Tersely Told Telegraph Tales and Wars Abroad
A Winnipeg report notes missionary G F Stevens on Keewaleen Salteaux near Andy Lake facing starvation amid winter and spring death tolls. Germany retreats alter a fragile front. Paris Morning Post cites an informal China program agreement among France Germany and Russia. Captain Shields and 52 men of the 20th Infantry left Santa Cruz for Varijos en route to Santa Cruz. fate unknown.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
G. F. Stevens
Oxford House
Keewaleen
Salteaux
Andy Lake
Department of the Interior
Germany
Paris
London Morning Post
France
Russia
Mine Operators Weaken Offer Talks Amid Strike
The Coal Miners Union president Mitchell confirms operators intend to offer a 1 percent wage increase to striking workers. He declines further comment and remains reticent on talks and any settlement rumors.
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Associated Press
Mitchell
Coal Miners Union
British Admiralty buys first American coal for warships
The Halifax special reports the steamer Fri discharging 4 cargoes of American bituminous coal from Virginia at the dockyard. The landings at Halifax total 2,500 tons for the Bermuda station, with 5,000 tons purchased overall.
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British Bay
Halifax
Fri
Virginia
British Admiralty
America’s Great Triumph in Paris Exposition Awards
The jury report shows America won more awards than any nation except France, with higher counts in every class except grand prizes where Germany led. The final appeal of the exposition awards was concluded by the U S commission.
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America
Paris
United States Commission
France
Germany
Alaska town Solomon City wiped out by coastal storm
News from Seattle reports Solomon City at the mouth of the Salomon River was destroyed by a severe Alaska coast storm. All 200 residents were left destitute and homeless after waves and winds wrecked the town.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Solomon City
Salomon River
Rich Haw Cracksmen Loot Wolfe Brothers Bank
Cracksmen looted the Wolfe Brothers private banking house in Centreville Michigan on Friday night taking nearly $10 000 in currency. They made a clean getaway leaving no clue to their identity or whereabouts.
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Wolfe Brothers
Centreville
Mich
Fatal Wreck on Michigan Rail Line in Durand
A fast train collided with a switch engine on the Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee line at Durand Michigan. Two men were killed and one injured. Twenty four loaded cars burned and both engines demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee
Durand
Mieh
Slam at Manila as MacArthur reports arrival of transport
General Douglas MacArthur cables the War Department announcing the arrival of a transport at Manila bringing relief and manpower ideas for renewed operations in the Philippine theater.
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Manila
General MacArthur
War Department
Trade summary notes shifts in Pennsylvania mining and industry
R G Dun and Co weekly review notes scarce idle hands outside the anthracite field with other Pennsylvania mines seeking more miners. Doscher refinery closes due to sugar shortage, Lorraine Steel and others resume furnaces. Bank clearings fall in New York and other cities. Wool sales total 2.8 million pounds, prices steady. Iron and steel show renewed activity. weekly failures rise slightly from last year.
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Pennsylvania
R. Gi Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Doscher
Loraine Steel Company
New York
United States
Canada
Woman Fights Robber in Brooklyn Assault
Mrs. Mary E K Byrne of Sheepshead Bay New York was robbed and beaten in a dark Brooklyn street. The large woman fought a thug who grabbed her from behind near Coney Behind Avenue and wrestled her to the ground, sustaining multiple injuries including a lacerated throat and torn clothing as she struggled to protect her purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Mary EK. Byrne
Sheepshead Tay
N.Y
Teacher Kills Indian Pupil in Vermilion School
Crummins, a Duluth man, surrendered after describing a fatal encounter at the Vermilion reservation Indian school where 17 year old Charles Baghan Tadiant fought and Crummins used a protective hilly to strike him on the temple, causing death a short time after.
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Arthur Cruminons
Duluth
Minn
Crum
Vermilion Reservation
Har
Charles Baghan Tadiant
Cummons
Hing
DANTON'S RACE RUN Embezzler Arrested at Old Point Comfort
Willidima D. Danton, a confidential engage of the Union National Bank of Chicago, charged with embezzling 16000, is held at Newport News Virginia as a prisoner. He arrived from Athletic City on a yacht and was arrested with a person believed to be Thurman of Chicago at the Chamberlain Hotel.
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Old Point Comfort
Willidima D. Danton
Union National Bank of Chicago
Newport News
United States
Thurman
Chicago
Chamberlain Hotel
Athletic City Iia Yacht
Llagipton Roads
Lake Shore Pension Proposal Aims for Employee Vote
The Lake Shore Railroad plans to gauge worker opinion on a pension system like Pennsylvania's, proposing $80,000 as the fund nucleus and raising the rest through a 1 percent monthly wage assessment on employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Lake Shore Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Wonders Far in a Daze
Charles Murphy, a New York undertaker, has been missing since August 4 after going to Bath Beach for a swim. A telegram from Denver police says he walked into a station claiming he had woken in Michigan. The Michigan fire swept Omer business district destroying hotels and stores, with about 50 000 dollars in losses. Tornado damages Neodesha Kansas homes and injures Mrs. Ford and her son. France’s Loubet hosts a dinner for Mayors of municipalities with about twenty thousand guests.
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Charles Murphy
New York
Bath Beach
Denver
Michigan
Omer
Mich
Hght
Loubet
France
Baldwin Strikes It Lucky in Kongrocs Alaska Claim
Former California millionaire Lucky Baldwin reportedly makes a fortunate strike in the Kongrocs district of Alaska, renewing his betting on mining prospects and local wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
California
Kongrocs
Alaska
Morocco to pay indemnity over American killed in Fez riot
The State Department orders Tangier to demand $4000 for Mareus Az sui heir. Mareus, a naturalized American, was murdered in Fez after a Moorish mob attacked him when his horse bumped a man. The assailant set fire to the scene, and the episode sparked a deadly clash involving an engineer and fireman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Morocco
United States
Cridler
State Department
Gummere
Tangier
Mareus Azsui
Fes
Azgui
Mostem
Admit murder and robbery two held at Terre Haute
William Dailey and Thomas Radcliffe confessed to murdering James T Logue on a Big Four freight train near Terre Haute and to robbing a railroad man in the Big Four yards at Mattoon. Whitesides from Indianapolis identified them and Radcliffe corroborated Dailey's account of the other shooting incident at Paris Illinois.
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Terre Haute
Ind
William Dailey
Thomas Radcliffe
James Tlogue
One Whitesides
Indianapolis
Mattoon
Dailey
Radcliffe
Hogue
Charles van
Bursting boiler kills two on Eastern Illinois freight engine
A boiler explosion on a Chicago and Eastern Illinois freight locomotive near Johnson City, killing and mangling fireman Chardin Rains and engineer Mawineer A. P. Pad sete. Rains suffered multiple injuries and died after an hour, while Pad sete died on impact. Elizabeth Van Lew, Civil War heroine, dies in Richmond at an advanced age.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Johnson City
Mawineer
A. P. Padsete
Chardin Rains
Elizabbeth van Lew
Libby
Gen. Grant
Richmond
Stamps Lead to Tragedy in San Francisco Case
Mrs. Eva Suydam, recently divorced in Chicago from William W. Suydam, attempted suicide in San Francisco by chloroform. She claimed Suydam caused her distress by deserting wife and child to amass a $20,000 hostage stamp collection.
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Eva Suydam
Chicago
William W. Suydam
San Francisco
Suydam
Beating Oil Sands Astonishes West Virginia Farm
At E G Copeley’s Weston area farm a six inch hole in the big Injun sand yielded rapid oil flow filling two 200 barrel tanks while oil ran waste down a creek. The strike is described as the state’s greatest. Census shows ten year city growth in billions of people across 155 large cities. Michigan Supreme Court voids last legislature’s licensing requirement for commission merchants.
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E. G. Copeley
Weston
W. Va
Michigan
Supreme Court
Duel on a Train Sparks Tragic Death in Kentucky
On a crowded passenger train near Lebanon, Kentucky, M. W. Penn and J. L. Whitlock of Wentuckian origin exchanged shots. Whitlock died from the confrontation that followed a two year old quarrel sparked by a trivial dispute.
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M. W. Penn
J. L. Whitlock
Lebanon
Whitlock
Man Dies After Bee Sting in Paterson New Jersey
Daniel Steinman died in Paterson New Jersey from a bee sting. Blood poisoning followed and physicians said the venom affected the heart nerves. Premier of Quebec Felix Marehand reported dead in Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Steinman
Paterson N. J
Quebec
Felix Marehand
Fire Impels Rescue In Pittsburg Building Blaze
A four story brick building at 414 416 Bean avenue Pittsburg housed Hay's cafe, the Exchange Employment Agency, Price's shirt factory, and residents. A fire trapped a dozen workers and about six asleep. several firemen were burned as flames caused heavy damage estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Bean Avenue
Pittsburg
Hay’s
Exchange Employment Agency
Price
Tornado destroys Ferguson Iowa. four dead and many hurt
A waterspout and tornado wreck Ferguson Iowa causing major damage. The Milwaukee Railway station and several houses were demolished while cars were blown from tracks. Ferguson lies on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line, about fifteen miles southeast of Marshalltown with a small population.
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Ferguson
Iowa
Kant
Lowns
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Death Duel and Other Varying News From Jamaica to Texas
Rival lovers Cestnor and Onasure fought with a razor and shears in Jamaica, leaving one dead and the other dying. Farmer Toto Loss shot by his daughter Annette Toss in Kansas, self defense claimed. Rose Kelly burned in St. Louis after falling asleep with a lit cigarette. Marshal Arsenio Martinez de Campos dies near San Sebastian. Sargent reappointed head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. James Howard convicted of Goebel murder. Cleveland tailors win a strike. Gen. John M. Palmer dies in Illinois. Aguinaldo refuses peace talks. A Texas storm causes flooding and loss.
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Alfred Cestnor
Pasquale Omnasure
Jamaica
L. 1
Onasure
Cessnor
Cestnor
Iony
Ife
Omasure
Farner
Toto Loss
Lenyvenworth
Kan
Annett Toss
Cleveland
Gen. Palmer
John M. Palmer
Springfield
Markets Report Across U.S. Livestock and Grain Prices
The Chicago market shows cattle from common to prime $3.00 to $5.70 and hogs $3.00 to $5.55, with sheep $3.00 to $4.10. Indy shipping cattle $3.00 to $3.80. St Louis cattle $3.25 to $5.80. Cincinnati hogs $3.00 to $5.55. Detroit cattle $0.80 to $5.35. New York cattle $3.25 to $5.05 and hogs $3.00 to $5.85. Grain ranges include wheat No 2 red 78c, corn No 2 41c–42c, oats No 2 21c–22c, rye No 2 6c–6e, butter 18c–22c, eggs 14c–16c, and various regionally quoted prices.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Lewis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Indiana State Briefs Touch Light on Accidents and Industry
State items note chicken thieves in Wayne County and 603 patients at Eastern Indiana Insane Asylum. Fatal accidents include 9 year old Charles Nelson struck by a horse and A T Whenfield killed near Aldine. Homeopathic association to meet in Elkhart and new coal vein found in Martinsville. A 2 year old girl dies after lye ingestion. a boy dies in a factory accident. a 5 year old crushed by a brace on Walton avenue. Cranberry harvest begins in Wabash County. large melon and cantaloup shipments from Knox County. New gas company forms in South Marion. elevator contract let at Frankton. A 11 year old Gladys Fry mentioned.
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Wayne County
Indiana
Penn
A.T. Hwenfield
Aldine
Erie
Chicago
Albert Isbell
Wirgerstrim
Sullivan
John Parsons
Lawrence
H. A. McDonald
Presbyterian Church
Union City
Chaplin
Dayton
William Wallshamer
North Marion
George Swartz
Wabash
Hindman Ofl Company
Hartford City
Jay A. Hindman
A. G. Lupton
L. €. Ayls
Myrtle
Thomas Yelm
Marion
Decatur
Charles Gelmer
Benjamin Soberton
Henry Hopkins
Madison
William Barnes
Shelbyville
Conrey-Foster
Etna Snodgrass
Muncie
William Driscoll
Indiana Farmers’ Institute
Purdue
South Marion
Marion Gas Company
Walton Avenue
Fort Wayne
Katie Vevia
George W. Hall
Medora
Wabash County
Blair Farm
Chestertown
Knox County
Frankton
J.P. Shoemaker
Indianapolis
W. H. H. Quick
Anderson
B. Shoemaker
C. Quick
Gladys Fry
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Bresci
Milan
Mauricio Magliala
Luigi Granotti
Humbert
Waterson
N. J
Italy
Danton
Wade
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Kansas Town
Neodesha
John Ford
William Patrick
Fayetteville
Tenn
Patrick
Roosevelt
Gov. Roosevelt
Victor
Colo
Alfre
Ftose Kelly
Chestnut Street
St. Louis
Arsenio Martinez de Campos
Aaranz
San Sebastian
Spain
Marshal Campos
Sargent
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Des Moines
Frank P. Sargent
Goebel
Frankfort
James Howard
Aguinaldo
Buencamino
Roy
Texas
Indiana News
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