Impressive Pageant Described in Earl Russell Bigamy Trial
Judge B F Curier, a witness in the Earl Russell bigamy trial, lauded the ceremony in New York. He noted access difficulties, few Americans present, and a lavish royal scene with lords in scarlet robes and bishops in white. He doubted jurisdiction but accepted the court’s ruling. He called the proceedings perfunctory and suggested a one day sentence might suffice.
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New York
B. F. Curier
Second Judicial District
Nevada
Earl Russell
Majestic
Tribune
Curter
Cheate
Queen Victoria
Lord Halsbury
House of Lords Proper
Lord High Steward
Native police in Philippines shown improving under MacArthur report
Washington reports Gen. MacArthur forwarded a Manila AI unit assessment for April and May 1901. The native police, once experimental, are now an important factor in restoring order and discipline in unstable localities. Generals Wheaton Smith Fortston Grant Bates Wade Sumner praise their efficiency and loyalty, noting insurgent captures.
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Washington
Initinx Division
War Department
MacArthur
Manila
P. I
Wheaton
J. H. Smith
Funs‘ton
Grant
Bates
Wade
Sumner
Australia defense bill advances in House of Deputies
Melbourne report states the Australian defense bill gained a second reading. Premier Edmund Barton argued the planned standing army would guard depots and train reserves to be mobilized if the navy failed. A clause to call 18 to 60 year olds was meant to show Australia’s readiness amid navy costs.
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Melbourne
House of Deputies
Edmund Barton
Australia
Steel Trust Orders Dismantling Dewees Wood Plant
United States Steel directs immediate dismantling of the Dewees Wood plant at McKeesport and transport to Kiskimenetas valley. The move, announced by Per sifer T. Smith of American Sheet Steel Co, shocks workers and cites city officials and mayoral statements as influencing factors in the plant’s closure.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Dewees Wood
McKeesport
Kiskimenetas
Persifer TF. Smith
American Sheet Steel Co
President McMurty
Kiskimenetas Valley
The
Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Smith
Shaffer
Pennsylvania
Black
Gompers Pledges AFL Support to Amalgamated
President Samuel Gompers pledged the American Federation of Labor to aid the Amalgamated association after a two day conference with President Shaffer. The federation will give moral and financial backing in the strike against United States Steel.
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Pittsburg
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
United States Steel Corporation
Molders Win Strike Victory At Ferguson Foundry
Chicago on August 10 reports the Ferguson Foundry Co. granting strikers demand and resuming full operation. William Ferguson, a veteran National Founders member, is cited as a key figure in the surrender hailed as a major victory. Company officials would not disclose terms.
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Ferguson Foundry Co
Chicago
William Ferguson
National Founders Association
National labor order formed for Navy Yard workers
A new national labor order to unite mechanics helpers and laborers in navy yards and arsenals was organized in Washington on Thursday night. The Navy Yard Employees' Protective Association is the name chosen and the word arsenal will be added when arsenal workers join.
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Washington
Navy Yards
Navy Yard
Proclamation Threatens banishment for resisting British forces
A British imperial proclamation issued August 7 declares that all Orange Free State and Transvaal leaders and officials still in arms must surrender by September 15 or face permanent banishment from South Africa. The measure aims to end ongoing resistance and recover costs from the burghers. The move follows Natal's July 24 suggestions to Chamberlain.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Natal
Orange Free State
South African Republic
Orange Colony
Transvaal
South African
South Africa
Chamberlain
Accomplice of Bresci Confesses in King Humbert Murder
Anarchist Luigi Gianotti, charged as Bresci’s accomplice in the assassination of King Humbert, confessed to the crime. He says he left Paterson New Jersey with Bresci and traveled to Monza near Milan, where Gianotti started a street disturbance to distract police while Bresci killed the king.
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Paris
Fatrre
Rome
Luigi Gianotti
Milan
Bresci
Humbert
Paterson
N. J
Monza
Gianotti
Confessed He Stole the Gold in Selby Smelting Robbery
San Francisco reports Jack Winters confessed to the Selby smelting robbery. About $150,000 in bullion has been recovered from the bay while detectives and Winters searched mud near Crockett with Supt. Ropp. Winters admitted the theft and guided authorities to the hiding spot, claiming he acted alone though officials doubt that.
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San Fransisco
Jack Winters
Selby
Winters
Ropp
Works
Crockett
Vallejo
Outlook for Cotton Across States Indicates Generally Good Prospects
Dispatches report Missouri Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi Texas Oklahoma Indian Territory Louisiana and Alabama showing a generally favorable outlook with expectant average to above average yields in several regions. Drought impacts noted in parts of Texas and Tennessee while Oklahoma and Indian Territory near average. Mississippi Louisiana Alabama likely better than last year. overall grade expected to be at least as good as last year.
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St. Louis
Republic
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Louisiana
Alabama
Same Kind of a Cat by Dorothy Weeps at a Doll Cape
Dorothy the minister's daughter onsumes a doll's cape for her kitten and declares the cat is “the same kind of a cat” as yesterday. Her parents scold, then cry, then discipline, while the child repeats her defiant remark with a calm, stubborn wit.
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Dorothy
Milwaukee Sentinel
Global goods and people facts from late 19th century notes
A survey notes Germany owns 742000 acres in Central America with 20000000 coffee trees, Brazil yields 350000 tons of coffee of a 600000 ton world crop, and the U K population surpasses France in 1892. It mentions Dutch windmills, Haarlem pumps, Saxony geese import, a Shan hills viaduct in Upper Burma, and per person beet house production in Belgium versus England. It also cites artificial honey competition, Turkish gramophones, and cheerful Turkish ladies listening to records.
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Germany
Central America
Brazil
United Kingdom
France
Holland
Lake Haarlem
Russia
Saxony
Shan Hills
Upper
Burma
England
Belgium
Dodd's Kidney Pills Restores New Badnen Woman
Mrs Anton Griesbaum Jr of New Baden Illinois fell to severe female troubles and weakness. After three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills her health improved dramatically and she can work again with no remaining symptoms. The pills gain local reputation for treating female troubles and related conditions.
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New Baden
Muas
Anton Griesbaum, Jr
Dodd
Bright
Mrs. Griesbaum
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Judge Curler
Lords
Filipino Native Police
Great Britain
Federation
Steel Trust
Gompers
NEW National Labor Order
Carter
Careron Mae
Dale College
Hopedale
R.R
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