Murphy Backs Hearst as Tammany Says Unit Rule Guides DAs Choice
New York August 22 Charles F Murphy leader of Tammany Hall says there is sentiment for Hearst at the state convention and delegates will be bound by the unit rule Jerome responds that Murphy’s stance signals a drive to oust bosses. Roosevelt and “square deal” rhetoric also cited as context for reform.
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New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Tammany
William Travers Jerome
W. R. Hearst
Murphy
Jerome
Murrhy
Hearst
Omnion of
Suich
Hearst denounces factionalism and boss rule in politics
New York Aug 22 William Randolph Hearst issues a statement denying any interest in Tammany Hall disputes. He condemns paid puppets serving corporations and machine influence, opposing Murphys McCarrens Sullivans and McClellans and the Ryans Belmonts and Jeromes.
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New York
William Randolph Hearst
Tammany Hall
Murphys
McCarrens
Sullivans
McClellans
Ryans
Belmonts
Jeromes
Ofice
Earthquake Devastates Chile Provinces Valparaiso Aconcagua
Severe damage hits Valparaiso and Aconcagua with Abarca Limache and Hierro Viejo largely ruined. Villa del Mar report three quarters of houses in ruins. Losses estimated at 59 million with fires extinguished and looters shot. Military police and patrols maintain order.
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Valparaiso
Aconcagua
Abarca
Lial-Lialla
Limache
Hierro Viejo
Villa del Mar
Ife
Citiens
National Purity Federation Conference Call in Chicago
Chicago hosts a national purity conference under the National Purity Federation. The call urges united national effort against organized traffic in virtue. Delegates from churches reform groups labor unions temperance bodies and social settlements are welcome to attend.
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Chicago
National Parity Federation
Cuban revolt in western Cuba nears maximum level
Havana reports indicate the western Cuba revolution has likely reached its peak. The government acts swiftly by arresting suspected leaders and sending reinforcements, boosting public confidence and discouraging sympathetic support for the movement.
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Havana
Cuba
Mob Attacks Two Men as Polk County Mobbers Clash
In Mulberry Polk County a mob beat and shot John Bapes a Black man after efforts to string him up failed. Earlier WH Lawrence a Black man was being taken to Tampa to face charges of attempted criminal assault on a white woman.
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Tampa
Fla
Polk County
Lawrence
Mulberry
Polk Comunty
John Bapes
Bapes
Captain Hughes
Consolidated Telephone Buys Great Eastern Franchise
Buffalo Aug 22 B G Hubbell president of the Consolidated Telephone company confirms a report that Consolidated has purchased Great Eastern Telephone's franchise to maintain and construct telephones telegraph lines and electric lights in New York City for about 50 million dollars.
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Buffalo
B. G. Hubbell
Consolidated Telephone Company
Consolidated
Great Eastern Telephone Company
New York City
Predicted His Own Death In Fatal Detroit Car Crash
John Grant formerly of Kokomo arrived in Kokomo from Detroit. He had predicted his own death and feared machines. Deaf and cautious, he warned his family he might die in an accident, and he did so under an automobile's wheels.
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Kokomo
Ind
John Grant
Detroit
Mich
Grant
Peg-Leg Wooten Beaten by Whitecaps in Brown County
In Nashville Indiana on August 22 a one legged local known as Peg-leg George Wooten was whipped by a Whitecap group. He had quarreled with a preacher over doctrinal points, prompting the night riders attack. Wooten says about forty men took part and he will not file complaints against them.
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Nashville
Ind
George Wooten
Brown County
Wooten
Peg-leg
Johnson Township
Night Riders
Therm
Mysterious Absent in Willestown FBI Involved
Pell Bell a 26 year old farmer disappears after leaving a bank crying about his ill wife visiting Columbus. He bought a ticket to Indianapolis and vanished after inquiry at Indianap oli station. Fears of foul play or mental imbalance unfold. A second disappearance, John Johnson, also noted.
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Willestown
FBI
Clarency Pell
Bell
Columbus
Hiether
Taik
Indianapoli
Indianapolis
Tim
John Johnson
Fatal Big Four wreck near Anderson Indiana
Passenger train No. 26 on the Big Four derailed at a yard near Anderson six miles southwest of the city about 7 20 last night. Engineer Parker Bugby of Indianapolis and Fireman Harry Gus of Sidney Ohio were buried beneath their engine and killed. Passengers escaped with only a severe shaking up. The engine tender baggage car and smoking car left the track but only the engine and baggage car rolled over the embankment. The passenger cars except the smoker remained on the track.
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Anderson
Ind
Here
Parker Bugby
Indianapolis
Harry Gus
Sidney
Wreck Near Seymour Halts Westbound Train
Westbound Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern train No. 5 collided with an oncoming freight on a side track a half mile east of Seymour station. The running train at forty miles per hour wrecked two engines and tenders a mail car and several freight cars. Passengers escaped without serious injury though some were bruised and frightened. the engineer and fireman jumped to save their lives.
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Seymour
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Seymour Station
Two police sergeants wounded by revolutionists
Tagaorog Russia August 22 two sergeants of police were severely wounded by revolutionists. Chinatokhova Poland August 22 the chief of the rural constabulary was killed by terrorists.
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Tagaorog
Russia
Chinatokhova
Poland
Santa Fe Railway Increases Pay for Telegraph Operators
Topeka Kan Aug 22 It is announced the Santa Fe railway has voluntarily granted about 1000 telegraph operators from Chicago to El Paso a wage increase averaging about per cent with details pending negotiations and implementation timelines.
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Topeke
Kan
Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
el Paso
Pat Crowe Goes to New York for Fresh Start
Pat Crowe the Western outlaw and kidnapper arrives in New York seeking a new life and a chance to outlive his violent past. Friends report he plans to start anew and suppress past notoriety as of August 22 in this city.
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Pat Crowe
New York
Pat"” Crowe
Ufeaven
War in Caucasus Near Persian Frontier Escalates
Advices from the southern Caucasus say fighting near the Persian frontier has become a regular war with heavy losses to Tartars and Russian troops. Armenians suffer while Tartars, armed and trained, push against Russian forces reinforced by Kurds beyond the frontier.
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St. Petersburg
Caucasus
Lehot
Spor
Bank of Yarmouth Leaders Arrested on False Returns
Yarmouth Nova Scotia August 22 Senator John Levitt president of the failed bank was arrested on charges of making false and deceptive returns about the bank’s condition to the Canadian finance department. A Crowell vice president and leading capitalist was also taken into custody on a similar charge.
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Yarmouth
N.S
John Levitt
Bank of
Finance Department
A. Crowell
Race Feeling Runs High In Mount Vernon Skirmish
In Mount Vernon Ohio on August 22 a merchant Charles Arnold was assaulted by three Black men. Whites joined the pursuit but police halted potential violence. Tensions over group clashes have risen as this is the second incident recently.
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Mount Vernon
Charles Arnold
Navy推荐以煤燃油轮 Gwyn 改用煤炭燃烧
华盛顿八月二十二日 报道 保留鱼雷艇编队指挥官经过一年油燃试验后，建议海军部将 Gwyn 改装以使用煤炭燃烧。油燃时速约16%结，改用煤炭后 Talbot 轮可达12结。
Constitutional Convention Districts in Guthrie Oklahoma
Governor Fraptoe and Judge Clayton issued no proclamation on the constitutional convention district boundaries. The election of delegates is set for November 6 under Oklahoma election laws.
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Guthrie
Okla
Fraptoe
Whee Clayton
United States
Indian Territory
Blaze destroys kitchen at Soldiers' Home near Hampton
Fire gutted the large kitchen at the national soldiers' home near Hampton Virginia on August 22 causing an estimated loss of 60 000 dollars. The commander faced a food shortage for about 2300 veterans due to the destruction of the cooking facilities and machinery.
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Soldiers’ Home
Newport News
National Soldiers’ Home
Hampton
Axtell Stallion Dead at Warren Park Near Terre Haute
Axtell the 1889 world trotting record holder died at Warren Park stock farm near Terre Haute. The night after his race he was sold to a syndicate for 100000 dollars and he reportedly earned 300000 as a breeder. Two important political meetings are planned this week with Republican and Democratic state conventions scheduled in Springfield and Columbus.
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Axtell
Warren Park
Terre Haute
Springfield
Ill
Columbus
Illinois Democrats split as Bryan endorsement looms
At Peoria Illinois the state Democratic convention opens amid two rival Sullivan and Bryan factions. Leaders expect a stormy debate over endorsing William J Bryan for president while managing calls to force Roger C Sullivan’s resignation as national committeeman.
Cuban Government expands rural guard to quell unrest
In Havana on August 21 President Palma appointed General Rafael Montalvo to direct all military actions against insurgents and raised the rural guards to 4000. Officers from past revolutions offered service, a special train moved guards to Pinar del Rio, and arrests were made as arms and ammunition were seized.
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Havana
Cuba
Palma
Rafael Montalvo
Spain
Santa Clara
Pinar del Rio
Republicans at Illinois convention back Cannon for president
In Springfield on Aug 21 the Republican state convention will hear a boom for Speaker Joseph G Cannon as presidential nominee. A conference of party leaders last night endorsed this bid and a resolution will be presented. The convention is expected to endorse Senator Shelby M Cullom for re election to the U S Senate, with harmony anticipated. Offices to be filled include state treasurer superintendent of public instruction and three state university trustees.
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Springfiel
Joseph G. Cannon
Teo
Tyas
Bell
Cannon
Shelby M. Cullom
United States Senate
Cullom
Grood
The
State University
Pattison Principles Guide Columbus Remerratic Policy Note
In Columbus on August 21 the discussion centers on Remerratic principles and Pattison era policy ideas. The late Governor Pattison is cited as influential to current political thinking and alignment in Ohio.
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Tom
Columbus
Ohio
John M. Pattison
Peace at Fort Brown Transfer Sends Colored Troops to Ringgold
Washington reports Major General F Ainsworth orders transfer of colored troops from Fort Brown Texas to Fort Ringgold about 100 miles upriver. One company of the Twenty sixth Infantry, consisting of white soldiers, will replace them at Fort Brown.
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Washington
F.©. Ainsworth
Fort Brown
Tex
Fort Ringgold
Rio Grande
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Union Men Threaten Trouble in Boonville Streets
Union laborers from Boonville strike for higher wages and shorter hours over macadamizing several streets. They refuse to allow imported Kentucky laborers to work. Roetzel plans to hire workers from Louisville to replace them.
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Boonville
Ind
Henry Roetzel
Kentucky
Roetzel
Louisville
Island of Juan Fernandez Reported Destroyed by South American Earthquake
A report from New York states the Chilean island of Juan Fernandez, known for the Robinson Crusoe legend, was destroyed by a South American earthquake. The island housed a penal settlement and a fort.
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New York
Juan Fernandez
Chile
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Tartars Attack Cossacks Near Tiflis
Reports from Shushavenert state Tartars approaching Matey attacked Cossacks on the march, killing four. A patrol was sent to the relief of the Cossacks and dispersed the Tartars in a village, destroying the force there.
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Tiflis
Shushavenert
Matey
Backed Into Eating Crew Injured by Train Collision
A derailment near a construction site injured several workers after a locomotive backed into a dining crew. Authorities report two died and five were injured as the engine struck the crew near the Michigan Center project.
Lynching in South Carolina After Assault Attempt
Aug. 21 reports say Bob Ethridge, a Black man who allegedly tried to assault the seven year old daughter of farmer T. B. West in Salude county, was shot to death by the girl's father at the scene.
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South Carolina
Columbus
Bob Ethridge
T. B. West
Salude County
Battle at Sunrise Near Krantzkop Sparks Morning Clash
On August 21 Colonel Royston leads 3,000 levies with 1,800 from Zumaland against rebellious natives at dawn. The engagement marks a renewed effort to quell resistance in the region.
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Krantzkop. Neto
Royston
Zumaland
Fire damages two Madison businesses. losses pegged at 70000
A large blaze in Madison Indiana partially wrecked the Hargan & Co wholesale grocery and heavily damaged A Klein's saloon next door. The total loss is estimated at seventy thousand dollars. Both buildings will be rebuilt at once.
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Madison
Ind
Hargan & Co
A. Klein
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