Admiral Dewey Arrangements Near Complete For Welcome
New York reports final plans for Admiral Dewey’s reception are nearly settled with minor details remaining. Committee allocations show seating for about 40,500 across city stands and halls, and a Dewey arch being prepared. Officers consider funding gaps as aldermen debate additional appropriations while two notable figures remain unconfirmed to join the guest committee.
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New York
Admiral Dewey
Co Boards
Education
Declaring Refusal to Submit to Public Pageant Contention
A letter quotes a demand to join a military and naval pageant, arguing the republic’s saviors should lead. It notes the critic’s belief that no organization is more eligible and claims Admiral Dewey would protest any insult if advised.
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Republic
Dewey
Ohio National Guard prepares for Dewey parade voyage
Cleveland Sept 24 Colonel Charles X Zimmerman of the Fifth Regiment Ohio National Guard completed plans to move his command to New York for the Dewey parade. Nine companies with officers and hospital corps will travel on special trains for the event.
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Cleveland
Charles X. Zimmerman
Fifth Regiment
Ohio
National Guard
New York
British antiwar demo in Trafalgar Square ends in chaos
In London on September 24 pro Boer antiwar speakers were heckled as thousands gathered in Trafalgar Square. Police with mounted units cleared the scene after clashes, bombs, and missiles. three dozen people were arrested amid cheers for Chamberlain and calls against Kruger. Resolutions backed government policy were adopted at a private meeting.
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London
Trafalgar Square
The
Peace Association
Henry M. Hyndham
Mr. Chamberlain
Kruger
Klondikers in Canoes Reach Wrangel in Ready Funds
Klondikers arriving in Wrangel Alaska report they came from Glenora down the Stickeen River in canoes. All survivors are in good health and have money to reach the United States. A few men remain on the Edmonton trail awaiting navigation closure in six weeks, likely wintering at Deas Lake.
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Wrangel
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Edmonton
Sticken
Glenora
Deas Lake
Shaw Declines Dewey Parade Front in G A R Rift
Cincinnati Post commends Albert D. Shaw commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic for declining to appear in the Dewey parade. He leaves for Topeka Kansas to address a veterans reunion September 27 and 28 stating it is proper for New York veterans to be treated fairly and that Kansas comrades lead in civic pageants. General Shaw cites lack of invitation from the Dewey parade committee and notes widespread support from Grand Army officials and posts.
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Watertown
N. Y
Albert D. Shaw
Topeka
Kan
Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
New York
Kansas
Dewey
Shaw
Fred C. Jones
Cincinnati
General Shaw
Colonel Kay
Liquor Dealers Defrauded In West Virginia Scheme
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Clark Distilling Company and other liquor merchants swindled by Jackson County parties. Orders sent by express included stamped checks returned as no funds. Ex Congressman Miller investigated, learned packages went to a teamster who later was reported dead.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Clark Distilling Company
James F. Dowd
Jackson County
Express
Miller
Lake Carriers face blackout as engineers threaten strike
Buffalo reports 3000 to 4000 marine engineers threaten a noon tomorrow strike on the Great Lakes if wage increases are not granted. National Marine Engineers' Beneficiary Association chief George Uhler insists on restoring pre hard times pay, seeking a 12 percent raise. Buffalo branch backs the move amid looming commerce disruption.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Carriers’ Association
Marine Engineers
Great Lakes
George Uhler
National Marine Engineers
Diaz and M kinley editorial salute on Diaz trip to Chicago
The Mexican Herald editorial says General Diaz will visit Chicago representing 45,000,000 Latin Americans. It praises President McKinley as prudent and patriotic and anticipates good from a face to face meeting. The piece rejects attacks on McKinley by Latin American "pretended friends."
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Mexico City
The
Mexican Herald
Diaz
Chicago
Latin America
United States
Mexico
Three
Americas
McKinley
Strikers in Havana Rally for Eight-Hour Day
In Havana on September four, about 5,000 workers attended a mass meeting. Inflamatory speeches urged a general strike to win an eight-hour day. Juan Gualberto Gomez drew the crowd’s cheers as speakers invoked battles for liberty and called workers to continue the fight for liberation from their employers.
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Havana
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Batle
Liberal Givers Union Meeting Supports Education Fund
A union meeting of Methodists at the Grand Opera House in Atlanta featured Bishops Galloway of Mississippi and Candler of Georgia as speakers. Subscriptions advanced the education cause in the South and the twentieth century fund by $16,000.
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Union Meeting of Methodists
Atlanta
Grand Opera House
Bishops Galloway
Mississippi
Candler
Georgia
South
Suspected yellow fever case reported in Miami Florida
Washington Sept 24 Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine Hospital Service was notified today of a suspected yellow fever case at Miami Florida. The case has been isolated.
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Washington
Wyman
The
Marine Hospital Service
Miami
Fla
Thirty New Fever Cases Reported in Key West
In Key West Florida on September 24 thirty new yellow fever cases were confirmed and two deaths recorded, signaling continued spread of the outbreak as health officials monitor the situation.
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Key West
Fila
Transvaal Situtation Weighs On Rand Mines Fates
London Sept 25 Transvaal situtation brings no new features with Johannesburg dispatches reporting a complete dislocation of the Rand mining industry. Exodus continues and all the mines are closing. Bloemfontein correspondent to the Manchester Guardian notes the Volksraad is united that the two republics must stand or fall together. President Steyn warns neutrality may not stay safe if Transvaal is conquered.
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London
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Bloemfontein
Manchester Guardian
Steyn
Fisher
Orange Free State
Volksraad
Boers Reject Cecil Rhodes as Donor Connection
Pretoria reports the Transvaal Government declines any relation with Cecil Rhodes as it refuses to keep the donor, sending back the fine young man presented to the Transvaal delegates at the Agricultural Union in Cape Town. The Volkstein conveys thanks to President Steyn and Mr. Fischer from the republic for their support.
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Pretoria
Volkstein
Steyn
Fischer
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Cecil Rhodes
Agricultural Union
Cape Town
Pope's Delegate Consecrates St Boniface Church
In Lafayette Indiana on September 24 apostolic delegate Sebastian Martinelli represented Pope Leo XIII at the consecration of St Boniface Catholic Church. The ceremony marked a high point in the parish’s ongoing improvements and was described as an imposing ecclesiastical event. Only three U S churches have achieved similar consecration status, underscoring the ceremony's significance and the church’s prosperous standing.
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Lafayette
Ind
Sebastian Martinelli
Leo XIII
United States
St. Boniface Catholic Church
St. Boniface Church
Ferrol Riot Targets Catholic Club and Town Hall
A mob of 600 stoned the Catholic Club and town hall in Ferrol Spain injuring eleven municipal guards and many civilians. Gendarmes dispersed the rioters after guards were repulsed as disturbances erupted last evening on September 24.
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Ferrol
Spain
Ace
Republican Tour Opens in Ohio Fields of Campaign
Columbus dispatch reports the Republican campaign in southeastern Ohio launches with Judge Nash leading a tour from McArthur to Pomeroy. Roosevelt prospects loom, Nash vows no retreat, while Democratic candidate McLean faces miner unrest and union opposition in Sunday Creek Valley amid free silver pressure and Jones club activism.
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Roosevelt
Ohio
Griffiths
Speakers’ Bureau
George K. Nash
McArthur
Bob Nevin
Grosvenor
Hanna
Cleveland
Malloy
Jacob C. Donaldson
Judge Nash
Pomeroy
Yesterndy
Donaldson
Akron
Medina County
Oberlin University
McLean
Columbus
Broad Street
Sunday Creek
Horace Chapman
Hocking and
Jackson
Fatal Gas Explosion At Rinards Mills Claims Two Burns
A brutal natural gas blast at Yoke Smith and Co.'s mill in Rinards Mills Monroe County Ohio followed a gas surge from an adjoining well. Contractor James Smith and laborer Devlin were fatally burned as explosion set fire to the rig and two trucks, narrowly sparing the J F Boggs Company and United States Oil Company properties.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Rinards Mills
Monroe County
Yoke Smith & Co
James Smith
Devlin
J. F. Boggs Company
United States Oil Company
Vote for Robert Bandlow Socialist Governor Candidate
The voter will support Robert Bandlow of Cleveland as the Socialist candidate for Governor. Jones' headquarters will open here tomorrow and be led by Mark Wild.
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Robert Bandlow
Cleveland
Jones
Mark Wild
Miss Horlocker Case to Be Recalled in Hastings
Miss Viola Horlocker, held on a charge of attempting to kill Mrs. Charles F. Morey with poisoned candy, will be brought before the District Court in Hastings tomorrow at 10. She arrived from the Oak town Sanitarium in Illinois with her sister Zora Gladys Horlocker of New York. Attorneys say they will seek bond renewal and move the case to the December term, contending her innocence.
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Hastings
Neb
Viola Horlocker
District Court
Charles F. Morey
Horlocker
Oaktown Sanitarium
Jacksonville
Ill
Zora Gladys Horlocker
New York
Mother and Babe Die After Train Mishap in Akron
Special Dispatch reports Mrs. James Dressler, 37, killed in Akron while trying to catch a departing train at Northern Ohio Depot. Her six months old baby was fatally injured and not expected to survive the night. Dressler had planned to visit Sharon for Sunday.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
James Dressler
Northern Ohio
Sharon
Storms sink steam barge near Chicago River inlet
In a severe storm the steam barge Cleveland sank near the Chicago River mouth while carrying 200000 feet of lumber from Frankfort Michigan. Captain Henry Davis and eleven crew members were rescued with difficulty by tugs as the leaky vessel drifted onto a reef and was pulled into the inner harbor. The boat was built thirty years ago.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Chicago River
Henry Davis
Frankfort
Mich
Waukegan
Engineer Killed In Lake Shore Line Collision
A collision at Fourteenth street between an empty-coach train and a suburban train on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad fatally injured Engineer William De Camp who died after rescue. Fireman J R Frogg was probably fatally hurt while passengers on the suburban train were badly shaken.
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Chicago
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Fourteenth Street
William de Camp
J. R. Frogg
Storm of the Season Hits Lake Erie Coast
TOLEDO Ohio Sept 24 Lake Erie endured the season's worst storm with winds near seventy miles per hour. The gale began around 4 PM and lasted about an hour. Four yachts capsized near Maumee Bay and crews were rescued. extensive damage to houses reported across Northwestern Ohio.
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Toledo
Lake Erie
Maumee Bay
Ohio
Big Battle in Mexico Yaquis Fall to White Troops
Official reports from Los Angeles detail two clashes between Mexican forces and Yaqui Indians. Torres’s force struck near Vieamtown, resulting in nine Indian deaths and five Mexican kills with nine wounded. Hernandez’s troops near Lake Xaqueca fought two hours, leaving eighty-seven Indians dead and Mexican losses of fourteen dead and thirty-six wounded including Major Ruiz mortally wounded.
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Commercial Tribune
Los Angeles
Cal
Lorenzo Torres
Vieamtown
Navarro
Julian Espinosa
Tetebiates
Earthquake Strikes Aidin District in Asia Minor
Aidin district in Asia Minor was hit by an earthquake on September 20. Reports say over 200 people perished. Smyrna is the Vilayet capital with Maneesa and Aidin as chief cities. Aidin lies about eighty miles southeast of Smyrna and serves as a trade center for grain carpets figs opium and sponges.
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Constantinople
Aidin
Asia Minor
Boers May Not Start Hostilities Until October End
Special correspondent reports in Pietermaritzburg that no rain has fallen in the Orange Free State and Natal. It is believed protracted sittings signal decisive measures. It is doubtful the Boers can commence hostilities before the end of October.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Orange Free State
Republic
Covington Man Chosen President Nominee for American Agents
Covington Ky native C Sidener named National President of the American Agents Association at a Muncie Ind meeting. The slate includes J T Wright Canada as First VP and W Jamison Rochester NY as Second VP with a broadened list of officers. A resolution condemning the Utah stockade imprisonment of union miners was approved and sent to President McKinley.
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Detroit
R. A. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
W.W. B. Green
Waco
Tex
Charles Leytz
Duluth
Minn
P. E. Duffy
Kansas City
Milo J. Harris
Hamilton
Thomas O’garrity
Louisville
H. F. Reidman
Indianapolis
Gustave Schrickner
Milldale
Utah
McKinley
Australian Scheme Preview for South Africa Contingent
Melbourne reports that Australian military leaders will convene Thursday to draft a plan for dispatching a United Australian contingent to South Africa. The meeting aims to coordinate forces and present a unified approach to overseas deployment amid ongoing imperial conflicts.
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Melbourne
South Africa
Langdale Reaches Victoria as Alaska Suspected of Quake
British ship Langdale arrives in Victoria after a long voyage from London. Seismographs in the Mediterranean and Skaguay recorded strong earthquakes yesterday. Officials consider Alaska as a probable quake center after recent disturbances.
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Victoria
B. C
Langdale
London
Mediterranean
Skaguay
Alaska
Kitchener Readies Immediate Expedition Against Khalifa
London dispatch reports from Cairo that General Lord Kitchener, Governor General of the Sudan, is preparing for an immediate expedition against the Khalifa.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Cairo
Lord Kitchener
The
Soudan
Guard Let Him Out Says He Fixed It With Frank Houser
James Lynch the diamond thief who escaped from the penitentiary last Thursday was captured by Detective Tom Foster at St Mary's of the Springs on the outskirts of Columbus Ohio. Lynch said Frank Houser a discharged guard was involved but declined to explain how. He claimed to have slept in a corn shack first night and stayed near the site, and fled when Foster fired a warning shot. Foster collected the $100 reward.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
James Lynch
Tom E. Foster
St. Mary’s of the Springs
Lynch
Mberty
Frank Houser
St. Mary’s
Foster
St. Joe's Big Boom Elopers Fueled by Michigan Resort
In St Joseph Michigan on September 24 19 4 the county clerk reports 4568 Chicago couples and 200 couples from other cities obtained marriage licenses since June 4 highlighting the resort town as a Mecca for elopers.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Chicago
King's Mountain Celebration Planned at State College
Lexington Kentucky announces the D A R celebration of the Battle of King's Mountain to be held October 7 at the State college. Mrs Green Clay Goodloe and Mrs William Lindsay present a gavel carved from Independence Hall rafter wood and locust from Bryan's Station spring to the State Regent.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
King’s Mountain
State College
Green Clay Goodloe
William Lindsay
Independence Hall
Bryan
Station
Mexico City Robbery Case Nets Army Lieutenant Colonel
In Mexico City a mysterious $50,000 robbery from a two-woman residence has led to many arrests. Among the detainees is an army officer, a Lieutenant Colonel, his nephew, and a common peon, with further inquiries continuing.
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Mexico City
Miss Grant Weds in Newport Greek Church Ceremony
Miss Julia Dent Grant wed Prince Cantacuzene of Russia at Beaulieu Newport in a private Greek Church betrothal and marriage ceremony. Ulysses S. Grant III escorted the bride as crowns and ritual rites marked the union. The couple plan to sail next day to Europe aboard the Saale with a privileged suite.
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Commercial Tribune
Newport
Julia Dent Grant
Prince Cantacuzene
Russia
Beaulieu
Potter Palmer
M. Horovitsky
Grant
All Saints’ Church
Sayers Satisfied With Antitrust Conference Remarks
Governor Say ers and Attorney General Smith returned from the St. Louis antitrust conference reporting a pleasant, harmonious meeting overall. He criticized the Governor of Iowa for partisan bias and failure to discuss the subject in broad political and patriotic terms.
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Austin
Tex
Sayers
Smith
St. Louis
President McKinleys Brother Arrives in San Francisco
Abner McKinley the president's brother, with Mrs McKinley and Colonel W C Brown of New York on his staff when McKinley governed Ohio, arrived in San Francisco on September 24.
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San Francisco
Cal
Abner McKinley
McKinley
Cyclist and passenger struck by Erie excursion train
In Galion Ohio on September 24 Fred Dutchel and Miss Pearl Moneysmith were crossing the tracks when an Erie excursion train struck them. Miss Moneysmith is fatality risk and the young man will lose his right arm.
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Commercial Tribune
Galion, CO
Fred Dutchel
Miss Pearl Moneysmith
Erie
Miss Moneysmith
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