Admiral Train Passes Away in China at 61
Rear Admiral Charles J. Train, commander-in-chief of the U S Asiatic Fleet, died at Chefoo China at 9 16 a m He was 61 and would have retired next May He guided neutrality in Philippine waters during the Russo Japanese war and had served as rear admiral since 1904 In a separate dispatch two assistant surgeons faced court martial over promotion examination gouging charges and the navy secretary ordered proceedings toward Monday in Washington News of robberies in El Reno Oklahoma and a posse shooting followed the incident while an order to produce policyholder lists haunted Mutual Life Insurance in New York City and a Havana mayoralty change concluded with Julio de Cardenas elected mayor of Havana The explosion in Houston left W L Fletcher dead and Lee Brooks burned
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Japan
Washington
Navy Department
Charlies J. Train
United States Asiatic Fleet
Chefoo
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Rata
Prairie
North Atlantic
Theodore Normand Pease
Harry Lee Brown
United States Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Bonaparte
Washington Navy Yard
el Reno
Okla
Samuel Roland
Corrinne Jones
Dallas
Texas
Roland
Miss Jones
Seach & Stranger
Explosion at liquor house gutts building in city
A blast in the rectifying room of Joph at & Company wholesale liquor house caused a fire that gutted the entire building. The loss is estimated at 75000 dollars. Moody in Washington on August 4 directed prosecutions of railroads for safety appliances violations. U.S. attorneys will file suits for statutory penalties. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad faces seventeen penalties and the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern thirty.
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Moody
Washington
United States
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Fleet pacer The Broncho shatters three world records at Glenville track
The Broncho daughter of Storm Cliffe, bought for $10,000, won all three heats of the free-for-all pace in 2:03, 2:03 1-4 and 2:02 3-4 at Glenville. She set world marks for three consecutive heats, pacing mares in a race, and fastest third heat. Czarina Dawson won the Merchants and Manufacturers consolation and Italia, driven by Vance Nichols, won the 2:19 class pacing. Separately in Seymour, NY, fielder Seymour refused to play for the Mets after a $10,000 release payment to Cincinnati, with no club authority to compel action.
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Glenville
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Storm Cliffe
Rochon and Doble
Winnipeg
Czarina Dawson
Vance Nichols
W. P. Murray
Italia
Seymour
New York
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St. Louis
Polo Grounds
New Yorks
Baseball standings and results from the American and National Leagues
In Chicago the White Sox lost 7 2 to 4 as Boston and Philadelphia split a doubleheader while Detroit beat New York 28 to 2. Cleveland defeated Philadelphia 9 to 4, and St Louis and Washington posted minor results. In the National League Boston beat Cincinnati 2 1, Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn 5 2, and Chicago swept Philadelphia 7 3 in one game and won 3 0 in another. American Association noted Columbus 4 Minneapolis 1 and Louisville 6 Milwaukee 8 with Toledo 12 St Paul 1.
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R. H. E Chicago
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Walsh and Sullivan
Harris and Armbruster
Detroit
New York
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Warker
Orth and
Kleinow
R.A. E. St. Laws
Washington
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Best She Could Do Husband What Bonnet
A columned quip from the Columbus Dispatch contrasts a wife defending a modest bonnet purchase with the husband’s claim of not affording luxury. The note ends with a modern jab that all luxury corrupts morals or taste, attributed to Joubert.
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Columbus Dispatch
Joubert
Mutiny Suppressed Amid Strife in St Peters burg
Chaos erupts as mutiny on the Russian cruiser Bogatyr is crushed with 200 sailors seized. The Moscow guards demand reforms while a governor is killed by a bomb in Samara. Strikes spread in St Petersburg with electric plants, streetcars, and factories affected. Military or autocratic rule seen as possible.
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Helsingfors
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Ivernia Victims Return to Portland Father
The steamer Ivernia from Helsingfors Finland delivers the girls who were turned over to railroad officers for travel across the continent. They are reunited with their father Peter Westgard of Portland Oregon.
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Peter Westgard
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Ore
Ohio briefs highlight caucus move and rate war in state
At Cedar Point the Democratic state senators planned a Columbus caucus during the state convention to strengthen party organization. In Cleveland a rate war flares as Erie and Big Four push 24 and 32 2/3 cent excursion fares. Akron reports a Summit county treasury deficit of 272,451 dollars.
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Fred G. Smith
Candidacy Filed For Zion Fire Overseer in Chicago Court
Two nominees for general overseer of the Christian Apostolic Catholic church in Zion City have filed certificates in the United States circuit court. Wilbur Glen Voliva leads the church after John Alexander Dowie was suspended, while Alfred H. Bills, once aligned with Dowie, opposes Voliva. Dowie’s lawyers deny any link with Bills. Bills is a major Zion City property owner who has resided there five years. Dowie’s lawyers announce he will not run again.
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Zion City
United States Circuit Court
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John Alexander Dowie
Alfred H. Bills
Dowies
Voliva
Dowie
Bills
Dowle
Trades Disputes Bill Passes Committee Stage Amid Cheers
London reports the trades disputes bill clearing the committee stage in the House of Commons amid ministerial cheering. An extraordinary midnight scene followed PM Campbell-Bannerman’s pledge, with Balfour accusing him of breaking it as members left the chamber. A clause granting immunity from damages for illegal strike acts was adopted. Kaiser on the red peril and yellow peril also noted.
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London
House of Commons
Campbell-Banner Tan
Robert Cecil
Lord Roberts
Balfour
Engaged Yangis in Sonora Battle With Yaquis Reported
An army messenger describes a fierce two day clash behind Las Guasimas in Sonora. Seven Mexican soldiers including Sergeant Carlos R. Robles are dead, the Yaquis suffer significant losses, and prisoners hold the wounded.
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Guaymas
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Sonora
Las Guasimas
Carlos R. Robles
National Guard
Two Poor Walters and Sharp Wits in Theaters
Comic exchanges show Mrs Nulywed claiming she is poorly dressed while Nulywed professes love in Paris Rire and Two Poor Walters. Hewitt quips about a new waiter at the restaurant while Jewett notes time waits. Seward stresses duty to health and honesty in public discourse.
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Hewitt
Jewett
New York Press
Steel Mills Working to Full Capacity Amid Optimism
Bradstreet notes rising confidence in iron and steel with orders strong for fall and winter. Mills push to full capacity as dividends resumed, boosting sentiment. fall shipments and house trade preparations underway. Also reports gulf adrift sailors, a Gary murder confession, and Battling Nelson awaiting a Gans Labor Day bout for $30,000 in Goldfield.
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Gans
Goldfield
Nev
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San Francisco
Grain and live stock price report across major markets
Chicago markets show cattle prices from common to prime steers at 3.50 to 6.25, hogs between 5.95 and 6.50, and sheep and lambs quoted in the 4.26 to 7.70 range. East Buffalo and Pittsburg listings follow with export cattle to heavy hogs, while Cleveland and Cincinnati add regional figures for cattle sheep calves and grains. Toledo rounds out with wheat corn oats and rye values.
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Jewel gifts mark Root visit to Rio harbor
Secretary Root and Mrs Root are warmly greeted in Rio de Janeiro as President Alves boards the American cruiser Charleston. A Brazilian diamond and a golden casket with a watch are given, and Root is named an honorary member of the Brazilian lawyers institute. Barroso and Buenos Ayres will ferry Charleston to Montevideo.
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Alves
Senor de Balboe
Institute of Brazilian Lawyers
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Buenos Ayres
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Oriental fruit bats descend on orchards with fury
In ersatz natural history prose, oriental fruit bats or kalongs feed on soft fruits including figs and guavas. They live in vast colonies roosting by day, fight over fruit at dusk, stuff pouches, and sometimes drink toddy from coconut-tree bottles, returning in the morning riotous or sleepy.
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India
Ceylon
Malayan
Java
Tickeil
Francis Day
Ernest Ingersoll
Fires strike Milan exposition and Albany flour house loss
A series of disasters reported: flames damaged Milan exposition buildings and Albany flour house nearly destroyed by fire. A Great Northern engine killed Telos Sabres and his son near Saunders Wisconsin. Miama Grain elevator near Jamestown Ohio burned with 4000 bushels of wheat and oats. A former Paterson mayor, William H. Belcher, sentenced to 12 years for embezzlement. A New York Italian woman shoots Nicola Terra after he refuses marriage. Columbus announces Hughes named Ohio National Guard chief division quarter master with lieutenant colonel rank.
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N. Y
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Telos Sabres
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Saunders
Wis
Miama Grain Company
Bowersville
Jamestown
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Paterson
N. J
Trenton
Marie Schabare
New York
Nicola Terra
Terra
Pennsylvania Mines Lead Nation In Coal Output 1905
Harrisburg August 4 1905 the annual report of James Roderick chief of the state department of mines shows Pennsylvania dominates U S mining producing almost all anthracite and 80 percent of bituminous coal. 1905 coal output valued at about 350 million dollars at mines and 650 million at distribution with anthracite 78 047 020 short tons and bituminous 119 251 514 short tons. 641 lives lost in anthracite mines and 479 in bituminous mines.
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Harrisburg
James €. Roderick
State Department of Mines
To See Plainly and Speak What Is Seen
The passage extols clear perception and plain speech as the highest human act. It asserts that many speak or think, but few truly see, and that true seeing yields poetry and prophecy in one. The quote emphasizes plain narration of observed truth over rhetoric or speculation.
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Ituskin
Din Past Professor Lecturing on Essential Oxygen
A fragment shows a professor stating that oxygen is essential to life, noting it was discovered about a century ago. A student asks what life was before its discovery. A local ad promotes rib boiling meat at 6c per pound and steak at 10c per pound at Paul’s Meat and Fish Market, 16 N Erie Street.
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Paul's Meat and Fish Market
Erie Street
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