McKinley approves death sentence for US soldier
President McKinley for the first time since the Spanish war approves the hanging of Private Phineas Youtz of the Nineteenth Infantry. He was convicted at Cebu for murdering a native Filipino girl with a sword cane. The same week a new national labor order forms to unite naval yard and arsenal workers. Navy reprimes Rear Admiral Bobby OD Evans after criticism in his book.
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Washington
McKinley
Phineas Youtz
Nineteenth Infantry
Cebu
P. L
Navy Department
Bobby OD. Evans
Navy
Chandler
Evans
Reading strike ends and lawton land reserves open motion
The Reading railway shop hands strike nears end as management considers strikers out of employ. In Lawton Oklahoma, home seekers push to open three government reserves totaling about 3330 quarter sections. Excerpt lists multiple local tragedies and legal matters from New Jersey to New York.
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Reading
Lawton
Okla
James S. Negley
Plainfield
N. J
Paterson
King Humbert
Bred
Tuckerton
H. E. Hanley
Ethel
Elmer
Detroit
Mich
St. Clair Avenue
Godfrey Fortier
William Hinthen
Young Fortier
New York City
Robert F. Simes
Boston
Rebecca McDonald
Binghamton
N. Y
Jacob T. Arden
Arden Farm
Manhattan Island
Gilmore
Alvin Seaton
Grain coloring statute struck down by Judge Tuley in Chicago
Judge Tuley in the circuit court declares the coloring statute unconstitutional and holds that a person may do with his property as he wishes so long as he does not endanger public health or welfare. The Brutus arrives at Tompkinsville from Guam with a tale of refusing American gold in Suez toll negotiations.
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Chicago
Tuley
Brutus
Tompkinsville
S. I
Guam
Porgy Sail
Suez Canal
Turbulent Montana stampede and steel strike tensions
Reports describe a gold bearing discovery near Big Snowy mountains drawing thousands inland from Montana towns. Separate items note Judge Hook sentencing a striker in Kansas City and 12 000 workers ready to strike in sympathy with United States Steel. Other items cover fires in Lime Spring Iowa and damage from ship collisions off Michigan and St Louis.
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Snowy Mountains
Helena
Mont
Montana
Watson Spencer
Great Lakes
Radney Wis
Oth
Leavenworth
Kan
Hook
W. Barry
Riverside Iron Works
Kansas City
Amalgamated “Association
United States Steel Corporation
Atlanta
Washington
Waverly
Sheldon
Baltimore
Au Sable
Mich
Kerby
Crop damage widens as drought hits Russia and Baltic lands
Reports say drought worsens crop failure in western Siberia and Volga provinces while damage extends across the Baltic area. In Milan Italy the anarchist Gianotti confesses complicity with Bresci in the King Humbert assassination, noting their Paterson New Jersey flight to Monza. Prince Henry of Orleans dies in Saigon at 34, and Nicaragua's supreme court rules the London Bank of Central America has no legal status, removing banking in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Baltic
Siberia
Volga
Tmigi Gianotti
Milan
Italy
Bresci
Humbert
Paterson
N. J
Monza
Gia
New York Bat Manufacturers Set to Form Trust
News from New York City reports plans to file articles of incorporation for a bat manufacturers trust with about 20 leading U.S. producers expected to join. Other items note Glasgow granting Andrew Carnegie city freedom, Taft trimming Manila police, and legal cases across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Uni
Corporation of Glasgow
Andrew Carnegie
Taft
Manila
George R. Bissert
Bissert
M. L. Johnson
Port Royal Navy Station
Sampson
Boston Navy Yard
Zachritz
St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co
Forest Park
Atlantic Coast Electric Railway Co
Allenhurst
N. J
Audenreidh
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co
District Board
United Mine Workers
Halifax
N.S
Minot
Boston
MacArthur Calls Aguinaldo Capture Major Turn in Philippines
Gen. MacArthur's annual report highlights the capture of Aguinaldo as the year's most momentous event, dispelling myths of invincibility and reshaping prospects for the rebellion. The report covers church questions, labor, trade, and Asia's power, with notes on discipline and daily life in the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
Americalls
Fpuisippiners
Washington
Gen. MacArthurs
Aguinaldo
Gen. MacArthur
Philippines
Orient
Asia
Col
Groesbeck
Col. Woodruff
Tropics
Sweet
Kobbe
United States
England Stand With United States in War Says Navy Chaplain
In New York Aug 12 Chaplain H W Jones U S N spoke on The Life and Work of a Chaplain of the Navy. He cited England backing the United States in the Spanish American War noting British ships in Barbados were ready to act and would have headed off any foreign naval demonstration.
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New York
H. W. Jones
Church of the Strangers
Navy
England
United States
Spain
Barbadoes
West Indies
G A and Encampment Decorations in Cleveland
The national encampment night display centers on the public square in Cleveland. The square is split by Superior and Ontario into four sections with diagonal walks. White columns rise 26 feet at entrances, joined by festooned electric lights and a 70 foot cable spanning the intersection with an electric ball in the center and lighting throughout.
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G. A
Cleveland
Grand Army
Superior
Ontario
Ontario Streets
Window Glass Plants Extend Shutdown to October
Pittsburg reports the window glass industry will extend its shutdown beyond September 15 and keep factories closed until October. The extension is agreed by the Window Glass Workers' Association and the American Window Glass Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Window Glass Workers’ Association
The
American Window Glass Co
Lawson Threat Sets Deadline to Race Independence
Boston August 9. If no yacht able to race Independence by September 3, Lawson will ord er her broken up as old metal. The order issued Thursday.
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Boston
Lawson
Philippine Advisers Report Minor Commissary Loss
Commissary General Weston says frauds in Lin department were small and government loss totals 750 dollars. Gov Taft, speaking at a Manila banquet, urges tariff reform and laws for American banks franchises and mining rights. Commission plans 25,000 to each province hit by rinderpest to fund public work, repayable in five years.
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Weston
Lin
Manila
Taft
Julius Kalm
San Francisco
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Chaffee
Herbert L. Evans
Fortyfourth Volunteers Infantry
Mindoro
Evans
Commissary Department
Gov
Ide
Moses
Wright and
Worcester
Explosion in Chicago saloon kills man and wounds others
In a levee saloon explosion blamed on dynamite, an unknown man died and two others, including coachman George McConnell and Ruby Fox, were wounded and may die. Police found the victim with head and hand blown off and suspect Alfano killed in the blast after jealousy over Ruby Fox.
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Chicago
George McConnell
Ruby Fox
Alfano
McConnell
Thirteen aboard yacht scorched in Monongahela explosion
In McKeesport on August 12, a boiler tube failure on the yacht Quail caused an explosion and scalding blaze. Two men, Robert Criswell and Harry Osborne, are likely fatally burned, while a dozen others including Steve Broskie and James R. Smith are seriously injured but expected to survive. Passengers jumped into the river and were rescued by nearby campers.
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McKeesport
Monongahela River
Peter’s Creek
Robert Criswell
Harry Osborne
Steve Broskie
W. H. Campbell
James R. Smith
J. E. Henry
Edward Miller
Quail
W. Campbell
Woods Seeks Troops to Remove Squatters on Lawton Lot
J R Woods prize winner in the land lottery claims a strip along the Lawton town site and asks ex Gov Richards to deploy government troops to oust trespassers. Squatters encamp on most lots of the 160 acre homestead, have sunk wells and plan frame buildings.
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Fort Sill
O. T
J. R.woods
Lawton
Mattie Beals
Kansas
Richards
Woods
Arrest of Frank Purcell in Washington murder case
Washington Ind Aug 12 Frank Purcell a mine engineer arrested after coroner inquest evidence that he threatened his wife and children and that an affidavit claimed he killed his wife by kicking. The boy’s testimony was partially substantiated and linked to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Frank Purcell
Purcell
Sheriff Foils Lynching Attempt in San Antonio
Gre gorio Cortez, the murderer, is jailed in San Antonio after Gonzales county Sheriff Fly ferried him in to avert another lynching. About 200 armed men surrounded the jail at 1 o'clock and demanded Cortez, but were repelled when Sheriff Fly fired a shot and spoke to the mob, which dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Gregorio Cortez
Sheriff Fly
Gonzales County
Gonzales
Cortez
Lipton Shamrock II Arrives Off Sandy Hook Bay
Sir Thomas Liptons Shamrock II, the second Cup hunter, aboard Erin, reached Sandy Hook late last night and anchored inside the lightship. The vessel will be towed to Tompkinsville and Irle basin for dry dock prep after quarantine. David Barrie sails as Lipton representative. details of the voyage were scarce.
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Thomas
James R. Lawrence
David Barrie
Sir Thomas
Sandy Hook
Sforeign
Erin
Matthews
Sycamore
St. Michaels
Azores
Robert Hadden
Tompkinsville
Irle Basin
Savannah mob executes convicted killer near railway
Eighteen miles south of Savannah Georgia a mob of about four hundred burned Joe Washington a negro identified by his victim Mrs J J Clark as her assailant. Washington was captured at Liberty City and brought to Way Station where he was identified and executed by fire. The leaders numbered fewer than a dozen and enforced distance for the rest. The execution occurred close to the railway track near the Clark house.
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Savannah
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Joe Washington
J. J. Clark
Washington
Liberty City
Way Station
Earthquake Shocks Hit Victoria B C From Alaska
Seismograph records at the Victoria B C meteorological office show severe shocks believed to originate in Alaska. Tremors began 1 30 a m and lasted to 4 08 a m with pendulum oscillations. A second disturbance began 5 15 a m, grew immense, pendulum crossed the paper by 6 15 a m and moved for 20 minutes. Fresh vibrations occurred at 10 40 a m and persisted for about an hour.
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Victoria
B.C
Meterological Office
Alaska
Fighting Near Panama Report From Kingston Jamaica
Kingston Jamaica reports from Colon say a string of engagements occurred last week near Panama. The government fends off insurgents amid strict martial law in Panama and Colon. An order declares anyone found bearing arms without a permit will be shot as traitors and urges foreign residents to arm themselves to aid police.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Colon
Panama
Explosion Damages St Nizier Church in Troyes
A bomb exploded near the altar at the church of St Nizier in Troyes on Sunday. The blast damaged windows but spared the 100 children and a priest inside the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
British officer returns as Kansas City aids Boer war effort
Col Skinner of the British army has returned to Kansas City after buying horses and mules. The British government has spent about $1,000,000 in Kansas City for horses and mules destined for South Africa. About 100,000 animals have been shipped from the area in three years at an average of $50 each.
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Kansas City
Col. Skinner
United States
Cape Town
South Africa
Ohio State News: Story of Murder Told by Dying Man
In Middletown on August 13 a dying Cincinnati hospital patient Medler claims Edward Grossman of Manchester Michigan was murdered not by a train but by a co worker who tied a rope to his neck and dangled him from a beam then used a rail to hide the crime. Detectives arrested George Stag near Franklin in connection.
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Middletown
Edward Grossman
Manchester
Mich
Medler
Cincinnati
Grossman
Franklin
George Stag
Will Ask for a Receiver in Cleveland Loan Co Case
Columbus Aug 10 Smith W Bennett special counsel in the attorney general s office says he will apply to Judge Davis of the supreme court at Marion for the appointment of a receiver for the Guarantee Savings and Loan Co of Cleveland. The action is the start of a campaign against a class of building and loan associations in the state as the State inspector finds conditions unsatisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Smith W. Bennett
Attorney General’s Office
Davis
Supreme Court
Marion
Guarantee Savings and Loan’ Co
Cleveland
Youster
Supreme ‘Court
Bishops Charged with Manslaughter in Gasoline Explosion Death
Warrants sworn for Sylva and Leota Bishop on manslaughter charges after their daughter died from burns when a gasoline explosion occurred on July 31. Bishop jailed on bond default. Mrs. Bishop detained in Greenville, Ohio as a constable seeks her arrest.
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Hamilton
Humane
Smith
Sylva
Leota Bishop
Bishop
Greenville
Unions Clash Ends in Fatal Wiring on Steamer Castalia
Henry Walker of Cleveland a non union oiler shot and killed Frank Keppard of Manistee Michigan a union oiler aboard the Castalia during a discussion of unionism. Police rescued Walker from a hostile crowd and he was jailed in Jefferson to avoid lynching.
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Monardor
Ashtabula
Henry Walker
Cleveland
Castalia
Frank Keppard
Manistee
Mich
S. R. Kirby
Walker
Jefferson
Double Suicide After Fatal Shooting in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on August 13, Robert Stephenson and Mrs. Lillie Kispert were found dead in a room at 1513 Cutter Street. Police say Stephenson shot Kispert in the left temple as she slept and then killed himself with a bullet to the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Robert Stephenson
Lillie Kispert
Cutter Street
Stephenson
Defalcation figure in Akron Varnish Co case tops $29,000
Akron Colorado dated Aug 13 reports the examination of Akron Varnish Co books shows ex treasurer Homer J McCrum defalcated about 29000 dollars. McCrum disappeared weeks ago and is believed in South America. He is sued on company papers and hid the proceeds. The firm will meet all notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, CO
Akron Varnish Co
Homer J. MecCrum
MecCrum
South America
A Diamond Robbery Stuns Hamilton Jewelry Store
A tray containing diamonds valued at $2,000 was stolen from Mrs. A. Seidenstocker's shop window in Hamilton yesterday. Four men carried out the theft using open newspapers as shields while a fourth distracted the clerk. They escaped with the tray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
American Bicycle Co Ships Autos to Cape Town
The American Bicycle Co of Toledo has sent three high power steam automobiles directly to Cape Town South Africa. The vehicles were ordered by the British government for use by army officers in the South African colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
American Bicycle Co
Cape Town
South Africa
Sheets Plans Suit Against United States Steel
Attorney General Sheets will sue the United States Steel Corporation under the Valentine anti trust law. The action proceeds regardless of any steps the company may take to comply with laws governing foreign corporations doing business in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Sheets
United States Steel Corporation
Valentine
Electric Line to Cross the State Railroad Incorp
The Toledo Columbus Springfield Cincinnati Railway Co was incorporated yesterday by the secretary of state with capital stock of 100000 dollars. The company aims to build an electric line between Toledo Columbus Springfield and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Toledo, Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati Railway Co
Tidin's Veterans Ready for G A R Encampment
Cleveland report says Gen. William H. Gibson post from Tiffin will attend with 125 men 50 Relief Corps members and excursion cars enough to total 300. A drum corps will accompany the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
William H. Gibson Post
Tiffin
Woman's Relief Corps
Threat to Move Mills Sparks Steel Plant Relocation
An American Steel Hoop 60 official says idle mills since July 1 may be moved to Pittsburgh area to ease labor troubles. The company would sign the Amalgamated scale and operate immediately, otherwise the mills will be moved and run elsewhere if not in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
American Steel Hoop
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
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