Roosevelt plans Cuban peace mission after war cabinet talks
After a long conference with Taft Bacon and Bonaparte, President Roosevelt sends Taft and Bacon to Cuba aboard a naval vessel to assess conditions and aid peace. Cuba seeks neutral zones and supply lines for insurgents, with new talks showing liberal leaders free to move. The goal is to spare American intervention by stabilizing the situation before arrival.
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Taft
Bacon
Bonaparte
Roosevelt
Cuba
Hubert Bacon
Washington
Atlantic
Tampa
Fla
Havana
Pacon
Palma
Nationwide political and labor clashes dominate early reports
Requisitions seek extradition of Paul O Stoneland amid Illinois New York and New Jersey moves. Indiana miners strike ends with demands granted. Panama to deport Chinese laborers with bonds set. Bryan to visit Indian territory chaperoned by five nation chiefs. Westons report notes 41 abandoned stations and 7 360 American troops in Luzon. Raisuli taxes Moorish envoys contested. A hurricane storm at Wrightsville Beach damages property up to 10000. Boiler explosion near Monongahela kills two. Wabash shop workers strike for higher wages. Bryan to speak in Memphis on Sept 25. Ecuador tremors and Latacuaga shocks. Sheridan stowaways and Boise murder case unfold.
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Gov. Deneen
Ilinois
New York
New Jersey
Paul O. Stoneland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of
Chicago
Vandalia Coal Company
Indiana
Coal Company
Panama
Isthmian Canal
Bryan
John FF. Weston
Department of Luzon
Philippine Islands
Tangier
Raisuli
Wrightsville Beach
Wilmington
N.C
Pittsburg
Virginia
Peru
Ind
Wabash
William J. Bryan
Memphis
Ecuador
Latacuaga
Leon
Sheridan
Steve Adams
Boise
Idaho
Wallace
Mixed Global and Local News Highlights Across Continents
Reports include President Gempere addressing universal labels, deaths of Marion Fallace Vail and several public figures, strikes in Winnipeg, a deadly train accident in Indiana, a dynamite blast near Kenora, a stem of storms in Dakota and Nebraska, and political developments in Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
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Gempere
Federation Council
American Federation of Labor
Marion Fallace Vail
St. Louis
Gen Leighton
Canada
Dominion Trades Congress
Victoria
B. C
Walter Poppert
George Poppert
North Milwaukee Manufacturing Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
Honolulu
Metcalf
San Francisco
Charlee N. McIver
North Carolina Normal and Industrial College
Greensboro
South
Bryan
Durham
N. C
Vandalia Coal Company
Indiana
United Mine Workers of America
Vandalia Mine
No. 5
Linton
Ind
Aaron Thomas Pliss
Michigan
Sacred Heart Sanitorium
Milwaukee
Limantour
Europe
Mexican Central Railroad
Kenora
Man
Crescent City
Washburn
Wis
Dakota County
Dixon County
Nebraska
Elk Creek
Helena
Mont
Flannery
T. P. Purdue
Kansas City
Frederick KE. Rosebuck
Brooklyn
Kansas
St. Paul
Chicago
Winnipeg
George Washington
Budapest
Hungary
United States
Roaldy Amundsen
Seattle
Saratoga
Nome
James H. Brady
St. John’s Cathedral
St. Mary's Hospital
Warsaw
Herr Daszynski
Reichsrath
Christ Burmaster
Burlington
Samuel Kingston
Seldon Moran
Frankfort
Leonard Shade
Monkton
Rock Island Train Dives Into Cimarron River Near Dover
A Rock Island passenger train plunged from a high bridge into the Cimarron River near Dover Oklahoma, killing several and leaving many missing or injured. The crash occurred after driftwood fouled the bridge. the engine and cars sank, with rescuers pulling survivors from the river while others were carried to nearby towns for treatment. Witnesses report 20 plus injured and numerous missing, including four circus performers aboard the smoking car.
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Guthrie
Okla
Ehight
Rock Island
Dover
Oklo
Cimarron River
Cashion
Kingfisher
Cimarron
Col. M. O., Wright
Denver
Wright
Hank Littlefield
W. H. Balmer
Lawrence
Kan
Harbor Devastation After Sudden Two Hour Storm
A fierce Hong Kong storm on Tuesday wrecked numerous native craft and flooded streets. The British steamer Strathmore was damaged by an unknown steamer, while the Fatshang fouled the Polynesian. Several ships were driven ashore and many boats and piers were destroyed or foundered.
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Hong Kong
Strathmore
Fatshang
Monteagle
Signal
Emma Luyken
Changsha
Sexta
Kowloon
Moorhem
S. P. Hitchcock
Kwong Chow
San Cheung
Sun Lee
Shipwrecked Crew Rescued Off Frying Pan Shoals
The Clyde liner New York brought the mate and three seamen of the schooner R. D. Bibber from Savannah to New York after the vessel wrecked off Frying Pan Shoals. The lumber laden craft turned turtle and broke apart as the crew clung to spars.
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Charleston
S. C
New York
R. D. Bibber
Savannah
Seventeen Mutineers Executed After Sveaborg Mutiny
Helsingfors Finland reports seventeen marines condemned for Sveaborg mutiny were shot on Tuesday. The executions followed a swift military tribunal and reflect a harsh post revolt stance by authorities.
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Helsingfors
Finland
How Harry Was to Blame at the Dutch Lunch Party
A costume party ends in comic chaos as Harry dressed as a Dutchman causes a lamp to topple. The punchline reveals a mistaken identity when Lena the maid arrives, exposing the prank and leaving the guest blaming Harry for the misstep.
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Harry
Nothing to Fear Quote Sparks Proletariat Question
A Philadelphia Record item quotes a delver in sociological problems asking if wealth protects one from the proletariat. Mr. Newrich replies bluntly that they are unafraid and notes they boil all their drinking water.
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Delver
Mr. Newrich
Philadelphia Record
Terrible as an Army with Banners Quote
A Yonkers Statesman snippet quotes Egbert on terrible things and a jab about a busy fly in a bedroom at five a.m. during attempts to sleep.
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Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Toss Up Between Tenderfoot and Bucking Broncho
A tenderfoot braces for a bucking broncho while a veteran horseman notes the ride could go either way. The exchange captures wary humor as risk meets caution in a frontier scene from the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The Newest Type Judge Jabs Unsteady Circulation
A courtroom quip by the judge about a doctor's claim of a heart rate of 150 per minute mocks the medical assessment. The exchange frames a light moment in a legal setting as a joke about medical terminology and circulation.
Markets in New York and Cleveland September 19 1905
Reports from New York and Cleveland show steady to quiet trading across commodities. Prices listed include flour wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle calves and meat values for each market with specific figures for No 2 red wheat and Michigan Minnesota spring flour and regional stock prices and ranges.
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New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Market Report Wheat and Livestock Prices Sept 19
Toledo and East Buffalo market notes show Wheat 50c under cash, Oats 34 3/4c, Cloverseed 7.52 dollars. East Buffalo lists export steers 5.25 to 6.15, veals 8.00, sheep wethers 5.75 to 6.00 and best lambs 5.00 to 7.75, hogs 6.75 to 6.80.
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Toledo
East Buffalo
Market Report from Pittsburg Stock Prices
Pittsburg on September 19 reports cattle prices for Choice steers at 5.75 to 6.00, good at 5.10 to 5.40. Sheep prime wethers fetch 5.60 to 5.75, lambs 4.50 to 7.80. Hogs Yorkers range 6.80 to 6.85.
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Pittsburg
Nervous Wreck Recovered With Pink Pills
Woman from Franklin Georgia credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with reversing long term weakness and nervous debility. She weighed 104 pounds before treatment and 1130 pounds after, reporting improved sleep stamina and ability to work. Pills sold by druggists or by mail at 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
S. A. Green
Franklin, Ga
Dr. Williams
Auk Eggs Worth a Thousand Pounds Joke
Professor Edwin Ray Lancaster is visited by a country woman who brings eggs she believes are auk eggs worth £1000 each. The eggs turn out to be a trick, as the woman mispronounces auk eggs, prompting a lighthearted correction and a cue to blame her son Henry for sending her on a wild goose chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Ray Lancaster
The
British Association
A-U K
Hauk
Wells Encounters Chicago Saloon Host Named Hinky Dink
H G Wells, famed forecast novelist and sociologist, describes meeting Alderman Kenna known as Hinky Dink in Chicago. Wells notes Kenna owns two saloons and has Chinese quarter ties, praising him as compact with iron gray hair and a dry manner. He jokes Barrie might resemble Kenna if he lacked university education and ran a Chicago saloon to organize voters.
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Hinky Dink
Barrie
H. G. Wells
England
Chicago
Alderman Kenna
States
Sie
J. M. Barrie
Kenna
Rhodes and Beit Meet. a Moment of Ambition and Banter
Mr Rhodes told friends of his first meeting with Beit after dinner. He described Beit working late and his aim to control the diamond output before he grew older. Rhodes admitted his impatience with arithmetic and asked Beit to explain his standing with a balance sheet in hand.
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Rhodes
Beit
Porges
Alfred Bell
Cecil Rhodes
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A. L. Thomas
Main Sheet
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C. M. Daniels
New York A. C
New Yorker
R.G. Dun & Cos Weekly Review of Trade
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Wyoming
W. J. Bryan
E. H. Pavitt
Springfield Township
Philip B. Stewart
Colorado Springs
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A. J. Tanner
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Cal
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William Jennings Bryan
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