Provisional Government Troops Recapture Limge
Provisional government forces recaptured Limge from opposing troops after a brief clash. Details on dates and commanders not disclosed. Local reports note strategic value of Limge for regional control.
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
1
Limbe Recaptured in Severe Limbe Fighting North of Port au Prince
Cape Haytien August 27 Limbe eighty two miles north of Port au Prince was attacked and recaptured by provisional government troops. Firminite forces defended the town and many soldiers were killed as the village was destroyed by fire. Marines landed from Crete-a-Pierrot reinforced defenders. General Alexis Nord moved to command provisional government troops. A separate battle occurred at Marmelade with details sparse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Haytien
Limbe
Port Au Prince
Provisional Government
Alexis Nord
Marmelade
Cape Hayden
War With the Blacks Threatens South Africa Front
Reports from Johannesburg describe a rising clash as British troops move to the Transvaal frontier amid native disturbances. Authorities warn whites andBoers risk conflict with armed black communities near farms while rumors speak of Swaziland protectorate plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Transvaal
India
Swaziland
London
Fire damages Prairie du Chien woolen mill complex
A late night blaze at the Prairie du Chien woolen mills caused extensive damage estimated near 150,000 dollars. The fire began on an upper floor of the main building housing offices, with the engine and boiler rooms at the rear. The complex includes finishing, shipping, carding, picking, drying, and pants departments across three floors. The origin of the fire is not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Aus
Robbers Hold Up Northern Pacific Train in Idaho
Seven masked men stopped a westbound Northern Pacific train at Sand Point Idaho just after 11 p.m. They uncoupled the express car and forced the engineer to run the track for three miles then dynamite failed to wreck it. They guarded passengers with revolvers but made no other theft and fled after fifteen minutes. The heavily loaded train continued to Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Waeh
Northern Pacific
Sand Point
Ida
Here
Rothers
Be fore Special Commissioner Kinley St Joseph Beef Inquiry
St Joseph MO August 27 The beef trust inquiry against the St Joseph packers began before Special Commissioner Kinley of Kansas City Joseph Wood a local butcher testified on direct examination He said he bought beef from the packers for twenty years but only two years ago faced a uniform price schedule He had been placed on the COD list by all packers and admitted he was sore His testimony faced objections as incompetent and presumptuous
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Beef Trust
Kinley
Kansas City
Joseph Wood
Crow
Wood
Pratt Woman Dies of Lumpy Jaw Disease from Cattle
Pratt Kansas August 27 Mrs Kimball died from lumpy jaw a cattle transmitted disease. Mr Cochran of the Pratt Republican hospital here is dangerously affected with the disease. Another man with unknown name contracted it by chewing straw. Doctors list eight possible causes but cannot explain all human infections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt, Kan
Ten Warrants Served on Union Pacific President
Ten warrants were served on Union Pacific President Burt charging false imprisonment alongside Indianapolis labor agent Arnett. Ten men alleged they were hired by Arnett to work in Denver shops, imprisoned in cars with armed guards until arrival at Council Bluffs and then released. Lewis Lord said workers were told no strike existed and many left better jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt
Union Pacific
Omaha
Union Pacific Road
W.S. Arnett
Indianapolis
Arnett
Denver
Lewis Lord
Council Bluffs
Lord
Northwestern Bell Long Distance Lines Reach 2000 Cities
The Northwestern Telephone Co reports long distance lines and connections extend to over 2,000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits offer first class service and low rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Telephone Co
Minnesota
Akota
Iowa
Wisconsin
No Official Move Reported on US Venezuela Intervention
Washington reports no move to compel US intervention in Venezuela. Officials note European powers sought a joint declaration condemning Venezuela's blockade but the United States declined to participate. Since then no steps have been taken toward concerted action with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
United States
Germany
France
Venezuela
State Department
Colombia Reports Interior Peace Amid Civil Unrest
The Colombian legation in Washington says Bogota confirms peace in the interior and details canal treaty instructions from Minister Concha. About 10,000 troops head to the isthmus with Magdelena unrest quiet for now as rebel gunboats reportedly coal and arm at Corinto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Legation
Bogota
Concha
Colombia
Panama
Magdalena
Magdelon
Corinto
Fatal Long Beach Car Crash Kills Two Injures Three
Two people died and three were injured in a Long Beach New Jersey auto crash on the Park Avenue bridge over the railroad. Frank J Mathews president of the Realty Trust Company Jersey City died when his car struck the railing and plummeted thirty five feet. Mrs J H Cobb of Richmond Virginia died later at a hospital and Mrs Louis Zini is believed to be dying. Rev Father Grant of the Paulist church New York was injured and chauffeur Rudolph Meyer escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
N. J
Park Avenue
New York and Long Branch
Frank J. Mathews
Realty Trust Company
Jersey City
J. H Cobb
Richmond
Nesta
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Louiszini
Father Grant
Paulist Church
New York
Rudolph Meyer
Bombardment Hits Ciudad Bolivar Amid Civil Conflict
Caracas dispatch reports Ciudad Bolivar under fire from government warships Bolivar and Restaurador. Many killed or wounded as fighting rages. British subjects urge protection from a Royal Navy ship. Both sides alleged to have committed atrocities. city held by revolutionists. Shelling continued after restaurador moved for more ammo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Ciudad Bolivar
Bolivar
Great Britain
Restaurador
la Cuaira
Trainmen to Seek 20 Percent Wage Increase
Milwaukee Aug 27 The Sentinel reports that by Sept 15 the 109090 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will press for a 20 percent raise. If granted the railroads face about a 1 million dollar annual wage increase or the threat of a strike rivaling past actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
The
Sentinel
Brotherhood of Railway
American Railway Union
Kidnapped the Sentry Two Privates Retaken After Desertion
Frank Stortz and Harry Hymer privates of the Twenty second United States Infantry at Fort Crook Nebraska are jailed in Council Bluffs Iowa awaiting return to the fort. They deserted overpowered Private Wade and forced him to accompany them to Plattsmouth Nebraska where Wade reached a farmer who led a posse and recaptured the deserters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Frank Stortz
Harry Hymer
Twenty-second United States Infantry
Fort Crook
Neb
Wade
Plattsmouth
Rev Sam Small’s Collapse At Brattleboro Due To Intoxication
Brattleboro Vermont August 27 The well known temperance lecturer Rev Sam Small who was to speak for the No License local option party here admitted that his collapse was caused by intoxication He said I was drunk I have no excuse to offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro, Vt
Sam Small
Mr. Small
Kentucky railroad panel to probe L and N merger
The state railroad commission will meet early next week to investigate the proposed merger of the Louisville and Nashville and Southern railway by Morgan interests, at Governor Beckham's suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
State Railroad Commission
Louisville and Nashville and Southern Railway
Morgan
Beckham
Plot to derail king’s train shocks Europe
A Geneva dispatch reported by the Daily Mail states twenty three Italians, believed anarchists, were arrested in connection with a plot to derail the train carrying King Victor Emmanuel to Berlin. Investigators probe possible links to broader revolutionary activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Emmanuel
London
Geneva
Baily Mat
Berlin
Miss Julia Lamont Dies After Illness at Sorrento Cottage
Miss Julia Lamont daughter of Daniel M Lamont former secretary of war died at her father’s cottage in Sorrento Missouri after a relapse despite care from noted physicians in Bar Harbor and elsewhere. She had been ill since February and death occurred at 7 18 am with a telegram sent to Mr Lamont in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorrento
Julia Lamont
Daniel
Lamont
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Eaton
R.R. Murphy
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Gustin
Beef Trust Inquiry
St. Joseph (Mo
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Kansas
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St. Paul
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Southern
Dan Lamort
Pekin
Pain
U. S
E. W. Randall
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