Mikasa Sinks After Fire and Magazine Explosion
Tokyo reports five killed, 261 missing, 343 wounded from the Mikasa disaster. The flagship of Admiral Togo, sunk at Sasebo harbor after a midnight fire reached the magazine, with rescue efforts and investigations underway as casualties mount among crews.
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London
Tokio
The
Times
Navy Department
Tory
Makasa
Togo
Sasebo
Japan
Sea of Japain
Port Arthur
Hatred Extends Beyond Death In Tiflis
In Tiflis on September 13, General Prince Amilakhvari, ex governor general of Baku, lay dead as revolutionaries threaten priests and vow violence. Soldiers are sent to move the body to the city while fears of funeral disorders rise and access to the house is blocked.
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Tiflis
Amilakhovri
Baku
Caucas
First Saskatchewan government organized
Winnipeg Sept 13 The first government of Saskatchewan has been organized with Premier and minister of public works Walter Scott attorney general J H Lamont minister of education and provincial treasurer J A Calder minister of agriculture and provincial secretary W R Trotherwell
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Winnipeg
Man
Saskatchewan
Walter Scott
J. H. Lamont
J. A. Calder
W. R. Trotherwell
Darwin Opens Zambesi Bridge Marking Cape to Cairo Link
Prof Darwin opened the Zambesi bridge in Victoria Falls with visiting British officials. He cited Erasmus Darwin’s 1785 forecast and noted the Cape to Cairo railway’s progress from Khartoum toward Kalama and beyond toward Tanganyika, with two potential lines planned. The 420 foot cantilever span sits 30 feet wide over the gorge.
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Victoria Falls
Zambesi River
East Africa
British Association
Darwin
Erasmus Darwin
Equatorial Africa
Livingstone Island
Zambesi
Cape-to-Cairo
Cecil Rhodes
Egypt
South Africa
Khartoum
Assouan
Wady Halfa
Kalama
Barotzeland
Tanganyika
The
Congo
Sensational disclosures in New York Life probe session
At the legislative insurance investigation, Edwin Randolph of New York Life testified about a complex series of syndicate dealings with J. P. Morgan & Co and International Mercantile Marine. He acknowledged sales and repurchases to reduce reported holdings, including an $800,000 boat stock sale and an $80,000 loss from a bond sale to J S Morgan & Co.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Legislative Insurance Investigation Committee
Edwin D. Randolph
Hughes
Randoi
Randolph
New York Life
Navigation Syndicate
International Mercantile Marine
J. P. Morgan & Co
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Randolph
The
Mr. Perkins
Mr. Hughes
J. S. Morgan & Co
London
Washington Tragedy Leaves Two Men Dead and Woman Wounded
In southeast Washington a shooting killed George T. Morgan and Charles Souder while Lillian J. Souder, wife of Charles, was seriously wounded. Souder and his wife did not live together and she was at the boarding site when Morgan joined her after work. Neighbors heard loud talking before the gunfire. Police theorize Souder killed Morgan and wounded his wife then died by suicide after the attack. Providence hospital received the wounded woman but she could not speak.
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Washington
George T. Morgan
Charles Souder
Lillian J. Souder
Souder
Morgan
Providence Hospital
Hatfield ally Henry Harmon gets life for murder in Logan
In Huntington West Virginia on September 13 Henry Harmon was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Jas Vérenson committed two years earlier. Harmon had seven prior trials for seven murders and once faced life but escaped on a technicality. He was a Hatfield leader in the Hatfield McCoy feud, shot Nelson from ambush, fled the state, and was captured in Buckingham County Virginia before being brought back to Logan.
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Huntington
W. Va
Henry Harmon
Jas. Vérenson
Harmon
Nelson
Buckingham County
Logan
German Samoa orders pardon for chiefs in revolt case
Melbourne reports Governor Solf grants the appeal of about a thousand natives seeking remission of deportation sentences to German New Guinea for Tamasese and other chiefs accused of plotting against the government.
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Melbourne
German Samoa
Solf
German New Guinea
Tamasese
Republicans Withdraw Ticket in Philadelphia After Gas Lease Battle
Following political upheaval in Philadelphia the county Republican ticket from last spring has been withdrawn before Mayor Weaver's gas lease clash. The city committee plans to select a new ticket.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Rushville Murder Case
Mrs. Anna Bankert, arraigned in Rushville Indiana, pleads not guilty to murder charges. She waived reading of the indictment and spoke clearly in court before being remanded to jail awaiting trial.
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Rushville
Ind
Anna Bankert
Fire destroys Utah college mechanical shops
Across the agricultural college of Utah a fire wiped out the mechanical shops causing $50,000 in losses. The report notes extensive damage with few details on cause.
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Agricultural College of Utah
Greece
Roumania
Loubet
Charles
Portugal
Madrid
Alum Baking Powders Contain Sulphuric Acid Says Chemist
An official chemist tested fifty two brands of alum and alum phosphate baking powders and found sulphuric acid in large amounts in each. The alum portion remains unaltered in bread. Alum powders are costly to use despite cheap manufacture, as twenty five cents per pound is charged for a product costing two cents to make. The question posed is whether the housewife should consume foods containing alum and sulphuric acid.
Educated Negro Dies As A Savage Chief Of Devil Worshippers
Washington reports the death of Rev. David Wilberforce, a former missionary born of African savagery who became a respected Christian preacher, then renounced his faith to lead the Devil Worshippers of the Bush. He returned to savage rites and died as their chief, buried with tribal rites after a dramatic life between worlds.
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Washington, D. C
Sept. Il
West Africa
David Flickinger Wilberforce
Wilberforce
New World
United Brethren
David Flickinger
Flickinger
American Missionary Society
New York
United States
Dr. Flickinger
United Brethren In Christ
Africa
Otterbein University
Ohio
Parrow
Egypt
Stults
Freeton
Wilerforce
Mrs Augusta Rabe Opens Rooming House at 52 South Main
Announcement notes a new rooming house run by Mrs Augusta Rabe at 52 South Main in the opera house block with electric light and hot bath. It mentions a fundraiser for ex-soldiers on Wednesday September 13 featuring ice cream and cake with 16 cent admission.
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Augusta Rabe
South Main Street
Opera House
Bethed Toons
English Mint Produces Over Eight Million Copper Coins Annually
The annual output of the English mint reaches above eight million copper coins. Authorities note the large scale production and distribution of these coinage items during the year.
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Sasebo Harbor
Zambezi River
Prof
Central Africa
Longey
France
William H. O’connell
Maine
Intercollegiate Socialistic Society
Branman
Okla
Charles Outlaw
Outlaw
Farmers’ National Congress
Richmond
Dr. Price
Dayton
Wilberforce Academy
Dean
Air Way Drug Store
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