
Mulhouse
Othr
Western Railway
France
Shula
Inula
Sree
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Mas, Grace's Mines
Bhe
Bogus Mint
Scott
York
Calimet
Mich
Mables
Decatur
Illini
Eneristown
Rwala
Escanaba
Strang
Mdowell
Citizens’ 'Phonic Co
Maine
Tracing
New
Citizens’ Telephone Company
Met
Ine Wit
Nuawa
Oshkosh, Wis
Emma Rode
Willam
Unitcrell
Leezes
Atlantic
Robert Frown
Lus Hoyt
Cunberlin
Taare
Hattie Spies
Hoyt
Sioux City
Morningside
College
Methodist Church
Great Northwest
Spain
Bedford
Lid
Huron
Here
Baltimore and
Oho
Martin
Walt Int
Ohio Railroad
NIBCE
Savt
Buffalo Live Blank
Boule
Bi. Louis
Allwaukes Graig
Milwaukee
Omacer Fairs
Atindard
Nesntwand Lanols
Minny Exenrsiane
Taxksonsot
Ls Gertralr
Maiquetta
Dirly Sengon
Cliftons
Roe
Mynes
Lawa
H. Althals
WAGON
kUashion
Presbyterian Church
Toit, Scales
Attorney At Law
JT. Symington
Ald Sungson
Quenn'y University
Canada
Ackkley
L. Phelan
Theod &Tunkermans Drug Store
Ackley
J. A. Jones, D.D
Northwautirn University
D. Ubleine, Illinois
K. M. Breniman
Dubuque Galling
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