Tornado Kills Thomas MacAffee Near Glendive Montana
A tornado near the mouth of Tusler creek, close to Glendive Montana, killed Thomas MacAffee and badly injured James Darcy as they rode toward Cotter’s ranch. The two were in a wagon when the storm struck, with fatalities and extensive damage reported.
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Thomas MacAffee
James Darcy
Tusler Creek
Glendive
Mont
MacAffee
Darcy
Cotter
Camorra
Madras
Rangoon
Baroque Flats
Irrawaddy Delta
James Laurier Rogers
Santa Cruz
Cal
Oregon Express
Southern Pacific
Clear Creek
J. M. White
Fred Taffe
National Baseball League
Pittsburg
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Multiple 1900s figures listed in scattered disaster and political notes
Engineer Frank Finch and Fireman Pay were killed in a Cincinnati Southern wreck near Chattanooga. Lt Gen Miles and Gen Randolph witnessed a field gun test at Fort Riley. Henry Besch faces bribery charges in St Louis. John W Baldwin arrested for murder in Sedalia. Papal delegate Monsignore Falconio named for US post. J W Howry in Kansas City morphine crisis. Rev Cornelius Rourke and John McComb drown near Durango. Letson Balliett convicted of mail fraud in Des Moines. Courtland Neb cloudburst devastates farms. PRR to pay New York City for tunnel franchise. A J Russell found dead in Memphis. Krupp sun projectile tested by Emperor William. Booth Tarkington to marry and seek rural life.
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Frank Finch
Pay
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Miles
Fort Riley
Kan
Gen
Randolph
Henry Besch
St. Louis
Mayer Ziegenlwin
John W. Baldwin
Sedalia
Samuel L. Lipscomb
Rome
Monsignore Falconio
Canada
Cardinal Martinelli
United States
J. W. Howry
Boston
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Cornelius Rourke
Silverton
Colo
John McComb
Denver
Durango
Letson Balliett
North River
A. J. Russell
Mississippi House of Representatives
University of Mississippi
Memphis
Roersen
Herr Krupp
Emperor William
Booth Tarkington
Multiple Disasters and Drowning Incidents Highlight East Coast News
In Pennsylvania and nearby states a series of calamities unfold. Freight car workers strike at Altoona while drownings occur from ferryboat capsizing near Philadelphia and a raft overturn on the Monongahela River. Fires in Monongahela and Sunbury cause substantial losses with extensive property damage. A costly hotel project and a fatal Rockaway Beach blaze add to the tally alongside a jewelry theft at the Waldorf Astoria.
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Pennsylvania
Atoona
John Heiser
Cook
Philadelphia
New York
Amalgamated Copper Company
Jersey City
Robinson Machine and Manufacturing Company
Monongahela
Sunbury
American Steel Company
Rockaway Beach
L. I
Viola Allen
Burlington
N. J
Henry Elsie
Monongahela River
Fayette City
Theodore Booth
Erie
Sugar Grove
Jamestown
Emma
William Ross
Keptville
N. Y
Ross
Buffalo
Manning
Wells Elevator
Charles LD. Kingdon
George Jay Gould
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Multiple Reports Highlight Turmoil and Death Across States
A busy miscellany notes heat deaths in Nebraska, murders in Missouri and Illinois, train wrecks in Iowa, floods in Joliet and Detroit, tornado damage in South Dakota and Wisconsin, and legal shifts from public notices to labor disputes. Separately, elections, rail dealings, and tribal leadership shifts are recorded along with notable obituaries and pardons.
Disastrous Fire and Burglary Hit Multiple Regions
Reports describe a robbery and assault with a man wounded and disabled, a nighttime power outage with a ceremonial salute signaling Exposition closure, a stolen county treasury amid a Silsbee firefight, indictments over a mine disaster in Clinton Tennessee, and a near total loss of Ruddock Louisiana as the Cypress plant burns.
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Tvo
Wagener
South Carolina
Hardin County
Kountze
Texas
Silsbee
Maj. E. ©. Camp
Coal Creek Coal Company
Frater Valley
Clinton
Tenn
Ruddock
Louisiana
Charles H. Ruddock
Umberman
Chicago
Ruddock Cypress Company
Boer Surrender Signed as Kitchener’s Mirth Widens
Reported terms of surrender in Pretoria by Boer representatives trigger joyful demonstrations in London. Other dispatches note Boxer outbreaks in Chi Li China with missionaries killed, volcanic eruption deaths in Bolivia, an assassination bid in Bucharest, famine in Corea, and Mount Pelee ascent by Heilprin party.
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Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
London
Chi Li
China
Chico
Bolivia
Petrovici
Chamber of Deputies
Bucharest
M. de Sturdza
Corea
Kypha
National Geographical Society
Angelo Heilprin
Mount Pelee
Martinique
Great Britain
Michael Henry Herbert
Lord Pauncefote
Washington
Spain
Senor de Ojeda
Duke de Arcos
Brussels
Epsom
Ard Patrick
J. Gubbins
Limerick
Skeets
Martin
Pennsylvania
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Atrato
Colon
Colombia
Bocas del Toro
Bocas
Several World War era items dominate Supreme Court adjournment and policy
The Supreme Court adjourns for the term and will reconvene on Oct 13. Roosevelt opposes Filipino independence pledges. Washington’s future as capital praised by the American Architectural League in Toronto. The Amelia Hearn wrecks near Abaco reef with crew saved. Turkish-US dispute over Armenian arrests at Smyrna and Beirut. Banking agents named for Hongkong and Manila. Four men executed in Puerto Rico for 1808 crimes. Chief Engineer Stevens and W. W. Broughton appointed to Great Northern roles. Harriet Lane Johnson invited to coronation by King Edward. Mexican forces clash with Yaqui at El Tanque. heavy casualties. US Pacific Express joint agreement dissolves. separate agencies set in St Louis.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Roosevelt
American Architectural League
Toronto
Washington
Amelia Hearn
Griffith
Baltimore
Tarpin Bay
Abaco Reef
Bahamas
Constantinople
United States
Turkey
Smyrna
Beirut
International Banking Corporation
The
Guarantee Trust Company
New York
Hongkong
Manila
Benabe Acevedo
Jose Torres
Ramon Troche Cadena
Harriet Lane
Buchanan
Edward
Miss Lane
White House
Prince of Wales
Torres
Sonora
el Tanque
Hermosillo
Mazatan Mountains
Pacific Express Companies
St. Louis
United States Express Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chicago and Alton
Wabash
Pacific Company
Iron Mountain
Southern
Texas
Ad Pacific
Great Northern
Multiple disasters and legal blows hit the nation
A Baltimore and Ohio locomotive exploded near Piedmont West Virginia killing fireman Robert Graham and E Smith. El Paso grand jury returns 52 indictments against gamblers with about 150 more expected. Godfrey building fire in Elizabeth City kills W K Carter and Benjamin Ward. J M Gregg shoots E R Riggs near St Marys West Virginia amid dispute over care of Riggs’ stepdaughter. Gregg arrested. Lockjaw outbreak among cyclone victims in Goliad Texas with five deaths last week. Attacks shift from white victims to African Americans. Thomas Harless attacked near Berkeley Alabama.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Nea Piedmont
W. Va
Robert Graham
Cumberland
E. Smith
Rowlesburg
Grand
el Paso
Texas
Elizabeth City
N. C
Godfrey
W. K. Carter
Benjamin Ward
J. M. Gregg
E. R. Riggs
St. Mary's
Gregg
Riggs
Goliad
Lexus
Thomas Harless
Berkeley
Ala
Senate and House Debate Philippine Bill and Anti Anarchy Measure
Congress debates Philippine bill with Spooner Hoar sparring over colonial era scalp prize. House backs Hay memorial address. anti anarchist bill hearings focus on legality. Canal and river projects advance. Mitchell, Lanham, and Jen kins push constitutional limits in varied remarks.
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Senate
House
Congress
State Hay
DeArmond
Clark
Sternberg
Alaska
McKinley
Nay
N. Y
Judiciary Committee
Lanham
Texas
John RK. Brooke
Minnesota
Morgan
Jenkins
Wis
Parker
N. J
Powers
Mass
Nevin
Ohio
Secretary of War
Gen. Wood
Cuba
Trade Review Sees Backing for Markets Despite Labor Strife
The weekly trade review notes favorable crop prospects and overseas confidence supporting retail trade despite labor conflicts and unseasonable weather. It cites strong wheat and corn values, rising railroad earnings, steady collections, and broad activity across western rails and southern markets.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Roosevelt Sends Works to Pope Leo and Travel Plans
Washington notes report President Roosevelt has sent copies of all his literary works to Pope Leo. He will visit Chicago and Springfield IL Detroit and hunt in Mississippi and several Western states. A House resolution bans liquor sale in the national capital.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pope Leo
National Capitol
House
Chicago
Springfield
Detroit
Hunt
Mississippi
United States
Germany
Treasury
Duke of Tatuan
State Department
Spain
Cuba
United States Supreme Court
Fuller
Markets in Chicago and across cities headline price ranges
The report lists live cattle hogs sheep and grain values by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee New York Buffalo and Utah notes a Utah Legislature discussion about electing a woman to succeed Senator.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Tife
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Utah
Wlins
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Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Bessemer
Michigan
Cleveland
Blair
Neb
Haller
Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Railroad Company
Granite City
Cunningham
Bell
Western
W. BR. Carter
John Henry Barrows
Oberlin College
Oberlin
F. Graves
Salt Lake City
Lincoln
William McKinley
Indiana
Bryan
Nevada
Benjamin Franklin Birch
Emma Jennings
Nettie R. Craven
San Francisco
Fair
Henry Cracker
Irene Kemper
August Jahnke
Alliance
Michael Sierk
Sandusky
Mile Bridge
Bessie P. Ware
John D. Ware
Hot Springs
Ark
Joliet
Edward P. Britt
Company M
Eighteenth Infantry
Frank Wagner
Britt
Lead
S. A. Knopf
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Yankton
8. D
South Dakota
la Crosse
Fox Lake
Desoto
Louisville
Iowa
Durham
Yell
Peter C. Demfog
Leavenworth
Kaw
Carl Johann
Christian
Gov. Stanley
John Linnett
Belle Brown-at
John Mulaney
Lake Beulah
Philip Sogolovitz
Broadway
Sogolovitz
Martha Palms
Laurent Meichel Champeaux
Chateau Ville Neuve
Cote d'Or
France
Mercer County
Miami
Grant Counties
Columbus, Lima and Milwaukee
John D. Rockefeller
Donnelly
Lima
B. C. Faurot
Northwestern
Otis
Oregon
Chamberlain
Michael O'Donnell
Emerson-Fisher Carriage Company
O'Donnell
Sigmund Majawski
Will Street
Milwaukee Avenue
Teamsters
Western Labor Union
American Labor Union
East
Cook County
American Sash and Door Company
New Jersey
Halsatta Micco
Wewoka
I. T
John F. Brown
Brown
Wells
Edwards Whittaker
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
Miinois State Board of Arbitration
Spooner
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Hoar
Colony of
Gen. Smith
West Point
Messrs. Sibley
de Armond
Williams
Miss. Wooten
McDermott
Loud
Crumpacker
Ind
Maddox
Ball
New York Stock Exchange
Southwest
Northwest
Kansas
State Agricultural Bureau
Temarkets
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