Royalist unrest cited over Brittany church schools closure
Paris reports show royalists organizing protests against closing religious schools in Brittany. Catholic leaders call it anti republican while Count Albert de Mun claims spontaneous popular action without royalist plotting. 15 000 gather at Folgette as demonstrations continue with church figures protesting to Premier Combes.
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Paris
Brittany
Albert de Mun
Abbe Gayraud
Finistere
Patrie
Finfistere
M. de Chamailard
St. Meen
Folgette
Admiral de Coverville
Apbe Gayraud
Chai R of Deputies
Councellor Soubon
M. Combes
Republc
United States Tries Peaceful Settlement Over Wake and Midway Islands
Washington outlines U S plans to recognize Japanese settlement on Wake and Midway if proven, while sending Commander Fox to verify and deter claims. The Adams will inspect the atolls and report, with potential removal of Japanese subjects if colonies are found. Marcus Island ownership also noted as disputed point.
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Uncle Sam
Japan
Washington
United States
Pacific
Navy Department
Charles D. Fox
Wake Island
Midway Islands
Orient
Fox
Midway
Wake Islands
Marcus Island
mid-Pacific
Andrew A. Rosehill
Rosell
Cables Cut in Hayti Amid Revolutionary Activity
Minister Powell reported from Port au Prince that telegraph lines between Port au Prince and Gonaives were cut. The action appears to be the work of revolutionists, who have disrupted communications in the area.
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Hayti
Washington
Ministar Powell
Port Au Prince
State Department
Gonaives
Man Hanged by Mob Granted New Trial in Kansas
A Kansas man who was hanged by a mob for an hour without death was later convicted again and sentenced, and a new trial has now been ordered. The incident draws scrutiny over mob violence and judicial process.
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Kansas
Veterans Hold Annual Encampment at Council Bluffs
The third annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Philippines opened in Council Bluffs with talks by Brigadier General Irving Hale and Governor Cummins. Officers were elected for the coming year and a large parade and sham battle drew about 25 000 spectators. Next year’s meeting will be in St Paul with date changes possible.
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Council Bluffs
Cummins
Smith
Society of the Army of the Philippines
Royal Arcanum
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Colorado
Wyoming
New York
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Alaska
Charles King
General King
Ernest FE. Hart
Hale
National Society Army of the Philippines
Iuns
King
Frost
Metcalfe
Sivage
Culver
Cumming
Savage
Fort Crook
Nebraska and
Iowa National Guard
Omaha
Lake Manawa
Twenty-second Infantry
Irving Hale
Denver
Donald MacRae
Alfred S. Frost
Evanston
Chas. King
Milwaukee
J. W. Pope
Wilder S. Metcalf
Lawrence
Kas
H. A. Crow
Connellsville
F. M. Schutte
St. Paul
C. B. Lewis
Charles Mailley
Change in Plans for Ames State College Building
Architect Proudfoot reports plans for the Ames State Agricultural College building may be revised after inspecting major institutions across North America. Instead of one $300,000 main building, two new structures are likely: an agricultural building to house the department and a second for language botany and mathematics with administration space.
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Des Moines
W. T. Proudfoot
Proudfoot
Ontario
Wisconsin School
Madison
Chicago University
Illinois Agricultural School
Toronto’ University
Washington
St. Denis
Des Moines News presses for prosecution in multiple murder cases
Des Moines Daily and Sunday News campaigns for the murderers Mabiel Sco field the Peterson Children and Isaac Finkelstein to be punished. The paper argues no life is safe while killers go unpunished and notes rising circulation aided by a low $1.50 yearly price for both daily and Sunday editions.
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Des Moines
Sunday News
Mabiel Scofield
Peterson
Isaac Finkelstein
Crazed by Drink Ends in Tragic Self Destruction
In Davenport on August 12 John Peterson, intoxicated, placed a public safety item to his mouth and blew off the top of his head. He bade farewell to his children and warned his wife not to intervene before firing.
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Davenpor
John Peterson
Ex-postmaster J M Mossberry killed by bull at 80
Mason City reports ex postmaster J M Mossberry of Plymouth and county pioneer was gored to death while driving cattle from pasture. He was eighty years old.
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Mason City
J. M. Mossberry
Plymouth
No one to blame for Rhodes wreck verdict
Marshalltown Aug. 15 The coroner's jury ends inquiry into the Rhodes wreck with a finding that no one is at fault. The accident, on August 6 1902 near Rhodes, resulted from a misunderstanding between conductors of two work trains on the C M and St Paul line between Collins and Rhodes. Dana Marckres, engineer of freight No 82, died.
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Marshalltown
Rhodes
Ian Non
Dana Marckres
Collins
Barcelona in Venezuelan turmoil prompts naval notices
State Department reports Barcelona under revolutionary control with Venezuelan officials imprisoned and property damaged. Commander McLean cables Cincinnati and Marietta en route, while Machias notes Killick blockade abandoned. Bowen cites foreigners pressed for money amid unrest in Barcelona.
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Washington
Mc Boren
Caracas
State Department
Alinis
Cincinnati
Marietta
Barcelona
Navy Department
McLean
Port of Spain
Trinidad
McCrea
Machias
St. Hallen
Killick
Barceona
Bowen
Castro
Ftresae
Naval Department
Barcelons
McLean Wag
Naval Battle Fought. Boyaca Captured by Colombian Rebels
Report from Agua Dulce says government gunboat Boyaca was captured by Colombian revolutionists after a naval engagement. Rebel forces seized 300 soldiers munitions supplies and a base line launch. Boyaca, with 400 troops, was en route to reinforce General Morales Berti at Agua Dulce when attacked. A separate Hong Kong dispatch notes floods in Kwang Si province drowning about one thousand people and twenty in Hong Kong.
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Boyaca
Colomban
San Jose de Costa Rica
Agua Dulce
Panama
Morales Berti
Atiga Dulce
London
Hong Kong
Daily Express
Kwang Si
Nutting Receives Hawaiian Birds Corals Ethnology
Prof C C Nutting of the University of Iowa collects four boxes of valuable material from Hawaii. The assortment includes birds corals and ethnological specimens with unique Appatrosece on Laysan. The Smithsonian and Stanford will get similar items later and no other U S museums will rival their collection.
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University
Iowa City
C. C. Nutting
Laysan
America
Smithsonian Museum
D. C
Leland Stanford University
United States
Nutting
Senator Berry Breaks Arm at Simpson College Building
Indianola Aug 16 Former State Senator W H Berry broke his left arm yesterday while inspecting the new Conservatory Music building at Simpson College. He slipped and fell striking the ground, injuring his arm and sustaining a facial gash.
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Senator Berry
Indianola
W. H. Berry
Conservatory Music
Simpson College
Minneapolis Officials Arraigned in Conspiracy Case
Ex Chief Fred W. Ames ex Detective Chris Norbeck and Irwin A. Gardner were arraigned on a blanket indictment charging conspiracy in Minneapolis Minnesota. Mayor A A Ames and Joseph Cohen were absent for arraignment. The indictments allege extortion and bribery tied to protection for unlawful resorts with thirty five women to pay monthly sums.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Fred W. Ames
Chris Norbeck
Irwin A. Gardner
Joseph Cohen
A. A. Ames
Norbeck
Gardner
Ames
Cohen
Fred Ames
Son Rescues Mother by Killing Father in Iowa Farm Fight
Ottumwa, Aug. 14. J H Sims, wealthy farmer, was shot and killed by his son John when the father tried to murder his wife with a butcher knife. The dead man was intoxicated and assaulted his wife over a supposed wrong, and the son intervened to save her life.
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Ottumwa
J. H. Sims
John
Old Man Drowned On Elers Near Nauvoo
The steamer Elers arrived Burlington late after losing a passenger above Nauvoo. An apparently 60 year old stranger, with Fort Madison ticket, was seen to fall into the river near Nauvoo and drown despite all rescue attempts.
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Burlington
Elers
Nauvoo
Fort Madison
China Warns Viceroys Against Embezzlement in Indemnity Funds
Washington dispatch reports an imperial decree from Pekin forbidding extortion in funds raised to pay indemnity for the Boxer uprising. Viceroys are ordered to avoid friction and embezzlement, with severe punishment for officials found skimming funds. A concurrent proclamation urges the public not to take up arms and to keep peace between people and Christians.
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China
Washington
Conger
Pekin
State Department
Roosevelt to Visit Des Moines September 30
President Roosevelt will speak in Des Moines this fall for two hours from 2 to 4 PM on September 30 before likely heading to St Louis for the League of Republican Clubs meeting. Governor Cummins will accompany him south, with Polk county backing the Kansas City platform. Delegates to the state convention in Des Moines on September 2 were chosen.
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Roosevelt
Des Moines
St. Louis
League of Republican Clubs
Cummins
Washington
Friends of Silver
Kansas City
Polk “County
YY. M
Boer Generals Toasted in London Before US Visit
Generals Botha DeWet and Delarey were welcomed by officials and crowds in Southampton and London upon arrival. They boarded the Nigeria where Joseph Chamberlain Earl Roberts and Lord Kitchener greeted them and Mrs Chamberlain and Lady Roberts met them. De Wet said they may visit the United States before returning to South Africa. The tour aims to raise a fund for families left by the war and to draft a circular presenting the Boer case to the British public.
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London
Botha
DeWet
Delarey
Southampton
Nigeria
Joseph Chamberlain
Earl Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Mrs Chamberlain
Lady Roberts
de Wet
United States
South Africa
T the Red Rake
Edward
Cowes
Koabetehh
Moros Attack Camp McVicar in Mindanao Outpost Killing Two
Moros from Barc_load surprise Twenty-seventh Infantry outpost at Camp McVicar Mindanao August 12 killing two Americans and wounding one. Barc_lod strong fortifications, calls for Bacolod fort reduction. General Chaffee backs decisive action to maintain Moro support.
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Fifteenth Cavalry
Lake Lanar
Bacolod
Chaffee
Manila
Zambanagoa
Mindanao
Compulsory School Law Ends at Age 14 Says Attorney General
Des Moines Aug 14 Attorney General Mullan interprets the new compulsory education law noting that children aged 7 to 14 inclusive must attend from turning seven until they complete their thirteenth year and reach age fourteen. The phrase inclusive applies to the interval between ages seven and fourteen and does not extend beyond age fourteen.
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Des Moines
Mullan
Barrett
Massive Mail Loot Report Highlights Post Service
London reports postmaster general findings show 3,375,000 dollars in undelivered letters from the past year and total mail volume near ten million undelivered items. Delivered letters reach 2,451,500,000 with an average per person. Experiments with motor cars reveal unreliability for heavy loads compared with horse wagons.
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London
United Kingdom
Dubious Disraeli reminiscence and memory lapses
A London correspondent questions the reliability of Disraeli era anecdotes in Sir Edward Blount's Memoirs. The writer notes widespread talk, hearsay stories, and claimed personal recollections that may have misled readers about scenes supposedly witnessed.
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Edward Blount
London
Disraeli
Meissonier Portrait Controversy Stirs Paris Art Scene
News reports recount bids by Meissonier to paint Mrs Mackay from New York tied to her Paris residence. Critics claim the portrait fails to honor traditions, sparking public debate as Meissonier’s status and the work’s reception divide artists and press.
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Joni Mackay
New York Herald
Mackay
Paris
Meissonier
Mag
Rtr
Meissonter Audimneér
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