Nogi and Countess Die in Patriotism Mourning
In Tokio the dramatic double suicide of General Count Nogi and his wife amid Japan's mourning over Emperor Matsuhito draws international attention. Nogi writes to the new sovereign and the couple dies after a farewell drink and sword ritual. The scene includes a portrait moment with the emperor’s portrait and messages to Prince Arthur of Connaught. The funeral train has reached Kioto for the late emperor’s interment at Monoyama moat.
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Tokio
Japan
Mare- Suki Nogi
Nogi
Matsuhito
Monoyama
Akasaki
Imperial Palace
Prince Fushimi
Muteuhito
Port Arthur
Nogi Homa
Prince Arthur of
Kioto
New Japanese Emperor Yoshihito Shown in Ancient Robes
In Tokyo a photograph depicts Emperor Yoshihito in ornate traditional robes. He will not march in his father’s funeral procession on September 14 and will meet the empress dowager at the cemetery cottage after the ceremony. Elsewhere in Duluth, rioting and a streetcar strike disrupt daily life. Gov. Eberhart warns he will call out state troops if the mob cannot be controlled.
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Duluth
Minn
Geog. A. Redden
Chicago
McCuen
Tokyo
Yoshihito
Yoshi
Hito
Plot of Rebels to Frustrated in Mexico City Warning
Mexico City reports indicate a broader plot to occupy and sack major cities on the September 15 to 16 independence anniversary. Arrests of alleged conspirators occur in Puebla Montejay Saltillo and Saltillo. Authorities believe urban safety is improving and rebel attacks on large cities are unlikely. The movement stretches toward Monterey along the international road to Ciudad Porfirio Diaz.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Puebla
Montejay
Saltillo
Satillo
Monterey
Coahuila
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Strikers in General Fray at Holly and Kanawha River
Military outposts in Charleston West Virginia under martial law faced renewed fire from Holley to Hugheston as miners clash on pay day. Pickets fired. no hits confirmed. Troops from Parkersburg Fairmont and Fairmont were mobilized. martial law may spread north of the Kanawha river. Governor Glasscock orders an investigation as state mobilizes troops.
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Charleston
W. Va
Holley
Parkersburg
Fairmont
Glasscock
Snow falls in Colorado and Wyoming with cold weather
Snow covered central Colorado and parts of Wyoming today with Denver reporting more than three inches. The temperature dropped to 24 degrees as a cold rain turned to snow at dawn across the two states.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Wyoming
Preacher Beaten to Death in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia on September 14 a Methodist circuit pastor Reverend R H Green was attacked after a sermon on dishonesty. Several unidentified men struck him with stones and clubs, leaving him fatally injured and he died hours later. The assault occurred as Green preached at a Red Sulphur circuit church. Police investigate the case.
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Charleston
W. Va
R. H. Green
Methodist Church
Women threaten to use horsewhips on gamblers in Lamed
Jan 14 Sept 14 in Tamed, the woman's anti gambling association of Lamed, formed by wives of men duped by gamblers, announced they would employ horsewhips and clubs to target local gamblers if the activities do not cease. Police efforts to curb the gambler problem preceded this action and the group planned to raid an upcoming poker game.
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Lamed
Associaion
Admitted New York Adoption Claim Seeks Barber Estate
Frankie Crook files in Steuben County probate court asking the administrator W A Hallowell to pay the Wallace Barber estate to her as his legally adopted sister. She says the 1853 North Cohocton adoption followed then prevailing customs legalized later, making her a rightful heir to the Waterloo gunsmith’s estate and any real property. Her parents Leonard and Thankful Wilson named in the claim.
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Wallace Barber
Steuben Co
New York
Frankie Crook
W. A. Hallowell
Waterloo
North Cohocten
New York State
Cronk
Leonard Wilson
Thankful Wilson
Mrs. Cronk
Mexico Declares Manning and McIntosh Claim Void
New York dispatch reports Ernesto Madero, Mexican treasury secretary, stating the $105,000,000 Manning and McIntosh claim against Mexico is null and void. He notes the claim was rejected by a May 12, 1888, law committee and suggests the New York group bought an extant, inflated claim from Enrique McIntosh for a fraction of its value.
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New York
Mexico
Whch
Manning
McIntosh
Republic
Ernesto Madero
Treasury
Enrique McIntosh
Mexican Securities and Construction Company of
Temperature Report Prompted by Buchanan Optical Co
The report notes the maximum temperature reached 68 degrees at 3 p m. It recalls that a year ago on this date the minimum was 8 degrees and the maximum 6 degrees.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate Block
Vvonight
Renee
Aeronaut Goes Up in Blazing Balloon
Frank Armstrong an aeronaut from Celina Ohio rode a burning balloon to 2000 feet at the county fair grounds Toledo Ohio. He cut tangled ropes to free his parachute and survived a dramatic descent landing inside the race track amid terrified spectators.
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Toledo
Frank Armstrong
Armstrong
Celina
Quits After Inquiry Into Vice Scandals At Bloomington
Major Albert Moore a Democrat resigns after a weeklong grand jury inquiry into graft and vice in Bloomington. Alderman James Costello chosen to serve the remaining six months. Moore, elected spring 1914, amid a GOP stronghold, faced ongoing graft complaints.
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Bloomington
Albert Moore
Grand
Chicago
James Costello
Moore
Secret Services
Trailed Allen gang leader Sidna Allen captured in Des Moines
Detectives from Roanoke Virginia claim to have captured Sidna Allen, chief of the Hillville Allen gang, and trailed Wesley Edwards, alias Tom Sayers, through letters to Maud Treler. Allen was arrested at Eleventh and Locust streets while Edwards was pursued in the western city area. An officer from Roanoke and local detectives collaborated in the detainment.
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New Montnes
Roanoke
Sidna Allen
Hillaville Way
W. G Baldwin
G. O. Monday
Wesley Edwards
Maud Treler
Virginia
Allan
John Cameron
Eleventh
Locust Streets
Tom Sayers
Edwards
Revolt Backbone Claimed Broken by Mexican Envoy
New Orleans reports Ernesto Artiago, former minister plenipotentiary to Honduras, says the core of the Mexican revolution has been fractured. He is en route to resume his post.
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New Orleans
Ernesto Srenanbezg
Artiago
Mexico
Honduras
Suffrage Tour Arrives to Promote Equal Rights
Mrs. O. H. Belmont of New York arrives in Milwaukee on September 15 for a three week tour advocating woman suffrage. The Public Equality League organized the visit, with Belmont staying in homes of prominent local suffragists to avoid country hotels while visiting small towns.
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Milwaukee
Wis
O. HW
P. Belmont
New York
Autopsy Finds Woman Strangled in Greenwood Lake Death
In Jersey City on Sept 14 Dr George W King Hudson county physician and Dr Breitenfeld of the German hospital autopsied Mrs Rora Szabo who died while rowing at Greenwood lake on July 16 with Lawyer Burton W Gibson of New York. The autopsy concluded she was strangled not drawn on and Gibson is under arrest for murder.
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Jersey City
N. J
George W. King
Hudson County
Breitenfeld
Rora Szabo
Greenwood Lake
Burton W. Gibson
New York
Gibson
Equinoxial Storm Blasts Mobile City
Morbile Ala September 14 a equinoxial storm that battered the gulf coast last night threatened serious damage to Mobile but has abated this morning. Conditions remain unsettled though the disturbance appears to have spent itself for now. The small river steamer National was sunk early today and the government dredge Barnard, known for aiding in the Maine relief, dragged its anchor a quarter mile but sustained no damage. Cedar Methodist church was razed and other damage reported. Total Mobile damages unlikely to exceed ten thousand dollars.
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Morbile
Ala
Gulf Coast
Mobile
National
Barnard
Havana Harbor
Cedar Methodist
Russian police head shot down in St Petersburg
Col Lupakod head of the Russian political police was shot dead while waiting for a street car with his wife and daughter in Pyatigorek Cis cauenala. The assassin escaped. The dispatch came from St Petersburg via a news agency.
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London
Col. Lupakod
Pyatigorek
Ciscauenala
St. Petersburg
Progressive campaign opens in Iowa with Stevens speech
Judge J L Stevens third party candidate for governor spoke at Carroll Iowa detailing progressive aims and calling for Roosevelt and Johnson support. He argued the new party would end bossism and bring government by the people as governors Johnson and Roosevelt planned joint Iowa tour steps.
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Johnson Kere
Parents of Tarred Girl May Appeal For Court Justice
Norwalk Ohio September 14 States that Mr and Mrs Henry Lay Valley parents of Minnie La Valley 19 who was tarred and feathered and driven out of town will appeal to the courts to have the perpetrator punished were rife today Don Young prosecuting attorney said that unless complaint is made nothing will be done It was learned today that the tar sharing party supposed to have consisted of women dressed as men poured a bucket of paint on the nude forny for the La Valley girl It is said here that she is in Cleveland.
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Norwalk
Henry Lay Valley
Minnie la Valley
Don Young
la Valley
Itis
Cleveland
Banker Indicted Over White Slavery Ring
San Francisco authorities unveil a federal case against John Arthur Ward, vice president of Citizens' Bank of Georgetown, South Seattle, and Bernice Ward, accused by Seattle police of running a disorderly house. They are indicted for white slave laws violations. Bernice Ward was seized aboard the steamer Mongolia as it neared the border, with others allegedly being trafficked to Yokohama.
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San Francisco
Cal
John Arthur Ward
Citizens’ Bank of
Georgetown
South Seattle
Bernice Ward
Seattle
Federal Grand Jury
Mongolia
Mnet
Mariel Kelly Land
Helen Belmont
Yokohama
Ward
Coxey Plans New Army March on Lawrence
New York dep February 14 General Coxey the unemployed leader from the 1890s plans a fresh march from Newark and other New Jersey cities through New England to Lawrence Massachusetts to protest the detention of Ettor and Giovannitti the Lawrence strike leaders. The organizer says Coxey has headquarters in Chicago and will mobilize the march on the Ettor Giovannitti trial day.
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Coxey
Washington
Newark
New Jersey
New England
Lawrence
Mass
Joseph J. Eitor
Arturo Giovannitti
Chicago
Ettor
Giovannitti
Giovannitt
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