Hurricane's Havoc Spreads Across Gulf Coast
Severe hurricane damage fronts the Gulf from Louisiana to Florida with $3,000,000 losses at Pensacola and major railroad washouts. New Orleans and Mobile report heavy property damage but uncertain fatalities. Rail lines from Montgomery to Pensacola washed out over thirty miles. many towns cut off as communications fail.
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Louis
Georgiana
Graceville
Fla
Big Minette
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Louisville
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Northeastern
Pensacola Ravaged by The Gulf Coast Storm
Pensacola Florida endures the worst hurricane since a century ago. The city and navy yard area suffer widespread flooding with five to ten feet in many sections. Homes damaged roofs blown away and wires down. Waterfront wreckage piles along miles of shoreline. Power cut since early morning. rail and coastal traffic disrupted. communication largely halted.
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Gulf Coast
San Rosa Island
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Navy Yard
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Louisville and Nashville
Escarmbla Bay
Telegraphic dispatch reports damage and coast-wide updates
Dispatch notes a person transported to Flomaton by the Western Union manager to assess damage here and nearby. It mentions hoped-for favorable weather and a forthcoming showing of results as reports from the coast are collected.
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Western Union
Havor
Jose
Fears for Gold Towns As Hurricane Isolates Gulf Coast
New Orleans reports frantic efforts to reach eastern Gulf towns from Lake Catherine to Biloxi, but all lines of communication failed. Residents face rising water, banks near the sound, and widespread isolation with no news from Bay St Louis Past Christian Mississippi City Biloxi Ocean Springs Pascagoula Scanton and the Mississippi Sound towns. Authorities fear few if any lives lost despite the peril and ongoing disruption of rail telegraph and steamship routes.
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Gulf
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Scanton
Mississippi Sound
Middel
Mississippi
Massissinpi Sound
Mississippi River
Asl
Gulf Centers
Baton Rouge
Houston
Tex
Galveston
Memphis
Camelia
Lake Pontchartrain
Milneberg
Pensacola
Tunos Central
McComb
Miss
Bandits Capture Town Near Eagle Pass
A government force of cavalry fought revolutionaries thirty miles above Eagle Pass Texas dispersing them after a clash that left two dead. Reports claimed a Juarez seizure by smugglers near the Rio Grande with Mexican troops engaging bandits and several men killed. No danger reported to the War Department, though sensational press claims circulated.
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Tex
Monterey
Treasury Department
Dagle Pass
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Mexico
Wagle Pass
War Department
Murderess Bertha Bernstein Escapes From Dixmont Asylum
Special to The Transhington from Pittsburg Pa Sept 27 Bertha Bernstein wealthy seven years after killing her mother and attempting suicide escaped from Dixmont Asylum for the Insane at 1 30 last Sunday night Hospital officials suppressed the fact and it is believed she was taken to New York then abroad Dr Henry A Hutchinson rushed to New York to stop the move A former sweetheart is said to have aided the escape Three deaths are linked to the crime an uncle killed himself after tram accident and a brother died at his mother s grave
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Pittsburg
Bertha Bellstein
Dixmont Asylum
New York
Henry A Hutchinson
Asylum
Hertha Berstein
Injunction Overturned in Columbus Unions Case
Judge Ditton dissolves injunction against Iron Molders Union No 145 and Care Makers Union No 43. Unions may use lawful persuasion or legal argument to deter plant workers at the Jeffrey plant in Columbus. Great Northern Railway fined $390 in La Crosse for safety appliance violations. Judge Laphorn imposes $300 fine and costs. Luray Caverns trip advertised from Baltimore & Ohio with schedule details.
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Great Northern
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Great Northern Railway Company
United States
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Severe Puerto Rico Earthquake Shakes San Juan Streets
A severe 30 second earthquake struck Porto Rico causing panic across San Juan. Buildings trembled, windows shattered, clocks stopped at 10 47, and people fled to plazas and churches. Schools, government offices, and homes were rattled with widespread minor damages reported island wide.
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Washington Post
San Juan
Porto Rico
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Women‘s and Children’s Hospital
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Tilted and Landed in Cell
Cincinnati Ohio September 27 Special to The Washington Pont William Keough attempted to marry this morning but the bride elect balked and declined to proceed. He grabbed her purse, fled, and was chased by two officers to the Central police station where he was jailed. Keough identified as a Fourth Regiment soldier with revolver trouble, the bride cited a tear that all was not right.
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Afong Dies in China a Hawaii Capitalist
Honolulu reports the death of Afong a well known Chinese capitalist formerly of Hawaii He settled here about forty years ago amassed wealth and left more than a million dollars for his family He married a half white woman and had fifteen children including two sons and thirteen daughters His daughters were prominent in society and many married men of prominence including the wife of Rear Admiral Whiting Also mentions a Pennsylvania Railroad rail fare offer and a Sunday return limit.
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Afong
Hawaii
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Hawaiian Islands
Whiting
Married in secret Gebhardts New York wedding story spreads
Washington government clerk Fred Gebhardt wed Marie Wilson a chorus girl once rumored as a Langtry bride. The 23 year old actress married Gebhardt January 2 at Dr Henry Marsh Warren's home on West Ninety fourth Street after a prior marriage to Harry Wimsatt. Gebhardt, older and wealthy, had earlier barred such links but then provided a $2 check to the minister.
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Evening World
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Freddy” Gebhard
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Washington
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Eed
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Baltimore
Bigamous Soldier's Widow Split Estate by Kansas Court
Federal Judge Pollock ruled in Wichita that James Mc Laughlin’s second wife Ames Scott gains no share in the estate. The Pennsylvania wife Rebecca, his first spouse deserted years ago, is entitled to half the estate, with the eight children from the first marriage receiving the other half. The second wife’s claim collapses despite her role in accumulating property.
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Comanche County
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Rebecca
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Ames Scott
Betard
Resignation of Gen Stoessel Ends Port Arthur Surrender Chapter
From St Petersburg dated September forty one Lieut Gen Stoessel who led Russian forces at Port Arthur submitted his resignation from the army It is understood that the resignation will be accepted ending the surrender affair without a formal court martial The emperor reportedly ordered no further open court discussion after the commission report urged dismissal and shooting for Stoessel
ELOPING COUPLE DEPORTED OVERSEAS
A wealthy Russian suitor and a general's wife, fleeing from scandal, were stopped at quarantine aboard the Koenig Albert and barred under immigration laws. The avenging husband, en route from Gibraltar, was pursuing them. The couple, identified as Gabrisel Essipoff and wife, were escorted toward Harope aboard La Savoie.
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Berlin
Paris
Shuster rises From Stenographer to Philippine Official
W Morgan Shuster, 4 Washington, named by President Roosevelt to join the Philippine Commission as successor to Gov. Wright. A rapid rise from customs stenographer to collector in the islands, his salary now 7000 a year plus 10000 as secretary in island administration. Shuster, 30 years old, educated in Washington, speaks Spanish, popular with Manila merchants, and married to Miss Trigg of Louisville.
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Boynton Indicted Over Venezuelan Silver Dollar Plot
New York reports five men indicted by a federal grand jury on charges tied to possession of dies used for making Venezuelan silver dollars. Capt George R Boynton and Louis M Thompson faced arraignment earlier. Theodore Wilcox Sidney Keller and Joseph F Kaller also named. Charges center on activities linked to a revolutionary movement aiming at Castro’s overthrow. Bond for Wilcox set at $2,000. others at $1,000.
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Fort Wayne Shooting Victim Named in Divorce Dispute
Walter Harrod shot his wife in Fort Wayne after moving from Mount Grena Ohio and then killed himself with the same weapon. Reports say a quarrel over her divorce petition sparked the tragedy.
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Walter Harrod
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Will of Connecticut Recluse Upheld in Valet Trust Bequest
Brooklyn judge approves the probate of Dr Frank J Freel's will leaving his $600 000 trust to his valet Patrick Colbert and disinheriting his mother. Freel died March 9 1906 at Stony Creek Conn after a life marked by heavy drinking and estrangement from his family. Colbert cared for Freel during illness and saved his life earlier in Brooklyn days after performing an operation. The case lasted about two weeks.
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Washington Post
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Crane
Gibboney Renominated After Bribery Probe
Philadelphia Sept 27 The City Party conven tion reconvened and again nominated D Clarence Gibboney for district attorney by a vote of 111 2 to 4091 2 for Frederick J Shoyer The committee of seven reported on Mayor Weaver s charges that Gibboney obtained the nomination by bribery The report says Gibboney was honestly nominated and implies mayoral charges lacking evidence Delegates named on bribery charges were unseated amid hissing noises
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D. Clarence Gibboney
Frederick J. Shoyer
Committee of Seven
Weaver
Gibboney
Academy of Music and Hisses
Injured Columbia Sophomore in Critical Condition After Campus Rush
New York reports that Bauchle, a Columbia University sophomore, was critically injured during the annual freshman and sophomore rush on campus. He was admitted to a hospital after a fall during the crush and a blood clot was removed from his brain.
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Columbia University
New York
Thaw examined again by same medical team
New York on September 27 Harry Thaw who killed Stanford White on June 25 was examined again today by the same two specialists Dr Britton D Evans medical director at Morris Plains New Jersey and Dr Charles G Wagner superintendent at Binghamton New York.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Britton D. Evans
State Hospital For the Insane
Morris Plains
Charles G. Wagner
Binghamton
Thaw May Be Examined By Lunacy Commission Next Week
New York reports Harry K Thaw to be examined before a lunacy commission as part of moves by Mrs William Thaw to avoid trial for the Stanford White murder. The request will seek placement at Matteawan Asylum for the Criminal Insane, with Drs Macdonell and Flint to conduct state examination.
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Harry K ‘Thaw
Thaw
Mra
William Thaw
Stanford White
Matteanvan Asylum
Justice Blanch
Supreme Court
Criminal Branch
Exposition Traffic Talks Amid Jamestown Protection Calls
Southeastern Passenger Agents gathered in Norfolk to discuss ticket scalping at the Jamestown Exposition and urged railways to shield the event from unscrupulous resellers. They planned no rate changes but pressed for early action to safeguard special Norfolk rates next year. Meanwhile a banking notice from Union Trust Co. promotes insured deposits and checkable accounts.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Southeastern
Moderates Clash Over Palma Resignation Cuba Crisis Deepens
Havana September 27 moderates vow to uphold Palma administration and reject his resignation ahead of Congress. American commissioners Taft and Bacon plan intervention but await developments. Palma insists he will resign, sending a cable to Roosevelt praising peace efforts while signaling his dignity limits. Taft likely to proclaim provisional governor if Palma steps down, with 2600 sailors and Marines ready to land.
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