Anarchist Plot Targeting Pope Foiled in Vatican Garden
New York reports an armed man arrested in the Vatican gardens amid an alleged anarchist plot to kill Pope Leo. The intruder, wielding a cavalry pistol and dagger, attacked Swiss guards before being subdued and seized by Italian police. Authorities tightened Vatican security as letters warning of danger were previously received.
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Rome
Vatican Gardens
Leo
Holy Father
Vatican
Leo IV
Pope Leo
Rampolla
Pope life attempt report printed with caveat
New York Evening Journal shows a cable despatch about an alleged papal attack. The paper notes none of its sources confirm the alarming news and marks the report as from an afternoon city paper.
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New York
The
Evening Journal
Journal
Party Plots The Cause Of Revolution In Colombia
A detailed analysis from Colom bia reports Liberal rebels on the isthmus and Venezuela Ecuador and Nicaragua backing them. It notes the government in dire finances with heavy gold payments and forced loans, unstable interior, limited naval strength, and possible U.S. intervention amid fears of Gran Colombia federation.
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Colon
Colombia
Kingston
Jam
Panama
Venezuela
Ecuador
Nicaragua
Castro
Gran Colombia
Alban
Savanilla
Liberal Revolutionary
Ranger arrives at Acapulco after Panama voyage
The small gun boat Ranger, sailing from San Diego on August 17, reached Acapulco today. After coal and rest she will continue to Panama. The ship has covered about 1490 miles in nine days, averaging nearly six and a half knots per hour.
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Ranger
San Diego
Cal
Panama
Acapulco
Mex
Loubet details Franco Russian alliance and Czar visit
Paris reports President Loubet told an important interlocutor that the Franco Russian alliance proved useful for France. He said he drove negotiations for a Czar visit to France while Moscow planned a Baltic fleet review and noted hidden secrecy in the talks. He also cited alliance aided China relations and that a Paris stop was not on the Czar's current itinerary.
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the Patrie
Pres. Loubet
M. Loubet
Baltic
France
M. Delcasse
Kruger Speaks on Kitchener Proclamation
The Daily Telegraph prints a long interview with Mr. Kruger at Hilversum discussing Lord Kitchener's latest proclamation. The correspondent notes Kruger contends that Lord...
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London
Daily Telegraph
Kruger
Hilversum
Lord Kitchener
Boers condemn proclamation and vow resistance
Kitchener’s proclamation is denounced as the blackest crime against the Boers. Kruger says the Dutch conspiracy story is a monstrous lie. He argues peace remains possible with give and take, independence, and pardons for colonial Afrikanders, while burghers resist European interference.
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Kitchener
Europe
Kruger
Boers Hidden as Kitchener Reports Ongoing War
London dispatch quotes Lord Kitchener on August 19 to 26 noting 32 Boers killed 139 captured and 185 surrendered including Kruger’s nephew. Columns face little opposition in Cape Colony while rebels hide. Gen Beatson pursues Schepper north amid a praised but dragging South Africa war and discussion of reunification and future wealth.
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London
Kitchener
Kruger
Cape Colony
Beatson
Schepper
Stowe
Associated Press
England
South Africa
Cape
Peace talks collapse as Shaffer denies official knowledge
Pittsburg August 26. President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association says no authority or official sanction exists for any settlement move. Civic federation mediators push for peace as steel plants operate at limited output. Workers return elsewhere while Painter mill eyes double shifts. pickets report nineteen desertions.
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Shaffer
Civic Federation
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Bishop Potter
Daniel Hanna
Seth Low
Steel Corporation
Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Trust
Painter
Hoop Combine
Amalgamated
Williams
Amalgamated Lodges
Star Mills
Four Die In Congaree River Bridge Accident
Aug 26 Columbia S C four men died when two seven foot steel girders weighing four tons each fell from mid river at the new Southern Railway bridge over the Congaree. Five workers were on the structure. four were knocked into the river, two rescued by a government tug. Several injured. three pinned to the bridge. Phoenix Bridge Co. Philadelphia built the bridge. Weather or other factors blamed for loosened supports.
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Southern Railway
Congaree River
Congares
J. Casslebatry
Weaben, Alston
Joseph Deadis
Jim Reorejp
Thousand Islands to be Put on Sale by Dominion
Montreal August 26 The Dominion interior department plans to offer about 500 islands in the St Lawrence Thousand Island group for sale. Islands span from five acres to two hundredths of an acre, located between Kingston and Brockville. Plans and sale conditions will be printed, offers received, and bids invited if multiple applicants seek the same island. Only two islands may go to a single applicant.
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Central America
Namouna
Prizon
Alban
Bogota
United States
Colombia
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Thousand Island
Dominion Department of the Interior
Kingston
Brockville
Flying Blue Nose train crash injures six people
The Flying Blue Nose engine with tender attached collided with the I. C. R. Maritime express from Montreal near North Street station in Halifax. Both engines and rolling stock were demolished, six passengers suffered slight bruises, and three trainmen were injured. all passengers escaped serious harm.
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I. C. R. Maritime Express
Montreal
North Street
Shootout in Street Ends in Youths Death in Chicago
David Lindskog son of Rev Herman Lindskog of St Ansgarius Swedish Episcopal Church was shot and killed by Policeman James H Wiley near the rectory. The officer fired in self defense against a group of youths after a melee at Oak and Sedgwick. Wiley was injured in the clash. Three young men believed to be Lindskog's companions were later arrested.
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Chicago
David Lindskog
Herman Lindskog
St. Ansgarius
James H
Young Lindskog
Oak
Sedgwick Streets
Wiley
Lindskog
Knights Templars Conclave Opens in Louisville Awaits 40000 in Line
The 28th triennial conclave of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templars begins in Louisville with Maj. John H. Leathers predicting about 40000 Sir Knights in parade. Delegates from across the world attend as officers are elected and St Paul Milwaukee and San Francisco shown as next meeting candidates. The opening reception at the custom house marks the start of week long festivities.
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Knights Templars
John H. Leathers
Honolulu
Geo. M. Moulton
Chicago
Lloyd
Stoddard
Texas
Aim
St. Paul
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Denver
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New England
Custom House
Doubtful Rumors About a Kidney Pills Testimony
A Lowell resident testifies that Mr. Grady used Dean's Kidney Pills and that pain in the back and kidney secretions ceased after buying them from Ellingwood & Co. The ad notes the pills cost 50 cents a box and are sold by Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo as sole US agents, urging readers to remember the Doan's name.
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Lowell
James Grady
Lincoln Street
Dean
Ellingwood & Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan’s
Bishop rides handcar mail run to Reading on wild trip
Reading Pa August 26 Bishop R Dubs head of United Evangelical church of the United States aged about 65 traveled on a handcar from Chicago to deliver mail to Reading after an engine derailment halted progress. The bishop rode with faith and cautioned others to keep calm and avoid swearing as the car sped thirty miles per hour through curves and ravines toward Mohnsville where he reached his engagement.
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Reading
R. Dubs
United Evangelical Church of the United States
Chicago
Adamstown
Bobby Wahl
Johnsville
Wahl
Mohnsville
Souled by Scabs at Crescent Tin Plate Mill
Thomas Oldecker, a non-union worker at Crescent tin plate mill, was drenched with a water hose by two non-union comrades who remained at work. Amalgamated association District Vice President Ward warned mill officials that such actions would meet union resentment if repeated. Oldecker had only been employed a few days.
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Cleveland
Thomas Oldecker
Crescent Tin Plate Mill
Ward
Amalgamated Association
Oldecker
Mrs Bonine's Pistol Case Sends Detective Back East
Detective Muller returned from St Joseph Mo to identify the pistol tied to the killing of James Ayres Jr at the Kenmore hotel. The weapon remains not fully identified. The dealer denied selling the gun to Mrs IdA Bonines brother while another man claimed replating it. A second trip to St Joseph is likely before Mrs Bonines trial.
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Washington
Muller
St. Joseph
James Seymour Ayres, Jr
Kenmore Hotel
Ida Bonine
Henry
Templars Wrecked In Ohio Train Derailed
A special Baltimore and Ohio train carrying Pennsylvania Knights Templar en route to Louisville was ditched at Barnesville Ohio. Engineer Milo Francis of Zanesville was killed and Fireman Walter Boston of Newark fatally injured. Passengers escaped with minor bruises as the engine jumped the track and the train followed after striking a charge on Barnesville hill.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Knights Templar
Louisville
Milo Francis
Zanesville
Walter Boston
Newark
Barnesville Hill
Cuban affairs update delays and Cuba election plans
Secretary Root, on vacation, met with Gen. Leonard Wood to discuss Cuban affairs. The constitutional election law has moved to a committee, with final adoption expected soon. Wood will return to Havana to arrange elections, with delegates anticipating government organization by February 4, 1902.
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Washington
Root
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Wood
Havana
Stone returns to office as Senate hopeful from Missouri
Former Governor William J. Stone, vice chairman of the Democratic national committee, after a five week illness, appeared at his office in St. Louis and declared his candidacy for the United States Senate to succeed G. G. Vest.
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St. Louis
William J. Stone
Democratic National Committee
United States Senate
G. G. Vest
Kansas Sizzles Under Heat Wave Across State
A new heat wave hit Kansas after three weeks of good weather with scattered rains. Temperatures climbed to 106 in Topeka, 106 there, 104 in Wichita, 105 in Salina, and 102 in Atchison. Prostrations occurred at Leavenworth as the heat surge surprised residents.
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Kansas
Wichita
Salina
Atchison
Leavenworth
Neely Case Testimony Directed to General Wood
Washington August 26 The war department orders Attorney H C Lewis to forward to Gen Wood the testimony of 24 witnesses in the Neely postal frauds case in Cuba if Justice has no objection Witnesses include the president and cashier of the Seventh National Bank New York
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Washington
War Department
H. C. Lewis
Department
Charles Neely
Cuba
Gen. Wood
Department of Justice
Seventh National Bank of New York
Rockhill Delays Departure to Finalize Talks
Commissioner Rockhill agrees to delay his departure from Pekin until he completes the current negotiations, extending his stay in the city through August 26.
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Washington
Rockhill
Pekin
Found in river Britton H Taber lawyer identified
The body of Britton H Taber a New York lawyer was found in the North River today. Taber born in Georgia educated at the University of Georgia admitted to the bar in 1871 moved to New York in 1893 and authored several religious works. He had just completed a manuscript titled The Guiding Star of Humanity and was married.
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New York
Britton H. Taber
North River
Machias Arrives as Rebels Threaten Bocas Del Toro
A report circulating in Colon, Colombia, says the rebels menacing Bocas Del Toro originate from Bluefields, Nicaragua. The U S gunboat Machias anchors today in Colon harbor.
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Colon
Colombia
Bocas del Torro
Bluefields
Nicaragua
U.S
Machiag
Colon Harbor
Blake's Stock Nashua Sold to A G Pollard
J H Blake Co of Nashua retires from business and sells hosiery underwear corsets gloves yarns and notions at less than 50c on the dollar. Pollard & Co advertise a sale Friday the 30th at about half Blake's prices with further details in later ads in the Courier.
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J. H. Blake & Co
Nashua
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