Casablanca Bombardment Triggers Moroccan Surrender
French and Spanish warships bombarded Casablanca and surrounding villages after Kabyle fighters attacked. Moorish commander refused pardon and was ordered to surrender to the French consul. Foreigners warned to leave Rabat as tensions rise. Troops sail from Oran to Morocco. a column marches toward Faris to aid Raisuli pursuit.
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Casablanca
Sur
Tangier
Galilee
London
Cagablanca
Chayla
Iran
Alvaro de Bazan
Paris
Morocco
Rabat
Mohammed el Torres
Algiers
Mexican Laws Cause Trouble
One half of Miguel Martinez’s body is held by authorities in Zacatecas and the other half in San Luis Potosi after a train accident. Each state refuses to surrender its half preventing a full investigation and delaying burial for the Mexican Central brakeman.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Miguel Martinez
Espiritus Santo
Zacatecas
Salinas
San Luis Potosi
Secretary Root's Son to Marry
New York announces the engagement of Flibe Root Jr eldest son of Elihu Root secretary of state to Miss Alicia Livingston Stryker daughter of M Woolsey Stryker president of Hamilton College It comes days after news of Secretary Root's other daughter's engagement to U S Grant son of General Frederick D Grant.
Drowning Tragedy Near Chillicothe
In Chillicothe Missouri this week Miss Lucretia Evans and Emery McDougal drowned when a boat capsized on Bearlake. McDougal tried to save Evans, but in her panic she clung to him, leaving both unable to escape.
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Chillicothe
Lucretia Evans
Emery McDougal
Bearlake
Boy Shot at Winona Lake in City Contest Incident
At Winona Lake in Warsaw Indiana on August 7 Guy Turpin of Indianapolis was shot in the face by a rifle held by Glen McDonald another boy. The injury is critical and the discharge is reported as accidental.
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Winona Lake
Warsaw
Ind
Guy Turpin
Indianapolis
Glen McDonald
Turpin
Attempt to Wreck a Flyer on Erie Road
An attempt to wreck Pittsburg flyer No 23 on the Erie road occurred at night between Hiram and Garretsville. A tree trunk was dragged to the track and chained down. Section men discovered the obstruction and notified authorities.
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Hiram
Pittsburg
Erie Road
Garretsville
Discover Cure for Meningitis
Reports from New York and Castalia claim a serum by Dr Simon Flexner, funded by John D Rockefeller, cures meningitis. Experiments reportedly show efficacy and physicians hail the breakthrough as bookending a disease with a 99 percent fatality rate.
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Cleveland
New York
Castalia
John D. Rockefeller
Simon Flexner
Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Europe
Runaway Freight Car Wrecks Titusville Express
A Buffalo and Allegheny division express wreck near Kelly Station, ten miles from Kittanning, kills at least six and injuries about eighteen. The crash occurs when a northbound freight car breaks away and side swipes the southbound passenger train, derailing the engine and four coaches. Passengers include a Huff family tragedy with the wife and son dead and three daughters seriously injured. The First M E B church group was aboard this crowded train.
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Pittsburg
Titusville
Buffalo and Allegheny
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kelly Station
Kittanning
Alonzo Huff
Johnstown
Huff
M. B. Irwin
Oakmont
Christzlore
Haffey
A. Huff
John Gisslar
Emlenton
Samuel Bing
Robert Michelton
M. EB
Kiskiminetas Junction
Flagler’s Daughter Committed to Stamford Sanatorium
New York reports Baroness Anna Harden Hickey, widow of a financier and cousin of Henry Flagler, has been committed to a Stamford Connecticut sanatorium after her husband’s death by his own hand. Her health and mind have deteriorated since the tragedy, with the baroness described as a shadow of her former self.
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Flagler
New York
Anna Harden-Hickey
John H. Flagler
Henry M. Flagler
Stamford
Conn
Senator Smith studies Fort Mackinac restoration plan
United States Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan conferred with Speaker Cannon and Senator Hemenway of the senate military affairs committee at Mackinac Island during the past two days about restoring the United States military reservation there. The fort was abandoned by order of Secretary Lamont in the Cleveland era.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
United States
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Cannon
Hemenway
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Lamont
Cleveland
Austrian Lands Wife After Mistaking Burglary for Threat
In Atlanta on August 7, H. B. Krum holz an Austrian shot and killed his wife whom he mistook for a burglar. The couple woke twice by a noise and upon lighting a lamp found the wife had left bed and moved to another part of the room.
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Atlanta
H. B. Krumholz
Krumholz
Mansfield improves after sciatica attack in damp weather
Mrs. Richard Mansfield telegraphs from Saratoga Lake to counsel for Richard Mansfield denying a serious relapse. She says his illness was a bad sciatica attack caused by damp weather and that he is improving in New York on August 7.
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Richard Mansfield
New York
Saranac Lake
Dittenhoefer
Tarkington Returns from Europe to New York
Booth Tarkington the Indiana novelist and playwright arrives in New York after a two year Europe stay. He is with Mrs. Tarkington their 17 month old daughter Louis P. Laurelton and Harry L. Wilson, collaborator on The Man From Home.
Albert Receives Cold Welcome in Montpelier Return
Marcelin Albert, head of the Midi revolt, was released from jail last week and arrived in Montpelier to a cool reception. Supporters reproached him for delaying his return and he was hooted as he entered his house and locked the door.
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Albert
Paris
Marcelin Albert
Midi
Montpeillier
Fined for Rocking a Boat in Chicago Lagoon
A brief court incident in Chicago assigned a $25 fine and costs to George Morris of 4820 South Park Avenue after a few minutes of rocking a boat in Washington Park lagoon. His companion Annie Finn paid court costs of $7.
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Chicago
Washington Park Lagoon
George Morris
South Park Avenue
Annie Finn
Morris
Roosevelt Declines Attendance at Grand Army Encampment
Grand Army headquarters in Saratoga announces President Roosevelt will not attend the national encampment. He declined the invitation and sent his regrets.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Grand Army
Roosevelt
Soldier jailed for deceiving nurse in romance fraud
Private James M. Pyne of the Sixteenth Artillery Battery was tried by court martial at Leavenworth and sentenced to three years in the military penitentiary for breaking his promise to marry and defrauding an army nurse of money. General Godfrey approved the sentence.
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Leavenworth
Kan
James M. Pyne
Military
Godfrey
Drowns Herself in Horse Trough near Plainfield
Joliet August 7 Ada Smith 20 daughter of Mr and Mrs W F Smith of Plainfield near Joliet drowned herself in a horse trough one and a half feet deep. The victim, an accomplished musician and popular girl, is said to have killed herself due to a disappointed love affair.
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Joliet
Ada Smith
W. F. Smith
Plainfield
Miss Smith
Catholic Order of Foresters Convene in St Paul
More than 200 delegates to the eighteenth annual convention are in St Paul from Chicago and the middle states. The order claims 130000 members and calls itself the strongest Catholic fraternal organization in the world.
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St. Paul, Minn
Catholic Order of Foresters
St. Paul
Chicago
Middle States
Fire Works Plant Destroyed in Milwaukee Blaze
The fire works plant of F. Westfahl & Co. at Thirty-First and Cherry streets was completely destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 50 000 dollars, partly covered by insurance. Origin of the fire is not known.
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Milwaukee
F. Westfahl & Co
Thirty- First
Cherry Street
China Women to Enter Vassar College
Several Chinese women graduates of Chinese schools have sailed for the United States aboard the steamer Minnesota to enter Vassar college. The voyage departed from Shanghai on August 7.
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China
Vassar
Shanghai
United States
Minnesota
America
Vassar College
Street car fall kills woman in Long Beach
Mrs. A. L. Ferguson was killed and her sister Miss Henrietta Shrake was severely injured after falling from a street car in Long Beach California. Both women had recently arrived from Indianapolis Indiana.
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Long Beach
Cal
Mra
A. L. Ferguson
Henrietta Shrake
Indianapolis
Ind
Testimonial for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
A Georgia reader praises Chamberlain's remedy after a severe measles stomach complaint. The letter states the product saved the writer's life and confirms ongoing health, ending with a note that Lanabres & Bauer and Joel C. Win sell it.
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Chamberlain
Gwin
Concord, Ga
Lanabres & Bauer
Joel C. Win
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