McKinley Funeral Sealed in Westlawn Vault Tribute Worldwide
In Canton Ohio on September 19 the late President McKinley was interred in a receiving vault at Westlawn Cemetery ahead of final burial in the family plot. President Roosevelt and many dignitaries attended along with representatives from nations worldwide as floral tributes poured in. A 1:30 pm service at First Methodist Episcopal Church featured prayers, readings, and choral selections by Pittsburgh Commandery Knights Templar.
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Canton
Ohio
Westlawn
McKinley
Roosevelt
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Q. . Milligan
First Presbyterian Church
Isle of Somewhere
Cardinal Newan
National Guard of
House and Senate of the
United States
C. B. Man
Chester
I. W. Joyce
Anneapolis
Pittsburg Commandery No
Knights Templar
Scenes at Canton crowd outgrows facilities
The little city of Canton faced inadequate facilities to handle the crowd gathered for a notable event. Local and Washington officials strained to assist, with some officials forced to sleep in cars after long efforts to provide food and shelter amid the influx.
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Re -Ohio
Canton
al- Sines
Elter
Washington
Sey
Mourning in McKinley City as Roosevelts Arrive for Funeral
President Roosevelt and cabinet members arrived yesterday at Mrs George D Harter’s Market street residence while Ohio militia guarded the scene. Citizens from across Ohio filled the town as William McKinley lay in state at the courthouse and a long line of mourners viewed the coffin. The capitol rotunda and the shaking crowds showed a nation in grief over the fallen leader. The body’s features grew darker and the crowd pressed to glimpse the remains before burial in the church.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
Cowles
Root
Hill
George D. Harter
Market Street
Ohio Militia
Guard of Honor
Washington
William McKinley
United States
Ohio
Supreme Court
McKinley Cottage
North Market Street
Abner McKinley
Dr. Rixey
Court House
Blood Answer From Boston Maiden
In a fragment from the Baltimore American a man asks a Boston woman named Miss Henrietta Bean what is in her heart, she gives him a cold look and replies with a single word blood.
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Henrietta Bean
Boston
Baltimore American
Premature Explosion Kills Indiana Farmer in Flora
In Flora Indiana on September 19 James Sidenbender a prominent farmer was killed by a premature dynamite blast while working on rock removal west of town He had recently purchased dynamite and was reworking stones He died instantly and his mangled remains were found scattered up to a hundred yards from the blast site, his death leaving a bereaved family.
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Flora, Ind
Flora
James Sidenbender
Sidenbender
Wife Murder Sparks Evansville Tragedy
Patsy Nathan of Henderson Kentucky killed his wife in Evansville Indiana yesterday by shooting. The woman had brought two children to live with her amid domestic differences, while two others stayed with their father. Nathan arrived from Henderson, shot her, and surrendered to police.
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Evansville
Ind
Patsy Nathan
Henderson
Nathan
Citizens Protective association aids Elwood horse theft drive
Elwood Indiana residents form the Citizens Protective association to guard against recurring horse thefts. The group elected officers and appointed township marshals who will pursue thieves immediately after a theft is reported, intending to protect property west of the city.
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Elwood
Ind
Citizens’ Protective Association
Pelfree Whips Reached Paragon After McKinley Assassination Comment
Martinsville Indiana dispatch notes Joe Pelfree rode to Paragon obedient to a committee order and received a severe whipping for expressing satisfaction about President McKinley's assassination. He pressed on and is now en route to Bloomington.
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Martinsville
Ind
Joe Pelfree
Paragon
McKinley
Bloomington
Assassin hanged in effigy over McKinley death in Greentown
In Greentown Indiana on September 19 an effigy of the assassin of President McKinley was hanged on the streets and again from the porch of Mrs Fay Byers who allegedly exulted over the shooting a note warning her against further remarks about the dead president was left on the porch
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Greentown
Ind
McKinley
Fay Byers
Child’s Fatal Mistake In Portland Home Tragedy
Grace Reedy a three year old girl died after ingesting four strychnine pills left for her mother who is ill with typhoid fever The child suffered four hours of agony before death as doctors tried to save her The incident occurred in Portland Indiana yesterday with no further details provided
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Portland
Ind
Grace Reedy
Prominent Ogilville Farmer Fatally Struck by Train
Allen Bailey, 70, of Ogilville, was instantly killed when struck by a train between Columbus and Seymour yesterday afternoon. He was hurled about 50 feet into a barbed wire fence and found dead. Bailey was a wealthy farmer and a leading figure in the county.
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Columbus
Ind
Allen Bailey
Ogilville
Here
Seymour
Bailey
Spencer painter William Pattick dies by morphine self harm
Spencer Indiana on September 19 William Pattick a painter formerly with the Pennsylvania Central at Indianapolis killed himself with morphine at his home after two prior suicide attempts driven by despondency. Separate report from Pittsburg notes a New York agreement repudiation amid a tin workers strike meeting with 500 attendees at Star and Monongahela plants.
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Spencer
Ind
William Pattick
Pennsylvania Central Railway Company
Indianapolia
New York
Pittsburg
Star
Monongahela
Bhad Inns
Frederick Sims Will Not Seek Re election in Indiana
Indianapolis notes that Frederick Sims, ninth district Republican state committee member, will not run again. He cited lack of remuneration and the bittersweet nature of political service. Landis likely to be renominated by acclamation. Lafayette boss Richard Kumler discusses Tippecanoe county senate candidates Wood Reser and Pottlitzer. Terre Haute’s Daniel V. Miller hints at not confirming renewal. Newcastle’s Thomas Millikan campaigns for state treasurer, showing electioneering with ex State Auditor Dailey.
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Indianapolis
Frederick Sims
Republican State Committee
Denison House
State Committee
Sims
Landis
Ike
Richard Kumler
Lafayette
Denison
State Senate
Tippecanoee County
William R. Wood
A. O. Reser
Leo Pottlitzer
Daniel V. Miller
Terre Haute
Thomas B. Millikan
Newcastle
Dailey
Czar Enthroned in Compeigne amid Military Parade
The czar and czarina arrived with M. Loubet aboard the presidential train. Guards and infantry lined the route from Dunkirk to Compeigne, with bayonets and sabers in place. The town glowed with illumination as crowds cheered the Russian emperor amid strict security.
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Compeigne
Standart
Dunkirk
M. Loubet
Czarina
Nicholas
Early Surroundings of Czolgosz In Michigan
Petoskey Michigan September 19 The attempt to trace Czlogoszs lineage recalls his father connection to the Molitor murder mystery that shocked Michigan twenty five years ago The elder Czlogosz was among Presque Isle county colonists ruled by Henry Molitor an illegitimate son of Louis of Württemberg who fled Germany under a death sentence A band of colonists fired into a company store window on August 16 1876 killing Molitor.
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Czolgosz
Petoskey
Mich
Czlogosz
Molitor
Michigan
Presque Isle County
Henry Molitor
Louis of
Death in a Coal Mine near Angiesville
Walter Allen formerly of Washington Indiana was killed in the Schwartz coal mine near Angiesville by a fall of slate. He leaves a family and is noted as a man of the city.
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Washington, Ind
Walter Allen
Schwartz
Aogiesville
Terrible Death At Mill In Muncie Ind
G W Mahoney a worker at the American rolling mill in Muncie was fatally injured when a red hot iron bar pierced his intestines and passed through his body. The accident occurred September 19 leaving the community mourning his loss.
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Muncie, Ind
G. W. Mahoney
Whirled to His Death in Pittsburg Plant Incident
Elwood Indiana September 19 Fred Cook a machinist at the Pittsburg plate glass factory was caught by machinery while operating a shaft and whirled to his death in a tragic industrial accident local reports say.
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Elwood
Ind
Fred Cook
Pittsburg
Roosevelt Convenes Cabinet to Maintain McKinley Policies
President Roosevelt called the first Washington cabinet meeting to ask members to retain their posts and to follow McKinley’s Buffalo speech as the administration’s policy. He invited resignations not to be offered, and the cabinet, aside from Hay and Long, accompanied McKinley’s body to Canton for Thursday's funeral.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McKinley
Buffalo
Cowles
Canton
Czolgosz Arraigned on First Degree Murder Charge
Buffalo, Sept. 18. Leon F. Czolgosz was arraigned before Judge Edward K. Emery on the murder in the first degree indictment. He refused to plead or utter a word. Justice Loran L. Lewis entered a plea of not guilty for the accused. The trial is set for next Monday morning in the supreme court.
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Buffalo
Leon F. Czolgosz
McKinley
Edward K. Emery
Loran L. Lewis
Supreme Court
A White Brute's Deception Captured in Wichita
In Wichita Kansas on September 18 a man who assaulted Mrs Wadell Monday night was captured last night by bloodhounds. The suspect proved to be a white man who blackened his face with burnt cork and wore a negro disguise.
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Wichita
Kan
Wadell
Grain and Livestock Prices From Cincinnati Market
Wheat No 2 red and longgrain 7 3/4 to 7 3/4 cents. Corn No 2 white 63 1 2 cents No 2 mixed about 63 cents. Oats No 2 mixed 40 cents No 2 white 41 cents. Cattle dull at 2.25 to 4.50 per cwt. Hogs firm 5.06 to 5.68. Sheep sion at 2.00 to 2.75. Lambs steady 2.50 to 4.50. Cincinnati Grain and Livestock report shows Wheat quiet No 2 red around 7 3/4 cents. Corn firm No 2 mixed about 62 cents. Oats dull No 2 mixed around 37 cents. Cattle quiet at 2 to 5.25. Hogs active around 4.30 to 7.10. Sheep steady 1.25 to 8.30. Lambs active 2.50 to 6.73.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Livestock Market Quotes From Rural Trading Post
Cattle steady with steers at about 3 dollars per hundredweight and heifers near 2 dollars. Hogs quoted easy around 4 dollars with top at 7.20. Sheep steady at about 3.10 to 4. Sheep and lamb values show steady demand with lambs around 33 to 46 dollars per hundredweight.
Market Livestock Prices Steady Across Classes
Cattle steady at four dollars, hogs weak at six to six eighty, sheep steady at two fifty to three sixty, lambs firm at four twenty five to five eighty five. Prices reflect trading trends across cattle hogs sheep and lamb markets with notable stability in cattle and sheep segments.
Colombian Insurrection Claim Crushed Despite Marauders
Washington reports from Colombian legation say the insurrection is practically crushed with no held villages or positions in Colombia though marauding bands persist. Curacao press notes Maduro supporters in Venezuela oppose the anti Colombian move while Nicaragua pledges no war on Colombia. The legation cites 65,000 armed Colombians last July with likely increases since.
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Washington
Legation
Colombia
Curacao
Castro
Venezuela
Plaza
Ecuador
Dr. Silva
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