City of Trenton boiler explosion sinks steamboat
The City of Trenton steamboat exploded a boiler near Torresdale while en route from Philadelphia to Trenton New Jersey. Ten died and many were injured. several passengers missing or severely burned as the vessel ran aground and burned to a wreck in the river.
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Philadelphia
Aus
Trenton
Wilmington Steamboat Company
N.S
Theresa Rhein
Louisa Franscholek
Smith
Harrelt
Louie Robingon
Anou Toavur
Camden
N. J
Cruella Magrogan
E. Koppert
Alice E. Matthews
G. B, Srottay
Bessie Brown
Jeannette Steid
Will Son Mecke
J. W. Hastings
Fla. de Lacey
F. A
Forresdale
Yugder
Vessel Runs Aground After Toward Shore Incident
In a riverfront accident the vessel ran aground while heading toward shore. Passengers, including Gre, leaped into four foot deep water. many waded ashore and some were rescued by boat club members. Captain Worrell and crew provided aid, with the seriously injured taken to Holmesburg Hospital, three miles below Torsresdale.
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Gre
Worrell
Holmesburg
Tors Resdale
Skirmishing With Natives At Mount Maquiling Reported
Manila reports Captain Hale and 200 men of the 20th Infantry defeated Filipino forces led by Generals Malvar and Gor zilea at Mount Maquiling near Tovauan Batangas. Two Amaari uans wounded. pursuit ongoing. Samar operations paused due to wet weather. Envoys from Deloso Mindanao negotiating with General Capristano Cayayan. surrender of island leaders expected.
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Manila
Hale
Malvar
Gorzilea
Mount Maquiling
Tovauan
Batangas
Tuzon
Colomba
Samar
Deloso
Mindanao
Capristano
Cayayan
Dramatic British War Dispatch Reports Executions Threats
London reports a Pretoria dated dispatch stating General Elliot learned that on June 6 Lieut. Mair of the Saw South Wales artillery and privates Harvey and Blunt were shot after surrendering at Graspan near Reitz. The War Office urged proclamation that any commando leader be executed and members punished by death or elsewise, depending on their level of involvement.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Elliott
Mair
Saw South Wales Artillery
Harvey
Blunt
Graspan
Reitz
Steyn
Botha
War Office
Kitchener
Winkfontein
Copenhagen to Jubilate
Copenhagen crowds await czar visit as two Russians are detained quietly by authorities. A Liberal demonstration is planned for Sunday with many from across Denmark preparing to review before the palace. The king may open the rigsfad in October.
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Copenhagen
Bone
Christian
Denmark
Postal Expenses Grow in Philippine Posts
Washington reports August 40 shows director general of posts in the Philippines increasing post offices from 13 to 23. Expenses rise faster than receipts, signaling growing postal costs in the territory.
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Washington
Annie
Philippines
Guards Guard Big Four Mines as Strike Looms at Fort Scott
At Fort Scott Kansas on August 30 armed guards are being deployed by coal mine companies to protect non union workers or those choosing not to strike. Executives supply and station guards inside stockades at the various mines to await possible labor action.
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Fort Scott
Kan
British Order More Troops for Pekin
London reports British authorities in Pekin telegraphed for more troops as Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching indicate they will sign the protocol. The foreign ministers receive notices that edicts on punishments for officials and court handling of courts are to be issued, with ministers pressing for satisfactory terms and the Chinese rushing to Pekin for decrees while implying greater willingness to cooperate once troops remain to enforce the protocol.
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Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
China
Itty
Ernest Satow
Li Hung Chong
Great Britain
Non union drive spurs new arbitration plan in steel industry
Pittsburg August 28 The steel corporation pushes a non union policy at Star plant and advertises for non union men with top wages and permanent jobs. Union leaders question staffing and vow to stay firm while a new arbitration scheme proposed by Simon Burne would place prominent mediators in charge to settle terms. both sides claim the strike is near resolution.
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Pittsburg
The
Steel Corporation
American Tin Plate Company
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Tie
Liel
Nieht
Simon Burne
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Burns
Archbishop Treland
Potter
Seth Low
M. A. Hanna
Colorado Commandery Captures First Prize at Derby Drill
Denver hosts 38,000 as Colorado Commandery No. 1 wins the top prize in a drill competition at Churchill Downs. St Bernard No. 85 of Chicago takes second, Golden Gate No. 16 of San Francisco third. Debate over dependent membership prompts a Grand Encampment vote upholding that knights must be in good standing in both chapter and lodge.
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Louisvlle
Colorado Commandery
Denver
Commanderea of Knights
St. Bernard
Chicago
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Churchill Downs
Lloyd
Knights Templar
Wey
Shamrock II Completes Quiet Fourth Trial Spin
New York report states the Shamrock II made a calm four hour spin in New York waters, sailing southwest from the spit buoy to Staten Island twice, covering about thirty miles. Sir Thomas Lipton and designer Watson were not aboard.
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Shamrock
New York
Spit
Staten Island
Sir Thomas Lipton
Watson
Rescued From Poorhouse In Indiana Reunion
Twenty five years after being sent from Columbia City to relatives in Central Wisconsin the two daughters learned their mother Mrs. George Ditton was alive in the White County poor house. Yesterday the mother was reclaimed by her daughters and will be taken to their home.
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Laporte
Ind
Columbia City
Wisconsin
George Ditton
White County
Home Near Madison Wis Mia Dit Ton Deed Earned
A fragment notes that near Madison Wisconsin a home had been earned as deed by two daughters Mia Dit ton until a few months ago. The readable text is sparse and lacks further context about ownership or related events.
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Madison
Wis
Mia
Morton Daughter Engaged To French Duke in Paris
London Aug 29 official announcement of Helen Morton daughter of former Governor Levi P Morton of New York engagement to Count Boson De Perigord second son of Duc De Talleyrand.
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Levi P. Morton
London
Helen
New York
Count Boson de Perigord
Duc de Talleyrand
Boys Find Packages of Paper Money in Lumber Yard
In Omaha on August 29 three boys playing in a lumber yard found three mold crusted packages of paper money and national bank notes. The stacks are believed to total two to six thousand dollars and require expert examination to determine denominations. The Pacific Express Co. has lost two similar packages in the past ten years and will investigate the matter.
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Omaha
National Bank
Pacific Express Company
Express Company
Constans Quits Constantinople Over Sultan Tiff
London reports M Constans has left Constantinople after the French flag was hauled down. He received a royal letter begging him to reconsider but refused. The British ambassador was twice involved in efforts to arrange a settlement. Rumors say his resignation stems from pique with the sultan.
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London
M. Constans
Constantinople
Mojesty
Constans
Lis
Pretty Girl and Manly Youth Betrothed in Colorado Mines
Kokomo Indiana August 30 Miss Bessie Cain a 17 year old Kokomo girl known as the pretty mountain maid falls in love with Fred W Calloway son of W R Calloway of Minneapolis. He is a student at Minnesota State University and works in Cripple Creek. He saved Miss Cain from danger and later nearly died after falling into a prospect hole. His parents approve the engagement and a railway job awaits the groom after graduation.
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Kokomo
Ind
Colorado Mountains
Bessie Cain
R. M. Cain
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Calloway
Gaia
Callaway
Misa Cain
Young Calloway
Htle
Chinese Nobles Indignant Over German Conduct
Berlin reports irate Chinese nobles after Prince Chun's retinue faces forced hotel relocation and confinement. Minor members protested fourth floor lodging, while Herr Von Rauch enforced room assignments. Prince Chun maintains telegraph links to Beijing amid heavy expenses and a delayed mission blamed on imperial ceremonial demands.
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Berlin
Prince Chun
Herr von Rauch
Pexin
William
Buchanan's New Job Advisory Role at St Louis Fate
St Louis news reports Director General W J Buchanan of the Pan-American Exposition will serve in an advisory relationship to the St Louis fate. The notice notes the arrangement as part of ongoing preparations and institutional coordination.
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St. Louis
W. J. Buchanan
Hull on Philippines rule and English grip in trade
Congressman Hull returns from the Philippines and warns against rapid troop withdrawal. He says natives seek peace but bandits terrorize, while English control old franchises, trade, land, and loans. Hull urges American institutions led by a First National Bank of Manila to bolster governance and finance.
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American National Bank
San Francisco
Hull
Jaws
Philippines
Hancock
First National Bank of
Manila
Templars Conclude Final Session at Louisville Conclave
In Louisville on August 30, the 28th triennial Knights Templars conclave adjourned after electing officers, with San Francisco chosen as meeting site for September 1904. Frank M. Thomas won the contested junior grand warden post as others advanced one rank. officers were elected on the first ballots. About 8,000 attendees filled the ball, with river receptions and excursions noted as key entertainments.
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Louisville
San Francisco
Knights Templars
Horse Show
Frank M. Thomas
District of Columbia
H. B. Stoddard
Bryan
Tex
George M. Moulton
Chicago
Templars Organization
Hi. Walea Lines
Connecticut
John A. Gerow
Detroit
H. Mayo
Football men meet in Chicago to form league
At a meeting of the Association of Football Leagues delegates from St. Louis Detroit Chicago and Milwaukee elected officers and a schedule committee. Four cities were admitted with franchises awarded to St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee and Detroit. The season opens about October 35.
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Chicago
Association of Football Leagues
Gus. F. Diel
Thomas Cahill
St. Louis
Frank MacDonall
Detroit
Charles Comiskey
T. 3. Andrews
John Carrol
T. Sullivan
Milwaukee
T. $. Andrews
Guy F. Diel
George Stallinga
Charlee Comiskey
No Warrants For Pickets In Chicago Ruling
Chicago news reports Justice Doyle ruled that union pickets may be arrested without warrants and held for criminal conversation for simply asking non union men to talk. Two iron workers were held for asking a strike breaker, Can I speak with you.
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Chicaxo
Justice Doyle
Iron Mauderal Union
New Probate Force to be Appointed in Milwaukee
Judge Paul D. Carpenter will start his term early next January and replace the probate staff with a new force. Current Republican clerks will adjust to the anticipated shift as Carpenter, a Democrat, takes office. Leonora Northrop, UW graduate and expert stenographer, sails to Europe and is said to be slated for the court reporter role to succeed Mr. Surke.
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Milwaukee
Sept. Su
Paul D. Carpenter
Wallker
oMee
Carpenter
Leonora Northrop
University of Wisconsin
Europe
Surke
Oshkosh Board Names Agnes Ralph as Science Teacher
Agnes Ralph will join Oshkosh High School as assistant to G A Talbert, teaching science next year for 750 dollars. A University of Wisconsin graduate, she previously taught seven years in Chippewa Falls earning 700 dollars there, with Oshkosh offering more to attract her. Also included is a letter from Harry Stout touring Chickasaw Nation noting Lawton’s tent city and frontier bustle as he travels toward Texas.
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Oshkosh Board of Education
Agnes Ralph
G. A. Talbert
Miss Ralph
Ralph
Chippewa Falla
Harry Stout
Chickasaw Nation
Indian Territory
Viroqua
Lawton
Texas
Governors to See Fat Stock Exposition
Governor Yates accepts invitation to the international fat stock exposition opening in Chicago December 2. Vice President Roosevelt plans to attend the reconvening of Congress December 1. Governors from seventeen states have already accepted invitations to be present.
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Springfield
Aug
Yates
Chicago
Roosevelt
Congress
Reventeen
Hogs at Top Peg in Sour City market
The highest hog price in eight years was set yesterday on the Sour City market at 6.25 dollars per hundredweight. Sharp gains reflect strong demand as buyers flocked to the yard. Local analysts noted the price surpasses recent peaks and signals firm livestock conditions.
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Sioux City
Young Maynard Dagey Named Wisconsin Rhetoric Instructor
Green Bay Indiana born Maynard L Dagey has been elected instructor in rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin. He previously taught at Fond du Lac and is reported as twenty years old.
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Maynard L. Dagey
Green Bay
Ind
University of Wisconsin
Fond @u Lac
Wisconsin Receives 25490 Share of Army Appropriation
Washington August 29 The apportionment for military appropriations allocates funds to states and territories. Illinois receives 50930, New York 27614, Michigan 29728, Nebraska 16993, Wisconsin 32590, Porto Rico 10000, Hawaii 5000.
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Washington
Illenois
Michigan
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Porto Rico
Hawaii
More Soldiers Come Home From Manila Transport
San Francisco reports the transport Hancock arrived from Manila with 1,200 soldiers and 2 cabin passengers. There was one death during the voyage.
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San Francisco
Hancock
Manila
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