Turbulent World News Highlights Across Continents
Reports from Ohio to London Ontario discuss corn yields and oats per acre while Ireland’s constabulary demand a wage rise. Chilean soldiers die in Venezuela and Nantucket boats capsize killing five. Ireland and Cumberland miners show strike efforts. Turkish politics puzzle observers.
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Ohio
London
Ontario
Venezuela
Nantucket
Ireland
Cumberland
Uta
Berlin Newspaper Averts Conflation of Suez and Danube Policies
An August Berlin paper in a conservative tone defends England against suggested plans for joint control of the Suez Canal and Danube arrangements. It argues against English subordination to a non English majority and portrays British interests as decisive in policy outcomes.
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Berlin
Norddeutscher Zeitung
Bismarck
England
Paula
Suez Canal
Danube
Railroad Accident Near Pittsburg Involving East Line Train
A Tuesday morning eastern bound passenger train on the East line of the Red River railroad left the rails at a bridge near Pittsburg Texas. Five people died including Le Me Vetroy of Little Rock. Remains arrived today. The Chicago Burlington Quincy report lists June gross earnings 1,437,164 and net 516,124 for first half year. six months gross 59,155,161 net 3,809,512. June 1,121,114 net.
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Mashmondell Canal
Hussia
Matamoras
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Mississippi River
Cotoes
N. Y
Harmony Mills
Chas
S. Child
Galveston
Hogan
Decatur
Graham’ Agency
Trieste
Society of Veterans
Indianapolis
Gen. Terrell
Republican ‘State Central Committee
Wm. H. English
Indiana
Republican Committee
New York Herald
Produce Exchange
Benton County
Oregon
Oregon Pacific Railroad
Chicago
John B. Finch
Iowa
Nebraska
Primont
Ok Obth
Deléie
Ilittle Roth
Pittsburg
Red River‘railroad
Jtexasj
le Me Vetroy
Bay View Notes on Treatment for Horse Injury
A fragment notes Julien brought to a veterinary surgeon for a broken superior ligament in a horse. Orrin Hidkdoke expects to have the horse back on the track within weeks.
Grounded Steamer Moselle With Passengers and Cargo
The grounded Moselle carried mails for New York and a full passenger list. Its cargo included French jewelry valued at 91,500 francs and a crew of writers aboard. Dense fog hampered salvage efforts and the ship likely faced total wreck.
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Tondon
St 9
Moselle
New York
Apache executions reported in Chihuahua massacre
A Matamoros dispatch says twenty five Apaches captured by Mexican troops were publicly shot at Chihuahua on Monday. The article notes their expressions showed great contempt as they faced death.
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New York
Matamoros
Mexico
Chihuahua
Britain Accepts Spain Cooperation on Suez Canal Protection
Steig reports that Great Britain has sent a reply to Spain regarding participation in canal protection. England states it will willingly accept Spain's cooperation if measures to protect the Suez Canal become necessary.
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Madrid
Go Steig
Great Britain
Spain
Suez Canal
England
Yellow fever outbreak grows in Brownsville area
Reports from Brownsville Texas and Laredo New Mexico on August 9 indicate fifty yellow fever cases and an advancing epidemic with one death noted in Brownsville. Other items mention Turkish battalions in Crimea and Russia gearing for potential war in the Caucasus.
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Brownsville
Texas
Laredo
N. M
Commission to Contract Powerful War Vessels in England
In Times of Peace Athens August 9 a commission has been appointed to proceed to England to contract for the construction of war vessels costing 40,000,000 drachmas.
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Athens
England
George jailed in Dublin for joke about a stranger
Henry George an American writes that he was arrested in Dublin on August 9 for a food joke about a suspicious stranger. He was detained for three hours before liberation. The incident follows his protest of the halt.
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George
Dublin
Henry George
Longhrenasi
Suspicious Stranger
Hel
Pasha
Porte
Miner labor unrest halts work at Hallenback and Empire mines
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on August 9, drivers from Hallenback and Empire mines refused to work. The mines are idle and many workers are left without employment.
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Wilkesbarre
Penns
Hallenback and
Empire
Harmony at Last Mills Weavers Leave Distant Mills
Harmony mills in Cohoes New York report 1000 looms running as weavers who emigrated to distant mills have agreed to the required time for leaving their current employment and return home to work locally.
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Cohoes
N. Y
Harmony Mills
Berlin
Breslau
New Irish Labor Union Formed in Dublin Meeting
A meeting in Dublin yesterday of Dillon and other labor movement supporters led to the formation of a provisional committee to elect a permanent executive for a new Irish labor and industrial union.
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Dublin
Dilion
Labor Movement
Irish Labor and Industrial
Suicide at West End hotel cashier in Peaths
James Robert Adams a cashier at the West End hotel killed himself amid domestic trouble. In Baltimore Agnes Gilbert’s sister, the noted nun vocalist from Wheeling, died in a local hospital. In Isehl the German and Austro Hungarian emperors arrived by special train and were greeted warmly with cordial exchanges and public enthusiasm at Ebensee.
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Peaths
Long Branch
James Robert Adams
West End
Baltimore
Agnes Gilbert
Wheeling
Isehl
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ebensee
Ranch Robbery Ends in Death at Bear River Ranch
Denver August 9 report says William Bird and his son returning to their Bear River ranch found their cabin robbed. They pursued the thieves and a fight followed in which the two robbers were killed and the Bird son also died.
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Denver
the Tribune
William Bird and Son
Bear River
Mr. Bird
Irish Constabulary resolves to suspend agitation
The Irish Constabulary in Limerick report they will suspend agitation pending government action. If the government opposes, they plan to resign en masse. County telegrams approve the resolve and urge officers to stand firm amid the crisis.
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The
Irish Constabulary
Limerick
Clonmel
Ireland
Storms Leave Widespread Damage Across Northern Ohio
Reports from Warren describe yesterday's storm slashing crops and gardens across a large area. Holmes County tallies thirty bridges swept away while oats and potatoes are ruined and corn damaged. Farms on hillsides are denuded and bottom land decay is causing illness.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Warren
Holmes County
Westminster Cup at Kempton Park Won by Cremorne
The Westminster cup at Kempton Park on August 9 was won by Cremorne with Marden finishing second and Nimble in third place.
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London
Kempton Park
Cremorne
Marden
Nimble
Severe storm hits eastern coast from Boston to Maine
A severe storm swept the eastern coast last night extending into Maine. Lightning and strong winds caused extensive damage and power outages along coastal communities.
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Boston
Maine
Oceanic Arrives San Francisco with Far East News
Reports from the Orient describe heat and disease in Pekin, a killing attack near Peishun, cholera in Yokohama and Tokio, and a world cruise preparations by the Japanese. Also noted are new treaties, a U S steamer visit to Corea, and domestic church disputes in Breslau.
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Oceanic
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Pekin
Peishun
Ameon
New Chiwang
Conraux
Tokio
Home Department
Higer Kurwan
Empire
Morse
Germany
England
United States
Monocacy 8
Fuzan
Corea
Toral Wo
Japan
Forest Fires Near Sandwich Threaten Monu ment
In Sandwich Massachusetts on August 9 a major forest fire spreads six miles wide with strong south wind driving flames toward Monument. Fifteen buildings along the line are evacuating as losses loom if winds persist.
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Sandwich
Mass
Monument
Boy Killed After Pony Kick in New York Street Scene
At 7 PM Friday a boy named Theodore Walland, son of a New York blacksmith on Thirty Ninth Street, rode a pony that was recently given to him. The pony threw him and kicked him to death within ten minutes.
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Theodore Walland
Thirty-Ninth Street
New York
Moses
Lizard Point
Philadelphia
Winapen
Mexico
Ninz
St. Joseph
Mich
Charles A. Stetson
Astor House
Lynn
Mass
Cairo
Nebhamni
Damascus
Dave Blakely
Lancaster
D. C
Newspapers in Rome Fume at England After Saturday Reconnaissance
Rome reports show the press displaying intense hostility toward England with Saturday reconnaissance described as a heavy defeat for the British forces.
Tragic Double Crime at Wentworth Avenue
At 10 tonight in Chicago Dietrich Peterson a cigar maker killed his former sweetheart Frida Kriekemeir and wounded her companion Francis Haas before killing himself. The motive cited is Kriekemeir’s breaking off the relationship.
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Chicago
Wentworth Avenue
Dietrich Peterson
Frida Kriekemeir
Francis Haas
Troop Transports Set Sail for Egypt Amid Parade
August reports record multiple troop movements to Egypt with transports from Bombay and Southampton. Sir Herbert McPherson leads staff departures while the Royal Irish Dragoon Guards sail for Southampton. The sixty third regiment reinforces the Indian contingent as gun batteries await service. Royal observers include the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria, Princess Beatrice, and the Duchess of Connaught.
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Egypt
Sir Herbert McPherson
London
Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
Aldershot
Southampton
Simla
Alexandria
Arabi Pasha
Malhalla Junction
Ransport Grecian
California
Olympus
Queen Victoria
Beatrice
Duchess of Connaught
Greece
Apaches Raid Guadalajara District and More Riot News
Dispatches report Apache raids killing inhabitants of a ranch near Garisa Sahuaripx Sonora. Also details a mine attack near Hedionde, a mail carrier shot, and a disaster at the Gold Dust steamboat near Hickman with many dead and missing. Prohibition election notes describe flower gifts to sway votes.
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Claven
Hedionde
Yaqui
Kecads
California and
Potrero
Sabatranca
Rio Chico
Irish police deny fenian imputations amid global unrest
Reports detail Irish constabulary claims against fenian charges while Indianapolis hosts a republican state convention. News items cover Wall Street grain crops, Russian serenades for the emperor and empress, and several maritime and railway incidents. Also noted are Egyptian politics, Prohibition discussions, and political shifts in Georgia and Pennsylvania.
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Indianapolis
Wall Street
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