Fort Wayne Dedication and National News Roundup
Fort Wayne will host the Allen County Courthouse dedication with President Roosevelt Governor Durbin and staff in attendance. Separate items report a Chicago packing house strike looming over Swift & Co. wage disputes, Captain Ryan acquitted for water cure conduct, Mayor Johnson ruling out presidential run, and various international military and transport notes including battleships moved toward the Isthmus and Alaskan volcanic activity.
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Ina
War Department
James A. Ryan
Fifteenth Cavalry
Manila
P. 1
Ryan
Johnson
Cleveland
Springfield
Ohio
Revival Meeting Violence Between Soldiers and Delawares
A clash near Fort Dupont in Delaware City left a dozen Black residents wounded after soldiers pursued and fired on a Black crowd at a revival meeting. A corporal named Vint had been attacked earlier, riding a bicycle, when a Black man struck him with a razor. The fighting ended with soldiers chasing insurgents, one man tossed into a canal but escaping.
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Rozen
Delawa
Fort Dupont
Delaware City
Del
Vint
Magazine Explosion Kills on Governor's Island
An explosion at Fort Winthrop on Governor's Island in Boston just before 3 PM Sunday injured many. One man was killed, two were missing, five severely hurt, and about twenty four were slightly cut or bruised as magazines blew up from unknown cause. The island, a historic site, had been used as a park area this summer with 250 measure seekers present.
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Boston
Histacie Old Fort Winthrop
Governor's Island
Gov. Winthrop
Germans Sink Navy Ship Crete-a-Pierrot
German gunboat Pantler h fired on and sank the Haytian armed vessel Crete-a-Pierrot used by General Firmin's supporters. The act followed the Crete-a-Pierrot stopping the German steamship Markemannia and seizing its crew. No lives were lost as the crew escaped before the sinking.
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Firmin
Pantler H
Crete-a-Pierrot
Admiral Sillick
Hayti
Markemannia
Jealous Wife Slain by Girl Who Horsewhipped Her
Daisy Carlton a Bloomington Illinois waitress killed Mrs Joseph Leslie after Leslie horsewhipped her. Leslie, married to a restaurant cook, had quarreled with Daisy over alleged attentions her husband paid.
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Daisy Carlton
Bloomington
Joseph Leslie
Tragic double tragedy as couple’s struggle ends in death
A Pittsburg man, Maj. Wilkins, dies after attempting to wrench a revolver from his wife Adeleine Wilkins during a domestic dispute in Allegheny. The wife, crazed by morphine, tried to shoot herself. police arrive and prevent further harm as the steamer Stevens fights fire off Clear Creek, with crew members escaping to shore amid heavy seas. Also reported: Ottawa University building burns, losses about $50,000 with $20,000 insured.
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Iliam D. Wilkins
Pittsburg
Way
Adeline
Allegheny
Wilkins
Midlake
Stevens
Buffalo
Duluth
Clear Creek
Knapp
Bunin
Union ‘Transit Company
University
Ottawa
Kant University
Loge
Ortire
Mystary
Filipino Fanatics Routed at Laguimance by Constabulary
Constabulary captured 700 followers of Rios a fanatical seader in Tayabas Luzon after the Laguimanac attack. Rios commanded 30 riflemen and 150 bolo men killing two women and a girl while wounding others. A native detachment routed the band and killed several followers then rounded up many suspicious youths. those guilty will be held while the rest released. One lieutenant claimed Rios descended from God. A mountain stronghold was captured.
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Rios
Laguina
Noc
Bank of Fremont Robbed by Six Men Dynamites Safe
A six-man gang robbed the Bank of Fremont Indiana, wrecking the vault and front with dynamite. The blast woke residents as armed robbers ordered them to stay indoors. The band fled in carriages toward the Michigan line, pursued by locals, but escaped with a large sum missing.
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Fremont
Bank of
Lnd
Ely
Chriiages
Michigan State Line
Burglars Target Ohio Postoffs as Loot Expands
A Sharon Center postoffice safe was blown open with dynamite. a few dollars and stamps were taken. In Chester, another post office was similarly cracked and money and stamps stolen. A firefight erupted when burglars fled. no injuries reported. Nearby robberies and rural incidents across Indiana, Georgia, and Maine are noted with violence and escape.
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Ohio
Hubbard, Ohio
Lucglary
Newton Falls
W. M. Evans
Sharon Center
Frank Bowers
Flo
Vablers
Chester
Mount Pelee eruptions devastate Martinique killing thousands
Reports from Saint Lucia and nearby islands describe Mount Pelee's deadly eruption on September 8 killing around 2,000 people and destroying Saint Pierre and surrounding areas. Refugees flee, tidal wave fears loom, and colonial authorities dispatch aid while others shelter in the south and high ground.
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Mount Pelee
Martinique
St. Lucia
Royal Mail
Mount Pel
St. Pierre
St. Luciana
Port-de-France
Mount Peleo
la Ufriere
MM. Dou +morgue
M. Lemaire
Fort-de-France
Gov. Lemaire
la Soufriere
St. Vincent
Guadaloupe
Savan
Lafriere
Yare
Mount Velec
Mount Pelec
Morne Lacroiz
Mrs McKinley at the Grave of Her Martyr Husband
On the anniversary of President McKinley s shooting Mrs McKinley visited the Canton cemetery to place flowers on the president s coffin. Dressed in a veil she prayed beside the tomb then returned home amid news of her enduring grief and guarded tomb surroundings.
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President McKinley
Buffalo
Mc Kinley
Canton
Willian Messinsey
Farley Named Archbishop and Other Church Appointments
Pope confirms Rt. Rev. John M. Farley as Archbishop of New York successor to Corrigan and coadjutor to Riordan of San Francisco, with Marley to succession. Also notes Hugo Wahl named curator at Carnegie Museum entomology. 14-year-old Clyde Hamilton drowns in Kaw River, Topeka, while learning to swim. Obarien Deplanty of Coffeyville dies after carbetic jacld ingestion in personal crisis.
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Corrigan
John M
New York
George Montgomery
Los Angeles
Cal
Patrick William Riordan
San Francisco
Marley
Ireland
United States
American College
Rome
McCloskey
Zeugma
Hugo Wahl
Kansas State University
Carnegie Museum
Pittburg
Clyde Hamilton
Kaw
Topeka
Ion
Tumor Found In Elwood Woman's Stomach During Surgery
Report from Elwood details Surgeons discovering unexpected contents in Mrs. Susan A Spauldings stomach during operation to remove a suspected tumor. Findings included cane fiber resembling cow cud a ball of chewed thread and a seven inch piece of string with a knot. Spaulding aged 87 had chewed sugar cane as a child and later chewed thread while sewing.
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Susan A. Spaulding
Elwood
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