Clash With Guards Sparks Death At Nesquehoning
In Nesquehoning Pa a clash between striking mine workers and five deputies left Patrick Sharp of Lansford dead from a heart shot. Deputy Harry McHinnoyle was arrested on murder charges and jailed at Mauch Chunk. The incident near shaft No 1 of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company caused a brief uproar before order returned and the town quieted.
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Nesquehoning
Patrick Sharp
Lansford
Harry McHinnoyle
Sharp
Mauch Chunk
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
McElmoyle
Shenandoah
Alger delays U S senate bid amid health doubt
DETROIT Aug 19 General R A Alger asked if he would run to succeed the late James McMillan said he would consider the matter a few days longer and reach a decision this week. The News reports that if his health permits William C McMillan will be a candidate to succeed his father as senator.
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Detroit
Mich
R. A. Alger
United States Senate
James McMillan
Alger
William C. McMillan
United States
Worldwide commerce report totals 1901 trade
A United States Consul report from Annaberg dated July 19 shows 1901 world trade at about 23.8 billion dollars. Great Britain and colonies lead with nearly 7 billion, Germany about 2.618 billion, and the United States around 2.118 billion, Treasury figures listing 2.34 billion.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Winter
Annaberg
Great Britain
Germany
United States Treasury
Yuan Shi Kai Names Chief Foreign Adviser
Pekin reports Yuan Shi Kai viceroy of Chi Li province has engaged Charles Denby Jr former US minister to China and provisional government secretary to serve as chief foreign adviser in China.
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PEKIN
Yuan Shi Kai
Chi-Li Province
Charles Denby, Jr
United States
China
Treasury balances show available cash and gold reserve
Washington reports the general fund balance as of today with available cash of 205,510,217 dollars and gold holdings at 104,953,456 dollars excluding the 150,000,000 dollar gold reserve in the division of redemption.
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Treasury
Washington
General Fund
Tornado Hits Lost Springs Kansas Town
Tornado struck Lost Springs at 4 30 yesterday demolishing a grain elevator a church and five residences and blowing three freight cars off the railroad tracks. Three men were seriously hurt and several people slightly injured. Lost Springs lies west of Herrington on the Rock Island line.
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Kansas
Wighita
Kan
Rock Island
Lost Springs
Lost Bprings
Herrington
Kerosene Fire Claims Six in Gering Nebraska
In Gering Nebraska a kerosene fire exploded while a wood stove was lit. M McCoumsey died after hours of agony and his wife and several children perished or burned. Neighbor Luther A Cook and County Treasurer E D J Whipple acted to rescue victims. The blaze left the house in ashes and most other injured were in critical condition with little hope of recovery.
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Gering
Neb
M. McCoumsey
Luther A. Cook
McComsey
E. D. J. Whipple
Whipple
English Soldiers Anxious to Enlist in Philippines Army
In London on August 19, displaced South African and British ex-soldiers seek U S army enlistment for service in the Philippines. They report a Cape Town Durban rumor that the United States is recruiting ex-British troops. Embassy officials reject the claims and turn away numerous applicants.
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Philippines
London
United States
Capetown
Durban
Islands
Island Torishima Destroyed by Volcano Eruption
Aug 19 report from Yokohama states Torishima, a small island in the Bonin chain, was buried by a volcanic eruption between Aug 12 and 15. All 150 inhabitants are believed killed as the island is covered in debris and houses collapsed. Submarine eruptions hinder approaching vessels.
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Torishima
Yokohama
Bonin Islands
Hondo
Japan
No News From Venezuela Supposition on No Change
Washington reports no new developments in Venezuela or Haiti as of Aug 19. Acting Secretary Darling told Cape Haytien commander McCrea that the Potomac carrying coal and supplies sailed from San Juan for Cape Haytien and may decide whether to head to Gonaives where revolutionists are active.
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Washington
Venezuela
Haiti
State
Navy
Darling
McCrea
Machias
Cape Haytien
Potomac
San Juan
Gonaives
Open Door Tariff Treaty With China Is Signed
Washington reports that T. B. Sherretts announced a tariff treaty with China was signed on the 16th and that he will sail home on the first steamer. The agreement aims to open interior China to foreign trade, abolish the Likin tax on American goods in transit, and follow Britain's recent treaty model. Shanghai dispatch notes no further treaty details.
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Washington
State Department
Sherretts
Treasury
United States
China
Bherretts
Hay
Mr. Sherret
Elaborate Taft gala reception planned in Manila
Manila Aug 1 Governor Taft expected to arrive next Wednesday aboard the gunboat General Alava from Singapore. A lavish reception is planned with decorated harbor shipping a procession of small craft and arches along the march route to Valacanan palace. A banquet is planned the evening of arrival. Heiress to Fair Estate. Plainview New Jersey Aug 18 Mrs Nelson and her son Abram a move to San Francisco to handle Fair estate division interests.
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Taft
Singapore
Straits Settlements
United States
General Alava
Alava
Valacanan Palace
Falr
Plainview
N. J
Nelson
Abrama
Charles Fair
Newmarket
San Francisco
Prince Chen Arrives in Vancouver En Route to Empress
Prince Chen Salls in Vancouver on August 1 arrives to board the Empress of Japan. Mme Melba also reaches the city while traveling to Australia.
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Prince Chen Salls
Vancouver
B. C
Prince Chen
Japan
Mme
Melba
Australia
Peter's Peace Fund In Rome Falls Short
Rome August 18 The Assumption day collection of Peters Peace in all Rome churches totaled only 5000 dollars, far below expectations and previous sums. The report notes a weak turnout and lower donations across parishes.
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Rome
Move Against Bacolod Town Warned by Moro Opposition
Aug 18 dispatch reports rising Moro resistance in Mindanao as American troops prepare possible action against Bacolod. Two Sigma Twenty-seventh regiment men were killed and another wounded by Moros at Camp Vickers on Aug 7 after they came from Bacolod. General Chaffee urged decisive action to maintain Moros support. Captain Pershing led Lake Lanao forces in the discussion.
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Manila
Minandao
Bacolod
Twenty-seventh Regiment
Twenty-seventh
Camp Vickers
Cacolod
John J. Pershing
Fifteenth Cavalry
Mob Hangs Outlaws Reed and Wingo in Oklahoma
A mob of several hundred men dragged Levi Reed and Bud Wingo from the Cordell county jail and hanged them to trees to extract the gang leaders’ whereabouts and details of recent crimes. Reed nearly died from strangulation before revival. The Casey-Cravens gang has terrorized southern Oklahoma with numerous outrages.
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Cordell
Okla
Levi Reed
Bud Wingo
Casey-Cravens
Reed
Oklahoma
Governor Savage Takes a Hand at Union Strikes
Governor Savage and Union Pacific officials discuss sending state troops to quell strikers accused of trespassing on property and threatening workers. No major violence reported. sheriff confident order can be kept. Savage plans to decide after further inquiry before returning to Lincoln. Strikers pledge to help prevent violence.
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Neb
Savage
Union Pacific
Walker
Lincoln
Vaughan Forms First 20th Century Justice Party
W Ral Vaughan, ex Nebraska, staying at the Aston house in New York, says he organized the first new political party of the twentieth century named Vaughan's justice party. He plans a Washington origin, contends the party is an aggressive force promising liberty for all Americans and opposing trusts and monopolies, and will arrange a convention in New York soon.
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W. Ral Vaughan
Nebraska
Aston House
Party of Justice
Pope Receives Long Telegram From Catania Catholics
In Rome on August 18 the pope received a 20000 word telegraph from Catholics of Catania Sicily. The message amused him since Vatican telegrams are accepted and delivered free under the Italian government arrangement. The pope urged building a chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart. In Phkin on August 18 the viceroy of Sze Chuan reports imperial troops attacked rebel headquarters at Jochaw on August 12. One thousand rebels were killed and their leader Tong You Hung captured and executed.
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Catania
Sicily
Vatican
Phkin
Sze Chuan
Jochaw
Tong You Hung
Editor Hemphill Dies in Atlanta
Colonel William A. Hemphill former mayor of Atlanta and founder of the Atlanta Constitution died suddenly tonight in Atlanta Georgia on August 18. The notable figure led the city in earlier decades and helped shape the newspaper's history with lasting influence.
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Hemphill
Atlanta
William A. Hemphill
The
Atlanta Constitution
Four Police Officers Killed in Kansas City Shooting
Four officers faced the line of gunfire in Riverview when Frank L. Stone died from a bullet wound after trying to arrest four suspects. Stone named Pete Nugent as the shooter, and brothers James Nugent Charles Roge and John Harrington were arrested and held for Stone’s murder.
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Frank L. Stone
Riverview
Kansas
Stone
Pete Nugent
James Nugent
Charles Roge
John “Harrington
Anderson and Dewey feud over Manila retaking tale
An officer recalls General Anderson deriding Admiral Dewey after Manila, calling him to task for “smashing pewter ships” and the pair have remained antagonistic since. The anecdote comes from a Second Oregon regiment officer who witnessed the exchanges.
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Andergoh
Dewey
Ding
Manila
Anderson
Oregon
Maniip
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