Splendid Showing of Naval Prowess for Roosevelt Visit
Twenty one battleships and cruisers formed four long lines in Long Island Sound for a presidential naval review at Sagamore Hill. President Roosevelt, greeted by Secretary Moody and Admiral Dewey, inspected the fleet as destroyers flanked the formations. The Mayflower led the procession and salutes rang out as dignitaries visited each ship.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
United States Navy
Long Island Sound
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Moody
Dolphin
Thomas Lipton
Erin
Dewey
Taylor
Rodgers
Bronson
Chaffee
Royal Ulster
New York Yacht Clubs
Mayflower
Kearsarge
Illinois
Alabama
Texas
Baltimore
Chicago
Record £25,000 damages set in Constandinidi divorce case
London reports the Constandinidi divorce action yields a record £25,000 damages for breaking up a home, surpassing the prior £10,000 Beauchamp award. Judgments note damages are awarded regardless of claimant's social status, with children’ s share handled by the registrar and payment timing set.
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London
South Dakota
Nellie McHenry Finds Lost Securities Worth 50000
Nellie McHenry widow of John Webster reports discovering about 50000 of securities once owned by herself and her late husband. Found in vaults of two safe deposit firms, they are now in the theatrical manager's possession. Webster was last seen November 9, 1899 in Buffalo. most think he perished at Niagara Falls, though cause remains unknown. The couple rose to fortune in Chicago at Hooley's theater.
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Nellie McHenry
New York
John Webster
Buffalo
Canada
Webster
Niagara Falls
Mr. Webster
Chicago
Hooley's Theater
Woman Dies On Mountain Trail In Santa Ynez Range
Inquest finds Catherine Grathwel died of heart failure from exhaustion while climbing toward the Santa Ynez range summit. Coroner deputies endured a hazardous trek to retrieve the body tied to a horse along a narrow trail. She came to Santa Barbara five months ago from St Paul with her mother seeking health. The rest of the party returned uninjured.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Catherine Grathwel
Santa Ynoz Range
Miss Grathwol
St. Paul
Sultan Calls Out 62 000 Extra Troops In Macedonia War
Aug. 19 dispatches report Sultan orders about 62,000 more troops from European Turkish provinces amid the Macedonia insurrection. Russia plans a Black Sea fleet squadron to Turkish waters. Bucharest reports ammunition and munitions ready. London says powers seek peace, wary of broad conflict if Turkey and Bulgaria clash.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Macedonia
St. Petersburg
Sebastopol
Bucharest
London
Associated Press
Russia
Balfour
House of Commons
Great Britain
Austria
Bulgaria
France
Germany
Ron
Pope Recovered and Donates to Rome Poor
Rome reports the pope is fully recovered from his recent indisposition and has donated 20,000 to aid the poor of Rome. He is resuming audiences and appears healthier despite the hot weather and lingering heat.
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Rome
Mystery Disappearance Ends With Tragic Drowning in New York
Gloversville New York Aug 19 The mystery of George Evans and Florence Brown missing after a boat ride years ago is solved as their bodies are recovered from Canada Lake Evans was to have come into a fortune today The couple were well known and had reportedly eloped last night
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New York
Gloversville
N. Y
George Evans
Florence Brown
Canada Lake
Evans
Markets Report From Sioux City to Kansas City
Sioux City hogs and cattle prices listed from hogs at $5.15 to $5.25 and cattle ranges up to $5.25 for heavy steers. Chicago, South Omaha, and Kansas City show steady to slow trading with prices across hogs cattle and sheep differing by region. Markets include receipts in the thousands and varied grades from light to heavy and stockers to calves.
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Sioux City
Chicago
South Omaha
Kansas City
Grain Markets and Provisions Mixed Prices in Chicago and Minneapolis
Chicago quotes show cash wheat at 98 3 4 to 81 1 4 cents, corn 52 to 58 cents, oats 34 to 36 1 4 cents, barleys 46 to 58 cents, Timothy seed 3.40, clover seed 12.00 to 12.50, and provisions with pork 12.62 to 12.70, lard 7.65 to 7.74, and whisky at 1.29. Minneapolis reports cash wheat at 78 1 4 to 80 1 4 cents, on track No 1 hard 5 1 2 to 5 3 4 cents, No 1 northern 7 1 2 to 7 3 4, No 2 northern 6 1 2 to 6 3 4 cents.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Northern
Cs Northern
Great Parade in San Francisco Draws Wide Crowds
A grand parade of military naval and civic groups in San Francisco drew vast crowds Aug 19. Governor Pardie generals McArthur Shafter Stewart Miles and Mayor Schmitz attended as regiments, sailors and marines passed in orderly formation along Market and Van Ness avenues amid festive decorations and cheering crowds.
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San Francisco
J. Fuller
W. Edwards
J. F. eBrgin
National Guard of
California
United States
Pardie
McArthur
Shafter
Stewart
Miles
Schmitz
Russia in Danger Says French Sociologist Tarbouriech
Paris reports an article by Ernest Tarbouriech, a French sociologist, arguing Russia faces severe social and economic distress after extended study. He notes strikes across the Caucasus, Sebastopol, Odessa, Kiev and other regions, with the government easing press limits and Plehve blamed for efforts to steer labor politics and sow dissension.
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Paris
Ernest Tarbouriech
College of Social Sciences
Asia
Russia
Caucassus
Sebastopol
Odessa
Kieff
Love Fervor Blamed In Fatal Shootings At Winfield
A letter found with Gilbert Twigg explains a planned massacre at a Winfield Kansas crowd. He blamed love troubles and social shunning for the killings, noting a grievance against Army officers and sending $600 to relatives in Pennsylvania. Six died and many were wounded before Twigg killed himself.
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Gilbert Twigg
Winfield, Kan
Wigg
Winfield
Myron C. Bowdish
D. W. Woods
United States Army
Twigey
Pennsylvania
Lfe
Army officers mobilize to block Wood promotion as major general
Washington report outlines a campaign against General Leonard Wood as senators prepare to consider his promotion. Advocates cite seniority rules and past favoritism in jumps over Wade Merriam Young and others to show why Wood should not be guaranteed advancement. The piece notes Hanna and Quay oppose Wood and predicts shifts in military leadership as Carter loses influence and Bliss nears staff rearrangement.
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Kers Washington
Leonard Wood
Senate
Wood
Root
James C. Wade
H. C. Merriam
S. B. M. Young
Arthur McArthur
William Ludlow
Young
Wade
Merriam
Adna R. Chaffee
McArthur
Lloyd Wheaton
Robert P. Hughes
Wheaton
Hughes
Hanna
Quay
Estes G. Rathbone
Cuba
Brooke
Pennsylvania
Corbin
War Department
Arter
General Carter
Carter
Philippines
Tasker H. Bliss
War College Board
Bliss
Hall
Secretary of
Defends the Mergers and Consolidations
Stuyvesant Fish president of the Illinois Central railroad backs consolidations as beneficial for national prosperity. He says mergers will continue but railroads won’t be controlled by a single man or by the government, arguing they reduce costs and lower rates while polity handles tariffs and taxes.
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Fish
New York
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
Wreck in Saxony Kills Three, Wounds Forty
A passenger train derailed between Rothenkirchen and Ober Krinitz in Saxony today killing three and injuring forty. Also in Kansas City a rear end trolley collision injured two fatally, four seriously, with a dozen minor injuries as cars crowded from Forest Park.
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Zwicka
Saxony
Rothenkirchen
Ober Krinitz
Kansas City
Erick Cobb
Willis Wood
Kansgy City
Forest Park
Government Eyes Major Luzon Railroad Network
Secretary Root and Governor Taft discuss a 600 mile Luzon rail plan with lines from Manila to the north coast, to the east via the mountains, to Batangas, and along Luzon’s west coast. Government guarantees of interest are considered to attract investment, aiming to curb insurrection with improved mobility and reduce police costs.
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Washington
Root
Taft
Philippine Islands
Manila
Luzon
Batangas
Dagupan
Manila and
Philippines
Cuba
Secretary of War
Desperate Negro Sledge Kills Four in Alabama
News from Heflin Alabama reports four men killed and nine wounded by a black assailant named Sledge in Randolph county. Posse pursues. the shooter fled after a watermelon patch incident escalated into violence.
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Heflin
Ala
Randolph County
Sledge
Beaver Creek
Lemar
Tallapoosa River
Wedowee
Thomas Ebbett
Robert Ford
James Moore
Rudi Wilson
Moore
Wilson
Chicago Great Western Sale Report Said To Be Complete Abroad
A rumor reached Chicago that the Chicago Great Western railroad has been sold abroad possibly to the Gould-Rockefeller combine for northwest expansion. St Paul President Earling declined to confirm or deny any takeover while Great Western President Stickney said control is in London and negotiations were ongoing. Amsterdam bankers are said to have conducted the transfer.
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Chicago
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Gould-Rockefeller
Gould
Northwest
A. J. Earling
St Paul
St. Paul
Great Western
Stickney
The
London
Bank of Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Federal Court Sustains Blacklist View in Labor Case
In St Louis Judge Rogers sustains Western Union Telegraph company demurrer in Boyen et al v. Western Union. The court holds the company may discharge employees for union membership or any cause, rejects conspiracy claim, and allows use of a blacklist for others.
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St. Louis
Rogers
Western Union Telegraph Company
Boyen Et al
Sioux City to Host Large Regional Fair With $10,000 in Purses
The fair runs September 5 to 6 with a major exposition for dairy grain and crops, featuring live shows mu sic and aerial acts. It promises speed events, stock sales and a six band lineup led by Reed's Fourth Regiment. Special trains offer round fares plus trolley service. camping on grounds welcomed for a large attendance in Sky City.
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Sioux City
Fire Department
Reed
Fourth Regiment 4
Wil
II Grounds
Visa
Sky City
Inery
Gonae
Husbands Capture After Naked Wife Pursuit
Urbana Illinois August 18 Homer Manspile forced his separated wife to flee with him at gunpoint and 48 hours of pursuit ended with a mob surrounding the chase. The naked woman trudged through woods while Manspile threatened to shoot unless her father promised not to prosecute. Lehman the father agreed if the daughter was unharmed. Deputies and Sheriff Clark overpowered Manspile and jailed him.
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Homer Manspile
Urbana
Ill
Homer Pile
Champaign County
Mery
Lehman
Manspile
Clark
Roughtot
MUST OUST VAN SANT Plans To Dictate Minnesota Politics
St Paul Aug 18 James Hill's plan to defeat Governor Van Sant is now formed into a slate. The ticket includes for governor Robert C Dunn former State Author, for US senator Joel P Heatwelt, for attorney general T E Young, with the supreme bench to be nominated and Knute Nelson defeated in 1906.
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Jas. J. Hill
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
James Hill
Govern van Sant
Robert C. Dunn
United States
Clapp
Joel P. Heatwelt
Wale Lace
R. Douglas
T. E. Young
Supreme Bench
Senuiltt Knute Nelson
Bank closes doors in Minnesota amid missing officers
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Montgomery Minnesota suspends as officers vanish. A writ of attachment reveals 600 silver dollars and notes. the bank, with 110 thousand capital, struggled after a 16 thousand claim. The president leads a Minneapolis based company and is unaccounted for. Cedar Rapids labor war triggers strike. carpenters warned of fines. Bees fatally attack traveling man and team in Hastings Iowa.
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Farmers’ and Merchants
Montsery
Minn
St. Paul, Minn
Bank
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Nmgomery
B. A. Brainerd
Shetty
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Capital
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Gen. Wood
Islands
van Sant
Hastings
F Priest
Everday
Mr. Eaton
Priest
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