Twelve Drowned As Hackley Capsizes In Lake Michigan
The Eric H. Hackley steamer sank seven miles off Freeland Island after a squall on Lake Michigan. The Goodrich line steamer Sheboygan rescued seven survivors who clung to wreckage while twelve people, including captain Joseph Crus and several residents of Fish Creek and Jacksonport, perished. Rescue efforts continued as boats searched for missing and bodies.
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Marinette
Wis
Lake Michigan
Eric H. Hackley
Goodrich Line
Sheboygan
Hackley
Freen Island
Haven
George LeClaire, Jr
Jacksonport
Joseph V. Crus
Fish Creek
Edna Barringer
Lawrence Barringer
Henry Rabitoy
Carl Kelly
Frances Vincent
Milwaukee Woman Awarded 18000 In Suit Against Convent
Miss Mary Archer formerly of Milwaukee won damages in London Ontario for dismissal from the Sacred Heart convent and for confinement in an asylum on grounds of insanity. The jury awarded 8000 damages 3000 wages and 5000 wrongful dismissal after her release. The verdict was cheered in court.
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London
Ont
Mary Archer
Milwaukee
Sacred Heart Convent
Reserve Policeman Killed in Pittsburg Shootout
Andrew J. Kelly, a reserve policeman, was shot and killed Sunday night during an arrest attempt on Dusan Melicz, a Hungarian. Melicz fired three shots as he struggled with a companion. two hits struck Kelly.
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Pittsburg
Andrew J. Kelly
Dusan Melicz
Melicz
Kelly
Tornado in Minnesota leaves towns wrecked and deaths reported
A tornado tore through St. Paul and nearby St. Charles and Winona counties causing seven deaths and 28 injuries. Forty two houses were destroyed and total property damage is estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
St. Charles
Winona County
Tornado Kills Two in Independence Area Wisconsin
A violent tornado struck Independence Wisconsin and nearby areas on October 5 causing two deaths six serious injuries and many others hurt. Dozens of farm buildings were destroyed along the storm path and extensive damage reported.
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la Crosee
Wis
Independence
Storm damages Wapelle area in Iowa town
Saturday's storm caused extensive destruction in the area of Wapelle Iowa with smoke stacks sheds and small buildings torn down. Several structures at the Wapelle fair grounds were blown down.
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Towa
Burlington
Wapelle
Wapelle Fair Grounds
Day of Rest at Camp Young Calls Soldiers To Quiet Sunday
Ten thousand soldiers at Camp Young West Point Ky enjoy a rare rest after a week of maneuvers. Divine services across brigades were led by chaplains and volunteers with mass by Father Kelly in a Michigan tent. Sightseers tour the camp while regimental bands perform outdoors as preparations for Monday’s big maneuver proceed. Governor Durban of Indiana bivouaced with his militia six miles from Nashville Pike.
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Camp Young
West Point
Kentucky
Wagner
Michigan
Father Kelly
Knights of Columbus
Louisville
Durban
Indiana
Nashville Pike
Tornado near Princeton Illinois Kills Three
A tornado two miles southeast of Princeton Illinois on October 5 killed three people Mrs. Charles F. Sherwin and Mrs. Alvira Sherwin and Emmet Welch visitor at the Sherwin home. Charles F. Sherwin suffered serious internal injuries as the storm destroyed a new Cater residence and blew away the Sherwin home.
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Princeton
Ill
Charles F. Sherwin
Alvira Sherwin
Charles W. Sherwin
Emmet Welch
Tishiwa
Sherwin
J. F. Cater
Street Duel in St. Louis Leaves Officers Wounded
In a Sunday morning street duel in St. Louis two policemen and several Negroes fought as officers tried to arrest Allen Newby on a assault charge brought by Ella Fishbee. About 30 shots were fired and Officer Edward Rice and Samuel Newby were found mortally wounded.
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St. Louis
Edward Rice
Samuel Newby
Allen Newby
Samuel
Ella Fishbee
Actor Tolson Shot at Van Buren Depot
Chas Tolson leading man and manager of a stock troupe was shot by Dr Perchmont at the Van Buren depot. Tolson in critical condition at a Fort Smith hospital. motive unknown. Also reports fire destroys Beck wolds sounding board factory in Dolgeville with $100000 loss and 80 men unemployed. two men killed and another injured in Point St Charles when a derrick boom contacts a live wire.
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van Buren
Ark
Chas, Tolson
Perchmont
Tolson
Hig
Fort Smith
Utica
N. Y
Julius Beckwold
Dolgeville
Montreal
Point St. Charles
Mild Carondelet Earthquake Report Shelters Fear in St Louis
A slight earthquake shock was felt in Carondelet at 8 55 PM Sunday night lasting about a minute and causing alarm among residents. Separate item notes a New York automobile accident injuring Herbert Bowen a Richmond Hill publisher his wife and their year old son as they went down a hill in East New York.
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St. Louis
Carondelet
New York
Herbert Bowen
Richmond Hill
Glovemakers to Strike in Chicago
Fifteen hundred glovemakers including men and women plan a strike next Wednesday in about a dozen Chicago factories over the lack of a uniform piecework wage scale.
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Chicago
Remains Recovered of Government Store Keeper
Peoria Illinois October 5 17 M Wilson government store keeper buried beneath Corning's distillery ruins with six other men remains recovered Sunday afternoon.
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Peoria
Ill
M. Wilson
Eiis of Corning
Sundey Aft Sragon
Memorial Service for Sir Michael Herbert Held in Washington
Washington will host a memorial service for Sir Michael Herbert ambassador to the United States with President Roosevelt Cabinet and diplomatic corps attending. The ceremony at St Johns Church on October 6 marks his death on September 30 and marks a rare official tribute with senior diplomats and military officials in attendance.
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Washington
St. John’s Church
Cotton Smith
Michael H. Herbert
C. B
United States
Arthur Raikes
Edward
Count Cassini
Senor de Aspirez
Baron von Sternberg
Sir Michael
Emperor William
Baron Sternberg
New Hampshire
State Department
Loomis
Diplomatic Corps
Army
Navy
Michael
Ohio
Lady Herbert
Lord Pauncefote
England
London
Sir Michael Herbert
Marlborough House Chapel
St. James Palace
Panama Canal stalled. U S may defer action
Paris reports Bogota dispatch saying no immediate steps for canal. Opposition cheers U S pretends to revert to Nicaraguan route. Roosevelt may wait until August, expect Colombia’s terms. Also obits: Rev Francis Bloodgood Hall dies at 76 after 59 years at Pesitrome church. Chief Justice J Brewster McCollum of Pennsylvania dies after two years illness. funeral planned Tuesday.
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Paris
New York Herald
Bogota
Panama
United States
Roosevelt
Colombia
Francis Bloodgood Hall
Plattsburg
N. Y
Pesitrome Presbyterian Church
New York
McCollum
Montrose
J. Brewster McCollum
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Death of Col. L. W. Spratt in Jacksonville
Col. Leonidas William Spratt dies in Jacksonville at age 87 or 88, one of the surviving South Carolina secession convention members and former editor of the Southern Standard, death attributed to old age.
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L. W. Spratt
Jacksonville
Fla
Leonidas William Spratt
South Carolina
Southern Standard
General Carlin Dies on Train Near Livingston
Gen William P Carlin A S A retired dies on an eastbound Northern Pacific train west of Livingston Montana en route to Omaha. The passing marks a sudden end for a military officer widely known in A S A circles.
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Carlin
Livingston
Mont
Briz
William P. Carlin
Northern Pacific
Omaha
Mail Pouch Theft Arrests Linked Across Cities
New York reports F. H. Crosby alias A E Bell alias Hammond alias Crawford arrested in Denver for stealing a mail pouch with 500000 in bank paper from Philadelphia. He evaded authorities by posing as a fruit broker in Asbury Park with wife social access, deposits, and altered checks. Investigators tie him to earlier robberies and tampering. Crosby faces multiple charges including swindling and forgery.
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New York
F. H. Crosby
A. E. Bell
Hammond
Crawford
Denver
Philadelphia
Crosby
Crowe
Asbury Park
W. W. Dickson
Pittsburg
Springfield Junction
Ill
A. B. Hammond
Lincoln Trust Co
4. E. Hammond
Bell
Jacobs
Buffalo
Monocacy Sold to Japanese Merchant for 11225
The Navy reports Admiral Evans accepted Hashimoto’s bid for the Civil War era Monocacy, a Baltimore built sidewheel steamer, now at Taku China. The price is 11225, selling despite an appraised value of 8000. The vessel, once at the Battle of Taku, has lain in a Pei Ho mud dock.
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Washington
Navy Department
Robley D. Evans
Asiatic
Sayng
Hashimoto
Taku
China
F. M. Wise
Evans
Fire escape law cracks down on city hall and county buildings
Chicago reports city hall and county buildings violations of fire escape provisions. Building Commissioner Williams will require immediate installation of stem escape routes. Unclear if the city can fine itself for noncompliance. In New York a weekly tally shows 152 business failures in the United States for the week ending October 1, compared with 185 last week.
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Chicago
Williams
New York
United States
Canada
Prince Alert Leads Oakley Park Mile in Rainy Pace
Cincinnati report states Prince Alert ran a mile at Oakley Park Friday afternoon at 5:45 without the windshield on a track slowed by prior night's rain, finishing in 2:01.
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Cincinnati
Prince Alert
Oakley Park
Packers and Butchers Reach Wage Agreement in Chicago
In Chicago on October 3 the Packers conceded union wage demands after late Friday talks. A new agreement satisfactory to both sides will be signed Saturday, ending the dispute with the cattle butchers.
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Chicago
Dreyfus Case Lawyer Accepts Invite to St. Louis Congress
Paris October 3 Maitre Labori defender of Dreyfus has accepted an invitation to attend the international law congress at the St. Louis fair and to read a paper before the society.
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Dreyfus
Paris
Maitre Labori
St. Louis Fair
Peaceful Inhabitants Suffer Under Reforms Telegrams
An Vienna produced joint Austro-Hungarian Russian telegram to Constantinople expresses insistence on full reform execution while deploring excesses by suppression of Macedonian disturbances. It calls for humanitarian action to aid victims, repatriate refugees, and rebuild villages, churches, and schools. The note emphasizes peaceful inhabitants and urges Ottoman authorities to align with reform aims.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Muerzstag
Austria
Russia
Constantinople
Austria-Hungary
Sublime Porte
Porte
Macedonian Committee
Riot at Dunshaughlin during Meath bypoll clash
In Dunshaughlin a bypoll rally for South Meath candidate David Sheehy sparked a riot between Redmanite and Parnellite factions. John Redmond denounced J H Parnell as a traitor to Irish unity as blows, bludgeons, and stones were used injuring several people.
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London
John Howard Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
South Meath
John Redmond
David Sheehy
Dunshaughlin
J. H. Parnell
Devastation in Salonica as 2000 Turks killed
Reports from Salonica say Bulgarian authorities warn of new outrages. Twenty Turkish villages in Razlog district reportedly burned. The large village of Bonisko is said to have been destroyed and its 2,000 Turkish inhabitants killed.
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Salonica
Razlog
Bonisko
Anarchists and Socialists Clash in Barre Vermont
In Barre Vermont on October 5 one man lay dying another suffered a serious bullet wound and a third was arrested charged with firing the shots as anarchists and socialists clashed in the city.
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Barre
Special Services Mark Election of Pius X Cardinal
Baltimore cathedral held special services on Sunday to honor the election of Pius X as pope. Cardinal Gibbons preached the high mass sermon to a crowded congregation attentive to his address.
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Baltimore
Pius X
Cardinal. Gibbons
Mexican Exhibits Chief Prepares for St Louis Booths
Engineer Albino R. Nunelo, head of the Mexican commission for the Louisiana Purchase exposition, departed Mexico City for St. Louis to oversee the erection of booths for the Mexican exhibits.
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Mexico City
Albino R. Nunelo
St. Louis
Conversation over a referee ends in a dispute
The Chicago Post recounts a humorous quarrel where two men debate a subtle point, each insisting on a different reading of the words before finally tossing a referee from a building. Separately in Pierpont Ohio, 71 year old Mr Turner credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his chronic kidney trouble and helping others in his family.
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Pierpont
Lurner
Furner
Dodd
Turner
Cabbage Bed Retort Hits Jovial Lesson
A Yale professor replies to a student rabbit catching joke with wit. The student asked for a recipe, the professor suggests crouching by a wall and imitating a turnip, then counters with a sharper quip to sit among cabbage heads and look natural.
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Richards
Yale
Chicago Chronicle
Four-Track News Promotes Travel and Regional Scenery
The Four-Track News is praised for making it easier for ticket agents and sellers to recruit passengers for distant parts of the country. Articles and illustrations showcase the nation’s varied scenery and climate, encouraging readers to travel. The publication supports transport lines and hotels while living up to its motto An Illustrated Magazine of Travel and Education as cited by the Buffalo Commercial.
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Buffalo Commercial
Modern Sherlock and the suspended clues
The tale notes Sherlock deduces a man’s wife is away because he wears a safety pin instead of a suspender button. The Chicago Daily News quote frames the detective’s method as observational humor.
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Sherlock
Chicago Daily News
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van Buren, Ark
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Panama Canal
Wm. H. Mestayer
Worcester
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William H. Mestayer
Theresa Vaughan
Worcester Insane Hospital
Paresis
Ott
Laredo
Tex
Crusade
Austria - Hungary
Turkey
Czar
Emperor Francis Joseph
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Rei
Somerville Journal
California
Union Pacific
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Carter
al Se Rorey
Eves
Stover
Tim
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