MetropolitAn rail disaster in Paris claims many lives
Paris August 11 an underground MetropolitAn electric railway disaster left eighty-two corpses recovered with fears of many more dead. A stalled train at Memiumontant sparked a chain reaction as a following train pushed it to sheds, two trains caught fire, smoke enveloped Les Chatonnes station and hundreds suffocated or burned as firemen fought dense flames for hours.
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Paris
Metropolitan Electric Railway
Memiimontant
Les Chatonnes
Belleville
Hurricane lashes Martinique and Jamaica causing widespread damage
Aug 11 report from Fort de France describes a ten hour hurricane that wrecked houses unroofed many buildings and damaged several sailing vessels. Streets blocked by debris and fallen trees hindered transport as towns including Trinte St Marie Carbet St Joseph and Francois suffered heavy impact. The storm tracked northwest across the island.
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Martinique
Jamaica
Fort de France
Trintte
St. Marie
Carbet
St. Joseph and
Francois
Makes Serious Charges in Receiver Hearing
In New York on August 11 Justice Dugro heard the case to appoint a receiver for the New York Building and Loan company. Attorney D B C Robinson attacked the state superintendent of banking and the former attorney general, claiming receivership is a public scandal and that the action aims to wreck the company.
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New York
Justice Dugro
New York Building and Loan Company
DB. C. Robinson
Two Outlaws of Martin Gang Killed in Osage Fight
Guthrie Oklahoma August 11 two members of the Martin gang of outlaws were killed today after a clash with a posse of deputy sheriffs in the Osage Indian nation. One deputy marshal Haines was wounded and is improving. The other gang members escaped but are being pursued. The gang had committed numerous depredations over the past year.
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Guthrie
Okla
Martin Gang
Osage
Haines
Headless Body Found in Mississippi River Near St Paul
The dismembered trunks of a human body were recovered near the dam of the St Paul Boom company in the Mississippi River. The victim's sex could not be determined due to the extent of deterioration. The coroner is investigating.
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St. Paul
Mississippi River
Mrs Hodge Pleads Not Guilty in Murray Murder Case
Mrs Aurora Hodge was arraigned on the charge of murdering William Ryan an aged peddler near Murray last month. She pleaded not guilty. The preliminary hearing is set for Monday August 17.
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Hodge
Balt Lake
Aurora Hodge
William Ryan
Murray
Cheyenne Swears Deputies to Prevent Lynching of Horn and McCloud
In Cheyenne Wyoming on August 11 a dozen deputies were sworn in by Sheriff Smalley to deter any mob violence after condemned murderers Tom Horn and Jim McCloud attempted to break free. The city remains quiet and orderly as authorities stand ready.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Sherii Smalley
Tom Horn
Jim McCloud
Bad Wreck on the "Katy" Kapses City
A wreck on the Katy line near Kapses City early August leaves several dead and injuries reported. Officials say speed and weather conditions are under investigation as emergency crews respond to the scene.
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Katy
Kapses City
Diepatel
Wreck of Katy Line near Shell City and Barrington Case Update
Reports from Sedalia indicate the Katy fiver No. 6 ditched near Shell City with a serious wreck and few obtainable details. Rome notes Cardingi Sebastiano Martinelli may become papal secretary of state. In St Louis, Frederick Barrington faces a preliminary murder hearing. waives bail, and awaits September grand jury as witnesses testify.
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Associated Press
Sedalia
Shell City
Martinelli
Rampolla
London
the Chronicle
Rome
Cardingi Sebastiano Martinelli
Barrington
St. Louis
Frederick Seymour Barrington
James P. McCann
Clayton
Campbell
Murder at West Virginia Farm Ends in Death
Benjamin Edgar, an elderly Webster County farmer near Cleveland, was murdered on his return from church. The alleged killer is Robert Moore, jailed, after Edgar had forbidden Moore’s courtship of Edgar’s daughter. Moore and his brothers Hance and Thomas allegedly attacked the Edgar family with stones, a blow to the temple killing Edgar within twenty minutes.
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Sultor
Weston
W. Va
Benjamin Edgar
Cleveland
Webster County
Robert Moore
Edgar
Moore
Hance
Thomas
Lytle Arrests After South Side Shooting
Chicago police seek William R. Lytle in Montgomery Alabama for the shooting of Jacob Smith, a Black porter at a south side resort. Lytle visited the place with Marla Gordon and quarreled before the shooting, while Gordon later tried to shoot herself at the Auditorium Annex and is reported very low.
Disease spreads to new Ruhr coal mines in Germany
Berlin August 11 reports show government efforts to curb tropical worm disease among Essen district mine workers fail. Latest findings reveal the ailment has reached Francisca and Bergmann collieries in the Ruhr region, previously free of the disease.
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Berlin
Essen
Francisca
Bergmann
Ruhr
Son shoots wife and self in Buffalo tragedy
In Buffalo on August 11 Kent Stow, son of F D Stow, general central agent of the Merchants' Dispatch and Transportation company, shot his wife and then killed himself. The woman died instantly. Stow, who had malaria, likely acted in temporary insanity, according to his father.
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Buffalo
Sparks From The Wires: Riots, Killings, and Disbarments
Summary of brief wire items: Cracow violence in Austrian Poland leaves sixty dead after clashes with troops. Bennett dies in Idaho stagecoach accident at Thunder Mountain. Texas man William Follis granted a pardon amid murder trial testimony needs. Jewelry trade crippled by New York lockout. Humboldt reports mine accident at Treadwell with three dead and others injured. Mrs. Woodson travels to Arlington with Brigadier General Woodson’s remains for burial in national cemetery. Butte jail escapee James Martin recaptured. still under death sentence. Hawaiian supreme court disbars ex judges Humphreys and Davis. Thompson suspended. Oklahoma feud ends with two dead and one wounded, Cooper and Barrett involved.
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Cracow
Poland
Bennett
New York
Thunder Mountain
Idaho
William Follis
Texas
Ars
New York Manufacturing Jewelers’ Association
Humboldt
Skagway
Treadwell
Woodson
Arlington
A. H. Woodson
Paola
Kaw
National Cemetery
James Martin
Butte
Mont
Martin
Hawaiian Supreme Court
Humphreys
George Davis
Thompsoon
Oleta
Okla
William Cooper
Alston
James Cooper
Sam Barrett
Young Cooper
Barrett
Coopers
Monthly Agricultural Report Shows Falling Farm Conditions
The August report notes corn at 79.7 condition, below last year and ten year average, with Nebraskas 75 and Illinois 74. Winter wheat yields expected at 410 million bushels, about 12.4 bushels per acre, down from 14.8. Spring wheat at 77.1, oats at 79.5, and 7.4 percent of last years oats still with farmers.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Town
Missouri
Kansas
South Dakota
Ullnois
Nebraska Prohibitionists Nominate Ticket at State Convention
Lincoln Aug 11 The Nebraska Prohibitionists held their state convention and nominated George I Wright of York County for associate judge of the supreme court C A Barker of Lancaster and R V Muir of Nemaha county for university regents The resolutions call for liquor suppression support women suffrage initiative and referendum public ownership of utilities and direct election of president and US senators.
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Nebraska
Kansas Rivers Still Rising After Heavy Rain
Topeka Aug 11 The Kan Bay river has risen almost four feet since Sunday due to heavy rainfall with driftwood and trees indicating rising levels. Advices from across the state report streams generally rising, with the Smoky Hill and the Blue River especially high. Temporary bridges built after last spring's flood are at risk while crops sustain little damage and corn remains in good condition.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Kan- Bay
Rise of Mob Spirit At Chautauqua Assembly
Buffalo reports this week the Chautauqua assembly will discuss the rise of the mob spirit in America, covering feuds race notes lynchings and strikes with Dr W G Frost Berea college president addressing the mountains feud and its cure in education. Nashville reports a near triple lynching in Winchester Tennessee as Henry Judge Jon Delp and Joe Evans were saved by a mob of 500 and jailed in Davidson county as suspects in the Booker murder and cremation case.
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Buffalo
Chautauqua Assembly
America
W. G. Frost
Berea College
Kentucky
Frost
Nashville
Winchester
Tenn
Henry Judge
Jon Delp
Joe Evans
Davidson County
Stewart
Franklin County
Simon Booker
Booker
Columbia Iron Works Assignment Recorded in Port Huron
Port Huron Mich Aug 11 The assignment of Columbia Iron Works of this city to Rugs S Jenks of St Clair follows financial difficulties that saw Gilchrist Transportation Company briefly take charge. Total indebtedness is listed at 368926 with assets at 179475 and original cost cited as 409156.
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Columbia Iron Works
Port Huron
Mich
Rugs S. Jenks
St. Clair
Gilchrist Transportation Company
Italians Attack Americans in West Virginia Mines
In Wilsonburg and the surrounding coal mines at ven dette Italian miners opened fire on American workers. Pistols shotguns and knives were used in a clash that left Lewis Cotes dead and Lewis Chappano badly wounded with leg and side injuries. One Italian was fatally shot and another wounded.
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Clarkeburg
W. Va
Wilsonburg
Vendette
Lewis Cotes
Lewis Chappano
Anti-Foreign Movements Rise Amid Empress Edicts
Aug 11 reports from Tien Tsin state the dowager Empress tries to blunt the Shen Chien execution’s rancor by edicts while anti reform forces threaten new violence. Vice Roy Chang Chi remains hostile to Russian influence as anti reform sentiment endures. In Kansas City, Aug 11, delegates to the Grand Army convention hint that retired Lt Gen Nelson A Miles could be a strong candidate for commander in chief with growing campaign activity.
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Tien Tsin
Shen Chien
Evea
Chang Ch! Tuhg
Kansas City
Flab Francisco
G2neral Miles
Sit Nation
Nelson A. Miles
Grand Army of the Republic
Miles
Farmers Propose Trust to Raise Wheat Prices
A 38 000 farmer American association asks Russia to join a world wheat cartel to fix annual minimum selling prices. The dispatch notes M DeWitte’s hostility to trusts and questions whether he will accept the lure. Irland land bill progress seen as likely to pass, with Redmond predicting a révolution in Ireland if reforms succeed.
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Russia
London
The
Daily News
Warsaw
M. DeWitte
Trunts
Iriah Land
Gertain
House of Lords
John B. Redmond
Associated Press
Ireland
New Railroad to Open Des Moines Aug 10
Officiates plan a meeting this week to set the schedule for trains on the new Des Moines eastward route by the Tracey cutoff. The Des Moines river bridge is finished and trains are running. By Sept 1 the cutoff from Tracey to Oska looga will be usable, about twenty five miles long.
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Des Moines
Burlington Railroad
Tracey
Albia Jina
Oskalooga
Burlington Northwestern
Murtha dies after short illness in New York
Telegrams terse summary reports Frank B. Murtha, veteran theatrical manager, dead in New York after brief illness. Also notes a Jamaican hurricane’s impact on banana plantations and a Mexican land grant secured by ex Senator Pattigrew.
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Frank B. Murtha
New York
Antilles
Jamaica
United States
Pattigrew
South Dakota
Georgia
Maurie de Crist
Alagrod
Hillsboro
Wilmington
Helen F. Finerty
Joseph Finerty
Powers Exchange Views on Macedonia Crisis
Rome reports indicate the great powers support Austria and Russia to restore peace in Macedonia after talks. Macedonian insurgent Boris Saratoff leads the revolt, aiming to provoke European intervention by inciting a Turkish massacre and the murder of Russian consul Rostkovski in Monastir. Rostkovski’s arrogant conduct angered officials and sparked tensions.
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Rome
Tere
Macedonia
Austria
Russia
Halkana
Boris Saratoff
Saratoff
Monastir
M. Rostkovski
M. Rostkoevelig
Turkeys Demands Punishment for Monastir Murder
In St. Petersburg Aug 11 Thaczar calls for exemplary punishment of those responsible for the murder of the Ruselon consul at Monastir. The incident has stirred intense indignation as a second Russian consular official is killed in Macedonia within months. Macedonian insurgents gather between Philip and Dibra to intercept Turkish reinforcements from old Servia. An infernal machine packed with dynamite exploded near Uskub train routes after being sent from Philipopolis but caused only station damage.
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Turkey
Grlals
St. Petersburg
Thaczar
Monastir
M. Rostkoveki
Macedonia
Constantinople
Philip
Dibra
Old
Servia
Philipopolis
Uskub
Salonica
Insurgents Raise Black Flag Near Monastir
Advices from Monastir report Krushovo, a town north of Monastir, seized by insurgents who numbered 900. The garrison of fifty two soldiers dynamited and burned government buildings and raised a black flag inscribed Death or Liberty and Courage, Brethres.
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Constantinople
Monastir
Krushovo
Textile strike breaks with 10000 return to duty in Philadelphia
About 10 000 textile workers report for duty at mills in Philadelphia Aug 11 marking the first major break in a strike that began June 1. Defections include cloth weavers loom fixers beamers and twisters as manufacturers make no concessions while about 35000 laborers remain on strike and demand a fifty five hour week with sixty hours pay.
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Philadelphia
Printers in Session at International Typographical Union Meet
The forty ninth session opened in Washington with a large majority of 315 delegates present. J. M. Bramwood, secretary-treasurer, reports the year ended May 31, 1908, with receipts totaling 223,265 and expenditures of 174,085. The treasury balance on May 31, 1903, stood at 49,170, up 11,097 for the year.
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Washington
International Typographical Union
J. M. Bramwood
Treasury
Strike Riot in Alabama Mines at Virginia City
A report to the sheriff says serious trouble broke out at Virginia City amid a miners strike. Sheriff Bergen sent deputies to the scene after a man was shot and another assaulted in clashes over nonunion workers. Judge Gray again presides as the Birmingham board of arbitration meets.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Virginia City
Bergen
Gray
Board of Arbitration
National Building Trades Council Holds Denver Convention
Judge George Gray of Delaware chairs delegates at the sixth annual convention in Denver as the Building Trades Council begins operations. The event opens with 100 plus delegates and President Smythe outlines routine business while preparations unfold for the San Francisco Grand Army parade where General Werfeld resigns as grand marshal due to injuries. Delegates arrive in Allegheny for the encampment with Captain J. N. Johnson of Kentucky noted as a Libby prison escape hero. Preparations in the city for hosting visiting delegates indicate a grand encampment ahead.
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Building Trades Council
Denver
B. J. Smythe
National
Qgentral Warfield
San Francisco
H. H. Werfeld
Grand Army of the Republic
Jesse B. Fuller
Los Angeles
Commercce
J. N. Johnson
Kentucky
Libby Prison
Labby
Richmond
Kentucky Infantry
Chickamauga
Cleague Can't Track Losses in Corn Deal
In St Louis on August 11 Thomas A Cleague a leading figure in Cleague Commission admitted he could not determine within 100000 dollars how much he paid brokers or within 590000 dollars what he lost in corn last December. The hearing examined his company amid tax arrears claims and revealed three speculative plans the Regular pool Special fund and Emergency fund while hundreds of customers faced withdrawal troubles.
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Cleague
St. Louis
Saunders
Thomas A. Cleague
Cleague Commission Company
Santa Fe opens grain transport facilities to Kansas City
Relief for grain men as the Santa Fe announces facilities will be open to move grain to and through Kansas City. Cars will be delivered to Burlington, Wahash, Missouri Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads after a recent order against these roads was rescinded.
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Kansas City
The
Santa Fe
Burlington
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
Kangug City
Citizens League Enjoined in Miner Dispute
Georgetown Colo Aug 11 Judge Owers issued an injunction against all Citizens Protective league members restraining interference with Idaho Springs Miners Union members driven from town after a mine compressor explosion. Criminal complaints followed with warrants issued for arrest and transfer to Georgetown for court. Des Moines delegates head to Council Bluffs for Knights of Pythias grand lodge with interest in Colfax sanitarium plans.
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Idaho Springs Minore
Georgetown
Cola
Frank Qwers
Citizens’ Protective League
Idaho Springs
Citizens’ Protective League of
Sheriiff
Owers
Des Moines
Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Council Blaffa
Grand Lodge
Colfax
Baseball results from major leagues and rivals 1900s
National League results show Brooklyn 1 New York 8 and Pittsburg 7 St Louis 4. American League scores list Boston 7 Philadelphia 2 and Cleveland 40 Chicago 2 New York 6 Washington 1. Western League Peloria 2 Derado Springs 9. St Joseph died ha 2.
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Brooklyn
New York
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Chicago
Washington
Peloria
Derado Springs
St. Joseph
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Denis
West Indies
Farmers Propose Trust
Devide
Cxar
Porte
Gonsul
T.1 Aurgents
George Gray
Delaware
Citizens! League
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