Revolt forces capture Barcelona Venezuela after brutal assault
Details from Port of Spain describe a Sunday start to fighting on Aug 3 and a rapid seizure of two thirds of Barcelona by revolutionaries by Friday. Government strongholds fell, survivors fled to the river, then surrendered. 157 dead. homes looted, women and children maltreated in some cases. Foreign consulates pillaged. calls for warships to protect life and property.
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Trinidad
Barcelona
Venezuela
Francisco
Monagas
Platero
Martin Marcano
United States
Bowen
Caracas
Cincinnati
Topeka
Porto Cabello
Marietta
Orinoco
Falke
Curacao
Giovanni Pansan
Pallas
le Guaira
Elks Elect Officers At Salt Lake Grand Lodge Session
Utah and Salt Lake City welcomed about 12 000 visiting Elks for the grand lodge reunion at the Mormon tabernacle. Judge O W Powers and Governor Heber M Wells led the welcome as the assembly examined reports and elected grand officers including George A Cronk Omaha as grand exalted ruler. The organization reported about 125 000 members across 805 lodges with a gain of roughly 26 000 members in the year.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Elks
Mormon Tabernacle
O. W. Powers
Heber M. Wells
Grand Lodge of Elks
Union
Hawaiian Islands
Pickett
Grand Lodge
Assembly Hall
George A. Cronk
Omaha
W. V. Crock
Lexington
A. H. Pickens
Denver
Joseph
United States
Baltimore and Saratoga Vie Over Next GEzit GP Meeting
The convention considers the next annual meeting site with Baltimore and Saratoga Springs in a strong contest. Both cities press their bids, and the outcome remains uncertain.
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Baltimore
Saratoga Springs
Death of Judge A B Pattison Noted Colorado Jurist
Judge A B Pattison, a prominent jurist and longtime railroad lawyer, died at his Denver home of paralysis at age fifty seven. A New York native, he practiced in Buffalo before moving to Colorado where he served on the supreme court commission, later the court of appeals, earning renown in railroad law.
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A. B. Pattison
Pattison
New York State
Buffalo
Cleveland
Supreme Court Commission
Court of Appeals
Colorado
Roosevelt to visit Milwaukee on fall Western trip
President Roosevelt has accepted invitations from the Merchants and Manufacturers' association and Mayor Rose to be the guest of Milwaukee on his fall Western trip. The event is scheduled for September 24.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Roosevelt
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Rose
Prominent Lawyer Dies After Fall at Home
Kansas City reports the death of C. L. Dobson a renowned lawyer ex judge of the state circuit court and authority on corporation law from injuries after a fall at his residence. Born in Harrison County West Virginia in 1848 he leaves a legacy in legal circles.
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Kansas City
C. L. Dobson
State Circuit Court
Harrison County
W. Va
Steamer Soo City Survives Rough Sea Tow Reaches City
The Soo City of the Gatham and Marion line was stranded for hours in heavy seas with a broken propeller shaft. After a six hour delay and a perilous six hour voyage, a tow brought the vessel to Chicago with 200 passengers nearly panicked but safe. In Cripple Creek a strike of 2606 carries 4060 ounces of silver and a copper content near one percent was made by Bulbill at a depth of 1266 feet, supporting predictions that deep mining will alter the district's output.
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Soo City
Gatham and
Marion Line
Cripple Creek
Colo
Ads
Mode von Bulbill
Northwestern Bell long distance reach expands across five states
The company announces its long distance lines and connections cover over 2,000 cities and towns in Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits offer first class service with low rates.
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Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
St Louis Exposition to issue Jefferson and McKinley gold dollars
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition will mint 250000 gold dollars as souvenirs with half bearing Thomas Jefferson and half William McKinley. Secretary Shaw says coinage will take at least six months and initial certificates may be issued for the first fifty or one hundred coins.
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St. Louis
Cresicent Praness
Tressury Shaw
Thomas Jefferson
William McKinley
Shaw
Gates Named for Board of Billion Dollar Realty Firm
John W. Gates is slated to become a prominent director of the United States Realty and Construction company, the newly incorporated outfit dubbed the billion dollar corporation. The firm is said to possess powers to deal in real estate and to build, sell, and take over railroads, steamships, mines, rights of way, franchises, and all kinds of industrial property.
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New York
John W. Gates
Wall Street
United States Realty and Construction Company
Cholera Spreads From Manila to Japan and China
Victoria reports cholera from Manila and Chinese ports reaching Japan. Fukuoka Ken records 121 cases by July 16 with 93 deaths. Tientsin through July 14 shows 1,004 cases and 764 deaths. Northern districts total 1,015 cases and 593 deaths. Epidemic is abating.
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Victoria
B. C
Manila
China
Japan
Fukuoka Ken
Restoration of Tientsin Gains Chinese Appreciation
Yuan Shai Kai governor of Pechili province visited United States Minister Conger and thanked him for American efforts toward restoring Tientsin to the Chinese on reasonable terms. He said the Chinese government acknowledged that U S influence made the restoration possible.
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Peking
Yuan Shai Kali
Pechili Province
United States
Conger
Tientsin
Yuan Shai Kai
America
Highwaymen Loot Chickasaw Region Transported Victims
Four outlaws held up ten vehicles near Chickasaw L T in August. They robbed occupants of more than 100 dollars, watches and valuables, then forced all to stand together at gunpoint until the highwaymen disappeared. Several prominent Chickasaw men were among the victims.
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Guthrie
Okla
Chickasaw
L. T
Birth of quadruplets in Shakopee ends in infant deaths
Mrs. Schmogel in Shakopee Minnesota on August 13 gave birth to four boys, but the babies died two hours after birth.
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Shakopee, Minn
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