Insurgents Enter Havana Amid Siege Rumors and Talks of Peace
Reports say about 300 insurgents near Havana threaten entry, with cables cut and a state of siege in place. Taft is seen as final arbiter, while fighting grows in Santiago and Puerta Principe as liberal leaders push for peace yet weigh independence and opposition factions.
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Havana
Taft
Santiago
Ingurgente
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Pino Guerra
Hasana Harbor
Denver
Une
Cienfuegos
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Cuba
Bacon Cientusgos
Santiage
Puerte Principe
Puerta Principe
Zavas
Hazan
Col Dubois
la Mexa
Falime A Urise
Tesson
Entirpa
Hayepa
Goernment
Felé Ag
Havana Explosion Kills Six Reported At City Block
A violent blast in Havana left six dead and several wounded as firefighters battled flames in a row of damaged buildings. Authorities suspect arson or negligence with dynamite possibly used, with alcohol storage noted among the destroyed premises.
Taft's Train Delayed In Havana Arrival Likely Noon
Secretary at War af aba Resistant Secretary of State Bacon will probably not reach Havana before noon Wednesday. The train bearing Washington parties to Port Tampa passed through Aero four hours earlier. The plan is altered. the secretaries may be taken home by American Minister Morgan upon reaching Havana tomorrow morning unless further changes occur.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Bacon
Havana
Washington
Tampa
Aero
Morgan Io
Sontinled
Cuban official resigns amid Havana government shakeup
The Havana government reports Hev ia director of the state department of Cuba has resigned and Pedro Diego, director of the department of justice, is to succeed him. No reason given, but believed tied to dissension with President Palma over Taft and Bacon investigation.
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Havana
Hevla
State Department of
Cuba
Pedro Diego
Department of Justice
Palma
Hevin
Taft
Stain Bacon
German embassy protests over Baltic murders and asset safety
Germany warns Russia after the murder of Herr Busa, leader of the German colony at Figa, amid unrest in the Baltic provinces. The German embassy made strong representations to the foreign office seeking protection of German life and property as revolutionary activity and levying threats unfold.
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Selersburg
Baltic
Herr Busa
Figa
Foreign Office
Revolutionacy
Witte Under the Knife in Hamburg Hospital
A Sept 17 dispatch reports former Russian premier Count Witte underwent his 11th operation, performed by Prof. Spress in Hamburg for nasal polyps. He is receiving treatment at Hom sburg.
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Okal-Anzeiger
Hamburg
Wiete
Russia
Prof
Spress
Homsburg
Trepoff Death Crews Rumors Of Poison In Russia
Reports from Vienna indicate Gen Trepoff, long loyal to the czar, died after suffering a heart ailment amid claims of poisoning. In Odessa and St Petersburg, arrests rose as authorities describe reactions to Trepoff’s death and plans for simple funeral rites at Peterhof.
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Thsva
Elms
Trepoff
Revela
Birmingham
London
the Post
Odessa
Gen Trepoff
Publica
St Petersburg
Gen Trepofft
Imperial Palace
Peterhof
Angina Pectoris
Trepott
Quikee
Peterhor
Russian general shot in Warsaw amid court martial
General Doroshevensky, president of the court martial, was shot in the thigh as he rode this morning in Warsaw. An assailant fled after the attack. Last night a drunken private attacked officers in a cab, and an officer fired, mortally wounding the soldier. Lubin police arrested local terrorists accused of murder and attacks on police.
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Warsaw
Doroshevensky
Soddier
Lubin
Terrarial Committee
Russian Dowager Empress Visits Copenhagen Summer Home
Czar Nicholas mother, the Dowager Empress of Russia, arrives by Imperial yacht Polar Star in Copenhagen on September 17 to visit Queen Alexandra at the new summer residence at Hvidoe. She returns to entertain her sister Queen Alexandra of England and tours the harbor city with royal attendents.
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Queen Alexandra
Copenhagen
Dowager Express
Russia
Polar Sia
England
DOUGH DAY IN NEW YORK CAMPAIGN TUSSLE FOR POWER
In New York on Sept 17 strong police measures were readied as Dem and Rep machines vie for control ahead of tomorrow’s primaries. Key figures Murphy and Odell face political survival amid Sullivans and McClellan factions. indications point to tense voter districts, contested bars, and heavy spending as delegates to Buffalo loom.
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Watkington
New York
Snes
Charles F Durphy
Teanmany
William R. Hearst
Big Tim" Sullivan
McClellan
Willa Travers Jerome
Charles F Murphy
Mr Hearst
Toore Mimey
Gdell-Quigg
Herbert Persona
Republican County
Midstsall Dhe
Parsons
Demmjnby Hal
Erath Districte
Hoffman House
Fifth Avenue
Treals
Te Democrate
Charles FL Murphy
Sullivans
Tammany Hall
Murphy
Sulhiang
Tammany Bell
Buffalo
Hearet
Nor'easter Furiously Strikes North Carolina Beach
A powerful northeast storm battered Wrightsville Beach near Wilmington causing cottages and a railroad trestle to be damaged or washed away. About 200 residents, including women and children, were stranded on the mainland for hours as rescue boats and a trolley car across trestles aided evacuations. The storm disrupted Southport harbor craft and coastal waters, with the NC coast and surrounding areas reporting significant damage and communication outages.
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Wilmington
Joan
Frank H Stedman
Baech
Harmonia
Carolint Beach
Southport
Cape Fear River
Old Bronswick
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The
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George
Mississippi Valley
Yacht Half Wrecked Towed Into Norfolk Harbor
Norfolk Va Sept 17 The auxiliary yacht Pallatine owned by CEH Ledlie of St Louis suffered a broken rudder and damaged boom and was towed to port this afternoon by the British steamship Lovame. Aboard are Ledlie his wife and son and ten attendants. Sale of furniture and goods from Brown & Tobin's Auction includes fine furniture and a cigar store outfit.
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Palatine
Ceh Ledlie
St Louis
Broker to Face Charge In Pittsburg Escape
Thomas W. Alexander, arrested in Pittsburg as a fugitive from Augusta Ga, plans to return voluntarily with officers. He claims the loan default amount is far smaller than reports suggest and that securities left behind may cover nearly the shortage. Alexander spends the day viewing the city with detectives and expresses remorse for fleeing.
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Thomas W. Alexander
Pittsburg
Georgia
Pittshuns
Thormas W Alexander
Jyatica
Augusta
Alexander
Aureubee
Alweander
Man in Gray Linked to Mrs Lewis Murder Case
Baltimore physician and friend of Mrs. Lewis may be drawn into the investigation as detectives push the gray man theory. A key suspect or informant is sought in connection with the case, with searches focused on possible complicit information and recent city visits.
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Warhhington
Phiadelphis
Maurice K. Lewis
Furthe Riight
Clty
Lewis
Dynamite under house near Old Forge aims at families
A September 17 attempt by Black Hand agents to destroy the homes of Petro Pasquaia and Anthony Gutte in Old Forge failed when dynamite placed under their double house exploded outward. The families escaped with minor injuries. neighbors and police search for the would be attackers. The men had previously resisted payment to the society and were threatened.
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Black Hand Society
Petro Pasquaia
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Old Forge
Triouse
Purse and Jewels Stolen at Albany Hotel
Mrs C W Alexander of Hoboken a prison congress delegate was robbed at the Hotel Ten Eyck after dining with Mrs Hallington Booth. The thief took a two dollar bill purse containing cash a diamond horseshoe pin a sapphire pin set with garnets and pearls and a gold watch later recovered in the dressing room. Suspect location listed as Albany lodging near Pricey Pritey area.
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Washington
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C W Alexander
Hoboken
Congress
Hallington Booth
Ten Eyck
Gamoris
Pearie
Passengers Pray as Ship Fights Gale and Explosion
aboard the steamer Masaalia, fleeing Marseilles, Naples, and Piermo, passengers faced a 12 hour gale on September 11. the ship labored at sea with decks swept by heavy seas, cargo smashed, and immigrants confined below as two electric wires sparked an explosion. panic rose as passengers prayed and fought among themselves in desperate, crowded holds.
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Masaalia
Marseilles
Naples
Piermo
Iummu
Pays for Ride After Years in Conscience Fund Case
Nashville Sept 17 a man who once stole a ride from Chattanooga to Nashville on the Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railway twenty years ago sent a £59 money order to General Passenger Agent Danley. The remitter now lives at Mount Vernon and asks the sum be placed to the conscience fund. Danley says the debt is wiped out by a 2 hek et between the two points and cancelled.
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Mount Vernon
Canton man held for wife murder after hospital death
James Cornelius, a noted Canton sewer contractor, is jailed on charges of murdering his wife. She died in a hospital today from a fractured skull suffered during a quarrel when he struck her with a window tool. Police report he admitted striking the woman during the dispute.
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James Cornelius
Corneliie
Tragic Accident Shoots Girl as Brother Handles Gun
Clyde Barnett, eleven, near Athens, Georgia, accidentally discharged a pistol while his sister Miss Clyde Barnett played an organ. The fatal shot occurred Sept near Athens as the boy, unaware the weapon was loaded, caused her death.
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Lai Wes
Athens
Bept
Clyde Barnett
Entry of the Day Across Many Topics
A compact index summarizes today’s issue with notes on Havana plans, New York primaries, ocean resort storm coverage, Gompers’ battle cry, Washington boosting, public schools, health officer Woodward’s complaints, Vermont and North Carolina campaigns, Root’s clearance, theater news, Virginia and Maryland items, cross-ocean marriages, baseball and sports, a woman’s visit to a warship, Army and Navy updates, and bills and orders, reflecting broad national and regional coverage.
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Einer
Gompers
Greater Washington
Stitings
Sesmon
Woodward
Vermont
Bryan
North Carolina
Root
John Tart
Virginia
Snd
Maryland
Washington
Trailan
Army and Navy Newa
Hypnotized Girl Says She Followed Married Man to Cleveland
Ida Einstein, eighteen, testified she is under a hypnotic spell guiding her to a married man she met in Washington and followed to Cleveland with intent to kiss. Police found her hiding in a closet at 2283 East Thirty-eighth Street after arresting suspect Josepn Flegman, a baker, thirty-seven, whose wife works in a millinery shop and was charged with neglecting minors.
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Washington
Cleveland
Ida
Einstein
Peilae
Levine
Washington, D. C
Hinstél
Hannan
Josepn 2
East Thirty-eighth Street
Flegman
Central Station
Pong
Sham Battle Shocks Grundy Center In Iowa
Omaha Nebraska dispatch reports a staged battle at Grundy Center Iowa turning violent when fourteen militia officers and visitors from Vinton and Cedar Rapids were wounded by local youths. Home boys joined the mock clash using real guns, enraged by rival attention from local girls. casualties include militiamen and visiting soldiers.
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Omaha
Nebr
Central Soma
Grundy Center
Iowa
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Granny Center
Boy's Fatal Shotgun Accident Near Pipe Stem
Hinton West Virginia September 1 1900 A seventeen year old boy William Houching son of Ballard Houching of Pipe Stem was accidentally shot in the head by Edward West a schoolmate while hunting. West was climbing a fence when the full charge of a squirrel shotgun discharged striking Houching in the back of the head. Widowed and grieving, the boy was buried the following day. authorities reported it was his first hunt.
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Hinton
W Va
Edward West
William Houching
Ballard Houching
West
Buanay Houchtas
$1,000,000 Flood Damage In Plains States
Reports from Sioux City and Lincoln describe a weekend storm washing out railroad tracks within fifty miles of Sioux City and damaging thousands of acres of grain and corn, with total losses estimated near 1.0 million dollars. In northeast Nebraska, heavy rains flooded farms, drowned cattle and hogs, and destroyed buildings and rail lines, signaling multimillion-dollar damage across the region.
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Iowa
Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska
Key West Officials Uncover Fraud In City Scrip
In Key West Florida on September 11 officials found several thousand dollars in city scrip that was fraudulently issued. Former City Clerk Joseph Curry, who signed all scrip, had recently left for Galveston and was arrested there by telegraph authority. He will return without proper papers. At an aldermen meeting this afternoon, the alleged street named for former Mayor Ben Trevor and former Shades committee chair Thomas Roberts was discussed.
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Fla
Joseph Curry
Galveston
Board of Aldermen
Ben Trevor
Shades “Committee
Thomas Roberts
Four men convicted of murder in Lancaster County
Special to The Washington Post reports a historic outcome as four men Anthony Delbro Joseph Celioné Severern Radel and Stephen Garlat were found guilty of murder in the first degree for the August 30 assault on sixteen Italians in a shanty tear gap. Plate Atbenez died after resisting the robbers.
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Washington Post
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Anthony Delbro
Joseph Celioné
Severern Radel
Stephen Garlat
Atbenez
U. S. Consul Injured While on Vacation Trip
U S Consul Mc Farland stationed at Reichenberg Austria, visiting on vacation, was injured today by a hunter’s blow. He cannot return to his post for one to three months, sustaining bruises and possible ecchymosis.
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U. S
Winle Bunting
Marshalstown
McFarland
Cozsul
Reichenberg
Austria
Labor Uplifts Maine Fight for Petition Right
Samuel Gompers, head of the AFL, told a Typographical Temple crowd that the Maine contest is not over. He praised labor’s role against Littlefield and defended the right of petition as guaranteed by the Constitution. Leaders and officers spoke on labor’s gains, wages, hours, and the push against child labor and the white plague.
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Labor Haw
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ishor
Littlefield
Gompers
Littfeld
Congress
John Leber
Aot
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Labor
J Ll Feeney
Bookbingers' Union
James Buncan
Quincy
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Wice
Tames O.cyr
Ofates
Meet Congress
Grant Hamilter
Denver
Coto
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