Tornado hits Port Arthur. six dead and many injured
A devastating tornado struck Port Arthur Texas at about 4 p m sending bodies to Beaumont. Six people are dead including May Ainsworth infant and Frank Albright. many injured as buildings including the round house hotel and bank were blown down. Sabine Pass suffered major loss with communication cut. relief trains dispatched.
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Port Arturin
Tex
Frank
Albright
Kansas City
Electric Light Company
George Mantin
May AinswonTn
William Ainsworth
W. H. Johnson
Roy Stafford
Stafford
Railroad Round House
May Ainsworth
Hayden
Strong & Leagues
Brennan
Spence & Lyon
J. Miller's Grocery
Kennaday
Herald
Hays
M. M. Zolinsky
A. W. Barraclaugh
Beaumont
Port Arthur Banking Company
Winnie
Webb
Barna
Sabine Pass
Port Arthur
Ed Kirscherner
Gulf and Interstate Railroad
Sabine. Pass
Kerncherner
Woodford Presents Credentials in Spain
The retiring U S minister to Spain Hannis O Taylor was received by the queen regent and presented his recall. Soon after General Stewart L Woodford, newly appointed United States minister to Spain, was also received and presented his credentials.
Excitement in New Orleans Eases as Fever Spreads
The New Orleans fever scare subsides slightly as seven imported cases are confirmed and warned. Travel slows with quarantine clauses in Texas. The Ocean Springs outbreak is linked to Berkely and Berkely families see multiple deaths. New cases appear in Desporte and Tackett reports.
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New Orleans
New Onetwans
Southern Pacific
Texas
Berkely
Miss
Ocean Springs
Saunders
Amsterdam
N. Y
Poe Es -Brext
Desporte
Oak Street
Haralson
Tackett
Canada Buying Kansas Apples Faces Canadian Crop Failure
Massive Canadian buyers descend on eastern Kansas to secure apples for shipments to Canada amid a feared crop failure. J L Miller of Manitoba negotiates with Wellman the apple king for a large consignment while Ottawa and Toronto firms plan southeast Missouri trips to obtain stock. If the crop fails, Canada faces heavy duties of forty cents per barrel on American apples.
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Dominion
TorrEa
Kansas
J. L. Miller
Manitoba
Wellman
Ottawa
Toronto
Missouri
Six RRs Cut Kansas City to Chicago Passenger Rates
Six local railroads announced a drop in fare from 12 dollars 50 cents to seven dollars for travel between Kansas City and Chicago. The reduction takes effect on Tuesday and Thursday. The Chicago Great Western initiated the cut, quickly followed by the Alton Burlington Santa Fe Rock Island and Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul lines.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Chicago Great Western
Alton
Burlington
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Miners Set To Return To Work In District Rally
The crack Cavalry Company of Philadelphia rides over the mountains after reports of trouble at Ecktey News creates district alarm. National coal miners strike of 1897 may end, with Pittsburgh eyes opened. Dolan and Ratchford say delegates from Illinois and West Virginia faulted. By Thursday most mines plan to resume, including Webster, McDonald, Onceola, and nearby pits, as talks continue.
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Crack Cavalry Company
Philadelphia
Ecktey
Pittsburg
M. D. Ratchford
Patrick Dolan
Illinois
West Virginia
Ratchford
Dolan
Columbus
J.J. O'Neil
Webster Mines
McDonald
Onceola Mine
Hazleton on edge as Eckley coal strike sparks unrest
Hazleton Pa September 14 Uncertainty dominates as troops may move to Eckley Coxe Brothers mines near Buck Mountain after 200 miners seized and marched on the Eckley site Archival dispatches show a march halted then resumed forcing workers to quit amid rough handling The Philadelphia City Troop cavalry ordered to Eckley while General Gobin coordinates mobilization President McKinley returns to Washington from Somerset with Mrs McKinley Attorney General McKenna accompanying the party
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Hazleton
Coxe Bros
Eckley
Coxe Colleries
Gobin
Buck Mountain
Philadelphia
Capital
Washington
McKinley
Somerset
McKenna
Miss Endsley
George B. Corelyou
Debs Social Democracy Urges Torch Against Millionaires
Chicago branch meetings denounced the Haselton tragedy with fiery rhetoric. Resolutions called for arson and violence against the millionaire class, urging miners to arm and attack property as a path to liberty. Debs aides echoed lethal threats and torching rhetoric.
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Chicago
Debs
Social Democracy
Curiaco
Haselton
Branch
Ne. A
Fitzgerald Murphy
Branch No. 3
Branch No. 1
T. P. Quinn
Leroy M. Goodwin
E.¥. Debs
Pennsylvania
Howard walks out of Ohio penitentiary escape
Columaus Ohio Sept 14 Rev G F B Howard famed U S prisoner from Tennessee escaped from the Ohio penitentiary. Trusted in the front office he walked away. Convicted at Clarksville Tennessee for nine years and fined 1200 dollars on 22 counts of using United States mails for fraudulent purposes. His alias list includes Frederic George Burgoyne Howard. An Englishman 45, he swindled heirs and posed in the ministry law and medicine with witnesses including Robert Lincoln.
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Ohio
Columaus
G. F. B. Howard
United States
Tennessee
Howard
Clarksville
Tenn
England
Robert Lincoln
South
Frederic George Burgoyne Howard
Golf Tournament Opens At Wheaton For Chicago Cup
The United States Golf Association tournament begins at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton Illinois with the Chicago cup. Findley Douglass of Fairfield County Golf Club posts 89 best before noon, followed by S A Tyng Morris County Golf Club at 88. Other scores include Harriman 90 Smith 98 Waller 101. The Humboldt arrives with 14 passengers and about 15000 in gold and reports Eliza Anderson, feared lost after leaving Seattle, is safe at Dutch Harbor.
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Wheaton
United States Golf Association
Chicago Golf Club
George Armour
Findley Douglass
Fairfield County Golf Club
S. A. Tyng
Morris‘County Golf Club
Douglaas
Harriman
Smith
Waller
Eliza Anderson
Humboldt
St. Michaels
Seattle
Dutch Harbor
WHEAT SHORTAGE FORCE EUROPE TO SEEK SUPPLY FROM U S
The text notes a continued wheat shortage in Europe with little help expected from India Argentina or Australia for months. It outlines European deficits, reliance on North American exports led by the United States, and the impact of droughts and famine on cultivation and future supplies. It also reports a separate case of two German immigrants deported as public charges.
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Eureye
India
Argentina
Australia
Washinaton
John Hyde
Agricultural Department
Bramhall
Corn Trade News
Beerbohm
United States
Europe
North America
Ontario
Manitoba
Dickerson Case Again Set for September 20
In Council Bluffs the State vs Isaac Dickerson will open a criminal docket on September 20, with most cases against the defendant to be dismissed and Cass County Bank criminal matters dropped. The state is led by County Attorney Meredith with Atlantic counsel, while Smith McPherson and others defend. The trial is expected to be hard fought and may take three weeks. prior jurors were difficult to obtain. Separately in Cherokee a fire attack on the Herald printing plant caused heavy damage after oil was splashed over furniture and papers in multiple spots.
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Council Biuffs
Isaac Dickerson
Cass County Bank
Meredith
L. L. DeLano
Smith McPherson
John W. Scott
D. B. Dailey
John P. Organ
Morgan
Herald
Crawford
Surprise Party and Social Details From Iowa Notice
A report describes a surprise party planned for Virgil and Vedia Hayward during the last vacation week with guests listed by name and time frame from three to eight. The passage then shifts to promote the Legal Adjustment Company of Iowa, detailing founders, operations, and collection practices. It ends noting Joel Perkins sending three cars of cattle to Chicago and Ringe Bros. sending hogs to Omaha.
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Virgil
Vedia Hayward
Florence
Elsie McKinstry
Emma
Lois Harvey
Blanche
Jessie Berry
Laura
Avis Wickham
Mildred Thompson
Hazel Clark
Mable Spence
Grace Bagley
Zelpha Hartshorn
Myrtle Reynolds
Ruth Bragg
Harold Riley
Kenneth Ferguson
Frankie Berry
Legal Adjustment Company, Incorporated
L. D. Thomas
W. J. Thomas
C. W. Bradley
Solid Institutions of
Iowa
Joel Perkins
Chicago
Ringe Bros
Omaha
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Cuba
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles Lake
Monley
Captain Lake
Sioux City
Town Bankers’ Association
South Dakota
Nebraska
Sioux City Clearing House Association
Canada
Judson
Georgia
Republican’ National Committee
Augusta
W. H. Stallings
Lyons
The
Treasur
Joan of Arc
Emma Haas
Plum Creek
Sam de Armitt
Luetgert
Oxteaco
Arnold Luetgert
Des Mores
Des Moines
Reserve Commission Company of Chicago
O. D. Evans & Co
R. W. Harper,& Co
Reserve Commission Company
Oskaloosa
Atlantic
Iowa City
Marshalltown
Lemars
Grinnell
Davenport
Ottumwa
Oxford
the Weekly Telegraph
Beat
Towa
Tors
Reynoldsville
Rabinel
Montague & Co
L. T. Spangler
Annes
Ward
Eptia
Cmeaco
Guam
Hyde
Washinatox
State Department
Treasury Department
Board of Supervisors
Kossuth County
Karl Kruger
Secretary of the Treasury
Germany
Immigration Fund
Dickerson
Cherokee
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