Death of Cornelius Vanderbilt at age fifty six in New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt died at his New York home from a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after arriving from Newport. The 56 year old rail magnate died with his wife by his side, a coroner to be notified, and funeral planned for Friday at St. Bartholomew's Church. William K Vanderbilt Jr attended, expressing deep emotion as family and directors prepare resolutions of respect.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Francis Delafield
Newport
Attes
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Ife
Delafield
St. Batholomews Church
Potter
Greer
Vanderbilt Lines
Alfred
China
Japan
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
William K
Soam
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
William K Vanderbilt
Dreyfus to Be Pardoned Rumor Sweeps Paris
Paris reports claim Dreyfus will be pardoned though Loubet delays action until the revision council meets. Court martial members Beauvais and Breen allegedly voted for acquittal with Parfait insisting on a proviso about extenuating circumstances. Berlin notes German exhibitors plan Paris participation. Des Moines briefs reveal Iowa Illinois grocers form a $100,000 brokerage with offices in Chicago led by Warfield Howell Pratt Letts Fletcher and related firms.
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London
Vearis
Daily Chronicle
Dreyfus
Loubet
Counsel de Revision
Beauvais
Breen
Parfait
Berlin
Paris
Germany
Des Moines
Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
Warfield, Howell & Pratt
Letts Fletcher Company
Marshalltown
H. L. Spencer
Oskaloosa
Warfield Company
Quincy
Ills
Russell Pratt
C. F. Letts
Rose Polytechnic to receive $50,000 bequest from Collett
Terre Haute Indiana September 13 Rose Polytechnic Institute, which opened yesterday, will receive in a few days 50 000 from the late Josephus Collett. Collett had provided for 75 000 but his estate faced litigation over an endorsement tied to D J Mackey’s railroad system. A compromise settled the matter.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Josephus Collett
Collett
D. J. Mackey
Mackey
Bigamy Suspect Martin Arrested in Warren Illinois
Albert D. D. Martin, wanted in Rockford Illinois for bigamy, was arrested in Warren Illinois, bound over to the grand jury, and jailed. Mrs. Bartlitt, jailed on a similar charge, guided the sheriff to Martin and expressed a wish to serve terms together at Juliet and then live together again.
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Rockford
Ills
Albert D. D. Martin
Warren
Runaway Switch Derails Log Train at Alpena
A farm hand leaving his horses unhitched near a railroad crossing in Alpena Michigan allowed a slowly moving log train to derail. The runaway team driven alongside the track cleared a switch damaged rails, derailing one car and a pair of trucks while the engine and two cars had already passed.
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Alpena
Mich
Saginaw Stree Crossing
Joseph Michael
John Chepanski
Sable Street
Michael
Saginaw Street
Bee Attack Forces Man Into Mississippi River
John Martinek of La Crosse Wisconsin was attacked by two swarms of bees. He leaped into the Mississippi River to escape, stayed under water for over an hour, and returned home with more than 100 bee stings on his face neck and hands. He is in critical condition.
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McGovern
Palmer
Bach
Dixon
Gardner
Joliet City Council Approves Budget Amid Saloon Fight
Joliet Illinois September 18 The council passed the annual appropriation bill including 47000 to be refunded to saloon keepers if the supreme court sides with them A high license faction offered a bill removing the refund but it failed 9 to 3 Milwaukee Wisconsin September 13 White House chatter puts President McKinley likely to visit Milwaukee in October with a decision on the date around October 11 Escanaba Michigan September 13 Typhoid fever spreads with several serious cases Axel Nelson 22 and Carl Ekstrom 32 die unmarried no relatives Lansing Michigan September 13 Agricultural College dormitory capacity exhausted forcing students to seek homes with neighbors or vacant buildings
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Joliet, Ill
Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Washington
White House
McKinley
Cream City
Escanaba
Mich
Axel Nelson
Carl Ekstrom
Wheat and grain prices in Chicago and St Louis markets
Chicago markets show mixed wheat movement with September 70% and December 71% gains while corn trades around 81 to 28% ranges. Live cattle and hogs in Chicago quoted with wide ranges, Buffalo and St Louis reports list varied prices for cattle hogs and sheep, and Milwaukee notes mixed grain prices with No 1 and No 2 grades rising.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Livestock Commission
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Luck and Loss in Alaska Mining Adventure
Walter E. Dean and 49 Lake View men return from Alaska with mixed fortunes. Dean cites luck after a year and a half, recounting heavy losses, a million-dollar prospect, scurvy, and widespread hardship among stranded miners in St. Michael's and Council City. The piece contrasts failed claims with a single успех and warns readers to stay away from Alaska.
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St. Michael's
Alaska
Fond du Lac Wins Big as Rail Center Push Grows
Fond du Lac Wisconsin reports a plan to relocate Wisconsin Central car shops to Fond du Lac and add a new Illinois Central branch from Madison. President Whitcomb has bought land southeast of the city to house yards as the extension runs along the lake shore toward Manitowoc with an outlet to Manitowoc and connections to the Ann Arbor road lowering eastern freight rates.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Wisconsin Central
Iinois Central
Madison
Whitcomb
Wisconsin Road
Illinois Central
Manitowoc
Lake Shore
Ann Arbor
Lake View men strike for gold in Cape Nome fields
Dean and B H Rhodes lead Lake View company to Cape Nome gold district arriving June 29 after ice bound voyage. They stake Banner creek claim while Rhodes stays to work it. Smeeding returns to Racine, Dean seeks old police job. one death among crew, Walter Begole poisoned aboard Dusky Diamond. In Kotzebue Sound country, 1,000 prospects.
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Lake View
Cape Nome
Dean
Lake View Company
B. H. Rhodes
Maine
Golofin Bay
Bering Sea
Bering Straits
Banner Creek
Fish River
Rhodes
St. Michael's
Yukon
States
Walter Begole
Dusky Diamond
Herman Smeeding
Racine
Wis
Kotzebue Sound
Rock Island Wreck Lists Killed and Injured
Revised list from the Rock Island wreck near South Amana lists Webb South of Iowa City Tom Quinn engineer Rock Island A H Polson fireman Rock Island Will Floyd Des Moines and others as killed and injured. Other sporting results and a accidents report follow with varied city names and outcomes.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
South Amana
Webb South
Iowa City
Tom Quinn
Ills
A. H. Polson
Llls
Will Floyd
WP. C. Brien
Kellog
John G. Mulligan
Car
British ultimatum outlines terms for South Africa conference
Pretoria reports Britain seeks five year franchise quarter representation for gold fields and electoral equality in volksraad with both governments to draft reforms at a Cape Town conference. Transvaal expected to accept with delegates named from leadership and Orange Free State backing.
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London
Pretoria
Rands
Volksraad
Roer Volkeraad
Joseph Chamberlain
Transvaal
Tosen
Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
Daily Friend
South African Republic
Cape Town
General Joubert
J. M. A. Wolmarand
Pischer
Orange Pree Rtate
Women Pressed to Remove Hats at Chuareh Services
In Chuareh Indiana during a First Methodist Church service the official board ordered hats removed. Some complied, others refused citing biblical verses from First Corinthians. The issue sparked debate before most attendees obeyed the request at the evening service.
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Revision Council
Rose Polytechnic
Lansing
The
Agricultural College
Sonile Others
Vasant
Chicago Gearn and Produce
St. Louis Grain
Northern
Klondike
Walter BE. Dean
Adolph I. Luetgert
I’can
Chris Lindblom
Ile
Yukon Country
Rampart City
Golatin Bay
Council City
Arctic Circle
el Dorado District
Tenth and
Chestnut Streets
Mgovern
Terry McCovern
Brooklyn
Tedlar Palmer
Westchester Club
Tuckahoe
Pedlar Palmer
Roe
Rock Island Road
Baltimore
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Wakefield, Mich
Joseph Bedvre
Brotherton
Ann Arbor, Mich
Lawrence LD. Cole
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Indiana
St. Stephen's College
Annandale
Cole
Felch
Royal Baking Powder CO
Tawe
Rand
South Africa
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Frank Stewart
Chas. H. Keck, Castrmr
JO. M. Krok
Casey Bros
Reed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
G. H. Pratt
Optician
University At
Fr. M. McConaughy
Klein's Clothing
J. R. Burroughs
Orrice
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Wasntanwron, LA
Nat'l Hank
P. W. McElwain
Marsh W. Bailey
City Hall
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing Store
Ida Bailey
Geo. W. Hay
Graham Opera House
East Washington Street
Kemble
KembLe Flower Co
Linse
Frank Rogers
ST. Paul
Chuareh
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Buell
Plata
State of Wisconsin
J. B. Alexander
Nelson
Mawaii
San Francisco
Australia
Flonolulu
Daniel A. Ray
Interstate Commerce Committee
United State Senate
Hawaii
Hawaiian Congressional Commission
Sioux City
Patchen
Gentry
Red Bud
Ils
Mobile & Ohio
Bryden
Indianapolis
Minnagpolis
Minneapolis
Rei Ocver
Icalcol
Jackson & Clinton Sts
Chicarago
Carris & Co
Towa
Schneider
IRS
R. A
Riley
Corrine
Pahalorea
West DeLong's
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
Side Square
National Bank
Monemn
J. H. Young
W. R. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Cash
J.T. Anderon
Rass
Washington County
Capital
Wings Bank
Jon. Krew
J. A. Ware
H. Keck
V. P.O
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
0. H. Keck
L.D. Robinson
Frank Swart
J. ¥. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
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