Bright boy with troubled friends faces reform chances
Gladstone Bray a 12 year old resident of West Silver Street was arrested by Officer Ferns for taking 2.60 from Jess Smith a Dorothy block porter. His stepmother pleads for mercy and says he is bright and well meaning. The case may go before Judge Sullivan with hopes of another chance and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone Bray
West Silver Street
Ferns
Jess Smith
Dorothy Block
Gladstone
Reform School
Sullivan
Great Northern Excursions East and Detroit Fares
Cheap excursions offered by Great NorthernRailway to East Chicago and return for 51 50 and to Detroit for 60 75. Tickets on sale August 23 and 24. Inquiries at city ticket office 41 North Main Street. J E Dawson general agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railway
Chicago
Detroit
City
North Main Street
J. E. Dawson
Mayhem charge dropped after Tolometi incident in California saloon
In Harringtons court a mayhem complaint against Chris Tolometi for the California brewery saloon attack was dismissed. A new assault charge was issued against John Leahy for allegedly beating Goldie Star on East Galena Street and Main Street. Leahy admits a push but denies striking her. The case resumes Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Tolometi
Theodore Staikos
California
Justice Harrington
John Leahy
Leahy
Goldie Star
Galena Street
Goldie
Main Street
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Line Sails to San Francisco
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company dispatches elegant ocean steamships from Portland every five days for San Francisco. This voyage covers about 48 hours and is praised as a delightful trip in calm seas. Fare includes meals and berth at 12 dollars. for details contact general passenger agent Ho Hurlburt in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Meale
Berth
Ho Hurlburt
Waiting for His Time Abraham Parks Arrested for Disturbing the Peace
Abraham Parks a 65 year old man claiming Civil War service and Gettysburg hero status was arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace at the Big Blackfoot Milling Company office. He says he quit work and was underpaid for overtime while defending his time check. Judge Sullivan will hear the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Parks
Big Blackfoot Milling Company
Sullivan
Tory
Orton Bros Piano Ad Amid Missing Heir in Butte
In Butte a young woman, daughter of Dr. Machette, arrived on a late train from Idaho and was not met. Officer Jowling took her to the Southern hotel where she will stay until her father is found, while a local piano or organ dealer promotes value for money.
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Orton Bros
N. Main Street
Butte
Machette
Aroher
Idaho
Jowling
Routhern Hotel
Wage dispute widens between steel and tin workers unions
Pittsburg reports a growing wage gap between Republic Iron and Steel, American Tin Plate, and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Tin Workers as talks stall, signaling mounting labor tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Republic Iron & Steel Company
American Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated Association of Ken Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated Association Seeks Detroit Conference to Settle Wage Disputes
A crisis warning is issued as a strike looms unless a settlement is reached. President Shaffer calls for a general conference in Detroit on August 24 to attempt a final adjustment of wage scales. It marks the first request for the general conference committee to settle wage disputes.
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Detroit
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
General Conference
German War Leader Plans China Campaign
Berlin Aug 10 Count von Waldersee in an Associated Press interview outlines preparations for a China expedition. He lists officers for his staff, notes telegraph access mid voyage, and notes departure from Genoa Aug 23 for Shanghai arriving Sept 22. He says he is half American and discusses broader troop movements and mixed public reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Associated Press
Count von Waldersee
Count von Schiieffen
China
William
von Schwartzkopf
Barangay
Baron Knigge
Count Koenigsmark
Count Wernigerod
San Francisco
Genoa
Sachen
Shanghai
Hanover
United States
Palestine
Europe
Germany
Cologne
Russia
Manchuria
Chinese
Gulf of Pechili
Great Britain
France
Schlesiz Zeitung
National Zeitung
Germania
Volks Zeitung
Vossiche Zeitung
von Hannkin
Lokal Anzeiger
New Guinea
Enormous Loss From Australian Floods
The Aorangi reports July floods in New South Wales uprooted hundreds, destroyed years of work, with Hawkesbury and Nepean Valleys hardest hit. Appeals fund relief across Australia. Sydney warns ships to issue clean bills of health before departure. The Tonga proclamation establishes British protection and NZ Premier Bodden attends Tonga Parliament opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor's
Australia
Aorangi
New South Wales
Hawkesbury
Napean Valles
Sydney Board of Health
King of Tonga
Bodden
New Zealand
Sydney
Chemainus
Arathusa
Plattery
Hiversdale
Astoria
Columbia River
Baseball scores from American League games
In Minneapolis the Chicago club lost 11 to 4 to the Chicago team. Indianapolis defeated Cleveland 6 to 5 in the first game and tied 4 in the recommended game. Milwaukee and Kansas City combined for a 3 to 3 draw. Detroit beat Buffalo 7 to 5 in Detroit.
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Minneapolis
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Detroit
Bultulo
Telegraph line projects in Yukon near completion
Victoria B. Aug. WH Giehin, head of supplies for the Yukon public works, says the Atlin to outside world telegraph line will be completed and in operation by Dec 1. A Dawson to Fort Cudahy line on the international Yukon Alaska boundary will also be ready, about 5 miles long, linking with the British system for a complementary eastern Yukon basin network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Giehin
Public Works Department
Yukon
Atlin
Dominion
Dawson
Fort Cudahy
Yukon Territor
Alaska
Yukon Basin
Servant Girl Imprisoned White Nurse in Hospital the Culprit Re cognized
A St Louis nurse who served two years for grand larceny was later confronted by a wounded street thief in a hospital. He convicts her of her past, and she reveals she finished her two year sentence with reform. The tale links a furniture theft, imprisonment, and a nurse’s rehabilitation in a single widely told episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Star
St. Louis
Washington
Shaw's Gardens
Merve
Central Office
The Confession of a Crooked Client in a Grim Case
A dying crook recounts a staged crime in a mistress’s house with a box couch murder plot. He explains the job, how he hid in the couch, and how air holes prevented suffocation. The nurse notified the hospital superintendent who filed the confession with papers of the young woman’s trial and conviction.
Murder and Robbery on Panhandle Express in Ohio
In Columbus Ohio Aug irish Panhandle express no from the West arrived at union station shortly after 11. Charles Lane express messenger lay dead in the car with a bullet in his heart. The safe opened with his key and valuables taken. The crime likely occurred between Milford Center and Columbus after a bloody struggle. Eight bullet wounds found on Lane including three in the back and four in the calf. Report says about 45 dollars in money was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Union Station
Charles Lane
Milford Center
Extreme Heat Halts Work and Claims Lives in Philadelphia
Philadelphia records an extreme heat wave with two deaths and numerous prostrations. Temperatures peaked at 96 degrees by mid afternoon after a 98 degree reading earlier, while the city’s average over four days stays above any prior similar period. Many factories operate on half time as workers endure the heat.
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Philadelphia
Mercury
Heat Suffocates Eleven in New York Today
Eleven people die in New York from the prolonged extreme heat that has plagued the city for days with little relief in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Armor Plate Bids From Bethlehem Carnegie and Midvale
Opening bids at the navy department for armor plate show Bethlehem and Carnegie both bidding about 18.4 tons each of 36 000 tons advertised at 4 per thick plate and 411 20 for time. Midvale Steel bids to supply the full amount with no royalties on a sliding scale from 48 up but refuses contracts under 20 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Bethlehem
Carnegie
Midvale Steel Company
Populist Committee Names Nomination Notification Dates
The populist ad vistory committee recommended notifying Bryan of his nomination at Sioux Falls and Topeka on August 22. Free silver Republicans will be notified later, likely at St Paul, Minnesota, Towne’s home state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bryan
Sioux Falls
Topeka
St. Paul
Minn
Nashville, Tenn. member resigns from national democratic panel
J. M. Head of Nashville resigns from the national democratic executive committee and Norman E. Mack of Buffalo is chosen by National Chairman Jones to fill the vacancy in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. M. Head
Nashville, Tenn
National Democratic Executive Committee
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
Jones
Company Ordered to Manila From Fort Harrison
Special dispatch reports the 24th Infantry at Fort Harrison is ordered to proceed to the Philippines as soon as the company reaches its maximum strength of 124 men. The move follows recruitment to full strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
24Th Infantry
Fort Harrison
Philippines
Arrest in Vienna Over Insult to Servian Regent Queen
In Vienna on August 10, General Belimark owitch, a regent during King Alexander's minority, is under arrest for insulting the new queen of Servia. The incident concerns royal decorum and political tension surrounding the regency.
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Vienna
Servia
Belimarkowitch
Alexander
Death of Evan Pasha, Former Grand Vizier
Constantinople reports the death of Evan Pasha, once the grand vizier, marking the end of a prominent political career in the Ottoman realm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Evan Pasha
The Fierce Wildcat Across Regions and Its Hunts
A description of the wildcat or lynx as a pervasive fierce predator across the United States. It covers size variation by region, its relentless temperament, nocturnal feeding on small mammals and birds, occasional attacks on larger prey like deer, and hunting methods such as spring traps. It notes the cruelty of dog-chasing hunts and rare, cautious sportsmen who pursue the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Caneada
Atlantic
Osfie
Wisconsin
Michigan
Imperial decree names Li Hung Chang to negotiate peace
Shanghai August 10 An imperial decree names Li Hung Chang as minister plenipotentiary to negotiate peace. A Belgian dispatch at Pekin confirms efforts by China to obtain foreign ministers acceptance of a Chinese escort to Tientsin as reported to Paris and Paris press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ienne
Pekin
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Foreign Office
M. Pichon
Tientsin
Troops Arrive as Forces Push Toward Tientsin
A dispatch from Tientsin reports Major Biddle and two American marine companies with Captain Reilly's battery arriving, the sixth cavalry disembarking at Taku, and a renewed push by Japanese and Russian forces. The Boxers threaten the area, Prince Tuan may have fled Pekin, and aid to Pekin residents is noted while refugees suffer.
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New York
Herald
Tientsin
Chefoo
Biddle
Reilly
Sixth Cavalry
Taku
Ninth
Ninth Infantry
Hsiku
Prince Tuan
Pekin
Sung
Here
Baroness von Ketteler Status Clarified by State Dept
The State Department said it asked the Berlin embassy about Baroness von Ketteler and received no special news. The chargé d’affaires reported she was likely well on August 4, and noted Baroness von Ketteler is an American by birth, formerly Miss Ledyard of Detroit, daughter of the Michigan Central Railroad president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Baroness von Ketteler
Berlin
Jacobson
German Ignation
Baroness von Metteler
Miss Ledyard
Detroit
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Washington Deliberations On Telegraph Link With Pekin
Secretary Root conferred with the president on the long distance telephone and with acting Secretary Atlee. A draft message replying to Minister Conger’s dispatches awaits approval. No word yet from Conger, but a reply will show uninterrupted telegraphic communication with Pekin.
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Washington
Root
Atlee
Conger
State Department
Pekin
Third U S Infantry Battalion Departs Fort Sheridan
The third battalion of the fifth United States infantry leaves Fort Sheridan for San Francisco en route to China. The unit numbers 512 men and officers and will stay in San Francisco until joined by the first battalion arriving from Cuba to relieve it.
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Chicago
Fifth United States Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Santiago
San Francisco
China
Fort Sheridal
Cuba
U S Accepts Waldersee as China Campaign Commander
The government states it would accept Count Waldersee as commander of an international force in China if his arrival coincides with the start of a campaign, indicating readiness for a joint effort if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aug. W
United States
Count Waldersee
China
Appointment shifts top staff under Waldersee
Berlin reports Major General von Schwartzkopf, commander of the first East Asiatic brigade, has been named chief of staff to Field Marshal von Waldersee. The move places a senior officer in the strategic role amid ongoing military operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Schwartzkopf
Marshal von Waldersee
Chinese Troop Movement Reported Toward Pekin Tientsin
It is reported that 12,000 Chinese troops are marching from the provinces of Hunan and Hupei toward Pekin and Tientsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Hunan
Hupei
Pekin
Tientsin
Copper Identified as Anaconda Property in Montana Case
A copper piece recovered in a Helena barn was identified by an Anaconda refinery employee as the property of the Anaconda company. The Suhr brothers, arrested on a charge of stealing it from a car at Woodville, were taken to Boulder for trial. the metal is valued at about $330.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Helena
Aug. W
Suhr Brothers
Woodville
Anaconda
Anaconda Company
Boulder
Government opposes railway charter through Chilcoot Pass
The provincial government announced opposition to granting a charter for a railway line through Chilcoot pass. They argue the route would side with a Canada United States dispute and that the line would run parallel to the White Pass railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Chilcoot Pass
Canada
United States
White Pass
Steyn Rumored To Have Died By His Own Action
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph dated yesterday reports persistent rumors from Lourenco Marquez that President Steyn has died by his own action. The London report cites unspecified sources and no official confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lourenco Marquez
Daily Telegraph
Steyn
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Butte News
Abrahaam Parks
Parks
Marguerite
Havana
Vigar
von Waldersee
America
Qetal
Express
Manila
Pevad Pasha
Stat
Hennessy
Dark Street
O. K. Lewis
Morocco
Windsor
Nly
Montana
Hennessy’s
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