Immense Turnout for Grand Army Encampment Arrivals
San Francisco reports a large opening day as Gen Thomas J Stewart arrives with Pennsylvania post members while Gen Miles and John C Black draw attention. Trains bring veterans and allied members and 50 000 visitors are expected on parade day with receptions planned.
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San Francisco
Grand Army of the Republic
Thomas J. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Miles
John C. Black
Grand Army
Bulgaria Indictment of Ottoman Government Draws Diplomatic Fire
The memorandum against the Ottoman government provokes strong diplomatic reaction with Austrian French and Italian agents voicing concern. General Zonticheff, reported arrested near the Macedonian frontier, reportedly escaped into Macedonia.
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Bulgaria
Zonticheff
Macedonia
Purchase of arms is arranged for
Constantinople reports the Ottoman government has completed talks with Krupp for 32 batteries of quick fire field artillery guns. Russians are discreetly noted near Turkish waters as insurgents retreat from Krushevo and Perlepe fighting continues with many villages surrendering. A military train damage near Velescai injures soldiers and a Vardar bridge dynamite find is reported.
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Constantinople
Krupp
Russia
Black Sea
Batoum
Turkish Black Sea
Krushevo
Perlepe
Porte
Sofia
Uskub
Velescai
Selencko
Kuprili
Russian press questions Black Sea fleet move to Turkey
The Russian press downplays sending a division of the Black Sea fleet to Turkish waters. Novoe Vremya criticizes concerted action, arguing Europe has no stake after Rostkowoski’s murder and predicts satisfaction of demands from Turkey.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vreyma
M. Rostkowoski
Europe
Turkey
Ambassador warns Porte over macedonia murders
The ambassador urged the Porte to the danger of fresh killings of consuls or foreign subjects and disclosed he had an audience with the sultan of Turkey.
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Porte
Macedonia
Turkey
Coal Miners Organizing Eight Hour Day Movement
A Florence News Special reports a mass meeting in Colorado to organize coal miners into the United Mine Workers of America. L Gehr Duncan Mac Donald and Carlos Demalli spoke for state and district unions as members signed on. The drive seeks the eight hour day, end of company stores, better mine ventilation, and union recognition with John Mitchell to visit Colorado for reforms.
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Denver
Colo
Florence
United Mine Workers of America
L. Gehr
Colorado
Duncan MacDonald
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Carlos Demalli
Trinidad, Colo
John Mitchell
Soldiers Leave Fort for Field Maneuvers
Special Dispatch to the Standard Helena Aug 18 Four companies from Fort Harrison depart for annual field maneuvers starting marches from Elliston and operating to the Clearwater. They will join three Fort Missoula companies with about seven men and the band at the post to handle post affairs Major Dent commands the departing battalion Captains Moss and Jenks stay at the fort.
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Standard
Helena
Fort Harrison
Elliston
Clearwater
Fort Missoula
Dent
Moss
Jenks
Sand Scow Breaks Bridge as River Rises Across Kansas
Rivers along the Kansas line rise with the Kansas and Smoky Hill and Republican waters swelling toward Kansas City. A sand scow freed by the current struck James street bridge, loosening piles and endangering street cars. Driftwood forced removal of a bridge section at Belt line. Swift flood threatens rail yards and Swift Packing provisions, but reaches plant unlikely.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas River
Salina
Junction City
Smoky Hill
Kansas City
Kansas Citys
James Street
Belt Line
Swift Packing Company
Policeman Kills A Sailor In Saloon Scene
Seattle report says Patrolman W H Searing shot and killed Colman Tierney a sailor on the Spokane after Tierney attacked him in the basement of the White House saloon proprietor H Fuhrberg tried to eject him. Tierney was described as a tall heavy man.
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Seattle
Colman Tierney
Alaska
Spokane
W. H. Searing
White House
H . Fuhrberg
Tierney
Searing
Woodmen of the World Hold Helena Outing Apace
The Woodmen of the World drew 1500 plus members from Marysville Deer Lodge Great Falls Missoula Anaconda Butte and more to Helena for a large picnic. They visited Broadwater Central Park and the capital streets enjoying lawns flowers and carriage rides amid a festive, informal outing.
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Standard
Helena
Marysville
Deer Lodge
Great Falls
Missoula
Anaconda
Butte
Broadwater
Central Park
Capito
East Helena
Northern Pacific
Bald Butte
Montana Central
Right of discharge not the issue in coal dispute
Scranton Pa August 16 District President T D Nicholls of the United Mine Workers a member of the conciliation board denies that the employers right to discharge for any reason other than union membership is the primal issue creating a stalemate requiring an umpire The Rock Men's union demands share in the commission award is the main point Nicholls notes Other disputed points include a black list by Lehigh Coal and Navigation and a Coxe Bros agreement breach when workers returned after the Hazleton area lockout Nicholls says he is satisfied with Commissioner of Labor Wright as umpire.
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Scranton
T. D. Nicholls
United Mine Workers
Conc!ation Board
Rock Men's Union
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Coxe Bros
Hazleton
Nicholls
Wright
Colonel Maule Honored in Fort Harrison Retirement
Helena reports a ceremony at Fort Harrison for Col. Leon A. Maule on retirement and promotion to brigadier general. General Matile received a silver tray. Captain Moss spoke, and officers and ladies praised Matile’s service. Matile plans residence in Washington. Col. Huston of the 1th Infantry may succeed him.
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Helena
Fort Harrison
Leon A. Maule
General Matile
Moss
Etion
Washington, D.C
War Department
Huston
1Th Infantry
Municipalities Push Ratification of Hay Herran Treaty
A Panama telegram from Aug 16 reports Demetrio Brid, president of Panama, urging speedy approval of the Hay Herran treaty. Municipalities across the isthmus petition Congress in favor, signaling broad regional support for ratification and canal salvation.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Republic
Bogota
Hay- Herran
House of Representatives
Senate
Demetrio Brid
Congress
Hundredth Anniversary of Chicago Founding
Chicago marks the centennial of its founding, noting Lt Swearingen and troops landing at Port Dearborn on August 17, 1803. A small observance is planned tomorrow with a larger two week jubilee set for September 26 to October 1, organized by a citizens committee advancing detailed plans.
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Chicago
Swearingen
United States Army
Lake Front
Port Dearborn
Bronze head found in Aubignan may depict Hersilia
A bronze Roman head discovered on Er nest Chalon's Aubignan estate is identified as Hersilia, the Sabine wife of Romulus. The artifact preserves an intact inscription naming Hersilia now Ora after deification.
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Paris
Ernest Chalon
Aubignan
Hersilia
Romulus
Ora
Seven Men Arrested for Whitecapping Attack in Montana
Sheriff Jeff O Connell served warrants on Emil Johnson William Reinig Arthur Russell George Arnold Frank Reinig F Davis and E F Shaw for assault in the third degree in a case described as a whitecapping outrage. A sheepherder Daginaise reported 20 or more men attacked his camp demolished corrals scattered about 2000 sheep and bound him briefly before warning him to stay off the land. The defendants deny the charges and claim alibis. the hearing is set for Monday before Justice Tibbetts.
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Emil Johnson
William Reinig
Arthur Russell
George Arnold
Frank Reinig
F. Davis
E. F. Shaw
Davis
Aldebard Daginaise
Henry Nichy
Daginaise
Helena
Court of Justice
New Chinese Exclusion Rules Published for All U S Ports
Washington reports a new set of 61 rules governing Chinese exclusion, landings, and transit. The rules, prepared under the Commerce and Labor Department after Jurisdiction transfer from the Treasury, require Bertillon records for all Chinese laborers at ports of entry and spell out transit conditions and enforcement forms.
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Washington
Bsargent
Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Treasury
United States
Commissioner General of Immigration
Treasury Department
Trolley Crash Near Kansas City Kills Two
In a rear end collision on the Independence Kansas City line two trolley cars collide while repair work is underway. Two people fatally injured are Errie Cobb and Willie Wood. Four others are seriously hurt and several more have minor wounds. Passengers flocked home from Forest Park as workers replace the slipped wire.
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Kansas City
Independence
Errie Cobb
Willie Wood
Minnie Damer
H. Ingalls
Barney Haney
Ed Brown
Forest Park
Roosevelt Addresses Holy Name Society Meeting at Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt spoke to about 2000 attendees at the Society of the Holy Name quarterly meeting in Oyster Bay. He urged strong yet decent conduct among Catholic men, emphasizing clean speech, personal example, and courage in peace and war, noting the nation’s future depends on honesty and decency.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Society of the Holy Name of
Brooklyn
Long Island
Society
St. Dominick's Catholic Church
W. H. Brownson
Naval Academy
Barnes
America
Father Power
St. Dominick's
Mr. Roosevelt
Dean
Holy Name Society
Father Belford
Kearsarge
Navy
Lfe
Society of the Holy Name
Lake Manitou Haunting Draws Indiana Ghost Tales
Rochester Indiana reports Lake Manitou a haunted spot with a lore of Aub Bee Naub Bee a Potawatomi chief who killed his wife and was killed by his son. Locals claim the murdered squaw’s spirit haunts the lake shores and paddles between islands several times a year.
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Rochester
Ind
Indiana
Manitou
Fulton County
Pottowatomie
Aub-Bee-Naub- Bee
Wagner’s ill health blamed for his music say doctors
London reports quote Dr. Gould attributing Wagner’s work to lifelong dyspepsia headaches nervousness melancholy insomnia and suffering. He notes a peculiar left eye feature that caused the forehead to arch in concentric curves described as the eye of genius.
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London
Wagner
Gould
Lancet
Menace From Bandit King Threat Letter to King Peter I
Belgrade reports a letter from Hia a famed brigand leader operating near Rudnik. He asks for liberty to Serbs and pleads to stop gendarme persecutions, signing as king of the forests with a sword and skull emblem.
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Belgrade
Hia
Rudnik
Peter I
Servia
Saint Teresa seeks divorce to resume life in Rio Grande country
Los Angeles, Aug 106. The Mexican mystic known as Santa Teresa Teresa Urrea Rodriguez requests divorce after a marriage forged under threat with her husband Rodriguez. She rose to fame healing the sick among Yaqui Indians and Mexicans, was canonized by followers, and fled to the United States to continue her charity work while seeking legal separation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Teresa
Teresa Urrea Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Clinton
Ariz
Mexico
Teresa
Heaven
Ares
Sonora
Arizona
Tucson
el Paso
Clifton
Boyle Heights
Banta Teresa
No Strife for Places on Nebraska Ticket
Lincoln Nebraska August 14 There is no strife for places on the ticket to be named by the Republican state convention meeting here Tuesday J B Barnes the only candidate for associate justice will be named by acclamation Five candidates seek the two vacancies on the board of university regents There is a unanimous demand for the party endorsement of President Roosevelt and the resolutions are expected to declare for his renomination in 1904.
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Lincoln
Neb
J. B. Barnes
Board of
University Regents
Roosevelt
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