Mine Disaster Near Brownsville and Nanticoke Pa
Seventy men were entombed at the Empire mine near Brownsville after a gas explosion and a later fire damp blast. Eight died at once while three were injured. Names of the dead include John Halston and William Pritchard among others. In Nanticoke another shaft disaster entombed three men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Nanticoke, Pa
Empire
Snowden, Gould & Co
John Halston
Salem Halston
Robert Davidson
John Bennett
William Pritchard
Henry Hagar
John Cartwright
James Hall
Jacobs
Davis
Whetzel
Walker
Lynn Station
Monongahela River
Nanticoke
Paris Trial of Picquart in Dreyfus Case Resumes in Indefinite Break
In Paris on Wednesday the Eighth correctional tribunal heard Col Picquart and Maitre Le Blois on charges of revealing national defense documents. Picquart warned the court he might be jailed and spoke of possible assassination if exposed to threats, prompting cheers of Vive Picquart as the trial adjourned indefinitely. The defense against an adjournment prevailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Col. Picquart
Secret
Dreyfus
Maitre le Blois
National Defense
Eighth Correctional Tribunal
Col Picquart
Cherche- Midi
Lemercier Picard
Henry
Picquart
Gen
Chanoine
Zurlinden
Secretary Alger Inspects Camps at Chickamauga Park
Secretary Alger and Surgeon General Sternberg with Brig. Gen. Boynton crossed into Chickamauga park the morning of Sept. 23 for a full day inspection of the hospitals amid long running controversy. Alger told reporters the press has exaggerated conditions in some camps.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Alger
Astir
Sternberg
Boynton
Chickamauga Park
Toledo Grain Elevator Fire Claims Dozens of Lives
A grain elevator fire in Toledo owned by Paddock Hodge & Co caused 10 deaths and many injuries after dust combustion. The firm’s storage held 500000 to 600000 bushels of mainly winter wheat. Total losses reach about 450000 with 135000 insured on the building and 258000 on the grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Paddock, Hodge & Co
Samuel Alexander
Fred Garrett
Bert Wainwright
Harold Parks
John Smith
Grace Parks
Frank van Housen
John Carr
William Parks
David Kemp
Barney Welch
Charles Keifer
Fred Pargillis
Ellett
Charles Brookseeker
Everett Smith
Siambon Parks
W. C. Jordan
Peter Haas
al Baldie
Paddock
Aember
Pingree Renominated by Republican State Convention
Detroit Mich September 22 Governor Pingree was unanimously renominated by acclamation at the Republican state convention. The platform praised his reform ideas to regulate taxation and many party members who previously disagreed with him joined in cheering his acceptance speech. The ticket includes Lieutenant Governor O W Robinson and Secretary of State J M Stearns among others.
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Detroit
Mich
Dpingree
O. W. Robinson
Houghton
J. &. Stearns
Ludington
Roscoe
Hurricane Toll Bleeds Across Caribbean Isles
Kingston reports detail a devastating hurricane hitting St Vincent Barbadoes and St Jucia with hundreds of lives lost. About 200 Kingston houses destroyed and Barbadoes shelters 75,000 homeless as ships wreck and farms obliterated. total damage estimated around 1.5 million dollars.
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Kingston
Jamaica
St. Vincent
St. Jucia
Barbadoes
No Delay Granted In Cuban Commission Reports
Washington reports the war department has received no detailed reports or information from the Cuban military commission about the commission's work in Havana. The reply to inquiries gives no further details on delays or findings.
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Washington
War Department
Havana
Three Miners Killed in Mine Accident Claims 3 Lives
The tragedy killed George H. Morgan 34 John Shannon 32 and John A Jones 28. Two other miners John Woolford and John Jones escaped. They were using a rock plane in the shaft and had moved about 35 feet into a chamber 180 feet from the main gangway when a box around pillars gave way, causing the disaster.
Filipinos Represented in San Francisco Dispatch
The Philippines representatives Tillipe Agoncillo and Jose Lopez arrive with a U S transport from Manila via Hong Kong and Kobe to Washington to seek independence terms before the peace commission. Agoncillo, Aguinaldo’s emissary, cites hopes for self rule and hints at an existing agreement with U S officials while criticizing war department prep and camp conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
China
Manila
Hong Kong
Nagasaki
Kobe
Provisional Government of the
Philippines
Washington
McKinley
Paris
Tillipe Agoncillo
Jose Lopez
Aguinaldo
Wildman
Spain
Cloudburst Wrecks Crops and Floods North Carolina
Special reports from western North Carolina describe a severe cloudburst causing rising Yadkin and Catawba rivers and widespread flood damage. River bottom corn and hay crops are ruined, homes evacuated to higher ground, and Louis Moser drowned in the Yadkin near Donnaha while attempting a rescue of floating pumpkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Observer
Carloina
Yadkin
Catawba
Louis Moser
Donnaha
Admiral Cervera Arrives in Madrid Text Reflects on Santiago
Madrid reports Admiral Cervera arrived without incident. In an interview he expressed a clear conscience regarding Santiago and stated nations become great through victories, not defeats. He noted Spain must face reality and that his warships were destroyed by fire, not battle.
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Madrid
Cervera
Santiago
Spain
Wreck of schooner C. C. Funk claims ten lives
Australian papers aboard the steamer Alameda report the wreck near Flinders Island of the schooner C. C. Funk on July 34 with ten crew lost. Only two seamen Albert Krough and John Petersen were saved and one body, Peter Neilson of the Empress of China, had been recovered by the Alameda's departure. The Washington dispatch notes Wu Ting Fang reports the emperor’s edict restoring the empress dowager to power and directing imperial affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Alameda
C. C. Funk
Flinder’s Island
Albert Krough
John Petersen
Peter Neilson
Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Peking
Hanged in Charlottesville for murder in May 1898
Richmond report states Joseph Terrell, a colored man, was hanged in the Charlottesville jail yard at 10:30 Friday morning for the murder of his mother in law Malinda Brown. The crime occurred in Earlysville Albemarle county in May 1898 in a brutal act. A separate notice from Washington reports the War Department will not reimburse furloughed soldiers for homebound transportation.
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Richmond
Joseph Terrell
Charlottesville
Malinda Brown
Earlysville
Albemarle County
Michigan convention names state education board and central committee
D Dix of Berrien Springs Horace M Oren of Sault Ste Marie George Steel of St Johns William A French of Presque Isle Jason I Hammond of Hillsdale Eli R Sutton of Detroit J Byron Judkins of Grand Rapids Prof E T Johnson of Ann Arbor FP A Platt of Flint named to the state board of education. Gen Arthur F Marsh of Allegan Pingree candidate elected chairman as the convention completed its work at midnight.
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D. Dix
Berrien Springs
Horace M. Oren
Sault Ste. Marie
George Steel
St. Johns
Land Office
William A. French
Presque Isle
Jason I. Hammond
Hillsdale
State University
Eli R. Sutton
Detroit
J. Byron Judkins
Grand Rapids
State Board of Education
E. T. Johnson
Ann Arbor
FP. A. Platt
Flint
Arthur F. Marsh
Allegan
Pingree
State Central Committee
Floods in the Orient Reach China and Japan Deadly Storms
Advices from the Orient report that China and Japan suffered thunderstorms and disastrous floods. The Yellow river flooded hundreds of miles north of the Ah Shang mountains, leaving hundreds of thousands in distress and many in penury beyond relief from local authorities.
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Vancouver
B. C
Empress of India
China
Japan
Ah Shang
Yellow River
Daring Bank Robbery and Notable World News
An Australian Bank of Victoria branch in Penhurst near Melbourne was robbed as the manager Jamieson was bound and gagged. £600 in notes and gold was taken. Glen Thompson arrested on strong evidence. Also reports mock hostility to Gen Toral in Madrid. Curzon elevated to peerage as Baron Curzon of Redelston. Michael Schwarz shoots wife Anna then kills himself in Chicago after divorce.
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San Francisco
Penhurst
Melbourne
Bank of Victoria
Jamieson
Glen Thompson
Curzon
London
George N. Curzon
Foreign Office
Earl of Elgin
India
Baron Curzon of
Redelston
Chicago
Michael Schwarz
Anna
US forces readied to occupy Cuba despite Spanish postponement
The disposition to accede to Spaniards for a delay in Cuba evacuation was rejected and no date fixed. The statement says evacuation must proceed with expedition and US troops are being prepared for occupation, though departure date remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Rumor Claims Chinese Emperor Is Dead
Shanghai dispatches report a persistent rumor that the emperor of China has died. No confirmation or details are available and speculation ties the abdication rumor to a possible death announcement. Peking reports say palace gates are closed and true events remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Peking
Winnie Davis Dies. Richmond Honors Daughter of the Confederacy
Richmond September 24 Miss Winnie Davis is laid to rest in Hollywood Cemetery after a citywide pageant of mourning. A sea of spectators 70 000 strong filled streets to view the procession as national figures arrived from across the nation. Flags of mourning flew at half mast including the U S and Confederate banners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Winnie Davis
Hollywood Cemetery
Neath of an Inventor in Paducah
Maj. I. P. Girardey Confederate veteran died in Paducah Kentucky at age seventy He was born in France and lived in Augusta Georgia He invented the Girardey fuse used to explode shells and earned 50000 for a one fifth interest during the war His device saw use in the Franco Prussian conflict and he has resided in Paducah for several years
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Paducah
I. P. Girardey
France
Augusta
Dreyfus Affair Revision Wins Cabinet Backing in Paris
Paris cabinet orders revision of Capt. Dreyfus case and sends documents to cassation court amid crowd cheers for Brisson and warnings from Justice Minister Sarrien. Faure returns as Brisson contends for revision. dissenting ministers threaten resignation. Esterhazy accused of forgery by Rochefort in Intransigeant. Also, Sharon Virginia to host a $2,000,000 Bessemer steel mill project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Capt. Dreyfus
Court of Cassation
Ministry of the Interior
Vive Brisson
Justice
M. Sarrien
Mme. Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Dreyfus
Col. Henry
M. Vigor
M. Brisson
M. Viger
Marvejouls
Agriculture
Commerce
M. Marvejouls
Gen. Chanoine
Faure
Bois de Boulogne
M. Faure
Criminal Chamber
Henry Rochefort
Maj
Esterhazy
Dreyfus Syndicate
M. Rochefort
MII
Sharon
Bessemer Furnace Company
Mahoning
Shenango Valley
Western trade boom drives sharp price rise in early autumn
R G Dunn & Co reports vigorous activity at chief western centers led by Chicago St Paul and St Louis with bank balances and exports up while eastern markets lag. Wheat flour and corn exports soar with totals over three weeks. iron and steel demand surges with plans for 100000 tons of plates and rising rail and bar orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dunn & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Chicago
St. Paul
St. Louis
Europe
Atlantic
Pacific
Germany
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Far West
United States
Canada
Corbett McCoy Fight Off Indefinitely
A World dispatch from Asbury Park New Jersey reports the Corbett McCoy bout is off indefinitely with both camps making final moves. The Corbett team packed trunks closed training quarters and departed Asbury Park Sunday night for good.
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New York
Asbury Park
N. J
Literary notes on contemporary authors and works
The publishers report Quo Vadis has sold over 600000 copies. Mme Sarah Grand writes a short dramatic sketch on Clive in India. Mr Whisler plans a new book in the vein of The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. Jeremiah Curtin, Sienkiewicz's translator, is Harvard educated and speaks 18 languages. Morgan Robertson, young sea-story writer, is son of a Great Lakes skipper who went to sea at 16. Ruskin’s books in demand despite retirement. The Siam crown prince writes for English children’s magazines and knows three European languages.
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Mme
Sarah Grand
Clive
India
Mr. Whisler
Jeremiah Curtin
Sienkiewicz
Harvard College
Morgan Robertson
Great Lakes
Lore
Ruskin
Crown Prince of
Siam
Fireworks display deaths stun Pittsburgh crowd
Capt. George J. Adams aged 33 and Capt. Charles Miller aged 22, his assistant, were instantly killed while conducting a fireworks show and reproduction of the Manila battle on the Allegheny river in front of the Exposition building on Thursday night.
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Pittsburgh
George J. Adams
Charles Miller
Manila
Allegheny River
Lightning Claims Three in Arkansas Storm Near Gaither Mountain
In Batesville Arkansas on September 24 Rosser G Brown a farmer and his two young daughters took shelter under a tree beside a plow during a thunderstorm Lightning struck the plow and fatally struck all three occupants authorities reported.
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Batesville
Ark
Gaither Mountain
Rosser G. Brown
Waves Over Havana Flags Return to Havana Headquarters
At 10 a m on Tuesday the first American flag since its removal was raised atop the Trocha hotel in Havana, headquarters for the U S evacuation commission. Marines stationed guard the grounds as the flag was hoisted by a quartermaster of the steamer Resolve, with Col Claus and Capt Payne on the hotel roof. Commission members saluted as guards patrolled to prevent disturbance while drafting a second set of propositions in response to Spain’s reply.
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Havana
Lee
Trocha Hotel
United States Evacuation Commission
Col
Claus
Capt
Payne
Resolute
Th Commission
Guardia Civile
Train hold up near Leeds yields blue-collar robbers
The Colorado and Coffeyville express on the Missouri Pacific system was robbed near Leeds six miles from Kansas City Union depot. The engine and baggage car were detached and taken toward Dodson before Pacific Express’s car was blasted with dynamite. By midnight the loot was unknown.
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Kansas City
Colorado & Coffeyville
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Leeds
Union Depot
Dodson
Pacific Express Company
Big Telephone Deal Involves Major Minnesota Regions
Negotiations concluded with Northwestern Telephone Exchange and Western Electric systems pooling issues and operating lines in 500 to 600 towns across southern and western Minnesota northern Iowa and South Dakota. The tie will connect about 8000 miles of wire from Minneapolis and marks a first for a Bell company joining an independent system in such a wide arrangement.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Western Electric System
Western Electric Telephone Company
Minnesota Mutual Telephone and Telegraph Company
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Rail wreck at Leipsic claims two lives
Findlay Ohio September 22 A fatal freight wreck occurred Wednesday night at the junction of the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton and Detroit Lima Northern lines at Leipsic Train No 92 ignored the junction signal causing the engine and 14 cars to derail Engineers Popp and Moriarity were killed in the wreck
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Findlay
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Detroit & Lima Northern
Leipsic
Popp
Moriarity
Floods Decimate Southern Spain Loss Grips Cadiz Regions
Terrible floods sweep southern Spain with Herrera near Cadiz hardest hit. At least 80 drowned and widespread cattle deaths and olive harvest destruction across Seville and Granada provinces. Other areas report numerous fatalities.
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Madrid
Spain
Herrera
Cadiz
Seville
Granada
Duel to the Death on Mayflower Leaves St Louis
Report from St Louis notes Mate Bart Davis and a night watchman died in a fatal duel aboard the steamer Mayflower of the Diamond Jo line after it departed Monday night for Memphis. Also, Li Hung Chang is consoled by Russian French Belgian Spanish and Dutch envoys over his dismissal from the Chinese foreign office.
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St. Louis
Bart Davis
Mayflower
Diamond Jo
Memphis
Li Hung Chang
Peking
Russia
France
Belgium
Spain
Holland
Li Wang Chang
Paris Dreyfus Crisis Looms Amid Verdict Suspense
Reports from Paris and London describe a growing uproar as the Dreyfus commission withholds its verdict on revision. Ministers are split. crowds march demanding revision while fears mount of a renewed commune if the ruling goes against the accused. The military governor tightens control as unrest spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dreyfus
Republic
London
The
Observer
Esterhazy
Comte Esterhazy
Dreyfus Bordereau
Berlin
Bordereau
Alsace
Col. Sandherr
Nine brigadiers named for volunteer service in Santiago and Puerto Rico
The president appointed nine officers as brigadier generals of volunteers for services in the Santiago campaign and in Puerto Rico. The list includes Lieut. Col. Charles D. Viele and Col. William M. Wherry among others from regular units, plus Col. Willis Gulings of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania volunteers. Expectation is that most will soon be mustered out of the volunteer service though not necessarily out of their regular army roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Department
Washington
Santiago
Charles D. Viele
United States Cavalry
William M. Wherry
Sixteenth
United States Infantry
John H. Page
G. 8. Carpenter
Seventh
J. H. Patterson
Twenty-second
A. S. Daggett
Twenty-fifth
C. F. Humphrey
S Department
J. &. Weston
Subsistence Department
Puerto Rico
Willis G.ulings
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma statehood favored after Curtis bill stance
Washington reports Governor Barnes says Oklahoma sentiment leans toward immediate statehood on terms and boundaries for Congress after the Curtis bill. Li Hung Chang rival Kang Yen Hoon arrested in Beijing. trial and removal of offices expected. Topeka mills idle for wheat shortage. 50 mills statewide may halt. Manchester bakery fire kills two men identified as Goetz employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
C. M. Barnes
Territory of
Oklahoma
Congress
Li Hung Chang
London
The
Times’ Peking
Chang Yen Hoon
Kang Yuwei
Board of Punishment
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Republicans
Michigan
West Indies
Admiral Dewey
Philippine Provisional Government
C. G. Funk
Orient
Toral
Bojar
Ediect
M. Brissagus
Dun
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Tyo
Manchester
Conn
Frank Goetz
John Leetles
Rob
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