Barcelona Rebels Hold City as War Rages in Catalonia
In Mendaye France Aug 2 rebels in Barcelona fight government troops. Central areas calm, but outer districts controlled by revolutionists. Executions, arson, and looting spread. food and water shortages worsen. Hospitals overwhelmed. Red Cross nurses scarce amid rioter violence. two nuns shot while aiding mercy work.
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Mendaye
France
Barcelona
Catalonia
Gury Red
Palamos
Red Cross
Mercy
Police Hearing Reopened In La Crosse Arbitration
John Humphrey announces reopening of testimony in the La Crosse City Railway dispute to hear police and others after criticism that officers were not given a chance to be heard. The arbitration board will reconvene Tuesday at 2 PM in the city hall small council chamber for further evidence.
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Don Lewis
la Crosse
Gritton
Humphrey
State Board of Arbitration
la Crosse City Railway Company
Board of Arbitration
Police Department
Nto
John Humphrey
Spain braces for general strike amid labor unrest
Ches P. Stewart reports from Madrid that union leaders threaten a nationwide strike within 48 hours targeting water plants, streetcars, and industries. Authorities raid labor leaders while pledging swift action. a general strike could trigger riots, Moroccan campaign abandonment, and potential political upheaval toward a republic.
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Industria
Ches P. Stewart
United Press
Tondon
Madrid
Spain
Empire
Alfonso
Hower
Fertilizer Boosts Shelby Farm Value to $5 000
Rich ard Schemerhorn sues John and Augusta Gautsch claiming he bought and mortgaged the farm. they contend the land remains theirs. J Kaiser, recalling twenty years back, testified the property was worth about $1,000 then and now values range from $4,000 to $5,000 due to soil enrichment from constant fertilizing and care.
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Shelby
Richard Schemerhorn
Schemerhorn
John
Augusta Gautsch
J. Kaiser
U S Judge Bethea Near Death in Sterling
Judge Solomon H. Bethea of the United States district court is gravely ill at Sterling Illinois after a restless night. He is weaker this morning and death is believed to be imminent.
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Sterling
Ill
Solomon H. Bethea
United States District Court
Chicago Street Car Strike Inches Toward Reality
Chicago faces a looming street car strike as the Chicago City Railway refuses higher wages and a closed shop. South Side unions plan mass meetings and a referendum vote, with 85 percent favoring strike according to union sources. If South Side lines walk, North and West Side routes may follow, affecting about 1.6 million residents.
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Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
South Side
North
West
M. C. Buckley
Amalgamated Asociation of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
Cleveland
Buffalo
St. Louis
School Board Postponed to Discuss Next Month’s Reopening
The board of education meeting has been postponed to next Monday evening. Officials expect to discuss arrangements for reopening the schools after the summer vacation next month.
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Board of Education
Czar and Czarina Arrive at Cowes Aboard Standart
The czar and czarina arrived at Cowes aboard the Russian royal yacht Standart as guards and 200 warships and destroyers accompanied the visit. The scene drew thousands of sightseers on the channel while authorities controlled boat access.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
England
Czar
Czarina
Standart
Edward
Europe
Harriman-Hill Railway Clash Sparks Oregon Tension
In Grass Valley Oregon on August 2 a threatened clash looms between Hill and Harriman railroad contractors. Seventy five armed Hill workers guard the Guertz Ranch to stop Harriman line crews from reaching central Oregon first.
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Grass Valley
Ore
Hill
Harriman
Oregon
Guertz Ranch
Americans indemnified after Mexico riots
Mexican authorities announce all Americans who sustained damages in the riots will be indemnified. Reported property losses include claims that rioters damaged property and cries of down with jingoes heard amid the disturbances.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Diaz
Tariff Bill Seen Passing This Week in Senate
Indications grew stronger that the tariff bill would be approved this week. Several Democratic senators were reported ready to vote if their support is needed as the Senate aimed for action by Wednesday night and a possible adjournment the next day.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Congress
Thaw Case Advances as Jerome Presents Witnesses
In White Plains court on August 2 the district attorney began presenting the states case for Thaws insanity and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is expected to be the chief witness. Jerome aims to show delusions without believing the crimes occurred while Thaw counsel Morschauser plans possible habeas corpus action and a Jerome cross examination to implicate Stanford White.
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White Plains
N. Y
Jerome
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Morschauser
Countess of
Yarmouth
Katherine O'Neill
Pitsburg
Alice Fletcher
Anthropological Department
Harvard
Albany
Anthony Comstock
Madison Square Garden
Rome
Italy
Maratia C. Wood
August Weber
Thaw Butler
Pittsburg
Evelyn Thaw
White
Paris
Bequeathes Valued Art Works to Oyen
Mrs. S A Pinney of Madison Wis widow of former Supreme Court Justice S A Pinney leaves her marble statuary collection to Odin J Oyen of this city for care and display. The eight white Carrara statues were gathered in Europe twenty five years ago during the Pinneys travels and were promised to Oyen. One statue goes to a Milwaukee friend. A wooden antique statue is released to the Madison Public Library. Oyen arranged for transport and will receive the pieces later this week.
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Odin J. Oyen
S. A. Pinney
Madison
Wis
Supreme Court
Mr. Oyen
Justice Pinney
Europe
Milwaukee
Oyen
Madison Public Library
Aylward
Pinney
Senate Leather Schedule War Ends In Brief Concession
Announcement this afternoon stated the conference report would be withdrawn to allow changes in the leather schedule and tariff paragraphs. Rumors of a joker were settled as duties on boots and shoes likely drop to ten percent. If returned to the house, adjournment would be delayed and no final result this week. Progressive Republicans abandoned hopes of recommitting. they claimed a 47 vote front, including 31 Democrats, 7 Progressives, and several senators from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and others. The president summoned McCumber and Borah, and the progressives conceded defeat.
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Senate
House
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Ohio
McCumber
North Dakota
Johnson
Borah
Roosevelt Attends Church and Y M C A in Nairobi
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt engages in church and philanthropy in Nairobi. He leads installation of a local Masonic lodge and opens a Y M C A home fund. The party travels next to Naivasha with a stop at Kijabe to lay a cornerstone for the African Inland Mission building.
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Nairobi
Theodore Roosevelt
Masonic Lodge
Africa
Roosevelt
British East Africa
Naivasha
Kijabe
African Inland Mission
Reprieved at the Hour of Execution in Trenton
Walter Zeller, a youth scheduled for execution in New Jersey for his role in his grandfather's murder, was reprieved by Gov Fort just hours before the electric chair. The governor ordered a 30 day reprieve to be formally delivered, following his mother’s persistent appeals.
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Trenton
N. J
Walter Zeller
Fort
Seagirt
Whitta Kidnapper's Brother Seeks Review in Superior Court
Wm F McDermott of Denver brother of Mrs Helen Boyle serving 25 years for her role in Billy Whitta kidnapping has retained a Pittsburg law firm to seek a review of her case by the superior court.
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Whitta
Pittsburg
Wm. F. McDermott
Denver
Colo
Helen Boyle
Western Penitentiary
Billy Whitta
Archbis hop Seeks Successor in Dubuque Meeting
Archbishop Kean, citing ill health and rising duties, called a meeting of the irre movable Rectors of the Dubuque archdiocese for August 18 to consider nominations for a coadjutor bishop to be passed upon by the Holy See.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Kean
Archdiocese of
Holy See
Temperature 93 Records Set At Weather Bureau
The warmest reading today reached 93 degrees in the shade at the weather bureau by 3 PM. This marks the high for the day as officials note the heat wave continuing.
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Weather Bureau
Drowns Before Sweetheart in Seattle Lake Tragedy
Lake Washington searches drag today for the body of E. G. Calvert a 21 year old from Bellingham who was drowned last Saturday night before the eyes of the girl he was to marry the next day.
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Seattle
Washa
Lake Washington
E. G. Calvert
Bellingham
Weather and Water Report For Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
La Crosse records 66 as coolest and 94 as warmest. Winds at 4 miles per hour with no rainfall. Forecasts: Wisconsin partly cloudy with showers late tonight or Tuesday, Minnesota showers late tonight or Tuesday, Iowa partly cloudy with possible thunderstorms late tonight or Tuesday.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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