Massacre details reveal Chinese officials' apathy and assaults
Reports from Fu Chau and nearby areas recount a brutal assault and massacre near Ku Cheb, with attackers armed by a chief leader. Victims include American and local Christians. injuries range from wounds to fatal head trauma. U.S. consul J Courtney Hixson identifies suspects and notes officials’ nonattendance at funerals amid widespread persecution.
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Obedient Boy Involved In Fatal Schoolyard Incident
In Hovrstos Florida Australia section 12 year old Albert Tillis is accused in the death of 9 year old Annie Avant. Tillis allegedly knocked her, dragged the body into the woods, and partly covered it with leaves. His mother Mrs Avant, a widow, and the two families had quarrelled and he reportedly warned his son not to let the girl wait for him after school.
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Miners Freed From Odions Contracts Under Settlement
Nineteen operators with contracts were released following a miners settlement. The contracts had forced labor at fifty five cents and barred attendance at meetings or membership in any union, prompting the release of all contracted workers.
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Death of Vicar General Hughes at sixty six
Vicar General Hughes died after a stomach hemorrhage on the night of the 30th. He was 66 years old. The death occurred after an attack, with Hartrerp and Aue noted in connection to the report.
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Cuban insurgents claim battle near Bayama July 12
The dispatch from Havina reports General Santocitdes killed in the Meht near Bayama on July 12. Cuban forces tally 378 Spaniards killed or wounded, Cuban losses 14 killed and 78 wounded, 423 rifles captured, 19 cases of ammunition, $16,006 in cash, and pack animals taken. Over 20,010 insurgents remain under arms in Santiago de Cuba province.
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Santiago de Cuba
Regatta Committee Holds Firm Amid Protests
The Vigilant sailed for Brincol after fruitless talks with the regatta committee. The Jubilee to race Defender this afternoon regardless, while late reports said the committee refused to sustain the Vigilant protest in recent races. An investigation confirmed the decision, leaving the contest uncertain for the regatta schedule.
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Yesterday's baseball results across leagues
National League games in Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Cleveland, and Chicago featured wins by Philadelphia over Baltimore and New York over Washington, with Cleveland sweeping Louisville in a doubleheader. Eastern League saw Wilkesbarre beat Buffalo and Scranton defeat Trento while Springfield ousted Syracuse and Providence beat its opponent. Pennsylvania State League results included Lancaster versus Carbondale and Allentown clashing with Hazleton, amid New York Victorians Strikers coverage.
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Crushed to Death by Falling Grave Bank
Philadelphia report details two men Gottloib Girmain aged 62 and Henry Weinberg aged 35 who were killed when a caved grave bank on Cumberland street collapsed. They were digging out earth beneath the bank when the living mass fell and suffocated them before aid could arrive.
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Twenty Thousand Italians for Africa expedition news
Rome reports a conference among Premier Crispi Minister Blanc and generals Morenni and Buratriari concluding plans to send an expedition of 20000 men to Abyssinia in October. Also reports a fatal knife duel in Lonvoke county over a bull yearling. Dynamite insurgents in Cuba blow railroad bridges near Sancti Spiritus and Conde Sersundi joins them. Steam boiler explosion scalds Stephen Scofield in Baltimore. Alaska district attorney appointment announced.
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Turbulent Town Erupts Over Racial Strife and Miner Clash
In a troubled city, Colonel Boyle warns troops may be deployed to restore order after violent clashes between white miners and Black workers. A mass meeting of diverse European miners endorses stringent measures while denouncing external reports as biased.
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Organised Shinage Negroes Threaten Spring Valley Attack
Police report information alleging coordinated plans by colored men to attack Trahan miners at Spring Valley. Pawnbrokers say several approached to buy Winchester rifles, though many lacked stock. One would be purchaser said they would “show the agents what we wants with them.”
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Tragic Jump From Third Avenue Home Claims Life
Sarah Barton aged 20 committed suicide by jumping from a third story window at 2215 Third Avenue to the roof of 316 East One Hundred Twenty-first Street and back to the street where she died shortly after. The incident’s cause remains unknown but is believed linked to temporary insanity. Separately, Flint glass workers and manufacturers reached a lamp chimney scale agreement, accepting the last two years’ rate with a provision for a possible double advance next year if trade warrants.
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Rebels likely reject peace terms renew hostilities
Aug 8 Rio de Janeiro correspondent reports The Times that Rio Grande do Sul rebels are believed to reject suggested terms of peace. Both sides are preparing to renew hostilities.
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Secretary Smith Praises Southern Industrial Boom
Baurimong Aug. 8 Hon Hoke Smith secretary of the interior in an interview with the Manufacturers Record discusses the southern business outlook after his recent trip saying times are improving Georgia shows prosperity with a peach industry that shipped 60 to 90 carloads daily by rail. He notes factories expanding coal and iron districts and rising wages as mills and furnaces restart and grow across the cotton belt.
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Chicago Fair Grounds races resume after Civic Federation blocks
The Chicago Fair Grounds Association restarts thoroughbred racing at Harlem track after civic action blocked earlier. Public demand for racing remains high with many horses stabled and officials hopeful for legislative support to permit betting and run major stakes events including a national derby.
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Cuban Filibusterer Rumors and Local Incidents Across Ports
In Jacksonville a British steamer Jason arrived with orange box material for Tamaicu n. Cuban diversions were noted as the US cutter Boutwell patrolled the Tasen area watching. A Cuban expedition rumor surrounds a man named Anthran and diplomat figures. A milk inspector reports cattle disease cases. several horses die in Combertind county. A shooting near Mrs Whitaker’s home injures a man, with the assailant arrested. A coroner’s jury returns a verdict of death by drowning pushed overboard in another case on the Delaware River.
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Philadelphia Tailors Denounce Rumor of Union Split
The Philadelphia Tailors, union members in New York and Philadelphia, reject reports of a break within the Am I global garment workers organization. They say the claims have no basis in fact and that local workers are satisfied with their condition.
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Governor Lui Brought To Hospital After Collapse
The report notes California Governor Lui lying critically ill in Stocktown Mississippi while Desideratie faction nominates J T McLanein for governor. A runaway horse in Henderson Kentucky kills Mira Garrig Hart. In Richmond Peter Marchetti dies from a gas generator explosion. Mexico permits native corn flour and beans to be carried by foreign vessels between gulf ports.
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Stocktown
The Miata Contest Defeat for Anticatholics
Judge Hopewell dismissed ten city council members with a severe rebuke after they defied court orders not to approve bonds for a police commission, calling their act contempt of court. He noted the New Jersey case as precedent and urged restraint until orders are properly set aside. The controversy over the new commission’s constitutionality continued.
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Manufacturers Ignore the Union in Wage Dispute
Philadelphia August 8 Employers of ingrain carpet weavers withdraw their offer to sign an advanced wage scale to start October 1. They say strikers blocked settlement and will deal with workers individually or not at all. In Norte Victony West Virginia a farmer employer Henry Whitlock was murdered with an ax by Charles Burgess after luring him to a curfew. Burgess later threatened Whitlock’s wife and fled. motive unknown.
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Catholic Abstinence Union Reports Growth in Membership
Secretary A D Boyle reports at the national Catholic temperance session that in the first year nearly 1 new member joined the association. The union now has 65 90k members across sod societies with 17 societies joining and others withdrawing during the year.
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Man fatally wounds clerk as officer shot at Fisher's store
In a violent incident at Fisher's clothing store John A. Heart alias William Hashes, a colored man, shot and seriously wounded the proprietor and likely fatally wounded Policeman Alexander Mc Cameron who attempted to arrest him. The assailant fled, fired additional shots, and was later captured.
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Desperate Women Squatters in Manitowoc Border War
In Manitowine Wisconsin on August 5 a chaotic scene unfolded as a rift between squatters and a local lumber yard escalated. A fence was erected by the Menominee Rover Lassier company and torn down by squatters amid clashing factions and a tense confrontation.
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Fragmented regional notice on local figures and events
An OCR fragment mentions names and places like Jackson's Hale and Gane eral Coping t, with references to two more Scola Payties and local figures Besavating and Laaliams. The readable text hints at community notices or notices of local activity, but specifics are unclear.
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