Lines Stop the Cars and Riots at Coney Island
Following the arrest of three Brooklyn Rapid Transit inspectors on assault charges, surface streetcars to Coney Island were halted to quell rioting over a second fare. Deputy sheriffs were prepared to deploy 1000 deputies. elevated lines to Bay Shore were increased. A rear end collision on the West End line injures several.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Coney Island
Bay Shore Resort
Brooklyn Rapid
Neck Road
Gravesend Avenue
Flaherty
Kings County
West End
Soldiers Fire Volley Down Main Street in Brownsville
Negrobattalion of federal troops stationed at Fort Brown fired several volleys down Main Street Brownsville Texas after a search among their ranks for a negro who attacked Leon Evang at her home. One barkeeper Frank Natus died and Policeman Joseph Demings was wounded. Bullets damaged homes and hotel walls as townspeople appeal to the governor to remove the troops to prevent further trouble.
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Brownaville
Texas
Leon Evang
Fort Brown
Browneville
Main Street
Frank Natus
Kaiser to Meet King Edward at German Castle
Emperor William arrived at Castle Friederichshof and will host King Edward of Britain on arrival from Frankfurt. A large retinue accompanies William while Sir Frank Lascelles and Consul General Oppenheimer join the train. The two rulers will dine and stay through Wednesday night.
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Germany
Oppenheimer
William
King Edward
Post mortem for Mrs Craigie in London
The body of Mrs. Craigie was moved to Paddington mortuary for a post mortem under the coroner after death in London. Funeral services are set for August 17 at Jesuit Church Farm Street. She was adapting her play A Time to Love for publication as a novel and her last work The Dream and the Business awaits U.S. copyright news.
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London
Craigie
John Oliver Hobbes
Paddington
Jesuit Church
Farm Street
America
United States
Veteran Congressional Reporter Smith Dies in Washington
Washington and Hartford dispatches report the death of Miranda H. Smith a veteran congressional reporter born March 11 1829 in Washington Connecticut. Smith covered Daniel Webster early in Congress and later reported the Lincoln conspirators court martial the Surratt trial and the Sickles Kiel case for the Associated Press.
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Washington
Iranda H. Smith
Washington, Conn
Daniel Webster
Mr. Smith
Congress
Associated Press
Lincoln
John H. Surratt
General Day Sickles
Kiel
Secretary Root Arrives in Buenos Aires for Banquet
Immense crowds greet Secretary Root and party at the Buenos Aires docks despite heavy rain. They tour to the Avenue Alvear residence and attend an 8:26 PM banquet at the Government house hosted by the president with diplomats and state officials.
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Thuenos Ayres
Root
Pope encyclical on France church state law causes division
Paris and Rome report the pope’s long expected encyclical to French archbishops and bishops condemning the separation law. Clergy split between submission to papal guidance and fear of religious strife while the government and liberal press criticize the document as undermining peace.
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Paris
Richard
Vatican
Temps
Rome
Leervix
Observatore Romano
Authorities seize Moscow rebels and explosives
St. Petersburg reports authorities regard the Mos cow crackdown as a major victory. They say leaders of the military fighting organization were captured near Moscow along with a clandestine printing shop and a large stock of bombs and explosives including Chinese powder. Investigators also seized elaborate planks designed for use in an uprising.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Opposition to free seed distribution in coming Congress session
The Morning Journal reports firms and farmers plan a strong push against the congressional free seed distribution. Industry groups led by the American Seed Trade Association argue it interferes with trade and wastes public funds, citing seed trade totals and potential subsidies for other goods.
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House Committees On Agriculture
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Richmond
American Seed Trade Association
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National Agriculture College
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Lili
Ohio
Wight
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Minnesota
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New York
South
National Orange
Veterans Gather in Minneapolis for G A R Encampment
Minneapolis hosts the national Grand Army of the Republic encampment with regimental reunions at hotels halls and a large camp fire. Two more veterans die, bringing deaths to three since the event began. A bitter contest over Captain P H Coney’s war record sparks circular attacks as plans to buy Appomattox’s McLean house for a national museum move forward.
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Grand Army
Woman's Relief
Topeka Flambeau Club
P. H. Coney
Kansas
Coney
Eleventh
New York Infantry
McLean House
Appomattox
Nellie Underwood
Belknap
Ladies of the Grand Army
New York
Saratoga
Governor Hagerman Visits Alamogordo on East NM Tour
Governor Hagerman arrives in Alamogordo at 6.30 p.m. and is hosted by the Alamogordo board of trade in the district courtroom. He tours the city, then boards the Alamogordo Sacrament o train to Clowcrott with local citizens for a mountain ride in the Sacramento range. He is greeted warmly by Otero County residents.
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San Francisco
Charles Hendry
London and Lancaster Fire Insurance Company
Grand Jury
Graham
Hendry
London and Lancaster
London and Lancaster Company
Alamogordo
N. M
Hagerman
New Mexico
District Court Room
Alamagura
Otero County
Frisco Faces Lumber Shortage From Strikes and Ports
Frisco fears a building-material shortage as nonunion longshoremen halt work and steam schooners stay tied up. Lumber shipments are diverted to sailing vessels, raising concern over the city’s future lumber supply. Additionally, the era notes security measures in Russia and a new Teamsters union chapter in Chicago.
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San Francisco
The
Steamship Association
Mare Stearns
Government Takes Grip Amid Strike in Donets Basin
In response to mining unrest in Uzovka and surrounding districts, the government has created a special general governorship and an advisory mining commission to coordinate control across Yekaterinoslav, southern Kharkov, and Don Cossack areas. Violent clashes persist as orders limit night streets, and liquor sales on Sundays.
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Donets
Uzovaka
Coal and Iron
Yekaterinoslav
Kharkov
Cronestadt
Adlerberg
Achlerberg
Moscow police uncover depot of explosives
Moscow police today discovered a bomb depot containing eighty pounds of dynamite and three thousand rifle cartridges at a storehouse. The find followed an earlier patrol in the city. Authorities are assessing the cache and its potential threats.
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Moscow
Territory Murderer Meets His Nemesis
A Marietta dispatch says Dr. Graham of Holder, Indian Territory, was killed by Ben Steward last month. This afternoon unknown shooters ambushed Steward and killed him. Cal Steward, brother of the dead man, escaped by spurring his horse into a run.
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Oklo
Marietta
I. T
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Holder
Ben Steward
Cal Steward
Assassisins
Atlantic Fighers Maneuver Off Rockport Harbor
Rockport Mass Aug 14 The Atlantic squadron under Rear Admiral Robley D Evans returns to Rockport Harbor after secret maneuvers including a battleship search for torpedo boat destroyers said to have eluded the fleet The fleet studies a new signals system using flags independent of wireless telegraphy and sirens. officers are reticent about details.
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Rockport
Mas
Robley D. Evans
Rockport Harbor
Passenger Train Collision Near Port Scott Injures Twenty Seven
A freight train crashed into passenger train No. 6 northbound near Port Scott Kansas at a crossing on the roads south of the city. Twenty seven people were hurt though none seriously as the chair car and sleeper derailed. The Texas to St Louis bound train was six hours late. All injured travelers continued their journey after the accident.
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Kane
St. Louis
San Verapreleen
Enaire
Micourt
Kansas
Tes
Texas
St Louis
Sheriff's attachment seeks H Clay Pierce in New York case
An attachment was issued to detain oil magnate H Clay Pierce until he appears before Notary Public Funkhouser to give deposition in the $25 suit of John C. Gruet for salary due. Deputies searched, Pierce believed to be in New York.
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St. Louis
H Clay Pierce
Pierce
Notary Public
Funkhouser
John CO. Gruet
New York
Texans Hold Democratic State Convention in Houston
The Democratic convention in Houston opened with 199 delegates and over 4000 spectators as Judge Joseph F E Cockrell chaired the session. Balloting for governor will begin tomorrow afternoon amid division among candidates and long voting times.
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Dallas
Texas
Democracy
James S&s. Hoge
George Clark
Joseph FE. Cockrell
M. Campbell
M. M Brooks
Criminal Court of Appeals
O. R B. Celquitt
State Railway Commission
Congressmam
K. Bell
Culberson
Bailey
Bryan
Texas Republicans Nominate Green as Governor in Reorganized Faction
In Austin at the state convention the Texas Reorganized Republicans nominated Green Terrell for governor and J C Gibbons for lieutenant governor. The platform denounces Cecil A Lyon as a dictator plotting to seize power while praising national administration and Taft. A state executive committee was formed with A W Acheson chairing, and Prohibitionists named J W Pearson of Bryan for governor in their ticket.
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Houston
Republican Party of Texas
Texas
Coroney Lyon
Committee On Reorganization
Taft
A. W. Acheson
Denison
WM McDonald
Terrel
Ceril A. Swon
J. W. Pearson
Bryan
Mad Mullah Bites Off More Than He Can Chew
Aden dispatch reports the Mad Mullah attacking the sultan of Mi Jertain territory after devastating nine Dagien villages. Both sides suffer heavy losses. the sultan loses nine close relatives and 700 warriors but repels the Mullah toward Trig and the east.
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Mullah
London
Aden
Daily Mall
Mi Jertain
Sultan Hed
Trig
San Pranecisco iron trades council backs eight hour day
The iron trades council of this city has decided to take a stand for the eight hour day. This is the first such council of America to reach this section. Six thousand men are involved.
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San Pranecisco
Cal
Tron Trades Council
Firat Iron Trades
Ourell
America
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