Various World Notes From The Week Of Updates
Postmaster General orders free delivery at Zion City. Payne leaves Washington for a week’s vacation. Hamburg senate approves Elbe channel and railroad terminal spending. Fort Yates abandoned. troops moved to Fort Lincoln. Gas tragedy at Beardsley Minnesota. bodies recovered. Wisconsin church gains name change with three dissenters. Ironwood Michigan mine layoff impacts iron market. Colombian senate backs Panama canal treaty terms. Wausaukee resident Raymor killed by cars. Civil War veteran visiting Idaho. German interior minister bans hypnotism in public. Turkish Turks annihilate insurgents. Demirhissar raids repulsed. Rev Daniel Fleming named army chaplain. Bloomington Methodist conference focuses on temperance. National Rifle matches at Seagirt begin with practice. Ann Hamond tied to 68 years nursing, 1756 babies cared for. rivals noted. Sea level explained with Bengal and Pacific comparisons. German cities discuss municipal tramways and liquor control. Enri Desi bitten by insect in Mexico. mental decline noted. Willam Tucker, Baltimore, disappears amid $500k shortage. British post office profits rise 1902-03. telegraph profit details given. Electric power boosts Manhattan elevated railroad efficiency. quarter costs drop to record lows.
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Fort Yates
N. D
Fort Lincoln
North Dakota
William Riley
Henry Schroeder
Beardsley
Minn
Milwaukee Episcopal Diocesan Council
Ironwood
Mich
Senate
United States
Champion Raymor
Wausaukee
Wis
Raymor
Pocatello
Idaho
Istib
Krava
Demirhissar
Daniel H. Fleming
Leadville
Colo
Army
Colorado Volunteers
Philippines
Fleming
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Bloomington
Ill
Quincy
National Rifle Association
Seagirt
Ann Hamond
Newcastle
Ind
Clark
Philadelphia
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
Pacific
South America
Dresden
Addicks
Frankfort
Germany
Mexico
Enri Desi
Pennsylvania
Willam T. Tucker
Wesley A. Tucker
Baltimore
Europe
Young Tucker
Central America
Telegraph Department
Manhattan
New York
Caracas press attacks mixed tribunals threaten foreign ball
The Macanao steamer brings Venezuelan reports of Caracas authorities and judges facing hostile coverage as foreign guests plan a Mexico Independence Day dinner in a U S citizen house. Threats target sixteen Caracas leaders labeled anti patriots and lese patric prompting the Mexican commission to withdraw invitations to avoid conflict.
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Willemstead
Curacaa
Macanaibo
Venezuela
Caracas
Castro
United States
Parks Seeks Control at International Iron Workers Session
Kansas City reports the International Structural Iron Workers session opens with Samuel Parks of New York pushing to control the union. Two New York delegations contend for seating, triggering committee review on credentials. The committee is said to favor denying Parks seating, while a minority supports him, with five of seven members expected to sign the report.
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Kansas City
International Structural Iron Workers
Samuel Parks
New York
Parks
Parks New York Union
Admiral Evans Criticizes Court in Nicholson Case
Washington Sept 22 Rear Admiral Evang delivers a harsh rebuke of the court that tried Assistant Paymaster Nicholson on the Atlantic station. He argues the evidence supports dismissal from the navy, not the five grade reduction imposed. The court had recommended clemency by three officers.
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Washington
Nicholson
Navy Department
Evang
Chefoo
China
Evans
Levee Breach Swamps Portage Area Causes Flood Damage
Portage Wisconsin reports levee break flooding the city with two to six feet of water. Damage to crops and property estimated at 30000 dollars as engineer M J Mann from Oshkosh leads government levee work. Water seeps through dike bottoms while Prairie Du Chien sees Mississippi rise 16 inches. Large corn tracts north of the city submerged with heavy damage expected.
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Portage
Wis
Berlin
Araboo
United States
M. J. Mann
Oshkosh
Prairie du Chien
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Dobbs Wins in Third Round in Lexington Bout
In Lexington Kentucky on September 22 Young Dobbs of Philadelphia knocked out George Buchanan of Chattanooga in the third round of a scheduled twenty round bout.
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Dobbs
Lexington
Young" Dobbs
Philadelphia
George Buchanan
Chattanooga
Colorado Troops Unable to Join Fort Riley Maneuvers
Washington reports Acting Adjutant General Hall was informed that Colorado cannot furnish a provisional battalion for October army maneuvers at Fort Riley. The entire state national guard, except one company, is active in Cripple Creek due to the miners' strike.
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Washington
Hall
Farmer shoots neighbor after barn dispute in Greer county
W P Price, a Greer county farmer in Guthrie Oklahoma Territory, shot and killed a neighbor boy named Parks, mortally wounded the Parks boy's brother, and accidentally wounded his own son. Price says the Parks boys burned his barn earlier.
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Guthrie
O. T
W. P. Price
Greer County
Parks
Price
Whitmore Speaks as Labor Union Adopts Resolutions
Central labor union adopts strong resolutions urging President Roosevelt to remove W A Miller of the government printing office after he was reinstated, citing alleged unfitness and a dispute with the bookbinders union. executive council considers but postpones action amid talks between Roosevelt and labor leaders.
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Washington
W. A. Miller
Government Printing Office
Roosevelt
Gompers
Miller
Central Labor Union
Whitmore
Columbia Typographical Union
Cortelyou
King Subject to Clique in Servia Crisis
London reports from Belgrade that a military conspiracy at Nish against regicide involves about 1,500 officers, with 1,000 said to be involved and widespread secret sympathy. The assassins’ clique controls arsenals and treasury, surrounding the King under Minister Gentchitch who allegedly holds a threatening letter.
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London
Times
Belgrade
Servia
Nish
Gentchitch
Peter
Hoke sues poster trust in anti trust case
Sam W. Hoke of New York, an advertising and poster agent, files a federal suit seeking 60,000 dollars against the Associated Bill Posters and Distributors of the United States and Canada. He alleges the group is an illegal trust fixing minimum posting rates nationwide without competition. A. B. Beall of Sioux City, treasurer, is named as an individual defendant.
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New York
Sam W. Hoke
United States Circuit
Associated Bill Posters
United States
Canada
A. B. Beall
Sioux City
Iowa
Hoke
Texan Sails Direct Delaware Breakwater Route Record
The steam ship Texan departed Tacoma on September 22 bound for the Delaware breakwater in the longest nonstop voyage by a steamship. Captain Morrison aims to cover 18,900 miles in about fifty days.
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Starta
Tacoma
Wash
Texan
Delaware Breakwater
Morrison
Runaway Horse Kills and Injures in Gallatin
A runaway horse pulling a delivery wagon in Gallatin Tennessee smashed three vehicles and seriously injured nine people, five fatally among them. The animal was finally captured in a frenzy and shot.
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Gallatin
Tenn
Renzy
Marble workers strike triggers nationwide lockout
New York reports that the National Association of Marble Dealers ordered a lockout of about forty shops across Philadelphia Buffalo Pittsburg Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago Peoria Milwaukee and St Louis. The action, tied to the Philadelphia Union strike, will close shops next Monday with open shops Thursday. Three thousand men affected.
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New York
Philadelphia
International Association of Marble Workers
National Association of Marble Dealers
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
Peoria
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Natonal Association of
Marble Dealers
San Francisco
Davidson Company
Alexander Davidson
Will Permit No Disruption In Hungary Army Commands
Semi official Budapest dispatch says Emperor Francis Joseph rejects Hungarian language demands for officers to command in Hungarian. The army supreme commander aims to keep the common army intact, insisting changes will be pursued without disrupting monarchy or Hungary. The note adds the language issue is not constitutional and aims at equality within the monarchy.
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Budapest
Hungaria
Francis Joseph
Huneery
Halsbury Denies Resignation Rumor as Health Cited
London dispatch says the Earl of Halsbury plans no resignation and that Attorney General Findlay may succeed him. Halsbury later telegraphs that the report of resigning the lord high chancellorship is untrue.
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England
London
Earl of Halsbury
Findaly
Lord Halsbury
Beirut Quiet Report Delay on American Vice-Consul Case
A cable from Rear Admiral Cotton in Beirut says the situation remains quiet. There is a slight delay in filing the Beirut governor’s report on the American vice-consul case, with an expected completion in the next few days.
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Washington
Cotton
Beirut
Manila constabulary officer jailed for defrauding government
James W. Walsh Jr a constabulary supply officer stationed at Masbate in Visayas has been arrested on charges of defrauding the government. He is said to be short 5000 in supplies with a cash deficit of 8000.
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Constabulary
Masbate
Manila
James W. Walsh, Jr
Viscayas
Five women hurt in Chicago suburban train collision
A North bound Illinois Central suburban train collided with a switch engine near Randolph Street station injuring five women and panicking about a hundred passengers. A policeman summoned ambulances but none of the injured required hospital care.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Randolph Street
German scholar Franz Von Crotter commits suicide in Berlin
Berlin Sept 21 Professor Franz Von Crotter, head of the German Archaeological Institute, killed himself by shooting according to a telegram from Athens. The death was attributed to despair over a mythological work he had long pursued but failed to complete.
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Berlin
Franz. von Crotter
German Archeological Institute
Athens
Ong
Hanna Opens Fight Says Country Is Prosperin
Ohio campaign launch in Chillicothe with a large parade and rally in Yaocatange Park presided by Governor Nash. Senator Hanna assails Clarke on a claim of national decline, refuting fears and urging support for Republican policies and the “young president” in Washington. He argues current prosperity rests on tariffs and warns Democrats oppose protection.
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Chillicothe
Republian
Ohio
Yocatange Park
Nash
Hanna and
Foraker
Myron T. Herrick
Warner @. Harding
Hanna
Clarke
Akron
Democrats
Washington
Democratic Party
United States
Europe
Thas
Flogged Men Like Cattle At Court Martial
Berlin reports Sergeant Breidenbach of the Eleventh regular infantry was sentenced to three and a half years for ill treating soldiers. He testified he flogged recruits like cattle to make them learn, claiming his captain ordered him. Breidenbach found guilty on fifteen of 1207 offenses and given eight years plus degradation.
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Berlin
Breidenbach
Regular Infantry
Kaiser Meets Statesmen at Vienna Audience and Dinner
Emperor William received Count Goluchowski at the Austrian foreign ministry in Vienna on September 21. That evening the German embassy hosted a dinner attended by Emperor Franz Joseph, Chancellor von Buelow, Dr. Von Koerber, Austrian premier, Count Herczy, Count Goluchowski, and other prominent figures.
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Vienna
Emperor William
Goluchowski
Emperor Francia Joseph
von Buelow
von Koerber
Count Hedervy
Resignation of Chamberlain Praised by Russian Press
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports the Russian press and public view Chamberlain's resignation with satisfaction, seeing it as removing a dangerous political factor for Horonaan naana.
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London
Reuter
St. Petersburg
Chamberlain
Chamberlain Sends Note From Highbury Public Statement
London dispatch reports Chamberlain at his Highbury home writing his first public statement since resignation. He replies to Tariff Reform League chair C A Pearson, affirming views on tariff advancement and league action. He outlines two aims: empire self sufficiency via closer union and tariff use to gain reciprocity or protect home industries from protected rivals.
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London
Highbury
Birmingham
Chamberlain
C. A. Pearson
The
Tariff Reform League
League
Rumor of Murder of Servian King Proved False
An unconfirmed rumor circulated that King Peter of Servia had been assassinated. The foreign office had no intimation, and a Belgrade dispatch later stated the report is without foundation. A London dispatch echoed that the assassination claim is entirely unfounded.
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Paris
Peter of
Servia
Foreign Office
Belgrade
London
Peter
Herran Gets No New Order On Canal Treaty
Washington reports four days remain to exchange ratifications of the Panama canal treaty. Dr. Herran the Colombian charge transmits congress details to the state department but declines to reveal their nature. No instruction to seek a time extension nor any indication the U S desires one. Some fear the issue is Colombia's demand that the canal company surrender part of the $50,000,000 payment.
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Washington
Herran
State Department
Colombia
Chamberlain to Visit Chicago for Public Address
Joseph Chamberlain, resigning British cabinet member, may deliver an international speech in Chicago as a guest of the U S. The Illinois Manufacturers' Association forwarded the invitation through the state department with a cable seeking his acceptance. The invitation was first extended July 24.
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Chicago
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
United States
Department of State
Washington
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Jitnesis Manufacturers’ Association
State Department
Maine Leaves Cramps Yard for League Island then Culebra Maneuvers
The battleship Maine, after repairs at Cramps shipyards for structural weakness found during heavy gun tests, departed for League Island navy yard. She will refuel briefly, take on ammunition, and proceed to Culebra in the West Indies to join Atlantic coast squadron maneuvers.
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Philadelphia
Maine
Cramps
League Island Navy Yard
Culebra
West Indies
Woman Shot in the Breast in Minnesota Quarrel
In St. Cloud Minnesota Louis Leverson quarreled with his wife then seized a firearm and went to the yard. A struggle over the gun followed and it discharged striking the wife in the breast, fatally injuring her. Leverson fled and is missing.
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St. Cloud
Minn
Louis Leverson
Lever
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