Annexation news and suspected Japanese forces in Hawaii
Honolulu reports the U S senate ratified the annexation treaty unanimously amid festive ceremonies. San Francisco notes 174 disciplined Japanese steerage passengers aboard the City of Peking and rumors of 1000 landed soldiers to resist annexation. A ten day window may bring a strong U S naval fleet to Honolulu signaling a crisis.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Cal
Pekin
United States
Washington
Senate
Republic
City of Peking
Hong Kong
Hawaii
State Department
City of
Peking
Mikado
IV. Ss
Hawaiian Islands
McKinley
Philadelphia
Bennington
Wheeling
Yorktown
Oregon
Sheriff and Dennises held for trial on murder charges
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on September 23 the preliminary hearing for Sheriff Martin and deputies resumed. Judges ruled sufficient evidence to bound them over for trial with bail set at 6000 each including 5000 for murder and 1000 for feloniously wounding. Philadelphia trust company provided the bond. A separate note reports Baltimore chosen as next meeting site for the Supreme Council of Chosen Friends with biennial meetings proposed.
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Dennises Hela
Wilkesbarre
Commonwealth
Martin
Philadelphia Trust Company
Baltimore
Louisville
Supreme Council of Chosen Friends
Minnesota Iron to raise wages ten percent for all workers
Wages at the Minnesota Iron company will rise ten percent for all employees starting October 1. The move comes as mining operations are planned to run at full force throughout the winter season in Duluth Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota Iron Company
Ex-Chief Velasquez fatally shoots self in Mexico city
Friday morning ex Chief of Police Velasquez killed himself with a pistol in the left temple. He died instantly and authorities know not how he obtained the weapon. In Columbus North Carolina Ed Staffleback, a member of a feared family of killers, has gone mad from fear of mob violence and lynching.
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City of Mexico
Velasquez
Columbus
Nan
Ed Staffleback
Earth slip at sulphur mines near Girgenti kills forty
A private Rome dispatch reports about 40 killed and many injured in an earth-slip at the sulphur mines near Girgenti. Separately, St. Petersburg says Russia will soon prohibit wheat exports.
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London
Rome
Girgenti
Britasnia
St. Petersburg
Russia
Fever Quarantine Impacts Gulf Trade Says Bradstreet
Bradstreet’s Bays reports a six week downturn in staple demand nationwide due to yellow fever quarantine from Texas to Georgia, halting wholesale activity in the gulf region. Yet iron and steel prices rise, wool and woolens gain, and inland buyers continue, aided by renewed exports and employment growth despite the season’s gloom.
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Texas
Georgia
Gulf States
Northwest
Pacific Coast
St. Louis
Arkansas
Tennessee
Tragic Farmhouse Massacre Ends in Suicide Near Carroll
John Boecker a 34 year old Iowa farmer murdered his wife and seven of his children with a shotgun and revolver then killed himself. The five children died on one bed and two others upstairs. The grisly scene near Carroll prompted an inquest and a probable verdict of murder and death by own action. The family were long time German neighbors known as prosperous and God fearing.
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Carroll
John Boecker
Trenry
Lizzie
Loecker
Ienry
Boecker
Henry
Caroline
Christine
John
Ile
Breda
Woodford Offers U S Good Offices to End Cuban War
Madrid reports Gen. Stewart L. Woodford conveyed Washington’s desire to speed a Cuban settlement. He urged Spain to find a just, swift method and warned that U S interference could follow if no progress is made. European powers largely back US involvement apart from Austria.
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United States
Madrid
Spain
Stewart L. Woodford
Duke of Tetuan
Woodford
Cuba
Austria
Emancipation Day Highlights at Nashville Centennial Fair
Emancipation Day at the centennial in Nashville drew large crowds with about 10 000 African American attendees. Delegations arrived from nearby towns and distant cities including Washington D C and Louisville. Booker T. Washington spoke as Chief Ill presided, followed by a colorful drill by Company G the only colored militia unit in the state.
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Nashville
Tenn
Washington
D. C
Louisville
Chietill
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Normal School of Alabama
Whisaddress
Perils of Chilkoot Pass Reach Port Townsend
The tug Pioneer returned after 96 hours at sea reporting a Sunday landslide near Sheep camp on the Chilkoot pass. About 18 packers on the Dyea trail are believed dead with only one body recovered that of Choynski, cousin of prizefighter Joe Choynski.
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Chilkoot Pass
Port Townsend
Wash
Pioneer
Puget Sound
Shirley
Skaguay
Choynski
Joe Choynski
Dyea Trail
Boston to Host Next Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Meeting
Springfield Ala Sept 22 The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows chose Boston as the next meeting place after a close vote. Six invitations came from Tampa Detroit Richmond Boston Baltimore and Hot Springs. Grand Sire Carleton named a committee to revise Rebekah ritual with Nye Trumphrey Ross Nolan Pillsbury serving.
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Springfield
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Tampa
Fla
Detroit
Richmond
Boston
Baltimore
Hot Springs
Ark
Grand Sire Carleton
Nye
Minnesota
Trumphrey
Illinois
Ross
Ontario
Nolan
Tennessee
Pillsbury
Massachusetts
Canadian defense buildup for Montreal river defense
The Birmingham Post reports Canada plans early in 1898 to buy large heavy field batteries and several defense guns for a new scheme to defend Montreal and the river below the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Birmingham
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham Post
Government of
Canada
Wealthy St Paul Banker Edward McCormick Dies
St Paul Minnesota Sept 23 Edward McCormick president of the Citizens national bank of St Paul and a leading local figure died here after recently returning from Europe for his health. He accumulated wealth as a railroad contractor and was known across state lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Edward McCormick
Citizens’ National Bank of
Massacre described by Federation of Labor exec council
Washington Sept. 23 The fourth day of the AFL executive council session adopted resolutions denouncing the Lattimer Pa shooting of September 18 as a brutal unprovoked massacre. The text condemns sheriffs deputies and operators, condemns injunctions and militia, and pledges AFL aid to prosecute Sheriff Martin and his followers.
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Executive Council of Federation of Labor
Washington
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Lattimer
Martin
Workers of
Yellow fever reports show local confinement and fatalities
New Orleans reports fewer than 100 cases and 15 deaths with a death rate near 15 percent, similar to 1878. Doctors credit board efforts for containment. Friday added three deaths and eight new cases. Mobile logs three new cases and three deaths, Edwards notes 30 more cases Friday and total 130 with four deaths to date.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Mobile
Ala
Frriday
Edwards
Miss
London Bankers Protest Against Bank of England Plan
London bankers met at the clearing house to condemn the Bank of England governor Hugh C. Smith for proposing to hold one fifth of bullion in silver if the French mint reopens to free silver coinage and prices are favorable. A resolution of protest was adopted and to be sent to the governor, signaling an unprecedented bank-led challenge.
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London
Bankers of
Bank of England
Hugh C. Smith
Union Veteran Legion National Encampment Officers Named
The national encampment of the Union Veteran Legion elected officers for the coming year. National commander Archibald Blakely of Pittsburgh leads the slate, with E. D. Spooner of Chicago as senior vice commander and William Baird of Lewiston Maine as junior vice commander. Other officers include Dr. C. M. Savage as surgeon general, Thomas J. Hubbard as quartermaster general, Rev. Charles I. Shergar as chaplain in chief, and executive committee members Edward Donnelly of Jersey City, John W. Baker of Pennsylvania, Joseph B. Knox of Massachusetts, John D. Shephard of Kentucky, and A. S. Oliver of Ohio.
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Union Veteran Legion
Columbus
Archibald Blakely
Pittsburgh
E. D. Spooner
Chicago
William Baird
Lewiston
C. M. Savage
Thomas J. Hubbard
Baltimore
Charles I. Shergar
Wellsboro
Edward Donnelly
Jersey City
John W. Baker
Pennsylvania
Joseph B. Knox
Massachusetts
John D. Shephard
Kentucky
A. 8. Oliver
Ohio
Luetgert Murder Trial Sees Alibi Witnesses
Chicago witnesses in the Luetgert murder case testified on Thursday that they saw Mrs. Luetgert alive on May 3 and 4, countering the prosecution’s circumstantial evidence that she died at the sausage factory on May 1. One observer even identified the woman from a description and photo.
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Luetgert
Chicago
Louis Luetgert
Young Man Returns Home After Disappearing Riotous Spending
John IL Webber, who sailed from Skaguay Sept 1 with about $3000, vanished the next day in San Francisco. Reports say he warned friends he had squandered all his money with confident companions and had little left for travel. The case may involve confidence operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John IL. Webber
Skaguay
Detroit
Mei
Congressman Belknap Weds in Marion Event
Hugh R. Belknap congressman from Chicago married Miss Marietta Steele daughter of George W. Steele congressman and ex governor of Oklahoma at Gethsemane Episcopal church in Marion Indiana Wednesday evening at seven o clock.
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Belknap
Marion
Ind
Hugh R. Belknap
Chicago
Marietta Steele
George W. Steele
Oklahoma
Gethsemane Episcopal Church
Treasury cash and gold reserves reported
Washington on September 23 releases Thursday's treasury statement showing an available cash balance of 215,620,762 dollars and a gold reserve of 146,745,178 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Condition of the Treasury
Judge Kilgore Dies in Ardmore Texas Ex-Representative
United States Judge Kilgore former congressman from Texas died in Ardmore at 1 10 p m Thursday after a short illness. The passing removes a noted jurist and public servant who served in Congress representing Texas.
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Kilgore
Ardmore
United States
Texas
Draft Orders Eight Cavalry Regiments to India
London Sept 22 drafts from eight regiments of cavalry have been ordered to prepare for shipment to India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
London
Miners reject Dalzell plan. gloom for resumption
In Spring Valley Illinois miners voted against the general manager S M Dalzell plan to pay for company work and dig coal at a scale decided by northern Illinois operators. The result worsens prospects for resuming mining.
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Spring Valley
S. M. Dalzelt
Spring Valley Coal Company
Springfield Senate
Wold
Northern
Illinois
Hunter Not Guilty In Kentucky Bribery Trial
In Frankfort Kentucky on September 22 Dr W Godfrey Hunter and two co defendants ex congressman Wilson and Mr Franks were acquitted of bribery related to the senatorial contest at a recent extra session of the legislature Noel Gaines and Thomas F Tanner who turned state's evidence were also acquitted despite their testimony being disbelieved by the jury
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Hunter
Frankfort
W. Godfrey Hunter
Wilson
Franks
Noel Gaines
Thomas F. Tanner
Many Persons Drowned After Fiume Collision
Vienna dispatch reports 30 people drowned when the local passenger steamer Ika collided with the British steamer Tiria at Fiume. The Ika sank in two minutes as onlookers watched from the piers.
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London
Vienna
Fiume
Ika
Tiria
Ska
Bubonic Plague Spreading Across Rural Areas
The latest health statistics show bubonic plague active again in Bombay as it creeps from hamlet to hamlet, affecting a wide area. Newspapers warn that withdrawing medical officers for frontline duties could trigger disastrous consequences beyond the frontier.
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Bombay
Bridge washout floods kill passengers in India rail crash
Floods washed away a Bangalore Mysore railroad bridge near Maddur India on September 24 causing an engine and five coaches to plunge into the river with substantial loss of life as passengers perished.
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India
Madras
Bangalore-Mysore
Maddur
Potter Accepts Presidency at Cosmopolitan Educational University
In Schenectady on September 25 Rev. Lliphalet Nott Potter former Union College president said he accepted the presidency of the Cosmopolitan Educational University.
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Andrews’ Stead
Schenectady
N. Y
Lliphalet Nott Potter
Union College
Cosmopolitan Educational University
Mary Siemering Takes Stand in Luetgert Trial Defense
Mary Siemering, a key defense witness in the Luetgert murder case, testified Saturday defending Luther Luetgert. She asserted she never visited Luetgert’s factory improperly, supported his kindness to his wife, and described pressure from police while under arrest. The cross examination, led by State's Attorney Deneen, continued with her remaining steadfast and self-possessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Luetgert
Mary Siemering
Sove
Zuetgert
Deneen
Jealous Husband Blamed in Oglesby Murder
In Oglesby Illinois Andrew Rolla a blacksmith for Oglesby Coal was shot in the back by Charles Gideon a Belgian coal miner. Gideon claimed jealousy and was captured after a canebrake pursuit two miles from the scene after a gunfight.
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la Salle
Oglesby
Andrew Rolla
Charles Gideon
Rolla
Oglesby Coal Company
Gideon
Ta Salle
Whs
Progress of the Fever in New Orleans and Nearby Areas
The Louisiana board of health reports 17 yellow fever cases in the 27 hours to nine p.m. Sunday, with zero deaths and a total of 138 cases and 17 deaths to date. Ocean Springs shows no new cases while Edwards, Mississippi, records one death and 23 new cases for a total of 176 cases and seven deaths. Mobile, Alabama, reports five new cases and no deaths.
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New Orleans
Board of Health of
State of
Louisiana
Ocean Springs
Biloni
Edwards
Miss
Mobile
Ala
Worthy kills Hopkins at Paragould railroad station
At Bertig nine miles east of Paragould Worthy shot and killed A C Hopkins who had just assaulted his wife with a knife. Worthy, who had intervened to save the woman, fired with a pistol as Hopkins attacked again. He surrendered and is jailed at Paragould Ark.
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Paragould
Ark
Bertig
Paragould Southeastern
Worthy
A. C. H Hopkins
Hopkins
Disease Decimates Hogs in Southern Kansas
A strange hog disease in southern Kansas is killing hogs by the hundreds and hitting droves near market. Farmers report heavy losses and battle between hog cholera and swine fever theories as officials study the outbreak. Also, Michigan reports equalized state valuation of 1,105,100,000 dollars.
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Watal
Independence
Tita
Kansas
Michigan
Lansing, Mich
State of
Ore movement to beat all records this season
From talks with iron ore dealers it is learned that ore from upper lake mines will exceed all past marks with at least 13,000,000 tons to be marketed this season. West spring docks are likely to clear, a notable rise from last year’s 3,000,000 tons. Bancroft the Magician Dies in Charleston from tyukotd fever at Riverside infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Riot in Girardville Leaves Dozens Wounded
Riot in Girardville Pennsylvania Sunday night and Monday left at least nine dead and about 36 wounded. Violence followed labor and Hazleton strike tensions with two gangs clashing using guns axes and clubs. Police failed to quell the fighting as hundreds hid or fled while coroner probes death tolls.
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Girardville
Charles Sehlesman
William Monaghan
James Donaghue
William Culacabbage
Second Street
Joseph Cavendish
Hazleton
Culacabbage
Cavendish
Lattimer
Coeman
Woodford Seeks Friendly Cuba Solution With Spain
Madrid reports Gen Woodford says Cuba talks with Spain have not begun and only a preliminary chat occurred with the foreign minister. He cites no ultimatum and says the US would offer its good offices in a friendly way. Sherman aims for a Cuba accord by November amid fears of jingo voices in Congress.
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Madrid
Woodford
United States
Spain
Cuba
Duke of Tetuan
Sherman
Congress
Deficit Seen Shrinking as Treasury Forecasts Improve
Washington reports the September monthly treasury statement expects a material deficit drop from August with internal revenue up about 6 million dollars year over year and a January 1 deficit near 28 million. Officials anticipate full-year receipts to meet or exceed government needs by year end.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Pacific Railroads
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Central Branch
Sioux City & Pacific
Reorganization Committee
The
Treasury
Exodus Rumors Over Yellow Fever Uneven in Mobile
Mobile reports deny a mass departure over yellow fever. About 4,000 of Mobile’s 40,000 left in two weeks, but most remain and businesses stay open. Louisiana notes 22 cases and 2 deaths in 24 hours, with warmer weather increasing cases but lowering mortality and officials optimistic about improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Board of Health of
State of Louisiana
Greater New York mayoral race sees Henry George nomination
In New York, Henry George wins unanimous mayoral nomination from a united democracy blending free silver and Bryan clubs. If he accepts, his support would largely come from Democratic voters, though Tammany's stance on the Chicago platform could alter his prospects. In Manhattan, Republican assembly leaders nominate Tracey for mayor Fitch for comptroller and Appleton for council president. Fire devastates Williamsfield business district with $40,000 loss as livery barn blaze spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry George
United Democracy
George
Tammany
Chicago
Republican Assembly
Borough of
Manhattan
Benjamin F. Tracey
Ashbel P. Fitch
Ross Appleton
Ohio prohibition party gains ballot access in Columbus
The Ohio prohibition party, after collecting over 10 000 petition signatures, was placed on the ballot sheet in Columbus on Monday. In Trenton New Jersey ex Secretary of the Navy George M Robeson died at his home aged 69 after months of ill health. He served as secretary from 1869 to 1877 under Ulysses S Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
Lane
Savings, Building and Loan Association
Dwight Harrison
Building and Loans
Columbus
Ohio Prohibition Party
Robeson
Trenton
N. J
the Navy
George M. Robeson
Navy
Grant
Insurgents Disarmed in Uruguay
Dispatches report the insurgent forces fully surrendered in Montevideo on September 28 with 378 bad firearms and 30 000 cartridges seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
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