Fires and strikes stain busy Marysville readouts
A broad summary notes a Marysville California fire destroying property valued at $100,000 with multiple firemen injured. Other reports cover Japanese naval actions on a Kethnesan island, coal miners striking in Tennessee, a New Jersey freight wreck, and burglaries in Highland Falls New York.
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Marysville
Cal
St. Petersburg
Kethnesan
Middle Ridge
Coal Creek
Tenn
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth
N. J
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Elizabeth River
Highland Falls
N. Y
Winona
Warsaw
Ind
A. M. Likens
Uniontown People’s Tribune
Prohibitionists
Fayette County
Curse of God
M. E. Church of Dunbar
Johannesburg
Witwatersrand
American Steel & Wire Co
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Wolf Summit
W. Va
New York
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Philadelphia & Reading
Lehigh
Delaware & Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Eustace L. Furlong
Geological Department
University of California
Shasta County
Baptist Church
Leslie
Richard Dodson
Philippines
Manila
Edward
Edward E. Howe
New York City
Hazelton
Bull Hill
Cripple Creek
Crescent Iron Works
Samuel I. Moore Sons’ Co
New Shipbuilding Combination
Lewis Nixon
Power Suit Opens With Stock Gifts in Merger Case
Hearing in Peter Power v Northern Pacific focuses on stock transfers to create dummy plaintiffs in merger actions. Witnesses describe 400 shares given to Milton Bouden and 200 more later sold, with funds deposited to Bouden’s account. Thomas defends Wall Street norms. Power to be produced next session.
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New York
Mabie
Peter Power
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Securities Co
Great Northern Railroad
Ellsworth Chapman
Milton F. Bouden
Milton E. Bouden
Thomas & Thomas
Thomas
Boyden
Mr. Guthrie
Mr. Boyden
Weidenfeld
E. R. Thomas
Thomas & Post
E. R. & C. F. Thomas
Wall Street
Mr. Thomas
Lamb
G A R Encampment Plan Set for 1902 Activities
Washington, Aug. 16. At encampment headquarters a program for the 1902 G A R encampment was adopted. October 5 Patriotic services in local churches led by Rev. Wallace Radcliffe and Rev. D J Stafford. October 6 camp fire with national speakers. October 7 naval day with parade and Mount Vernon excursion. October 8 grand review by the U S president and a reception. October 9 and 10 national encampment sessions.
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Washington
Eil Torrance
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Wallace Radcliffe
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
D. J. Stafford
Convention Hall
Mount Vernon
United States
Convention
Senator McMillan Funeral Quiet in Detroit
Detroit mourned Senator James McMillan with extreme simplicity at his funeral held in Detroit after his death in Manchester, Mass. The service reflected the late senator’s wishes for a modest, unembellished ceremony.
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Senator McMillan
Detroit
Mich
James McMillan
Manchester
Mass
Roosevelt orders biweekly cables on dead enlisted men
President Roosevelt directs that enlisted men who die in the Philippines be cabled to the United States every two weeks. The cost of each message averages 30 dollars per enlisted man, compared with 1.50 dollars for officers, due to code numbers for officers but full transmission of enlisted men’s names and unit details.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Philippines
War Department
Republican Senate bid teased by Alger candidacy
Detroit August 16 news reports Gen. R A Alger former secretary of war will formal announce a bid for the United States senate next Monday to succeed the late James McMillan at a meeting of the State League of Republican Clubs advisory council.
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Detroit
Mich
State League of Republican Clubs
Cadillac
Fenton
R. A. Alger
United States Senate
James McMillan
Luther R. Marsh Dies in Middletown
Luther R. Marsh, a noted spiritualist and jurist, died Friday in Middletown, New York, at age unspecified in the report. The obituary notes Marsh’s prominence in spiritualist circles and his legal career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
N. Y
Luther R. Marsh
Heat Wave Claims Three Workers in Arkansas
Heat temperatures across Arkansas yesterday caused fatalities. Five laborers on the Iron Mountain railroad near Van Buren collapsed from the heat, with three dying. Alma reported one heat related death.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
van Buren
Iron Mountain
Alma
Floods in Kwangsi Province Drown 1000 People
A Hong Kong dispatch reports devastating floods in Kwangsi province with about 1000 people drowned. Several houses collapsed near Hong Kong and 20 more people drowned.
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London
Hong Kong
Kwang’ Si
Dun's Review Sees Improved Prospects Amid Ongoing Anthracite Strike
R G Dun & Co Weekly Review notes greatly improved prospects due to labor dispute adjustments, though the anthracite strike remains unchanged and supplies near depletion. Freight blockades interrupt distribution while pig iron output shows cautious gains. steel demand stays strong with high imports and construction activity. Failures total 196 for the week nationwide.
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New York
R. G
Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Connellsville
United States
Vermont Youth Confesses in Husband Killing Plot
In Bennington Vermont Levi Perham 19 confessed at the inquest into Marcus Rogers death that Rogers and Mrs Rogers conspired to murder him for a $500 life insurance payout. Rogers was lured to Morgan’s Grove bound and chloroformed before being dumped in the Wolloomsae river.
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Vermont
Bennington
Marcus Rogers
Wolloomsae River
Levi Perham
Rogers
Hoosie Falls
Boyd Perham
Hoosie Corners
Boyd
Levi
Morgan’s Grove
Typographical Union Concludes Session with Reforms
International Typographical Union in Cincinnati wraps up a weeklong session after disposing of over 300 proposed changes and resolutions. A strong anti socialist resolution is adopted following the election of Max Hayes of Cleveland as a delegate to the AFL convention, with delegates claiming they did not know his socialist ties until after the vote.
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Cincinnati
International Typographical Union
Max Hayes
Cleveland
American Federation of Labor
Famine in India Worsens as Rain Shortage Persists
Official reports from India say famine grows more serious due to prolonged lack of rains across the country, with the Bombay presidency especially affected.
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London
India
Bombay Presidency
Heroic Rescue by Maj. Gorgas at Havana Bay
United States Minister Squires in Havana reports Maj. William C. Gorgas of the U S medical department saved a Cuban boy from drowning in Havana Bay. The boy fell into the water while playing near the park and cried for help as the major sprang in, pulling him out just as he was sinking.
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Washington
United States
Squires
Havana
Department of State
William C. Gorgas
United States Medical Department
Smith boys believed responsible for double peril in Kentucky
Bud Singleton brother of John Singleton slain in Hancock county Tennessee. Bud Singleton was waylaid and killed near his Middlesboro home. Local authorities suspect the Smith boys carried out the attack.
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Middlesboro
Bud Singleton
John Singleton
Hancock County
Tennessee
Smith Boys
Dillard Arrested in Vancouver for Fraudulent Chinese Certificates
William H. Dillard, an absconding messenger at the San Francisco custom house, has been arrested in Vancouver British Columbia. He is accused of issuing 42 fraudulent certificates of registration to Chinese nationals in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William H. Dillard
Custom House
Vancouver
B. C
Dillard
Cold Weather in Germany With Snow in Mountains
Berlin reports persistent cold rains across the country with 38 degree temperatures in southern Saxony. Snow fell in the Erzgebirge and the Vosges mountains in Alsace as officers don winter coats.
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Germany
Berlin
Saxony
Erzgebirge
Vosges Mountains
Alsace
Declared Insane in Roxbury Family Slaying
Herbert E. Hill, who killed his sister and attacked his mother at their Roxbury home on July 8, was yesterday declared insane and ordered committed to an asylum in a Boston court proceeding.
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Boston
Herbert E. Hill
Roxbury
Riot at Shenandoah Coal Washery Sparks Troop Deployment
In Shenandoah Pa a mob of 50 to 60 chased an alleged unfair workman near the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co washery. Watchman Anthony Flinn was thrown into a creek. troops arrived, arrests followed, and work stoppages spread as nonunion men moved into the region.
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Shenandoah
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co
Anthony Flinn
Reading
Twelfth Regiment
Eighth
John Howe
Frederick Zimmerman
Matthew Bronz
Wilkesbarre
Warnkewashery
Duryea
Halsey
Charleston
W. Va
Rend
Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Spring Valley
Ill
Mitchell
Chicago
Illinois
Mr. Mitchell
Foraker Denies 1904 Vice Presidential Rumor
Toledo dispatch notes United States Senator Foraker traveled home after attending Senator McMillan's funeral in Detroit. A press inquiry challenged a Washington rumor that he would be Roosevelt's 1904 running mate. Foraker stated there was nothing to it.
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Foraker
Toledo
United States
Cincinnati
McMillan
Detroit
Washington
Roosevelt
Reward Offered After Shenandoah Riot Murders
Shenandoah town council posts a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who killed Joseph Beddall. A $200 reward is offered for information to arrest anyone who assaulted the town police and another $200 for information leading to arrests of all other riot participants.
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Shenandoah
Joseph Beddall
Battle in Turkey near Uskub reports heavy casualties
Local newspapers describe a clash near Uskub in European Turkey where two Turkish infantry battalions fought Bulgarian Macedonian revolutionists. The revolutionists suffered heavy losses while Turkish forces also endured numerous killed and wounded.
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Turkey
Vienna
Uskub
Keokuk Dam Plan Promotes River Power Surge
Keokuk Iowa August 14 report says river cities lumber interests and steamboat lines join to urge the trans Mississippi commercial congress meeting at St Paul next week to back a dam across the Mississippi at Keokuk near Des Moines rapids. The dam would end reliance on the government canal and develop 60000 electrical horsepower for commercial use.
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Keokuk
Mississippi River
trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
St. Paul
Des Moines
Disappearing gun carriage tests set record
The board testing disappearing gun carriages returned from Fischer's Island after evaluating twelve ten and six inch guns. The tests were very satisfactory with thirty shots from the ten inch at 53 second average and ten shots from the twelve inch at 59 second average, breaking the record for guns of such size.
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Washington
Fischer’s Island
Polish immigrant charged after straw fire kills pony
In Pana Illinois on August 15 Gus Ginet a prominent Polander started a fire under a balky pony burning its abdomen badly. The animal died shortly after. Ginet has been arrested.
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Pana
Ill
Gus Ginet
Ginet
Tithers Convention Hearing Tests System Worth
Warsaw Ind Aug 15 Thursday was testimony day at the national tithers convention in session at Winona J J Porter a Pittsburg businessman said from twenty years experience the system pays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Winona
J. J. Porter
Pittsburg
Mutiny Aboard Mis Hermanos Sparks Moros Tension
Manila reports a native crew mutiny aboard the steamer Mis Hermanos at Port Virac Catandunes. The chief engineer was killed and several officers wounded, with three mutineers killed as constabulary retook the vessel. American forces in Mindanao prepare actions against Bacolod amid Moro resistance. Cholera totals rise with tens of thousands affected. Gov Taft to arrive aboard General Alava as receptions are planned.
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Manila
Port Virac
Catandunes
Mis Hermanos
Fifteenth Cavalry
Lake Lanao
Bacolod
Chaffee
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Gov
Taft
Singapore
United States
Boer Generals Visit King Edward Aboard Royal Yacht
Three Boer leaders Botha De Wet and Delarey arrived in England from South Africa and visited King Edward aboard the Victoria and Albert. They were welcomed by Earl Roberts and Lord Kitchener on the Wildfire and returned to London after an hour long audience, with accounts noting the king praised their conduct and future prospects. De Wet kept to himself writing a war book while Botha joined shipboard games and Delarey debated with officers.
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England
London
Botha
de Wet
Delarey
South Africa
Cowes
Isle of Wight
King Edward
Victoria and Albert
Southampton
Earl Roberts
Lord Kitchener
L Earl Roberts
Waterloo Station
Gen. Delarey
Eighth Annual National Bible Conference Opens in Winona
In Warsaw Indiana August 18 the eighth annual national Bible conference opened at Winona with about 1500 ministers from many denominations in attendance. Rev Wilbur Chapman preached the opening sermon lamenting church coldness and a lack of Christ in preaching and criticizing idleness in the ministry. Delegates from every U S state and Canada are represented.
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Warsaw
Ind
National Bible Conference
Winona
Wilbur Chapman
Canada
Terribly Fatal Accident in South Bend
Mrs. Barney Tenenbaum and three children were riding in South Bend when their carriage was struck by a Grand Trunk passenger train. One child was instantly killed and the other three were fatally injured as the horse became unmanageable and backed into the path of the oncoming train.
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South Bend
Ind
Barney Tenenbaum
Grand Trunk
Street Railroaders Strike Rocks Lafayette Route
The Amalgamated Order of Street Railway Employees ordered a city strike in Lafayette Indiana. The Central Labor Union also declared a boycott against the company. Union workers quit. cars run with few passengers and hacks are being used as a workaround. Attempts to avert the strike failed after dispute over reinstatement and talks.
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Lafayette
Ind
Amalgamated Order of
Street Railway
Lafayette Street Railway
Central Labor Union
Wires Cut in Kentucky Express Robbery Probe
Adams Express Co officials traveled to Fordsville to investigate a reported robbery. No trace of $25,000 Boamer says was shipped from Deanefield. A Postal Telegraph lineman found wires cut under the Deanefield office table while locating a circuit interruption.
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Owensboro
Adams Express Co
Fordsville
Boamer
Deanefield
Postal Telegraph Co
Birthday spree ends in triple tragedy at home
In New York on August 18, Frederick Dietscher shot his two young children Edward six and Mary five through the head and they will probably die. He then killed himself with three bullets.
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Chauncey
Barren Island
New York City
Pittston
Indianapolis
Iowa City
Charles Holada
James Gaullagher
John Scott
Judge Hall
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Tin Plate Co
Frances A. Spur
Chicago
Scranton
Giovanni Guseppe
Virginia
Massachusetts
New England
Hrev
M. M. Sweeney
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bellevue
Dr. Sweeney
Vulcan
Stettin
Germany
Emperor William
Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
Samuel McCaughey
New York
Mediterranean
Frederick Dietscher
Edward
Mary
Hottest Nebraska Day With 96 to 102 Degrees
A warm day across Nebraska with temperatures from 96 to 102 degrees. Lincoln reports yesterday as the hottest day of the year, and Fairbury endured over six hours above 100 with hot winds.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Fairbury
Dalmatian Bozo Reaches America Seeks Friend Felix
A Dalmatian named Bozo Gicano stowed away aboard the Cunarder Umbria entering New York. He hid three days in the boiler area until discovered and taken to Ellis Island. Bozo traveled to find Felix Gicano who worked in a New York gas house, and immigration officials aided the reunion within the day.
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America
Bozo Gicano
Liverpool
Bozo
New York
Ellis Island
Felix Gicano
Felix
Williams
Local remarks on harvest time and voices in city life
A farmer notes nothing to cultivate in the city and a summer boageder replies about voices to be cultivated and harrowing times. The piece juxtaposes beauty and restraint with a jab at talkativeness from a humor filled newspaper tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Cash Prize Offered For Name Of New Rock Island Train
A $100.00 cash prize is offered for naming the Daily Limited train to California to be placed in service November 1, 1902 by the Rock Island System and Southern Pacific Company via the El Paso Short Line. Open to the public with no fees. For instructions, address Tno. Sebastian, Passenger Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago.
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California
Rock Island System
Southern Pacific Company
el Paso
Tno
Sebastian
Passengra
Chicago
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
Vintage ad for Allen's Foot-Ease claims relief for painful swollen feet and sweating. Promotes easy shoe fitting and urges no substitutes with a free sample offer. Lists address A. 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen’s
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Cure for throat and lung ailments advertised
Laxative Brome Tablets priced at 25 cents promise to stop coughs and cure colds. Customer testimonials from Whittier and William O. Endsley of Van Buren Indiana praise Piso's Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung affections. Date shown as February 10, 1900.
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Wm. O. Endsley
Vanburen, Ind
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George M. Henry
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Nervita Medical CO
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Defiance, Ohio
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Erie
Charles W. Penrose
Secretary of the Navy
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United States War Department
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Luther Marsh
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Annual Bible Conference
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