Roosevelt Visits Detroit as War Veterans Await
President Roosevelt arrives in Detroit by special train amid cheering crowds at Cadillac Hotel. He attends church services and visits a Spanish American War veteran at a hospital on Fort Street. The day blends public greetings, a hospital call, and a drive through the city as officials plan further engagements.
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Mich
Central Railroad
Cadillac
Roosevelt
Michigan
Enthusiweather
Fort Street
R. A. Alger
Thomas -K- Doherty
Doherty
Evert
Roos
Jy. Buss
William C. Manny
Presbyterian General
St. Mary Antoine Street
Alger
de Doherty
A. al R. A. Alger
Mayorsbury
John
Roosevelt Trusts Plan Sparks Congressional Debate
Washington reports discuss the Oyster Bay conference and a push by President Roosevelt to curb trusts. Senator Hernando Money of Mississippi cites a proposed constitutional amendment and a census bill amendment by DuBois as key steps, while noting Republican opposition and the political risk of patronage.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Hernando Bo. Money
Mississippi
Gress
DuBois
Ihe
Congress
Indiana
Senate
Henderson Declares No Resignation From Congress
Chicago dispatch reports David B. Henderson, Speaker of the House, will retire from the Iowa race but will serve out his term and remain as speaker. He endorses President Roosevelt's tariff policy, rejects reports of party disloyalty, and says allies have urged him to reconsider without success. He plans to join Mrs. Henderson in Atlantic City after leaving Chicago.
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Chicago
David B. Henderson
National House of Representatives
Atlantic City
Henderson
East
Iowa
Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Allison
Congress
Requiem Mass for the Queen in Spa Belgium
A requiem mass for the late queen of Belgium will be celebrated in Spa with the bishop of Liege officiating. Special trains will bring members of the royal family from Brussels to attend and return the queen’s remains to the capital. King Leopold arrived today.
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Belgium
Liege
Brussels
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Neither One to Support It Neither One to Support It
London dispatch notes Austria and Russia will not back the U S appeal for the Roumanian Jews. The piece questions Roosevelt's push for constitutional reform, citing distrust of trusts and party division, and doubts sincerity amid Republican resistance.
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Russia
America
London
Vienna
Daily Chronicle
United States
Roumania
Fugitive William Hooper Young Sought Near Canarsie
Police intensify search for William Hooper Young, wanted for Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer’s murder. Reports place him near Canarsie on Long Island coast and in Brooklyn lodging houses as officers warn he may kill himself. Capt. Titus sends detectives to scouring the area while arrests of two men proved not to be Young.
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William Hooper Young
Joseph. Pulitzer
Morris Canal
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Canarsie
Long Island
Titus
Detective Bureau
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Nostrand Avenue
Short
Arrest of man matching William Hooper Young in Derby
Police take a man described as William Hooper Young, sought in New York for the murder of Mrs. Annie Pulitzer, into custody in Derby. He resisted arrest and refused to identify himself. Earlier, a call said a man matching Young’s description was seen near Stevenson along railroad tracks with a tramp.
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Derby
Conn
Po- Nee
William Hooper Young
New York
Annie Pulitzer
Stevenson
Shaw Holds Back on Subtreasury Abolition Plan
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw refused to detail his forthcoming report but said abolition of the subtreasuries could free 83 million dollars now. He noted 218,774,500 remains in treasuries, with funds circulating to avoid market contraction and said Congress may act only at its next session.
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Chicago
Congress
Bonin Boy Shoots Father Then Surrenders
In Woonsocket Rhode Island William C Bonin aged 16 or 17 shot and killed his father John B Bonin aged 42 or 46 to protect his mother from violent treatment. He then dressed in his best clothes and waited for officers, saying it was better for his father to be dead than to kill his wife and then himself. He had threatened it before.
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William C. Bonin
John B. Bonin
Watling Vle the Corpse s
Birmingham Alabama September 2 This day saw numerous funerals as thirty eight victims of the pantie disaster in Shiloh church were buried across Birmingham negro churches. crowds, grief, and high eulogies marked the day. The death list reached 105 with 100 identified. five more bodies unreported. Kassongo, Congo boy educated at Stillman Institute, died in the crash. Next, Philadelphia hosts the National Baptist convention in September 1903 with officers elected and departments organized.
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Alo
Shiloh
Churen
George Wright
Savannah
Kassongo
Congo Free State
Phillips Vermer
Tuscaloosa
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Congo
Mr Vermer
Stillman Institute
Africa
Hardie Tynes
Philadelphia
Ala
Bely Trinity Baptist Church
National Baptist Convention
Postal changes in the south new postoffices and routes
Washington reports postal service changes including new postoffices at Annie Florida Milspring Florida and Pledger Florida. Gate changes at Pye Georgia. Discontinuation of registered pouch service between Atlanta and Memphis Louisville and Houston and Birmingham. Rural free delivery begins Cedartown Georgia. Star routes added between Springhill Alabama and Wittner Center Alabama Leesburg via McGhee. Some star routes and special services discontinued including Center Alabama Bristow Quincy Rosin and Dallas Station to Levon.
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Annie
Dade County
Florida
Milspring
Jackson County
Pledger
Pye
Wayne County
Georgia
Atlanta
Memphis
McGhee
Center
Als
Bristow
Quincy
Fla
Rosin
Nereus
Brooklyn
McCreary
Conecuh County
Alabama
Springhill
Wittner
Mobile County
Dallas Station
Levon
Marion County
President Roosevelt to avoid public demonstration in Cleveland
President Roosevelt will visit Cleveland as Senator Hanna s guest on October 4 and 5. He requested no public demonstrations, aiming for a quiet day at Hanna s home. The trip is not public and the public should expect a discreet presence.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fianna
Roosevelt
Hanna
Prsident
Eruption Witness Describes Mont Pelee Devastation
A New York report from the Quebec Steamship Korona describes Captain Walker McKay’s account of Mont Pelee’s August 30 eruption. He observed numerous apertures venting steam, a truncated cone, widespread devastation in Martinique’s north, and thriving southern areas, with warnings to evacuate inland. La Soufriere erupts at midnight with flames and thunderlike explosions but no loss of life.
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Quebec Steamship Company
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West Indies
Walker McKay
Steamship Company
McKay
Fort de France
Martinique
Mont Pele
Kingstown
St. Vincent
Causes of It Discrepancies in Cotton Crop Reports
Washington September 21. The Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture will investigate discrepancies between the department crop reports and commercial estimates. Secretary Wilson authorized Statistician John Hyde to deploy ten experts to cotton shipping points to audit every pound and origin, ensuring accuracy in on hand estimates and crop data for future reports.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
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Artist Collins Found Dead in Boarding House Room
New York on September 21 1 Charles Collins once a famed artist was found dead in his room at a boarding house. The coroner's verdict says death resulted from the accidental turning of a gas jet with escaping gas as he slept. He was 77 years old and had faded into poverty after his eyesight failed.
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New York
Charles Collins
Colling
International Union forms Commercial Telegraphers
Chicago September 71 delegates from forty cities formed the International Union of Commercial Telegraphers. A constitution modeled after the Typographical Union provides for working cards every three months. Officers elected include President L McDonald of Chicago and Vice Presidents M J Reidy of Boston and J M Perkins of San Francisco, with A J Douglass of Milwaukee as secretary treasurer. The convention planned outreach to existing telegraphers groups and sought a national charter via the American Federation of Labor. The next convention was set for Minneapolis in September.
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International Union of Commercial Telegraphers
United States
International Typographical Union
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Milwaukee
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Minneapolis
Beptember
Odell Won’t Attend Saratoga State Convention
Saratoga N J September 21 Not in years has such calm existed before a New York state republican convention The Odell renomination is expected while Sheldon receives the lieutenant governor nod The platform will endorse Roosevelt and oppose tariff revision with a strong stand against changes harming American industries and workers Odell will not attend the convention per his latest statement.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL RETURNS FROM PARIS VISIT
Attorney General Knox returned to Washington from a trip to Paris where he conferred with officials on the sale of Panama canal property to the United States. He studied the title to the company and its disposal rights, will prepare an opinion for the president, and will not comment for the press until completion.
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Paris
United States
Georgia attorneys defend Quebec arrest case in press interview
Felder of Atlanta discusses the case of Captain Greene and Colonel Gaynor, held on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government over Savannah harbor improvements. He condemns alleged kidnaping in Quebec and Montreal and defends Judge Caron’s integrity while promising an official statement.
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Atlanta
Greene
Georgia
Gaynor
Quebec
Savannah
the Constitution
New York
Lo Owil
Montreal
Caron
Canada
Captain Greene
Colonel Gaynor
Georgia Clergyman Reports Union of Church and State
Colonel T B Felder returns from Quebec and furnishes The Constitution with first authorized statement from his events Rev W W Landrum delivers able sermon at First Baptist Church touching on church state union. The Elke carnival opens in Atlanta this afternoon with focus on suit against detective for damages over alleged illegal arrest in Macon. City court agenda spans two days with a mistrial outcome.
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Green and Gaynor
Quebec
W. W Landrum
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Athens
Farmers’ National Congress
Rev. L
Christie
Virginia
First Baptist
Valdosta
Morris Brown College of
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