Akron Riots Prompt Militia Deployment in 1890s
Akron Ohio endures violent rioting with nine companies of the 4th Regiment patrolling the city after fires demolish the city hall and waterworks building. At least 11-year-old Glenn Wade is killed and about a score wounded by pistol, buckshot, and missiles as authorities set a dusk curfew and secure the post office for temporary use.
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Akron, CO
Columbia Hall
W. E. Young
Akron
Glenn Wade
Hiian Wade
Empire Hotel
Theda Davidson
J. M. Davidson
Fred Vorwerk
Dussell
Park Stair
John FE
Arthur E. Sprague
John Ahren
Chemelitski
Albert Grant
Frank Souers
E. Shelby
American Express
Albert Stevens
Graham Station
Northfield
A. Manchester
W. Ropeke
Minor Fritz
John Denions
Ieloan A. Eberly
David Philips
Alva Greenlese
Brick
John King
Ed Dunn
Cleveland
Tyned Leck
Mill Street
Broadway
Buchtel Hotel
Young
Commercial Telephone Co Formed in Warsaw
WarsawInd Aug 24 With a 30000 cap stock a new organization named the Commercial Telephone Co of Warsaw has filed articles of incorporation and bought the local system and toll lines from the Warsaw Telephone Co Connecting 48 points in Northern Indiana Warsaw will be the central station The new company will take over September 1 The incorporators are Strauss Bros Ligonier John J Wideman Oddell C W Burke Silas W Chipman Charles Kk Wahl and Mel R Williams of Warsaw
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Warsaw
Ind
Commercial Telephone Co
Warsaw Telephone Co
Indiana
Strauss Bros
Ligonier
John J. Wideman
Qdell
C. W. Burke
Silas W. Chipman
Charles Kk. Wahl
Mel R. Williams
Wood arrives in Santiago de Cuba greeted by cheering crowd
Gov Gen Wood arrived in Santiago de Cuba and was welcomed by about 5,000 Cubans lining the streets from the wharf to the palace. Civil authorities attended a reception held after the arrival.
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Santiago de Cuba
Wood
Rico the feared bandit killed in Songo
Santiago de Cuba reports Rico, a highly feared bandit, was killed by Lieut. Marino Moncada of the Rural guard in Songo on August 24.
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Santiago de Cuba
Silvestre
Rico
Marino Moncada
Songo
Buffalo Tragedy Shocks City As Bartender Kills Boss
Paul Adams 29 shoots Mary O'Brien 40 then dies. O'Brien proprietor of the Majestic hotel. Adams had been dismissed as bartender for drunkenness and nuisance. O'Brien had him jailed as a vagrant after friendship soured. Four shots fired. one hits O'Brien in the face and Adams dies instantly. Related brief items note Omaha arson quarrel and New York famine relief appeal. Also obituary: Thomas Winthrop Hall aka Jon Hall dies at 36 after sunstroke. Rough Riders veteran and West Point graduate.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Paul Adams
Mary O’brien
Miss O’brien
the Majestic
Adams
Chicago
Thomas Winthrop Hall
Hannibal
Jon Hall
Rough Riders
Col. Wood
West Point
Grand jury seeks police report on New York race riot
New York Aug 24 The grand jury has asked the police board for Chief Devery s official report on the race riot as the board orders a close investigation and next week’s meeting. Acting Capt Cooney begins work on the inquiry at the chief s request.
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New York
Police Board
Devery
Cooney
Helena banker acquitted after two weeks trial
L T Hirschfield former president of the Merchants National Bank of Helena was acquitted on charges of making false reports to the comptroller of the currency about the bank’s condition after a two week trial in Helena Montana dated August 24.
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Helena
Mont
L. T. Hirschfield
Merchants’ National Bank
Mrs Hutcheson Dies. Four Children Ill After Ice Cream
Atlanta on August 24 reports Mrs Elizab eth Hutcheson dead and four of her children in Grady hospital in serious condition after consuming ice cream urged to have been made in a poorly cleaned freezer.
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Atlanta, Ga
Elizabeth Hutcheson
Grady Hospital
Aberneda heading to Asiatic station from League Island yard
The Abernda is being fitted out at the League Island navy yard and will shortly sail for the Asiatic station with a full cargo of supplies for the squadron on duty there. Four thousand five hundred eighty bales of cotton brought from Liverpool by the Spanish steamer Isla de Luzon were destroyed in a warehouse in Santander. Johan-H Hanna, a Swede, was arrested in Halifax charged with nine murders in Sweden after landing from the steamer Assyrian from Glasgow.
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Washington
League Island Navy Yard
Asiatic Station
Santander
Spain
Liverpool
Isla de Luzon
Halifax
N.S
Johan - H. Hanna
Glasgow
Sweden
Relief of Peiping sparks fires and street fighting
Dispatches from Peking describe fires raging in the imperial city as Russian and allied forces clash with Chinese defenders. Generals Chaffee and Wasilewski argue over whether to breach the palace while the legations endure danger. The fighting includes gate breaches and heavy exchanges from the walls and observatories.
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London
Peking
Daily Mail
Chaffee
China
Europe
Reuter
Nist
Antinkoff
Wasilewski
Mod
Legations
Legation
Settlement Expected Dismisses Labor Trouble Fears
Chicago officials of Republic Iron and Steel Co. and Illinois Steel Co. deny any labor trouble prospects amid wage scale discussions with the Amalgamated Association of Tron Steel and Tin Workers. A settlement is expected in two or three weeks as talks continue harmoniously. Other dispatches note military actions near Peking, indemnity negotiations, and a ship trial in Washington seeking higher speed propellers for the 30 knot torpedo boat Stringham.
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Chicago
Republic Tron and’ Steel Co
Illinois Steel Co
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
John G. Woolley
Prohibition
Collinsville
Wesleyan University
University of Michigan Law School
Hlinois
Paris
Minneapolis
Wendell Philips
Christian Party
Washington
Navy Department
Harlan & Hollingsworth Co
Wil Tington
Del
Stringham
Telegraphic Brevities Sampler of Baseball and Transit
Dick Cooley of Pittsburgh was given ten days’ notice of release. Rain in St Louis cooled the heat. Johnny Jenkins of Springfield and Jimmy Murray of Cincinnati fought 20 rounds to a draw at the Senate Athletic Club in Springfield. Jack Grim, ex Brooklyn catcher, named umpire in the Western league to replace Al Warner. Municipal Gas Co of Chicago incorporated with 500000 capital. Promoters decline to discuss plans.
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Dick Cooley
Pittsburgh
Johnny Jenkins
Springfield,.c
Jimmy Murray
Cincinnati
Senate Athletic Club
Springfield
Jack Grim
Brooklyn
al Warner
The
Municipal Gas Co
Chicago
Census Totals, Army Movements, and Riots Across Cities
Omaha’s population declines by 37,897 over ten years. Cleveland Toledo and Columbus populations cited. 4000 troops diverted from China to Manila. Jersey City Hoboken totals provided. US plans 30 warehouses at Taku China. McKinley misses G A R encampment in Chicago. Kowloon unrest leads to bank looting arrests and beheadings. Wm M Johnson sworn as first assistant postmaster general. 4th regiment guards Akron amid rioting. dynamite looted from a pottery. Louis Peck confesses in Cleveland jail to attempted assault tied to liquor.
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Jersey City
Hoboken
N. J
Taku
China
McKinley
Chicago
Hankow
Wm. M. Johnson
Akron
Louis Peck
Cleveland
Maas
National League Baseball Innings Summary
Baseball scores from various NL games show Boston and Brooklyn engaging in a tense matchup with late drama, while New York and Philadelphia produce separate outcomes. Cincinnati and Pittsburg also post scoring lines with final tallies and listed batters.
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RAF
Boston
Brooklyn
Nichols and Clark
Kitson
Farrell
Hurst
Rh.e
New York
Philad
Mercer and Bowerman
Bernhard
McFarland
O'Day
Robbers Slug Omaha Bank Official Aboard Train
In Omaha on August 24 E B Ralch assistant cashier of the Omaha National Bank was slugged and robbed during a Chicago to Omaha train berth incident. He resisted and was badly beaten. Fellow passenger Eugene Amoretti Jr of Wyoming was also robbed. Noise was not heard and the robbers escaped with unknown loot.
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Omaha
Neb
E. BE. Ralch
Omaha National Bank
Chicago
Nothwestern
Eugene Amoretti, Jr
Wyoming
Russian Troops Storm Eastern Gate of Peking
Gen Linevitch reports to the ministry of war that at 2 AM on August 14 Russian troops stormed the eastern gate of Peking and were...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Pe-Chi-Li
Ministry of War
Peking
Engineer Fairman Rogers Dies at 62 in Vienna
A Vienna cablegram reports the death of Fairman Rogers at age 62. Rogers was a distinguished civil engineer and served as an engineer officer on the staffs of Generals Reynolds and William F. Smith during the Civil War.
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Philadelphia
Vienna
Fairman “Rogers
Reynolds
William F. Smith
Cream Freez. Ends Terse Creamery Freezer Note
Fragmentary OCR mentions a freezer note at Cream Freez. with unclear context and a reference to 2658 FS ety. No clear event persons or organizations readable. The readable portion suggests a system or product label rather than a full news item.
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Sheem
Markets Report from Cincinnati and Chicago Aug 23
Wheat and flour prices mixed across markets with No 2 red wheat at 74 on track in Cincinnati and Chicago bids around 75 for No 2 red. Corn and oats offerings varied with No 2 mixed at 42 to 44 in Cincinnati and 21 to 22 for No 2 oats. Livestock quotes show hogs from 4.40 to 5.50, cattle 3.50 to 5.40, sheep 2.60 to 3.40, lambs 4.50 to 5.75, and veal calves 4 to 7 in various markets. Buffalo and other eastern receipts noted with steady to weak conditions.
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Cincinnati
Buffalo
The Great Campaigns of the Early 19th Century
The piece contrasts pre-Civil War campaigns with modern ones, praising statesmen and editors who debated issues publicly. It notes joint meetings with bipartisanship, barbecues as campaign features, and the rise of party factions over personal rivalry.
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J. C. Breckinridge
Wickliffes
Crittendens
Marshalls
Kentucky
Jesse D. Bright
Indiana
Jefferson Davis
Henry
Foote
Prentiss
J. A Quitman
McNutt
Mississippi
John ‘Slidell
Pierre Soule
J. P. Benjamin
Randall ‘Hunt
Louisiana
William L. Yancey
Alabama
Gov. Pickens
Rhetts
Congress
Charles ‘Ton
Davis
Stephen A. Douglas
Ilinois
Breckinridge
Douglas
Democratic Party
Thone
Toe
Xerie
Tabpely
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New Telephone Company
Gen. Wood
Santiago
Harry Floth
Barber Asphalt Co
Leo Coyne
Union Pacific
Mike Mollner
E. d. Fee
Fee
India
Committee of 100 On
Wm. T. Fee
United States
Bombay
American Indian Relief Committee
Oscar Garner
Joe Bernstein
Roadway Athletic Club
Bernstein
Gardner
Foley
Sioux City
Wayne, Neb
Robert Bigham
Dunbar
Adolph Wonland
Buckland
Bigham
STHL
Tokio
Imperial
Amalgamated
Axnsociation of Iron and Steel Workers
Tien-Tsin
Prince Tasa
Netherlands
F. M. Knobel
Mergen
Korea
St. Louis
Cleveland, CO
Toledo
Columbus
Manila
National League
Pet
Seeveeeeenss
Ceee
BostOp
New. Orléans
Eith
Somat
South
Francis W. Pickens
South Carolina
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