Gulf Coast Storm Ravages Coast and Isolates Mobile
News from New Orleans and Atlanta describes a tropical Gulf coast storm sweeping Pensacola westward, prostrating telegraph lines and causing extensive damage from Mobile to coastal communities. Warnings of higher winds, rising water, and potential loss of life threaten Mobile and surrounding islands.
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New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Mississippi River
Port Eads
Picayune
Burns
Tie
Milneburg
Atlanta
Mobile
Alabama
Western Union
Peace overtures fail to end steel strike in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh August 15. Rumors of peace talks surface as the Amalgamated Association and United States Steel Corp press their steel strike. B M Caldwell, once a Mingo Junction mill owner, met strike leaders to sketch settlement terms while Shaffer says he favors peace but fights defensively. In Joliet, Illinois, 3000 workers at Illinois Steel edge toward honoring Shaffer’s strike order as unions rally.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
B. M. Caldwell
Mingo Junction
Steel Corporation
Shaffer
Mr. Caldwell
Caldwell
Joliet
Amalgamated Association
Illinois Steel Company
Tighe
Jollet
South Chicago
Milwaukee
Exterminating the Last Buffalo Hero
In Buena Vista Colorado on August 16 Denver Republican Special reports a possible plan to kill Colorado’s remaining buffalo. Frank and Charles Bartlet taxidermists and J E Webb were arrested after possessing hides heads and skeletons of four buffalo. They claimed six years since kill but wardens dispute. Frank Bartlet tried to flee nine miles from town before surrendering. Only buffalo in Colorado now reside in Lost Park with eighteen counted last summer.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Denver
Republican
Buffalo
Colorado
George B. Fravers
Leadville
Frank Bartlet
Charles Bartlet
J. E. Webb
Harris
Lost Park
J P Morgans Plan For Profit Sharing
New York Aug 16 The Press reports J Pierpont Morgan plans a labor and capital union for United States Steel with stock set aside for inside figures by 165000 workers. The co partnership would link shareholders and the employer of the steel trust. Plans conceived before the strike, to be implemented in two years.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States Corporation
Great Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Trust Considers Employee Co Partnership Plan
At a conference between the Amalgamated Association leaders and Charles Schwab, United States Steel president, Morgan directs a profit sharing scheme to make every Steel employee a co partner. The plan mirrors Carnegie plants and aims to expand Morgan’s approach across the Steel company.
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Carnegie
Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Denver Jury Bribery Case Continues in Court
In Denver on August 16 the contempt proceedings against Police Magistrate Thomas and Bailiff Robert Schroeder resumed in the West Side Criminal Court. Foreman George L. Adams testified about the second trial of W. W. Anderson, followed by jurors Jacob Dunn, Ferguson Haile, J. T. Shoemaker, and attorney Carl H. Cochran. Cross examinations touched on prior affidavits, alleged bribe attempts, and jurors’ secrecy until discharge.
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Denver
Thomas
Robert Schroeder
West Side Criminal Court
George L. Adams
W. W. Anderson
Amicus
J. T. Shoemaker
Carl H. Cochran
Anderson
Malone
Mullins
Rio Grande's Policy As To Narrow Gauge
Denver August 15. The Republican states that reports of the Rio Grande changing narrow gauge to standard are unfounded. President E T Jeffery notes progress toward standard gauging on sections from Alamosa to Durango and Creede, with extensions possible to Antonito Villa Grove and Salida. He adds no further gauging is planned for the present.
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Denver
Republican
Denver & Rio Grande
E. T. Jeffery
Jeffery
Alamosa
San Luis Valle
Durango
Antonito
Santa Fe
Alimosa
Creede
Third Division
Salida
San Luis Valley
Villa Grove
U S Troops praised by Philadelphia cruiser crew
From Honolulu via San Francisco dated Aug 16 the Philadelphia reports Tutuila natives highly drill disciplined as one of the best guarded and most eager to enlist under the American flag. Samoan troops wear red turbans white skirts blue dungarees and breech cloths with leg and foot bare.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
United States
Noan Islands
Philadelph
Tutuila
Canadian Yacht Invader Wins Cup Back Across Border
The Canadian yacht Invader won again yesterday in a grand race and the Canada's cup goes back across the border. Captain William Hale Thompson led the defeated Cadillac crew as Invader dominated from start to finish. Five clubs, including Chicago and Columbia Yacht clubs plus Rochester and two Detroit clubs, formally challenged for cup preference. Elapsed times show Invader at 3 and Cadillac at 3:3.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Cadillac
Columbia
Rochester Yacht Club
Detroit
Amendments Planned at Grand Army Encampment in Cleveland
St Louis Aug 17 at the thirty fifth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Cleveland several constitutional amendments will be presented for adoption. One proposes inserting voluntarily into article 4 chapter 1 to read no person shall be eligible who has at any time voluntarily borne arms against the United States. The Arkansas department certified the amendment to allow loyal southern men who fought for the Union after escaping conscription to join the Grand Army.
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St. Louis
Grand Army of the Republic
Cleveland
United States
Department of Arkansas
Grand Army
Printers Home Investigation Moves to Colorado Springs
Denver typographers challenge the Birmingham authorized inquiry into the Printers Home at Colorado Springs saying it is in rent condition and needs no investigation. James M. Lynch, president of the International Union, will lead the investigative committee and the members plan to arrive in Colorado within two weeks. Lynch is well known in Colorado labor circles.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Birmingham
Alabama
James M. Lynch
The
International Union
Colorado
Lynch
Philippine Veterans Salt Lake Reunion Ends in Utah
The second annual reunion of the National Society of the Army of the Philippines closed with a brief business meeting. Next year’s gathering will be in Council Bluffs Iowa where plans aim to unite with the Philippine Islands Veteran Association. A proposed constitutional change would allow all who served during the war to join, with notices to be printed in the Army and Navy Journal and Army Register. The reunion was deemed successful in all respects.
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Salt Lake
National Society of the Army of the Philippines
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Philippine Islands Veteran Association
Army and Navy Journal
Army Register
Rail unions to build depot and expand shops in Grand Junction
Denver News Special reports Grand Junction plans unite rail lines to construct a new depot and enlarge machine shops. The move will raise payroll by about 8000 to 10000 dollars and boost local business, with the working force substantially increased. Aug. 17.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Denver News
Golden Eagle Officers Named At Denver Meeting
At the Knights of the Golden Eagle annual lodge in Denver this week officers were announced. Grand Chief Edward Agard of Rockvale and Grand Vice Chief Dr J B Neva of Denver lead a slate that includes Grand Master of Records William I Palm and other senior officers. The supreme representative Stephen Kols from Denver will attend the Supremestle in Buffalo in October. Palm was reelected master of records for the fourth time, a first in the order.
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Golden Eagle
Denver
Gound Lodge
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Edward Agard
Rockvale
J. &. Neva
Thomas Mitchell
Central City
William I. Palm
W. G. ‘Thompson
Idaho Springs
James Walsh
Grand First Guard
W. W. Penny
ShoKkvaale
Rand Second Guard
J. C. Watson
Thayer
Grand
Walter Lampshire
Iral City
L. ©. Fisher
Den
Ipreme
Stephen Kols
Supreme
Mr. Kols
Grand Lodge Supremestle
Bufin
William N. Palm
Governor Oteros Son Bitten by Dog in New Mexico
Miguel Otero the nine year old son of the governor was mauled by a vicious dog yesterday afternoon in Santa Fe. The dog bit him on the arm and side before bystanders could intervene. Governor Otero had just returned from Albuquerque and sent for Dr. J H Sloan who cauterized the wounds. That evening Mrs Otero and Dr Sloan with the boy left for Chicago for treatment at the Pasteur Institute.
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Otero
N. M
Miguel
Oteras
Seves
Albuquerque
J. H. Sloan
How the French Twisted the British Lion at Waterloo
A Brussels open letter by Barral to Rostand explores whether Mme Rostand has papers about Marshal Gerard to illuminate a French attack on the Waterloo Lions monument. Barral notes the battlefield lion’s tail was twisted, contrasting with a plaster model in Brussels depicting an elevated tail, and cites Belgian foundry records confirming the original raised tail.
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Petit Bleu
Brussels
Barral
Edmond Rostrand
Rostand
Marshal Gerard
Belgium
Mme. Rostand
Waterloo
M. Barral
Porto Rican Painter Exhibits Carnegie Portrait
Herminia Davila of Porto Rico places a black and white silk portrait of Andrew Carnegie on exhibition in the Porto Rican section of the Pan American. The needlework resembles steel engraving, showing Carnegie from head to shoulders, exact to a photograph, with a frame designed by Davila and embroidered corners featuring pansies.
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Herminia Davila
Carnegie
Miss Davila
Speed of Locomotives Tested on New Jersey Central
A locomotive on the New Jersey Central Railroad pulled nine coaches and exceeded eighty two miles per hour over three miles. Officials note this demonstrates reserve power for emergencies, while average U S locomotive speed remains under eighty miles per hour. Train sheets prove American engines lead in efficiency, speed, and economy versus foreign counterparts.
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New Jersey Central Railroad
Rooster Harness Shows Pastor’s Daughter Taming Chickens
Rev Charles A Long of York Pennsylvania German Baptist church keeps fancy chickens. His six year old daughter Iva trains the birds to perform tricks. A Black Minorca rooster pulls a wagon with Iva guiding from the reins. The flock plays see saw and other feats, providing childlike amusement.
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Charles A. Long
York
German Baptist Church
Iva
Lincoln Doctor Seeks Itemized Suit Details
Dr H Finley Helms of Lincoln Nebraska facing a breach of promise suit from Miss Louise Lacey of Chicago for ten thousand dollars. He filed a motion in district court last week requesting the plaintiff specify in her petition the trousseau bought for five hundred dollars detailing each article and cost. Lacey formerly worked as a stenographer for Hibbard Spencer Bartlett based in Chicago before entering a marriage contract.
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H. Finlay Helms
Lincoln
Neb
Louise Lacey
Chicago
District Court
H. Finley Helms
Hague Protests Over Kaffir Use in War
The Hague arbitration tribunal members plan to protest Joseph Chamberlain's speech on employing Kaffirs against the Boers in South Africa. The Illinois letter argues Britain arms African tribes against the republics, calling the war a white man's conflict and condemning this mobilization as revolting and unjust.
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Hague
Arbitration Tribunal of the
Cape Colony
Natal
Africa
Chicago
Monson Volunteers to Ingest Tuberculosis Germs
Colorado Dairy Commissioner T. S. Monson offers to swallow tuberculosis germs to test Dr. Koch's theory that animal TB is not communicable to humans. He says he is sincere and would risk death, but stipulates his family receive an annuity if the experiment proves fatal.
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Colorado
T. S. Monson
Dr. Koch
Mr. Monson
Newspapers as Educators in Mountain Grove Academy
Prof W H Lynch of Mountain Grove Academy in Missouri is the nation’s top newspaper subscriber, reading 58 titles including six dailies. He uses papers in class to teach current history and geography, calling the media the best instrument for learning about life’s commercial, political, and social drama through the world's mirror. Fridays are set aside for newspaper reading.
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W. H. Lynch
Mountain Grove Academy
Mountain Grove
United States
Academy
Barrows Advocates Golf First for Health
Rev. J. H. Barrows of Oberlin urges shifting focus from the rage for athletics to outdoor exercise. He argues golf should come before business for men over 50, claiming it would yield longer life, greater success, and a happier, healthier citizenry.
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Barrows
J. H. Barrows
Oberlin
America
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