Fort Wayne to Dedicate Allen County Court House
History of a Week reports Fort Wayne Indiana will dedicate the Allen County Court House on September 28 with President Roosevelt Governor Durbin and Burke Corkran attending. Roosevelt to arrive by 6 PM and depart by 10 PM amid preparations. Packing house drivers in Chicago plan a strike against Swift and Co over a minimum wage dispute set at 18 cents per hour.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Allen County Court House
United States
Roosevelt
Durbin
Burke Corkran
Packing House Teamsters
Chicago
Swift & Co
Overbrook
Piladelphia
Rosenheim Brothers & Co
Haverford Building and Fan Association
W. A. Andrews
Suffolk County
Massachusetts
New York
Kansas City
Henry Neuman
New York Central Railroad
Frederick Hall White
Maine Woods
Josiah J. White
Brooklyn
National Candy Company
New Jersey
Hudson County
N. Y
Henry Semple Ames
St. Louis
Frank W. Reid
George B Goodwin
Edward S. Rogers
Samuel E. Hall
Frank P. McDermont
Jersey City
Bradford B. McGregor
Standard Oil
Mamaroneck
McGregor
Clara Schlemmer
Captain Ryan acquitted after Manila general court martial
War Department reports President disapproved proceedings in the case of Capt. James A. Ryan Fifteenth cavalry tried at Manila on conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. He had applied waiter cura in two instances. The court acquitted Captain Ryan. Johnson not a candidate for president. Cleveland mayor Johnson says he will seek only mayoral office next spring.
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War Department
James A. Ryan
Fifteenth Cavalry
Manila
P. I
Cura
Captain Ryan
Electric mail system plan for Rome by Pisciall examined
The minister of posts and telegraphs Sr Galiberty and department officials reviewed engineer Pisciall's proposal for an electrical mail delivery system. Letters would travel in aluminum boxes along overhead wires at 258 miles per hour as the delivery speed.
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Rome
Hewitt Says Morgan Won’t Interfere in Coal Strike Secrecy
Abram S. Hewitt former New York mayor stated he knew positively that J P Morgan would not interfere in the coal strike. He added that coal operators would not agree to arbitrate with John Mitchell but that they might consider grievances presented by their employees.
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Abram S. Hewitt
New York
J.P. Morgan
Mr. Hewitt
John Mitchell
United States battleship Lowa runs aground near Brazilian coast
The Lowa grounded near Cape Nossa Senhora De Desterro and the Island of Milo after target practice. The Brazilian minister of marine orders a warship to aid the town as battleships Wisconsin and cruiser Gimejnnau receive orders to move to the Isthmus of Panama to reinforce patrols.
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United States
Lowa
Cape Nossa Senhora de Desterro
Island of
Milo
New York
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Towa
Friar’s Island
Washington
Moody
Wisconsin
Bremerton
Gimejnnau
Cape Haytien
Panama
Ranger
Cincinnati
Cojon
Last Alaska steamer Bertha reports volcanic eruptions
Passengers on the Bertha's final Alaska voyage describe Redoubt Iti amna and Augustine erupting with heavy steam and smoke miles high. Redoubt especially sent clouds high into the sky.
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Seattle
Wash
Bertha
Alaska
Redoubt
Itiamna
Augustine
Washington Republicans Endorse Roosevelt In 1904 Bid
The Washington Republican state convention sent a telegram to President Roosevelt approving his Philippine and domestic policies and pledging support for his 1904 campaign.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Republican State Convention
Naval Chaplain Morrison Takes Own Life at Boston Hospital
William F Morrison chaplain of the cruiser Olympia died by suicide at the Boston naval hospital after a period of ill health and melancholia. The Olympia had arrived at the navy yard and he was moved there for treatment. Cholera Rages in Egypt with 1880 new cases and 16200 deaths since July 15.
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William F. Morrison
Olympia
Naval Hospital
Boston
Mass
Navy Yard
Egypt
First snow on Lake Superior and a nation in upheaval
A compilation of disparate notices reports snow on Lake Superior, deaths from accidents and illness, fires destroying plants in New Jersey and Connecticut, shipwrecks, political returns, labor strikes, and notable crimes across the country from New York to Texas, with several named individuals and firms affected.
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Lake Superior
William Alten Butler
Yonkers
New York
Colombia
Charles Alexander Perry
Niagara
George Vesely
Baltimore
Campbell Wall Paper Company
Bogota
N. J
Married in Station Baggage Room Under Guarded Train Stop
Two residents of Wellington Kansas wed in the baggage room of the Rock Island station as their train halted. The bride, under 18, gained her mother's consent while male relatives’ opposition was circumvented by strategy. A separate break‑in at Sharon Center Ohio postoffice yielded cash and stamps, with a gunfight scaring the night watchman but causing no injuries. Burglars later also blew the Chester Ohio post office safe, obtaining money and stamps.
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Staffelbach
Rock Island
Wellington
Kan
Sharon Center
Ohio
Frank Bowers
Chester
Notable Executions and Civil Unrest Across States
Reports from the South describe Taylor Charleston hanged in Birmingham for murder. President Roosevelt tours battlefields near Chattanooga and Chickamauga. Desperadoes Jim Wright and John Templeton killed. Wright’s son captured by a Gate City posse. West Virginia Baptist Rev. Morris Wilson, 80, killed his wife in a razor attack amid religious fervor. Kanawha coal miners’ strike, involving 15,000, nears end as unions return to work on local terms.
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Taylor Charleston
Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
Battle Fields
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Jim Wright
John Templeton
Iancock County
Tenn
Wright
Joe Moss
Gate City
Morris Wilson
West Virginia
Kanawha
New River Fields
W. Va
Foreign items mix war, science and sea events
Reports note the Iowa grounding near Cape Massa while returning from target practice, Abel dies in London, Italian clashes kill five and wound ten, Boer talks in London fail, a military balloon burst injuring sixteen near Tivoli, Cretea-Pierrot sunk at Gonaives, a large whale hunt at Hillswich Shetland, White Star orders a larger liner, and Russia expels British officials in Manchuria.
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Cape Massa
Seahorn
Brazil
Friars’ Island
Frederick Augustus Abel
Imperial Institute
London
Candela
Apulia
Italy
Chamberlain
Vereeniging
Tivoli
Cretea-Pierrot
Gonaives
Hayti
Panther
Hillswich
Shetland Islands
White Star Line
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Cedric
Russia
England
Manchuria
Sndh
Paul Lessar
Pekin
Bryan Eyes Third Nomination At 1904 Convention
Friends of William Jennings Bryan say he may seek a third nomination if a viable path to the 1904 convention exists. Other items report on large gold reserves in U S Treasury vaults, the Cuban loan, and post office registered pouch exchanges between San Antonio and Ciudad Porfirio Diaz.
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W. J. Bryan
Treasury
United States
Union Veterans’ Union
Seventeenth National
Union
Washington
Post Office Department
San Antonio
Texas
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Bertha
Alaska
Liamma
Augustine
Fake Huron
Kincardine
Ont
Louise
Great Lakes
Joseph W. Post
Sandusky
Ohio
Bartholin Death Case Reveals Self Destruction and Confession
The body of William J. Bartholin, a Chicago fugitive, was found near Lowther Iowa with a self confessed murder note and a letter from Minnie Mitchell. Police and coroner’s jury conclude Bartholin died by a revolver shot through the mouth, with the confession implicating no others.
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Wiliam J. Bartholin
Chicago
Minnie Mitchell
Lowther
Iowa
Howard County
Bartholin
Hoboos
William J. Bartholm
Pratt
verTson
Carpenter
Lime Springs
Jeremiah
William Cashman
Michael Howard
William J. Bartholin
Industrial Trade And Prices Cited In Dun and Co Review
New York indicates heavy distribution of merchandise with prices well maintained through liberal consumption. Weather affects agricultural output and rail activity. cotton, footwear, leather markets show mixed signals while stock advances and rail earnings influence outlook. The anthracite strike looms as a major prosperity risk.
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New York
Jooreen
R. G. Dun & Co
Northwest
Chicago
Minneapolis
Western
Missouri
Miners and operators settle wages for year in Jerico
Notes of Current Events report wage agreement between miners and operators in Jerico Yenn. A Lisbon telegram notes crown jewels sold to pay a royal debt. Local crime tallies include the murder of Hamilton Moulton in North Yakima and a fatal shooting of Luke Blevius near Elmore Idaho. A Kan. man, George Goebel, attempts suicide after family loss. Missouri strawberries yield a second crop and Russian crops see large Odessa-borne gains. Steamer Norseman ships 1179 cattle and 1398 sheep from Portland to Liverpool, the largest Atlantic livestock voyage on record. Bottle prices to rise 10 to 15 cents per bottle per Western Green Grass Bottle Association ruling.
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Jerico
Lisbon
Hamilton Moulton
Camden
Ark
North Yakima
Wash
Missouri
Russia
Odessa
London Standard
Norseman
Portland
Liverpool
Atlantic
Luke Blevius
John Bost
Elmore
T. Blevius
Bost
George Goebel
Argentine
Kan
Goebel
L. L. Turner
Western Green Grass Bottle Association
Chicago
Market Prices Across Cities Include Cattle Hogs and Wheat
The report lists livestock and grain prices for major markets such as Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York Buffalo and Jambe. Cattle range 4.00 to 7.75 dollars, hogs 3.00 to 8.20, sheep 2.50 to 4.00, with grains like wheat No 2 around 67 to 76 cents and corn 59 to 69 cents per bushel. Prices vary by city and grade, reflecting trading activity across the Midwest and Northeast.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
T&c
Anata
St. Louie
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
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EB Q. Pray
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Morgan
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Abiel Abbott Low
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Edward
Falmouth
Herbert Short
Adirondacks
Hartford Foundry Company
Hartford
Conn
Frank Teousey
Judge
Sinclair Towsey
American News Company
New York City
R. M. O'Reilly
William H. Forward
Wilson S’. Thrall
Danbury
Wilkesbarre
John C. Lehnemann
James ©. Duane
Brookline
Old Fort Winthrop
Governor’s Island
Boston Harbor
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Buena Vista
Arcadia
Neb
Teamsters
Savage
Osceola
H. Houghton
Dubois Street
Fort Snelling
St. Paul
Minn
W. D. Smever
James McGinn
Hubbard
Newcastle
McGinn
James Lydon
Perry, Ok
Foster
Anna J. Bickford
Albert Lea
Finn
Waseca
Northwestern
Meriden
John Keffer
Lander
Wyo
Addie N. Johnson
Cahanne
Cottage City
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Fort Wrapgle
Duluth
Frank Smith
John Ennis
Fort Sheridan
Tih
Leavenworth
Ivan
New Federal Penitentiary
George W. Shoemaker
Albany
John Sanders
Cornish
Utah
John Pidock
Downey
Vidock
Patsy” King
Irwin Shepard
National Educational Association
Department of Superintendents
United Stes
Detroit and Southern
Pew Marquette
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pennsylvania
Ludington
Mich
Pennsylvania Company
Helen K. Wetzler
Deadwood
Omaha
Humane Societies
Nelson Rasmus
Mount Union
Newton Falls
W. M. Evans
Wiliam Neuroth
Christian Science Church
Denver
Neuroth
Wm. J. Bartholin
John K. Murrell
Mat Sturgeon
Wyckoff Farm
Bloomington
Ind
Sturgeon
Holla Sturgeon
Floyd Johnson
Walter Hodge
Columbus
Hodge
Durant
I. T
Rev. W. FF. Whaley
Alf
Ernest
J. H
J. A. Richardson
Mr. Waltemberger
Whaley
Ottawa
Kant, University
Daisy Carlton
Joseph Leslie
B. A. Rose
Fort Worth
Dorothy Weaver
Southern
Hfe
Joseph Pratt
Dawes
Wee Arkets
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