Masked robber holds up Blue Mountain stage in North River
At North River in Warren county a masked bandit halted the Blue Mountain stage around noon. He shot the horses and forced passengers to surrender valuables. Six men fled into the woods while the rest stayed with a woman who lost $20. express and mail bags were rifled, and the robber vanished into the woods with no trace found.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Blue Mountain
North River
North Creek
Warren County
Adirondacks & Hadson
General Miles Issues Army Guidance for New Recruits
Washington Aug 15 Lieut Gen Miles commanding the army issued a general order to improve army conditions. It urges officers and men to emphasize patriotism discipline physical development self respect self reliance and resourcefulness and stresses that professional knowledge is essential at all times. The message notes many new officers and soldiers with limited experience and states the instructions guide both new and seasoned personnel. It adds that effective wartime training must be uniform and adhere to basic principles.
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Washington
Miles
Bank president Christian Mack dies in Ann Arbor store
Ann Arbor on August 15 reports Christian Mack president of the Ann Arbor Savings Bank and owner of a large dry goods store in the city collapsed and died in his shop. He was the father in law of Willis J Abbott a noted journalist and Hawley figure in paper circles.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Christian Mack
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Wheeling
State Fair Grounds
Hala
Funeral of Crispi Draws Vast Italian Pageantry
Naples marks the funeral of Crispi with guards, regal processions, and a car drawn by eight black horses. Notables including King Victor Emmanuel’s aide and diplomats attend as crowds line principal streets. The cortege proceeds to the Varese for a shot service and funeral voyage.
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Naples
Crispi
Rome
Palermo
Ribera
Ricily
Chamber of Deputies
Victor Emmanuel
Aid de Camp
William
Varese
Marco Polo
el Ettorio
Sig. Crispi
Steel Strike Wins and Setbacks Across Key Plants
The Washington area reports mixed gains in the steel strike. National Tube works at McKeesport is closed by strikers, while Painter mill in Pittsburg and Crescent plant at Cleveland resume with nonunion workers. Western districts see mobilization and calls to expand a broad labor action amid ongoing tensions.
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National Tube Works
Milla
Pittsburg
McKeesport
United States Steel Corporation
Etee Corporation
Crescent
American Tin Plate Company
Cleveland
Painter
Iills
The
Steel Corporation
Wellsville
Wyde Park Claihs
Lindsay & McCutcheon
Shaffer
Tges
Mop Doatie
Somaton
Tha Ofa
Spromne
Wheeling
Ramor
Milla of Commerce
Joliet
Youngstown
Columbus
Kiskiminetas Valley
Monessen
Carnegie Group
Union
Tor Union
Adams
Illnois
Tighe
Schwab
Laylin
Charles M Schwab
Steel Trust
Ohio
American Steel & Wire Company
National Tube Company
National Steel Company
Federal Steel Company
Americar Tin Plate Company
Amenean Sheet Step Company
Attacks Taft Commission Draws Catholic Protest
A Manila pamphlet attacking the United States Philippines commission aroused Catholic leaders who deny involvement. They say local papers issued the piece to spark a sensation and await Gov Taft’s return to repudiate its anti Taft sentiments. Prominent Catholics denounce the pamphlet as harmful to the church.
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Manila
United States Philippine Commission
Taft
United States
Commandant Pretorius Is Dead After Eye Shot Wound
Jagersfontein in the Orange River Colony reports that Commandant Pretorius, recently shot through the eye, has died. The notice confirms his death as of August 15.
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Jagersfontein
Orange River Colony
Pretorius
Ead
Fire destroys Cleveland waterworks crib killing ten and injuring many
A blaze at a temporary Cleveland waterworks crib two miles from the harbor trapped workers. Five burned, four drowned, and several suffocated as rescuers pulled bodies from the tunnel and shaft. The catastrophe, blamed on contractor negligence, prompted calls for prosecutions and an ongoing rescue effort.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Harbor
Deay
New York Man Killed by Electric Car in Jersey City
Frederick A. Mollenhauer aged 53 head of a conservatory of music in Jersey City New Jersey and relative of H Mollenhauer the Brooklyn sugar refiner was struck by an electric car and fatally crushed in New York on August 15.
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New York
Frederick
A. Mollenhauer
Is Conservatory of Music
Jersey Citys
N. J
Mollenhauer
Brooklyn Sugar
Ig “Dender
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Elaht
Milles Polom
Irops
Haly
Lona
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Springfield
Yates
Payson
Waterko
State Claims Commission
Kansas
Irko
Cawley County
Lena McNeill
St John
Illinois
Janesville, O
Victor Delmo
John F Stover
Floyd Poling
Roseville
Elect
Chicago
Detroit
Catholic Order of Foresters
Thomas H. Cannon
Davenport
Iowa
J. E. Walsh
Chi
St Anthony's Hospital
Ctricity
Belen Alts
Taylor
Treasury Department
Iran
Cordini
Anne
Fim
Taft Commission
Centro Catholico
Akron
Empire Hotel
J B. Walker
Racine
Wis
Aments
Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Yards and Docks Department
Dien
Arthur Hasty
Mark Snyder
Arthur Hastings
Plummer Jones
John Martine
John Kowalsky
John Leese
O Braddock
Charles Smith
David Kelly
Victor Kauffman
Canton
John Enging
Adam Kest
Lake
G. C. van Deusen
JR. Sprankle
van Deusen
Shiver & Schninglau
Tuga
Partes
Crib
Erib
Reaeve
All For Wels
William Curry
Curry
Othera
Plummer
Johnson
Highater
Fi Paso
Tex
Arizona
Tasacolo
Fla
Chipies Flat
Mullane’s
Mullane
Fifteenth Street
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