President's New England trip program announced
Washington reports the president will tour New Haven Meriden Hartford Willimantic Providence Warwick Newport Lynn and Boston from August 22 to 26 with short Maine and Vermont stops. He then goes to Worcester on September 2 and returns to Oyster Bay the next day. Drives replace receptions and often speeches during the trip.
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Washington
New England
New Haven
Meridan
Hartford
Willimantec
Providence
Warwick
Roosevelt Prepares for New England Trip
Oyster Bay August 2 President Roosevelt rushes routine duties then departs Friday on the Sylph to New Haven Connecticut where he will board a train for his Atlantic travel to New England.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
New England
Sylph
New Haven
Conn
President to witness opening hostilities amid NA squadron moves
Gloucester Massachusetts August 20 reports say the president will see the commencement of hostilities as the North Atlantic squadron moves. Higginson's fleet rode at anchor this morning while Captain Pillsbury's squadron remains unknown.
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Gloucester
Mass
Armour and Potter arrive as coal strike actions loom
Ogden Armour and Bishop Potter arrived on the Queenstown today. Potter announced plans to seek early settlement of the coal strike and praised President Mitchell's conduct. Armour denied visiting England to aid a European cattle interests combination.
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New York
Ogden Armour
Bishop Potter
Mitchell
Armour
England
Jap Cabin Boy Kills Captain on Lumber Schooner
From Honolulu reports via the Alameda the cabin boy, a Japanese, murdered Captain J. J. Jacobson of the lumber schooner Fred J. Woods on June 20. The cook is charged as an accessory. The captain was stabbed with a butcher knife and found dead aboard near Honolulu on August 5.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Alameda
J. J. Jacobson
Fred J. Woods
Cook
High Seas
H. Meyer
Captain Jacobson
Seven Boys Trapped as Clay Bank Collapses in Golden
In Golden Colorado on August 20 seven boys aged 4 to 14 dug a mine in an abandoned clay bank at Third and Mary streets. Perry Bentson, 10, was killed and others were injured. Rescue workers freed the rest. Sorrenson revived after unconsciousness, Murray suffered multiple cuts. Local helpers and doctors could not revive Bentson.
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Golden
Colo
Third and Mary
Perry Bentson
Young Bentson
Albert Sorrenson
Fred Bentson
Harold Crawford
Thomas Murray
Edward Dennis
Lewis Robb
Carl Kirkman
Guy Wright
Harry Hultman
August
Charles Schmalz
Dra
Fox
King
Kelley
Bentson
Young Sorrenson
Boer Generals Visit Kruger at Utrecht
Generals Dewet Botha and Delarey with agents Leyds Wollmarins Wessels and Reitz visit Kruger today at Utrecht in South Africa.
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Kruger
The
Hagué
Dewet Botha
Delarey
Leyds, Wollmarins
Wessels and Reitz
Utrecht
Choate As A Diplomat In Dining Roles
London notes Joseph H. Choate, U.S. ambassador, credited with shaping British perception through deft after dinner diplomacy. The piece praises his skill in informal talks over coffee and cigars, noting how personal presence can outweigh formal law in British circles.
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London
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Court of St. James
John Bull
Mr. Choate
Bismark
Gortchakoff
England
St. Fancy
Joseph Hodges Choate
Lord Rosebery
Choate
Brother Bull
Three Belgians in Auto Kill Three in Rhine Province
An automobile party from Belgium ran down and killed an old man and two children in Rhine province. A mob attempted lynching the occupants including a count, but police intervened to rescue them.
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Berlin
Rhine Province
Automobile Party
Fatal Accident In New York Electric Car Jumped Track
A Union Railway electric car derailed at midnight on a hill near New York. The car tumbled down an embankment. Samuel Keyes was killed, two people fatally injured, and twenty seriously hurt.
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New York
Union Railway
Samuel Keyes
Morgan in New York arrival stirs reporters at pier
Pierpont Morgan landed in New York from Europe and faced questions from reporters. He refused to pose for a photograph despite requests and said he had nothing to say as he boarded his yacht, likely to return to his office to manage affairs.
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New York
Pierpont Morgan
Europe
Colliery resumes as armed strikers gather at Duryea site
Duryea, Pa August 20. The Washery-Warnke Brothers Colliery restarted operations this morning. Armed strikers assembled outside the plant but caused no disturbance. Guards were posted inside the wire fence. Schwab declares not seriously ill in New York and plans to sail for Europe on Saturday for an indefinite stay.
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Duryea
Washery-Warnke Brothers
Schwab
New York
Europe
Lightning kills in hay field near Lincoln Nebraska
In Lincoln Nebraska Jas Rosa colored was killed by a lightning strike today while pitching hay to coworker William Sexton on a wagon in an open field. Sexton likely to die from the same stroke. A second item from Washington notes Asiatic cholera cuts U S Army deaths in the Philippines with 35 enlisted men dying between June 25 and July 10 per General Chaffee.
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Lincoln
Neb
Jas. Rosa
William Sexton
Ross
Sexton
Washington
Philippines
Chaffee
Forest Fire Rages Near Gold Hill Threatens Destruction
A large forest fire on the En campment river area has been extinguished after heavy timber damage. Another blaze between Saratoga and Gold Hill worsens, advancing toward Gold Hill and endangering the town unless containment improves. Special Agent O'Brien of the interior department has not yet arrived.
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Saratoga
Wyo
Gold Hill
O'Brien
Interior Department
Travel agent promotes Frontier celebration in northbound run
A. B. Church, traveling passenger agent for the Colorado and Southern, traveled north this morning over the Cheyenne and Northern division to bill Frontier day rates and advertise the big celebration.
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A. B. Church
Colorado and Southern
Cheyenne and Northern
Adjusting and Watch Re pairing by D Miller
D Miller of 1708 Ferguson Bt offers accurate adjusting and watch re pairing services for timepieces.
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D. Miller
Ferguson Bt
Ex‑convict Thomas O’Brien linked to 1888 Rawlins murders
Denver authorities report ex-convict Thomas O’Brien, arrested on a horse theft charge, is the man sought in Wyoming for the 1888 killings of M. Waln and C. Strong. The victims, prominent easterners, disappeared near Rawlins and were found bodyless with brutal wounds. O’Brien’s escape complicates extradition.
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Rawlins
M. Wain
C. H. Strong
Denver
Leyden
Frank B. Keyes
Fairplay
Colo
Thomas O’brien
Wyo
Morris Waln
Waln
Strong
Wall Street
Haverford
Philadelphia
Jacob
O'Brien
Carbon County
Wye
O’brien
Canon City
Wyoming
Strugk it Rich saga and Colorado meeting injunction
Samuel Seeley, once imprisoned for stealing 350000, has since built a mining fortune in the west and returned to New York. In Denver, Judge Mullins issued an injunction stopping the Colorado Fuel and Iron company annual meeting at Os good’s urging, doubting a quorum would be possible.
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New York
Samuel Seeley
Denver
Mullins
Osgood
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Supreme Lodge of Pythians Adjourns After Tribunal Trim
The supreme lodge of Pythians met in San Francisco on August 20 for final session and installations. It reduced the supreme tribunal from five to three members ending the term immediately amid dissatisfaction over the Kennedy case decision.
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San Francisco
Supreme Lodge of Pythians
Supreme Tribunal
W. J. Kennedy
Prison escape attempt ends in death at Frankfort
In Frankfort Kentucky on August 20 Wallace Bishop and Tom Mulligan, both murderers, tried to flee the penitentiary. Bishop was killed by guards during the escape attempt.
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Frankfort
Wallace Bishop
Tom Mulligan
Bshop
Packers keep prices higher for retailers despite livestock receipts
In Omaha on August 20 Packers did not lower prices to retailers despite strong livestock receipts. Hogs fell by 1.60 per hundred in the last month while retailers saw a price increase.
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Omaha
Labor Speaker to Lecture in Cheyenne Opera House
The great labor speaker will visit Cheyenne to discuss Labor and Liberty at the opera house on Saturday evening August 23. Debae is regarded as a powerful advocate and admission is five cents.
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Cheyenne
Opera House
Debae Labor
Pioneer Picnic Heralds Growth in northeastern Wyoming
Harry B. Henderson cites rapid development from Canon Springs Prairie to Sundance as settler families rise to about 150 and livestock numbers grow. Rainfall yields fine crops without irrigation. Framed by Mondell and Hay presence, Pine Grove hosts an inaugural Pioneer picnic with a strong sense of community and a planned annual event.
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Wyoming
Harry B. Henderson
Canon Springs Prairie
Newcastle
Sundance
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Pine Grove
Peter Christianson
Frank W. Mondell
Henry G. Hay
Cheyenne
Mr. Henderson
Mau Canal Case Heads To State Supreme Court
The Mau canal dispute in Uinta County reached the state supreme court where both sides argued all day. A rule to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue against the court commissioner who appointed a distributor to run a partnership ditch was issued. The commissioner’s disqualification and the district court order were challenged as illegal and void. The defendant filed a demurrer contending the case lacks facts warranting a writ of prohibition.
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Mau Canal
District Court
Uinta County
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Soldiers Finally Awarded Medals for Hidden Bravery
A long-delayed honor arrives as former soldiers, long presumed dead, receive medals of honor for acts of bravery. The ceremony recognizes veterans whose valor remained unacknowledged for years.
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Johnson
Stork
Sherman G
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W. Roedel
City Pharmacy
Armour and Potter
CLAY
Murchison
Union Pacific R. R
Merrill Pianos
Just
Eddy St
Dyer Hotel
Mein Pr
Frontier One
Morgan
Frontier
Thomas O'Brien
Colorado
Strugk
Pythians
Bucharest Dispatch
Eugene V. Debs
Hevenne J RY. Oods West Serirye
Mondell
H. G. Hay
Mau Gase
the Jones Cash Grocery
M. Marks
Ohenstein Brothers
Eddy Street Grocers
Buechner & Son
Rosaman
Golden Rule
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