Striking Telegraphers Face Employment Ultimatum Updated
In St Paul Minnesota General Manager Hory of the Northern Pacific warns that noon today ends the ultimatum. Those not returning to work will be regarded as unemployed. Former staff must reapply as outsiders. Negotiations will proceed only with individuals. Madrid reports rising hunger and unrest with 3000 laborers in Malaga and 4000 in Osuna and Carmona attacking farms and looting cattle.
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St. Paul, Minn
Hory
Northern Pacific Railroad
Noop
Perham
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Madrid
Malaga
Junguera
Alozaine
Pigara
Cadiz
Seville
Osuna
Carmona
Bridal Pair Captured in Revenge for Joke
Dr. William A. Sharp and his bride Miss Ewma Conger were kidnapped from their Des Moines home on their wedding night and kept in a strange flat for thirty hours as revenge for a joke they played on friends. They were held after a crowd entered the house and forced them into a closed carriage then driven four miles away and locked inside with guards posted outside.
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Des Moines
William A. Sharp
Ewma Conger
Ambassador Conger
Dr. Sharp
Miss Conger
Murders Escalate as Strike Grips Polish Areas
Warsaw reports the strike-related killings continue with the assassination of the Litpopray Iron works manager at his home by strikers. In Radom, pollen chief suffers multiple wounds from bomb fragments today.
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Russian
Poland
Warsaw
Litpopray Iron Works
Radom
Minister Russell Arrives as U S Minister to Venezuela
Caracas welcomes W. W. Russell the new United States minister to Venezuela arriving with special commissioner W. J. Calhoun to examine American interests in the country.
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Caracas
W. W. Russell
United States
Venezuela
W. J. Calhoun
Wyoming Weather Forecast Update
Washington reports Wyoming will be cloudy and warmer with probable showers. Local data show the Easter maximum temperature at 7 degrees and a temperature of 63 degrees with 618 of an inch of precipitation ending at 6 p.m.
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Washington
Wyoming
Embargo on Banana Crop Reported in New Orleans
New Orleans reports a record yellow fever day with 105 new cases and 9 deaths, total 913 cases and 142 deaths. Surgeons warn against shipping lone bananas from New Orleans while inspectors urge cistern screening to curb the outbreak.
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New Orleans
Berry
White
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Steel magnate Wood in grave operation at Roosevelt
Alan W. Wood son of Pittsburg steel magnate W. Dewes Wand was taken to Roosevelt hospital after a violent illness. An emergency operation revealed a ruptured intestine, not appendicitis, and the procedure was extremely difficult. He survived the night and was alive in the morning. He is 55, recently married a show girl.
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Low
New York
Alan W. Wood
W. Dewes Wand
Pittsburg
Roosevelt Hospital
Wood
Secrely
Pennsylvania
Italian bandmaster ordered to pay support in Detroit case
Detroit August 12 Justice Stauhin ordered bandmaster Creatore to pay his wife Signora Anna Creatore 7 dollars a week for support and cover her travel expenses from New York to Detroit and back. The husband sought an immediate trial of the non support case.
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Bandomaster Creatore
Detroit
Atus
Creatore
Signora
Anna Creatore
Justice Stauhin
New York
Parliament to Close Today Under Balfour Drive
London Aug 12 Prime Minister Balfour expects to end the present Parliament today with support from Joseph Chamberlain and many Unionists. Opponents to the Balfour administration grow in number as efforts to bring down the government continue, politely speaking.
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London
Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Newport's Big Charity Fete at Vanderbilt Villa
The town hosts a grand charity fete today at the Rough Point estate of Mr and Mrs Frederick W Vanderbilt to benefit Newport Tuberculosis Beolery. The social event marks the season's key fundraiser with local society figures in attendance.
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Newport
B. IL
Aus
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Rough Point
Wily Japanese Tactics Shape Washington Conference Talks
Portsmouth August 12 The Washington conference terms discussions begin with emphasis on indemnity and Sakhalin while secrecy veils the deliberations. Baron Komura and Mr. Witte are believed to have reached a private understanding, but no confirmation exists. Both sides maintain hard lines on main points as plenipotentiaries meet to discuss conditions seriatim.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Washington
Japan
Sakhalin
Baron Komura
Witte
Sakhalip
Mixti
Russia
American Princess Thrown From Auto in Germany
Princess Barns well sister of Mrs Eugene Kelley of New York was thrown from a touring car in Germany when it overturned. She suffered severe head and shoulder injuries while her husband Prince Albert escaped with minor injuries.
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Munich
Barnswell
Eugene Kelley
New York
Prince Albert
Germany
Deadly Heat in East Claims Four Lives in Chicago
Chicago on August 12 endured extreme humidity as temperatures varied across cities. In Chicago four people died from the heat and twenty three were prostrated while the official high reached 87 F, with conditions described as highly uncomfortable despite street temperatures not surpassing 90 degrees.
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Chicago
Tamyo
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Birty
Weather Bureau
Czarevitch Birthday Celebrated With Royal Family
In St Petersburg today the first anniversary of the Czarevitch birthday was celebrated with mass attended by the entire royal family and a subsequent large reception.
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Czarevitch
Petersburg
Last Taft Party Entertainment Ball in Manila
Manila on August 12 reports the final Taft party official function will be a ball hosted by the Clisens committee tonight.
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Manila
Taft Party
Clilsens Committee
Great Republic Race at Saratoga Draws $50,000 Prize
Saratoga N Y August 12 The annual wealthiest race unfolds with the Great Republic valued at fifty thousand dollars. Six races total distribute funds with the Republic event pitting Sysonby against Olseau for the prize in a premier clash of great colts.
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Saratoga
Great Republic
The
Republic
Sysonby
Olseau
Sysonby Wins Republic Stake at Saratoga
Saratoga N Y Aug 12 James R Keen’s Sysonby claimed the Great Republic stake, a $19000 purse, in a three length victory over Olseen with Broomstick a length back. The Hopeful race, worth $16490, was won by Mohawk II over Seahorse in a steeplechase, but the tendon was strained.
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Sysonby
Republic
Saratoga
James R. Keen
Olsean
Broomstick
Swedish Norwegian Dispute Moves to Popular Vote
In Christiania the Storthing has finalized plans for a referendum on dissolving the union with Sweden to be held tomorrow. The special committee endorsed the government proposal for a popular vote. The decision follows heated debate with no clear outcome yet.
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Christiana
Strorth Ing
Sweden
Tomorro
Strorthing
Registration for Indian lands closes in Uintah reserve
Word reached today that registration for lands in the Uintah reservation closed and drawings for entries will begin next Thursday. The reserve comprises more than 1,000,000 acres and is centered near Denver.
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Denver
Uintah Reservation
Socialists clash with troops in Polish woods
Warsaw reports a melee at a Socialist meeting in Diutowo as Cossacks and infantry moved in. Two Socialists were killed, eighteen wounded, and 458 arrested after gunfire from both sides. Over the past forty eight hours more than a thousand revolutionists were taken into custody in Warsaw. Will be bred to Ethlebert. Lexington Ky reports Perry Belmont has bought mares to be bred to Ethlebert the racehorse.
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Warsaw
Diutowo
Socialista
Lexington
Perry Belmont
England
Diamond hunt at Hoboken terminal ruins
A large baggage fire at the Lackawanna terminal in Hoboken New Jersey destroyed a trunk claimed to hold diamonds worth 150. The blaze drew private detectives to the debris as laborers sifted the debris but no diamonds were found and railroad officials would not confirm the loss.
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New York
Lackawanna
Hoboken
N. J
Canadian Yacht Fails to Take Back Cup in Rochester Race
The Iroquois of Rochester defeated the Temeraine of Toronto off Summerville today by 120 minutes and 50 seconds on a triangular three mile course with conditions from a ten mph breeze to calm.
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Rochester
N. Y
Temeraine
Toronto
Summerville
Beef trust members sued by Arkansas
In Little Rock Arkansas Aug 12 suits were filed in Pulaski county circuit court against the Hammond Packing Company Cudahy Packing Company and Swift Packing Company charging them with combining to control trade and seeking penalties and forfeitures of authority to do business in the state last week Armour was also named in a separate suit filed Wednesday
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Little Rock
Ark
Pulaski County
Hammond Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Swift Packing Eonomy
Armour
Kiser Loses Leg In Auto Race Smash
At Lenvale Track Cleveland Aug 12 Earl Kiser a renowned auto racer was thrown from his car into a fence. His left leg was crushed and must be amputated after the vehicle struck a post and caught fire. The accident spoiled the scheduled free for all races as Kiser, Webb Jay's chief rival, had just completed a mile in 1 03 and was attempting another lap when he lost control and crashed.
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Kiser
Lenville
Cleveland
Ohio
Earl Kiser
Webb Jay
Hie
Fall of Loose Coal Kills Three Miners in Wilkesbarre
Thomas Watkins and two Hungarton laborers were killed and John Lovett badly crushed when a fall of loose coal in the Tinendale valley of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Coal company buried them. The men worked together when the coal collapsed without warning.
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Wilkesbarre
Thomas Watkins
Hungarton
John Lovett
Tinendale Volllery
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Company
Drawing for Homes Occurs Next Week in Utah and Provo
Registration for Uintah reservation homesteads in Grand Junction and Utah four offices totals 15 387 with expected final over 35 000. Drawing for about 6 000 homesteads will take place at Provo next week. Interior Department bungled 200 000 acres set aside for reservoir and agricultural uses and seeks a recent president proclamation fix.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Uintah Reservation
Provo
Price and Vernal
Utah
Washington
Interior Department
Department
California movement to overcome boycott in San Francisco
Merchants' Exchange and other commercial bases in San Francisco launch a campaign to end the boycott on American goods by Chinese merchants in Chinese cities. Resolutions request President Roosevelt to investigate the reasons for the boycott and urge steps to remove it to protect U S trade interests.
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California
San Francisco
Cal
Merchants’ Exchange
China
Roosevelt
International Chess Congress Opens in Bremen for Anniversary
The Bremen Schoch Verein hosts an International chess congress begun today marking the citys fortieth anniversary. The event runs eleven days with total prizes of 10000 marks and features players from Germany and beyond.
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Bremen - Schoch - Verein
Germany
Woodruff Returns Home After Honeymoon Abroad
Former Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff of New York and Mrs Woodruff begin their journey home after an extensive honeymoon trip by car across the continent.
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Tim Woodruff
London
Ave
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
Mra. Woodruff
Miss Pure Heart Adopted by Thompson Circus Family
In Wilmington August 12 a ceremony saw Grace Corbin Sioux's Mina Grace Corbin, daughter of Adjutant General Corbin, adopted by the Thompson circus troupe and renamed Mina Grace Corbin, reflecting a ceremonial change within the traveling group.
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Grace Corbin Sioux
Wilmington
Cater Wilming Bird
Indiana
Thompson's Circus
Mina Grace Corbin
Corbin
Misa Pure Heart
Baseball results summary from city league games
Loulaville 11 Cincinnati 7. Pivot game Indianapolis 3 Minneapolis 4. Second game Indianapolis 4 Minneapolis 2. First game Toledo 4 Kansas City. Second game Toledo ? Kansas Chev 4 Columbus 4 Milwaukee 8.
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Russell
Komura
TAFT
Beef Trust
Arkansas
Uinta Reservation
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