Rebels Gun Destroyed in Olongapo Landing Assault
U S cruiser Charleston Monterey and gunboats bombarded Olongapo on Sept 18 19, destroying a 16 centimeter Krupp cannon with gun cotton after Marines and bluejackets landed under heavy fire. One American wounded and two killed in the broader patrols near Angeles Dated Manila Sept 25 1899.
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Manila
United States
Charleston
Monterey
Concord
Zaffiro
Baltimore
Cavite
Subig Bay
Olongapo
Zafiro
Olsen
Cadet Brinzer
Myers
Charles Ziemans
Hospital Corps
Angeles
Aguinaldo
Otis
Gilmore
Explosion at Royal oil well kills two men and injuries others
In Wellsville Ohio a well on the Ridinger farm exploded during oil extraction after ignition from a boiler fire. Dead are Chalmer Wilkinson Jewett Ohio and John H Williams East Liverpool. Injured John Tayl Wellsville Charles Rogers Hookstown Pa Harry Karnes Scio Rayland Rogers. Rayl well touted as largest in area at 200 barrels a day. Fire extinguished with no damage to the well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Ridinger Farm
Here
Chalmer Wilkinson
Jewett
John H. Williams
East Liverpool
John Tayl
Charles Rogers
Hookstown
Harry Karnes
Scio
Rayland Rogers
Rayl
Revenue Bureau Rules Loan Firms as Brokers Not Taxable
Commissioner Wilson rules loan and mortgage companies are not liable for special tax as brokers unless they actively sell the securities used for their loans. The decision clarifies tax treatment for these firms in the internal revenue bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Internal Revenue Bureau
Wounded robber in Moline identified as W Julius Limbach
Lieutenant Rohan identifies the wounded robber as W Julius Limbach a Chicago criminal. He was indicted Saturday for the attempted murder of Officer Lee on September 4.
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Moline
Ills
Rohan
W. Julius Limbach
Chicago
Lee
Deputy watches Roedder after failed self harm attempt
In Ann Arbor on September 25 Deputy Sheriff Johnson from Grand Rapids monitors Roedder who nearly died by his own hand Thursday night. Authorities fear he may try to finish the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Johnson
Grand Rapids
Roedder
Julia Grant Weds Prince Speranzky in Newport
Miss Julia Dent Grant daughter of General Frederick Grant and granddaughter of Ulysses S. Grant married Prince Speranzky of Russia in Newport Rhode Island. The ceremony followed by a later Episcopal church wedding at All Saints and drew diplomatic military and civil guests.
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Newport
R. 1
Julia Dent Grant
Frederick Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Prince Cantacuzene
Speranzky
Russia
Father Horovitsky
New York
Beaulieu
Potter W Palmer
Rhode Island
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Des Moines Prepares Homecoming for Fifty-First Iowa
Des Moines plans a large reception for the Fifty-first Iowa regiment upon its return. Committees will manage escort at the stations, a banquet at a leading hotel, and speeches by Governor Shaw, Mayor McVicar, and others at the Auditorium. A state capitol visit and decorated city will complete the homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fifty-first
Iowa
Shaw
McVicar
State Capitol
Pingree Retires From Detroit Mayoral Race
Governor Pingree announces he will not seek the Detroit mayoralty this fall. He cites the municipal ownership campaign and cites H T Wilson's price raise and option refusal as reasons. He says he will press for lower fares and may call a special session to pursue constitutional changes for municipal ownership.
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Detroit
Pingree
H. T. Wilson
Golden Rule Jones canvass reaches workers with sermons
Mayor Jones of Toledo arrives in Cincinnati and speaks to unemployed in Government square Chester Park Garfield Statue and Vine Street Church about applying Christianity to politics. A Big Four freight collision near Tiffin injures Mae Griener and others on an electric car.
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Cincinnati
Jones
Toledo
Government Square
Chester Park
Garfield
Vine Street Congregational Church
Tiffin
Mae Griener
Pierce
Anderson, Ltd
Elkes Wins Fifty Mile Motor Pace at Woodside Park
Harry Elkes won the fifty mile motor paced race at Woodside Park in 1:24:31.6. The event featured Burns Pierce Frank Waller and Archie McEachern with Elkes breaking every distance record from five to fifty miles.
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Philadelphia
Woodside Park
Harry Elkes
Burns Pierce
Frank Waller
Archie McEachern
Elkes
Electric railway planned from Venice to East St Louis
Springfield Illinois September 25 The secretary of state licensed Granite City Venice and East St Louis Railway to form with principal office in Venice and capital stock 125000 incorporators KE J Spence Fred EB Allen and J B Tritle to build an electric line between the named points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Secretary of State
Granite City
Dreyfus Condition Worsens After Meeting His Children
London dispatch reports the Paris correspondent of The Standard stating Dreyfus shows excitement from reuniting with his children, a reaction believed to worsen his health and raise the possibility of sending him to Malta or Madeira for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
The
Standard
Dreyfus
Malta
Madeira
Stormy Lake Erie Capsizes Seven Yachts
Toledo reports yesterday afternoon’s storm on Lake Erie with winds near seventy miles per hour lasting about an hour. Seven yachts were capsized during the violent weather.
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Lake Erie
Toledo
Motor paced race sets fast time at Fountain Ferry track
Harry A. Gibson of Cincinnati defeated Charles Porter of Detroit in a twenty five mile motor paced race at Fountain Ferry track on Saturday, posting a remarkable time of 45 37 2 5.
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Louisville
Harry A. Gibson
Cincinnati
Charles Porter
Detroit
Fountain Ferry Track
Stage robbery halts journey between Boise and Ontario
In Boise Idaho on Sept 25 three robbers stopped the stage between Westfall and Ontario Ore. They held up the stage and took the registered mail. No injuries reported.
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Idaho
Boise
Westfall
Ontario
Ore
Astrologer Dr. Luke P. D. Broughton Dies in New York
Luke P. D. Broughton physician and astrologer and former head of the Astrological Society of America dies after illness. He predicted dates of crises for family members and combined horoscopes with medical treatment. Born 1828 in Leeds, he settled in New York in 1868 and left a family devoted to astrology.
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New York
Luke PD. Broughton
Astrological Society of America
Sle
Broughton
John Broughton
Dr. Broughton
Leeds
Yorkshire
England
Washington Square
Isol
Astrologer Dr. Broughton Influenced Elites Then and Now
The article details Dr. Broughton’s influence on prominent men through astrology, his vast library, and his forecasts about Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, and William J. Bryan. It notes his New York career, opposition, and belief in astrology’s global practice, plus his ties to astronomers like Proctor and surviving family members. It ends with Iowa campaign notices and planned events led by Senator Gear and others.
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Broughton
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
William J. Bryan
New York
United States
Europe
Turkey
East Indies
China
Japan
Proctor
Mark
Luke D., Jr
John
Rachel
New Head at the Milwaukee Road as Earling Becomes President
Albert J. Earling elected president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway at the annual meeting in Milwaukee. Roswell Miller becomes chairman of the board while Earling assumes full operational control. Earling, born in Wisconsin about 60 years ago, began as a telegraph operator. The company plans to acquire several lines including the Central Illinois and Wisconsin, Chicago and Pacific, Chicago Evanston and Lake Superior, Western Union, and Cook Lake and McHenry counties railroads.
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Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
Albert J. Karling
Chicago
Road
Roswell Miller
Miller
Earling
Wisconsin
Central
Dewey Parade Controversy Draws Post Resolution
Fred C. Jones post No 401 Ohio denounces Dewey parade managers in New York and thanks Shaw and Kay for standing against the slight to America’s saviors. Other items note a Chicago Alton express wreck near Elkhart injuring two, with one likely to die.
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Cincinnati
Fred C. Jones
Department of Ohio
Johnson
Grand Army
New York
Shaw
Kay
Department of New York
Republic
Springfield
Ill
Chicago and Alton
Elkhart
W. F. Long
Kansas City
A. C G. King
Leroy
Conference of Farmers Institutes at Purdue Oct 18-19
The second state conference of Farmers Institute officers and workers will meet at Purdue University on October 18 and 19. The gathering in Lafayette Indiana will focus on institute activities and coordination among local chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Farmers’ Institute Officers and
Purdue University
Austria-Hungary Cabinet Resigns In Political Shakeup
National Prison Congress convenes in Hartford while Captain Dreyfus visits his children after five years. F Puddlers protest wages in Pittsburg district. Six First Montana companies arrive San Francisco. Roosevelt speaks at Ohio Republican kickoff in Akron. Loud sails home from Germany after studying postal system. Wyman notified of yellow fever case in Miami. Cripple Hill mines near Hot Springs discover platinum. Peter Hlanes fatally burns wife with exploding lamp after quarrel in Vicksburg.
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Austria-Hungary
National Prison Congress
Hartford
Conn
Dreyfus
Pittsburg
Montana
Philippines
San Francisco
Akron
Roosevelt
New York
Representative Loud
California
Germany
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Miami
Fla
Cripple Hill
Hot Springs
Ark
Peter Hlanes
Vicksburg
Miss
Stand or fall together: Free State and Transvaal unite
From London dispatches the Orange Free State and Transvaal leaders vow to stand or fall together against British pressure. Pro Boer antiwar meeting in Trafalgar Square collapses amid mockery and arrests as crowds cheer Chamberlain and sing national hymns.
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Orange Free State
Transvaal
Free State
Volksraad
Steyn
Trafalgar Square
Britannia
Chamberlain
Kruger
Peace Associations
Henry M. Hyndman
Ultimatum to strikers from Pana Coal Company
Pana Illinois September 25. At the miners union request the Pana Coal Company made its best and last proposition. They offer 33 cents per ton for mine run 1.60 for entry driving and 5 for opening a room with powder 1.75 per keg oil 45 cents per gallon and a half cent per ton for smithing. If not accepted in ten days no work at Poona mines all winter. Married men get 7 dollars weekly single men 5. State officials will act and the miners commissary fund will be raised.
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Pana, Ills
Goforth
Pana Coal Company
Puterbaugh
Poona
Navy to Adopt Krag Jorgensen Small Arms Rule
Washington September 25 The Navy Department has decided to switch to the Army standard Krag Jorgensen small arms, aligning the service with the Krag rifle designation and model used by the Army. This marks a modernization of issued weapons.
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Washington
Navy Department
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Olangapo
Krebel
Monitor
Zatiro
Julia Grant
Golden Rule Jones
L.D. Broughton
Cleveland
Harrison
Republican State Central Committee
West Liberty
Gear
Waterloo
Henderson
Marion
Allison
Indianola
Hull
Jefferson
A. J. Early
St P
Shaw and
Kay Indorsed
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Odd Fellows
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Odd Fellow
Odd Fellows’ Relief Association of Canada
Cecil Rhodes
Pretoria
Volkstein
Agricultural Union
Cape Town
Cunard Line
Etruria
Prince Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
English, Ind
English Electric Light and Manufacturing Company
Conference of Farmers’ Institutes
ROYAL
Royal Baking Powder
Johannesburg
Bloemfontein
Manchester Guardian
Fischer
Orange
Martimas Til
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Presipen
CHAS
H. Keck
Casatrr
Frank Stewart
C. M. Keck
Casey Bros
Feed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
G. H. Pratt
Optician
University At
Iowa City
EE. M. McConaughy
Oreton
Klein's Clothing
J. R. Burroughs
Corter
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner, Washtinton, TA
Drs. J. H
H. C. Hull
Physicians and Surgeons
Nat'l Bank
East Matinee
Dor. P. W. McElwain
Marsh W. Bailey
Hall Washington
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Lowa
W. E. Anderson, M.D
Orrich
Ofto
Washington, Towa
Ida Bailey
Geo. W. Hay
Graham Opera House
East Washington Street
Kemble
Kemmble Flower Co
Oskaloosa
Lowa
Frank Rogers
Cleveand
New York -Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Palestine
Nervita CrostoVicor
Jackson & Ciloton Lts
Chicagoe
R. F. Riley
Smouse
Krag-Jorgensen
Navy
Diamond Garnex
Paralora
West Delong’s
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
Side Square
National Bank
Surrus
Noes & General Banking Business
J. H. Young
W. K. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Cash
J.T. Anderson
Washington County
Capital
Ings Bank
Jon. Kwok
A. Wurm
H. Knox
Knox
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. A. Wallace
D. H. Keck
L.D. Robinson
Fram Stewart
J. Ff, Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Spectalee
Cratl's
Ices
Monaco
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