Morristown Cyclone Buries Saloon Patrons and Kills Several
A cyclone struck Morristown Minnesota injuring and burying occupants of Taul Gatzke's saloon where sixteen sought shelter. Seven dead and four injured were recovered as the storm path wrecked buildings and collapsed the saloon in a half mile. Regimental Reunion planned for Marion Indiana hosts the 6th and 1st Indiana Volunteer Infantry October 4 and 6 with members urged to notify the president for inclusion.
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Clydone
Morristown
Faribault
Minn
Taul Gatzke
Marion
Ind
T6th
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Geo. Wy Steele
Fires Ravage Occidental Area for Days
A blaze near Occidental California has burned about one square mile and caused about 1.5 million dollars in damage. A firefighter is missing and several volunteers narrowly escaped suffocation as brush was being burned to clear land. Women and children were moved to safety by car as flames threatened the town.
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Occidental
Cal
Straiger
Freestone
Village in Omer Michigan Ravaged by Fire
Fire destroyed the business district of Omer Michigan wiping out the hotel two drug stores a saloon furniture hardware and jewelry stores a photograph gallery the post office and eight homes. Losses around 50000 with light insurance and no local fire protection.
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Omer
Mich
Postoffica
Instructions to Chaffee on troop dispositions in China
Cabled orders sent to General Chaffee state that pending settlements in China the de legation guard of a regiment of infantry four troops of cavalry and a light battery under his command will remain in Pekin. The remainder of the forces are to be sent to Manila.
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Chaffee
China
de Legation
Pekin
Manila
Disaster at Cape Nome and Other Domestic Tales
Cape Nome reports a severe storm on the Ilth and Ith leaving 500 people homeless and $500000 in losses with one drowning and fears of more missing. In Ferguson Iowa a waterspout and tornado kill four and injure several as the railway station sustains heavy damage. Lord Roberts claims Erasmus command attacked Elands river station with Boer losses. Paget and bushmen capture cattle and sheep. A Trans Baikal train wreck in Siberia leaves twelve dead. Fort Wayne Masonic Temple attractions list Cole and Johnson in A Trip to Coontown on Oct 6 and Walker Whiteside.
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Cape Nome
Ilth
Ith
Ferguson
Iowa
Roberts
Lord Roberts
Erasmus
Elands
Paget
Plummer
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple
Indiana boy foils Chicago con men in drugged beer
Charles Whiteman of New Albany Ind. tricked three confidence men on Canal Street Chicago. He switched drink with Guintzel causing drowsiness, fled with tucked cash from his coat. He alerted police Quinlan and Finan who caught Sam Black and Sam Meyer. Guintzel slept peacefully in the room.
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Indiana
Charles Whiteman
New Albany
Ind
Canal Street
Chicago
R. Guintzel
Guintzel
Sam Black
Sam Meyer
Whiteman
Halsted Street
Quinlan
Finan
Black
Meyer
Justice Sabath
Clark Street
Chicago Real Estate Man Kills Wife Then Commits Suicide
Frederick B. Clark, once a prosperous Chicago real estate figure, shot and killed his wife and killed himself following financial ruin and a failed request for aid. Police found the bodies at Englewood home after Mrs. Theobald failed to rouse them. Clark had borrowed $12,000 from his father and mortgaged 27 Englewood lots to secure it. the wife refused to deed the property back to him.
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Frederick B. Clark
Chicago
Englewood
Stina Theobald
Clark
Debunking Dewey Ace: Hobson Claims Spanish Scuttled Ships
Lieut Hobson, returning from the Philippines, asserts Dewey’s fleet did not sink the Spanish ships at Manila Bay. He says the Spaniards scuttled their vessels by opening valves, while shells caused little damage. Hobson questions Dewey’s victory and notes Spanish wrecks were not heavily damaged below the waterline.
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Hobson
Lieut
Santings Fame
Philippines
Dewey
Manila
Lient Elelson
Mutineers Steal 20000 From Samoa On Siberian Coast
The Samoa, returning from Siberia to Nome, reportedly seized 20000 in a satchel from the vessel St. Paul under government orders. The mutiny involved thirty two Russians tied to the plot to seize the ship on its prior voyage.
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Samoa
Siberian
St. Paul
Nome
Siberia
Fire in Great Warehouses in Terminal Stores
Five policemen were overcome by smoke in a fire at Terminal Stores, a New York warehouse block. The loss is estimated at 220000 dollars with stock in the buildings valued at several millions, including furniture and carpets stored by leading New York houses.
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New York
Spring Lake
N. J
Mea Girt
Bravewoman Fights for Life in Brooklyn Robbery Try
Mrs. Mary E. Byrne of Sheepshead Bay N Y is hospitalized with extensive injuries after a nighttime assault on Coney Island Avenue. The assailant grabbed her from behind, dragged her into bushes, beat her, and escaped with her handbag after a struggle.
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Mary E. Byrne
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Mrs. Byrne
Enforced Idleness in Pennsylvania Mining Country Cited
R G Dun & Co reports the Pennsylvanian coal region shows little idle hands beyond the anthracite sector with many mines ready to hire. Doscher sugar refinery shuts due to raw sugar shortage while Lorraine Steel restarts furnaces after three months idleness. Ex election season affects bank clearings. wool sales dip from a year ago. iron and steel activity modestly higher at former price levels.
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Pennsyvania
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Penn Vania
Doscher
Loraine Steel Company
New York
United States
Tdlasp Ves
Ooo
Canada
PS Jast Vega
American Troops to Leave China and Wage Scale Signed
Disordered report notes Americans to withdraw from Pekin with troops redeployed to the Philippines under Minister Conger. Separate item states wage agreement in Cincinnati between the Amalgamated Association of Steel Workers and manufacturers, effective until July 901. A freight wreck at Sadieville Kentucky kills five workers and injures six while they were stealing rides.
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China
Philippines
New Wall
Pekin
Conger
Cincinnati
Amassinated Association of Tron and Steel Workers
Sadieville
Lexington
Attempt to Kill Ming Watchman at Hickory Ridge
Evan Davis, watchman at Hickory Ridge colliery near Shinmokin Pennsylvania, was shot by an unknown assailant as he patrolled the colliery. The bullet entered the left side, inflicting a serious if not fatal wound.
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Ming
Evan Davis
Hickory Ridge
Shinmokin
Explosion at Frisch mine leaves many dead and injured
A Frisch mine blast at Cox Bohemia kills thirty five and injures fifteen with five missing. Separate reports say Lizzie Hamilton and Grace Hughes of the Victoria Burlesquers died from gas. A great Texas storm floods three towns and causes loss of life and property.
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Cox
Bohemia
Faterson
No J
Lizzie Hamilton
Grace Hughes
Victoria Burlesquers
New York
Texas
Accused by Daughter New Yorker Arrested for Murder
Joseph McGuigan is jailed in New York on charges of killing his wife Mary by throwing her from a third story window. The couple’s daughters recount conflicting accounts of the events after she returned from a wake.
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New Yorker
Joseph McGuigan
New York
Mary
Mock Wedding Sparks Legal Turmoil in St Louis Elite Society
A staged marriage between Miss Mary B Carroll and Joseph R Hoffmann in a Cabanne Club parlor shocks St Louis society. Judge W W Henderson presided without a license, yet officials deem the ceremony legally binding. In a separate incident, the schooner John Martin sinks on the Siloin River near Bort Huron after a collision with the Yama, drowning four crew or passengers.
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St. Louis
Mary B. Carrol
Joseph R. Hoffmann
Cabanne
Cabanne Club
W. W. Henderson
John Martin
Siloin River
Bort Huron
March
Worry Over Judgment Drives Broker to Suicide in New York
The article reports broker John Blyes allegedly killed himself due to wife’s comfort and fear over a $20,000 judgment for alienating another man’s wife. The case centers on financial strain and personal ruin in New York.
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John
Blyes
New York
Tucker's Mission In Hawaii Collides With Turbulent Strait
Tucker sails from San Francisco to Tegotilir on a mission to revise The ceasterns diow and servies of the Lawaiian Tshinds seais to bring them up to the standard of those at deme. In Ontario, a construction collapse at Wankleek PH injures ten with two killed and three fatally injured.
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Tucker
Hawaii
James Edis Tucker
San Francisco
Tegotilir
Deme
Warr
Wankleek Phil
Ontario
Edo
Eight Years for Gentile Diamond Thief
Phil Gentile known as Dage Foley a famed thief with arrests in major European and American cities was sentenced in Lexington Kentucky to eight years imprisonment Merriam predicts the 100 census will show the U S population near 20000000 not official but W H Merriam states it as opinion
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Gentile
Phil Gentile
Dage Foley
Europe
America
Lexington
Merriam
William Tk. Merriam
United States
Banks Fail in Kansas Amid Demand Drop
The report notes seven banks closed since January 1 due to weak demand for money in Kansas, the latest being the CG. E. Putnam bank of Richmond. A separate dispatch claims a massacre of five thousand Chinese by Russians along the Amur in Manchuria, reported by a Russian correspondent.
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Kansas Bank
State Bank
Breidenthal
Topeka
Kan
Anail
State Bank of
Rushton
Kansas
CG. E. Putnam Bank of
Richmond
Amur
Manchuria
Markets Report Consumer Cattle and Grain Prices Across Cities
Market notes list beef cattle hogs and sheep prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with wheat corn oats rye and butter and eggs price ranges by city. Readers see regional shifts in shipping and No 2 grades across multiple states and markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Mt. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Harley
New York
Miners Extend Strike Gains as Union Solidifies
Reports show more than 180000 of 142000 anthracite workers on strike in week two. Most strikers have joined the United Mineworkers and vow not to return until operators settle in conference. Jeddo district mines largely idle as Shenandoah and Mahanoy City areas shift from operation to closure amid troop patrols.
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United Mineworkers
Haver
Hazleton
Mitchell
Jeddo
Wnion
Shenandoah
Mahanoy City
Anthracite Strike Tensions Rise in Wyoming Region
Mine operators insist on firm stand while strikers grow in confidence and strength. They denounce a supposed conspiracy to place the region under labor leaders from outside the area and reject any deal with Mr Mitchell and his organization. Operators warn a general strike could set a regional record for length.
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Mine Workers’ Union
Mitchell
United Mine Workers Report Unified Wyoming Valley Strike
The Wilkes Barre district reports an eighth day of mining strike with all district mines idle and three washeries idle. Workers say the men remain orderly, new United Workers societies formed at Pittston and Ashley, and accessions to the ranks grow daily.
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Lackawanna
Schuylkill
United Mine Workers
Wikenbarre
Wyoming
Society of
United Workers
Pittston
Ashley
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