Mortality stats show rise in deaths for census year
Census Bureau bulletin numbers 1 039 094 deaths in the year, up from 841 419, with a notable near ten percent drop in the general death rate. Capt Thomas I Schley denies any interview or publication talks connected to the Schley report inquiry. US business failures for the week ending August 23 total 205, versus 171 a year ago.
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Census Bureau
War Department
Thomas I. Schley
Twenty-third Infantry
Will of Brooklyn Manufacturer Bequeaths to New York Missionary Society
Wills reveal Stephen Ballard of Brooklyn leaves property valued at 100000 dollars to the American Missionary Society of New York. Other items note a Brooklyn youngster’s fortune dispute in Bridgeport, a grand jury indictments in New York, embezzlement charges in Brooklyn, large out of town currency movement, and a wind storm causing extensive damage in New York City and vicinity.
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Stephen Ballard
Brooklyn
N. Y
American Missionary Society of New York
Bridgeport
Conn
George McDermott
Seeley Bibbins
George
New York City
Shields
Glennon
Dwyer
Frederick Kristella
Internal Revenue Department
Kristella
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Transportation Committee
M. Santos. Dumont
Paris
Gov
Odell
Fred Krist
Waverly
John C. Topping
Topping Bros
John C. Sheehan
Greater New York Democracy
Birds& Color
Republican County Committee
Independent Democratic Organization
Citizens’ Union
German-American Union
National Plate
Bedford County
Mingo County Mines Reopen With Nonunion Labor
All mines in the Mingo county coal field have resumed operation with nonunion workers. The Med Jacket was the last to restart, bringing in several carloads of African American laborers from Virginia to fill strikers’ positions.
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Mingo County
West
Oregon
Seattle
Arctic Ocean
San Francisco
Grampus
Omaha
Neb
Patrons of Learning
Board of Education Affairs
Multiple Disasters Reported In United States Localities
A gas explosion in Fort Wayne Indiana on the 20th injures three and damages a residence. A fire in Elma Iowa destroys a whole block of business buildings and the post office with losses around 75000 dollars. A dynamite blast near Baltimore kills two African Americans. Captain Stephen A. Jackson dies at Kenosha Wisconsin at 74 after a long illness. In Scottsville Kentucky rich oil field discoveries spark excitement and land leases in Allen county. A Northwestern locomotive crashes into a canning factory in Janesville Wisconsin causing extensive damage and crushed water tanks. A church in Industry Kansas pays off a 350 mortgage by sowing wheat on church land. An injunction blocks strike picketing by 40 Conkey pressmen in Hammond Indiana. Accidents strike Peoria Illinois with electrocution and fatal train incidents. Governor P T Woodfin of the National Soldiers Home at Hampton Virginia dies aged 84 after service in the Civil War.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Edward Lowenthal
Elma
Ydel
South
Allen County
Northwestern
Janesville
Wis
Evangelical Church At
Industry
Kan
Bruner
Baker
United States Circuit Court
Goshen
W. B. Conkey Printing Co
Hammond
Peoria, Jrl
Wesley Lacey
Marblehead
Mass
United States Service
Hurricane devastates Villariezo Jilotay Spain village
A hurricane damaged Villariezo Jilotay on the 21st, razing forty buildings and injuring several. Five or six people died or were injured as the toll grows with damage estimated at several million pesetas. A Moscow province siege extends for another year, delaying expiry of the state order. A Quebec dispatch reports a boat wreck near Lachine wharf on the 24th with Rutherford and three others drowned.
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Villariezo Jilotay
Spain
Moscow
Lachine
Quebec
Lachine Wharf
Rutherford
Islands for sale in St Lawrence Thousand Island group
The Dominion department of the interior plans to place about 500 islands in the St Lawrence River between Kingsteen and Blackville on the market. Islands vary from five acres to two one hundredths of an acre, distributing across the river.
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St. Lawrence River
Thousand Island
Dominion Department of the Interior
Kingsteen
Blackville
Sapulpa
I. T
McClintock-Marshall Construction Company
Braddock
Ocean
Hermonie
Noble
Joseph D. Redding
New York City
Colin Huntington
Princess Clara von Hatafeldt
Redding
New York
San Francisco
John J. McOraw
Baltimore
McGraw
Britton HW. Taber
North River
Taber
Mob Burns Negro for Murder Near Winchester Tenn
A mob of thousands gathered after Henry Noles, a Black man, was seized from Winchester jail and taken toward the Williams home to be executed. Noles admitted the killing of Mrs. Williams and was bound to a tree and burned at the scene amid immense gathering. At least six thousand people watched the fatal burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Henry Noles
Charles Williams
Winchester
Tenn
Cowen
Stewart
Whittaker
Lynch
Capt. Tolley
Williams
Megro
Noles
Manila to Increase Troops for Possible Malay Uprising
Manila news reports a plan to add four infantry companies raising the garrison to more than 1,000. Officials cite guard duty needs, but others warn a larger force may deter future uprisings among Malays. Insurgent Colonel Loree yields 17 officers and 13 men at Talisay with dozens more surrendering last week.
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Manila
Chaffee
Wright
Loree
Brown
Fourth Infantry
Talisay
Pan-American exposition marks 4,000,000th visitor
Buffalo reports Pan-American exposition designated as grange week and furniture manufacturers week. Attendance passed 4,000,000 this week with August averages 50 percent higher than any prior month.
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Buffalo
Grange
Furniture Manufacturers
Alleged Conspirators Arrested in Nogales China Entry Ring
Washington reports treasury officials unearthed a wider Nogales conspiracy to admit Chinese into the United States. Collector William Hoey and Deputy Chinese Inspector B F Jossey are among those arrested. others include Frank How and a Clifton Mexico resident. Suspected payments of 50 to 200 dollars per entry noted.
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Washington
Treasury
Nogales
Ariz
United States
William Hoey
B. F. Jossey
Frank How
Clifton
Mexico
Hoey
Grand Army Parade Draws Vast City Visitors
Cleveland Aug 23 The greatest number of visitors to be in the city during Grand Army encampment week will arrive Wednesday Sept 11 for the grand parade. The two mile line starts Euclid at Case at 10 am and ends in Lake View Park with schoolchildren on Bond Street singing. The naval parade Sept 10 includes the Michigan steamer and other vessels with a lake front display and Grays armory dog watch in the evening.
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Cleveland Winl Te Bayo Miles Monge SpyCleveland
Grand Army
Illinois
Euclid
Case Avenues
Euclid Avenue
Bond Street
Summit Street
Lake‘View Park
Wood
Onarié
Seneca Streets
G. A. ER
Cleveland
National Association of Naval Veterans
National Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War
Q. V. I. Regimental Association
Commodore Perry
Battle of
Lake Erie
Central Armory
Rassieur
Cleveland Yacht Clubhouse
Lake Front
Michigan
United States Navy
Fessenden
Naval Reserve
Ohio
National Association of Naval
Grays
Stockholders Seek Injunction Over Bethlehem Iron Co Sale
Stockholders of Bethlehem Iron Co file for an injunction to block a proposed sale valued at about 17 million dollars. The deal involves a 24 per share offer to Charles Schwab with an option through August 25. The case cites a 999 year lease to Bethlehem Steel Co and 2922 shares represented in the suit. The Girard Trust Co acts as depository for stock and officials decline to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Girard Trust Co
Bethlehem Steel Co
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
MelIlvain
Charles P. Linderman
Bethlehem Iron Co
Bethlehem Tron Co
Striking machinists turn to cameras to dodge injunction
In Chicago on July 27 striking machinists have shifted from picketing Ellis-Chalmers to photography to evade Judge Kohlisaat's injunction. They take pictures of every non union employee entering or exiting the plant, transforming pickets into amateur photographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ug 27
Indictments in Elmore County Lynching Case
Montgomery Aug 24 grand jury indicts ten of thirty alleged lynchers in Elmore County for the recent negro lynching. Several witnesses jailed for contempt after refusing to testify. These are the first indictments against alleged lynchers in the state in many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Elmore County
Fioffman s Flying Machine Nears Completion in Berlin
Engineering scribes report R J Hoffman's flying machine nearing completion in Berlin. It closely resembles Langley’s design but includes a water tube boiler and a compound condensing engine. Condensation uses exhaust steam via hollow wing ribs. Propeller runs at 50 rps and wings span nine feet. Working model weighs seven pounds.
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London
Engineering
R. J. Hoffman
Berlin
Prof. Langley
Peace talk in steel strike promises changes this week
Pittsburg reports from Aug 23 and 26 describe mixed mill activity across the United States Steel Corporation plants with several mills idle or running on limited shifts. Amalgamated leaders hint at a “peace” move and possible direct talks via the National Civic Federation, while declines in official sanction for mediation create uncertainty about a settlement timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Star Mill
Painter Mill
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Dermmier
Irondale
Wellsville
Lisbon
Evans
Bellaire
National Steel Co
Amalgamated
Bay View
Foliet
Amalgamated Association
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
J. W. Jenks
Industrial Commission
Ralph M. Easley
National Civic Federation
Henry M. White
United Garment Workers
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Association
Shaffer
Pyttsburg
Civic Federation
Archbishop Ereland
Wishop Potter
Daniel Hanna
Seth Low
Steel Corporation
Iowa Democrats Nominate State Ticket At Des Moines
The Iowa Democratic ticket selected at Des Moines includes Governor Thomas J. Phillips of Ottumwa Lieutenant Governor G E Ferguson Supreme Court Judge John Shortley Superintendent W P Johnson Railway Commissioner A C Brice The platform reiterates the national platform with state planks for tax reform and a local option license law.
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Des Moines
Thomas J. Phillips
Ottumwa
G. E. Ferguson
Supreme Court
John Shortley
W. P. Johnson
A. C. Brice
Democrats of
Iowa
Kansas City
Plague in Canton Province Reported by Missionaries
Washington reports from Canton and surrounding areas describe widespread plague across Kwang Tung province. Missionaries and American physicians note some towns nearly depopulated, with movement along the West River and along trade routes spreading the disease.
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Washington
The
Marine Hospital Service
Canton
China
Kwang, Tung
Hong Kong
West River
Rnstead
John M. Foster
Swatow
Terdss Thes Bay
Nam Leng
Four Killed as Girders Collapse on Bridge Era
Four men die and three are injured when two steel girders weighing fourteen tons collapse onto a crowd of spectators on the Cogaree river bridge being built by Phoenix Bridge Co. in Columbia South Carolina. One man dies later from wounds. The accident likely resulted from rope slippage after heavy rains.
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Columbia, &. C
Southern Railway
Cogaree
Congaree
S. J. Castleberry
Reuben Alston
Job Debais
Jim Reese
David Stiles
A. T. Thornton
Sam Willifred
Phoenix Bridge Co
Philadelphia
Exposition Board Moves to Condemn More Ground
At a Monday meeting the executive committee of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co authorized condemnation proceedings for additional land near Forest Park. The 660 acres already used were found insufficient for planned buildings and several hundred adjoining acres may be seized if no other arrangements are made. The company has power to condemn any further needed ground.
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St. Louis
The
Man Fends Off Mob in Alabama Standoff
In Decatur on August 27 a Black farmer Enoch Henderson defended himself against a mob of 25 masked white men seeking to kill him after a dispute with a white neighbor. One raider may have been fatally wounded.
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Decatur
Ala
Enoch Henderson
Moulton Jleights
Henderson
Robbery on a Doable Car in Chicago
German farmer Nicholas Kranz, living near Aurora WV, was robbed of over $5 000 in notes checks and cash on a Cottage Grove avenue cable car Monday. He carried the money in a large leather pocketbook inside his coat pocket.
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Chicago
Nicholas Kranz
Aurora
Cottage Grove Avenue
Robbery Report Hits Havana Post Office Money Loss
Havana August 27 E C Westall chief of the money order department left with 4000 dollars to pay into the treasury. An omnibus ride ended with the packet missing after two boys saw a mulatto throw a package to a negro. Westall under ten thousand bonds.
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Havana
E. C. Westall
Treasury
Westfall
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