Woman Recovers From Years Of Severe Headaches
Mrs Fannie B Stoffle of Martinsville Missouri endured long bouts with crippling headaches and fainting spells. After ineffective treatments she used Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, reporting marked improvement after a few doses and complete relief after four boxes. She credits the pills with restoring health and happiness, noting family ties in Bethany and local prominence.
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Fannie B. Stoffle
Martinsville
Mrs. Stoffle
Kansas City
Islands of Windward Group Hit by Destructive Storm
A severe storm devastates the Windward Islands causing substantial loss of life and immense property damage across multiple locales. Rescue efforts continue as authorities assess the scale of destruction and secure affected communities.
Hurricane Devastates St Vincent Barabados Island Town Ruined
London dispatch reports a terrible hurricane across the Windward Islands. The principal town of St Vincent is destroyed, with hundreds dead and thousands left homeless on Barbados and nearby islands.
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St. Vincent
McKinley sends condolence on Austrian empress assassinated
Washington reports President McKinley sent a formal condolence message after Empress of Austria was assassinated in Geneva by an Italian anarchist. Consul Rigby notified of the death, and the message expressed profound regret and sympathy to the emperor from the U S government and people.
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McKiney
Washington
State Department
Geneva
Austria
Ricey
Rigby
McKinley
United States
Hungarian Diet Meets in Extraordinary Session
Budapest readers report both houses of the Hungarian diet met in an extraordinary session on September 13. Before lawmakers arrived, vast crowds gathered at the legislative palace with 500 students marching in crepe banners to express sorrow. The chambers adopted motions of condolence and the diet adjourned.
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Budapest
Hungary
Uaterhaus
Funeral Train Carries Empress of Austria Remains
In Geneva the funeral cortege for the late empress of Austria arrived with a four horse casket car and floral tributes. Officials from the imperial court and the federal council led the procession as thousands watched from the streets. The train departed Geneva station at nine o'clock after a morning ceremony.
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Austria
Geneva
Switzerland
Imperial Court
Federal Council
Genevese Council
Philippine leader offer declined by Arellano
London dispatch reports Arellano, Philippine lawyer, refused Aguinaldo’s offer to head the government stating Aguinaldo as military leader is fitting. Arellano urged waiting on the Paris conference result and said his services would be available if independence is granted. Merritt had a long talk with Arellano.
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London
Singapore
Caily Mail
Senor Arelino
Aguinaldo
Senor Arellano
Wesley Merritt
Arellano
Ships Prepare to Join Admiral Dewey Fleet
Information from the Brooklyn navy yard says the Oregon Texas and Iowa will receive tailing orders and be rushed for duty. The ships are taking on coal powder and shells as work accelerates. The Texas is fitted to serve as flagship for Admiral Dewey's fleet.
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Washington
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Oregon
Texas
Iowa
Dewey
Thirty three nurses deserters courtmartialed in Lexington
Thirty three nurses have deserted from the division hospital. They were drafted from various regiments and returned to their units. They will be arrested as deserters and tried by court martial in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Lexington
Queen Regent Signs Protocol Decree Amid Cortes Turmoil
Maprio dated September 16 reports the queen regent signing the protocol bill. Government planned a sit to pass an indemnity bill for suspensions, but Weyler and party divisions forced Cortes to close gates. Peace talks to be ratified. Pais claims the U S seeks 20 million indemnity for Cuban insurrection victims, opposed by Spanish peace negotiators.
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Maprio
General Weyler
Senor Sagasta
Pais
United States
Cuba
French occupy Fashoda near Khartoum with Marchand staff
The Daily Mail and Telegraph report the occupation of Fashoda by Major Marchand’s French expedition aided by 10,000 Abyssinians under Ras Makonnen. A returning captain confirmed the flag description, signaling the Marchand force, while a Dervish steamer had surrendered to General Kitchener.
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London
Constantinople
The
Daily Mail
Fashoda
White Nile
Khartoum
Marchand
Sinians
Ras Makonnen
Menelik
Daily Telegraph
Soudan
Arsouan
Sagasta Ends The Fun Ends Cortes Prorogued
Sagasta secures the queen regent’s consent to a decree proroguing the cortes stirring a stormy senate scene. General Frimo de Rivera calls for inquiry into Philippine administration while Count Almenas and General Avera threaten in the chamber. A duel is anticipated as Sagasta reads the decree in the deputies. Peace commissioners expected to be named soon.
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Cortes
Maprio
Senor Sagasta
Senate
Frimo de Rivera
Philippine Islands
Count Almenas
General Avera
Sagasta
Chamber of Deputies
Japanese Opinion Supports U S Rule of Philippines
Dispatches from the East show Japanese newspapers favoring the United States permanently hold and govern the Philippine islands. Editorials argue this would secure peace commerce and good government and note moral or active support from Japan and Great Britain if the U S assumes control.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
United States
Philippine Islands
Great Britain
Salisbury Weakened By Russia Demands In China
London September 17 The Pekin correspondent of The Times reports Lord Salisbury has yielded to Russia in the Niu Chwang railway loan contract. Negotiations with the English syndicate are broken off and those with the Russo-Chinese bank have been resumed.
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Russia
China
London
Pekin
the Times
Lord Salisbury
Politicians Favor Renouncing Philippines for Economic Gains
London reports that Spanish politicians largely back giving up the Philippines in exchange for economic advantages. The Madrid Daily Mail correspondent notes the government closed the cortes to avoid complications from ongoing acts by Spanish generals.
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London
Madrid
The
Daily Mail
Philippines
Cortes
Bold Chicago Robbery On Ashland Bridge
A. J. Hahn, shipping clerk for Webster Manufacturing, was robbed on the Ashland avenue bridge in Chicago while carrying $322 for payroll. Three men knocked him from his bicycle, dragged him to a freight yard, ripped open the valise, and fled. Hahn was beaten with a pistol and suffered a fractured skull, with potential death.
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Cuicano
Chicago
Ashland Avenue
A. J. Hahn
Webster Manufacturing Company
Hahn
Train Struck a Carryall at Wichita Crossing
Three people were killed and several injured when a Rock Island passenger train hit a carryall at the Douglass avenue crossing in Wichita on September 15. In the carryall were 13 passengers bound for Buffalo Bill's show.
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Wichita
Kan
Rock Island
Douglass Avenue
Army Surgeon Major Farquhar Stricken At Home
Major E. C. Farquhar chief surgeon of the Eighth Ohio, praised for his labors with troops at Santiago, is dangerously ill at his Zanesville home on September 16.
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Zanesville
E. C. Farquhar
Eighth Ohio
Santiago
Funeral Train Arrives at Vienna for Empress Remains
Vienna reports the funeral train bringing the murdered empress arrived at 10 p.m. at the capital. Prince von Lichtenstein, chief court marshal, and officers led a guard of honor as the heavily crepe-draped station hosted immense crowds. Clergy blessed the remains and the solemn procession began toward the Hofburg with troops lining the route.
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Vienna
Prince von Lichenstein
Hofburg
North Dakota Rough Rider Dies in Chicago Car Collision
Private Albert Eckdohl of Troop H Grigsby’s Rough Riders was killed in Chicago when alighting from a westbound car he was struck by an opposing vehicle. He died shortly after the crash. Eckdahl enlisted from Lidgerwood North Dakota.
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North Dakota
ChicaGo
Albert Eckdohl
Grigsby
Rough Riders
Eckdahl
Lidgerwood
N. D
Worker Falls Sixty Six Feet In Wisconsin Elevator Construction
Fono pu Lac Wis Sept 17 William Garth an employee of Troman hauser Bros of Minneapolis fell from the roof of the addition to Helmer's elevator a distance of 60 feet and 16 feet more to the pavement below Garth was taken to the St Louis hospital.
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Fono
Klondike Estimate Put At Eight Million Dollars
F C Wade crown attorney of the Klondike has arrived from Dawson City and estimates this season's gold output at eight million dollars. A census shows Dawson with 16 000 people and 10 000 on rivers and creeks in the district. He will travel to Ottawa to file the official report.
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Vancouver
B. C
F. C. Wade
The
Klondike
Dawson City
Wade
Dawson
Ottawa
Rioting Reported Near Kin Ching Attacks on Missions
Reports from Shanghai correspondent of The Daily News say serious rioting at Hot Chau fifty miles from Kin Ching. The American and French missions were attacked and the latter burned.
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London
Shanghai
The
Daily News
Hot Chau
Kin Ching
Winnie Davis Much Improve
Narragansett Pier reports Miss Winnie Davis is much improved and her prospects for a rapid recovery are good following illness.
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Winnie Davis
Narragansett Pier
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