Buffalo mourns McKinley as funeral plans announced
Reports from Buffalo Sept 14 state Mrs McKinley grave and the president slain by a poisoned bullet. The cabinet declares a state funeral with services at Milburn residence, remains to Washington, Canton, then interment with General Brooke in charge of the escort. Roosevelt arrives, meets Mrs McKinley, then is sworn in by Judge Hazel.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Milburn
Washington
White House
Capitol
Canton
Brooke
Brooke Will Have Charge of the Military Escort. Mrs. McKinley
Roosevelt
Ansley Wilcox
Emma Goldman Held Without Bail Pending Investigation
Emma Goldman anarchist lecturer was ordered held without bail in Buffalo awaiting results of investigations in Buffalo and Chicago. The hearing was postponed to September 18 as prosecutors pursue writs of habeas corpus and higher-court rulings on conspirator cases tied to the murder plot against President McKinley.
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Buffalo
Chicago
Prindiville
Emma Goldman
Miss Goldman
Owens
Chatlain
McKinley
Chetlain
Extradite Miss Goldman From Chicago to Buffalo
Buffalo authorities move to extradite Emma Goldman the anarchists leader now under arrest in Chicago for alleged complicity in the McKinley plot. Officials say application for her removal to New York state will proceed with Illinois authorities as quickly as formalities permit. No details of charges have been disclosed.
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Buffalo
Emma Goldman
Chicago
McKinley
Illinois
Goldman
Clark's Generous Offer to Fund Montana Exhibit
United States Senator W A Clark volunteered to Gov Toole to contribute 25 percent of a 50000 fund to provide a Montana exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. He asked others in the state to subscribe the balance in response to the governor's appeal for a strong St Louis representation.
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St. Louis
Helena
Mont
United States
W. A. Clark
Gov. Toole
Montana
Clark
St. Louis R
Bad Character Quip Turns Into a Wallet Return
A playful quip from the New York Times notes a visit to a palm reader where few words were spoken. The palmist examined the hand, coughed, and promptly returned the client’s money, leaving the reader amused by the anticlimactic outcome.
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Palmist's
New York Times
Indemnity Tabs in Warwick-Now Service Dispute
In Warwick Now, authorities determine the indemnity China must pay each party on specific entitlement tabs. Wickwire-Well notes the price per casualty, roughly $500 for every Chinaman killed, reflecting a stark, controversial estimate amid the dispute.
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Warwick
China
Puck
Five Men Die in Powder Works Explosions
Three blasts rocked the American Schutz Powder company plant in Oakland New Jersey. A boiler explosion started the disaster, followed by two more in the engine and mixing houses. Five workers were killed in the incident.
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New York
American Schutz Powder Company
Oakland
N. J
President McKinley Dies After Prolonged Illness
Buffalo date: President McKinley dies at Milburn house after a long struggle with illness. Family and cabinet members, including Cortelyou Hitchcock Knox Root Wilson and Abner McKinley, witness the end as doctors administer oxygen and the dying leader murmurs prayers and a final blessing.
The President McKinley Dies After Long Illness
In Buffalo the president lingered through a heart wrenching scene as death neared. Doctors differed on the exact cause, possibly needing autopsy. Mrs McKinley held his hand and remained brave as officials prepared for a state funeral in Washington. Roosevelt to assume office. cabinet to resign.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Buffalo
Webb Hayes
What Lieut Peary Did Gallant Explorer Sends Word to World
Halifax N S Sept 14 Although Peary failed to reach the pole he sends word back by the Erik of his achievements First rounding the northern limit of Greenland archipelago the most northernly known land in the world Second the highest latitude yet attained in Western hemisphere 83 degrees north Third the origin of the so called polecrystic ice iceberg Peary will try for the pole again next spring Michigamme Mich Sept 14 Will Wright a Traverse City Mich boy aged nineteen years received fatal injuries here while attempting to steal a ride on a South Shore freight train
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Halifax
N. S
Peary
Greenland
Michigamme
Mich
Will Wright
Traverse City
South Shore
Chaos in Buffalo as crowds surge after president's collapse
Buffalo Sept 15 crowds flood Milburn house and Pan American grounds after news of the president's sudden collapse. Police deploy full force as thousands converge toward the station house where Czolgosh is confined and confrontations are avoided as officers calm the gathering.
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Jalil
Csolgoss
Buffalo
Milburn
Ciity
Anxanasiat
Czolgosz
Supt. Bull
Fourth Brigade
Col. Welch
Red Flag Signals Alleged Czolgosz Conspirators in Indiana
Warsaw Indiana September 15 1901 an incident before McKinley assassination suggests Czolgosz had allies Miss Mary Simons daughter of a prominent citizen says she heard a two foot red flag signal from the crowd while in hearing distance of the presidents speech the day before the shooting she told District Attorney Penny her story which was supported by her sister and another woman and authorities treated the tale as significant, advising her not to speak to reporters
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Czolgosz
Warsaw
Ind
McKinley
Mary Simons
W. H. Simons
Buffalo
Penny
Temple of Music
Simons
Fen
Silent Grief As New Yorkers Await President McKinley News
New York on September 15 shows restrained mourning for President McKinley as bulletins from Buffalo indicate a hopeless condition. Crowds seek updates but remain somber, with no threats or protests, Broadway theaters prepared to halt performances, and Jewish congregations shifting Eve of New Year prayers to expressions of grief.
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New York
Buffalo
McKinley
Herr Most
Broadway Playhouse
Protection for the President Law Making Assault on President Punishable by Death
Washington report notes Botkin and Bynum of the commission to revise federal criminal laws drafted a bill to make assault on the president a felony and punishable by death when aimed at obstructing government operations, aiming to grant federal court jurisdiction.
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Washington
Messrs. Botkin and
Bynum
United States
Congress
Czolgösz Is Strung Up By Children In Effigy
In Chicago on September 15 a group of children hung an effigy of Czolgosz on a rope from a trolley wire at Oak and Larrabee streets. More than 500 people gathered and traffic was halted as officers cut the figure down and the crowd dispersed.
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Annansin
Chicago
Czolgosz
Oak and
Larrabee Streets
Larrabee Street
Johnson
Paws
Most is locked up for misdemeanor bail breach
New York September 15 Johann Most arrested on inciting incendiary literature was arraigned in police court. Hearing set for Monday September 16. Assistant district attorney sought 2500 bail, magistrate set 1000 bail for misdemeanor charge. Most remained in jail for default of bail.
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New York
Johann Most
Most
Catch Kruger's Son Surrenders Report from Kitchener
London dispatch quotes Lord Kitchener saying the son of Mr. Kruger and Captain Ferrelera have surrendered. The report notes the surrender followed wartime actions and confirms the development as of September 14.
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Lord Kitchener
London
Kruger
Ferrelera
Burned to Death at Wisconsin Summer Home
Delavan Wisconsin September 14 Lizzie Endrich a nurse at the summer home of Mr and Mrs Hugh Howison of Chicago was burned to death and Hilda Nelson a cook was fatally burned yesterday in an explosion caused by kerosene when oil was poured from a five gallon can onto a live fire
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Delavan
Wis
Lizzie Endrich
Hugh Howison
Chicago
Hilda Nelson
Washington In Shock Over McKinley Death Proclamation
Washington reacts to President McKinley's death at 2 15 am in Buffalo. Secretary Hay oversees notify ambassadors and ministers to inform governments. a formal proclamation and mourning orders follow. Cabinet changes unlikely. Roosevelt may delay until the December session and officials may stay on to avoid embarrassment.
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Washington
McKinley
Buffalo
State
War
Navy Departments
Hay
Martin
United States
Australia
Canada
Babcock
State Department
Department of State
Roosevelt
War Gillespie
Navy
Hackett
Congress
Arthur
Garfield
Autopsy Sought to Determine President's Cause of Death
Buffalo September 14 autopsy likely on the president's body to establish the exact cause of death. Surgeons and physicians attending him favor the procedure for science government and world interests. Heart trouble, initially blamed on shock, grew feeble and led to death. Some doctors doubt organic heart disease, suggesting the initial wound shock played a major role.
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Buffalo
McBurney
Czolgosz Hanged Amid Crowd In Chicago Public Terminal
A crowd gathered in Chicago for the execution of anarchist Czolgosz at noon. The condemned man was hanged as a large onlookers watched, the event ending with the crowd dispersing after the rope completed its work.
Important Find in Chicago Names and Addresses of Anarchists
A Maxwell Street police discovery uncovered a list of 200 names and addresses of persons said to be anarchists. Sergt Frank Bernard turned the list over to Capt Wheeler who hailed its importance for ongoing investigations into anarchist agitation in the city.
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Annarchiata
Chicago
Maxwell Street
Sergt
Frank Bernard
Wheeler
Grain and Livestock Markets Across Major Centers
Market wires from St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago report grain prices for Wheat Corn and Oats with cash and future quotes. Live cattle hog and sheep prices listed for Chicago Sioux City St Paul and Milwaukee with range and average figures.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Sioux City
Iowa
Texas
South St. Paul
Gendarmes Foul Crime Reported From Erzeroum
London dispatches report a gendarme in Erzeroum who, driven by love for an Armenian girl, gathered accomplices, outraged the girl, and then sacked and burned the village, causing widespread destruction and reaction from authorities.
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London
Erzeroum
Americans Shut Out from Pekin Warehouses
London dispatch says the Russian administrator at Talien-Yan refused permission for Americans to build godowns to store American kerosene, halting local storage projects.
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London
Pekin
Talien-Yan
Flags for Grant's Tomb Battle Flags Loaned
Gov La Follette orders the loan of Civil War flags from the Twelfth and Sixteenth Wisconsin regiments to the Grant Monument Association for placement over Gen Grant's tomb at Riverside Park New York Gen Bryant to oversee labeling and forwarding.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
la Follette
Grant Monument Association
Gen. Grant
Riverside Park
New York
Bryant
New London treaty planned to replace Hay-Pauncefote pact
Washington reports that arrangements are complete in London for a new treaty to replace the Hay-Pauncefote compact, with drafting soon underway. A telegram from Commercial Agent Greener at Vladivostock confirms European Russian tariff duties affecting U S goods at that port, assessed on gross weight and measurement.
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Washington
London
State Department
T& ‘Ablegram
Greener
Vladivostock
United States
Russia
Decatur Texas racial raid and arrests reported
White men raided the negro districts at Decatur Texas terrorizing residents and forcing departures. Nome postmaster Joshua Wright arrested for embezzling 3200 dollars from the U S government. William L Wright, tied to the Pattern Makers League, held in Denver on kidnapping and highway robbery charges related to C W Walters. Denver judge fined Bailiff Robert Schrader for contempt and freed other officials after alleged jury influence in the W W Anderson shooting case against Post publishers.
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Decatur
Texas
Nome
Joshua Wright
United States
William L. Wright
Pattern Makers’ League of America
Denver
Colo
C. W. Walters
Mullins
Robert Schrader
William J. Thomas
Daniel Sadlier
W. W. Anderson
W. G. Bonfils
H. H. Tammen
the Post
Multiple Local Incidents Include Fires Deaths and Illness
P P Swift manager of Pratt Baxter Grain in Stonington Illinois shot himself while hunting. John A Logan livery barn in Richmond Indiana burned recently killing about twenty horses. Nebraska’s heavy rain cripples logs and hinders rail traffic. Henry Peltier and wife near Windsor Ontario struck by a Michigan Central train and killed. In Athens Ohio ten thousand peach trees ordered destroyed for San Jose scale. About ninety people who ate clams at a Cleveland building opening suffered ptomaine poisoning, several remain ill.
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P. P. Swift
Pratt- Baxter Grain Company
Stonington
Ill
John A. Logan
Richmond
Ind
Nebraska
Henry Peltier
Windsor
Ont
Michigan Central
Athens
Ohio
Ohio Agricultuural Department
Cleveland
Prussian tariff talks begin September twentieth
The Prussian ministry of commerce will begin conferences regarding the new tariff bill on September 20. Elsewhere, summer wanes and winter looms, while domestic crops face a shortened season after a late spring.
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Prussian Ministry of Commerce
Tokio Chamber of Commerce
Japan
Hamburg
Bremen
Colombia
Count von Buelow
Farsan
Red Sea
Turkey
Castilina
Negros
Tennessee
James Milton Sheldon Named Chicago Football Captain
James Milton Sheldon has been elected captain of the University of Chicago football team to succeed James R. Henry who resigned. Three hundred delegates attend the sixth annual convention of the National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents in Put-in-Bay Ohio. John R. Laffler of the National Soldiers' Home at Danville Illinois was degraded and drummed off the grounds after an attempted life threat to the president. New York announces Speyer & Co has purchased the Mexican International road and expects the line to operate in line with the Mexican Nation under reorganization.
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James Milton Sheldon
University of Chicago
James R. Henry
National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents
Put-in-Bay
Ohio
John R. Laffler
National Soldiers’ Home
Danville
Ill
New York
Speyer & Co
Natio
Tess Miss Passay Proclaimed Old Maid by Choice
Tess Miss Passay declares she is an old maid by choice while Jess claims every marriageable man she knows has chosen another, as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
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Tess
Picnic memories in Brown-Well wedding notice
A brief Detroit Free Press amuse shows Brown-Well reflecting on a family gathering after a picnic. The piece notes the baby’s happiness and that many relatives and guests joined the day, highlighting a lively family scene and social warmth.
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Jones
Detroit Free Press
Pretty Thin Reminiscence About John Fiske Noted
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip recalls novelist Howell’s memories of the late John Fiske as rather thin noting he only remembers him when he was slender. The remark adds a wry literary aside about Fiske’s youth.
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Howell
John Fiske
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Unusual Fall Read of Anthracite in Cellar Sight
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation notes a striking early fall view found in a cellar. The speaker praises the sight of anthracite coal as an attractive, pleasing feature in an unlikely place.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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