Panama Government Seeks Private Property for Canal Zone
The Isthmian Commission reports progress in acquiring canal zone properties from private owners Some bidders demand high prices while negotiations continue to ensure fair compensation and orderly transfers for tracts including lands near Panama Bay and other key sites The process faces delays and scrutiny from authorities and the affected landowners.
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Canal Zone
Panama
Commission
Eax
Tawnama Bay
Peerly
Cary
Towl
America
Ms Im
Vera
STRIVING FOR THE PENNANTS Standing of Clubs in Principal Base Ball Leagues
The report lists club standings across major baseball leagues, detailing teams in top positions, win totals, loss records, and recent results shaping the race for pennants. Highlights include leaders in each league and key performances fueling their campaigns.
Lighting and tragedy strike in a chaotic era report
A fragmented clipping mentions a woman burned by a lightning bolt and a separate item notes a plague in San Francisco. It also reports about Standard Oil dividend changes, a Moorish attack on Casablanca, the death of Alexander Jester, and a yellow fever case in Cubs. The text blends multiple historical snippets with unclear sourcing.
Ingenious mortuary tragedy grisly Chicago bridge burial
A mutilated unidentified man was found crushed beneath the Randolph Street bridge in Chicago. The body bore few clues aside from a Young Sterling Association card from Michigan and a description of clothing. Police investigate whether robbery or deliberate murder led to the grisly disposal under the bascule bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rody Inder
Chicago
Randolph Street Bridge
Young Stlan Association
Ian Rapids
Mich
Changes in U S coin designs approved by government
Government accepts designs by St Gaudena for three coin denominations. The cent will abandon current Indian head styling for a new likeness closer to a reg American Indian with head dress. The eagle and double eagle retain Liberty on obverse with a redesigned reverse featuring a new eagle motif inspired by earlier dollars.
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St. Gaudena
Scelptor
Augustus St.Gaudena
James M. Longacre
Philadelphia Mint
Head of Liberty
Wife Knocks Out Robber With Baseball Bat
Mrs. Thomas Cooper of Jefferson Pennsylvania faced an armed intruder alone. The attacker demanded surrender but she struck with a baseball bat knocking the revolver away and later armed herself with a shotgun to guard the room. The thief fled when overpowered by the sight of the gunless woman. Her husband arrived later as she fainted from the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cooper
Jefferson
Robert Pinkerton Dies Aboard Bremen
Robert A. Pinkerton head of the Pinkerton agency and son of Alisa Pinkerton died at sea on the steamer Bremen en route to Germany due to heart disease. In Wisconsin, the Attorney General seeks to annul Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light ing Company franchise claiming it was obtained by corrupt means.
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Robert Pinkerton
Robert A. Pinkerton
Alisa Pinkerton
United States Secret Service
Bremen
Germany
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Lighting
Wall Street Says Advance Copy of President’s Speech Circulates
Federal officials in Washington investigate reports that brokers possess advance copies of the forthcoming speech. A combined mystery to brokers and markets surfaces as stock movements are allegedly touched by the leak. Separately, Nicholls Dun of Belfast searches thirty years for his son James D. Dan and dies upon finding him in Alaska.
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Washington
Wall Street
Nicholls Dun
Belfast
Ireland
James D. Dan
Alaska
Train Ends Romance in Maine Crash Near Old Orchard
Philip Partridge age 24 son of Rev Dr Warren Partridge of Pittsburg was killed instantly in a collision between a wagon driven by a young woman Miss Minard and a Boston and Maine train near Kennebunk Maine as they rushed to a fire scene at Old Orchard. The woman sustained serious injuries and the romance ending in marriage within weeks was halted.
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Steuck
Old Orchard
Maine
Philip Partridge
Warren P. Partridge
Fourth Avenue
Kennebunk
Partridge
Misa Minard
Whales chase ship and comet sighted by Brooklyn travelers
Passengers on the Insular Line steamship Brooklyn arriving from Porto Rico witnessed a school of fourteen whales following the vessel for miles and a whale bumping the hull. Captain McLean reported a comet sighting at dawn and a waterspout formed miles ahead of the steamer near New York.
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Insular Line
Brooklyn
New York
Porto Rico
McLean
Funeral middle misidentifies body in Union City
In Union City Pennsylvania a funeral service ends for Thomas Kelly of Galveston Texas when his mother spots an error as the metallic casket is opened. The body in the coffin is not her son though the hearse had delivered the remains from Erie.
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Union City
Thomas Kelly
Galveston
Texas
Nolody
Erie
Galves
Farm Uses Auto to Plow Potatoes in Elizabethtown Pa
E. E. Cole of Elizabethtown Pennsylvania trained his runabout with a harrow attached to the wagon to cultivate potatoes. He sat in the carriage and guided the method claiming it worked as quickly and as well as the traditional plowing. He kept a pet horse nearby as he operated the improvised field team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
E. E. Cole
Elzabethtown
Husband Girl's Beauty Prize Wins Husband
Anna V. McCarthy aged 18 won third prize in a Pittsburgh newspaper beauty contest and, as judges’ decision, also received a husband. She eloped with Charles A. Appmar of Carnegie Steel Company, once jilted by her fiancé, who was convinced to marry her after the contest outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna V. McCarthy
Pittsburg
Beauty Coast
Charles A. Appmar
Carnegie Steel -Company
Five Die After House Collapse in Chicago Slum
A boarding house at 34 F-7 Street in Chicago collapsed from rotten timber and plaster, killing five sleeping residents and injuring seven others. Four died instantly. the fifth died after hospital treatment. An old official, J Warren Hastings, a trusted Boston subtreasury official, was arrested for embezzling 3000 from the government on June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicazgo
Bostai
J. Warren Hastings
United States
Boston
Washington
Georgia House votes 159 to 16 on disfranchisement bill
The Georgia House approved the negro disfranchisement bill 159 to 16 after Senate passage and sent it back for concurrence on minor amendments. A separate note mentions a threat letter to Father Foretti demanding SMW1 by September 1. Michael Venzio, an Italian barber, was arrested in Elizabeth New Jersey.
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Georgia House
Senate
Father Foretti
Michael Venzio
Elizabeth
Scaffold Collapse Kills Two In Williamsburg Gas Project
A scaffold collapse during construction of the Brooklyn gas plant in Williamsburg, N Y, killed two workmen and injured ten others, one severely. A separate report notes Charles J Root of Bristol Conn, a wealthy manufacturer, was struck by a train while driving with four family members.
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Charles J. Root
Bristol
Conn
Tires
Immunity Extended to Railroads in Rebating Case
Washington reports that immunity for the Tongo and Alton railroads in rebate cases against Standard Oil may spread to other lines. Former Attorney General Moody and Justice officials argued railroads were forced by circumstances, making it essential to gain evidence against the great trust. The government seeks to reach Standard Oil by protecting cooperating railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Tongo and Alton
Standard Oil Company
Washington
Standard O! Company
Vacation Drives Closure of Three Major Thread Factories
Campbell Clark of Clark Thread Company says Edinborough Newark and Kenney plants will shut Aug 24 to Sept 3 to grant 5 000 young women a collective vacation. The move follows past wage and hour battles and plans by workers to spend a last week of August at Atlantic City.
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Campbell Clark
Clark Thread Company
Edinborough
Newark
Kearney
N. J
Atlantic City
Lax marriage laws discussed at Winona Lake meeting
The fifth annual National Reforms Association gathering at Winona Lake hears Rev J S Martin of New Castle Pa criticize status and high profile trial marriages as evidence of lax laws. He cites government stats and urges reform. A separate report notes Guardsman killed by lightning at St Joseph Missouri brigade HQ during National Guard renewal events.
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Winona
National Reforms Association
Winona Lake
J. S. Martin
Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Newcastle
Mr Martin
St Joseph
Missouri National Guard
Gove Folk Sergt
Miller
Batters A
Louis
Thomas
UC Irichk
Robbers Blow Open Farmers' State Bank at New Folden
A Wednesday night robbery at the Farmers' State Bank in New Folden near Crookston Minnesota ended with the bandits blowing the vault and escaping after stealing $2,200. A Kansas Mary Circuit Judge Seehorn denied a mandatory injunction against Adams Express to carry liquor packages into town.
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Kansas Mary
Seehorn
Te Adams Express
Farmers’ Sta Bank
New Folden
Crookston
Mion
Washington Attorney General declares strict law enforcement policy
Attorney General Bonaparte of Washington states a firm policy that only violators will be prosecuted and no favors will be shown to offenders. The comments signal a harsh stance on law enforcement and indicate a promise of evenhanded treatment under the law.
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Bonaparte
Washington
Storm Claims Nineteen Victims Across Midwest
A storm sweeping northern Indiana and Illinois and the Isle region of Wisconsin killed five people and injured fourteen in Chicago. Sergeant Wesley Merritt of Havana hospital corps fell ill with yellow fever, one of the early infected soldiers. Coxey plans a new march but won’t reveal its destination. A general telegraph strike was ordered after talks between Presidents Small and Forbes and leaders of the telegraph workers union.
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Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Lsle
Wisconsin
Wesley Merritt
U. S. Hospital Corps
Havana
Government Report Cites Minor Gains in Crop Conditions
A government crop report shows only slight improvement in multiple crops. It lists corn condition on August 1 and 2 across states, winter wheat and other grains yields, and compares current figures with last year and long-term averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
The
Department of Agrite Thes
Indiana
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
Mississippi
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Louisiana
Minnesota
Michigan
United States
Ohio
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Man
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Pennsylvani
Alifornia
Texas
Monument to McKinley Erected in Buffalo
A white marble shaft in Niagara Square Buffalo dedicated to President McKinley will be formally unveiled Thursday Sept 5 as the centerpiece of Buffalo Old Home Week Sept 1 to 7. Former residents and the public are invited to attend the dedication and the carnival week. The monument's plan and execution were overseen by a commission of prominent men at a cost.
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Bufalo
New York
Niagara Square
Buffalo
McKinley
Old Home Week in Buffalo Plans and Guests
Gov. Hughes and military staff will attend ceremonies for Buffalo Old Home Week with parades and speak er Roosevelt and Cleveland invited. Buffalo hosts a civic military pageant and lights spectacle as residents submit names for the committee. Failroads offer excursion rates. Also mentions Cardinal Scampa death and a hotel fire tragedy in Elyria.
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Charles E. Hughes
Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Buffalo
Omer
Old Home Week Committee
N. Y
Failroads
General strike among telegraphers widens reach in Chicago area
Reported spread of the call to quit includes 96 telegram workers and recruits. The Western Union and Postal services face disrupted lines as union leaders seek better wages and eight hour limits, with about 15,000 on strike and potential railway support in a widening conflict.
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United 96
Canada — Order
Chicago
Tora Corres
Green Chicago Board of Traut
Waukee Grain Exchange
Sxenay
Ilaltuny Warnes F
Thessitugtin
Sing Yards
Lasi
Nureet Ditrict
Olul S
Urbed
Union
Fug
Wesn
Postal
Othe Sures Ag
Effe Thas
New York
Bastea
Wester
Ang
Vetern Union Company
Internat
Gary Wesley -Russell
Mmer
Spee
Tee
Malin
Apomaltians
Ts Re Mrpans
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