Deep Waterways Plan to Deepen St Marys River
Detroit notes deep waterways committee chiefs Wisner and Raymond in Sault Ste Marie gathering data for a 30 foot lock and deeper St Marys river. They expect a January report to Congress on feasibility and costs with two Erie Ontario surveys completed on the American side.
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Detroit
Mich
George Y. Wisner
Charles W. Raymond
Deep Waterways Committee
Sault Ste. Marie
St. Marys River
War Department
Congress
Raymond
Philadelphia
Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
Wisner
Northwest
Atlantic
Oswero-Mohawk
St. Lawrence-Champlain
Col
Noble
Yellow fever case at National Soldiers' Home rises
Newport News Virginia reports one new yellow fever case at the National Soldiers' Home with no deaths. The case is the first since Thursday night and officials say the epidemic backbone is broken and may be past in two weeks. A house to house canvass in Phoebus found no new cases.
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Newport News
National Soldiers
White
Trolley Accident at Oronoque Kills Twenty Nine
A New York area trolley crash on Sunday at Oronoque leaves 29 dead and 12 injured, with three seriously harmed. An investigation finds the trestle sound but guard rails too low. car wheels unbroken and brakes set. motorman George Hamilton arrested on charges of man s'auditor.
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Mans
Philippine Army to Deploy 46,000 Troops to Philippines by Oct
A War Department statement says by October 22 there will be 46,000 men bound for the Philippines, including ten volunteer regiments totaling 13,090 and skeleton regiments formed in the islands. From the Pacific coast 17 transports will sail carrying 17,370 men and 693 officers, including most of the named units, to arrive before the dry season.
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Manila
Volunters
le Sent
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Pacific Coast
Will of ex-congressman William A. Piper filed for probate
The will of William A. Piper ex con gressman and millionaire who died at the Palace hotel last Saturday was filed for probate. His estate valued over 3 million dollars is divided among relatives in the eastern states and California. He was a bachelor over 70 who came to California in the early 1850s and made a fortune in finance.
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San Francisco
Cal
William A. Piper
Palace Hotel
Lloyd Tevis
Susan G. Tevis
Sangamon courthouse raised eleven feet with 400 workers
In Springfield on August 8 contractors began raising the Sangamon county courthouse eleven feet using two thousand jack screws aided by 400 men. The old state house building rose seven inches on the first day. In Hague on August 8 American delegates offered to erect a peace chapel near the English church with a commemorative stone, an offer gratefully accepted.
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Springfield
Lil
Sangamon County
Old State House
Tue Hague
United States
Klondike Mines Output Figures Reported for Season
The Rosalie brought in about 150 passengers and near 3 million dollars in gold. Canadian Gold Commissioner Ogilvie estimates the Klondike mines will yield around 40 million dollars this year.
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Vancouver
B. C
Rosalie
Ogilvie
Porter at Union hotel jumps into Niagara River
Niagara Falls Aug 8 Robert O Shea 45 a porter at the Union hotel committed suicide by leaping from the canti lever bridge into the Niagara River while drunk. Maprio Aug 8 Filipinos demand 7000000 for release of Spanish prisoners held by them.
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Niagara Falls
Robert O’shea
Union
Niagara River
Maprio
Trial of Dreyfus Sees No Unseemly Manifestations On Streets
Rennes August 8 Dreyfus and anti Dreyfus crowds mingle quietly in hotels and at meals. Dreyfus appears in a brand new uniform with three rows of gold braid as the trial opens at the Lycee. Witnesses arrive, court is convened, and Col Jouaust presides while the prisoner takes the stand under scrutiny by 700 observers.
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Dreyfus
Rennes
Brittany
Paris
Lycee
Col. Jouaust
Explosion destroys Logansport gas works in Wanasa Indiana
The Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas Co plant in Wanasa was demolished by a massive acetylene gas explosion at 5 p.m. Monday. Superintendent Courtier and assistant Duren Edwards had just charged calcium carbide and water when the tank bubbled and produced a towering flame eighty feet high. Edwards escaped with minor injuries. the plant's ruin leaves the city without gas until new facilities are built.
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Wanasa
Ind
Logansport & Wabash Valley Gas Co
Courtier
Durean Edwards
Edwards
Beveridge Nears Return From Tokio Voyage
Indianapolis Aug. 8 News from United States Senator Beveridge reaches the city via a New York friend. A telegram says he wrote from Tokio that he expects to arrive at Vancouver August 9. He sails home aboard the Princess of India after leaving the United States.
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Tokio
Vancouver
Bcg
Inpianapolis
Ind
United States
Beveridge
Nife Insurance Agency
New York
Indiana
Paroles Granted in Life Prisoner Case at Michigan City
Gov. Mount ordered three more paroles for life prisoners at Michigan City penitentiary after reviewing records of about a hundred inmates. Eight were pardoned, four recommended, including Alex Fleetwood of Jackson County who was jailed in 1874 for killing John Hines. his brother was convicted in the same crime and reportedly confessed his brother's innocence on his deathbed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mount
Michigan City
State Board
Alex. Fleetwood
Jackson County
John Hines
Fleetwood
Indiana Merchant Threatens Army Over Trusts
Roxomo Indiana August 8 Merchant James Smith went insane worrying about trusts claiming they killed his business and vows to raise an army of 100000 men to fight them He rode with a cab to the residence of James I Quick and grabbed him by the throat when Quick tried to exit He attempted suicide three times after the arrest
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Roxomo, Ind
James Smith
James I. Quick
Quick
Arsonous Public Response to Ferguson Arrest in Broad Ripple
A crowd in Broad Ripple nine miles north of Indianapolis gathered after the arrest of 7 year old Thomas M Ferguson on Monday for alleged abuse of two girls aged 9 and 11. The incident sparked a tense scene as locals gathered near the lake resort area.
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Inpianapouis
Ind
Broad Ripple
Thomas M. Ferguson
Mrs Rose Campbell Bitten by Mad Dog in Barrie Ground
In Barrie Ground Indiana on a date in August Mrs Rose Campbell was bitten by a mad dog. The Rice madstone was applied to the wound as treatment.
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Barrie Ground
Ind
Rose Campbell
Samoan Commissioners Begin Engst Trip to Washington
San Francisco Aug 8 The American and German members of the Samoan commission Bartlett Tripp and Baron Von Steinberg who arrived Sunday on the US steamer Badger left for the east Monday night en route directly to Washington.
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San Francisco
Samoan Commission
Bartlett, Tripp
Baron von Steinberg
United States
Badger
East
Washington
Officer Langen shoots Meade after assault
In Aug 8 Toepo O officer Langen derfer shot and killed Patrick Meade who attacked him. Meade reportedly bit off the ear of the officer and continued beating him before four shots took effect. Meade was heavily drinking prior to the incident.
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Toepo
Langenderfer
Patrick Meade
Meade
Warring Braves Spurs New Prospect Arrivals at Yaqui Frontier
A dispatch from Austin reports two more American prospecting parties reached Cacas Grandes to assess Yaqui country near the Yaqui river. Capt. Martin Ross says Indians are ready for a long resistance and warns many prospectors may abandon the area to avoid deadly clashes. Only about 500 Americans remain in the district with one large mining plant near Baroyeca owned by California capitalists.
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Austin
Tex
Cacas Grandes
Cuihuahua
Mex
Yaqui
Sonora
Sabuaripa
Bacatete
Matapo
Baphigochic
Batepio
Martin Ross
Arizona
Capt
Ross
Baroyeca
California
Various World Notes and Ship Movements
The czar awards M Dele casse the Alexander Newsby order in diamonds. The collier Brutus sails Honolulu to Guam with coal for the station. Glacier arrives Hong Kong. treasury funds show cash 274,233,793 and gold reserve 245,074,724. Fourth class post offices La Grange Ky and Terra Alta W Va promoted Oct 1. Olympa sails Naples to Leg horn next. No truth to Havana water works chief killed. Rev Dr Bruce dies in Glasgow. Oregon regiment mustered out at San Francisco. Margery Mower of San Francisco among Bar Harbor disaster victims. Hurricane alerts coming from Dominica. Dominican warships seek Calderg refuge. Missouri Pacific will let coal contract after Oct 1. Wildman reports West river trade growth from Hong Kong. Philadelphia steel shipped for Kakeleuk bridge India. 63 railcars dispatched, 18 more this week. Annual saengerfest of United Polish Singers opens in Bay City with city delegations. Grand concert Tuesday night.
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Brutus
Honolulu
Guam
Glacier
Hong Kong
Furious duel in Vienna ends with multiple wounds
A German duel between Herr Wolf and Herr Krzekep in Vienna escalated after Krzekep accused Wolf of avoiding rational debate. Wolf sustained a hand wound severing an artery and a later head wound. he was carried home in a dangerous condition as doctors labeled him unable to continue.
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Vienna
Herr Wolf
Reichsrath
Herr Krzekep
Tragic Home Attempt Ends in Double Tragedy in Des Moines
In Des Moines Aug 8 Fred Hunnell a carpenter attempted suicide at home. His son Archie Hunnell tried to stop him and was shot dead by the gun that went off. Both incidents occurred Monday evening leaving a fatal outcome for the son and injuries to the father.
National Sport Scores and Standings From Monday Games
The report lists multiple baseball games with innings and battery details including Willis Bergen Dinzen Duncan Meekin Warner Gaffney Latham Swartwood Hunt Emslie McDonald Kitson Smith and others. It also shows club standings with Brooklyn Cincinnati Boston Pittsburgh Philadelphia Louisville Baltimore New York Chicago Washington St Louis and Cleveland records and win totals.
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Boston
Washington
Willis and Bergen
Dinzen and Duncan
Lynch and Connolly
New York
Brooklyn
Meekin and
Warner
Dunn and McGuire
Gaffney
Latham
D-Bree Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Chestra
Leever
Schriver
Cuppy
Schreck
Swartwood
Hunt
Pittsburgh
St Louis
Sparks
Schrver
McBride
Polilaphia
Baltimore
Pratt
McFarland
Chicago
Washton
Cleveland
Market report from Cincinnati grain and meat prices
Market data from Cincinnati on August 7 shows Flour-Spring patent prices ranges and variations for spring and winter grades, with listed futures like spring fancy and family. Also reported are Northwestern rye, red commodity notes, and sheep prices with varying grades, shippers quotes, and totals for larger lots.
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Cincinnati
Carrie—Fair T. Good Shippers
Choice
Commmon
Dlamas
Record Prices for Rare Books Highlight Collectors Market
A discussion of high auction prices for rare books notes Kilmarnock Burns edition sold for 3860 in Edinburgh and Dickens Pickwick Club Papers original parts commanding 650. First folio Shakespeare and Scott Waverley editions cited as top treasures with Kipling Schoolboy Lyrics selling for 650 sparked further discoveries as more copies emerged for sale.
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Kilmarnock
Burns
Edinburgh
J. P. Morgan
London
Walter Scott
Capt. Cook
Dickens
Rudyard Kipling
Schoolroom Jokes and Fractured Facts Almanac
A collection of light humor from early papers. Jokes riff on grades, percentages and letters in the alphabet. Young students misinterpret math terms and schooling concepts for comic effect.
Bachelor Talks Of Woman And Scandal
A New York Press column humorously muses on women and reputation noting loaded dice in love, aging, flirtation, attire, and the thin line of scandal in social life. The piece toys with gender expectations and social judgment.
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Methuselah
Eve
N. Y
Travel Notes Show Rise in Irish Tourism and Plebeian Trolleys
The piece notes growing tourist interest in Ireland and complains cheap rail trips spoil Brighton as an aristocratic resort. It cites a French Orleans line accident where a 25 year old woman won 8000 for diminished matrimonial value. It also reports a spike in passport applications linked to continental travel with about 2000 more issued than last season.
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Ireland
Brighton
London
Coney Island
Orleans
France
Europe
Washington
Debtors and Biographies Appear in Indiana Editor Column
An Indiana editor publishes the names of delinquent subscribers and appends brief biographies. The note mentions Russian photographers and a curious motive behind the listings.
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Indiana
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