FIGHTING ARMY ROOSEVELT S AIM
Washington dispatch reports growing belief that President Roosevelt aims to build a fighting army and strong navy ready for instant use. He pushes for a disciplined, technically oriented War Department and swift mobilization, with Sanger guiding military readiness and policy viewed as businesslike diplomacy.
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Busine
Will Read To Mrs McKinley After McKinley Death
Canton Ohio September reading of the will begins as Mrs McKinley, distressed, gains composure with Secretary Cortelyou present. Cortelyou explains the will and Mrs McKinley assents to legal requirements. Some fear a collapse from exertion while others see potential relief. Cortelyou plans to stay through Monday or Tuesday to organize private papers for estate settlement.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
Thds
Cortelyou
McKinley
Empress Dowager Plans to Disinherit Heir Apparent
A Shanghai despatch to the Standard reports the Empress Dowager will disinherit Prince Chun upon the court's arrival at Kai Fong Fu, alleging his life of dissipation. The claim, dated September, reflects imperial court intrigue in London dispatches.
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Prince Chun
Morgan's luxurious train departs for San Francisco
Pierpont Morgan charters a deluxe nine car train to accompany the Empire State Express to San Francisco. Twelve servants four waiters and three chefs aboard with fourteen clergymen as guests Exceling features include Atlantic baggage coach Hollenden dining car Columbia private car Genesta bedrooms and Alroy staterooms with an observation drawing room.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Pierpont Morgan
San Francisco
Empire State Express
New York Central
Morgan
Episcopalian Convention
Atlantic
Hollenden
Columbia
Genesta
Alroy
Indiana Secretary Targets Noncompliant Foreign Corporations
Secretary of State Hunt in Indianapolis states a law requiring foreign companies doing business in Indiana to file capital articles and pay fees. He vows prosecution of noncompliant firms. Compliant firms report about 30 million dollars invested in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Hunt
Secretary of State
Indiana
Assassin Czolgosz Recovers From Panic Before Execution
Auburn New York September 27 1901 The assassin of President McKinley Czolgosz has recovered from panic and will face the electric chair in solitary confinement with limited contact. Guards report he remains calm but internally fights fear of death while the public gaze is kept away except for prison officers doctors and a spiritual adviser.
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Commercial Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
McKinley
Buffalo
Czolgosz
Mead
New Steel Furnace Planned for Youngstown Plant
Officials of the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company prepare a large open hearth furnace adjacent to the under construction plant. They expect to begin making iron with the opening of the new year and plan completion by January 1.
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Youngstown Iron, Sheet and Tube Company
Kermit Roosevelt to Public School
Washington announces Kermit Roosevelt will attend the public schools amid White House debate. He will enroll at Force School with Messenger Pinckney guiding, while Miss Ethel aligns with Cathedral School in Cleveland Park as the President weighs rabbit housing near the White House.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Kermit Roosevelt
White House
Force
Minister Wu
Miss Ethel
Cathedral
Cleveland Park
Phoebe Hearst
Kermit
Pfeister
Lipton Seeks Strong Breeze For America's Cup Race
The first race of the America's Cup series, abandoned in a calm, is set to resume off Sandy Hook with a windward or leeward course depending on wind direction. Lipton and Columbia foremen press for a fair breeze, hoping for a genuine test of Shamrock and Columbia, as the Shore Weather Bureau forecasts fresh east to northeast winds.
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Sandy Hook
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Wind
Weather Bureau
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Britain
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Watson
Ratsey
Jameson
E. D. Morgan
The
Columbia
Park City
Last Will of President McKinley Published in Canton
The text of President William McKinley’s will, dated October 22, 1897, names his wife Ida McKinley as primary beneficiary with life estate in real and personal property and an annual $1,000 allowance to his mother for life, with proceeds to his sister after her death. It provides for sister and brother shares after his wife’s death, and names witnesses G B Cortelyou and Charles Loeffler.
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McKinley
Helen McKinley
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District of Columbia
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G. B. Cortelyou
Charles Loeffler
Ohio to Consider Special Anarchy Laws in Next Session
Prof. Leese predicts Ohio will draft targeted penalties for preaching or practicing anarchy after McKinley assassination. He urges state statutes to mirror federal chances, arguing treason for attempting a president’s life. Summit Republicans rally while Democrats show discouragement ahead of the election.
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Ohio General Assembly
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Congress
General Assembly
Senate
House
Leese
Governor Dole Resigns Rumor Circulates on Sierra Arrival
San Francisco dispatch reports a circulating tale that Hawaii Governor Dole resigned just before the steamer Sierra departed Honolulu. The rumor claims the resignation was handed to Secretary Henry E. Cooper aboard the Sierra for delivery to the President, as Cooper and Judge A. S. Hartwell departed Honolulu for Washington that evening.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Dole
Henry E. Cooper
Cooper
Hartwell
Washington
Secretary Root S Health Worries Pause Over Policy Steering
Washington reports say Secretary Root is recovering from a minor operation in New York but friends fear his chronic carbuncles make him sicker than acknowledged. His potential long absence could shape Roosevelt’s cabinet balance and influence gage Hay succession and New York faction reconciliation.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Root
New York
Roosevelt
Gage
McKshley
Platt
Epew
Odell
Whitelaw Reid
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Hay
New Yorker
War Department
Detective Jails Charles Jourdan in Cadiz Case
In Muncie Indiana on September 27 detective Puckett jailed Charles Jourdan a former inmate at the county infirmary after arresting him in Cadiz Henry County Jourdan is accused of assaulting feeble minded white women and two colored children have reportedly been born as a result of the alleged assaults.
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Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Puckett
Charles Jourdan
Cadiz
Henry County
Jourdan
County Infirmary
Imperial Shrine elects officers at Newark convention
The Imperial Council of the A E O of A Nobles of the Mystic Shrine met in Newark New Jersey and elected officers headlined by Isaac L W Holland of Philadelphia as Imperial Grand Potentate and I M Carper of Charleston as Imperial Deputy Grand Potentate.
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Imperial Council of the
Mystic Shrine of
North and South America
Newark
N. J
Imperial Grand Potentate
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Philadelphia
Imperial
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Charleston
W. Va
W. A. Wright
C. C. Campbell
C. A. Knox
Pittsburg
Magnus L. Robinson
Alexandria
J. W. Smothers
Westchester
J. H. Munsson
Kane, Pa
T. A. Jackson
Washington, D. C
B. W. Warner
Los Angeles
Cal
Rio de Janeiro Declares Plague Infection Citywide
The Brazilian Government declares Rio de Janeiro infected with bubonic plague. The port city remains under suspicion and is subject to health measures as officials respond to the outbreak.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rio Janeiro
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