Boers Reach Britain After Visit to Cham berlain and Royal Navy Review
Boer generals Botha Delarey and DeW et arrived in London greeted by Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and Gen erals Roberts and Kitchener. They planned to visit the king aboard the royal yacht and will go to Cowes before visiting the United States. The royal fleet review at Portsmouth drew huge crowds and showed Britain’s naval strength with 109 ships, though not as strong as a planned earlier display.
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Kitchener
Cowes
United States
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Portsmouth
Royal Yacht
Britain
England
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Solent
Isle of Wight
Queen Victoria
Osborne
Mediterranean
China
Spain
Poison mystery unsolved and Boer generals in England
Index to News Pages notes a range of items including an unsolved poison mystery, Boer generals in England, a naval review before the king, and a tragedy where nine children were burned. It lists sections for travel, columns, reviews, hygiene hints, and a note that the oldest newspaper was printed.
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Naval Review
King
Aledo Poisoning Mystery Deepens As Awaited Tests Loom
Aledo Illinois faces a possible murder probe after Miss Alena Dool died from suspected strychnine in candy given by friend Miss Tona Dunlap. Authorities await analysis at Bush Medical College while state attorney prepares action. No motive yet, two families linked, arrests pending.
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Alena Dool
Bush Medical College
Chicago
Miss Doo
Tona Dunlap
Mercer County
Miss Dunlap
Miss Dool
W. J. Graham
West
H. F E. Burgess
Allie
B. F. Felix
Arkansas Heat Kills Four Across State
The heat wave in Arkansas caused fatalities among laborers. Five workers on the Tron Mountain railroad near Van Buren were overcome, with three dying. An additional death occurred in Alma, while Little Rock reported only one prostration. The day’s high reached 94 degrees.
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Ark
Arkansas
van Buren
Tron Mountain
Alma
Waterloo Mayor Bans Disgusting Street Shows
Waterloo Iowa August 16 Mayor Martin cites business sentiment in deciding to license no more of the street corner snake shows. He says the acts are disgusting yet continue to draw crowds.
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Waterloo
Martin
Park appearance by Boston Ideals Meets Good Weather
The Boston Ideals plan a park appearance tonight in Said Pasha as good weather favors an agreeable outing. The park pavilion is in good shape and the railway company can haul the large anticipated crowd.
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Boston
Pasha
Care for Fairs Bodies Arrives in Paris for Rep shipment
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs cabled Consul General Gowdy to handle arrangements for the remains of the Fair family. The bodies are due in Paris this afternoon and will be sent to America likely tomorrow.
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Paris
Herman Oelrichs
Gowdy
America
Fierce clash at French convent amid gendarme closure attempt
Paris August 16 A fierce conflict reportedly unfolds before a Douar Lenez convent as several thousand armed inhabitants oppose gendarmes and troops attempting to close the establishment. The standoff began around dawn with locals repelling the authorities.
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France
Paris
Douar Lenez
Woman Educator Escapes Hospital After Mental Collapse
Mrs M I Faulk formerly principal of Morningside College escaped Samaritan hospital after being taken there for mental derangement. Police recaptured her following a citywide search. The case centers on her marriage to a Sioux City medical student and claims she helped fund his schooling.
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Sioux City
M. I. Faulk
Morningside College
Samaritan Hospital
Spencer
Davenport Strike Off Ends Local Electrical Workers Action
Davenport Iowa August 15 The local Electrical Workers union ends the strike against the Iowa Telephone company with all remaining strikers returning to work. Most workers had joined the Des Moines action in sympathy but little progress occurred elsewhere in the state.
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Davenport
Electrical Workers’ Union
Iowa Telephone Company
Des Moines
Injured Commander Henry Snyder in Maccabee lodge accident
Henry Snyder, commander of Alden Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees, was seriously injured and remains unconscious after a fall at a meeting in Alden on Wednesday night. Some claim he was being coached when the accident occurred at the newly organized tent.
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Henry Snyder
Alden
Town Falls
Knights of the Maccabees
Snyder
Tragic House Fire Claims Nine Henderson Children
A morning blaze in Salava West Virginia destroyed the Henderson residence killing all nine children. Neighbors say the father D. L. Henderson is inconsolable as the town mourns the calamity.
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Salava
West Virginia
D. L. Henderson
Accuses Mine Operators of Deliberate Trouble Plan
Wilkesbarre August 16. President Mitchell of the Mine Workers charges mine operators with a plan to trigger trouble by opening a washery or colliery to summon troops and then expand operations. Three striking miners visited Duryea to watch for work at the Warnke washery but found no activity and returned. fears of an outbreak grow as work resumes Monday.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Duryea
Warnke
Unsealed letters claim plot to assassinate emperor
Berlin police seized unsigned letters found on a criminal in Frankfurt court. The notes described a planned assassination of the emperor during his Hamburg visit, stirring great excitement in Berlin.
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Frankfort
Hamburg
Fenton denies Alger Senate candidacy announcement
Detroit August 16 Fred R. Fenton denied claims that General R A Alger would declare his U S senate bid to replace the late Senator McMillan on Monday.
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Detroit
Fred R. Fenton
R. A. Alger
United States Senate
Senator McMillan
Men Caught in the Act in Imperial Yacht Plot
A Vienna report says five anarchists tried to board the German imperial yacht off Reval as Kaiser William II and Tsar Nicholas II dined aboard. The leader allegedly boarded and confessed intent to strike both rulers in a single blow. the others escaped.
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Vienna
Today
Reval
Russia
James Sims Buried After Fatal Family Shooting
The funeral for James M. Sims, shot by his son John Sims, was held in Bussey Iowa on Friday at 10 a.m. Authorities have not arrested John. Autopsy showed three wounds angled upward, suggesting a defensive context in a family dispute.
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Bussey
James M. Sims
John Sims
Sims
Farm in Muscatine County Goes Up for Quick Sale
A 160 acre Muscatine county farm is offered as an extra bargain and must be sold soon. Titus and Jackson are the acting brokers handling the sale.
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Muscatine County
Titus & Jackson
Rain Dampens Camp Meeting at Wilton Camp Ground
Wilton Camp Ground reports rain disrupting comfort but attendance and preaching remain strong. Presiding elder W. G. Thorn earns trust, about 30 tents on site with no serious illness. Rev. J. R. Hanley delivered an acceptable sermon Friday, and hope for better weather to sustain the spiritual momentum through the meetings.
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Wilton
W. G. Thorn
J. R. Hanley
Confessed to Murder In Vermont River Death
In Bennington Vermont on August 16 Levi Perham aged 19 confessed to the murder of Marcus Rogers whose body was found in the Walloomsac river. He implicated himself and the dead man’s wife as participants in the crime.
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Bennington
Marcus Rogers
Walloomsac River
Levi Perham
Typographical Union Donates 5000 to Striking Miners
Cincinnati August 16. The typographical union convention adjourned after voting five thousand dollars to striking miners.
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Cincinnati
Ordeal Endures Police Sweatbox in Mitchell, Bartholin Case
In Chicago on August 16 writs of habeas corpus for Oscar Thompson and Dad Claffey were granted returnable this afternoon. Both men are described as physical and nearly mental wrecks from the ordeal endured in the sweatbox during police questioning over the Minnie Mitchell and Mrs. Bartholin murder.
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Chicago
Ill
Oscar Thompson
Dad” Claffey
Minnie Mitchell
Bartholin
Battle Over Fair Millions After Auto Wreck
San Francisco case opens over ownership of Charles Fair estate killed in Paris wreck. Lawyers engaged for Mrs Fair relatives. her mother and half brother telegraphed from Newmarket New Jersey to travel to San Francisco, others in the family respond.
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San Francisco
Cal
Charles Fair
Paris
Navy Says Puerto Caballo Still Under Government Control
Commander Nichols of the cruiser Topeka reports government forces retain Puerto Caballo, Venezuela, with conditions quiet. A prior dispatch was mistranslated to claim revolutionary capture.
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Washington
Navy Department
Nichols
Topeka
Puerto Caballo
Venezuela
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