Admiral Killick Blows Up His Own Ship Crete a Pierrot
Investigation shows Admiral Killick fired the after magazine of the Crete a Pierrot to prevent capture by the German gunboat Panther. Killick and several aboard died. Panther fired to finish sinking the vessel. Killick’s body recovered and buried. others perished. dispatch to Gen Boisrond Canal revealed. Desperate fighting in Colombia reported, 100 government troops killed as railroad is wrecked.
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Crete-a-Pierrot
Panther
Gonaives
Cretea-ierret
Admiral Killick
Crete a-Pierrot
Cape Hayti
Port Au Prince
Gen. Canal
Killick
Lieut. Reed
Provisional Government
United States
Marietta
Crete- Pierrot
Colombia
Kingston
Jamaica
Valencia
Santa Martha
Department of
Magdalena
Persecuted Methodist Clergyman's Sensational Charges
Oshkosh Wis Sept 10 Rev Thomas Clithero of Portage once a Wisconsin Methodist figure spoke at Milwaukee of alleged malignant persecution. He claims he was prevented from preaching lost secular work as express agent was dismissed his wife joined foes and he was held in an insane hospital five months while sane. He cites letters from bishops and ministers to back his charges.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Thomas Clithero
Portage
Wisconsin Methodist Conference
Milwaukee
Clithero
Bishop Andrews
H. P. Biassett
W. H. Chenoweth
J. H. Nelson
Morgans Refusal to Intervene in Coal Strike Stalemate
Washington and Harrisburg report no peace proposals from coal operators and no intent to meet with Governor Stone. Governor Stone and Widener pressed Morgan for arbitration but Morgan declined. President Roosevelt’s position remains noninvolvement without a formal request from both sides.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Gov. Stone
New York
Wm. A. Stone
Pennsylva
Harrisburg
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Morgan
Stone
Elkin
Pennsylvania
Flinn
Pittsburg
P. A. B. Widener
Philadelphia
United States Steel Corporation
Widener
J. Pierpont Morgan
Philadel
United Steel Corporation
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Ohio
Michigan
Pontiac
Mich
Butterfield
Happy Family Lives Quietly Under One Roof
In Fontanet area Terre Haute Indiana a farmer Milton Allen shared a home with his divorced wife and her new husband August Rash. The trio, plus four children from Allen, maintain a peaceful household and jointly work the small farm after a default divorce.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Fontanet
Milton Allen
August Rash
Allen
Rash
Officials calm over Agua Dulce surrender in Colombia
Washington reports Colombian legation officials not alarmed by the Agua Dulce defeat. They estimate government forces around 3,000, viewing the loss as a setback yet signaling greater activity to crush the rebellion. With about 7,000 under arms on the isthmus as a rough figure, there remains ample force to resist revolutionaries near the interoceanic railroad and Colon or Panama.
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Agua Dulce
Washington
Legation
Colombia
Colon
Panama
Goebel Murder Case in Frankfort Court
In Franklin circuit court three defendants including W S Taylor and Charles Finley faced the Goebel murder conspiracy charges. The court entered the usual continuance pending arrests. In Helena Montana cashier Heckwd ress of the Helena Water Works was arrested on embezzlement charges totaling $15000.
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Goebel
Frankfort
W.S. Taylor
Charles Finley
Franklin Circuit Court
Helena
Mont
Heckwdress
Helena Waterworks Company
Oathbound boodling rascals face death pledge case in St Louis
In St Louis on September 10 grand jury indictments total eighteen after boodle agent J K Murrell testified. Delegates sworn to secrecy face death if betrayals occur, vows include throat cutting and body cast into the Mississippi. Bribery indictments tied to city fighting scandal of 1900. Bonds set high, several delegates jailed or released on bonds, detectives seek others, ex-speechers turned state’s evidence as public corruption prosecutions surge.
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St. Louis
J. K.murrell
Boodle Combine
St. Louis House of Delegates
Combine
Mississippi River
Douglas
House of Delegates
J. H. Schnettler
John Helms
Otto Schumacher
Charles Gutke
J. J. Hannnigan
Bersch
Ed Butler
Butler
Denny
Albright
Gurke
Doughis
Charles J. Kelly
Emile Hartmann
Louis Deecker
John A. Har
Julius Lehmann
Y A. Panekner
Faulkner
John K. Murrell
Ed E. Murrell
George F. Robertson
Folk
Premonition Saves Man From Train in Evanston
Chicago dispatch reports engineer William Campton stopped a fast C and N W train near Central Street after sensing danger. A young man identified as John G 2615 West Railroad Avenue lay under the front of the pilot between rails, with two scalp wounds from the collision. He was taken to Dr Hemenway for care and regained consciousness briefly.
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Chicago
Chicago and North- Western Railroad
Evanston
William Campton
Central Street
Hemenwany
John G
West Railroad Avenue
Hollis Named for Governor in New Hampshire
Concord New Hampshire September 10 a state democratic ticket was placed in the field headed by Henry F Hollis of Concord for governor The platform calls for abolishing tariffs on trust made articles stronger enforcement of laws against trusts new laws to speed existing statutes lower duties on essentials free trade within insular possessions gradual tariff reductions and independence of the Philippines at an early date
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Concord
N. H
Henry F. Hollis
Philippines
Washington
England
Germany
Uniteds
Samoan Islands
United States
Tutuila
Apia
Blacklock
Tatuila
Navy Department
Search of the House of Kerekus Fails to Find Strychnine
Bailey Kerekus, a Lowell resident jailed on poisoning allegations, had a home described as an apothecary shop. Deputies found no strychnine or evidence of its purchase during a thorough search with Mrs. Kerekus’s permission, though the house yielded drug paraphernalia.
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Kerekus
Tonia, Mich
Bailey Kerekus
Lowell
River Road
Rose Is on the stump in Wisconsin governor bid
Milwaukee mayor David J. Rose, nominee of the Democratic state convention, opened his campaign with a train tour through Jackson West Bend Kewaunee Campbellsport and Eden and delivered a broadside against the La Follette administration at a Milwaukee armory rally before a large supportive audience.
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Wisconsin
Ford du Lac
Wis
David JB. Rose
Milwaukee
LaFollette
Senator William N Roach Interred at Congressional Cemetery
Buried in Congressional Cemetery Washington on September 10 the remains of late Senator William N Roach of North Dakota were interred with a brief ceremony.
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Congressional Cemetery
Washington
William N. Roach
North Dake
Congressional
Buffalo steamer burns off Clear Creek. crew saved
Teamer Burns En Route reports the Buffalo, sailing from Duluth to Buffalo with copper and flour, burning to the water’s edge off Clear Creek. The crew was saved. Inhaled Too Much Chloroform notes the death of Dr. J. I. Schlawig of Sioux City from chloroform inhalation after years of use. Uncle William's luncheon remark at a niece's visit adds a humorous local aside.
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Teamer Burns
Port Rowan
Ont
Buffalo
Duluth
Clear Creek
Sioux City
J. I. Schlawig
Balancing act and a wager at the vaudeville house
In a Philadelphia Record item a famous equilibrist balances four billiard balls at a cue to audience astonishment. A youth with ink on his fingers bets he can balance a set of books. A gas meter exchange ends with a guarded quip about paying the bill.
Leishman Leaves Post. Eddy Takes Charge in Constantinople
Washington dispatch reports Minister Leishman will depart Constantinople on leave, placing Spencer Eddy in charge of U S interests. Leishman outlines assurances from the Porte to speed up negotiations, excluding the Stone case. The Samoa liquor question and post office receipts rise noted, along with gun field trials and other briefs.
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Washington
Leishman
Constantinople
State Department
Spencer Eddy
Legation
United States
Porte
Fatal Lovers Quarrel and Jealousy Toll in Early Sept. News
A sequence of violent incidents across cities including Pittsburg Bloomington and Genoa reports fatal shootings and stabbings. Notable cases include Maj Wilkins killed during a struggle with his morphine-addicted wife, Victor O Shea killing his betrothed Emily Hoganson, and Daisy Curt shooting Joseph Leslie after defending herself in Bloomington. Rev Maurice Wilson found near Genoa after a razor attack, deemed insane. Peter Olsen shot Mary Petersen in Omwuba Neb. and fled.
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Pittsburg, Pa
Wilkins
Adeline
Victor R. O'Shea
Emily Hoganson
Bloomington Bloomington
Daisy Curt
Joseph Leslie
Miss Carlton
Genoa
W. Va
Maurice Wilson
Omwuba
Peter Olsen
Mary Petersen
Drunken Row at Wapakoneta Park Ends in Shot Injuries
In a drunken brawl at La Luci park near St Marys Ohio manager F B Schmidt fired a loaded shotgun into a crowd of dancers wounding two men and three girls. J F Drake shot in the neck may die while others named Rose Whitehead Ella Wilkinson Mary Hines and Charles Rhodes were wounded. Schmidt fled on a bicycle and eluded arrest.
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Wapakoneta
la Luci Park
St. Marys
Schmidt
J. F. Drake
Charles Rhodes
Rose Whitehead
Ella Wilkinson
Mary Hines
Paris Bank Robbed of 314000 in Gold
Paris officials report the Bank of France was robbed yesterday of 314000 in gold. Authorities believe a person with access to the cash vaults committed the theft.
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Paris
Bank of France
General Miles trip to the Philippines outlined
Washington reports Lieutenant General Miles will depart tomorrow for the Philippines with stops in Chicago and other major points en route to Portland Oregon where he will travel down the California coast to review coastal defense upgrades. A Stromboli eruption in Italy is described with fire columns and ash, while Mount Vesuvius shows activity. In Wisconsin a farmer Auguster Nigbor is struck and killed by lightning as he stacks hay, his son hurt and a stack burned. Milwaukee hosts the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo convention starting today through Friday.
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Miles
Philippines
Washington
Chicago
Portland
Ore
California
Stromboli
Rome
Stromboli Island
Vesuviua
Lipari Islands
Mediterranean
Sicily
Berlin
Wis
Nigbor
Here
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Maud Crouch
William Numley
Craw- Numley
Crawford County
Fred Powell
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Bell
Denison
Wes
New York City
Pierpont Morgan
Traveling Engineers Association
Traveling Engineers’ Association
Harrison
Howard 8. Taylor
W. G. Wallace
Clinton
Richmond
Reid Dugan
D. G. Reid
Tin Plate
Oyster Bay
Washington, D. C
Ames
Minneapolis
Plains
West Baden
A. A. Ames
Indiana
Carns
Tracey
Omaha
Neb
Darge
Frederick Carns
Sheriff Strain
Whiting
Lla
Winnebago Reservation
Oregon
Illavis Central Bridge
Illinois Central Railroad
Missouri River
American Bridge Company
James Romine
Worcester
Mass
Romine
New Hampshire
Nathaniel E. Martin
John M. Mitchell
Colorado
Denver
Edward C. Stimpson
Cripple Creek
Fourth Judicial District
Janesville
Edith Johnson
Rock River
Hollis
Rose
Creston
PD. P. Hallingsworth
Virchow
Wade
Congress
Iowa City
Iowa
Martin I. Wade
William
Philadelphia Record
Turkey
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Army
Ordnance Bureau
United States Army
Squiers
Savana
Cuba
Department of State
Squeirs
Des Moines
Willis Lumber
Gilmore
Counselman’s Elevator
Rollins’ General
Post Office
Coffs
Hayti
Hamburg
Haytien
Saint Marc
Port de Paix
Bolsroml Canal
Las
Muscatine
Crand Wats
Harvey Applegate
Montezuma
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