McKinley Proclaims 1903 St Louis Expo
President McKinley issues a proclamation inviting global participation in the 1903 St Louis exposition marking the Louisiana Purchase. The article also covers wartime fiscal tallies, public health, and assorted crime notes.
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Washington
McKinley
St. Louis
Louisiana Territory
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Department
Cuba
Manila
Tloilo
Iloilo
Notable Deaths and Appointments Across United States
Geologist Dr Edward W Claypole of Pasadena dies while Iowa magnate Edwin Manning leaves a 3 million dollar estate in Keosaqua. Betts, leader of a major saddlery firm, dies in Morristown New Jersey. Bishop designate Handley Carr Glyn Moule Norizan named to Durham after Wescott. Eliza Parker, writer and widow of Col William Parker, dies in Bedford Springs Kentucky. Beaumont Smith, editor linked to a Kansas City firm, dies in Denver. Labor Day march planned by Cripple Creek figure Winfield Stratton. A W Graham dies after sunstroke and typhoid fever in Petoskey Michigan.
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Frederick Baldwin Betts
United States
Morristown
N. J
Handley Carr Glyn Moule-Norrizan
Cambridge University
Durham
Wescott
Eliza Parker
Bedford Springs
Trimble County
William T. Parker
William Hi
Mary Geeghan
Eordan
Beaumont Smith
East
Kansas City
Denver
Smith
Booth and
Barrett
Modjeska
Robson
Winfield Scott Stratton
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
The
Carpenters’ Uniion
A. W. Graham
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Petoskey
Mich
Graham
Multiple Disasters Reported In Diverse Regions
A dynamite blast at a Baltimore area quarry killed two African Americans. James McCue of St. Louis tied to a racing stable was fatally injured at Saratoga. York County faced severe floods from a cloud burst with losses over 100000. Villariego Jilota Spain suffered a hurricane razing forty buildings, six dead, many injured. A railroad crash near Prentice Wisconsin killed five, injured six. Union Pacific sheds at Council Bluffs buried 50 cars, losses around 100000.
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Baltimore
James McCue
Barney Schreiber
Racing Stable
St. Louis
Saratoga Race Track
York
York County
Villariego-Jilota
Spain
Chicago & Alton
Prentice
Union Pacific Railroad
Council Bluffs
Prorogued Parliament and Global Affairs in Brief
Reports from the era note the first parliament of King Edward prorogued and London planned for a coronation era bath. Russian astronomers are puzzled by a stellar event while Lord Kitchener claims the South African war loses its patriotic fervor. Italian hostility toward Austria nears fighting, and London bacteriologists seek to transmit human tuberculosis to cows via pigs. Italy’s wheat harvest exceeds 42 million hectolitres, American coal outselling British in Switzerland, and Irish- British farmers challenge a London meat market monopoly with an inquiry promised by the board of agriculture.
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Edward
London
Russia
Lord Kitchener
Austria
Italy
Board of Agriculture
Rich strike and mixed headlines from midwest and coast
A tumult of brief items reports a lubricating oil strike in Missouri a mass marriage in Honolulu a physician nursing a Chinese leper in St Louis and a drunken workhouse sentence for an industrialist relative. Also noted are a dog attack in Syracuse a crowless rooster device a pistol incident in Indianapolis and a mosquito extermination drive in New Jersey along with Kil bills and harbor plans and a proposed transatlantic steam line indicating a year of busy public affairs.
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St. Louis
Schwab
Steel Trust
Syracuse
Massachusetts
Indianapolis
Flood Devastates Mauch Chunk as Dam Breaks
Heavy rains across Pennsylvania cause the most disastrous flood in years. In Mauch Chunk four people drown when a bridge collapses as the dam bursts half a mile upstream. The creek soars fifteen feet above normal, destroying bridges and causing extensive property damage while business halts.
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Mauch Chunk
Philadelphia
Jessa Struthers
McCafferty
McGinley
Johnson
Mauch Chunk Creek
Carbon County
Heroic Boy Dies Saving Playmate From Train
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on August 26 ten year old Henry Schweitzer sacrificed his life to save nine year old Freddie Disque. The boys played on railroad tracks after a rainstorm building a water dam when an engine rounded a curve. Schweitzer shoved Disque to safety but was struck by the train and killed.
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Roy Rosenen
Wilkesbarre
Henry Schweitzer
Freddie Disque
Disque
Schweitzer
Manila to add four infantry companies amid unrest concerns
Manila officials plan to bolster the garrison from under 1,000 to about 1,400 soldiers. The move cites heavy guard duty, but officials privately sense a possible future Malay uprising. General Chaffee declares Manila orderly and Commissioner Wright calls the people peaceable despite land tax discontent.
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Manila
Chaffee
Wright
Insurgent Colonel Surrenders With Officers at Talisay
Manila August 26 word comes that insurgent Col Lorel and seventeen officers with thirteen men surrendered to Capt Brown of the Fourth Infantry at Talisay. Earlier surrenders by several smaller contingents raise the total to over one hundred.
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Manila
Loreel
Brown
Fourth Infantry
Talisay
Neither Ride Nor Shoot Among Kitchener Yeomen
London August 26 The St James Chronicle comments on Lord Kitchener's report about yeomanry sent to South Africa. It claims many are unfit for service with heart disease varicose veins cripples and near blindness. It questions home authorities and whether officers will be punished for disease ridden recruits.
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Kitchener
London
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
St. James
Boers Retain British as Hostages Amid New Proclamations
Dispatches from London report ongoing Boer activity in Cape Colony with sharp skirmishes near Uniondale and threats around Ouidtsheera. Commandant Schapper’s commando presses toward key towns while Brussels notes a new order to hold captured Brits as hostages if Lord Kitchener enforces his proclamation.
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London
Cape Colony
Uniondale
Schapper
Ouidtsheera
Indian Ocean
Brussels
Petha
Lord Kitchener
Delaney Proclaims War Proclamation Countered by Boers
London reports Lord Kitchener's dispatch from Pretoria dated yesterday noting Delaney issued a counter proclamation urging Boers to resist the latest call to end hostilities and continue the fight.
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London
Ave
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Delaney
Fatal Jail Fight Ends in Death in Greenville
James Ross killed Walter Piercee after a late night jail confrontation in Greenville Tennessee. Both men had been jailed on minor charges and shared a cell before the fatal stabbing occurred.
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Greenville
Tenn
James Ross
Walter Piercee
Ross
Pierce
Mrs Field Dies in Oakland At 296
Mrs Susan Field widow of late Supreme Court Justice Stephen J Field dies at sister Mrs George F Whitney home in Oakland California Aug 296 in her 60s according to local reports detailing the death and lineage.
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Field
Oakland
Cal
Susan Field
Stephen J. Field
United States Supreme Court
George F. Whitney
Noted Philadelphia robbery arrest of young Norristown man
Benjamin Finn aged twenty three, known to police as id Farrell and Diamond Dick of Norristown, is under arrest in Philadelphia for robbing Abe Brophy, a jockey of 437 Wanover Street Washington, of 500 dollars in cash and jewelry valued at 100.
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Benjamin Finn
Farrell
Diamond Dick
Norristown
Fis
Philadelphia
Abe” Brophy
Wanover Street
Washington
Bob Evans Dies After Asthmatic Illness At 47 In Minneapolis
Robert G. Evans United States district attorney died at the family home 2030 Queen Avenue South Minneapolis after years of asthma and other serious affections. The 47 year old leader in Republican ranks had just returned from Lake Ida Minnesota with lawmakers and friends and fell ill late Saturday night. Evans born March 18 1854 in Troy Indiana was admitted to the bar in 1876 and moved to Minneapolis in 1884 where he rose in law and politics including a four year term as district attorney and participation in the Moses E. Clapp senatorial campaign.
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Minneapolis
Robert G. Evans
United States
Queen Avenue South
Evans
Bob” Evans
Mr. Evans
Lake Ida
Alexandria
Minn
Charles M. Fairbanks
F. C. Stevens
Loren Fletcher
Miss Evans
Troy
Ind
Vincennes
Daniel Fish
Keith, Evans, Thompson & Fairchild
Moses E. Clapp
Conductor Blundered in Belt Railroad Collision
Fourteen persons were seriously injured when a Greenfield interurban car collided with a freight train on the Belt railroad near Indianapolis. The conductor signaled the motorman to proceed at a crossing, the freight engine struck the electric car, demolishing it and injuring the motorman and others.
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Indianapolis
Boston Man Aims to Swim From Boston to New York
Peter S. McNally plans a 252.75 nautical mile swim from Boston to New York starting next Sunday. He targets completion within thirty days and arrival before noon on September 30 at the Battery, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Peter S. McNally
Mr. McNally
the Battery
Jessie Morrison Seeks New Trial After Murder Sentence
Jessie Morrison, held in Lansing for the murder of Mrs. Clara Wiley Castle, says she expects release soon and plans to appeal after an interview. She believes the September Supreme Court session will grant her appeal.
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Lansing
Kan
Jessie Morrison
State Penitentiary
Clara Wiley-Castle
Eldorado
Supreme Court
Minnesota Pioneer Dead In Farmington
Albert Whittier a Dakota county early Minnesota settler died at his Farmington home yesterday. He was an old and well known resident of the county and state.
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Minnesota
Farmington, Minn
Albert Whittier
Dakota County
Mr. Whittier
Boy Sandstrom Dies in Hayrack Gun Accident
Madison South Dakota August 26 15 year old John A Sandstrom accidentally killed himself while pulling a gun from the bottom of a hayrack. The weapon discharged striking his stomach and he died instantly.
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Madison
S. D
John A. Sandstrom
Wind Storm Causes Major Damage in Minneapolis
A severe wind rain and hail storm Sunday evening in Minneapolis caused extensive losses estimated at 125000 dollars. Glass windows shattered across many homes and churches, with the Great Northern grain elevator on Lyndale Avenue North sustaining damage totaling thirty to forty thousand dollars and wheat losses of forty five to fifty thousand dollars.
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Minneapolis
Great Northern
Lyndale Avenue North
Mistake Kills Man in Montana Bear Shooting
John Romerso Andrews of Red Lodge was shot and killed near the Wyoming line when John Romerso mistook him for a bear at close range on Andrews cattle ranch. Romerso, a young law student, is detained as he is deemed insane after the incident and guarded to prevent self harm.
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John Romerso
Barn Destroyed by Lightning in Britt Iowa
George Hardwick's large barn at Britt Iowa was struck by lightning and burned with thirty tons of hay straw implements and chickens inside. Thirty head of stock were in the basement when the fire started but all saved except one calf. Loss about $2000 with little insurance on the barn. Grain had been threshed and moved to the granary days earlier.
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Towa
Britt
Iowa
George Hardwick
Fire destroys mill and stores in Nickerson Minnesota
A noon blaze at De Long and Chamberlain in Nickerson Minnesota destroyed the planing mill general store post office and dry sheds with the fire starting in the mill and spreading rapidly all buildings to be rebuilt at once
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Nickerson, Minn
de Long & Chamberlain
Lightning Strikes Barn Destroying Bauer Farm in Minnesota
A barn on farmer Joseph Bauer’s property near Spring Hill, New Paynesville, Minnesota, burned after a lightning strike during a Saturday afternoon rainstorm. The barn and seventy five tons of hay were destroyed, with an estimated loss around 1500 dollars.
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New Paynesville
Minn
Joseph Bauer
Spring Hill
Ex Judge Wyatt Dies in Webster City Iowa
Ex Judge Wyatt a prominent Democratic figure until 1896 and leading Iowa attorney died in Webster City He also served as grand high priest of the grand chapter Masons of Iowa and was a noted public figure in the state.
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Wyatt
Webster City
Iowa
Grand Chapter Masons of
Household Escaped After Lightning Strike in Fargo
During a severe electrical storm in Fargo North Dakota on August 28 a lightning bolt struck the Schulz house. The bolt traveled down the chimney into a room where Mrs Schulz and her children were present. The mother was stunned but quickly recovered. Despite the scare no one was injured though the home sustained heavy damage.
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Fargo
N. D
Henry Schulz
Farm Barn and Livestock Lost in Sunlit Fire
Iver Anderson, a farmer one mile east of town, lost his barn nine horses five sets of harness forty tons of hay and a windmill in a blaze started by sun reflecting heat from a upstairs window. Loss about $2,000 with partial insurance.
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Boyd
Iver Anderson
Smallpox Outbreak Reported in Beadle County South Dakota
Smallpox reappears in Beadle county with quarantine rules set at farm homes of Montague and Reinke in the southern district. Cases are described as light and no serious outcomes are expected.
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South Dakota
Huron
S. D
Beadle County
Montague
Reinke
City awards steel water tower contract to Chicago Bridge and Iron
Redwood Falls Minnesota August 28 the city council awarded the contract for a 100000 gallon steel water tower to the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company of Chicago to replace the recently collapsed wooden tower.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company of
Chicago
Mill Strack and Burned at Barahoo Flour Mill
A flour mill on Narrow Creek in Barahoo Wisconsin owned by Don Jerome was struck by lightning and destroyed. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars with partial insurance.
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Barahoo
Wis
Narrow Creek
Don Jerome
Death by Own Action Reported for Alvin Goodwin
A telephone message from Hardwick reports the death by own action of Alvin Goodwin a farmer from Battle Plain township in Laverne Minnesota August 28.
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Alvin Goodwin
Laverne, Minn
Hardwick
Battle Plain Township
Smith Brothers Sell Woonkxecket Pharmacy to Grover & Son
Woonkxecket business notes Smith Brothers pioneer druggists have sold their pharmacy to Grover and Son of Central City Iowa. The deal announced in this city aug 28 reflects a new ownership transition for the local drug trade.
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Woonkxecket Business Dent
Woonsecket, S. D
Smith Brothers
Pioneer Druggists
Grover & Son
Central City
Iowa
Depot Burned at Hancock After Lightning Strike
The Wisconsin Central depot at Hancock, Wisconsin, was struck by lightning and burned completely. Loss estimated at $800.
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Plainfield
Wis
Wisconsin Central
Hancock
Death ruled self-inflicted by Arthur Mills in La Crosse hotel
La Crosse Wisconsin August 28 coroners jury concludes Madison capitalist Arthur Mills died by his own action inside a hotel. No foul play suspected as death caused by inhaling illuminating gas.
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la Crosse
Wis
Arthur Mills
Burglary at Winona Grocery Causes Cash Loss
Burglars entered the rear window of the O. H. Griswold company grocery in Winona Minnesota on August 28. The cash register was smashed and the safe opened with about $33 taken. Authorities report no clues yet.
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Winona
Minn
O. H. Griswold Company
Thare
Four Men Killed In Sudden Bridge Crane Collapse
An accident on a new Phoenix Bridge Company structure over the Congaree River near Columbus South Carolina killed four men and left one fatally and two seriously injured. Two steel girders weighing fourteen tons fell from about seventy feet as sliders were hoisted above the bridge with seventy five people present. Several victims were pinned to the bridge or swept into the river by the collapse. A government tug rescued two men from the current. The bridge suffered no major damage.
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Columbus
S. C
Southern Railway
Congaree River
Congaree
Phoenix Bridge Company
Philadelphia
Czars Visit Sparks Anxiety As Paris Cites Strain
Paris reports heightened surveillance of anarchists including Dunkirk arrivals amid preparations for the czar's visit. Imperial train plans skip Dunkirk and head to Rheims where radical municipality stirs nerves. Socialist deputy Mierman blasts Nicholas as an autocrat hindering civilization.
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Paris
Dunkirk
Rheims
M. Mierman
Voie du Peuple
Nicholas
Cuban Editor Killed After Rural Guard Clash
Havana reports Martin de Castro a Cuban newspaper man was shot and killed in Manzanillo after he published articles attacking the rural guard. Gen. Wood ordered protection but Castro was killed by a rural guard member he had quarreled with. Lanz is vigorously pursued.
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Havana
Martin de Castro
Manzanillo
Wood
Wfe
Castro
Manzanilla
Lanz
Prisoners Create Jail Break At Steubenville
Three county jail inmates in Steubenville Ohio escaped last night after overpowering Deputy Sheriff McMasters with a sheet gag and beating him. They seized his keys and $28, then offered to help others escape before fleeing.
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Steubenville
Ohio
McMasters
Blood Mingle in One Pool in Double Fatal
In Chicago on August 25 Nicholas Rieblinger killed his wife by slashing her throat and then slit his own throat as he faced a mirror. The couple died after the attack at the home of the wife's son John Mater following an unsuccessful attempt to reconcile.
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George Gordon
Raymond
Miss
Asheriff
Lena Keith
Max Ixruskopt
Marshkalltown
Iowa
Ketcham
Roy
Lester McVeta
Ray
Freddie Marvin
Knickerbockers
Kokomo
Ind
Eddie Mclxee
Secret Service
San Francisco
Bank of New
Internal Revenue Department
Cristella
Jennie Ray
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Nicholas Rieblinger
John Mater
T Rieblinger
Riot at Barcelona Bull Fight Ends in Civil Guard Clash
In Barcelona on August 28 the last bull escaped into the crowd as spectators chased it. Civil guards pursued with sabers but crowds joined to protect the animal. A riot ensued and troops finally cleared the streets. Many were injured, some fatally feared.
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Civis
Barcelona
Severe Storm Damages Marion County Officials Report
A strong storm swept through the county at about 5 am yesterday causing extensive damage. Lightning struck homes and the M. E. church while fruit and corn crops were ruined as winds blew down fields and mud covered crops. Flooding affected streams and caused further damage.
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Marion
M. E
Navy asks Forsythe to explain interview on Schley inquiry
The Navy Department sent a letter to Captain Forsythe requesting an explanation of his remarks in an interview tied to the upcoming inquiry into Admiral Schley's conduct in the Spanish American War.
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Forsythe
Washington
Navy Department
Capt
Schley
German farmer robbed near Aurora for large sum
Nicholas Kranz a German farmer living near Aurora Illinois was robbed of more than 35000 in notes plus 155 in cash and 33 in checks on Cottage Stove avenue cable trimn yesterday in Chicago.
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Loes N Bie
Chicago
Nicholas Kranz
Aurora
Til
Cottage Stove Avenue
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Agricultural Department
Great Britain
Hay
J. ¥. Rodriguez
Mexico
Rodriguez
Lady Gerard
England
Jack Williams
Selby
Madisonville
Edward W. Claypole
Pasadena, Cal
Edwin Manning
Keesauqua
Casualitien
London Daily Mail
Geneva
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Missouri
Philippines
Honolulu
Board of Health of
Monte Clair
Oneida
Otsego
National Council of the Knights of Columbus
New Orleans
Trotterdam
Ilinois Central Railroad
Radcliffe Steamship Company
Cardiff
Lincoln Park
Devery
Order of Foresters
Seciety
American Shovel and Tool Company
Trenton
Lawrence Grover
Herbert Taylor
Oliver W. Mink
Andrews
Mary Southrow
Atlantic
Young’s Pier
Atlantic City
Marine Ball Room
Marconi
Tucania
Nantucket
Sierra Nevada Mountains
California
E. H. Harriman
Langth
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Norkers
Politi
Cian
Jessie
Nickerson
Carolina
Czala
Crea
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