Santos-Dumont Working Hard on His Sixth Airship
Paris dispatch reports Santos-Dumont, the Brazilian aeronaut, toiling on his sixth airship to circle the Eiffel Tower and win the Deutsch prize. He envisions a future navy of steerable balloons and discusses war, wireless messaging, and vast potential of aerial navigation. He notes lavish Swiss hotel life and a humorous anecdote about De Wet, then comments on hospitality elites and barmaids in Europe, ending with a European travelogue snapshot.
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New York Journal and Commercial Tribune
W. R. Hearst
Paris
Santos-Dumont
Eiffel Tower
Lipton
Dumont
China
Earth
Vest says Bryan a strong campaignser not a great leader
Liberty Missouri August 31 Senator George Vest writes to a friend that he remains a bimetalist but believes changing conditions make it unnecessary to split the Democratic party over free and unlimited silver. He praises Bryan as campaigner yet argues leadership is rare and warns the issue could drive away many Democrats.
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Commercial Tribune
Liberty
Geo. Vest
Democratic Party
Bryan
United States Senate
Jefferson
van Buren
Lincoln
McKinley
Colonel Bryan
United States
Kansas City
Col Bureau
Mercial Tribune
Jumbus, O
Kilbourne
White Sulphur Springs
South Carolina
Pettygrowth
Wall Street
Furiogo Lentz
Roseville
Guinea
David Bennett Hill
David
Ohio
Mr. Hill
Earth
Heaven
Mars
Wolfert
McLean
Embarrassing Ohio Democrats Struggle to Define Issue
A Columbus? Tribune analysis notes Ohio Democrats lack a unified platform and struggle to launch a campaign. It mocks Kilbourne and Bryan, questions anti trust and labor stances, and reports on planned meetings by Democratic Chair Daugherty as preparations proceed amid scarce issues.
Balloonist Dies After 300 Foot Fall At Sterling Display
J C Simmons, aeronaut from Evansville Indiana, was fatally injured when his balloon exploded during an ascension in Sterling Illinois before 5000 spectators. He attempted to release the parachute but it did not open, causing a rapid descent and fatal injuries including a fractured spine.
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Sterling, Ill
J. C.simmons
Evansville
Ind
Two Judges Arrested For Shooting Chickens Before Season End
Des Moines reports Judge N M Hubbard of Cedar Rapids and Judge H K Trimble of Keokuk arrested in Kossuth County by a deputy game warden for violating game laws by shooting chickens before September 1. They were taken to Algona and faced a justice of the peace who reserved decision after reviewing the law. Hubbard acted as counsel for both judges.
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Des Moines
Iowa
N. M. Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
H. K. Trimble
Keokuk
Yard
Kossuth County
Reilly
Algona
Jnjustice of the Peace
Hubbard
Trimble
Sai Ae
Upmann Bankers Targeted in Havana Robbery Claim
Reports from Havana say the Upmann Company bankers were allegedly robbed of 28000 by the same men who recently robbed a Spanish bank. Upmann declines to comment on the incident.
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Havana
Upmann Company
Upmann
Mob Warning as Cowboys Planned to Target Guthrie Policeman
Aug 31 Guthrie report says cowboys from the Ponca Indian Reservation head toward Guthrie to mob Frank Ellis, the policeman who killed cowboy Farris Clayton yesterday. Guards at the county jail have been trebled. twenty men arrived from the reservation but no mob action yet.
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Guthrie
C. T
Ponca Indian Reservation
Frank Ellis
Farris Clayton
Widow in Kentucky vows revenge on Gilsey House detective
Mrs Mary Hyacinthe Guild a wealthy Kentucky widow was arrested at the Gilsey House for pursuing Maya the house detective after claiming he spurned her She warned she would cut out his heart and hang it on a Broadway lamp post She identified herself to Sergeant Todd and was held on disorderly conduct charges.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Aus
Mary Hyacinthe Guild
London
Gilsey House
Maya
Broadway
Mayo
Kentucky
Todd
General Conference of the Metal Trades Planned in Buffalo
John Mulholland and Gompers plan a general conference of international metal trades representatives. The meeting, to be held in Buffalo within ten days, follows the National Metal Trades Association actions against union members and nonunion work rules.
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Washington
John Mulholland
International Association of Allied Metal Workers
President Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Buffalo
Mulholland
Gompers
Metal Trades
St. Louis
National Metal Trades Association
Jury acquits alleged Bribers in Denver case
In Denver District Court Judge Mullin ordered acquittals for H. H. Temmen F. G. Bonfiels Police Judge W. J. Thomas and Bailiffs Schrader and Sadlier who were charged with conspiring to bribe the jury in the last trial of Attorney W. W. Anderson for shooting Temmen and Bonfiels. The jury returned a verdict of acquittal citing insufficient state evidence.
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Denver
Col
District Court
Mullin
H. H. Temmen
F. G. Bonfiels
W. J. Thomas
Schrader
Sadlier
W. W. Anderson
Messrs. Tammen
Bonfiels
Twelve Times a Bigamist Charged Against Leighton
Special Despatch to the Commercial Tribune notes police and detectives tracking Charles Milton Leighton across states after he allegedly married twelve women for money. Rewards are offered for his arrest as authorities compare his record to other infamous bigamists and state details of his marriages and supposed wealth.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Charles
Leighton
Charles Milton
Farnsworth
Chicago
West Twenty-fourth Street
Bluebeard
Doll
Imma C. Smith
Fo Melia
Katonah
Colombian forces massed on frontier near Cucuta
In Colombia near the frontier towns of San Cristobal and Cucuta, 9,500 regular troops under Generals Echeveria and Ravila stand at ready, facing revolutionary forces. Nearby 5,400 regular troops are stationed near Cucuta, amid tense preparations and border patrols.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Haytien
San Cristobal
Cucuta
Echeveria
Ravila
Exequatuers Withdrawn by U S Consuls in Venezuela
Exequateurs of all United States of Colombia consuls in Venezuela have been withdrawn as of August 31 via the Haytien Cable. The move affects curacao Willemsted island reporting.
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Willemsted
Curacoa
Haytien
United States
Colombia
Venezuela
Government positions reinforced in Colombian island town
Colon Colombia report says Bocas del Toro received government reinforcements last week to retake Island 2 area. Forces tied the town and retained control with the United States present in the region.
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Colon
Colombia
Bocas del Toro
Goveran Iment
Davis explains attack on Pres Shaffer in interview
Charles H. Davis vice president of the Third District of the Amalgamated Association defends the Labor World against claims of bias. He notes the Labor Tribune lost official status two years ago to the Amalgamated Journal and reports a $30,000 surplus now benefiting the association. Davis spoke at Blue Grass No. 1 and Lincoln Lodge No. 8 in Covington about the strike and union actions.
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Charles H. Davis
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Commercial Tribune
Shaffer
Labor Tribune
Amalgamated Association of the Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Detroit
George Powell
Tin Plate Workers’ Protective Association of America
Mr. Mitchell
Attern Makers’ National League
Patrick Dolan
United Mine Workers’ Association
Labor World
Affer
Irondale
Davis
Blue Grass
Lincoln Lodge
Covington
Were i
Lascutive Board
Nded
Schwab
Burns
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corporation
Steel
W. E. Porter
McKee’s Rock
Milwaukee
Mayhugh Collins Shot At Ramisey Switch After Arrest Resistance
Mayhugh Collins a Wise County Va man charged with killing Mary Jones at Tom's Creek mine site evaded arrest and opened fire at Ramisey Switch yesterday wounding Deputy Sheriff and another man. Officers mob as many as thirty hunt Collins and his three armed friends amid fears of further bloodshed.
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Commercial Tribune
Mayking
Mayhugh Collins
Wise County
Mary Jones
Tom’s Creek
Jones
Collins
Strikers Claim Victory in Duquesne Open Hearth Fight
Pittsburg August 31 The Amalgamated Association claims the Duquesne Works open hearth department has shut down the entire plant after workers walked off. Carnegie Steel disputes the claim saying the Friday action was a routine Saturday closure. A telephonic conference between Schwab and Burns yielded no clear result and both sides expect post Labor Day moves.
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Pittsburg
Duquesne Works
Carnegie Steel
The
Amalgamated
Steel Company
Duquesne
Schwab
Steel Corporation
Simon Burns
Window Glassworkers’ Association
Rev
Burns
Tin Plate Company seeks injunction against striking workers
The American Tin Plate Company of Irondale Ohio applied to the U S District Court in Columbus for an injunction to stop the plant strike. The filing cites violence and intimidation and alleges a conspiracy by the Amalgamated Association, described as composed of insolvent persons with remedies available in other actions.
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Columbus
American Tin Plate Company
United States District Court
Irondale
Amalgamated Association
UNION AND NONUNION MEN IN BRIEF BATTLE AT CRESCENT MILLS
In Crescent mill vicinity eight to ten nonunion men and a similar number of union men quarreled this morning. Blows followed with stones and a revolver, a bystander reportedly shot by a bullet. No arrests were reported.
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Cleveland
Crescent Mill
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