Navy to Move 12000 Reindeer from Okhotsk to Alaska
From Washington Lieut Wallace Bertholf ships 12000 reindeer from Okhotsk post to Alaska. Navy plans reshuffling with Rear Admiral Mortimer L Johnson to succeed Admiral Sampson at Boston Navy Yard upon retirement. Secretary Gage names Wallace Mills treasury member of St Louis exposition board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace Bertholf
United States Navy
Okhotsk
Alaska
Navy Department
Mortimer L. Johnson
Port Royal Naval Station
Sampson
Boston Navy Yard
Gage
Wallace H. Mills
Treasury Department
Treasury
J. H. Brigham
Department of Agriculture
Hackett
N. H. Hall
Legation Guard
Pekin
Dembitzky
Ludwig Napoleon Dembitzky
United States
Indian Office
George C. Batemen
Lac Court d’Orellles
Wisconsin
Department
Week of Crime and Criminals Summary
A Chicago bank loss of 30000 dollars prompts secrecy. Ex‑mint clerk Walter Dimmick faces 37000 bond on embezzlement charges. Shamokin builder Gerhardt kills wife then shoots at himself and is jailed. Chinese smuggling from British Columbia into the US via Santa Barbara is alleged. Allentown dentists Shuler and Kinnock broach jewelry theft worth 3000. Texas posse clash results in Posser Leftwitch death. Brice executed in Tacoma for wife murder after soldiering comment. St Louis brokers Clinton and Leonard arrest for fraud and counterfeit rail tickets. Aberdeen hotel owner Hutchman admits arson plot to burn hotel for insurance while church burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter N. Dimmick
United States Mint
San Francisco
Jacob Gerhardt
Shamokin
Gerhardt
British Columbia
United States
Santa Barbara
Cal
George S. Kinnock
Robert Shuler
Allentown
Denver
Robert Stevens
Jacksboro
Texas
Miller
Roberts
G. M
William Clinton
Charles J. Leonard
St. Louis
William Hutchman
Central Hotel
Aberdeen
Wash
World News in Brief: Fires Floods and Disasters Across Regions
Four fifths of Farsund Norway burned leaving about 1200 homeless. Judge Couch nearly drowned at Sault Ste Marie after falling from canal walls. Ten Chinese workers died burning while repairing a US steamer at Hongkong docks. Hafner Lothman in St. Louis suffered mill and factory fire losses. Kentucky farms damaged by floods. Rain and floods hit Prescott Arizona with bridges washed out. A Denver Rio Grande locomotive exploded near La Vela killing engineer Woods and fatally injuring Fireman Maple. Catskill camp panic as sixty girls ill from suspected corned beef poisoning. doctors expect recovery.
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Farsund
North Sea
Sault Ste Marie
John A. Couch
United States
Arethusa
Hongkong
Hafner-Lothman Manufacturing Company of
St. Louis
Denver & Rio Grande Road
la Vela
L. P. Woods
M. 8
Maple
Catskill
N. Y
Albany
Poughkeepsie
Boers surrender and global tensions rise in late war news
Reports show large scale Boer surrenders while harvest in France ends with a tight wheat crop. Other items note new Chinese cereals tariff, Venezuela and Colombia tensions, and various diplomatic and political developments across Europe, America, and Africa.
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France
Venezuela
Colombia
Carland
South Dakota
Niss Harriet Boyd
Crete
House of Commons
Edward
Pretorius
Jagersfontein
Orange River Colony
Havana
United States
Cuba
Notable Deaths and Notable Passings in Europe and America
A roundup of prominent figures who died recently or were reported ill. Mrs A F Driggman dies in Paris, Sir William Laird of Glasgow, born 1850, passes away, and Christian Mack of Ann Arbor dies in his store. Additional notes report Solomon Bamberger found dead in New York with carbolic odor, and Charlemagne Tower and Mrs Tower taking a brief Switzerland visit. A Houston deal notes Richmond P Hobson joining a cotton buyers firm in Atlanta. Bishop Graves of China comments on ongoing China unrest. Yale football star Perry Hale remains seriously ill in Hartford Hospital due to injuries from last season’s games.
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A. F. Driggman
Paris
William Laird
Glasgow
Atlanta
Richmond P. Hobson
Charlemagne Tower
United States
St. Petersburg
Tower
Switzerland
Christian Mack
Ann Arbor
Mich
Willis J. Abbott
Solomon Bamberger
Equitable
Bowery
Grand Street
New York
F. R. Graves
China
Princeton
N. Y
Kwang Su
Perry T. W. Hale
Yale
Hartford (Conn
Hale
Milwaukee faces mill famine and divorce suit arises
The item notes Milwaukee faces a looming grain shortage while David Nation sues for divorce. A South Carolina man sues Senator Tillman for 10000 dollars claiming slander. The government crop report shows little improvement and stockholders approve higher bonded debt at National Glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Nation
South Carolina
Tillman
Islander Sinks After Iceberg Collision Off Douglas Island
Victoria B C August 20 The steamer Islander an Alaskan route passenger vessel of the Canadian Pacific Navigation company struck an iceberg off Douglas Island at 2 am Thursday and sank with 63 to 80 souls lost including crew. Some survivors reached here on the steamer Queen and officers say 183 were saved making total losses likely under twenty. Captain Foote went down with his ship and George McL Brown notes the purser remains in the North to forward through passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Islander
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
Douglass Island
Queen
Foote
George McL. Brown
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Humber
Gen MacArthur Arrives in San Francisco En Route to Washington
Gen. MacArthur arrived from Manila aboard the Sheridan and will travel to Washington to report to the War Department after a brief stay in San Francisco. Milwaukee merchants invited him to a feast upon his return, and he praised the capture of Aguinaldo as pivotal to U S authority in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
San Francisco
Gen. MacArthur
Manila
Sheridan
S. M. Green
Milwaukee
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Japan
Yokohama
Philippines
Aguinaldo
United States
Progress in Philippines Hails Civil Government Move
Manila reports the Philippine commission pleased with progress toward civil rule in the north. General Chaffee cites satisfactory news from Batangas and Nimaoro, with captures or surrenders noted. Rifles and supplies flow in as Malvar’s forces are pressed, while Julius Kahn urges fast mail steamers electric cars and Manila nipa house removals for villas.
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Peoplec
Manila
Philippine Commission
Gen. Chaffee
Batangas
Nimaoro
Malvar
Julius Kahn
Philippines
United States Ranks Third in Coal Exports
Washington report shows the United States moved to third place among coal exporters behind Britain and Germany. Treasury figures for the just completed fiscal year show coal exports valued at 22,317,496 dollars, with 7,676,149 tons shipped in 1901, more than three times the 1893 tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Treasury Bureau of Bratineras
Animals Flooded Out Deer and Bear Escape Flooded Swamp
Aug 20 Mobile Alabama reports the Louisville and Nashville line restored between New Orleans and Mobile after the gulf storm. Telegraph service to New Orleans resumes. Linemen recount flooding in the Tensas swamp driving wildlife toward the rails. A exhausted deer was captured. a large black bear emerged but not seized.
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Alabama
Mobile
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
New Orleans
Tensas
Molten Metal Explosion Kills Three at Steel Plant
An explosion in the blast furnace department of the National Steel company Ohio plant in Youngstown yesterday killed three workers and badly injured eleven others. Two are in a dying condition and at least six more are not expected to live. The accident was caused by a ladle mechanism failure that released molten metal into a water vat.
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Youngstown
Ohio
National Steel Company
Big War Likely In South America Washington Echoes of Plot Thickening
Reports from Washington indicate a three country plot among Venezuela Colombia and Ecuador as Ecuadorian troops prepare to invade Colombia and Venezuela's Castro sends arms and men to aid Colombian revolutionaries. Gen Uribe Uribe leads with Castro backing amid looming revolutions and counter revolutions near Pasto and Cuacta.
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South America
Washington
Columbia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Colombia
Castro
Uribe-Uribe
Quito
Ecuatoran
Pasto
J Willemstad
Curocoa
Cuacta
Grand Rapids Robbery: Wallet Larceny Aboard Street Car
Frank Bennett a bookkeeper for Grand Rapids Gas Engine and Yacht Co. was robbed of $1,000 taken from a bank to pay workers. He carried the money in a valise on a street car and, upon alighting, found the valise missing. It was later recovered in a downtown restaurant minus its contents. no clue to the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Frank Bennett
Grand Rapids Gas Engine and Yacht Company
French a Hustler Improves Cape Colony Command
Pretoria reports better conditions in Cape Colony since Gen. French assumed command. Commandant Kritringer was defeated by Col. Gorringe, driving Boers toward the Orange River. Two commandants and several Boers captured. Burghers flee north. Scheepers reportedly breaks back through British lines as reports claim Boer disorganization grows.
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Cape Colony
Pretoria
French
Kritzinger
Col
Gorringe
Orange River
Scheepers
Second Try for Chicago to Washington by Auto Gun Carriage
Maj. R. P. Davidson plans a second attempt to drive from Chicago to Washington aboard two steam automobile gun carriages. He will carry a message from Gen. Otis to Gen. Miles and travel mainly by night with seven cadets.
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Chicago
Washington
R. P. Davidson
Here
Maj. Davidson
Gen. Otis
Miles
Chinese court delays departure for heating and floods
An edict dated August 14 says the court will postpone its departure from Singan-fu until October 6 due to extreme heat and flood damage. A secret edict orders Henan’s governor to prepare a temporary palace at Kaifeng for the imperial party during the empress dowager’s birthday celebrations on November 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Singan-fu
Henan
Kaifeng
Chamberlain bars Maltese elective government powers
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain declares the British government will not grant further powers to the Maltese elective members. He calls for a return to the pre 1887 constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chamberlain
Forest Fire Threatens Timber and Ranch Property
Baker City Oregon reports a great forest fire raging on North Pine and Fish creeks. The blaze threatens vast timber losses and may prove destructive to surrounding ranch property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Baker City
Robber Shot by U S Agent in Paducah Store Break-in
Zeno Williams, a recently freed Black man, was killed by agent Ed Edwards during a store burglary attempt in Paducah Kentucky yesterday. The shooting occurred as Williams attempted to break into Edwards store prompting an immediate lethal response.
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Paducah
Zeno Williams
Edwards
Cleveland official charged with embezzlement in loan fund
Jacob A. Blodt former secretary of the Guarantee Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland was arrested in Youngstown on arrival from Cleveland. He is charged by State Insurance Inspector Mauck with embezzling 1500 dollars from the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
Jacobb A. Blodt
The
Guarantee Savings and Loan Association of
Cleveland
Blodt
Mauck
Guarantee Savings and Loan Association
Dangerous Anarchist Arrested in Dantzic Case
Berlin reports August Megart a dangerous anarchist arrested at Dantzic. He is described as an accomplished anarchist and police found several anarchist papers and passports with various names on his person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Megart
Dantzic
Japanese Excitement Over Manchurian Question Reported
The Times of Tokyo cites Japanese opinion as excited over the Manchurian issue. Newspapers claim Russia contemplates a permanent occupation, fueling Tokyo's concerns about potential developments.
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London
Tokio
Russia
Disaster Strikes City of Golconda Steamer Squall Sinks Near Crowells Landing
Paducah Ky Aug 21 The steamer City of Golconda on the Paducah to Elizabethtown run was struck by a sudden squall and overturned in ten feet of water six miles above the city as it neared Crowell's Landing Seventeen to twenty may have perished Many passengers were in the cabin when the squall hit Captain Jesse Bauer and Pilot BE Packa swam ashore saving several persons The boat valued at about 2500 belonged to Captain Otto Bauer of Golconda The final death toll could not be determined until the vessel's books are found
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Paducah
Iky
Golconda
Elizabethtown
Crowell’s Landing
Jesse Bauer
BE. E. Packa
Bauer
H. EB. Worren
Quartermouse
Hampton
Otto Bauer
Peck
Cuban presidential candidacy talks in Havana
A meeting in Havana gathered revolutionary generals and politicians from multiple parties to discuss Senor Estrada Palma as a possible president. They mandated a committee led by Gen. Gomez to ask Palma for a fuller statement of his political program and aims if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Senor Estrada Palma
Republic
Maximo Gomez
Sangully
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Senor Palma
Senor Figueredo
Gen. Gomez
Chinese Find New Excuses Delays Pekin Court Departure
Aug 21 Pekin report that Li Hung Chang received a telegram claiming the emperor fixed Oct 6 for the court to leave Singan-fu. Delays attributed to the dowager empress infirmity, heavy floods, and bad roads. Petitions from high court officials urged postponement. Chinese plenipotentiaries say Manchurian settlement awaits the new Russian minister in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Singan-fu
Lingan-fu
Man Arrested in Milwaukee-spurious Dollars Case
Joseph W. olls Dollars, Walker of Milwaukee was arrested in Peoria on charges of flooding the North End with counterfeit coins. He resisted arrest and was shot twice by Officer John Davidson, one bullet causing a serious or fatal wound in his left side. Walker, about forty nine, claimed the spurious coins came from Milwaukee.
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Peoria
Joseph W. Olls
Walker
Milwaukee
John Davidson
Terrible Yangtze Floods Likely Drown 20,000 in China
Oriental News reports July floods along the Yangtze Kiang valley causing at least 20,000 deaths across Kiang-si Hupeh Hunan and Anhui with tens of thousands left homeless. Kiang-si and Hunan bear the worst toll as rain persisted for forty days.
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Yangtse Kiang Wal- Tacoma
Wash
Oriental Jey
Yangsze Kiang
Kiang-si
Hupeh
Hunan
Anhui
Nain
Two Men Killed by Train in Vigo Crossing
Chillicothe Ohio Aug 21 Two farmers Robert Rutter and Jefferson Rutter were instantly killed when a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern train struck their wagon as they crossed the tracks. They did not observe the approaching train while eating a lunch in the wagon.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Robert Rutter
Jefferson Rutter
Vigo
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Parents of Indiana man learn son murdered after three years
After three years of presumed death from spinal meningitis, the parents of Charles M. Campbell of Lafayette Indiana learn he was murdered and not a meningitis victim. The discovery reframes a long-standing family tragedy.
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Charles M. Campbell
Lafayette
Ind
Carrie Nation Slapped on Excursion Against Smoking
On an island river excursion Mrs. Carrie Nation urged passengers to quit smoking aboard the St Lawrence river boat. She confronted several smokers and attempted to confiscate cigars by force, prompting a single blow from Eugene Foley of Clayton when he resisted her demand to discard a cigar. The incident interrupted her anti smoking display briefly before she shifted focus to scenery.
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Utica
Carrie Nation
St. Laurence River
Eugene Foley
Clayton
Foley
Baltimore Launches Three Torpedo Boat Destroyers
The torpedo boat destroyers Whipple Truxton and Worden were launched yesterday at the Maryland Steel Works Sparrow Point. The Whipple left the Ways at 1 48, the Truxton at 2 03 and the Worden at 2 13. Miss Elsie Pope named the Whipple, Miss Isabelle Truxtun named the Truxton, and Mrs Emilie Worden christened the Worden. A special eleven coach train carried guests from Union Station to Sparrow Point. Thousands of spectators packed wharves and sheds to watch the ceremony.
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Baltimore
Whipple
Truxton
Worden
Marine Department
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrow Point
Patapsco
Elsie Pope
St. Paul
Truxtun
Isabelle Truxtun
Norfolk
Commodore Truxtun
Emilie D. N. Worden
New York
Union Station
Sparrow's Point
CORN KING BANKRUPT RECEIVER APPOINTED IN CHICAGO
A bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court for the George H. Phillips company after three creditors acted. Chicago Title and Trust Co. named temporary receiver. director W. K. Sackett will run the business as assets are estimated at 250000 with liabilities not exceeding 200000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Phillips Company
Chicago
George H. Phillips’ Company
United States District Court
George H. Phillips
Chicago Title and Trust Company
W. K. Sackett
Admiral Schley Arrives in Washington for Inquiry
Admiral Winfield S. Schley arrives in Washington from New York on business connected to the forthcoming board of inquiry into the Santiago campaign. He declines to discuss the inquiry, is accompanied by Mrs. Schley, and plans to consult with his attorneys including Hon. Jeremiah Wilson as the case proceeds over several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smilingly
Washington
Winfield S. Schley
New York
Santiago
Schley
Jeremiah Wilson
Negro Ravisher Captured After Dallas Mob Attempt
Dallas officers capture a 21 year old Negro suspected in the assault of Mrs. Tarlequist in Travis County last Saturday. A mob gathered at the crime scene in Austin, fired at the suspect, but lawmen escorted him to the Travis County jail where Mrs. Tarlequist identified him.
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Dallas
Tex
Austin
Tharlequist
Travis County
Ita
Lone Highwayman Robs Stage Near Calistoga
A lone highwayman stopped the Calistoga and Clear Lake stage on August 17 in Calistoga California. Twenty or more passengers were relieved of their money and mail bags and the express box were rifled. The amount seized is not yet ascertained and a posse is in pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calistoga
Cal
Clear Lake
Lipton Confident He Will Lift America's Cup
Southampton August 17 A crowd welcomed Sir Thomas Lipton who said he fully believed he would lift the cup this time If successful he would bring the trophy to the Royal Yacht Club Lipton sailed in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Thomas Lipton
Royal Yacht Club
Wheat yields reported by local threshers in Beadle county
Beadle county farmer Claron Wright threshes wheat northeast of town and yields 12 bushels per acre. Henry Gamble braves ten year ground neglect to harvest thirty acres at 9 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Claron Wright
Here
Beadle County
Henry Gamble
Boy Drowns in Jar of Water in Terrill
In Terrill Aug 17 a sixteen month old boy Dick Ostrander fell into a jar of water and drowned. His father Dick Ostrander is dangerously ill with appendicitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrill
Town
Dick Ostraneder
Shoy
Mr. Ostrander
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