Hudson Steamer Lost in Lake Superior Gale
News reports the probable loss of the steamer Hudson with twenty five men aboard after a fierce gale on Lake Superior. The Nicol found the distressed vessel eight miles west of Eagle River, unable to aid, with decks awash and pumps at work. Value listed at $200,000 with cargo worth $100,000.
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Hudson
Sunak
Tella
Sault Ste Marie
Mic
Lake Superior
Nicol
Duluth
McLean
Buffalo Nune
Eagleriver
Mciean
Gilchrist
British Mounted Troops Routed Near Scheeper's Nek
Lord Kitchener reports that on September 1 the Boers ambushed three mounted infantry companies near Scheeper's Nek, seizing three guns commanded by Major Gough. Casualties included two officers and fourteen men killed, five officers and twenty five men wounded, with 1347 prisoners taken. The action followed by a mass capture.
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Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Gough
Scheeper
Wreck on Wabash near Peru with three engines damaged
A southbound Wabash freight collided with a local at a curve three miles north of Peru Indiana. Three engines were badly wrecked and nine cars ditched. Trainmen leaped clear with minor injuries. Two tramps escaped death. Town Burned Out at Effingham destroys over a dozen buildings and a factory, estimated loss forty thousand dollars, cause unknown. Turf indicates a large Fort Wayne meet set for October 8 9 10 with a likely record field of horses.
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Peru
Ind
Effingham
Atchison, Kas
Wolverton
National Washing Machine Company
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Nation Sobs and Silence Mark Funeral Day Observance
Millions across the nation paused for five minutes of silent tribute as President McKinley lay in state and his funeral proceeded. Cities from Chicago to New Orleans held services with hymns led by Sousa’s band, while governors and veterans joined in mourning.
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McKinley
Canton
William McKinley
Legin
McWinley
Chinois
Chicago
Springfield
South
Pretteess
Maj
St. Laus
Kansas City
Cribate
Amerie
Ae Tamaer
Clorus
New York
Madison
Patrick's
Corrigan
Batvale
Eos
Des Moines
Courtessmat
Hull
MeKinley
Drabuyne
Lemitter Allison
Henderson
Keane
Detroit
Michigan
Indianapolis
Sousa
Notre Dame
Purdue
Weather Bureau Crop Report Highlights Widespread Rain Delays
The weekly weather bureau crop report notes heavy rains across the central western Gulf states the upper Mississippi valley and parts of the South with drought in the south Atlantic coast. Frosts hit the upper Missouri valley while Pacific coast conditions stayed favorable. Corn and cotton suffered in several regions though plowing and seeding advance in many states. Apple and fruit prospects vary with Kansas showing improvement and widespread pasture recovery due to rains.
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The
Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Rocky Mountains
Missouri Valley
Pacific Coast
Nebraska
South Dakota
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Kentucky
Missouri
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nordern
Java
Tulin
Kayans Couler
Pakota
Ten Million Dollar Hay Crop For Arizona Ranchers
The drought in the west and scarcity of hay boost Arizona alfalfa values with record wheat and barley harvests and two large alfalfa crops stored. Ranchers expect the alfalfa harvest to be particularly valuable as farming shifts toward this profitable forage.
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Arizona
Train hold up in Maryland ends with shooting death
Three masked robbers boarded a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Mount Dallas Bedford Division Maryland. One thief, a Black man whose identity could not be determined, was mortally shot by paymaster W Souder and died. Two others escaped with about 25000 in cash.
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Kobbere Ia
Mount Dalllas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bedford Division
Mount Dallas
Bedford
W. IF. Souder
Colonial Iron Company
Riddlesburg
R. H H. Kay
Morrisdale Goal Company
Six Mile Run
Mr. Souder
Mr. Kay
Souders
Sonders
Souder
Way
Trade Progress Mixed After Assassination Shock
A KH G Dun & Co review of trade notes an assassin's bullet paused national progress, with postponed orders and stock selling in grain and cotton. Prices then recovered, but Friday raised anxiety as manufacturing and mills show gains and corn yield fears persist alongside weekly failure counts in the United States and Canada.
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Zolgoez
Buffalo
KH. G. Dun & Co
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Canada
French Census Shows France Population Rises to 38 641 333
The official returns from the March 24 census across France show a total population of 38 641 333, up from 38 228 909 in March 1906. Five-year growth was 412 304, versus 188 810 in the prior five-year period.
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Republic
Rance
Chniatry of the Interior
Paris
Cleveland Man Arrested Over Threatening Roosevelt Promise
Frank Idings, jailed in Cleveland, claimed intoxication when he boasted he could secure $50,000 to kill Roosevelt. In Reynolds saloon on St. Clair, he and an accomplice allegedly spoke with Chas Finneran of 108 Stater Ave about the plot, and Finneran sought police after a plan to meet later at a society room.
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Frank Idingsig
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Idings
Finneran
Finland Rebuffs Czar in Military Service Law Clash
Helsingfors dispatch reports the Finnish senate rebuffed by the Czar as he promulgates a military service law. The Czar rejects assurances on local institutions and urges repression of disquieting citizens, likely targeting four senators and forty Lutheran clergymen. Panic at Bowling Green show injures women and children but remains controlled.
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Helsingfors
Caur
Senate
Finland
Bowling Greet
Ohio
Coal Heads
Forest Fire Endangers Colorado Timberlands West of El Dora
A forest fire west of El Dora Colorado consumed a large area and destroyed valuable timber. Miners at Owgley and Co camp were called to fight the blaze to guard the company mills. Panic surrounds a view of McKinsey Funeral remains in Washington as police and soldiers clash. Deaf mute Jacob Fentz, 21, is killed by a train near Hill Grove Ohio on the Dayton and Enion line.
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Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Jerome Park Road
Cardiff
Colo
Colorado
Eldora
Owgley & Co
McKinsey
Capitol
Washington
McKinley
Jacob Fentz
Hill Grove
Ohio
Dayton and
Enion
Commodity Prices Roundup Across Major Markets
Chicago cattle feed, hogs, sheep prices. Indianapolis and Detroit values. St. Louis Cincinnati New York figures for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes. Listings show bid ranges like Chicago cattle 3.00 to 4.20, hogs 4.25 to 7.00, butter 19 to 20 cents, eggs 14 to 15 cents, with regional spreads and grain quotes across several exchanges.
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Indianapolis
Ste. St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Oattie
New York
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Alfred Wooley
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Senator Cullom
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Su Mo
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Arsmenia
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Columbus
W. O. Thompson
State University
Allen W. Thurman
H. {. Booth
Emmet Tompkins
G. FL. Stewart
Washington Gladden
Senator Foraker
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Oklahoma
Governor Hunt
Gov. Tlant
San Juan
Porto Rico
Quinonas
Supreme Court
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
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Quebec
Bishop Whipple
Henry B. Whipple
Protestant Episcopal Church
Faribault
Minn
Pontiac, Mich
O. J. Beaudett & Co
J.oas
Theodore Roosevelt
Ansley Wilcox
Milburn
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