Insurgent Negotiations and Prisoner Reports in the Philippines
Englishmen wrecked boat arrive in American lines with a message from General Garcia stating fourteen American prisoners at Turlec to be released next Wednesday. Word on Rockefeller's status and other prisoners, plus Gonzaga’s peace talks with General Otis, are reported amid ongoing insurgent activity and disrupted rail lines.
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Commercial Tribune
Manila
Vigan
Lugon
Pantaleon Garcia
Turlec
Congress
Gregorica Gonzaga
Otis
Gonzaga
Smith
Twelfth Infantry
Angeles
Luzon
Rockefeller
Ninth Infantry
California
United States Gains Potential Peace on Negros and Sulu
War Department dispatches from General Otis in Manila report insurgents on Negros prepared to recognize U.S. authority with an election set for October 2. A flag will be raised on Sulu while Zamboanga leaders seek conditions Otis would not accept. Bates reports garrisons in Jolo and Siassi with archipelago customs under 1885 protocol discussed.
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Washington
Otis
Manila
War Department
Negros
United States
Hughes
Iloilo
Lopez
Byrne
Castellano
Panay
Sulu
Zamboanga
Bates
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Urdaneta Gunboat Captured Near Manila Bay
Urdaneta, patrolling the Arani River northwest of Manila Bay, was captured by insurgents. One officer and nine crew are missing. A U.S. gunboat found the vessel washed ashore near Orani and burned, with a one-pounder gun, a Colt automatic, and a Nordenfeldt 25 mm gun seized along with ammunition. The fate of the crew remains unknown.
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Arani
Manila Bay
Rer
Orani
Gunboat Urdaneta Captured at Orani
Washington dispatches report the gunboat Urdaneta captured along with her crew at Orani, about twenty five miles from Ma- in a developing encounter. The brief notice notes the vessel's capture and situates the event in the ongoing hostilities.
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Washington
Urdaneta
Orani
Jersey Lass Goes Home
Miss Maude Danielson, 16, heiress to 17000, leaves Ohio for Graviton New Jersey under detective guardianship. She came to see her lover Willie Asmus, a printer's apprentice, fled with 150 dollars, danced for the arresting officer, and claimed Graviton is not on the map.
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Commercial Tribune
Opiain O
Maude Danielson
Graviton
N. J
Maude
Winfield Pie
Willie Asmus
Willie
Kelly
Granton
Top Spinner Ogawa Dies in Kansas City
Tatsu gara Ogawa, one of only three professional Japanese top-spinners in the United States, died at Agnew Hospital in Kansas City at age 30 from consumption. Born in Tokyo, he had been ill from overwork in the East and arrived in the city the previous Thursday.
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United States
Kansas City
Tatsugara Ogawa
Agnew Hospital
Ogawa
Tokyo
McLean campaign faces local backlash from Ohio attacks
Thurman refuses to stump for McLean at Hamilton as Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison resists giving Copperhead speeches in Ohio. Douglas ridicules Democrats for denouncing trusts yet nominating McLean.
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McLean
Hamilton
Chicago
Ohio
Harrison declines to speak for McLean in Ohio
Special Dispatch reports Carter Harrison mayor of Chicago refused to campaign for John R. McLean in Ohio. Harrison admitted receiving an invitation but preferred to stay away to avoid harming his Illinois gubernatorial prospects, while McLean shifts strategy and other Ohio speakers face changes.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
John R. McLean
Ohio
Harrison Hi
State Committee
Illinois
McLean
Harrison
Carter Harrison
W. J. Bryan
Witness warrants and arrests ahead of Griffin trial at Manchester
As Griffin trial approaches in Manchester, warrants are issued for witnesses from Clay and Laurel counties. George Philpot and Deputy Colyer arrested Andrew Griffin and delivered him to London authorities. Dan Hampton, Charlie Barnett, and Caldwells are jailed in Manchester awaiting verdicts. Colyer plans to escort Andrew Griffin to Manchester for tomorrow's proceedings.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Griffin
Manchester
Clay County
Laurel County
Commonwealth
George Philpot
Colyer
Andrew Griffin
Wash Thacker
Dan Hampton
Charley Barnett
Griffins
Caldwells
Philpot
Armies No Smaller Captain Crozier Details Hague Meeting
Captain Crozier of the Ordnance Bureau returns from The Hague conference and discusses its aims. He notes no agreement on reducing armies but highlights the international code of civilized warfare based on 1863 No 100. The code protects prisoners and noncombatants and extends Red Cross rules to sea warfare, with art safeguarded as non spoils. The U S led humane warfare, praised by delegates.
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Washington
Crozier
Ordnance Bureau
Hague
War Department
Red Cross
United States
Second set of triplets born near Mayfield Kentucky
Mrs Alla Davidson wife of merchant David son at Altons Point near Mayfield Kentucky gave birth yesterday to three baby girls the second time in three years she has had multiples The first birth produced two boys and one girl all living Her father John R Welton, Esq was one of triplet brothers and lived to an old age Her sisters include one who recently bore twins and another who has fourteen daughters.
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Commercial Tribune
Mayfield
Alla Davidson
Merchant Davidson
Alton’s Point
Coal mine firemen strike halts Danville district operations
Springfield dispatch reports firemen in all coal mines of the Danville district walked out today seeking higher pay. Though not United Mine Workers members, the action shut down mines and left 2,000 union miners out of work.
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Springfield
Ill
Danville
United Mineworkers of America
Kipling Plans Australian Visit En Route To South Africa
Kipling intends to visit Australia and may stay briefly in South Africa on his way. The author’s travel plans were reported from London dated September 2.
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Kipling
Australia
London
Rudyard Kipling
South Africa
Senator Hanna Goes to Pomeroy
Senator Hanna travels to Pomeroy with political duties as reported in the Special Dish to Commercial Tribune. Continued on the second page.
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Hanna
Pomeroy
Commercial Tribune
Coluo
Eleanor Sigsbee Dies at 13 Daughter of Captain Sigsbee
Special dispatch from Lewes Delaware reports Eleanor Sigsbee the 13 year old daughter of Captain G D Sigsbee formerly of the Maine died suddenly at her aunt Mrs Rittenhouse summer home in Rehoboth from valvular heart disease Her remains will be sent to Washington for interment at Annapolis on Wednesday or Thursday The Maine was a battle ship in the naval service
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Lewes
Del
Nor Sigsbee
G. D. Sigsbee
Maine
Frs
Cne
Rittenhouse
Rehobeth
Washington
Annapolis
Conspirators Against King Milan Receive Sentences
In Belgrade the court sentenced Jul and Paisitch to ten years and twenty years respectively, others to nine, five, or twenty years. Six were acquitted. Knezevic was shot publicly in a large crowd, and Paisitch received a royal pardon from King Alexander.
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Servia
Milan
Jul
Paisitch
Acy
Knezevk
Alexarmer
Diaz Diaz Not Coming to Chicago
City of Mexico reports President Diaz cannot attend in Chicago due to illness of Mme Diaz. He designates Sir Ignacion Mariscal, Minister of Foreign Relations, to travel as his representative.
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Mexico
Diaz
Chicago
Mme, Diaz
Ignagion Mariscal
Football Victim in Connecticut Ends Season Start
Thomas Kelly aged 17, a Middletown High School football player, died from a spine concussion suffered in a game against Meriden High School last Saturday. The death marks the first football fatality of the season in the state.
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Mbelriden
Conn
Thomas Kelly
Middletown
Meriden High School
Havana A Clean City Says Huston
Captain Tilman Huston former Cincinnati Water Works assistant superintendent arrived in Findlay with his wife for a brief visit. He helped Havana overhaul sewers and switch to American design, noting the city is now among the cleanest, surpassing many U S cities in sanitation. He plans to visit Cincinnati and Georgia before returning October 6.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay
Tilman Huston
Cincinnati Water Works
Havana
Sajo
Huston
Caden
Cincinnati
Georgia
On Tobacco Combines Objections from Union Official
Secretary and Treasurer Mr Evans of the Tobacco Workers' International Union testifies before the Industrial Commission in Washington. He says about 60 percent of U S tobacco is made by the American and Continental combines and that such trust consolidation harms labor. He cites plant absorption displacing 500 to 600 workers and wage cuts from 2.50 to 1.25 daily. He notes women share equal rights and wages, while race issues in the South hinder organizing. The commission resumes October 5.
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The
Industrial Commission Today
Tobacco Workers’ International Union
Evans
Louisville
United States
American
Continental Tobacco Companies
National Prison Congress Opens With Practical Papers
In Hartford on September 25 Vice President Wright opened the third day in Kenney Hall. Warden Clarence P. Hoyt of Colorado State Prison argued for using idle prisoners as punishment, claiming a longer effect than a dungeon term. Warden Henry Wolfer of Minnesota State Prison led a lengthy discussion on convict labor.
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Wright
National Prison Congress
Kenney Hall
Clarence P. Hoyt
Colorado State
Henry Wolfer
Minnesota
Hoyt
Wolfer
Fatal bicycle collision near Piqua
Thomas Rafferty was struck by an unknown bicyclist and knocked down. He fell on his head, suffering a gash and brain concussion. He never regained consciousness and died from the injuries. The case is under investigation.
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Commercial Tribune
Piqua, O
Thomas Rafferty
Nash Nevin Grosvenor rally in Ohio draws large crowd
A Nash Nevin Grosvenor gathering at McArthur Ohio attracts hundreds from Jackson and Wells Township. George Nash praises Republican pledges of 1896 and calls for GOP victory while Grosvenor touts state prosperity and tariffs. Nevin gives a brief but well received closing address.
Bank Robbers Escape On Handcar From Milroy Bank
Four men robbed the State Bank at Milroy Indiana drilling the safe. A belated pedestrian heard noises and alerted locals who pursued the robbers as they fled toward the Big Four Depot. The thieves escaped on a handcar toward Rushville with several thousand dollars inside.
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Commercial Tribune
Rushville
Ind
Milroy
Shot by his playmate in Shelby
Claude O'Brien sixteen year old son of Henry O'Brien a saloon keeper was accidentally killed at 5 30 tonight by a shotgun held by Fred Reynolds also sixteen The boys were shooting black birds O'Brien handed the cocked gun to Reynolds who touched the trigger and the load struck his head tearing away the lower face He died instantly O'Brien had moved here recently from Findlay with his parents.
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Commercial Tribune
Shelby
Claude O’brien
Henry O’brien
Fred Reynolds
O’brien
Reynolds
Findlay
Judge Nash to Speak Daily Except One
Judge Nash will speak in Pomeroy on Tuesday afternoon September 26 and in Middleport Tuesday evening. He then itinerates to Gallipolis September 27 Jackson September 28 Delaware September 30 Mechanicsburg October 2 Johnstown October 3 afternoon Xenia October 3 evening Cadiz with Senator Foraker October 7.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Nash
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
Jackson
Delaware
Mechanicsburg
Johnstown
Xenia
Cadiz
Senator Foraker
McKinley to Head Chicago Marquette Club Banquet
Chicago Day banquet at Auditorium Hotel October 7 will feature President McKinley as guest of honor. Attendees include Archbishop Ireland Elihu Root Senator Charles W. Fairbanks General Charles King James E. Boyd and Judge H J Hamlin with a program listing invocations addresses and a series of talks on topics from the republic to the Philippines.
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Marquette Club
Auditorium Hotel
McKinley
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
Elihu Root
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Charles King
Milwaukee
James E. Boyd
North Carolina
H. J. Hamlin
Illinois
J. D. Rondthaler
Herman B. Wickersham
Addison Ballard
Ireland
Manila
Charles
Flowers in her cell and town buzz in Morrison case
In Chattanooga on September 25, Miss Julia Morrison awaiting trial saw her husband and the Pleater of Paris Company flee toward New York. Judge Estill ordered reconvening of the grand jury to revisit the Morrison case. Manager Joseph Harris visited Morrison in her jail cell, expressing sympathy and declining prosecution. Mayor Edmund Watkins and others visited, flowers filled her cell, and Morrison complained of rats disturbing her sleep.
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Commercial Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
Pleater
Paris Company
Julia Morrison
Frederick Henry James
New York City
Floyd Estill
Circuit Court
Miss Morrison
Joseph Harris
New York
Harris
Edmund Watkins
Alonzo Monk
T. V. Tobin
Glad He Is An American
James O Connell president of the International Machinists spoke to the Central Federated Union about the British Trades Congress in Plymouth England. He criticized English working conditions noting deplorable scenes among working men and children and described women in shops laboring with men and using sledgehammers.
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New York
James O’connell
International Machinists
British Trades Congress
Plymouth
England
Central Federated Union
United States
Farmer John Carson Died from Bee Attack at Newton Falls
John Carson aged 63 a Newton Falls farmer was killed by bees while tending his apiary. He burned sulfur to quiet the swarm but the insects swarmed him stinging him in hundreds of places. He collapsed at the house and died several hours later.
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John Carson
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Carson
Death by Own Action of a Scholar in Boston
Dr. Herman Wadsworth Hayley aged 35 a Wesleyan University Latin instructor and faculty member was found dead in his hotel room in Boston with his throat cut. He had committed death by own action and was regarded as one of the finest classical scholars in the country. He had recently been haunted by fear of losing his mind.
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Boston
Herman Wadsworth Hayley
Wesleyan University
United States
Edison Son William Leslie to Wed Miss Blanche Travers
Announcement of the engagement of Thomas A. Edison’s son William Leslie Edison to Blanche Fowler Travers daughter of the late Dr. Edward M. Travers of Baltimore. Wedding date not yet decided.
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Commercial Tribune
Orange
N. J
Thos. A. Edison
William Leslie Edison
Blanche Fowler Travers
Edward M. Travers
Baltimore
Emperor William departs Malmö after farewell to Crown Prince
In Malmö on September 25 Emperor William said farewell to Crown Prince Oscar Gustavus of Sweden and boarded the imperial yacht Hohenzollern for departure.
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Sweden
William
Prince Oscar Gustavus
Unknown vandals blamed for destroying county bridges
In Tiffin Ohio unknown persons are destroying county bridges. The County Commissioners at their last meeting offered a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
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Commercial Tribune
Tiffin
The Bench Is Dear They Don’t Complain
A note on burdens of custom and relief from longstanding practices. The piece argues abolition of a costly custom would bring strong relief while acknowledging enduring dissatisfaction with current norms.
Judges Hear Opinions On Paying Election Expenses
The Mazet Legislative Investigation Committee in New York questioned city judges about whether candidates for judicial office should be exempt from paying election costs. Several justices disclosed their expenditures ranging from about four to ten thousand dollars and expressed mixed views on limiting or banning contributions. The panel adjourned the session to continue tomorrow.
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Mazer Legislative Investigation Committee
Mazet
City Club
Chamber of Commerce
Edward Patterson
Justice Giegerich
Tammany Hall
Justice Scott
Justice Bischoff
Justice McAdam
Justice Dugro
Fitzgerald
Beach
Richard Croker
Henry C. Beekman
Truax
Charles MacLean
Illness of Vice President Hobart Reported Serious
Washington reports the illness of Vice President Hobart is more serious than first believed. Precautions to shield him from noise and disturbance include blocking sound near his residence. Doctors say rest may allow him to resume Senate duties in December. no candidacy planned for next year.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Hobart
Senate
Boy Crushed Under Wheels In Ohio Farm Incident
An eight year old boy, son of William Griffen of McGuffey, was fatally injured when a wagonload of onions ran over him after he slid from the wagon. He walked to his mother before collapsing. doctors declared the injuries fatal.
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Commercial Tribune
Kenton
William Griffen
McGuffey
Hanna and Union Men Confab Over Street Railway Grievances
A committee from the Street Railway Men's Union met Senator Hanna in Cleveland to discuss grievances of strikers on the Big Consolidated lines. The senator said the issues were legitimate and would have been resolved if addressed by his company, denying any demand to punish the union on his road.
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Street Railway Men's Union
Senator Hanna
Cleveland City Railway Company
South Bend Woolen Co Raises Wages to Pre Panic Level
South Bend Indiana is the site where the South Bend Woolen Company raises wages for its several hundred employees back to the pre panic rate, restoring pay to previous levels.
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Commercial Tribune
South. Bend
Ind
South Bend Woolen Company
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