Five Hundred Die As Caribbean Cyclone Rips Puerto Rico
Destructive hurricane across Ponce and surrounding islands leaves hundreds dead and many towns leveled. Cables report Pointe a Pitre Guadaloupe St Kitts Saint Louis Cap Haytien and Santo Domingo all struck with massive losses. Martial law and relief efforts unfold as crews battle wreckage and thirst.
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Ponce
Puerto Rico
Pointe-a- Pitre
St. Louis
Marie Galante
Saines
Pointe-a-Pitre
Martinique
Guadaloupe
Hirondelle
Alcyon
Cecile
la Moule Gaadaloupe
Bertrand
Grippon
Lamantin
Pitre
St. Kitts
Nunivak Arrives as New Yukon River Cutter
The Nunivak arrives at St. Michaels Alaska as the latest Yukon River cutter. Built in San Francisco for upper river service, it was towed to the Yukon mouth by the revenue cutter Rush under Lt. Cushing. The voyage covered 4214 miles through the North Pacific and Bering Sea in harsh weather. The vessel is provisioned for two years.
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Washington
Shoemaker
Revenue Cutter Service
St. Michaels
Alaska
San Francisco
Upper River Service
Yukon
Revenue Cutter
Rush
Cushing
North Pacific
Bering Sea
Nunivak
Will Fight the Trust With Independents in Glass Trade
From Philadelphia reports the Window Glass Workers convention ended with an agreement to join the independents. Workers will receive a 7 percent wage advance and in exchange endorse cooperation with independent manufacturers. More than 25 000 glassworkers will be affected, signaling a broader conflict against the combine.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
First Time in Victoria's Reign That a Society of Women Has Been Received
Mrs. May Wright Sewell, newly elected president of the International Council of Women, describes the Windsor reception. The Queen personally greeted 287 women from many countries in Windsor Castle amid warm weather and gracious remarks on the assembly.
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Victoria
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
May Wright Sewell
London
International Council of Women
Britain
Windsor
Nursing Association
Windsor Castle
England
United States
Canada
Australia
Cape Colony
New Zealand
Russia
Austria
Italy
Germany
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Switzerland
France
Spain
Argentine
Chile
Mexico
Castle
Queen's Quadrangle
International Council
Murder on the Beat at Constante Post Office
Edward Cranston night watchman at Constan tine near Lagrange Ind was shot while patrolling his boat in front of the Post Office The body lay under a stairway The scene near Commercial State Bank burglary tools found Suspect William Hammer arrested nearby bloodhounds and citizens scour the area for the killer The murder causes high excitement in the town
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Commercial Tribune
Lagrange
Ind
Edward Cranston
Constantine
Commercial State Bank
William Hammer
Lynching in Port Gibson Jail Leaves Officials Shaken
In Port Gibson Mississippi Bill Wilson a colored man was found hanged at the county jail with bullet wounds to neck and shoulders. A coroner's jury ruled death by hanging and shooting by unknown parties. Officials said they did not know what was happening.
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Port Gibson
Miss
Bill Wilson
Wilson
Hermanville
Pope in Good Health Plans December Consistory
The pope is in good health and has authorized Cardinal Rampolla to announce that a consistory will be held in December. This marks the start of special festivities for the holy year, which the pope wishes to be notably distinguished.
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Commercial Tribune
Rome
Rampolla
Khedive of Egypt Arrives in Vienna for Health Consultations
The Khedive arrives in Vienna to consult medical specialists about his health before traveling to Carlsbad for further treatment. He will consult physicians and then proceed to the spa town for care.
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Commercial Tribune
Vienna
Egypt
Carlsbad
Boers Fight Over Kruger Reply to Chamberlain Speech
In a sharp response to Secretary Chamberlain, President Kruger defends Boer cause. Britain faces warning that conqueror aims may ruin the country and threaten mines.
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Kruger
Secretary Chamberlain
Ruin AWAITS Shareholders Manifesto From Boers
A London cable recounts the Kruger Chamberlain exchange and a Boer manifesto urging a strict inquiry into Uitlander grievances. It warns war would ruin Johannesburg and its mining industry and accuses British policy of wider manipulation by German Rhodesian interests.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Standard and Diggers News
Johannesburg
Kruger
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Volksraad
Great Britain
Transvaal
Europe
Sir Alfred Milner
South Africa
Transvaal Delays Reply to Joint Inquiry Plan
London dispatch notes Johannesburg expects concessions. It says the Transvaal delays replying until a scheme grants Uitlanders immediate and substantial representation, aiming to avert external intervention in internal affairs.
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London
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Uitlanders
Boers Prepare Warrants for Hostages to Uplift Uitlanders
London dispatch reports that the Transvaal Government has prepared warrants to arrest prominent reformers. The aim, the Daily Mail cites a prominent ex-reformer as saying, is to seize leading Uitlanders as hostages if Johannesburg conditions worsen and Kruger seeks to secure control.
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London
Cape Town
The
Daily Mail
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Kruger
Boer Police In Court For Assault On Blacksmith
In Johannesburg on August 11 three policemen were arraigned for assault on Turnbull an American colored blacksmith who protested abusive language over his pass. Their counsel demanded the arrest of Dr Matthews who treated Turnbull and spoke publicly calling for justice and accusing Field Corner Lombard.
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Johannesburg
Turnbull
Matthews
Lombard
Arrest of local editor for contempt delays court hearing
Lorenzo Marquez reports from Delagoa Bay that a local editor faces arrest on contempt of court charges due to newspaper references to the affair. The hearing was postponed as details unfold. Separately, the Reichstag, a German East Africa Line steamer, arrived from Hamburg Naples and Mombasa with 400 cases of cartridges and other war supplies for the Transvaal.
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Lorenzo Marquez
Delagoa Bay
German East Africa Line
Reichstag
Hamburg
Naples
Mombasa
Transvaal
Troop Dispatch Nears as War Looms in India
Bombay reports preparations near completion to ship 12,000 troops to South Africa. Transports are in Indian waters ready for embarkation, with simultaneous troop movements planned at Bombay Calcutta and Karachi if war breaks out.
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Bombay
South Africa
Indian
Karachee
Calcutta
Miners Strike at Mingo Mines Over Wage Demands
Coal miners at Nos. 1 and 2 Mingo mines walked out demanding higher wages. Operators refused to concede, threatening to idle the mines rather than grant the pay raise. More trouble was anticipated as the strike spread on August 11 in Middlesboro Kentucky.
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Commercial Tribune
Middlesboro
Mingo
Railroad Washed Out After Cloudburst Near Zanesville
A cloud burst east of Zanesville destroyed a quarter mile of the Baltimore Zanesville and Cincinnati Railroad and all trestles between Burkharts and Summerfield. The track lay five feet deep under floodwater for four miles around while corn and tobacco crops suffered heavy damage. Receiver Ceddes aims to restore through service by week’s start.
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Zanesville, O
Zanesville
Baltimore
Dreyfus Case Dossier Put Aside Before Testimony
The dossier is set aside with no proof against Dreyfus to date. Maitre Demange remains confident as court-martial officers express surprise at favorable results for the prisoner. Tomorrow General Mercier will testify, with militarist push for new charges likely if the court allows.
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Maitre Demange
Mercier
Dreyfus
Jockey Albert Isom Attempts Suicide in Lexington Shop
Albert Isom, once a jockey and brother of famed rider Bob Isom, shot himself in a Lexington pawnbroker’s shop in an apparent suicide attempt. He survived the self-inflicted wound and was reported not to be in danger. The Isom brothers rode for Colonel Jack Chinn during the era of Lissack and other top jockeys.
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Lexington
Albert Isom
Bob Isom
Isom
Jack Chinn
Lissack
Counterfeiting Bust Hits Fairground Stand
At the Marion Indiana Fairground a counterfeiting claim led to arrests of Tom Robinson and Charles Downs. Sheriff Bradford seized Downs, Mrs. Robinson and a helper Jimmie Shewer. Tom Robinson escaped while bail was being arranged. Federal authorities notified about counterfeit dollars and quarters found at the stand.
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Marion
Ind
Tom Robinson
Pana
Charles Downs
Fairmount Fair
Downs
Robinson
Bradford
Jimmie Shewer
Eighteen-Year Sentence For Poison Death
Ivy Crabtree, a child wife and mother, appeared in Cahmi II court with her father and aunt as counsel pleaded guilty through Judge Conger. The judge sentenced the 18 year old to eighteen years in the penitentiary after a dramatic arraignment and appeal for mercy citing youth and inexperience.
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Comment Tribune
CAHMI
Ivy Crabtree
Five Months of War The Blockade of Philippine Ports
In Hongkong on August 11 the New York Journal reports General Otis ordered the closing and blockade of Philippine ports, seen as a wise war measure that will disrupt Manila trade. The move follows the burning of a steamer and fears of insurgents supplying money rice and arms by sea. A five month campaign is expected to crush the rebellion, while Otis permitting Filipino Junta members into Manila is viewed as a mistake.
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Commercial Tribune
Hongkon
The
New York Journal
Philippine Islands
Otis
Wildman
Philippines
Manila
Washington
Navy Department
San Fernando
Fighting in Samoa Renewed Violence Reported
A San Francisco telegraph bulletin from Victoria British Columbia reports renewed fighting in Samoa with no further details provided.
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Samoa
British Columbia
Chicago
Tribune
San Francisco
Victoria
B. C
Peruvian Rebels Defeated Vizcarra Faces Ecuador Refuge
From Lima reports say the government crushed the revolt at all points and Vizcarra, the rebel leader, must flee to Ecuador or surrender. Dispatches confirm the defeat and closure of the uprising.
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Lima
Peru
Galveston
Vizcarra
Ecuador
American expulsion from France on espionage suspicions
An American named Black living in Epinal Vosges department has been expelled from France on suspicion of espionage. He allegedly dealt in photographs and was removed from the country under authority.
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Paris
Black
Epinal
Department of the Vosges
France
African Prince Weds Amid Controversy in London
A dark skinned Indian claiming to be Prince Loben, son of King Lobengula, reportedly married Florence Kate Jewell in London with a special license. The bride, of Hebrew parentage, faced opposing press critique and officials later denied issuing a license. The couple left for South Africa as newspapers questioned the union.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Prince Loben
Lobengula
South Africa
Florence Kate Jewell
Cape Coloney
Henry the Real Culprit Stirred In Rennes Trial Debates
The Times asserted Lt Col Henry's treason and claimed proof from foreign attache documents. The Paris and Rennes press discuss the implication for Dreyfus, noting Forzinetti’s prison-era declarations align with the Times’ strong claims.
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Rennes
France
London Times
Henry
Esterhazzy
Times
Associated Press
Major Forzinetti
Cherche Madi
Dreyfus
Forzinetti
Quarantine Raised for Hampton Area Amid Calm Fever Report
Surgeon General Wyman advised harbor authorities to lift quarantine for Hampton Virginia and surrounding towns after a favorable yellow fever update. He noted no new cases or deaths and cited no reason to quarantine other northern cities. Health officials in New York and Baltimore responded supportively.
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Washington
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hampton
Norfolk
Newport News
Portsmouth
Old Point
Phoebus
Doty
Dr. Jones
Vickery
Bridge worker killed at National Steel plant accident
Special Dispatch reports William Highsmith a rivet driver at the National Steel Company's works fell sixty feet when he misstepped against a cement foundation. He died instantly. Highsmith resided in Richmond Virginia.
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Special Dispatch
O Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
William Highsmith
National Steel Company
Highsmith
Richmond
Surprise to rebels claims heavy casualties
A report states five soldiers were killed and thirty one wounded in a clash with rebels. The tally emphasizes surprise incursions and the human cost on the defending side.
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Twelfth Infantry
MacArthur
Calulet
Iowa Regiment
Seventeenth
Naval Cadet Woodward Saves Saturnus Under Fire
The Navy reports Cadet Woodward secured a hawser around Saturnus rudder under musket fire as insurgents burned the vessel at San Fernando Luzon. Gunboat Pampanga and ships shelled the town for 45 minutes. extent of damage unknown. Yorktown and Concord with other vessels patrolled Lingayen Bay and Manila after action.
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Secretary of the Navy
Pampanga
McNamee
Lingayen Bay
Luzon Island
Saturnus
San Fernando
Woodward
Yorktown
Concord
Callao
Port of
Con Cord
Lingayes Bay
Lazor Island
Manila
Inspector Mallory Reports Philippines Camps Sanitary
Major John B. Mallory inspector general of the Second Division Eighth Army Corps reports from the Philippines covering February 2 to June 3. He investigated charges against officers who appeared in the United States and found most charges proved to have little foundation.
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Washington
War Department
John 8. Mallory
Eighth Army Corps
Philippines
United States
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Cape Haytien
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Guyana
Yauco
Juana Diaz
Aibonita
Salinas
San Ysabel
Santo Domingo
Puerto Plata
Pope
Khedive
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General Mercier
Seventeenth Infantry
Angeles
Eithin
Inspector Mallory
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