Funeral of President McKinley Draws Nation to Canton
Canton Ohio September 20 crowds and dignitaries gather for the burial of the assassinated president. The service at First Methodist Church and West Lawn cemetery is described as majestic with an extensive funeral procession two miles long. The buglers play taps and tears are shed by Secretary Wilson and Secretary Hitchcock as the nation mourns. Mrs McKinley cannot attend the final rites, aided by Dr Rixey as she endures her grief with visible anguish and relief through tears.
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First Methodist Church
West Lawn Cemetery
Army
Navy
United States
State of
Ohio
Methodist Church
Bingham
Canton Band
Wilson
Hitchcock
Presiden
Teers
Rixey
Wave of Sorrow Across the Globe for William McKinley
Chicago recalls Canton rites as grief sweeps the world. Citizens pause from work for five minutes at 2:30 pm with muffled drums and dirges. Men uncovered, women sobbing, industries halted as the nation venerates President William McKinley.
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Chicago
Dom‘gint
Canton
William Messinley
Balm Saves Man From Being a Cripple
Josh Westhafer of Longootee Indiana says Chamberlain s Pain Balm saved him from crippling pain. The liniment relieves stiff joints contracted muscles stiff neck sprains and rheumatic and muscular pains and has cured numerous cases of partial paralysis. Stewart s Pharmacy and Cook Sherman sell it.
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Josh Westhafer
Longootee
Ind
Chamberlain
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Mourning Stoppages Honor Dead President Across Nation
Across the United States and Europe a five minute halt in work and travel marked public mourning for William McKindey. Factories mills trains and ships paused as bells tolled and hymns were sung while services were held in Westminster Abbey St Pauls and other churches. In New York 250 Hamburg American Line passengers stood at Hoboken docks 2:30 pm in silence as Chopin’s funeral march played.
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William McKindey
Chicago
Great Steel Trust
United States
British Empire
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul’s
Three Kingdoms
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Constantinople
Copenhagen
New York
Hamburg
Hoboken
Pennsylvania
King Edward Sends Condolences to Mrs McKinley
King Edward replies to Mrs McKinley through Ambassador Choate, expressing deep sympathy for her loss. He and the queen offer thanks for her message and pray for strength for the United States during President McKinley’s funeral.
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London
Edward
Choate
Memorial services for the dead president in Lincoln
In Lincoln Nebraska a memorial service for the late president drew over 5 000 attendees at Lindell auditorium with similar number seeking admission. Overflow meetings filled the afternoon as Colonel W J Bryan delivered an eloquent tribute to the national leader.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lindell Auditorium
W. 7. Bryan
Grand Army's Message of Sympathy to Mrs McKinley
General Eli Torrance, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, transmitted a message to Mrs. McKinley via Judge Day. The letter offered the unfailing sympathy and love of every surviving Union soldier and a prayer for divine comfort.
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Grand Army
Canton
Eli Torrance
McKinley
Day
Grand Army of the Republic
Ministers Hold Services In Northwestern Colorado Special
During a five minute stop between DeWitt and Grand Mound on the Northwestern Colorado special yesterday Bishop Burton of Lexington and several Kentucky ministers conducted services in each coach to honor the president en route to the general Episcopal convention in San Francisco.
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Marshalltown
Lla
Northwestern
Colorado
DeWitt
Grand Mound
Burton
Lexington
Kentucky
San Francisco
Arrests in Columbus for refusing McKinley funeral duty
Columbus Ohio September 20 officials report one member of the Ninth battalion O N G colored has been arrested and orders are out for several others who refused to go to Canton for President McKinley’s funeral. Names have been given to police and they will be arrested on sight.
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Columbus, O
Ninth Battalion
Canton
McKinley
Obsequies Mark McKinley Death in Manila
Impressive civil military and naval observances took place in Manila yesterday honoring the late President McKinley with universal mourning and solemn ceremonies across official and civilian circles.
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Manila
McKinley
Lost 3 year old in Menomonie woods search
Arthur Kragness, son of Andrew I Kragness of Menomonie Wisconsin, wandered from home and vanished in the nearby woods on Tuesday. A search by about 200 men and women has covered miles but failed to locate him.
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Menomonie
Wis
Arthur Kxragness
Andrew I Kxragness
Silverthorn & Co Buys 9 Million Feet Pine in Michigan
Escanaba Mich Sept 20 A deal closed whereby Silverthorn Co Tonawanda NY bought from McArthur Bros Saginaw 9 000 000 feet of standing pine or 5 000 acres on the Huron River in Baraga County.
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Escanaba
Mich
Silverthorn & Co
Tonawanda
N. Y
McArthur Bros
Saginaw
Huron River
Baraga County
Oxford and Cambridge Athletes Arrive for Yale Harvard Meet
Athletes from Oxford and Cambridge reached New York from Montreal and checked into training at Berkeley Oval ahead of next Wednesday's return track and field meet with Yale and Harvard.
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New York
Oxford
Cambridge
Yale
Harvard
Montreal
Berkeley Oval
Revolt Believed To Be Crushed in Colombia
Washington dispatch reports Colombian legation officials stating the insurrection is practically crushed as of September 20. The view reflects early post conflict assessment amid ongoing political tension and regional instability.
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Washington
Legation
Shining Up at Hotel Colenso Parlors
Dave Kelter, proprietor, invites patrons to brighten footwear at the Hotel Colenso shoe shining parlor, promising expert care and quick service in a convenient downtown location.
Clear Lake Resort Ad Sparks Low Rates for Tourists
Continuous summer appeal at Clear Lake Iowa offers great fishing sailing and bathing with extremely low rates for single travelers or groups of five or more. Inquiries to ticket agents or Geo S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Geo. S. Batty
Marshalltown
Nine Planks in the Platform for Allied Party
The Allied Party issues a declaration of principles in Kansas City calling for initiative and referendum, public ownership of utilities, reclaiming land held by railroads and aliens, a scientific money system, natural taxation, direct election of federal offices, a labor cabinet, postal savings banks, and constitutional amendments. It calls for organic union of reform voters and outlines convention representation based on combined party votes since 1890.
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Kansas City
United States
Railroads
Department of Labor and Equitable Arbitration
Louisville
Letter found on wounded prisoner hints at McKinley plot
Des Moines police recovered a mailed Los Angeles letter on a wounded suspect that may reveal a conspiracy behind the McKinley shooting. The document contains two circulars with coded phrases and numerals woven as biblical references, including references to Lincoln's assassin and socialism.
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Des Moines
Los Angeles
McKinley
Buffalo Exposition
Lincoln
Lewes
Light
Buillet
Emma
Bakers Fire Workers Over Anarchy Fund In Elgin
In Elgin Illinois on September 20 the bakery owners who funded Emma Goldman and the Isaak family aid discharged all bakers who supported or contributed to the cause. August Miller the head baker at Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane was dismissed by Superintendent Whitman after it was found he lent aid and money to the anarchist effort.
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Elgin, Hls
Emma Goldman
Isaak
Linois Northern Hospital
August Miller
Whitman
Davenport Society Wedding Captures Tri City Spotlight
The marriage of Miss Mary D. Wylie and James B. Coykendall took place at the First Presbyterian church in Davenport on Sept. 20. The ceremony drew a thousand guests from Davenport Rock Island Moline and beyond as a highlight among local social events.
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Davenport
Mary D. Wylie
James B. Coykendall
Knoxville
Tenn
Rock Island
Moline
First Presbyterian Church
Grand Rapids, Mich
Mae Chauncey Stevens
Stanton Wesley Todd
Fredonia
N. Y
Sugar Grove
Fifth railroad disaster victim identified by father
Brockton mass Sept 20 the fifth victim identified as William Johns daughter from East Bridgewater. The remaining victim, a large elderly woman, has been viewed by many but not identified.
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Brockton
Mass
William John
East Bridgewater
Gordon Daughter Marries Maine Man in Atlanta Ceremony
Miss Caroline Lewis Gordon, daughter of General and Mrs John B Gordon, wed Orton Bishop Brown of Maine in a Wednesday night ceremony in Atlanta Georgia.
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Atlanta
Caroline Lewis Gordon
John B. Gordon
Orton Bishop Brown
Maine
A Communication in Support of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
A reader endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after three years of bronchitis and sleepless nights. The note credits relief to the medicine, and cites Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman as sellers.
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Chamberlain
W.S Brockman
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Cobra torpedo-boat destroyer foundered in North Sea
The Cobra, built by Armstrongs of Newcastle and en route to Portsmouth with 79 crew, has foundered after an explosion. About a dozen survivors were reported in Middlesbrough, while British forces sped to the scene. The loss is described as the navy’s worst since the Victoria sinking. Commander Bosworth Smith went down with the vessel. The Cobra had recently set speed records, rivaling the Viper with 87.7 knots in a trial run.
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London
North Sea
The
Armstrongs
Newcastle
Portsmouth
Middlesboro
Bosworth Smith
Tyne
Clausen Ready to Answer to Kenosha Bribery Charges
Chicago man Gustave L. Clausen faced a Kenosha Wisconsin arrest warrant on bribery charges against Alderman Peter Tirsch and Albert Smith. He objected to immediate transfer but agreed to travel to Kenosha unattended for a preliminary hearing scheduled for tomorrow or Monday. Clausen claimed innocence with no proof to support the charges.
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Chicago
Kenosha
Wis
Gustave L. Clausen
Peter Tirsch
Albert Smith
Clausen
Witcher
Kenosha County
Seth Low Chosen as Anti-Tammany Mayoral Candidate
The anti-Tammany eighteen member committee voted 17 to 1 for Seth Low and the general conference selected him as mayoral candidate. The nomination proceeds to the anti-Tammany conventions for final placement.
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New York
Seth Low
George L. Rives
Preacher Escapes Lynch Mob in Saint Paul
Itinerant preacher Rev Albert Dahlquist narrowly escaped a mob of about a thousand in Saint Paul who sought to lynch him after he allegedly described President McKinley’s assassination as a noble deed following a speech in Minneapolis.
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St. Paul
Albert Dahlquist
Dahlquist
Minneapolis
McKinley
Desperate Chicago Woman Dies With Child in Gas
Mrs Paulina Klein age 22 and her 19 month old child were found dead in a small flat at 932 Noble avenue. Neighbors say the desertion by her husband drove her to suicide by turning on the gas. The tragedy occurred Sept 20 in Chicago.
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Chicago
Paulina Klein
Noble Avenue
Kilgore Offers Paducah Headings Factory for Sale
Anderson Ind September 20 J L Kilgore of Anderson offers his head ing and stave factory at Paducah Ky the largest of its kind in the west A portion of the consideration is said to be $100000 in cash Kilgore formerly had factories at Anderson Logansport Newcastle Ind and Greenville Ohio
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Anderson, Ind
J. L. Kilgore
Anderson
Cincinnati
Paducah
Kilgore
Logansport
Newcastle
Ind
Greenville
Old Congress to a Dead One
The American Turf congress, formed by seven associations, met for the final time in Chicago on September 20 and voted to disband after a brief session ending the organization.
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Old Congress
Chicago
Roosevelt and Cabinet Return to Washington
At 7 p m yesterday President Roosevelt and the cabinet began their return trip to Washington from Canton Ohio after a prior event or visit.
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Canton
Roosevelt
Washington
Explosion in Ripault Powder Factory Kills Eleven
An explosion at a powder factory in Ripault France killed eleven and wounded seventeen. Other items note the Armenian affair probe in Constantinople and a quake in Scotland.
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Ripault
France
Constantinople
Armenia
Merrymakers Opening At Graham Stages Ladies Free Admission
Wesley and Maddern present Merrymakers at the Graham Theater with free admission for women at opening night. Free tickets available only at E Carris & Co east side drug store before 6 p.m. next Monday, each with one paid ticket at 30 cents. Tickets must be bought in advance, with prices 10 20 30 cents. no free tickets at the theater. play changes nightly.
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Wesley & Maddern
Merrymakers
Graham
Carris & Co
East Side
Man Dumps Cash At State Fair In Delirious Spree
Thomas C. Daggy, cashier of Bedford National Bank in Indiana, was taken to police after a spending spree at the state fair. He arrived with 500 dollars and handed out money, buying a sack of peanuts for 85 and papers for a dollar, refusing change. Daggy claimed to have bought Bell Telephone property, several Chicago streetcar companies, and said an operator insulted him, before friends intervened.
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Indianapolis
Thomas C. Daggy
Bedford National Bank
Chicago
Bell Telephone Company
Tie
Three Lives for Pat. Details of the Death of 1-8 TM Reid
In Godwin Michigan on September 20 William Reid and his two sons Arthur and James died in a well sixty feet deep. The pall was removed last week and the family searched for it. James went to recover the path and did not return prompting a descent attempt. Gas hindered descents. grappling irons retrieved the three bodies Arthur first, then William, then James.
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Godwin
Mich
William Reid
Arthur
James
Reid
James Reid
Soldier joins comrade in death at memorial service
John Humphrey a veteran of Company H Ninth Infantry from Appleton Wisconsin died at the National Soldiers Home Milwaukee after playing taps at memorial services for the late president He had complained of illness the day before but declined hospital care and said I must live one more day His wish to take part in the tribute was granted before his death.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John Humphrey
National Soldiers
Humphrey
Tapas
Company H
Ninth Infantry
Appleton
Settled It With Pistols In Louisiana Feud
Dr John W McKowen of Clinton Louisiana was shot and killed by United States Senator R Emerson Thompson of East Feliciana Parish Thompson says the incident was self defense after a prior dispute over a fence and a larceny accusation Thompson surrendered after the shooting.
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Baton Rouge
John W. McKowen
Clinton
R. Emerson Thompson
East Feliciana Parish
Thompson
MeKowen
Pipes
MeeKowen
McKowen
Well bored advice from W. H. Smurra
Local note from W. H. Smurra offering guidance to those wanting to deepen a bored well and improve boring techniques.
Confusion of Flags Complicates War Progress
Reports from Caracas and New York describe misidentified troops in La Hacha and Rio Hacha amid Venezuelan, Colombian, and Ecuadorian forces. Diplomats note flag similarities between Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela cause misreadings of troop loyalties and movements near the isthmus and Coro, with authorities weighing strategic evacuations and potential sieges.
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Washington
Coroaibla
Venezuela
Keuado
Colombia
Ecuador
Iron and Steel Trade Outlook Amid Pig Iron Demand
The Iron Age reviews the steel and iron trade noting strong pig iron buying and firm activity in material for car builders shipyards and construction. It warns the boom may not yet return fully as rolling mills resume production and export demand remains weak with cheap freight aiding some regions.
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New York
The
Iron Age
Central
West
Graham theatre advance sale at Carris' East Side
The advance sale for all Graham theatre attractions during the present season will be at Carris' East Side rog atare.
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Graham Theatre
Carris
East Sidedrog Atare, Qe
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