Court Goes 10 Lawyers Win The First Fight
The Schley court of inquiry reconvened in Washington on September 21 and heard four witnesses. Rear Admiral Higginson and Captain C M Chester testified as the court sought to shorten proceedings by limiting questions. President Roosevelt attended cabinet meetings and walked to lunch with little public notice, returning after about ninety minutes.
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Schley Court of Inquiry
Higginson
Santiago
Massachusetts
Commodore Schley
Christobal Colon
Santiago Harbor
Schley
Lemly
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
C. M. Chester
Cincinnati
Thomas N. Wood
Marine Corps
Giles B. Yarber
Texas
Cienfuegos
Key West
Santiago Bay
Colon
Chester
Major Woods
Marines
Barber
Philip
Sampson
Riley
Colombian minister discusses South American tensions with U S
Dr. Martinez Silva, Colombia s minister, met in Washington with Secretary Hay to seek a peaceful, US intervention free solution to South American disputes. Colombian officials express confidence the inland disturbance is waning and that no further alarm is needed for isthmus conditions. They cite the failed Rio Hacha base and Rio Tracha expedition as blows to Venezuelan plans.
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Washington
Martinez Silva
State Department
Hay
South America
United States
Colombia
Legation
Rio Hacha
Rio Tracha
Roosevelt Opens White House With First Cabinet Meeting
President Roosevelt arrived from Canton and took possession of the White House. He immediately called a cabinet meeting for 11 a.m. to confer with advisers on recent developments and the status of pending questions.
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Hole
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Canton
Pain Balm Saves Loogootee Man From Crippled State
Came Neil a Loogootee resident says Chamberlain's Pain Balm saved him from becoming a cripple. He credits the liniment for stiff contracted muscles stiff neck and rheumatic pains and notes it has cured partial paralysis. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook Sherman.
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Ape Westhafer
Loogootee
Ind
Chamberlain
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
State Department considers new credentials for ambassadors
Washington reports the state department is inclined to believe all U S ambassadors abroad should be issued fresh credentials. The same may apply to ambassadors from foreign powers and republics visiting Washington.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Sorrow grips markets as steel settlement seen to end disruption
R G Dun Weekly Review of Trade notes national sorrow delaying activity while prices firm. Bank exchanges weaken. outside New York markets show gains but past years’ highs missed. Steel mill dispute settled after two months, with worker complaints about conduct. Corn prices surge amid frost impact and market manipulation alleged. Weekly US failures total 157, Canada 26, compared with prior year counts.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co S Weekly Review of Trade
Amalgamated Association
United States
Canada
Mrs McKinley Improves After Cemetery Visit
In Canton Ohio Mrs. McKinley requested a trip to the cemetery shortly after noon yesterday. Dr. Rixey and an attendant escorted her in a closed carriage to the vault area where floral arrangements pleased her yet raised concern for her late husband’s remains.
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Canton
Charge Her With Slander in Indiana Damages Suit
Two libel suits for 5000 dollars each were filed in the circuit court against Miss Margaret Knettle of Jackson township. Plaintiffs Miss Flossie Fife and Dr Campbell claim she circulated damaging stories about them. Both sides retain eminent counsel.
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Delphi
Ind
Margaret Knettle
Jackson Township
Miss Knettle
Jacob Knettle
Flossie Fife
Dr. Campbell
Vlora
Mortgage filed to secure bonds for Chicago Virden Coal
A mortgage from the Chicago Virden Coal company to the Equitable Trust company of Chicago covers all property of the company in Macoupin and Sangamon counties. The bonds total 500000 dollars and bear interest at six percent payable in gold.
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Springfield, Ills
Chicago-Virden Coal Company
Equitable Trust Company
Chicago
Chicago- Virden Coal Company
Macoupin
Sangamon
Recorder of Deeds
Sangamon County
Resolution rewards and suffrage clause in Virginia convention
In Richmond on September 21 a constitutional convention debate included Pedigo of Henry proposing a governor reward from 300 to 500 dollars for arrest and conviction of murder mobs. Weyser of Pulaski introduced a suffrage clause barring negroes from holding office.
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Richmond
Pedigo
Henry
Weyser
Pulaski
Iowa manufacturing figures from census report
The census bureau released a preliminary Iowa manufacturing report listing 14,819 establishments, capital at 102,733,103 dollars, total wages 23,981,690 dollars, and average wage earners 58,553. Increases noted include 0 percent by establishments, 38 percent capital, 15 percent employees, and 17 percent total wages since 1900.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Iowa
Shine at Hotel Colenso by Dave Keltcer Parlor
Shoe shine parlor at Hotel Colenso is operated by Dave Keltcer. Patrons report reliable service and steady foot traffic. The venue remains a local staple for travelers and residents seeking quick grooming.
Delightful Breezes At Clear Lake Resort
At Clear Lake Iowa a summer resort reached by the Iowa Central Route offers great fishing sailing and bathing with extremely low rates for single tourists or groups. Inquiries come to Geo S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa or ask ticket agents.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Geo. S. Batty
Marshalltown
Lows
Amalgamated Association Faces Possible Large Losses
In Pittsburg on September 21, steel mills resumed operations with most plants online by Monday. Tin workers push for union recognition and contemplate forming a new body, possibly joining the Tin Workers International Protective Association. A secession from the Amalgamated Association appears likely as leaders prepare a formal plan and Shaffer drafts a public statement.
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Pittsburg
Combine Steel Mills
Pennsylvania
Continental Tube Mills
Elbatron
Newcastle
National Steel Company
Riverside Iron Works
Wheeling
MeeKeesport
Amalgamated Association
Tin Workers’ International Protective Association
Amalgamated
Irondale
Canal Dover
Cambridge
Demmiler
Star and Monongahela
Phillips
American Tinplate Company
New York
Shaffer
Amalgamated Journal
Goree Alive After Reports Of His Death At McKnight
R D Goree, believed killed by Colonel Howell and son at McKnight, O T, last Saturday, is alive. Goree was taken to Fort Worth to have the body prepared for burial but showed life, recovered, and the undertaker departed after Goree sat up in bed smoking a cigar.
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Uthrie
O. T
R. D. Goree
H. B. Howell
McKnight
Goree
Fort Worth
Lawton
Fort Wayne and Logansport get telephone franchise
Logansport Indiana September 21 A forty year franchise was granted to Thomas J Thorward of Fort Wayne and Walter J Uhl of Logansport by the city council to build and operate a local telephone system. Residence rates are set at 15 dollars annually and 25 dollars for business until 1000 phones are active, then business rates may rise to 30 dollars.
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Logansport
Ind
Thomas J. Thorward
Fort Wayne
Walter J. Uhl
Businessman saves Dahm from oncoming train
Benton Harbor on September 21 Charles Dahm a wealthy Bainbridge fruit grower owes his life to Frank Hitchcock a local business man Hitchcock saw Dahm driven onto M B H C tracks and a train approaching he acted quickly pulling Dahm to safety before collision risk.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Charles Dahm
Bainbridge
Frank Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Dahm
Tragic death of 3-year-old Kragness child near Menomonie
The lifeless body of Andrew Kragness Jr. was found in a swamp three miles from Menomonie, Wis. The boy had wandered away and died from exposure after a day of fatigue and fright. His bruised body and tear-stained face showed great suffering, leaving his parents devastated.
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Menomonie
Wis
Andrew Kragness
Ex-Recollector Davis Pleads Guilty in Alabama Embezzlement
Jasper Alabama September 21 W J Davis former Walker county re collector pleaded guilty in circuit court to embezzlement and received two and a half years in the penitentiary. He was elected tax collector in 1896 and served three years of his term before defaulting fourteen thousand dollars.
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Jasper
Ala
W. J. Davis
Walker County
Davis
Grade Crossing the Death of Two
Hamilton Sept 21 A Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton train struck a carriage carrying James Everett wife and Miss Odie Cotter at a grade crossing Everett and Miss Cotter were killed and Mrs Everett had her right leg broken in two places.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati
Hamilton and
Dayton
James Everett
Odie Cotter
Everett
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Reader
A reader from Mo Brockman reports three years of bronchitis with sleepless nights eased after using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. He tried doctors and patent medicines before his wife obtained a bottle that brought relief. The remedy is sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman.
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Chamberlain
W.S Brockman
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Burial of Bishop Whipple at Faribault Cathedral
The earthly remains of Bishop Whipple were laid to rest in the cathedral crypt after solemn services witnessed by thousands. The day included private family rites, public worship, and a funeral led by Bishops from several dioceses, with notable attendance of Native Americans.
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Faribault
Mann
Whipple
Cathedral of Our Merciful Savior
Edsall
Dean Slattery
Kedney
Tuttle
Missouri
Millspaugh
Morrison
Duluth
Town
Hare
Grafton
Domestic unhappiness ends in triple shooting
Daniel J. Brown shot his wife and his father in law James C Fitzgerald of Jerseyville Ills then killed himself at his former home in Carlinville on Thursday after years of quarrels. The wife escaped serious injury but both men were mortally wounded and remain alive as doctors treat them.
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Carlinville
Hls
Daniel J. Brown
James C. Fitzgerald
Jerseyville
Brown
Pitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Kriegerbund Convention Sits In San Antonio Texas
The sixth annual Kriegerbund of Nord Amerika convention is in session in San Antonio. Secretary Root approves the final draft of the Philippine tariff. United States Judge Eslee in Honolulu rules that the constitution follows the flag. A heroic statue of King Alfred the Great was unveiled at Winchester yesterday.
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Kriegerbund of Nord Amerika
San Antonio
Tex
Root
United States
Eslee
Honolulu
Alfred the Reat
Winchester
England
Markets Report Slaughter Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Chicago market notes show hog receipts about 28 000 with pigs 4.76 to 7.22 per cwt and heavy packing around 6 75 to 7 20. cattle receipts 6 000 with steers 3 60 to 6 60 and calves to 4 50. sheep and lambs 18 000 with westerns 3 00 to 4 85 and natives 2 90 to 4 90. East Buffalo quoted cattle 6 00 to 6 75, hogs 6 25 to 7 40, and sheep and lambs varied. St Louis grain markets showed mixed wheat and corn prices with No 2 red around 69 72 cents and soybeans not listed. Milwaukee wheat unsettled with No 1 northern around 71 71 and rye firmer at 55 cents.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Resolutions Condemn Higher Criticism at Tacoma Conference
At the Puget Sound conference in Olympia Rev H D Brown of Seattle proposed strong resolutions attacking higher criticism. They urge a boycott of Boston Theological Seminary and Garrett Biblical Institute and call for scrutiny of graduates from those schools for Methodist ministry. The measures were referred to a special committee.
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Tacoma
Wash
Puget Sound
Methodist Episcopal Church
Olympia
H. D. Brown
Battery Street
Seattle
Boston Theological Seminary
Garrett Biblical Institute
Methodist Church
Miss Conger Weds Lieut Buchan in Chicago
Miss Laura Conger daughter of United States Minister Edwin H. Conger married Lieutenant Fred KE Buchan VA & A at the residence of Mr and Mrs J S McConnell 4850 Lake Avenue Chicago The couple known to have met in Peking during the siege and relief period the ceremony was small with about twenty five relatives present due to the bride's father's absence in Peking
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Chicago
Laura Conger
United States
Edwin H. Conger
Fred KE. Buchan
J. 8
McConnell
Lake Avenue
Conger
Peking
Buchan
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Across Leagues
League matchups include Pittsburg with Philadelphia 1 to 10 and 2 to 7 in two games, Brooklyn over St. Louis 8 to 2, Chicago outscored by Boston 3 to 1 then 7 to 0 in two games, and American League results show Philadelphia-Chicago 8-8 and Boston-Detroit 5-2 while Washington edged Cleveland 9-8. Western Association games feature Toledo 6 in 6 innings and Columbus 10 over Fort Wayne 6 in Columbus and Dayton.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
Washington
Detroit
Baltimore
Western Association
Toledo
Matthews
Columbus
Fort Wayne
Dayton
Wheeling
Jim Brown hanged in Ashville jail yard
In Birmingham on September 21 Jim Brown, described as a negro rapist, was hanged in the Ashville jail yard. The execution was carried out by deputy sheriffs and Col. F. T. Higdon of the Fourth Regiment as Sheriff North faces murder charges for his role in stopping a mob two weeks earlier when a lynching was prevented.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jim Brown
Ashville
F. T Higdon
Fourth Regiment
North
Brown
Fire destroys most Effingham business district at dusk
Almost the entire business part of Effingham twenty miles west of Atchison was wiped out by a late night blaze. More than twelve buildings including Wolverton's general store and the National Washing Machine company's factory were destroyed. Estimated loss placed at $50,000.
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Atchison, Kan
Effingham
Here
Wolverton
National Washing Machine Company
Noted journalist William Drysdale dies at Cranford
William Drysdale a well known journalist and author dies at Cranford New Jersey aged 40 Secretary Long of the navy may resign in coming months a severe frost hits central and northern New York ice forms on shallow water Charles C Delmonico premier of the Delmonico restaurant in New York dies in Colorado Springs Colorado aged 40
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William Drysdale
Cranford
N. J.f
Secretary Long
Navy
New York
Charles C. Delmonico
Delmonico
Colorado
Bhl Tings
Colo
Santos-Dumont Balloon Smash Ends Flight at Longchamps
The Paris Herald reports a severe crash of M. Santos-Dumont’s steerable balloon after a day of promising airship tests. He steered over the racecourse at Longchamp when the craft struck tall trees, ending the flight with no injuries to observers.
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New York
Paris
The
Herald
M. Santos-Trumont
M. Santos
Pavilion de
Longchamps
Parc d'Aero Station
Seine
M. Santos-Dumont
Ross
Santos-Dumont Balloon Crash Delays Aviation Experiments
The Santos-Dumont VI balloon suffered a cover collision that wrecked the balloon and caused extensive damage to the cover frame and engines. M. Santos-Dumont, uninjured, plans repairs and resumed experiments once weather and repairs allow, aiming for October or November testing under suitable conditions.
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Mack
M. Santos-Dumpent
Perhips
Wabash Freight Train Wreck Near Peru injures crew
A southbound double header freight on the Wabash railway collided with a local freight three miles north of Peru Indiana on September 21. Three engines were wrecked and nine cars ditched. The trainmen escaped with slight bruises while two tramp rail riders narrowly survived.
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Peru
Ind
Wabash
Here
Captain Draper Dies in Hong Kong
Captain Herbert L. Draper of the United States Marine Corps died of heart disease in Hong Kong on September 10. He was appointed from Kansas and joined the Marine Corps in July 1889.
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Draper
Hong Kong
Washington
Herbert L. Draper
United States Marine Corps
Kempff
Navy Department
Kansas
Marine Corps
Carris Sells the Seats for Graham Theatre Season
Advance sale for Graham theatre attractions will be at Carris Hist side drug store. The notice marks Carris as the ticket outlet for the current season’s performances.
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Graham Theatre
Carris
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