Aspirant to Presidency of Santo Domingo Arrested at Sea
Havana and Cienfuegos dispatches tell of General Juan Isidro Jiminez, candidate for Santo Domingo’s presidency, being arrested on the Menendez steamer near Cienfuegos after orders from American military authorities. He denounces the arrest, is taken to the Union Hotel under police guard, and awaits further advice from the Governor General. Local officials, including Mayor Frias, face criticism for involvement.
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Presidency of Santo Domingo
Havana
Bacallao
Juan Isidro Jiminez
Santo Domingo
Cienfuegos
Stamper
Jiminez
Menendez
Senor Frias
General Jiminez
Bramper
Union Hotel
Santiago de Cuba
Senor Aybor
Aybor
Key West
Dominican Emissaries Scout Exile Expeditions at Santiago
Authorities report Dominican agents rapidly recruiting expeditions on the island's north coast. Havana orders hold on men captured at Baracoa pending inquiry. The tug Adonis armed and deployed to Guantaramo to patrol the coast as General Leonard Wood enforces neutrality.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Havana
Baracoa
Adonis
Guantaramo
Leonard Wood
Jiminez's Friends Discouraged In Cuba Arrest Report
Havana Aug 18 The joy of Jiminez supporters faded as word came of his arrest at Cienfuegos tonight. Following American credits totaling 1 million dollars, the final hurdle for a Santo Domingo campaign seemed removed. Belief grows that American officials have hindered filibustering plans in Cuba.
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Havana
Jiminez
Cienfuegos
Santo Domingo
Cuba
Watkins Family Reunion Draws Over Two Thousand Attendees
Special Dispatch reports the second Watkins family reunion near Delaware at Gast's Grove Prosocct with 261 blood relatives of Evan Watkins born 1733 in Wales. Officers elected include W W Watkins president and Thomas G Watkins vice president. Next reunion planned for Vaughnsville in 1900 with over a thousand members on file.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware
Watkins
Gast’s Grove
Prosocct
Evan Watkins
Wales
W. W. Watkins
Vaughnsville
Thomas G. Watkins
J. W. Watkins
J. W.watkins
Lima
J. B. Watkins
Columbus Grove
Putnam County
Queen and Phonograph Greeting Between Nations
The Queen sent a greeting to Negus Menelik of Abyssinia using a phonograph at her Isle of Wight residence. The device delivered the Negus greeting, and the Queen’s reply was recorded for forwarding to Abyssinia.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Negus Menelik
Abyssinia
Isle of Wight
Mrs Grosscup Dies After Typhoid Illness
Mrs Judge Grosscup died at 7 this morning in Ashland Ohio after several weeks of typhoid fever. She had seemed to recover briefly and was advised to go to Mackinac, but the judge was summoned back and left Toledo on a special train. She was a daughter of the late A A Taylor of Loudonville and leaves a daughter aged 18.
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Commercial Tribune
Ashland
Judge Grosscup
Mackinac
Toledo
Admiral Dewey Receives Visit Aboard Olympia in Naples
Lowell letter describes Lewis E. MacBrayne’s account of an audience with Admiral Dewey on the Olympia at Naples on August 6. Dewey clarifies he did not state the next war would be with Germany and that such a war would be started by the Germans, not Americans. He also comments on Governor Wolcott’s Boston invitation and praises Dewey’s character and appearance.
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Commercial Tribune
Lowell
Mass
Lowell Citizen
Lewis E. MacBrayne
Italy
Admiral Dewey
Naples
MacBrayne
Austria
Germany
America
Roger Walcott
Boston
Death toll in hurricane at Red Bay Nassau reaches six hundred
Miami report quotes Captain Dillon of the Cocoa stating Red Bay on the island of Andros was swept away in a recent tropical hurricane with about 300 lives lost. Eye witnesses estimate total deaths on the island near 600 as wrecked homes yield hundreds of corpses. Winds at Nassau allegedly 90 mph with gusts to 105.
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Red Bay
Island of
Andros
Nassau
Dillon
British plan on Yukon rail line and mining rule
Sir Charles Tupper urges a British built railway from Kitimat to Dawson and proposes laws allowing only British nationals to mine on the Yukon. He accuses the United States of delaying Alaska settlement to benefit miners and coast cities and says Canada will not resume talks until the Alaska issue is resolved. The Dominion backs Sir Wilfrid Laurier's position.
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Dawson
Yukon
London
Charles Tupper
Associated Press Today
United States
Alaska
Venezuela
Canada
America
Kitimata
Dominion
Wilfrid Laurier
General Joubert Appeals In Pamphlet Lamenting Gold Discovery
The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail reports General Joubert’s appeal to the Queen, condemning the discovery of gold in the Transvaal as British oppression of the Boers. He calls the Uitlander appeal a false document and accuses Cecil Rhodes, Joseph Chamberlain, and Jameson as wirepullers behind the scene. He recalls the Applebee murder and mentions Jack the Ripper crimes in London.
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London
Cape Town
The
Daily Mail
Joubert
South Africa
Transvaal
Cecil Rhodes
Joseph Chamberlain
Jameson
Applebee
Jack the Ripper
Kruger presses Portugal on arms passage
LOURENTO MARQUES Aug 18 The government of the South African Republic is pressing local Portuguese authorities to allow passage of arms and ammunition. President Kruger has personally wired a request, stating a modus vivendi with Great Britain is assured. Two thousand cases of arms arrive tomorrow on the German steamer Konig from Hamburg July 6.
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Lourento Marques
Delagoa Bay
South African Republic
Kruger
Great Britain
Hamburg
Cable instructions sent to Dr Leyds for war material landing issue
Pretoria August 18 cable instructions direct Dr Leyds plenipotentiary to proceed to Lisbon and press the Portuguese Government to permit landing of war materials.
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Pretoria
Leyds
South African Republic
Lisbon
Banquet Planned for Roosevelt by Ohio Guard at Akron
Company D of the Eighth Regiment Ohio National Guard will host Governor Theodore Roosevelt in Akron on September 23. The event, not political, will be strictly military and aim to include veteran officers from Cuba service, with Colonel Charles Dick carrying the invitation.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
Ohio National Guard
Theodore Roosevelt
Cuba
Charles Dick
Roosevelt
Lord Mayor of Dublin Appeals for Parnell Memorial Funds
The Lord Mayor of Dublin urges Irishmen worldwide to subscribe to a fund for a memorial to the late Charles Stewart Parnell. The foundation stone is to be laid in October next as part of the project.
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Dublin
Charles Stewart Parnell
Last of $100000 Fortune Found On $20 Bill
Toledo reporter notes Fred Millard, deputy in the Probate Clerk’s office, received a $20 bill from the Treasurer’s Office bearing red ink inscription stating it is the last of a $100,000 fortune and signed S. B. The note hints at a larger mystery surrounding the fortune before the sum was handed over.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Fred Millard
S. B
Civilians Barred from Army Regiments in U S Plans
Secretary Root insists only seasoned soldiers will head new volunteer regiments. Ohio, with ten infantry and one cavalry, should receive 22 officers under the quota system, while governors will select officers from their states with formal appointments by the President. Secretary Wilson reports strong Western expansion sentiment for retaining the Philippines and expanding markets, noting practical gains from Pacific coasts trade routes.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Root
Aguinaldo
Congress
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Spain
Ohio
War Department
War
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Philippine Islands
Tacoma
China
Kansas
New England
Far East
Santiago
West Virginia Outlaw Band Surrenders After Sheriff Raid
In Clay County near Elk River the Elk River gang led by Crump Arbogast is dispersed after a dawn clash with Sheriff Andrew Stephenson’s ten man posse. Arbogast is killed, outlaw Robert Reedy dies, deputies Cliff Parsons and Frank Deel wounded, with Irvin and Eli Hill also injured.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
Elk River
Clay Courthouse
Crump Arbogast
Charleston, Clendennin & Sutton
Clay
II Worl
Andrew Stephenson
Arbogast
Ollright
Robert Reedy
Cliff Parsons
Frank Deel
Peter Irvin
Eli Hill
Sheriff's Posse
Wife Sues A Railroad In Toledo Court
In Common Pleas Court Mrs Mary A Palmer sues Michigan Central Railroad for 30000 after her husband was killed by a company locomotive. She identifies the engineer as the one who killed Henry Henkenhof and his wife on June 22 and alleges the same engineer has caused six deaths in two years.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Common Pleas
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Mary A. Palmer
Henry Henkenhof
Palmer
Train Plunges Into Little River North of Texarkana
A northbound Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf passenger train derailed entering Little River, 50 miles north of Texarkana. Baggage mail and express cars sank. crew and switch engine head to scene to determine extent of loss.
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Kentucky commissioners named for Southern Exposition
FRANKFORT KY August 18 The Governor appointed James F Buckner of Louisville Lucas Moore state Commissioner of Agriculture of Frankfort Mayors Rhi nock of Covington Biltz of Newport Simrall of Lexington Townsend of Bowling Green Small of Owensboro and Willis of Shelbyville as commissioners from Kentucky to the Southern Exposition to be held in New York this fall.
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Frankfort
New York
James F. Buckner
Louisville
Lucas Moore
Rhinock
Covington
Biltz
Newport
Simrall
Lexington
Townsend
Bowling Green
Small
Owensboro
Willis
Shelbyville
Western Australia Senate Passes Women's Suffrage Bill
Perth reports the Legislative Council granting women the vote after debate on the suffrage bill. The measure enfranchises women in Western Australia, marking a landmark expansion of electoral rights in the region.
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Perth
Western Australia
Legislative Council of Western Australia
Indiana Delegates Named for Civic Federation Conference
Governor Mount of Indiana selects delegates for the Civic Federation of Chicago conference on combinations and trusts to be held September 13 to 16 in Chicago. Delegates include at large E B Martindale and others, with district reps listed. Roosevelt adds Col Stephen P Corliss to the delegation to represent commercial travelers. Acceptances from E R Hicks Wisconsin M J Cunningham Louisiana and Geo W Taylor Alabama received.
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Chicago
James A. Mount
Indiana
Combinations and Trusts
Civic Federation of
E. B. Martindale
John B. Stoll
R.S. Taylor
Josiah Gwin
Aaron Jones
John Spencer
Goodlet Morgan
Joseph Swain
Leonard J. Hackney
Wm. O’brien
Isaac H. Strouse
Wm. Dudley Foulke
Daniel P. Erwin
Wm. H. Eichorn
A. M. Scott
A. L. Kumler
M. Winfield
J. N. Babcock
A. P. Kent
Theodore Roosevelt
Stephen P. Corliss
E. R. Hicks
Wisconsin
M. J. Cunningham
Louisiana
Geo. W. Taylor
Alabama
Huntington funds Virginia colored youths reform school
In Richmond on August 18 the reform school for colored youths in Virginia moves forward with funding from Collis P. Huntington. Officials dispute claims of 3000 black youths in prisons, insisting the number is far smaller, while the reformatory plan aims to open productive avenues for young black men.
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Virginia
Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Collis P. Huntington
Huntington
Reformatory
South
Kirves Final Warning Ends Tragedy at Ohio Penitentiary
Bruno Kirves, executed for the shotgun murder of his daughter Emma in a crazed drunken state, was buried beside her in Woodland Cemetery after a simple Dayton funeral. A letter he dictated to Rev. Arnold expressed forgiveness and remorse, blaming whisky for his crime and stating he sought peace in heaven.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Bruno Kirves
Ohio Penitentiary
Woodland Cemetery
Emma
G. W. Arnold
Pierce Street
Mr. Arnold
Colonel Cowden
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Columbus
Marechal Neil José
Hell
Picquart Dominates Dreyfus Trial With Masterful Testimony
Special Cable from Rennes reports Colonel Picquart testifying all day at the court martial, defending the prisoner while the president leans toward the army. Observers sense a majority sympathy for release, with Picquart presenting a decisive, logical reconstruction of the dossier as guards stand watch and rioters hold back.
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Commercial Tribune
Rennes
Jouaust
Dreyfus
Picquart
Paris
Picquart testifies on Roget speech in Dreyfus trial
Rennes August 18 Colonel Picquart resumes testimony and addresses General Roget s prosecution remarks on the Quenelli case He explains his limited attention to the case due to a family bereavement and a July staff journey He denies consenting to sharing secret documents with Dreyfus court members without the prisoner s knowledge.
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Dreyfus
Chanoin
Rennes
Roget
Quenelli
Jouaust
Henry
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