Mobile Hurricane Devastation Returns in Figures and Fear
Mobile Alabama roared under a 90 mph hurricane that left at least 75 dead and about 3 million dollars in property damage. More than 5,000 buildings damaged, with vast destruction of docks, hotels, ships, and transport. Martial law imposed, Bay shell road washed away, and Dauphin Island report heavy losses. Pensacola follows with 5 million in damage and mariners feared dead. New Orleans notes 26 wrecked schooners along the gulf coast.
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Mobile
Ala
Nfe
Mobile Bay
Royal Street
Alabama River
J. P. Schuh
Mary B. Staples
Mary S. Blees
Gama
Overton
Hattie B. Moore
City of
Camden
United States Revenue Cutter Alert
Dauphin Island
Dauphin Islands
Alert
Mobile River
Christ Church Cathedral
St. Francis Street Baptist Church
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph
Cawthorn
Bienville Hotel
Bienville Square
Windsor Hotel
St. Andrew’s
Southern
Southern Supply Company
Bay Shell Road
United States
South Ends
Pensacola
Fla
George Morgan
Rail incidents in Mississippi and Taggart on Hearst nomination
Reports from Mississippi describe a railroad engineer noting damage from a falling tree near Goula and McNeill where J M Roberts was killed, plus three injured by a hotel fall in McComb. Taggart argues Hearst nomination should be supported by Democrats and predicts possible election. Castro ill in Caracas is described as very weak and isolated. American Friends report missionary work in multiple countries and Tamaulipas, Mexico. Dixmont asylum case ends with five attendants dismissed after Bertha Beilstein’s escape aided by a nurse.
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Goula
Miss
McNeill
J. M. Roberts
McComb
Pittsburg
Dixmont
Bertha Beilstein
Miss Beilstein
New York
Airbrake inventor George H Poor dies at Portland
Portland Missouri reports the death of 61 year old George H Poor, noted inventor of the airbrake used on American railroads. The week’s U S failures reach 188, Canada 22, with last year 240 and 21 respectively.
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George H. Poor
Portland
United States
Canada
Riley Chaney
Hillsboro
Dodsonville
McClellan
W. R. Hearst
New York
Zlubin
Prussian Silesia
Charles 8. Reed
Herbert G. Old- Tidge
Indianapolis
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Salvador
Baseball scores and standings from a busy NL and AL day
National and American leagues report varied results with key batteries and pitchers named for games in Philadelphia New York Boston Brooklyn and Chicago. Standings show Chicago leading the NL with 112 wins and 35 losses while New York and St Louis trail. AL leaders Cleveland and New York post strong records as Boston and St Louis games are postponed due to wet grounds.
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National League
Philadelpha
R.A. E. Chicago
Philadelphia
Reulbach
Kling
Lush
Doomn
New York
R. A. E. St. Louis
Beabe
Noonan
C. Mathewson
H. Mathewson
Bresnahan
Boston
B.il
Cincinnati
Ewing and Schless
Dorner and Brown
Brooklyn
R. UE
Pittsburg
Brady, Leever
Pettz
Scanion
Bergen
BR. H
Camnitz
Peitz
McIntyre and Ritter
W.L. PC
Chica
Cin Ti
N.Y
Brook
Pitts
Phila
Best
Cleveland
R. H. Cleveland
Hess
Bemis
Clarkson
Thomas
R.H.E
Joss and Clark
Hogg
Donahue
Schmidt
Coombs
Dygert
Berry
ST. Louis
Chicago
Chicago-Washington
W. LL
P.C
W. L. P.C. Chica
T. T
Bank collapse causes riot and arrest in Middleport
In Middleport a private bank fails, leaving deposits of about 115000 largely unrecovered. Vice President Armentrout is arrested after a public uproar led to threats against him while President Fox flees to Toronto. Widespread distrust spreads as creditors seek redress and an examiner lists limited assets.
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Fox
T. &. Armentrout
Armentrout
Gallipolis
Toronto
Middleport
Miller
Pomeroy
Fox’s Bank
W. EF. Reed
Farmers’ Bank and Trust Company
Plot to Assassinate the Czar Uncovered in Peterhof
In St Petersburg on Sept 29 a well planned assassination plot against Emperor Nicholas was exposed by the arrest of two armed terrorists, a man and two women, found in a palace servant’s quarters at the Alexandria Palace in Peterhof. The servant’s son and another lackey Klepnikof were arrested for aiding the plot. The conspiracy, expanding since Sept 15, could target the emperor or Grand Duke Nicholas, with potential multiple sub divisions.
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St. Petersburg
Lfe
Alexandria
Peterhof
Klepnikof
Nicholas
Grand Duke
Mayor Dunne Elected President of Municipalities League
Mayor FE F Dunne of Chicago was elected president of the League of American Municipalities at the convention closing session. They endorsed municipal ownership as a dominant theme but withheld a formal stance on the principle. Next year the convention will be held in Norfolk Virginia.
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Dunne
Chicago
FE. F. Dunne
League of American Municipalities
Norfolk
Palma
Zayas
Montalvo
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Congress
Carlos Cespedes
Senor Dolz
General Menocal
Taft
United States
Cienfuegos
Fom
Senor Mandaley
Geneal Boza
Holly
General Freyre Andrade
Grain and Livestock Market Summary Across Cities
Grain and livestock prices from Chicago East Buffalo Pittsburg Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo with cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep/lamb figures. Cattle range includes common to prime steers, cows, heifers, bulls, and stockers. hogs priced by grade. calves and sheep/lambs listed with varied lots. Wheat corn oats and other grains shown for several markets with mixed bid levels.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Taft Takes Control as Cuban Government Collapses
United States intervenes in Cuba with Taft appointing provisional military governor after Palma resigns and Congress dissolves. Marines land, treasurer guarded, and Beckman Winthrop named civil governor for Porto Rico to assume later. Palma resigns amid fractured Congress as Taft moves to pacify the island.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Roosevelt
Palma
Taft
Congress
Bacon
United States Legation
Louisiana
Treasury Building
Beckman Winthop
Porto Rico
Provisional Government
Zayas
Betancourt
Mendes Capote
Betancourt and Mandaley
Commission
Commission of Congress
Palina
War Basis for Campaign in Cuba Asks Transports
Washington reports both the army and navy are nearly at war readiness. Advices from Cuba are awaited as the general staff plans expeditions from Newport News and southern ports, aiming to minimize rail movement and use sea routes for American troops. Nearby notes include Epictetus on moderation of offense and a buyer remark about restoring a painting and frame.
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Army
Navy
Cuba
Washington
War
Navy Departments
General Board of the Navy
War Department
Newport News
New Orleans
Texas
Louisiana
Smugglers’ arrest in Santo Domingo murder case
Port au Prince Haiti Sept 29 two Dominican suspects Santiago and El Mar ciu delivered to Dominican authorities and US customs aboard a Dominican steamer. They say Americans fired first over seized merchandise valued about 6000 dollars. Most likely claim: Americans seized goods from Italian and Dominican smugglers then killed at breakfast next day. Senator Clark Hurt reports automobile crash in Marseilles left him with a broken rib.
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Santo Domingo
Port-au-Prines
Haiti
Santiago
el Marciu
Charles P. Thurston
John Kilbourne
Custom House
United States Custom House
San Domingo
Clark Hurt
Butte, Mont
Marseilles
France
W. A. Clark
Pointed Paragraphs From A Chicago News Snippet
A collection of aphorisms contrasts ambition and caution with fate and finance. It notes the danger of discouragement and postponement, jokes about leadership and retreat, and ends with a farmer buying a gold brick before gambling at a track. The tone mimics a newspaper quip column.
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Chicago News
The Printer's Devil Origin in Printing History
The term printer's devil stems from late seventeenth century practice where young boys in print shops were nicknamed devils for their novice mischief. A related tale credits Aldus Manutius with exposing a black slave boy as the printer's devil, prompting a mock public notice declaring the boy flesh and blood.
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Moxen
Aldo Manuzio
Swift Predicted Partridge’s Death by Astrology
Dean Swift forecast the demise of Partridge, chief of astrological almanac makers, on a specific date and announced the death yet Partridge protested he was alive. Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, claimed proof through his claimed science that Partridge must have died.
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Dean Swift
Partridge
Astrological Almanac Makers
Gulliver
English Trama on Time in British Railways
Public service by British railways emphasizes traveler and cargo convenience. Britain’s small Isles and dense network enable punctual freight and passenger trains with high on time accuracy. At Finsbury Park trains run every two minutes, showcasing clocklike handling despite heavy traffic.
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British Isles
England
Finsbury Park
Ray Mortis Lagtic
Eet
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West
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Taggart
Hearst
Ind
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Llness
Russell
Caracas
State Department
Venezuela
American Friends
Richmond
American Friends Board of Foreign Missions
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Jerusalem
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China
India
Jamaica
Alaska
British East Africa
Indiana Yearly Meeting
Tamaulipas
Tokyo
Baseball
Springfield
Erie Station
Snider Mills
Eugene Moore
Harry Long
Moore
Harry Fackler
James
John M. Buckingham
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Cleveland News
Pittsburg Plate- Glass
Columbus
John B. Bergin
Sugar Grove
Mt. Carmel Hospital
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Logan
Murray City
George Baynum
James Young
Young
Lettuce Trust
Jefferson, O
Lettuce Growers’ Association
Ashtabula County
Ashtabula
The
Lima
Henry Whitney
Milwaukee
Lone Star
Island Republic
Tro Hendlen
Epictetus
Topeka
Kan
Fred R. Jackson
Kansas Supreme Court
International Harvester Company of America
Northern Kansas Millers’ Club
Southern Kansas Millers’ Club
San Francisco
Malcolm T. Vance
George W. Simmons
H. C. Tilden
Citizens’ Patrol Organization
Tilden
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