Roosevelt Attends McKinley Memorial in Canton
President Roosevelt visits Canton for the McKinley Memorial dedication. He joins schoolchildren, reviews a parade, attends noon exercises at the Auditorium, and speaks on the building of the memorial. Helen McKinley unveils the statue. James Whitcomb Riley reads a poem. Horstman gives benediction. train departs at 4:05 p.m.
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Helen McKinley
James Whitcom Riley
President Roosevelt
McKinley
America
Bishop Horstman
Cleveland
Secretary Root Visits San Antonio for a Day
Secretary of State Root spent a day in San Antonio on September 30. He was hosted by a Mexican welcome committee and toured city sites including the Alamo and Fort Sam Houston before departing for Mexico at 11 p m.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ae Root
Mexico
Joe Rincon Gallardo
Porfirio Diaz, Jr
Julio Limantour
Samuel Garcia Cuellar
International Club
Callaghen
Taft in Tokyo Plays Baseball With Japanese Youths
Secretary of War Taft rests at Shiba palace as Japanese dignitaries visit him. Charlie Taft organizes a lawn baseball game with Japanese youths, while Lt. Gen Terauchi and Taft hold conferences seen as grounding potential immigration talks between the nations.
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Tokio
Taft
Shiba
Charlie Taft
Terauchi
Aony
Taft Tours Tokyo Amid Spontaneous Welcomes
Crowds cheered the United States secretary of war as he traveled by imperial carriage in Tokyo. The Japanese press highlighted Taft as a peace envoy, with plans set for an audience with the emperor and a luncheon on Wednesday. Count Hayashi hosted a lunch in Taft’s honor and Tokyo officials planned a municipal dinner that night.
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United States
Taft
Hayashi
Tokio
Defeat of Fairbanks at Indiana Methodist Conference
At Columbus Indiana delegates chose to defeat Vice President Fairbanks for delegate to the Baltimore conference. Women attendees organized to sway votes by persuading their husbands to oppose him over allegations he served cocktails at a Roosevelt dinner. Fairbanks refused to speak at the southern Indiana conference, replying I will not come.
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Columbus
Ind
Indiana
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Attorneys General Meet On Railroad Regulation
In St Louis on September 30, AGs and assistants from Ohio Illinois Indiana Kansas Missouri Tennessee Mississippi and Texas meet to discuss railroad regulation curbing unlawful combinations and state versus federal court jurisdiction.
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St. Louis
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Mississippi
Texas
Tragic Train Accident Claims Two Visitors in Norfolk
In Norfolk Virginia on September 30 Mrs H G Munsell and Mrs Henry Holmes of Springfield Massachusetts were killed on Main Street by a Norfolk and Western shift train. Police intervened to stop Holmes from jumping into the dock.
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Norfolk
H. G. Munsell
Henry Holmes
Springfield
Mass
Main Street
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Holmes
Plague Confirmed in Oran Port Algeria
Premier Clemenceau received a telegram from the Governor of Algeria stating the plague is officially established at Oran. Authorities report the outbreak began in the lower town and there is no doubt it is the plague.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Algeria
Oran
Real estate man Mitchener dies at church in Kansas City
Frank B. Mitchener, 51, a prominent local real estate man, collapsed and died at Second Presbyterian Church during a Sunday school hymn. Final words of God be with you till we meet again were spoken at his side.
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Kansas City
Frank B. Mitchener
Second Presbyterian Church
Mitchener
Robbery and shooting near State Fair Grounds
William K. Smith of Peoria was shot and robbed of $40 by a stranger just outside the state fair grounds in Springfield. He could not walk due to his injuries and was later found on the roadway by a passerby.
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Springfield
William K. Smith
Peoria
Smith
Fire Kills Two Children and Injures Three in Blandinsville
In Blandinsville on September 30 a house fire destroyed the Goatley home. Two children died and were cremated. Mrs. James Goatley was fatally burned, while her mother Mrs. Charles Hungate sustained serious burns.
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Blandinsville
James Goatley
Charles Hungate
Goatley
Fatal Tree Fall in Swansville Claims 12-Year-Old
In Swansville Indiana on September 30 12 year old James Carson fell from a tree while gathering buckeyes for charms and was instantly killed with a broken neck authorities reported.
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Swansville
Ind
James Carson
Scores on the Diamonds
Baseball scores from Saturday and Sunday across the league and American circuits. Key results include Boston beating Pittsburg 2 7 in game one and 6 5 in game two seven innings, St Louis defeating New York 6 0 in eight, Cincinnati 0 Philadelphia 1 in a lone game, and Brooklyn and Chicago tied 2 2 in five innings before darkness. American League reports Cleveland losing 1 3 to Washington in five innings and New York beating St Louis 8 1 in five innings with rain.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
National M'Kinley Memorial at Canton Unveiled
The Canton memorial to President McKinley opened in September costing over half a million dollars with an endowment of about one fifth that amount. The mausoleum houses the remains of President and Mrs McKinley and their children in sarcophagi and niches. The statue was created by Charles Henry Niehaus and the mausoleum designed by H Van Buren Magonigle.
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President McKinley
Canton
McKinley
Charles Henry Niehaus
H. van Buren Magonigle
Kidnapped Accusation in Bribery War Sparks Plot Talk
Patrick Calhoun of United Railroads defends the self defense claim in a debated kidnapping case tied to a bribery probe. Luther Brown, Los Angeles lawyer, says a Bulletin report on an alleged attempt to kidnap Older is part of a plot against reformers Rudolph Spreckels and Heney are cited as shaping a swift habeas corpus action to free Older on bail.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Fremont
Calhoun
Luther Brown
Los Angles
The
Bulletin
Lonergan
Older
San Francisco Bulletin
Rudolph Spreckels
Francis J. Heney
Stapleton
Savoy Hotel
Spreckels
Redwood City
Los Angeles
Heney
Judge Crow
Santa Barbara
Superior Court
Brown
Officers Trail the Editor in San Francisco Chase
Older is pursued after leaving Heney's office as two autos block the street on Van Ness. Four men jump out, one hands a warrant from Luther Brown alleging criminal libel over a The Bulletin report linking Brown to a disorderly woman. A deputy sheriff and a detective from Patrick Calhoun’s United Railways accompany the search.
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Brown
Los Angeles
Cook
Older
San Francisco
Heney
van Ness Avenue
Olde
Luther Brown
Bulletin
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways Company
Fire in Bel mont tunnel car sparks panic
A fire caused by a short circuit aboard a test car in the Bel mont tunnel between New York and Long Island City near the East River caused nearly a panic. The car, crowded with sightseers, was not yet open to regular traffic and the blaze started after steel particles wore through a rail contact, igniting wooden interior as the car sat mid tunnel.
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New York
New Belmont
Long Island City
East River
Northern Pacific Shops Attract Labor In Iowa And Minnesota
Seventy five men arrived at Oelwein Indiana to work on the Great Western road and another carload reached St Paul for assignments. Machinists in the Northern Pacific have reportedly returned to work after a strike.
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Oelwein
St. Paul
Pacei
Marker carved for Hull and Ninth Regiment at Lundy’s Lane
In Niagara Falls Ontario on September 10 a granite block marks the spot where Captain Abraham F. Hull and nine men of the Ninth United States infantry fell at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane on July 25, 1814. Skeletons found six years ago were identified by uniform scraps as Ninth Regiment members from General Winfield Scott’s force.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Abraham F. Hull
Ninth
United States Infantry
Lady's Lane
Hull
Winfield Scott
Naval program debate on battleship proposals in Washington
Secretary Metcalf delays announcements on the president's naval views. Two main proposals under advisement foresee battleships of 25 000 tons and 30 000 tons in a major expansion, with officials weighing the merits of each option.
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Washington
Metcalf
General Sickles Reaches Age and Absence at Gettysburg
Gettysburg Pa Sept 29 Governor Hughes of New York spoke informally to Gettysburg college faculty and students. General Sickles aged 85 did not join the battlefield trip due to slight indisposition.
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General Sickles
Gettysburg
Hughes
New York
Gettysburg College
Fatal collision on electric railroad near Elmore
One man died instantly and two others, including Miss Anna Sagar of Oak Harbor, were fatally or seriously injured when a freight car and a passenger coach collided head on at a sharp curve on the Toledo Port Clinton and Lakeside line near Elmore. About a dozen others suffered various injuries. The dead were Henry Gull, motorman, and Starry Bronson, conductor.
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Toledo
Elmore
Port Clinton
Lakeside
Henry Gull
Starry Bronson
Anna Sagar
Oak Harbor
Hog market and cattle figures from Chicago markets
The Chicago markets report hog receipts at 30 000 with leftovers 1616. Hog prices range light 6 25 to 6 85, mixed packers 5 45 to 5 635, heavy shipping 5 80 to 6 70, rough 5 80 to 6 00. Cattle 30 000 steady, sheep 40 000 ten lower.
Grand Juries Not Enjoined in Minnesota Case
The Hennepin county grand jury will meet on October 10 to indict railroad companies accused of defying the commodity rate law. Federal court injunction barred state and county attorneys from action against railroads, but did not enjoin grand juries. Some jurors are shippers and see indictment as a path to reach railroads beyond the injunction.
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Minneapolis
Evening Tribune
Hennepin County Grand Jury
Minnesota
Hennepin County
Grand Jury
Market Receipts and Price Trends Reported Today
Estimated receipts today total 30 000 with a similar figure yesterday. Tomorrow’s estimates show 22 000. Market notes indicate higher top prices and bulk figures around 6 974g, with cattle at 30 000 steady and hogs closing mostly 5 lower than the highest time. Attle and sheep show steady to lower trends from Saturday.
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Chicago
Strike Seem a Mistake Reaches Missoula Boiler Makers
A committee for five railroads says a load of boilermakers arrived at Missoula Montana as part of the boilermakers strike and seems to misread events.
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St. Paul
Missoula
Mont
Time for Fair Square Deal
A brief note signals prompt service and a promise of a fair, square deal for readers seeking reliable information and timely access to updates.
Train Wreck in Belaire Ohio Fatal for Eight
Eight died eight were fatally injured and seventeen were seriously hurt when a Baltimore and Ohio express collided with a freight train at Belaire Ohio. The crash collapsed the smoker car and sent passengers flying. Engineer Gakbraith and others died. many injured included E A Dunlap and others. A switch error by an operator caused the wreck.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Belaire
Michael Heinze
William Shaw
Carl Bereron
Milwaukee
T. N. Gakbraith
F. E. Mots
Newark
Harry Seitz
Newsboy
Massillon
H. A. Lipscomb
F. L. Rose
Arcade
Cleveland
W. C. Dosant
D. FE. Kneer
E. J. Blubaugh
Benny Daley
Pittsburg
Gladraith
Hero Surgery On Train Endangers Lives
Engineer H A Lipscomb underwent what may be the era’s most heroic on train surgery after his leg was trapped by debris. Escaping steam prevented anesthesia and his leg was amputated while fully conscious. The Spring Chicken company suffered one fatal outcome and several injuries as it rode in a private car.
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H. A. Lipscomb
Spring Chicken
Richard Carle
Alfred Dalby
Francia Farrell
Dalby
Carle
Twenty Four Hour Auto Race At Morris Park Fatal Crash
A thirty five horsepower car driven by Cedrine and Burke won the Morris Park twenty four hour race covering 984 miles. A tire burst, sending a car into a crowd and killing Newark resident L W Smelser. Several spectators were bruised and another crash injured driver C G Embleton.
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New York
Morris Park
Cedrine
Burke
L. W. Smelser
Newark
N. J
C. G., Embleton
Assassination of Michigan mill foreman shocks Rose City
C W Chadwick a mill foreman near Rose City Michigan was shot in the back from a wash and instantly killed while en route to his farm to visit his wife and two children. His wife lies prostrated with grief as details emerge from the Sept 30 incident.
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Michigan
Atlanta
Mich
C. W. Chadwick
Rose City
Awash
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