France and United States debate China notes and punishment stance
France replies to Germany on China troubles noting punishment of guilty officials may wait until peace talks. Washington says US China notes mark a turning point with powers weighing their positions. no full consensus yet as governments await further word. Chinese Minister Wu hopes the United States can lead in securing a settlement.
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Paris
France
Germany
United States
Saloons Ruined as Cyclone Slams Morristown Village
Meager details report a cyclone that struck Morristown Minnesota killing seven and injuring four. A barn crashed onto Pal Gatzke's saloon where sixteen sheltered. the building collapsed trapping all inside. Olsen's hired man Peterson died as the storm struck multiple barns and the river area before moving away. Local residents rushed to aid the dead and injured and clear debris from the wrecked structures.
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Varibault
Minn
Morristown
Here
O'Cluck
Pal Gatzke
Dargabel
Wiehis
Waviy
Paul Gatzke
J. B. Wemple
W.M. Bigot
Cynon
Ada Snyder
John Olsen
Olsen
Peterson
Im- Te
Williuv Hand
ANOTHER TEXAS STORM REPORTS HEAVY LOSS UNVERIFIED
Reports from the Neuces River valley Texas describe a severe storm across Grownwood and Dublin with drownings and widespread property damage. The Brownwood area suffers river flooding on the Colorado Choneo and Perin rivers. Brackettsale wreckage blocks telegraph lines. Mexican village laigleon gutters left standing none.
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Seaton
Ter
Grownwood
Lulay
Dublin
Brownwood
Colorado
Choneo
Perin
Miners refuse to strip at Victoria gold mine
Miners at Stratton's independent gold mine in Victoria British Columbia refuse to strip to change clothes as ordered, leading to a shutdown. Six other companies have issued similar orders prompting walkouts.
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Victoria
B. C
Stratton
Seven Wiremen Injured in Morgan Street Fire
A blaze at 2002 to 2008 Morgan Street injured seven workers. One man, Jack en, is expected to die and another, Frank, may die as walls collapsed. Loss estimated at $20,000 for Hargadine-McItrick Dry Goods Co. Kid McCoy Divorce Suit in New York proceeds. attorney says Coy had suit for absolute divorce but wife discontinued and arrest order vacated.
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SS Louis
Morgan Street
Jacken
Frank
Hargadine-Meittrick Dry Goods Company
Kid McCoy
Neew York
Me “Coy
Notes Made Public on US Proposals to China
The State Department released the United States notes to Germany Russia and China outlining Washingtons stance on the Chinese question. It upholds holding wrongdoers accountable while urging that China first punish the responsible authors under imperial authority before wider negotiations. The US insists on punishment of high officials as a condition to any final settlement and states plans to name plenipotentiaries to negotiate with China, ready to meet Li Hongzhang and Prince Ching.
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United States
Washington
State Department
Germany
Russia
China
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Lone masked hold up robs west bound Northern Pacific train
A lone masked robber boarded the west bound Northern Pacific passenger train at Sand Point Idaho, robbed two Pullman sleepers and a tourist car of about 500 dollars in cash and jewelry, fired on conductor who returned fire, and escaped before Bathdrum station with no injuries reported.
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Northern Pacific
Spokane
Wash
Sand Point
Idaho
Athol
Bathdrum
Fell Through a Wharf in Point Richmond Crash
A Santa Fe passenger engine plunged through a wharf at Point Richmond Sunday and sank in fifty feet of water. Engineer Henry A. Allen Telegrapher Mulcahey and Fire man Press St Adams were aboard Adams is pinned beneath a hundred tons of steel while the other two men were injured but not fatally The wharf had stood only a year.
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San Francisco
Santa Fe
Point Richmond
Henry A. Allen
Mulcahey
Press
St. Adams
Adams
Fire at Parker & Co ruins large dry goods store
Fire and water wrecked the J. A. Parker & Co large dry goods store in Charleston Illinois. Total loss beyond the building set at 15000, with 10000 insured. Ginther & Son hardware suffered 3000 in damage, 2300 insured. In Havana the yellow fever toll rises with 31 new cases since Friday, 100 now under treatment.
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Hollinois
Charleston
Ill
J. A. Parker & Co
Ginther & Son
Havana
Shrinkage in the Legacy Truth About Mrs Grace Porter Inheritance
South Bend Iowa report misled by romance about Grace Porter of Fort Dodge inheriting 1 000 000. Will of Mary W Adams places grandniece as heir to 1 000 while overall estate totals 25 000 shared among many relatives. Porter, a 20 year old widow, worked as a Fort Dodge telephone operator and lived with her grandaunt previously.
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Grace
Porter
South Bend
Ind
Grace Porter
Fort Dodge
Towa
Iowa
Mary W
Porter Haseen
Telephone Exchange of
Compensation Demanded Over Expulsion of Dutch Employes
In The Hague the Dutch foreign minister Dr. W. H. De Beaufort stated that the Netherlands would demand compensation from Great Britain for the expulsion of Netherlands rail employees from the Transvaal. He also said the Netherlands offered a warship to convey Mr. Kruger to Europe for his health and notified Britain, which declined to interfere with the trip.
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England
The
Hague
W. H. de Beaufort
Netherlands
Great Britain
Transvaal
Kruger
Lorenzo Marquez
Europe
de Beaufort
Dr. de Beaufort
Narrow escape as Pittsburg building fire endangers many women
A four story brick building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Pittsburg housed Hays cafe and Exchange Employment on the lower floors and Price's shirt factory and women lockers above. Firefighters rescued about a dozen workers and several women were injured lightly while combating the blaze. the stock and property suffered about 5,000 dollars in damage.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hays Cafe
Exchange Employment Agency
Price
Cincinnati May Get It Endeavorers Meet There in 1901
Trustees and executive committee of the United Society of Christian Endeavorers accept Cincinnati’s invitation to host the twentieth international convention in 1901 if railroad rates and local arrangements are satisfactory.
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Boston
The
United Society of Christian Endeavorers
Cincinnati
Smuggling Bust at Mare Island Navy Yard Seized Goods
Revenue officers recovered 154 cases of rare Oriental goods from a government tug at Mare Island linked to the hospital ship Solace. The seizure involves silks and curios valued highly, with duties near 60 percent, and items addressed to recipients across the United States.
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San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
Solace
Vien Tsin
Unite States
Market Quotations Across Cities and Commodities
Regional and national price ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat and corn across Sioux City Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with varied grades and unit prices. Demand shifts influence butter eggs oats rye and clover seed, reflecting a broad early 20th century market snapshot.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
University of Vermilion Opens with Strong Attendance Prospects
Week’s happenings report Vermilion’s state university opening with high attendance and strong athletic prospects. New and returning faculty ready for work, coach Hutchison optimistic about a first class football material, schedule outlined from Oct 6 to Nov 29 with key games at Sioux City Fargo and Grand Forks. A training table will be instituted to aid candidates.
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The
State University
Vermillion
Hutchison
Jordan
Navy
Storm Lake
Sioux City
State Agricultural College
Fargo
N. D
Grand Forks
Kansas University
S. D
Carlton College
Sioux Falls
Ames Agricultural College
Federal Grand Jurors Named for Regular October Term
The Sioux Falls federal court will open October 16 and draw grand jurors C Benkleman Harrison Elias Marvin Springfield J H Sanford Tyndall Stephen Donahoe Sioux Falls I F Peacok Armour F H Kent Huron W B Valentine Yankton C G Blackman Alexandria Thos Mahon Spink S B Smith Davis A F Pilcher Sioux Falls Chas Kutzler Salem T J Harvey Huron Potter Conklin Gayville Sam Hurst Sioux Falls A J Devers Sioux Falls James Ottman Ethan CL Blunt Yankton Samuel Bunker Yankton Oscar Kanouff Mitchell C E Johnston Mitchell Jno Emerson Greenfield E W Smith Meckling Alternate grand jurors Bucklin Wood Tyndall W L Sweet Chamberlain Enos Alley Farnsworth Geo C Barrett Cavour Edward Sawdey Chamberlain Petit jurors J M Hughes Huron M J Coyne Ethan Dennis Foley Menno J Walter Yankton Jacob Musser Huron A N McKay Vermillion F G Huston Vermillion J B Geddis Huron Barney Finnegan Sioux Falls James Woodruff Sioux Falls John Dobson Parker F J Hill Hurley Lver Iverson Meckling A W Lavender Yankton H Mulgiv Hartville J C Stoughton Bloomington C Christianson Vermillion John H Rowe Pukwana Bridgman Vermillion Jacob Stier Utica W J Irwin Mitchell Baptiste Lambert White Swan D Mc Dermaid Mitchell James Amey Oliver Louis Schneider Salem Geo L Chesley Armour A A Barber Yankton Ed Swanton Menno E B Murray Armour H C Green Mitchell Joseph Peir Yankton Ivor Burke Volin W L Miner Huron Will Cornell Sioux Falls Frank Field Alexandria Hugh McMahon Flandreau
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Sioux Falls
C.benkleman
Harrison
Elias Marvin
Springfield
Tyndall
Stephen Donahoe
If’. F. Peacock
Armour
F. H. Kent
Huron
W. B. Valentine
Yankton
A.N. McKay
Vermillion
F. G. Huston
J. B. Geddis
Barney Finnegan
James Woodruff
John Dobson
Parker
F. J. Hill
Hurley
Lver Iverson
Meckling
A. W. Lavender
H.mulvig
Hartville
J. C. St
Menno
E. B. Murray
H. C. Green
Mitchell
Joseph Peir
Ivor Burke
Volin
W. L. Miner
Will Cornell
Frank Field
Alexandria
Hugh McMahon
Flandreau
Fatal Horse Accident Near Oacoma Nebraska Cowboy Dies
A young Cody, Nebraska man, camping with the T. S. outfit near Oacoma on a 1,000 head cattle shipment died after a horse kicked him while he slept near a ditch. Friends attempted resuscitation, but he died before a doctor arrived. The same period reports Arthur Hill fatally injured in Turner County while threshing, slipping from a feed board and being cut by knives, suffering severe leg injuries.
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Oacoma
T. S
Cody
Neb
Thresher Falls
Feeder
Arthur Hill
Turner County
Forest City melee ends in instant death
A quarrel among a drunken crowd of Indians and half breeds in Forest City led to Iron Moccasin being knocked down by Narcise Benefit who then assaulted him with a club, bursting his head and killing him instantly. Separately, H W B Souther, Moody County auditor, fell over thirty feet in a Colman elevator, suffering a fractured skull and broken leg. his injuries were considered fatal.
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Forest City
Iron Moccasin
Narcise Benefit
Benefit
H. W. B. Souther
Moody County
Flandreau
Colman
al Swanson
Salem
Van Moore Receives Life Sentence for Murder
Van Moore, described as a desperado with a lengthy criminal record, pleaded guilty in Pierre to the murder of Tin Cup, an elderly woman. He was sentenced to life in prison after the plea. Moore has prior attempted murder charges and a history of violent offenses.
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van Moore
Tin Cup
Pierre
Moore
First hard frost damages flax near Aberdeen
A frost on Sept 16 killed tender vegetation around Aberdeen injuring late flax while corn escaped major damage. Fields planted for fodder show no effect.
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Aberdeen
State Fair Lost Money In Brief Trade Deficit Repaired
Bad weather on the final day cut attendance at the state fair causing a $1,000 deficit in a business meeting. Yankton citizens rallied quickly to raise the funds and will liquidate all claims against the association. New board of agriculture members named include C. E. Twamley Hanson County H C Warner Sanborn HU S Fletcher Roberts John Armstrong Kingsbury G D Cole Charles Mix E M Bennett Clark and G H Whiting Yankton. South Dakota implement dealers elected John Colvin president and W Hi Hill secretary. Flandreau Indians defeated the Sioux Falls Canaries to win the state baseball championship.
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Yankton
Board of Agriculture
C. E. Twamley
Hanson County
H.C. Warner
Sanborn
HU. S. Fletcher
Roberts
John Armstrong
Kingsbury
G. D. Cole
Charles Mix
M. Bennett
Clark
G. H. Whiting
South Dakota
John Colvin
W. Hi. Hill
Flandreau Indians
Sioux Falls
Grant Tod’s Misfortune Causes Total Blindness at Mine
Captain Grant Tod of Lead was accidentally struck in the neck by a mining hammer at Otto Grantz’s Hidden Fortune mine north of Lead. The blow shattered nerves, resulting in total blindness. Tod formerly led a Jameson raid troop in South Africa and aided in locating a rich gold pocket last fall.
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Hidden Fortune
Otto Grantz
Grant Tod
Ted
South Africa
Grantz
From Deadwood to Denver First Train from Colorado Arrives
The first Denver Colorado train on Burlington's Denver Short Line arrived in Deadwood September 17, amid cheers from Deadwood and Lead residents. N Acton led a party of Colorado capitalists eyeing a big deal in the Phonalite belt. three Denver businessmen joined the crowd to pursue houses in the Black Hills.
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Colorado
Black Hills
Burlington
Denver
Deadwood
N. Acton
Colorado Springs
Egg Within an Egg Forms Odd Double Hatch
A Miller woman found a nested egg with a smaller complete egg inside. Both eggs were fertile and could have hatched. Summers Jury Disagrees: in Deadwood the jury in the Summers perjury case could not reach a verdict for the third time and may be discharged.
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Miller
Summers
Deadwood
Campbell
Aberdeen
State School of Mines Opens Fall Term Record Enrollment
The State School of Mines opened for the fall term on September 17 with expectations of over 100 attendees, marking the largest enrollment in the school’s history. Students from several states will attend as the curriculum broadens to offer a varied education. Also: snow and rain hit Lead on September 15 with a cold wind and two inches of snow on Bald Mountain.
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State School of Mines
South Dakota
Lead
Bald Mountain
FIGHTING AT PEKING ON TENT PLAN AND FORCE POSTURE
A Taku dispatch says allied forces attacked the Pei Tang forts at daybreak. Gen Chaffee favors winter tents for the camp over unsanitary buildings. Indications point to 10 000 allies wintering in Pekin with the German force largest. Many troops to be sent to surrounding cities to ease strain. Japanese to withdraw most to Nagasaki Russians to retain 2000 in Pekin. Dowager Empress willing to return if protected. Chinese minister in Washington reports a southern provinces plea to open peace talks now.
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Taku
Chaffee
Pekin
Nagasaki
Russia Pushes Punishment Precedent Before Chinese Talks
The article reports that Russia first proposed punishing Chinese leaders as a condition in peace talks. France and other powers reportedly concurred, but not everyone agreed. Germany now elevates punishment to a prerequisite, changing the sequence from part of negotiations to preceding them.
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China
Russia
France
Boers Retreat as Transvaal War Ends
Lord Roberts reports the Transvaal War collapsed with 700 of 3000 Boers entering Portuguese territory and others fleeing in various directions. The remainder crossed the Komati river, occupying Lobombo spurs south of the railway. British advance from Machadodoro prompted widespread alarm and destruction of long toms and field guns. Shelly-Kenny handles one marauding band at Doornberg.
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Lord Roberts
Transvaal
Nelspruit
Pretoria-Delagoa Bay
Komatipoort
Machadodoro
Komati River
Lobombo
Shelly-Kenny
Doornberg
Anglican Fund Aims For Archdeacon Maidstone Memorial
The diocese of Canterbury seeks funds for a memorial to the late Archdeacon Maidstone. The era notes Liberal ties as Furse counted friends Gladstone and Rosebery. Other items include bishops visiting Walton jail, new Methodist Episcopal bishop Framiston in San Francisco, death of Prof. Gould, and Bishop Derrick urging reform schooling for disciplined youths.
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Newton Theological Institute
Protestant Episcopal Divinity School
Philadelphia
William B. Derrick
New York
African Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Ireland
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Vatican
Burchard Villiger
Py i
Woodstock College
Switzerland
America
Tie
Church of the Gusu
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