Destructive Sicilian cyclone leaves heavy damage and deaths
A Rome Rome dispatch reports a severe cyclone sweeping 124 miles along eastern Sicily. Catania Modica Syracuse Palazzolo Acreide Farla and Gera tana suffered widespread destruction. The German steamer Caprera wrecked and many bodies found. A relief effort is under way with troops aiding Modica.
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London
Rome
Catania
Sicily
Villa Bellini
Modica
Mount Etna
Stromboli
Syracuse
Palermo
Moiica
Caprera
St. Francis
Soicli
Tascaro
Palazolo
Acreide
Farla
Geratana
Laura Biggar Rethinks Millionaire Bennett Claim at Court
Laura Biggar, once linked to Pittsburg millionaire Henry Bennett's fortune, abandoned her claim and agreed to accept sixty percent of the estate as warrants issued against Stanton and Dr Hendrick trigger a forceful legal confrontation. The court ordered a preliminary hearing with Miss Biggar absent, while investigators pursue alleged marriage certificates and common law marriage claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson County
Miss Biggar
Pittsburg
Hendrick
Stanton
Hendrick Sy
Freehold
Pluck
Rite
Peterson
Mr. Ruth
Dr. S
Mr. Stanton
Peter J. McNulty
Alevatees
Bennett
A. V. W. Watterson
Dr. Hendrick
John K. Hawkins
Ashbury Park
Mr. Bennett
Miss Biesar
Tooker
Hoboken Board of Health
Jients
Weber
Mr. Young
Western racing circuit planned in Colorado and Montana
A movement among Denver and Colorado Springs horsemen seeks to form a Western racing circuit with races planned at Colorado Springs Butte and Anaconda next year. Charles Clark son of Senator Clark is reported to be involved.
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Butte
Mont
Denver
Colorado Springs
Anaconda
Charles Clark
Senator Clark
Abduction of Edythe Deahl Sparks Evanston Police Chase
A ten year old girl Edythe Deahl was abducted from the Illinois industrial training school for girls in Evanston by her father Herman Deahl amid a six month search. The divorced parents, wealthy Ohio residents, had fought for custody and the mother had placed the child at the school to keep him away. The father appeared at the school, took the girl from the matron, and sped off in a buggy after a police chase.
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Chicago
Illinois Industrial Training School For Girls
Evanston
Edythe Deahl
Ohio
Herman Deahl
Deahl
Murder in alley near shoe factory in Chicago
Mrs Hulda Swanson was found murdered in a dark alley behind a shoe factory at Kingsbury and Superior streets. She had been beaten and stripped. The body lay along the tracks of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. Several arrests have been made.
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Chicago
Hulda Swanson
Kingsbury
Superior Streets
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Miss Taylor Files Demurrer in Root Mandamus Case
Miss Rebecca J. Taylor seeks to force Secretary Root to restore her to a clerkship after being dismissed for criticizing U S policy in the Philippines. Her counsel filed a demurrer to Root's answer to the petition for mandamus in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rebecca J. Taylor
War Department
Philippines
Root
Mandamus
Crofts Ends Life In Chicago Boarding House
Archibald G. Crofts an expert electrician from Fustis Florida shot himself in the dining room of his Chicago boarding house. He died instantly at age twenty six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Archibald G. Crofts
Fustis
Fla
Seven Badly Injured in Southern Indiana Rail Wreck
A work train carrying 53 men on the Southern Indiana line wrecked one mile northwest of Elmora near Washington Indiana. The locomotive tender coach and caboose overturned an embankment six feet high and seven workers suffered severe injuries. Edward White of Seymour Indiana was badly crushed about the hips and groin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Southern Indiana Railway
Elmora
Edward White
Seymour
Severe gale sinks Labrador schooner. seven sailors perish
A Newfoundland coast gale wrecked a fourth Labrador fishing schooner, with seven crew members lost. Three other vessels were lost but crews were saved as the storm battered St Johns and neighboring shores.
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St. Johns
N. F
Labrador
Fatal boiler blast claims mother and child in Greenville
In Greenville Texas on September 27 a steam boiler exploded at the electric plant. Mrs Keith and her ten year old daughter were instantly killed while Engineer Keith was fatally scalded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Tex
Keith
Thirty Miners Die in Mazarron Gas Disaster
London report cites the Madrid correspondent of the Morning Leader as saying thirty miners were killed at Mazarron in the province of Murcia by poisonous gas. The disaster highlights dangerous conditions in the Spanish mining industry and raises questions about mine safety standards.
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London
Madrid
The
Morning Leader
Mazarron
Muncie
Boy Dies After Falling Into Ammonia Tank
Detroit on September 27. Frank Roule aged fifteen was killed at the Michigan Carbon works in Betray after falling into a tank of hot ammonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Frank Roule
Michigan Carbon Works
Betray
Subpoenas Issued in St Louis Boodle Inquiry
In St Louis on September 27 subpoenas duce tecum were issued for broker James Campbell and cashier William Reed to appear and bring two checks totaling 47000 dated November 23, 1899 payable to Edward Butler. The checks were cashed and returned. The case concerns a 2509 bribery payment linked to a ten year lighting bill. Police efforts to serve the subpoenas continued as grand jury sessions proceeded and habeas corpus motions failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Folk
James Campbell
William Reed
Edward Butler
Campbell
House of Delegates
Grand Jury
Vaillant
Supreme Court
Judge Rules on Marquette Land Grant Battle
Judge Wanty of the federal court rules in favor of Michigan Land and Iron Company in its dispute with homesteaders over lands in the old Marquette Houghton Ontonagon railway grant purchased in 1881. The decision affirms the company's title by acts of Congress and holds the tracts not subject to homestead entry, ending years of costly litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette, Mich
Wanty
Michigan Land and Iron Company
Lord Brasey
Houghton
Iowa Woman Arrested After Baby Death in Satchel
Delia Liddy of Elkador, aged twenty, poured carbolic acid down her three weeks old baby's throat, then concealed the body in a satchel and was arrested while attempting to leave Dubuque. She confessed to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Delia Liddy
Elkador
Aristocratic Youth Accused in Russian Tragedy
A report from Moscow states a lovesick aristocrat killed Mile. Ftimeff, a Russian prima donna, at Kaluga, Russia. The incident ties to Kesatourma, a member of the same noble lineage, amid mounting public interest in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mosow
F.eed Kesatourma
Mile. Ftimeff
Kaluea
Russia
Cholera Outbreak Closes Schools in Panay Province
Cholera is spreading in the inland Panay province of Nollog. Schools have been closed as health officials report 1,365 cases and 918 deaths on Thursday. Local authorities urge precautions and monitoring.
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Manila
Nollog
Panay
Pruning and Mulching Tips for Fruit Gardens
It is safer to prune too little than too much. Mulch around fruit trees to suppress weeds and keep soil loose and moist. Thin fruit on old bushes to improve quality and size. Moss on apple stems signals wet cold poorly drained land or humid climate. Gather seeds when ripe and avoid shelling. Choose right varieties and prepare soil for successful transplanting.
Wait Offer Echoes in Ohio State Journal
A garbled note from the Ohio State Journal shows a character named Tim Tuff-Aw and Swipsey Mulligan in a confrontation about hands tied, hinting at a local dispute or threat. The fragmentary text lacks clear dates or actions beyond a figurative demand.
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Tim Tuff
Swipsey Mulligan
Ohio State Journal
Self love as defect and vitality
A reflection on self love describing it as both delicate and vigorous, noting that it is wounded by nothing and killed by nothing, framing it as a paradox within personal character.
Northwestern Telephone Co Long Distance Reach Declares Wide Area
The North western Telephone Co announces long distance lines and connections reach over 2,000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits offer first class service with low rates.
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Northwestern Telephone Co
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Coal Shortage Deepens as New York Faces Fuel Crisis
Across the coal regions, strikes ripple from Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys to Forest City while a small riot erupts at Centralia. Governor Stone weighs troop orders amid calm elsewhere and Lebanon reports a temporary truce as workers resist imported labor.
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Philadelphia
Centralia
Columbia County
Knorr
Stone
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Forest City
Susquehanna County
Lebanon
American Steel and Wire Company
Effects of the strike in New York coal market
The coal shortage intensified with soft coal at 8 dollars a ton, up 2.5 from Wednesday and triple the pre strike price. Hard coal priced at 15 dollars was unavailable, and wood prices rose with kindling at 12 dollars per cord. A fuel famine hit consumers as demand far outstripped supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mine workers head charges of lawlessness at meeting
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America spoke at the Third Regiment Armory under the South Philadelphia Business Men's League auspices. He countered that operators employ professional criminals as coal and iron policemen and spoke after receiving about 700 dollars from various groups for miners.
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Philadelphia
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Third Regiment Armory
South
Nichols accuses Grimes of bribing mine locals to return to work
District President Nichols charges Michael Grimes a former mine foreman led a move by coal companies to bribe several miners locals with 2500 dollars each to vote to resume work. Grimes and the coal company deny the allegations and say the charge is untrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Scranton
Michael Grimes
Grimes
Telephone Strike Spreads in Three Western States
Boise Idaho September 27 The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company workers strike across Montana Idaho and Utah demanding higher wages and union recognition Delegates later amended the order to exclude Butte and Anaconda where the company already conceded their demands
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Boise, Ida
Rocky Mountaineil Telephone Company
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Butte
Anaconda
Russians Begin Evacuation of Manchuria
Washington reports United States Minister Conger in Peking says Russia has begun evacuating Manchuria and has already withdrawn the railway. The territory to the Liao river is to be evacuated by October 8 under the agreement.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Conger
Peking
Manchuria
Liao River
Pupils Bring Wood to Warm Milwaukee Ninth Ward School
In Milwaukee's Ninth ward schools the coal famine drives heating shortages. Wood boxes are placed in barracks and teachers require each pupil to bring two sticks of wood daily to heat the buildings.
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Milwaukee
Ninth Ward
Diplomatic posts reshuffled as Thompson new envoy
Washington announces a wave of diplomatic moves with David E. Thompson named minister to Brazil and other exchanges sending Charlmagne Tower to Germany and Bellamy Storer to Austria Hungary. Hardy shifts to Spain while remaining career diplomat veterans swap posts. Thompson is Nebraska Republican figure linked to senate fight.
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Washington
State Department
Charlmagne Tower
Pennsylvania
Russia
Germany
Robert S. McCormick
Illinois
Austria-Hungary
Bellamy Storer
Ohio
Spain
Arthur Sherburne Hardy
New Hampshire
Switzerland
Charles Page Bryan
Brazil
A Shameful Oath in Roumanian Courts
A Bucharest dispatch describes an old Roumanian law forcing Jews to swear in a coffin wearing grave clothes and reciting rabbinic curses if they lie. Although unused, the practice could be invoked if a Christian plaintiff demands it and a judge agrees.
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Vienna
Pester Lloyd
Bucharest
Roumania
Wreck Attempts Endanger Milwaukee Excursion Trains
Sioux City Iowa dispatch reports two attempted wrecks on Milwaukee excursion trains near Elk Point Union County. The first special to Canton struck a pile of ties with no damage. the second, bound for Mitchell, hit ties at nearly the same spot and left one tie wedged in the pilot. No motive or suspects identified.
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Sioux City
Union County
Milwaukee
Elk Point
Canton
Mitchell
President Roosevelt Shows Steady Healing Of Injured Leg
Washington reports the president's injured leg makes steady but slow progress toward improvement with only slight day to day change. He spent a quiet day with Secretary Moody and Navy matters discussed, while Dr. Rixey and Dr. Lung attended briefly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Moody
Navy Department
Rixey
Lung
Ruined Scores of Soldiers General Funston on Canteen
Washington September 27. General Frederick Funston reports that abolishing the army canteen caused a deplorable rise in offences and desertions. He claims the act lowered army discipline and harmed good soldiers while enriching saloonkeepers, gamblers, and dissolute women.
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Fuston
Washington
Frederick Funston
Department of the Colorado
Funston
Death of General Lippitt Veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars
General Francis J. Lippitt, a lawyer and veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, died in Washington at age ninety. Born in Providence RI, he captained the First New York Volunteers in the Mexican War and led the Second California Infantry as colonel in the Civil War, later breveted brigadier general. He was a noted writer on military topics.
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Washington
Francis J. Lippitt
Providence
R. L
New York Volunteers
California Infantry
Lippitt
Populist Nominate Martin Dee for Congress in Montana
At Helena Montana on September 27 the Populist state convention nominated Martin Dee of Silver Bow county Butte as congress candidate. The second candidate will be an associate justice to be named by a fusion conference committee. The party endorsed the woman suffrage movement.
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Helena
Mont
Martin Dee
Silver Bow County
Butte
General Chaffee to sail from Manila for San Francisco
Washington reports General Chaffee will depart Manila aboard the transport Siamer for San Francisco in about eight days. The Philippine command is to be transferred to Major General Davis on September 30.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
San Francisco
Simner
Philippines
Davis
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Churia
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General Lippitt
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