Laurel Snatched From McKinley Tomb Souvenir Seekers Threaten Mausoleum
McKinley memorial in Canton closes for floor cleaning and repolishing while a memorial association debates preserving the McKinley home as a museum and guardianship for the monument. A guard is sought from the War Dept as a bronze tablet from Washington arrives at the McKinley home. Laurel and flags are noted as souvenirs were looted from the mausoleum.
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McKinley
McKinley National Memorial Association
United States
Monument Hill
War Department
President McKinley
Washington
New York
Uncle Sam
Kentucky Cracker Turns Up In Tennessee Murder Trial
D. D. Edwards, jailed in Hamilton county, admits on the stand to killing at least 14 men in his life and recalls a five year Kentucky penitentary term for killing a coal company official. He says the Chicago A R U riots and Breathitt county feuds account for his deaths, while the case awaits a jury verdict in Chattanooga.
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Tenn
D. D. Edwards
Sam Brooks
Edwards
Hamilton County
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Ed Turner
Breathitt County
Kentucky
Lookout Mountain
Turner
West Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
Birmingham
Ala
Brooks
Whittaker
Black Raven Coal Co
Chicago
Search of Forty Three Years For Grave of Her Soldier Brother
Mrs. M. L. Holman of Dallas Texas after 43 years finds the grave of Newton M Petit in Camp Chase cemetery Columbus. He served in the 18th Texas Cavalry and died as a prisoner of war. Her son Henry Holman identifies the inscription No 285 N M Petit 18th Texas Cavalry. Col W H Knauss will rectify the name ending and replace the headboard with a marble shaft.
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Columbus
Texas Cavalry
Newton M. Petit
W. H. Knauss
Woman Turns On Gas in Dayton Hotel Lavatory
Mrs. R. D. Houston, about 30, mother of six, locked herself in a hotel lavatory at the Stag and turned on the gas by stuffing window cracks with rags. She was found an hour later by a dining-room girl. Physicians say she may live. Houston says he knows no reason for the act.
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Dayton
R. D. Houston
Houston
Registration Club Unearthed in Cleveland Charges Reported
Cleveland officials probe a wholesale registration club alleged by the Democratic committee to the board of elections. An investigation is underway and sensational disclosures are expected in a few days as May or Johnson deploys operatives to scrutinize the charges.
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Cleveland
Democratic Committee
Board of Elections
Johnson
All Records Broken for Ohio Railroad Fatalities
Ohio railroad fatality records shattered in September totaling 117 deaths. Steam lines caused 102 fatalities including 9 passengers and 7 highway travelers, 58 trespassers and 28 employees. Traction lines added 15 deaths, with 4 passengers among them.
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Columbus
Ohio
Malta votes dry after long abstinence in 162 to 77 shift
McConnellsville Ohio Malta votes dry by 162 to 77 marking an 85 point dry majority after fifty years without a vote. Malta earns a place in Ohio temperance history as the origin of the state's first restrictive legislation.
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McConnellsville
Malta
Ohio
Ohio Students Suspended for Hazing Freshman
James E. Welliver Jr of Dayton Thomas E. Lake of Hermosillo Mexico and James Lawrence of Columbus were indefinitely suspended from Ohio State University after confessing participation in hazing freshman John H. Snyder.
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Columbus
James E. Welliver, Jr
Dayton
Thomas E. Lake
Hermosillo
Mex
James Lawrence
Ohio State University
John H. Snyder
Tree Tragedy Fatal for Marietta Man Alva Long
Alva Long, 30, of Marietta, Ohio, died after a tree he stood on began to roll while he felled another. He was pinned beneath the tree, breaking his neck, and lived only 30 minutes after the accident in the woods.
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Marietta
Alva Long
Wreck of Cay Chadwick in Frenzied Finance Era
Cassie Chadwick once dubbed the witch of frenzied finance is described as a wreck of her former self. Dr Helmick the night physician reports a pulse around 120 and says she is broken mentally physically and financially under strain in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Cassie Chadwick
Helmick
Unionists condemn Taft in Columbus labor resolution
The Ohio Federation of Labor adopted resolutions condemning Secretary of War Taft for his labor record and endorsing the statements made by President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor.
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Taft
Columbus
Ohio Federation of Labor
Secretary of War
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Threats Lead to Arrest in Hamilton Incident
Fred Heath was arrested at Fourth and Sycamore streets by Detective Metcalf and Officer Ruble after threatening to kill his mother in law Mrs. Mary J. Bruce and attempting self harm.
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Hamilton
Fred_ Heath
Fourth and
Sycamore Streets
Metcalf
Ruble
Mary J. Bruce
Mayor Balked in Airship Job Plot
Marion Ohio story notes John Schultz 23 applied for a police job invited Mayor Scherff on an airship sail. He was arrested on a lunacy charge and taken to the Toledo asylum.
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Marion
John Schultz
Scherff
Toledo
Lightning Burns Large Barn Destroying It At Enrich Farm
A lightning strike hit John Enrich’s barn in Tiffin Ohio, setting a blaze that destroyed the structure and three valuable horses. The total loss is estimated at five thousand dollars.
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Tiffin
John Enrich
Child Starved to Death in Barberton Case
Akron detective reports indicate Michael Parovay a Slav residing in Barberton was arrested after Coroner Davidson ruled cases of criminal neglect in the death of his four year old son. The coroner stated the child literally starved to death, prompting Humane Officer Ackerman to take action.
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Akron
Michael Parovay
Barberton
Humane
Ackerman
Davidson
Ohio Teachers Association to skip next annual meeting
The executive committee of the Ohio Teachers Association decided to dispense with the next year's annual meeting. The decision follows the National Educational Association holding its annual meeting that year in Cleveland.
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Columbus
Ohio Teachers’ Association
National Educational Association
Cleveland
Kephart Stove Factory Destroyed by Fire in Ada
The Geo H Kephart & Sons handle and stove factory in Ada was completely destroyed by fire. Estimated loss about 15000 with light insurance. Origin of the fire unknown. The plant had previously been destroyed twice at St Marys before relocating to Ada.
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Ada, O
Geo. H. Kephart & Sons
St. Marys, O
Ohio October crop report shows wheat and fruit yields
The October 1 Ohio crop report estimates wheat at 32,203,181 bushels or 15.4 bushels per acre. Oats yield reaches 32,918,284 bushels with barley at 510,828 and rye at 661,943. Corn condition is 74 percent, potatoes 81 percent, and apples 23 percent.
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Ohio
Columbus
Master Bakers Adjourn in Lima After Largest Attendance
The Ohio Master Bakers association ended a two day session in Lima with no officers elected and announced next year’s meeting will be in Cincinnati. Large delegations came from Cincinnati Columbus and Cleveland.
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Cincinnati
Lima
Ohio Master Bakers’ Association
Columbus
Cleveland
Aunt Betsey Foote Dies at 101 in Knox County
More Than a Century. Mrs. Betsey Foote, known as Aunt Betsey and eldest Knox County resident, died at 101 after nearly perfect health. Her grandfather served as a Revolutionary War officer.
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Vernon
Betsey Foote
Betsey
Knox County
Bonds for Infirmary Planned in Wapakoneta
Auglaize county commissioners authorize $50,000 in bonds to fund a new infirmary after the prior building burned. With $15,000 insurance, total funds reach $65,000 for the project and construction.
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Wapakoneta
Auglaize County
Prisoners Break Jail in Cincinnati Jail Escape
Cincinnati police recaptured 17 year old Frank Brooks after three inmates fled the county jail in a bold escape. Arthur Lammond, 21, and Henry Fennan, 20, eluded pursuers in a second jail delivery within a year.
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Cincinnati
Frank Brooks
Arthur Lammond
Henry Fennan
Gas Co. to End Natural Gas Supplies in Kenton
Ohio Supply Co of Lima served notice on Kenton Gas and Electric Co that after November 30 it would supply Kenton with no more natural gas. The move threatens a gas famine in Kenton.
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Kenton, O
Ohio Supply Co
Lima
Kenton Gas and Electric Co
Kenton
Body of neatly attired woman found in river
In Toledo Ohio a neatly dressed young woman was recovered from the river. The body shows no signs of violence and lacks identifying marks. She appears to be from a well-off background and identification could not be established from the scene.
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Toledo
Blow Killed Him in Newark Assault Case
Charles Luther died at the Newark sanitarium after being struck on the head by Robert Wilson who surrendered shortly after. The son of the first degree murder case will be prosecuted against him.
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Newark
Charles Luther
Robert Wilson
Despondent Brooklyn Boy Ends Life Over Society Plan
New York authorities report ten year old Ernest Smith of 105 Monroe Street Brooklyn locked himself in his room and turned on the gas to end his life. Despair over being sent to the Children's Society followed his mother’s decision to place him away. he resisted schooling and cried at the prospect before his death.
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New York
Children’s Society
Ernest Smith
Monroe Street
Brooklyn
Margaret Alexander
Ernest
Grand Jury Finds Moffett Charges Unfounded
The grand jury returned a report declaring President James A. Moffett of Indiana Standard Oil had not upheld his statements and had no knowledge of them. It concluded the pamphlet attribution was made by Moritz Rothenthal, tied to the recent fine of 29,240,000. The case cites Judge Landis and the shipping rate evidence from New York to Africa.
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Chicago
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Landis
United States District Court
Moffett
Moritz Rosenthal
Whiting
Ind
Pullman
Hegewisch
South Chicago
New York
Africa
New York Lubricating Oil Co
Philip Harrison
Polish priest sentenced for murder in Pittsburgh
Ludwig Szczygiel, a Polish priest, was found guilty of second degree murder for killing Andrew and Stephen Starzynski, hotel proprietors on the South Side, last August. He received a 30 year term at the Western penitentiary with the possibility of commutation for good behavior, reducing the sentence to about 18 years and six months.
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Pittsburg
Ludwig Szczygiel
Andrew
Stephen Starzynski
South Side
Body Found Floating in Lake Pontchartrain
Clark Steen, secretary of the New Orleans port commission, who disappeared days ago, was found floating in Lake Pontchartrain. Steen once served as exalted ruler of the local Elks lodge, which now handles the body. A message in the skiff suggests he took his own life.
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Lake New Orleans
Clark Steen
New Orleans
Railworkers get wage boost across Atchison Topeka Santa Fe
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co announces wage increases at its general offices in Topeka Kansas. Machinists and boiler makers gain two cents per hour, helpers receive one and a half cents. Effective October 1 across the system.
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Topeka, Kan
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co
Storms Cut Communications Along Gascony Coast
Heavy storms in southwest France disrupt telegraph and telephone lines to the coast of Gascony. Considerable damage reported in Bordeaux.
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Paris
France
Gascony
Bordeau
Plague Costs Thirty Lives in San Francisco
Fifty one bubonic plague cases have developed in San Francisco to date. There have been 39 deaths, according to the Marine Hospital office report kept by Dr. Blue.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dr. Blue
The
Marine Hospital
Pittsburg Firm Mc Cracken & Co Files Bankruptcy
H J Mc Cracken & Co a long standing Pittsburg wholesale produce commission house filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. Liabilities total 245387.47 with assets of 166200 in the filing dated October 4.
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Pittsburg
H. J. McCracken & Co
Argentine province faces revolution and clashes
A revolution has broken out in Corrientes province Argentina. Insurgents seized several posts as fighting with government troops raged with casualties on both sides.
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Buenos Ayres
Corrientes
Traffic Crippled by Austrian Rail Strike Spreads
Vienna report shows rail labor walkout for higher wages from October 1 expanding nationwide causing growing public disruption and delays across transport hubs.
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Vienna
Austria
Runaway Horses Endanger Officials at Exposition Prep
At Norfolk va on October 5 a runaway carriage carrying Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania and President Harry St George Tucker nearly crashed into a second carriage with Stuart staff and others on the long deep water pier. Soldiers fired their guns to halt the animals and no serious injuries were reported.
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Gov. Stuart
Pennsylvania
Harry St. George Tucker
Exposition
Long Deep Water
Will Appeal to Court For Early Trial
New York Oct 5 Counsel for Harry M Thaw the slayer of Stanford White notified the district attorney s office that he expects to go before Justice Dowling on Monday next and plead for an early date for the trial of his client It is said that the district attorney s office will contend that other cases demand more immediate attention notably some important insurance cases and that it will be practically impossible to proceed with the trial before the first of December next
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New York
Harry M. Thaw
Stanford White
District Attorney’s Office
Justice Dowling
Hartford Train Collision Aide Guilty Sentenced
Engineer Jerome Wilson and Conductor David Maroney found guilty of manslaughter for the June 23 Hartford collision that killed 10 and injured 40. Each was sentenced to nine months in jail.
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Hartford
Jerome Wilson
David C. Maroney
Wilson
Maroney
Australian millionaire dies after fall at Vancouver opera house
Herbert R. Morton of Australia, a millionaire, slipped on the steps of the Vancouver opera house and fractured his skull. He is expected to die.
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Vancouver
B. C
Herbert R. Morton
Australia
Vancouver Opera House
Man Dies Six Months After Hospital Neck Injury
William Cain, an employee at the female hospital in St. Louis, died six months after his neck was broken by a gunshot fired by gate attendant William Haymaker. Haymaker, released on bond, then died by suicide.
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St. Louis
William_ Cain
William Haymaker
Haymaker
Forest fire races through Sonoma county near Cobb station
A forest fire driven by high winds sweeps across Sonoma county near Cobb station, destroying everything in its path. Damage is estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Santa Rosa, C al
Sonoma County
Cobb Station
Strike Vote By New Orleans Dock Workers
New Orleans Oct 5 The Dock and Cotton council with about 12 000 workers voted for a general strike to demand higher wages in the port shipping sector.
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New Orleans
Dock and Cotton Council of
Rioting Reignites in Northern Calcutta Streets
In Calcutta on October 5 rioting resumed amid seditious agitation. About 40 policemen were wounded Tuesday as clashes continued in the city’s northern districts.
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Calcutta
Mob Lynches Black Suspect in Cumberland Jail Riot
In Cumberland Maryland a mob stormed the county jail to seize William Burns a 22 year old Black man accused of murdering Patrolman August Baker. Burns was dragged to cobble street near the courthouse and killed by kicking and gunfire after jeering by hundreds of spectators. Rev Wm Cleveland Hicks intervened urging mercy as the crowd shouted to burn him. Police deputy Hendley was assaulted and keys seized during the assault on the jail.
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Cumberland
William Burns
Fauquier County
August Baker
Burns
Baker
Hendley
Wm. Cleveland Hicks
Emanuel Church
Maryland
Mr. Hicks
Pme
Rev. Hicks
Four Killed and Dozens Hurt in Steel Plant Blast
In Butler Pennsylvania on Oct 7 a cupola explosion at Standard Steel Car Co’s cast steel wheel plant killed four men and injured many others. About 20 are thought fatally hurt and 10 slightly hurt as the 150 by 100 foot plant is wrecked and property losses top $100,000. Most workers were foreigners. The blast came from a pot holding 5,000 pounds of molten metal in Cupola No 1.
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Butler
Standard Steel Car Co
Steered Motorcycle Into Street Car in Fatal Collision
Memphis, Oct 7 Thomas J Dupree jeweler and motor enthusiast died after colliding with a street car while riding a motorcycle. He reportedly swerved to avoid Mrs Rawson carrying a baby in her arms and suffered fatal internal injuries. He left a large estate.
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Memphis
Tenn
Thomas J. Dupree
Dupree
Thomas J. Rawson
Husband shoots wife then kills himself in Key West
Austin Griffin shot his wife at the breakfast table after she separated from him and demanded half the property. He then drank carbolic acid and died an hour later, while she died instantly.
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Key West, Fla
Austin Griffin
Four masked men raid Sedden looting First National Bank
In Sedden Alabama on October 7 a bank raid by four masked men left one man dead and one badly wounded. Sheriff Williams was killed while trying to stop the escape and Deputy Edward Adams was wounded aiding the sheriff. About $20,000 was looted from the First National.
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Sedden
Ala
John Williams
Ond
Edward Adams
Lands Opened to Settlers Draw Crowds in Pierre
Pierre South Dakota October 7 trains bring huge crowds of land seekers using wagons and autos to reach the lower Brule country opened to settlers this week. Drawing begins Monday and indications point to a large attendance.
The Rowlands Acquitted in Murder Case
Raleigh report states the jury acquitted Dr and Mrs Rowland in the Charles R. Strange poisoning case. The couple had been tried on charges of killing Strange, the woman's former husband, by poison.
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Rowlands
Raleigh, N. C
Rowland
Charles R. Strange
St. Paul Arrives in Cherbourg After Seven Hour Delay
The American line steamship St. Paul reached Cherbourg seven hours late after severe storms. Heavy seas swept decks clean and the ship’s funnels became crusted with salt during the voyage.
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Cherbourg
American Line
St. Paul
Knife and Ice Pick Duel Proves Deadly in Pittsburg
Levi Jones, two years old, and A Carpenter, aged four, lie dying in a Pittsburg hospital from injuries inflicted in a duel with a knife and an ice pick. Jealousy is cited as the trigger for the deadly fight.
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Pittsburg
Levi. Jones
A. Carpenter
German Fleet Rumor Fueled as U S Sentiment Feels Pulse
Washington reports a rumor of a sizable German fleet visiting American waters after Adm Evans Pacific move. Officials dodge denial while implying possible political aims to sway U S opinion toward German interests regarding Japan and Asia.
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United States
Adm
Evans
Pacific Coast
Navy
Baron Sternberg
Germany
Japan
Orient
Great Britaan
Russia
Pacific
Vladivostok
Freed From Joliet Penitentiary by Supreme Court Ruling
Chicago lawyers prepare to free hundreds of prisoners including Rudolph Jonas after a supreme court decision. The ruling says municipal courts lack jurisdiction equal to criminal courts, triggering release under a four term act. Prisoners held in Joliet penitentiary county jail and Bridewell would be brought to trial within four terms.
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Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Joliet
Rudolph Jonas
Manic Hatchet Attack Ends in Brutal Fray
New York on October 8 witnessed a violent assault as Charles Knack, 62, attacked William P. Daniels near Exchange Place and Broadway with a hatchet, nearly severing his head. A mob of onlookers with bricks and stones pelted Knack while authorities intervened to save the suspect from the crowd.
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New York
Charles Knack
Exchange , Place and Broadway
William P. Daniels
Wife Attacked Domingo With an Ax in Jealous Rage
In Denver on October 8, Czia Pattire, jealous over supposed infidelity, crept to John Domingo’s bed and assaulted him with a hand-ax. She inflicted severe head wounds and then beat him about the body before fleeing or being restrained.
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Denver
Col
John Domingo
Czia Patti
Husband's awful act shocks Brooklyn crowd
Benjamin Greenberg a wealthy Brooklyn jeweler threw nitric acid at his wife and fled as an angry crowd of about 100 men mobbed him. Police rescued and arrested him after the incident on October 8 in New York.
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New York
Benjamin Greenberg
Brooklyn
Milwaukee freight collision kills three at Mitchell
Sioux City dispatch reports a Milwaukee freight train and switch engine collided at Mitchell South Dakota on October 8. Engineer Dennis Ed Summer and fireman Welland were killed in the crash. It was Welland’s second trip.
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Sioux City
Milwaukee
Mitchell, S. D
Dennis
Ed Summer
Welland
Drowned Cook Aboard Roann In Mississippi Waters
In Vicksburg on October 8 a huge wave struck a cross current at Youngs Point causing the steamer Roann from Greenville to capsize in sixty feet of water. William Stegall the cook from Memphis was drowned.
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Young’s. Point
Roann
Greenville
William Stegall
Memphis
Cook
Chinese Riots Claim One Hundred Boxers Killed
Nai Chow Few reports that government troops killed one hundred Boxers at Cananfu after riots. Twenty rioters were arrested and punished by the Chinese government following the disturbances.
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Nai Chow
Cananfu
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