Marines Ready to Invade Cuba Amid Interventions
Havana reports from Sept 28 say marines stand by for possible deployment with preparations to land around 2 oclock while General Funston and naval commanders discuss strategy. The crisis centers on Palma's resignation and U.S. plans for intervention to stabilize Cuba.
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Cuba
Havana
Roosevelt
Funston
Louisiana
Couden
C Balleria Wharf
Congress
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Relief Deposits Planned Across Major Banks
Secretary Shaw announces temporary deposits totaling 26 million dollars with depository banks in New York and Chicago 3 million each Boston Philadelphia St Louis and New Orleans 2 million each Baltimore Louisville Kansas City and Cleveland 1 million each Pittsburg Buffalo Minneapolis Milwaukee Detroit Cincinnati St Paul Omaha Des Moines Denver Sioux City Memphis Peoria Atlanta Nashville Sioux Falls 500 Dollars each These funds expected to be returned when monetary pressure eases likely by February 1 next.
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Washington
Shaw
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New Orleans
Baltimore
Louisville
Kansas City
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Paul
Omaha
Des Moines
Denver
Sioux City
Memphis
Peoria
Atlanta
Nashville
Sioux Falls
President Roosevelt to Stay 48 Hours with Fleet
Oyster Bay says the president will be away exactly 48 hours from Sagamore Hill to observe six hours aboard the battleship Missouri. He will watch training exercises and target practice as the North Atlantic fleet lies off Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Provincetown
Mass
Sagamore Hill
Missouri
California Murderer Weber Hanged for Parrents’ Death
Adolph Weber, who killed his parents and set fire to their house, was hanged in Sacramento. He maintained his nerve till the end, facing the scaffold with a firm step and was pronounced dead fourteen minutes after the trap was sprung.
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California
Sacramento
Adolph Weber
Weber
Seventy-Seventh Anniversary of Illinois Conference Founding
Abingdon Illinois September 2 1856 marked the Peoria based conference semi centennial. Seven of nine living ministers who helped form the conference attended including Milton L Haney Henderson Ritchie C Springer J G Evans B F E Kaufman William Watson and J S Cumming. The program featured sermons by J S Cumming J G Evans John H Ryan and others with a Women's Foreign Missionary Society address by Mrs H Stuntz and Epworth League anniversary remarks by Thomas S Pittinger Frederick J Giddings and Josiah B Barth.
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Abingdon
Illinois
Peoria
Milton L. Haney
Henderson Ritchie
C. Springer
J. G. Evans
B. F E. Kaufman
William Watson
J. S. Cumming
D. D
Kan
John H. Ryan
Pontiac
Thomas Doney
Macomb
Henderson Fitchile
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
H. Stuntz
Philippines
Epworth League
Thomas S. Pittinger
Frederick J. Giddings
Josiah B. Barth
Japanese sealers make many raids in Bering sea
Victoria Sept 28 news says the sealir schooner City of San Diego reached port with word of several raids by para lese sealing schooners on Copper and Bering islands. The rookeries are leased by an American company from the Russian government. It is estimated 20 Japanese were killed and many Russians shot.
Wife Flung From Window In Domestic Tragedy
St Louis Sept Overton Wilson a steamfitter of 3617 North Twentieth street is under arrest for throwing his wife Eva 28 from a second story window after a quarrel over a kitten. He says she fell by accident. The woman is likely to die.
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St. Louis
Sept
Overton Wilson
North Twentieth Street
Eva
Wilson
Illinois Team Bans Lillard and Tondro for Study Defects
Urbana Sept 28 The University of Illinois faculty barred two top players from Coach Lindgren's squad for academic deficiencies. End candidate Tondro and forward Lillard were removed after being stars on the 1905 freshman eleven. It is unclear if the ban lasts the entire fall.
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Lillard
Tondro
Urbana
University of Ilinois
Lindgren
Died as Five Sisters Did
Freeport Illinois September 28 Julia Winslow living near Warren committed death by her own action yesterday by saturating clothes with kerosene and setting fire with a match She was the sixth sister in a family to take her life Broncho engagements off La Salle September 28 The Broncho lame on Tuesday is somewhat better but not fit to race this season The horse was to go to the state fair at Springfield then Lexington Eight Year Old Murderer Sentenced Albia Iowa September 28 Oscar Napier the eight year old convicted of murdering seven year old Frank Adams was sentenced to the reform school until he is two years old The boy wept openly at sentencing for the first time since arrest
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Freeport
Julia Winslow
Warren
la Salle
Charlie Dean
Springfield
Lexington
Albia
Iowa
Oscar Napier
Frank Adams
New Orleans
Mississippi River
C. Ansela
Norwester
Washington
Bepr
Weather Bureau
Leate
Arkagets
Tt Ie
Diatlotin
Fines for Immoral Leases in Des Moines Court
Des Moines report says the N. M. Hubbell company named for F. M. Hubbell was fined 600 dollars in criminal court for leasing property for immoral purposes. In Terre Haute, Schreck and Hart have signed for a ten round bout on October 7.
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Des Moines
N. M. Hubbell Company
F. M. Hubbell
Criminal Court
Schreck
Hart
Terre Haute
Ind
Mike Schreck
Marvin Hart
Bay Minette Telegram Reports Mobile Flood Devastation
The Mobile Register reports Bay Minette alerting that Mobile suffered extensive loss with a flood submerging the business district under five feet of water and property damage estimated at 3 million dollars. A wind velocity of 90 miles per hour is noted, indicating severe storm impact.
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Atlanta, GA
Associated Press
Atlanta
Mobile
Stoessel resigns as Russian general at Port Arthur
The report notes Lieutenant General Stoessel submitted his resignation, likely accepted, ending his fortress command amid imperial pressure after a Port Arthur surrender inquiry. It mentions Fock may face trial and references Swiss disruptions against Russians after a bomb depot find and the Interlaken murder.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Fock
East Siberian
Father of 13 Beauties Dead in China
Wing Ah Fong, a famed Honolulu Chinese capitalist renowned as the father of 18 daughters who married prominent men, died in China on Tuesday September 25 after making millions in Honolulu. Four daughters wed into the American army and navy.
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Wing Ah Fong
Honolulu
China
Ah Fong
Municipalities group avoids stance on public utilities
Chicago Sept 28 The League of American Municipalities refused to declare support or opposition to municipal ownership of public utilities. Resolutions from Rock Island and Adrian seeking a delegate vote were killed in the resolutions committee. Delegates tabled a report proposing a constitutional change to keep the organization noncommittal on the issue.
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Chicago
League of American Municipalities
McCashrin
Rock Island
Stearns
Adrian
Mich
Committee On
Rock Island Railway Reports Record Net Earnings for 1906
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway reports for the year ended June 30, 1906 show gross earnings of 51, net earnings of IGATI N00, amid operating expenses of H67,000 and a rise in both earnings and costs. The release notes a 24.5 percent increase in net income and a substantial gain over the prior year.
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Rock Island
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Crocker’s Brigade hears Rep R G Cousins at reunion
Clinton Sept. 25 Congress man RG Cousins spoke on grant and the ghostly fire at the Crocker’s Town Brigade biannual reunion last night. Two hundred survivors marched in the parade. Officers elected were President H H Reed Mount Vernon Vice Presidents C L Lennon Center FM Omart Watersoo L T Tyler Keokuk E Fracker Des Moines Recording Secretary C W Kepler Mount Vernon Corresponding Secretary D W Bushvell Council Bluffs Treasurer Peter Keine Dulique
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Clinton
RG. Cousins
Srant
Uir
Crocker
Town Brigade
H. H. Reed
Mount Vernon
C. L. Lennon
Thre Center
Omart
Watersoo
Il. T. Tyler
Keokuk
State Fair Opens with Record Entries at Springfield
The state exposition at Springfield opens at the fair grounds with 2,570 entries across horse and beef departments, an increase over last year. Officials expect more exhibits to be completed by next Sunday as prize winners from across the United States and Canada prepare to display.
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Springfield
Hithess
Fair Grounds
United States
Canada
Sued Over Marriage Fees in Omaha County Case
Suits filed against three former county judges for about 12 4100 dollars in marriage license fees collected and not turned over to the county. The county attorney argues the fees belong to the county if legally authorized. Defendants Shields Vinsonhaler and Baxter claim the fees belong to them and may seek the supreme court if needed.
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Omaha
George W. Shields
Duncan M. Vinsonhaler
Irving F. Baxter
Natural Gas Explosion Destroys Zinc Smelter
An explosion of natural gas at the Edgar zinc smelter in Cherryvale Kansas yesterday afternoon demolished the plant. Two workmen were killed and five injured, three of whom were expected to die. The fatally hurt were George MccKeehen Luther Hampton and Jose Isnard.
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Cherryvale
Kan
Edgar
George MccKeehen
Luther Hampton
Jose Isnard
Cuban Rebel Leader Leaves New York for Havana
Colonel Carlos Aguirre head of the Cuban revolutionary junta in New York sails to Havana via Tampa after receiving a cable from Colonel Zayas. The move follows reports of revolts and financial backing linked to the Cuban resistance.
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New York
Havana
Carlos Aguirre
Tampa
Zayas
Nberal
Aguirre
HURRICANE DAMAGE SWEEPS MISSISSIPPI DELTA
Reports from vessels and towns across Mississippi describe wrecked houses, flooded streets, and disrupted rail and telegraph lines as a hurricane moves inland from the Gulf. Observers note numerous trees down, cotton losses, and ongoing rescue concerns near Vicksburg Jackson and McComb City. Mayor McClellan backs Hearst for governor.
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Pontehartend
Louieville & Nashville
Ainsippi
Salter
Vicksburg
McComb
Jackson Bend Brookhaven
Bryan Endorses Hearst for Strong Race for Governor
Oklahoma City September 28 ten thousand people greeted Bryan who expressed gratification at Hearst nomination predicting a strong race and a likely victory. Guthrie September 2 reports a hearty Bryan reception with remarks supporting Hearst and the Nebraskan candidate.
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Oklahoma City
Bryan
Hearst
Guthrie
Okla
Halt Dooner
Swedish Baptists Elect Twenty Seventh Annual Conference Officers
Delegates from several states gathered in Chicago for the Swedish Baptists twenty seventh annual conference. Reports were presented and officers were selected including President Rev M Larsen of St Paul and Vice President Rev W M Norton of Warren Pa with Rev Shortland of Minneapolis as Secretary. Deputy officers and regional leaders were also named.
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Chicago
Chicaen
Swedish Baptists
M. Larsen
St. Paul
W. M. Norton
Warren
Slap at Mayor Weaver: Charges Fail to Defeat Philadelphia Candidate
Philadelphia sees Charles Gibboney nominated for district attorney by the adjourned electoral convention amid claims of fraud. Officials named to investigate Mayor Weaver charges that Gibboney was fraudulently nominated, prompting a tersely awaited commission report exonerating him.
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Philadelphia
Chareties Gibbuney
Wim
Couiliies
Gibboney
Wreck Deaths Now Ten In Catlin Wabash Train Crash
The Wabash train wreck at Catlin on Monday has raised deaths to ten. Five more bodies have been identified, including Peter Paxton of Fort Wayne, with others awaiting verification. The disaster left charred remains among the wreckage and investigators continue work at the scene.
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Catlin
T. Earlville
J. HW. Waldom
Peter Paxton
Fort Wayne
Ind
Pope Receives Sailors Urges Loyalty at Napl Rome
The pope welcomed 50 American sailors from warships at Naples and gave each a kiss on the hand while urging loyalty to religion and country. The page also notes Holland's dikes and floods, Zuyder Zee fish, and regional water management. Also brief items on Great Northern fine, and track laying between Kewanee and Galva.
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United States
Rome
Napl
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Palma
Sanguily
Toledo Plantation
Marianao
Marianao Electric
Vossen
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Suyx Taft
Tatt
Oliver
War Department
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Palmar
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J. M. Gomez
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C. Velez
Principe Castle
Banks
Slayer
Central Illinois M. E
Bering Sea Islands
Czar
Geneva
Zurich
Lucerne
Switzerland
Interlaken
Mueller
Milo
Leontieff
Trepoff
M. Durnovo
George
Municipalities League
M. O
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Henry Sussan
Sussman
la Crosse
Famous Fighting Organization
Mississippi
South
Here
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Ife
An En Plave
New Orleans & Northwestern Railroad
New Orleans & Northwestern
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Birmingham
Lower
Alabama
Mise Shypl
Fla
Beyt
Gulf Coast
San Row Island
Ot Ir
Navy Yard
McClellan
Swedish Baptists Elect
Pope
Holland
Sterdam
Wieter
South Bolland
Zuyder Zee
Zay der Zee
Great Northern
Wis
Great Northern Railway Company
Kewanee
Galva
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