Uncle Sam to Buy Baldwins Airship
Washington Aug 12. Gen James Allen signals the army will buy Capt Baldwin’s aeronautical dirigible regardless of speed tests. Baldwin expects 23 mph, Col James Templer backs 25 mph, and British notes urge smaller craft before Zeppelin progress.
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Washington
Signal Corps
Army
Thomas
Baldwin
James Allen
Allen
Fort Myer
Gen
James Templer
Aeronautical Division
British Army
Col. Templer
British War Office
Zeppelin
Times
Count Zeppelin
Atlantic
Mauretania
Rangers chase Yaquis across border near Douglas
Bisbee Arizona August 12 Captain Harry Wheeler and six rangers head for a border point east of Douglas to stop 50 hostile Yaquis pursued by 260 Mexican troops. Yaquis escape toward Escuela mountains in Sonora while rangers plan to arrest for neutrality violations. Yaquis reportedly well armed but short of provisions.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Harry Wheeler
Arizona
Douglas
Piares
Sonora
Escuela Mountains
Harrisburg man slain over livery rig dispute
Richard Jordan of Harrisburg was shot and killed by liveryman Charles Howard after demanding a rig and being refused. Jordan attacked Howard before the shooting, which led Howard to surrender to the sheriff. In Booneville, John W. Boehne was nominated by Democrats for the Evansville seat in Congress by acclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Richard Jordan
Charles Howard
Jordan
Howard
Evansville
Booneville
Ind
John W. Boehne
Congress
Fatal Mine and Quarry Explosions End Dozens of Lives
Reports from Saarbrucken and Great Falls detail deadly blasts at Dudweiler mine and Bright quarries leaving thirteen and five dead respectively, plus multiple injuries. Other incidents include a deadly building fire in Wheeling, a suburban train collision near Piqua, a North Coast Limited wreck near Glendive, and a severe hailstorm in Evansville with three deaths.
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Saarbrucken
Germany
Angelt
Dudweiler
Great Falls
Mont
Bright Quarries
August Johnson
L. A. Palmer
Joseph Lagolitch
Austria
John Kemble
George Lagolitch
Wheeling
W. Va
South Eo Street
Gavin
Clara Gavin
Maime Gavin
Margaret Gavin
Piqua
Western Ohio Traction Company
Here
Sidney
Glendive
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
A. B. Matthews
Wilson
Evansville
Ind
William*Burggorf
Ck Detroy
Detroy
Hoosier Bandits in Rich Haul at Crown Point
Three armed bandits robbed the Erie railroad station at Crown Point, stripping F. C. Bore of cash and tickets and sealing him in a box car before fleeing through Crown Point woods. Deputies and Huntington detectives pursued, with earlier thefts at Griffith Grand Trunk depot totaling about $200 in tickets and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
F. S. Carter
Huntington
Erie
Crown Point
F.C. Bore
Grand Trunk
Griffith
Fires Threaten Sullivan Mine and Kimberly in British Columbia
A Cranbrook dispatch says a bush fire rages near Sullivan threatening Sullivan Mine Company buildings and another blaze endangers Kimberly. Railway strikes halt engines, delaying 200 refugees bound for Fernie and preventing an eastbound train.
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Big Bush
Sullivan
Kimberly
Winnipeg
Man
Cranbrook
Sullivan Mine Company
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fernie
Hail Storm Ravages Wide South Dakota Crops
A Monday hailstorm swept nine counties from Campbell to Cadington with Walworth McPherson Edmunds Brown Faulk Spink and Clark. At some points the storm spanned 40 miles and crop losses range from 26 percent to total across areas including Aberdeen Decatur.
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Aberdeen
Campbell
Cadington
Walworth
McPherson
Edmunds
Brown
Faulk and Spink
Clark
Fire destroys Paterson livery stable. hero Capt. Cooke mortally injured
A fierce blaze in a Paterson New Jersey livery stable on Tuesday seriously injured Capt. William Cooke of the fire department and left 26 horses dead. The flames spread so rapidly the building was practically destroyed before arriving firefighters could help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
William Cooke
Atlantic Tars Feted by Britons in Auckland Ball
Glorious weather marks celebrations for officers and men of the American warships. Lord Plunkett hosts Rear Admiral Sperry and fleet leaders at government house with 1,000 guests. Sperry approves Australian entertainment plans including a 25,000-man parade in Melbourne.
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Auckland
New Zealand
New
Richard Poore
Sperry
William H. Emory
Richard Wainwright
Joseph Ward
Government House
Melbourne
Sydney
A. Pethebridge
Australian Council of Defense
Pathebridge
Texas railroad commission accuses 67 railroads of price fixing
The Texas railroad commission filed a formal complaint with the interstate commerce commission against 67 railroads and other carriers alleging a conspiracy through the Southwestern Traffic association to restrain trade by boosting freight rates in Texas. The body seeks swift action, cites eight schedules as bases, and warns of broad impact on prime utilities and daily necessities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Railroad Commission of Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwestern Traffic Association
Texas
Alison Mayfield
Texas Railroad Commission
R. V. Davidson
Claude Pollard
State of Texas
Commission
Canadian barrister leaps to death on train
Winnipeg August 12 Thomas Robinson a leading Canadian barrister and counsel for the Winnipeg grain exchange died after leaping from a moving train en route to Montreal during a delirium. He was found dying beside the track near Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Man
Thomas Robinson
Canada
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Here
Montreal
Storm Causes Over Ten Thousand Dollars in Henderson County
Reports from Anderson Kentucky on August 12 describe a severe storm with hail and thunder causing damage exceeding $100,000 in Henderson County. About sixty percent of the tobacco crop reportedly ruined, corn flattened, roads blocked, and telephone service crippled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Henderson County
The
Duluth Teenager Plans Five Week Land Opening Wait
Anna Rowe an 18 year old Duluth girl remains first in line at the U S land office awaiting the Fond du Lac Indian reservation land opening. She intends to become a farmer with chickens and garden produce and will stay near the door day and night until settlement eligibility is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Anna Rowe
United States Land, Office
Fond du Lac
Miss Rowe
Ripetown Fire Destroys Mining Camp Near Ely
Ripetown Nevada a mining camp nine miles from Ely with 300 residents was nearly wiped out by a fire started by a lamp explosion in a saloon. No insurance covered the losses as flames swept through the town.
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Ripetown
Nev
Ely
Kentucky confesses to father murder near Lupus
Robert Kentucky aged 19 confessed to killing his father Coleman B Kenney near Lupus on July 20, according to the prosecuting attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lire
California
Robert Kentucky
Coleman B. Kenney
Lupus
Atheney
Kings Edward and William Meet in Cronberg Talk
King Edward and Emperor William exchanged greetings at Cronberg and held private talks with British and German officials. No formal proposals were confirmed though discussions covered the European situation and possible naval program ideas. Alfonso to visit Paris en route to Vienna.
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Cronberg
Edward
William
Friedrichsof Castle
Charles Hardinge
Foreign Office
Baron von Jenisch
Sir Frederick Lascelles
Emperor William
Ischl
Austria
Berlin
Tageblatt
London
Great Britain
Alfonso
Paris
Isle of Wight
Queen Victoria
England
Vienna
Emperor Francis Joseph
Senator Allison's will filed estate valued at $100000
Dubuque Iowa August 12 Senator Allison's will was filed the estate is valued at about $100000 bequests include 1200 annually to Mrs C J Brayton use of the Allison home for life 740 annually to the widow of his brother James and other gifts to relatives and institutions two fifths to James Allison's children three fifths to Matthew Allison's children executor Judge Lacy named. A separate report from Hannibal Missouri records a quarrel over a ham sandwich ending in the shooting death of William V Whitney of St Louis by John McWilliam a Marion county farmer.
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Dubuque, Ta
Allison
C. J. Brayton
James
Dubuque Public
Finney Hospital
Braylon
Cornelia Allison
James Allison
Matthew Allison Judge Lacy
Hannibal
William V. Whitney
St. Louis
John McWilliame
Marion County
Missouri
Record Alpine deaths top yearly toll in July
Berne reports a record Alpine death toll this year with July claiming 14 climbers killed and two seriously injured. In unrelated news, Atlanta Gov. Hoke Smith issued an extra session call for the Georgia legislature to convene August 24.
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Berne
Switzerland
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Short Specials and War Department Notice Summary
The New York post office posted a 6.64 percent revenue drop for the year ending June 30, totaling 11,816,137 dollars. Ex Judge Alton B. Parker travels from San Francisco to Seattle for the National Bar Association convention. Culver Military Academy is named as one of eight schools with top military training. Mrs Mary English, mother of Private English, vows to prosecute Sentry Ryan for murder and sue the government, claiming her son should have been in hospital.
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New York Post Office
Alton B. Parker
San Francisco
Seattle
Wash
National Bar Association
War Department
Culver
Ind
Mary English
English
Ryan
Turkish Minister Is Recalled From Washington
Mehmed Ali Bey the Turkish minister in Washington is recalled as part of a broader post constitutional reshuffle. The move signals the porte will replace ministers appointed before the constitution with officials aligned to the new order. Hundji Bey becomes charg d affaires in Washington. In New York a Greek dealer and four others are arrested after a blackmail plot linked to a Greek Revolutionary group.
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Washington
Mehmed Ali Bey
Foreign Office
Hundji Bey
Turkey
New York
The
Greek Revolutionary Society
Basio Spiropoulos
Spiropoulos
Manhattan Island
Forest Fires Raging in Northern Idaho Gather Aid
Forest fires in northern Idaho cause extensive timber damage as more than 200 workers join crews already battling the blazes in the region. Officials expect the fires to be brought under control soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Spokane
Wash
Markets report wheat and flour prices in Chicago
Chicago August market notes firm flour and prices across wheat and corn. refined figures show September wheat around 98 1 4 to 99 1 4 cents, rye and oats steady, butter and eggs mixed with retail and dairy product quotes, New York and Western grain activity cited amid storm impacts and outside market strength.
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Chicago
Aug
Minnesota
New York
Live Stock Prices From Chicago and Omaha
Chicago and Omaha market notes show cattle prices across grades with steers cows and calves, hogs and sheep. Chicago values include good to prime steers at .75 to 6.75, hogs around 6.60 to 8.80, while Omaha lists native and western cattle, hogs steady to higher, and sheep with lambs at 3.80 to 6.00.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Aug
Texas
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Rangers
Pittsburg
Consolidated Ice Company
Rebecca
Sturgeon Streets
William Poppinger
Hoosier Bandits
Lord Plunkitt
Australia
Admiral Sperry
India
J. C. Head
D. L. Dresser
Sioux Falls
Daniel Leroy Dresser
Daniel Dresser
Ship Building Trust
Trust Company of the Republic of New York City
Commission OF Texas
Interstate Commerce Body
Boston Steel
Boston
Alfred
Cox
Atlantic Steel Works
East
Edward P. Robinson
Mandan
N. D
Inter Ocean
King
Kaiser
Senator Allison
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