Bombardment Of Casa Blanca By French Spanish Warships
Tangier dispatch describes the French cruiser Galilee and Spanish gunboat Bazán aiding in bombarding Casa Blanca. French landings of sixty troops and forty by Spain met Kabyle resistance. several French sailors wounded. Rebels blamed as large tribesmen losses reported.
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Associated Press
Tangier
Galilee
Casa Blanca
Kabyles
Galilea
Associated
London
Jeu
Varo Dé Bazan
Southern mills mull 30 day lumber market halt at Jamestown
Virginia and Maryland along with North and South Carolina convene at the Jamestown Exposition to discuss suspending association mills for up to thirty days to boost prices and improve conditions for South’s lumber makers. Some leaders doubt Virginia and Maryland mills will close despite Southern members push. Camp’s Mills head R J Camp objects to any collective move to control the market after Judge Landis rulings.
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Virginia
Maryland
North
South Carolina
Association
South
R. J. Camp
Camp's Mills
Judge Landis
Wreck on Pennsylvania Railroad near Kelly Station
The Titusville express on the Pennsylvania railroad derailed after being sideswiped by a freight car broken away from a train near Kelly Station, Pittsburg. Six or more killed and about eighteen injured as two baggage cars the smoker and a passenger car were wrecked. The train was behind time and speeding on a sharp curve limited view ahead.
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Pittsburg
Titusville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kelly Station
Kittanning
To Settle Railroad Dispute in Alabama
Montgomery Alabama August 6 The outlook for a peaceable settlement of the controversy between the Southern railway and the state is good President Russell of the Mobile and Ohio railroad representing President Finley of the Southern railway is in conference with Governor Comer and a mutual arrangement is believed possible Two plans are suggested one allowing the railway to withdraw from the suit in federal court and the other a test cure with both sides bound by the decision
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern Railway
Russell
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Finley
Comer
Railway Mail Clerk Examinations Held in Major Cities
Civil service examinations were conducted nationwide today to recruit eligibles for many vacancies in the railway mail service. The commission has faced difficulty in securing enough qualified railroad mail clerks and is increasing efforts to expand the pool of candidates.
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Washington
United States
Downward Stock Market Trend Dampens Trading
New York August 6 trading opened with a persistent downward price trend on the stock exchange. Eastern trunk line stocks and Atchison resisted briefly, but selling pressure dominated as the day wore on, with railroad stocks especially weak and Pennsylvanian firm while American Tobacco preferred fell. Judge Landis ruling against Standard Oil influenced market sentiment.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Stock Exchange
Eastern Trunk Line
Atchison
Southern Railway
Pennsylvania
American Tobacco
Judge Landis
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Lieutentant Reprimanded for Insulting Letter at Fort Monroe
A court martial at Fort Monroe Va found First Lieutenant George A F Trumbo of the 12th Cavalry not guilty of conduct unbecoming but guilty of conduct prejudicial to good order for writing a letter to Mrs Nettie Sims of Clarksburg W Va calling her son Karl Sims a deserter and urging imprisonment. The court sentenced a reprimand and two months confinement within station limits. Major General Grant approved stating the punishment was inadequate.
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Washington
Fort Monroe
George A. F. Trumbo
12Th United Staces Cavalry
Nettie Sims
12Th Cavalry
Trumbo
Grant
Department of the East
Serum That Cures Meningitis Reported Safe
Report from Cleveland cites private advices from New York and Castalia that John D. Rockefeller funded a serum cure for meningitis. Dr. Simon Flexner heads the Rockefeller Institute and experiments in Castalia show promising results. A patient nearly dead recovered after serum treatment. doctors say the tests prove the serum cures meningitis.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New York
Castalia
John D. Rockefeller
Simon Flexner
Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Executive Meeting of Lumbermen at Norfolk
An executive meeting of South Atlantic coast lumbermen was held in Norfolk to study boosting lumber prices. Following a Carolina manufacturers’ decision to close mills for thirty days, organizers aim to expand the move to Virginia and Maryland.
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Norfolk
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Market closes with mixed grain prices in Chicago
Chicago August 6 Wheat finished at 90 1 8 cents per bushel corn at 55 1 8 oats at 43 cents per bushel indicating quiet trading in early summer with modest gains and losses across grain futures.
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Chicago
Trained nurse fights attacker with hatpin in New York
Adelaide Wilder, a trained nurse, battled an attempted street assault on a woman on the West Side. Police pursued the attacker to Central Park and wounded him during the encounter. A second assault on a thirteen year old girl, Sadie Morden, in Greene Street remains under investigation with the suspect fleeing.
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New York
West Side
Adelaide Wilder
Miss Wilder
Central Park
M. Daurio
Sadie Morden
Greene Street
Testing Horsemanship of Officers of the Army
Washington August 6 Practical application of President Roosevelts horsemanship plan is under way by the war department. All officers below major examined for promotion who ride horses must pass a satisfactory horsemanship test in addition to mental and physical exams.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Conductor Brakeman and Fireman Hurt in Wreck
Richmond dispatch reports three railroad workers Satterfield Walton and Daniel injured in a wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio line near Westham. Freight cars ran into a standing train after the engine halted for water at the grade’s foot.
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Richmond
Satterfield
Walton
Daniel
Westham
Chesapeake and Ohio
Christian Scientist Illness Delays Deposition in Eddy Case
In Boston on August 6, attorney William A. Morse for Joseph Armstrong reports a Christian Scientist is seriously ill and cannot give a deposition in the Eddy case. A physician’s certificate accompanies the message to Commissioner Fernald, who is hearing the depositions.
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Boston
Eddy
William A. Morse
Joseph Armstrong
Fernald
Blue Ribbon Vanilla Temptation at Bluefield Inn Breakfast
A note describes tempting Blue Ribbon Vanilla flavors and a club breakfast at the Bluefield Inn available from five o'clock. Meals are served a la carte under a European plan effective August 1.
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Bluefield Inn
New York Near Lynchings After Assaults on Children
A mob of about 20 000 stormed the Fourteenth Street car barns after Paul Sergerate Greek peddler kissed Grace Josiee an eleven year old girl. He was dragged to a patrol wagon with injuries. A millwright Edward Pratt was mauled after accusations by Nellie and Helen Farrell. Police pursued suspects and several attackers were arrested with sentences ranging from six months to one year.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Fourteenth Street
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Paul Sergerate
Grace Josiee
Sergerate
Edward Pratt
West 57Th Street
Nellie
Helen Farrell
Pratt
Adelaide Wilder
West Side
Green Street
Tony Sardo
Brooklyn
P. J. Schmidt
Taday
Antonio Levant
Standard Oil and Railroads Unite to Fight Probes
Chicago and New York talks involve Standard Oil and railroad executives as they seek to blunt further government investigation. The Chicago and Alton, Burlington and Quincy, Chicago and Eastern Illinois lines are cited among those named in 4891 indictments. Attorneys Miller and Rosenthal were told to cut vacations as Judge Landis’ rebating stance spurs joint action.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Corporation
New York
Chicago Record Herald
Chicago and Alton
Burlington and Quincy
Eastern Illinois
Federal Grand Jury
John Miller
Moritz Rosenthal
Standard Oil Co
Judge Landis
Oil Corporation
Lynching Prevented Only by Wagonload of Policemen
A mob in Cleveland formed to lynch Walter McCracken after insults to two girls. Police stopped the beating as several men held him, with others seeking a rope. A wagonload of officers arrived, likely saving his life.
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Cleveland
Walter McCracken
McCracken
Photographers' Association Opens 27th Annual Convention
In Dayton Ohio a large segment of the Photographers Association of America including about 1800 members attended the opening session of the twenty seventh annual convention held today.
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Dayton
Ohio
Photographers’ Association of America
Senator Beveridge to Wed in Berlin Today
Final arrangements are set for tomorrow's ceremony making United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana and Miss Katherine B bidy of Chicago husband and wife. The wedding will take place at the American embassy in Berlin with Spencer Eddy, the bride's brother, serving as embassy secretary.
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Berlin
Aug
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Katherine BE. Bidy
Chicago
Spencer Eddy
Beveridge Eddy Wedding Plans Shift Amid Illness
The ceremony will be witnessed by prominent Americans in Europe and European nobility. Originally set for Chicago in October, arrangements changed as Miss Eddy left for Germany due to her mother's illness. A civil marriage will precede a forum ceremony, with Beveridge resuming his child labor fight upon return. Miss Eddy is Marshall Field’s niece and Beveridge’s late first wife was Katherine Langsdale.
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Europe
Chicago
Eddy
Marshall Field
Beveridge
Katherine Langsdale
Philippines
Bids Opened for Ashokan Dam Construction in New York
Bids were opened for a ten million dollar dam to hold 170 billion gallons at the Ashokan reservoir near Brown's Station Ulster county. The 200 foot high structure will span 1 000 feet, with 84 months to complete, and sit on 200 acres before construction of the 108 mile Ashokan aqueduct to New York City.
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New York
Ashokan Reservoir
Egypt
Croton Reservoir
Ashokan
Brown's Station
Ulster County
Catskill
McClellan
Assuan
Collision near Auburn severs three railway workers
A Southern Railway dispatch reports an eastbound passenger train and a westbound freight collided one mile east of Auburn North Carolina. The freight engineer and fireman and the passenger fireman were killed. Several passengers were shaken but none seriously injured. The crash was caused by the passenger crew overlooking orders.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Auburn
Ordery
Decatur Printers Strike Shuts Local Newspapers
Decatur Ill August 6 The Re view and the Herald suspended publication today due to a printers strike. Strikers announce plans to print a daily paper of their own.
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Decatur
Ill
the Review
The
Herald Today
Annual Convention of Coopers Association in Cincinnati
The National Coopers Association opened in Cincinnati Ohio with about seventy five delegates attending from across the country. The event begins today and marks the start of the annual convention.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
National Coopers Association
Daven Brothers Buy Rhudoph Kann Art Collection
London August 6. Daven Brothers of London paid five million dollars for the famous collection of pictures and art treasures of the late Rhudoph Kann the Paris financier.
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London
Daven Brothers of
Rhudoph Kann
Paris
Kodo for Indigestion and Dyspepsia Advertised
At this season we should eat sparingly and properly. We should also help the stomach as much as possible by the use of a little Kodo occasionally. Kodo for Indigestion and Dyspepsia will treat the stomach by actually digesting the food itself. Sold by all druggists.
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Ad
An old advertisement promotes DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as best for backache and weak kidneys, noting availability at all druggists in Mount Vernon flour mills context.
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DeWitt
Four Die and Score Injured in Big Rail Wreck Near Pittsburgh
Four killed and about twenty five injured when the Titusville Express No 76 derailed after sideswiping a runaway coal gondola on Huffaly Bend Allegheny division. Engine and tender overturned, carriages scattered. engineer M B Irvin and others among the injured, one death reported at hospital.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Pittsburg
Huffaly Bend
Allegheny Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kelley
Titusville
Kelly
Alonzo Huff
Johnstown
Preacher Dies Saving Drowning Man near Brigantine
Rev Edward McConnel of Abrecon New Jersey and Claude Friendship a Philadelphia real estate agent were drowned off Brigantine while four men sailed a small boat. Friendship could not swim and McConnel jumped in to save him but both disappeared. The other two men could not reach them and returned with news of the double drowning.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Edward McConnel
Abrecon
Claude Friendship
Philadelphia
Brigantine
Friendship
McConnell
Friendshi
Louisville Seeks National Democratic Convention
Louisville opens a campaign to host the Democratic national convention. Governor J C W Beckham U S Senators James B McCreary and Thomas H Paynter Mayor Robert M Bingham and Kentucky delegation urge the national committee to choose Louisville for the next gathering in a joint letter.
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Louisville
J. C. W. Beckham
United States
James B. McCreary
Thomas H. Paynter
Robert M. Bingham
Kentucky
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Richard Mansfield Dying from Tuberculosis in Saramac Lake
Saramac Lake N Y Aug 6 Richard Mansfield lies critically ill with tuberculosis and emaciation under intensive care with family secrecy about his condition. He has been in bed three days and is said to be far from immediate death though the illness is almost certainly tuberculosis.
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Saramac Lake
N. Y
Richard Mansfield
A J Stone Named General Superintendent of Erie
A. J. Stone, long time assistant general manager of the Erie railroad, is appointed general superintendent. The position of assistant general manager has been abolished.
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A. J. Stone
Erie
New York
Erie Railroad
Earthquake Shock Felt at Valparaiso
An earthquake shock was felt yesterday at Valparaiso Chile as reports from Santiago note the tremor. No injuries were reported and there is no further damage described.
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Valparaiso
Associated Press Dispatch
Santiago
Chile
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Babbitt Metal
Alabama
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Oog
L. A. Hoorenr
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Bluefield
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R. L. Spear
West Virginia
Chicago Grain Market
Daily Telegraph
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Kelly & Moyers
B. J. Wyrer
D. Oestreicher
John M. Madra
New Orleans
Sick
Millwright
Standard Oil and Railroads
Photographers’ Association
Senator Beveridge
Coopers Association
MT. Vernon
Mt, Vernon Flour
Huff
M. B. Irvin
Oakmont
George Cochran
Rimesburg
Kiktaning Hospital
Irwin
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