Premier Laurier Presses Japan on Immigration Levels
Ottawa September 17. Premier Laurier and Japanese envoy Ishii conferred about limiting Japanese immigration to Canada to 600 persons per year. Ishii admitted Honolulu arrivals violate the spirit of the bargain, and both sides agreed a thorough understanding may suffice until a treaty amendment is feasible.
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Ottawa
Ont
Laurier
Ishii
Nosse
Canada
Japan
Honolulu
United States
Sir Wilfrid
Sequel Soon Due in Harrisburg Grafters Case
Warrants for the arrest of capitol grafters will be issued within hours as James Bearlet and a team finish prep work. Expected defendants include Joseph M. Huston John H. Sanderson H Burd Cassel and James M Shumaker with hearings and possible prison commitments to follow.
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Harrisburg
State Capitol
James Bearlet
Joseph M. Huston
John H. Sanderson
Trimmer
H. Burd Cassel
James M. Shumaker
Gompers Signals AFL Appeal for Telegrapher Strikes
President Gompers of the AFL plans a general appeal to organized labor for aid to striking telegraphers. He said the request will seek both financial and moral support, and expressed hope for a forthcoming agreement without unconditional surrender.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Gompers
Organized Labor
Executive Council
Federation
New York
Small
Two Die In River After Boat Capsize Off Delaware
In Delaware Philadelphia a boat carrying Ada Smith 19 and George Denver 23 overturned in a river swell. Mrs Ray Springer and her two children clung to the craft and survived. Denver is missing. Mick Smith was found dead beneath the overturned boat.
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Delaware
Philadelphia
Ada Smith
George Denver
Westville
N. J
Ray Springer
Billingsport
Murder at Sandy Ridge ends in double tragedy
In Altoona Pennsylvania on September 17 John Crown a 28 year old English born man who boarded with the Nevlin family shot Miss Jennie Newlin 19 fatally after firing at Mrs Nevlin injuring her then killed himself while pursued by the Sandy Ridge brick works employer.
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Altoona
Sandy Ridge
Clearfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jennie Newlin
John Crown
Crown
Nevlins
Nevlin
Cassie Chadwick Struck by Nervous Collapse in Prison
Cassie Chadwick, serving a 10 year sentence for wrecking Oberlin National Bank, suffered a near fatal nervous collapse and temporary blindness while talking with her son in the female department of the Ohio penitentiary. Dr Garret treated her as her son urged full rescue. Recovery came after restoratives within about 20 minutes.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Oberlin National Bank
Cassie Chadwick
Witch of Finance
Garrett
Chadwick
Regiments Ordered to Canton for McKinley Monument Dedication
United States infantry from Jamestown exposition will join the 12th cavalry and artillery for the September 30 dedication of the McKinley monument in Canton. Fort Wayne Detroit and Fort Thomas battalions join, totaling about 2000 regulars. McKinley memorial trustees plan a final session with Cortelyou Day Dawes Herrick present. Streetcar workers in Lacrosse threaten to strike over a 2 cent hourly raise.
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Canton .O
Jamestown Exposition
Canton
McKinley Monument
12Th Cavalry
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Fort Thomas
Cincinnati
United States
McKinley Memorial
Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou
Justice Day
Fairbanks
Myron T. Herrick
Charles G. Dawes
Boy near death after sitting on bumblebees nest
Bellefontaine Ohio reports Oscar Tropp aged 77, son of Charles W. Tropp of Ridgeway, was nearly dead after sitting on a bumblebees nest. Bees stung him badly and the poison spread through his system in the incident dated September 17.
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Bellefontaine, O
Oscar
Charles W. Tropp
Ridgeway
Kashima crew suffers mass casualties from shell explosion
Tokyo report states forty crew members of the Japanese battleship Kashima were killed or wounded when a 12 inch shell exploded during target practice. The vessel was badly wrecked.
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Tokyo
Kashima
Six-Year-Old Kills Playmate in Accidental Shot
Washington Pennsylvania September 17. While playing hold up with a revolver six year old John B Horton accidentally shot and killed his six year old friend Robert L Donaldveon. Authorities report the tragedy as an unintended firearm death during play.
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Washington, Pa
John B. Horton
Robert L. Donaldveon
Chinaman Runs A Muck On Crowded Train In Fatal Attack
Chicago reports a violent incident aboard an elevated train where George Wong, a Chinese man, drew a knife after being assaulted by Grant’s party. Grant, 21, died from a stab wound, while Wong and several others were wounded as police captured Wong after a pursuit and shots.
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Chicago
George Wong
John Grant
Wong
Edward Wall
Joseph Sepp
Grant
Five Year Old Hero Rescues Brother From Cistern
In Findlay Ohio five year old Lulu Urban saved her two year old brother Howard from drowning in a cistern. The child held on to the wall as he sank and surfaced, enabling Lulu to reach him and keep him from drowning until help arrived.
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Tot
Brother
Ambush Claims Four at Croweburg Mining Camp
In Croweburg a mining district in Pittsuboro County two Italians and two others were killed or fatally wounded after an ambush on a road home. Mine boss Charles Gardner and his sister Mrs. George Rexford were seriously shot. Gardner fired back, killing two assailants. They were moved to Mt. Carmel hospital with no hope of recovery.
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Pittsburo
Kan
Croweburg
Charles Gardner
George Rexford
Gardner
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Rear Admiral Walker Dead in York Beach Maine
Rear Admiral John O Walker U S N died suddenly at High Pasture York Cliffs aged 72 and a New Hampshire native. He promoted the white squadron and commanded it.
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York Beach
Maine
John O. Walker
U. 8S. N
High Pasture
York Cliffs
Business optimism from B H Gary on crop sale boosts markets
New York September 17 B H Gary chairman of the steel corporation foresees a general quickening in business after a $7 000 000 000 crop sale later this month if weather stays favorable He says the public will then be able to invest in securities and firms can raise funds for renewals and expansions He notes the presidential election has been discounted and reflected in the securities market.
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New York
B. H. Gary
The
Steel Corporation
Gary
Two Children Die In River of Fire at Moundsville
In Wheeling the Moundsville stable and wash house owned by Abner Howard burned quickly. Stanley Howard five and Elmer Thompson four died in the blaze likely after playing with matches in a hay-filled loft. Mrs. Mary Thompson, mother of one boy, was jailed for loitering but released amid the tragedy.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Moundsville
Second Street
Abner Howard
Stanley
Mr. Howard
Elmer
Mary Thompson
Thompson
Redwood
Tragic Electric Car Accident In Toledo Passenger crushed
Otis Ottney 21 was riding an electric streetcar in Toledo on September 17. He stuck his head out of the smoking compartment to speak to a friend when another car passed, his head was caught between cars and his body pulled through the window wedging him, his head crushed.
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Toledo
Otis Ottney
Ottney
Rogers Illness Blocks $50 Million Royalty Suit Trial
In Boston the court dismissed a motion to compel Henry J Rogers to attend a trial seeking $50 million from him over alleged royalties. Doctors and family testified he suffered a July stroke and remains unable to transact business, with his condition described as facial distortion and partial paralysis.
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Boston
Henry H. Rogers
Somerville
Charles L. Pratt
New Bedford
Rogers
Raymond
Fair Haven
New York
Urban H. Broughton
Ers
Henry H. Rogers, Jr
Dr. Pratt
Fifth Dreadnought Ordered in British Naval Plan
Devonport authorities were told to lay down a 20000 ton battleship with eight 5 inch guns at once. It is the fifth Dreadnought in the program and work speeds up after the Hague peace conference outcome. A later item reports Civil War veteran Samuel Veeder stopping a runaway horse with his cane in Beaver.
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Devonport
England
Lisse Admiralty
Hague
Merc. Beaver
Samuel Veeder
Commerce Street
Veeder
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Joseph Fernett
John Lutente
Lutente
Fernett
Fernet
Lebanon
Harry Haak
George Becker
Philadelphia & Neating Railway
Cnme
Meadville Pa
Claude Ivens
Grimerriet
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Findlay
Chinaman
Pittsburg
Dravo Contracting Company
Allegheny River
Allegheny
Aspinwall
Sanborn
United States Circuit Court
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Edgar M. Crum
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Standard Oil
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