Regimental Reunion Planned for Indiana Volunteers
The eighteenth annual reunion of the Toth and West regiments Indiana Volunteer Infantry will meet in Marion on October 4 and 5. A campfire program will include five minute speeches from each member present. notify President Geo W Siecle to participate. The event aims to honor Civil War veterans with accommodations arranged.
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Marion
Ind
Toth and West
Indiana Volunteer
Speehes
Geo. W. Siecle
Battle near Siniloan in the Philippines injures troops
An engagement near Siniloan Lavana bar pits Tio rebels armed with rifles against detachments of the fifteenth and thirty-seventh infantry regiments. Americans fight through waist deep water. Casualties include twelve killed among them Captain Mitchell and Lieutenant Cooper. twenty six wounded with several missing.
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Siniloan
Lavana Bar
Tio
Mitchell Ded
Cooper
Death of Pauline M. Sabin in Alliance pencil incident
A two year old girl Pauline M Sabin died in Alliance Ohio from blood poisoning caused by a lead pencil carried in her hair at Daly’s dry goods store. Physicians consulted noted the illness originated from a scratch by the pencil point and spread through the scalp.
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Pauline M. Sabin
Daly
Alliance
Ohio
Did Dewey Do It In An Interview With Hobson
Lieut Hobson tells Vancouver paper Admiral Dewey did not sink the Spanish ships at Manila. He says the Spaniards opened valves and scuttled their vessels. Hobson cites limited shell damage from our fire in the interview.
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Lieut
R. P. Hobson
Vancouver
DB. C
Hobson
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Bank Robbery At Winnemucca Produces About $15000
Three men robbed The First National Bank of Winnemucca Minnesota at noon Thursday. They entered the front door, forced everyone to surrender with revolvers, and compelled Cashier Nixon to open the safe. The trio took three sacks of gold coin and rode away.
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First National Bank of
Winnemucca, Minn
Nixon
Resort Town Destroyed by Fire in New Jersey
Spring Lake near Seva Girt suffered a major blaze destroying three large hotels eleven cottages and several stores. Total losses were estimated at 250000 dollars though most accommodations were closed for the season.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Seva Girt
International convention to be held in Cincinnati in 1901
The trustees executive committee of the United Society of Christian Endeavor voted to accept Cincinnati as the site for the twentieth international convention in 1901, contingent on satisfactory railroad rates and local arrangements.
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The
United Society of Christ An
Cincinnati
Four Sailors Die in Severe Massachusetts Gale
A violent Friday morning gale off the Massachusetts coast costs four crew members of the fishing schooner Mary Whalen. The Mary Whalen later reached Boston with word of the tragedy.
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Massachusetts
Mary Whalen
Boston
Fatal Warehouse Fire in Toledo Kills Captain Gallagher
A fire at Henry Rosens junk warehouse in Toledo killed Fire Captain John Gallagher and injured ten firefighters. The blaze caused limited financial loss as walls collapsed during the incident.
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Toledo
Henry Rosen
John Gallagher
Fire Department
Two Men Drowned In North River Collision
In New York the sinking of the tug America after a collision with the steamship Mionelhaha caused the drownings of a cook and a dock hand in the North River.
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North River
New York
America
Galveston Considers Massive Dyke as City Remains in Martial Law
Galveston engineers discuss plans for a colossal dyke to shield the city from another flood. Residents face sharp criticism for lacking precautions after the Just flood disaster. Recovery efforts continue with over 490 bodies recovered on the beach while Texas City marshals bar entrants without valid reasons as martial law remains in force.
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Galveston
Texas
Texas City
United States
Numerous 1900s incidents span politics to disasters
A broad digest reports John C Hayes’s suicide at the Waldorf Astoria, Cornelius Vanderbilt declining a NY district nomination, Roosevelt dismissing charges against D A Gar diner, and the death of Rear Admiral Sicard. It notes a major Pennsylvania coal strike, a violent New Jersey robbery, Alpine ascent by Harden Bartlett Harris, a fatal boat accident near Bethlehem NH, a diver’s tense shark encounter, and various fires, crimes, and trials across the country.
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John C. Hayes
Jack” Hayes
Waldorf- Astoria
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Assembly
Roosevelt
Gardiner
Montgomery Sicard
United States Navy
Westernville
N.Y
Pennsylvania
Vineland
N. J
William H. Wright
Philadelphia
Harden Bartlett Harris
Maplewood Cottage
Twin Mountain House
Bethlehem
N. H
Newport
Greorge Crown
Cunner
Thomas Kingsford
Oswego, N.Y
Vast series of 19th century misadventures and incidents
A collection of assorted reports: a Winnna man finds a pearl worth 200 dollars. a lone bandit robs an editor in California. grand central Chicago trains delayed after a draw. Zion Elder Ephraim Bassinger driven from Mansfield by followers. Dr. George T. Miller of Omaha described as a raving maniac. Santa Fe locomotive boiler explosion injuring two. two women killed on Chicago railroad tracks. Jack Bradford pronounced insane in Missouri. tug Amperien sinks with two lives lost. Ira O. Jenkins hanged in North Dakota confessing his father’s innocence. remarkable birth in Marys Lome weighing thirty pounds. George F. E. Townlee dies in Indianapolis. a girl’s mysterious medical episode in Missouri. C Burnett dies entering a store in Ohio. Morse killed by a Seattle police officer. vast oil mill destruction in Houston with huge losses. slander suit filed by Dr Nicola Corti in Italy.
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Salvation Army
East Fourth Street
Cincinnati
George &. Forbes
First National Bank
Chicago
South Chicago
Forbes
Wilton
Wis
Nodawuay County
Diana Blackhurst
Mary FE. Johnson
Mary C. Wisslead
Trebbie White Wissread
Edward Wisslead
Alout
Tratrick Multeren
Sandusky
Ohio
Union Pacific
Allene
Kan
Flyer
Northwestern Lumber Company
Will Dam
Man Claire
Nearau Claire
Wisina Bartesa
Medard Novack
Albert Olson
West Fourteenth Place
Mary Smith
John Walsh
Vos
Erastus M. Davis
Wightieth Street
Eleanor
Harry Connelly
Davis
Connelly
Joseph Phillips
Napoleon
John Wells
Phillips
Wells
Edward S&s
Plummer
Buet
Winnna
Minn
Elam
Lone Bandit
California
Vals
Sipareero
Grand Central
Omaha Herald
West
Santa Fe
J. R. Jackson
E. Breckenridge
Mary J. Curran
Sera Tolmes
Chicago and Erie Railroad
Jack Bradford
Pemiscot
Caruthersville
Amperien
New York Harbor
Canal Street
North River
Ira O. Jenkins
Bismarck
N. 7
August Stark
Marys Lome
Ienry Simith
George FE. Townlee
Indiana
Indianapolis
Tie
Fred P. Rush & Co
Hirrape
Dether
Tsane Webi
Peplir Bluff
C. Burnett
Reise & Wallenstein
Broadway
York
Holbrook Brothers
Wauditen
D. Morse
Nowe
Fred A. Ribbach
Seattle
Ribusieh
Morse
White Chapel
Notable Drownings and Reassignments Highlight 19th Century News
Francis Jones, secretary at the U S legation in Buenos Ayres, drowned at Charlesville Virginia. Admiral Watson, recently in Manila, plans Louisville home. A mob seized three black men in Tuleta Mississippi and hanged them near the jail. Janes Linn killed Tom Browning in Cardiff Alabama over a found baseball. In Florida, sheriffs, bloodhounds, and twenty citizens pursued a negro in a western chase.
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Francis 8. Jones
United States
Buenos Ayres
Charlesville
Admiral Watson
Manila
Louisville
Tuutea
Miss
Janes Linn
Tom Bowning
Cardiff
Ala
Florida
Goebel Killing Trial Testimony In Kentucky Case
In Frankfort Kentucky sensational testimony was heard in the James Howard trial for the Goebel shooting. Ex-deputy James Stubblefield testified that Howard confessed to firing the shot that killed William Goebel as desperadoes and a two man posse were wounded in the incident.
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Desperado
Frankfort
James Howard
William Goebel
James Stubblefield
Clay County
Stubblefield
Howard
Goebel
Global turmoil and royal deaths dominate foreign dispatches
Reports from St. Petersburg recounts a $750,000 fire loss to rope works and the death of Prince Albert of Saxony in a Dresden carriage crash. Carnegie pledges £5000 for a Greenock library while Franco‑British dignitaries plan a grand dining with French mayors. Kruger resigns as Transvaal president and Congo figures see leadership changes. In the Philippines an American officer killed by friendly fire. Caetano Longo massacres in Pastona before dying by suicide.
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Prince Albert
Saxony
Wolkau
Dresden
Andrew Carnegie
Greenock
Scotland
St. Petersburg
London
France
Portugal
Kruger
Europe
Holland
Paris
Prince Henry of Hesse
Munich
Grand Duchy of
Hesse
South African Republic
Transvaal
Vanellville
Congo Free State
Droogzman
Congo Commercial Company
Charles McQuestion
Fourth United States Infantry
Philippines
Insane
Caetano Longo
United States
Pastona
Italy
Diverse early 1900s notices cover reconvening, travel, and markets
James Francis Smith returns from carrying a letter to Kruger. I M Sargent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen declines re election. The Army of the Tennessee postpones its Detroit reunion to November 14 15. Stanford’s David Jourdan visits Japan collecting fish. Mexican troops land for Yaqui campaign under Gen. Torres. Forest reserves set for Philippine rubber lands. Gale damages reported from St Johns Finlands St Pierre Renews Cape Bonavista area with fourteen lives lost. G DunCo notes cotton rise and steady iron and wool markets amid rising activity and trade.
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James Francis Smith
Philadelphia
Kruger
Louis Torres
War Department
Agricultural Department
St. Johns
N. FE
St. Pierre
Pacentia Bay
Renews Harbor
Straits of Belle Isle
Cape Bonavista
Lik. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
New England
United States
Canada
Market reports show mixed grain and livestock prices across cities
Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York present cattle at 2.00 to 5.85, hogs up to 5.95, sheep 3.00 to 4.50, wheat No 2 around 52c to 81c, corn 38c to 47c, oats 20c to 27c, rye 52c to 62c, creamery butter 19c to 20c, eggs 11c to 19c, potatoes 38c to 3?. Prices vary by city and grade of product.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste. Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Fighting at Peking as Allies Attack Pei-tang Forts
A Taku dispatch says allied forces attacked the Pei-tang forts at dawn with heavy cannonading. Gen. Chaffee prefers winter tents over huts. About 10,000 allies may winter at Pekin, with the German force largest. Russians keep 2,000 in Pekin. Japanese to Nagasaki. Dowager Empress open to return if protected. Chinese viceroys seek immediate peace talks.
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Taku
Chaffee
Pekin
Nagasaki
Washington
China
Russia and Germany Clash Over Punishment of Chinese Uprising Leaders
The text notes that Russia first proposed punishing Chinese uprising leaders as a condition before peace talks. France and others reportedly concurred, but no full agreement existed. Germany now insists punishment precedes negotiations, differing from Russia's plan to include punishment within talks.
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Russia
France
Boer Forces Panic as Complete Col lapse of Transvaal War
Lord Roberts cables from Nelspruit reporting that 344000 Boers retreated from Iomatipoort. About 700 entered Portuguese territory, others deserted in various directions, and the rest crossed the Komati river to occupy Lobombo spurs south of the railway. British advance leaves only a few marauding bands and Doornberg clash led by Welly-Kenny.
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Lord Roberts
Transvaal
Nelspruit
Pretoria-Delagoa Bay
Womatipoort
Iomatipoort
Machadodoro
Komati River
Lobombo Mountains
Welly-Kenny
Doornberg
Religious notes from Canterbury to Vatican rumors
In the diocese of Canterbury a fund is raised for Archdeacon Maidstone’s memorial. Archdeacon Furse, a Liberal friend of Gladstone and Rosebery, died. Bishop Hamilton’s jail visit at Walton is noted as the first official bishop visit. Bishop John W. Hamilton arrives in San Francisco as the youngest bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church at 55. Prof Gould, NT scholar, dies. Bishop Derrick of New York advocates South reformatories for imprisoned youths. Archbishop Ireland may become a cardinal. Rev. Burchard Villiger, Woodstock College head, is critically ill. he once led the Church of the Gesu for thirty years.
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Diocese of
Canterbury
Maidstone
Furse
Gladstone
Lord Rosebery
Liverpool
Walton Jail
John W. Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Ireland
St. Paul
Ias
Vatican
Burchard Villiger
Woodstock College
Philadelphia
Switzerland
America
Church of the Gesu
Health reports show rising Oahu death rate in June and July
Honolulu Board of Health notes deaths per thousand climbing from 45 in June to 49.08 in July on Oahu with native Hawaiians and Japanese most affected. Consumption leads monthly deaths and calls for quarantine measures. Cuban teachers sail to Boston for free Harvard instruction and boarding funding. Filipino arrivals and local efforts feature telephony, maternity care plans, and pest control efforts in Negros.
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Honolulu
Oahu
Board of Health
Harvard University
Boston
Cuba
Navana
Matanzas
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Cardenas
Colon
Pinar del Rio
Porto Principe
Sancti Spiritus
Holguin
Santa Clora
Remedios
Sagua Ja Grande
State Crop Reports Show Mixed Weather Effects Across Regions
Weather bureau reports indicate rains relieve drought on Atlantic coast but arrive too late for many crops. Drought persists in Ohio and central Mississippi valleys while Nebraska Minnesota and Dakotas suffer excessive rains. High winds from a tropical storm damage fruit along the Missouri valley to the east. Corn remains largely safe due to maturation. cotton suffers in the South with Texas hit hard by storm. Plowing good where soil moisture allows. early sown grain already up in Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma.
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Atlantic Coast
Weather Bureau
Washington
Ohio
Mississippi
Lower Lake Region
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Missouri
Titinsis
Indiana
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Free transport to U S for war dead to be arranged
Col. William O. Patten at the War Department has arranged free transport for remains of soldiers sailors and civilians buried in U S island possessions and in China. A burial corps will travel on the transport Tancock from San Francisco to the Philippines to recover bodies at Ienvlula Guam and in the Philippines.
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William 8. Patten
War Department
United States
China
Tancock
San Francisco
Philippines
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Marine Corps
Pacific
Ienvlula
Guam
Col. Patten
Presidio
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
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American Bible Society
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Yonkers
J. G. Carabelis
G. R. Purpora
P. D. Errico
N. Castignana
Cleveland
John McGechan
John McBride
McGeehan
Cinbrie
Ariz
Caledonia
Albert Morganthaler
Leonard and
Fletcher
Hicks
Turtle Mound
Perry de France
Mercur
Utah
Western
Houston
South
Nicola Corti
Pietang
Boxer Forts
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Hale
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el Comercio
Negros
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