Venezuelan Civil Conflict Escalates With Desertions and Bombardments
News from Carupano and Willemstad report 550 government troops defecting to the insurgents with General Castillo as a prisoner. Bolivar city has been bombarded, shells fired, and British subjects seek protection as failures to restore rail traffic persist near Los Tequos. General Anguren ordered to cede presidency to Olivares, but resists.
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Port of Spain
Trindad
B. W
Carupano
Venezuela
Velutini
Ciudad Bolivar
Orinoco River
Bolivar
Restaurador
Great Britain
Willemstad
Curacao
Ocumare
Castillo
Caracas
Valencia
Los Tequos
Anguren
Maracaibo
Olivares
Ancuren
First Naval Army War Game Moves Off New England Coast
Newport R I Sept 1 The North Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Highinson leaves Menemsha and sails to sea simulating a naval air and army clash along the southern New England coast. Fortifications from New Bedford to Fishers Island are manned by 6000 artillerymen with land and sea forces drills and signal stations in readiness for a possible assault.
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Newport
R. L
North Atlantic
Highinson
Menemsha Bright
Ineyard Sound
New Bland
Fort Olman
New Bedford
Fort Right
Fishers Island
Newbed
Rvice
Buzzards
Narragansett Bay
Long Island Sound
Gayhead
Higgineen
Toucht
Fort Rodman
Admiral Higginson
Britain Likely to Acquire Delagoa Bay and East Africa
London reports suggest Parliament will announce Britain’s purchase of Portuguese East African possessions including Delagoa Bay. Rumors link a secret Great Britain Germany convention to a later German grab of adjacent lands, with circumstantial evidence cited by observers.
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London
East Africa
Delagoa Bay
Great Britain
Lord Milner
Lorenzo Marquez
Transvaaal
Natal
Northlands
Fire destroys Alice Consolidated mining plant at Butte
The hoisting plant pumping station and shaft house of the Alice Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining company burned down in Butte Montana. Loss is estimated at 100000 dollars. No lives lost though the fire extended into the shaft.
Sleeping in the Open Air as WV Miners Face Eviction Tide
In Parkerburg West Virginia September 1 a National Guard detachment used to keep order in coal fields influenced workers to join the strike. Over a thousand families in the New River valley were driven from homes with no shelter while some benefited from scarce food and shelter, and soldiers shared state rations with strikers' families.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
National Guard
Rush Run
New River Valley
Murder Suspected in Anoka Railroad Tragedy
The body of Ralph Watson age twenty seven was found on the Northern Pacific track two miles south of Anoka at 9 am mangled. His father John T. Watson suspects murder and says a head wound from a blunt instrument suggests foul play. Coroner to hold inquest with train crews summoned.
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Anoka
Minn
Ralph Watson
John T. Watson
Peacemaker Son Killed in Rock Springs Saloon Brawl
In Rock Springs Wyoming a drunken street clash outside a saloon left Louis Sackasho dead or mortally wounded and three Hungarians wounded. Joe Spisak Jr was killed while his father Joe Spisak Sr faces probable death. Steve Spisak and Steve Matto were injured. Sacka is jailed. The son had tried to broker peace.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Louis Sackasho
Joe Spisak, Jr
Wao
Joe Spisak
Steve Spisak
Steve Matto
Spisak
Sacka
Drake wins Futurity stake and largest turf bet in U.S.
New York reports John A. Drake owner of Savable won the Futurity at Sheepshead. His win of over 100000 dollars marks the largest turf wager in the country.
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New York
John A. Drake
Savable
Sheepshead
Anglo Chinese Treaty Delay Stuns Shanghai Officials
In Shanghai on Sept 1 the Anglo Chinese commercial treaty remains unsigned. Sir James J. Mackey and the British delegation aborted signing Aug 30 due to an unsatisfactory imperial decree empowering Chinese commissioners. Mackey canceled his passage and awaits further communications as both sides debate decree interpretation amid likin abolition and surtax plans.
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Shanghai
James J. Mackey
Great Lbntan
James L. Mackey
Peking
Associated Press
Mont Pelee Eruption Darkens Caribbean Port
Reports from Castries say Mont Pelee near Martinique erupted at noon August 21, causing total darkness five miles away and a clouded port as fine ash drifts and semi dark seas reduce visibility. The Guadeloupe port at Point a Purie sees ongoing ash fall since early morning.
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Point
Berti Holds Ground at Agua Dulce Panama
Report from Agua Dulce indicates General Berti remains entrenched while insurgent General Herrera may have abandoned the siege after a failed assault, though unconfirmed. Government forces are ready to reinforce Agua Dulce and Centra regions, with plans to attack Herrera’s position.
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Panama
Agua Dulce
Berti
Herrera
Santiago
Disturbance Reported In Panther Creek Valley
Tamaqua Pa September 1 only one disturbance noted Sunday when John and Albert Katz nonunion men were leaving the St Michael's Hungarian church at Lansford they were attacked by foreigners and forced back to the church for safety later escaping.
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Tamaqua
Panther Creek Valley
John
Albert Katz
St. Michael’s
Lansford
Deputy Sheriff Murdered Near Park Rapids Minn
The body of Deputy Sheriff John L. Hoffman was found on a railway track near Park Rapids Minnesota with a bullet wound and a head wound. An inquest ruled murder. bartender French Bosk, the first to report the death, is under arrest and denies guilt. Hoffman's wife and children survive him. Both Hoffman and Bosk lived in Akeley.
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Park Rapids
Minn
John L. Hoffman
Here
French Bosk
Hoffman
Walter
Bosk
Akeley
Georgia mob lynches accused assailant in Monticello
John Brown a negro accused of attempting to assault Jennie Chaffin, a seventeen year old girl, was captured after his crime. A justice of the peace ordered his commitment but a surrounding mob overpowered the deputy and hanged Brown, riddling his body with bullets in the woods.
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Monticello
John Brown
Jennie Chaffin
Brown
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