Night schools fail to teach Hawaiians English in Honolulu
A Honolulu dispatch notes night schools for Hawaiians to learn English were discontinued after over a year due to low Hawaiian attendance. Chinese and Japanese adults and children attended in large numbers, while locals did not. The report also describes U S Navy activity in the Samoan islands and local attire and drill details observed among Samoan troops and natives.
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Honolulu
Faure
San Francisco
Aventst
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
United States
Georgia Post Office Robbed by Professional Thieves
The post office at Gresston Georgia was robbed last night. The safe was blown and a small amount of money and lamps were taken. Inspectors in Chattanooga Tennessee have been notified and believe the work was performed by professionals.
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Georgia
Chattanooga
Tenn
Bost
Gresston
Hundreds of Soldiers Slain in Fierce Venezuelan Battle
New York reports quote an interview on undervalued Japanese silks as Appraiser Wakeman says he found what he expected. He notes duty differences could imply large losses to the government if misclassification persisted for years. The potential loss could reach a very large sum, possibly near a million dollars.
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New York
William F. Wakeman
Ten Die In Tunnel Fire Rescue Tragedy
A massive tunnel fire killed ten workers and trapped others as rescuers fought through choking gas and heat. William Curry, rescued from the shaft, led rescuers to survivors while officials fault safety measures and vow legal action for negligence.
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William Curry
Gesp Curry
Porto Rico Fights Free Import Coffee Under Foraker Act
Porto Rico official Frederick De Catau told Secretary Gage that Porto Rico may impose a 5 cent per pound duty on coffee under the Foraker act. He argued free trade provisions cited in the act should not repeal the duty, and will prepare a brief for submission to the department. The case may be referred to the attorney general for construction.
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Baltimore
Isidore Raynor
Maryland
Admiral Schley
Raynor
Santiago
Navy Department
Admiral Sampson
Sampson
Schley
Schisy
Colon
Key West
Cienfuegos
Yucatan
Porto Rico
Washington
Frederick DeCatau
Gage
DeCatau
Foraker
Rtale
Dala
Pyastty
Leeds
Castro Reports Engagements in Tachira State
Dispatches from Caracas dated August 10 recount numerous clashes in Tachira between Castro forces and revolutionaries since July 29. Casualties include General Rosendo Madina and four colonels, with about 300 killed or wounded. events span Pirinegs Las Felipas Parada La Grita Encontrados Colon and Las Cumbres. A second Colombian army invasion of Venezuela is reported, with 6,000 troops and an attack on Las Cumbres repulsed.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
Caracas
Venezuela
Tachira
Castro
San Cristobal
Pirinegs
Las Felipas
Parada
la Grita
Encontrados
Colon
Las Cumbres
Rosendo Madina
Madina
Lag Cumbres
Las Cumbrea
Washington
Colomba-Venezuela
State Department
Urbe Urtha
Machias
Panama
Suchet
France
Colombia
United States
Paris
Journal Des Debats
Cubs
Pan-America
Cuba
Philippines
Annex
Norfolk
Tomnorrow
Victoria
B. C
England
San Diego
Phreton
Formation of Ten New Coast Artillery Companies Ordered
Washington August 14 Active Secretary Sanger issued orders for ten coast artillery companies under the artillery expansion. New units include Fort Preble Maine Fort Williams Maine Fort Greble Rhode Island Fort Adams Rhode Island Fort Dade Florida Fort Dupont Delaware Fort McHenry Maryland Fort Slocum New York Presidio San Francisco Fort Screven Georgia. Companies formed from experienced and new recruits in roughly equal numbers. Commander Wise dead. Navy Department also reports Commander Frederick M Wise died of heart disease in Yokohama Hospital after a brief illness.
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Washington
Sanger
Coast Artillery
Fort Preble Me
Fort Wiliams
Fort Greble
R I
Fort Adams
R. I
Fort Dade
Fla
Fort Dupont
Del
Fort McHenry
Fort Slocum
Presidio San Francisco
Fort Screven
Commander Wise
Navy Department
Yokohama Hospital
Frederick M. Wise
Wires
Mosquitoes To Bite Subjects In Caldas Yellow Fever Test
Havana August 14 The yellow fever commission will use eight infected mosquitoes in Dr Caldas preventive serum trial. Two bitten by immunized volunteers and four by non Imune individuals will help test the serum if it prevents yellow fever.
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Havana
Roosevelt urges work ethic to Kansas G A R veterans
Vice President Roosevelt stopped at Hutchinson Kansas on the way home from Colorado and spoke to several thousand veterans returning from the G A R reunion. He praised their valor and warned against seeking easy lives, urging that a man be judged by his work and honoring those who work. Veterans shook hands as the train pulled away.
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Roosevelt
Kansas
Hutchinson
Kas
Colorado
Estimates for River Work Reach 45 Million
Washington August 14 Colonel MacKenzie acting chief of engineers has compiled estimates for river and harbor improvements for the year ending June 30 1908. Total estimates in various regions excluding continuing contracts 33 299 769 continuing contracts 6 289 204 under Mississippi river commission 3 695 000 under Missouri river commission 1 063 200 total 44 348 404 last year 4 292 770 secretary of war including continuing contracts and the Mississippi and Missouri rivers 3 891 317 estimates to be made to congress not yet compiled
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Washington
MacKenzie
Mississippi River Commission
Missouri River Commission
Secretary of War
Mississippi
Missouri
Congress
Policemen and Negro Duel in Charleston Street
Special report from Charleston describes a pistol duel at 3 Congress street between Sergeants Haley and Bendt of the police and John Bellinger, a Colleton County cow thief. Bellinger fired first. both sides exchanged shots. A bullet struck Bellinger in the shoulder and in the side. he is likely to recover after police court proceedings.
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Charleston
Auro
Congress Street
Haley
Bendt
John Bellinger
Colleton County
Bellinger
Benoit
Bel- Anger
Millions for a Navy Yard Improvements atBrooklyn
The Navy Yard in Brooklyn will see about 32 million dollars spent on improvements. In the coming weeks bids will be invited for four new structures costing around 1 million dollars, plus a large coaling pier and additional buildings on ordnance and Cob docks, totaling roughly 22 million dollars.
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Brooklyn
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Yards and Docka Department
Washington
Cob Dock
Ordnance Dock
Representation of Minorities in Cuban Presidential Election
At the Havana constitutional convention on August 14 discussions focused on minority representation in selecting the president. Juan Gualberto Gomez warned that excluding minorities could leave large provincial portions unrepresented in the electoral college and risk falsifying elections. The body decided on a 11 electors for Havana and assigned other totals for various provinces.
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Havana
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Santa, Clara
Santiago
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Militia Guard Jail After Bridget Assault in Charlotte
In Charlotte North Carolina August 14 the local militia was ordered out at midnight to guard the jail after William Moore accused of assaulting Mrs Lemuel Martin a young white woman yesterday was captured in the suburbs. The grand jury returned a true bill and Moore faces trial for his life tomorrow with strong identification by Mrs Martin and threats of lynching reported.
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Charlotte
N. C
Miliia
William Moore
Lemuel Martin
Matthews
Martin
Flagmen Fight Aboard Excursion Train From Tallulah
Drunken flagman Johnson engaged in a fracas on a returning excursion train, disarmed twice by Officer Cooper of the Atlanta police while a pistol and knife were used. Passengers praise Cooper for averting a bloody tragedy as Conductor Nesbit assumes control at Cornelia.
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Cooper
Tallulah
Johnson
Atlanta
Johnson Johnson
Cornelia
J. M. Nesbit
Frances Pelot Dead Wife of J J Pelot in Hapeville
Mrs Frances Ophelia Pelot died in Hapeville after a seven year illness. She was wife of J J Pelot and mother of A E B Pelot Thomas C Pelot Alma Pelot and others. She was sister of several Candler Scott Price Williams and Kimbrough. Funeral Friday at Ethridge family burying ground in Jones county.
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Allen D. Candler
Ethridge
Frances Ophelia Pelot
Hapeville
J. J. Pelot
A EB. Pelot
Thomas C Pelot
Alma Pelot
J RK. Standford
Gertrude Thomas
Alten C Candler
F W. Scott
Alice Price
Editorial Surprise Shocks Monroe County Readers
People in Monroe County were surprised by The Forsyth Chronicle headline Grantland for Congress a county paper urged a Spalding county man. The vote choice suggests Monroe favor Judge Bartlett, who is seen as more acceptable locally, raising questions about geographic support in the district.
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Monroe County
Calladen Ga
Forsyth Chronicle
Grantland
Congress
Monroe
Bartlett
Spalding
Georgia
Brainer
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