Floods in Wisconsin and other scattered headlines
Floods in Wisconsin cause damage across the state. Memphis wins the Southern baseball league pennant. Paris murder rocks the music hall scene as a singer is slain by robbers. Umpire track records fall in New York while a security firm recoups bank losses in Douglas Oklahoma. Roosevelt hints at a southern tour this fall amid global tension. European US squadron may sail to Jubuti Africa if eastern conditions allow. A cloudburst sweeps 200 yards of Santa Fe track near Anthony New Mexico. Lumbermen arrested in Hobart Oklahoma under anti trust law. A wrecked steamer off Yucatan thought to be John W Kelley. DO J Achwemreiter arrives in Ardmore for a DOJ probe. Judge Townsend appoints Br Morris as US Commissioner at Duncan. Farmers National Bank of Van Alstyne opens mid November. Deep well drill in Dallas hits third water flow at 2250 feet. Joe Davis of Wortham dies of septicemia after leg amputation. Nevada Missouri contractors win Vinita jail contract. Secretary Fulton resigns from Citizens' Union. A B Mandelstamm found unconscious in Eagle Pass as doctors save him. Southern educators meeting planned in Atlanta October 5-6. Vernon National Bank organized with $75,000 capital. Two Negro women bound over in murder case at Bronham. Odd Fellows mass meeting in Baltimore marks sovereign grand lodge convention. Woman and child found alive in Horace pasture near Austin. Budapest Diet session stormy and suspended amid Kossuth party dispute over Emperor Francis Joseph.
Excitement in Cotton as Bull Brown Moves Market
New Orleans brokers watched W P Brown in New York bid 12 cents for September cotton after explosive moves in the market. Rumors Brown sold his spot holdings to McFadden and pressure mounted as prices jumped to 12.05 cents while traders warned of June and January movements amid predictions of a 6 million bale year.
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New Orleans
Brown
New York
McFadden
Theodore H. Price
New Orleans Bulls
Beler Nearing Release After Five Years In Penitentiary
Cameron Texas September 29 Chas Beler a Wells Fargo Express employee convicted of stealing about 60000 from the company five years ago is at work on Col Tom Peoples farm near Ben Arnold ten miles south of Cameron. His sentence ends Monday October 6 and he will have served five years. He came to the farm in January 1901 and has been rated as a trusty worker with no prison record against him. Col Peoples praises his conduct and Beler says he plans a long rest after release. Only a small portion of the stolen property was recovered and if the full sum earned over time amounts to about 10000 annually.
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Cameron
Texas
Chas Beler
Wells Fargo & Co. Express
Col
Tom Peoples
Ben Arnold
Col. Peoples
Beler
Refugees Flee Monastir Region Amid Devastation
An estimated 60 000 villagers in the Vilayet of Monastir are refugees in the mountains facing severe destitution. 111 villages with 10 392 houses were impacted by Turkish fires, 9 688 burned. In Malkotronovo only 100 of 1 500 Bulgarian families remain. A group of 200 families fleeing toward Bulgaria in Lozgrad was surrounded by Turkish troops in the Urumbudjak mountains and is alleged to have been slaughtered.
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Monastir
Sofia
Bulgaria
Lozgrad
Urumbudjak
Egypt sends death to cotton ball weevil bottles to Texas
Two bottles of liquid claimed to kill the cotton ball weevil arrived by express at the Governor's office in Austin from Cairo Egypt. The shipment dated Sept 29 underscores international effort to combat boll weevil infestation.
Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for Washington
President Roosevelt ends his Sagamore Hill sojourn and boards a train to Washington at 8:30 PM. He has been away from the capital for thirteen weeks and two days and plans to return to Oyster Bay next summer barring nomination. He intends to stay in Oyster Bay through autumn if nominated, with no active campaigning planned.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Washington
President Roosevelt Arrives in Washington from Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt and his party arrived in Washington at 4 05 p m from Oyster Bay marking the end of a presidential visit. He was greeted by officials and proceeded to the White House where his schedule was set for discussions with cabinet members and leaders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Canal report doubts on new project in Panama
Panama Sept 29. Bogota cables report a prominent Senator says the commission assigned to study the canal project will find it useless. The Senate will review the canal company's extension of Mancini Calderon's contract before any new canal decision.
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Panama
Bogota
Senate
Canal Company
Mancini Calderon
Milner Arrives in London. Balfour Expected Tomorrow
Lord Milner, the High Commissioner of South Africa, arrived in London from Carlsbad. Premier Balfour is expected to reach London tomorrow to confer with him. Milner declined to say whether he had accepted the Secretaryship of the Colonies.
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Lord Milner
London
South Africa
Carlsbad
Balfour
The
Colones
Fever Deaths Rise as Laredo Quarantines
Yellow fever cases climb in Laredo Texas with two deaths and twelve new infections. Dr Guiteras reports twelve confirmed cases after house to house canvass. Evacuations exceed 4000 as city bans travel south and south of Webb county under shotgun quarantine. Nuevo Laredo shows no new cases while Monterey tightens health checks.
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Laredo
Texas
Guiteras
Juan Cortinas
Saltillo
Mex
Webb County
City of
Balloonists complete France to England cross in record flight
Count de la Vaulx and Count d Outremont descended near Hull after a Paris to Hull journey of 1734 hours. It marks the first successful balloon crossing from France to England. La Vaulx, famed for previous aerial tests, has pursued crossings with improvised aids and desert trials in prior years.
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London
Count de la Vaulx
Count d'Outremont
Hull
Yorkshire
Paris
France
England
Mediterranean
Marseilles
Algeria
Bicycle Rider Killed After Collision With Wagon
Florence McCarth, 12, riding a bicycle on South Flores street in San Antonio was thrown when a pedal struck the curb. He fell in front of a heavily loaded merchandise wagon and the front wheels passed over him, causing fatal injuries.
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San Antonio
Texas
Florence McCarth
South Flores Street
Burnet National Bank Wins Authorization to Open
Washington news reports Burnet National Bank of Burnet Texas approved to commence operations with capital of 25000. The officers named include Otho S Houston president F P Green vice president Ealy J Moses vice president and C W Hoard cashier.
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Washington
Burnet National Bank
Burnet
Texas
Otho S. Houston
F. P. Green
Ealy J. Moses
C. W. Hoard
France Proud to Lead Peace Movement, Theolitt Says
Paris September 28 The closing session of the International Peace Conference featured a speech by M Theolitt minister of commerce who declared France was proud to be at the head of the peace movement He urged redirecting vast armaments funds toward human welfare.
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Theolitt
France
Paris
Rouen
M. Theolitt
Redmond forecasting Irish land bill impact on labor question
London reports John Redmond addressing a Newcastle demonstration. He said the Irish land bill was secured and the next session should focus on labor issues. He warned Premier Balfour to beware, claiming the Irish party could wield life or death power to advance their cause if needed.
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London
Newcastle
John Redmond
Balfour
Gold Strike in Wichita Mountains Spurs Oklahoma Rush
A rich ore strike near Bridgeport in the Wichita mountains state district excites Guthrie and Cache. Initial assays show 20 dollars in gold per ton dropping to 12 dollars, triggering miners to flood Cache, seize diggings and search for explosives.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Bridgeport
Wichita Mountain District
Cache
Miss Ruth Bryan to Wed W H Leavitt at Fairview
Lincoln Nebraska September 28 The marriage of Miss Ruth Bryan and Mr W H Leavitt of Newport will take place on Saturday evening October 3 at 730 at Fairview the Bryans home Rev Dr Swearingen of the First Presbyterian church is likely to perform the ceremony
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Lincoln
Neb
W. H. Leavitt
Newport
Fairview
Bryans
Dr. Swearingen
First Presbyterian Church
Mr. Bryan
Groveton Cattle Shipment to Cuba Reported
Groveton Texas on September 28 W O Evans shipped fourteen car loads of cattle to Galveston for further export to Cuba via F G Williams.
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Groveton
Texas
W. O Evans
Galveston
Cuba
F. G. Williams
Niagara Falls Man Electrocuted at Home
Niagara Falls N Y Sept 28 Lorra ine T Wilmer was electrocuted in his cellar while inspecting electric light wires. He received a 2000 volt shock and died instantly in his home.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Lorraine T. Wilmer
Train Saves Man From Fatal Jump at Junction
In Flatonia Texas on September 28 a Negro man attempting to catch a southbound train prompted the conductor to apply the air brake. The sudden stop prevented a likely fatal impact as a draw head was pulled on a passenger coach.
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Flatonia
Texas
Pardons at Texas Penitentiary Rise in 9-Month Span
A dispatch from Austin reports Governor Lanham granted twenty two pardons between February 1 and September 1, contradicting claims he pardoned only seven. By comparison, Governor Sayers pardoned fifty three in the same period last year, per penitentiary records.
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Austin
Texas
Lanham
Sayers
Fought a French Duel Near Biarritz
A sword duel occurred at the Country Club grounds near Biarritz between Count Arcos of Calavito and the Marquis of Argudia. The Marquis sustained three wounds to the wrist and forearm.
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Parise
Biarritz
Arcos of
Calavito
Argudia
Milner to Confer with Balfour Over Colonies Secretary Post
Lora Milner departed for London to discuss with Premier Balfour the offer to him to become secretary of the Colonies. The talks will take place after Milner travels from Carlsbad Germany where he had been staying.
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