Cuban Liberal Leaders Arrested in Havana Conspiracy Case
Half a dozen prominent liberal figures in Havana are arrested on charges of conspiracy against the government and plans to assassinate President Palma. Included are General Carlos Garcia Velez, Fausto Garcia, ex Cuban consul at Bremen, and Col Manuel Piedra. Loynaz del Castillo escaped. police say evidence supports convictions while the arresting officer was jailed. Also, suits filed to oust Adams Express, United States Express, and American Express in Indianapolis for failing to deliver freight within city limits.
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Liberal Party
Havana
Cuba
Palma
Carlos Garcia Velez
Fausto
Bremen
Monteaguedo
Manuel Piedra
House of Representatives
Enrique Loynazel Castillo
Puerto Principe
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Demeric Castillo
Santiago
Loynaz del Castillo
Gen. del Castille
Salt
Merrill Moores
Charles P. Benedict
Marion County
Railroad Commission of
State of Indiana
Superior Court
Idianapolis
Adams Express Company
United States Express Company
American Express Company
Indianapolis
Twentieth Century Limited Wrecked Near Elyria Ohio
The east bound Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad wrecked about a mile and a half from Elyria Ohio after running through a switch at the junction with B and Q tracks. The engine and several cars went into the ditch. the engine overturned and coaches were damaged. A fireman suffered crushed legs as the derailed engine turned over.
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Twentieth Century Limited
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Elyria
Ohio
Lake Shore
Manchuria Strikes Reef Off Rabbit Island
A Honolulu dispatch reports the Pacific Mail steamship Manchuria ran aground on a reef near Rabbit Island off Oahu during a heavy rainstorm. The vessel was off course but no lives were lost and all passengers were landed at Honolulu. The ship is believed to be badly damaged.
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Honolulu
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Rabbit Island
Oahu
Twelve Drownings Reported in New York Waters
Twelve persons lost their lives in waters about New York Sunday with many bathers among the victims. Numerous rescues saved additional lives, while a group near Manhattan Beach saw three drownings of undetermined cause and an investigation by the Coney Island police proceeds.
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New York
Manhattan Beach
Cony Island Station
$70,000 Blaze Damages Madison Wholesale Grocery
A fire at Hargan's wholesale grocery in Madison Indiana caused about $70,000 in losses. The blaze damaged the grocery building and a neighboring saloon, with Haigh's furniture store also damaged. Insurance coverage totaled $25,000 on all three structures.
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Madison, Inn
Hargan
Madison
Ind
Haigh
Man Dies in County Jail Yard Incident Louisville
A Black man named Josh Johnson died in a related incident in the county jail yard in Louisville Kentucky. He displayed vitality and was not pronounced dead for twenty four minutes after his neck was broken in the incident.
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Josh Johnson
Louisville
Three Killed in Western Ohio Electric Wreck Near Wapakoneta
A trolley car on the Western Ohio Electric railway near Wapakoneta sped off a curve and crashed. Three people died and about a dozen were injured in the incident.
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Western Ohio Electric Railway
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Martinique Is Shaken by Multiple Earthquakes
Fort de France dispatch reports several earthquakes felt across Martinique with varying severity. No damage is reported and no injuries are mentioned.
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Martinique
Fort de France
Three Italians die as freight train backs into work train
Three Italians were killed and eight others injured when a Michigan Central freight locomotive backed into a work train two miles from Charlotte Michigan, in a deadly rail accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Central
Charlotte, Mich
Veterans Die In Parade At Grand Army Encampment
Five veterans die and at least eight are injured during a Minneapolis Grand Army of the Republic parade under a sweltering sun. Col. Charles W. Keeting of New Orleans collapses and dies. Thomas A. Martin of Washington and George A. Penny of Logan, Utah, suffer serious injuries in the incident.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Cuba
Charles W. Keeting
New Orleans
Department of
Louisiana
Mississippi
Thomas A. Martin
Department of the Totomac
Treasiury
Washington
George A. Penny
Logan
Lona
Penny
Railroad Laborers Barred From Importation
The Department of Justice in Washington ruled that railroad construction laborers are unskilled and cannot be imported under the immigration act. Contractors with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and others sought Mexican workers but were halted by immigration officials. the decision was issued by Assistant Attorney General Charles E Robb.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Mexico
Charles E. Robb
Stranglers Rob Aged Woman in Gary Home
Five attackers broke into Mrs. A Wojnacki’s Gary Indiana residence and beat strangled and robbed the elderly woman and her husband a Lake Shore railroad employee. They tied a rope around her neck and stole 75 dollars leaving her near death. The assailants escaped.
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A. Wojnacki
Lake Shore
Gary
Inn
Jane
Forest Fires Force Minnesota Settlers from Homes
Several large fires burn southwest of Biwabik forcing settlers to abandon homes and property. Hundreds of acres of second growth burn as wildlife invades the village limits amid the blaze.
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Biwabik
Minn
Former Kansas Treasurer Grimes Offers 7000 Payoff to End Suit
Frank I Grimes former State Treasurer of Kansas says he will pay 7000 into the State treasury to compromise charges in experts report about an alleged shortage. He insists on innocence but admits he cannot account for the shortage and expects the state to accept the payment to settle without suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank I. Grimes
Kansas
Grimes
New Cruiser St. Louis Transferred to Government
The protected cruiser St. Louis built at Neatie & Levy Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, was towed to League Island navy yard and receipted for by Admiral Craig, without formal ceremonies.
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St. Louis
Neatie & Levy Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Admiral Craig
Tragic Drowning at Cormorant Lake Minn
Three girls from Lake Trark Minnesota, Fannie King aged 1T and Neltie and Lena Jordahl aged 20 and US, drowned when their raft with companions drifted into deep water and sank. All others were saved.
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Fannie King
Neltie
Lena Jordahl
Lake Trark
Minn
Cormorant Lake
Dredger Crashes Into Cruiser at Brooklyn Navy Yard
A Packard Company dredger broke from a tug in Widla bout channel and collided with the armored cruiser Maryland tied at the Brooklyn navy yard. Several armor plates bent and two small guns dismantled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packard Company
Widlabout
Maryland
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Ohio machinist slain in ambush on Black Street Bridge
Robert Rachmann, a Hamilton Ohio machinist, was shot dead by an unseen assailant waiting on the Black Street bridge. Police search for a suspected Kentuckian linked to the ambush as authorities sweep the city for answers.
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Robert Rachmann
Black Street
Hamilton
Ohio
At Bargain Rush Two Die in St. Joseph Stampede
A store rush in St. Joseph Missouri drew a thousand women seeking cheap dishpans. Two women were killed and seven others seriously injured in the chaotic scene.
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St. Joseph
Chicago Man Appointed by Roosevelt to Commerce Post
James B. Harlan of Chicago was named by President Roosevelt as the final member of the Interstate Commerce Commission under the new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James B. Harlan
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fifty Eight Slain in Capital City Purge
The St. Petersburg Gazette reports seven day figures with fifty eight officials murdered and three more dozen wounded in Russia proper. It notes destruction of bomb depots and safes and widespread robberies. Police seek exile targets and beef up rapid fire gun training for security forces.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
von Baunitz
Motorman's quick action saves riders from cave-in derailment
An east bound Lehigh Traction car narrowly escaped disaster when it rode a wide mine cave-in chasm four miles east of Freeland. Motorman Fulma diverted power as the car leapt the yawning gap, rail joints held, the vehicle left the rails and struck the embankment eight feet below. All passengers were thrown but none seriously hurt.
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Lehigh Traction Air
Freeland
Fulma
Blue Laws Bankrupt City Drives Kansas City Collapse
Kansas City Kansas sinks toward bankruptcy at a rate of over 83800 a day after prohibition enforcement shut down 200 speakeasies. The city of 65 000 faces a $4 575 000 debt and only 112 000 annual income while banks refuse payroll cashing and departments shrink.
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Kansas City
Kan
Trickett
Boy Hangs Self at St Benedicts College Hall
Gorge Gaumgartner aged 16 who came to Atchison Kansas from Germany two years ago to study for the priesthood accidentally killed himself at St Benedict's College play hall. He tied a short rope around his neck and stepped off the stage causing a fatal neck fracture.
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Gorge Gaumgartner
Atchison, Kan
Germany
St. Benedict's College
Tie
Broker
Spalding sues Illinois university for accounting on alleged overcharged assets
Charles W. Spalding former Globe Savings Bank president and ex convict files a bill for accounting against the University of Illinois claiming he turned over property valued at SEL to trustees while he owed 023 407 as his debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Spalding
Chicago
Globe Savings Bank
University of Ilinois
Relief drives as Chile seeks quake aid funds
Chile plans to request Congress to appropriate funds for rebuilding Valparaiso after the earthquake. Cities nationwide led by officials in Valparaiso are organizing relief efforts to assist victims and expedite recovery.
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Chile
Organization of Relief For
Congress
Valparaiso
Rantings
Ireland Faces Potatoes Blight Threat to Harvest
An Irish report warns a severe potato blight in the west could ruin the crop. Copper sulfate spraying is suggested as a potential rescue to avert famine.
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Ireland
Expenditures Committee Sued by Mutual Life Insurance
The Mutual Life Insurance Company sues members of the expenditures committee under the McCurdy regime to recover millions allegedly wrongfully spent. Garfield Park Bank in Chicago placed in receivership after creditors claim $2,000.
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Mutual Life Insurance Company
McCurdy
Chicago
Garfield Park Bank
Harriman Takes Control of Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Rail
Harriman has bought control of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, a development announced in New York. The agreement positions Harriman to steer operations across the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul network.
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Harriman
St. Paul
KFWE
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
New York
Cuban Revolution Acknowledged Amid Havana Clash
Insurgents clash near Havana leaving several rural guard lieutenants dead and others wounded. Also reported, actor Lewis Morrison famous for Mephisto in Faust died suddenly after an operation.
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Havana
Lewis Morrison
Mephisto
Faust
Syndicate Gains Control of Vast Oregon Land Strip
A large land transfer shifts about 500000 acres in Oregon from the California and Oregon Land Company to a syndicate of Eastern and California capitalists. Purchasers include the Hunter Land Company of Minneapolis and Richard Sykes of Santa Barbara, with partners W B R Trimbl of Jamestown and Andrew E Johnson. The 8205 mile long north south tract runs from Cascade forest reserve to the Oregon Idaho line, thirteen miles wide, excluding a 25 mile section through the Klamath Indian reservation. The deal marks the first step in a major colonization project.
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State of
Oregon
Oregon Central Military Road
California and Oregon Land Company
California
Hunter Land Company
Minneapolis, Minn
Richard Sykes
Klamath Indian Reservation
Youths Confess in San Francisco Serial Robberies and Killing
Four teenage boys Fred Peterson William Meares Walter Westwood and Frank McAuliffe confessed to a string of holdups culminating in the murder of Fred Mullineaux on Ocean boulevard San Francisco Peterson 17 admitted firing the fatal shot McAuliffe 18 was arrested after interrogation and named the others Westwood 16 leader said he held the gun in robberies and that Mullineaux was targeted after Peterson’s turn
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San Francisco
Fred Peterson
William Meares
Walter Westwood
Frank McAuliffe
Fred Mullineaux
Ocean Boulevard
Peterson
Mullineaux
McAuliffe
Teterson
Westwood
Patrick Ryan
Miners Win in Alaska Name Delegates Cale and Waskey
Miners of Alaska carry Nome country the second judicial district by handsome pluralities. Cale and Waskey the miners candidates are conceded by all. The first election of a delegate to Congress from the District of Alaska passed off quietly with few disturbances and no fraud.
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Nome
Congress
Cale
Waskey
Alaska
Second Judicial District
Tanana Country
Seward Peninsula
Valdez
Sitka
Juneau
Skagway
District of Alaska
Cattle Men Form Co operative Live Stock Company
The Co-Operative Live Stock Company is incorporated in Topeka Kansas to operate a general live stock commission business with offices in Kansas City Chicago St Louis Omaha and St Joseph. It is said the group formed to challenge the National Live Stock Association. Incorporators include cattle raisers from Town Kansas Colorado and Texas and Louisa Kentucky.
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Co-Operative Live Stock Company
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
St. Joseph
National Live Stock Association
Town
Kansas
Colorado
Texas Cattle Raisers
Louisa
Chicago Boy Falls From Cliff at Mount Runyon
James Warren Tufts aged 11 son of Professor James Tufts of the University of Chicago lies in Monson Massachusetts in critical condition with a fractured skull and internal injuries. He fell about 100 feet to rocks below the cliff. doctors fear for his life.
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Chicago
James Warren Tufts
James Tufts
University of Chicago
Monson
Mass
Mount Runyon
Despondent drug victim drowns in Come Park lake
Mrs. Bertha Lee wife of a Minneapolis furrier drowned herself in the shallow Come Park lake after suffering as a drug habit victim. She waded into the water and went under, authorities reported.
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Bertha Lee
Minneapolis
Come Park
Cuban Liberal Leaders Arrested Over Conspiracy Plot
About six prominent Liberal Party leaders in Cuba were detained on charges of conspiring against the government and plotting to assassinate President Palma. The arrests mark a severe crackdown amid political tension and unrest in the island nation.
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Thalf
Liberal Party
Cuba
Palma
Suffering in Chilean Cities Deepens After Earthquake
Thousands in Chilean cities are homeless as the earthquake aftermath heightens suffering amid ongoing cold weather and famine adding to the harsh conditions.
Great Kansas Wheat Crop Estimated for 1900
I. D. Coburn secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture estimates the 1900 Kansas wheat crop at 1 385 076 bushels.
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Kansas
I. D. Coburn
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Mass Bank in Chelsea Closed by Controller Order
The First National Bank of Chelsea Massachusetts is not open for business as orders from the controller of the currency close the bank. An earthquake devastates Valparaiso Chile with hundreds feared dead. In Ohio a man is chosen as commander for the Grand Army of the Republic in Minneapolis with R B Brown named commander.
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Massachusetts
First National Bank
Chelsea
Mass
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
R. B. Brown
Chicago Trade Review Signals Broad Upturn In Industry
The report notes sustained progress across leading sectors including heavy construction transportation and staples with strong consumer demand and expansive banking deposits. Grain provisions and fishing products show solid activity while railroads demand rolling stock and metals. Bank clearings rise 11.2 percent. failures in Chicago district total 28. August earnings up 11.7 percent year over year amid abundant crops and elevated imports and exports.
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State Street
Chicago
Dan
New York
Ais
Chicago cattle and hog prices across markets
Market report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and more. Prices show cattle $4.00 to $5.50, hogs around $4.00 to $5.50, sheep $2.00 to $4.75, with grains wheat corn oats rye and butter and eggs also noted.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
RAO
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
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