Record of the Week: Lake Vessel Charles Foster Sinks
In a fierce Lake Erie gale the iron barge Charles Foster, towed by the Iron Duke, sank off Erie with 1500 tons of ore aboard. Eight crew members drowned while Captain Ashley and the Iron Duke crew reached safety. The Foster vanished nose first as waves overwhelmed the stern.
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Erie
Lake Erie
Charles Foster
Iron Duke
James Corrigan
Cleveland
Duluth
Ashley
Eric
Foster
Body Packed in Quicklime Murder at Dodge Place
Green ville Michigan was rocked by the discovery of Lew Campbell an elderly Grand Army veteran and local resident who disappeared August 18. The coroner's jury ruled he died from a blow to the head suffered at the hands of Samuel Aplin an ex convict. Detectives were put on the murderer s trail.
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Greenville
Mich
Lew Campbell
Dodge Place
Samuel Aplin
Campbell
Admiral Kautz Sails to South America Amid Secret Orders
In San Diego the admiral received orders to sail without delay to South America. The Iowa and the Philadelphia departed Saturday, staff surprised by the sudden move. A coal order for 1,000 tons was partly filled before being cancelled.
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San Diego
Cal
Kautz
South America
Iowa
Philadelphia
Philippine import duties bill discussed in public meeting
The Philippine Commission prepared a bill fixing duties on imports and exports. Public discussion announced. Under provisions importations from the United States into the Islands are dutiable. Explosives adulterated wines false trademarks and gaming apparatus are prohibited. Duty rates not yet perfected.
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Manila
Philippine Commission
United States
Johannesburg Gazette Warns on Reconstro Policy and Conscriptions
The authorities prepare housing on the race course for 4000 farm residents under reconcentrato policy. Able bodied British subjects are notified to be conscripted for service with the Rand rifles, with the population herded in a laager and strictly watched.
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Johannesburg
Rand Rifles
Navy bids for flagship warship contract exceed forty million
Bids were received by the Secretary of the Navy up to noon Saturday for the largest contract in its history valued at 42,000,000 dollars for five battleships and six or more cruisers. Battleships cost 8,600,000 each and cruisers 4,000,000 each. The ships will be superior to anything in the world.
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Secretary of the Navy
Prisoners netted near San Antonio and San Benito by gunboat
In Manila a detachment of the Thirty seventh regiment captured fifty two prisoners in the suburbs of San Antonio and San Benito. Many escaped but a portion were overhauled and captured by the gun boat Laguna de Bay.
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Manila
Thifty
San Antonio
San Benito
Thirty-seventh
Laguna de Bay
Kruger Abandons Plans and Arbitration Efforts
Brussels correspondent for the London Standard reports Mr. Kruger has abandoned all proposed journeys to other capitals and halted further efforts to secure arbitration.
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Kruger
Brussels
London Standard
Three Killed in Freight Wreck Near Sanford Tennessee
A Southern Railway freight wreck three miles south of Sanford Tennessee killed Conductor David L. Glover and two unknown tramps.
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Southern Railway
Sanford, Tenn
David L. Glover
Czar Recovered. Nicholas Returns to State Duties
St. Petersburg report in the London Times states Emperor Nicholas has recovered from illness and is again attending to official duties. The correspondent notes the czar resumes involvement in state affairs and meetings.
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Czar
Emperor Nicholas
St. Petersburg
London Times
Fear for Crew of Cora S. McKay Abandoned Hope
In Provincetown Massachusetts eighty days after the three masted schooner Cora S McKay was last seen the safety of her thirty man crew is deemed unlikely. Fifteen widows and fifty four orphans remain in town as inquiries continue into the disaster.
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Provincetown
Mass
Cora S. McKay
McKay
Denver Aldermen Propose Prize Fights for Performance
The Denver Board of Aldermen considers a program granting prize fights for performance. Officials discuss potential oversight and city scope, seeking public input and legislative steps.
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the Board of Aldermen of
Denver
Col
Pastor's Dream of Church Build Backed by Rich Gold Strike
A Cripple Creek mining claim by Goodwill Temple Mining and Milling Co. uncovers rich ore, enabling construction of a vast Chicago church envisioned by Rev. J. S. Bitler. Bitler, from St Joseph Missouri, says ten years of prayer led to this funding breakthrough via Colorado mine owner A. J. Wharton who donated 100 shares of mining land and sparked a $1,000,000 strike announcement.
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Ge.l
Goodwill Temple Gold Mining and Milling Company
Cripple Creek
Goodwill Temple
Chicago
J. S. Bitler
Bitler
Chicagoan Millionaire Mine Owner Fatally Hurt
H B Goodman a Chicago mine owner was mortally injured in Wittondale Pennsylvania while directing machinery down a 500 foot slope. A runaway car broke free trapping Goodman Superintendent O Claghorn and workers. Goodman freed a pneumatic digger then was crushed and pinned.
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H. B. Goodman
Chicago
Wittondale
Goodman
O Claghorn
Fatal Fire at Evansville Destroys Main Iron Works
A morning blaze in Evansville Ind destroyed George L Mesker & Co iron works and Loewenthal’s commission house. One fireman died and five injured when a brick wall collapsed. Total loss about 110 000 with 25 000 insured for the Mesker plant. Fire originated in the molding department after heat was drawn off the prior evening.
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Evansville
Ind
George L. Mesker & Co
Loewenthal
Mesker
Potato Crop Suffers in The Midwest Weather
Warm heavy October conditions and frequent rains injure potato crops in Wisconsin Michigan and other producing states. Prices rise as a large share of the harvest is watery and unfit for shipping or storage.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Man Becomes His Own Stepson in Minnesota Barter
Edward Roth a Minneapolis barber holds the unusual title of being his own stepson. He married Mrs Secroch a widow with a daughter before their divorce on cruelty grounds. Roth then wed Madeline Schroch daughter of his former wife. Striking Miners Riot at Latrobe Works. Latrobe Pennsylvania saw 500 striking miners surround the Bessemer Coal and Coke Company works injuring three deputy sheriffs and filling the borough jail with prisoners. One striker was arrested triggering the riot.
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Edward Roth
Minneapolis
Secroch
Roth
Madeline Schroch
Bessemer Coal and Coke Company
Latrobe
Eagan Restored and Retired From Duty
Brig. Gen. Charles P. Eagan, linked to army beef scandals and suspended in 1899, is restored to duty and placed on the retired list.
Miners Escape After Cavern Collapse at Dunmore Pit
Thirty two miners trapped about 1000 feet from the slope in the Nayang colliery Dunmore Pa were entombed by two acres of roof collapse. Under Foreman John Gibbons they crawled on hands and knees to the airway and then to a second opening and the surface where a crowd awaited.
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Nayang
Dunmore
John Gibbons
Rich Gold Find On Yukon Tributary Reported
Two Swedes arriving in St Michael for citizenship papers carried $34,000 in gold from a sixteen by two feet ground on Yellow river a tributary of the Kuskokwim about 800 miles from Holy Cross mission The claim says they prospected three miles of river and found rich prospects with only twelve men in the area who came from Holy Cross in July.
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Yukon
Klondike
Yellow River
Kuskokwim
Holy Cross Mission
St. Michael’s
Kidnapping Charge After Trade-In Horse Dispute
Warrensburg Missouri farmer Taylor Civils swears out a warrant against his father-in-law William Nickerson for kidnapping Civils wife. Civils alleges he traded a white horse worth 15 dollars for Nickerson’s daughter at the wedding, but Nickerson disappeared with the wife the day after when the horse was not produced.
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Nickerson
Taylor Civils
Warrensburg
William Nickerson
Civils
Mrs. Civils
Court Rules Joint Earnings Belong to Both Spouses
In the case of J. J. Macks versus the Columbia Theater Co and Sidney Drew, the St. Louis Court of Appeals held that earnings by both spouses belong to both and cannot be treated as the husband’s sole property. The ruling further states this cannot be used to cover the husband’s individual debts.
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J. J. Macks
Columbia Theater Company
Sidney Drew
St. Louis Court of Appeals
Convicts Jump Overboard During Transport to US Prisons
Desperate eight convicts aboard the Grant trying to reach San Francisco escaped by snatching life belts and leaping into the sea while Hongkong stopover sought the body of Paymaster Barber. They were bound for US prisons.
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Manila
San Francisco
United States Army
Grant
Hongkong
Thugs Beat Farmer Saved by Rural Calm in Chicago Alley
Fred T. Gilmore of Baxter Iowa narrowly escaped as two assailants assaulted him in a Chicago alley. Police intervened, saving him from further harm while he faced a theft attempt costing him 23 dollars in cash and 11 227 in certified checks payable to beaver.
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Fred T. Gilmore
Baxter
Iowa
Chicago
Ohio Law Voids Equalization Board Say Experts
George B. Okey a Columbus authority declares the State Board of Equalization has no real legal status and its acts carry no effect. He blames legislative session confusion for the condition.
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Ohio
George B. Okey
Columbus
State Board of Equalization
Lovers尝 Attempted suicides after quarrel in St Louis
Miss Anna Lambert 22 and William McGuerck a teamster drank carbolic acid in separate city areas after a sweethearts quarrel. Both were admitted to the city hospital by afternoon and treated with antidotes. Both say the act was not pre planned and Lambert cites broken marriage promises as motive.
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Anna Lambert
William McGuerck
St. Louis
Miss Lambert
McGuerck
Murder on Elm Street Shocks Dallas Court Hears
John Baines, once a constable, was murdered in Dallas. Police found him on Elm Street running ablaze with turpentine on his clothing. He gave a dying statement leading to the arrest of saloonkeepers John Chapman and Ed Faulkner on murder charges.
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John Baines
Dallas
Texas
Elm Street
John Chapman
Ed. Faulkner
Supreme Court Strikes Minnesota Tax Law Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court rules Minnesota 1895 land tax and a 3 percent gross earnings contract for railroads unconstitutional. The ruling declares the latter contract binding, affecting tax obligations and corporate arrangements. Calvin Cone of Toledo sues United States Express for $25,000 claiming a life salary contract with Senator Thomas Platt. settlement ends with $9,000 paid.
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United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
Express Company
Calvin Cone
Toledo
Ohio
United States Express Company
Thomas Platt
New York
Cone
Michigan generals pardoned on condition of fines
Gen. Will L. White and Gen. Arthur S. Marsh, both ex quartermaster general and ex inspector general, were pardoned by Gov. Pingree for complicity in a military clothing theft that defrauded the state of 43000 dollars. Each must pay 1000 dollars annually for five years.
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W. L. White
Grand Rapids
Michigan National Guard
Wiest
White
Marsh
Will L. White
Michigan
Arthur S’. Marsh
Pingree
Ohio Pastor Seeks Divorce Over Wife’s Attire
The Rev. Abrams L. Davis seeks a divorce from Jane Davis citing among other reasons her failure to dress properly. He served as pastor of the Youngstown Ohio Disciple Church until January when she left him, causing him to lose his pastorate.
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Abrams L. Davis
Jane
Youngstown, Ohio
Mystery Death of John Craft in Lima Wounds Linked to Arteries
John Craft of Wapakoneta Ohio died in Lima from a neck wound after drinking. Authorities found severed small arteries and Craft could not explain the injury. Elsewhere three hundred Baltimore and Ohio workers at Tiffin struck over a nine hour shift pay cut to 1.09 demanding 1.25.
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John Craft
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Lima
Baltimore and Ohio
Tiffin
Fostoria
Attrex
Panic Fire Alert At Payton's Theater Causes Stampede
Panic and a false cry of fire in Payton's Theater Williamsburg NY sent women and children scrambling for exits while crowds trampled toward the doors. No lives were lost, and calm soon returned as the danger was contained. Owen Murphy prominent Wall Street figure and Rufus Lord estate agent dies in Brooklyn aged old age. Six masked men rob Western Lumber Co Portland Oregon securing 6000 dollars as a severe hurricane battering the Atlantic coast causes extensive shipping damage.
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Payton
Williamsburg
N. Y
Owen Murphy
Rufus Lord
Wall Street
Brooklyn
Oregon
Western Lumber Company
Portland
Ore
Markets Hit Broad Range From Cattle To Grains Across U S
Chicago and Indianapolis through Detroit Cincinnati St Louis and New York report cattle hogs and sheep trading in wide bands. Wheat corn oats rye and other grains show varied prices by grade with No 2 and white listings. Butter eggs and creamery butter also noted with regional price spreads.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Congress Opens Busy Forty sixth Session in Washington
The second session of the Forty six congress convened with the president's annual message and adjournment in memory of Senator Davis. Key measures including army reorganization, ship subsidy, Nicaragua canal, and war tax bills are pushed through committees as time runs to March 4. The house passed the Corbin Hull bill after hot debate over the canteen and canteens’ abolition incentives.
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Washington
Senate
House
Davis
Minnesota
Congress
McKinley
Gear
Frye
Henderson
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Iowa
Senator Gear
Charleston
S. C
Hull
Sulzer
N. Y
Marsh
Iil
Great Britain
B. H. McCalla
W. C. Wise
United States Navy
Messrs
Grosvenor
Ohio
Parker
N. J
Messrs. McCall
Mass
Cochran
Kleberg
Texas
McClellan
Shafroth
Colo
Cummings
Cox
Tenn
Morgan
Alabama
Corbin-Hull
Philippines
Hall
Pennsylvania
Underhill
Clayton
New York
McCall
Massachusetts
Shafter
Fitzhugh Lee
James H. Wilson
Southern Industrial Convention
New Orleans
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Prince of Wales Wears Spectacles and Other World Notes
The report lists the Prince of Wales wearing spectacles and notes a small herd of buffalo remaining about 1,000. Newfoundland caribou hunting is described as remarkably good. The Navy Department sold the old monitor Nantucket and the tug Cheyenne. Miss Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain, plans to become a professional singer.
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Prince of Wales
Newfoundland
Navy Department
Clara Clemens
Mark Twain
Amos Pies Seca
Ohio
Oleo Bill Wins Out in House Vote Fight
The Grout oleomargarine bill passed the House 198 to 82 after a heated debate. It subjects oleomargarine and imitations to state police powers while forbidding bans on sale if colored versions are sold without coloration. Taxes rise on colored oleomargarine to 10 cents a pound and fall on uncolored to 14 cents.
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House of Representatives
Lorimer
Navy bids open for eleven new warships
The Navy Department opened bids for five battleships and six armored cruisers totaling 154000 tons. Three sheathed vessels Devonshire class carry quadruple turrets and 12 inch guns, with a heavy 6 inch and 8 inch secondary battery, while two unsheathed ships use eight 8 inch guns. Both designs use rapid fire and multiple gun batteries, promising strong defense and firepower.
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Navy Department
Navy
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Georgia
Virginia
Rhode Island
Ordnance Bureau
Canteen Abolition Passed in Army Bill Amid Prohibition Vote
The House approved an army bill with an amendment banning sale of intoxicating liquor on government property. The vote was 159 to 51 with 3 Democrats crossing party lines to support the measure as others praised the result. Many WCTU members cheered from the gallery.
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House
Fitzgerald
Congress
Capitol
McCall
Mass
Clayton and Underhill
N. Y
Hall
Littlefield
United States
Secretary of War
Placid Deer Shot and Street Attack Reported Across States
A Boston man shot a pure white deer in Aroostook County Maine. An aged woman was stoned in broad daylight on Rochester streets by a gang of toughs. Charges of unlawful dramatization of The Little Minister have become criminal proceedings in Chicago. Methodist ministers in Chicago urged the President to seek Congress action to curb lynching. Sir Alfred Milner said all east coast South Africa between the tenth and fortieth parallels is plague infected. Colorado irrigation potential expands to 20,000,000 more acres with better reservoirs. Twelve years ago farming was nearly unknown in Colorado. Lieut. Gov. Timothy Woodruff of New York visit to Dante Mora State prison prompted a request to be locked in a dark cell.
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Boston
Aroostook County
Maine
Rochester
Chicago
Congress
Sir Alfred Milner
South Africa
Colorado
McCune
Timothy Woodruff
New York
Dantemora State Prison
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Batesville, Indiana
Batesville Publishing Co, Publishers
Jersey Central
Vulcanite
William Miller
Benjamin Burwell
Crookston
Minn
Supreme Court
Northwestern Railway Company
Robert L. Sallee
Lexington
Towne Davis
Charlies A. Towne
C. K. Davis
Missouri
Bowlder
Oliver Berriman
Oeord Moore
James Dodson
Bob Clevenger
Oscar Elliott
World Herald
Aurora
Williamson
W. Va
John H., Wohl
S. Davis Stokes
Stokes
J. T. Gerald
Redwood City
John Halpin
Kansas City
Frank Roberts
Joliet
Roberts
Cedar Rapids
Joseph
Hly
Henry Russell
London
Sheerness
Haywood Bros
Wakefield Rattan Company
Atlantic
New England
Oleo Bill
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