Not Guilty by Justice Truman Opens Czolgosz Trial
In Buffalo on September 24 Leon F Czolgosz stood trial for the murder of President McKinley in Erie County Supreme Court with Judge Truman presiding. The crowd packed the streets as jurors were sworn and witnesses began testimony outlining premeditation and the fatal shooting on September 6.
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Buffalo
Leon F. Czobaz
McKinley
Supreme Court of
Erie County
Truman. White
City Hall
Franklin Street
Czolgosz
Titus
Lewis
Ladd
Temple of Music
Haller
War Sermon At Dinner Warns Of Barbarians And War
A Dispatch from Danzig reports Emperor William urged dining guests at the Death Head Hussars mess to remember his warning if the China expedition fights barbarians. He said once war begins it is the terrible scourge of nations, though clemency can prolong conflict.
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London
Hussars
William
Daily Mail
Dantzie
China
City Marshal Shot in St Marys as Suspect Jailed
St Marys Kansas city marshal George C Welsh was shot and possibly fatally wounded today by Edmond Williams, whom he had arrested for a minor offense. A lynching is feared and Williams is held in the county jail under guard.
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Marys
Kan
George C. Welsh
Edmond Williams
Williams
Man Named Lippscott Arrested After Sheridan Big Horn Stage HoldUp
In Cheyenne Wyoming on September 24 a man believed to be Neils Lippscott robbed the Sheridan Big Horn stage near Big Horn. Sheriff Neilson led a posse to chase and captured Lippscott in eastern Sheridan county. He was about to board a train to Nebraska. The stage carried the U S mail and strong evidence against Lippscott has been found.
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Big Horn
Cheyenne
Wya
Neils Lippscott
Neilson
Sheridan
Lippscott
Sheridan County
Nebraska
United States Mall
Lipp Scott
Fire at Norfolk Hospital for the Insane Claims Two Lives
A blaze at Ward He of the mall department of the Norfolk hospital for the insane spread from a superheated steam pipe in a tunnel beneath the building. It overwhelmed attendants and the city volunteer fire department. water supply ran out and only one life was confirmed lost, with 300 patients housed for safety, 203 men and 97 women, as repairs and temporary housing were arranged.
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Ward
Mall
Norfolk ‘Hospital
Atd
City Volunteer Fire Department
Chancellor Andrews denies lying justified in lecture report
Lincoln Neb September 24 Chancellor E Benjamin Andrews of the University of Nebraska told the Associated Press last night a Chicago report about a Veracity lecture was false. He said he maintained that lying is never justifiable under any circumstances or for any purpose and that no other meaning was intended.
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Benjamin Andrews
Lincoln
Neb
E. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Associated Press
Chicago
University of Chicago
Monument Work Begins for McKinley Memorial
Haona Day and other leaders meet in Cleveland to outline a national committee to organize a Canton monument fund for President McKinley. Senator Hanna, Judge William R. Day, and Colonel Myron T. Herrick attend. The plan envisions a statewide chartered organization named The McKinley Memorial Association with members from across the United States.
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Haona
Day
Cleveland
Canton
McKinley
Hanna
William R. Day
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
The
McKinley Memorial Association
Roosevelt to Seek U S Cuba Reciprocity Pact
In Washington on September 24 a series of talks between President Roosevelt and General Wood led to a plan for a reciprocal trade agreement with Cuba. The pact, to be sent to Congress in December, would lower U S duties on cereals and machinery entering Cuba while sugar and tobacco would be Cuba’s main export reductions. A Brussels dispatch notes Mr Kruger is drafting a memorial seeking U S intervention in South America.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Wood
Cuba
United States
Congress
Kruger
Daily Mail
Brussels
South America
Mrs McKinley Virls Vault in Canton Ohio
In Canton Ohio on September 24 Mrs McKinley in succession took three drives. The first went to the cemetery where she Mrs Barber and Dr Rixey viewed the casket with her late husband. The afternoon ride followed on pleasant country roads. She appeared more engaged in affairs.
Martha Callanan Left 20 000 To Tuskegee Institute
In Des Moines a will probated for the late Martha Callanan, reputedly worth 500000, leaves 20000 to Tuskegee Institute to augment its endowment and 10000 to the Home for the Aged in Des Moines, now named the Martha Callanan home, honoring her memory and linking her to Booker T. Washington's work.
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Washington
Des Moines
Martha Callanan
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Institute
Booker ‘I. Washington
South
Reunion of Twenty second Iowa Regiment Planned for Vicksburg Battlefield
The Twenty second Iowa Regiment reunion in Iowa City closed with a banquet. A business session set the next reunion on the old camping ground at the Vicksburg battlefield. A special committee will arrange a steamboat trip to follow the regiment’s original wartime route from Davenport to the south.
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Iowa City
Spt
Twenty-second Iowa Regment
Regment
Vicksburg
Carter
Davenport
Seedy Man Held After Threats At Oxford Junction
A suspicious man at Oxford Junction near Clinton announced that the president had been shot. He was attacked by locals and jailed for protection as several store articles were found stolen. He was held to the grand jury.
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Clinton
Oxford Junction
Oskaloose Mystery Remains Unsolved Near Des Moines
The body of a woman found near Oskaloosa remains unidentified due to advanced decomposition. Initial belief it was a young woman gave way to the conclusion it was an older female. latest theory suggests she was part of a gypsy encampment near the black last summer.
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Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Great Western Bridge Sub-Structure Contract Let
Fort Dodge Iowa September 24 The contract has been let to Bates Rodgers Construction company of Chicago for the sub structure of the great bridge planned by the Chicago Great Western to span the Des Moines River Valley at Fort Dodge on its route to Omaha and Sioux City Work will begin within ten days and the piers and abutments will be completed this winter.
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Great Western
Fort Dodge
Bates & Rodgers Construction Company
Chicago
Chicago Great Western
Des Moines
Omaha
Sioux City
Still Looking for Murderer in Newton Case
Newton Iowa Sept 24 The coroner s jury investigating the brutal murder of Dr B M Failor has not returned a verdict. Five arrests were made the night of the murder four of the arrestees were colored they have been released and other parties remain under suspicion
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Newton
B. M. Failor
Fire wipes out core of Hisingham business district
ATCHISON Kan Sept 21 Almost the entire business part of Hisingham twenty miles west of here was wiped out by fire destroying over a dozen buildings including Wolvertons general store and the National Washington Machine Company factory. Estimated loss about 50000 origin of fire unknown.
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Atchison, Kan
Hisingham
Here
Wolverton
National Washington Machine Company
Simpson College Gift From Warren County Bank President
William Buxton president of Warren County Bank at Indianola announced to Simpson college trustees a gift of 8500 to the chair of moral philosophy. He previously contributed 10000 years ago as an endowment for the same purpose.
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Simpson College
Indianola
William Buxton
Warren County Bank
Big Black Bear At Large Near GOWRSH In Sept
News from GOWRSH In reports a large black bear roams near a small lake and has raided pigatoes for porkers. Residents fear an escapee from a menagerie and plan a bear hunt in the near future.
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Gowrsh
Settlement Ended Old Defalcation Suit in Des Moines
In Des Moines the case of J P Johnson versus Connecticut Mutual Insurance and Mrs A C Baughman Canton Ill ended out of court after settlement. Johnson alleged a $5000 shortage from a Canton firm where he once worked. Baughman died and claimed no policy assignment. Orendorff's marriage to Baughman's daughter prompted witnesses to favor settlement preserving the policy funds held by the court clerk.
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DES _ MOINES
J.P. Johnson
Connecticut Mutual ‘Insurance Company
A. C. Baughman
Canton, Ill
Baughman
Canton
Johnson
Orendorff
Insurance Company
Heavy docket in U S court at council bluffs
The September term of the United States court, presided by Judge Smith McPherson, opens with a heavy docket. Many large damage suits loom, including three against railroad companies. Chicago & Northwestern faces total damages of 57000 in three actions, Omaha & St. Louis $20000, and Union Pacific $15000.
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U. S
Council Bluffs
United States Court
Smith McPherson
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Omaha & St. Loui
Union Pacific
State Capital Notes Des Moines Savings Banks and Tax Totals
In Des Moines on Sept 23 twelve savings and five state banks were authorized since June 40 1901. Revenue Clerk Bert Gunderson lists 1899 taxes at 18 926 087 61 and 1900 at 19 726 789 80. The Excelsior Thresher Tooth Company of Dexter files articles with capital of 60 000.
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Des Moines
Auditor of State
Bert Gunderson
Office of Auditor of State
Merriam
Excelsior Thresher Tooth Company of
Dexter
Man named Frank Wilson escapes mob anger in Chariton
In Chariton Iowa a blacksmith named Frank Wilson narrowly avoids harm after declaring the president should have died long ago. A mob of about two hundred farmers demands an explanation. He denies the remarks then flees town on the first train and has not been heard from since.
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Chariton
Frank Wilson
Hanging in effigy shocks Jefferson crowd
A crowd gathered on the court house square in Jefferson Indiana to hang in effigy Clarence Chamberlain, who lived with his mother in the town. The act stemmed from Chamberlain’s remark that McKinley, shot in the Philippines crisis, had deserved his fate for causing many deaths.
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Wnoog
Jefferson, In
Court House
Clarence Chamberlain
Chamberlain
McKinley
Philippines
Gets Soverren Grand Lodge to Des Moines Next Year
Des Moines will host the next sovereign grand lodge after a telegram from Grand Master Newman, currently at Indianapolis for the sovereign lodge of Odd Fellows. The message confirms the plan amid travel and official notices from the Des Moines lodge.
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Soverren Grand Lodge
Des Moines
Newman
Sovereign
Orang Lodge of Odd Fellows
Indianapolis
Historic home stone at window cartline escape in Scotland
Unclear OCR text reports a historic event in Scotland involving a stone at a window of a cartline on a specified October date. Three escaped without injuries while the person delivered speeches.
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Hatilal
Wwelghes
Ortu
Scotland
Remembered His Negro Friends
Union county North Carolina farmer R B Weddington who died recently avoided racial strife by leaving three tracts of land to three faithful colored servants and monetary gifts to others His estate totaling 1600 acres goes to the Methodist Church
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R. B. Weddington
Union County
North Carolina
Methodist Church
World's Greatest Tavern to rise on Park Avenue
Subway Realty company plans a $5,000,000 underground hotel on Park Avenue between Forty first and Forty second streets. John B. McDonald, builder of the subway, finances the bond. Construction will start within a fortnight.
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New York
Subway Realty Company
John B. McDonald
Park Avenue
Incomplete house needs a safety item on shelf
An incomplete house is missing a key safeguard against sudden pain. The ad promotes St Jacob's Oil as a quick remedy for various aches and urges stocking it. It also touts Allen's Foot Ease for foot ailments and mentions a gift sample. The piece notes an old fire engine history and promotes a book about President McKinley.
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Ly Hemenrimen
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Pacific Junction, LA
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Halvern
Mills County
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Rapids
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Sam Clark
Justice OF Notary the Peace
David Elson
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Fred K. Meyers
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Knapp Publishing CO
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D. W.” Casseday
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