Death Toll Rises in Alton Road Water Works Disaster
Five men died at water works crib No 3 when an explosion wrecked the shaft and flooded the tunnel with mud and lake water. William Williams Vallencourt Bert Troto chaud Higgins perished. Coe and Snyder escaped. Rescue and investigation follow mayor's orders and safety reviews.
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Cleveland
Waterworks Crib No. 3
James Williams
A. Vallencourt
John Bert
Ray Trotochaud
Daniel Higgins
Henry Coe
Vernon Snyder
Crib
Crib No. 3
Crib No. 2
No. 2 Crib
Merc
Starile No. 2
Johnson
Milwwaukee
Dellenbaugh
Common Pleas Court
Alton Collision At Prentice Kills Five In Yards
In a 12:20 a m collision between the Chicago and Alton Hummer end and a way freight at Prentice Illinois five persons were killed and six injured. Victims include exengineer Prad-Cogo Bheehan of the passenger train and German Fubn Adams. three unknown men were also among the deceased. Several injured are identified by hometowns such as Jacksonville Bloomington and St Louis with several passengers sustaining injuries and some minor bruises. The engine crews and passengers escaped major harm as the trainmen and bystanders aided the wounded.
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Prentice
Jacksonville
Chicago & Alton
Hummer
End & Way
Ill
Prad
Cogo Bheehan
Fubn Adams
Greman
Blaze at Atlantic Refining plant injures about hundred people
Philadelphia August 22 firemen company workers and spectators suffered burns as two oil tanks burst at the Atlantic Refining plant in Point Breeze. blazing petroleum sprayed Passyunk avenue trapping onlookers while dykes blocked the spread. fire crews struggle to keep oil from reaching the river and to save two nearby benzine tanks.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
Point Breeze
Passyunk Avenue
Break in French Turkish relations cited by envoy
Constantinople Aug 22 The French ambassador M Constans informed the sultan’s first secretary that all diplomatic ties with Turkey are broken. The cruiser Cassard sails from Toulon toward Turkish waters, soon to be followed by four other warships. Constans says the sultan broke a personal promise at an audience in the Yildiz palace regarding quays purchases and disputed French claims.
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Constantinople
M. Constans
France
Turkey
Cassard
Toulon
Turkish
Yildiz Palace
M. Coustans
President McKinley to visit Buffalo on September 4
President McKinley and party will arrive in Buffalo September 4 and stay at John G. Milburn’s home. On September 6 at noon he will receive a parade and address at Lincoln Park, with military escort and government representatives. A separate item notes pro intervention petition organized in Brussels for the czar’s visit to France.
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Buffalo
McKinley
Lincoln Parkway
Marine
Washington
Triuroprial Bridge
West Gnade Band
McHinney
Brussels
South Africa
France
Death rate lower in census 1900 report shows declines
Washington Arg 22 reports a preliminary census 1900 mortality study noting an overall death rate drop of 1.8 per 1000 in the registration area, with a near ten percent decline in major disease-related rates. City figures include Chicago 14.2, St Joseph 11, and Shreveport 45.5, along with varied Indiana Iowa trends.
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Washington
Arg
St. Joseph
Shreveport
Chicago
Aurora
Belleville
Danville
Decatur
Galesburg
Jacksonville
Ottawa
Quincey
Springfield
Indiana
Columbua
Elville
Indlianapolis
Jefferson
Lafayette
Michigan City
Iowa
Burlington
Davenport
Shaffer Shaffer Plans Arbitration or Liberation?
Pittsburgh steel strike update with Amalgamated President Shaffer signaling plans to close the strike by crisis leverage rather than arbitration. He rejects mediation or third-party arbitration, noting no talks have occurred and naming public figures as possible nonbinding arbiters if pursued.
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Pittsburg
Z. J.shatter
Amalgamated Association
Steel Corporation
Wtigatian
Shaffer
Sile
Ieelf
Elde
Sach
Archbishop Ireland
Bishop Potter
Seth Low
Association
Pittsburgh
Strike Rumors Weave Through Steel District Amid Markets
The article portrays a tense strike in the steel district with no end in sight. Reports describe fires at McKeesport works and preparations to reopen properties by nonunion managers while Crescent and Monongahela plants maintain operations. Leaders on both sides avoid announcements as rumors fly about plant moves and potential settlement talks.
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Demmler Tin Plate
McKeesport
Crescent Works
Cleveland
Carnegie Group
Monongahela
M. F. Tighe
Amalgamated Association
Chicago Minle
Shafer
Sfill
Btecl
Bet
Nur
National Negro Business League Opens its Second Session
In Chicago the second annual session of the National Negro Business League began on Wednesday and runs through Friday. Founded in Washington a year ago largely via Booker T. Washington, the league gathers negro business and professional people to encourage new enterprises. Delegates attend from over 90 states.
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Chicago
National Negro Business League
Washington
Booker T. Washington
Ball Games Standings and Notable Events
National and American league results recap with teams like Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Chicago, and St Louis. Western and Three I leagues standings included with scores. A hurricane report from Villarogo details extensive damage and casualties. Jack Winters received a 15 year sentence for gold bullion theft. Sir Thomas Lipton arrived in New York to a warm reception for the America’s Cup challenger.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphal
St. Louis
Krooklup
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Fitsburg
Cincinnati
Chicagro
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Detroit
Cleveland
Sly
Fbladelphia
Washington
Chieno
Western Association
Toledo
Dayton
Wheeling
Grand Rapids
Mortane
Fort Wayne
Matthews
Sir Thomas
Sir Thomas Lipton
Teutonic
Sandy Hook
Waldorf-Astoria
Secretary Way at Pittsburg talks with McKinley in Washington?
Secretary of State Way departed for Washington after a Cleveland conference with President McKinley noting no urgent Central American action. He said U S forces in Isthmus waters deter aggression but no immediate need. Colombia will protect rights. Also reports on Dowie preacher assault in South Chicago. and a 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition invitation proclamation signed by McKinley.
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Canton
State Way
Pittsburg
Washington
McKinley
United States
Waehreuin Stustees
South Chicago
Louis Christiansen
Zion
Nathoaw
Eicic
Waeshington
Aug
State Department
Preghent McMinley
Sc. Lely
Infant giant weighed 142 pounds on Moscow exhibit
Tichomiroff, Moscow chief physician, privately displays a six year old peasant child five feet two inches tall, weighing 142 pounds. The medical congress meeting in Moscow this September plans a special study of the infant giant amid talks of unusual pediatric anomalies.
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Gabe
Tichomiroff
Moscow
Russia
Medical Congress
New Docks for London To Cut Freight Costs
Atlantic Transport plans new London docking facilities costing about 10 million pounds. President Baker argues England trails the U S in freight handling, with high costs and outdated methods. Leyland and Atlantic will move 40 London 50,000 tons weekly, saving at least one shilling per ton and boosting returns on a 2 million pound capital.
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Journal of Commerce
Taker
Atlantic Transport Line
London
Baker
England
America
Leyland Company
Atlantic Transport Company
How Chinamen Get In Smuggling Ring Exposed by Revenue Cutter
A Santa Barbara special to the San Francisco Chronicle reports discoveries that prove wholesale smuggling of Chinese from British Columbia into the United States via Santa Barbara. The McCulloch has patrolled the Santa Barbara channel for weeks, detailing routes from Puget Sound to California and Vancouver to pick up Chinese workers and ship them as crew.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
San Francisco Chronicle
British Columbia
United States
McCulloch
Santa Barbara Channel
Puget Sound
California
Vancouver
D. C
Port Harford
San Pedro
Wallich and Wait on Kochs London Address
Prof Robert Koch explains that testing with real facts is the only way to combat consumption. He cites the Chicago Record-Herald remark that argument fails without experiment and says human tuberculosis cannot be transmitted without careful observation. He warns against adding useless regulatory appendages and sees a near remedy.
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Wallich
Wait
Saya Koch
Robert Koch
London
Verlin
Chicago Record- Herald
Kuch
Democrats Name Ticket for Iowa Governor and State Posts
In Des Moines Iowa August 22 the Iowa Democrats nominated a full ticket led by Thomas J. Phillips for governor and G E Ferguson for lieutenant governor with a platform stressing state taxation reform repeal of mulet liquor laws and local option licenses. The convention battled over platform language and adopted a Kansas City national platform reaffirming loyalty to it while urging state issues first. Virginia Republicans met Roanoke on August 22 nominating J Hampton Hoge for governor with R W Blair as lieutenant governor and D L Groner as attorney general after contests.
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Des Moines
Efor
Thomas J. Phillips
Ottumwa
G. E. Ferguson
Logan
Supreme Court
John Shortley
Dallas County
W. P. Johnson
Carroll
A. C. Brice
Bedford
Democrats of
Iowa
Kansas City
Piza
Kansan City
Robby
Jesse
Democrats
Towa
Princelnea
Jon. F. M. Sharan
Scott County
H. A. Nash
Daklas County
Reading
J. H. Gillespie
Committee On
John Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Chain Mann
Roanoke
Virginia
Col
J. Hampton Hoge
Hoan~oke
Warren
Lurry
Rockingham
Hoge
R. W. Blair
D. L. Groner
Fatal Windstorm Hits Anadark Oklahoma August Night
An Oklahoma windstorm struck Anadark on Wednesday around eight o clock causing extensive property damage and injuries. Several large structures along the main street were demolished and homes were lifted from foundations. Reports from nearby districts indicate fatalities and heavy losses including farmhouses and livestock.
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Anadarks
Okla
Oklahoma
Goubtey
Gov
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