Scout Captures Notorious Deserter in Mindoro Mission
Lt. Hazzard with Macabebe scouts infiltrated an insurgent camp led by Col Atienza, locating and extracting deserter Howard. Howard had long harassed American forces as Ferguson posed as an insurgent. Loreel and others surrendered to Captain Brown, boosting last week totals to over 100. Manila defense plans call for four extra infantry companies though officials caution about uprisings.
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Manila
Loreel
Brown
Fourth Infantry
Talisay
Taft
Luzon
Chaffee
Wright
Noasmuch
South American Imbroglio Nears Federation Collapse
From Colon Colombia Aug 23 via Kingston Aug 28 censorship blocks political news as liberal rebels in Colombia, two years into the conflict, gain ground on the isthmus. Rebels gain sympathy from Venezuela Ecuador and Nicaragua while conservative Colombia faces financial strain and fears of a Grand Colombia federation amid regional intrigues and cross border aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
Colombia
Kingston
Panama
Bels
Res
Venezuela
Ecuador
Nicarargas
Venezuelan
Oomnila
Nicaragua
Toral
Castro
Micaragua
Helebein Narrowly Escaped Drowning In Dover Channel Swim
Dover England August 27 M Helebein started from Cape Gris Nez to swim to Dover a 26 mile course after 12 hours 4 minutes he collapsed near six miles from Dover and was rescued by a tug He survived with damaged eyesight and planned to retry next year.
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Helebein
Dover
Eng
M. Helebein
Cape Grir- Nez
Cape Gris-Nez
Cape Gris- Nez
Lambert
Hobbein
Quay Company Affair Settled After French Pressure
The Quay company affair in Constantinople ends with an imperial trade allowing full exercise of concession rights, aligning with French wishes. Paris reports Turkey yielded to French pressure and a full rupture of relations has been avoided with an official communiqué announcing the French demands were granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
France
Paris
Turkey
Protest From Schley and Howison Interview Question
Acting Secretary Hackett relays Admiral Schley’s reply to the Howison interview request. Schley protests department misread his letter, says he sought only to present Howison with the statements for review, not to challenge for cause. The department will take no further action. the court will decide the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howison Requess
Washington
Schley
Department
Howison
Lemly
State Department
MacVicar Chosen Secretary At Municipalities Meeting
Lawrence Purdy spoke on local option taxation at the League of American Municipalities gathering in Jamestown New York. Mayor Samuel M Jones of Toledo closed the convention with a talk on Political Liberty. Offcers elected include President Charles Ashley New Bedford Vice President Richard J Barr Joliet Secretary John Mac Vicar Des Moines Treasurer Thomas P Taylor Bridgeport Connecticut.
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Des Moines
Manu
League O Municipalitica
Jamestown
N. Y
Lawrence Purdy
New York Tax Enforcement Association
League of American Municipalities
Samuel M. Jones
Toledo
Grand Rapids
Mich
Chas. Ashley
New Bedford
Mass
Richard J Barr
Joliet
John Mac Vicar
Thomas P. Taylor
Bridgeport
Fjonn
Riot ends deadly at Correctionville Petty hotel scene
Joseph Sullivan, a Pawnee Bill show butcher, shot dead by Harley Cave after a dispute over a dancer sparked a mob siege of the Hotel Petty. Cave hid in a room as showmen demanded his surrender, Pawnee Bill’s intervention averted a larger massacre. Sullivan’s body to be buried in Correctionville pending relatives.
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Sioux City
Joseph Sulivan
Minneapolis
Correctionville
Here
Harley Cave
Iowa
Petty Hotel
Cave
Thompson
Ed White
Gordon W. Lillie
Pawnee City
Okla
Pawnee
Bill
Sullivan
Officer White
Jack Varner
Ida Grove
Warner
Varner
Rube
Grinnell
Hotel Petty
Charles Moore
Pawnee Bill
Moore
White
Hiram F. Randolph
Kingsley
Lillie
Correctiville
Cave Faces Fallout After Fatal Hotel Room Encounter
Cave recalls last night when a confrontation at a hotel dining room led him to shoot and kill a man in self defense. He fears social stigma but believes he acted for Taine's safety and says he expected acquittal. The revolver on the table is the weapon involved.
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Cave
Jackson
Sioux City
Corsets Save Her in Wisconsin Shooting Tale
In Palmyra Wisconsin Alfred Watson’s home was the scene of a gun attack involving eighteen year old Matt Cartright who shot at his wife Ella Cartwright and wounded himself. Ella was saved by her corset steel and is expected to recover while Cartright lies critically wounded in a sanitarium with bullets near the heart. The couple had recently married and faced separation before Ella returned to Palmyra. Investigators have not yet explained the motive or sequence of events.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Wisconsin
Ohio
Palmyra
Wis
Alfred Watson
Matt Cartright
Ella Cartright
Cartright
Ella Strike
Iowa
Young Cartright
French envoy warns Sultan on Constantinople ultimatum
French ambassador M. Constans warned the Sultan that the embassy staff would leave Constantinople unless disputes were resolved immediately. Paris confirms a telegram and says Constans has broad authority with possible embassy withdrawal and relocation to Bern. The move unsettles Turkish security circles and shaves Turkish securities on the Paris bourse. The czar’s forthcoming visit boosts Paris mood despite dispatch ambiguity.
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Constantinople
Constans
Paris
Foreign Office
Associated Press
M. Constans
Elysee Palace
M. Delcasse
Munir Bey
Switzerland
Berne
France
Turkey
Fate of Boer Leaders in the War
A Pretoria dispatch details Boer leadership status. Among the old government executive council only Schalkburger and Reitz remain in the field. Joubert is dead, Cronje a prisoner, Kock killed. Of twenty seven first volksraad members thirteen are accounted for. Bernard Labuschagne Malan killed. Merritt awarded for Malan’s death. Eight of the first volksraad surrendered. many second volksraad members and department heads accounted for. Smuts abroad or captured. judges accounted for. most sub-heads accounted for.
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London
Pretoria
Schalkburger
Reitz
Joubert
Cronje
Kock
Volksraad
Bernard
Labuschagne
Malan
Merritt
Beresford Regiment
Magallesburg
Tosen
Wolmarens
First Volksraad
Second
Smuts
Europe
Minnie Healy Mine Case Reaches Montana Supreme Court
Sensational affidavits from the Minnie Healy dispute allege Judge Harney was unduly influenced in a ruling favoring Heinz interests. The Boston and Montana company seeks injunction to stop working the Minnie Healy mine pending appeal and requests a higher bond in the Pennsylvania case. Affidavits and Mrs Brackett letters are before the state supreme court. hearing set for next Monday.
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Minnis Healy
Montana Supreme Court
Helena
Mont
Silver Bow District Court
Minnie Healy
Harney
Butte
Heinz
Supreme Court
Mrs. Brackett
Boston and Montana
Boston and Montana Company
Pennsylvania
Montana Purchasing
Train Wrecker Sentenced to Reform School
William Kinney an 11 year old son of a railroad watchman was sent to the industrial school for boys at Waukesha for wrecking a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line freight train. Kinney had previously ditched a train by throwing a switch and loosened brakes causing a serious wreck at Janesville Wisconsin.
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Janesville
Wis
William Kinney
Industrial School
Waukesha
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Youne Kinney
Dawes Rise From Lincoln Clerk to National Leader
Omaha correspondents trace Charles G. Dawes from a Lincoln paper mill bookkeeper earning 25 dollars a month to a prominent banker and lawyer. His luck began with a city block purchase, anti monopoly suits, and key financial deals with Beidler and Walsh, leading to wealth and politics including organizing McKinley support and becoming controller of the currency.
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Omaha
Lincon Journal
Charles G. Dawes
United State Senate
Mason
Lincoln
Dawes
Chicago
Nebraska
C. G. Dawes
Crete
J. A. Buckstaff
John B. Utt
United States
North Dakota
Beidler
Robinson
Capturin
McKinley
Major McKinley
Ohio
Illnois
Shelby M. Cullom
National Committee
National Executive Committee
Five
Cold Tea Tactics of Cleveland Chinese Averts Summer Heat
In Cleveland during a heat wave the Chinese residents remain composed. A local Chinese man keeps cool by drinking strong tea from his homeland, abstaining from meat, avoiding baths, and wearing minimal clothing. A confucian tea expert notes tea and abstinence together lower body heat and prevent sweating, while the community largely ignores thermometers.
Apples for Literary Workers in Old Newspapers
In the Baltimore Sun a writer praises raw apples as ideal fuel for writers, recounting a father of letters who loved apple pudding and raw apples. He argues that fruit aids late-night work and rest, urging eating apples rind and all in ample quantity with cider. The Philadelphia Record notes Roderick-Walton’s remarks about expositions, clarifying Buffalo was visited rather than Paris.
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Baltimore Sun
Philadelphia
Roderick—Walton
van Albert
Paris
Buffalo
Roderick
Tus
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Philippines
Jerlett, ML
Bates Machine
Macvicar
Showman
Wight
Joseph Sullivan
Pawnee Bill Outfit
Randolph
Reform
Chas
Neb
McCutcheon
Lancaster County
Young Dawes
Massa Dawes
de Mos
Ables
William Lees
Burlington and Missouri River Railway
Atchison & Nebraska Railway
State Board of Transportation
Cincinnati
Bleymeier
Cox
Bhiingsley
Congress
William McKinley
Dawes Business Block Association
West Lincoln Packing Company
Francis Beidled
Teidler
Belchler
Belcdler
John R. Walsh
First National Bank
Chicago Gas Company
Packing Company
Walsh
Warn
Wenthoer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Orient
John
Yokoma
Confucius
Yokomal
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