Navy Sends Kentucky and Cruisers to Reinforce China
Secretary Long orders the battleship Kentucky and the cruisers Albany and Wilmington plus gunboats Vicksburg Dorotha and Annapolis to China to reinforce American forces in Asiatic waters. Fifteen hundred marines are to Cavite for possible active service as tensions rise in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Navy Department
Long
Kentucky
Albany
Wilmington
Dorotha
Annapolis
Asiatic
Cavite
MacArthur
Philippines
United States
Philippine
Oregon
Brooklyn
New Orleans
Montery
Nashville
Princeton
Don Juan de Austria
Tris
Newark
Monadnock
Yorktown
Marietta
Castine
Concord
Isla de Cuba
Ala de Luzon
Helena
Glacier
Bennington
Petrel
Yosemite
Callao
Celtic
General Alava
Manila
Nanshan
Culgoa
McKinley
Pekang
Taku
Pentang
Tientsin
Loaxen
London
Shanghai
Peiang
Dr. Morrison
Peking
the Times
Wilson
Pei-Tai-Chu
Morrison
M. Pichon
Saginaw Population Declines in Census Report
The census bureau lists Saginaw Michigan population at 42,348, down from 46,322 in 1890, a decline of 3,977 people or 8.59 percent. This decline highlights urban migration patterns reflected in early census data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Washington
Census Bureau
Saginaw, Mich
Factories to Open After Fruit Jar Wage Settlement
In Muncie Indiana on September 24 a conference between fruit jar manufacturers and President Hayes of the Green Bottle Blowers association led to a settled wage scale. Factories will begin operations at once. This affects thousands of paid lemant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Hayes
President McKinley's Philippines Plan Outlined
Washington details the Philippine Commission instructions on municipal and provincial governance, native public offices, education in native and English languages, courts, church state separation, simplified taxation, and civil safeguards. It urges rapid Manila capitulation follow through and highlights property and religious liberty promises. The report adds native militia, railway franchises, and hope insurrection fades within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKinley
The
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Islands
Manila
United States
Philippine Islands
Philippine Civil Commission
Seaboard
Overshadows all in New York trade as coal strike dominates
R G Dun & Co reports the anthracite strike involving about 120000 miners and possibly 30000 others overshadows business across the Atlantic seaboard. It slows merchant calculations while other sectors show idleness and gradual recovery in iron and steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic
Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Doscher
Loraine Steel Company
United States
Canada
Destruction of War Eagle and Carrier Triggers Fatal Blaze
In St Louis at Locust street foot early Friday a fire destroyed the steamer War Eagle of the Eagle Packet line and the Carrier of Calhoun Packet. One man died, another is missing, a third injured, with losses near 100000. Wharf-boats Eagle and Illinois damaged and Carrier cargo burned.
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St. Louis
War Eagle
Eagle Packet Company
Calhoun Packet Company
Locust Street
Eagle
Illinois
Wisconsin veteran left 12000 bequest to Waupaca home
Walter Houston formerly of Utica Winnebago county died at his Utica home and left the Wisconsin veterans' home at Waupaca a 200 acre farm and about 12000 in cash. The bequest honors the kindness shown to him at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin Veterans’ Home
Waupaca
Walter Houston
Utica
Winnebago County
Houston
Fire devastates Nunda at Elgin Illinois burned town center
Elgin Illinois reports Nunda town15 miles north suffered a major blaze Friday afternoon. The fire destroyed the city hall and seven other buildings aided by a fierce north wind. The eastern district was burned with many left homeless though most losses are insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Nunda
Here
Broom Corn Price Soars to $100 a Ton
In Arcola Illinois on September 19 the broom corn market shows a jump from 80 to 100 dollars per ton. The report notes the higher price for broomcorn and marks the market shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcola
Tragic Shenandoah clash as troops sent to quell coal strike
A Shenandoah incident ends in sudden fatalities as a posse confronts a threatened York man and a girl. Sheriff Toole requests Pennsylvania National Guard, Gov Stone orders infantry and cavalry to restore order in Schuylkill region. Coal shortages and rising prices follow across the anthracite belt and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Shenandoah
Huemedy
Sheriff Toole
Sthirlkill County
Yorkman
Ray Hohe Knifres
York Amal
Toole
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Hazelton
Reading Company
Stewart
Gobin
Provisional Brigade
St. Louis
Illinois
Northwest
Hard fighting in Luzon reported by MacArthur
A MacArthur dispatch from Manila dated September 19 describes considerable insurgent activity across Luzon. Fighting near Carly Estella in Isabella and denoting forces in Pasig Bulacan Tayabas and Siniloan Laguna, with units including Samuel B. M. Young and David D. Mitchell detailing clashes and reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
MacArthur
Manila
Luzon
Carly
Estella
Isabella
Tlocan
Samuel B. M. Young
Kingsbury
Third Cavalry
Borden
Fifth Infantry
Pasig
Bulacan
Tayabas
David D. Mitchell
Fifteenth Infantry
Siniloan
Laguna
Cailles
Mavitac
Same
Battle near Kaap Muiden and Hector spruit blocks railway
The Daily Telegraph reports from Lourenco Marques that a pitched battle between Boer forces and the British occurred midway between Kaap Muiden and Hector spruit with heavy Boer losses. Boers removed threaten to destroy locomotives along the Watervalbooren Watervalonder line and have damaged six miles of crocodile poort railway, culverts, and the Hectorspruit bridge. Komatipoort remains contested with heavy fighting ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Telegraph
Lourenzo Marques
Kaap Muiden
Hectorspruit
Watervalbooren
Watervalonder
Crocodile Poort
Hectorsp
Dewey's Laurels Threatened in Conflicting Remarks
Vancouver reports Lieut. Hobson claims Spanish ships sank themselves via scuttling after opening valves, saying shell fire caused little damage. Sayville dispatch quotes Admiral Dewey denying claims of sinking and asserting he saw an eight inch shell hit the Reina Maria Christina, Montejo's flagship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Vancouver
B. C
R. P. Hobson
Hobson
Admiral Dewey
Manila
New York
Sayville
L. I
Reina Maria Christina
General John A McClernand Dies at 68 in Springfield
Springfield Illinois September 20 General John A McClernand last civilian appointed to high Civil War command died at his home at 1 10 this morning aged 68. He was born in 1812 and served the Union under Logan and Grant at Fort Donelson Shiloh and Vicksburg in a noted career of military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
John A. McClernand
McClearnand
John A. Logan
Grant
Fort. Donelson
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Allied forces report Chinese forts captured near Pie Tang
Dispatches from Peking and Paris detail assaults on Chinese forts at Pie Tang with French commander Admiral Correjoles confirming joint action. Reports describe massacres near Munthurin and mass casualties along the Amur river as Russians force civilians across to the Chinese side. Washington notes mass deaths of missionaries and civilians in various towns with growing anti Boxer orders from the imperial court urging extermination of Boxers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Taku
James H. Wilson
Pei Ta Chu
Horning
Wil- Soh Till Howe
Sah Hai Tien
de Stroy
Paris
Correjoles
Pie Tang
London
Moscow
Standard
Munthurin
Bintorestcensk
Amoor
Blagovestcensk
Washington
State Department
Shanghai
China
Washington, D. C
Simeodx
Hodge
Taylor
Pitkin
Gould
Morrill
Paoting-Fu
Chih Chien Loefeng Luh
Pao Ting Fu
Chang Sing Tien
Lu Kon Chiao
Tarred Elders from Lima and Bluffton Endure Mob Humiliation
Silas Moot of Lima and Ephraim Bassinger of Bluffton, both Dowie elders, were stripped, tarred, and paraded by a 6500-strong Mansfield mob after resisting authorities. Moot was beaten, his eye disfigured, while Bassinger retained his clothing. both were doused, then bathed and resupplied with clothes by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Silas
Moot
Lima
Bassinger
Richland
Trains Held Up by Masked Robbers in Two States
In Spokane a lone masked robber robbed the Northern Pacific west bound train at one o'clock and escaped with 500 dollars, watches, and jewelry after Athol Idaho. Conductor Dunning resisted. robber silenced him with a shot and fled at Rathdrum. In Lincoln four masked men robbed the Burlington express car at Woodlawn. they forced the local safe but it contained little money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific
Athol
Idaho
Rathdrum
Dunning
Lincoln, Neb
St. Louis
Great Feast in Paris Hosts 22 000 at Tuilleries
Paris reports the Sept 24 banquet in the Tuilleries gardens for 22 000 covers under clear September weather. President Loubet hosted the event described as the largest sit down meal in France with 21 870 waiters and 1 215 head waiters directing service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Tuilleries Gardens
Gustave Flaubert
Loubet
Champ de Mars
Imperial Guard
National Guard
Napoleon
Elba
Tuileries
M. le Grand
Death of Campos Clouds Madrid Military History
Madrid Sept. 24 Senor Marshal Martinez Campos who led the Spanish army in Cuba before Weyler died Sunday morning at Zarauz near San Sebastian. The death marks the end of a long service in the Spanish armed forces with influence in late nineteenth century campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Marshal Martinez Campos
Cuba
Weyler
Zarauz
San Sebastian
Four Negroes Lynched Near Ponchatoula La
Four Black men were hanged by a mob in Ponchatoula after a reported burglary at Henry Hatfelder’s Tangipahoa parish home. Police had arrested 14 suspects. a vigilante group executed the four chosen as most guilty near the jail as community members called for law and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponchatoula
Henry Hatfelder
Tangipahoa Parish
Isaiah Rollins
Nathaniel Bowman
George Bickham
Charles Elliott
Four Lives Lost In River Steamer Collision
Port Huron Michigan reports the steel steamer Yuma struck the barge John Martin in tow of Maurice P. Grover. The Martin sank in 30 seconds, killing Captain John Lawless of Lorain Ohio, Mrs. Bacon of Cleveland Ohio, William Ross of Toledo Ohio, and an unnamed sailor. The collision halted all river navigation near Fontana wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
Yuma
John Martin
Maurice P. Grover
Martin
Fontana
John Lawless
Lorain
Bacon
Cook
Cleveland
William Ross
Toledo
Boston Strands National Party Returns From Conference
In Boston on Friday at Youngs hotel a national party group abandoned fielding a presidential ticket. Archibald M Howe of this state, once nominated for vice president in New York, is expected to withdraw alongside Senator Caffery who declined the nomination. The move follows Cafferys declination and inability to find a replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
National Party
McKinley
Bryan
Young's Hotel
Archibald M. Howe
New York
Caffery
Louisiana
Balloonist dies after carnival crash in St Joseph
In St Joseph Michigan Prof L J Kahler fell from a balloon before 5000 spectators during a street carnival. He suffered a skull fracture and died at 9 PM after being examined by doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Mich
L. J. Kahler
A Cloudburst Strikes Neuces Valley Ranches
A cloudburst in the Neuces valley Saturday night caused severe property damage and reportedly cost lives on nearby ranches. The Neuces River at Uvalde rose 25 feet in two hours, cutting telegraph lines and flooding ranches. An English sheepman Ethelbert McDonald and Mexican herders are said to have died on a Brackett area ranch amid the flood. Unknown Italian colonists may have suffered two more fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Neuces
Uvalde
Ethelbert McDonald
Brackett
Storm Damage Strains Galveston Rail Freight Handling
Galveston Texas reports trains returning with regular passengers and freight, but track washouts and wreckage limit capacity. Three freights arrived, one cotton and two general merchandise. Ads call for 2,000 workers and 500 teams to clean streets. labor scarce and controlled by contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Judge G W Dukes Goes to Galveston From Paris Tex
Paris Texas dispatch reports Judge G W Dukes former candidate for Choctaw governor elect, travelling from Talihina toward Galveston for unspecified duties as of Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Paris
Tex
Talihina
Galveston
Thursedi
Marshal Campos Dies Quietly in The Prime Minister’s Shadow
Marshal Arsenio Martinez de Campos, a trusted adviser to the queen and a key royal ally, dies leaving a heavy void for the monarchy. His funeral will be a state affair, marking a solemn end to a period of close court counsel despite his impoverished estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Campos
Silvera
Grand Portal at Pictured Rocks Collapses in Northeaster
Word comes from Marquette Michigan that the Grand Portal at Pictured Rocks on Lake Superior’s south shore collapsed during a severe northeaster. The natural wonder stood 100 feet high and 170 feet wide at the water line with a 30 foot cliff above the arch, and the cave has long hosted excursion boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette, Mich
Grand Portal
Pictured Rocks
Lake Superior
Insurgent Actions Reported Across Northern Luzon Areas
Filipino insurgent demonstrations extended beyond early reports with operations in Cagayan Isabella and northwestern Luzon. American casualties in killed wounded or missing over the past ten days total about 100, including ten U S dead at Siniloan near Laguna de Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Manila
Cagayan and
Isabella
Luzon
Siniloan
Laguna de Bay
Sargent Reelected as Grand Master at Firemen Convention
Des Moines reports the Brotherhood of locomotive Firemen meeting where grand master Frank P. Sargent was reelected for a ninth consecutive term and salary raised to 5000 dollars. J J Hanrahan of Chicago and C A Wilson of Grand Rapids were reelected first and second vice grand master respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent
Des Moines
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Frank P. Sargent
J.J. Hanrahan
Chicago
C. A. Wilson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Largest cotton shipment leaves St Louis for Boston
The biggest train load of cotton ever sent from St Louis departed Sunday night on the Chicago & Alton line bound for Boston. Thirty carloads gathered from connecting lines formed a special export train to the seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Boston
Seaboard
Aguinaldo Refuses Peace Proposals
Manila September 24 Senor Buencamino reports Aguinaldo sent a reply to peace proposals He declines to consider them and says he will not agree to a compromise showing no willingness for negotiation or settlement of the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguinaldo
Manila
Senor Buencamino
Convicts Captured After Escape in Walla Walla
A fragmentary item notes convicts captured in Walla Walla Washington around September 24. Specific names are unclear but the incident centers on a successful manhunt ending with apprehension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla
Walla, Wash
Pet Murray
Charles. V
Hees
Flood warnings as Texas rivers surge and bridges fall
Gov Sayers warns of the Colorado river flood sweeping from the mountains toward Austin, with reports of 17 feet above normal on the Llano, bridges destroyed, homes lost, and hundreds made homeless. San Saba and Llano areas report rising waters and downed telegraphs while other rivers push flood debris across West and North Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Sayers
Colorado River
Phil H. Clements
Colorado
Llano
San Saba
Houston
Goldthwaite
North
Texas
Trinity
Brazos
Hearne
West Texas
Neuces
San Antonio
Galveston Death Toll Estimates Reach Thousands
The Galveston News lists 3859 names from the September 8 storm and projects total deaths on Galveston island near 5000 with 800 to 1000 names unavailable. Some observers estimate as high as 7000, but the paper believes the island count is slightly under five thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Galveston News
Galveston Island
Census Error Drops Joliet Population Amid Prison Count
Joliet citizens learn the census added 1.36 percent prisoners from the penitentiary outside city bounds. This inclusion lowers Joliet's population from 30,720 to 29,343, affecting the Sixth ward tally. An inquiry is underway into the discrepancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Steel plants reopen as hundreds return to work
Twenty thousand workers in Pittsburgh and the western mill district resume duties after four months idle. All American steel hoop plants and Republic Iron mills restarted Monday, with another equal number set to begin today or Wednesday due to a muck-bar and bar iron shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Western
American Steel
Republic Iron’ Company
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Convention News
Des Moines reports the international convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen adjourned Monday evening and planned to meet in 1902 at Chattanooga Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Chattanooga
Tenn
Carpenters and Joiners Move HQ to Indianapolis
The biennial convention of the Carpenters and Joiners of America began its second week in Scranton with constitutional matters. Delegates decided to relocate the national headquarters from Philadelphia to Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WIII
Scranton
the Carpenters ‘and Joiners of America
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Population figures for Chattanooga and Washington
The census reports a population of 3 390 for Chattanooga and 11 65p for Washington. The figures reference growth from 1890 to 1900 and reflect the update in urban sizes across these cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Washington
Chattar
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Gen. MacArthur
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Point Richmond
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Mulcahey
S. Adams
Adams
Marshal Arsenio Martinez DE Campos
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