Vast array of troops and political clashes in Washington
President Wilson reviews the largest regular army display since the Grant era. Representative Jones attacks a Philippine slavery report, while Wall Street security plans prompt New York financiers to seek troop impressment. Joseph Folk named solicitor, Rogers nominated for circuit judge. Tragic city deaths, train wrecks, price rises, and domestic unrest accompany a day of national stakes and political theater.
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Washington
Wilson
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
New York
War Department
New York Harbor
Wall Street
Soandal District
Mexican Revolt and Assassinations Dominate Dispatches
Telegrams from Guadalajara report Francisco Cardenas assassinated after alleged rale on Madero. Morris F. Root killed near El Tigre by Leonardo Aguila. Washington cites Felix Diaz likely presidential candidate and Huerta as cabinet head. American casualties include W. O. Robertson and four others near Mazatlan. Queen of Spain relatives face deafness news. London bus strike truce pending arbitration. Princess Sophie of Saxe-Welmar’s suicide over marriage. Lizzie Medford sought by police in Kansas City. San Francisco killings follow an auto ride. Coulson arrested for shooting. Old barber Dalton Steward commits self‑harm. Lincoln era ties noted. Harold Shaw murder trial set for December 8. Senator Kenyon to tour state on currency issue. Yale Dean Rogers named to federal circuit bench.
Troops Called to Quell Age Riots in Benton
In Benton HL Sept 23 a race riot erupted after the double murder of Ewell Hutchings and Quincy Drummonds by drunken Polish miners. National Guard Company F and a sheriff’s posse mobilized. 25 police sworn in and 15 Polish miners arrested. Armed posse surrounds woods where the slaver leader is said to hide.
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Benton, HL
America
Ewell Hutchings
Quincy Drummonds
Fourth Infantry
Il!nois National Guard
Benton
Dunne
Estes
Vaughn
Franklin County
Harmon Wyant
Wyant
Canal Obsolete in 20 Years Predicts Vast Expansion
Philippe Bunau Varilla, former Panama minister and chief engineer of the De Lesseps company, predicts the Panama Canal will need widening from 110 to 600 feet to handle growth. He says locks will max at 850 million tons annually within two decades, making the present system obsolete as new ships exceed capacity.
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San Francisco
Panama Canal
Philippe Bunav-Varrilla
de Lesseps
Panama
France
United States
M. Bunau Varrilla
Ehipe
Montgomery Ward Nearing Death After Accident
Montgomery Ward founder and leader of the firm, long known as Watchdog of the Lake Front, is gravely ill at his Highland Park home. William C. Thorne, vice-president, said Ward had a severe fall and is in very serious condition. he refused to discuss further details.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Lake Front
Highland Park
William C. Thorne
Ward
Thorne
Children Drown In Rain Barrel In Marmarth
In Marmarth North Dakota on September 23 two young daughters of Mrs Herman Ostrander fell into a rain barrel while laughing at their reflections. They overbalanced and drowned the bodies were found by their mother.
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Marmarth
N. D
Herman Ostrander
Hearne Nominated for West Virginia Representative
Wheeling W Va Sept 33 State Senator Julian C Hearne of Hearne nominated by the Republican convention to represent the First West Virginia district. The election will be held on October 14.
Congressional Doings and Nominations in Washington
Washington September 23 Senate Samuel Untermyer addressed the banking committee on the administration currency bill. Conferees on the farm bill continued work. Joseph W Folk former Missouri governor confirmed as state department solicitor. Senator Martine defended Secretary Bryan against lecture tour critiques. House member Howard Georgia introduced a resolution to retire outstanding two percent bonds by issuing them for postal savings deposits.
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Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
State Department
Martine
Bryan
House
Howard
Georgia
Fifty Blown to Atoms in Mexican Train Dynamite Attack
Mexico City reports fifty people killed in a passenger train blast on the Mexican National railway sixty miles south of Saltillo. Federal forces list forty soldiers and ten noncommissioned passengers among the dead. the number of injured is unknown. An American, W. W. Mervain of San Francisco, survived but was robbed. Dispatches also describe rebels sacking Venado, routing sixty federals at Laguna Seca, and reports that Gen. Francisco Villa was captured, executed after a court martial.
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Mexico City
Rabela
Mexican National Railway
Saltillo
Mexico
Neuvo Laredo
Itla
W. W. Mervain
San Francisco
San Luis Potosi
Venado
Laguna Seca
Charcas
Francisco Villa
Las Palomas
Juarez City
Thaw Extradition Hearing Moves to New Hampshire Capitol
In Concord New Hampshire the extradition hearing for Harry Kendall Thaw shifts to the state capitol across from the Mattea sheltering hotel. Governor Felker attends as William T. Jerome arrives to assist, with potential hearing venue undecided between the senate chamber or the hall of representatives. The grand jury in Duchess County New York declines to indict Thaw and seeks a two week adjournment.
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Concord
N. H
Harry Kendall Thaw
New Hampshire
Matteawan
Felker
Willam T. Jerome
New York
Senate Chamber
Hall of Representatives
Nen
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Duchess County Grand Jury
Harry K. Thaw
Congress of Farmers Opens Thirty Third Session in Plano
Ten million farmers through delegates from granger unions attend the thirty third annual Farmers National Congress opening in Plano. Governors of Illinois and Ohio will be guests of honor as rural credits and marketing of products top the program with talks by national figures. Delegates favor fewer intermediaries between farmer and consumer.
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Plano
United States
Farmers' National Congress
Mlinois
Ohio
Tragedy as Mother Drowns Infant Then Hangs Self
In Monaca Pennsylvania on September 23 Carl Hirach found his infant son dead in the bath tub and his mother Ida Hirach hanging from a cellar beam. Police say the mother killed the child and then committed suicide.
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Monaca
Carl Hirech
Ida Hirach
Grand Rapids Jewelry Store Robbery Victim Dies
Grand Rapids Mich Sept 22 Paul Townsend twenty four years old the third victim of the gunmen who held up and raided the J J Thompson jewelry store here last Thursday J N Thompson and Edward Smith the other employee were shot and killed instantly
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Paul Townsend
J. J. Thompson
Indead J. N. Thompson
Edward Smith
Meat Packagers Push $600000 Fund to Boost Beef Supply
Chicago reporters say the American Meat Packers association at its convention voted a $500000 education fund to urge farmers to raise beef cattle and lower meat prices. Gustav Bischoff Sr. urged a five year campaign and a committee will be formed. Other speakers urged bank loans on future shipments and blamed government label changes for high prices.
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Chicago
American Meat Packers’ Association
Gustav Bischoff, Sr
Independent Packing Company
St. Louis
Mr. Bischom
Bischoff
Gattle
Charles F. Kamrath
Spokane
Wash
M. A. Traylor
National Stock Yards National Bank
East St. Louis
James 8. Agar
Three Die and Forty Hurt in Long Island Wreck
Three people were killed and forty injured in a head on collision of two Long Island electric trains at College Point, Long Island. The crash happened on a curve at forty miles an hour. Walter Maize was arrested by order of the coroner for alleged negligence. Two motormen and a conductor died, the cars buckled but did not telescope. Separately at Everett, Washington, over twelve Great Northern passengers were hurt when the tender axle broke on No. 4 near Mukilteo.
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New York
Long Island Railroad
College Point
Long Island
Walter Maize
Whitestone Junction
Pennsylvania Railroad
Everett
Wash
Great Northern Overland
Mukilteo
Missing Launch Rescue Near Lake Michigan
After thirty six hours in a small launch on Lake Michigan three men were rescued near Michigan City. They were found weak and exhausted from lack of food. The survivors were Thomas Rooke Frank Rooke and Thomas Wainwright. Lifesavers had searched unsuccessfully before locating them.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Michigan City
Thomas
Frank Rooke
Thomas Wainwright
Gaynor's Friend Ends Life in Barn
Morri a Matz gar Metz, a Rockaway Beach resident and lifelong friend of Mayor Gaynor, hanged himself in his barn. Newspapers covering Gaynor's last honors lay on the barn floor as friends say Metz had brooded since the mayor's death at sea.
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New York
Morrla Matzgar
Rockaway Beach
Gaynor
Metz
Bar
Bia
Remarkable Frost Finds Agnes At Home By Chance
A brief note records an unexpected meeting as Frost encounters Agnes at her home yesterday, highlighting a chance reunion and noting the curious phrasing Trus in the context of the day.
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Frost
Agnes
Scorned courtship scene on the lawn
A man apologizes to Miss Plummer for attempting a kiss on a brief acquaintance. She rebukes him and suggests he retreat to give space for a man approaching who has a reputation for getting what he wants.
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Miss Plummer
Mr. Pinnedd
Lantern tale at dinner ends in muddy ordeal
After a pleasant evening Mr Sydney Buxton tells a humorous story to illustrate a point at a dinner. A guest, invited to dine at a friend’s house at the end of a dark muddy lane, was advised to bring a big fantara. He left, trudged home through mud with a heavy lantern, and woke to a note asking for the lantern and the parrot and cage to be returned.
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Sydney Buxton
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W. M. Phipps
Philippines
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Yel
Gardiner’s Bay
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Galesboro. Co
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Mack Turst
Bloomington
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Hoten Dwelle Jenkins
Nathan Allen
Kenosha
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Albany
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Francisco Cardenas
Francisco I. Madero
Guadalajara
Mex
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Nicu Root
Leonardo Aguila
el Tigre
Felix Diaz
the Republic
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Victoriano Huerta
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Mazatlan
Spain
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Prince Willam
Germany
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Saxe-Welmer
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Kansas City
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Decatur
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Lincoln & Herndon
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Shaw
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Benton, Ill
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Congress OF Farmers
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Meat Packers’ Association
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Prompely
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Poatum Cereal Company, Limited
Battie Creek, Michigan
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