Disturbances In India and Political Shifts Abroad
Reports from interior provinces of India indicate serious disturbances while global political shifts continue. Admiral Parquhar to command North Atlantic force. Cuba, Peru, and Porto Rico relief measures cited as international events unfold.
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Ohio
Interior
India
Hanna
Cleveland
Howell
Farquhars
Norfolk Navy-Yard
Columbia City
S. Gs
George Stewart White
Natal
Kansas
Washington
New York
Boston
Frost
South Dakota
Presidio
Cuba
Mantanzas
Chicago
Fuchs
Peru
Wth
State Department
Peoria Bar Association
Nowan
Robert G. Ingersoll
Atchison National Bank
Thenevy Department
Parquhar
North Atlantic
Sampagu
Boston Navy Yard
Methodists Preachers’ Association of New York
Dreyfus
Gamble
Misesour
Fulton County
Arkansas
Woodbury County
Iowa
Charles B. Roberts
Maryland
Westminster
Fort Craol
Neb
Hamilton
Yokohama
Japan
United States Assay
Seattle
St. Michael
Union Bank of Commerce
Bank of British North America
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Detroit
Henry M.duffeld
Maybury Hies
Tense Crisis in South Africa Edges Toward War Warned
London dispatches report rising tension as Kruger may align with the Orange Free State against Britain. Foreign leaders urge peace while Nelson arbitration calls surface. Johannesburg market unrest grows and a Labour meeting turns violent.
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London
South Africa
Johannesburg
Orange Free State
Kruger
Volka
Transvaal
Capetown
Hoffmeyer
Stein
Orange ‘Free’ State
Hague
Charlestown
Fohannesburg
Bain
Dr. Matthews
Brittania
Miller Pillsbury 15 Dead in Minneapolis
Charles A. Pillsbury noted miller died in Minneapolis at 5 pm on September 17 following a long illness. He had traveled to Europe in 1898 for health, consulted famed doctors abroad and in New York and Minneapolis, and suffered heart trouble linked to stomach enlargement. His condition worsened after a Minnesota trip and he spoke with family until death.
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Minneapolis
Charles A. Pillsbury
Porter
New York
Minnesota
Mr. Pillsbury
Rumors Of Special Session Circulate In Washington
Washington reports persist rumors of an extra session of congress despite denials. President McKinley aims to show progress in the Philippines campaign by December first while General Otis awaits needed forces to push toward a settlement.
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Whey
Kross Thepaphes
Washington
Congress
McKinley
Otid
Jie
Filip
Alger withdraws from Michigan senatorial race
Detroit dispatch reports General Russell A. Alger has decided to withdraw from the senatorial contest. Formal retirement announcement is expected this week, possibly tomorrow, ending his campaign in Michigan.
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Alger
Chicago
Timen-Herald
Detroit
Mich
Russell A. Alger
Cable Combine to Trangle Promoter Faces Texas Permit Issue
AUSTIN TEX September 18 it is reported promoter Charley Loving may have trouble securing a Texas business permit for his 25 million dollar cattle syndicate. The New Jersey incorporated venture meets state officials’ opposition to out of state incorporation. Texas law allows in state incorporation and officials may require charters filed locally.
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Austin
Tex
Charley Loving
Texas
New Jersey
Texeo
Condemned Soldiers Reported by War Secretary
The secretary of war answered calls regarding the fate of the Sixth Infantry officers reported to be condemned to death. The press dispatches claimed a third soldier’s fate remained undisclosed as the war department weighed the mortal punishment.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Otis
Sixth Infantry
Tom Reed Returns Gratitude to First Maine District
Portland Me Sept 18 The Press will print Tom Reed’s message to the Republicans of the First Maine District thanking them for three and twenty years of service. He notes district loyalty and Democratic votes, praises home honors, and pledges continued adherence to liberty self government and the rights of man.
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Portland
Maine
Six Negroes Killed in Carterville Riot at Illinois Depot
A sectarian riot in Carterville Illinois leaves six black miners dead and one mortally wounded after armed confrontation with white miners. following militia deployment by Governor Tanner. The clash began near the Illinois Central depot as armed black miners entered town and fired, whites returned fire, and a running fight ensued through town and along the railroad. Bodies were gathered at the city hall after the melee.
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Cartervillle
Canrterville
Carterville
Tanner
Illinois ‘Central
Mrs J C Mackburn Dies At Versailles Ky
Mrs J C Mackburn widow of the ex senator died in Versailles Kentucky tonight after a long illness. Mr Blackburn had left home recently to visit his wife before her death and was en route from the east. At the bedside were all of her children except one daughter who is married to Colonel William P Hall and ill in Washington.
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J. C. Mackburn
Versailles
Blackburn
Louis Kiopsch
Soloman
Walter Scott
Shunem
Ministries of Home
Tie
Generala
Heaven
Dr.wy
Annie Ross
Margeret Breckinridge
Mrs. Hodge
Chicago
Jose
Aia
Shetton
Spain
Amitten
Sot
Abell
Carbipo
Howitzer
Qamaley
Yon
Deborah
Aerlats
Christendom
Christ
Dong
Righteousness
Angel
Tree of Life
Carr Not a Candidate for Interstate Commerce Post
General Clark Carr of Galesburg Illinois and former minister to Denmark is in Washington. He denies being a candidate for the Interstate Commerce Commission seat and says he has heard nothing to indicate his name is under consideration.
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Carr
Washington, D. C
Clark, Carr
Galesburg
Denmark
Washington
Calhoun
Chicago
Prince Kawananakoa Visits Washington on Personal Terms
Prince David Kawapanakoa, cousin of ex Queen Liliuokalani, arrives in Washington from Honolulu for a purely personal visit. He plans to meet the ex-queen in Washington before traveling to New York for yacht races in October.
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Lil
Washington
D. C
David Kawapanakoa
Liliuokalan
Hawaii
Honoluh
New York
Coating Strike Continues After Unanimous Vote in Cleveland
At a September meeting in Cleveland four hundred striking street railroad workers voted unanimously to keep the strike going. Speeches urged victory as the crowd rose in a show of resolve for the labor action.
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Cleveland
Pensions Granted for Western Veterans
The Western pensions list announced in Washington D C on September 18 shows increases for veterans including Joseph D. Croga of Plataylew and Nebraska recipients. Details note a raise from $2 to $3 for some beneficiaries.
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Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Joseph D. Croga
Plataylew
Vanderbilt will kept private until Alfred returns from Japan
The Vanderbilt family and lawyers meet in Senator Depew’s office and decide not to probate Cornelius Vanderbilt’s will or disclose its contents until Alfred Vanderbilt, the second son, can reach home from the mountains of Japan. A cable urges his speedy return. No other details were released.
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New ‘York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Alfred Vanderbilt
Japan
Senator Depew
Ofice
New York
New York Carpenters Strike After Contract Delays
In New York City a carpenters strike occurs as workers halt work after rejecting $4 per day with tardy pay. Samuel Gompers of the AFL sends congratulations and offers support to the men in their stand.
Woman as Queen and Healer in Sermon on Suffering
The sermon extols women as queens and moral centers, praising maternal care, charity, and steadfast faith. It cites Civil War and Spanish-American War era examples, lauds women tending the wounded, comforting the sick, and leading domestic resilience, concluding with a heavenly crown for enduring matrons.
Differences in Women A Humble Railway Episode
On a hot Southeastern railway afternoon an 19 or 20 year old boy enters with surveying poles and a basket of strawberries. He offers fruit to two young women and a little girl, an elderly woman accepts two berries, then he leaves at New Cross. The elder laments the vulnerability of her life.
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Bethlehem
Orpington
Sye
New Cross
Office Seekers and Humorous Requests From Washington Letters
A Washington dispatch to the New York Tribune reveals a flood of amusing and pathetic letters from people seeking political positions or favors. Applicants plead for census jobs, marriages via employment, fashionably styled entries, and relief from poverty, with widows and exasperated spouses among the hopefuls.
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Washington
New York Tribune
Bill
Galisett
Western capitalist Hubinger pioneers Red Cross Starch push
Portrait of John C Hubinger of Keokuk Iowa praised as a leading Western capitalist and philanthropist. The piece details his early life in New Orleans and Kentucky, patents in starch manufacture, and his launch of Red Cross Starch with affordable pricing and gift premiums. It notes his continued involvement in railways electric plants and the Mississippi Valley Telephone Co. and honors his family and hospitality at home.
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John C. Hubinger
Kedkok
Bia
Hubinger
New Orleans
Kentucky
Moana Estate
Wubinger
Red Cross
Mississippi Valley Telephone Co
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Keokuk
Dynamite Guns to Be Used in Philippine Campaign
Army officials plan to employ dynamite guns in the coming campaign in the Philippines. The weapons, though still experimental, show progress warranting inclusion in field equipment. Lieutenant M C Buckey of the Third Artillery was assigned to ship the guns and ammunition to Manila aboard the steamship Simma Dudley.
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Philippines
M. C. Buckey
Gilles’ Gad
Manila
New York
Sieutenant Sunnana
India
Governor Bushnell Presents Gunboat Marlsytts to Boston
The report notes Governor Bushnell of Ohio recently conveyed a service to Boston and presented it to the gunboat Marl sytts for the harbor defense.
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Marietta'ti
Marietts
Reae
Bushnell
Ohl
A. Allver
Boston
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