Denmark Sells Danish West Indies to United States
Washington reports Denmark will sell the Danish West Indies to the United States for 16 000 000 kroner about 4 280 000 dollars. Senate ratification and payment follow after 35 years of debate as the islands secure a strategic harbor at Charlotte Amalia for U S naval power.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Denmark
Danish West Indies
United States
London
Germany
France
Grant
Congress
Charlotte Amalia
Lodge
Morgan
Fire destroys Hotel McKee in Pittsburg. child dies
The Hotel McKee at 232 Frankstown avenue East End Pittsburg burned down after a gasoline stove exploded. Eleven year old Harry McKee perished and Delia Campbell 23 was probably fatally burned. Several others suffered burns or injuries but are expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Mary Waloshli
Miss Campbell
Blaze Devours Dougherty Business District in Mason City
A large fire in Mason City Iowa destroyed the business section starting at 10 30 p m spreading from Swallow's drug store wareroom to the hardware shop and into benzine and gasoline storing areas. Embers spread through the town causing total losses of 44000 with 28500 insured.
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Iowa
Mason City
Dougherty
Swallow’s Drug Store
Arrest in Fire at Carbondale Clothing Firm
Carbondale Illinois September 3 W P Boyle arrested after a blaze destroyed his clothing establishment at Herrin The stock valued over 5000 was said to be insured Boyle says he can prove his innocence and face the claims as the investigation continues
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Carbondale
Ill
Herrin
Boyle
Disfigures Wife for Life in Wallace Shows Incident
Mrs Charles Ross daughter of Adam Forepaugh and a Wallace shows bareback rider was badly burned when carbolic acid was thrown in her face by her husband Charles Ross a performer with the same show. The poison covered her face neck and shoulders and she was saved from blindness only by closing her eyes. Ross was arrested on a jealousy prompted charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ill
Charles Ross
Adam Forepaugh
Wallace
Massachusetts Prohibition Ticket Named for State Campaign
The Prohibitionists of Massachusetts announced their ticket for the upcoming state campaign with Governor John B. Lewis Jr of Reading and other statewide offices including Lieutenant Governor William H. Partridge of Newton, Secretary Frederick W. Clark of Boston, Treasurer George E. Bachelder of Lynnfield, Auditor J. W. Smith of Dalton, and Attorney General Allen Coffen of Nantucket.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Prohibitionists
John B. Lewis, Jr
Reading
William H. Partridge
Newton
Commonwealth
Frederick W. Clark
George E. Bachelder
Lynnfield
J. W. Smith
Dalton
Allen Coffen
Nantucket
Nebraska Secretary Forces Rail Fee Payment
Lincoln Nebraska September 3 The Nebraska Secretary of State compels the Chicago North Western Railway to pay an incorporation fee of 6600 dollars after a lengthy dispute The company was originally offered 11000 dollars but must settle the fee under state requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Secretary of State
Chicago & ‘Northwestern Railway
Miss Marjorie Young Weds General's Daughter in San Francisco
Miss Marjorie Young eldest daughter of Major General Bud Young and Dr. John A. Gibbon of Philadelphia was married at noon in San Francisco on September 3. The wedding unites two prominent families with military and medical ties joining in a formal ceremony.
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San Francisco
Cal
Marjorie Young
Bud Young
Department. of
California
John. A. Gibbon
Philadelphia
Wood expects delayed Cuban elections under American control
General Leonard Wood reports Cuba will remain under American supervision for seven to eight months delaying full Cuban self rule until late spring or early summer. Elections for civil governors and lawmakers hinge on electoral law details with a presidential vote possible in May under a 112 day timing rule. Wood travels to Havana to oversee election calls while keeping a $1,000,000 treasury surplus and opposing tariff changes.
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Washington
D. C
Cuba
Wood
Maine
Leonard Wood
War Department
Norfolk
Kanawha
Havana
General Wood
McCollaster Murder Sparks Ohio Mob Tension
Israel M. McCollaster dies after a social of Victor post in Salt Creek near Piketon. John B. Cutlip and McClelland Nance jailed for murder after a stabbing from behind and alleged club beating. Stella C. McCollaster and Sallie Cutlip clashed as chaos of knives and revolvers erupted. crowds threaten further action.
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Piketon, O
Israel M. McCollaster
John B. Cutlip
McClelland Nance
Victor Post
Sons of Veterans
Salt Creek
Here
Stella C. McCollaster
Sallie Cutlip
McCollaster
Nance
Palmyra Telegraph Operator Kills Himself
George A. Kent the West Shore railway telegraph operator at Palmyra New York shot himself in the depot. Train dispatchers in Rochester failed to reach him as orders piled up and several trains were delayed before Owen Flynn found him dead on the floor. No reason was given for the act.
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New York
George A. Kent
West Shore Railway
Palmyra
N. Y
Rochester
Owen Flynn
West Shore
Flynn
Pastor's Son Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Stonton Georgia September 3 Jeff Marshall son of Rev Asa Marshall a noted Baptist minister in the county killed himself at the family home after reading a letter from a Dawson woman The Method was suicide by shooting in the head and the motive appeared to be a personal letter.
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Stonton
Jeff Marshall
Asa Marshall
County
Here
Dawson
Cotton Crop Damaged by Severe North Texas Storm
Severe rain and wind tore through North Texas on September 3 causing widespread damage. Several buildings collapsed but no injuries were reported while cotton fields sustained heavy losses.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Seal Catch Arrives From Pribyloff Islands
The steamer Homer has arrived from the Pribyloff Islands with 22 672 seal skins and a quantity of whalebone. The catch of seals is reported from San Francisco California on September 3.
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San Francisco
Cal
Homer
Pribyloff ‘Islands
LS Small
Labor Day Rally in Pittsburgh Demands Unity and Action
The September gathering drew workers and strikers as plants resume partial operation despite a broad strike. President Shaffer urged workingmen to unite and vote for labor interests, criticizing trusts and warning that yielding now risks broader mill losses and starvation. He framed solidarity with miners if needed.
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Pittsburg
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
United States
Trust
Amalgamated
Women to Manage Strike in Hammond One Day
Wives of strikers at the Donkey printing house in Hammond Indiana will take exclusive control of the strike for one eight hour day. They will have full power to negotiate a settlement and end the job action affecting a large portion of the city’s workers. The date is to be announced, likely tomorrow or Thursday.
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Hammond
Ind
Donkey Printing House
Roosevelt outlines labor protection and trust oversight
In St Paul Roosevelt, speaking before 30,000 at Hamline, urged protective legislation for wage earners and fair treatment of honest employers. He warned that large fortunes and monopolies demand state and possibly national supervision of major corporations to curb unscrupulous practice and evolving conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Hamline
Roosevelt
American Legation Returns to City. British Police Policy Shifts
The American legation, recovering in the western hills, returns to Pekin as Capt Selwyn withdraws his force from the British section of the Tartar city. Chinese police assume control of improvements. main thoroughfare railway and legation quarter remain policed by British. H G Squiers sails home on leave with a grand collection of Chinese art to donate to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selwyn
Legation
H. G. Squiers
United States
Record Vintage Prospects Dazzle German Wineries
Berlin reports jubilant wine growers expect a record vintage this year with Rhine and Mosel districts aiming to match the 1893 harvest in quality and quantity. American consul Walter Schumann notes hot sunny summers and refreshing showers fueling early vine flowering by July 1, predicting 1901 may be the best since 1893.
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Berlin
Germany
Rhine
Mosei
Walter Schumann
Trainz
Turkey Refuses Concessions in Constans Affair
Paris Sept 3 The Mafin says a source in Constantinople reports the Sultan, trusting a great power’s assurance, will not concede in the Constans affair. It is rumored a naval division will be ordered to Turkish waters today.
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Turkey
Paris
Mafin
Constantinople
France
Constans
Turkish
One Saved in Crew of Forty in Northmere Foundering
A Lloyds dispatch from Trebizonde reports the Johnstone line steamer Northmere foundered near Athens with a cargo of oil. Forty crewmen were aboard from Batoum to Bombay, and all were lost except one survivor.
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London
Lloyds
Trebizonde
Johnstone Line
Northmere
Noranmore
Athens
Batoum
Bombay
Nine British Killed as Train Blown Up by Boers
Lord Kitchener reports to the War Office that nine persons were killed and seventeen wounded when a train was blown up and derailed by Boers yesterday. The attack occurred between Waterval and Hamanskrall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Waterval
Hamanskrall
British Troops to Remain in China Through Spring
Calcutta officials announce that a British cavalry regiment, a native Indian infantry regiment, and a field artillery battery will be detained in China until next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Calcutta
Philadelphia Woman Charged With Forging Railway Certificate
Marie Josephine Eastwick of Philadelphia was arraigned at Guild Hall police court in London on a charge of forging a railway certificate valued at £100,000. The case references a high value forgery involving a railway document.
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London
Marie Josephine Eastwick
Philadelphia
Guild Hall
Farmer Frozen to Death in Belt of Ligonier Hailstorm
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on September 3 a severe storm dumped two feet of hail on the ridge above Ligonier. Edward Miller, a farmer, disappeared after leaving for the ridge. searchers have not found him. Two others were caught in hail and nearly perished. Mrs. WwW. BE. Ross suffered severe frozen injuries to her legs. George Gnarr reached home but was badly bruised.
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Greensburg
Ligonier
Edward Miller
Miller
Www
BE. Ross
George .G. ‘Narr
Fined for Failing to Aid in Ferryboat Sinking
Port Collettor Wilcuts fines the steamer Alex. McDougall 1000 dollars for not stopping to assist passengers of the ferryboat Steuber, which sank at Fort Gratiot. Captain Kilby says his vessel moved quickly to allow nearby boats to perform the service.
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Duluth
Minn
Wilcuts
Alex. McDougall
Steuber
Fort Gratiot
Kilby
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children
Mother Gray a nurse at the New York Children’s Home offers a remedy for fevers constipation headaches stomach disorders and worms. Now prepared and sold in all drug stores as harmless and pleasant to take. 25 cents. Free sample offered by Allen E. Olzosted Le Roy New York.
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Mother
Allen
Olzosted
le Roy
N.Y “Re
Dealer asks to take money for Rocky Mountain Tea claim
A dealer requests payment for a claim about Rocky Mountain Tea made by Med son Medicine Co. He asks whether RASA, and other details, support the payment.
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Medson
Medicine’ Co
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E. C. Dewrtt & Co
Chicago
Houseworth Bros
Drs
Ohio
Agustus Ruggies
Greater New York Medical Association
Tver
Diamond Drug CO
W. B'way
N.Y
Strong
Sealing Remery Company
Eliza S
Bennett
Dom
Edison
Stockholm
Sweden
Edison Ore Milling Syndicate
Ofoten
Norway
Swedish Lapland
Gellivara
England
Rholisalve
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Peffer
Rusi+ton
Elkhart
Alonzo O. Bliss CO
Washington, D.C
A. S. Johnson
M. D
Battle Creek
Mich
Lake Forest University
Lake Michigan
Lois Durand
Richard D. Harlan
Justice Harlan
U.S. Supreme Court
Lake Forest
Pennsylvania College For Women
East End
Chalmers Martin D. D
Londiee
Arkansas
G. Li. Nichols
Lic Hill
Marion County
Parker
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