Army canteen ban blamed for desertions and enticement of soldiers
Washington reports Brigadier General Frederick Funston says abolishing the army post canteen worsened discipline, boosting saloon profits and despoiling soldiers. He argues restrictions on field service push soldiers to outside dives where gambling and dissipation thrive, undermining morale and leading to more courts martial.
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Washington
Frederick Funston
Colorado
Funston
Post Exchange
Congress
Fort Riley Exercises as Imaginary Division Advance Guard
Fort Riley Kansas September 26 The exercises of each regiment as an advance guard of an imaginary division involved artillery use.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Lord Beresford Aids Discharged Sailor In New York
In a Waldorf Astoria moment Lord Charles Beresford recalls a former Condor gunner and helps him. Billings, recently discharged, travels from Pittsburg’s Carnegie works to New York seeking work. Beresford provides money and a card with his New York address, urging the man not to give up.
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New York
Charles Beresford
Waldorf-Astoria
John Billings
Alexandria
Billings
Beresford
America
Carnegie Works
Pittsburg
Lord Beresford
Lord Charles
Chicago insurance ace elected head of Northwest Underwriters
John Marshall Jr of Chicago won the Fire Underwriters Association of the Northwest presidency on a single ballot. Opponent T E Gallagher of Cincinnati. Former president H N Wood of Omaha. Officers named include vice president H R Lowden of Minneapolis secretary D S Wagner of Chicago treasurer W R Townley of St Louis.
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Fire Underwriters’ Association of the Northwest
John Marshall, Jr
T. E. Gallagher
Cincinnati
H. N. Wood
Omaha
H. R. Lowden
Heinz Democrats in Butte Form Independent Party
In Butte last night followers of F Augustus Heinz who were denied seats at Bozeman’s Democratic State convention held a mass meeting. They plan to launch an independent party formed by Heinz Democrats opposed to Senator Clark's fusion with Populists and Labor. An organizing committee will report at a later meeting.
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Mont
F. Augustus Heinz
Bozeman
Heinz Democrats
Clark
Detroit
Mich
Common Council
Pennsylvania
Smith
Secretary Root and Hanna Visit Mrs McKinley in Canton
Secretary of War Root and Senator and Mrs M A Hanna arrived in Canton from Cleveland to visit Mrs McKinley at her home. General and Mrs R A Hastings joined the luncheon party. The group later visited President McKinley’s tomb before returning to Cleveland.
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Canton
War Root
M. A. Hanna
Cleveland
Denver Evening Times Sold and to Crossover to Democratic Line
The Denver Evening Times is sold for 100000 to United States Senator Thomas M. Patterson and R C Campbell with management shifting October 1. Patterson owns the Rocky Mountain News and Campbell is his son in law and business manager. The Times will publish from the News office but remain a separate edition and switch from Republican to Democratic.
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Denver
Col
Denver Evening Times
United States
Thomas M. Patterson
R. C. Campbell
Patterson
Rocky Mountain News
Campbell
Times
Woman allegedly poisons infant and flees city
Delia Liddy, 20, of near El kader Iowa, confessed after pouring carbolic acid down her three weeks old baby's throat. She placed the infant's body in a satchel and was arrested as she attempted to leave Dubuque.
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Dubuque
Delia Liddy
Elkader
Tragic Ammonia Tank Death At Detroit Carbon Plant
Detroit factory fatality reports Frank Roule aged thirty five killed after being dragged into a hot ammonia tank at the Delray carbon works. Police and plant safety officials arranged investigations and medical teams attended the scene.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank Roule
M2 Carbon Works
Delray
Mitchell Mine Workers Leader Addresses Philadelphia Speech
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers spoke at Third Regiment Armory, defending miners amid claims of lawlessness and noting militia presence around mines. He cited Baer’s figures on earnings, urged strike support, and announced plans to meet in Pittsburgh with W. B. Wilson to coordinate action.
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Philadelphia
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Third Regiment Armory
South
Mitchell
Baer
Pennsylvania
Coal Trust
Pittsburg
W. B. Wilson
The
Miners’ Union
Purpone of
Strikers in the Anthracite Region Quieting Down
Philadelphia reports a mainly calm strike region with a minor riot at Centralia in Columbia county where attackers targeted non union men. Sheriff Knerr asked Governor Stone to send troops, but none were dispatched. Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys remain quiet, Forest City sees soldiers deter rioters, and Lebanon Steel and Wire workers expect a temporary truce and return to work.
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Centralia
Columbia County
Knerr
Stone
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Forest City
Susquehanna County
Lebanon
American Steel and Wire Company
Wilson Heads to Pittsburg for Anthracite Strike Talks
Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Workers travels to Pittsburg, Pa., for a conference with President Mitchell on the anthracite strike. He says the trip is routine and not of special importance and plans to return tomorrow or Monday.
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Wilson
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
Mitchell
Roosevelt Improves as Wounds Heal at White House
President Roosevelt's rib injury shows satisfactory progress. Doctors say inflammation is subsiding and he sits up to read papers and handle executive matters. He remains at rest with strict injunctions from physicians while Cortelyou, Moody, and others explain Western trip changes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rixey
Lung
Cortelyou
White House
Moody
Navy Department
Lang
Jews Forced to Take Oaths in Open Coffin Trial Rituals
A Bucharest dispatch reports an old Roumanian law that can compel a Jew to swear in an open coffin, grave clothes, and the rabbi’s maledictions if truthful testimony fails. The practice, though obsolete, could be invoked again with court consent amid lawsuits. The piece also notes Berlin’s view on New York money market, Reichsbank president Koch cautioning stability and limited risk to European markets.
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Pester Lloyd
Bucharest
Roumania
Berlin
New York
Koch
Reichsbank
Central Committee of
Bank
Bank of England
Deutsche Bank
Wall Street
Bulgarian Revolt Breaks Siege Near Salonica
Three hundred Bulgarian revolutionists trapped by Turkish forces in the villages of Salonica forced the cordon after a bloody engagement in which both sides sustained heavy losses. Reinforcements for the Bulgarians have been dispatched, and Bulgarian militia units move into the interior of Macedonia.
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Camp Root
Fourth Cavalry
E. B. Winans
Blue
Constantinople
Salonica
Pocenti
Orcas
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Earthquake toll and varied global incidents reported
Reports from SIMLA recount Artush reduced to ruins after a Turkestan earthquake Aug 22 to Sept 3 with 666 killed and 1000 injured. Madrid says 30 miners dead from poisonous gas in Mazatron Spain. Salvation Army general Booth to sail to New York aboard the Philadelphia from Southampton. Conflicts include a hungarian peasant uprising with four killed, emigration surges from Greece, and Queen Wilhelmina hosting officials at Castle Loo. A French officer was court-martialed and dismissed for disobedience and anti religious actions.
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Turkestan
Artush
Madrid
London Morning Leader
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Salvation Army
Philadelphia
Southampton
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London
Moscow
Kramurina
Malle
Efimoff
Kaluga
Russia
Neues Weiner Journal
Vienna
Wilhelmina
Castle Loo
Pius Fund Arbitration Court
United States
Newell
van Lynden
Leroy Laduric
Laduric
New York Man Secures Injunction To Stop Daughter’s Marriage
Sept 23 New York A Beranton Pa dispatch reports a temporary injunction restrains a New York man’s daughter from marrying a store clerk. The father claims the girl is not suitable and notes a marriage license had already been issued when the injunction was served.
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New York
Beranton
Serehin
Peace Now Prevails Census Ordered for the Philippines
President Roosevelt signed a census order for the Philippines under the Philippine act after the insurrection was declared at an end. The Philippine commission certified peace and advised counting the population, with the Census Bureau to assist as needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philippines
Congress
Philippine Commission
Census Bureau
United States
Philippine Islands
Lake Lanao
Mindanao
Commission
Vatican Plans Rearrangement of Philippine Church
Rome reports an imminent pontifical bull on Guidi’s Manila mission. It outlines reorganization of the archipelago’s church, creation of three new dioceses, appointment of prelates for Manila and other sees, and a synod to align church governance with island customs. Seminaries for native clergy may open in Manila, with some students sent to Rome for education.
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Rome
Philippines
Guidi
Manila
South America
Guid
Taft
Vatican
War Department notes Chaffee to sail from Manila soon
Washington dispatch reports General Chaffee will sail from Manila for San Francisco aboard the transport Sumner in about eight days. The Philippines command will be turned over to General Davis on Sept. 28. Also noted is Army Nurse Alice Kemmer praised for tending two smallpox patients in an isolation hospital despite no prior illness, amid harsh weather and long shifts.
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Manila
Sheridan
San Francisco
Guam
United States
Mabini
Filipino Supreme Court
Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Sumner
Philippines
Davis
Alice Kemmer
Army Nurse Corps
Miss Kemmer
Young not a Mormon. Father defends son in Pulitzer case
Paris dispatch reports John W Young, father of William Hooper Young, insisting his son is innocent in the New York murder of Mrs. Anna Neilson Pulitzer. He alleges an external influence and asserts his son was estranged from the Mormon Church for years, living away without his consent while under vicious habits.
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Paris
Associated Press
John W Young
William Hooper Young
New York City
Anna Neilson Pulitzer
Young
Mormon Church
Subpoena Issued in Boodle Inquiry Over $47,500 Checks
In St Louis on September 26 the boodle investigation advanced with a subpoena duces tecum issued for broker James Campbell and cashier William Reed to produce two checks totaling 47,500 dollars drawn November 3, 1899 and payable to Ed Butler. The grand jury found both checks cashed and returned to Campbell.
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ST. Louis
Folk
James Campbell
William Reed
Ed Butler
Campbell
House of Delegates
Reed
East
Grand Jury
Valliant
Supreme Court
Treaty duty and Panama isthmus military probe
Washington reports on protests by Panama Governor Salazar over US marines landing on the isthmus. It cites treaty obligations from 1846 and New Granada, notes US sovereignty and neutrality guarantees, and details Navy statements about current force levels and possible actions. Buenos Aires and Buenos Ayres reaction papers criticize perceived US imperialism and urge caution. The Geneva dispatch mentions Commander Patch and Mont-— further cable updates are anticipated.
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McLean
Cincinnati
Salazar
Panama
New Granada
United States
Colombia
State Department
Navy Dapas
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Concha
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Buenos Ayres
Prinsa Press
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Insurgents Driven Back Near Cape Haitien
Report from Haiti notes blockades ineffective as insurgents retreat toward Gonaives. Government forces secure Cape Haitien after a series of engagements. U S citizens at Terra Neuve reported safe and quiet at Haltien seaports. Leonidas departs San Juan for coal delivery to Montgomery.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
Ien
Cape Haltien
Gonaives
United States
Terra Neuve
Haltien
Navy Department
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Montgomery
Large Iron Broker Cancels Foreign Pig Iron Order
Pittsburg iron broker cancels a 10000 ton shipment of foreign pig iron after tests show the ore contains high phosphorus and silica, requiring more fuel to smelt than domestic bessemer iron, despite paying a higher price.
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Pittsburg
Bessemer
Mestic Bessemer
Little Chicago girl killed by car near Garfield and Michigan
Minsie Brouckman four year old daughter of Henry Brouckman janitor of an apartment building stepped into the path of Vernon Cassard Board of Trade broker at Garfield boulevard and Michigan avenue last night. She was severely injured and died three hours later Cassard surrendered after the accident.
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Minsie Brouckman
Henry Brouckman
Vernon Cassard
Board of Trade
Garfield Boulevard
Michigan Avenue
Cassard
Amy
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