A Week's Record of World and Domestic News Items
A digest of events reports Jack Winters's 15 year sentence for a robbery at Valeric Cal. A lynching in Wadesboro NC shocks readers. Oil tank blast injuries in Philadelphia and a wide range of political, labor, and crime stories across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Winters
Selby
Valeric
Cal
Wadesboro
N. C
Luke Hough
Lena Smith
Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia
Hay
United States
South America
Dowie
Chicago
Water Works
Cleveland
Census Bureau
An @drake
Okla
New York
W. A. Larned
Newport
R. I
Thomas Lipton
Teutonic
Mutual Mercantile Agency
Erastus Wiman
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
McKinley
St. Louis
Elgin
Ill
John J. Gilliland
Nebraska
Lincoln
San Francisco
Crescens
Lord Derby
Charley Herr
Readville
Mass
Parker
Admiral Schley
Signal Corps
War Department
St. Joseph
Mich
Michigan City
Ind
Ban Johnson
Kozlowski
Independent Catholic Church
Ingalls
Manila
New Hampshire
Shamrock II
Designer Watson
Sam Strong
Colorado Springs
Grant Crumley
Sheriff North
Asheville
Als
John Butler
Baltimore
Jom. Mercer
Tampa
Flo
Wennerberg Dies at 84 in Stockholm
The renowned Swedish poet and composer Gunnar Wennerberg died in Stockholm aged 84. The British Consul reported to its government that the United States would soon produce all the beet sugar it needed. British troops captured a Boer, taking 18 prisoners with little ammunition. The French ambassador delivered an ultimatum to the Sultan demanding satisfaction over French grievances. Holbien, who attempted to swim the English Channel, collapsed after 12 hours in the water and nearly drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunnar Wennerberg
Stockholm
Wyndham
United States
Constantinople
Holbien
English Channel
Minor World News Items Span Discovery and Decline
Oil discovery near Evans ton Wyoming. Austro-Hungarian bank to swap paper for gold. Havana tests mosquitoes for yellow fever cures. Albany forms genealogical College of heraldry. US coal exports double since 1897. Philippines teacher quota filled. George Kennan back in Boston criticizing Russia. Myron Waters dies at 84. Port Oram NJ auto handling iron ore plant. Temperance movement cites tea reducing women’s drinking in Britain. Reverend Dixon promotes nerve tonic in Boston. New Mexico commemorative monument unveiled at Santa Fe. Buffalo expo Eskimo village ordered deported. Ohio constitutional legacy Mortly dies. Lisbon house from 1755 quake uncovered. Polish patriot grandnephew seeks near 2 million from government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Wyo
Rocky Mountains
Austro-Hungarian
Havana
College of Heraldry
America
Albany
N. Y
United States
Philippines
George Kennan
Russia
Boston
Port Oram
N. J
Myron Waters
Col. Drake
Warren
Great Britain
Joseph K. Dixon
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Buffalo Exposition
D. H. Mortly
McConnellsville
Lisbon
Count von Waldersee May Receive Princely Title for China Work
Count von Waldersee may be made a prince due to his efforts in China. The report suggests swift royal recognition for his service amid ongoing international affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count von Waldersee
China
Naples
Italy
San Francisco
Havana
Washington
Jesse Haney
New York City
Arizona
Dixon
Pueblo
Col
Senate
Fort Scott Road
St. Louis
Glen Gardner
McPherson
Kan
George Smalley
Estrade Palma
Cuba
A. A. James
Fair Forest Presbyterian Church
Union County
South Carolina
Treasury Department
United States
Milwaukee
Chicago
Detroit
Treut
James C. Cresap
Norfolk
Atlanta
Wilkes County
Boers Refuse to Yield Amid South African War Reports
London dispatch summarizes Lord Kitchener gains near Ladybrand with 3 officers and 65 men captured August 22 while Boer defense strengthens. Consul Stowe updates London on emigration limits and war weariness as Kruger kin surrender tallies rise. Wreck and weather news follow with local incidents and a torpedo boat Wilkes promising launch in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Ladybrand
Orange River Colony
Elliot
Ann
Steyn
Noer
DeWet
Botha
Kruger
Stowe
Cape Town
America
Sam
South Africa
Washington
Cape
England
Poisoned In Peculiar Manner In Iowa Farm Death
Ira Godfrey a 60 year old farmer died after carbolic acid poisoned liquor mixed in his pocket bottle broke while he was drunk. In a separate item the Machias has arrived at Colon and was ordered in view of threatened damage near that port due to revolutionary outbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
John P. Lyon
St. Paul
H. H. Aplin
Michigan
H. O. Crump
Middle
Nashua
Mary Rank
Port Wayne
Ind
William Humphrey
Balaklava
Santa Rosa
Cal
Bussey
Ira Godfrey
Colon
Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Beardslee Arrives Home From Asia Voyage
Rear Admiral L A Beardslee United States Navy retired returns home after a year in Japan and the Philippine Islands aboard the Hong Kong Maru as it docks in San Francisco on August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Orient
L. A. Beardslee
United States Navy
Japan
Philippine Islands
Farmer Mistakes Wife for Burglary Suspect and Shoots Her
In Holland, Owen Bradley, a farmer near Dallas, Texas, fired in the darkness mistaking his wife for a burglar, fatally wounding her. The incident occurred at their home in the Holland area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Owen Bradley
Holland
Death of Descan Wilson in St. Paul Monday
Wilford L. Wilson known as Descan Wilson died at his St. Paul home on Monday, information from the local city obituary notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eacom Wilson
St. Paul, Minn
Wilford L. Wilson
Descan Wilson
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A. M. Rose
Little Rock
Ark
American Bar Association
Denver
Charles W. Nordstrom
Seattle
Wash
William Mason
Civic Federation
Dun
Mont Cartright
Palmyra
Wis
Cartright
Story & Clark
Grand Haven
Sam Farrow
Dawkins
S. C
Kohlsaat
Allis-Chalmers
Blake Logan
Wilson Brothers
West Mays
George Golden
Williamsburg
Illinois
Alabama
Montgomery
Evgene
Minneapolis
Home Savings & Trust Company
Des Moines
Sandy Valley Banking Company
Malvern
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Henry Noles
Charles Williams
Winchester
Tenn
Mauch Chunk
Jesse Struthers
Petersburg
Schlatter
Janesville
Nogales
Ali
Mexico
Jersey City
Puget Sound
Cape Colony
Mrs. Maybrick
Edward
Turkey
Quays Company
Danish West Indies
Kitchener
Topeka
Cedar Point
Emporia
Newton
L. B. Ziegler
Memphis
Lorain
J. C. Williams
Marion, Ill
M. E
Wilkes
Gas Engine & Power Company
Morris Heights
Elizabeth Wilkes
Wills
West Fourth Street
Devils. Lake, N.dak
Devils Lake Iron Works
Gorder & Son
Devils Lake, North Dakota
GEM Meat Market
Chas. F. Cogelow
Prop
Whatesale
Devils Lake
North Dakota
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