Navy Fails to Pass Long Island Sound In Major Clash
New London Conn Sept 2 The navy failed to force passage of Long Island Sound with eight ships in action against forts The Massachusetts and Brooklyn were destroyed and others damaged A shell explosion at Fort Wright killed one man and wounded three as diversions and mines hindered the fleet
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New London
Conn
Long Island Sound
Army
Massachusetts
Brooklyn
Fort Wright
Little Gull
Alabama
Iowa & St. Louis railroad awards 30 mile contract
Centerville Iowa September 2 The Iowa and St. Louis railroad linked to John W Gates awarded a contract to William Kenefick for about thirty miles of track from the Missouri line near Centerville to Melrose in Monroe County. Grading will ready traffic by January 1 and will connect with a forty mile Missouri section extending to coal fields and onward toward St Charles Missouri with bridge trackage rights into St Louis.
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Centerville
Iowa & St. Louis Railroad
Missouri
John W. Gates
William Kenefick
Missouri State Line
Melrose
Monroe County
State Line
St. Charles
St. Louis
Hussey Writing a New Song The Hawkeye Girl
Iowa poet Tacitus Hussey writes a song titled The Hawkeye Girl to be set to music by Fred Schneider. Schneider ordered the words noting the Hawkeye girl could be praised in song as the Hoosier or other state girls. Des Moines date September 2.
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Fred Schneider
Des Moines
Tacitus Hussey
Iowa
Complexion wafers may kill claim in Durand tragedy
Rockford Illinois September 2 arsenic wafers taken to improve the complexion may result in the death of Ethel Felts and Effie McKinser two Durand girls found in a semi conscious condition at the Felts home physicians offer little hope for their recovery
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Rockford
Ill
Ethel Felts
Effie McKinser
Durand
Felts
Adventists Gather in Ames for Iowa Conference
About five hundred people are in Ames for the annual conference of the Advent Church of Iowa. Attendance is expected to grow by several hundred as the event continues.
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the Church
Ames
The
Advent Church of Iowa
Mont Pelee eruption devastates Martinique coast
British steamer Korona reports a terrible eruption of Mont Pelee at 9 p.m. Saturday. About 200 people are missing as Morne Rouge and Le Carbet villages are said to be destroyed by the blast and tidal wave. Crater detonations were the loudest yet, causing widespread fear and evacuations to Fort de France.
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Castries
St. Lucia
W. L
Korona
Fort de France
Martingue
Mont Pelee
Morne Rouge
le Carbet
Lorrain
Basse Pointe
Martinque
Socialist convention opens in Davenport with Debs address
The Socialist state convention meets at Turner hall Davenport with 60 delegates led by A. W. Ricker. Eugene V. Debs attends and will deliver a free lecture at Claus Groth hall this evening after the session discusses placing a full state ticket. M. T. Kennedy and A. K. Gifford are Davenport delegates.
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Eugene V. Debs
Davenport
Socialist Party
Turner Hall
A. W. Ricker
Lone Tree
M. T. Kennedy
A. K. Gifford
Claus Groth Hall
Shooting at West Liberty Disturbs Sunday Quiet
At Mrs Wells home in West Liberty Iowa a colored man E T Brown sought admission and she fired to frighten him away. Brown filed charges of assault with intent to murder. Mrs Wells says he was a stranger and her husband was away. She says she acted to rid herself of him. She lives south of the depot.
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West Liberty
Young Roosevelt In Dakota On Prairie Chicken Hunt
Marvin Hughitt Jr and a party of fifteen from Chicago and the east with palace cars horses and hunting gear are side tracked between Arlington and Hetland on the Northwestern. Theodore Roosevelt Jr accompanies Chicago and Northwestern officials for a week of sport as the open season for prairie chickens opens with a record crop.
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Huron
S. D
Marvin Hughitt, Jr
Chicago
East
Arlington
Hetland
Northwestern
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Negro barricades in Brooklyn farm house incident
Jerry Hunter, a black man, fired on watchman John Thorn and barricaded himself in the Thomas mansion on North Beach Brooklyn. Officer John McKenna was shot and wounded, as did Officer Arthur Brill. The house was set ablaze and Hunter was captured after his wife fought police with a sabre and was wounded.
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New York
Jerry Hunter
John Thorn
William Thomas
North Beach
Brooklyn
Thomas
John McKenna
Hunter
Arthur Brill
Five cut throats in London tragedy shocks city
London officials report Frank Gavilla a paper hanger from New Cross killed his wife and all four children before fleeing. The residence was left in a gory scene resembling a shambles with police seeking the suspect.
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London
Frank Gavilla
New Cross
Boxer Albert Terell Dies After Boxing Fatality in Philadelphia
Albert Terell a Black boxer from New York died in a Philadelphia hospital from a skull fracture and subsequent hemorrhage after a bout at the Golden Gate club last night. His opponent William Stokes and his seconds are under arrest.
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Philadelphia
Albert Terell
New York
Golden Gate Club
Chicago Markets Dispatch on Wheat Corn Oats Provisions
Chicago market report shows wheat steady with September at 71 down to 70, corn trading mixed with September up from 55 to higher, oats firm on light trade, and provisions showing fair buying as buyers and sellers moved through light receipts and favorable weather signals. H E McKay of Muscatine oversees the dispatch from over the post office.
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Chicago
Patten
Tod
Mitchell Appeals for Aid to Striking Miners
In Philadelphia on Labor Day John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers urged wage earners nationwide to aid the striking anthracite miners. More than 40 000 heard him declare the struggle the most important in union history and that workers must seize control of government to win.
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Philadelphia
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Parade Explodes During Labor Day Parade in Vincennes
A coal miners float in Vincennes Indiana blew up on Labor Day causing a wagon to shatter and injuring Ira Fidler John Scott and Abner List who were perhaps fatally bruised. The accident happened on a crowded street as a spark set a keg of powder ablaze.
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Vincennes
Ind
Ira Fidler
John Scott
Abner List
Watterson Jr Resigns from Army
Washington dispatch reports President has accepted the resignation of Lieutenant Henry Watterson Jr from the army. He is the son of the editor.
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Washington
War Department
Henry Watterson, Jr
Army
Union Labor Parade Draws Centerville Crowd
Centerville Iowa Labor Day drew ten thousand people as one thousand union laborers marched with three bands. S V Stockman of Sioux City delivered the address.
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Centerville
S. V. Stockman
Sioux City
Market declines dull hogs and grain amid mixed demand
Hog receipts and yard prices slipped after opening strength as demand faded. Wheat corn oats and livestock futures show uneven moves with small gains in some contracts while Chicago hogs mixed and cattle ease. Weather maps indicate no rain in Dakotas and Minnesota. Midwest and Plains cold with upcoming showers in Minnesota.
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Platt
Rainstorm wreaks havoc in Prescott Iowa
Prescott Iowa September 2 special report describes the hardest rain of the season with lightning. The downpour damaged several barns, washed out blocks of sidewalks, and shifted wood ties onto the depot platform.
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Prescott
Iowa
Wapello County Republicans Endorse Lacey Ticket
Wapello County Republicans nominated I. H. Hammond for county auditor H. W. Michael for clerk district court George H. Smith for recorder D. H. Emery for county attorney and J. H. R. Spilman for the board of supervisors. They endorsed John F. Lacey for Congress and praised county administration while backing state and national platforms.
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Ottumwa
Wapello County
I. H. Hammond
H. W. Michael
George H. Smith
D. H. Emery
Board of Supervisors
J. H. R. Spilman
John F. Lacey
Congress
Masden Sues Wife for 19000 Alleging False Arrest
Mt. Pleasant Iowa Sept 2 John Masden of Jackson sues his wife for 19000 claiming false arrest and imprisonment. They have a divorce suit pending Masden says he was jailed in Pennsylvania in 1901 due to his wife’s false information.
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Mt. Pleasant
John Masden
Jackson
Masdens
Masden
Pennsylvania
Denver Horse Show Stand Collapse Injures Many
A temporary stand at the Denver horse show collapsed Monday afternoon injuring about 200 people in boxes. Three were seriously hurt and many sustained minor injuries.
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Denver
Wreck on Rock Island Kills Four Trainsmen
Randolph Mo Sept 2 A head on collision of Rock Island freights on a curve near Randolph last night killed four train men. The dead are Engineer James Speer Engineer Thomas Griffith Fireman C W Ballinger and Fireman Charles Mannhardt. Brakeman Gilson was seriously injured. Charles Mannhardt formerly from Muscatine died as noted on another page.
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Randolph
Rock Island
James Speer
Thomas Griffith
C. W. Ballinger
Charles Mannhardt
Gilson
Muscatine
Reaffirmation Battle Shapes Iowa Democratic Split
Des Moines report shows factions within the Iowa Democratic state convention split over reaffirming the Kansas City platform. Secretary Charles Walsh and anti reaffirmation forces push for party harmony while corporate power allies seek control, with strong opposition in Dallas, Warren, Marion, and Story counties and a silver forces minority in the Seventh district.
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Charlies Walsh
National Committee
Walsh
the Savery
Kansas City
Iowa
Dallas County
Warren County
Marion
Story
Horrible Moline crime shocks Illinois community
In Moline on September 2 1900 Mrs Lucy Jenkins of Sixth and Railroad Avenue is accused of delivering a child and placing it in a kitchen stove fire. Witnesses report an incinerated arm found in ashes. Jenkins is bound over to the grand jury on charges of killing the child abortion and concealing a bastardy.
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Moline
Ill
Lucy Jenkins
Sixth and
Railroad Avenue
Carrie Grissom
Stella Griffith
Grissum’s
Grissum
Numan
Jenkins
Grand Jury
Co C Reschedules Drill To Thursday Night
Co C will drill Thursday night instead of the usual Monday session per Captain J. L. Smeenk.
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Co. C
J. L. Smeenk
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Chicago
Fair to cool spell with moderate temperatures across Iowa and Chicago. Indications show generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer air in the east and central areas and a slightly cooler Wednesday overall.
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Chicago
Iowa
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