Harriman Moves Toward Control of New York Central
Reports from New York on August 18 claim E. H. Harriman will exercise an option to acquire Vanderbilt stock in the New York Central Railroad after August 26. The deal, valued around 75 million dollars, would give Harriman control and connect ocean to ocean routes via Chicago Northwestern Union Pacific and Illinois Central.
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New York
Stock Exchange
E. H. Harriman
Europe
Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
Harriman
New York Central
Vanderbilts
Chicago& Northwestern
Union
Southern Pacific
Chicago
Gulf
Illinois Central
Central
Union Pacific
Chauncey M. Depew
Market quotations for grains and livestock from multiple cities
The report lists prices for Wheat, Corn, Oats, Hay and livestock across Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Chicago, New York, East Buffalo and Toledo. Prices show No. 2 red Wheat around $1.02 to $1.10, Corn 68c to 70c, Oats 37c to 39%4c, cattle and hog ranges, and lambs with various bid prices.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Race hatred and lynching reported near Doss
News from Monroe Louisiana describes a negro being hanged and shot near his home after suing a white man over a cow. In Carlisville Georgia deputies guard the jail to prevent a lynching of R J Worthington and his nephew charged with assault on Miss Mary Elrod.
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Monroe
Doss
Moorehouse Parish
Carloisville
R. J. Worthington
John Worthington
Mary Elrod
Oak Grove
Sheriff Feagin Smuggles Suspect Back to Americus
Americus Georgia August 18 Sheriff Feagin outwitted a posse at DeSoto and safely brought Dean Adams a man charged with attempted criminal assault to Americus in an automobile.
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Americus
Feagin
DeSoto
Dean Adams
Close of Enlistment Encampment Chooses Atlantic City
Salt Lake City reports the forty third Grand Army of the Republic encampment closed with a fireworks display on Ensign Peak. By a 307 to 293 vote Atlantic City won over St Louis as the next encampment site. Commander in Chief Van Sant and officers were installed.
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Salt Lake City
Ensign Peak
Grand Army of the Republic
Atlantic City
St. Louis
van Sant
Alfonso's War Interest Keeps King from Front Lines
Madrid reports King Alfonso shows keen interest in the Morocco war. Premier Maura's influence is needed to keep him from going to the front. The royal household has avoided entertainments as social life in Madrid stalls amid the conflict.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Morocco
Maura
Chinese minister Wu Tingfang recalled to Beijing
Washington reports Chinese Minister Wu Tingfang has been recalled from Washington and ordered to Beijing for new duties. His successor will be Chang Yin Tang, formerly charge d affaires at Madrid and now deputy vice president of foreign affairs. Wu is currently in Peru with simultaneous U S assignment.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Pekin
Chang Yin Tang
Madrid
Peru
United States
Feud Erupts in Knott County as Dodd White Wounded
In Knott county a feud between White and Triplet factions led to Dodd White being shot and seriously wounded while Farris Triplett was fatally struck with a sledge hammer. Both sides arm themselves over livestock disputes. In New York Harry Thaw was moved from county jail to Matteawan with plans by the Thaw family to secure custody under strict conditions.
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Lexington
Knott County
Dodd White
Farris Triplett
Thaw
White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Lett Held to Answer for Henderson County Killing
Evansville Indiana August 18 Argyll Lett a printer formerly of this city and Terre Haute must answer in the circuit court of Henderson county Kentucky for having shot and killed Durwood Denton last Friday afternoon according to Judge Hart s finding in the preliminary hearing at Henderson.
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Lett
Evansville
Ind
Argyll Lett
Terre Haute
Henderson County
Kentucky
Durwood Denton
Hart
Henderson
First execution under new law in Georgetown case
Georgetown South Carolina August 18 George Jenkins a Black man was hanged for assault with criminal intent on a young white woman marking the first execution under the act making attempted criminal assault a capital crime.
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Stern
Georgetown
S. C
George Jenkins
Drastic Fuller Prohibition Bill Advances in Senate
Montgomery Ala Aug 18 The senate committee on temperance reports the drastic Fuller prohibition bill favorably after striking the section barring newspapers from publishing advertisements of intoxicants.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate Committee On Temperance
Flood Claims Four Teens in Monterey Mexico
Four teen lives are known lost and heavy property damage results from the overflow of the Santa Catarina river in Monterey Mexico on August 18.
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Monterey
Mexico
Santa Catarina
Greek Press Urges Cretans to Lower Flag at Canea
From Athens the Grecian press advises Cretans to lower the Greek flag over the fortress at Canea and avoid defiance to the protecting powers.
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Grecian Press
Pacific
Athens
Greece
Canea
Many Disparate World News Briefs Reported
The dispatch surveys a wide arc of events from around the globe including political shifts in Bolivia and Greece, industrial fires in Akron and Chicago, legal and labor developments in the United States, and the Atlantic to Pacific movements of policy and commerce. It lists deaths, inductions, and elections across continents with no single dominant story.
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Little Wizard
American Railways
Wall Street
Persch
Donald L. Persch
Tombs
M. M. Joyce
Windgor Trust Company
Muscatine
East Buffalo
Toledo
Dea
Negro Sues
Georgia
Guatemala
Asa van Wormer
Chile
Republic of
Bolivia
Ismail Montes
Akron
Ohio
May Spindle
T. W. Spindle
Louisville
Northwest
Chicago Board of Trade
Atlanta House of Representatives
Hester
National Association of Master Sheet Metal Workers
Philadelphia
Gross
Christiania
Thomas A. Edison
American Association of Farmers’ Institutes
Portland
Ore
Raphael Cascone
Arlington
Santa Barbara
Gal
Frank Lawrence
George Sheeley
Bob Booker
Noah Drake
National Conservation Congress of the
Seattle
Washington Conservation Association
Louis Fox
Cora Friedhoff
Glendale
Miami
Fosters Crossing
Shelby M. Cullum
Senator Cullum
Illinois
House of Commons
Benson Smith
Haldeman
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
West Virginia
Ragland
Union Railway
Jacob Johnson
Bellefontaine
G. A. Putnam
Toronto
Ont
Congress of Farmers’ Institutes
Turkey
Lisbon
Manuel
England
Alexandra
Duke of Fife
Treasury
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