Midwife Accused as Search Links Guilford to Dismembered Body
The 111th night case ties Nancy Guilford to Emma Gill death with a Bank Brothers team seen near Yellow Mill pond where parts of the body were dumped. Identifications by neighbor Mrs Caspline and police Superintendent Birmingham say arrest expected soon following search of Guilford’s home.
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Bank Brothers
Epoxt
Nancy Guilford
Emma Gill
Birmingham
Guilford
Maria Teresa Afloat After Floating Wrecking Effort
The cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa was floated by a wrecking crew under Lieut Hobson and towed by the Potomac and escorted by Newark Scorpion and Alvarado to Guantanamo Bay arriving Saturday. The operation drew cheers and signals as a hurricane loomed off Siboney and Captain Goodrich aided in salvage. The ship is being prepared for a voyage north by the repair ship Valea.
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Playa del Estr
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Hobson
Potomac
Newark
Scorpion
Siboney
Goodrich
Maria Teresa
Valeqa
Varina Davis Buried at Hollywood Cemetery with Confederate Honors
Varina Anne Jefferson Davis known as the Daughter of the Confederacy lies in Richmond Virginia after arrival by rail. A large procession led by state troops veterans and carriages marches to Hollywood Cemetery where her remains are laid beside her father.
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Winnie Davis
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Archer Anderson
J. Taylor Ellison
E. L. Hobson
George Ross
St. Paul’s Church
Col Laughton
Guard of Honor
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
Hartley Carmichael
Davis
Lee
Carmichael
Firma Foundation
Robert E. Lee
Huge
Alonzo Phillips
May Arm the Filipinos
A San Francisco informant claims Germany plans to ship 150000 rifles and trained officers to Aguinaldo to pressure the United States into relinquishing the islands. He says the emperor would then seize the Philippines under a pretext of protecting German trade, prompting a Manila dispatch of 6000 volunteers.
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San Francisco
Philippines
Frisco
Aguinaldo
Manila
What the Filipinos Want
The Filipino national assembly requests American recognition of independence, a protectorate over external affairs to persuade other powers to recognize independence, and the appointment of a joint American Filipino commission to arrange details to reciprocate American services.
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Manila
Filipino National Assembly
Ex Secretary Sherman Convalescing In Washington
Ex Secretary Sherman shows improvement under physician Dr. Frank Hyatt. He has canceled planned Ohio speeches as he recovers. A separate notice from Mania, Sept. 24, reports investigation into the attempted poisoning of Aguinaldo. the cook survives and priests are not implicated.
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Granville M. Dodge
Iowa
J. A. Sexton
Illinois
E. P. Howell
Georgia
J. M. Wilson
United States Army
Chas. Derby
Indiana
China
Urban A. Woodbury
Vermont
James A. Beaver
Pennsylvania
H. McD. McCook
Army
Sherman
Washingtoon
Herman
Frank Hyatt
Ohio
Aguinaldo
Crisis Deepens Between Civil and Military Authority in Paris
Paris reports a growing clash as Gen. Zurlinden, Paris military governor, proceeds to prosecute Col. Piequart for forgery without cabinet consent. The Dreyfus affair fuels tension, with Zurlinden defending the calumniators and challenging civilian control amid a volatile political climate.
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Paris
Zurlinden
Col
Piequart
Dreyfus
Alger and Sternberg Tour Chickamauga Battlefield
Secretary of War Russell A. Alger and General Sternberg visited Chickamauga on Thursday. They traveled by special car at 8 15 am and spent about an hour at Leiter hospital and another hour at Sternberg hospital. They spoke to patients and shook hands with all, saying they honor the brave soldiers.
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Gatraxooea
Tenn
Russell A. Alger
Sternberg
Chickamauga
Leiter Hospital
Leiter
Sternberg Hospital
Gen. Alger
Gen. Sternberg
Two Suspects Arrested in Mill Pond Tragedy
Startling disclosures surfaced Friday in the Mellow Mill pond tragedy. Detectives Cronan arrived in Brwnceport bringing as prisoners two Southington youths: Harry Oxley, son of a confectioner, and How Guernsey, son of Sherman Guernsey, a Congregational deacon.
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Brwnceport
Mellow Mill Pond
Arnold Cronan
Southington
Harry Oxley
Guernsey
Sherman F.uernsey
Emperor of China Resigns and Empre Dowager Takes Hold
A cable from Pekin reports the edict in which the emperor abdicates and asks the Empress Dowager to govern. The empress dowager will direct imperial affairs starting Friday, with power to oversee princes and ministers as the ninth day of the current month arrives.
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Wasumetos
Wu Ting Fang
Pekin
China
Tung Chi
Dreyfus Case Details Stir Public Debate and Move
The piece notes Picquart’s Thursday transfer to Cherche Midi prison and cites Matin reporting that Dreyfus is not named in the mass of documents. It says only the bordereau is serious and that the documents are fragments about unrelated matters. The article argues the affair resembles a fairy tale to sober readers.
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Picquart
Cherche Midi
Dreyfus
Peremptory Message Demands Cuban Evacuation
A terse message to the Cuban military commission, adopted as a note to the Spanish commissioners, states Washington will not tolerate further delay in Cuba’s evacuation. The protocol calls for immediate withdrawal and for Spanish sovereignty to be relinquished. the American commissioners insist evacuation cannot be postponed.
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Wasu MeTon
Washington
United States
Cuba
Mohican to Leave Service at Mare Island
The old man-of-war Mohican now at Mare Island will be put out of commission in about two weeks and may never serve again. The vessel ran aground at Honolulu and required constant pumping en route to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Mohican
Mare Island
Honolulu
Insurance Firms Indicted in Kentucky Conspiracy Case
Frankfort Kentucky September 24 the Franklin county grand jury on the advice of Commonwealths Attorney Robert B Franklin returned indictments against 74 leading insurance companies doing business in the state charging them with being a trust or combination to control insurance rates and to prevent competition The indictment also charges conspiracy The local board of underwriters and coal dealers were recently fed on the same charges.
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Frankfort
Franklin County
Commonwealth
Robert B. Franklin
Board of Underwriters
Lesa Coal Dealers
Police Link Midwife to Emma Gill Murder Case
Oxley police claim strong evidence shows Emma Gill was funded by the midwife Dr Nancy Guilford in the alleged crime. Investigators say the doctor is connected to the operation and the brutal killing, with money sent to cover expenses as part of the murder scheme.
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Trist. Oxley
Emma
Nany Guilford
Nancy Guilford
Emma Gill
Guilford
Yellow Fever Strikes Havana Officials Report Fatal Outbreak
In Havana on September 24, 43 of 8,000 hospital patients have yellow fever the most dangerous form and deaths average three daily. Outside hospital cases unknown but 1,263 have died since September 1 including 423 fever deaths. Twenty-two yellow fever deaths officially reported with foreign victims including Americans British and French aboard the Fulton.
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Havana
Fulton
Wreck of Schooner C. C. Funk Off Flinders Island
The Alameda reports from Australia that the schooner C. C. Funk was wrecked on Flinders Island on July 31. Captain and Mrs. Nelson and two children died along with six crew members. only two crewmen survived.
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San Francisco
Alameda
Australia
C. C. Funk
Flinders Island
Nelson
Gov Atkins Unable to Visit Georgia Day at Omaha Expo
Atlanta dispatch reports Gov Atkins is too ill to attend Georgia day at the Omaha exposition. He will send a representative with the party departing Atlanta on September 27.
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Atlanta
Atkinso
Omaha Exposition
Georgia
Baltic Storm Claims 120 Fishermen in Baltic Sea
Heavy storms sweep the Baltic from Mimex to Libau with 120 fishermen drowned near Polangen and Libau in the Courland province’s Russian seaports.
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Mimex
Prussia
Baltic Sea
Beth Polangen
Libau
Courtland
Russia
Chinese Edict Aims to Fortify Empire Amid Palace Plot
Report from Pekin says the Chinese edict aims to strengthen China as foreign problems loom. The Chinese minister at the legation notes no secrecy and says the dowager empress is aiding the emperor for dynastic reasons. London dispatches say European residents fear the emperor’s life may be in danger as conspiracies grow.
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Chin Chung
Yamen
Foreign Office
Legation
China
Hsien Fung
London
Pekin
Prince King
Mexican War Veterans Elect National Officers in Louisville
The National Mexican Veterans association chose Gen. E. H. Hobson as president with A. L. Ogg as vice president and Wilbur R. Smith as secretary treasurer. Lexington officers include Samuel McFaddin and Alexander Williamson as secretaries. state vice presidents named from Illinois Indiana Kentucky Tennessee Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. A Lisbon dispatch reports authorities warned of an anarchist plot to assassinate King Carlos amid tightenings in Cintra Cascaes.
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Louisville
National Mexican Veterans’ Association
E. H. Hobson
Greenville
Muhlenberg County
A. L. Ogg
Indiana
Wilbur R. Smith
Lexington
Alexander Williamson
P. T. Briggs
Illinois
Samuel McFaddin
James Givens
Kentucky
D. G. Wood
Tennessee
N. H. Garr
Oklahoma
E. M. Davis
Pennsylvania
Carlos
Portugal
Lonpos
Daily Mail
Lisbon
Cintra
Cascaes
Adm. Cervera Arrives at capital with no incidents
Maprio reports Adm. Cervera arrived here on Thursday without any noteworthy events or disturbances tied to his arrival at the capital.
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Maprio
Adm
Cervera
Alger Praises Camp Cuban Libre and War Mobilization
Secretary Alger and party visited Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville to inspect hospitals and divisions of the 7th Army Corps. He lauded Jacksonville's camp health, praised Gen. Lee, and credited commanders for sickness management while urging a strong standing army and navy for national security.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Alger
Sternberg
Ludington
7Th Army Corps
Lee
Cuba Libre
Gen. Lee
Seeger
Panos
Marve Othe
War Department
United States
Morgan
Hawaiian Islands
Joint High Commissioners Move Toward Trade Settlement
Quebec reports the international joint high commissioners near an agreement on trade relations between the United States and Canada. An American commissioner assures that US industrial interests will not be disturbed and that no great industries will be sacrificed.
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United States
Quebec
International Joint High -Commissioners
American Commission
Paris Cabinet Delays Dreyfus Decision Until Monday
The French cabinet met on Saturday and postponed its decisions on revising the Dreyfus case until Monday next due to the absence of Finance Minister Peytral and Agriculture Minister Viger.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Finance
M. Peytral
M. Viger
Vesuvius Eruption Intensifies At Naptes
The Naples observatory reports Vesuvius eruption growing more violent with fears it may match the 1872 eruption in scale. Observers note ash clouds and tremors as residents monitor the mountain's activity.
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Vesuvius
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White House
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McKinley
Greenville M. Dodge
Noblesville
Ind
Prof. Bitting
Purdue University
Germany
California
Gen. Zurlinden
Leiter and Sternberg Hospital
Emperor OF
Prince Kung
Salon OF Arbitration
Gov
Atkinson
The
National Association
Adm. Cervers
Madrid
Party
Joint High Commissioners
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