Steamer War Eagle Burns At St Louis Wharf
Fire swept the War Eagle and the Carrier while tied to the St Louis wharf. Fireman Joseph Scultz died on the War Eagle deck and another Salem man perished by jumping into the Mississippi. Four firemen are believed burned in the War Eagle hold. Both vessels suffered extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Eagle
Eagle Packet Company
Carrier
Calhoun Packet Company
St. Louis
Joseph Scultz
Bill
War Earler
Salem
Foss
Regimental Reunion Planned for Marion Indiana
Eighteenth annual reunion of the 7th and 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry will occur in Marion on October 4 and 5. Attendees may speak five minutes each by the campfire. comrades should notify President Geo W Steele to be listed on the program. Accommodations are arranged for members and their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Geo. W. Steele
Government's Rich Haul from Mare Island Yard
Revenue officers seized 150 cases of rare oriental goods from a government tug tied to the hospital ship Solace. The smuggled loot, including items from Tien Tsin, would bring a large value with duties around 60 percent, likely abandoned to the government. The cases are addressed to recipients nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
Solace
Tien Tsin
United States Rejects Germany on China Instigators Probe
The United States reportedly refused Germany’s proposal to seek out China trouble instigators before peace talks. The reply emphasizes punishment of the authors, asserting guilt can be established during negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
China
Battle near Siniloan in Laguna Bay with 1000 rebels
In the Philippines near Siniloan Laguna Bay a clash occurred between about 1,000 rebels armed with rifles and detachments of the fifteenth and thirty-seventh infantry regiments. Amexicans fought bravely waist-deep in water losing twelve men including Captain Mitchell and Lieut. Cooper, twenty six wounded and five missing.
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Manila
Siniloan
Laguna Bay
Mitchell
Cooper
Death by Pencil Leads to Tragic Alliance Clerk
Miss Pauline M. Sabin, 20, a clerk at TL. P. Culp's dry goods store in Alliance Ohio, died from blood poisoning caused by a pencil carried in her hair at work. Physicians failed to halt the illness, which began with a small scratch from the pencil point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline M. Sabin
TL. P. Culp
Alliance
Ohio
Trustees Accept Cincinnati to Host 1901 C E Convention
The trustees executive committee of the United Society of Christian Endeavor votes to hold the twentieth international convention in Cincinnati in 1901 provided satisfactory railroad rates and local arrangements are secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United Society of Christain Endeavor
Cincinnati
Four Lives Lost as Storm Hits Massachusetts Coast
A furious gale on Friday morning claimed four crew members from the fishing schooner Mary Whalen off the Massachusetts coast. The Mary Whalen arrived in Boston bearing word of the tragedy and the loss to its crew.
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Massachusetts
Mary Whalen
Boston
Fatal Fire at Toledo Destroys Junk Warehouse
A Toledo blaze at Henry Rosens junk warehouse killed Capt. John Gallagher of the fire department and injured ten firefighters. The fire caused minor losses. walls collapsed triggering the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Henry Rosen
John Gallagher
Chief Justice May Resign Amid Havana Judicial Turmoil
Havana reports that disruptions in the Havana judicial department have led to the dismissal of several justices. Chief Justice Mendoza and other judiciary members may resign as a result of the turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Mendoza
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple Attractions
Fort Wayne schedule lists acts on Oct 3 Si Plunkard Oct 5 Cole and Johnson in A Trip to Coontown Oct 6 Walker Whiteside at the Masonic Temple.
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Fort Wayne Masonic Temple
Si Plunkard
Cole and Johnson
Coontown
Walker Whiteside
Conspiracy to Destroy Christians Reported by French Warship
A Hong Kong dispatch says the French warship Avalache, examining killings of Christians in the Sammaoi district near Canton, reports eight pirate junks, with ashore help, aimed at destroying all Christian villages on the Canton delta.
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Christaina
Hong Kong
Avalache
Sammaoi
Canton
Nations Back Germany on China proposal
The German foreign office reports replies from Italy Austria and France fully supporting Germanys plan for China. The affirmations come with no reservations and indicate broad European backing for the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Italy
Austria
France
China
Belle Archer Dies in Pennsylvania and Other News
Belle Archer died at Warren Pennsylvania of apoplexy. Paul Leicester Ford married Miss Grace Kidder in Brooklyn. John C Hayes, son of Gen Hayes, shot himself at the Waldorf Astoria. Cornelius Vanderbilt refused the Assembly nomination in New York. Carnegie secretary A M Moreland resigned. Campbell chosen as successor. The anthracite strike began with 112000 of 142000 miners obeying the order. A robbery murder attempt occurred near Vineland New Jersey. William H Wright of Philadelphia was shot five times. Harden Bartlett Harris, age 15, and two guides climbed Gros Glockner in Austria. A Maplewood cottage cruise near Bethlehem New Hampshire injured twelve. no deaths. Diver George Brown fought a shark at Newport. shark killed. Thomas Kingsford's will directs estate of about 3 million. The old Bible House on Fourth Ave New York to be sold. printing establishment to close. Plymouth fires extinguished by storm. total losses about 500000. Juda A Freeze, famed as a model child, died by suicide in New York. A Yonkers trolley crash injured about forty. three may die. Reading Iron Co wage dispute unresolved. 600 workers refuse to work. Hatch & Foote assets assigned. Charles B Foote accused of wrecking the firm. Mystery at St Charles Hotel Brooklyn Henry Barbour found dead with two bullet wounds. Peter Damose arrested in New Orleans for counterfeit coins. circulation tied to Fulton and Thomas Pennsylvania. American Steel and Wire resumes Pittsburg operations. plans to restart Anderson plant and red mill. thousands of jobs restored.
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Belle Archer
Warren
Paul Leicester Ford
Grace Kidder
Brooklyn
John C. Hayes
Jack” Hayes
Waldorf- Astoria
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Assembly
A. M.moreland
Carnegie Company
Campbell
Pennsylvania
Vineland
N. J
William H. Wright
Philadelphia
Harden Bartlett Harris
Maplewood Cottage
Twin Mountain House
Bethlehem
N. H
Newport
George Brown
Thomas Kingsford
Oswego
N. Y
Fourth Avenue
Ninth Street
American Bible Society
Plymouth
Mass
Juda A. Freeze
Yonkers
Reading Iron Company
Danville
Hatch & Foote
Stock Exchange
Nassau, Street
Charles B. Foote
Oceanic
St. Charles
Henry G. Barbour
Secret Service
Washington
New Orleans
Peter Damose
Fulton
Thomas
Oliver
South Side
American Steel and Wire Company
Pittsburg
Anderson
Denny Smith
George E. Townlee
Indiana
Indianapolis
Fred P. Rush & Co
Europe
Ether
Isaac Webb
Poplar Bluff
State Bank
Breidenthal
Topeka
Kan
State Bank of
Rushton
Edward Morse
Nome
Fred A. Ribbach
Seattle
Ribbach
Morse
White Chapel
Houston
Texas
John McGeehan
John McBride
McGeehan
Guthrie
Ariz
Lewis Miller
Bunde & Upmeyer
Milwaukee
Samuel Dickinson
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Malinda Dickinson
Turtle Mound
Perry de France
Mercur
Utah
Hamilton and
College Hull
College Hill
George Shirley
Hamilton
Hunter
Glendale
Joseph Enger
J. C. Smith
Helder
Miller
Cincinnati
Salvation Army
East Fourth Street
George S. Forbes
First National Bank
Chicago
South Chicago
Forbes
Wilton
Wis
Southern Pacific
San Francisco Bay
West Oakland
Northwestern Lumber Company
Mill Dam
Eau Claire River
Eau Claire
Eigh
Richard Novack
Albert Olson
West
Mary Smith
John Walsh
Frank Addington
J. M. Addington
Fdgeville
Kokomo
McAbee
Steel Trust
Leffler
Munc
Vincennes
Henderson
Jenderson
Raub Pit
Chalmers
Oscar Deets
Muncie
Deets
George Porter
Card Springs
Scottsburg
Clarence Hay
Thomas Weisman
Mrs. Way
Capt. Way
Walter Wilson
Banner Cement Mills
Jeffersonville
R. McConnell
M. Paragon
James Leathers
M. McCune
Wilson
McConnel
McCune
Paragon
David
Cook
Sellersburg
Calvin R. Davis
South Bend
Thomas Green
Charles Heart
Franston
Samuel E. Hedrick
Spencer
Alfred M. Ingersoll
Edward S. Lea
Elwood
James E. Moats
Daleville
Hermat Pries
Michigan City
William H. Turner
Converse
Charles F. J. Wernert
Evansville
Register
Man Finds Pearl Worth 2000 Inclam Shell
A Winona Minnesota man discovered a pearl valued at two thousand dollars inside a clam shell. The report notes a variety of other contemporaneous incidents including crimes accidents and notable deaths across several states.
Deaths, crimes, and disasters reported in scattered notices
A sweeping roundup includes murder trials without bail for James Hardy and Elmer Miller in Minnesota, a miner blinded in South Dakota, a remarkable quintuple birth in Missouri, the death of Indiana businessman George Townlee, and multiple robberies, fires, and drownings across the country. Additional items cover a Seattle homicide, a large Houston oil mill fire, a Guthrie Arizona double shooting, and a major San Francisco freighter incident.
Notable deaths and incidents cut across early 1900s
Francis S. Jones secretary of the U S legation at Buenos Ayres drowned at Charlesville Virginia. Admiral Watson to make Louisville home. Edward Lewis and Lucian Smith killed in a Dorchester Virginia coal mine collapse. James Linn a white boy shot Tom Downing a black boy at Cardiff Alabama over a found baseball. A sheriff chase across four western Florida counties involved bloodhounds and twenty citizens pursuing a negro.
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Franciss. Jones
United States
Legation
Buenos Ayres
Charlesville
Admiral Watson
Manila
Louisville
Edward Lewis
Lucian Smith
Dorchester
James Linn
Tom Downing
Cardiff
Ala
Florida
Goebel Killing Trial Testimony In Frankfort
James Stubblefield, ex deputy sheriff, testifies that James Howard boasted of firing the shot that killed William Goebel in Frankfort Kentucky. Desperado a negro detective was shot and two posse members seriously wounded during the incident.
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Desperado
Frankfort
James Howard
William Goebel
James Stubblefield
Clay County
Stubblefield
Howard
Goebel
International turmoil and disasters ripple across Europe
Portugal grants Kru ger departure while Holland offers a warship. Liverpool acts to curb rats from Glasgow to avert bubonic plague. Paris counts jewelry returned to a concealed countess. Prince Henry of Hesse dies leaving succession uncertainty. The Times cites Yerkes railroad purchase and Congo political shifts. A US captain in the Philippines dies after a shooting, and ships Gordon Castle and Storman sink with heavy losses. A jealous Italian killer kills five and wounds others before killing himself.
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Portugal
Kruger
Europe
Holland
Liverpool
Glasgow
Paris
Prince Henry of Hesse
Munich
Grand Duchy of
Hesse
London Times
Charles T. Yerkes
Charing Cross
Euston and Hempstead
Vanellville
Congo Free State
Droogman
Congo Commercial Company
Charles McQuestion
Fourth United States Infantry
Philippines
Insane
Gordon Castle
Storman
Cardigan Bay
Caetano Longo
United States
Pastona
Italy
Noted Grand Master Declines Re Election
Grand Master I M Sargent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen announces he will not run again. The report covers other 1900s happenings including shipwrecks, storms, a church wall collapse, and economic summaries from R G Dun & Co noting higher prices and rising iron and textile activity.
Chaffee Seeks Winter Tents as 10000 Allies Remain at Pekin
A Taku dispatch says allies attacked the Pei-tang forts at dawn Thursday with heavy cannonade. Gen Chaffee favors winter tents over unsanitary camps. About 10000 allied troops likely to winter at Pekin, largest German force, Russians to stay 2000, Japanese to withdraw largely to Nagasaki. Dowager Empress open to return if protected. Chinese ministers urge peace talks. Russia had pressed punishment of Chinese leaders before talks. German note demands punishment as prerequisite to negotiations.
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Taku
Pei-tang
Chaffee
Pekin
Nagasaki
Washington
China
Russia
France
Market Reports Chicago to New York cattle hogs and grains
Regional market tables list price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across many cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York. Grain bids cover wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and other commodities with varying No 2 grades and creamery butter prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Boer Forces in Panic as Colapse of Transvaal War Reported
Lord Roberts cables from Nelspruit near the Pretoria-Delagoa Bay line announcing the collapse of the Transvaal War. Of about 3000 Boers retreating from Komatipoort 700 entered Portuguese territory, others deserted, the rest crossed the Komati and occupy Lobombo spurs. Soldiers left with only a few marauders and Doornberg holds a remaining position.
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Lord Roberts
Transvaal
Nelspruit
Pretoria-Delagoa Bay
Komatipoort
Womatipoort
Machadodoro
Komati River
Lobombo Mountains
Kelly-Kenny
Doornberg
Church and Clergy Notes on Funds, Visits and Appointments
The diocese of Canterbury raises funds for a memorial to Archdeacon Maidstone. Archdeacon Furse, a Liberal friend of Gladstone and Rosebery, is highlighted. Bishop Hamilton’s Walton jail visit stands out as an official first. New bishop Burchard Villiger of Woodstock College is critically ill. Archbishop Ireland’s potential cardinalate is discussed. Prof. Gould, noted New Testament scholar, has passed. Bishop Derrick advocates reformatories and schools for convicted youth in the South.
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Diocese of
Canterbury
Maidstone
Furse
Gladstone
Lord Rosebery
Liverpool
Walton Jail
John W. Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Ireland
St.Paul
Vatican
Burchard Villiger
Woodstock College
Philadelphia
Switzerland
America
Church of the Gesu
Indians and Accidents Chronicle Indiana News
Mrs. Harriet Butler 65 fell from a 40 foot cliff near Butler Falls and died. Numerous accidental deaths and incidents across Indiana include a Fort Scott murder by an insane grandson, a drowning in a milk keg at Elkhart, a fatal leg wound near Richmond, and a baby killed by a jumper spring. Ground broken for a Kokomo glass factory, and plans to locate an independent plant to employ 75 to 125. Reports of strikes, fires, explosions, and a vandalism attempt at Muncie. Patents issued to Indiana inventors across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Butler
Butler Falls
M. J. Wickersham
Winamac
Fort Scott
Kas
Ohio County
San Jose
Wayne County
Prof
Troop
Purdue University
W. C. Reynold
Elkhart
Ray Berkey
Richmond
John Lightley
Kokoymo
Warrington
Albert Kuhn
William Hubbard
Sardina
Bedford
Clarence Matthews
Hubbard
Mahton D. Neal
Clay County
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