Movements and Notices Across Many Nations
Fragmented items report on varied topics including a German female movement pioneer Matilde Weber dying at seventy two in Tubingen, a Maine legislator Nathan Church now a Minneapolis street cleaner earning $1.50 daily, Curzon urging Indian youths to value education, Angora kid skins prohibition history, and Bishop Potter's wife leaving $20,000 to her husband in a one sentence will.
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Matilde Weber
Tubingen
South Germany
Nathan Church
Blaine
Maine
Minneapolis
Bilza Potter
Henry C. Potter
New York
Execution of Pix Murderers in Manila Noted by Captain Michael
In a historical observation, Capt. Michael who led the Manila executions arranged the condemned to face east as they were to die, granting them a final glance at the morning sun cherished by the Oriental, reflecting colonial attitudes of the era.
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Michael
Manila
Temperance pledge swells in Wilkes-Barre gathering
On a recent Sunday about a thousand Roman Catholics in Wilkes Barre PA signed a pledge of total abstinence from intoxicating drinks. The priest praised the occasion saying a blow has been struck for temperance that will be heard round the world. The Companion aids in promoting the movement.
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Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania
Navy Builds Up To Nine Cruisers And More Warships
A Rear Admiral Bowles statement says the US Navy has nine cruisers four monitors sixteen torpedo boats destroyers ten torpedo boats and seven submarine torpedo boats either building or under contract. Berlin burglar escalates crime by sending his robbery reports to papers and gets caught. Railroads improve station grounds nationwide planting flowers trimming borders and taking over maintenance duties boosting appearance and traveler comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Bowles
Britain
Wayas
Venetian painter Brass sells Titian stolen from France
A Venetian painter Brass bought four Dalmatian pictures for £4 from Braldotti who found them amid a demolished villa. One canvas hid a Titian Sebastian by Titan once stolen from Italy by a Napoleon era general. Brass sold the Titian to Count de Castellane for £8,000.
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Brass
Braldotti
Titan
Italy
Napoleon
Count de Castellane
Denial of retirement plans by Washington envoy to Chile
Resume of news from Washington notes Henry L. Wilson denies retiring to devote time to commerce and to represent various American firms. Other items include Oklahoma land sale receipts totaling 650,257 dollars, Philippine law digest plans, English replacing Spanish in Filipino schools, and various accident and crime notes across the U.S. and overseas.
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Washington
Henry L. Wilson
United States
Chile
General Land Office
Oklahoma
Agricultural Department
Fred W. Atkinson
Philippines
Treasury
Nogales
Ariz
San Francisco
Notable Obituary Roundup of Varied Public Figures
Miss May Moreau the opera singer to wed a millionaire. Joaquin Godey, Chilean minister to Brazil, dies in Rio de Janeiro. formerly US minister. Gen Fabius Mead Civil War veteran and Grant ally dies in Chicago after long illness. Dr Thomas M Markee emeritus surgery professor at Columbia dies at Easthampton summer home. J Willett Sr Springfield leader and Knight Templar dies of heart disease. G Ackley Kansas State regent and attorney dies from acute appendicitis after marriage to Adairy of Fairfield. Lloyd Booth iron master and Union Engineering president dies at about sixty eight. John R Thomas New York architect dies at Watertown. designed New York City Hall.
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May Moreau
Joaquin Godey
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
United States
Fabius J. Mead
Grant
Loran
McClellan
Chicago
Thomas M. Markee
Columbia University
Easthampton
I. I
Bamuel, J. Willett
Springfield
Ill
Knight Templar
G. Ackley
Kansas State University
Adairy
Fairfield
Towa
Lloyd Booth
Lloyd
Union Engineering and Foundry Company
Youngstown
Ohio
Flo
John 'R. ‘Thomas
New York City
Watertown
N. Y
New York City Hall
Foreign News Briefs From War Fronts And Europe
A compiled dispatch notes a young actress in Paria dying amid a stage fight on debut, scrutiny of Kitchener's Yeomen and soldiers, plague spreading to small towns, Holbein nearly drowning crossing the English Channel, Hungarian telegraphy hailed as a marvel, Delarey’s proclamation defying Kitchener, Belgian King Leopold and Spanish King Alfonso unaffiliated with forthcoming naval reviews, another Salvadoran revolution looming, czar visit spurring secret police surveillance of anarchists, August Spandoni arrested at Bourgeois Travail meeting, rising anti German sentiment in Russia especially Poland amid proposed tariff impacts.
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Geraip
Paria
Kitchener
Holbein
Delarey
Boars
Leopold
Belgium
Erar
Alfonso
Spain
Salvador
Bourgeou Travail
August Spandoni
Great Northern wreck fatal to many in Montana
A westbound Great Northern freight derailed near Nyack Montana, colliding with a passenger train. At least 34 lives were lost and 10 injured, with many victims cremated. Superintendent P L Downs and his son were among the dead. Rescue efforts faced fierce flames and difficult conditions as bodies were recovered and the line moved to Kalispell.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
St. Paul
Nyack
Mont
P. L. Downs
T. Kirk Downs
Downs
Scandineviana
Duluth
J. H. Blair
Kalispell
Charges Against Schroeder Military Governor of Guam
W B Smith brother of Police Judge Mortimer Smith returned from Guam where he served as private secretary to Military Governor Schroeder. He resigned after three months due to ill health and alleged harsh treatment. Smith claims Congress will investigate Schroeder, a Booth Caroling German extraction, and cites 82 marines confined, starved, and overworked in three months, with forceful punishments and mass desertions to the hills.
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Oakland
Col
W. B. Smith
Mortimer Smith
Guam
Milltary
Schroeder
Atte Aa
Smith
Congress
Booth Caroliing
Roosevelt in Thud Pulpit During Chicago Visit
Vice President Roosevelt spent a busy day in Chicago with two lay sermons at Trinity Dutch Reformed and First Methodist churches, a luncheon with Illinois politicians, and a Hull House visit. He spoke on faith, happiness, and country, mingling with worshippers after services.
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Chicago
Illinois
Hull House
Roosevelt
Chicago Club
Paul Morton
Santa Fe Road
Trinity Dutch Reformed Church
Marshfield Avenue
First Methodist Church
Death by Own Action or Monpers in Kansas City Tragedy
In Kansas City on September 8 Bertha Phillips aged eighteen from DeWitt Massachusetts was shot and killed in an apartment. George Ritzengarber who had been living with her is under arrest for murder though evidence points to Phillips being the shooter. Ritzengarber, present at the scene, gave conflicting accounts and has a wife in Carrollton Missouri.
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Snapidion
Kansas City
Bertha Phillps
Dewitt
George Ritzenberger
Ashields
Ritzenberger
Carrollton
Amalgamated Strike Discussed At Bay View Lodge
Former labor official J D Hickey told Bay View lodge that United States Steel misrepresented labor aims causing the Amalgamated Association to lose support. He said 72 percent of mills were operating and the strike was effectively lost, urging reconsideration of the Morgan proposal.
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Ormey Oficer Charmen
Milwaukee
Wis
Amalgamated ‘Association of Tron, Tin and Steel
United States
Ent
J.D. Hickey
Bay View Lodge
Yesterdaor
Uwn
Hickey
Mickey
Hig
Bay View
Fourth District
Tighe
Shaffer
The
Association
Steal Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Morgan
Shoffer
Bis
Principal Interest in Duquesne Plant Spreads Unrest
Pittsburg dispatch reports critical situation at the Duquesne plant as strikers conducted house to house canvass of open hearth workers. By evening the day shift was mostly idle, with only a few helpers on duty, yet the mill continued running with reinforcements from the Bessemer department. If open hearth closes, the forty inch mill may shut down.
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Pittsburg
Duquesne
Bessemer
Markets Report From Multiple Cities Sept. 3 5
Grain and live stock prices from St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago show wheat and corn varying by grade with prices drifting, cattle and hog markets mixed across Chicago Sioux City and St Paul. A.naphtha launch explosion on Twe Abbey river near Albany kills Mrs Alexander and a child while injuring contractor Wilbur Alexander and his son.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Outa
Hiouxz City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Albany
Wilbur Alexander
Awudean
Twe Abbey
Ely
Alexander
Guns and Harbor Siege Near Colon in Civil Conflict
Report from Panama details Liberal forces on Provision Island near Bocas del Toro threatening Colon and restricting harbor access. Martial law curbs travel and trade while foreign consuls urge relief. US gunboat Machias may move to assert aid if conditions do not improve.
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Colombia
Colon
Vision Island
Bocasuel
Tord
Ndhesire
Theddest
Vaasele
Boca del
Coloty
United States
Bocas del Toto
Bocas del Toro
Sargent
Machia
Labor Day Demonstration Grips Pittsburg Strike Towns
Pittsburg on September 4 sees a large labor day demonstration that overshadows the strike, as steel plants resume some operations despite widespread picketing. Strikers’ actions draw concern over rising unrest while officials report mail and carriage incidents and police reinforce order to protect individuals like William Jones who narrowly faced mob violence.
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Uirdkers
Pittsburg
Pub- Uc
Star Plant
Twelfth Street
Fenn Avenue
William Ones
Starworks
Crossan
Jones
Arrest of Dr Kraus in London on Espionage Charge
London reports the arrest of Dr Kray a prominent Transvaal figure and ex governor of Johannesburg on espionage charges. He has been in Britain four months suspected of secretly relaying information to the Boers. Detected at his hotel he offered no reply as detectives took him to Bow Street. His sister Mrs Dixon the wife of a British officer remained at the hotel after baggage search.
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London
Espoonage
Dr. Kray
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Great Britain
Inverness
Dixon
Kraus
Bow Street
Dr. Kraus
Lord Roberta
Pacifying the Boxers Deputies in Chin Province
Four dozen deputies sent from Paoling fu by lieutenant governor Qhon fu to pacify the Boxers and convert surrounding districts report considerable success in their mission.
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Pekin
Paoling-fu
Qhonfu
Leutenant
Chin
Fire destroys Lakeside mill stock in Muskegon loss
A shingle and sash factory owned by W. Mc Grath & Son at Lakeside Muskegon burned yesterday along with finished stock. Loss estimated at 50 000 with about half covered by insurance. The fire occurred on September 4 as part of a broader blaze impacting Biase Miah and surrounding area.
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Muskegon
Miah
W. McGrath & Son
Lakeside
Fire wipes out nine businesses in Dougherty town
A report from Maron City Iowa dated September 4 states nine business houses in Dougherty a new town eighteen miles south of here were burned last night. The blaze nearly wipes out the town's value and leaves residents facing uncertainty.
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Maron City
Iowa
Dougherty
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Elgin
France
Canada
Precent College Occcasion
India
Lord Curzon
Berlin
Eoms
War Department
State Department
Senor Elidoro Infante
Chite
Vicu
Senor Infante
Legation
Janesville
Sursey
Winnipeg
John Andrewe
Red Lodge
Daniel Daly
Salt Creek
Ind
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Velerke
Osgoodhall
Sir Lucerne Robinson
Fairy Lake
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Ont
Elaine Chavez
Leon Mora
Santa Fe
Hanover
Mora
Chavez
Dauntless
Stockton
Mary Garrett
Chioggo
Tela
Helreas
Palmyra
Wia
Winchester
Tenn
W. H. Ward
Shepherd, Brothers
Deadwood
Wyoming
Hattle’ Wright
Hetty Green
Cripple Creek
Nicholas ‘Kranz
Aurora
Crippinn' Creak
Samuel Strong
Crumler
Antelope
Pass
New Mexico
Hoffman
Lima
George Anspaugh
A. H. Bescher
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Reading
Allentown
Diaguise
Tapcomm
Swiftwater
Gates
Miclordiker
Adelaine Lydia Rosie
Luther A. Thrasher
Internal Revenue Service
Capt
I. A. Thrasher
Internal Revenue
University, of Kansas
Miselsgippi
Chicago Board of Review
Alexander Cowte
Hill
Patterson
Colorado
American Bar Assoctation
John Wesley Hill
R. W. Clayton
Oskalonga
Republican State Central Committee
John R. Brooke
Justice Barnard
Supreme Court
Charter
Lodge
Kansas
Mrk
Johanna
Lovelace
Turner
Kas
Kanga
Ker
Murphy
Noyes
Agalaska
Baraboo
Justice of the Place
Mary Elsie Lippit
Rogerald Rothwell Reynolds
Omaha
American Smelting and Refining Company
South Amerycan
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Meetu
Miltary
Dlanes Ssharfir
Inforest
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