Edward VII Extends Prerogative in Political Crisis
London report details King Edward VII taking unprecedented control in cabinet selection and army reform talks at Balmoral. He privately vetoes ministerial appointments, questions Lansdowne’s war record, and seeks a cabinet aligned with military and imperial needs amid South African war commission findings.
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London
Balfour
Balmoral
Edward
Mr. Balfour
Prince of Wales
South African War Commission
Lord Lansdowne
Brodrick
Lord Fisher
Presi‘dent
Uddle
Peruna cures female weakness claims from readers
Mrs Esther M Milner of DeGraff Ohio recounts severe female weakness and constant headaches and credits four bottles of Peruna with a complete recovery. Testimonials from Mamie Groth Platteville Wis and Dr S B Hartman bolster claims and offer free medical advice with full case descriptions.
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Onyself
8. B. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Mamie Groth
Platteville
Wis
Peruns
Parks Wins Seat At Union Convention
Kansas City date Sept 24. The International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers convention voted to seat Sam Parks and the New York Local 2 delegates. Only three votes opposed Parks and his group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Sam Parks
New York
Parks
Reward Offered for Portand Limited Robbers Near St Joseph
Burlington railroad and Adams Express officers announce a 4000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the men who held up and robbed the Portland Limited east of St Joseph Tuesday night, with the hold up occurring on the Burlington line north of the city.
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St. Joseph
Burlington Railway and
Adams Express Company
Portland Limited Express
Burlington Road
Double Tragedy in Chicago on Lexington Avenue
The bodies of Harriet Elizabeth Weber and marble cutter Inocenti Talamini were found on Lexington Avenue near 64th Street. Each had been shot twice. Indications point to a murder suicide with the man killing the woman and then himself.
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Chicago
Harriet Elizabeth Weber
Inocenti Talamini
Lexington Avenue
64Th Street
Punished Brutal Officer Sentenced in Berlin
Berlin September 24 Sergeant Buntz of the 23d Grenadier regiment stationed at Ulm in Württemberg was sentenced to sixteen months imprisonment for maltreating a private named Hils. He threw a cooking apparatus that caused Hils’ death in the incident.
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Berlin
Buntz
23D Grenadier Regiment
Ulm
Wurtemberg
Hils
Macedonian War Sentiment Grows in Bulgaria
In Sofia on Sept 24 and Rustchuk Macedonian sympathizers urged immediate war on Turkey. Revolutionary circles expect conflict as Turks massacre Christians. Dr Christo Tatartcheff notes negotiations are time buying, while insurgents demand intervention by powers. Reports of clashes near Kotchani stir panic and disruption.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Rustchuk
Turkey
Christo Tatartcheff
The
Porte
Tatartcheff
Macedonia
Rustchuk F
Trade Union Congress
Kotchani
Breach of Promise Suit Ends With $4000 Verdict
In Rushville Indiana Marcus A Kendall was ordered by a Bush circuit court jury to pay Blanche Culver $4000 for breach of marriage contract. The three day trial produced passionate love letters as key evidence with Kendall offering little defense. Culver remains under care at relatives’ home for nervous prostration.
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Rushville
Ind
Marcus A. Kendall
Bush
Blanche Culver
Miss Culver
Kendall
Murder collapses in North Vernon as marshal slain
William Wilkerson, intoxicated, drove his family from home in North Vernon Indiana. Marshal Schwabe warned him to stop. Wilkerson shot the marshal on the premises and fled. A posse pursued him half a mile out of town where he killed himself with the same pistol. Wilkerson had earlier worked as a guard at the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville.
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North Vernon
Ind
Wilkerson
Marshal Schwabe
Citiens
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Love feud ends in shooting in Martinsville
Crime report from Martinsville Indiana dated Sept 24 describes Sam Grady shooting Miss Cora Seaman in the left shoulder. Grady then attempted suicide by carbolic acid. The wound is not serious and Grady is believed to recover. Grady was in love with Seaman and opposed her seeing other men.
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Martinsville
Ind
Sam Grady
Cora Seaman
Seaman
Grady
Miss Seaman
Admiral Cotton's Squadron De dispatched for Abyssinian mission
Washington September 24 Mr Skinner United States consul general at Margeilles plans a personal visit to King Menelek at his capital Adis Abeda to conclude a commercial treaty He is now in the interior mountains of his domains aboard his dispatch to Abyssinia for diplomatic negotiations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Cotton
Washington
Mr. Skinner
United States
Margeilles
Menelek
Adis Abeda
Gusher Fire Burns Three At Kentucky Well
Off.Gusher No 2 of the Kentucky Colonial Oil company gushed twenty feet high and gas ignition from an engine boiler set fire. Driller Thomas Marsh and rig builder A B Adams were fatally burned, Marshall Marsh seriously burned. fire stopped by driving a packet into the well. In Marion Indiana a gravel pit cave in killed William Grindle. body recovered after two hours.
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Monticello
Kentucky Colonial Oil Company
Thomas Marsh
B. Adams
Marshall Marsh
Marion
Ind
William Grindlé
Hia
Child’s Arm Amputated After Cane Mill Accident
In Bloomfield Indiana on September 24 an eighteen month old child of Mr and Mrs Harley Graves near Park was playing beside a cane mill when its fingers were caught between the cogs. The right arm to the elbow was ground to a pulp before the mill could be stopped. The arm was amputated but doctors fear the child cannot recover.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Harley Graves
Park
Here
Crossing Accident in Jeffersonville Iowa? Indiana?
Wealthy farmer James K. Sharp was struck by a passing train while driving across railway tracks. He sustained serious injuries in the incident reported on September 24.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
James K. Sharp
Expedition plans for eastern Mediterranean voyage to Jibuti
The report notes an upcoming expedition, expected to begin in two to three weeks, aiming for the eastern Mediterranean and onward to Jibuti. It mentions one vessel of Admiral Cotton's squadron and references possible decisions about the squadron's movements.
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Mediterranean
Jibuti
Cotton
Cane
Arlington man Held on Larceny Charge in Rushville
Jesse Fox of Arlington, arrested in Indianapolis, was brought home by Sheriff Bainbridge. He faces larceny charges for robbing a $50 money drawer at John Eaton's Arlington store months ago and was jailed to await grand jury action.
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Rushville
Ind
Jesse Fox
Arlington
Indianapolis
Bainbridge
John Eaton
Brakeman Fatally Hurt in Freight Train Accident
In Frankfort Indiana on September 24 Sims Roy Harkins was fatally injured while braking a freight train. He leaned out to signal the engineer as the locomotive curved, causing him to be thrown from the top of the train to the ground.
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Frankfort
Ind
Sims
Roy Harkins
Woman Used Razer Otterbein Ind Sent 24 Mete Man
Woman used a razor in Otterbein Indiana and sent 24 mete to a man.
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Razer
Otterbein
Woman burned to death in Rushville grease fire
Rushville Indiana September 24 Mrs Benjamin Marshall seventy years old living about three miles west of here fatally burned by blazing grease. She was frying meat when her clothing caught fire and she was burned to a crisp.
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Rushville
Ind
Benjamin Marshall
Here
Meade Barr Convicted Of Manslaughter In Indy
Indianapolis September 24 jury verdict finds Meade Barr guilty of manslaughter in the murder of Eugene Burke a colored man. Penalty set at two to fourteen years in the penitentiary.
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Meade Barr
Indianapolis
Eugene Burke
Beaumont Oil Field Suffers Fire Incident
Beaumont Texas reports a fire at the oil field on September 24 causing damage feared to affect operations. authorities and workers respond, with details limited by early dispatch.
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Beaumont
Tex
Engagements Highlight Powell Santo Domingo Issue
Santo Domingo informs United States Minister Powell it rejects the validity of the claims agreement and cannot appoint an arbitrator. Powell insists engagements must be kept and urges naming arbitrators, asserting respect for all commitments with this government. Colombia silent on canal treaty renewal. Roosevelt reportedly eyeing a southern speaking tour to Georgia and Alabama cities this winter.
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Santo Domingo City
United States
Powell
Vasquez
Birmingham
Ala
Internal Revenue
Jos. O. Thompson
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Georgia
Alabama
Atlanta
Brooklyn Man Surrenders on Odd Death Claim
Daniel Bur of Brooklyn was arraigned and committed to the Tombs on a nominal intoxication charge but says he killed his sister’s child Margaret Fens in Shafton Pennsylvania ten years ago. He went to police to be arrested after stating he cut his niece’s throat and burned her body and has slept poorly since. He appears mentally unbalanced.
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New York
Daniel Bur
Brooklyn
Margaret Fens
Shafton
Pittsburg
Heavy Claims Presented by Nations to Caracas Tribunals
Caracas reports official claims filed with the mixed tribunals show France seeking 16.04 million dollars, the United States 10.9 million, Italy 8.3 million, Belgium 3.09386 million, Great Britain 2.6 million, Germany 1.4173 million, Holland 1.04645 million, Spain 0.6 million, Mexico 0.5 million, and Norway and Sweden 0.2 million.
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Caracas
Venezuela
France
United States
Italy
Belgium
Great Britain
Germany
Holland
Spain
Mexico
Norway
Sweden
Oil Tank Cars Explode in Norfolk Wreck Near Norwich
In a Baltimore and Ohio freight wreck at Norwich, Ohio, two oil-tank cars exploded sending a 100 foot flame skyward. Four adjacent houses caught fire, and their occupants narrowly escaped with everything lost.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Norwich
Baltimore &Ohio Railroad
Hasty Wedding Unites Wis and W Va Residents in Indiana
Winchester Indiana on September 24 witnessed a quick nuptial between William C. Schimmel of Watertown Wisconsin and Misa Harriet B. Jackson of Morgantown West Virginia. The couple met here by appointment and were married.
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Winchester
Ind
Watertown
Wis
Morgantown
W.va
Four Tourists Die On Scafell Mountain
Four tourists climbing Scafell mountain in Cumberland fell from a precipice and were killed. The incident occurred near London on September 24, with authorities initially investigating the accident and confirming fatalities.
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London
Scafell Mountain
Cumberland
Market Report Prevailing Grain and Livestock Prices
Market report from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo shows mixed livestock and grain values. Widespread firmness for hogs and cattle with regional shifts. prices listed for No. 2 red wheat No. 3 mixed corn oats and lambs by city and market.
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Indianapolis
Wseon
Chicago
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Esther M. Milnes
Esther M. Milner
DeGraff, Ohio
Esther
Milner
Balkans
M. A. Kendall
Marshal
Abyssinia
ING
Santo Dominicans
Colombia
Dr. Herran
William F. Powell
Daniel Burns
Market Report
Cincinnati
Lembe
East Buffalo
Ce Seoan
Aia
Cecs Peatewes
Cocce
Succes
Rcensseenass
Sarsaparilla
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