Trouble in Brownsville as Negro Troops SparkFear
Brownsville Texas August 17 reports say a citizen guard of 150 will fire on any leaving negro soldiers. Four hundred Winchester rifles were sold to locals amid suspicions of garrison fear. Business is suspended as Texas National Guard troops contemplate deployment.
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Brownsville
Tex
Fort Brown
Lanham
Texas National Guard
Camp Mabry
Texas
United States
Ulin
Turnpike Guide
National Biscuit Company
Mob Lynches Bob Davis After Greenwood Assault
In Greenwood South Carolina on August 17 a mob killed Bob Davis the identified assailant of Miss Jennie Brooks after a prior attack at her father's store. Governor Heyward urged restraint but hundreds of gunshots ended his life as militia and local volunteers kept readiness.
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Greenwood
Bob Davis
Jennie Brooks
Heyward
Brooks
Chickamauga
Richland
Davis
Miss Brooks
Ninety-Six
Baseball scores from leagues with varied results
National League games in St Louis, New York 10 to 6 and 3 to 1. Pittsburg 8 over Boston 6, Chicago 8 over Brooklyn 1. American League at Philadelphia 4 to 1 and 2 to 1, New York 1 over Detroit 2, Boston 4 over Chicago 9, Washington 1 over St Louis. American Association games list Kansas City 2 over Louisville 6, St Paul 3 over Columbus 10, Milwaukee 11 over Indianapolis 3, Minneapolis 1 over Toledo 4.
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St. Louis
New York
Pittsburg
Boston
Chicago
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Kansas City
Louisville
St. Paul
Columbus
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Toledo
Domestic tragedy in Cincinnati ends with fatal shooting
In Bond Hill, a suburb, James Matthews and his brother in law Edward Hopkins fought. Hopkins shot Matthews at Hopkins home and killed him instantly. Hopkins, a railway mail clerk, was arrested. Matthews was formerly president of a local medical institute.
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Cincinnati
James Matthews
Edward Hopkins
Bond Hill
Hopkins
Matthews
St. Time
Army of the Republic elects new Grand Army leadership
At the Minneapolis encampment on August 17, R B Brown of Zanesville was chosen as commander-in-chief. Other officers include William H. Armstrong of Indianapolis as senior vice commander and F B Fenton of Detroit as junior vice commander. Archbishop John Ireland of St Paul selected as chaplain-in-chief. Brown, born 1845, served in the Fifteenth Ohio Infantry and Fourteenth Army Corps, later re-enlisting as a veteran and rising to sergeant and editor of the Zanesville Courier.
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Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
R. B. Brown
Zanesville
Wiliam H. Armstrong
Indianapolis
F. B. Fenton
Detroit
Archbishop John Ireland
St. Paul
W. H. Johnson
Lincoln
Neb
Grand Army
Ohio
Fifteenth Ohio Infantry
Fourteenth Army Corps
Army of the Cumberland
Brown
Zanes v Me Courier
Balkan tensions in Vienna expect collective note to Sofia and Athens
Vienna reports no immediate danger from the Balkans as diplomats foresee a united note from the powers to Bulgaria and Greece. Austrian officials say Greece can stop bands from invading Macedonia and harming Bulgarians.
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Balkans
Vienna
Balkan
Sofia
Athens
Bulgaria
Greece
Macedonia
Barred From Kansas by State Insurance Board
Topeka authorities bar the Physicians Defense Company of Fort Wayne Ind from operating in Kansas claiming the firm sells protection from malpractice prosecutions. For a 15 dollar fee a physician is promised 5000 dollars coverage per year plus attorneys and other legal expenses.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Physicians Defense Company of
Fort Wayne
Ind
State Insurance Department
Indignities Reported After Nevsky Prospect Incident
St. Petersburg on August 17 details a young woman named Anna Smirner, jailed for a sarcastic remark about the chevalier guards on Nevsky Prospect August 14. She remains in critical condition after alleged gross abuses in the regiment’s presence.
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St. Petersburg
Chevalier Guards
Nevsky Prospect
Anna Smirner
Rumored Leopold Rockefeller Railways Ties Talked
The Morning Post claims London rumors say King Leopold may back Tanganyika railways or partner with John D. Rockefeller. It notes Leopold’s interest in the Katanga company allied with Tanganyika, making such a financing plausible.
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London
The
Morning Post
Stock Exchange
King Leopold
Tanganyikai
John D. Rockefeller
Leopold
Katanga
Tanganyika
Reverend Warren Endorses Electric Bitters For Health
The Rev J O Warren pastor at Sharon Baptist Belair Ga hails Electric Bitters as a Godsend to mankind claiming they cured his weak health after fearsome ailments. He says he could barely walk a mile and credits two bottles of Electric Bitters with restoring his strength and joints.
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J. O. Warren
Sharon Bap'ies Oauroh
Belair
Cannon Renominated by Republicans in Danville Convention
Joseph G. Cannon was renominated unanimously for Congress by the Republican convention in Danville Illinois. He was also endorsed as the party’s 1908 presidential candidate. His speech responded to Samuel Gompers over the anti injunction bill and defended tariff revision only when it benefits the masses.
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Danville, Ill
Joseph G. Cannon
Mne of Representatives
Congress
Cannon
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Republican Party
Garfield Park Bank of Chicago Closes Under Receiver
The Garfield Park bank at 2024 West Madison street was placed in receivership by Judge Bethea after three creditors sought solvency action. Henry Hiest, the appointed receiver, with bond set at 10000, takes control as deposits dwindled following the Milwaukee Avenue State bank collapse.
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Chicago
Garfield Park Bank
West
Madison Street
Bethea
United States District Court
Ellis E. Drake
Henry Hiest
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
Plot to loot villas ends with bomb blast in Yalta
A police commissary and assistant trailed two suspected conspirators in Yalta. One conspirator was shot while the other detonated a bomb he drew from his pocket. The bomb exploded fatally injuring him as he fled, uttering the line You see we know how to die.
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Yalta
Youthful Bomb Thrower Wounds Pilgrims in Warsaw
A boy hurled a bomb into a returning procession on Gholodia street near Warsaw injuring two pilgrims. A patrol of infantry fired on the crowd without warning, wounding thirty more people during the ensuing chaos.
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Warsaw
Gholodia Street
Rokitno
Threats Force Kaulbare to Curb Officials Movements
Odessa reports Governor General Kaulbare receives daily assassination threats and has ordered high military authorities to remain indoors, saying the warnings merely foretell murder.
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Odessa
Kaulbare
Two More Parliament Members Arrested in Penza Uprising
Reports from Sienza Penza describe the arrest of M. Vragoff a deputy in the late parliament charged with complicity in the murder of Lieutenant Petroff and wounding a sergeant. Agrarian disorders spread in Ka menko with killings and injuries as Cossacks clash with peasants. The St Petersburg bourse notes 30000 bushels of grain bought in Germany for Russian delivery reflecting higher prices and transport issues. An order by the railway minister allows night loading of grain trains.
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Sienza
Penza
Suram
Vollga
M. Vragoff
Onipko
Vragoff
Petroff
Kamenko
Germany
Minister of Railways
Orgy of Blood Report From Warsaw After Disturbances
London dispatch describes the Warsaw upheaval with exhausted hospital surgeons unable to treat wounds. A morgue tally cites thirty two bodies. a girl laughs at a woman’s torn brain pan. A bayoneted youth feigns death, then survives. Last night an orgy of blood in the Jewish quarter leaves over 300 clubbed or bayoneted.
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London
the Tribune
Warsaw
Longworth Elected Secretary for New York Life Firms
Representative Nick Longworth of Cincinnati is elected secretary of the New York and the Mutual Life Insurance companies to replace Seymour Eaton who recently resigned. A clerk will handle current duties as Longworth leaves for Ohio soon to attend to political interests.
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Longworth
Eaton
New York
Nick Longworth
Cincinnati
Mutual Life Insurance Companies
Seymour Eaton
Ohio
Murray Acquitted in Graveyard Scandal Case
Buffalo August 17 Fred O Murray longtime customs collector and former deputy county treasurer was acquitted of grand larceny linked to the graveyard scandal that cost the county many thousands of dollars.
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Murray
Buffalo
N. Y
Fred O. Murray
International Typographical Union to Meet at Hot Springs
The International Typographical Union will hold a meeting next year in Hot Springs Arkansas. The summary notes political nominations, weather effects on grain, and other brief items including a Paris death and a late chess tournament win by Frank J Marshall.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Prominent Citizens Fight in Birmingham
In Birmingham on August 17, M. E James, head of the gas works for the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Co, fought with W. H Rogers, a noted paint maker. James struck Rogers with a heavy wrench, injuring him, and Rogers shot and perhaps fatally wounded James. Both were hospitalized.
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Birmingham
Ala
M. E James
Birmingham Railway Light and Power Company
W. H Rogers
James
Rogers
Factional clashes near Tangier. tribesmen routed near Outersokea
In Tangier region fighting broke out between Raisu li''s forces and Angherite tribesmen at Outersokea. The tribesmen were driven toward Angheria with multiple casualties. Raisu li''s contingent also suffered losses. Separately, Richmond voters elected Dr J R Norrell as city health officer, the first Black Hoosier to receive the post.
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Tangier
Morocco
Raisuli
Outersokea
Angheria
Raiault
Richmond
Ind
J. R. Norrell
T. Henry Davis
Norrell
Indiana
Market report snapshots from Indianapolis to Toledo
Grain and Livestock prices across markets show varied quotes from Indianapolis to Toledo. Wheat No 2 red ranges 68 to 78 cents, corn No 2 around 50 to 72 cents, oats No 2 near 30 to 32 cents, with cattle hog and lamb prices listed for several cities and receipts totals.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Arkansas Man Credits Doctor King's Discovery for Wife Health
A Bran resident, H. L. Stanley, praises a medical remedy he calls the world's greatest misdivine for his wife’s recovery after years of coughing and illness, claiming luck and gratitude in a heartfelt letter. He attributes the improvement to Dr. King’s discovery.
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Stanley
Bran
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