Rail line restored after storm as animals flee flood
Mobile August 18. Louisville and Nashville railroad restored in Mobile with first New Orleans train. Linemen report flood demoralized wildlife in Tensas swamp. deer forced onto tracks, one exhausted deer captured while a large black bear escaped. Evelyn steamer ashore near Pensacola could be pulled off. George E. Bentley towed with deck load missing. Edward Stotesbury leaking in lower bay. pilots note gulf channel at Navy Cove near Fort Morgan.
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Mobile
Ala
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
New Orleans
Tensas
Louisville and Nashville
Evelyn
Pensacola Harbor
Mobil
George E. Bentley
Edward Stotesbury
Gulf
Mobile Bay
Navy Cove
Fort Morgan
Three Nations Rushing Troops Near Pasto Invasion Threat
Dispatch reports imminent fighting near Pasto in Cauca department as three nations face potential expeditionary action. Colombian Minister M Silva doubts Honduran involvement, cites Ecuador neutrality and past arms shipments aiding Colombian revolutionaries. The region’s rugged passes and the Rigo Mayo river pose natural barriers to invasion.
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Jie
Pasto
M. Silva
Revolutionary Movement
Silva
Emiliano Isaza
Quito
Ecuador
Silvas
Colombia
Mr. Silva
Cauca
Rigo Mayo
Bolivar
Sucre
Struck Comrade on the Taw Ends in Fatal Blow
Emil Nietzen and Herman Holt, Masoth Long Island, were skylarking when a quarrel led Nietzen to strike Holt a swinging blow to the jaw. Holt fell unconscious and died an hour later. Nietzen is under arrest.
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New York
Emil Nietzen
Herman Holt
Masoth
L. I
Nietzen
Holt
Pope's reception marks Catholic progress in US and Britain
Rome on Saint Joachim's day reports the pope hosted twenty cardinals and about one hundred fifty archbishops and bishops. he praised ongoing growth of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and Great Britain and spoke animatedly with church leaders. Simonstown dispatch notes the royal yacht Ophir with the duke and duchess of Cornwall and York docking at the Cape Colony.
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United States
Rome
jJoachin
Great Britain
Ophir
Caps Colony
Simonstown
Cape Colony
Duke
Duchess of Cornwall
York
MacArthur paints gloom over Philippines in late war review
General MacArthur warns that war wrecked the archipelago and left barbacian districts, with northern Luzon most pacified though not tranquil. He notes armed insurgents still at large, but says natives are surrendering, and civil government efforts grow as Manila eyes municipal reforms and improved communications.
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San Francisco
Sheridan
Manila
MacArthur
Fourteenth Infantry
Battalion of Engineers
Fourteenth
Quinton
5. W. New Jton
Thirty
War Department
General MacArthur
Palippines
Luzon
Samar
Hughes
Insurgenta
Cebu
Beirut
Cir Commission
Philipine
Philippines
Kahn
Ludington
Taft
Chaffee
Wiliam H. C. Bowen
Fifth
United States Infantry
Abra
Knights Templete Parade Plans Form the Seventh Division
Grand divisions form a Louisville pageant for the Knights Templar triennial conclave. Rear Admiral Schley and Hon. John H. Leathers are linked to parade honors. twelve divisions assign grand commanders and chiefs of staff from states including Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and California.
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Louisville
John H. Leathers
Af Knights Templete Goutsville
United States
Pennsylvania
Thiemess
Indiana
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Virginia
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Winthrow Messenger
Massaachusetts
John D. Munroe
Ohio
Maine
Arthur B. Foster
O ®Mer
Thomas Kite
Thomas Pennmain
Wilson A. Fleming
Leonidas P. Newby
Tennessee
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Georgia
George Butterfield McKee
Calfornia
John Tenningson
Missouri
Alabama
Louisiana
Ira V. McMillin
Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Maryland
Nebraska
Arkansas
Graham Duke Hart
Edward C. Rogester
Grand Division
West Virginia
Colorado
North Carolina
South Dakota
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
Arizona
Florida
Indian Territory
John K. F. Steele
T. Walrond
George Gibson
William T. Galither
Staf
Louisville Knights Templar
Schley
R. P. Hurlbut
Californeting
A. F. Gilfillan
Sea in Search for Corpses From Sunken Pilot Boat
The New York steam pilot boat James Gordon Bennett sank after a collision with the German steamer Alene. Divers with full apparatus searched off Sandy Hook for bodies but had not located any by nightfall. The place of the sinking was noted and the effort would resume next morning.
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New York
York
Aiver
Sandy
Armen
James Gordon Hennett
Naval Ring Dreads Lawmakers of Schley Case Sequel Unfolding
Baltimore filed suit for a receiver of Manor Lumber Co follows Albright's municipal corruption case. Cross, son in law of Albright, backs AP reports alleging Cochran tied to vast lumber firm schemes. Albright faces embezzlement charges of 30000 dollars. bail denied.
Schley Court of Inquiry Leaders and Legal Tactics Debate
Washington August 18 special report on the Schley court of inquiry. Rear Admiral Schley brings eminent counsel headed by Jeremiah M Wilson with Raynor as state attorney general. Naval officers express concern over defense tactics and cross examination rules. The article outlines court of inquiry procedures, its authority to summon witnesses and how it precedes a court martial. Sampson listed as witness and debate over open court versus secrecy continues.
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Washington
Schley
Jeremiah M. Wilson
Congress
Indiana
Raynor
Maryland
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Naval Court of Inquiry
Sampson
McCalla
Joseph Choate
England
New York
Naval Regulations
Schley Court of Inquiry
Rear Admiral
Simpson
Lsted
Mail misrouted at Pan American Buffalo Georgia building
Large volume of mail addressed to the Georgia State Building at the Pan American exposition in Buffalo has no such building. Agricultural and mineral exhibits are cared for by a Southern Railway representative. Georgia visitors should direct mail to Care Southern Railway Exhibit Agricultural Building Pan American Exposition Buffalo NY.
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Buffalo
Georgia State Building
Southern Railway
Georgia
Southern
N. Y
M. A. Hays
Crowds at Camp Meeting Draw Large City Attendance
The Christian Missionary Alliance camp meeting at Ponce de Leon drew a large, eager crowd despite rain. An 8 am prayer service opened the day with a steady stream of cars delivering attendees. Prominent men joined the crowd as diversive divines spoke, and officials expressed satisfaction with the turnout.
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Ponce de Leon
Pones de Leon
Atlantan A L Kontz elected major on Odd Fellows staff
A L Kontz, prominent Atlantan and brother of Councilman Kontz, is named major on the staff of A C Cable grand sire of the Odd Fellows of the United States. Cable will lead the parade at the sovereign grand lodge meeting in Indiana next month with about 25 000 members expected to march. Announcement came from Thomas R Jessup Indiana head of the order.
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A. L. E Kontz
Grand Sire of
Odd Fellows
A. L. Kontz
Kontz
Order of Odd Fellows
A. C. Cable
The
Odd Fellows of the
United States
Cable
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Indiana
City police short on manpower despite payroll savings
The morning watch operates six officers short due to lack of sufficient supernumeraries. Captain McCurdy says the city is inadequately policed, risking delayed fire discovery. Only twelve supernumeraries report for duty to fill a 150 man force, with vacancies left unfilled to save money.
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McCurdy
Morning Watch
Police Board
Left Arm Severed in Railroad Accident Near Forsyth
Allen, a machine tender for The Eventing News, lost his left arm when an engine of the Western and Atlantic railroad grains ran over it while he lay near the track about three o'clock Sunday morning. He was taken to a hospital where amputation was necessary. The incident occurred about one hundred yards west of the Forsyth street bridge. Paris Resounds Over Audran Death of Composer Edmund Audran, born in 1302, dies in Paris on August 18.
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Allen
Harry C. Allen
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Forsyth Street Bridge
Court of inquiry procedures for Schley case detailed
The article explains courtroom rules for the naval court of inquiry into Rear Admiral Schley, including witness questioning order, admissible evidence, reporter use, and public access. It notes the shift from written questions to stenographers, limits on publishing proceedings, and potential venue and press arrangements at the Washington navy yard.
Accident on Southern fast mail wreck derails cars near Braswell
A wheel failure on a freight car's eccentric strap caused a wreck on a Southern railway near Braswell about a mile from McPherson. Several cars derailed, five destroyed, two trains rerouted via Western and Atlantic tracks. No injuries reported. track repaired and service resumed. The United States fast mail was delayed but recovery teams aided, aiming to restore schedule to New Orleans. Pueblo steel works completes sixteen blast furnaces after year and a half of construction, cost over 1.1 million dollars.
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Southern Railway
Braswell
McPherson
Southern
Atlanta
Delton
Rome
Dalton
Western
Atlantic
United States Fast Mail
South Carolin
Toccoa
New Orleans
Southerns
Pueblo, Colo
Pueblo Steel Works
Southern Photo Material Company Petition for Charter
Georgia petition seeks incorporation of Southern Photo Material Company to operate in Atlanta with branch offices. Capital stock set at $10,000, allowed to rise to $60,000. business to manufacture and sell photographic materials and supplies. Includes corporate powers, director election, and stockholder liability provisions. Brought July 20, 1901 by Hemphill and associates. clerk Arnold Broyles attests.
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Georgia
Fulton County
R. A. Hemphill
Tompkins
H. Goodhart, Jr
Southern Photo Material Company
Atlanta
State of Georgia
Ite
Fkdea
Dorsey, Brewster & Howell
Arnold Broyles
Fulton
Superior Court
Bouthern -Photo-Material Company
Anwar Sporens
Cor Gaga Urk Fults
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Manor Lumber Company
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Associated Press
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Yelleit
C. EL Cockran
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Composer Audran
Paris
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Geo. Muse Clothing Co
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