Peace talks swirl as steel strike enters ninth week
In Beth Sides contest mood for peace grows despite denials from United States Steel and Amalgamated association officials. Leaders in Pittsburgh and Cleveland discuss possible settlements while the strike widens economic impact with thousands idle and wages totaling about 5 million.
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Fittaburg
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Pittsburg
Penn
Fatal shooting in Tennessee ends in justifiable homicide
Dr J W Herrod of Gallatin is shot dead by Homer Richy at Dixon Springs after Richy attempted to shield his wife from Herrod's assault. Coroner's jury rules the killing justifiable. Richy acted to protect the wife during the incident.
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Nashville
Tenn
J.W. Herrod
Gallatin
Homer Richy
Dixon Springs
Richy
Herrod
Ex Policeman Kizer Fatally Killed by Dr Fuller
Eureka Springs Arkansas August 26 James Kizer ex policeman is shot to death by Dr L D Fuller after Kizer assaults Fuller while he draws water at Calef fountain on Main Street Fuller wounds are fatal and Fuller is badly hurt Kizer killed by a shot fired by Fuller in self defense Cripple Creek Colorado August 26 coroner verdict says killing was not premeditated
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Eureka Springs
Ark
James Kizer
L. D. Fuller
Cripple Creek
Col
Bam Strong
Grant Crumley
Idling
Storm does wild work in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
A massive storm lashed a wide area from Tarrytown to eastern Connecticut and New Jersey with cloudbursts, high winds, and floods. Jersey City and Hoboken suffered damage, with trees and buildings toppled and vessels moored from their docks. In Mauch Chunk four people died when a dam burst and the creek flooded, and rail traffic faced washouts and closures across Wilkes-Barre and Shamokin. A German steamer Libau sank after leaking near Stettin with eight crew lost.
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New York
Tarrytown
New Jersey
Connecticut
Mauch Chunk
Jersey City
Hoboken
New York City
Jersey
St .Mary’s
Union League Club
Washington
Carbon County
Archer
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Vosburg
Sunbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shamokin
Tamaqua
Pittston
Russian Ambassador Cassini Returns to Moscow for Tariff Talks
Count Cassini arrives in Moscow with instructions to resolve tariff disputes between the United States and Russia. In Paris, authorities report Turkey yielded to French pressure, preventing a rupture of relations between Paris and Istanbul.
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Moscow
Count Cassini
Washington
Paris
Turkey
Car Crushes New Can Factory Injures none
A Northwestern road engine and box car jumped the track at Janesville canning factory, crashing into the brick plant just completed at a cost of 160000. The engine struck a water tank and toppled the building, smashing 30 million cans and all machinery. Loss estimated at 100000. Plant rendered unusable for the season.
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Janesville
Wis
Cuts Down Surplus
Washington officials report a drop in internal revenue receipts after a large surplus raised concerns in business circles. The war revenue tax amendment was expected to curb the surplus, and August figures show a continued fall despite the revised law.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Department
Judge hints at burning as punishment in insult case
In Dallas judge Bow er compares Da via's insult to a white woman with the recent Whitesboro case, saying unwritten law could justify burning at the stake and proposing a $100 fine, even as he would have imposed $500. Separate dispatch from Louisville notes Knight Templar conclave gala week with opening exercises to follow.
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Dallas
Tex
Bower
Nason Davia
Abe Wildner
Whitesboro
Wildner
Hungarian telegraph system links Pesth to Flume line
The Hungarian telegraph system, announced 18 months ago, links Huda Pesth to Flume over 375 miles and operates at 40 000 words per hour. Messages use Roman characters and require transcription.
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London
Home Savings and Trust Company Suspends in Des Moines
Iowa Basic Suspends, Des Moines, Aug. 26. The Home Savings and Trust company with head offices in Des Moines has suspended and shareholders voted to enter voluntary liquidation. All obligations will be fully paid. The action follows a late legislature act restricting compounding of interest.
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Iowa Basic
Des Moines
Iowa
Home Salvings and Trust Company
Renewed push for royal clemency for Mrs Maybrick after coronation
London on August 26 reports renewed efforts to seek royal clemency for Mrs May brick. Friends of the unfortunate woman remain hopeful for her release and rehabilitation of her name despite uncertain prospects.
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London
Maybrick
Inmate Claims 22 Day Fast Cured Rheumatism
Peoria reports G. W. Hatch, resident at the St. Joseph home for aged, believes fasting 22 days cured his rheumatism. He came from Pekin two years ago and is about 70 years old.
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Peoria
G. W. Hatch
St. Joseph Home
Pekin
Gebout
Arizonans Arrested in Major Chinese Smuggling Ring
Washington reports the arrest of William M. Hoey Nogales collector and others in Arizona for conspiring to smuggle Chinese across the Mexican border. Secret Service testimony shows officials allegedly cooperated for bribes, with proof secured via undercover operatives and marked certificates. A special U.S. attorney will prosecute the suspects.
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Washington
United States
Arizona
William M. Hoey
Nogales
B. F. Jossey
Frank How
Clifton
Mexico
The
Treasury
Secret Service
Customs and Immigration Administrations
Treasury Department
Department
Connector
Hoey
Denmark to Sell West Indies Before Year End
A Danish politician stated that Denmark plans to sell the Danish West Indies this year. The king and new cabinet back the sale, a rigsdag majority supports it, and public opinion is favorable. Concerns focus on the price, with 1,750,000 cited as insufficient, yet legislative ratification is anticipated in December in Washington.
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Copenhagen
Danish West Indies
Denmark
Rigsdag
Washington
Bride and then widow in Atlantic City tragedy
Quar termaster Joseph Matthews of the United States cruiser Newark died early Saturday in Atlantic City after marrying Miss Eva May Sain of Camden just before an operation. He had recently returned from the Philippines and, while bathing on August 18, dived into two feet of water, injuring his head and spine. The couple wed shortly before Matthews learned he might not survive the operation.
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Atlantic City
Joseph Matthews
United States
Newark
Eva May Sain
Camden
Matthews
Philippines
Sam
Beitg
White list proposed to guard ballet chorus girls from managers
A London meeting of 100 ballet and chorus girls this week discussed protecting women from immoral managers. A proposal suggests a white list of managers who properly protect employees, to be circulated and endorsed by the public.
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London
Cuban Teachers See Sights In New York Before Return
A Cuban teachers party of 88, 64 women and 24 men, who studied at Harvard summer school since July 18, arrived in New York from Boston. Edward M. De Los Rios leads them. Some tour hotels and the Curituba to Matanzas, others visit Buffalo for the Pan American exposition. Seven will stay in New York to enter the state normal school at New Paltz. 43 more join by October for a 40 week English course.
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New York
Harvard University
United States
Harvard
Boston
Edward M. de Los Rios
Curituba
Matanzas
Buffalo
New York State Normal School
New Paltz
Alee
Edicts Urge Talent and Reform in China
The Washington dispatch reports the Chinese empress dowager issuing edicts urging officials to seek talented rulers and curb corruption. The edicts advocate greater liberal study, including political economy, to replace the old system and root out evils in governance.
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Washington
State Department
Squires
Peking
China
Alan
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National Civic Federation
Henry White
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Mitchell
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Worthsylvania
Continental Pipe
National Tube Company
Combine
Steel Corporation
Tin Combine
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Lindsay & McCutcheon
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Wellsvile Sheet
Clarke Hoop
Carnegie Steel Company
Amalgamated
Federal Steel Company
Joliet
Milwaukee
M. F. Tighe
Wheeling
Cleveland, O
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Malvern
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H. J. Wilson
Charles J. Deckham
Ineault
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N. Y
Dr. Fuller
Palniides
SE Anthony's Hospital
Storm
Penmcylivania
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Philadelphia
Jesse Struthers
McClaffery
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Johnson
Mauch Chunk Creek
Stettin
Merel
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Reno
Nev
Board of Pardons of Nevada
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Carson Penitentiary
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Nichols
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Mullane
Fifteenth Street
Sale OF Islands
Quartermaster Joseph Matthews
von Buelow
Berlin
Buelow
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