Duel in Street Throws Higginsport Back Into Turmoil
John Donald and his son Will killed William Snyder in Georgetown Ohio after a prior year’s murder of Higginsport mayor Charles Halfhill. Donald surrendered. Will eluded capture with a sheriff’s posse closing in near a cornfield as towns fear crowd justice.
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Commercial Tribune
Georgetown
John Donald
Will
Charles Halfhill
Higginsport
Here
William Snyder
Snyder
Donald
Will Donald
Lynching Threats After Higginsport Murder in Ohio
William Snyder was killed by John Donald and his son in Higginsport Ohio as tensions rise over the shooting. Donald and son fled toward Georgetown with authorities in pursuit from the County Jail to the sheriff and deputies. Snyder leaves a widow and three children amid a city alarm and threats of vigilante justice.
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Commercial Tribune
Higginsport
William Snyder
John Donald
Persens
Donald
Snyder
Will
Georgetown
Donalds
Robert Campbell
Kennedy
Cleveland Diocese Readies Aid for Puerto Rico Hurricane Victims
Bishop Horstmann issued a pastoral letter calling for aid after Rt. Rev. James H. Blenk appealed. The letter and appeal were read in all Cleveland Catholic churches, a collection will be taken next Sunday, and funds will be remitted to authorities once collected.
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Cleveland
James H. Blenk
Puerto Rico
Horstmann
Blenk
Negro Laborers Strike At Ft Dodge Terminal
In Tara Iowa the Ft Dodge and Omaha railroad project faces tension as Illinois Central imports Mississippi workers. Negro laborers, earning 125 dollars daily, refuse to work until higher pay. The company granted a 2 cent raise and will import 200 more colored laborers to Tara.
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FT. Dodge
Tara
Ft. Dodge & Omaha
Illinois Central
Mississippi
Flames Devour St. Anne's Convent in Sparkill
A morning fire at St. Anne's Convent near Sparkill New York destroys the building. Reports say many children died and the structure housed more than five hundred occupants with several burned.
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St. Anne's Convent
Automobile for Jones in Toledo Governor canvass
Toledo mayoral campaign for Governor Jones plans an official state tour by automobile. A speaker and a singer accompany him, with music by Jones. Canvassers will soon begin selling Jones's book The New Right to raise campaign funds.
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Toledo
Jones
Guns Trained On Russian Consulate At Hankow Clash
In Hankow on the Yangtze a land dispute over 1863 bought lands held by Jardine Matheson & Co. led to Russian Consulate guards ejecting workers. A British gunboat Woodlark landed bluejackets within firing distance, guarding the tract after negotiations with the British Consul Mr. Hurst. The Esk was sent to Hankow as Britain asserts its rights.
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River Service
Hurst
Blue Jackets
Woodlark
Waterfront saloon keeper kills deputy sheriff and companion
In San Francisco on August 27 George Tanner, a waterfront saloon keeper, shot and killed Deputy Sheriff James R. Brown and Fanny Barnes in a lodging house. Tanner, who had quarled with Barnes, followed them and killed both before being arrested.
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San Francisco
George Tanner
James R. Brown
Fanny Barnes
Brown
Tanner
Barnes
Pawson
Treason in Manila Rebels Impede U S Conciliatory Policy
Aug. 22 Manila dispatch reports two new municipal governments collapsed due to mayoral treachery connected to Prof Worchester and the United States Advisory Committee. Mayors of San Pedro Macati and Baling arrested for using offices as insurgent recruitment and for carrying incriminating documents. American troops tighten controls amid distrust of Filipino cooperation.
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Manila
Hongkong
San Pedro Macati
Dean Worcester
United States Advisory Committee For the Philippines
United States
Siri Pedro Macati
Philippine‘army
McLean Set for Unanimous Gubernatorial Nomination
Zanesville Ohio August dispatch says John R. McLean will win the gubernatorial nomination on the first ballot next Wednesday. Kilbourne may be invited into a conference as McLean aims for a united front and potential Kilbourne withdrawal. Alabama?
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Tribune
Zanesville
John R. McLean
Cesar
Kilbourne
Mclivesin
McLean
Lewis G.bernard
General Sherwood
Ros
Dittey
Thurman
Columbus
McLean-Kilbourne
Sherwood
Manila merchants seek ceding Philippines to Britain
A Manila merchant delegation traveled to Washington to press a plan to hand over the Philippines to Great Britain, according to The Politische Correspondenz.
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Vienna
Politische Correspondenz
Manila
Washington
Philippines
Great Britain
Oldest Married Couple Credited in Ohio
Special Dispatch reports in Upper Sandusky that Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stansley the longest married couple in Ohio. Married August 19 1818 in Sandusky City they have lived in the city thirty five years and in the county seventy six. Uncle Peter born October 1797 in New York and Mrs Stansley born January 17 185 in Muskingum County. They had twelve children eight died in infancy and four are living.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Peter Stansley
Sandusky City
Peter’ Stansley
New York
Soldier killed by bullet from Portuguese territory
Reports from Pontevedra indicate a soldier guarding the sanitary cordon near Madrid was fatally shot today by a bullet emanating from Portuguese territory. The incident occurred as tensions along the border region xBetween Portugal and Spain rise.
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Madrid
Pontevedra
Vigo
Yankee grit praised as Americans win Atbara bridge contract
Cairo August 27. The Sirdar Lord Kitchener lauds American enterprise after Philadelphia firms built the Atbara bridge, noting England failed to secure the contract. He says Americans outpace Brits in magnitude works and faulted British labor capital relations. He congratulates Americans for success in Africa and exposes English firms’ loss to Yankee builders.
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Cairo
Atbara Bridge
Philadelphia
Sirdar
Lord Kitchener
Khartum
England
Great Britain
Atlantic
Africa
Steamship Sir S. H. Tilley Burned Off Fairport
No lives were lost after the steam er Sir S. H. Tilley caught fire in the engine room near Fairport Ohio. About twenty aboard escaped in lifeboats toward the steamer Consort while two crew stayed to lash the wheel and were rescued. The vessel, valued at 60 000 dollars, was a near total loss and towed to Fairport harbor after burning through the night.
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Cleveland
Fairport
Sir S. H. Tilley
Fairport Harbor
Port Huron Woman Falls From Steamer Darius Cole
Mary Ann Carr, a Port Huron young woman, leaped from the rail of the steamer Darius Cole into Lake St. Clair near Detroit. She was under escort after arrest for theft of 35 dollars and drowned before rescue boats could reach her.
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Detroit
Mich
Mary Ann Carr
Port Huron
Darius Cole
Lake St. Clair
New Gold Field Discovered in Ontario Vein Rich District
CENTER Ontario August 27 A Mr King of the Sawbill Lake region east of Center reports a new mining district sixty five miles north of the line near Bonheur Station. He and a companion found rich strong gold bearing quartz veins and applied for a free Dominion location while his partner took several claims. The veins reportedly carry free milling gold in large quantities.
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Ont
King
Sawbill Lake
Bonheur Station
Dominion
Flinging Cash In Streets Shocks San Francisco
Lady Yardé-Buller daughter of General Kirkham has been declared insane with a guardian appointed. She spends her $400 monthly income lavishly, tossing money into streets. Her past dazzled San Francisco as Miss Kirkham, studied in Paris, and involved in elopement attempts with Major Banks.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Cal
Kirkham
Paris
Japan
Banks
Lord Tweedmouth
David Boyle Blair
Oakland
South Africa
Battle
Yarde-Buller
Valentine E. Gadesden
Gadesden
Divorced Wife Shot In Ambush Killing Woman at Home
At Powell farm near Rushville Indiana Mrs Ruby Powell died after a man fired a double blast of a shotgun at her and her 17 year old half brother. The attacker then shot at the front room and Grant Powell the ex husband is charged though not jailed. He denies the crime.
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Powell
Fear A Bread Pamine Strikes in Havana Sparks Distress
Havana on August 21 reports bread bakers threatening to strike tomorrow causing genuine alarm as private households lack baking facilities. Hackmen may strike if masons’ action lingers, risking a two week business tie-up. Mayor Perfecto Lecoste and General Rafael Cardenas push to prevent the walkout.
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Havana
Senor Perfecto Lecoste
Rafael Cardenas
Peck Florida Post Office Row Sparks Armed Clash Fears
United States District Attorney Stripling led six Deputy Marshals to Peck to arrest sixteen whitecappers accused of assaulting Postmaster Crum. Armed guards and armed residents blocked arrests while officials requested more deputies. Postmaster Crum remains severely burned. Morrison the deputy postmaster fled in fear as clashes loom and a $200 reward was offered for the culprits.
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Commercial Tribune
Tampa
Fila
United States
Stripling
Jacksonville
Peck
Fla
Crum
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
Tate
Bass
Morrison
Postmaster Crum
Freighborhood
Connis
Bay State Politics and 1900s War Debate Stir Senate Ties
Boston August 27 Republican leaders plan to enlist Governor Roosevelt support in the Massachusetts convention. Senator Hoar is expected as a delegate and to lead the battle over endorsing President McKinley’s conduct in the present war. Anti imperialist momentum grows under Atkinson and Hoar.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Roosevelt
Senator Hoar
McKinley
Atkinson
Hoar
Sultan's Narrow Escape From Thunderbolt Killings
In Morocco on August 27 during the Prophet's birthday observance the Sultan Mulai Abdul Aziz narrowly escaped a lightning strike that killed several people, including two court ushers nearby as he received tribal gifts in the palace quadrangle.
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Morocco
Mulal-Abd-Hl- Aziz
Food for Guerin Supplying Antisemitic Headquarter Incident
Anti-Semites claim food is moved through an underground passage to Jules Guerin and his camp at the Anti-Semite League in Rue Cha brol Paris. A man was arrested for attacking Republican Guards on the cordons amid unchanged security measures.
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Paris
Jules Guerin
Goebel and Blackburn Arrive in Bowling Green for Rally
Hon William Goebel and ex-Senator Blackburn arrived at 6 o'clock and will address county residents tomorrow afternoon. A large crowd met them at the depot and over 350 people gathered tonight at the Mansard Hotel for a pre rally meeting. The event will be held in Fountain.
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Commercial Tribune
Bowling Green
Wm. Goebel
Blackburn
Mansard Hotel
Fountain
Fireman Kills Wife Then Himself in Marshfield
Fireman William Moran of the Chicago and North Western shot and killed his wife and then killed himself in Marshfield Wisconsin this morning. Family troubles led to the tragedy and four children are left orphaned. Moran was believed to be temporarily insane.
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Marshfield
Wis
Wm. Moran
Chicago & Northwestern
Moran
Pontius Near Death After Saloon Stabbing in Indiana
John Pontius lies near death at St. Joe Hospital following a quarrel at Harry Gilbert's saloon. Garrett engineer John Riley stabbed Pontius with scissors, injuring his intestines and narrowly missing his respiratory organs. Riley is jailed.
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Commercial Tribune
FT. Wayne
Ind
John Pontius
St. Joe Hospital
John Riley
Garrett
Harry Gilbert
Riley
Pontius
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