Cuban Insurgents Ambush Recruits South of Havana
Havana reports say insurgents ambushed Colonel Jose Ee Feramipez's forty five Ravani recruits behind a wall near Guines. three killed and six wounded while the rest fled. Western Cuba foresees a long, well supplied campaign with 1500 to 2000 Pina Guerra followers and recent deserters joining insurrectionists. News also notes government efforts to arm towns, purchase horses, and deploy troops, with Palma hard at work directing operations.
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Havana
Jose Ee Feramipez
Ravani
Guines
Cuban Troops Reoccupy San Juan de Martinez as Insurgents Withdraw
A detachment of Cuban rural guards near Havana clashed with insurgents Friday. Two insurgents were killed and their forces dispersed. Government troops, 250 artillerymen and 60 recruits, occupied San Juan de Martinez by 5:20 PM, restoring order in the town where insurgents once held sway. insurgent forces were believed larger, with about 2000 men and ample arms. Alfredo Zayas, Liberal party leader, said Liberals will not move against the revolt unless Cuba's independence is threatened, noting some insurgents are Liberals while others are Moderates.
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Havana
Pinar del Rio
San Juan de Martinez
San Luis
Associated Press
Pina Guerra
Cuba
Santiago
Jesus Rabi
Vuelta Abaju
Texas
Rius Rivera
Orestes Ferrera Ty
Jose Miguel Gomez
Pino Guerra
San Juan Ds
Martinex
Santa Clara
Havana City
Republic
Baccallan
Avalo
Guerra
Sines
Alfredo Zayas
Senate
Liberal Party
Gubi
Zayas
Liberala
Virtually a Prisoner in Havana Palace
Tampa reports say President Palma is a virtual prisoner in the Havana palace and has not left for a week. The Cuban revolution spreads to Santa Clara and Matanzas. Huerta region guards brace for defense at Tel Rio. A secret society of about sixty Cuban Negroes in Tampa plans to join revolutionists in Cuba.
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Palma
Tampa
Fia
Gussie
Havana
Santa Clara
Matanzas
Fla
Cuba
Russian Provost Declares Stavropol Under Extraordinary Security
Aug 23 St Petersburg reports Stavropol province and surrounding districts placed under reinforced security as fears rise over Ontoka supporters and Cronstadt mutiny fallout. The Stavropol governor is authorized to suppress disorder while a petition appeals to Tsar to release deputy Onipko from court martial.
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St. Petersburg
Ontoka
Cronstadt
Onipko
Onioko
Hls
Valparaiso Recovery Hinted After Earthquake Ruins
Aug 26 dispatch reports Valparaiso aims to rise from ruins within years with rebuilding to finer standards. Many walls cracked, but no major tremors. One thousand killed, over 1,000 bodies still beneath ash. Relief sections set, shelters built, consuls arranging repatriation, and reconstruction plans underway.
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Valparaiso
Alegre
Victoria Hills
Valvaraigo
Preparing for Trouble Troops to Brownsville Demand
On August 26, 1905, the International and Great Northern Railway ordered to ready a special train to move troops toward the Mexican border. Commanders say forces will head to San Antonio to garrison the post, now short handed after orders sent troops to Brownsville. San Antonio’s proximity aids rapid transport if further trouble arises near Brownsville.
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Brownesville
Austin
Tex
International and Great Northern Railway Company
San Antonio
Larrison
Brownsville
Counterfeiting charge against Captain Boynton ends in arrest
New York reports Captain George Boynton, famed soldier of fortune, and associates Lewis M. Thompson and brothers Keller are remanded on counterfeiting charges. Plans involved forging Venezuelan mintage with presses to fund revolutions, the scheme allegedly aiming to spark another civil conflict.
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New York
George
Boynton
United States Secret Service
Venezuela
Uncle Sam
Lewis. M. Thompson
Joseph A
Sidney Keller
United States
Ridgeway
American Tourists Hurt in Scottish Carriage Crash
A party of American tourists from Blairgowrie, Scotland, were injured when their carriage overturned after horses bolted at a hill. Miss Elma Van Norden suffered a fractured skull with brain exposure. she was revived and treated, now doing fairly well. Ottomar H. Van Norden dislocated shoulder, Rev Oliver Hart Bronson and Edward Avery sustained injuries, coachman’s ear nearly torn off, carriage wrecked.
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Blair Gowrie
Scotland
Glen Shee
Blair Sowre
Elma van Norden
Eiuhter
Warner van Norden
New York
Willem Booth
Salvation Army
Rentown
Glasgow
van Norden
Ottomar H. van Norden
Oliver Hart Bronson
Edward 5
Avery
Stringent measures bar insurance funds from politics
At the state capitol the special committee of insurance commissioners and attorneys general approved stringent measures prohibiting insurance company funds from being used for political purposes. A bill modeled on New York law and part of a proposed uniform code makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to four years in prison and a fine up to $1,000 for any insurance officer to contribute to campaign funds or aid political fortunes.
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St. Paul
Funeral procession wreck injures six on street car
In Cleveland an eight carriage funeral procession faced a collision when a street car struck the front carriage bearing an infant. Five people are hurt as the coffin was thrown against the sidewall in the crash. In Springfield a mother shoots her daughter by mistake, killing Maud Tyler in Taylorsville after misidentifying her as an intruder.
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Cleveland
Springfield
Maud Tyler
Taylorsville
Diss From the Heat in Cedar Rapids
Christian Springer died after overheating Friday in Cedar Rapids Iowa and was overcome in five minutes. Thomas Skala collapsed and remained unconscious for twenty four hours after the incident, highlighting a deadly heat spell in the area.
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Cedar Rapids
Christian Springer
Thomas Skala
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General Montalvo
Public Works
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Mexico
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Tel Rio
Atfalra
Atx
Paterhof
Peterhof
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Agrarian Commission
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Peasants’ Bank
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Avgatoff
Captain Boynton
Castro
Opao
Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls
Iowa
J. F. Meyer
Owa Falls
Cwa
Orn
A.N. Gerdes
Cleves
Royal Coal
Roosevelt Bros
Andrew Rath
BREN
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Bell Phone
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