Consul Bedloe Suspended Over Abby Ship Register Case
United States Consul Edward Bedloe of Philadelphia has been suspended at Canton China to answer serious charges. He allegedly granted an American register to the steamer Abby, which carried arms for Filipino insurgents, with officials noting unclear evidence about her cargo and prior voyages. Bedloe’s supporters demand a full inquiry before final action, while Dewey and State Department records are cited in the unfolding case.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
Edward Bedloe
Philadelphia
Canton
China
State Department
Bedloe
Rounseville Wildman
Hongkong
Abby
Macao
Batangas
McCulloch
Pasig
M. W. Sutterle
Sutterle
Wildman
Philippines
Admiral Dewey
Spain
Dr. Bedloe
Philadelphia Clover Club
Harrison
Amoy
Brooke Halts Troop Payments Over Fraud Findings
Havana reports Governor General Brooke will not issue additional troop payments after uncovering theft and attempted swindling in earlier rolls. He plans to use remaining funds, about 3 million, to aid wounded and deserving officers who were originally to receive nothing.
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Havana
Brooke
Dynamite attack on Archbishop of Gallipoli’s villa
A dynamite bomb was thrown into the Archbishop of Gallipoli’s villa in Lecce province Italy damaging the walls. The motive is believed political according to a Rome dispatch to the Daily Chronicle dated August 24.
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London
Deily Chronicle
Rome
Gallipoli
Lecce
Japanese envoy repulsed by rioters at Tiger Hill Amoy
The Japanese Consul and his secretary attempted to raise a flag on Tiger Hill in Amoy yesterday but were met with strong rioter resistance.
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London
the Times
Hongkong
Tiger Hill
Amoy
Judge Hilton Dead in Saratoga at 5:33 P M
Former New York Judge Henry Hilton died at Woodlawn Park Saratoga after hours in unconscious state. Survived by wife and daughter and attended by physician. Funeral plans not fixed but services likely in Saratoga. burial in Greenwood family plot.
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N. Y
Henry Hilton
New York
Woodlawn Park
Albert B. Hilton
Horace Russell
Greenwood
Market women repulsed supply to Guerin in Paris
Paris reports police repulsed market women trying to aid Jules Guerin the anti Semite agitator at the Anti Semite League headquarters on Rue De Chambrol. A later demonstration in Rue Lafayette caused scuffles and several arrests as police scattered loiterers near Rue De Chambrol.
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Paris
Jules Guerin
Rue de Chambrai
Lafayette
Guerin
Rue de Chambrol
Brewery Workers Oppose Bushnell Invite Over Troop Action
The Brewery Workers' Union directed delegates to the Trades and Labor Assembly to oppose inviting Governor Bushnell to the Labor Day picnic, citing his sending troops to Cleveland during the street car strike.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Brewery Workers’ Union
Trades and Labor Assembly
Bushnell
Cleveland
Grave Mistake of War Prof Monroe Audiences Cite Powder Formula
Prof C E Monroe inventor of the widely used smokeless powder formula spoke before the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Columbus Ohio on August 24. He noted that France Germany Italy and England adopted smokeless powders in the late 1880s and criticized the U S for not using any smokeless powders during the Spanish American War.
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Prof. Monroe
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
C. E. Monroe
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Monroe
France
Germany
Italy
England
Spain
Ohio Regiments Likely Join Dewey Reception in New York
Fourth Fifth and Eighth Regiments of the Ohio National Guard may travel to New York for Admiral Dewey's reception. Colonel Zimmerman and Colonel Speaks say they will go with their regiments regardless of state funding. The encampment fund and possible veto by Governor Bushnell influence the plan and equipment funding.
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New York
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Admiral Dewey
Charles Zimmerman
Cleveland
John C. Speaks
Zimmerman
Speaks
Bushnell
Loubet Hails Impartial Rennes Court Martial Verdict
In Rambouillet France President Loubet expresses gratitude for addressing public sympathy. He warns against exaggerated disorder and says the government measures defend the republic, maintain peace, and uphold law, urging cooperation toward reconciliation and pacification.
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Rambouillet
France
Loubet
Rennes
Micajah L. Samuels Remembered As First Flag Bearer on Mission Ridge
Hamilton Ohio August 24 Micajah L Samuels brother of Hosea R Samuels dies at home near Camden of paralysis He belonged to Company C old Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry and carried a medal for being the first Union soldier to plant the Stars and Stripes on Mission Ridge during the Civil War.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Micajah L. Samuels
Hosea R. Samuels
Camden
Thirty-fifth
O. Wo. L
Mission Ridge
Red Coats Moving to South Africa Amid War Talks
British troops depart several ports en route to South Africa as reports from Secretary Chamberlain convey the gravity of the situation to the Queen.
Manchester Regiment Sails for Cape Town
Gibraltar dispatch reports the Manchester Regiment of 1,000 men has sailed for Cape Town, while Barberton News stance is challenged by French and German attitudes. The move signals wartime deployments as the fighting nations hold uncertain positions globally.
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Gibraltar
Manchester Regiment
Cape Town
Arundel Castle Sets Sail From Southampton With Troops
The British steamer Arundel Castle departed Southampton bearing 30 officers and 770 men of various regiments bound for an overseas posting.
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Arundel Castle
Southampton
England
Cape Town
Steamer Umvoti To Leave London With Large Consignment
A special magazine is built in the steamer Umvoti which departs the Thames tomorrow carrying ammunition and stores to Natal. The shipment includes a million rounds of machine gun cartridges a thousand saddle trees and a hundred tons of general military stores.
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London
Umvoti
Thames
Natal
Natal Forces Ordered to Hold Themselves in Readiness
Durban dispatch reports Natal British first class reserves based in Durban have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to rejoin their regiments. The move underscores wartime mobilization plans as tensions rise.
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Natal
Durban
Germans Seek Separate Corps Enrollment in War Service
In Johannesburg on August 24 a meeting of 200 Germans formed a committee to convey to the Transvaal Government their willingness to volunteer for service in case of war. They request enrollment in a separate corps due to hardships faced in the Magalo campaign.
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Johannesburg
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay Incident Flares Over South Africa Armament
Cape Town reports the Delagoa Bay incident and a surge in munitions in the Transvaal. Uitlanders barred from arms spark British concerns that peace requires armament reduction. Barberton News hints at French and German interference and possible war if officials fail to back inquiries.
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Cape Town
Delagoa Bay
Transvaal
Lourenzo Marquez
Delagoa
South Africa
Barberton News
France
Germany
Volksraad
Marquis of Salisbury Seeks Queen Victoria Over Transvaal Crisis
The Marquis of Salisbury spent the afternoon and evening with Queen Victoria in London as the Transvaal crisis looms, with officials attributing the visit to the grave international situation and the Premier's concerns.
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London
Marquis of Salisbury
Queen Victoria
Transvaal
Britain to Accept Compromise Amid Johannesburg Tensions
London reports indicate Great Britain likely to accept the proposed compromise. Burrows, Welcome & Co. representative Mr. Shelley was arrested near Johannesburg Fort but released without charges after insults from police.
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London
Johannesburg
The
Morning Post
Pretoria
Great Britain
Shelley
Burrows, Welcome & Co
Johannesburg Fort
Cape Town War Material Sendings Raise Cape Government Outcry
The Daily Mail report from London states the Cape Town government ships large munitions consignments to Bloemfontein despite a near blockade. This month over 2,000,000 cartridges and 500 rifles were sent from Port Elizabeth, with railways aiding distribution to border towns. The move fuels public fatigue with government policy.
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Cape Town
The
Daily Mail
Delagoa Bay
Cape
Bloemfontein
Port Elizabeth
Orange Free States
Princess Eugenie of Oldenburg Sends Antiplague Serum to Oporto
Oporto closes public schools amid bubonic plague outbreak as Dr Heppener heads there with 2000 vials at the request of Princess Eugenie of Oldenburg, president of the Russian Society for Combating the Plague. In China, New Chwang reports bubonic plague with fears of spread to Tien Tsin.
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Oldenburg
Oporto
Heppener
Eugenie of Oldenburg
Russian Society For
Tien Tsin
New Chwang
Plague Report From Astrakhan Twenty Cases Cited
Berlin dispatch says the North German Gazette reports twenty bubonic plague cases in Astrakhan, capital of the Russian Government of that name, signaling a health scare in the region.
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Berlin
Astrakkan
Gas Fire Lights Night in Berry Town
In Berry Kentucky E C Cox drilling an artesian well for Mrs Eva Sellers struck a strong natural gas vein at ninety feet A pipe was fitted and a match lit to flare the gas a flame thirty feet high now draws curious crowds as residents fear a town fire
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Berry
E. C. Cox
Eva Sellers
Death of Guy Docker Private Secretary to John G Robinson
Guy Docker aged 33 died in Wooster Ohio at 8 this morning from Bright's disease. He was private secretary to Cincinnati showman John G Robinson and fell ill while the show stopped there. He was the son of H O Decker, a former Cincinnati boot and shoe manufacturer now in Waleka Florida. He served in the Connecticut Naval Reserves aboard the monitor Lehigh during the Spanish American War.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster, O
Guy Docker
John G. Robinson
Cincinnati
Bright
H. O. Decker
Waleka
Fla
Connecticut
Lehigh
Julius Alexander Hanged in Charlotte for Assault
Julius Alexander, colored, was hanged in Charlotte North Carolina for assaulting a white woman. He confessed the crime and accepted the penalty as just. A colored preacher on the scaffold called the crime one we are glad to see the law carried out.
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Charlotte
N. C
Julius Alexander
Alexander
Russian Millionaire’s Collapse Stuns Markets Across Firms
The suspension of M. Vonderweiss in St. Petersburg triggers a market downturn as debts of 50 to 60 million rubles shrink to about 6 million. His empire spanned railroads, Volga and Caspian steamers, a machine factory, an insurance firm, a cement plant, and smaller ventures. Another Moscow financier Mamoutov faces a 24 million ruble suspension, signaling wider financial ruin.
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London
Leader
St. Petersburg
M. Vonderweiss
Russia
Volga
Caspian Sea
Moscow
Mamoutov
Presidential party itinerary from Long Branch to Washington
The Presidential party leaves Long Branch after a day of ceremonies. McKinley hails from a balcony review with Hobart Griggs Hitchcock Merritt Henry and others. They travel to Jersey City Pittsburg East Liverpool Canton and Philadelphia for events through September 5.
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N. Y
Twenty-sixth Regiment
Mason Commandery
St. Johnsbury
Twenty-fifth Regiment
McKinley
Hobart
Griggs
Hitchcock
Merritt
Guy W. Henry
Jersey City
Long Branch
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Philippines
East Liverpool
J. M. Taylor
Canton
Washington
Philadelphia
Gas strikes Well No 3 at Luvgootee with high pressure
Gas was struck today in Well No 3 at Luvgootee Indiana. Indications show it carries about twice the pressure of Well No 2 which recorded 212 pounds per square inch. Drilling halted as the gas drove water from the well in a stream reaching the derrick top.
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Commercial Tribune
Luvgootee
Ind
Cabinet Keeps Partial Face as Dissolution Is Debated
Berlin Aug 24 The Emperor William refuses Cabinet resignation and plans partial ministry reorganization. Von Miquel retained as Vice President of the Council and Prussian Finance Minister. Another Prussian Crown Council meeting will consider Prince Hohenlohe’s dissolution wish, doubtful as a Cabinet question.
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Berlin
Associated Press
William
von Miquel
Council of Ministers
Finance
Freissinnige
Governor Shaw Denounced Over Confederate General Choice
The National Veterans' Union adopted a resolution denouncing Governor Shaw for appointing J. Rush Lincoln a Brigadier General of Iowa troops at the Spanish War outset. Lincoln, a Civil War Confederate veteran, was defended by the governor who called him the state's best military man. Lincoln trained at Iowa Agricultural College Ames and served as a brigade commander in the Spanish War.
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Des Moines
National Veterans’ Union
Shaw
J. Rush Lincoln
Iowa
Lincoln
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Earl of Strafford Will Leaves Estate to Daughters
The will of the Earl of Strafford who wed Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate directs burial in his first wife’s grave. He leaves £1,000 to his widow, allocates family papers to his sister Lady Susan Byng, divides jewelry and plate between his two daughters, and entrusts heirlooms to the Samsoe heir. The estate valued at £27,486 is placed in trust for the daughters.
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London
Earl of Strafford
Samuel J. Colgate
New York
Potters
Cambridge Express
Susan Byng
Danneskiold Samsoe
Samsoe
Portrait of Corwin Presented to State in Ohio
A fine portrait of Tom Corwin was presented to the State last night by E O Randall of the State Archeological Society. The portrait was hung in the Governor's office today and bears the inscription naming Thomas Corwin governor 1840 42 and presented by Thomas Wilson of Washington D C, a grandson of Corwin.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Tom Corwin
E.O. Randall
State Archeological Society
Thomas Corwin
Ohio
Thomas Wilson
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Corwin
East Africa Famine Drives London Relief Appeal
In Mombasa on August 24 famine and smallpox have so devastated the area that locals urge the Lord Mayor of London to establish a Mansion House fund to aid affected British subjects in East Africa.
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Mombasa
Africa
London
East Africa
Five Miners Die in Dynamite Blast at Carterville Mine
Five miners James Eaton Frank Eddleman Henry Gilbert William Messmore and an unknown man were killed when a dynamite blast at the Margaret Mining Company's mine near Carterville exploded Gilbert held a stick of dynamite triggering a nearby box of dynamite. The concentrating plant was wrecked and the blast was felt three miles away at Oronogo.
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Joplin
Margaret Mining Company
Carterville
James Eaton
Frank Eddleman
Henry Gilbert
William Messmore
Gilbert
Oronogo
Detention Mistake Dismisses Trials Tied to Miller
A Springfield committee investigates Terra Miller a Wittenberg divinity student arrested by mistake for a robbery. Miller worked with the Ohio Anti Saloons and prevented several Quincy cases from proceeding by his arrest. Police admit the arrest error while denying broader claims of misconduct.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
John L. Zimmerman
B. F. Prince
John A. Story
Police and Fire Board
Terra Miller
Wittenberg Divinity
Stark
Miller
Ohio Antisaloon League
Quincy
C. G. Heckert
Wittenberg College
Secretaries Root views Luzon blockade with caution
Washington August 24 Secretary Root weighs a blockade of Philippine ports with care. He favors using all means to win a campaign but warns a strict blockade now could hurt peaceful communities and Manila merchants. He expects fall offensive to curb insurgent trade while preventing arms shipments.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Luzon
War Department
Root
Hungarian Novelist Jokai To Marry Actress Arabella Nagy
The 85 year old Hungarian novelist Maurice Jokai plans marriage to 18 year old Hungarian actress Arabella Nagy, per a Vienna correspondent report in the Daily Mail.
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London
Maurice Jokai
Vienna
Daily Mail
Arabella Nagy
Train Plunges Into Mapocha River in Santiago
A great railway accident occurred in Santiago today as an entire passenger train fell into the Mapocha River. Many lives were lost and rescue efforts are underway.
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Santiago DE Chile
Mapocha
Dreyfus Trial Heats Up As Officials Clash With Labori
The Rennes court scene sees Colonel Jouaust and officers backing conviction while M. Labori probes Mercier and Roget. Roget storms off in anger as Labori presses bordereau questions. A bloodstained coat and waistcoat were deposited with the court amid dramatic testimony.
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Commercial Tribune
Rennes
Jouaust
Dreyfus
M. Labori
Advocate
Mercier
Roget
Roger
T.e
Labori
Dreyfus Trial Session Details Read in Rennes Court
The fourth session of the third week of Captain Alfred Dreyfus treason trial opened at 6 40 a m. Witness Penot testified about Sandherr the Intelligence chief and a 150 000 franc offer to the Dreyfus brothers. Notes from Sandherr suggested a plot against Dreyfus and defense counsel noted discrepancies in statements. Lindle testified about Dreyfus alleged alibi and Bodson’s house when questioned by Labori. Courtroom activity showed notable commotion.
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Alfred Dreyfus
Jouaust
Penot
Colonel Sandherr
Intelligence Department
Court of Cassation
Sandherr
M. Penot
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M. Demange
Dreyfus
M. Labori
M. Lindle
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