Panama Isthmus Dims Threat of Secession in Senate Debate
In Bogota on September 13 the Senate approved a proposal to appoint an antisecessionist Panama governor, citing risks to national integrity. Representative Deroux warned that Panamanian officials are alien to the department, while President Marroquin calmed lawmakers. The Congress also passed a foreign claims settlement bill, yet overall energy for Panama Canal matters appears diminished.
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Bogota
Senor Perez Y Sotos
Panama
Senate
Senor Obaldia
Marroquin
Senor Deroux
Congress
Aguillera Faces Prosecution Over Isthmus Secession Stance
Panama isthmus newspaper pioneer Rodolfo Aguillera faces prosecution for publishing secession articles. Reports say about 2,000 federal troops are en route to the isthmus.
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Panama
Colombia
Rodolfo Aguillera
Salvation Army Sends 10 on Kentucky Mission
The Salvation Army launches a Kentucky Virginia expedition from Linton Hall in the Y M C A building. Staff Captain Escott and Colonel Richard E Holt lead the party with stops in Cincinnati Jackson Salyersville Prestonburg Hindman Hazard Whitesburg Wise Norton Bristol Knoxville from September 14 to 28.
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Salvation Army
Kentucky
Virginia
Linton Hall
Escott
Richard E. Holt
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Jackson
Breathitt County
Salyersville
Magoffin County
Prestonburg
Floyd County
Pikesville
Pike County
Hindman
Knott County
Hazard
Perry County
Whitesburg
Leicher County
Wise Courthouse
Norton
Bristol
Bogus Money Ring Found in Eastern State Penitentiary
Philadelphia report reveals convicts at Eastern State Penitentiary minted minor silver coins including dimes quarters and half dollars. Prison inspector George Vaux Jr disclosed the illegal coinage to reporters and US Secret Service investigators are probing possible inmate employee collusion.
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Philadelphia
Cigar Department
Eastern State Penitentiary
Penitentiary
George Vaux, Jr
United States Secret Service
Kokomo Steel Works to Resume Monday
The Kokomo Steel Works will restart operations Monday after a weeks long shutdown caused by billet shortages. About eight hundred men are employed at the plant in Kokomo Indiana.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Airship Causes Buzz Over Indianapolis Skies
A torpedo shaped airship about thirty feet long with two men sailed over Indianapolis this afternoon. It approached from the northwest, circled the southern part of the city at 700 feet, and disappeared to the east. Several hundred residents watched with field glasses. No other information is available.
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Indianapoli
First Regiment Officials Seek Commission Confirmations
The Canvassing Board sent the First Regiment vote to Adjutant General Gyger with Lieutenant Colonel Hake and Captains Becht and Ward named for commissions as Colonel and Majors. Protests loom over Company D Hillsboro vote and possible resignations to aid Curren. Captain Harry Bryan will attend U S Army maneuvers at West Point and Ft Riley.
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Gyger
Hake
Becht
Ward
Smith
Company D
Hillsboro
Curren
Platt
Harry Bryan
O N. G
West Point
Ft. Riley
Kan
Hahn Case Not Political Says Attorney
Harry M. Daugherty, counsel for former State Insurance Commissioner William M. Hahn, rejects a report claiming politics influenced the Hahn extradition delay in Richland County. He asserts no blame on Governor Nash and notes the governor’s stance on pursuing the case alongside Daniel Myers, indicted head of the defunct Manhattan Insurance Co.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harry M. Daugherty
William M. Hahn
Xfahn
Richland
Nash
Hahn
Daniel Myers
Manhattan Insurance Company
New York
Missionary Bride Dies After Perilous Journey to Persia
Mrs. J A Sargis, newlywed wife of Dr. Sargis, died in a mud hut in Urmia Persia after a trek through misfortune. She contracted smallpox following the loss of medicines and supplies while en route to aid the Shah’s domain. Her husband, a Persean-born physician studying in America, had sought medical training to further missionary work abroad.
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Persia
Sargis
Carnations To Be Worn Today In McKinley Memorial
Two years after President William McKinley death crowds recall the sorrow and achievements of the martyr president. The Carnation League urges members and the public to wear the President's favorite flower as a badge and emblem of its aims.
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McKinley
William McKinley
The
Carnation League
Ohio
Famishing mother and babe aided at city station
Margaret Shoemaker and her eighteen month old baby wandered streets for a day and slept at Central Station. The lieutenant gave money for food and others raised a purse. She had lived on Fifth and Plum. husband, now intoxicated, refused support. They were sent to the House of Refuge and police will seek the husband. They formerly lived in Reading, Ohio.
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Margaret Shoemaker
Central Station
Fifth
Plum Streets
Reading, O
Rubber collar saves man from deadly trolley wire
R W Boess of S14 Elm street escaped a fatal electrocution when a broken trolley wire looped around his neck and was insulated by his rubber collar. The wire bridged to the track, sparked, then released in seconds as the current cut off. Boess was aided by a conductor and returned home.
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R. W. Boess
Elm Street
Boess
Sixth Street
Elm
Rumored regiment lost at sea
London reports an unconfirmed rumor that a British transport carrying a regiment to India foundered in a gale last Thursday off the British coast. The item continues on the newspaper’s fourth page.
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India
Russia Revises Evacuation Dates In China
Russia has presented China with a revised evacuation timetable moving New Chwang and Mukden Province to October 8 while Kirwin Province would follow four months later and a third province a year after. Moscow requires military posts along routes to protect railroad commerce. Prince Ching says the conditions are reasonable.
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Peking
Russia
Chwang
Mukden
Kirwin
Tsitsthar
Heiling-Kiang
Blagoveshchensk
Sungari
Federals refuse to welcome Hunt in Puerto Rico
A demonstrations plan forms in San Juan to greet Governor Hunt on his October 1 return. Some Federal leaders decline to cooperate due to political reasons, creating friction ahead of the visit.
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Hunt
All Continents Join to Boom American Fair
John Barrett, after visiting Asia as Commissioner General of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, states 45 foreign lands will be represented at St Louis in 1904. Foreign government appropriations total 26190000, surpassing the 1893 Chicago fair by nearly 1 million. Europe about 3 000 000 Asia 2 000 000 Central and South America 1 000 000 Africa 200 000.
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Washington
John Barrett
Asia
St. Louis
Europe
Central and
South America
Africa
Bulgaria
Snow Falls Six Inches Across Yellowstone Park
Six inches of snow on the level covered Yellowstone Park over the last forty eight hours as autumn weather moved through the region. Park officials warned travelers to drive carefully and expect slick roads across access routes.
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Yellowstone Park
Negro Students Struggle to Find Lodgings at Northwestern
Chicago sept 13 three negro students from Northwestern faced housing rejection after the dormitory was reassigned to football players. Lawyer Taylor trudged Chicago streets seeking rooms but was turned away at every place. Anderson and Haskill in the squad may be accommodated in the dormitory while Faulkner and Jordan returning students face unsettled housing.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Northwestern University
Lawyer Taylor
Heck Hall
Garret Biblical Institute
Brazil Bolivian Accord Near Swaying Acre Dispute
Brazil and Bolivia move toward an amicable settlement over Acre. Bolivia will acknowledge Brazil's sovereignty over much of Acre, Brazil will pay indemnity for Bolivian military costs, and Brazil will build a harbor on the Madeira River and a railroad from Manoro to Madeira.
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Bolivia
Brazil
Acre
Madeira
Manoro
Senator’s Father Murdered Near Pollocksville
Furnifold G Simmons father of Senator F M Simmons was killed yesterday on his plantation near Pollocksville He was shot several times with a shotgun A negro named Daniels has been arrested
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Newbern
N. C
Venezuela Refuses To Pay Umpires Fees In Caracas
British officials reporting from Port of Spain say Venezuela refuses to cover its share of foreign umpires in claims against Venezuela. The amount totals 5000 dollars plus their expenses. President Castro’s conduct is inexplicable and several umpires have asked their governments to seek Washington’s intercession.
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Port OF Spain
Island of
Trinidad
Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Washington
Explosion Kills Two in Box Car Accident at West Bay City
In Bay City Michigan on September 13 switchmen Clarence D. Hopper and Roy Boucher were instantly killed when a dynamite laden box car exploded as a switch engine backed into a train in the yards. Engineer Robert Roblin and fireman William Noble were injured and conductor John Cradle was severely hurt.
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Bay City
Mich
Clarence D. Hopper
Roy Boucher
Michigan Central Railroad
West Bay City
Robert Roblin
William Noble
John Cradle
Hisses greet Premier on road from Paris
Paris reports that during the Renan memorial ceremony in Traguir Brittany on Sept 13 critics jeered Premier Combes with shouts of Alias Combes and Vive la Liberte. He thanked the crowd and likened hissed sounds to ancient flute melodies. Troops were deployed as threats grew.
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Hisses
Paris
Ernest Renan
Traguir
Brittany
Premier Combes Hisses
Alias Combes
Vice la Liberte
Premier Combes
Blaine Club to Attend Ohio Republican Campaign Opening
The Blaine Club plans a 1,000 strong trip by special train to Chillicothe for the Republican campaign opening. President William F. Gass calls a meeting this afternoon to arrange details and lead the club, with former presidents in line for a prominent presence at the event.
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Blaine Club
Ohio
Chillicothe
William F. Gass
S. W
Gass
Locked In Each Other's Arms Die In Railroad Collision
At Emery Chapel on the Little Miami Railroad in Springfield Ohio two elderly men Jacob Curtiss and John Toland aged 76 and 78 were killed when an engine struck their carriage as they crossed the tracks. They had just finished pioneer meeting talks telling they did not expect to survive. They were found side by side in embrace.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Jacob Curtiss
John Toland
Emery Chapel
Little Miami
Pioneer Meeting
Turks Prepare to Sweep Foes Off the Earth
Balkan war report describes Albanian and Turkish troops burning villages in Adrianople as Christians face dire peril. Beheads, plunder, and mass arming of Turkish districts are noted amid looming revolts led by Zontcheff and others. Europe urged to act.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Vilayes
Adrianople
Monastir
Vilayet
Costursco
Almagik
Orikler
Losengrad
Malkotonovo
Amazoff
Kokushko
Macedonia
Zontcheff
Yankoff
Jordan Stoyanoff
Stoyantcheff
Darvingeff
Atamasoff
Servia May Take Part in Bulgaria's War Effort
London reports a strong chance Servia will side with Bulgaria against Turkey. Negotiations with the Revolutionary Committee are under way and Servian scouts have joined Bulgarian revolutionists to monitor progress. A provocation could trigger Servian invasion of old Servia to seize Uskub, pressuring Turkey.
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Bulgaria
London
Servia
Turkey
Tartarscheff
Revolutionary Committee
Old Servia
Uskub
Refugees Refuse to Return to Beirut
Calm persists in Beirut while trade stalls. Reshid Pasha, the dismissed Vali, departed Beirut for Constantinople on Saturday. Powers abandon plans to dispatch warships to Beirut. Christian refugees encamped in the mountains refuse to return despite government assurances of protection.
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Reshid Pasha
Vali
Beirut
Constantinople
Plague Alert Prompted by Marseille Outbreak
The French government confirmed plague in Marseille and the Italian government ordered Venice conference sanitary measures to be enforced.
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Rome
Marseilles
Venice
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