War Cloud Lowers Over Beirut and Balkan Tensions Rise
Reports from Beirut and Sofia describe escalating peril to American interests and Bulgarian concerns as Western powers press Turkey to restrain violence in Macedonia. Ambassadors demand Beirut governor removal amid massacres, while articles cite Turkish reprisals and international fear of a Turco Bulgarian war.
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Brooklyn
San Francisco
Adm
Cotton
Washington
State Department
Leishman
Constantinople
Sofia
Macedonia
Petroff
Turkey
Bulgaria
London
Lebanon
Mussulmans
Vienna
Boris Sarafoff
Monastir
Florida hurricane devastates east and west coasts
The September hurricane swept South Florida from Miami to Tampa with 65 to 70 mph winds. Widespread damage included collapsed rail facilities, downed wires, unroofed hotels, damaged factories, sunken vessels, and injured crops. No fatalities reported as crews assess the wreckage Sunday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
South Florida
Miami
East Coast Railroad
Hobes Sound
Standard Oil Co
Boynton
Stuart
Jupiter
Peninsula
Tampa
Almeria
DeSoto
Ybor City
Hampton
Madison
Florida
Count Tolstoi Spends 75th Birthday in Privacy
Count Tolstoi marked his 75th birthday quietly among his children in Tula. He remained in good health as newspapers published glowing tributes to the author.
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Count ‘Tolstoi
St. Petersburg
Tol.stoi
Tula
Van Neal Sets World Record at Sheepshead Bay
Van Neal weighing 107 pounds established a world record at Sheepshead Bay by covering 614 furlongs in a straight course in 1:18. The time beats the previous mark by 2 5 seconds, previously held by Jane Holley.
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New York
van Neal
Sheepshead Bay
Jane Holley
Eight-Year-Old Boy Shoots Sister in Chicago Home
Stewart Johnson aged eight shot and killed his sister Mabel sixteen at their residence. The boy reportedly received a rifle as a birthday present and was playing with it when the fatal discharge occurred.
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Chicago
Stewart Johnson
Mabel
St. Haeos
Planter Murder Near Pollocksville Ends Father of Senator
Furnifold G. Simmons, 75, longtime planter near Pollocksville Jones County, was found shot and beaten after going missing Saturday. A Black man named Daniels was arrested as the suspect. A second version claims a trespasser squirrel hunting killed him.
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Newbern
N. C
Furnifold G. Simmons
F. M. Simmons
Pollocksville
Jones County
Simmons
Daniels
Mr. Simmons
Doctor shoots unarmed man in Opelousas street
In Opelousas Louisiana on Sunday morning Dr A R Harmanson shot and killed Charles Medicis with a Winchester rifle as Medicis walked on the street. Harmanson surrendered to the sheriff claiming Medicis authored anonymous letters attacking his family. Medicis was a prominent local figure.
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Opelousas
A. R. Harmanson
Charles Medicis
Medicis
Harmanson
Ilarmanson
Army maneuvers to be held near West Point Kentucky
The War Department announced a large-scale maneuver near West Point Kentucky from September 20 to October 16. Units from Camp George H. Thomas Chickamauga and several forts and national guards will participate, with brigade commanders named including Gen Kobbe and Gen McKee.
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War Department
West Point
Camp George H. Thomas
Chickamauga
Jefferson Barracks
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Fort Wayne
Mich
Fort Porter
N. Y
Fort Brady
Fort Thomas
Columbus Arsenal
Tenn
Columbus Barracks
Fort Myer
Michigan National Guard
Bliss
U. S
Morton
Woodward
U. 8
S. A. Washington
John C. Bates
Blue Army
Ohio River
Louisville
Brown Army
Tennessee River
Nashville
Brown
Muldraugh Hills
United States
Battery A
Ohio National Guard
Cleveland
Black names staff. G A R commander speaks
Gen John C Black appointed his personal staff as commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and issued a general order greeting members. Adjt Gen Charles A Partridge will head Memorial Hall Chicago headquarters with others named from multiple states.
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Chicago
John C. Black
Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Hall
Adjt
Charles A. Partridge
Department of Illinois
Charles Burrows
Department of New Jersey
Edwin B. Messer
Department of Iowa
James Tanner
Department of New York
Tunnel cave in at Green Tree tunnel kills one
Pittsburg Pa Sept 14 A cave in at the Green Tree tunnel of the Wabash railroad late Saturday night killed one man and injured two. Ten or twelve laborers are missing believed buried under coal slate and rock blocking a 55 foot tunnel section.
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Pittsburg
Green Tree
Wabash Railroad
Green Tree Borough
Lightning Strikes Porch at Governor’s Mansion
Springfield Illinois September 14 lightning struck the top of the massive front porch of the executive mansion. Two great balls of fire appeared to fall from the porch and Gay Yates rang the fire department. Fire marshal and part of the department found no fire after responding.
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Springfield
Lll
Executive Mansion
Gay
Yates
Tuberculosis Immunity Experiments In Animals Reported
Dr Nuefeld of Kochs institute writes in a medical weekly about successful experiments creating immunity to tuberculosis in animals by injecting living bacilli from human patients into the blood vessels of mules goats and cattle. He cannot reproduce the effect with dead cultures.
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Berlin
Nuefeld
Koch's Institute
Medical
Irish Giants Bob Fitzsimmons and Don Coughlin Set for September 26 Match
New York report: Bob Fitzsimmons and Don Coughlin known as the Irish giant were paired to box six rounds before the Industrial Athletic Club of Philadelphia on September 26. The bout will use catch weights.
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New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
Don Coughlin
Industrial Athletic Club
Philadelphia
Newspaper Man to Be Prosecuted for Secession Stance
Panama September 14 Rodolfo Guiller a prominent Panama newspaper man who published secession articles faces prosecution. Reports say about 2000 federal troops are heading to the isthmus to enforce authority amid rising tensions.
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Panama
Rodolfo Gguillera
Non-Union Miner Assassinated in Tennessee Home
Charles Marsh a nonunion miner for the Tennessee Coal Co at Briceville Tenn was shot dead in his home Saturday night by an unknown assailant. The assassination occurred amid company labor tensions without clear motive or suspects.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Charles Marsh
Tennessee Coal Co
Briceville
California unveils oil-dwelling insect life form
In Los Angeles on September 11, California reports the development of a new insect that lives and thrives in crude oil. The insect’s body is described as transparent and unlike any other animal life known.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Olympia in Dry Dock| Norfolk Shipyard News
The Olympia cruiser's underbody shows two long furrows on each side and water pouring from a crushed plate under the engine room as she enters dry dock in Norfolk Virginia on September 11.
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Norfolk
Olympia
Whiskers Shaved Off to Avoid Confusion in Missouri
Jefferson City Missouri September 11 Gov Dockery had his whiskers shaved off to avoid being frequently mistaken for William S Phelps the leading lobbyist in Missouri legislation.
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Jefferson City
William
Phelps
Missouri
Dockery Tas
Bie
Explosion on Olympia Kills Two Sailors in Smuggling Accident
Norfolk, September 14 official Navy statement details a barrel of alcohol smuggled aboard the cruiser Olympia. During unloading into an alcohol tank on the forward deck flames exploded, killing Marine Corporal J. Yerkes and Apprentice Seifert, injuring Master-at-Arms Custer and Apprentice Shavey, and damaging forward awnings.
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Norfolk
van Doser
Olympia
J. 8. Yerkes
Philadelphia
Seifert
Custer
Shavey
Navy Yard
Corp. Yerkes, Seifert, Spavey and
Caster
Yerkes
Tragedy in Jail Entombs Tex Sheriff and Deputy
Sheriff Geo F Wharton and Deputy Frank Brugh arrest McCagle of Philadelphia for attempted swindling. The man drew a revolver during a search, fatally wounding Wharton and Brugh before the sheriff killed him. Both officers later died.
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Edna
Tex
Geo. F. Wharton
Frank Brugh
McCagle
Philadelphia
Wharton
Brugh
Emperor Francis Joseph in Hungarian abdication debate
Vienna crisis in Hungary grows acute with talk of Francis Joseph abdicating as king of Hungary. While no leader presses openly, there is a strong sentiment for Hungary to choose its own king, with Prince Eitel, second son of the German Emperor, as favored candidate.
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London
Vienna
Dail Mail
Francis Joseph
Hungary
Prince Eitel
Marconi Visits Ottawa Ministers Ahead of Transatlantic Line
Signor Marconi has dined with Lord Min at Rideaux hall in Ottawa and met Minister Fielding and other ministers. He plans an overland system once his trans Atlantic system is in working order.
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Ottawa
Signor Marconi
Lord Minto
Rideaux Hall
Marconi
Fielding
Grand Jury to Probe Belleville Lynching of David Wyatt
The September grand jury will be impaneled in Belleville Illinois on Monday to investigate the lynching of David W Wyatt a black schoolteacher who shot a school director but did not kill him and was hanged on the public square by a mob on June 6 in St Louis.
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Belleville
Ill
David
Wyatt
Coset
Vider M
U. S
Ssid U
Cenane
Southern
Texas
Southern Pacific KR. R. Agente
Cincom
Geo
Bette
Dawson
New Richmond
Unio
Davia
East Fourth Street
Lipton Suffering Cramps En Route To West
Sir Thomas Lipton arrived in Utica with cramps and indigestion severe enough to require Dr. D R Kinloch. At one point his condition was serious as he continued his journey toward the west.
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Utica
N. Y
Thomas Lipton
D. R. Kinloch
Lipton
Central Trades and Labor Union protests Miller reinstatement
In St Louis on Sept 14 the Central Trades and Labor union voted unanimously to protest to President Roosevelt over his action to reinstate W A Miller in the government printing office after a lengthy Sunday meeting.
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St. Louis
Central Trades and Labor Union
Roosevelt
W. A. Miller
Government Printing Office
Mexican Baptists Meet Holds General Conference in Mexico City
Mexico City hosts the general conference of all Baptist churches in the republic this week at the Baptist church. Preliminary services were held Sunday with large attendance.
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Mexico City
General Conference of All Baptist Churches of
Republic
Baptist Church
Counterfeit Money Scandal Tells of Eastern Penitentiary Irregularities
Investigators reveal convicts in the Eastern Penitentiary manufactured counterfeit silver coins including dimes quarters and half dollars. The slip led to government intervention with United States secret service and internal revenue inquiries. Warden Bussinger and the cigar department overseer faced temporary relief while reforms and audits proceed under a five member inspector board.
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Philadelphia
Cigar Department
Eastern State Penitentiary
George Vaux, Jr
W. D. Robinson
Mr. Vaux, Jr
Eastern Penitentiary
United States
Vaux
United States Secret Service
Cigar
Daniel W. Bussinger
Joseph Welch
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Officers
William D. Robinson
Bussinger
Umpire Ollie Conn Injured After Cedar Rapids Decatur Game
Springfield report says Ollie Conn of the Three I league was struck by a streetcar while boarding after a Cedar Rapids Decatur game in Decatur. He suffered the amputation of his right arm and severe injuries to his left leg. his recovery is doubtful. Conn hails from Mount Zion, Illinois.
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Springfield
Ill
Ollie Conn
Decatur
St. Mary's Hospital
Mount Zion
First Porto Rican Cotton Bale Sent to New York
The first bale of Porto Rican cotton exported in forty years was shipped September 9 on the Red Line steamer Caracas bound for a Porto Rican firm in New York.
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San Juan
P. R
Red Line
Caracas
New York
Demonstration Planned for Governor Hunt in San Juan
San Juan Puerto Rico September 14 a popular demonstration is organized to honor Gov Hunt upon his October 1 return. Some federal leaders refuse to cooperate in the affair citing political reasons.
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San Juan
P. R
Armenians ask Roosevelt to intercede for Russia life
At a mass meeting in Boston on September 14 Armenian Americans from across the United States adopted resolutions urging President Roosevelt to intercede to protect Armenian lives and property in Russia.
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Boston
United States
Roosevelt
Russia
Longshoremen Strike Ends. 16 Ships to Resume Monday
New Orleans reports the longshoremen's strike formally settled and 16 ships will start on Monday. The Morgan Line dock workers remain out, with strikers having little chance of winning.
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New Orleans
Morgan Line Dock
Such Is the Enquirer an Indispensable Business Adjuvant
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Lagards
The
Enquirer
Daily Enquirer
United States
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