Roosevelt removes Frank Palmer as public printer
President Roosevelt dismissed Frank W Palmer from the government printing office after he defied orders to stop advancing charges against Oscar J Ricketts and L C Hay He named Ricketts acting public printer while Keepe commission investigates and kept Palmer's permanent successor undecided.
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Oyster Bay
L. 1
Roosevelt
Frank W. Palmer
Government Printing Office
Washington
Palmer
Oscar J. Ricketts
L. C. Hay
Ricketts and
Hay
Ricketts and Hay
Ricketts
Keep Commission
Telegraph
Keepe Commission
Protests Mount Over Bank Book Tampering Question
In Kalamazoo on September 9 a courtroom uproar followed attorney Stewart’s inquiry to I B Monroe of Kalamazoo Savings Bank about erasures in ledgers. The insinuation of tampering drew protests though both sides had handwriting experts. The suit, by Vital Bangs and others against the estate executors of Henry Brees, questions missing property and a cash showing of 75 000, Brees valued at about 500 000 at his death in 1890.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Vital Bangs
Othrs
Henry Brees
Stewart
I. ‘Rb. Monroe
Kalamazoo Savings Bank
Mooroe
Brees
Grand Rapids Graft Again in Circuit Court
Grand Rapids Michigan September 9. A new water deal case will be taken up in the circuit court before month end. Ex mayor Perry faces a second bribery trial but is seriously ill from an automobile accident and may be unable to attend. The Mol case involving a $500 bribe from Salisbury and a prior conviction may be first, despite a supreme court reversal.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Perry
Mol
Salsbury
Supreme Court
Heir to 30000 If He Quits Theater and Attends Mass
Decatur Sept 9. John T OConnor is named heir to 30000 under Patrick OConnor will provided he quits the theatrical profession attends mass at St Patrick s church and becomes an exemplary citizen. If he declines the conditions the legacy reverts to seven nieces.
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Decatur
St. Patrick's Church
John T. O'Connor
Kansas City
Patrick O'Connor
Five Babies Born to Fort Worth Young Couple
Fort Worth Texas September 8 Mrs John Jackson wife of a Rock Island railway employee gave birth to five girls all living The mother is seventeen and the father nineteen years old
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Fort Worth
Tex
John Jackson
Rock Island Railway
Theather
Powder mill blast and rail elevator fire devastate farms and city
Special to the Evening Journal from Connellsville Pa notes the Rand Powder Works near Uniontown blew up at 9 15 am with about fifty workers and many feared dead. Chicago reports the Santa Fe elevator burned destroying a million bushels of wheat 209009 bushels of corn and 100000 bushels of oats in a loss expected over a million dollars.
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Chicago
Evening Journal
Connellsville
Rand
Uniontown
Train Crash Kills One and Leaves Three Missing
One dead and three missing after a head on collision of two freight trains at Obion river bridge twenty five miles below Paducah Tennessee. Brakeman James Lewis of Memphis is the dead man. Missing engineers and firemen named include A P Williamson W A Smith and Noah Me adden all of Memphis. Serious injuries listed for J T Armstrong Paducah Vlagman H Cook Fulton Ky and W H Stevenson Memphis.
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Paducah
Obion River Bridge
Tennessee
James Lewis
Memphis
A. P. Williamson
W. A. Smith
Noah Meadden
J.T. Armstrong
H. Cook
Fulton, Ky
W. H. Stevenson
Uncle Sam lodges a protest over Ghirkis Vartanian case
Constantinople September United States minister has lodged a protest with the porte against departure from procedure in the trial of Ghirkis Vartanian assassin of Apik Uniljian. Authorities prevented US consular officials from seeing Vartanian to review citizenship claims. Trial was hurried and the prisoner condemned to death before settlement of the question.
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Uncle Sam
Constantinople
Leishman
United States
Porte
Ghirkis Vartanian
Apik Uniljian
Vartanian
Stricken Bride’s Sister Dies Before Wedding
In Des Moines Iowa on September 8 Mrs Ed McVey sister of the bride Kate McVey died of heart disease while getting ready for her sister’s wedding to Judge Park of Kansas City The groom concealed the tragedy to avoid interrupting the ceremony at the First Methodist church.
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Des Moines
Kate McVey
Park
Kansas City
Ed McVey
First Methodist Church
Reunion of Piute Indians at Pahrump Ranch
In Los Angeles on September 8 a large Piute gathering proceeds at the Pahrump ranch along the Ivandah Bullfrog road. At least 200 tribe members from Nevada, Arizona and beyond attend the anniversary of Te copah the old chief whose resting place lies nearby.
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Los Angeles
Pahrump Ranch
Ivandah-Bullfrog Road
Nevada
Arizona
Tecopah
Pahrump
Baseball scores from Chicago and across leagues
Scores wrap across leagues dated Sept 9 with results from New York Boston Pittsburg Cincinnati Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago St Louis Detroit Cleveland St Paul Milwaukee Minneapolis Kansas City Des Moines Des Moines Sioux City Omaha and tied games noted.</s>
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Chicago
New York
Boston
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Association
Indianapolis
Toledo
Louisville
Columbus
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Western
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Sioux City
Omaha
Devastating Calabria Earthquake Reported in Sept News
News from Calabria Italy describes a major earthquake causing widespread ruin. towns like Pizzo Monteleone and eighteen villages were said destroyed with at least 70 dead and many injured. Troops engineers and doctors were sent for rescue and relief with Ferraris heading to the area.
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Italy
Calabria
Sicily
Pizzo
Monteleone
Catanzaro
Messina
Reggio
Martinano
Stefaconi
Piscopio
Triparni
Zammaro
Cessaniti
Narda
Olivadi
Ministry of the Interior
Ferraris
San Floro
Jonadi
Daffina
Borgia
Tokyo still quiet as rain dampens unrest in Japan
A Tokio dispatch notes no disorder through the night with heavy rain keeping crowds scattered and military guards present. Five newspapers have been suspended and plans may curb further publications while officials weigh a special diet session and protests over attacks on Christian churches rise. Foreign church property claims are being prepared. Harriman party members travel to Nikko.
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London
Diet
Harriman Party
Nikko
Restoring Order in Baku and Turmoil in the Caucasus
A Baku telegram reports partial peace among hostile factions in the area near Tiflis with isolated shootings and several incendiary fires. Reinforcements are expected from Vladikavkaz as militia forms in the northern Caucasus. In Elizabethpol the villages of Dududikhu Achilla Akbulaeb and Charmantkhi suffered annihilation and plundered burned houses. Tartars surround Edilu Bukutan and march on Gadrut.
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Tiflis
Baku
Vladikovkas
Caucasus
Shusha
Dududikhu
Achilla
Akbulaeb
Charmantkhi
Elizabethpol
Edilu
Bukutan
Gadrut
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Iowa
Official forecast up to 8 pm from the weather service shows moderate temperatures in Illinois and Indiana with variable winds turning southerly. Lower Michigan expected fair skies and warmer in the west with light variable winds. Wisconsin forecast fair and warmer in the west with variable winds shifting to southerly. Iowa to remain fair with warmer in the northwest and variable winds shifting to the southeast.
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Illinois
Indiana
Vair
Michigan—Fair
Wisconsin—Fair
Iowa—Fair
Market notes from Chicago Open and close prices
Market briefs from Chicago Board of Trade show cattle and hogs receipts and price ranges. Officials report steady cattle with early sheep strength. hogs see gains 5 to 10 cents on bulk and heavy grades, with receipts about 14500 yesterday and 6000 estimated for today.
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Beach-Wickham Gratt Co
Chicago Board of Trade
McCall Bros
Washington
Chicago
Chicago Market Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices Seen Steady to Mixed
Hogs receipts 14 000 with mostly 5 40 to 5 75 for fair to good. Cattle receipts 2 000 and steer bids from 5 75 to 8 0 with cows and bulls mixed. Sheep receipts 8 000 with lambs quoted 6 70 to 7 75 and ewes to 4 00. East Buffalo market shows hogs lower at 5 00 to 6 10 and calves 8 75 to 9 75 amid firm to weak tones.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Bear Heads to Newcastle to Buy Horses
Dick Bear departed this morning over the Burlington for Newcastle Wyoming where he will buy horses.
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Dick Bear
Burlington
Newcastle
Wyoming
Pneumonia Germs Linger in Mouths in Winter Report
A New York medical commission report finds the pneumococcus organism commonly inhabits most people’s mouths during winter. Fresh air and sunlight kill the germ, which survives longer in cold darkness and can spread via shared cups and utensils from recovered patients.
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New York
Medical Commission
Department of Health
New York City
Murderous assault wounds New York Times editor Thompson
Jacob H Thompson exchange editor of the New York Times was found unconscious in his St James hotel room with a fractured skull stab wound and strangulation. Police suspect foul play as physicians report extensive head and neck injuries and marks on the neck. Thompson, about 60, remained in hospital after hours in his room.
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New York
Jacob H. Thompson
The
New York Times
St. James Hotel
Forty-fifth Street
Iurder
Thompson
Father sacrifices life saving two children in East Seventy first fire
Antonio Co lettto died trying to rescue his son and daughter, both under 10, from a crowded tenement blaze on East Seventy first street. His body was found in the fifth floor hallway with the children in his arms. The mother escaped to a neighboring building after Colette helped carry her to the roof. Plans will start within thirty days to open a binder twine factory in the Indiana state prison north. Thomas W. Lawson donated 1000 dollars for a labor temple in Kansas City.
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New York
East Seventy-first Street
Antonio Coletto
Colette
Indiana
Thomas W. Lawson
Kansas City
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