Tropical hurricane lashes Florida coast near Miami
A tropical hurricane swept the Florida coast damaging the state and disrupting telegraph service. Crews of at least two vessels were swept overboard about 30 miles south of Miami as the bark Culboon ran aground near Casy Foot Light with its crew missing. West Palm Beach reports extensive pier and boat damage and ongoing repairs as the storm continues.
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Miami
Fla
N. B
Casy Footlight
West Palm Beach
Palm Leach Pier
Forces in Transvaal report at Belfast frontline actions
Lord Roberts dispatch from Belfast dated September 5 notes Jan Hamilton crossing Dalstroom under mild opposition while Buller pressed the enemy’s left. Hamilton aims to outflank the Boers as 125 Canadian mounted infantry guard the Pan to Wondersfontein railway. Maj. Handers and Lieut. Moodie are mildly wounded. two others missing. Plague detected in San Francisco with ongoing quarantine. El Paso Chamber disputes quarantine necessity.
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London
Lord Roberts
Belfast
Transvaal
Jan Hamilton
Dalstroom
Buller
Hamilton
Pan
Wondersfontein
Mahon
Maj
Handers
Moodie
Steeplechase Accident at Harlem Hospitalizes Jockey
In Chicago on September 8 Leando fell at the first jump in the Harlem steeplechase and rolled onto Jockey C. Johnson who was carried from the field on a stretcher. Johnson was unconscious for about an hour and doctors warned of possible internal injuries but expected no serious outcome.
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Chicago
Harlem
Leando
C. Johnson
Polar Expedition Details From Duke of Abruzzi Return
Arctic voyage on Stella Polare reports frostbitten fingers of the duke with joints removed after a Christmas sledge trip. Ten men marched north in March with three failing to reach the ship, while another party reached latitude 56.53 before retreating for food. The ship began return in August, drifting through drift ice before open sea.
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Christiania
Duke of Abruzzi
Tromsoe
Norway
Nightengale Sound
Teplitz Bay
Rudolphsland
British Canal
Counterfeiters Caught In Chicago Raid
United States Secret Service agents nabbed John William Keys and his wife at 237 Illinois Street with a live counterfeiting setup. Police found plaster molds for dollars halves and quarters, finishing files, and many coins in progress. The metal used included common solder and brass, with dollars matching the 1594 New Orleans mint issue and halves and quarters from 1899. Keys had long evaded authorities.
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Chicago
United States Secret Service
Illinois Street
John William Keys
New Orleans
United States
Responsibility Fixed in Hatfield Railroad Wreck Verdict
Lansdale Pa Sept The coroner s jury that investigated the Hatfield crash on the Philadelphia Reading railroad last Sunday morning ending in 13 deaths and over 50 injuries returned a verdict fixing responsibility on the railroad company Engineer John Davis and Conductor Thomas Shelby of the colliding excursion train D J Beidler telegraph operator at Souderton and W S Groves train dispatcher in the Reading terminal Philadelphia
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Lansdale
Philadelphia & Reading
Hatfield
John Davis
Thomas Shelby
D. J. Beidler
Souderton
W. 8. Groves
Reading Terminal
Philadelphia
General McClernand in Critical Condition
Springfield reports Gen. John A. McClernand remains in critical condition Friday night with Dr Bowcock at his bedside administering heart stimulants. His son Col Edward McClernand governor of Manila and daughter Mrs Fred Fox of Peoria have been telegraphed.
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Springfield
Ill
John A. McClernand
Bowcock
Col
Edward MccClernand
Manila
Fred Fox
Peoria
Fresno Man Goes Insane Shoots Imagined Enemy Then Blows Self Up
Fresno California in September Frank W Browning, driven insane, fired two shotgun blasts at a Japanese man he believed conspired against him. The man died. Browning then torched a powder house half a mile away and was blown to pieces with it.
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Fresno
Cal
Frank W. Browning
Five-story Bronx box factory destroyed by early fire
The Thos C Clark paper box factory building in the Bronx, a five story brick structure, was totally destroyed by fire in the early hours Saturday. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars.
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New York
Thos. C. Clark
Bronx
Filipinos Capture Towns and Key Areas in Luzon Mindanao
Paris reports Senor Agoncillo says Filipino forces have seized eight villages in northern Luzon and captured Tacloban, capital of Leyte, with notable engagements cited in Mindanao and the Visayas as of September 8.
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Paris
Senor Agoncillo
Luzon
Tacloban
Yeyte
Mindanao
Withdrawal of Russian Troops in China Nears
Washington reports indicate U S and Russia near new stage in China crisis with Wu under tight talks in D C. Officials weigh an independent move toward withdrawing troops from Peking while a Chinese commission may be formed with Li Hung Chang ally Wu. A fire in Liberty Pa destroys several buildings killing one man as horses perish.
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London
Foreign Office
Vienna
Daily Mail
Rrussia
Peking
Vien-Tsin
Washington
Cape May
State Department
Department
Hill
Atlee
White House
Adee
China
United States
Earl Li
John W. Foster
Li Hung Chang
Gen. Chaffee
Tien-Tsin
Increased Population in 54 Cities Shows Gains
Census Bureau reports 54 cities up to Friday night with a total population of 14 644 711, an average 27.90 percent rise per city from 11 150 045 in 1890. The bureau notes that the 31.98 percent gain figure is due to a different calculation method and not a direct percentage.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Telegraphic Brevities Summary
The note lists censorship on Die Strengen Herren, weekly failures in the US and Canada, Rochester chosen for a stationary engineers meeting, York Pennsylvania population figures, distress among Northern Labrador fishermen, Archbishop Keane to receive pallium in October, Abbott mile trotting record set at Charter Oak Park Hartford, and suicides of mining men Robert Truax and Patrick Nagle near Hill City South Dakota.
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National Association of Stationary Engineers
Rochester
N. Y
Census Bureau
York
Labrador
Dubuque
Keane
Abbott
Charter Oak Park
Hartford
Lucille
Cleveland
Robert Truax
Patrick Nagle
Hill City
Troops Ordered to Manila From Nagasaki and Nobe
The transport Warren arrived at Nagasaki with two battalions of the 9th cavalry and the Aztec reached Nobe with horses of the 3d cavalry. In line with War Department policy not to send more troops to China both ships were ordered to Manila. The 3d cavalry men have already moved their mounts to the Philippines.
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Washington
War Department
Warren
Nagasaki
Nobe
Japan
9Th Cavalry
3D Cavalry
China
Manila
Philippines
National League Innings Scores and Night Games
Boxed scores show Brooklyn versus Pittsburg 6 to 9 in darkness halted play. Philadelphia edged Chicago 6 to 5 in a late rally. Boston and Cincinnati deadlocked 5 to 5 as Willis Dineen Clarke and Kahoe worked. New York beat St. Louis 7 to 2 behind Hawley Grady and Gaffney.
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Ree
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
McGinnity
McGuire
Waddell
Zimmer
O’day
Rile
Philada
Chicago
Orth and
McFarland
Hughes and
Donohue
Emmsilie
Rhe
Boston
Cincinnati
Willis
Dineen
Clarke
Phillips
Newton and Kahoe
Snyder
Reale
New York
St. Louis
Hawley
Grady
Jones and Robinson
Gaffney
Pet
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Enone
Grain Prices in Cincinnati Markets
The Market Report lists flour prices across varieties with figures for Spring Fancy to Winter Patent and Extra. Included are per-bushel ranges for spring, winter, and low grades, plus Northwestern rye and flour products like rye and do gity at specific Cincinnati levels.
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Cincinnati
Anthracite Strike Looms as UMWA Board Deliberates
In Indianapolis the United Mine Workers executive board weighs granting permission to strike in three anthracite districts. President Mitchell hints a large strike is likely within hours if conditions do not change. The plan covers about 143 900 miners with measures to maintain families and prevent coal diversion.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers’ of America
Mitchell
T. D. Nichols
Nanticoke
John Fahy
Shamokin
Thomas Duffy
Kellyates
Porto Rican Census on Literacy Based Citizenship
The Porto Rican census bulletin analyzes citizenship by literacy under the Foraker act, showing 201,071 voting age males with only 3.8 percent foreign born. Of Porto Rican birth whites 29.4 percent and colored 17.2 percent are illiterate. Eligible voters would be 47,973, about 27 percent of native-born voting age males. San Juan and Ponce host most foreign residents, yet natives outnumber foreigners there. Seattle reports government transport Goodwin at Tacoma loading lumber for troops en route to China, including 2,500,000 feet of timber and 600 doors and 800 windows.
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Washington
Sanger
Porto Rico
San Juan
Ponce
Seattle
Wash
Goodwin
Tacoma
Taku
Flaws Found In Marion Indiana Incorporation
After seven years Van Buren discovers defects in Marion's 1893 incorporation. Surveyors sought land along the Toledo St Louis and Western railroad right of way, claiming bonds and improvements are invalid. Jasper Gauntt, state representative, will introduce a bill to legitimize the incorporation.
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Marion
Ind
van Buren
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad
Jasper Gauntt
United Brethren Conference Set in Columbia City
LaPorte Indiana September 8 conference of United Brethren churches of Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan called to convene at Columbia City September 12 for one week Bishops Castle of Oregon and Weaver of Ohio will preside and the retirement of Bishop Weaver will be witnessed He is the patriarchal bishop of the church.
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LaPorte
Ind
United Brethren Churches
Indiana
Michigan
St. Joseph
Columbia City
Bishops Castle
Oregon
Weaver
Ohio
Masked men raid Martinsville night assault two men
Eight masked assailants captured Petr Crocket and Douglas Ferrand near Martinsville. Crocket and Ferrand, both residents, were severely whipped after the men fled toward the hill north of town. Crocket provided information prompting an official investigation.
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Martinsville
Ind
Petr Crocket
Alored
Douglas Ferrand
Perrand
Crocket
Vandeventer’s First Anniversary Marked by Tragedy
Union township residents Mr Vandeventer and his wife planned a Sept 6 anniversary party but he fell to typhoid fever soon after and died on Sept 6, exactly one year after their wedding the home turned from celebration to mourning for Rushville Twp. residents.
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Rushville
Twi
s.oMe
Mes
Wr. J. Vandeventer
Union Township
Young Couple Wed After License Refusal in Tern
Alfred F. Mutlett, 20, was refused a marriage license in Tern on Wednesday. He went with Mrs. Edith Quick to Logansport to obtain the license, and they were married. Quick had been recently tried for poisoning her husband William Quick and acquitted. It was believed she would wed Henry Quick, her brother in law, who faced an accomplice charge.
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Tern
Ind
Alfred F. Mutlett
Edith Quick
Logansport
Wm. Quick
Henry Quick
Movement to elect Rev E Bacon as DePauw chancellor
A movement has begun in Indianapolis to elect Rev E Bacon pastor of Roberts Park Methodist Church as chancellor of DePauw University at Greencastle. The Indianapolis alumni stand unanimously in favor of his selection.
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Indianapolis
E. Bacon
Roberts Park Methodist Church
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Drowning in White River Near Waverly Claims Totten Kin
In Indianapolis on September 8 Thos Totten of a farm 15 miles south and his 13 year old niece Anna Totten drowned while bathing in White river near Waverly. Anna went over her depth, Thos swam to help but both perished.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thos. Totten
Anna Totten
White River
Waverly
Reward Offered for Keating Brothers in Murder Case
Muncie Indiana September 8 Chief Cashmore will ask the city council to post a large reward for information leading to the capture of Charles and Joseph Keating the two brothers charged with the murder of Allen Robinson.
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Keating Brothers
Muncie
Ind
Cash
Charles
Joseph Keating
Allen Robinson
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