Ovation for President on Way to Washington
President Roosevelt leaves Oyster Bay for Washington after a mutual farewell with neighbors. Home town cheers decorate streets as a dove emblem and flags signal peace. At the station, schoolchildren wave flags while 20 young women sing. An axle break briefly alarmed the procession, but the president moved on. Arrival in New York and Jersey City follows, with plans for a large DC welcome and Grand Army veterans expected to greet him along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Washington
Russia
Japan
Walting
Sagamore Hill
John A. Weeks
New York
Long Island City
Nashua
Jersey City
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Death on the Big Four track near Livingston
Christopher Lee of Rock Island was killed while walking on a double track near Livingston. A fireman saw him about 100 yards away on the track before a train arrived. As the train approached within 40 feet, Lee crossed to the other side and was struck, dying instantly. The incident is under investigation by The Argus.
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Christopher Lee
Staunton
The
Argus
Rock Island
Livingston
Lee
Theresa
Mail drivers end weeks long New York strike
The strike of mail wagon drivers in New York City, ongoing for several weeks, was settled today with an agreement. The strikers return to work tonight and received practically all they demanded.
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New York
Banker Convicted of Willful Misapplication in Doylestown Bank
Philadelphia dated dispatch reports Henry Lear former president of the Doylestown National Bank found guilty of willful misapplication of funds. The Sept 30 verdict marks another banking official convicted amid scrutiny of savings institutions in Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Henry Lear
Doylestown, Pa
Drunken Sailors Set West Street House Fire
Three men burned to death in a two story West street saloon restaurant and lodging house fire. A fourth man is in critical condition and several others injured. All occupants were sailors and longshoremen except the housekeeper who was rescued unharmed. Fire believed caused by careless drunken sailors.
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New York
West Street
Gotch Drawn With Weeks In Spokane Bout
Spokane on September 30 reports Boomer Weeks, Spokane firefighter, outpointing Frank Gotch in a 12 round match. Weeks floored Gotch in the 10th, but Gotch lasted all 12 rounds and the bout was declared a draw by agreement.
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Spokane
Wash
Boomer! Weeks
Frank Gotch
Iowa
Weeks
Gotch
Warrant After Duel In Car Wounds Express Messenger
Decatur Sept 20 John Ryan an express messenger wounded in a duel car on Wednesday swore out a warrant for Ed B Green charging assault with intent to kill The warrant rests with the sheriff Green remains in hospital in serious condition after the shooting Special Agent Irl of Pacific Express company witnessed the incident
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Express
Decatur
Irl
Pacific Express Company
John Ryan
Ed B Green
Green
Officials as switchmen in Grand Trunk strike
Division Superintendent Egan and other officials joined non union switchmen in Grand Trunk yards to assemble trains and operate switches as a strike disruption touched the yard workers. A brief note adds minor risk of extension. Other items report 12 new yellow fever cases in New Orleans, two deaths in Pensacola, a $50,000 fire in Kansas City injuring three firemen, grief for Niagara Falls Power’s VP William Rankin at 101, Elizabeth Wood’s death at 101 near Niles, and M Witte being named a count in St. Petersburg.
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Grand Trunk
Chicago
Grand Trunk Road
Egan
Costello
Canron
New Orleans
Pensacola
Kansas City
Missouri Valley Casket Company
Cambridge mother slays seven children then self in house fire
In Cambridge Illinois on September 30 Mrs Clarence Markham a farm laborer's wife killed her seven children with an ax set the Johnston farm house ablaze and cut her throat before leaping into the flames Residents rescued her but she died after confessing the deed The seven victims aged from birth to ten were found charred in the burned rooms Her husband had kept the children home from school amid concerns over her behavior and authorities confirmed the grim tragedy by recovering all seven bodies from the ruins
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Cambridge
Ill
Clarence Markham
Johnston
Markham
Tragedies linked to Streed death shock Cambridge
Chicago reports reveal Dr. Byrde Powell linking the death of Cambridge attorney John W Streed to the prior death of William Powell and a murder of a Swedish domestic in Cambridge over five years ago. Funeral held on courthouse lawn. mystery deepens as officials weigh murder versus suicide. Miss Mattie Philberg, Cambridge postmaster’s daughter, dies of heart disease amid grieving over Streed case.
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W. D. Powell
Chicago
Byrde C. Powell
Sandwich Islands
William D. Powell
John W. Streed
Cambridge
Dr. Powell
Streed
William Powell
Ill
John V. Streed
Court House
Andree N
Augustan A
Upton Pier
Mich
Mattie Philberg
Costs of War and Railroads Stir Political Battle
Reports from Tokyo and Washington describe Japan facing heavier war costs and crop failures threatening rice supplies. In the U S, ex Senator Chandler charges railroads seek to influence the president and lawmakers to weaken rate controls, predicting partisan fights that favor rail interests over the people.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
United States
Ferris Appointed Dickinson Land Office Registrar
Medora North Dakota September 30. S M Ferris county auditor received a letter from President Roosevelt announcing his appointment as registrar of the Dickinson land office. Ferris and his brother Joe were among the first locals Roosevelt met on his first hunting trip to the Bad Lands 22 years ago. Steamer Burns at Docks Alpena Michigan September 30. The steamer P S Birckhead, coal laden, burned at the dock today. the crew escaped unharmed.
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Medora
N. D
S. M. Ferris
Roosevelt
Dickinson Land Office
Ferris
Joe
Alpena
Mich
P. S. Birckhead
Swindler Caught In Six Yard Dress Goods Scheme
George Moore a 50 year old clerical looking man admits to four years of swindling women in Chicago Milwaukee Aurora and other towns He acted as an agent for a state journal published by a department store offering yearly subscriptions for 1 50 and giving an order for six yards of dress goods per subscriber His weekly receipts were reported large and he was arrested in Chicago by Journal agents
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Streed
Chicago
George Moore
Milwaukee
Aurora
Journal
Moore
Cleveland to Speak in Nebraska Monument Dedication
Nebraska City Neb Sept 30 The Arbor Day Memorial association set October 14 as the unveiling date for a monument to Sterling Morton founder of Arbor Day and former secretary of agriculture under Cleveland The principal speaker will be former President Cleveland.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Arbor Day Memorial Association
Sterling Morton
Cleveland
Arbor Day
Emperor Receives Hungarian Diet Presidents in Vienna
In Vienna on September 20 the county Czaky and other presidents of the upper house of the Hungarian diet were received by the king-emperor. A lengthy exchange followed as they fully threshed out the situation in Hungary.
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Vienna
County Czaky
Hungary
Wreck at Iowa City halts Rock Island line and saves crew
A head on collision at Iowa City between a passenger train and a freight train stopped traffic on the Rock Island main line for hours. Engine 476 was smashed, engine 1417 wrecked, and baggage car contents destroyed. Fireman George Downing and Engineer Frank Hodgen leapt to safety. Conductor Braithwaite led the freight crew amid injuries to Baggageman A R McCullough and Fireman Frank Rogers, who remained hospitalized with serious wounds.
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Rock Island
Iowa City
Smithereens
Cineer
Frank Hodgen
Downing
A. R. McCullough
Fifth Avenue
F. Whittig
McCullough
Rogers
Frank Rogers
Natick Yards
Gardner
University Hospital
L. W. Littig
Braithwaite
Tiffin
Galesburg Gazette Ceases Publication After Long Run
Galesburg Illinois Sept 34 W T Smith editor announces discontinuance of the Galesburg Gazette for financial reasons. The paper founded 1850 by W Selden Gale and others promoted railroad development and operated under various names. It carried abolitionist ties in the 1850s and democratic stance in recent decades. Also reports Sandusky Portland Cement buys 226 acres near Dixon for a $256000 plant.
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W. S. Gale
Galesburg
W. T. Smith
Gersham Martin
Ilinois
Sterling
Dixon
Sandusky- Portland Cement Company
Government plans a great hospital for army and navy
Springfield dispatch reports Dr Louis De clerment of Washington has secured an option on 640 acres at 250 dollars per acre in Iopolis. The government plans a 400000 dollar hospital to treat bowel and stomach disorders with a capacity of 3000 patients for the army and navy.
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Springfield
Louis Declerment
Washington, D. C
Iopolis
Army
Navy
McCaddon Showman Arrested Abroad With Tragic Burial
Southampton England Sept 30 Joseph T McCaddon head of the McCaddon circus was arrested on a warrant charging fraudulent bankruptcy as he embarked on the steamer St Louis bound for New York A coffin containing his wife’s body was aboard the same ship for burial in America
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Southampton
England
Joseph T. McCaddon
McCaddon Circus
St. Louis
New York
America
Mississippi Launched With Sponsor Miss Mabel Money
Philadelphia September 30. The battleship Mississippi was launched today at Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia. The sponsor was Miss Misa Mariel Clare, daughter of Senator Money, in a ceremony attended by a distinguished guest list.
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Philadelphia
Mabel Money
Mississippi
Cramp Ship and Engine Building Company
Misa Mariel Clare
Senator Money
Steamer Alamada Ashore at Frisco
The Oceanic Steamship Company's steamer Alamada, which sailed this morning for Honolulu, ran ashore on the southern side of the entrance of San Francisco bay.
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San Francisco
Cal
Oceanic Steamship Company
Honolulu
San Francisco Bay
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